HALL, TONY P. (a Representative from Ohio)

Addresses

Awarding of Nobel Peace Prize to Jose Ramos-Horta and Carlos F.X. Belo: Carlos F.X. Belo, E331-E333 [26FE]

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing military activities appropriations and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1119), H4201 [23JN]

Dept. of State and related agencies: authorizing appropriations and consolidating certain agencies (H.R. 1757), H3627 [10JN]

Education: improve and expand charter schools (H.R. 2616), consideration (H. Res. 288), H9817 [31OC]

———voucher program to provide school choice (H.R. 2746), consideration (H. Res. 288), H9817 [31OC]

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 2209), consideration (H. Res. 197), H5791 [25JY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

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

Army: close School of the Americas (see H.R. 611), H347 [5FE]

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

Capitol Building and Grounds: use of the rotunda for a ceremony honoring Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew (see H. Con. Res. 134), H6919 [4SE]

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

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

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

Computers: regulate the transmission of unsolicited commercial electronic mail (see H.R. 1748), H3720 [11JN]

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

Copyrights: prevent the misappropriation of collections of information (see H.R. 2652), H9615 [28OC]

Cuba: exception to trade embargo for food, medicines and medical supplies, instruments, or equipment (see H.R. 1951), H3923 [18JN]

Dept. of Defense: allow military health care system beneficiaries the option to enroll in Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (see H.R. 76), H1261 [20MR]

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), H286 [4FE]

———issue special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 407), H152 [9JA]

———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), H3660 [10JN]

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

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: role in character development and teaching of moral values (see H. Con. Res. 127), H5916 [28JY]

FAA: foreign repair station rules (see H.R. 145), H143 [9JA]

Federal employees: computation system for Social Security benefits relative to spouses' and surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 2273), H5825 [25JY]

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

Federal firefighters: hourly and overtime pay rates and pay equity with other civil service employees and public sector firefighters (see H.R. 1166), H1441 [10AP]

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

Foreign policy: authorize trade and investment policy relative to sub-Saharan Africa (see H.R. 1432), H1890 [24AP]

Grant's Tomb National Monument, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 546), H284 [4FE]

Harold Hughes-Bill Emerson Commission on Alcoholism: establish (see H.R. 1549), H2446 [8MY]

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

———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), H1793 [23AP]

Homeless: protection of voting rights (see H.R. 74), H69 [7JA], H141 [9JA]

Hope, Bob: confer honorary Armed Forces veteran status (see H.J. Res. 75), H2785 [15MY]

House of Representatives: allow Members to hire employees from welfare rolls relative to application towards welfare participation rates in home jurisdiction (see H.R. 1046), H2590 [13MY]

Indonesia: limit military assistance and arms transfers (see H.R. 1132), H1186 [19MR]

Insurance: prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 306), H10421 [8NO]

———protect personal privacy rights of customers and claimants (see H.R. 1029), H3865 [17JN]

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]

Karl Bernal Post Office Building, Painesville, OH: designate (see H.R. 2766), H9729 [29OC]

Larry Doby Post Office, Paterson, NJ: designate (see H.R. 2116), H5491 [21JY]

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

Medicaid: coverage of community-based attendant services (see H.R. 2020), H7830 [24SE]

Medicare: 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 multiple sclerosis drug treatments (see H.R. 1329), H3924 [18JN]

———eliminate time limitation on benefits for immunosuppressive drugs (see H.R. 1061), H4647 [25JN]

———hospice care reform (see H.R. 521), H283 [4FE]

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

———multiple sclerosis drug treatments (see H.R. 1018), H3660 [10JN]

———reimbursement for services provided to eligible veterans by certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities (see H.R. 1362), H2157 [1MY]

———reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see H.R. 192, 414), H286 [4FE]

———remove requirement of an x ray as a condition of coverage of chiropractic services (see H.R. 916), H1340 [8AP]

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

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

Motor vehicles: average fuel economy standards for automobiles (see H.R. 880), H3169 [21MY]

———titling and registration requirements relative to salvage, nonrepairable, and rebuilt vehicles (see H.R. 1839), H7528 [17SE]

National cemeteries: penalties for theft and malicious vandalism (see H.R. 1532), H3274 [3JN]

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

Nigeria: condemn treatment of U.S. Ambassador Walter Carrington (see H. Res. 260), H8438 [6OC]

Office of Religious Persecution Monitoring: establish (see H.R. 1685, 2431), H3069 [20MY], H7008 [8SE]

Organ donors: establish congressional commemorative medal (see H.R. 1505), H2090 [30AP]

Pensions: exclude the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund from the Federal budget (see H.R. 107), H285 [4FE]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 600), H346 [5FE]

Public Health Service: establish pediatric research initiative (see H.R. 1883), H3924 [18JN]

Public Health Service Act: improve research of children's health (see H.R. 1451), H1891 [24AP]

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

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

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

Russia: proliferation of nuclear missile technology to Iran (see H. Con. Res. 121), H6707 [31JY]

Sierra Leone: condemn military coup d'etat (see H. Con. Res. 99), H3804 [16JN]

Sinatra, Francis A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 279), H1289 [21MR]

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

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

Taxation: require burden of proof to be on the Dept. of the Treasury in all tax cases (see H.R. 367), H5021 [9JY]

Turkey: protection and continued livelihood of the Eastern Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarchate (see H. Con. Res. 6), H245 [21JA]

Veterans: benefit eligibility for certain service in the military forces of the Philippines (see H.R. 836), H4836 [26JN]

———extend eligibility period for inpatient or outpatient care to those exposed to toxic substances, radiation, or environmental hazards (see H.R. 466), H702 [27FE]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 65, 303), H285, 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), H8320 [2OC]

Western Sahara: self-determination referendum (see H. Res. 245), H8834 [9OC]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

African Americans: official apology for those who suffered as slaves (see H. Con. Res. 96), H3797 [12JN]

Aviation: establish a commission to assist in commemoration of the centennial of powered flight and the achievements of the Wright Brothers (see H.R. 2305), H6406 [30JY]

Education: establish the Bill Emerson and Mickey Leland memorial fellowship programs (see H.R. 3031), H10767 [12NO]

Indonesia: support for peace process in East Timor (see H. Res. 45), H407 [10FE]

Nobel Prize: recognition of Carlos F.X. Belo and Jose Ramos-Horta for peace (see H. Res. 45), H407 [10FE]

Public welfare programs: establish asset-based welfare policies (see H.R. 2849), H10171 [6NO]

Taxation: treatment of charitable donation of food by businesses and farmers (see H.R. 2450), H7199 [10SE]

Explanations

Previous question vote—what it means, H3283 [4JN], H5790 [25JY]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H3926 [19JN]

Remarks

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1122), consideration (H. Res. 100), H1195 [20MR]

African Americans: official apology for those who suffered as slaves (H. Con. Res. 96), H3722 [12JN], H3890 [18JN]

Agriculture: reform, extend, and repeal certain agricultural research, extension, and education programs (H.R. 2534), H10369 [8NO]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2160), H5690 [24JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2160), consideration (H. Res. 193), H5652, H5659, H5660 [23JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2160), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 232), H8384 [6OC]

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), H2721 [15MY]

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

Aviation: establish a commission to assist in commemoration of the centennial of powered flight and the achievements of the Wright Brothers (H.R. 2305), H6303 [30JY]

California: pilot project in the Plumas, Lassen, and Tahoe National Forests to demonstrate resource management activity effectiveness (H.R. 858), consideration (H. Res. 180), H4925 [9JY]

Census: use of sampling to improve the accuracy of the decennial census, H10909 [13NO]

Committee on House Oversight (House): funding to conduct investigation into labor unions and practices, H5784 [25JY]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 2016), consideration (H. Res. 178), H4875 [8JY]

Dept. of Energy: standardize requirements for public notification and participation in decisionmaking process (H.R. 649), H828 [11MR]

Dept. of State and related agencies: authorizing appropriations and consolidating certain agencies (H.R. 1757), H3628 [10JN]

———authorizing appropriations and consolidating certain agencies (H.R. 1757), consideration (H. Res. 159), H3282, H3283, H3284 [4JN]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2378), E1710 [10SE]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2267), consideration (H. Res. 239), H7756 [24SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2267), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 330), H10909 [13NO]

Education: improve and expand charter schools (H.R. 2616), consideration (H. Res. 288), H9817, H9832 [31OC]

———voucher program to provide school choice (H.R. 2746), consideration (H. Res. 288), H9817, H9832 [31OC]

Employment: consolidate Federal job training programs (H.R. 1385), consideration (H. Res. 150), H2797 [16MY]

Families and domestic relations: promote the adoption of children in foster care (H.R. 867), consideration (H. Res. 134), H2014 [30AP]

Food stamps: funding, H5652 [23JY]

Foreign aid: international family planning programs (H.J. Res. 36), H545 [13FE]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2159), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 323), H10667 [12NO]

Government regulations: reduce Federal paperwork burden (H.R. 852), consideration (H. Res. 88), H990 [13MR]

Hazardous substances: nuclear waste disposal (H.R. 1270), consideration (H. Res. 283), H9632, H9637 [29OC]

Indonesia: human rights violations in East Timor, H3628 [10JN]

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of: limit aid to food assistance distributed by the U.N. or other certified organizations, H5690 [24JY]

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 2209), consideration (H. Res. 197), H5784, H5790 [25JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2209), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 238), H7742, H7744 [24SE]

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), consideration (H. Res. 256), H8280, H8284 [1OC]

NASA: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1275), consideration (H. Res. 128), H1803 [24AP]

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), H3282, H3283, H3284 [4JN]

Nobel Prize: recognition of Carlos F.X. Belo and Jose Ramos-Horta for peace, E331 [26FE]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits, H7744 [24SE]

Postal Service: expansion of Global Package Line Service, E1710 [10SE]

Sierra Leone: condemn military coup d'etat (H. Con. Res. 99), E1251 [18JN]

Taxation: treatment of charitable donation of food by businesses and farmers (H.R. 2450), E1700 [9SE]

Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact: consent (H.R. 629), consideration (H. Res. 258), H8513 [7OC]

Votes: position on missed, H7231 [11SE]

WIC: funding, H2608 [14MY], H2721 [15MY], H5652 [23JY]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H3922 [18JN]

Texts of

H.R. 2450, Good Samaritan Tax Act, E1700 [9SE]

Tributes

Capps, Walter H., H9792 [30OC]

Emerson, Bill, H3927 [19JN]