KNOLLENBERG, JOE (a Representative from Michigan)

Amendments

Housing: deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs and increase community control over such programs (H.R. 2), H2093 [30AP], H2122 [1MY]

Appointments

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

———H.R. 2159, foreign operations, export financing, and related programs appropriations, H7321 [16SE]

———H.R. 2203, energy and water development appropriations, H6726 [3SE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

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

Armed Forces: require separate basic training for male and female recruits (see H.R. 1559), H2444 [8MY]

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

Bosnia and Herzegovina: prohibit use of appropriated Federal funds for the deployment of Armed Forces after a certain date (see H.R. 1172), H2091 [30AP]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1, 7), H154 [9JA]

———create a tax cut reserve fund to protect revenues generated by economic growth (see H.R. 2496), H7599 [18SE]

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

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

Capitol Building and Grounds: establish a Capitol Visitor Center (see H.R. 20), H1186 [19MR]

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

Computers: use, sale, and export of encryption products for privacy and security (see H.R. 695), H5569 [22JY]

Contracts: prohibit discrimination in awarding Federal contracts on the basis of labor policies (see H.R. 1378), H5297 [15JY]

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

Courts: access relative to Federal agency actions and State laws (see H.R. 1534), H6407 [30JY]

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

Death and dying: prohibit Federal funding for assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing (see H.R. 1003), H887 [11MR]

Dept. of Labor: establish programs to educate the public on retirement savings (see H.R. 1377), H1705 [17AP]

Disasters: provide for hazard mitigation, relief, and insurance against natural disasters (see H.R. 230), H1261 [20MR]

Diseases: efforts to prevent transmission of HIV (see H.R. 1062), H1440 [10AP]

———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), H5297 [15JY]

Drug abuse: national policy to combat the distribution, sale, and use of illegal drugs by young people (see H. Res. 267), H9866 [31OC]

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), H768 [5MR]

Education: ensure that funding is not used to promote the teaching or use of regional or group dialects (see H.R. 1203), H1289 [21MR]

———repeal certain Federal programs (see H.R. 2655), H8832 [9OC]

———spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on children's classrooms (see H. Res. 139), H2156 [1MY]

Employment: protect employer rights (see H.R. 758), H586 [13FE]

———provide compensatory time for all employees (see H.R. 1), H66 [7JA], H138 [9JA]

English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see H.R. 123, 622), H142 [9JA], H524 [12FE]

EPA: prohibit establishment of new standards for ozone or particulate matter before existing standards have been attained (see H.R. 1863, 1984), H3720 [11JN], H4836 [26JN]

Federal employees: 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), H3204 [22MY]

Federal Prison Industries: eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (see H.R. 2758), H9729 [29OC]

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

Grand Haven, MI: designate as ``Coast Guard City, USA'' (see H. Con. Res. 115), H5296 [15JY]

Hazardous substances: nuclear waste disposal (see H.R. 1270), H1437 [10AP]

Health: allow marketing of Sensor Pad medical device to aid in breast self-examination (see H.R. 964), H1542 [15AP]

———prohibit restriction of certain medical communications between health care providers and their patients (see H.R. 586), H1018 [13MR]

Homeless: consolidate Federal housing assistance programs (see H.R. 217), H3720 [11JN]

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), H348 [5FE]

———require that excess amounts from Members' official allowances be applied to deficit reduction (see H.R. 80, 866), H244 [21JA], H1892 [24AP]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 5), H66 [7JA], H138 [9JA]

Insurance: Federal reinsurance contracts for eligible State insurance programs covering homeowners impacted by natural disasters (see H.R. 219), H1892 [24AP]

Iran: impose sanctions on foreign persons who transfer items contributing to efforts to acquire, develop, or produce ballistic missiles (see H.R. 2709), H9730 [29OC]

Labor: allow cooperative efforts between management and labor to improve economic competitiveness (see H.R. 634), H1262 [20MR]

Labor unions: ensure employees have adequate access and information relative to use of union dues or fees (see H.R. 928), H1340 [8AP]

———inform workers of their rights relative to the payment of dues or fees to labor organizations (see H.R. 1625), H2783 [15MY]

Local government: provide for greater local input in transportation planning (see H.R. 1799), H3798 [12JN]

Medicare: allow beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for services (see H.R. 2497), H7599 [18SE]

———coverage of diabetes outpatient self-management training services and blood-testing strips (see H.R. 58), H1186 [19MR]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (see H.J. Res. 2), H154 [9JA]

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

Motor vehicles: average fuel economy standards for automobiles (see H.R. 880), H700 [27FE]

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

National Commission on the Cost of Higher Education: establish (see H.R. 1511), H2255 [6MY]

NATO: recommend the integration of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania (see H. Con. Res. 10), H3274 [3JN]

NLRB: recovery of attorneys' fees by small businesses and labor organizations who prevail in proceedings (see H.R. 2449), H7199 [10SE]

Office of Religious Persecution Monitoring: establish (see H.R. 1685), H6707 [31JY]

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

Real property: preserve Federal sovereignty of certain public lands and preserve certain State and private property rights (see H.R. 901), H701 [27FE]

Social Security: allow personal retirement savings plans (see H.R. 3082), H10955 [13NO]

———prevent distribution of benefits to prisoners (see H.R. 530), H725 [4MR]

Taxation: allow married couples to file combined return under which each spouse is taxed using rates applicable to single filers (see H.R. 2456), H8834 [9OC]

———application of the alternative minimum tax to installment sales of farm property (see H.R. 426), H1707 [17AP]

———capital gains rates (see H.R. 14), H156 [9JA]

———constitutional amendment to abolish Federal income tax (see H.J. Res. 70), H1439 [10AP]

———constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (see H.J. Res. 62), H1441 [10AP]

———deductions for business use of the home (see H.R. 955), H1542 [15AP]

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

———full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals (see H.R. 18), H348 [5FE]

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

———provide incentives for investment in renewal communities (see H.R. 1031), H1542 [15AP]

———repeal alternative minimum tax (see H.R. 162), H245 [21JA]

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

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 158), H144 [9JA]

———treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (see H.R. 2373), H6715 [1AU]

———treatment of education savings accounts (see H.R. 1597), H2679 [14MY]

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

———treatment of estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 249), H157 [9JA]

———treatment of individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 446), H702 [27FE]

Television: treatment of voluntary guidelines relative to applicability of antitrust laws (see H.R. 1510), H2155 [1MY]

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

Tobacco products: restrict the FDA from penalizing retailers for face-to-face tobacco sales that are in accordance with State law (see H.R. 768), H2254 [6MY]

Transportation: reauthorize highway construction and surface transportation funding (see H.R. 674), H6706 [31JY]

Treaties and agreements: limits on certain missile defense systems (see H. Res. 98), H1112 [18MR]

———prevent the imposition of new energy taxes or fees to comply with the global warming treaty (see H. Res. 268), H8833 [9OC]

Urban areas: metropolitan planning (see H.R. 477), H2156 [1MY]

Veterans: expand range of criminal offenses resulting in forfeiture of burial benefits (see H.R. 2040), H5022 [9JY]

Voting: eliminate certain bilingual voting requirements (see H.R. 2356), H6704 [31JY]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

Bankruptcy: define single asset real estate (see H.R. 73), H69 [7JA], H141 [9JA]

Computers: permit lawful possessors of a copy of a computer program to authorize additional copies under certain circumstances (see H.R. 72), H69 [7JA], H141 [9JA]

Dept. of HUD: disclosure of income information to local housing agencies for determination of public housing eligibility (see H.R. 214), H146 [9JA]

Employment: exempt from minimum wage and overtime requirements individuals who volunteer their time for occupational opportunity (see H.R. 71), H69 [7JA], H141 [9JA]

Energy Policy and Conservation Act: eliminate certain plumbing supply regulations (see H.R. 859), H699 [27FE]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 767), H586 [13FE]

Roads and highways: make grants to States for the construction and maintenance of highways and direct the FCC to conduct spectrum auctions to provide funding for the grants (see H.R. 918), H724 [4MR]

Taxation: provide income exclusion for work study payments (see H.R. 1296), H1438 [10AP]

———reduce tax rate for single filers, eliminate marriage penalty and change date for filing of Federal income tax returns (see H.R. 2718), H9501 [23OC]

Treaties and agreements: conditions for the U.S. becoming a signatory to any international agreement on greenhouse gas emissions (see H. Res. 211), H6706 [31JY]

Veterans: expand range of criminal offenses resulting in forfeiture of benefits (see H.R. 1955), H3923 [18JN]

Remarks

Armenia: anniversary of genocide, H1771 [23AP]

Bankruptcy: define single asset real estate (H.R. 73), E15 [7JA]

Budget: balance, H3666 [11JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), H5581 [23JY], H5669 [24JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), conference report, H6302 [30JY], H7612 [23SE]

Children and youth: indoor causes of asthma attacks, H3172 [22MY]

China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (H.J. Res. 79), H4262 [24JN]

Climate: global warming, H8638 [8OC]

Computers: permit lawful possessors of a copy of a computer program to authorize additional copies under certain circumstances (H.R. 72), E21 [7JA]

Courts: technical corrections to bankruptcy laws (H.R. 764), H10662 [12NO]

Dept. of Energy: Automotive Fuel Cell Research and Development Program funding, H5076 [10JY]

Dept. of HUD: disclosure of income information to local housing agencies for determination of public housing eligibility (H.R. 214), E17 [7JA]

———Federal Housing Initiatives Program funding, H8676 [8OC]

Dept. of Labor: establish programs to educate the public on retirement savings (H.R. 1377), H3087 [21MY]

Dept. of State and related agencies: authorizing appropriations and consolidating certain agencies (H.R. 1757), H3357, H3358 [4JN]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2107), H5076 [10JY]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2169), H5632, H5635 [23JY]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2158), H5260 [15JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2158), conference report, H8676, H8677 [8OC]

Detroit Red Wings (hockey team): tribute, H3582 [10JN]

Employment: exempt from minimum wage and overtime requirements individuals who volunteer their time for occupational opportunity (H.R. 71), E13 [7JA]

———provide compensatory time for all employees (H.R. 1), H1150 [19MR]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2203), H5756, H5767 [24JY]

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

Energy Policy and Conservation Act: eliminate certain plumbing supply regulations (H.R. 859), E345 [27FE]

EPA: prohibit establishment of new standards for ozone or particulate matter before existing standards have been attained, H4822 [26JN]

———recommended measures relative to air quality standards, H2616 [14MY]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2159), H6352 [30JY], H6810 [4SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2159), conference report, H10674 [12NO]

Hazardous substances: nuclear waste disposal (H.R. 1270), H9662 [29OC]

House of Representatives: appointments to represent House at George Washington's birthday ceremonies, H566 [13FE]

———authority of officials during adjournment, H566 [13FE]

Housing: deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs and increase community control over such programs (H.R. 2), H2123 [1MY]

India: allocation of foreign aid, H6810 [4SE]

Madonna University: anniversary, E2305 [10NO]

Martone, Michael A.: Italian-American Study Group Italian-American of the Year award recipient, E680 [16AP]

Medicare: reform, H1916 [29AP]

Nagorno-Karabagh: U.S. role in territorial dispute negotiations between Armenia and Azerbaijan, H3357, H3358 [4JN]

Nuclear energy: pyroprocessing technology research funding, H5767 [24JY]

Perrotta, Augustine: Italian-American Study Group Italian-American of the Year award recipient, E680 [16AP]

Political campaigns: appointment of independent counsel to investigate fundraising practices in Presidential election campaign, H8057 [29SE], H8453 [7OC]

———ethics reform and contribution limits, H8057 [29SE]

———ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 767), H567 [13FE]

Roads and highways: modify minimum allocation formula for the Federal-aid highway program, H5635 [23JY]

Taxation: provide income exclusion for work study payments (H.R. 1296), E638 [10AP]

———rates, H2010 [30AP], H5581 [23JY], H5669 [24JY], H6302 [30JY], H7612 [23SE], H7837 [25SE]

Treaties and agreements: conditions for the U.S. becoming a signatory to any international agreement on greenhouse gas emissions (H. Res. 211), E1608 [1AU]

———effect of global warming treaty on U.S. businesses, H7736 [24SE]

Veterans: expand range of criminal offenses resulting in forfeiture of benefits (H.R. 1955), H3894 [18JN], H3931 [19JN]

———expand range of criminal offenses resulting in forfeiture of benefits (S. 923), H9839 [31OC]

Votes: position on missed, H9638 [29OC]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H582 [13FE], H2676 [14MY], H3922 [18JN], H4830 [26JN]

Tributes

Cunningham, William, E1167 [10JN]

Hagopian, Edgar, E497 [18MR]

LaFond, David, E229 [12FE]

Shalhoub, George, E227 [12FE]

Smith, Gerald L., E1291 [23JN]