EVANS, LANE (a Representative from Illinois)

Addresses

In Our Hearts: Representative Capps, E1033 [22MY]

Amendments

Budget: reform process and enforce the bipartisan balanced budget agreement (H.R. 2003), H5576 [22JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2264), H5917 [28JY], H6866 [4SE]

Eximbank: reauthorization (H.R. 1370), H8200 [30SE]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 1119, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths, H5803 [25JY]

———H.R. 2015, Balanced Budget Act, H5040 [10JY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: humane living conditions for calves raised for the production of veal (see H.R. 696), H5297 [15JY]

———increase emphasis on and disseminate results of agricultural research projects relative to precision agriculture (see H.R. 725), H523 [12FE]

———labeling of imported meat and meat food products containing imported meat (see H.R. 1371), H4836 [26JN]

———prohibit coverage of tobacco by Federal crop insurance programs (see H.R. 1438), H3924 [18JN]

———prohibit transfer or marketing of nonambulatory cattle, sheep, swine, horses, mules, or goats (see H.R. 453), H5021 [9JY]

———require labeling of country of origin of imported perishable agricultural commodities (see H.R. 1232), H3797 [12JN]

Aircraft: treatment of certain aircraft as public aircraft (see H.R. 1521), H3865 [17JN]

Airlines: require use of child safety restraint systems (see H.R. 754), H585 [13FE]

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

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

Animal Welfare Act: amend and strengthen (see H.R. 635), H408 [10FE]

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

———prohibit interstate commerce relative to exotic animals (see H.R. 1202), H7365 [16SE]

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

Aviation: criteria for granting slots to new entrant air carriers at certain high density airports (see H.R. 2405), H8300 [1OC]

———require foreign air carriers to establish disaster assistance plans (see H.R. 2476), H7831 [24SE]

Beaches: improve quality of coastal recreation waters (see H.R. 2094), H5826 [25JY]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: implementation of peace agreement, support democratic efforts of countries from former Yugoslavia and continue efforts to prosecute war criminals (see H. Res. 15), H3661 [10JN]

Business and industry: discourage relocation to foreign countries and encourage creation of new jobs (see H.R. 775), H586 [13FE]

———maintain standards for ``Made in USA'' label (see H. Con. Res. 80), H5297 [15JY]

———promote and improve employee stock ownership plans (see H.R. 1592), H4087 [19JN]

———reduce corporate welfare (see H.R. 1015), H888 [11MR]

———use of community development block grant funds for employment relocation activities (see H.R. 671), H670 [26FE]

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), H590 [13FE]

Census: provide for enumeration of family caregivers as part of the decennial census (see H.R. 2081), H4834 [26JN]

Children and youth: child labor provisions relative to the operation of automobiles and trucks (see H.R. 2327), H9039 [22OC]

———increase certain funding under Head Start Program (see H.R. 1373), H4087 [19JN]

———prohibit sale of personal information without parental consent (see H.R. 1972), H4085 [19JN]

China, People's Republic of: congressional approval before the U.S. supports admission into the World Trade Organization, and U.S. withdrawal if admission is granted without U.S. approval (see H.R. 1140), H1257 [20MR]

———increase monitoring of items produced, grown, or manufactured with forced labor (see H.R. 2195), H8633 [7OC]

Civil rights: prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (see H.R. 1302), H1439 [10AP]

———prohibit use of involuntary arbitration to settle claims of employment discrimination (see H.R. 983), H950 [12MR]

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

Coins: issue one dollar coin (see H.R. 1174), H1259 [20MR]

Commission on Privacy of Government Records: establish (see H.R. 1330), H3204 [22MY]

Commission on Servicemembers and Veterans Transition Assistance: eliminate the requirement that members be allocated to separate programs (see H.R. 469), H629 [25FE]

Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House): authorizing expenditures (see H. Res. 60), H588 [13FE]

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

Computers: transmission of information relative to abortion over computer information services (see H.R. 2272), H5825 [25JY]

Construction industries: prohibit discrimination relative to surety bonding requirements (see H.R. 2554), H9865 [31OC]

Consumers: establish a toll-free telephone number in the Dept. of Commerce to assist consumers in identifying domestically-produced merchandise (see H.R. 563), H702 [27FE]

———labeling system for apparel and sporting goods made without child labor (see H.R. 1301), H1439 [10AP]

———prohibit the imposition of additional fees for use of certain automatic teller machines utilizing a national or regional network (see H.R. 795), H1018 [13MR]

———protection from unreasonable credit card fees or interest rates (see H.R. 1975), H6707 [31JY]

———require additional disclosures of the terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 3060), H10954 [13NO]

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 96), H1989 [29AP]

Courts: allow DAV to sue or be sued in Federal court (see H.R. 1406), H1793 [23AP]

———conversion of temporary district court judgeships to permanent status (see H.R. 977), H2590 [13MY]

———reform civil assets forfeiture (see H.R. 1835), H3658 [10JN]

Credit unions: clarify laws relative to field of membership of Federal credit unions (see H.R. 1151), H3204 [22MY]

Crime: distribute to community-based organizations information on the prevention of youth violence and crime (see H.R. 290), H702 [27FE]

———penalties for taking a firearm from a Federal law enforcement officer (see H.R. 826), H1289 [21MR]

———protection from sexual predators (see H.R. 305), H1112 [18MR]

———provide minimum mandatory penalties for false bomb threats conveyed through interstate and foreign commerce (see H.R. 845), H950 [12MR]

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

Daniel J. Doffyn Post Office Building, Chicago, IL: designate (see H.R. 2773), H9866 [31OC]

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), H7528 [17SE]

Dept. of Defense: prohibit payment under defense contracts of restructuring costs for mergers or acquisitions (see H.R. 925), H765 [5MR]

Dept. of Energy: provide health benefits to former defense nuclear facility employees exposed to ionizing radiation (see H.R. 1397), H1706 [17AP]

Dept. of HHS: employment opportunities for women scientists (see H.R. 304), H949 [12MR]

———make certain information available to the Dept. of the Treasury for the collection of debts owed to the Federal Government (see H.R. 2063), H4646 [25JN]

Dept. of State: calculation of Bureau of Diplomatic Security agents' retirement annuities (see H.R. 633), H950 [12MR]

———prohibit charges or fees for providing passport information (see H.R. 491), H725 [4MR]

Dept. of the Interior: deauthorize the Animas-La Plata Federal reclamation project and negotiate the water rights of Ute Indian tribes (see H.R. 745), H585 [13FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize medical facility projects and leases (see H.R. 2571), H8160 [29SE]

———guarantee loans to provide multifamily transitional housing for homeless veterans (see H.R. 3039), H10953 [13NO]

———improve homeless veterans programs (see H.R. 2206), H8320 [2OC]

———improve procedures for resolving claims of employment discrimination (see H.R. 1703), H3201 [22MY]

———improve programs providing counseling and treatment for sexual trauma experienced by veterans (see H.R. 2253), H5777 [24JY]

———make permanent the Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program (see H.R. 2317), H6703 [31JY]

Diseases: coverage of prostate cancer screening and drug treatments under Medicare and Dept. of Veterans Affairs programs (see H.R. 301), H889 [11MR]

———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]

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

———issue special postage stamps to fund prostate cancer research (see H.R. 2545), H7910 [25SE]

———Medicare coverage and research funding for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (see H.R. 2009), H6707 [31JY]

———ovarian cancer research programs (see H.R. 953), H767 [5MR]

———payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted HIV due to contaminated blood products (see H.R. 1023), H888 [11MR]

———prostate cancer research programs (see H.R. 297), H889 [11MR]

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

Domestic policy: establish a living wage, develop job opportunities, convert military programs to social programs, produce a capital budget, reduce poverty and violence, and redistribute wealth and power (see H.R. 1050), H949 [12MR]

Drugs: specify the entities eligible to purchase pharmaceutical products from the Federal Supply Schedule (see H.R. 2197), H5486 [17JY]

Drunken driving: national standard to prohibit the operation of motor vehicles by intoxicated individuals (see H.R. 981), H9800 [30OC]

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]

———maintain health and stability of coral reef ecosystems (see H. Con. Res. 8), H629 [25FE]

———national objectives priority assignments (see H.R. 1404), H3568 [5JN]

———provide off-budget treatment for the land and water conservation fund (see H.R. 1732), H4133 [20JN]

———strengthen protection of native biodiversity and place restraints on clearcutting of forests (see H.R. 1861), H5570 [22JY]

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2248), H6707 [31JY]

Education: establish Thurgood Marshall Legal Educational Opportunity Program (see H.R. 1970), H4085 [19JN]

———increase Pell Grant awards (see H.R. 744), H3203 [22MY]

Emergency Commission To End the Trade Deficit: establish (see H.R. 2651), H8832 [9OC]

Employment: make parental leave for birth parents equitable to adoptive and foster parents (see H.R. 1573), H2875 [16MY]

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

———prohibit discrimination on the basis of genetic information (see H.R. 2275), H10421 [8NO]

———provide for retirement savings and security (see H.R. 1130), H2254 [6MY]

Energy Policy Act: take into account newly developed renewable energy-based fuels and equalize alternative fuel vehicle acquisition incentives (see H.R. 2568), H8054 [26SE]

EPA: prohibit the importation for disposal of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB's) at certain concentrations (see H.R. 1078), H6716 [1AU]

———take immediate steps to abate emissions of mercury and release to Congress a study of mercury (see H. Con. Res. 91), H3203 [22MY]

Eximbank: give financial assistance preferences to firms that have shown a commitment to reinvestment and job creation in the U.S. (see H.R. 2069), H7601 [18SE]

Explosives: Federal permit requirements for distribution or receipt of explosives (see H.R. 989), H2446 [8MY]

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

Fair Labor Standards Act: reform provisions relative to child labor (see H.R. 1870), H3796 [12JN]

Families and domestic relations: establish felony violations for failure to pay legal child support obligations (see H.R. 2503), H8055 [26SE]

———improve child care and family support services (see H.R. 1373), H4087 [19JN]

Family and Medical Leave Act: allow leave to address domestic violence and its effects (see H.R. 851), H10172 [6NO]

———expand coverage and allow leave for parental involvement in educational and extracurricular activities (see H.R. 234), H286 [4FE]

———provide coverage to employers with more than 20 employees (see H.R. 1373), H4087 [19JN]

Federal employees: access to hearing care services by audiologists (see H.R. 176), H2874 [16MY]

———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]

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

Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: coverage of acupuncturist services (see H.R. 1038), H2590 [13MY]

Federal firefighters: hourly and overtime pay rates and pay equity with other civil service employees and public sector firefighters (see H.R. 1166), H1612 [16AP]

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

Financial institutions: prohibit the imposition of fees on the electronic withdrawal of direct deposited veterans benefits (see H.R. 2457), H8929 [21OC]

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), H10768 [12NO]

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

Foreign trade: eliminate disincentives to fair trade conditions (see H.R. 2509), H8265 [30SE]

———ensure protection of worker rights and environmental standards in any trade agreements (see H.R. 1079), H1612 [16AP]

———European Union obligations relative to U.S. meat and pork exporting facilities (see H.R. 723), H1262 [20MR]

———prohibit imports produced by bonded child labor (see H.R. 2475), H7281 [15SE]

Freedom of information: require disclosure of information on certain individuals relative to Nazi war crimes during World War II (see H.R. 235), H2091 [30AP]

Germany: expand reparations criteria and set up a comprehensive medical fund for Holocaust survivors (see H. Con. Res. 112), H8929 [21OC]

———jurisdiction of cases in U.S. courts involving genocide during World War II (see H.R. 1531), H5487 [17JY]

Government: give preference to firms that adopt and enforce a corporate code of conduct (see H.R. 2071), H4646 [25JN]

Great Irish Potato Famine: honor memory of victims (see H. Con. Res. 159), H9559 [24OC]

Great Lakes: implementation of strategic plan for restoration of fisheries and other natural resources (see H.R. 1481), H1988 [29AP]

Guam: establish commonwealth (see H.R. 100), H70 [7JA], H142 [9JA]

Harold Hughes-Bill Emerson Commission on Alcoholism: establish (see H.R. 1549), H2590 [13MY]

Hazardous substances: storage of nuclear waste on any territory or possession of the U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 32), H724 [4MR]

———transportation regulations relative to agriculture (see H.R. 1619), H4132 [20JN]

Health: allow patients to receive any medical treatment they want under certain conditions (see H.R. 746), H585 [13FE]

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

———assure continued health insurance coverage of retired workers (see H.R. 211, 444), H146 [9JA], H524 [12FE]

———develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth defects (see H.R. 1114), H3720 [11JN]

———establish certain requirements for managed care plans (see H.R. 2606), H8320 [2OC]

———expand research activities relative to lupus (see H.R. 1111), H4836 [26JN]

———insurance coverage of bone mass measurements (see H.R. 2693), H9038 [22OC]

———limitations on disclosure and use of genetic information (see H.R. 1815), H6707 [31JY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 1200), H1260 [20MR]

———national policy to provide health care coverage of mental illnesses (see H.R. 621), H524 [12FE]

———prohibit discrimination in employer health benefit plans relative to neurobiological disorders (see H.R. 2110), H4912 [8JY]

———prohibit restriction of certain medical communications between health care providers and their patients (see H.R. 586), H345 [5FE]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 1749), H10172 [6NO]

———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), H453 [11FE]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (see H.R. 135), H143 [9JA]

———research and education programs on menopause and related conditions (see H.R. 832), H890 [11MR]

———revise and extend bone marrow donation and transplantation program (see H.R. 2202), H6407 [30JY]

———revise and extend mammography quality standards programs (see H.R. 1289), H3660 [10JN]

———standardize relationships between group health plans and health insurers relative to enrollees, health professionals, and providers (see H.R. 1415), H7601 [18SE]

———studies and programs relative to traumatic brain injuries (see H.R. 1245), H1543 [15AP]

Higher Education Accumulation Program: establish and allow tax deductions for contributions to accounts (see H.R. 53), H453 [11FE]

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), H5178 [11JY]

———implementation of Office Waste Recycling Program (see H. Res. 119), H1611 [16AP]

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]

Housing: authorize public housing agencies to establish rental amounts that do not discourage assisted families from obtaining employment (see H.R. 1014), H1340 [8AP]

———provide rental assistance for victims of domestic violence to enable such victims to relocate (see H.R. 871), H890 [11MR]

———public housing construction and revitalization (see H.R. 839, 973), H668 [26FE], H803 [6MR]

Illinois and Michigan Canal Heritage Corridor Commission: extend (see H.R. 1042), H1112 [18MR]

Immigration: provide special status for certain alien journalists working in Hong Kong (see H.R. 890), H701 [27FE]

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

———support for peace process in East Timor (see H. Res. 45), H950 [12MR]

Insurance: coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (see H.R. 815), H627 [25FE]

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

———prevent discrimination against victims of domestic violence (see H.R. 1117), H1111 [18MR]

———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 306), H149 [9JA]

———provide nondiscriminatory coverage of substance abuse treatment services under private group and individual health coverage (see H.R. 2409), H7831 [24SE]

———require coverage of post-delivery follow-up care for certain mothers and newborns (see H.R. 2854), H10171 [6NO]

———require health plans to provide adequate access to services provided by obstetrician-gynecologists (see H.R. 1737), H8834 [9OC]

———require insurers to disclose an applicant's medical test results to the applicant and to otherwise restrict the disclosure of such results (see H.R. 2590), H8299 [1OC]

Intelligence services: require separate, unclassified statements of the aggregate amount of budget outlays for intelligence activities (see H.R. 753), H1018 [13MR]

Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1609), H3274 [3JN]

———reform (see H. Con. Res. 43), H1543 [15AP]

International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia: restrict foreign assistance for countries providing sanctuary to indicted war criminals who are sought for prosecution (see H.R. 2121), H5570 [22JY]

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

International relations: encourage efforts to reunite families separated during Holocaust (see H. Con. Res. 14), H348 [5FE]

Iran: impose sanctions on foreign persons who transfer items contributing to efforts to acquire, develop, or produce ballistic missiles (see H.R. 2930), H10418 [8NO]

IRS: improve operations and governance (see H.R. 2428), H9730 [29OC]

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

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

———establish a bill of rights (see H.R. 350), H349 [5FE]

———establish counseling programs for disabled and retired police officers (see H.R. 2434), H7604 [22SE]

———extend certain civil service retirement options to IRS revenue officers, INS inspectors, and Customs Service inspectors and canine enforcement officers (see H.R. 1215), H1543 [15AP]

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

Lewis and Clark expedition: support for an interpretive site near Wood River, IL, as the point of departure (see H. Res. 281), H9558 [24OC]

``Little Rock Nine'': award Congressional Gold Medals (see H.R. 2560), H8834 [9OC]

Local government: reduce postal rates for certain mailings required by Federal and State regulations (see H.R. 906), H3204 [22MY]

Long Island Sound: prohibit dumping of dredged material (see H.R. 55), H407 [10FE]

LSC: eligibility for assistance for victims of domestic violence (see H.R. 1076), H1017 [13MR]

Marine mammals: allow import of dolphin-safe tuna relative to lowering of dolphin mortality rate and certification of drug enforcement efforts (see H.R. 1259), H1391 [9AP]

Marine resources: reauthorization of programs (see H.R. 437), H1339 [8AP]

Medicaid: coverage of services provided by nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists (see H.R. 1354), H1611 [16AP]

———expand State health care coverage of low-income children and pregnant women and fund enrollment in health insurance programs for certain children (see H.R. 1491), H3204 [22MY]

Medicare: bone mass measurements (see H.R. 1002), H812 [10MR]

———colorectal screening (see H.R. 1128), H1186 [19MR]

———coverage of acupuncturist services (see H.R. 1038), H2590 [13MY]

———coverage of dental services (see H.R. 1288), H1893 [24AP]

———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]

———coverage of multiple sclerosis drug treatments (see H.R. 1329), H2590 [13MY]

———coverage of screening mammography (see H.R. 417, 418), H453 [11FE], H589 [13FE]

———eliminate time limitation on benefits for immunosuppressive drugs (see H.R. 1061), H1017 [13MR]

———establish consumer protections for supplemental insurance plans (see H.R. 566, 625), H284 [4FE], H408 [10FE]

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

———improve health services to rural areas (see H.R. 554), H284 [4FE]

———improve preventive care benefits (see H.R. 15), H804 [6MR]

———limit penalty for late enrollment (see H.R. 676), H452 [11FE]

———multiple sclerosis drug treatments (see H.R. 1018), H888 [11MR]

———payment for ultrasonic nebulizers as items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 2671), H10172 [6NO]

———reform (see H.R. 1165), H1259 [20MR]

———reimbursement for services provided to eligible veterans by certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities (see H.R. 1362), H1703 [17AP]

Mining and mineral resources: ensure receipt of a fair return for the extraction of locatable minerals on public domain lands (see H.R. 778), H1795 [23AP]

———locatable minerals on public domain lands (see H.R. 253), H1018 [13MR]

———reclamation of abandoned hardrock mines (see H.R. 780), H1795 [23AP]

Motor vehicles: improve public education on proper use of child safety restraint systems (see H.R. 784), H812 [10MR]

———school bus safety (see H.R. 1993), H5177 [11JY]

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

NAFTA: assess impact, renegotiate certain provisions, and provide for withdrawal (see H.R. 978), H803 [6MR]

National cemeteries: penalties for theft and malicious vandalism (see H.R. 1532), H4087 [19JN]

National Center for Missing and Exploited Children: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1716), H4087 [19JN]

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

National forests: ban clearcutting, protect native biodiversity, and designate certain Federal lands as Northwest Ancient Forests and roadless areas (see H.R. 1376), H1705 [17AP]

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: expand and coordinate activities on cardiovascular diseases in women (see H.R. 2130), H5021 [9JY]

National Mammography Day: support goals (see H. Res. 235), H7730 [23SE]

National Park Service: establish the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program (see H.R. 1635), H2783 [15MY]

National Sea Grant College Program: reauthorization (see H.R. 437), H1339 [8AP]

National Wildlife Refuge System: improve management (see H.R. 952), H1440 [10AP]

Natural resources: recover fair market value for disposal of Federal natural assets (see H.R. 919), H724 [4MR]

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

NIH: establish National Center for Integral Medicine (see H.R. 1055), H1017 [13MR]

Nobel Prize: recognition of Carlos F.X. Belo and Jose Ramos-Horta for peace (see H. Res. 45), H950 [12MR]

Nonprofit organizations: authorize transfer to States of surplus personal property for donation (see H.R. 680), H890 [11MR]

Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact: repeal consent of Congress (see H.R. 438), H153 [9JA]

Northern Mariana Islands: labeling, minimum wage, and immigration requirements relative to textile industry (see H.R. 1450), H1891 [24AP]

Office of Religious Persecution Monitoring: establish (see H.R. 1685, 2431), H5022 [9JY], H8727 [8OC]

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

Pensions: exclude the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund from the Federal budget (see H.R. 107), H889 [11MR]

———waive limit on benefits from multiemployer plans (see H.R. 1320), H3170 [21MY]

Point Reyes National Seashore: protect farmland (see H.R. 1995), H10421 [8NO]

Postal Service: maintain Postal Uniform Allowance Program (see H. Con. Res. 168), H8834 [9OC]

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

Privacy: prohibit Federal agencies from making certain individual records available through interactive computer services (see H.R. 1330), H3204 [22MY]

———protection of Social Security numbers and other personal information (see H.R. 1813), H9730 [29OC]

Public buildings: prohibit smoking in Federal buildings (see H.R. 2118), H7365 [16SE]

Public Health Service: extend breast cancer research programs (see H.R. 1070), H9614 [28OC]

Public lands: designate certain national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and wilderness areas in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming (see H.R. 1425), H1794 [23AP]

Public welfare programs: exception to limited eligibility for SSI and food stamps for disabled permanent resident aliens (see H.R. 667), H950 [12MR]

———prohibit financial assistance to persons delinquent in child support payments (see H.R. 399), H589 [13FE]

———restore benefits to legal immigrants through reductions in arms transfer subsidies (see H.R. 2597), H8299 [1OC]

———treatment of legal immigrants (see H.R. 1015), H888 [11MR]

Railroads: hours of service of employees (see H.R. 456), H242 [21JA]

———improve safety at grade crossings (see H.R. 650), H6918 [4SE]

Railway Labor Act: applicability to U.S. air carriers and flight crews during operations outside the U.S. (see H.R. 991), H9865 [31OC]

Ralph David Abernathy Memorial Foundation: extend authority to establish memorial (see H.J. Res. 57), H701 [27FE]

Recycling: require refund values for beverage containers and provide resources for State pollution prevention and recycling programs (see H.R. 1586), H6716 [1AU]

Religion: protect sanctity of religious communications (see H.R. 208), H2874 [16MY]

Roads and highways: funding for resurfacing, restoring, rehabilitating, and reconstructing interstate highways (see H.R. 1657), H2874 [16MY]

Robert F. Kennedy Dept. of Justice Building, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 1383), H2446 [8MY]

Rural areas: improve health services (see H.R. 1189), H1441 [10AP]

Schools: establish a partnership to rebuild and modernize school facilities (see H.R. 1104), H9614 [28OC]

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), H2590 [13MY]

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

Small business: increase opportunities for veterans (see H.R. 168), H628 [25FE]

Social Security: computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 45), H7911 [25SE]

———earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 612), H453 [11FE]

———level of benefit payment in the month of the beneficiary's death (see H.R. 68), H69 [7JA], H141 [9JA]

———provide enrollment period for Medicare and Medigap relative to certain military retirees and dependents (see H.R. 598), H725 [4MR]

Space policy: space station program funding (see H.R. 1423), H1794 [23AP]

Sports: extend pension benefits to certain surviving professional basketball players (see H. Con. Res. 83), H2874 [16MY]

SSA: develop plan with the IRS to eliminate mismatching of earnings information (see H.R. 591), H346 [5FE]

SSI: exception to limited eligibility for permanent resident aliens (see H.R. 663), H1456 [14AP]

States: enforcement of veterans' reemployment rights (see H.R. 166), H628 [25FE]

Surplus Government property: provide authority for the transfer of Dept. of Defense equipment to law enforcement agencies (see H.R. 1043), H948 [12MR]

Tariff: footwear (see H.R. 1904), H5132 [10JY]

Taxation: allow expensing and rapid amortization of expenditures for the cleanup and redevelopment of brownfield sites (see H.R. 997), H804 [6MR]

———application of the alternative minimum tax to installment sales of farm property (see H.R. 426), H153 [9JA]

———clarify exclusion from gross income for veterans' benefits (see H.R. 1409), H1793 [23AP]

———deny employers a deduction for payments of excessive compensation (see H.R. 687), H5664 [23JY]

———dependent care tax credit (see H.R. 2553), H8929 [21OC]

———disregard certain amounts of capital expenditures in applying limits on certain bonds (see H.R. 840), H3568 [5JN]

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

———establish intercity passenger rail service trust fund (see H.R. 1437), H4647 [25JN]

———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 incentives for alcohol used as a fuel as part of any extension of fuel tax rates (see H.R. 2489), H7527 [17SE]

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

———full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals (see H.R. 18, 69), H524 [12FE], H949 [12MR]

———increase small issuer exemption from pro rata allocation of interest expenses of financial institutions to tax-exempt interest (see H.R. 1665), H9502 [23OC]

———issuance of tax-exempt remediation bonds to finance cleanup and redevelopment of brownfield sites (see H.R. 996), H804 [6MR]

———permit the issuance of tax-exempt bonds by certain organizations providing rescue and emergency medical services (see H.R. 2613), H9559 [24OC]

———prohibit tax-related mailings from publicly disclosing an individual's Social Security number (see H.R. 2404), H8834 [9OC]

———provide assistance to first-time homebuyers (see H.R. 2026), H4338 [24JN]

———repeal percentage depletion allowance for certain hardrock mines (see H.R. 779), H1795 [23AP]

———require burden of proof to be on the Dept. of the Treasury in all tax cases (see H.R. 367), H4913 [8JY]

———restore the deduction for two-earner married couples (see H.R. 2593), H8834 [9OC]

———retain alternative minimum tax (see H. Con. Res. 97), H3797 [12JN]

———statute of limitations exclusion for certain military disability benefits (see H.R. 1408), H1793 [23AP]

———strengthen provisions relative to individuals who relinquish U.S. citizenship (see H.R. 1015), H888 [11MR]

———treatment of advertising expenses for tobacco products (see H.R. 1323), H1541 [15AP]

———treatment of certain depreciable asset expenses by small businesses (see H.R. 1565), H8833 [9OC]

———treatment of certain election officials and workers (see H.R. 2113), H5401 [16JY]

———treatment of contributions of computer technology and equipment to elementary or secondary schools (see H.R. 1478), H3924 [18JN]

———treatment of employer-provided and graduate level educational assistance (see H.R. 127), H244 [21JA]

———treatment of employer-provided and graduate level educational assistance and interest on education loans (see H.R. 1632), H4222 [23JN]

———treatment of employer-provided transit passes and parking benefits (see H.R. 878), H1611 [16AP]

———treatment of Government pensions relative to Social Security benefits (see H.R. 372), H6918 [4SE]

———treatment of higher education expenses (see H.R. 553), H890 [11MR]

———treatment of income relative to imported properties from foreign corporations (see H.R. 1373), H4087 [19JN]

———treatment of individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 446), H725 [4MR]

———treatment of individual training accounts (see H.R. 213), H286 [4FE]

———use of income averaging for farmers (see H.R. 86), H69 [7JA], H141 [9JA]

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), H8633 [7OC]

Ted Weiss U.S. Courthouse, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 548), H804 [6MR]

Telecommunications: universal service support for schools and libraries (see H.R. 280), H768 [5MR]

Textile industry and fabrics: ensure competitiveness of industry (see H.R. 1504), H2090 [30AP]

Tobacco products: application of domestic laws on labeling, advertising, and marketing to international sales (see H.R. 2135), H5916 [28JY]

———treatment of excise taxes relative to costs incurred by tobacco industry liability settlement (see H.R. 2387), H7730 [23SE]

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

Truth in Lending Act: require notice of cancellation rights relative to private mortgage insurance (see H.R. 607), H347 [5FE]

Turkey: protection and continued livelihood of the Eastern Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarchate (see H. Con. Res. 6), H590 [13FE]

21st Century Scholars Program: establish (see H.R. 777), H1340 [8AP]

U.N.: authorize payment of U.S. arrearages and contributions for U.N. peacekeeping activities (see H.R. 299), H589 [13FE]

———participation in negotiations to establish international criminal court (see H.J. Res. 89), H6406 [30JY]

Urban areas: development of municipally owned vacant lots by nonprofit community organizations (see H.R. 726), H523 [12FE]

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

Veterans: add bronchioloalveolar carcinoma to the list of service-connected diseases (see H.R. 559), H3203 [22MY]

———authorize certain disabled veterans to use Dept. of Defense commissary stores and post and base exchanges (see H.R. 2050), H4645 [25JN]

———authorize financial assistance for legal representation in Court of Veterans Appeals proceedings (see H.R. 1008), H887 [11MR]

———benefit eligibility for certain service in the military forces of the Philippines (see H.R. 836), H3568 [5JN]

———expand range of criminal offenses resulting in forfeiture of burial benefits (see H.R. 2040), H4645 [25JN]

———expand workstudy opportunities (see H.R. 1877), H3796 [12JN]

———extend Dept. of Veterans Affairs authority to enter into enhanced-use leases for certain property and rename Court of Veterans Appeals and National Cemetery System (see H.R. 1092), H1111 [18MR]

———extend the duration of the pilot program providing for interest buy down authority (see H.R. 1064), H1112 [18MR]

———increase service-connected disability benefits for veterans and survivors (see H.R. 2367), H6705 [31JY]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 65, 303), H589 [13FE]

———reinstate eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 2004), H4132 [20JN]

———repeal computation system that reduces annuity for surviving spouses at age 62 relative to Social Security offset (see H.R. 165), H393 [6FE]

———strengthen veterans' preference relative to employment opportunities (see H.R. 167), H628 [25FE]

———treatment of cold weather injuries received during military operations (see H.R. 1426), H5177 [11JY]

Veterans Health Administration: provide that special pay paid to certain physicians and dentists be considered basic pay for retirement purposes (see H.R. 1687), H3169 [21MY]

Volunteer workers: grant immunity from personal civil liability during work on behalf of governmental entities or nonprofit organizations (see H.R. 911), H724 [4MR]

Voting: guarantee the right of all active duty military personnel, merchant mariners, and their dependents to vote in Federal, State, and local elections (see H.R. 699), H4087 [19JN]

Water pollution: eliminate certain discharges of chlorine compounds into navigable waters (see H.R. 1188), H1260 [20MR]

Women: celebrate and continue accomplishments of Title IX provisions relative to equity in women's educational and athletic opportunities (see H. Con. Res. 103), H4221 [23JN]

———comprehensive pension protection (see H.R. 1496), H3660 [10JN]

———constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 66), H1261 [20MR]

———establish offices of women's health within certain Federal agencies (see H.R. 920), H724 [4MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Court of Veterans Appeals: rename as Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (see H.R. 1089), H1110 [18MR]

Eximbank: ensure that assistance for exports to the People's Republic of China is conditional on responsible conduct (see H.R. 2085), H4834 [26JN]

Federal employees: military uniform requirements for civilian employees of the National Guard (see H.R. 2331), H6703 [31JY]

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]

National Railroad Hall of Fame, Inc.: support efforts to construct a National Railroad Hall of Fame (see H. Res. 172), H4086 [19JN]

Taxation: benefits for foreign corporations (see H.R. 599), H346 [5FE]

Veterans: determination of active military service for certain merchant mariners who served during World War II (see H.R. 1126), H1186 [19MR]

———extend eligibility period for inpatient or outpatient care to those exposed to toxic substances, radiation, or environmental hazards (see H.R. 466), H243 [21JA]

———limit attorneys' fees in awards of past-due benefits (see H.R. 2572), H8160 [29SE]

———revisions of benefits decisions based on clear and unmistakable error (see H.R. 1090), H1110 [18MR]

Weapons: restrict the use of funds for new deployments of antipersonnel landmines (see H.R. 2459), H7261 [11SE]

Creeds

National Association of State Approving Agencies creed, E1395 [10JY]

Remarks

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), H4573 [25JN]

———reform process and enforce the bipartisan balanced budget agreement (H.R. 2003), H5607 [23JY]

———reform process and enforce the bipartisan balanced budget agreement (H.R. 2003), consideration (H. Res. 192), H5592 [23JY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 84), conference report, H3510 [5JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing military activities appropriations and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1119), H4165 [23JN]

Dept. of State and related agencies: authorizing appropriations and consolidating certain agencies (H.R. 1757), motion to instruct conferees, H8274 [1OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize medical facility projects and leases (H.R. 2571), H8368 [6OC]

———funding, H5607 [23JY]

———health care programs funding, H4573 [25JN]

———improve homeless veterans programs (H.R. 2206), H8364 [6OC]

———improve procedures for resolving claims of employment discrimination (H.R. 1703), H8370 [6OC], E1028 [22MY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2264), H6866 [4SE], E1808 [18SE]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs: debarment or suspension from Federal procurement and nonprocurement activities of persons that violate certain labor and safety laws, H5261 [15JY]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2158), H5261 [15JY], H5367 [16JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2158), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 261), H8668 [8OC]

Eximbank: preferential assistance relative to conduct by firms exporting to the People's Republic of China, H8200 [30SE]

———reauthorization (H.R. 1370), H8200 [30SE]

Federal employees: prevent discrimination against preference eligibles applying for certain Government positions (H.R. 240), H1363 [9AP]

Hope, Bob: confer honorary Armed Forces veteran status (H.J. Res. 75), H3222 [3JN]

Illinois: tribute to Girl Scouts of America Gold Award recipients, E818 [1MY]

India: civil liberties violations of Sikhs, E1964, E1965 [8OC]

Medicare: reimbursement for services provided to eligible veterans by certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities (H.R. 1362), H8668 [8OC], E697 [17AP]

Memorial Day: observance, E1033 [22MY]

National Association of State Approving Agencies: anniversary, E1395 [10JY]

National Railroad Hall of Fame, Inc.: support efforts to construct a National Railroad Hall of Fame (H. Res. 172), E1271 [19JN]

Persian Gulf Conflict: adjudication and payment of certain claims by veterans against Iraq, H8274 [1OC]

Tejeda, Frank: tribute (H. Res. 35), H258 [4FE]

Veterans: expand range of criminal offenses resulting in forfeiture of benefits (S. 923), H9838 [31OC], E1410 [11JY]

———expand range of criminal offenses resulting in forfeiture of burial benefits (H.R. 2040), E1410 [11JY]

———extend Dept. of Veterans Affairs authority to enter into enhanced-use leases for certain property and rename Court of Veterans Appeals and National Cemetery System (H.R. 1092), H1570 [16AP]

———funding of certain medical research relative to illnesses suffered by veterans who served in the Persian Gulf Conflict, E1808 [18SE]

———health care programs funding, H5367 [16JY]

———homeless veterans' reintegration projects funding, H6866 [4SE]

———increase service-connected disability benefits for veterans and survivors (H.R. 2367), H9836 [31OC]

———priority health care to individuals who served during the Persian Gulf Conflict, H4165 [23JN]

———revisions of benefits decisions based on clear and unmistakable error (H.R. 1090), H1567 [16AP]

Weapons: eliminate use of antipersonnel landmines, H2685 [15MY]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H5913 [28JY]

Testimonies

Forfeiture of Benefits to Veterans Convicted of Capital Crimes: Rick Surratt, DAV, E1410 [11JY]

Tributes

Tejeda, Frank, H306 [5FE]