LEACH, JAMES A. (a Representative from Iowa)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 1757, Dept. of State and related agencies appropriations and consolidation of certain agencies, H5868 [28JY]

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

———S. 1026, Eximbank reauthorization, H8397 [6OC]

Articles and editorials

Blair Scolds British Workless Class in Outline of Welfare Plan, Sarah Lyall, New York (NY) Times, E1355 [27JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

———require labeling of country of origin of imported perishable agricultural commodities (see H.R. 1232), H2785 [15MY]

Alaska: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 900), H2157 [1MY]

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

Animals: ensure that all dogs and cats used by research facilities are obtained legally (see H.R. 594), H346 [5FE]

———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), H1260 [20MR]

Armed Forces: award Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal to participants of Operation Joint Endeavor or Operation Joint Guard in Bosnia and Herzegovina (see H.R. 665), H524 [12FE]

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

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

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), H8929 [21OC]

Cambodia: condemn violence and restore democracy (see H. Res. 195), H5664 [23JY]

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

Computers: prohibit gambling on the Internet (see H.R. 2380), H7365 [16SE]

Courts: access relative to Federal agency actions and State laws (see H.R. 1534), H7830 [24SE]

Cuba: exception to trade embargo for food, medicines and medical supplies, instruments, or equipment (see H.R. 1951), H3923 [18JN]

Dept. of Defense: repayment of student loans by students called to active duty (see H.R. 877), H2446 [8MY]

Dept. of the Treasury: develop and implement a strategy to combat money laundering and other financial crimes (see H.R. 1756), H3273 [3JN]

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

Diseases: payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted HIV due to contaminated blood products (see H.R. 1023), H2254 [6MY]

———prostate cancer screening benefits (see H.R. 2639), H8727 [8OC]

———research programs for Parkinson's disease (see H.R. 1260), H2590 [13MY]

Drug abuse: national policy to combat the distribution, sale, and use of illegal drugs by young people (see H. Res. 267), H10769 [12NO]

Education: provide for teacher technology training (see H.R. 1572), H2445 [8MY]

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

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]

Eximbank: reauthorization (see H.R. 1370), H1704 [17AP]

Federal employees: delays in retirement cost-of-living adjustments (see H. Con. Res. 13), H1040 [17MR]

Federal firefighters: hourly and overtime pay rates and pay equity with other civil service employees and public sector firefighters (see H.R. 1166), H1259 [20MR]

Financial institutions: applicability of host State laws to any branch in such State of an out-of-State bank (see H.R. 1306), H1439 [10AP]

———U.S. participation in certain international financial institutions (see H.R. 1488), H2089 [30AP]

Food stamps: modify certain eligibility disqualifications (see H.R. 1507), H2090 [30AP]

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

Forests: eliminate commercial logging on public lands and facilitate the economic recovery and diversification of communities dependent on the Federal logging program (see H.R. 2789), H9865 [31OC]

Hazardous substances: nuclear waste disposal (see H.R. 1270), H5177 [11JY]

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

Health: biomedical research funding (see H. Res. 83), H1392 [9AP]

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

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

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

Hope, Bob: confer honorary Armed Forces veteran status (see H.J. Res. 75), H2785 [15MY]

House of Representatives: authorize participation in State and local government transit programs (see H. Res. 37), H348 [5FE]

Housing: temporary extension of certain public housing programs (see H.R. 2406), H6917 [4SE]

Hudson and Mohawk Rivers National Historical Park: establish (see H.R. 545), H284 [4FE]

Indonesia: support for peace process in East Timor (see H. Res. 45), H702 [27FE]

Medicaid: coverage of community-based attendant services (see H.R. 2020), H7830 [24SE]

Medicare: bone mass measurements (see H.R. 1002), H1795 [23AP]

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

———establish consumer protections for supplemental insurance plans (see H.R. 625), H392 [6FE]

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

Millennium Society: coordinate activities to commemorate the second millennium and endow an international cross-cultural scholarship fund (see H.R. 1519), H2155 [1MY]

National cemeteries: penalties for theft and malicious vandalism (see H.R. 1532), H3660 [10JN]

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

National Institute for the Environment: establish (see H.R. 2914), H10769 [12NO]

Navy Combat Action Ribbon: retroactive awarding to certain individuals (see H.R. 543), H283 [4FE]

Nobel Prize: recognition of Carlos F.X. Belo and Jose Ramos-Horta for peace (see H. Res. 45), H702 [27FE]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 493, 1776, 1777), H393 [6FE], H3475 [4JN]

Railroads: modify the guaranteed minimum benefit for widows and widowers relative to conversion from spouse to widow or widower annuity (see H. Con. Res. 52), H1392 [9AP]

Real estate: prohibit funding of excessive costs to obtain home equity conversion mortgages (see H.R. 1297), H1438 [10AP]

Rural areas: improve health services (see H.R. 1189), H1260 [20MR]

Sinatra, Francis A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 279), H1289 [21MR]

Small business: provide regulatory assistance (see H.R. 96), H889 [11MR]

Smithsonian Institution: establish National African-American Museum (see H.R. 773), H890 [11MR]

Social Security: earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 612), H670 [26FE]

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), H702 [27FE]

———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), H153 [9JA]

———capital gains rates (see H.R. 14), H1391 [9AP]

———encourage competition and tax fairness and protect the tax base of State and local governments (see H.R. 1168), H4913 [8JY]

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

———full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals (see H.R. 18), H2351 [7MY]

———require burden of proof to be on the Dept. of the Treasury in all tax cases (see H.R. 367), H408 [10FE]

———restore the deduction for two-earner married couples (see H.R. 2593), H10768 [12NO]

———treatment of employer-provided and graduate level educational assistance (see H.R. 127), H286 [4FE]

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

———treatment of self-employment tax relative to certain farm rental income (see H.R. 1261), H6963 [5SE]

———treatment of tax payments from certain religious individuals relative to nonmilitary purposes (see H.R. 2660), H8832 [9OC]

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), H8300 [1OC]

Timber: treatment of certain activities as noncounteravailable (see H.R. 1526), H4913 [8JY]

Transportation: provide off-budget treatment for certain transportation trust funds (see H.R. 4), H1261 [20MR]

U.N.: authorize payment of U.S. arrearages (see H. Con. Res. 40), H4914 [8JY]

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

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

Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H7911 [25SE]

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), H7261 [11SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Capitol Building and Grounds: use of the rotunda for a ceremony honoring Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew (see H. Con. Res. 120), H5777 [24JY]

Committee on Banking and Financial Services (House): authorizing expenditures (see H. Res. 69), H589 [13FE]

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2248), H5777 [24JY]

FERC: extension of deadline for construction of hydroelectric project in Iowa (see H.R. 2165), H5296 [15JY]

Financial institutions: increase competition in the financial services sector (see H.R. 10), H67 [7JA], H139 [9JA]

FRS: appointment of Federal reserve bank presidents by Board of Governors (see H.R. 2114), H4913 [8JY]

Taxation: increase amount which may be contributed to defined contribution plans (see H.R. 1986), H4086 [19JN]

Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight Board: abolish (see H.R. 2343), H6704 [31JY]

U.N.: authorize payment of U.S. arrearages (see H.R. 483), H243 [21JA]

World War II: provide redress for inadequate restitution of assets seized by the U.S. Government which belonged to victims of the Holocaust (see H.R. 2591), H8299 [1OC]

Remarks

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), conference report, H6645 [31JY]

Cambodia: condemn violence and restore democracy (H. Res. 195), H5841 [28JY]

China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (H.J. Res. 79), H4265 [24JN]

Coins: establish circulating commemorative coin program commemorating each State (H.R. 2414), H7620 [23SE]

Dept. of HUD: housing assistance programs, H8680 [8OC]

Dept. of State: limit appropriations, H3675 [11JN]

Dept. of State and related agencies: authorizing appropriations and consolidating certain agencies (H.R. 1757), H3675 [11JN]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2158), conference report, H8680 [8OC]

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: award Congressional Gold Medal (H.R. 2248), H7453 [17SE]

Employment: require public housing authorities and contractors to try to hire public housing residents, H2242 [6MY]

Eximbank: preferential assistance relative to conduct by firms exporting to the People's Republic of China, H8202 [30SE]

———prohibit assistance to companies that are at least 50 percent owned by a foreign country or military, H8375 [6OC]

———prohibit assistance to countries with nondemocratic governments, H8378 [6OC]

———reauthorization (H.R. 1370), H8193, H8202, H8206 [30SE], H8375, H8378 [6OC]

———rename to U.S. Export Bank, H8206 [30SE]

Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates, H2110, H2111, H2112 [1MY]

FERC: extension of deadline for construction of hydroelectric project in Iowa (H.R. 2165), H8087 [29SE]

Financial institutions: applicability of host State laws to any branch in such State of an out-of-State bank (H.R. 1306), H3095 [21MY]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2159), conference report, H10676 [12NO]

House of Representatives: participate in and support activities to provide decent homes for the people of the U.S. (H. Res. 147), H2944 [20MY]

Housing: allow public housing agencies to comply with family self-sufficiency agreement requirements, H2206, H2207 [6MY]

———capital and operating grants funding, H2238, H2239, H2240, H2241 [6MY]

———deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs and increase community control over such programs (H.R. 2), H2038, H2041 [30AP], H2110, H2111, H2112, H2126, H2127, H2132, H2137, H2138, H2139 [1MY], H2197, H2198, H2199, H2202, H2206, H2207, H2238, H2239, H2240, H2241, H2242 [6MY], H2400, H2401, H2403, H2405 [8MY], H2634, H2635 [14MY], E1355 [27JN]

———deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs and increase community control over such programs (H.R. 2), motion to recommit, H2646 [14MY]

———extend loan guarantee program for multifamily rental housing in rural areas (H.R. 28), H1301 [8AP]

———limit family income for choice based housing assistance, H2400, H2401, H2403, H2405 [8MY]

Public housing: exemption from community work requirements for certain primary caregivers, H2137, H2138, H2139 [1MY]

———prohibit eviction of families relative to community work requirements, H2126, H2127, H2132 [1MY]

———require payment of minimum wage relative to community work requirements, H2197, H2198, H2199, H2202 [6MY]

Real estate: extend FHA mortgage insurance program coverage to home equity conversion mortgages for elderly homeowners (S. 562), H7305 [16SE]

Taxation: rates, H6645 [31JY]

Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight Board: abolish (H.R. 2343), H7615, H7617 [23SE]

Truth in Lending Act: require notice of cancellation rights relative to private mortgage insurance (H.R. 607), H1557, H1559, H1561, H1562, H1566 [16AP]

Weld, William F.: nomination to be Ambassador to Mexico, H7265 [15SE]

World War II: provide redress for inadequate restitution of assets seized by the U.S. Government which belonged to victims of the Holocaust (H.R. 2591), H8321 [6OC]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H5775 [24JY], H8316 [2OC]

Reports filed

Activities During the 104th Congress: Committee on Banking and Financial Services (House) (H. Rept. 104-877), H66 [7JA], H89 [9JA]

Eximbank Reauthorization: Committee on Banking and Financial Services (House) (H.R. 1370) (H. Rept. 105-224), H6702 [31JY]

Financial Services Industry Competition Enhancement: Committee on Banking and Financial Services (House) (H.R. 10) (H. Rept. 105-164), H7527 [17SE]

Homeowners Insurance Protection Act: Committee on Banking and Financial Services (House) (H.R. 607) (H. Rept. 105-55), H1610 [16AP]

Housing Opportunity and Responsibility Act: Committee on Banking and Financial Services (House) (H.R. 2) (H. Rept. 105-76), H1908 [28AP], H1987 [29AP]

Increase Competition in the Financial Services Sector: Committee on Banking and Financial Services (House) (H.R. 10) (H. Rept. 105-164), H4912 [8JY]

Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight Board Abolishment Act: Committee on Banking and Financial Services (House) (H.R. 2343) (H. Rept. 105-249), H7527 [17SE]

Rules

Committee on Banking and Financial Services (House), H355-H360 [6FE]

Tributes

Gonzalez, Representative, H8575 [7OC]

Hardy, James C., E1259 [19JN]

Rogers, Tom, H5808 [25JY]