BOEHLERT, SHERWOOD L. (a Representative from New York)

Amendments

Courts: clarification of jurisdiction over private property takings and land use disputes (H.R. 1534), H8956 [22OC]

Endangered Species Act: improve compliance by individuals and Government agencies relative to flood control projects, facilities, or structures (H.R. 478), H2255 [6MY], H2296 [7MY]

Appointments

Committee on Intelligence (House, Select), H396 [10FE]

Conferee: S. 858, intelligence services appropriations, H5413 [17JY]

North Atlantic Assembly, H3171 [22MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit certain late-term abortions (see H.R. 1032), H1019 [13MR]

American Discovery Trail: designate (see H.R. 588), H346 [5FE]

Animals: conservation of Asian elephants (see H.R. 1787), H3476 [4JN]

———prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear viscera (see H.R. 619), H347 [5FE]

Armed Forces: establish demonstration project relative to enrollment of certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (see H.R. 1766), H8265 [30SE]

———permit certain beneficiaries to enroll in the Federal Employees Health Program and improve health benefits under CHAMPUS and TRICARE standard (see H.R. 1356), H6918 [4SE]

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

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1), H525 [12FE]

———establish a budget reserve account for emergencies (see H.R. 457), H1289 [21MR]

———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), H3865 [17JN]

Capitol Building and Grounds: use of the rotunda for a ceremony honoring Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew (see H. Con. Res. 134), H6799 [3SE]

Civil rights: prohibit employment discrimination (see H.R. 963), H802 [6MR]

Clean Air Act: reduce acid deposition (see H.R. 2365), H6963 [5SE]

Coins: issue one dollar coin (see H.R. 1174), H4647 [25JN]

Contraceptives: require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and services under health insurance plans (see H.R. 2174), H5487 [17JY]

Courts: conversion of temporary district court judgeships to permanent status (see H.R. 977), H5664 [23JY]

———repeal requirements on adjustments to judicial salaries (see H.R. 807), H1187 [19MR]

Credit unions: clarify laws relative to field of membership of Federal credit unions (see H.R. 1151), H1795 [23AP]

Crime: require opening of campus security crime logs at institutions of higher education (see H.R. 715), H5778 [24JY]

Cyprus: Turkish occupation (see H. Con. Res. 81), H4836 [26JN]

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

Dept. of Agriculture: establish temporary emergency minimum milk prices (see H. Res. 224), H7263 [11SE]

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

Dept. of Defense: allow military health care system beneficiaries the option to enroll in Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (see H.R. 76), H9614 [28OC]

———demonstration project to provide Medicare reimbursement to certain beneficiaries under the TRICARE program (see H.R. 1357), H6918 [4SE]

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), H2875 [16MY]

———revise process by which State housing construction grants are administered (see H.R. 1291), H1438 [10AP]

Disasters: reduce costs of disaster relief and emergency assistance (see H.R. 2446), H7199 [10SE]

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

———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), H3204 [22MY]

Douglas Applegate Post Office, Steubenville, OH: designate (see H.R. 2129), H5826 [25JY]

Drunken driving: national minimum sentence for a person who operates a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol (see H.R. 982), H1019 [13MR]

Ecology and environment: maintain health and stability of coral reef ecosystems (see H. Con. Res. 8), H1456 [14AP]

———negotiation of an international climate change agreement (see H. Con. Res. 106), H4646 [25JN]

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]

Education: provide for teacher technology training (see H.R. 1572), H2445 [8MY]

Electric power: provide for retail competition among suppliers (see H.R. 338), H150 [9JA]

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

FAA: foreign repair station rules (see H.R. 145), H9558 [24OC]

FEC: require reports on certain election expenditures (see H.R. 1705), H3201 [22MY]

Federal firefighters: hourly and overtime pay rates and pay equity with other civil service employees and public sector firefighters (see H.R. 1166), H1259 [20MR]

Federal-State relations: repeal restrictions on communications between Government agencies and the INS (see H.R. 850), H1892 [24AP]

Firearms: permanent ban on possession of firearms by persons convicted of a felony (see H.R. 1228), H1338 [8AP]

———require check for restraining orders before the transfer of a handgun by a firearms dealer (see H.R. 2774), H10957 [13NO]

Fish and fishing: authorize assistance to the States for fish restoration and management projects (see H.R. 2973), H10420 [8NO]

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

Food stamps: modify certain eligibility disqualifications (see H.R. 1507), H3204 [22MY]

Government regulations: analyze impact and improve congressional deliberation of proposed Federal private sector mandates (see H.R. 1010), H3476 [4JN]

Hazardous substances: nuclear waste disposal (see H.R. 1270), H3204 [22MY]

Health: develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth defects (see H.R. 1114), H7199 [10SE]

———establish a program for training in lifesaving first aid for individuals experiencing cardiac arrest (see H.R. 1679), H3578 [7JN]

———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), H10421 [8NO]

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

———standardize relationships between group health plans and health insurers relative to enrollees, health professionals, and providers (see H.R. 1415), H9039 [22OC]

Hope, Bob: confer honorary Armed Forces veteran status (see H.J. Res. 75), H2090 [30AP]

House of Representatives: authorize participation in State and local government transit programs (see H. Res. 37), H702 [27FE]

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

House Rules: amend to afford witnesses greater freedom to provide information to committees by eliminating current administrative requirements (see H. Res. 39), H590 [13FE]

Independent Commission on Campaign Finance Reform: establish (see H.R. 1614), H6963 [5SE]

Insurance: coverage of minimum hospital stays and reconstructive surgery relative to breast cancer and of second opinions for any cancer diagnosis (see H.R. 616), H9502 [23OC]

———coverage of reconstructive breast surgery resulting from mastectomies (see H.R. 164), H7600 [18SE]

———require coverage of post-delivery follow-up care for certain mothers and newborns (see H.R. 2854), H10957 [13NO]

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

International Dolphin Conservation Program: implement (see H.R. 408), H245 [21JA]

Italian Americans: prepare report detailing injustices suffered during World War II and acknowledgment of such injustices by the President (see H.R. 2090), H6026 [29JY]

Lower East Side Tenement National Historic Site: establish (see H.R. 2201), H5487 [17JY]

Marine resources: reauthorization of programs (see H.R. 437), H768 [5MR]

Medicaid: repeal criminal penalties for fraudulent disposition of assets (see H.R. 216), H949 [12MR]

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

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

———improve preventive care benefits (see H.R. 15), H7263 [11SE]

———reimbursement for nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists in health professional shortage areas (see H.R. 893), H3203 [22MY]

———reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see H.R. 192, 414), H6918 [4SE]

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

———condolences on death (see H. Res. 226, 227), H7262, H7263 [11SE]

Motor vehicles: install switches to deactivate air bags (see H.R. 1022), H888 [11MR]

———titling and registration requirements relative to salvage, nonrepairable, and rebuilt vehicles (see H.R. 1839), H7601 [18SE]

National cemeteries: penalties for theft and malicious vandalism (see H.R. 1532), H3568 [5JN]

National discovery trails: establish (see H.R. 588), H346 [5FE]

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

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

National Sea Grant College Program: reauthorization (see H.R. 437), H768 [5MR]

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

Northern Forest Lands Council: implement recommendations (see H.R. 971), H802 [6MR]

Office of Religious Persecution Monitoring: establish (see H.R. 2431), H8727 [8OC]

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

Public welfare programs: prohibit financial assistance to persons delinquent in child support payments (see H.R. 399), H245 [21JA]

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), H2157 [1MY]

Railway Labor Act: applicability to U.S. air carriers and flight crews during operations outside the U.S. (see H.R. 991), H803 [6MR]

Religion: protect certain charitable contributions (see H.R. 2604), H9559 [24OC]

Roads and highways: designate Interstate 86 from New York to Pennsylvania (see H.R. 2054), H4646 [25JN]

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]

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), H3274 [3JN]

Sinatra, Francis A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 279), H1794 [23AP]

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

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

Surplus Government property: authorize donation of surplus Federal law enforcement canines to their handlers (see H.R. 173), H949 [12MR]

Tariff: scientific instruments and apparatus (see H.R. 1876), H3796 [12JN]

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]

———credit for clinical testing of certain drugs for rare diseases or conditions (see H.R. 1169), H1543 [15AP]

———establish intercity passenger rail service trust fund (see H.R. 1437), H1890 [24AP]

———exclusion of gross estate taxes of a decedent relative to certain land subject to qualified conservation easements (see H.R. 1763), H3273 [3JN]

———expand types of equipment acquired with tax-exempt financing by volunteer fire departments and emergency medical service organizations (see H.R. 2523), H7729 [23SE]

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

———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see H.R. 902), H890 [11MR]

———treatment of employer-provided and graduate level educational assistance (see H.R. 127), H1339 [8AP]

———treatment of golf caddies (see H.R. 2321), H6703 [31JY]

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), H8834 [9OC]

Ted Weiss U.S. Courthouse, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 548), H1018 [13MR]

Television: establish violent program ratings system, require new televisions to allow blocking of certain programming, and limit exposure of children to violent programming (see H.R. 910), H1262 [20MR]

Textile industry and fabrics: ensure competitiveness of industry (see H.R. 1504), H3568 [5JN]

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

———provide off-budget treatment for certain transportation trust funds (see H.R. 4), H156 [9JA]

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), H5487 [17JY]

Volunteer firefighters: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 24), H812 [10MR]

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]

Women: research programs relative to HIV and AIDS (see H.R. 1571), H2445 [8MY]

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

World War II: require apology and reparation of victims of Japanese war crimes (see H. Con. Res. 126), H6919 [4SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Airlines: provide protection for airline employees who provide certain air safety information (see H.R. 915), H724 [4MR]

CERCLA: Superfund Program reauthorization and reform (see H.R. 2727), H9501 [23OC]

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), H3566 [5JN]

Remarks

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), conference report, H6656 [31JY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 84), H3063 [20MY]

Buy American Act: compliance, H7846 [25SE]

California: pilot project in the Plumas, Lassen, and Tahoe National Forests to demonstrate resource management activity effectiveness (H.R. 858), H4933, H4934 [9JY]

Courts: clarification of jurisdiction over private property takings and land use disputes (H.R. 1534), H8946, H8950, H8957, H8958, H8959, H8960 [22OC]

———clarification of jurisdiction over private property takings and land use disputes (H.R. 1534), consideration (H. Res. 271), H8940 [22OC]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 2266), conference report, H7846 [25SE]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2107), H5107 [10JY], H5150 [11JY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2267), H7884, H7892 [25SE]

District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 2607), H8782 [9OC]

———waive Davis-Bacon Act requirements relative to school construction and repairs, H8782 [9OC]

Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act: authorizing appropriations (S. 910), H7300, H7301 [16SE]

Economic Development Administration: funding, H7884 [25SE]

Endangered Species Act: improve compliance by individuals and Government agencies relative to flood control projects, facilities, or structures (H.R. 478), H2284, H2296, H2302, H2303, H2304, H2311, H2313 [7MY]

Foreign aid: international family planning programs (H.J. Res. 36), H533 [13FE]

Forest Service: road construction funding, H5107 [10JY]

Highway Trust Fund: increase funding relative to budget resolution, H3063 [20MY]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1775), H4954 [9JY]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (H.J. Res. 2), H479 [12FE]

Monuments and memorials: prohibit establishment of any national monument without an express act of Congress and the concurrence of the Governor and State legislature (H.R. 1127), H8404, H8405 [6OC]

National Endowment for the Arts: replace funding with block grants to States, H5150 [11JY]

NOAA: non-point source pollution control programs funding, H7892 [25SE]

———pfiesteria piscicida research funding, H7892 [25SE]

Parliamentary inquiry, H5150 [11JY]

Public lands: uniform management of livestock grazing (H.R. 2493), H9742 [30OC]

Puerto Rico: waiver of EPA secondary treatment requirements for wastewater treatment facilities (H.R. 2207), H8088, H8089 [29SE]

Taxation: rates, H6656 [31JY]

Year of the Ocean: observance (H. Con. Res. 131), H8065 [29SE]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H6701 [31JY]

Tributes

Ashburn, Richie, H7112 [9SE]

Meagher, John K., E957 [19MY]

Simpson, Michael K., E2375 [13NO]