REGULA, RALPH (a Representative from Ohio)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 2107, Dept. of the Interior and related agencies appropriations, H7653 [23SE]

———H.R. 2169, Dept. of Transportation and related agencies appropriations, H6725 [3SE]

———H.R. 2267, Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies appropriations, H8395 [6OC]

North Atlantic Assembly, H3171 [22MY]

U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council, H527 [13FE]

Articles and editorials

Clean Air Rules—Taking a Bite Out of All Paychecks? Eric Peters, Akron (OH) Beacon Journal, E1590 [1AU]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: control wheat and barley diseases caused by Fusarium Graminearum and related fungi (see H.R. 2168), H5296 [15JY]

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

Armed Forces: procedures for determining status of certain missing members (see H.R. 409), H2445 [8MY]

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

———maintain standards for ``Made in USA'' label (see H. Con. Res. 80), H5022 [9JY]

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

CERCLA: clarify liability for certain recycling transactions (see H.R. 2733), H9558 [24OC]

China, People's Republic of: political reform (see H.R. 2095), H4835 [26JN]

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

———conversion of temporary district court judgeships to permanent status (see H.R. 977), H1795 [23AP]

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

Douglas Applegate Post Office, Steubenville, OH: designate (see H.R. 2129), H5665 [23JY]

Drug abuse: national policy to combat the distribution, sale, and use of illegal drugs by young people (see H. Res. 267), H9559 [24OC]

Edison, Thomas A.: mint coins in commemoration of sesquicentennial of birth (see H.R. 678), H452 [11FE]

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

English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see H.R. 123), H285 [4FE]

EPA: prohibit establishment of new standards for ozone or particulate matter before existing standards have been attained (see H.R. 1984), H5487 [17JY]

Hazardous substances: clarify listing of unique chemical substances (see H.R. 659), H4086 [19JN]

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

———revise and extend bone marrow donation and transplantation program (see H.R. 2202), H7365 [16SE]

Health care professionals: establish a national abusive and criminal background check system for patient care workers (see H.R. 2953), H10420 [8NO]

Hope, Bob: confer honorary Armed Forces veteran status (see H.J. Res. 75), H2090 [30AP]

Insurance: require health plans to provide adequate access to services provided by obstetrician-gynecologists (see H.R. 1737), H8929 [21OC]

IRS: restructure (see H.R. 2292), H8265 [30SE]

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

Karl Bernal Post Office Building, Painesville, OH: designate (see H.R. 2766), H9729 [29OC]

Lewis and Clark expedition: bicentennial (see H. Res. 144), H3204 [22MY]

———mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial (see H.R. 1560), H3204 [22MY]

Medicare: allow beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for services (see H.R. 2497), H9865 [31OC]

———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services (see H.R. 1375), H2255 [6MY]

———protection of beneficiaries relative to enrollment in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 66), H1440 [10AP]

———reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see H.R. 192, 414), H286 [4FE]

———remove requirement of an x ray as a condition of coverage of chiropractic services (see H.R. 916), H2254 [6MY]

———require HMO's to provide out-of-network services to enrollees (see H.R. 459), H243 [21JA]

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

Motor vehicles: average fuel economy standards for automobiles (see H.R. 880), H1187 [19MR]

National cemeteries: penalties for theft and malicious vandalism (see H.R. 1532), H2253 [6MY]

National Park Service: establish the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program (see H.R. 1635), H5401 [16JY]

Office of Religious Persecution Monitoring: establish (see H.R. 1685), H3797 [12JN]

Taxation: allow individuals to designate percentage of their tax overpayments or to make contributions for units of the National Park System (see H.R. 755), H586 [13FE]

———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]

Telephones: strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers (see H.R. 2120), H6407 [30JY]

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

U.S. Masters Swimming, Inc.: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 155), H8634 [7OC]

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

———revisions of benefits decisions based on clear and unmistakable error (see H.R. 1090), H1187 [19MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Arts and humanities: encourage participation and increase understanding and appreciation of the cultural heritage of the U.S. (see H.R. 2156), H5177 [11JY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (see H.R. 2107), H4912 [8JY]

District of Columbia: retrocession to Maryland (see H.R. 831), H628 [25FE]

EPA: certify State voluntary cleanup programs for brownfield sites and clarify liability of landowners and prospective purchasers (see H.R. 1392), H1705 [17AP]

Foreign trade: eliminate disincentives to fair trade conditions (see H.R. 2509), H7600 [18SE]

Mount McKinley: retain name (see H.R. 256), H147 [9JA]

NAFTA: assess impact, renegotiate certain provisions, and review World Trade Organization dispute settlement reports (see H.R. 78), H69 [7JA], H141 [9JA]

Conference reports

Dept. of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations (H.R. 2107), H9004-H9034 [22OC]

Remarks

Alaska: restructuring of Native American health care delivery systems, H5234 [15JY]

American Iron & Steel Institute: award recipient, E366 [4MR]

BIA: prohibit recognition of new Indian trust lands until binding agreements are reached by tribes on State and local sales taxes, H5226 [15JY]

Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor: construction and maintenance funding, H5077 [10JY]

BLM: transfer funding from the Public Domain Forestry Program to the Dept. of Energy's urban energy conservation program, H5086, H5087 [10JY]

Canaveral National Seashore: prohibit designation as a clothing-optional area, H5245 [15JY]

Conservation of energy: programs funding, H5098 [10JY]

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

———Clean Coal Technology Program funding, H5121, H5122 [10JY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2107), H5062, H5069, H5070, H5072, H5075, H5076, H5077, H5078, H5081, H5082, H5084, H5086, H5087, H5088, H5090, H5098, H5102, H5103, H5115, H5118, H5121, H5122, H5123 [10JY], H5137, H5165, H5166 [11JY], H5214, H5215, H5226, H5234, H5235, H5245 [15JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2107), conference report, H9529, H9530, H9531, H9532, H9534 [24OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2107), consideration (H. Res. 181), H5052 [10JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2107), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 277), H9507 [24OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2107), motion to instruct conferees, H7651, H7653 [23SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2107), unanimous-consent agreement, H5101 [10JY]

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

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2267), H7782 [24SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2267), conference report, H10935 [13NO]

EPA: prohibit establishment of new standards for ozone or particulate matter before existing standards have been attained (H.R. 1984), E1590 [1AU]

Forest Service: road construction funding, H5070, H5115 [10JY]

Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine: restroration, H5076 [10JY]

Headwaters Forest: Federal acquisition of lands, H5118 [10JY], H9532 [24OC]

House of Representatives: legislative program, H5073, H5096 [10JY], H5161, H5165 [11JY], H9529 [24OC]

Independence National Historical Park: restoration, H5072 [10JY]

Indian Health Service: diabetes research funding, H9531 [24OC]

Land and Water Conservation Fund: land acquisition funding, H5084 [10JY]

Lewis and Clark Trail Interpretive Center: funding, H5166 [11JY]

Marsh-Billing National Historic Park: funding, H5087 [10JY]

National Endowment for the Arts: funding, H5052, H5103 [10JY], H7653 [23SE], H9507, H9532 [24OC]

Nevada: clarify water rights in Lahontan Valley, H5215 [15JY]

New York, NY: restoration of Ellis Island buildings, H5075 [10JY]

Point of order, H5085 [10JY]

Power resources: fossil energy research and development funding, H5123 [10JY]

Public lands: Payment In Lieu of Taxes Program funding, H5078, H5081, H5082 [10JY]

Robert J. Dole U.S. Courthouse, Kansas City, KS: designate (S. 1000), H7638 [23SE]

Rochester, NY: Susan B. Anthony House restoration funding, H5090 [10JY]

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore: permit certain persons to continue to use and occupy certain areas, H5234, H5235 [15JY]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: division of Pacific regional office, H9529, H9530 [24OC]

Yellowstone National Park: Old Faithful wastewater treatment facility funding, H5088 [10JY]

Reports filed

Dept. of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee of Conference (H.R. 2107) (H. Rept. 105-337), H9038 [22OC]

———Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 2107) (H. Rept. 105-163), H4912 [8JY]

Tables

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies appropriations conference report (H.R. 2107), H9535-H9538 [24OC]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies appropriations (H.R. 2107), H5065-H5068 [10JY]

Tributes

Kummernuss, Steve, H3479 [5JN]

Schroeder, Carl F. (Ducky), E2254 [8NO]

Truth, Sojourner, H5243 [15JY]

Wainman, Barbara, H9534 [24OC]