COYNE, WILLIAM J. (a Representative from Pennsylvania)

Appointments

National Commission on Restructuring the IRS, H250 [4FE]

Articles and editorials

Insuring Children, Stewart Auerback, Washington (DC) Post, E635 [10AP]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: repeal peanut quotas and reduce peanut loan rates (see H.R. 1864), H3720 [11JN]

Alaska: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 900), H1611 [16AP]

Anderson, Marian: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 864), H6798 [3SE]

Army: close School of the Americas (see H.R. 611), H1440 [10AP]

Augustus F. Hawkins Post Office Building, Los Angeles, CA: designate (see H.R. 2349), H6963 [5SE]

Business and industry: assist in development of microenterprises (see H.R. 1129), H2157 [1MY]

———maintain standards for ``Made in USA'' label (see H. Con. Res. 80), H6707 [31JY]

Capitol Building and Grounds: use of the rotunda for a ceremony honoring Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew (see H. Con. Res. 134), H6406 [30JY]

Carl B. Stokes U.S. Courthouse, Cleveland, OH: designate (see H.R. 643), H393 [6FE]

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

Courts: provide procedures for future adjustments of salaries of Federal judges (see H.R. 875), H1542 [15AP]

Credit unions: clarify laws relative to field of membership of Federal credit unions (see H.R. 1151), H2254 [6MY]

Cuba: allow cash remittances to relatives in Cuba (see H.R. 285), H768 [5MR]

———allow news bureau exchanges between U.S. and Cuba (see H.R. 287), H768 [5MR]

———exception to trade embargo for food, medicines and medical supplies, instruments, or equipment (see H.R. 1951), H4222 [23JN]

Cyprus: Turkish occupation (see H. Con. Res. 81), H3924 [18JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: regulate loans to certain processors of sugarcane and sugar beets (see H.R. 1387), H3865 [17JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for ballistic missile defense systems (see H.R. 2786), H9864 [31OC]

———classification of surplus military material (see H.R. 2602), H8929 [21OC]

Dept. of Energy: consolidate Office of Fossil Energy and Office of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (see H.R. 1806), H3567 [5JN]

Diseases: efforts to prevent transmission of HIV (see H.R. 1219), H1707 [17AP]

———Medicare coverage and research funding for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (see H.R. 2009), H8161 [29SE]

———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: 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]

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

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), H143 [9JA]

Federal employees: delays in retirement cost-of-living adjustments (see H. Con. Res. 13), H1019 [13MR]

———prevent discrimination against preference eligibles applying for certain government positions (see H.R. 240), H589 [13FE]

Federal Home Loan Banks: authorize and expand community development activities and grants (see H.R. 1555), H2444 [8MY]

Firearms: standards for certain foreign and domestically-produced handguns (see H.R. 492), H1018 [13MR]

Flag—U.S.: 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]

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

Foreign trade: authorize a trade agreement with Northern Ireland and certain border counties in Ireland (see H.R. 1181), H1893 [24AP]

———eliminate disincentives to fair trade conditions (see H.R. 2509), H10956 [13NO]

Government regulations: provide for the debarment or suspension from Federal procurement and nonprocurement activities of persons that violate certain labor and safety laws (see H.R. 1624), H2783 [15MY]

H. John Heinz III Dept. of Veterans Affairs Nursing Care Center, Aspinwall, PA: designate (see H.R. 714), H1262 [20MR]

Health: apply group health plan portability requirements to students covered under college-sponsored health plans (see H.R. 1281), H1893 [24AP]

———assure continued health insurance coverage of retired workers (see H.R. 211), H146 [9JA]

———develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth defects (see H.R. 1114), H6918 [4SE]

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

———establish medical education trust fund (see H.R. 881), H4132 [20JN]

———expand research activities relative to lupus (see H.R. 1111), H8633 [7OC]

———require group health plans and insurers to offer coverage for children and provide a tax credit for the purchase of such coverage (see H.R. 561), H6962 [5SE]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (see H.R. 135), H3660 [10JN]

———revise and extend bone marrow donation and transplantation program (see H.R. 2202), H6918 [4SE]

Higher Education Act: improve accountability and reform certain programs (see H.R. 2140), H5131 [10JY]

House of Representatives: authorize participation in State and local government transit programs (see H. Res. 37), H9866 [31OC]

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

Housing: provide rental assistance for victims of domestic violence to enable such victims to relocate (see H.R. 871), H10956 [13NO]

Independent Commission on Campaign Finance Reform: establish (see H.R. 1614), H10421 [8NO]

Insurance: coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (see H.R. 815), H1262 [20MR]

———coverage of reconstructive breast surgery resulting from mastectomies (see H.R. 164), H1339 [8AP]

———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 306), H245 [21JA]

Intelligence services: require separate, unclassified statements of the aggregate amount of budget outlays for intelligence activities (see H.R. 753), H1892 [24AP]

Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1609), H3477 [4JN]

International Fund for Ireland: require that disbursements are distributed in compliance with the MacBride Principles (see H.R. 150), H286 [4FE]

Iran: impose sanctions on foreign persons who transfer items contributing to efforts to acquire, develop, or produce ballistic missiles (see H.R. 2709), H9801 [30OC]

IRS: impose criminal penalties for unauthorized inspection of tax return information (see H.R. 1226), H1338 [8AP]

———improve operations and governance (see H.R. 2428), H7008 [8SE]

Israel: anniversary of reunification of Jerusalem (see H. Con. Res. 60), H1439 [10AP]

Law enforcement officers: issue postage stamp in commemoration of officers killed in the line of duty (see H. Con. Res. 41), H804 [6MR]

Medicaid: repeal criminal penalties for fraudulent disposition of assets (see H.R. 216), H804 [6MR]

Medicare: bone mass measurements (see H.R. 1002), H1392 [9AP]

———coverage of diabetes outpatient self-management training services and blood-testing strips (see H.R. 58), H1261 [20MR]

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

———coverage of screening mammography (see H.R. 417), H889 [11MR]

———demonstration project to provide coverage for cancer patients enrolled in certain clinical trials (see H.R. 1628), H2783 [15MY]

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

———payments and charges for outpatient services (see H.R. 582), H285 [4FE]

———payments to Medicare+Choice organizations amounts attributable to disproportionate share hospital payments (see H.R. 2701), H10768 [12NO]

———reimbursement for nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists in health professional shortage areas (see H.R. 893), H2156 [1MY]

Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 685, 2211), H629 [25FE], H10768 [12NO]

Monuments and memorials: establish National Peace Garden Monument (see H.R. 1497), H2090 [30AP]

Music and dance: tribute to African-American music (see H. Con. Res. 27), H701 [27FE]

National Park Service: establish the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program (see H.R. 1635), H6716 [1AU]

National Week of Reflection and Tolerance: support (see H. Res. 300), H9865 [31OC]

Nigeria: impose economic sanctions (see H.R. 1786), H10956 [13NO]

Nonprofit organizations: authorize transfer to States of surplus personal property for donation (see H.R. 680), H590 [13FE]

Olympic games: holding of the 2004 summer games in Cape Town, South Africa (see H. Con. Res. 89), H3798 [12JN]

Peter J. McCloskey Postal Facility, Pottsville, PA: designate (see H.R. 2564), H8054 [26SE]

Pittsburgh (U.S.S.): tribute to crew (see H. Con. Res. 128), H5916 [28JY]

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

———require disclosure of certain phone bank communications (see H.R. 498), H629 [25FE]

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

Public works: provide incentives for the creation of jobs and restoration of infrastructure (see H.R. 950), H1262 [20MR]

Railway Labor Act: applicability to U.S. air carriers and flight crews during operations outside the U.S. (see H.R. 991), H6707 [31JY]

Robert F. Kennedy Dept. of Justice Building, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 1383), H2785 [15MY]

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), H6707 [31JY]

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

———level of benefit payment in the month of the beneficiary's death (see H.R. 68), H10421 [8NO]

Taxation: allow nonitemizers a deduction for a portion of their charitable contributions (see H.R. 2499), H7599 [18SE]

———allow tax credit for equity investments in community development financial institutions (see H.R. 2254), H5777 [24JY]

———credit for clinical testing of certain drugs for rare diseases or conditions (see H.R. 1169), H1259 [20MR]

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

———credits for health insurance premiums of employees without employer-provided health coverage (see H.R. 539), H283 [4FE]

———encourage cleanup of brownfield sites and creation of empowerment zones and enterprise communities (see H.R. 505), H282 [4FE]

———extend research and development tax credit (see H.R. 947), H1187 [19MR]

———extend the work opportunity credit (see H.R. 1729), H3202 [22MY]

———increase State cap on private activity bonds (see H.R. 979), H950 [12MR]

———provide that overpayments shall be reduced by the amount of past-due enforceable State tax obligations (see H.R. 1730), H3202 [22MY]

———restore the deduction for two-earner married couples (see H.R. 2593), H8299 [1OC]

———treatment of computer software exports (see H.R. 143), H1611 [16AP]

———treatment of employer-provided and graduate level educational assistance (see H.R. 127), H143 [9JA]

———treatment of gifts of publicly-traded stock to certain private foundations (see H.R. 519), H1262 [20MR]

———treatment of individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 446), H949 [12MR]

———treatment of school-based health insurance programs (see H.R. 1698), H6963 [5SE]

———treatment of unemployment compensation (see H.R. 937), H2446 [8MY]

———workmen's compensation relative to certain personal liability assignments (see H.R. 1509), H2155 [1MY]

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), H7729 [23SE]

Ted Weiss U.S. Courthouse, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 548), H670 [26FE]

Tourist trade: protection of the constitutional right to travel (see H.R. 286), H768 [5MR]

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

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

21st Century Scholars Program: establish (see H.R. 777), H6798 [3SE]

U.N.: authorize payment of U.S. arrearages (see H.R. 483), H2351 [7MY]

———authorize payment of U.S. arrearages and contributions for U.N. peacekeeping activities (see H.R. 299), H1892 [24AP]

United Kingdom: limit the sale or export of plastic bullets (see H.R. 1075), H7830 [24SE]

Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1500), H2090 [30AP]

Veterans: 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), H6798 [3SE]

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]

World Summit for Children: implementation of plan of action (see H.R. 1427), H5664 [23JY]

World War II: tribute to people of Crete for heroic endeavor and sacrifice (see H. Res. 17), H156 [9JA]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Pharmaceuticals: reporting requirements of deaths resulting from the prescribing, dispensing, and the administration of drugs (see H.R. 524), H283 [4FE]

Taxation: allow credit for cleanup of contaminated industrial sites and use tax-exempt redevelopment bonds for such cleanup (see H.R. 523), H283 [4FE]

———issuance of tax-exempt bonds for the economic development of distressed communities (see H.R. 522), H283 [4FE]

Letters

Taxpayer Browsing Protection Act: Margaret Milner Richardson, IRS, H1464 [15AP], E598 [8AP]

Memorandums

Taxpayer Browsing Protection Act: Margaret Milner Richardson, IRS, H1464, H1465 [15AP]

Remarks

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1122), H1221 [20MR]

Americans for Democratic Action (organization): anniversary, H521 [12FE]

Black History Month: observance, H429 [11FE]

Bloomfield, PA: Bloomfield Citizens Council Award recipients, E759 [28AP]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), conference report, H6657 [31JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), E1361 [27JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), conference report, E1600 [1AU]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 84), H3014 [20MY]

Carlow College: tribute to Women of Spirit Award recipients, E1673 [5SE]

China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (H.J. Res. 79), H4285 [24JN]

Cyprus: Turkish occupation, H5469 [17JY]

———U.S. policy, H5469 [17JY]

Greece: independence anniversary, H1088 [18MR]

Hall, Harold G.: Engineer's Society of Western Pennsylvania Metcalf Award recipient, E241 [12FE]

IRS: impose criminal penalties for unauthorized inspection of tax return information (H.R. 1226), H1462, H1464 [15AP], E598 [8AP]

———improve operations and governance (H.R. 2428), H6999 [8SE]

Medicare: payments and charges for outpatient services (H.R. 582), E151 [4FE]

Pennsylvania: tribute to participants in ``Walk To Beat Diabetes'' between Pittsburgh and Erie, E1951 [7OC]

———tribute to Western Pennsylvania Caring Program for Children, E635 [10AP]

Pittsburgh, PA: tribute to YMCA East End Youth Outreach Program, E857 [7MY]

Taxation: child tax credit, H4698 [26JN]

———rates, H6657 [31JY], E1600 [1AU]

———treatment of higher education expenses, H4698 [26JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H7005 [8SE]

Tributes

Harris, George D., E86 [9JA]

Mandera, Robert, E1951 [7OC]

Washington, Thomas, E857 [7MY]