WISE, ROBERT E., JR. (a Representative from West Virginia)

Amendments

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2158), H5183 [14JY], H5336 [16JY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit certain late-term abortions (see H.R. 1032), H948 [12MR], H1019 [13MR]

Airlines: provide protection for airline employees who provide certain air safety information (see H.R. 915), H3476 [4JN]

———require use of child safety restraint systems (see H.R. 754), H2254 [6MY]

American Discovery Trail: designate (see H.R. 588), H702 [27FE]

Amtrak: authorizing appropriations and management reform (see H.R. 2066, 2205), H4646 [25JN], H5569 [22JY]

Black Lung Benefits Act: improve (see H.R. 609), H347 [5FE]

Bridges: Bridge Discretionary Program reform (see H.R. 1664), H3069 [20MY]

Business and industry: maintain standards for ``Made in USA'' label (see H. Con. Res. 80), H8728 [8OC]

Clothing industry: legal accountability for sweatshop conditions (see H.R. 23), H4835 [26JN]

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

Dept. of Agriculture: conduct census of agriculture (see H.R. 2366), H6705 [31JY]

Dept. of Defense: allow military health care system beneficiaries the option to enroll in Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (see H.R. 76), H2254 [6MY]

———disapproval of line-item vetoes in military construction appropriations legislation (see H.R. 2631), H9502 [23OC]

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

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

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2248), H6918 [4SE]

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

EPA: prohibit establishment of new standards for ozone or particulate matter before existing standards have been attained (see H.R. 1984), H4222 [23JN]

FAA: foreign repair station rules (see H.R. 145), H4221 [23JN]

Federal employees: delays in retirement cost-of-living adjustments (see H. Con. Res. 13), H2091 [30AP]

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]

Firearms: clarify standard required for the importation of sporting arms (see H.R. 2734), H9558 [24OC]

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), H3568 [5JN]

Health: develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth defects (see H.R. 1114), H3865 [17JN]

———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), H889 [11MR]

———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]

House Rules: permit disabled employees with the privilege of the House floor to use supporting services on the floor (see H. Res. 135), H3924 [18JN]

Independent Commission on Campaign Finance Reform: establish (see H.R. 1614), H2679 [14MY]

Insurance: coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (see H.R. 815), H890 [11MR]

———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 306), H6706 [31JY]

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), H2254 [6MY]

———exemption from State laws prohibiting carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H889 [11MR]

Medicare: bone mass measurements (see H.R. 1002), H1707 [17AP]

———coverage of diabetes outpatient self-management training services and blood-testing strips (see H.R. 58), H949 [12MR]

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

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

———improve health services to rural areas (see H.R. 1248), H1339 [8AP]

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

———payment of certain venipuncture services and prevention of potential fraud and abuse (see H.R. 2912), H10768 [12NO]

———protection of beneficiaries relative to enrollment in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 66), H3274 [3JN]

———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. 414), H2156 [1MY]

———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]

Motor vehicles: titling and registration requirements relative to salvage, nonrepairable, and rebuilt vehicles (see H.R. 1839), H5664 [23JY]

National discovery trails: establish (see H.R. 588), H702 [27FE]

National Infrastructure Development Corp.: establish (see H.R. 712), H3568 [5JN]

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

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 600, 2777), H346 [5FE], H9800 [30OC]

President and Vice President: constitutional amendment on direct popular election (see H.J. Res. 28), H155 [9JA]

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

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

Railroads: reform the safety practices of the railroad industry (see H.R. 2455), H7261 [11SE]

Railway Labor Act: applicability to U.S. air carriers and flight crews during operations outside the U.S. (see H.R. 991), H1019 [13MR]

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), H3070 [20MY]

Sinatra, Francis A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 279), H1707 [17AP]

Small business: provide regulatory assistance (see H.R. 96), H3476 [4JN]

Surplus Government property: provide authority for the transfer of Dept. of Defense equipment to law enforcement agencies (see H.R. 1043), H1542 [15AP]

———transfer certain property to State and local governments for law enforcement and safety purposes (see H.R. 404), H2445 [8MY]

Taxation: treatment of diesel fuel used in trains (see H.R. 2474), H10768 [12NO]

———treatment of employee death benefits (see H.R. 1514), H3720 [11JN]

———treatment of State tuition programs (see H.R. 1355), H6406 [30JY]

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

———increase use of natural gas as a fuel (see H.R. 970), H802 [6MR]

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

Veterans: determination of active military service for certain merchant mariners who served during World War II (see H.R. 1126), H2157 [1MY]

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

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 65, 303), H2254 [6MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 45), H348 [5FE]

Committees of the House: minority party appointments (see H. Res. 84), H804 [6MR]

Education: prevent Federal student assistance need analysis from penalizing parents for investing in prepaid tuition programs (see H.R. 2672), H8833 [9OC]

Tariff: KN001 (hydrochloride) (see H.R. 1897), H3797 [12JN]

———pyrithiobac sodium (see H.R. 1793), H3476 [4JN]

Essays: Voice of Democracy

O'Brien, William (Jamie), E451 [12MR]

Letters

Amtrak Reform and Accountability Act: Rodney E. Slater, Sec. of Transportation, H10591 [12NO]

Motions

China, People's Republic of: participation of officials in international activities relative to release of religious prisoners (H.R. 967), H10138 [6NO]

House Rules: same-day consideration of certain resolutions (H. Res. 305), H10120 [6NO]

Remarks

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1122), consideration (H. Res. 100), H1198 [20MR]

———prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1122), consideration of Senate amendments (H. Res. 262), H8645 [8OC]

Amtrak: authorizing appropriations and management reform (H.R. 2247), H8977 [22OC], H9521, H9526 [24OC]

———authorizing appropriations and management reform (H.R. 2247), consideration (H. Res. 270), H8966, H8967 [22OC]

———authorizing appropriations and management reform (S. 738), H10901 [13NO]

———authorizing appropriations and management reform (S. 738), consideration (H. Res. 319), H10589, H10591, H10593 [12NO]

———labor protection and contracting regulations, H9521, H9526 [24OC]

Andrew Jacobs, Jr., U.S. Post Office Building, Indianapolis, IN: designate (H.R. 1057), H3814 [17JN]

Appalachian Regional Commission: funding, H5764 [24JY]

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), conference report, H3549 [5JN]

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

Budget: allocation of funds, H1395 [10AP]

———balance, H1395 [10AP]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), H644 [26FE]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 45), H302 [5FE]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), H4675 [26JN]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 84), H3045 [20MY]

Children and youth: provide health insurance for uninsured children, H679 [27FE]

Committee on Education and Labor (House): permission to file report, H8807 [9OC]

Committee on Government Reform and Oversight (House): investigation of Federal election campaign fundraising and expenditure practices, H4097 [20JN]

———special investigative authorities (H. Res. 167), H4097 [20JN]

Committee on House Oversight (House): investigation of voter irregularities in California's 46th Congressional District, H10119 [6NO]

Committee on the Judiciary (House): permission to file report, H8807 [9OC]

Committees of the House: authorizing expenditures (H. Res. 91), consideration (H. Res. 105), H1270 [21MR]

———minority party appointments (H. Res. 84), H774 [6MR]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2107), H5111 [10JY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2267), H7882 [25SE]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2158), H5336, H5337 [16JY]

Economic Development Administration: funding, H7882 [25SE]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2203), H5764 [24JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2203), conference report, H8179 [30SE]

EPA: prohibit establishment of new standards for ozone or particulate matter before existing standards have been attained, H3669 [11JN]

———transfer funds from Environmental Programs and Management Fund to Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, H5336, H5337 [16JY]

Floods: disaster assistance to West Virginia, H773, H782 [6MR]

Foreign trade: extend Presidential fast-track authority to negotiate trade agreements, H1594, H1595 [16AP]

Forest Service: road construction funding, H5111 [10JY]

Government: define role and scope, H2866 [16MY]

House Rules: consideration of motions to suspend the rules and pass certain legislation (H. Res. 112), H1549 [16AP]

———same-day consideration of certain resolutions (H. Res. 305), H10119 [6NO]

NAFTA: impact on employment and the economy, H1594, H1595 [16AP]

National Arson Awareness Week: observance, E862 [7MY]

Norm Thompson (business): tribute for flood relief efforts, H5171 [11JY]

Parliamentary inquiry, H4660 [26JN]

Potomac River: efforts to reduce pollution in West Virginia, H3216 [3JN]

Railroads: increase in train traffic due to mergers, H8810 [9OC]

———reform the safety practices of the railroad industry (H.R. 2455), H9542 [24OC]

SBA: reauthorize programs (S. 1139), H8807 [9OC]

Shepherd College: anniversary, H679 [27FE]

Social Security: treatment under balanced budget constitutional amendment, H644 [26FE]

Taxation: child tax credit, H4675 [26JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H667 [26FE], H697 [27FE], H764 [5MR], H801 [6MR], H2872 [16MY], H5176 [11JY], H8831 [9OC], H9557 [24OC]

Subpoena Notices

Circuit Court of Hardy County, WV, H4083 [19JN]

Tributes

McWhorter, Betty, H7531 [18SE]

Wenger, Michael, H8179 [30SE]