PASTOR, ED (a Representative from Arizona)

Appointments

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

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

Office of Fair Employment Practices Review Panel, H596 [25FE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: increase emphasis on and disseminate results of agricultural research projects relative to precision agriculture (see H.R. 725), H523 [12FE]

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

Amtrak: timely closure and realignment of routes with low economic performance (see H.R. 1210), H1441 [10AP]

Arches National Park: expand boundaries (see H.R. 2283), H6025 [29JY]

Augustus F. Hawkins Post Office Building, Los Angeles, CA: designate (see H.R. 2349), H7911 [25SE]

Business and industry: reduce corporate welfare (see H.R. 1015), H888 [11MR]

Census: accuracy of decennial census (see H.R. 776), H587 [13FE]

Chavez, Cesar E.: commemorate birthday (see H.J. Res. 65), H1260 [20MR]

Children and youth: support local reading programs for children (see H.R. 1516), H2155 [1MY]

Churches and synagogues: prohibit insurers from canceling or refusing to renew fire insurance policies (see H.R. 1721), H3201 [22MY]

Civil rights: prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (see H.R. 1302), H4339 [24JN]

Clothing industry: legal accountability for sweatshop conditions (see H.R. 23), H9502 [23OC]

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

Copyrights: amend laws relative to certain exemptions (see H.R. 789), H7730 [23SE]

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

Dept. of Agriculture: establish equitable service for customers and equal opportunity for employees (see H.R. 2185), H6707 [31JY]

Dept. of Defense: allow military health care system beneficiaries the option to enroll in Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (see H.R. 76), H348 [5FE]

Dept. of Justice: establish Office of Enforcement and Border Affairs (see H.R. 2588), H8265 [30SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: 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]

———issue special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 407), H1112 [18MR]

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

———research programs for Parkinson's disease (see H.R. 1260), H1391 [9AP]

Ecology and environment: assist States and local governments in assessing and remediating brownfield sites and encouraging environmental cleanup programs (see H.R. 1395), H1706 [17AP]

———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), H3568 [5JN]

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

Education: establish Thurgood Marshall Legal Educational Opportunity Program (see H.R. 1970), H4085 [19JN]

———increase postsecondary opportunities for Hispanic and other under-represented student populations (see H.R. 2495), H7599 [18SE]

———provide administrative support and information to establish State prepaid tuition programs (see H.R. 855), H1112 [18MR]

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

Energy Policy and Conservation Act: eliminate certain plumbing supply regulations (see H.R. 859), H7911 [25SE]

English language: encourage status as primary language and recognize importance of multilingualism (see H. Con. Res. 4), H702 [27FE]

EPA: distribution of funds to States for cooperative agreements relative to underground storage tanks (see H.R. 688), H1611 [16AP]

Explosives: Federal permit requirements for distribution or receipt of explosives (see H.R. 989), H3660 [10JN]

Federal employees: delays in retirement cost-of-living adjustments (see H. Con. Res. 13), H1795 [23AP]

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]

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

Food stamps: modify certain eligibility disqualifications (see H.R. 1507), H4913 [8JY]

Germany: discrimination against members of minority religious groups (see H. Con. Res. 22), H588 [13FE]

Guam: establish commonwealth (see H.R. 100), H70 [7JA], H142 [9JA]

———restitution for atrocities during Japanese occupation in World War II (see H.R. 2200), H5487 [17JY]

Hazardous substances: clarify listing of unique chemical substances (see H.R. 659), H1340 [8AP]

Health: apply group health plan portability requirements to students covered under college-sponsored health plans (see H.R. 1281), H2351 [7MY]

———expand research activities relative to lupus (see H.R. 1111), H6716 [1AU]

———liability protection for suppliers of raw material and component parts to medical device manufacturers (see H.R. 872), H700 [27FE]

———prohibit discrimination relative to exposure to hazardous substances (see H.R. 1506), H2090 [30AP]

———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), H1262 [20MR]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (see H.R. 135), H3070 [20MY]

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

Homeless: housing programs for veterans (see H.R. 1754), H4836 [26JN]

Hope, Bob: confer honorary Armed Forces veteran status (see H.J. Res. 75), H2680 [14MY]

House of Representatives: require that excess amounts from Members' official allowances be applied to deficit reduction (see H.R. 80), H285 [4FE]

Human rights: trafficking of Burmese women and girls into Thailand for forced prostitution (see H. Con. Res. 114), H5132 [10JY]

Immigration: clarify and provide additional relief and procedural rights for certain aliens who would otherwise be ineligible for such procedural rights (see H.R. 2302), H6406 [30JY]

———naturalization of individuals over 65 relative to English language requirements (see H.R. 662), H812 [10MR]

INS: standards for naturalization (see H.R. 574), H284 [4FE]

Insurance: coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (see H.R. 815), H1187 [19MR]

———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 306), H2254 [6MY]

Intelligence services: require separate, unclassified statements of the aggregate amount of budget outlays for intelligence activities (see H.R. 753), H585 [13FE]

Iran: impose sanctions on foreign persons who transfer items contributing to efforts to acquire, develop, or produce ballistic missiles (see H.R. 2930), H10769 [12NO]

Law enforcement: establish matching grant program to help local governments purchase armor vests for officers (see H.R. 2829), H10957 [13NO]

Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1173), H9039 [22OC]

``Little Rock Nine'': award Congressional Gold Medals (see H.R. 2560), H9039 [22OC]

Medicare: coverage of diabetes outpatient self-management training services and blood-testing strips (see H.R. 58), H285 [4FE]

———coverage of screening mammography (see H.R. 417, 418), H1018 [13MR], H1261 [20MR]

———extend community nursing organization demonstration projects (see H.R. 686), H452 [11FE]

———multiple sclerosis drug treatments (see H.R. 1018), H888 [11MR]

———protection of beneficiaries relative to enrollment in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 66), H1018 [13MR]

Millennium Society: coordinate activities to commemorate the second millennium and endow an international cross-cultural scholarship fund (see H.R. 1519), H2155 [1MY]

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

National cemeteries: penalties for theft and malicious vandalism (see H.R. 1532), H2446 [8MY]

National forests: address funding shortfall relative to exemption of certain users from fees (see H.R. 1843), H3659 [10JN]

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

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

Native Americans: provide remedies for sovereign tribal governments relative to gaming compacts and gaming participation laws (see H.R. 452), H242 [21JA]

Office of Religious Persecution Monitoring: establish (see H.R. 1685), H6707 [31JY]

Pensions: exclude the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund from the Federal budget (see H.R. 107), H767 [5MR]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 600, 2777), H590 [13FE], H9800 [30OC]

Public welfare programs: exception to limited eligibility for SSI and food stamps for disabled permanent resident aliens (see H.R. 667), H768 [5MR]

———treatment of legal immigrants (see H.R. 1015), H888 [11MR]

Puerto Rico: self-determination (see H.R. 856), H699 [27FE]

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), H2488 [12MY]

Religion: protect certain charitable contributions (see H.R. 2604), H8320 [2OC]

Ronald H. Brown Federal Building, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 29), H949 [12MR]

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

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

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), H2446 [8MY]

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

Social Security: earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 612), H949 [12MR]

———treatment of severe spinal cord injuries relative to certain earnings (see H.R. 577), H1018 [13MR]

SSA: develop plan with the IRS to eliminate mismatching of earnings information (see H.R. 591), H346 [5FE]

SSI: exception to limited eligibility for permanent resident aliens (see H.R. 663), H812 [10MR]

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

Surplus Government property: transfer certain property to State and local governments for law enforcement and safety purposes (see H.R. 404), H2254 [6MY]

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), H1440 [10AP]

———application of the alternative minimum tax to installment sales of farm property (see H.R. 426), H1018 [13MR]

———business meal, entertainment, and certain travel expense deductions (see H.R. 628), H6706 [31JY]

———capital gains rates (see H.R. 14), H2784 [15MY]

———increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in each State and index amounts for inflation (see H.R. 2990), H10957 [13NO]

———strengthen provisions relative to individuals who relinquish U.S. citizenship (see H.R. 1015), H888 [11MR]

———treatment of business meal and entertainment expenses (see H.R. 1285), H5664 [23JY]

———treatment of charitable donation of food by businesses and farmers (see H.R. 2450), H8265 [30SE]

———treatment of employer-provided and graduate level educational assistance (see H.R. 127), H5487 [17JY]

———treatment of employer-provided transit passes and parking benefits (see H.R. 878), H700 [27FE]

———treatment of golf caddies (see H.R. 2321), H8438 [6OC]

———treatment of higher education expenses (see H.R. 553), H1040 [17MR]

Transportation: funding for projects in Mexican border States to accommodate increased traffic resulting from NAFTA implementation (see H.R. 969), H4836 [26JN]

———increase use of natural gas as a fuel (see H.R. 970), H4132 [20JN]

21st Century Scholars Program: establish (see H.R. 777), H1340 [8AP]

U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution: establish (see H.R. 1381, 3042), H1705 [17AP], H10953 [13NO]

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), H7911 [25SE]

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

———determination of active military service for certain merchant mariners who served during World War II (see H.R. 1126), H8320 [2OC]

———minimum survivor annuities for unremarried surviving spouses of veterans who died prior to survivor benefit plan participation (see H.R. 38), H669 [26FE]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 65, 303), H669 [26FE]

Volunteer workers: grant immunity from personal civil liability during work on behalf of governmental entities or nonprofit organizations (see H.R. 911), H1262 [20MR]

Water: biological monitoring and whole effluent toxicity testing relative to publicly owned treatment works (see H.R. 2138), H5131 [10JY]

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), H4221 [23JN]

———tribute to the inaugural season of U.S. women's professional basketball leagues (see H. Res. 173), H6707 [31JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Hispanic Americans: tribute to Hispanic culture in the U.S. (see H. Res. 240), H7729 [23SE]

Native Americans: improve Indian reservation roads and related transportation services (see H.R. 2665), H8832 [9OC]

Remarks

AID: Sustainable Desert Development Program funding, H6358 [30JY]

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), H2711, H2741 [15MY]

Arizona Rattlers (arena football team): tribute, E1731 [11SE]

Armed Forces: assignment of personnel to assist the INS and Customs Service with border patrol and control activities, H6895 [4SE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing military activities appropriations and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1119), motion to instruct conferees, H6895 [4SE]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2378), motion to instruct conferees, H7769 [24SE]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2169), H5632 [23JY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2203), H5757 [24JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2203), consideration (H. Res. 194), H5737 [24JY]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2159), H6358 [30JY]

Indiana: Northern Indiana South Shore commuter rail line funding, H5632 [23JY]

Phoenix Mercury (women's basketball team): tribute, E1733 [11SE]

Portable Practical Educational Preparation, Inc.: anniversary, E2379 [13NO]

SSI: extend transition period for legal aliens receiving benefits, H2711, H2741 [15MY]

Votes: position on missed, H4877 [8JY], H7769 [24SE], H8216 [30SE]

WIC: funding, H2711 [15MY]

Tributes

Arnold, John D., E2379 [13NO]