WALSH, JAMES T. (a Representative from New York)

Addresses

Northern Ireland Peace Process: George J. Mitchell, E484 [17MR]

Appointments

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

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

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

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 929), H766 [5MR]

Aircraft: treatment of certain aircraft as public aircraft (see H.R. 1521), H8054 [26SE]

Armenia: anniversary of genocide (see H. Con. Res. 55), H1612 [16AP]

Aviation: provide assistance and slots to air carriers providing service between high-density and underserved airports (see H.R. 2748), H9613 [28OC]

Balanced Budget Act: disapproval of line-item veto of certain Medicaid provisions (see H.R. 2436), H7730 [23SE]

Barry, John: recognize as first flag officer of the U.S. Navy (see H.J. Res. 98), H9614 [28OC]

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

———reform process (see H.R. 1372), H1704 [17AP]

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

———improve and expand employee health care programs (see H.R. 1515), H2155 [1MY]

———maintain standards for ``Made in USA'' label (see H. Con. Res. 80), H8161 [29SE]

Capitol Building and Grounds: use of the rotunda for a ceremony honoring Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew (see H. Con. Res. 134), H7119 [9SE]

Children and youth: child labor provisions relative to the operation of automobiles and trucks (see H.R. 2327), H8438 [6OC]

China, People's Republic of: impose certain sanctions (see H.R. 2011), H4914 [8JY]

———treatment of prisoners in Tibet (see H. Con. Res. 116), H5296 [15JY]

Computers: use, sale, and export of encryption products for privacy and security (see H.R. 695), H6406 [30JY]

Copyrights: amend laws relative to certain exemptions (see H.R. 789), H587 [13FE]

Credit unions: clarify laws relative to field of membership of Federal credit unions (see H.R. 1151), H1340 [8AP]

Crime: provide for telephone access to the FBI database that tracks the movement and whereabouts of sexual offenders (see H.R. 2194), H5486 [17JY]

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

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

Dept. of Education: grants to States to provide support services to participants in adult education programs (see H.R. 1336), H2680 [14MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: develop plan for allocation of health care resources (see H.R. 1077), H1018 [13MR]

———improve allocation of health care resources (see H.R. 1580), H5177 [11JY]

Diseases: accurate guidelines for breast cancer screening for certain women (see H. Res. 48), H525 [12FE]

———Medicare coverage and research funding for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (see H.R. 2009), H8929 [21OC]

———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. 1398), H1706 [17AP]

District of Columbia: provide scholarship assistance for elementary and secondary school students (see H.R. 1797), H5401 [16JY]

Drug abuse: national policy to combat the distribution, sale, and use of illegal drugs by young people (see H. Res. 267), H9502 [23OC]

Drunken driving: add vehicle confiscation to criteria for State eligibility for Federal drunk driving countermeasure grants (see H.R. 108), H4132 [20JN]

———national minimum sentence for a person who operates a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol (see H.R. 982), H4087 [19JN]

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), H6706 [31JY]

FAA: foreign repair station rules (see H.R. 145), H1542 [15AP]

Families and domestic relations: child abuse and neglect prevention (see H.R. 1419), H1794 [23AP]

Federal employees: access to hearing care services by audiologists (see H.R. 176), H2445 [8MY]

———delays in retirement cost-of-living adjustments (see H. Con. Res. 13), H629 [25FE]

———establish medical savings accounts with certain health plans (see H.R. 2465), H7528 [17SE]

Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: allow participants to elect to receive contributions into medical savings accounts (see H.R. 1574), H2445 [8MY]

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]

Flags: mandate the display of the POW/MIA flag on various occasions and in various locations (see H.R. 1161), H1909 [28AP]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 54), H588 [13FE]

———designate flagpole upon which U.S. flag is set at half-staff whenever a law enforcement officer is killed in the line of duty (see H. Con. Res. 47), H1289 [21MR]

Foreign trade: authorize a trade agreement with Northern Ireland and certain border counties in Ireland (see H.R. 1181), H1259 [20MR]

———identify countries that deny market access for U.S. agricultural products (see H.R. 2596), H10172 [6NO]

———require reciprocal responses to foreign acts, policies, and practices that deny national treatment to U.S. investment (see H.R. 1654), H2874 [16MY]

Germany: jurisdiction of cases in U.S. courts involving genocide during World War II (see H.R. 1531), H7601 [18SE]

Government: procure from the private sector the goods and services necessary to operate and manage certain agencies (see H.R. 716), H4647 [25JN]

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), H3274 [3JN]

Harold Hughes-Bill Emerson Commission on Alcoholism: establish (see H.R. 1549), H2350 [7MY]

Hazardous substances: nuclear waste disposal (see H.R. 1270), H3660 [10JN]

Health: apply group health plan portability requirements to students covered under college-sponsored health plans (see H.R. 1281), H1438 [10AP]

———develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth defects (see H.R. 1114), H3660 [10JN]

———establish a program for training in lifesaving first aid for individuals experiencing cardiac arrest (see H.R. 1679), H3069 [20MY]

———expand research activities relative to lupus (see H.R. 1111), H1456 [14AP]

———liability protection for suppliers of raw material and component parts to medical device manufacturers (see H.R. 872), H7119 [9SE]

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

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (see H.R. 135), H7119 [9SE]

———revise and extend bone marrow donation and transplantation program (see H.R. 2202), H5665 [23JY]

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

Health care professionals: exempt physician office laboratories from clinical laboratory requirements (see H.R. 2250), H5777 [24JY]

Hope, Bob: confer honorary Armed Forces veteran status (see H.J. Res. 75), H3070 [20MY]

House of Representatives: implementation of Office Waste Recycling Program (see H. Res. 119), H1611 [16AP]

Hunting and trapping: clarify prohibitions and provide for wildlife habitat under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (see H.R. 741), H2680 [14MY]

Immigration: admittance of temporary and seasonal agricultural workers (see H.R. 2377), H7281 [15SE]

———arrival and departure requirements for Canadian citizens relative to automated entry and exit control systems (see H.R. 2481, 2955), H8834 [9OC], H10420 [8NO]

Independent Commission on Medicare: establish (see H.R. 406), H889 [11MR]

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

———coverage of minimum hospital stays and reconstructive surgery relative to breast cancer and of second opinions for any cancer diagnosis (see H.R. 616), H347 [5FE]

———coverage of screening mammography (see H.R. 617), H2156 [1MY]

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

International Fund for Ireland: require that disbursements are distributed in compliance with the MacBride Principles (see H.R. 150), H144 [9JA]

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

Little League Baseball, Inc.: extend benefits and privileges available to nongovernmental international organizations (see H. Con. Res. 107), H5022 [9JY]

Long Island Sound: prohibit dumping of dredged material (see H.R. 55), H407 [10FE]

Marine resources: reauthorization of programs (see H.R. 437), H629 [25FE]

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

———waiver of enrollment composition rule relative to certain HMO's (see H.R. 1610), H2679 [14MY]

Medicare: bone mass measurements (see H.R. 1002), H1019 [13MR]

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

———coverage of screening mammography (see H.R. 417), H245 [21JA]

———eliminate time limitation on benefits for immunosuppressive drugs (see H.R. 1061), H1017 [13MR]

———establish consumer protections for supplemental insurance plans (see H.R. 625), H1440 [10AP]

———hospice care reform (see H.R. 521), H524 [12FE]

———improve health services to rural areas (see H.R. 554), H284 [4FE]

———improve preventive care benefits (see H.R. 15), H524 [12FE]

———protection of beneficiaries relative to enrollment in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 66), H2445 [8MY]

———provide coverage through qualified provider-sponsored organizations (see H.R. 475), H768 [5MR]

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

Medicare/Medicaid: coverage of long-term care services (see H.R. 1464), H2785 [15MY]

Money: use of tactile currency for the blind and visually impaired (see H. Res. 122), H2157 [1MY]

NAFTA: assess impact, renegotiate certain provisions, and review World Trade Organization dispute settlement reports (see H.R. 78), H244 [21JA]

National cemeteries: penalties for theft and malicious vandalism (see H.R. 1532), H3477 [4JN]

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

National Sea Grant College Program: reauthorization (see H.R. 437), H629 [25FE]

New York: waiver of certain health care provider tax provisions under Medicaid (see H.R. 2437), H7730 [23SE]

Nonprofit organizations: authorize transfer to States of surplus personal property for donation (see H.R. 680), H768 [5MR]

Northern Forest Lands Council: implement recommendations (see H.R. 971), H1019 [13MR]

Northern Ireland: encourage all parties involved in peace talks to condemn violence and address human rights violations (see H. Con. Res. 152), H7527 [17SE]

———sectarian violence relative to marches at Portadown (see H. Res. 182), H5178 [11JY]

Organ donors: establish congressional commemorative medal (see H.R. 1505), H2446 [8MY]

Oscar Garcia Rivera Post Office Building, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 282), H1289 [21MR]

Patents: restore term of patent protection and retain confidentiality relative to the publication of patent applications (see H.R. 811), H627 [25FE]

Political campaigns: require disclosure of certain phone bank communications (see H.R. 498), H282 [4FE]

———require worker approval for use of labor organization dues and fees for political activities (see H.R. 2608), H8437 [6OC]

Public buildings: calculation of transactions (see H.R. 623), H1392 [9AP]

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), H7730 [23SE]

Ralph David Abernathy Memorial Foundation: extend authority to establish memorial (see H.J. Res. 57), H701 [27FE]

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

———protect sanctity of religious communications (see H.R. 208), H1440 [10AP]

Robinson, Jackie: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1335), H2091 [30AP]

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

Rural areas: improve health services (see H.R. 1189), H1260 [20MR]

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), H2590 [13MY]

Sinatra, Francis A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 279), H589 [13FE]

Small business: provide regulatory assistance (see H.R. 96), H1339 [8AP]

Social Security: earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 612), H453 [11FE]

———level of benefit payment in the month of the beneficiary's death (see H.R. 68), H169 [20JA]

States: establish notification procedures relative to release of convicted sex offenders (see H. Con. Res. 125), H5826 [25JY]

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

Surplus Government property: transfer certain property to State and local governments for law enforcement and safety purposes (see H.R. 404), H5826 [25JY]

———transfer of surplus real and personal property to nonprofit organizations for housing and other uses (see H.R. 1004), H2680 [14MY]

Taxation: allow married couples to file combined return under which each spouse is taxed using rates applicable to single filers (see H.R. 2456), H7261 [11SE]

———application of the alternative minimum tax to installment sales of farm property (see H.R. 426), H2445 [8MY]

———child tax credit (see H.R. 1327), H1707 [17AP]

———credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (see H.R. 1134), H1186 [19MR]

———deductions for business use of the home (see H.R. 955), H3169 [21MY]

———employer credits for expenses of providing dependent care services to employees (see H.R. 988), H803 [6MR]

———establish intercity passenger rail service trust fund (see H.R. 1437), H4087 [19JN]

———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), H3566 [5JN]

———increase the unified estate and gift tax credit (see H.R. 683), H452 [11FE]

———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see H.R. 902), H708 [3MR]

———require child support delinquent parents to include their unpaid obligation in gross income, and allow custodial parents a deduction for unpaid child support (see H.R. 869), H3476 [4JN]

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 158), H1542 [15AP]

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

———treatment of draft cider (see H.R. 159), H245 [21JA]

———treatment of employer-provided and graduate level educational assistance (see H.R. 127), H244 [21JA]

———treatment of higher education expenses (see H.R. 553), H629 [25FE]

———treatment of property used to control environmental pollution and soil and water conservation expenditures (see H.R. 1164), H1258 [20MR]

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]

Television: dissemination of indecent material on cable television (see H.R. 2892), H10957 [13NO]

———promote competition in the multichannel video marketplace (see H.R. 2921), H10769 [12NO]

Timber: treatment of certain activities as noncounteravailable (see H.R. 1526), H2156 [1MY]

Transportation: funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs (see H.R. 2400), H7911 [25SE]

United Kingdom: limit the sale or export of plastic bullets (see H.R. 1075), H6406 [30JY]

Veterans: priority health care to individuals who served in Israel or Turkey during the Persian Gulf Conflict (see H.R. 250), H286 [4FE]

Volunteer workers: grant immunity from personal civil liability during work on behalf of governmental entities or nonprofit organizations (see H.R. 911), H724 [4MR]

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

Wildlife: protect opportunities for sportsmen and enhance conservation of wildlife (see H.R. 1719), H3720 [11JN]

Women: comprehensive pension protection (see H.R. 1496), H2090 [30AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Food stamps: modify certain eligibility disqualifications (see H.R. 1507), H2090 [30AP]

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (see H.R. 2209), H5569 [22JY]

Tariff: shadow mask steel (see H.R. 1947), H3865 [17JN]

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

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2160), H5375 [16JY], H5561 [22JY], H5720 [24JY]

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), H2710 [15MY]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), conference report, H3535 [5JN]

Architect of the Capitol: waste recycling program improvements, H5873 [28JY]

Botanic Gardens: renovation funding, H3535 [5JN]

Committee on House Oversight (House): investigation of voter irregularities in California's 46th Congressional District, H5787 [25JY], H5876, H5878 [28JY]

Committee on Taxation (Joint): staffing levels, H5886, H5887, H5888 [28JY], H6755, H6757 [3SE]

Congressional Cemetery: preservation, H9045 [23OC]

Dept. of Agriculture: Market Access Program funding, H5720 [24JY]

———reduction of land included in the Conservation Reserve Program, H2710 [15MY]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2169), H6620 [31JY]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2158), conference report, H8680 [8OC]

DeWitt, NY: tribute to Christian Brother's Academy boys' basketball team, E765 [29AP]

District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 2607), H8760 [9OC]

———scholarship vouchers to provide school choice, H8760 [9OC]

Eximbank: reauthorization (H.R. 1370), consideration (H. Res. 255), H8186 [30SE]

Friends of Ireland (organization): St. Patrick's Day statement, E485 [17MR]

GPO: staffing levels, H5889 [28JY]

Hamilton, Harriet L.: Private School Recipients Selection Committee National Distinguished Principals award recipient, E1856 [25SE]

House of Representatives: donation of used computer equipment to District of Columbia public schools, H5884 [28JY]

———require that excess amounts from Members' official allowances be applied to deficit reduction, H5891 [28JY]

———use of Reserve Fund, H5894 [28JY]

INS: deportation of Irish nationals to Northern Ireland, H2598 [14MY]

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 2209), H5868, H5873, H5873, H5876, H5878, H5884, H5886, H5887, H5888, H5889, H5891 [28JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2209), conference report, H7746 [24SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2209), consideration (H. Res. 197), H5785, H5787 [25JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2209), motion to instruct conferees, H6755, H6757 [3SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2209), motion to recommit, H5894 [28JY]

Library of Congress: authorize acquisition of certain real property (H.R. 2979), H10640 [12NO]

Mitchell, George J.: American Ireland Fund International Humanitarian Award recipient, E484 [17MR]

Onandaga County, NY: tribute to Westhill High School boys' basketball team, E766 [29AP]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits, H7740 [24SE]

Solvay, NY: tribute to Solvay High School band and jazz combo for receipt of National American Heritage Music Festival award, E606 [9AP]

Syracuse, NY: tribute to Porter Magnet School of Technology and Career Exploration, E1159 [10JN]

———tribute to Supply Platoon of the 1019th Quartermaster Co., E386 [5MR]

———tribute to Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Race for the Cure 5K walk/run, E894 [12MY]

———tribute to Syracuse Blitz boys' soccer team, E694 [17AP]

———tribute to Westhill High School girls' soccer team, E1230 [17JN]

Taxation: treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R. 2646), consideration (H. Res. 274), H9053 [23OC]

Reports filed

Legislative Branch of the Government Appropriations: Committee of Conference (H.R. 2209) (H. Rept. 105-254), H7599 [18SE]

———Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 2209) (H. Rept. 105-196), H5569 [22JY]

Statements

St. Patrick's Day Call for a Cease-Fire in Northern Ireland: Friends of Ireland (organization), E485 [17MR]

Tables

Committee on Taxation (Joint) funding and staffing levels 1980-1998, H6756 [3SE]

Legislative branch of the Government appropriations (H.R. 2209), H5870-H5872 [28JY], H7748-H7753 [24SE]

Tributes

Dix, Ronald W., E604 [9AP], E843 [6MY]

MacKillop, James, E1157 [10JN]

Pinckney, Leo, E2211 [7NO]

Stone, Robert, E1182 [11JN]

Walsh, Thomas (Jitch), E2074 [24OC]