DeLAURO, ROSA L. (a Representative from Connecticut)

Announcements

House of Representatives official objectors for the Private Calendar, H3800 [16JN]

Appointments

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

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

Articles and editorials

Gingrich Defends Tobacco Tax Break—$50 Billion Credit Is Part of Fair Overall Deal, Speaker Says, H7375 [17SE]

Smoking May Have Killed Thousands, CEO Agrees, Washington (DC) Post, H7375 [17SE]

Tax Trash, Washington (DC) Post, H5383 [16JY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: provide freedom of choice to military personnel serving overseas (see H.R. 411), H152 [9JA]

Afghanistan: peace process and human rights situation (see H. Con. Res. 156), H7729 [23SE]

Agriculture: prohibit coverage of tobacco by Federal crop insurance programs (see H.R. 1438), H2351 [7MY]

———prohibit transfer or marketing of nonambulatory cattle, sheep, swine, horses, mules, or goats (see H.R. 453), H9502 [23OC]

Airlines: provide protection for airline employees who provide certain air safety information (see H.R. 915), H8265 [30SE]

Alaska: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 900), H701 [27FE]

Animals: ensure that all dogs and cats used by research facilities are obtained legally (see H.R. 594), H346 [5FE]

———prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear viscera (see H.R. 619), H9614 [28OC]

———prohibit interstate commerce relative to exotic animals (see H.R. 1202), H9800 [30OC]

Armed Forces: alternative financing mechanism for TRICARE health care program (see H.R. 1246), H1795 [23AP]

Arms Export Control Act: amend relative to prohibition on imports of certain firearms and ammunition (see H.R. 1570), H3170 [21MY]

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

Aviation: allow families of international airline disaster victims a fair jury trial to receive just compensation for their loss (see H.R. 2005), H4132 [20JN]

———installation of emergency locator transmitters on aircraft (see H.R. 664), H407 [10FE]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: implementation of peace agreement, support democratic efforts of countries from former Yugoslavia and continue efforts to prosecute war criminals (see H. Res. 15), H2681 [14MY]

Business and industry: maintain standards for ``Made in USA'' label (see H. Con. Res. 80), H6799 [3SE]

Census: include ancestry data on decennial census (see H. Con. Res. 38), H1543 [15AP]

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

Civil rights: prohibit use of involuntary arbitration to settle claims of employment discrimination (see H.R. 983), H2091 [30AP]

Clothing industry: legal accountability for sweatshop conditions (see H.R. 23), H5183 [14JY]

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

Computers: transmission of information relative to abortion over computer information services (see H.R. 2272), H6026 [29JY]

———use, sale, and export of encryption products for privacy and security (see H.R. 695), H6026 [29JY]

Consumers: labeling system for apparel and sporting goods made without child labor (see H.R. 1301), H2680 [14MY]

———notification of additional fees for use of certain automatic teller machines utilizing a national or regional network (see H.R. 264), H1288 [21MR]

Contraceptives: require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and services under health insurance plans (see H.R. 2174), H8265 [30SE]

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 96), H1441 [10AP]

Courts: provide procedures for future adjustments of salaries of Federal judges (see H.R. 875), H7528 [17SE]

———repeal requirements on adjustments to judicial salaries (see H.R. 807), H3568 [5JN]

Credit unions: clarify laws relative to field of membership of Federal credit unions (see H.R. 1151), H6963 [5SE]

Crime: national policy to control juvenile crime and violence (see H.R. 1699), H3169 [21MY]

———protection from sexual predators (see H.R. 305), H6798 [3SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish equitable service for customers and equal opportunity for employees (see H.R. 2185), H6798 [3SE]

Dept. of Defense: repayment of student loans by students called to active duty (see H.R. 877), H700 [27FE]

Dept. of HUD: include VA loan recipients under requirement for notification of housing counseling (see H.R. 895), H1019 [13MR]

Dept. of the Interior: prohibit expenditures on mid-Atlantic coast offshore oil and gas lease sales (see H.R. 2555), H7910 [25SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize medical centers to retain funds collected for the provision of health services (see H.R. 1125), H1542 [15AP]

———improve programs providing counseling and treatment for sexual trauma experienced by veterans (see H.R. 2253), H5777 [24JY]

Diseases: coverage of prostate cancer screening and drug treatments under Medicare and Dept. of Veterans Affairs programs and expansion of research and education programs (see H.R. 383), H151 [9JA]

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

———issue special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 407), H725 [4MR]

———issue special postage stamps to fund prostate cancer research (see H.R. 2545), H8633 [7OC]

———payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted HIV due to contaminated blood products (see H.R. 1023), H888 [11MR]

———treatments relative to the transmission of HIV (see H.R. 3072), H10954 [13NO]

Drugs: defer effective dates for approving certain drug applications (see H.R. 1727), H9730 [29OC]

———penalties relative to gamma y-hydroxybutyrate and ketamine hydrochloride (see H.R. 1530), H2168 [5MY]

Drunken driving: national minimum sentence for a person who operates a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol (see H.R. 982), H4836 [26JN]

———national standard to prohibit the operation of motor vehicles by intoxicated individuals (see H.R. 981), H5487 [17JY]

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

———cleanup and redevelopment of brownfield sites (see H.R. 1049), H1262 [20MR]

———ensure recovery of biological diversity, strengthen protection of wildlife, and provide certain assurances to local governments and individuals relative to economic development efforts (see H.R. 2351), H7008 [8SE]

———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]

———negotiation of an international climate change agreement (see H. Con. Res. 106), H8265 [30SE]

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), H452 [11FE]

Education: State adoption of challenging academic standards in core curricula (see H. Res. 299), H9865 [31OC]

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

Employment: make parental leave for birth parents equitable to adoptive and foster parents (see H.R. 1573), H10956 [13NO]

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

———prohibit discrimination on the basis of genetic information (see H.R. 2275), H10421 [8NO]

———provide for retirement savings and security (see H.R. 1130), H1186 [19MR]

Families and domestic relations: establish felony violations for failure to pay legal child support obligations (see H.R. 2503), H9801 [30OC]

Federal employees: computation system for Social Security benefits relative to spouses' and surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 2273), H7199 [10SE]

———delays in retirement cost-of-living adjustments (see H. Con. Res. 13), H1289 [21MR]

Federal firefighters: hourly and overtime pay rates and pay equity with other civil service employees and public sector firefighters (see H.R. 1166), H2091 [30AP]

Firearms: improve safety of handguns (see H.R. 1047), H3804 [16JN]

Flag—U.S.: express respect and affection (see H. Con. Res. 23), H890 [11MR]

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), H5177 [11JY]

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

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), H7830 [24SE]

Health: apply group health plan portability requirements to students covered under college-sponsored health plans (see H.R. 1281), H1893 [24AP]

———assure continued health insurance coverage of retired workers (see H.R. 211), H146 [9JA]

———establish a program for training in lifesaving first aid for individuals experiencing cardiac arrest (see H.R. 1679), H8300 [1OC]

———establish an educational program on the prevention and treatment of eating disorders (see H.R. 2006), H5297 [15JY]

———insurance coverage of bone mass measurements (see H.R. 2693), H9038 [22OC]

———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), H9730 [29OC]

———require the removal of silicone gel and saline breast implants and conduct chemical and industrial safety research (see H.R. 366), H151 [9JA]

———revise and extend bone marrow donation and transplantation program (see H.R. 2202), H5487 [17JY]

———revise and extend mammography quality standards programs (see H.R. 1289), H2157 [1MY]

———standardize relationships between group health plans and health insurers relative to enrollees, health professionals, and providers (see H.R. 1415), H8300 [1OC]

Higher Education Act: improve accountability and reform certain programs (see H.R. 2140), H5131 [10JY]

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

House Rules: limit admission of former Members to House floor and rooms in certain instances (see H. Res. 229), H7528 [17SE]

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

Hurston, Zora Neale: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 129), H6026 [29JY]

Immigration: modify qualifications for countries to be in the visa waiver pilot program (see H.R. 1880), H6918 [4SE]

Insurance: coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (see H.R. 815), H725 [4MR]

———coverage of reconstructive breast surgery resulting from mastectomies (see H.R. 164), H144 [9JA]

———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 306), H149 [9JA]

———require coverage of post-delivery follow-up care for certain mothers and newborns (see H.R. 2854), H10171 [6NO]

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

———reform (see H. Con. Res. 43), H889 [11MR]

International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia: restrict foreign assistance for countries providing sanctuary to indicted war criminals who are sought for prosecution (see H.R. 2121), H6707 [31JY]

International Fund for Ireland: require that disbursements are distributed in compliance with the MacBride Principles (see H.R. 150), H1892 [24AP]

Interstate commerce: allow any State, territory, or possession to bring Federal court action relative to transportation of alcoholic beverages (see H.R. 1063), H8833 [9OC]

IRS: restructure (see H.R. 2292), H9801 [30OC]

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

———terrorist bombing in Jerusalem market (see H. Con. Res. 133), H6406 [30JY]

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]

Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1173), H3660 [10JN]

Little League Baseball Inc.: extend benefits and privileges available to nongovernmental international organizations (see H. Con. Res. 107), H8439 [6OC]

``Little Rock Nine'': award Congressional Gold Medals (see H.R. 2560), H8265 [30SE]

Marine resources: reauthorization of programs (see H.R. 437), H1339 [8AP]

Medicare: coverage of dental services (see H.R. 1288), H1612 [16AP]

———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]

———coverage of screening mammography (see H.R. 417, 418), H812 [10MR], H1018 [13MR]

———demonstration project to provide coverage for cancer patients enrolled in certain clinical trials (see H.R. 1628), H2783 [15MY]

———protection of beneficiaries relative to enrollment in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 66), H8928 [21OC]

———reform (see H.R. 1165), H7365 [16SE]

———reimbursement for services provided to eligible veterans by certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities (see H.R. 1362), H1893 [24AP]

———reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see H.R. 192), H3797 [12JN]

———remove requirement of an x ray as a condition of coverage of chiropractic services (see H.R. 916), H2254 [6MY]

Mining and mineral resources: ensure receipt of a fair return for the extraction of locatable minerals on public domain lands (see H.R. 778), H2785 [15MY]

———reclamation of abandoned hardrock mines (see H.R. 780), H2785 [15MY]

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

Motor vehicles: titling and registration requirements relative to salvage, nonrepairable, and rebuilt vehicles (see H.R. 1839), H8054 [26SE]

NASA: tribute for successfully carrying out the Mars Pathfinder Mission (see H. Con. Res. 111), H7200 [10SE]

National cemeteries: penalties for theft and malicious vandalism (see H.R. 1532), H3660 [10JN]

National Center for Missing and Exploited Children: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1716), H3865 [17JN]

National forests: ban clearcutting, protect native biodiversity, and designate certain Federal lands as Northwest Ancient Forests and roadless areas (see H.R. 1376), H1705 [17AP]

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

National Sea Grant College Program: reauthorization (see H.R. 437), H1339 [8AP]

National security: threat to U.S. citizens and Government posed by armed militia and paramilitary groups (see H. Con. Res. 2), H155 [9JA]

NATO: recommend the integration of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania (see H. Con. Res. 10), H2157 [1MY]

Natural resources: recover fair market value for disposal of Federal natural assets (see H.R. 919), H724 [4MR]

NetDay96: tribute (see H. Res. 38), H1019 [13MR]

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

Northern Mariana Islands: labeling, minimum wage, and immigration requirements relative to textile industry (see H.R. 1450), H5021 [9JY]

Olympic games: holding of the 2004 summer games in Cape Town, South Africa (see H. Con. Res. 89), H3798 [12JN]

OPIC: reauthorize (see H.R. 2064), H6918 [4SE]

OPM: submit proposed legislation under which group universal life insurance and group variable universal life insurance would be available (see H.R. 2675), H9866 [31OC]

Political campaigns: constitutional amendment to limit expenditure of money to elect public officials (see H.J. Res. 9, 47), H407 [10FE], H629 [25FE]

———ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 600, 2183, 2199, 2777; H. Res. 236), H346 [5FE], H5486 [17JY], H7600 [18SE], H9502 [23OC], H9800 [30OC]

———prohibit use of soft money in Federal elections (see H.R. 1025), H7911 [25SE]

———require radio and television broadcasters to provide free time for political advertising (see H.R. 84), H5401 [16JY]

Postal Service: guidelines for renovation, relocation, closing, or consolidation of post offices (see H.R. 1231), H1893 [24AP]

Princess Diana (Wales): condolences on death in car accident in Paris (see H. Res. 219), H6917 [4SE]

Privacy: protection of Social Security numbers and other personal information (see H.R. 1813), H6918 [4SE]

Public lands: designate certain national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and wilderness areas in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming (see H.R. 1425), H3865 [17JN]

Public works: provide incentives for the creation of jobs and restoration of infrastructure (see H.R. 950), H767 [5MR]

———provide incentives for the creation of jobs and restoration of infrastructure, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 950), H1543 [15AP]

Racial relations: congressional role in eliminating racism (see H. Res. 138), H2091 [30AP]

Railway Labor Act: applicability to U.S. air carriers and flight crews during operations outside the U.S. (see H.R. 991), H8438 [6OC]

Remy, France: tribute to citizens relative to burial of Houston Braly (see H. Con. Res. 141), H6715 [1AU]

———tribute to fundraising efforts of 364th Fighter Group relative to restoration of stained glass windows (see H. Con. Res. 141), H6715 [1AU]

Robert F. Kennedy Dept. of Justice Building, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 1383), H2446 [8MY]

Ronald H. Brown Federal Building, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 29), H67 [7JA], H139 [9JA]

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), H9501 [23OC]

Schools: establish a partnership to rebuild and modernize school facilities (see H.R. 1104), H1111 [18MR]

Securities: limit the conduct of securities class actions under State law (see H.R. 1689), 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), H3798 [12JN]

Sinatra, Francis A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 279), H148 [9JA]

Smithsonian Institution: establish National African-American Museum (see H.R. 773), H4087 [19JN]

Social Security: earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 612), H347 [5FE]

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

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), H2091 [30AP]

———allowable credits and deductions in determining alternative minimum tax liability (see H.R. 2524), H9502 [23OC]

———credit for clinical testing of certain drugs for rare diseases or conditions (see H.R. 1169), H1340 [8AP]

———credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (see H.R. 1134), H3924 [18JN]

———deny employers a deduction for payments of excessive compensation (see H.R. 687), H10768 [12NO]

———determination of employment status of individuals as employees or independent contractors (see H.R. 2642), H9502 [23OC]

———encourage cleanup of brownfield sites and creation of empowerment zones and enterprise communities (see H.R. 505), H1340 [8AP]

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

———extend research and development tax credit (see H.R. 947), H767 [5MR]

———full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals (see H.R. 18), H5021 [9JY]

———repeal percentage depletion allowance for certain hardrock mines (see H.R. 779), H2785 [15MY]

———restore the deduction for two-earner married couples (see H.R. 2593), H9502 [23OC]

———retain alternative minimum tax (see H. Con. Res. 97), H4133 [20JN]

———treatment of advertising expenses for tobacco products (see H.R. 1323), H1541 [15AP]

———treatment of benefits given to former police and firefighters for heart and hypertension conditions (see H.R. 202), H1339 [8AP]

———treatment of capital losses on sale or exchange of a principal residence (see H.R. 535), H283 [4FE]

———treatment of distilled spirits (see H.R. 450), H169 [20JA]

———treatment of employer-provided and graduate level educational assistance (see H.R. 127), H2445 [8MY]

Taxpayer Relief Act: repeal provisions that terminate the tax-exempt status of the Teacher's Insurance Annuity Association College Retirement Equities Fund (see H.R. 2527), H8300 [1OC]

———repeal provisions that terminate the tax-exempt status of the Teacher's Insurance Annuity Association College Retirement Equities Fund, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 2527), H9730 [29OC]

Ted Weiss U.S. Courthouse, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 548), H804 [6MR]

Telecommunications: promote competition and privatization in satellite communications (see H.R. 1872), H10956 [13NO]

Tobacco products: application of domestic laws on labeling, advertising, and marketing to international sales (see H.R. 2135), H5487 [17JY]

———treatment of excise taxes relative to costs incurred by tobacco industry liability settlement (see H.R. 2387), H6963 [5SE]

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

21st Century Scholars Program: establish (see H.R. 777), H3797 [12JN]

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

Veterans: authorize financial assistance for legal representation in Court of Veterans Appeals proceedings (see H.R. 1008), H1715 [21AP]

———expand range of criminal offenses resulting in forfeiture of benefits (see H.R. 1955), H4339 [24JN]

———minimum survivor annuities for unremarried surviving spouses of veterans who died prior to survivor benefit plan participation (see H.R. 38), H2254 [6MY]

———reinstate eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 2004), H6798 [3SE]

———rename Court of Veterans Appeals as Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (see H.R. 1089), H1340 [8AP]

Virgin Islands: anniversary of the emancipation of Africans held in slavery in the Danish West Indies (see H. Con. Res. 161), H8265 [30SE]

Water pollution: estuary conservation and management programs funding (see H.R. 2374), H6715 [1AU]

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

Women: celebrate and continue accomplishments of Title IX provisions relative to equity in women's educational and athletic opportunities (see H. Con. Res. 103), H4339 [24JN]

———comprehensive pension protection (see H.R. 766), H950 [12MR]

———constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 66), H1261 [20MR]

———establish offices of women's health within certain Federal agencies (see H.R. 920), H2590 [13MY]

———protection of reproductive rights (see H.R. 2525), H7729 [23SE]

———tribute to the inaugural season of U.S. women's professional basketball leagues (see H. Res. 173), H5401 [16JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Children and youth: increase certain funding under Head Start Program (see H.R. 1373), H1704 [17AP]

———tribute to child care professionals (see H. Res. 279), H9502 [23OC]

Civil rights: provide improved remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 2023), H4338 [24JN]

Dept. of Defense: treatment of expenses for contractors who relocate due to cessation of military activities at the Stratford Army Engine Plant (see H.R. 463), H243 [21JA]

Dept. of Transportation: make direct loans and provide lines of credit to finance surface transportation projects (see H.R. 2330), H6703 [31JY]

Families and domestic relations: improve child care and family support services (see H.R. 1373, 2713), H1704 [17AP], H9501 [23OC]

Family and Medical Leave Act: provide coverage to employers with more than 20 employees (see H.R. 1373), H1704 [17AP]

Health: combat fraud relative to payments for health care services (see H.R. 2584), H8264 [30SE]

———prohibit discrimination in employer health benefit plans relative to neurobiological disorders (see H.R. 2110), H4912 [8JY]

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

Medicare: coverage of paramedic intercept ambulance support services (see H.R. 2153), H5177 [11JY]

National Infrastructure Development Corp.: establish (see H.R. 712, 713), H522 [12FE]

Richard C. Lee U.S. Courthouse, New Haven, CT: designate (see H.R. 2787), H9865 [31OC]

Roads and highways: increase number of State participants in the infrastructure bank pilot program (see H.R. 710), H522 [12FE]

Taxation: treatment of distributions from qualified retirement plans investing in public benefit bonds (see H.R. 711), H522 [12FE]

———treatment of income relative to imported properties from foreign corporations (see H.R. 1373), H1704 [17AP]

———treatment of tobacco products (see H.R. 3027), H10767 [12NO]

Tobacco products: 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]

Letters

Partial-birth abortions, H1218 [20MR]

Motions

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2378), conference report, H8215 [30SE]

Eximbank: reauthorization (H.R. 1370), H8203 [30SE]

House of Representatives: adjournment, H7371 [17SE]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H7733 [24SE]

Proposals

Committee on House Oversight (House) investigation of voter irregularities in California's 46th Congressional District, H9807 [31OC]

Remarks

Abortion: performance at military medical facilities, H4059 [19JN]

———prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1122), H1218 [20MR]

———prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1122), consideration of Senate amendments (H. Res. 262), H8643 [8OC]

Agriculture: Federal crop insurance program reform, H5674 [24JY]

———prohibit coverage of tobacco by Federal crop insurance programs, H5695 [24JY]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2160), H5375 [16JY], H5555 [22JY], H5674, H5695 [24JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2160), consideration (H. Res. 193), H5657 [23JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2160), motion to instruct conferees, H6759 [3SE]

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations, H3667 [11JN]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), H2720 [15MY], H3080 [21MY], H3218 [3JN]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), conference report, H3290 [4JN]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), veto, H3638 [10JN]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1871), H3724 [12JN]

Armed Forces: investigation into sexual harassment and assault allegations, H7488 [17SE]

BIA: prohibit recognition of new Indian trust lands until binding agreements are reached by tribes on State and local sales taxes, H5233 [15JY]

Birth control: family participation in the decision of minors to seek family planning services from federally-funded clinics, H7073 [9SE]

Budget: balance, H1048 [18MR]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), H4653, H4654 [26JN], H4845 [8JY], H4924, H5010 [9JY], H5030 [10JY], H5135 [11JY], H5308, H5382, H5394, H5395, H5396 [16JY], H5583 [23JY], H5669 [24JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), conference report, H6302 [30JY], H6622, H6653 [31JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), consideration (H. Res. 174), H4394 [25JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), H4557, H4559, H4561, H4564, H4565 [25JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), conference report, H6302 [30JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), consideration (H. Res. 174), H4394 [25JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), motion to instruct conferees, H5033 [10JY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 84), H2999 [20MY], H3080 [21MY]

———submission of budget proposal by the President without budgetary contingencies (H. Res. 89), H916 [12MR]

Census: use of sampling to improve the accuracy of the decennial census, H8231, H8237 [30SE]

Children and youth: increase certain funding under Head Start Program (H.R. 1373), H8711, H8712, H8714 [8OC]

———provide health insurance for uninsured children, H676 [27FE], H715 [4MR], H729 [5MR], H772 [6MR], H819 [11MR], H953 [13MR], H4557, H4564 [25JN]

China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (H.J. Res. 79), H4249, H4284 [24JN]

Coburn, Representative: remarks relative to television broadcast of movie ``Schindler's List'', H633 [26FE]

Committee on Government Reform and Oversight (House): investigation of Federal election campaign fundraising and expenditure practices, H1191 [20MR], H1382 [9AP]

Committee on House Oversight (House): investigation of voter irregularities in California's 46th Congressional District, H5876 [28JY], H5998, H6000, H6001, H6002 [29JY], H8168 [30SE], H9805, H9807 [31OC], H10109 [6NO]

Committees of the House: authorizing expenditures (H. Res. 91), H1276 [21MR]

Congress: adjournment (H. Con. Res. 108), consideration (H. Res. 176), H4653, H4654 [26JN]

Corp. for Public Broadcasting: funding, H7207, H7209, H7210 [11SE]

Democratic Party: national agenda, H1346 [9AP], H2779 [15MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing military activities appropriations and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1119), H4059 [19JN]

Dept. of Education: establish block grants for local educational agencies, H7389 [17SE]

———national testing standards, H7328 [16SE]

Dept. of HHS: Drug Needle Exchange Program funding, H7223 [11SE]

Dept. of State and related agencies: authorizing appropriations and consolidating certain agencies (H.R. 1757), H3494 [5JN]

———authorizing appropriations and consolidating certain agencies (H.R. 1757), consideration (H. Res. 159), H3290 [4JN]

———authorizing appropriations and consolidating certain agencies (H.R. 1757), motion to instruct conferees, H8276 [1OC]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2107), H5144, H5168 [11JY], H5233 [15JY]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2378), H7471 [17SE]

Dept. of Transportation: make direct loans and provide lines of credit to finance surface transportation projects (H.R. 2330), E1617 [1AU]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2267), H7798 [24SE], H7866 [25SE], H8010 [26SE], H8231, H8237 [30SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2264), H6863, H6886, H6887 [4SE], H6938 [5SE], H6988 [8SE], H7073 [9SE], H7124, H7167 [10SE], H7205, H7207, H7209, H7210, H7223 [11SE], H7328 [16SE], H7371, H7375, H7389 [17SE]

District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 2607), H8452 [7OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2607), consideration (H. Res. 264), H8735 [9OC]

———scholarship vouchers to provide school choice, H8452 [7OC], H8638 [8OC], H9733 [30OC]

Dornan, Robert K.: limit admission to House floor and rooms (H. Res. 233), H7534 [18SE]

Durham Manufacturing Co.: anniversary, E1682 [8SE]

Education: direct funding to local educational agencies, H7371 [17SE]

———national policy to improve system, H290 [5FE], H458 [12FE], H3173 [22MY], H6804 [4SE], H6924 [5SE], H7124, H7167 [10SE], H7205 [11SE], H7493, H7494, H7495 [17SE], H8638 [8OC]

———school construction and infrastructure improvements funding, H8638 [8OC]

———special education funding through rescissions in OSHA funding, H6988 [8SE]

———voucher program to provide school choice, H10773 [13NO]

Employment: provide compensatory time for all employees (H.R. 1), H1148 [19MR]

———provide compensatory time for all employees (H.R. 1), consideration (H. Res. 99), H1120 [19MR]

———treatment of former welfare recipients relative to income and workplace protection, H3904 [18JN]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2203), conference report, H8178 [30SE]

Fair Haven, CT: anniversary of Atwater Senior Center, E411 [6MR]

Families and domestic relations: improve child care and family support services (H.R. 1373), H8711, H8712, H8714 [8OC]

———promote the adoption of children in foster care (H.R. 867), H2022 [30AP]

FDA: Youth Anti-Smoking Initiative Enforcement and Outreach Program funding, H5657 [23JY], H6759 [3SE]

Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: coverage of abortion procedures, H7471 [17SE]

Foreign aid: international family planning programs (H.J. Res. 36), H534 [13FE]

———international family planning programs restrictions relative to abortion, H3494 [5JN], H6838 [4SE], H8504 [7OC]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2159), H6838 [4SE]

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

Gingrich, Representative: reimbursement to House of Representatives for ethics investigation expenses, H1623 [17AP]

Government regulations: reduce Federal paperwork burden (H.R. 852), consideration (H. Res. 88), H993 [13MR]

Grazioso, Frank: Sons of Italy Citizen of the Year award recipient, E397 [6MR]

Health: combat fraud relative to payments for health care services (H.R. 2584), E1920 [2OC]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (H.R. 135), H8981 [22OC], E43 [7JA]

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), H8257 [30SE]

House Rules: consideration of motions to suspend the rules and pass certain legislation (H. Res. 107), H1351 [9AP]

———consideration of motions to suspend the rules and pass certain legislation (H. Res. 112), H1553 [16AP]

Housing: deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs and increase community control over such programs (H.R. 2), H2047 [30AP], H2131 [1MY]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: funding through rescissions in the Dept. of Labor wage and hour enforcement division, H6938 [5SE]

Insurance: coverage of reconstructive breast surgery resulting from mastectomies (H.R. 164), H8981 [22OC]

Iovanne, E. William: American Committee on Italian Migration Community Service Award recipient, E402 [6MR]

Journal: question of approval, H2095 [1MY], H2356 [8MY]

Latino Youth Development, Inc.: anniversary, E2370 [13NO]

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 2209), H5876 [28JY]

Lorusso, Ann M.: American Committee on Italian Migration Community Service Award recipient, E402 [6MR]

LSC: funding, H7866 [25SE]

McNamara, Julia: New Haven Colony Historical Society Seal of the City Award recipient, E1686 [8SE]

Medicare: age eligibility requirements, H5033 [10JY]

———reform, H1394 [10AP], H4559, H4561 [25JN]

Milford, CT: Point Beach Project funding, H8178 [30SE]

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month: observance, H8981 [22OC]

National Endowment for the Arts: replace funding with block grants to States, H5144 [11JY]

National Endowment for the Humanities: funding, H5168 [11JY]

National Infrastructure Development Corp.: establish (H.R. 712), H513 [12FE]

———establish (H.R. 713), H513 [12FE]

National Park Service: establish the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program (H.R. 1635), E962 [19MY]

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), H3290 [4JN]

Northern Mariana Islands: Federal Victims' Assistance Program funding, H7798 [24SE]

Orange, CT: anniversary, E1278 [20JN]

Persian Gulf Conflict: adjudication and payment of certain claims by veterans against Iraq, H8276 [1OC]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits, H993 [13MR], H1080, H1081, H1082 [18MR], H1114 [19MR], H1351, H1382 [9AP], H7613 [23SE], H7737 [24SE], H7839 [25SE], H8027 [26SE], H10773 [13NO]

Political ethics: campaign contributions by tobacco interests, H6723 [3SE]

Princess Diana (Wales): condolences on death in car accident in Paris (H. Res. 219), H6902 [4SE]

Public housing: prohibit eviction of families relative to community work requirements, H2131 [1MY]

Public welfare programs: reform, H6886, H6887 [4SE]

Richard C. Lee U.S. Courthouse, New Haven, CT: designate (H.R. 2787), E2161 [31OC]

Roads and highways: increase number of State participants in the infrastructure bank pilot program (H.R. 710), H513 [12FE]

Sage Services (organization): anniversary, E403 [6MR]

Schools: establish a partnership to rebuild and modernize school facilities (H.R. 1104), H7001, H7002, H7003, H7004 [8SE]

Taxation: alternative minimum tax, H3870 [18JN]

———capital gains rates, H1394 [10AP], H1547 [16AP], H2796 [16MY]

———child tax credit, H5135 [11JY], H5193 [15JY], H6622 [31JY]

———constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (H.J. Res. 62), consideration (H. Res. 113), H1478 [15AP]

———definition of income levels impacted by proposed tax cuts, H5583 [23JY]

———promote construction and rehabilitation of public schools by increasing the volume cap on certain bonds, H9072 [23OC]

———rates, H2796 [16MY], H2999 [20MY], H3809, H3836, H3837, H3838, H3839, H3840 [17JN], H3870, H3893, H3904 [18JN], H3933 [19JN], H4090 [20JN], H4226, H4229, H4315, H4316, H4319 [24JN], H4653 [26JN], H4845 [8JY], H4924, H5010 [9JY], H5030 [10JY], H5193 [15JY], H5308, H5382, H5394, H5395, H5396 [16JY], H5583 [23JY], H5669 [24JY], H6653 [31JY]

———repeal estate tax, H1547 [16AP]

———treatment of distributions from qualified retirement plans investing in public benefit bonds (H.R. 711), H513 [12FE]

———treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R. 2646), H9072 [23OC]

———treatment of higher education expenses, H6622 [31JY]

Tirozzi, Gerald N.: Farnam Neighborhood House Community Service Award recipient, E847 [6MY]

Tobacco products: prevent use by minors, reduce addiction levels, compensate Federal and State Governments for health costs, and enhance investments in biomedical and basic scientific research (H.R. 3028), E2376 [13NO]

———prohibit use of Federal funds to promote sale or export to foreign countries, H8010 [26SE]

———treatment of excise taxes relative to costs incurred by tobacco industry liability settlement, H7375 [17SE]

United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America: anniversary of Local 210, E1684 [8SE]

WIC: funding, H2009 [30AP], H2098 [1MY], H2260 [7MY], H2355 [8MY], H2496 [13MY], H2685, H2720, H2779 [15MY], H3080 [21MY], H5555 [22JY], H5674 [24JY], E854 [6MY]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H521 [12FE], H1986 [29AP], H2782 [15MY], H3922 [18JN], H7526 [17SE], H9035 [22OC], H9728 [29OC]

Tributes

Argento, Pasquale and Theresa, E1633 [3SE]

Brown, Ronald H., E561 [21MR]

Carroll, Frank J., E1345 [27JN]

Cozza, Carmen, E407 [6MR]

DeMarco, Vito S., E2180 [4NO]

DiLieto, Biagio, E2362 [13NO]

Handley, Jean, E399 [6MR]

Kingston, John, E437 [11MR]

McKinney, Stewart B., H2335 [7MY]

Shriver, Timothy, E399, E405 [6MR]

Walsh-Cuasano, Anna, E411 [6MR]