LAZIO, RICK (a Representative from New York)

Amendments

Dept. of State and related agencies: authorizing appropriations and consolidating certain agencies (H.R. 1757), H3430 [4JN], H3698 [11JN]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2159), H5577 [22JY]

Housing: deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs and increase community control over such programs (H.R. 2), H2004 [29AP], H2113 [1MY]

Real estate: extend FHA mortgage insurance program coverage to home equity conversion mortgages for elderly homeowners (S. 562), H7306 [16SE]

Analyses

Federal Reinsurance Contracts for Eligible State Insurance Programs Covering Homeowners Impacted by Natural Disasters (H.R. 219), E67 [7JA]

Homeless Housing Programs Consolidation and Flexibility Act (H.R. 217), E51 [7JA]

Housing Programs Extension Act (S. 562), H7307 [16SE]

Rural Multifamily Rental Housing Loan Guarantee Extensions Act (H.R. 28), H1302 [8AP]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 2015, Balanced Budget Act, H5040 [10JY]

Articles and editorials

Working-Class Ethic Made Public Housing Proud—It Could Again, Samuel G. Freedman, USA Today, E1270 [19JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

African Americans: official apology for those who suffered as slaves (see H. Con. Res. 96), H3865 [17JN]

Albania: promote democracy, economic stability, and resolution of civil war (see H. Con. Res. 153), H8728 [8OC]

Alcoholic beverages: FCC study on advertising of distilled spirits on radio and television (see H. Res. 171), H7365 [16SE]

Animals: prohibit interstate commerce relative to exotic animals (see H.R. 1202), H10768 [12NO]

Armed Forces: establish demonstration project relative to enrollment of certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (see H.R. 1766), H5177 [11JY]

———procedures for determining status of certain missing members (see H.R. 409), H5177 [11JY]

Aviation: allow families of international airline disaster victims a fair jury trial to receive just compensation for their loss (see H.R. 2005), H5132 [10JY]

Brookhaven, NY: establish Dept. of Veterans Affairs ambulatory care facility (see H.R. 56), H6706 [31JY]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1), H154 [9JA]

———reform process (see H.R. 1372), H1704 [17AP]

China, People's Republic of: political reform (see H.R. 2095), H4835 [26JN]

Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 16), H7281 [15SE]

Computers: limit Federal and State regulation of the Internet and interactive computer services (see H.R. 2372), H6705 [31JY]

———prohibit interference with interstate commerce on the Internet or interactive computer services (see H.R. 1054), H10172 [6NO]

Congressional Office of Regulatory Analysis: establish (see H.R. 1704), H7730 [23SE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for ballistic missile defense systems (see H.R. 2786), H9864 [31OC]

———improve the Defense Loan and Technical Assistance Program (see H.R. 974), H6406 [30JY]

Dept. of HUD: terminate the property disposition program providing single-family properties for use by the homeless (see H.R. 32), H67 [7JA], H139 [9JA]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: develop plan for allocation of health care resources (see H.R. 1077), H1018 [13MR]

———improve allocation of health care resources (see H.R. 1580), H5177 [11JY]

Disasters: provide for hazard mitigation, relief, and insurance against natural disasters (see H.R. 230), H146 [9JA]

Diseases: payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted HIV due to contaminated blood products (see H.R. 1023), H3274 [3JN]

Drug abuse: national policy to combat the distribution, sale, and use of illegal drugs by young people (see H. Res. 267), H10957 [13NO]

Drugs: provide a mandatory life penalty for certain offenses involving methamphetamine (see H.R. 2363), H6705 [31JY]

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2248), H6918 [4SE]

Edison, Thomas A.: mint coins in commemoration of sesquicentennial of birth (see H.R. 678), H6706 [31JY]

Employment: prohibit discrimination on the basis of genetic information (see H.R. 2275), H5826 [25JY]

FEC: require reports on certain election expenditures (see H.R. 1705), H3201 [22MY]

Federal employees: delays in retirement cost-of-living adjustments (see H. Con. Res. 13), H3070 [20MY]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: development, clearance, and use of certain devices (see H.R. 1710), H3201 [22MY]

Financial institutions: applicability of host State laws to any branch in such State of an out-of-State bank (see H.R. 1306), H2091 [30AP]

———increase competition in the financial services sector (see H.R. 10), H67 [7JA], H139 [9JA]

———offer negotiable order of withdrawal accounts to businesses, allow interest payments on demand deposits, and require FRS to pay interest on certain reserves (see H.R. 2323), H6703 [31JY]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 54), H629 [25FE]

Foreign trade: authorize a trade agreement with Northern Ireland and certain border counties in Ireland (see H.R. 1181), H4913 [8JY]

Harold Hughes-Bill Emerson Commission on Alcoholism: establish (see H.R. 1549), H2350 [7MY]

Health: prohibit restriction of certain medical communications between health care providers and their patients (see H.R. 586), H725 [4MR]

Herzog, Chaim: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 73), H2488 [12MY]

Hope, Bob: confer honorary Armed Forces veteran status (see H.J. Res. 75), H2090 [30AP]

House of Representatives: participate in and support activities to provide decent homes for the people of the U.S. (see H. Res. 147), H2589 [13MY]

Housing: State authority to set rental occupancy standards (see H.R. 1108), H1111 [18MR]

Insurance: coverage of minimum hospital stays and reconstructive surgery relative to breast cancer and of second opinions for any cancer diagnosis (see H.R. 616), H347 [5FE]

———coverage of screening mammography (see H.R. 617), H347 [5FE]

———require health plans to provide adequate access to services provided by obstetrician-gynecologists (see H.R. 1737), H3202 [22MY]

Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1609), H2679 [14MY]

International Fund for Ireland: require that disbursements are distributed in compliance with the MacBride Principles (see H.R. 150), H144 [9JA]

Iran: impose sanctions on foreign persons who transfer items contributing to efforts to acquire, develop, or produce ballistic missiles (see H.R. 2709), H9730 [29OC]

IRS: restructure (see H.R. 2292), H8265 [30SE]

Israel: condemn terrorist bombing in Jerusalem (see H. Con. Res. 146), H6962 [5SE]

Libya: reject Arab League resolution urging the easing of U.N. sanctions relative to the refusal to surrender individuals wanted in connection with the 1988 terrorist bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 (see H. Res. 246), H10957 [13NO]

Long Island Sound: improve water quality (see H.R. 455), H242 [21JA]

———prohibit dumping of dredged material (see H.R. 55), H5916 [28JY]

Lower East Side Tenement National Historic Site: establish (see H.R. 2201), H5487 [17JY]

Marine resources: reauthorization of programs (see H.R. 437), H629 [25FE]

Medicaid: repeal criminal penalties for fraudulent disposition of assets (see H.R. 216), H804 [6MR]

———waiver of enrollment composition rule for the Better Health Plan of Amherst, NY (see H.R. 2018), H4338 [24JN]

———waiver of enrollment composition rule relative to certain HMO's (see H.R. 1610), H2679 [14MY]

Medicare: coverage of diabetes outpatient self-management training services and blood-testing strips (see H.R. 58), H244 [21JA]

———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services (see H.R. 1375), H1704 [17AP]

———hospice care reform (see H.R. 521), H283 [4FE]

———reimbursement for nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists in health professional shortage areas (see H.R. 893), H2156 [1MY]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (see H.J. Res. 2), H154 [9JA]

Middle East: condemn Palestinian Authority death penalty policy relative to sale of land to Jews (see H. Con. Res. 93), H3567 [5JN]

Money: use of tactile currency for the blind and visually impaired (see H. Res. 122), H1706 [17AP]

Mother Teresa: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1650), H2873 [16MY]

National cemeteries: penalties for theft and malicious vandalism (see H.R. 1532), H3568 [5JN]

National Mammography Day: support goals (see H. Res. 235), H7600 [18SE]

National Park Service: establish the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program (see H.R. 1635), H5401 [16JY]

National Sea Grant College Program: reauthorization (see H.R. 437), H629 [25FE]

Northern Forest Lands Council: implement recommendations (see H.R. 971), H802 [6MR]

Northern Ireland: encourage all parties involved in peace talks to condemn violence and address human rights violations (see H. Con. Res. 152), H9730 [29OC]

Oscar Garcia Rivera Post Office Building, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 282), H3797 [12JN]

Public welfare programs: extend transition period for legal aliens receiving SSI and food stamps (see H.R. 1418), H1794 [23AP]

Puerto Rico: self-determination (see H.R. 856), H3070 [20MY]

Railroads: modify the guaranteed minimum benefit for widows and widowers relative to conversion from spouse to widow or widower annuity (see H. Con. Res. 52), H3204 [22MY]

Railway Labor Act: applicability to U.S. air carriers and flight crews during operations outside the U.S. (see H.R. 991), H6026 [29JY]

Roosevelt, Theodore: posthumous awarding of Medal of Honor (see H.R. 2263), H6798 [3SE]

Russia: proliferation of nuclear missile technology to Iran (see H. Con. Res. 121), H8834 [9OC]

Ships and vessels: support requirements that vessels operating between U.S. ports be built, owned, and operated by U.S. citizens (see H. Con. Res. 65), H3798 [12JN]

Sinatra, Francis A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 279), H669 [26FE]

Small business: provide regulatory assistance (see H.R. 96), H5132 [10JY]

Social Security: computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 146), H5569 [22JY]

———use of current level disability benefits for blind individuals in certain earnings test disability determinations (see H.R. 464), H243 [21JA]

Stewart, Jimmy: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 109), H5022 [9JY]

Taxation: allow married couples to file combined return under which each spouse is taxed using rates applicable to single filers (see H.R. 2456), H8834 [9OC]

———increase State cap on private activity bonds (see H.R. 979), H803 [6MR]

———treatment of biomedical research funds (see H.R. 1257), H6026 [29JY]

Telecommunications: promote competition and privatization in satellite communications (see H.R. 1872), H10768 [12NO]

Turkey: anniversary of the burning of Smyrna (see H. Con. Res. 148), H8929 [21OC]

———protection and continued livelihood of the Eastern Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarchate (see H. Con. Res. 6), H9559 [24OC]

Veterans: determination of active military service for certain merchant mariners who served during World War II (see H.R. 1126), H1612 [16AP]

———extend benefits to merchant mariners who served during a period of war (see H.R. 2946), H10419 [8NO]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Disasters: reauthorize national flood insurance program (see H.R. 2227), H5664 [23JY]

FEMA: reimburse certain State and local jurisdictions for support of Federal rescue and salvage operations relative to crash of Trans World Airlines Flight 800 (see H.R. 772), H586 [13FE]

History: tribute to individuals who served the U.S. during the period known as the cold war (see H. Con. Res. 64), H1706 [17AP]

Homeless: consolidate Federal housing assistance programs (see H.R. 217), H146 [9JA]

Housing: deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs (see H.R. 1447), H1891 [24AP]

———deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs and increase community control over such programs (see H.R. 2), H66 [7JA], H138 [9JA]

———reauthorize certain rural housing assistance programs (see H.R. 2274), H5826 [25JY]

———reform multifamily housing programs (see H.R. 1433, 2447), H1890 [24AP], H7199 [10SE]

———temporary extension of certain public housing programs (see H.R. 2406), H6917 [4SE]

Insurance: Federal reinsurance contracts for eligible State insurance programs covering homeowners impacted by natural disasters (see H.R. 219), H146 [9JA]

Italian Americans: prepare report detailing injustices suffered during World War II and acknowledgment of such injustices by the President (see H.R. 2090), H4834 [26JN]

Public Health Service Act: provide inclusive information service relative to certain diseases (see H.R. 482), H243 [21JA]

Real estate: extend FHA mortgage insurance program coverage to home equity conversion mortgages for elderly homeowners (S. 562), Senate amendment (see H. Res. 329), H10955 [13NO]

———prohibit funding of excessive costs to obtain home equity conversion mortgages (see H.R. 1297), H1438 [10AP]

Letters

Multifamily rental assisted housing programs reform: by, Committee on Banking and Financial Services (House), H8685 [8OC]

Remarks

Children and youth: importance of arts and humanities education programs, H945 [12MR]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing military activities appropriations and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1119), H3961 [19JN]

Dept. of Education: national testing standards, H7345 [16SE]

Dept. of HUD: Manufactured Housing Program staffing levels, H2558 [13MY]

———provide for a study on the evaluation and performance of public housing agencies, H2418, H2419, H2420 [8MY]

Dept. of State and related agencies: authorizing appropriations and consolidating certain agencies (H.R. 1757), H3430, H3431 [4JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2264), H7345 [16SE]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2158), conference report, H8684 [8OC]

Egypt: actions relative to Middle East peace initiatives, H6398 [30JY]

Employment: require public housing authorities and contractors to try to hire public housing residents, H2242 [6MY]

FDA: modernize (S. 830), conference report, E2388 [13NO]

FEMA: reimburse certain State and local jurisdictions for support of Federal rescue and salvage operations relative to crash of Trans World Airlines Flight 800 (H.R. 772), E274 [13FE]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2159), H6398 [30JY]

History: tribute to individuals who served the U.S. during the period known as the cold war (H. Con. Res. 64), E703 [17AP]

Homeless: consolidate Federal housing assistance programs (H.R. 217), E50 [7JA]

House of Representatives: legislative program, H2205 [6MY], H2267, H2274 [7MY]

———participate in and support activities to provide decent homes for the people of the U.S. (H. Res. 147), H2941, H2943, H2945, H2946 [20MY]

Housing: allow public housing agencies to comply with family self-sufficiency agreement requirements, H2205, H2207, H2208, H2209 [6MY]

———allow public housing agencies to establish residency limits, H2271, H2272, H2275 [7MY]

———cap on rent for public and subsidized housing relative to income, H2234 [6MY]

———capital and operating grants funding, H2239, H2240 [6MY]

———deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs and increase community control over such programs (H.R. 2), H2039, H2041, H2042, H2046, H2049, H2052 [30AP], H2114, H2115, H2122, H2123, H2125, H2130, H2132, H2133, H2134, H2146, H2147, H2149, H2150 [1MY], H2189, H2190, H2193, H2194, H2195, H2196, H2197, H2203, H2204, H2205, H2207, H2208, H2209, H2210, H2224, H2227, H2228, H2229, H2230, H2231, H2232, H2234, H2239, H2240, H2242, H2243 [6MY], H2267, H2270, H2271, H2272, H2275 [7MY], H2400, H2401, H2403, H2404, H2405, H2407, H2408, H2411, H2412, H2418, H2419, H2420 [8MY], H2553, H2554, H2555, H2556, H2557, H2558, H2559, H2561, H2562, H2566, H2567 [13MY], H2634, H2637, H2639, H2642 [14MY], E58 [7JA], E1269 [19JN]

———deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs and increase community control over such programs (H.R. 2), motion to recommit, H2646 [14MY]

———eliminate block grant program giving local municipalities flexibility in administering Federal housing assistance, H2411, H2412 [8MY]

———establish a public housing replacement requirement in areas with public housing shortages, H2243 [6MY]

———establish occupancy preferences for certain families, H2267 [7MY]

———extend loan guarantee program for multifamily rental housing in rural areas (H.R. 28), H1299, H1301, H1302 [8AP]

———funding for choice based rental housing and homeownership assistance, H2407, H2408, H2412 [8MY]

———limit family income for choice based housing assistance, H2400, H2401, H2403, H2404, H2405 [8MY]

———reduce minimum rental amounts and contributions relative to public housing, H2270, H2271 [7MY]

———revise income and occupancy levels for public housing developments, H2224, H2227, H2228, H2229, H2230, H2231, H2232 [6MY]

INS: deportation of Irish nationals to Northern Ireland, E927 [14MY]

Insurance: Federal reinsurance contracts for eligible State insurance programs covering homeowners impacted by natural disasters (H.R. 219), E66 [7JA]

International Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction Syndrome Awareness Day: observance, H2569 [13MY]

Israel: condemn terrorist bombing in Jerusalem, E1739 [11SE]

Italian Americans: prepare report detailing injustices suffered during World War II and acknowledgment of such injustices by the President (H.R. 2090), E1348 [27JN]

National Sea Grant College Program: reauthorization (H.R. 437), H3881 [18JN]

New York, NY: transfer of surplus property to nonprofit organization for low- and moderate-income housing, H2557 [13MY]

Point of order, H2195, H2203 [6MY]

Public Health Service Act: provide inclusive information service relative to certain diseases, E2388 [13NO]

Public housing: allow local housing authorities flexibility in implementing certain requirements, H2562 [13MY]

———allow local housing authorities to use operating funds for child care services for residents, H2204 [6MY]

———exemption from community work requirements for certain primary caregivers, H2133, H2134, H2149 [1MY]

———grievance procedures for evictions except those that are a threat to the tenants' safety or for drug-related activities, H2193, H2194, H2195 [6MY]

———limit pet ownership to the elderly and disabled, H2561 [13MY]

———multifamily rental assisted housing programs reform, H2559 [13MY], H8684 [8OC]

———prohibit eviction of families relative to community work requirements, H2125, H2130, H2132 [1MY]

———require certain owners to comply with community work requirements applicable to residents, H2555, H2556 [13MY]

———require housing agencies to conduct an assessment to identify pest control problems and effectiveness in eradicating or controlling such problems, H2558 [13MY]

———require payment of minimum wage relative to community work requirements, H2196, H2197 [6MY]

Real estate: extend FHA mortgage insurance program coverage to home equity conversion mortgages for elderly homeowners (S. 562), H7302, H7304, H7306, H7307 [16SE]

———extend FHA mortgage insurance program coverage to home equity conversion mortgages for elderly homeowners (S. 562), Senate amendment (H. Res. 329), H10884, H10886 [13NO]

U.N.: compliance with child and spousal support obligations, H3430, H3431 [4JN]

Votes: position on missed, H297 [5FE]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H7909 [25SE], H8051 [26SE]

Summaries

Federal Reinsurance Contracts for Eligible State Insurance Programs Covering Homeowners Impacted by Natural Disasters (H.R. 219), E67 [7JA]

Housing Opportunity and Responsibility Act (H.R. 2), E58-E60 [7JA]

Tributes

Gonzalez, Representative, E2023 [21OC]