PETRI, THOMAS E. (a Representative from Wisconsin)

Amendments

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2203), H5665 [23JY], H5771 [24JY]

Articles and editorials

Money To Get America Moving, Representative Shuster, Washington (DC) Post, E1750 [15SE]

Not a Heartbreak Hotel—Gaza Project Shows Way To Reverse Palestinian Despair, Ralph Nurnberger, Christian Science Monitor, E537 [20MR]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

Agriculture: prohibit coverage of tobacco by Federal crop insurance programs (see H.R. 1438), H1989 [29AP]

Augustus F. Hawkins Post Office Building, Los Angeles, CA: designate (see H.R. 2349), H6963 [5SE]

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

Business and industry: assist in development of microenterprises (see H.R. 1129), H3204 [22MY]

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

———promote and improve employee stock ownership plans (see H.R. 1592), H3797 [12JN]

———use of community development block grant funds for employment relocation activities (see H.R. 671), H452 [11FE]

CERCLA: treatment of certain parties relative to liability (see H.R. 2485), H8633 [7OC]

Civil liberties: outline constitutional protections of unborn persons (see H.R. 641), H392 [6FE]

Congress: specify source of constitutional authority for the enactment of legislation (see H.R. 292), H7119 [9SE]

———treatment of travel awards accrued during official travel by Members, officers, or employees (see H. Res. 64), H629 [25FE]

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), H7365 [16SE]

———minimum mandatory sentencing (see H.R. 424), H1542 [15AP]

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

Dept. of Agriculture: regulate loans to certain processors of sugarcane and sugar beets (see H.R. 1387), H1705 [17AP]

Dept. of Education: suspend development of national testing proposals until congressional authority is granted (see H. Res. 214), H6715 [1AU]

Dept. of Energy: abolish (see H.R. 1577), H2445 [8MY]

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

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]

Diseases: efforts to prevent transmission of HIV (see H.R. 1062), H10768 [12NO]

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2248), H6918 [4SE]

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

Employment: provide an exemption of overtime compensation for certain firefighters and rescue squad members (see H.R. 94), H10768 [12NO]

———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, 1005), H244 [21JA], H348 [5FE], H887 [11MR]

EPA: prohibit establishment of new standards for ozone or particulate matter before existing standards have been attained (see H.R. 1984), H7008 [8SE]

Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: reduce the cost of credit (see H.R. 1059), H9614 [28OC]

Families and domestic relations: child abuse and neglect prevention (see H.R. 1419), H1794 [23AP]

Federal employees: delays in retirement cost-of-living adjustments (see H. Con. Res. 13), H1289 [21MR]

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

Financial institutions: prohibit the imposition of fees on the electronic withdrawal of direct deposited Social Security benefits (see H.R. 2454), H9865 [31OC]

———prohibit the imposition of fees on the electronic withdrawal of direct deposited veterans benefits (see H.R. 2457), H9865 [31OC]

Firearms: applicability of domestic violence-related possession prohibitions to convictions that predate enactment of such prohibitions (see H.R. 26), H5916 [28JY]

Flag—U.S.: express respect and affection (see H. Con. Res. 23), H702 [27FE]

———protect (see H.R. 1556), H2785 [15MY]

Food industry: ensure that all persons who benefit from the dairy promotion and research program contribute to the cost of the program (see H.R. 2139), H5570 [22JY]

Foreign trade: identify countries that deny market access for U.S. agricultural products (see H.R. 2596), H10421 [8NO]

Hazardous substances: clarify listing of unique chemical substances (see H.R. 659), H524 [12FE]

Health: allow patients to receive any medical treatment they want under certain conditions (see H.R. 746), H3865 [17JN]

———prohibit restriction of certain medical communications between health care providers and their patients (see H.R. 586), H1542 [15AP]

———standardize relationships between group health plans and health insurers relative to enrollees, health professionals, and providers (see H.R. 1415), H9730 [29OC]

Homeless: housing programs for veterans (see H.R. 1754), H7830 [24SE]

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

Immigration: allow certain aliens to obtain nonimmigrant visitor's visas (see H.R. 225), H7730 [23SE]

———modify qualifications for countries to be in the visa waiver pilot program (see H.R. 1880), H5916 [28JY]

———permit admission of nonimmigrant students and visitors who are spouses and children of permanent resident aliens (see H.R. 2664), H8832 [9OC]

Independent Commission on Campaign Finance Reform: establish (see H.R. 1614), H2679 [14MY]

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

Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act: extend (see H.R. 2516), H7728 [23SE]

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

Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1173), H3204 [22MY]

Line Item Veto Act: eliminate the requirement that a budget deficit must exist in order for the President to use the line-item veto authority (see H.R. 2424), H8438 [6OC]

``Little Rock Nine'': award Congressional Gold Medals (see H.R. 2560), H9865 [31OC]

Medicare: coverage of diabetes outpatient self-management training services and blood-testing strips (see H.R. 58), H68 [7JA], H140 [9JA]

———coverage of screening mammography (see H.R. 418), H286 [4FE]

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

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

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

Monuments and memorials: establish National Peace Garden Monument (see H.R. 1497), H2090 [30AP]

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

National Commission on the Cost of Higher Education: establish (see H.R. 1511), H2155 [1MY]

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

National Service Trust Program: repeal (see H.R. 993), H2157 [1MY]

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

Pensions: exclude the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund from the Federal budget (see H.R. 107), H669 [26FE]

Petroleum: transfer gasoline tax revenues to transportation trust funds (see H.R. 255), H147 [9JA]

Political campaigns: require disclosure of certain phone bank communications (see H.R. 498), H408 [10FE]

Railway Labor Act: applicability to U.S. air carriers and flight crews during operations outside the U.S. (see H.R. 991), H803 [6MR]

Roosevelt, Theodore: posthumous awarding of Medal of Honor (see H.R. 2263), H5825 [25JY]

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

Shipping industry: reform coastwise, intercoastal, and noncontiguous trade shipping laws (see H.R. 1991), H4086 [19JN]

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), H699 [27FE]

———establish and maintain individual investment accounts (see H.R. 2929), H10769 [12NO]

Surplus Government property: transfer certain property to State and local governments for law enforcement and safety purposes (see H.R. 404), H2254 [6MY]

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]

———deposit portion of motor fuel excise taxes into Highway Trust Fund and Airport and Airway Trust Fund (see H.R. 644), H393 [6FE]

———eliminate marriage penalty relative to one-time exclusion of gain on the sale of a principle residence (see H.R. 242), H286 [4FE]

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

———restore the deduction for two-earner married couples (see H.R. 2593), H9801 [30OC]

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 158), H669 [26FE]

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

———treatment of estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 1299), H1893 [24AP]

Television: promote competition in the multichannel video marketplace (see H.R. 2921), H10957 [13NO]

Tobacco products: treatment of excise taxes relative to costs incurred by tobacco industry liability settlement (see H.R. 2385), H6797 [3SE]

Transportation: Federal role in developing a national intermodal surface transportation system (see H.R. 1268), H1437 [10AP]

———funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs (see H.R. 2400), H6916 [4SE]

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

Treaties and agreements: conditions for the U.S. becoming a signatory to any international agreement on greenhouse gas emissions (see H. Res. 211), H9730 [29OC]

TVA: phase out Federal funding (see H.R. 603), H2785 [15MY]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

Elections: clarify procedure for determining State population for purposes of congressional apportionment (see H.R. 1220), H1288 [21MR]

Employment: benefit eligibility for associates of employees who are not spouses or dependents of such employees (see H.R. 1817), H3567 [5JN]

———use of salary base to exempt employees from certain wage requirements (see H.R. 647), H393 [6FE]

McDermott, Thomas, Sr.: relief (see H.R. 654), H393 [6FE]

Paperwork Reduction Act: use of term ``multiracial'' or ``multiethnic'' on classification lists (see H.R. 830), H628 [25FE]

Political campaigns: require certain disclosures and reports relative to polling by telephone or electronic device (see H.R. 2528, 2529), H7729 [23SE]

Public welfare programs: approval of waivers submitted by Wisconsin for operation of food stamp and medical assistance programs (see H.R. 2030), H4338 [24JN]

Social Security: establish and maintain individual investment accounts (see H.R. 1611), H2679 [14MY]

Taxation: treatment of diesel fuel used in trains (see H.R. 2474), H7281 [15SE]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H3799 [16JN], H4839 [8JY], H6965 [8SE], H7603 [22SE], H10583 [12NO]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H7603 [22SE]

Remarks

Amtrak: authorizing appropriations and management reform (H.R. 2247), H9522 [24OC]

———authorizing appropriations and management reform (H.R. 2247), consideration (H. Res. 270), H8966 [22OC]

———labor protection and contracting regulations, H9522 [24OC]

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), conference report, H3541 [5JN]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 84), H2936, H3061 [20MY]

Census: use of sampling to improve the accuracy of the decennial census, H3541 [5JN], H8238 [30SE]

Dept. of the Interior: Animas-La Plata Federal reclamation project construction funding, H5771, H5772, H5773, H5774 [24JY], H5793 [25JY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2267), H8238 [30SE]

Employment: eligibility requirements and limits on accrual of compensatory time, H1139 [19MR]

———provide compensatory time for all employees (H.R. 1), H1139 [19MR]

———use of salary base to exempt employees from certain wage requirements (H.R. 647), E317 [26FE]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2203), H5771, H5772, H5773, H5774 [24JY], H5793 [25JY]

Highway Trust Fund: increase funding relative to budget resolution, H2936, H3061 [20MY]

Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act: extend (H.R. 2516), H8290 [1OC]

———extend (S. 1519), H10637 [12NO]

———reauthorization, E90 [9JA]

Middle East: Israeli/Palestinian peace initiatives, E537 [20MR]

New Mexico Hispanic Cultural Center: Performing Arts Center funding (S. 1417), H10867, H10868 [13NO]

Roads and highways: modify minimum allocation formula for the Federal-Aid Highway Program, H10637 [12NO]

———utilization of transportation trust funds, E1750 [15SE]

Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act: prohibit assistance to illegal aliens (H.R. 849), H4847, H4850 [8JY]

Statements

Transportation Project Evaluation Criteria: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), E90 [9JA]

Tributes

Schray, LeeAnn, H3808 [17JN]

Schriefer, Luther F., E195 [10FE]