COYNE, WILLIAM J. (a Representative from Pennsylvania)
Appointments
National Commission on Restructuring the IRS, H250 [4FE]
Articles and editorials
Insuring Children, Stewart Auerback, Washington (DC) Post, E635
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Agriculture: repeal peanut quotas and reduce peanut loan rates (see H.R. 1864), H3720 [11JN]
Alaska: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 900), H1611 [16AP]
Anderson, Marian: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 864), H6798 [3SE]
Army: close School of the Americas (see H.R. 611), H1440 [10AP]
Augustus F. Hawkins Post Office Building, Los Angeles, CA: designate (see H.R. 2349), H6963 [5SE]
Business and industry: assist in development of microenterprises (see H.R. 1129), H2157 [1MY]
———maintain standards for ``Made in USA'' label (see H. Con. Res. 80), H6707 [31JY]
Capitol Building and Grounds: use of the rotunda for a ceremony honoring Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew (see H. Con. Res. 134), H6406 [30JY]
Carl B. Stokes U.S. Courthouse, Cleveland, OH: designate (see H.R. 643), H393 [6FE]
Children and youth: funding for health, nutrition, education, and child care for infants and toddlers (see H. Res. 131), H1891 [24AP]
Courts: provide procedures for future adjustments of salaries of Federal judges (see H.R. 875), H1542 [15AP]
Credit unions: clarify laws relative to field of membership of Federal credit unions (see H.R. 1151), H2254 [6MY]
Cuba: allow cash remittances to relatives in Cuba (see H.R. 285), H768 [5MR]
———allow news bureau exchanges between U.S. and Cuba (see H.R. 287), H768 [5MR]
———exception to trade embargo for food, medicines and medical supplies, instruments, or equipment (see H.R. 1951), H4222 [23JN]
Cyprus: Turkish occupation (see H. Con. Res. 81), H3924 [18JN]
Dept. of Agriculture: regulate loans to certain processors of sugarcane and sugar beets (see H.R. 1387), H3865 [17JN]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for ballistic missile defense systems (see H.R. 2786), H9864 [31OC]
———classification of surplus military material (see H.R. 2602), H8929 [21OC]
Dept. of Energy: consolidate Office of Fossil Energy and Office of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (see H.R. 1806), H3567 [5JN]
Diseases: efforts to prevent transmission of HIV (see H.R. 1219), H1707 [17AP]
———Medicare coverage and research funding for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (see H.R. 2009), H8161 [29SE]
———payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted HIV due to contaminated blood products (see H.R. 1023), H888 [11MR]
———research programs for Parkinson's disease (see H.R. 1260), H1391 [9AP]
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]
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2248), H6918 [4SE]
Employment: prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (see H.R. 1858), H3659 [10JN]
FAA: foreign repair station rules (see H.R. 145), H143 [9JA]
Federal employees: delays in retirement cost-of-living adjustments (see H. Con. Res. 13), H1019 [13MR]
———prevent discrimination against preference eligibles applying for certain government positions (see H.R. 240), H589 [13FE]
Federal Home Loan Banks: authorize and expand community development activities and grants (see H.R. 1555), H2444 [8MY]
Firearms: standards for certain foreign and domestically-produced handguns (see H.R. 492), H1018 [13MR]
Flag—U.S.: designate flagpole upon which U.S. flag is set at half-staff whenever a law enforcement officer is killed in the line of duty (see H. Con. Res. 47), H1289 [21MR]
Food stamps: modify certain eligibility disqualifications (see H.R. 1507), H4913 [8JY]
Foreign trade: authorize a trade agreement with Northern Ireland and certain border counties in Ireland (see H.R. 1181), H1893 [24AP]
———eliminate disincentives to fair trade conditions (see H.R. 2509), H10956 [13NO]
Government regulations: provide for the debarment or suspension from Federal procurement and nonprocurement activities of persons that violate certain labor and safety laws (see H.R. 1624), H2783 [15MY]
H. John Heinz III Dept. of Veterans Affairs Nursing Care Center, Aspinwall, PA: designate (see H.R. 714), H1262 [20MR]
Health: apply group health plan portability requirements to students covered under college-sponsored health plans (see H.R. 1281), H1893 [24AP]
———assure continued health insurance coverage of retired workers (see H.R. 211), H146 [9JA]
———develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth defects (see H.R. 1114), H6918 [4SE]
———establish a program for training in lifesaving first aid for individuals experiencing cardiac arrest (see H.R. 1679), H3069 [20MY]
———establish medical education trust fund (see H.R. 881), H4132 [20JN]
———expand research activities relative to lupus (see H.R. 1111), H8633 [7OC]
———require group health plans and insurers to offer coverage for children and provide a tax credit for the purchase of such coverage (see H.R. 561), H6962 [5SE]
———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (see H.R. 135), H3660 [10JN]
———revise and extend bone marrow donation and transplantation program (see H.R. 2202), H6918 [4SE]
Higher Education Act: improve accountability and reform certain programs (see H.R. 2140), H5131 [10JY]
House of Representatives: authorize participation in State and local government transit programs (see H. Res. 37), H9866 [31OC]
———implementation of Office Waste Recycling Program (see H. Res. 119), H2157 [1MY]
Housing: provide rental assistance for victims of domestic violence to enable such victims to relocate (see H.R. 871), H10956 [13NO]
Independent Commission on Campaign Finance Reform: establish (see H.R. 1614), H10421 [8NO]
Insurance: coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (see H.R. 815), H1262 [20MR]
———coverage of reconstructive breast surgery resulting from mastectomies (see H.R. 164), H1339 [8AP]
———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 306), H245 [21JA]
Intelligence services: require separate, unclassified statements of the aggregate amount of budget outlays for intelligence activities (see H.R. 753), H1892 [24AP]
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1609), H3477 [4JN]
International Fund for Ireland: require that disbursements are distributed in compliance with the MacBride Principles (see H.R. 150), H286 [4FE]
Iran: impose sanctions on foreign persons who transfer items contributing to efforts to acquire, develop, or produce ballistic missiles (see H.R. 2709), H9801 [30OC]
IRS: impose criminal penalties for unauthorized inspection of tax return information (see H.R. 1226), H1338 [8AP]
———improve operations and governance (see H.R. 2428), H7008 [8SE]
Israel: anniversary of reunification of Jerusalem (see H. Con. Res. 60), H1439 [10AP]
Law enforcement officers: issue postage stamp in commemoration of officers killed in the line of duty (see H. Con. Res. 41), H804 [6MR]
Medicaid: repeal criminal penalties for fraudulent disposition of assets (see H.R. 216), H804 [6MR]
Medicare: bone mass measurements (see H.R. 1002), H1392 [9AP]
———coverage of diabetes outpatient self-management training services and blood-testing strips (see H.R. 58), H1261 [20MR]
———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services (see H.R. 1375), H1704 [17AP]
———coverage of screening mammography (see H.R. 417), H889 [11MR]
———demonstration project to provide coverage for cancer patients enrolled in certain clinical trials (see H.R. 1628), H2783 [15MY]
———improve preventive care benefits (see H.R. 15), H524 [12FE]
———payments and charges for outpatient services (see H.R. 582), H285 [4FE]
———payments to Medicare+Choice organizations amounts attributable to disproportionate share hospital payments (see H.R. 2701), H10768 [12NO]
———reimbursement for nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists in health professional shortage areas (see H.R. 893), H2156 [1MY]
Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 685, 2211), H629 [25FE], H10768 [12NO]
Monuments and memorials: establish National Peace Garden Monument (see H.R. 1497), H2090 [30AP]
Music and dance: tribute to African-American music (see H. Con. Res. 27), H701 [27FE]
National Park Service: establish the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program (see H.R. 1635), H6716 [1AU]
National Week of Reflection and Tolerance: support (see H. Res. 300), H9865 [31OC]
Nigeria: impose economic sanctions (see H.R. 1786), H10956 [13NO]
Nonprofit organizations: authorize transfer to States of surplus personal property for donation (see H.R. 680), H590 [13FE]
Olympic games: holding of the 2004 summer games in Cape Town, South Africa (see H. Con. Res. 89), H3798 [12JN]
Peter J. McCloskey Postal Facility, Pottsville, PA: designate (see H.R. 2564), H8054 [26SE]
Pittsburgh (U.S.S.): tribute to crew (see H. Con. Res. 128), H5916 [28JY]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 600, 2777), H346 [5FE], H9800 [30OC]
———require disclosure of certain phone bank communications (see H.R. 498), H629 [25FE]
Public Health Service Act: improve research of children's health (see H.R. 1451), H1891 [24AP]
Public works: provide incentives for the creation of jobs and restoration of infrastructure (see H.R. 950), H1262 [20MR]
Railway Labor Act: applicability to U.S. air carriers and flight crews during operations outside the U.S. (see H.R. 991), H6707 [31JY]
Robert F. Kennedy Dept. of Justice Building, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 1383), H2785 [15MY]
Roosevelt, Theodore: posthumous awarding of Medal of Honor (see H.R. 2263), H5825 [25JY]
Russia: proliferation of nuclear missile technology to Iran (see H. Con. Res. 121), H7601 [18SE]
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), H6707 [31JY]
Social Security: earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 612), H347 [5FE]
———level of benefit payment in the month of the beneficiary's death (see H.R. 68), H10421 [8NO]
Taxation: allow nonitemizers a deduction for a portion of their charitable contributions (see H.R. 2499), H7599 [18SE]
———allow tax credit for equity investments in community development financial institutions (see H.R. 2254), H5777 [24JY]
———credit for clinical testing of certain drugs for rare diseases or conditions (see H.R. 1169), H1259 [20MR]
———credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (see H.R. 1134), H1186 [19MR]
———credits for health insurance premiums of employees without employer-provided health coverage (see H.R. 539), H283 [4FE]
———encourage cleanup of brownfield sites and creation of empowerment zones and enterprise communities (see H.R. 505), H282 [4FE]
———extend research and development tax credit (see H.R. 947), H1187 [19MR]
———extend the work opportunity credit (see H.R. 1729), H3202 [22MY]
———increase State cap on private activity bonds (see H.R. 979), H950 [12MR]
———provide that overpayments shall be reduced by the amount of past-due enforceable State tax obligations (see H.R. 1730), H3202 [22MY]
———restore the deduction for two-earner married couples (see H.R. 2593), H8299 [1OC]
———treatment of computer software exports (see H.R. 143), H1611 [16AP]
———treatment of employer-provided and graduate level educational assistance (see H.R. 127), H143 [9JA]
———treatment of gifts of publicly-traded stock to certain private foundations (see H.R. 519), H1262 [20MR]
———treatment of individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 446), H949 [12MR]
———treatment of school-based health insurance programs (see H.R. 1698), H6963 [5SE]
———treatment of unemployment compensation (see H.R. 937), H2446 [8MY]
———workmen's compensation relative to certain personal liability assignments (see H.R. 1509), H2155 [1MY]
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), H7729 [23SE]
Ted Weiss U.S. Courthouse, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 548), H670 [26FE]
Tourist trade: protection of the constitutional right to travel (see H.R. 286), H768 [5MR]
Transportation: provide off-budget treatment for certain transportation trust funds (see H.R. 4), H156 [9JA]
Turkey: protection and continued livelihood of the Eastern Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarchate (see H. Con. Res. 6), H245 [21JA]
21st Century Scholars Program: establish (see H.R. 777), H6798 [3SE]
U.N.: authorize payment of U.S. arrearages (see H.R. 483), H2351 [7MY]
———authorize payment of U.S. arrearages and contributions for U.N. peacekeeping activities (see H.R. 299), H1892 [24AP]
United Kingdom: limit the sale or export of plastic bullets (see H.R. 1075), H7830 [24SE]
Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1500), H2090 [30AP]
Veterans: benefit eligibility for certain service in the military forces of the Philippines (see H.R. 836), H4647 [25JN]
———determination of active military service for certain merchant mariners who served during World War II (see H.R. 1126), H6798 [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), H8320 [2OC]
World Summit for Children: implementation of plan of action (see H.R. 1427), H5664 [23JY]
World War II: tribute to people of Crete for heroic endeavor and sacrifice (see H. Res. 17), H156 [9JA]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Pharmaceuticals: reporting requirements of deaths resulting from the prescribing, dispensing, and the administration of drugs (see H.R. 524), H283 [4FE]
Taxation: allow credit for cleanup of contaminated industrial sites and use tax-exempt redevelopment bonds for such cleanup (see H.R. 523), H283 [4FE]
———issuance of tax-exempt bonds for the economic development of distressed communities (see H.R. 522), H283 [4FE]
Letters
Taxpayer Browsing Protection Act: Margaret Milner Richardson, IRS, H1464 [15AP], E598
Memorandums
Taxpayer Browsing Protection Act: Margaret Milner Richardson, IRS, H1464, H1465 [15AP]
Remarks
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1122), H1221
Americans for Democratic Action (organization): anniversary, H521
Black History Month: observance, H429
Bloomfield, PA: Bloomfield Citizens Council Award recipients, E759
Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), conference report, H6657
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), E1361
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), conference report, E1600
———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 84), H3014
Carlow College: tribute to Women of Spirit Award recipients, E1673
China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (H.J. Res. 79), H4285
Cyprus: Turkish occupation, H5469
———U.S. policy, H5469
Greece: independence anniversary, H1088
Hall, Harold G.: Engineer's Society of Western Pennsylvania Metcalf Award recipient, E241
IRS: impose criminal penalties for unauthorized inspection of tax return information (H.R. 1226), H1462, H1464 [15AP], E598
———improve operations and governance (H.R. 2428), H6999
Medicare: payments and charges for outpatient services (H.R. 582), E151
Pennsylvania: tribute to participants in ``Walk To Beat Diabetes'' between Pittsburgh and Erie, E1951
———tribute to Western Pennsylvania Caring Program for Children, E635
Pittsburgh, PA: tribute to YMCA East End Youth Outreach Program, E857
Taxation: child tax credit, H4698
———rates, H6657
———treatment of higher education expenses, H4698
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H7005 [8SE]
Tributes
Harris, George D., E86
Mandera, Robert, E1951
Washington, Thomas, E857