ALLEN, THOMAS H. (a Representative from Maine)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: provide freedom of choice to military personnel serving overseas (see H.R. 411), H2784 [15MY]

Alaska: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 900), H1611 [16AP]

Army: close School of the Americas (see H.R. 611), H1262 [20MR]

Children and youth: funding for health, nutrition, education, and child care for infants and toddlers (see H. Res. 131), H1891 [24AP]

———increase certain funding under Head Start Program (see H.R. 1373), H4087 [19JN]

China, People's Republic of: congressional approval before the U.S. supports admission into the World Trade Organization, and U.S. withdrawal if admission is granted without U.S. approval (see H.R. 1140), H1989 [29AP]

Clothing industry: legal accountability for sweatshop conditions (see H.R. 23), H4835 [26JN]

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

Congress: compile and make available to the public the names of candidates for election who agree to conduct campaigns in accordance with a Code of Election Ethics (see H. Con. Res. 160), H8929 [21OC]

Contraceptives: require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and services under health insurance plans (see H.R. 2174), H10172 [6NO]

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 96), H1989 [29AP]

Courts: provide procedures for future adjustments of salaries of Federal judges (see H.R. 875), H3720 [11JN]

Crime: national policy to control juvenile crime and violence (see H.R. 1699), H3169 [21MY]

Cuba: exception to trade embargo for food, medicines and medical supplies, instruments, or equipment (see H.R. 1951), H6798 [3SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish temporary emergency minimum milk prices (see H. Res. 224), H9801 [30OC]

Dept. of Defense: allow military health care system beneficiaries the option to enroll in Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (see H.R. 76), H2254 [6MY]

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

Diseases: payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted HIV due to contaminated blood products (see H.R. 1023), H1340 [8AP]

———research programs for Parkinson's disease (see H.R. 1260), H1391 [9AP]

District of Columbia: realign functional responsibilities with Federal Government (see H.R. 1963), H4085 [19JN]

Drunken driving: national standard to prohibit the operation of motor vehicles by intoxicated individuals (see H.R. 981), H9614 [28OC]

Ecology and environment: ensure recovery of biological diversity, strengthen protection of wildlife, and provide certain assurances to local governments and individuals relative to economic development efforts (see H.R. 2351), H8929 [21OC]

———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]

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

EPA: take immediate steps to abate emissions of mercury and release to Congress a study of mercury (see H. Con. Res. 91), H7601 [18SE]

Families and domestic relations: improve child care and family support services (see H.R. 1373), H4087 [19JN]

Family and Medical Leave Act: provide coverage to employers with more than 20 employees (see H.R. 1373), H4087 [19JN]

Federal, Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: authorize compounding of certain drugs and devices (see H.R. 1060), H1542 [15AP]

Federal employees: computation system for Social Security benefits relative to spouses' and surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 2273), H7831 [24SE]

———delays in retirement cost-of-living adjustments (see H. Con. Res. 13), H890 [11MR]

Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: improve sanctions against providers and provide coverage for the FDIC and Federal Reserve Board (see H.R. 1836), H9730 [29OC]

Federal firefighters: hourly and overtime pay rates and pay equity with other civil service employees and public sector firefighters (see H.R. 1166), H2091 [30AP]

Federal Home Loan Banks: authorize and expand community development activities and grants (see H.R. 1555), H2444 [8MY]

Fish and fishing: moratorium on large vessels in Atlantic mackerel or Atlantic herring fisheries (see H.R. 1855), H3659 [10JN]

———prohibit commercial harvesting of Atlantic striped bass in coastal waters and the exclusive economic zone (see H.R. 393), H286 [4FE]

Foreign trade: ensure protection of worker rights and environmental standards in any trade agreements (see H.R. 1079), H5916 [28JY]

Health: apply group health plan portability requirements to students covered under college-sponsored health plans (see H.R. 1281), H3720 [11JN]

———develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth defects (see H.R. 1114), H4222 [23JN]

———prohibit restriction of certain medical communications between health care providers and their patients (see H.R. 586), H1340 [8AP]

———require health plans to provide certain coverage for children (see H.R. 1159), H1258 [20MR]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (see H.R. 135), H245 [21JA]

———revise and extend mammography quality standards programs (see H.R. 1289), H3660 [10JN]

House of Representatives: authorize participation in State and local government transit programs (see H. Res. 37), H5178 [11JY]

———prohibit smoking in rooms and corridors leading to the floor and in the Rayburn room (see H. Res. 247), H8054 [26SE]

Insurance: coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (see H.R. 815), H3476 [4JN]

———coverage of minimum hospital stays and reconstructive surgery relative to breast cancer and of second opinions for any cancer diagnosis (see H.R. 616), H4913 [8JY]

———coverage of reconstructive breast surgery resulting from mastectomies (see H.R. 164), H6406 [30JY]

———coverage of screening mammography (see H.R. 617), H3924 [18JN]

———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 306), H3720 [11JN]

Intelligence services: require separate, unclassified statements of the aggregate amount of budget outlays for intelligence activities (see H.R. 753), H1340 [8AP]

Iran: impose sanctions on foreign persons who transfer items contributing to efforts to acquire, develop, or produce ballistic missiles (see H.R. 2930), H10418 [8NO]

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

Larry Doby Post Office, Paterson, NJ: designate (see H.R. 2116), H5491 [21JY]

Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1173), H2254 [6MY]

``Little Rock Nine'': award Congressional Gold Medals (see H.R. 2560), H8929 [21OC]

Medicare: coverage of diabetes outpatient self-management training services and blood-testing strips (see H.R. 58), H949 [12MR]

———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services (see H.R. 1375), H3274 [3JN]

———coverage of screening mammography (see H.R. 418), H3924 [18JN]

———hospice care reform (see H.R. 521), H2874 [16MY]

———protection of beneficiaries relative to enrollment in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 66), H2874 [16MY]

———reimbursement for nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists in health professional shortage areas (see H.R. 893), H4836 [26JN]

———reimbursement for services provided to eligible veterans by certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities (see H.R. 1362), H3797 [12JN]

———reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see H.R. 414), H2156 [1MY]

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

National Mammography Day: support goals (see H. Res. 235), H8300 [1OC]

National Park Service: establish the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program (see H.R. 1635), H8633 [7OC]

Northern Forest Lands Council: implement recommendations (see H.R. 971), H1440 [10AP]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H. Res. 236), H7600 [18SE]

Privacy: protection of Social Security numbers and other personal information (see H.R. 1813), H9730 [29OC]

Public Health Service: extend breast cancer research programs (see H.R. 1070), H4132 [20JN]

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), H1795 [23AP]

Railway Labor Act: applicability to U.S. air carriers and flight crews during operations outside the U.S. (see H.R. 991), H7730 [23SE]

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

Ships and vessels: support requirements that vessels operating between U.S. ports be built, owned, and operated by U.S. citizens (see H. Con. Res. 65), H1989 [29AP]

Sinatra, Francis A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 279), H1707 [17AP]

Social Security: earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 612), H1440 [10AP]

Stewart, Jimmy: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 109), H4913 [8JY]

Taxation: application of the alternative minimum tax to installment sales of farm property (see H.R. 426), H3720 [11JN]

———credit for clinical testing of certain drugs for rare diseases or conditions (see H.R. 1169), H1340 [8AP]

———dependent care tax credit (see H.R. 2553), H7910 [25SE]

———establish intercity passenger rail service trust fund (see H.R. 1437), H2169 [5MY]

———establish lifetime learning accounts for higher education and job training expenses (see H.R. 1819), H3798 [12JN]

———extend research and development tax credit (see H.R. 947), H1340 [8AP]

———increase State cap on private activity bonds (see H.R. 979), H1340 [8AP]

———treatment of advertising expenses for tobacco products (see H.R. 1323), H3660 [10JN]

———treatment of employer-provided and graduate level educational assistance (see H.R. 127), H3476 [4JN]

———treatment of income relative to imported properties from foreign corporations (see H.R. 1373), H4087 [19JN]

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

Tobacco products: increase excise taxes to fund health insurance for uninsured children and deficit reduction (see H.R. 1263), H2157 [1MY]

———treatment of excise taxes relative to costs incurred by tobacco industry liability settlement (see H.R. 2387), H6797 [3SE]

U.N.: authorize payment of U.S. arrearages (see H. Con. Res. 40), H804 [6MR]

Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1500), H3274 [3JN]

Veterans: determination of active military service for certain merchant mariners who served during World War II (see H.R. 1126), H5569 [22JY]

Weapons: restrict the use of funds for new deployments of antipersonnel landmines (see H.R. 2459), H7261 [11SE]

Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 66), H6798 [3SE]

———establish offices of women's health within certain Federal agencies (see H.R. 920), H3865 [17JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Chamberlain, Joshua Lawrence: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 147), H6962 [5SE]

Wilson, Nancy B.: relief (see H.R. 1313), H1440 [10AP]

Letters

Emergency supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations: Dennis J. Reimer, Dept. of the Army, H3645 [10JN]

———William S. Cohen, Sec. of Defense, H3645 [10JN]

Private Property Rights Implementation Act: George V. Voinovich, National Governors' Association, Mark Schwartz, National League of Cities, and Paul Helmke, U.S. Conference of Mayors, H8947 [22OC]

Memorandums

Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief and Overseas Peacekeeping Operations: Ronald R. Fogleman, Dept. of the Air Force, H3645 [10JN]

Petitions and memorials

Maine: antipersonnel landmines, E1049 [22MY]

Remarks

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), conference report, H3480 [5JN]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), veto, H3644 [10JN]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), H4654, H4658, H4805 [26JN], H5008 [9JY], H5927 [29JY]

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

Capps, Walter H.: tribute (H. Res. 286), H9624 [29OC]

Children and youth: importance of early development education programs, H8639 [8OC]

———increase certain funding under Head Start Program (H.R. 1373), H8710, H8711, H8714, H8715 [8OC]

———provide health insurance for uninsured children, H678 [27FE], H772 [6MR]

Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2204), consideration (H. Res. 265), H8887 [21OC]

Committee on Government Reform and Oversight (House): investigation of Federal election campaign fundraising and expenditure practices, H4096 [20JN]

———special investigative authorities (H. Res. 167), H4096 [20JN]

Committees of the House: authorizing expenditures (H. Res. 129), H2102 [1MY]

Congress: adjournment (H. Con. Res. 108), consideration (H. Res. 176), H4654, H4658 [26JN]

Courts: clarification of jurisdiction over private property takings and land use disputes (H.R. 1534), H8947 [22OC]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing military activities appropriations and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1119), H4185 [23JN]

———B-2 stealth bomber funding, H4185 [23JN]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2107), consideration (H. Res. 181), H5057 [10JY]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2378), H7472 [17SE]

District of Columbia: exempt certain contracts entered into by the government of the District of Columbia from review by the Council of the District of Columbia (H.R. 513), H776 [6MR]

Education: national policy to improve system, H8639 [8OC]

Families and domestic relations: improve child care and family support services (H.R. 1373), H8710, H8711, H8714, H8715 [8OC]

Fish and fishing: moratorium on large vessels in Atlantic mackerel or Atlantic herring fisheries (H.R. 1855), H5833 [28JY]

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

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, E357 [3MR]

Higher Education Act: financial responsibility for refunds during provisional certification and change of ownership of propietary institutions (H.R. 2981), E2301 [10NO]

House Rules: consideration of motions to suspend the rules and pass certain legislation (H. Res. 107), H1353 [9AP]

Medicare: reform, H1799 [24AP]

National Endowment for the Arts: funding, H5057 [10JY]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits, H3280 [4JN], H8887 [21OC], H10108 [6NO]

———ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2183), H5986, H5988, H5989 [29JY], H7014, H7019 [9SE], H7185, H7187, H7188, H7189, H7190, H7191, H7192 [10SE], H7613 [23SE]

Postal Service: expansion of Global Package Link System, H7472 [17SE]

Recycling: require refund values for beverage containers and provide resources for State pollution prevention and recycling programs (H.R. 2980), E2303 [10NO]

Safety: prohibit transportation of radioactive waste through certain incorporated areas, H8533, H8534 [7OC]

Taxation: capital gains rates, H1799 [24AP]

———child tax credit, H5927 [29JY]

———rates, H1799 [24AP], H4658, H4805 [26JN], H5008 [9JY]

———repeal estate and gift taxes, H1799 [24AP]

Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact: consent (H.R. 629), H8521, H8522, H8533, H8534 [7OC]

Votes: position on missed, H2264 [7MY], H3191 [22MY]

Weapons: eliminate use of antipersonnel landmines, H8169 [30SE], E1048 [22MY]

WIC: funding, H2102 [1MY], H2353 [8MY]

Wilson, Nancy B.: relief (H.R. 1313), E630 [10AP]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H3656 [10JN], H4644 [25JN], H6025 [29JY], H9798 [30OC]

Tributes

Capps, Walter H., H9790 [30OC]