CASTLE, MICHAEL N. (a Representative from Delaware)

Amendments

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2264), H7053 [9SE]

Appointments

Committee on Intelligence (House, Select), H396 [10FE]

Conferee: S. 858, intelligence services appropriations, H5413 [17JY]

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

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: prohibit coverage of tobacco by Federal crop insurance programs (see H.R. 1438), H1890 [24AP]

———repeal peanut quotas and reduce peanut loan rates (see H.R. 1864), H3720 [11JN]

Alcoholic beverages: FCC study on advertising of distilled spirits on radio and television (see H. Res. 171), H5917 [28JY]

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

Animals: prohibit interstate commerce relative to exotic animals (see H.R. 1202), H1260 [20MR]

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

———establish a deficit reduction trust fund and reduce discretionary spending limits (see H.R. 126), H286 [4FE]

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

———reform process and enforce the bipartisan balanced budget agreement (see H.R. 2003), H4132 [20JN]

———reform resolution procedure and direct repayment of the public debt (see H.R. 2191), H6026 [29JY]

Business and industry: assist in development of microenterprises (see H.R. 1129), H8929 [21OC]

Chesapeake Bay: restoration (see H.R. 1578), H4647 [25JN]

Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network: establish (see H.R. 1579), H4647 [25JN]

Children and youth: child labor provisions relative to the operation of automobiles and trucks (see H.R. 2327), H8054 [26SE]

———facilitate fingerprint checks authorized by National Child Protection Act (see H.R. 2488), H7527 [17SE]

Computers: use, sale, and export of encryption products for privacy and security (see H.R. 695), H5778 [24JY]

Courts: moratorium on certain class action lawsuits (see H.R. 1283), H4913 [8JY]

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

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

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

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

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]

Education: allow consolidation of direct student loans (see H.R. 2535), H8161 [29SE]

Employment: protect employer rights (see H.R. 758), H629 [25FE]

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

Families and domestic relations: reduction of teenage pregnancy rates through evaluation of prevention programs (see H.R. 1736), H3202 [22MY]

FEC: require reports on certain election expenditures (see H.R. 1705), H3201 [22MY]

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]

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

Firearms: ensure that criminal background checks are conducted before the transfer of a handgun by a firearms dealer (see H.R. 2935), H10419 [8NO]

Fish and fishing: authorize assistance to the States for fish restoration and management projects (see H.R. 2973), H10420 [8NO]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 54), H3569 [5JN]

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

Harold Hughes-Bill Emerson Commission on Alcoholism: establish (see H.R. 1549), H2350 [7MY]

Health: 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), H629 [25FE]

Homeless: consolidate Federal housing assistance programs (see H.R. 217), H589 [13FE]

Hope, Bob: confer honorary Armed Forces veteran status (see H.J. Res. 75), H3070 [20MY]

House of Representatives: require that excess amounts from Members' official allowances be applied to deficit reduction (see H.R. 80), H2874 [16MY]

Housing: deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs and increase community control over such programs (see H.R. 2), H589 [13FE]

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]

Insurance: Federal reinsurance contracts for eligible State insurance programs covering homeowners impacted by natural disasters (see H.R. 219), H589 [13FE]

Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1609), H2679 [14MY]

———reform (see H. Con. Res. 43), H889 [11MR]

International Dolphin Conservation Program: implement (see H.R. 408), H1018 [13MR]

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), H7118 [9SE]

Marine resources: reauthorization of programs (see H.R. 437), H1707 [17AP]

Medicare: coverage of diabetes outpatient self-management training services and blood-testing strips (see H.R. 58), H628 [25FE]

Mexico: disapprove foreign aid certification of drug enforcement efforts (see H.J. Res. 58), H812 [10MR]

National cemeteries: penalties for theft and malicious vandalism (see H.R. 1532), H3568 [5JN]

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

National Mammography Day: support goals (see H. Res. 235), H8929 [21OC]

National Sea Grant College Program: reauthorization (see H.R. 437), H1707 [17AP]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 493, 1776, 1777), H453 [11FE], H3475 [4JN]

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

Small business: provide regulatory assistance (see H.R. 96), H1392 [9AP]

Social Security: prevent distribution of benefits to prisoners (see H.R. 530), H1892 [24AP]

States: clarify standards for sex offender registration programs (see H.R. 1683), H3069 [20MY]

———establish notification procedures relative to release of convicted sex offenders (see H. Con. Res. 125), H5826 [25JY]

Taxation: application of the alternative minimum tax to installment sales of farm property (see H.R. 426), H408 [10FE]

———credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (see H.R. 1134), H2254 [6MY]

———exclusion of gross estate taxes of a decedent relative to certain land subject to qualified conservation easements (see H.R. 195, 1763), H1339 [8AP], H3273 [3JN]

———treatment of golf caddies (see H.R. 2321), H6703 [31JY]

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

Timber: treatment of certain activities as noncounteravailable (see H.R. 1526), H6707 [31JY]

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

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

Budget: establish a budget reserve account for emergencies (see H.R. 457), H243 [21JA]

Coins: establish circulating commemorative coin program commemorating each State (see H.R. 2414), H6962 [5SE]

———issue one dollar coin (see H.R. 2637), H8727 [8OC]

Correctional institutions: prohibit the use of Federal funds for certain amenities and personal comforts in the Federal prison system (see H.R. 816), H627 [25FE]

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

———reauthorization (S. 1026), technical corrections in enrollment (see H. Con. Res. 198), H10955 [13NO]

Financial institutions: provide relief for limited purpose banks from certain outdated restrictions that were intended to be temporary (see H.R. 1655), H2874 [16MY]

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

House of Representatives: official mail allowance (see H.R. 2439), H7118 [9SE]

National Center for Missing and Exploited Children: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1716), H3201 [22MY]

Tariff: C.I. pigment yellow 109 (see H.R. 2324), H6703 [31JY]

———C.I. pigment yellow 110 (see H.R. 2325), H6703 [31JY]

———organo-phosphorus compound ACM (see H.R. 2322), H6703 [31JY]

———parachlorobenzonitrile (see H.R. 2326), H6703 [31JY]

———triflusulfuron methyl (see H.R. 1879), H3796 [12JN]

Taxation: establish intercity passenger rail service trust fund (see H.R. 1437), H1890 [24AP]

Television: broadcast of violent programming (see H. Res. 166), H3797 [12JN]

Essays: Voice of Democracy

Cosgrove, James F., E512 [19MR]

Letters

Eximbank assistance to countries with nondemocratic governments: James A. Harmon, Eximbank, H8378 [6OC]

Motions

Eximbank: reauthorization (S. 1026), H8397 [6OC]

Remarks

Agriculture: prohibit coverage of tobacco by Federal crop insurance programs, H5695 [24JY]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2160), H5679, H5695, H5709 [24JY]

Amtrak: authorizing appropriations and management reform (H.R. 2247), H8975 [22OC]

———authorizing appropriations and management reform (S. 738), H10901 [13NO]

———authorizing appropriations and management reform (S. 738), consideration (H. Res. 319), H10590 [12NO]

———wage continuation and severance benefits for employees affected by a discontinuance, reduction, or relocation of service, H8975 [22OC]

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), H2725 [15MY]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), consideration (H. Res. 149), H2694 [15MY]

Birth control: family participation in the decision of minors to seek family planning services from federally-funded clinics, H7053, H7061, H7066, H7072, H7077 [9SE]

Bridgeville, DE: tribute to Woodbridge High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, E959 [19MY]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), consideration (H. Res. 174), H4390 [25JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), H4577 [25JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), consideration (H. Res. 174), H4390 [25JN]

———reform process and enforce the bipartisan balanced budget agreement (H.R. 2003), H5595, H5601, H5608, H5609 [23JY]

———reform process and enforce the bipartisan balanced budget agreement (H.R. 2003), consideration (H. Res. 192), H5594 [23JY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 84), conference report, H3511 [5JN]

———submission of budget proposal by the President without budgetary contingencies (H. Res. 89), H914 [12MR]

Bureau of Engraving and Printing: subsidies to companies providing currency paper, H2694 [15MY]

Centers for Disease Control: pfiesteria research funding, H7236 [11SE]

Coins: establish circulating commemorative coin program commemorating each State (H.R. 2414), H7617, H7618, H7620, H7621 [23SE]

———establish circulating commemorative coin program commemorating each State (S. 1228), H10800, H10801, H10802 [13NO]

Colleges and universities: reform methods for calculating graduation rates (H.R. 914), concur with Senate amendments (H. Res. 145), H2545 [13MY]

Correctional institutions: housing of juveniles with adults, H5210 [15JY]

Courts: clarification of jurisdiction over private property takings and land use disputes (H.R. 1534), H8959 [22OC]

Delaware Volunteer Firemen's Association: anniversary, E1854 [25SE]

———anniversary of Ladies Auxiliary, E1852 [25SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: reduce loan rate for peanut quotas, H5709 [24JY]

Dept. of Education: establish block grants for local educational agencies, H7387 [17SE]

———national testing standards, H7337 [16SE]

Dept. of Labor: establish programs to educate the public on retirement savings (H.R. 1377), H3086 [21MY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2107), H5114 [10JY], H5150, H5154, H5159 [11JY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2267), H7789 [24SE], H7893 [25SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2264), H7053, H7061, H7066, H7072, H7077 [9SE], H7138 [10SE], H7233, H7234, H7236 [11SE], H7337 [16SE], H7387 [17SE]

Education: charter schools funding through rescissions in Technology Literacy Challenge Grant Program funding, H7138 [10SE]

———improve the reading and literacy skills of children and families (H.R. 2614), H10397 [8NO]

———vocational education funding (H.R. 1853), H5418 [17JY]

Employment: consolidate Federal job training programs (H.R. 1385), H2804 [16MY]

Endangered Species Act: improve compliance by individuals and Government agencies relative to flood control projects, facilities, or structures (H.R. 478), H2304 [7MY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2203), H5751 [24JY]

Eximbank: community work requirements for certain members of firms, H8202, H8203 [30SE]

———preferential assistance relative to conduct by firms exporting to the People's Republic of China, H8201 [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, H8379 [6OC]

———prohibit assistance to foreign companies that violate U.S. child labor laws, H8383 [6OC]

———prohibit assistance to Russia relative to sale of missile systems to the People's Republic of China, H8381 [6OC]

———reauthorization (H.R. 1370), H8189, H8197, H8201, H8202, H8203 [30SE], H8374, H8375, H8378, H8379, H8381, H8383 [6OC]

———reauthorization (S. 1026), insert language of H.R. 1370 in lieu, H8397 [6OC]

FDA: Youth Anti-Smoking Initiative Enforcement and Outreach Program funding, H5679 [24JY]

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

———U.S. participation in certain international financial institutions (H.R. 1488), H6358 [30JY]

Foreign aid: international family planning programs (H.J. Res. 36), H536 [13FE]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2159), H6358 [30JY]

Forest Service: road construction funding, H5114 [10JY]

House Ethics Reform Task Force: implement recommendations (H. Res. 168), H7550 [18SE]

House of Representatives: official mail allowance (H.R. 2439), E1699 [9SE]

House Rules: disclosure requirements for franked mail, H1156 [19MR]

Housing: deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs and increase community control over such programs (H.R. 2), H2044 [30AP], H2191, H2202 [6MY], H2636 [14MY]

———prohibit violent sexual predators from receiving public housing assistance, H2191 [6MY]

ILC Dover (business): tribute for contributions to the Mars Pathfinder Mission, E1414 [11JY]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: reauthorize (H.R. 5), H2536 [13MY]

Job Corps: open satellite office in Delaware, H7233, H7234 [11SE]

Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1818), H5210 [15JY]

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 2209), consideration (H. Res. 197), H5788 [25JY]

Mother Teresa: award Congressional Gold Medal (H.R. 1650), H2938, H2940 [20MY]

Museum and Library Services Act: technical corrections (S. 1505), H10865, H10866 [13NO]

National Center for Missing and Exploited Children: authorizing appropriations, H5210 [15JY]

National Commission on the Cost of Higher Education: establish, H2545 [13MY], H2725 [15MY]

National Endowment for the Arts: replace funding with block grants to States, H5150, H5154 [11JY]

National Endowment for the Humanities: funding, H5159 [11JY]

National Sea Grant College Program: reauthorization (H.R. 437), H3881 [18JN]

NOAA: non-point source pollution control programs funding, H7893 [25SE]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 493), E219 [11FE]

Public housing: require payment of minimum wage relative to community work requirements, H2202 [6MY]

Railroads: limitation on noneconomic damages that a railroad accident victim may recover, H8975 [22OC]

Sinatra, Francis A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (H.R. 279), H1938, H1939, H1940 [29AP]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H5608, H5609 [23JY]

St. Georges, DE: demolition of St. Georges Bridge, H5751 [24JY]

Television: broadcast of violent programming (H. Res. 166), E1195 [12JN]

Summaries

House of Representatives Official Mail Allowance (H.R. 2439), E1699 [9SE]

Texts of

H.R. 1370, Eximbank reauthorization, H8198 [30SE]

H.R. 2003, Budget Enforcement Act, H5595-H5601 [23JY]

Tributes

Amabili, Louis, J., E157 [4FE]

Cosgrove, James F., E512 [19MR]

Jensen, John, E730 [23AP]