WEYGAND, ROBERT A. (a Representative from Rhode Island)

Amendments

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 84), consideration (H. Res. 152), H2956 [20MY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2267), H7529 [17SE], H7801 [24SE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Airlines: provide protection for airline employees who provide certain air safety information (see H.R. 915), H8727 [8OC]

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

Business and industry: maintain standards for ``Made in USA'' label (see H. Con. Res. 80), H6026 [29JY]

———reduce corporate welfare (see H.R. 1015), H1989 [29AP]

Children and youth: child care funding for low-income families (see H.R. 899), H2091 [30AP]

———funding for health, nutrition, education, and child care for infants and toddlers (see H. Res. 131), H1891 [24AP]

———increase certain funding under Head Start Program (see H.R. 1373), H3476 [4JN]

———tribute to child care professionals (see H. Res. 279), H9615 [28OC]

Civil rights: prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (see H.R. 1302), H1543 [15AP]

Consumers: labeling system for apparel and sporting goods made without child labor (see H.R. 1301), H2254 [6MY]

Correctional institutions: test incarcerated persons for serious transmissible diseases if their bodily fluids come into contact with corrections personnel (see H.R. 2070), H8300 [1OC]

Courts: establish or expand existing community prosecution programs (see H.R. 863), H1988 [29AP]

Credit unions: clarify laws relative to field of membership of Federal credit unions (see H.R. 1151), H2254 [6MY]

Cyprus: Turkish occupation (see H. Con. Res. 81), H5570 [22JY]

Dept. of Education: study methods for identifying and treating children with dyslexia (see H.R. 3058), H10954 [13NO]

Dept. of HHS: prepare and publish a consumer guide to prescription drug prices (see H.R. 183), H1988 [29AP]

Diseases: payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted HIV due to contaminated blood products (see H.R. 1023), H1456 [14AP]

———research programs for Parkinson's disease (see H.R. 1260), H1795 [23AP]

Drunken driving: national standard to prohibit the operation of motor vehicles by intoxicated individuals (see H.R. 981), H9614 [28OC]

Ecology and environment: assist local governments and encourage State voluntary response programs relative to remediating brownfield sites (see H.R. 1120), H3204 [22MY]

———expand public's right to know about toxic chemical use and release in their communities and disclose toxins in children's consumer products (see H.R. 1636), H8320 [2OC]

———provide State grants to stabilize and remove tire piles that are near drinking water sources and sensitive populations (see H.R. 1041), H7365 [16SE]

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2248), H6707 [31JY]

Education: establish State infrastructure banks for education (see H.R. 1822), H8929 [21OC]

———increase Pell Grant awards (see H.R. 744), H1611 [16AP]

———provide tax relief for higher education expenses, increase financial aid, and improve student loan programs (see H.R. 1233), H3204 [22MY]

Employment: prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (see H.R. 1858), H3659 [10JN]

EPA: limit authority to ban metered-dose inhalers (see H.R. 2627), H9039 [22OC]

FAA: foreign repair station rules (see H.R. 145), H3476 [4JN]

Families and domestic relations: establish felony violations for failure to pay legal child support obligations (see H.R. 2503), H10768 [12NO]

———improve child care and family support services (see H.R. 1373), H3476 [4JN]

Family and Medical Leave Act: provide coverage to employers with more than 20 employees (see H.R. 1373), H3476 [4JN]

FCC: preserve low-power television stations that provide community broadcasting (see H.R. 1539), H3213 [30MY]

Federal employees: delays in retirement cost-of-living adjustments (see H. Con. Res. 13), H1707 [17AP]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: authorize compounding of certain drugs and devices (see H.R. 1060), H8929 [21OC]

Firearms: require check for restraining orders before the transfer of a handgun by a firearms dealer (see H.R. 2774), H10768 [12NO]

Fish and fishing: moratorium on large vessels in Atlantic mackerel or Atlantic herring fisheries (see H.R. 1855), H3659 [10JN]

Germany: jurisdiction of cases in U.S. courts involving genocide during World War II (see H.R. 1531), H8438 [6OC]

Government: coordinate Federal financial assistance programs (see H.R. 1480), H1988 [29AP]

Government regulations: reduce Federal paperwork burden (see H.R. 852), H890 [11MR]

Great Irish Potato Famine: honor memory of victims (see H. Con. Res. 159), H9559 [24OC]

Health: combat fraud relative to payments for health care services (see H.R. 2584), H9039 [22OC]

———develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth defects (see H.R. 1114), H6918 [4SE]

———increase the legal smoking age (see H.R. 2519), H8727 [8OC]

———prohibit restriction of certain medical communications between health care providers and their patients (see H.R. 586), H345 [5FE]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 1749), H10768 [12NO]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (see H.R. 135), H286 [4FE]

———standardize relationships between group health plans and health insurers relative to enrollees, health professionals, and providers (see H.R. 1415), H1793 [23AP]

Health care professionals: establish a national abusive and criminal background check system for patient care workers (see H.R. 2953), H10420 [8NO]

House of Representatives: authorize participation in State and local government transit programs (see H. Res. 37), H5132 [10JY]

———prohibit smoking in rooms and corridors leading to the floor and in the Rayburn room (see H. Res. 247), H8054 [26SE]

Hunting and trapping: prohibit steel jaw leghold traps (see H.R. 1176), H10172 [6NO]

Insurance: coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (see H.R. 815), H7119 [9SE]

———coverage of reconstructive breast surgery resulting from mastectomies (see H.R. 164), H7600 [18SE]

———establish a minimum amount that may be applied as an aggregate lifetime limit relative to coverage under certain health benefit plans (see H.R. 1807), H3567 [5JN]

Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1609), H7528 [17SE]

Iran: impose sanctions on foreign persons who transfer items contributing to efforts to acquire, develop, or produce ballistic missiles (see H.R. 2709), H9801 [30OC]

Israel: anniversary of reunification of Jerusalem (see H. Con. Res. 60), H3569 [5JN]

Italian Americans: prepare report detailing injustices suffered during World War II and acknowledgment of such injustices by the President (see H.R. 2090), H8161 [29SE]

Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1173), H3204 [22MY]

Marine resources: reauthorization of programs (see H.R. 437), H1456 [14AP]

Medicare: coverage of diabetes outpatient self-management training services and blood-testing strips (see H.R. 58), H3274 [3JN]

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

———coverage of screening mammography (see H.R. 418), H1456 [14AP]

———demonstration project to provide coverage for cancer patients enrolled in certain clinical trials (see H.R. 1628), H5916 [28JY]

———establish consumer protections for supplemental insurance plans (see H.R. 625), H950 [12MR]

———improve preventive care benefits (see H.R. 15), H2680 [14MY]

———prohibit payments to nonprofit hospitals that convert to for-profit status without proper disclosure (see H.R. 443), H453 [11FE]

Medicare/Medicaid: combat waste, fraud, and abuse (see H.R. 1770), H3273 [3JN]

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: expand and coordinate activities on cardiovascular diseases in women (see H.R. 2130), H5021 [9JY]

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

National Sea Grant College Program: reauthorization (see H.R. 437), H1456 [14AP]

NetDay96: tribute (see H. Res. 38), H1989 [29AP]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 2183, 2199), H5485, H5486 [17JY]

Postal Service: guidelines for renovation, relocation, closing, or consolidation of post offices (see H.R. 1231), H8300 [1OC]

Public welfare programs: treatment of certain legal immigrants (see H.R. 1015), H1989 [29AP]

Railway Labor Act: applicability to U.S. air carriers and flight crews during operations outside the U.S. (see H.R. 991), H10768 [12NO]

Roosevelt, Theodore: posthumous awarding of Medal of Honor (see H.R. 2263), H5825 [25JY]

Rudolph, Wilma G.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2717), H9615 [28OC]

SBA: extend certified development company loan guarantee program (see H.R. 1734), H3202 [22MY]

———reauthorize women's business training program (see H.R. 1495), H2090 [30AP]

Schools: establish a partnership to rebuild and modernize school facilities (see H.R. 1104), H1707 [17AP]

Senior citizens: establish a program of pharmacy assistance fee for elderly persons who have no health insurance coverage (see H.R. 2681), H10768 [12NO]

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), H5826 [25JY]

Sinatra, Francis A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 279), H1261 [20MR]

Small Business Investment Act: amend (see H.R. 1985), H4086 [19JN]

Taxation: allow individuals to designate percentage of their tax overpayments or to make contributions for units of the National Park System (see H.R. 755), H670 [26FE]

———allow tax credit to individuals due unpaid child support and increase the tax liability of individuals owing such child support (see H.R. 1735), H7730 [23SE]

———credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (see H.R. 1134), H3274 [3JN]

———increase State cap on private activity bonds (see H.R. 979), H4087 [19JN]

———restore the deduction for two-earner married couples (see H.R. 2593), H10956 [13NO]

———strengthen provisions relative to individuals who relinquish U.S. citizenship (see H.R. 1015), H1989 [29AP]

———tax credit for investment in the revitalization of communities (see H.R. 465), H1542 [15AP]

———treatment of contributions of computer technology and equipment to elementary or secondary schools (see H.R. 1478), H1988 [29AP]

———treatment of higher education expenses (see H.R. 553), H890 [11MR]

———treatment of income relative to imported properties from foreign corporations (see H.R. 1373), H3476 [4JN]

———treatment of individual training accounts (see H.R. 213), H1611 [16AP]

———treatment of tobacco products (see H.R. 3027), H10957 [13NO]

Telephones: strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers (see H.R. 2120), H8633 [7OC]

Timber: treatment of certain activities as noncounteravailable (see H.R. 1526), H8320 [2OC]

Tobacco products: increase excise taxes to fund health insurance for uninsured children and deficit reduction (see H.R. 1263), H1893 [24AP]

———prevent use by minors, reduce addiction levels, compensate Federal and State Governments for health costs, and enhance investments in biomedical and basic scientific research (see H.R. 3028), H10767 [12NO]

———treatment of excise taxes relative to costs incurred by tobacco industry liability settlement (see H.R. 2385, 2387), H6797 [3SE]

21st Century Scholars Program: establish (see H.R. 777), H6918 [4SE]

Veterans: benefit eligibility for certain service in the military forces of the Philippines (see H.R. 836), H6962 [5SE]

Weapons: restrict the use of funds for new deployments of antipersonnel landmines (see H.R. 2459), H7261 [11SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

David B. Champagne Post Office Building, South Kingstown, RI: designate (see H.R. 2013), H4221 [23JN]

Education: provide for teacher technology training (see H.R. 2131), H5021 [9JY]

Families and domestic relations: child abuse and neglect prevention (see H.R. 1823), H3567 [5JN]

House Rules: permit disabled employees with the privilege of the House floor to use supporting services on the floor (see H. Res. 135), H1988 [29AP]

Taxation: deductions for business use of the home (see H.R. 1791), H3476 [4JN]

———full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals (see H.R. 1792), H3476 [4JN]

———treatment of higher education expenses (see H.R. 1774), H3273 [3JN]

Essays

Why I Want To Watch the State of the Union Address: Matthew Arundale, E237 [12FE]

Letters

National Sportsmanship Day: Florence Griffith Joyner and Tom McMillen, President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, E392 [5MR]

Tribute to Rhode Island Meals on Wheels (organization), E1527 [25JY]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2160), H5557 [22JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2160), conference report, E1978 [8OC]

Armenia: anniversary of genocide, E797 [30AP]

Bentley, Steven: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E580 [8AP]

Budget: Republican proposal, H730 [5MR]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 84), H2974 [20MY]

———submission of budget proposal by the President without budgetary contingencies (H. Res. 89), H911 [12MR]

Cambodia: condemn violence and restore democracy (H. Res. 195), E1651 [4SE]

Capps, Walter H.: tribute (H. Res. 286), H9624 [29OC]

Crime: national policy to control juvenile crime and violence (H.R. 3), H2370 [8MY]

Cyprus: Turkish occupation (H. Con. Res. 81), H5509 [22JY]

David B. Champagne Post Office Building, South Kingstown, RI: designate (H.R. 2013), H8853 [21OC]

Democratic Party: national agenda, H1346 [9AP]

Dept. of Education: national testing standards, H7341 [16SE]

Dept. of State and related agencies: authorizing appropriations and consolidating certain agencies (H.R. 1757), motion to instruct conferees, E1978 [8OC]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2169), E1529 [25JY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2267), H7802, H7803 [24SE], H7867 [25SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2264), H7125 [10SE], H7341 [16SE]

Education: national policy to improve system, H597 [25FE], H7125 [10SE]

Eximbank: reauthorization (H.R. 1370), E1978 [8OC]

Fish and fishing: moratorium on large vessels in Atlantic mackerel or Atlantic herring fisheries (H.R. 1855), E1552 [29JY]

Foreign aid: international family planning programs restrictions relative to abortion, E1978 [8OC]

Government regulations: reduce Federal paperwork burden (H.R. 852), H998 [13MR]

House Rules: repeal exception to the requirement that public committee proceedings be open to all media (H. Res. 301), H10631 [12NO]

Immigration: extend program allowing immigrants to renew status based on family relationship or employment opportunity while remaining in the country, E1866 [25SE]

INS: delay implementation of fingerprint processing system relative to background checks, H7802, H7803 [24SE]

Israel: condemn terrorist bombing in Jerusalem (H. Con. Res. 145), E1654 [4SE]

Leahy, Jason: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E787 [29AP]

LSC: funding, H7867 [25SE]

Mortimer, P. William: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1070 [30MY]

National Sea Grant College Program: reauthorization (H.R. 437), H3877 [18JN]

National Sportsmanship Day: observance, E392 [5MR]

North Kingstown, RI: Quonset Point-Davisville Project funding, E1529 [25JY]

Providence, RI: tribute for selection as National Trust for Historic Preservation National Preservation Conference host city, E1203 [12JN]

Republican Party: national agenda, H730 [5MR]

Rhode Island: tribute to Meals on Wheels (organization), E1527 [25JY]

Rhode Island Audubon Society: anniversary, E710 [17AP]

Small Business Act: amend (H.R. 2261), H8080 [29SE]

Small Business Investment Act: amend (H.R. 2261), H8080 [29SE]

Veterans Day: observance, E2320 [10NO]

Votes: position on missed, H4068 [19JN], E1472 [22JY], E1885 [29SE], E1978 [8OC]

Warwick, RI: tribute to West Warwick High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, E722 [23AP]

WIC: funding, H5557 [22JY]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H2088 [30AP]

Resignations

Committee on Small Business (House), H6678 [31JY]

Tributes

Arundale, Matthew, E237 [12FE]

Morrow, Richard, E2315 [10NO]