BROWN, SHERROD (a Representative from Ohio)

Amendments

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), H4394 [25JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), H4394 [25JN]

Appointments

Conferee: S. 830, FDA Modernization and Accountability Act, H8978 [22OC]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Afghanistan: peace process and human rights situation (see H. Con. Res. 156), H9730 [29OC]

Agriculture: require labeling of country of origin of imported perishable agricultural commodities (see H.R. 1232), H5826 [25JY]

Armenia: anniversary of genocide (see H. Con. Res. 55), H5487 [17JY]

Army: close School of the Americas (see H.R. 611), H702 [27FE]

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

———constitutional amendment to require balanced, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.J. Res. 1), H643, H670 [26FE]

Business and industry: assist in development of microenterprises (see H.R. 1129), H1186 [19MR]

———discourage relocation to foreign countries and encourage creation of new jobs (see H.R. 775), H586 [13FE]

———maintain standards for ``Made in USA'' label (see H. Con. Res. 80), H2784 [15MY]

Canada: limit imports of wool apparel (see H.R. 2432), H8929 [21OC]

Capitol Building and Grounds: use of the rotunda for a ceremony honoring Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew (see H. Con. Res. 134), H6406 [30JY]

Carl B. Stokes U.S. Courthouse, Cleveland, OH: designate (see H.R. 643), H393 [6FE]

CERCLA: treatment of certain parties relative to liability (see H.R. 2485), H8633 [7OC]

Children and youth: increase certain funding under Head Start Program (see H.R. 1373), H4913 [8JY]

———support local reading programs for children (see H.R. 1516), H2155 [1MY]

China, People's Republic of: congressional approval before the U.S. supports admission into the World Trade Organization, and U.S. withdrawal if admission is granted without U.S. approval (see H.R. 1140), H1257 [20MR]

———increase monitoring of items produced, grown, or manufactured with forced labor (see H.R. 2195), H8633 [7OC]

———treatment of prisoners in Tibet (see H. Con. Res. 116), H5665 [23JY]

China, Republic of: status after reversion of Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China (see H. Con. Res. 100), H6963 [5SE]

———U.N. membership (see H. Con. Res. 132), H8300 [1OC]

Clothing industry: legal accountability for sweatshop conditions (see H.R. 23), H4835 [26JN]

Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty: ratification (see H. Res. 241), H7729 [23SE]

Consumers: establish a toll-free telephone number in the Dept. of Commerce to assist consumers in identifying domestically-produced merchandise (see H.R. 563), H702 [27FE]

Courts: reform civil assets forfeiture (see H.R. 1835), H3658 [10JN]

Crime: require States to address the problem of violent crimes committed by repeat offenders (see H. Con. Res. 75), H2350 [7MY]

Cyprus: Turkish occupation (see H. Con. Res. 81), H3477 [4JN]

Death and dying: recognize suicide as a national problem (see H. Res. 212), H6706 [31JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish equitable service for customers and equal opportunity for employees (see H.R. 2185), H5486 [17JY]

Dept. of Defense: prohibit payment under defense contracts of restructuring costs for mergers or acquisitions (see H.R. 925), H5401 [16JY]

Diseases: accurate guidelines for breast cancer screening for certain women (see H. Res. 40), H590 [13FE]

———efforts to prevent transmission of HIV (see H.R. 1219), H1288 [21MR]

———establish estrogenic substance screening programs (see H.R. 1311), H1439 [10AP]

———issue special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 407), H629 [25FE]

———ovarian cancer research programs (see H.R. 953), H4647 [25JN]

———prostate cancer screening benefits (see H.R. 2639), H8929 [21OC]

———research programs for lymphangioleiomyomatosis (see H.R. 751), H585 [13FE]

———research programs for Parkinson's disease (see H.R. 1260), H3660 [10JN]

Douglas Applegate Post Office, Steubenville, OH: designate (see H.R. 2129), H7199 [10SE]

Ecology and environment: assist local governments and encourage State voluntary response programs relative to remediating brownfield sites (see H.R. 1120), H1185 [19MR]

———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), H2784 [15MY]

———national objectives priority assignments (see H.R. 1404), H4836 [26JN]

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), H768 [5MR]

Education: increase postsecondary opportunities for Hispanic and other under-represented student populations (see H.R. 2495), H8727 [8OC]

Emergency Commission To End the Trade Deficit: establish (see H.R. 2651), H8832 [9OC]

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

———provide for retirement savings and security (see H.R. 1130), H1707 [17AP]

Eximbank: give financial assistance preferences to firms that have shown a commitment to reinvestment and job creation in the U.S. (see H.R. 2069), H8265 [30SE]

FAA: foreign repair station rules (see H.R. 145), H2156 [1MY]

Families and domestic relations: improve child care and family support services (see H.R. 1373), H4913 [8JY]

Family and Medical Leave Act: provide coverage to employers with more than 20 employees (see H.R. 1373), H4913 [8JY]

Federal employees: delays in retirement cost-of-living adjustments (see H. Con. Res. 13), H1392 [9AP]

Financial institutions: prohibit the imposition of fees on the electronic withdrawal of direct deposited veterans benefits (see H.R. 2457), H8727 [8OC]

Food: improve public health and food safety through enhanced enforcement (see H.R. 3070), H10954 [13NO]

Food stamps: modify certain eligibility disqualifications (see H.R. 1507), H5664 [23JY]

Foreign trade: ensure protection of worker rights and environmental standards in any trade agreements (see H.R. 1079), H1612 [16AP]

Gandhi, Mohandas K. (Mahatma): authorize India to establish a memorial in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 1390), H2875 [16MY]

Government regulations: provide for the debarment or suspension from Federal procurement and nonprocurement activities of persons that violate certain labor and safety laws (see H.R. 1624), H3204 [22MY]

Great Irish Potato Famine: honor memory of victims (see H. Con. Res. 159), H8634 [7OC]

Great Lakes: implementation of strategic plan for restoration of fisheries and other natural resources (see H.R. 1481), H1988 [29AP]

Health: develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth defects (see H.R. 1114), H4222 [23JN]

———increase the legal smoking age (see H.R. 2519), H8265 [30SE]

———limitations on disclosure and use of genetic information (see H.R. 2198), H5486 [17JY]

———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. 820), H890 [11MR]

———require health plans to provide certain coverage for children (see H.R. 1159), H1289 [21MR]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (see H.R. 135), H143 [9JA]

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

Hope, Bob: confer honorary Armed Forces veteran status (see H.J. Res. 75), H2351 [7MY]

House of Representatives: implementation of Office Waste Recycling Program (see H. Res. 119), H2157 [1MY]

Human rights: expedite the declassification of certain documents relating to human rights abuses in Guatemala and Honduras (see H.R. 2635), H8834 [9OC]

———trafficking of Burmese women and girls into Thailand for forced prostitution (see H. Con. Res. 114), H6799 [3SE]

Immigration: permit admission of nonimmigrant students and visitors who are spouses and children of permanent resident aliens (see H.R. 2664), H8832 [9OC]

Independent Commission on Campaign Finance Reform: establish (see H.R. 1614), H6026 [29JY]

India: independence anniversary (see H. Res. 22), H287 [4FE]

———permanent membership on the U.N. Security Council (see H. Res. 248), H8054 [26SE]

Indonesia: limit military assistance and arms transfers (see H.R. 1132), H1893 [24AP]

Insurance: coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (see H.R. 815), H627 [25FE]

———coverage of reconstructive breast surgery resulting from mastectomies (see H.R. 164), H3169 [21MY]

———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 306), H5569 [22JY]

Iran: impose sanctions on foreign persons who transfer items contributing to efforts to acquire, develop, or produce ballistic missiles (see H.R. 2709), H9615 [28OC]

Karl Bernal Post Office Building, Painesville, OH: designate (see H.R. 2766), H9729 [29OC]

Larry Doby Post Office, Paterson, NJ: designate (see H.R. 2116), H5297 [15JY]

Latin America: prohibit sale or transfer of highly advanced weapons (see H.R. 2345), H6704 [31JY]

Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1173), H2254 [6MY]

———establish a bill of rights (see H.R. 350), H2168 [5MY]

———issue postage stamp in commemoration of officers killed in the line of duty (see H. Con. Res. 41), H804 [6MR]

Malaysia: anti-American and anti-Semitic remarks of Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamed (see H. Con. Res. 174), H9801 [30OC]

Medicaid: coverage of community-based attendant services (see H.R. 2020), H7830 [24SE]

———expand State health care coverage of low-income children and pregnant women and fund enrollment in health insurance programs for certain children (see H.R. 1491), H2089 [30AP]

———permit presumptive eligibility for low-income children (see H.R. 1564), H2444 [8MY]

———repeal criminal penalties for fraudulent disposition of assets (see H.R. 216), H245 [21JA]

Medicare: coverage of diabetes outpatient self-management training services and blood-testing strips (see H.R. 58), H68 [7JA], H140 [9JA]

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

———establish consumer protections for supplemental insurance plans (see H.R. 625), H392 [6FE]

———prohibit payments to nonprofit hospitals that convert to for-profit status without proper disclosure (see H.R. 443), H153 [9JA]

———protection of beneficiaries relative to enrollment in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 66), H69 [7JA], H141 [9JA]

———require use of hollow-bore needle devices at health care facilities (see H.R. 2754), H9614 [28OC]

Members of Congress: prohibit Federal funding of official travel after elections for Members who fail to be reelected (see H.R. 2276), H8834 [9OC]

Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 2211), H10768 [12NO]

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

———condolences on death (see H. Res. 226), H7263 [11SE]

Motor vehicles: average fuel economy standards for automobiles (see H.R. 880), H700 [27FE]

———titling and registration requirements relative to salvage, nonrepairable, and rebuilt vehicles (see H.R. 1839), H3798 [12JN]

NAFTA: assess impact, renegotiate certain provisions, and provide for withdrawal (see H.R. 978), H803 [6MR]

National cemeteries: penalties for theft and malicious vandalism (see H.R. 1532), H2253 [6MY]

National Institute of Biomedical Imaging: establish (see H.R. 1715), H3477 [4JN]

National Mammography Day: support goals (see H. Res. 235), H8439 [6OC]

National Park Service: establish the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program (see H.R. 1635), H2783 [15MY]

Nigeria: impose economic sanctions (see H.R. 1786), H3476 [4JN]

NIH: expand programs to research osteoporosis and related bone diseases (see H.R. 2697), H10172 [6NO]

Northern Mariana Islands: labeling, minimum wage, and immigration requirements relative to textile industry (see H.R. 1450), H1891 [24AP]

Petroleum: use of gasoline tax revenues transferred to transportation trust funds (see H.R. 2382), H7730 [23SE]

Point Reyes National Seashore: protect farmland (see H.R. 1995), H10421 [8NO]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 2777), H9800 [30OC]

Postal Service: maintain Postal Uniform Allowance Program (see H. Con. Res. 168), H8834 [9OC]

Public Health Service: extend breast cancer research programs (see H.R. 1070), H8929 [21OC]

Public lands: designate certain national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and wilderness areas in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming (see H.R. 1425), H1794 [23AP]

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), H1707 [17AP]

Railway Labor Act: applicability to U.S. air carriers and flight crews during operations outside the U.S. (see H.R. 991), H6918 [4SE]

Russia: proliferation of nuclear missile technology to Iran (see H. Con. Res. 121), H7601 [18SE]

Securities: limit the conduct of securities class actions under State law (see H.R. 1689), H3169 [21MY]

———quotation of securities transactions in decimals (see H.R. 1053), H1440 [10AP]

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), H3170 [21MY]

Sinatra, Francis A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 279), H804 [6MR]

Stewart, Jimmy: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 109), H4913 [8JY]

Taxation: credit for clinical testing of certain drugs for rare diseases or conditions (see H.R. 1169), H1707 [17AP]

———deny employers a deduction for payments of excessive compensation (see H.R. 687), H2091 [30AP]

———establish intercity passenger rail service trust fund (see H.R. 1437), H3204 [22MY]

———exempt certain small businesses from use of electronic fund transfer system for depository taxes (see H.R. 722), H1392 [9AP]

———treatment of income relative to imported properties from foreign corporations (see H.R. 1373), H4913 [8JY]

Terrorism: abduction and detainment of Donald Hutchings and four Western Europeans in Jammu and Kashmir, India (see H. Con. Res. 15), H348 [5FE]

Textile industry and fabrics: ensure competitiveness of industry (see H.R. 1504), H2680 [14MY]

Tobacco products: application of domestic laws on labeling, advertising, and marketing to international sales (see H.R. 2135), H5131 [10JY]

———treatment of excise taxes relative to costs incurred by tobacco industry liability settlement (see H.R. 2387), H7730 [23SE]

Turkey: anniversary of the burning of Smyrna (see H. Con. Res. 148), H8439 [6OC]

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

Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1500), H2090 [30AP]

Veterans: authorize the Pyramid of Remembrance Foundation to establish a memorial dedicated to soldiers who have died in foreign conflicts other than declared wars (see H.R. 1608), H5778 [24JY]

———benefit eligibility for certain service in the military forces of the Philippines (see H.R. 836), H4647 [25JN]

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

World Summit for Children: implementation of plan of action (see H.R. 1427), H1794 [23AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Diseases: issue special postage stamps to fund prostate cancer research (see H.R. 2545), H7910 [25SE]

Letters

Clean Air Act emission reduction credits relative to military facilities: by, H9607 [28OC]

Motions

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), H4593, H4602 [25JN]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H7367 [17SE], H9803 [31OC]

Remarks

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), consideration (H. Res. 174), H4393 [25JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), H4577 [25JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), consideration (H. Res. 174), H4393 [25JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), motion to recommit, H4601, H4603 [25JN]

Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act: provide beneficiary countries benefits equivalent to those provided under NAFTA (H.R. 2644), H9563 [28OC]

Children and youth: provide health insurance for uninsured children, H4603 [25JN]

China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status, H1284 [21MR]

———most-favored-nation status (H.J. Res. 79), H4253 [24JN]

Death and dying: prohibit Federal funding for assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing (H.R. 1003), H1399, H1403 [10AP]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2267), H7874 [25SE]

Diseases: issue special postage stamps to fund prostate cancer research (H.R. 2545), E1854 [25SE]

Dole, Bob: trade efforts relative to Chilean salmon farmers, H9804 [31OC]

FDA: approval and development of new drugs and biological products (H.R. 1411), H8476 [7OC]

———modernize (S. 830), corrections in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 196), H10889 [13NO]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2159), H6811 [4SE]

Foreign trade: establish negotiating objectives and fast-track procedures for future trade agreements, H7113, H7114, H7115, H7116 [9SE], H7360, H7361, H7362 [16SE], H7370 [17SE], H7610, H7614 [23SE], H8033 [26SE], H9545 [24OC]

———establish negotiating objectives and fast-track procedures for future trade agreements (H.R. 2621), H10352 [8NO]

———impact of fast-track negotiating procedures on U.S. environment and food safety laws, H8033 [26SE]

———U.S. deficit, H1284 [21MR]

Health: require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (H.R. 135), H8988 [22OC]

India: allocation of foreign aid, H6811 [4SE]

Insurance: coverage of reconstructive breast surgery resulting from mastectomies (H.R. 164), H8988 [22OC]

Levi Strauss: bonus payment for executive and layoffs of employees, H10772 [13NO]

Medicare: reform, H1395 [10AP]

NAFTA: impact on employment and the economy, H7113, H7114, H7115, H7116 [9SE], H8033 [26SE], H8809 [9OC]

———impact on environmental issues, H7113, H7114, H7115, H7116 [9SE]

———impact on food safety processing, H9545 [24OC]

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month: observance, H8988 [22OC]

Navy: tribute to all who served with the Asiatic Fleet throughout the Far East from 1910 to 1942 (H. Con. Res. 186), E2247 [8NO]

Nursing homes: nurse aide training and competency evaluation programs (H.R. 968), H1298 [8AP]

Office of U.S. Trade Representative: increase funding to research and study laws affected by trade negotiations, H7874 [25SE]

Parliamentary inquiry, H4604 [25JN]

Prescription Drug User Fee Act: reauthorize, H8476 [7OC]

Taxation: rates, H1395 [10AP]

Votes: position on missed, H2264 [7MY]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H1286 [21MR], H9035 [22OC]