OBEY, DAVID R. (a Representative from Wisconsin)

Amendment

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), H2715 [15MY]

Amendments

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2160), H5553, H5578 [22JY]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 2266), H5942, H5966 [29JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2264), H6887 [4SE]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2158), H5273 [15JY], H5339 [16JY]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2159), H5665 [23JY], H5778 [24JY]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 2016, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure, H6724 [3SE]

———H.R. 2107, Dept. of the Interior and related agencies appropriations, H7653 [23SE]

———H.R. 2158, Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies appropriations, H6725 [3SE]

———H.R. 2159, foreign operations, export financing, and related programs appropriations, H7321 [16SE]

———H.R. 2160, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, H6760 [3SE]

———H.R. 2169, Dept. of Transportation and related agencies appropriations, H6725 [3SE]

———H.R. 2203, energy and water development appropriations, H6726 [3SE]

———H.R. 2209, legislative branch of the Government appropriations, H6758 [3SE]

———H.R. 2264, Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations, H7654 [23SE]

———H.R. 2266, Dept. of Defense appropriations, H6761 [3SE]

———H.R. 2267, Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies appropriations, H8395 [6OC]

———H.R. 2378, Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies appropriations, H7769 [24SE]

Articles and editorials

Bye-Bye NATO, Thomas L. Friedman, New York (NY) Times, E654 [15AP]

Harvest of Rage—How the Rural Crisis Fuels Anti-Government Movement, Joel Dyer, Wausau (WI) City Pages, H5714-H5717 [24JY], E1496-E1499 [23JY]

John Duffey—A Mandolin for All Seasons, Richard Harrington, Washington (DC) Post, E93 [9JA]

Musician John Duffey Dies—Led the Group Seldom Scene, Bart Barnes, Washington (DC) Post, E93 [9JA]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Business and industry: maintain standards for ``Made in USA'' label (see H. Con. Res. 80), H5297 [15JY]

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]

Civil rights: provide improved remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 2023), H4836 [26JN]

Consumers: labeling system for apparel and sporting goods made without child labor (see H.R. 1301), H1439 [10AP]

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

Dept. of Agriculture: increase milk marketing orders' basic formula price (see H.R. 2388), H7119 [9SE]

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2248), H7528 [17SE]

FAA: foreign repair station rules (see H.R. 145), H4221 [23JN]

Federal employees: delays in retirement cost-of-living adjustments (see H. Con. Res. 13), H5665 [23JY]

Food industry: ensure that all persons who benefit from the dairy promotion and research program contribute to the cost of the program (see H.R. 2139), H5570 [22JY]

Health: assure continued health insurance coverage of retired workers (see H.R. 211), H245 [21JA]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (see H.R. 135), H453 [11FE]

Little League Baseball Inc.: extend benefits and privileges available to nongovernmental international organizations (see H. Con. Res. 107), H8728 [8OC]

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

Navy: eliminate the Extremely Low Frequency Communication System (see H.R. 1446), H1891 [24AP]

Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact: repeal consent of Congress (see H.R. 438), H153 [9JA]

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), H1794 [23AP]

Sports: extend pension benefits to certain surviving professional basketball players (see H. Con. Res. 83), H3576 [6JN]

Taxation: exclude gain or loss from the sale of livestock from the computation of capital gains relative to the earned income credit (see H.R. 1800), H9039 [22OC]

———retain alternative minimum tax (see H. Con. Res. 97), H3797 [12JN]

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

Transportation: transfer taxing and spending authority over highway programs and mass transit programs to States (see H.R. 1470, 3045), H1987 [29AP], H10953 [13NO]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (see H.R. 1755, 1796), H3273 [3JN], H3566 [5JN]

———making interim emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (see H.R. 1707), H3201 [22MY]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 44), H348 [5FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish temporary emergency minimum milk prices (see H. Res. 224), H7118 [9SE]

———require estimates of production costs relative to milk marketing orders' basic formula price (see H.R. 2482), H7364 [16SE]

———study effects of basing milk marketing orders' basic formula price on costs of production (see H.R. 1190), H1260 [20MR]

House of Representatives: expenditure limitations and public financing for general elections (see H.R. 243), H147 [9JA]

Medal of Honor: issue commemorative postage stamp in recognition of recipients (see H. Con. Res. 200), H10955 [13NO]

National Cheese Exchange: CFTC regulation of cash markets relative to use as a reference price for commodities (see H.R. 645), H393 [6FE]

———reduce effect on the milk marketing orders' basic formula price (see H.R. 646), H393 [6FE]

Case Studies

Whole School Reform Initiative, H6857-H6859 [4SE]

Descriptions

Accomplishments of New American Schools (organization), H7149 [10SE]

Letters

Educational reform initiatives: Carnie C. Hayes and Edward R. Kealy, Committee for Education Funding, H6857 [4SE]

———Darlene Maloney, Indiana PTA, H7148, H7149 [10SE]

———David T. Kearns and John L. Anderson, New American Schools (organization), H6855 [4SE]

———Gerald D. Morris, American Federation of Teachers, H6854, H6856 [4SE]

———Gerald E. Sroufe, Howard Silver, David Johnson, Karen Anderson, and Richard Hershman, American Educational Research Association, H6855 [4SE]

———Gordon M. Ambach, Council of Chief State School Officers, H6855 [4SE]

———Jeffrey A. Simering, Council of the Great City Schools, H6854 [4SE]

———Liz Parker, Oklahoma PTA, H7148 [10SE]

———Mary Elizabeth Teasley, National Education Association, H6854, H6856 [4SE]

———Michael Casserly, Council of the Great City Schools, H6856 [4SE]

———Richard Long, National Association of State Title I Directors, H6854, H6856 [4SE]

———Rosaline Turnbull, Ann Desmond, and Betty DeFen, California Congress of Parents, Teachers, and Students, Inc., H7148 [10SE]

———Sharon Solomon, Kentucky PTA, H7149 [10SE]

———Shirley Igo, National PTA, H6854, H6856 [4SE]

———Timothy J. Dyer, National Association of Secondary School Principals, H6856 [4SE]

———William B. Ingram and Anne L. Bryant, National School Boards Association, H6854, H6855 [4SE]

Motions

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2160), H5714, H5730, H5731 [24JY]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 2266), H6760 [3SE]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2267), H10939 [13NO]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2264), H7653 [23SE]

House of Representatives: adjournment, H1191 [20MR], H5671 [24JY]

Obituaries

Duffey, John H.: Bluegrass Unlimited (publication), E94 [9JA]

———Sing Out (publication), E95 [9JA]

Remarks

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1122), consideration (H. Res. 100), H1199 [20MR]

Agriculture: effect of national farm policy on farmers, H5714 [24JY], E1496 [23JY]

———ensure that federally funded research and education address high-priority concerns with national multistate significance (S. 1150), H10385, H10386 [8NO]

———Federal crop insurance program reform, H5672, H5675 [24JY]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2160), H5371, H5372, H5374 [16JY], H5553, H5555, H5557, H5558, H5560 [22JY], H5672, H5675, H5714 [24JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2160), consideration (H. Res. 193), H5653 [23JY]

Appropriations: eliminate forward funding for FEMA, restore Dept. of HUD rental assisted housing funding, and make other nondefense rescissions, H2730 [15MY]

———establish automatic system for continuing appropriations, H2690, H2691, H2692, H2733, H2737 [15MY]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 94), H7916 [26SE], H8100 [29SE]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 97), H8937, H8938 [22OC]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), H2706, H2709, H2710, H2715, H2717, H2720, H2724, H2726, H2727, H2728, H2730, H2733, H2737, H2741, H2764, H2771, H2774 [15MY], H2861, H2862 [16MY], H3194 [22MY]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), conference report, H3533, H3539 [5JN]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), consideration (H. Res. 146), H2602, H2603, H2607, H2608 [14MY]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), consideration (H. Res. 149), H2690, H2691, H2692, H2693 [15MY]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), corrections in engrossment, H2775 [15MY]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), permission to file conference report, H3291 [4JN]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), refer bill and veto message to Committee on Appropriations (House), H3635, H3636 [10JN]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1755), H3246 [3JN], H3284 [4JN]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1871), H3785, H3786, H3788 [12JN]

———making technical corrections to omnibus consolidated legislation (H.J. Res. 25), H75, H76 [9JA]

Army: School of the Americas funding, H6744 [3SE]

BIA: prohibit recognition of new Indian trust lands until binding agreements are reached by tribes on State and local sales taxes, H5231, H5232 [15JY]

Birth control: family participation in the decision of minors to seek family planning services from federally-funded clinics, H7054 [9SE]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), H4803 [26JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), conference report, H6633 [31JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), conference report, H6327 [30JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 202), H6318 [30JY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 84), H3054 [20MY]

Buy American Act: compliance, H2728 [15MY]

Coast Guard: Great Lakes icebreaker funding, H5633 [23JY]

Committee on Government Reform and Oversight (House): investigation of Federal election campaign fundraising and expenditure practices, H1191 [20MR]

Committee on Rules (House): consideration of minority amendments to appropriations legislation, H5560, H5563 [22JY]

Committee on Taxation (Joint): staffing levels, H6756 [3SE]

Community Schools Youth Services and Supervision Program: funding, H7082 [9SE]

Contracts: prohibit awarding of Federal contracts relative to fraud investigations, H7390, H7391 [17SE]

Corp. for National and Community Service: funding, H5284 [15JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: reduction of land included in the Conservation Reserve Program, H2710 [15MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing military activities appropriations and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1119), H4183 [23JN]

———authorizing military activities appropriations and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1119), motion to instruct conferees, H5800 [25JY]

———breast cancer research funding, H5949 [29JY]

———B-2 stealth bomber funding, H4183 [23JN], H5943, H5946, H5949, H5951 [29JY]

———disapproval of line-item vetoes in military construction appropriations legislation (H.R. 2631), H10376 [8NO]

———F-22 fighter aircraft funding, H5954, H5955 [29JY]

———foreign sales of F-22 fighter aircraft, H5966, H5968 [29JY], H6760 [3SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2266), H5936, H5943, H5946, H5949, H5951, H5954, H5955, H5966, H5968 [29JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2266), motion to instruct conferees, H6760 [3SE]

Dept. of Education: national testing standards, H7329, H7343, H7344 [16SE], H9732 [30OC]

———prohibit State sanctions relative to special education services for certain adult prisoners under the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act, H7377 [17SE]

———website expansion funding, H7180 [10SE]

Dept. of Energy: Clean Coal Technology Program funding, H5121 [10JY]

Dept. of HHS: Drug Needle Exchange Program funding, H7218 [11SE]

———increase Senior Citizen Meal Program funding through rescissions in certain family planning programs, H7034 [9SE]

———State AIDS drug assistance programs funding, H7031, H7032, H7044, H7045, H7047, H7048 [9SE]

Dept. of State and related agencies: authorizing appropriations and consolidating certain agencies (H.R. 1757), consideration (H. Res. 159), H3284 [4JN]

———authorizing appropriations and consolidating certain agencies (H.R. 1757), motion to instruct conferees, H8687 [8OC]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2107), H5085, H5102, H5103, H5121 [10JY], H5145, H5161, H5165 [11JY], H5231, H5232 [15JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2107), conference report, H9534 [24OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2107), consideration (H. Res. 181), H5051 [10JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2107), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 277), H9511 [24OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2107), motion to instruct conferees, H7653 [23SE]

Dept. of the Treasury: Community Development Financial Institutions Fund Program funding, H5361 [16JY]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2169), H5633 [23JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2169), conference report, H8750 [9OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: medical, prosthetic, and Gulf War Syndrome research funding, H5284 [15JY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2267), H7876 [25SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2267), conference report, H10935 [13NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2267), conference report—motion to recommit, H10939 [13NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2267), consideration (H. Res. 239), H7756 [24SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2264), H6850, H6860, H6880, H6881, H6882, H6885, H6888, H6889 [4SE], H6926, H6930, H6931, H6933, H6934, H6938, H6940, H6941, H6942, H6943, H6946 [5SE], H6980, H6982, H6986, H6987, H6988, H6990, H6992, H6993 [8SE], H7024, H7025, H7026, H7027, H7028, H7030, H7031, H7032, H7034, H7041, H7044, H7045, H7047, H7048, H7054, H7082 [9SE], H7129, H7130, H7135, H7147, H7154, H7165, H7167, H7170, H7171, H7172, H7180, H7182 [10SE], H7215, H7218, H7230, H7239, H7240, H7241, H7243, H7245 [11SE], H7329, H7343, H7344, H7349 [16SE], H7373, H7377, H7390, H7391 [17SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2264), motion to instruct conferees, H7653 [23SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2264), unanimous-consent agreement, H6668 [31JY]

———making appropriations (S. 1061), H7144 [10SE]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2158), H5273, H5274, H5275, H5277, H5284 [15JY], H5361 [16JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2158), conference report, H8682 [8OC]

District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 2607), H8755, H8791 [9OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2607), consideration (H. Res. 264), H8732 [9OC]

Drugs: prohibit study for legalization of medicinal use of marijuana, H2774 [15MY]

Education: charter schools funding through rescissions in Technology Literacy Challenge Grant Program funding, H7135 [10SE]

———funding to local educational agencies relative to per pupil expenditures, H7239 [11SE]

———high-risk youth programs funding through rescissions in Goals 2000 Program funding, H7130 [10SE]

———Impact Aid Program funding for school construction through rescissions in NLRB funding, H7170, H7171, H7172 [10SE]

———national policy to improve system, H6850, H6880, H6881, H6882 [4SE], H7147, H7154, H7165, H7167 [10SE]

———special education funding through rescissions in OSHA funding, H6987, H6988, H6990, H6992, H6993 [8SE]

———vocational and adult education funding through rescissions in OSHA funding, H6942, H6943, H6946 [5SE], H6980, H6982 [8SE]

———vocational education funding through rescissions in Goals 2000 Program funding, H7129 [10SE]

———We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution Program funding, H7041 [9SE]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2203), consideration (H. Res. 194), H5734 [24JY]

FAA: testing and evaluation of infrared heating technology for deicing commercial aircraft, H5633 [23JY]

Families and domestic relations: child abuse and neglect prevention programs funding, H6888, H6889 [4SE]

———international family planning programs restrictions relative to abortions, H10935 [13NO]

Federal employees: leave transfer program to assist Federal employees adversely affected by disasters, H2771 [15MY]

FEMA: funding, H2764 [15MY]

Floods: community development block grant funding to flood States, H2693, H2706, H2727 [15MY]

Foreign aid: international family planning programs restrictions relative to abortion, H6839 [4SE], H8504 [7OC], H8687 [8OC]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2159), H6744 [3SE], H6839 [4SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2159), conference report, H10674 [12NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2159), motion to instruct conferees, H8504 [7OC]

Forest Service: road construction funding, H5102 [10JY]

Headwaters Forest: Federal acquisition of lands, H9534 [24OC]

Hermandad Mexicana Nacional (organization): filing of criminal charges by the U.S. Attorney in California for failure to comply with a subpoena relative to contested election (H. Res. 244), consideration (H. Res. 253), H8250 [30SE]

House of Representatives: legislative program, H3188 [22MY], H5442 [17JY], H7890 [25SE], H9529 [24OC]

House Rules: consideration of motions to suspend the rules and pass certain legislation (H. Res. 107), H1355, H1356 [9AP]

Immigration: extend program allowing immigrants to renew status based on family relationship or employment opportunity while remaining in the country, H7916 [26SE], H8100 [29SE]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: funding, H6885 [4SE]

———funding through rescissions in Goals 2000 Program funding, H7144 [10SE]

———funding through rescissions in the Dept. of Labor wage and hour enforcement division, H6926, H6930, H6931, H6933, H6934, H6938 [5SE]

International Brotherhood of Teamsters: limit Federal funding for rerun of leadership election, H7349 [16SE]

Job Corps: compensation of employees, H7030 [9SE]

Land and Water Conservation Fund: land acquisition funding, H5085 [10JY]

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 2209), consideration (H. Res. 197), H5785, H5786 [25JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2209), motion to instruct conferees, H6756 [3SE]

Lumber industry: export of timber from Federal lands, H9511 [24OC]

Medicaid: Federal funding of abortions, H7230 [11SE]

Medicare: claim status for permanently disabled, H6940 [5SE]

Mexico: disapprove foreign aid certification of drug enforcement efforts (H.J. Res. 58), H979 [13MR]

Monroe County, MI: funding for costs associated with Comair plane crash, H2726 [15MY]

National Commission on the Cost of Higher Education: establish, H2724 [15MY]

National Endowment for the Arts: funding, H5051, H5103 [10JY], H7653 [23SE]

———replace funding with block grants to States, H5145 [11JY]

National Endowment for the Humanities: funding, H5161 [11JY]

NATO: ensure enlargement is consistent with U.S. interests, strengthens relations with Russia, and preserve prerogatives of arms control agreements (H.R. 1758), consideration (H. Res. 159), H3284 [4JN]

———expansion, E654 [15AP]

———proportional cost-sharing arrangement relative to expansion, H5800 [25JY]

NLRB: adjust employer business activity threshold relative to jurisdiction of labor disputes, H7240, H7241, H7243, H7245 [11SE]

Office of U.S. Trade Representative: increase funding to research and study laws affected by trade negotiations, H7876 [25SE]

Older Americans Act: funding, H6941 [5SE]

OSHA: Compliance Assistance Program funding, H6998, H6999 [8SE], H7024, H7025, H7026, H7027, H7028 [9SE]

Parliamentary inquiry, H2738 [15MY], H5660 [23JY], H5677 [24JY], H7231, H7243 [11SE]

Point of order, H2745, H2752, H2773 [15MY], H7043 [9SE], H7241 [11SE], H7390 [17SE]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits, H36 [7JA], H1355, H1356 [9AP]

———ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2183), H7186, H7187 [10SE]

Schools: establish a partnership to rebuild and modernize school facilities, H7215 [11SE]

SSI: extend transition period for legal aliens receiving benefits, H2709, H2741 [15MY]

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration: funding formula for States, H6986 [8SE]

Taxation: child tax credit, H4803 [26JN]

———rates, H4803 [26JN], H6633 [31JY]

Tobacco products: treatment of excise taxes relative to costs incurred by tobacco industry liability settlement, H7373 [17SE]

U.N.: authorize payment of U.S. arrearages, H10935 [13NO]

Ukraine: allocation of foreign aid, H3785 [12JN]

Veterans: health care programs funding, H5273, H5274, H5275, H5277 [15JY]

WIC: funding, H2607 [14MY], H2715, H2717, H2720 [15MY], H5553, H5555, H5557, H5558 [22JY], H5672, H5675 [24JY]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H336 [5FE], H521 [12FE]

Special order: granted, H38 [7JA], H5566 [22JY]

Reports

Educational Reform: by, H6851-H6854 [4SE]

Evidence of the Results of Whole School Reform, H6859 [4SE]

Statements

Energy and Water Development Appropriations: Executive Office of the President, H5734 [24JY]

Studies

Demonstrating Progress—Profiles of Exemplary Schools Using the New American Schools Whole School Designs, H7149-H7153 [10SE]

Tributes

Duffey, John H., E93 [9JA]