GRANGER, KAY (a Representative from Texas)

Appointments

Frank Tejeda funeral attendee, H259 [4FE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Armed Forces: improve access to treatment facilities, provide Medicare reimbursement, and permit enrollment in Federal Employees Health Benefits Program for veterans and their dependents (see H.R. 1456), H5570 [22JY]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: prohibit use of appropriated Federal funds for the deployment of Armed Forces after a certain date (see H.R. 1172), H1893 [24AP]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1), H287 [4FE]

———reform resolution procedure and direct repayment of the public debt (see H.R. 2191), H5486 [17JY]

———require President's budget submission to Congress include a balanced budget plan (see H.R. 113), H142 [9JA]

———submission of budget proposal by the President without budgetary contingencies (see H. Res. 89), H889 [11MR]

Business and industry: ensure congressional approval of compliance costs relative to Government regulations (see H.R. 1591), H9502 [23OC]

———improve and expand employee health care programs (see H.R. 1515), H5826 [25JY]

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

Congress: constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing revenue and a balanced budget (see H.J. Res. 52), H523 [12FE]

Contracts: prohibit discrimination in awarding Federal contracts on the basis of labor policies (see H.R. 1378), H4836 [26JN]

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

———provide uniform standards for the award of punitive damages for volunteer services (see H.R. 1503), H2446 [8MY]

Dept. of Education: study methods for identifying and treating children with dyslexia (see H.R. 3058), H10954 [13NO]

Diseases: accurate guidelines for breast cancer screening for certain women (see H. Res. 48), H453 [11FE]

———issue special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 407), H725 [4MR]

Drug abuse: national policy to combat the distribution, sale, and use of illegal drugs by young people (see H. Res. 267), H9502 [23OC]

Drugs: provide a mandatory life penalty for certain offenses involving methamphetamine (see H.R. 2363), H6705 [31JY]

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2248), H7008 [8SE]

Employment: protect employer rights (see H.R. 758), H4836 [26JN]

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

EPA: prohibit establishment of new standards for ozone or particulate matter before existing standards have been attained (see H.R. 1984), H5826 [25JY]

Families and domestic relations: promote the adoption of children in foster care (see H.R. 867), H1909 [28AP]

Federal agencies and departments: review of efficiency and need for certain agencies (see H.R. 2939), H10419 [8NO]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: development, clearance, and use of certain devices (see H.R. 1710), H4836 [26JN]

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

Food: inspection requirements relative to interstate distribution of State-inspected meat and poultry (see H.R. 2103), H7730 [23SE]

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

Frank M. Tejeda Post Office Building, San Antonio, TX: designate (see H.R. 499), H349 [5FE]

Government: reduce spending and regulatory programs (see H. Con. Res. 102), H4135 [21JN]

Government regulations: analyze impact and improve congressional deliberation of proposed Federal private sector mandates (see H.R. 1010), H5487 [17JY]

Hazardous substances: clarify listing of unique chemical substances (see H.R. 659), H2445 [8MY]

Health: prohibit restriction of certain medical communications between health care providers and their patients (see H.R. 586), H1262 [20MR]

———revise and extend bone marrow donation and transplantation program (see H.R. 2202), H5487 [17JY]

Hope, Bob: confer honorary Armed Forces veteran status (see H.J. Res. 75), H2157 [1MY]

Insurance: coverage of minimum hospital stays and reconstructive surgery relative to breast cancer and of second opinions for any cancer diagnosis (see H.R. 616), H347 [5FE]

IRS: accountability in tax collection practices and procedures (see H.R. 1227), H1338 [8AP]

Labor unions: inform workers of their rights relative to the payment of dues or fees to labor organizations (see H.R. 1625), H6707 [31JY]

Law enforcement: establish matching grant program to help local governments purchase armor vests for officers (see H.R. 2829), H10957 [13NO]

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

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

———reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see H.R. 192, 414), H1339 [8AP]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (see H.J. Res. 2), H287 [4FE]

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

Motor vehicles: average fuel economy standards for automobiles (see H.R. 880), H8929 [21OC]

National cemeteries: penalties for theft and malicious vandalism (see H.R. 1532), H3204 [22MY]

Public welfare programs: permit State use of nongovernmental personnel in determining Medicaid, food stamp, and WIC program eligibility (see H.R. 1709), H3201 [22MY]

Real property: preserve Federal sovereignty of certain public lands and preserve certain State and private property rights (see H.R. 901), H2590 [13MY]

———private property owner rights (see H.R. 992), H3865 [17JN]

Securities: limit the conduct of securities class actions under State law (see H.R. 1689), H8929 [21OC]

Small business: liability requirements for remediation of dry cleaning solvents (see H.R. 1711), H9801 [30OC]

Social Security: ensure integrity of trust funds (see H.R. 857), H4132 [20JN]

Taxation: allow married couples to be taxed using rates applicable to either single or joint filers (see H.R. 2462), H8834 [9OC]

———allow married couples to file combined return under which each spouse is taxed using rates applicable to single filers (see H.R. 2456), H7261 [11SE]

———capital gains rates (see H.R. 14), H348 [5FE]

———constitutional amendment relative to certain tax limitations (see H.J. Res. 62), H889 [11MR]

———deductibility of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals and the business use of the home, and clarification of contractor/employee status (see H.R. 1145), H4339 [24JN]

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

———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), H2157 [1MY]

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

———tax credit for investment in the revitalization of communities (see H.R. 465), H453 [11FE]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 2483, 2490), H8055 [26SE], H8834 [9OC]

———treatment of capital gains on the sale of a principal residence (see H.R. 200), H1706 [17AP]

———treatment of contributions of computer technology and equipment to elementary or secondary schools (see H.R. 1153), H3924 [18JN]

———treatment of diesel fuel used in trains (see H.R. 2474), H9730 [29OC]

———treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (see H.R. 2373, 2646), H6715 [1AU], H8929 [21OC]

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

———treatment of individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 446), H1112 [18MR]

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

Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact: consent (see H.R. 629), H392 [6FE]

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

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

———reauthorize highway construction and surface transportation funding (see H.R. 674), H702 [27FE]

Veterans: expand range of criminal offenses resulting in forfeiture of benefits (see H.R. 1955), H5487 [17JY]

Volunteer workers: allow State and local government workers to perform volunteer services for their employer without requiring overtime pay (see H.R. 484), H349 [5FE]

———grant immunity from personal civil liability during work on behalf of governmental entities or nonprofit organizations (see H.R. 911), H1392 [9AP]

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), H1262 [20MR]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

Labor unions: Presidential actions relative to resolving the dispute between American Airlines, Inc., and the Allied Pilots Association (see H. Res. 67), H589 [13FE]

Taxation: treatment of education (see H.R. 2847), H10171 [6NO]

———treatment of higher education expenses (see H.R. 1810), H3567 [5JN]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H8835 [21OC]

Remarks

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), conference report, H6642 [31JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), H4556 [25JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), conference report, H6322 [30JY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 84), H2989 [20MY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 84), conference report, H3507 [5JN], H3933 [19JN]

———submission of budget proposal by the President without budgetary contingencies (H. Res. 89), H907, H919 [12MR]

Children and youth: teenage pregnancy, H3152 [21MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing military activities appropriations and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1119), H3956 [19JN]

———F-22 fighter aircraft funding, H5955 [29JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2266), H5955 [29JY]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2169), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 263), H8738 [9OC]

District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 2607), H8794 [9OC]

———scholarship vouchers to provide school choice, H8794 [9OC]

Education: national policy to improve system, H3551 [5JN]

———voucher program to provide school choice, H9805 [31OC]

Employment: provide compensatory time for all employees (H.R. 1), H772 [6MR], H1126 [19MR]

Fort Worth, TX: Commission on the Status of Women Outstanding Women Award recipients, E539 [20MR]

———tribute to AIM Program, H3152 [21MY]

IRS: restructure, H8933 [22OC]

Medicare: reform, H3933 [19JN]

Mother Teresa: tribute (H. Res. 223), H7020 [9SE]

Taxation: promote construction and rehabilitation of public schools by increasing the volume cap on certain bonds, H9070 [23OC]

———rates, H6642 [31JY]

———treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R. 2646), H9070 [23OC]

———treatment of higher education expenses (H.R. 1810), H3551 [5JN]

Transportation: reauthorize highway construction and surface transportation funding (H.R. 674), H2656 [14MY]

Women: economic equity, H746 [5MR]

Women's History Month: observance, H746 [5MR]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H721 [4MR], H764 [5MR], H2440 [8MY], H2676 [14MY], H3168 [21MY], H3564 [5JN]

Tributes

Franklin, Kirk, H741 [5MR]

Holtz, Mark, E1688 [8SE]

Mack, Bill, H741 [5MR]

Patterson, Brad, E954 [19MY]

Rimes, LeAnn, H741 [5MR]