CUMMINGS, ELIJAH E. (a Representative from Maryland)
Amendments
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2267), H5827 [25JY]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: provide freedom of choice to military personnel serving overseas (see H.R. 411), H453 [11FE]
Agriculture: prohibit transfer or marketing of nonambulatory cattle, sheep, swine, horses, mules, or goats (see H.R. 453), H524 [12FE]
Augustus F. Hawkins Post Office Building, Los Angeles, CA: designate (see H.R. 2349), H6704 [31JY]
Bosnia and Herzegovina: implementation of peace agreement, support democratic efforts of countries from former Yugoslavia, and continue efforts to prosecute war criminals (see H. Res. 15), H156 [9JA]
Business and industry: assist in development of microenterprises (see H.R. 1129), H3568 [5JN]
———discourage relocation to foreign countries and encourage creation of new jobs (see H.R. 775), H586 [13FE]
———end credit card possession requirements (see H.R. 2599), H8299 [1OC]
———require profit-sharing plans for the provision of Federal contracts or subsidies (see H.R. 2468), H10172 [6NO]
Capitol Building and Grounds: postpone relocation of Suffragists Portrait Monument to the rotunda (see H. Con. Res. 72), H2156 [1MY]
Carl B. Stokes U.S. Courthouse, Cleveland, OH: designate (see H.R. 643), H393 [6FE]
Census: accuracy of decennial census (see H.R. 776), H587 [13FE]
———include ancestry data on decennial census (see H. Con. Res. 38), H5132 [10JY]
Children and youth: increase certain funding under Head Start Program (see H.R. 1373), H8727 [8OC]
———prohibit sale of personal information without parental consent (see H.R. 1972), H4085 [19JN]
Churches and synagogues: prohibit insurers from canceling or refusing to renew fire insurance policies (see H.R. 1721), H3201 [22MY]
Civil War—U.S.: mint coins in commemoration of African-American Civil War veterans (see H.R. 2453), H7261 [11SE]
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty: ratification (see H. Res. 241), H7729 [23SE]
Computers: use, sale, and export of encryption products for privacy and security (see H.R. 695), H6026 [29JY]
Correctional institutions: funding for substance abuse prevention and treatment programs in Federal prisons (see H.R. 1643), H2784 [15MY]
Courts: continue judicial supervision over certain offenders with substance abuse problems (see H.R. 1644), H2784 [15MY]
———reform civil assets forfeiture (see H.R. 1835), H3658 [10JN]
Credit unions: clarify laws relative to field of membership of Federal credit unions (see H.R. 1151), H5487 [17JY]
Crime: penalties for theft by public officials under color of law (see H.R. 1645), H2784 [15MY]
Cyprus: Turkish occupation (see H. Con. Res. 81), H4836 [26JN]
Dept. of Agriculture: establish equitable service for customers and equal opportunity for employees (see H.R. 2185), H6707 [31JY]
———regulate loans to certain processors of sugarcane and sugar beets (see H.R. 1387), H3865 [17JN]
Dept. of Defense: allow military health care system beneficiaries the option to enroll in Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (see H.R. 76), H3568 [5JN]
Dept. of Education: study methods for identifying and treating children with dyslexia (see H.R. 3058), H10954 [13NO]
Diseases: efforts to prevent transmission of HIV (see H.R. 1219), H1288 [21MR]
———research programs for Parkinson's disease (see H.R. 1260), H1989 [29AP]
———treatments relative to the transmission of HIV (see H.R. 3072), H10954 [13NO]
Drugs: eliminate certain mandatory minimum penalties for crack cocaine offenses (see H.R. 2031), H4338 [24JN]
Ecology and environment: assist local governments and encourage State voluntary response programs relative to remediating brownfield sites (see H.R. 1120), H1185 [19MR]
———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]
———national objectives priority assignments (see H.R. 1404), H4836 [26JN]
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2248), H6918 [4SE]
Education: establish computer learning centers in low-income areas (see H.R. 1640), H2784 [15MY]
———establish funding for local communities to repair school infrastructure (see H.R. 1639), H2784 [15MY]
———improve access to and affordability of higher education (see H.R. 1435), H1890 [24AP]
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), H3797 [12JN]
Families and domestic relations: child abuse and neglect prevention (see H.R. 1823), H7365 [16SE]
———improve child care and family support services (see H.R. 1373), H8727 [8OC]
———State assistance for certain adults who are caring for the children of relatives (see H.R. 1646), H2784 [15MY]
Family and Medical Leave Act: provide coverage to employers with more than 20 employees (see H.R. 1373), H8727 [8OC]
Federal employees: access to hearing care services by audiologists (see H.R. 176), H4086 [19JN]
———computation system for Social Security benefits relative to spouses' and surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 2273), H5825 [25JY]
———delays in retirement cost-of-living adjustments (see H. Con. Res. 13), H285 [4FE]
———establish formula for calculation of Federal contributions to the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (see H.R. 1848), H3659 [10JN]
———review of employment discriminations claims (see H.R. 2441), H7118 [9SE]
Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: improve sanctions against providers and provide coverage for the FDIC and Federal Reserve Board (see H.R. 1836), H5132 [10JY]
Federal firefighters: hourly and overtime pay rates and pay equity with other civil service employees and public sector firefighters (see H.R. 1166), H9559 [24OC]
Firearms: prohibit possession or transfer of nonsporting handguns (see H.R. 476), H286 [4FE]
Food stamps: modify certain eligibility disqualifications (see H.R. 1507), H6798 [3SE]
Foreign aid: establish an alternative crop production demonstration program for developing countries with illicit crop production (see H.R. 1642), H2784 [15MY]
Foreign policy: authorize trade and investment policy relative to sub-Saharan Africa (see H.R. 1432), H10172 [6NO]
Group Hospitalization and Medical Services, Inc.: repeal Federal charter (see H.R. 497), H282 [4FE]
Health: develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth defects (see H.R. 1114), H7911 [25SE]
———funding for substance abuse prevention and treatment programs (see H.R. 1637, 1638), H2784 [15MY]
———permit individuals to continue health plan coverage during participation in approved clinical studies (see H.R. 1069), H3070 [20MY]
———prohibit discrimination relative to exposure to hazardous substances (see H.R. 1506), H2090 [30AP]
———prohibit restriction of certain medical communications between health care providers and their patients (see H.R. 586), H345 [5FE]
———require health plans to provide certain coverage for children (see H.R. 1159), H1289 [21MR]
———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (see H.R. 135), H286 [4FE]
———revise and extend bone marrow donation and transplantation program (see H.R. 2202), H7008 [8SE]
———revise and extend programs relative to the health of individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds (see H.R. 1895), H3797 [12JN]
Higher Education Accumulation Program: establish and allow tax deductions for contributions to accounts (see H.R. 53), H453 [11FE]
Higher Education Act: improve accountability and reform certain programs (see H.R. 2140), H5177 [11JY]
Homeless: protection of voting rights (see H.R. 74), H589 [13FE]
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), H1611 [16AP]
House Rules: require that committee reports on legislation contain analysis of impact on children (see H. Res. 53), H524 [12FE]
Hurston, Zora Neale: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 129), H6707 [31JY]
Immigration: naturalization of individuals over 65 relative to English language requirements (see H.R. 662), H1262 [20MR]
Insurance: coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (see H.R. 815), H890 [11MR]
———coverage of reconstructive breast surgery resulting from mastectomies (see H.R. 164), H6962 [5SE]
———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 306), H3203 [22MY]
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act: reform (see H. Con. Res. 43), H889 [11MR]
International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia: restrict foreign assistance for countries providing sanctuary to indicted war criminals who are sought for prosecution (see H.R. 2121), H6707 [31JY]
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]
Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1173), H3204 [22MY]
``Little Rock Nine'': award Congressional Gold Medals (see H.R. 2560), H8265 [30SE]
Medicare: bone mass measurements (see H.R. 1002), H5487 [17JY]
———coverage of diabetes outpatient self-management training services and blood-testing strips (see H.R. 58), H1186 [19MR]
———improve preventive care benefits (see H.R. 15), H524 [12FE]
———reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see H.R. 192, 414), H286 [4FE]
Mervyn Dymally Post Office Building, Compton, CA: designate (see H.R. 2348), H6704 [31JY]
Mother Teresa: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1650), H2873 [16MY]
Motor vehicles: length and weight limitations on Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 551), H1795 [23AP]
Music and dance: tribute to African-American music (see H. Con. Res. 27), H701 [27FE]
National Commission on the Long-Term Solvency of the Medicare Program: establish (see H.R. 75), H69 [7JA], H141 [9JA]
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: expand and coordinate activities on cardiovascular diseases in women (see H.R. 2130), H5021 [9JY]
National Park Service: establish the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program (see H.R. 1635), H2783 [15MY]
National Week of Reflection and Tolerance: support (see H. Res. 300), H9865 [31OC]
NetDay96: tribute (see H. Res. 38), H348 [5FE]
Nigeria: condemn treatment of U.S. Ambassador Walter Carrington (see H. Res. 260), H8438 [6OC]
———impose economic sanctions (see H.R. 1786), H6407 [30JY]
NIH: expand programs to research osteoporosis and related bone diseases (see H.R. 2697), H10172 [6NO]
Northern Mariana Islands: labeling, minimum wage, and immigration requirements relative to textile industry (see H.R. 1450), H7365 [16SE]
Office of National Drug Control Policy: increase amount of funds Director may transfer between agency accounts (see H.R. 1641), H2784 [15MY]
———reauthorize (see H.R. 2407), H6917 [4SE]
Olympic games: holding of the 2004 summer games in Cape Town, South Africa (see H. Con. Res. 89), H3203 [22MY]
OPM: submit proposed legislation under which group universal life insurance and group variable universal life insurance would be available (see H.R. 2675), H8927 [21OC]
Point Reyes National Seashore: protect farmland (see H.R. 1995), H7528 [17SE]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 600, 2777), H7911 [25SE], H9800 [30OC]
Public Health Service: extend breast cancer research programs (see H.R. 1070), H3070 [20MY]
Racial relations: congressional role in eliminating racism (see H. Res. 138), H2091 [30AP]
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), H3274 [3JN]
Railway Labor Act: applicability to U.S. air carriers and flight crews during operations outside the U.S. (see H.R. 991), H3274 [3JN]
Robert F. Kennedy Dept. of Justice Building, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 1383), H1705 [17AP]
Robinson, Jackie: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1335), H2091 [30AP]
Ronald H. Brown Federal Building, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 29), H67 [7JA], H139 [9JA]
Schools: assist local communities in renewal of public schools (see H.R. 1436), H1890 [24AP]
———establish a partnership to rebuild and modernize school facilities (see H.R. 1104), H1892 [24AP]
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), H2680 [14MY]
Sinatra, Francis A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 279), H1339 [8AP]
Small business: assist certain women and minority business people (see H.R. 1647), H2784 [15MY]
———increase percentage of Federal contracts awarded to businesses owned by disadvantaged individuals or women (see H.R. 1824), H3567 [5JN]
Smithsonian Institution: establish National African-American Museum (see H.R. 773), H586 [13FE]
Social Security: earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 612), H1795 [23AP]
———level of benefit payment in the month of the beneficiary's death (see H.R. 68), H10421 [8NO]
Sports: extend pension benefits to certain surviving professional basketball players (see H. Con. Res. 83), H3576 [6JN]
SSI: exception to limited eligibility for permanent resident aliens (see H.R. 663), H1262 [20MR]
States: require equal education funding throughout the State (see H.R. 1234), H8727 [8OC]
Taxation: eliminate the marriage penalty, establish a commission to simplify the tax code, and require the IRS to use alternative dispute resolution (see H.R. 3059), H10954 [13NO]
———employer credits for expenses of providing dependent care services to employees (see H.R. 988), H803 [6MR]
———establish a credit for the purchase of a principal residence located within an empowerment zone or enterprise community by a first-time homebuyer (see H.R. 2826), H10768 [12NO]
———expand types of equipment acquired with tax-exempt financing by volunteer fire departments and emergency medical service organizations (see H.R. 2523), H7729 [23SE]
———provide incentives for investment in renewal communities (see H.R. 1031), H3568 [5JN]
———provide incentives for investment in renewal communities, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 1031), H6799 [3SE]
———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 employer-provided transit passes and parking benefits (see H.R. 878), H700 [27FE]
———treatment of Government pensions relative to Social Security benefits (see H.R. 372), H5664 [23JY]
———treatment of income relative to imported properties from foreign corporations (see H.R. 1373), H8727 [8OC]
———treatment of reorganizations and stocks for specialized small business investment companies (see H.R. 2707), H9501 [23OC]
Tobacco products: increase excise taxes to fund health insurance for uninsured children and deficit reduction (see H.R. 1263), H1893 [24AP]
———treatment of excise taxes relative to costs incurred by tobacco industry liability settlement (see H.R. 2390), H7601 [18SE]
Transportation: Federal participation in magnetic levitation transportation technology projects (see H.R. 2341), H7008 [8SE]
———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), H7008 [8SE]
21st Century Scholars Program: establish (see H.R. 777), H3797 [12JN]
U.N.: participation in negotiations to establish international criminal court (see H.J. Res. 89), H7528 [17SE]
Veterans: benefit eligibility for certain service in the military forces of the Philippines (see H.R. 836), H4647 [25JN]
Weapons: restrict the use of funds for new deployments of antipersonnel landmines (see H.R. 2459), H7261 [11SE]
Women: research programs relative to HIV and AIDS (see H.R. 1571), H2445 [8MY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Commission on National Drug Policy: establish (see H.R. 1345), H1610 [16AP]
Dept. of HHS: establish program relative to exchange of sterile hypodermic needles (see H.R. 2212), H5569 [22JY]
Education: establish Thurgood Marshall Legal Educational Opportunity Program (see H.R. 1970), H4085 [19JN]
Executive departments: require review of agency spending on service contracts (see H.R. 2712), H9501 [23OC]
Federal employees: delays in retirement cost-of-living adjustments and maintenance of Federal agency retirement contributions (see H. Con. Res. 71), H2156 [1MY]
———increase leave time relative to services as an organ donor (see H.R. 2943), H10419 [8NO]
Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: improve sanctions against unfit providers (see H.R. 1971), H4085 [19JN]
Parren J. Mitchell Veterans Medical Center, Baltimore, MD: designate (see H.R. 3051), H10954 [13NO]
Social Security: treatment of final payment of benefits to surviving spouse or family members after death of beneficiary (see H.R. 2944), H10419 [8NO]
Poems
``All Cried Out'', H2369 [8MY]
Remarks
African Americans: celebrate end of slavery in the U.S. (H.J. Res. 56), H3822, H3823, H3824 [17JN]
Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 84), H2935 [20MY]
Colleges and universities: funding for historically black colleges and universities, H6864
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight (House): investigation of Federal election campaign fundraising and expenditure practices, H4098 [20JN]
———special investigative authorities (H. Res. 167), H4098 [20JN]
Committees of the House: authorizing expenditures (H. Res. 91), H1276 [21MR]
Crime: national policy to control juvenile crime and violence (H.R. 3), H2369 [8MY]
Dept. of State and related agencies: authorizing appropriations and consolidating certain agencies (H.R. 1757), H3347 [4JN], E1148
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2107), E1411
———making appropriations (H.R. 2107), consideration (H. Res. 181), H5061
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2267), H7907
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2264), H6864
Drugs: establish matching grant program for local communities that first demonstrate a long-term commitment to reduce youth substance abuse (H.R. 956), H3182 [22MY]
Ethiopia: human rights violations, H3347 [4JN], E1148 [7JN]
Executive departments: require review of agency spending on service contracts (H.R. 2712), E2068
Federal employees: delays in retirement cost-of-living adjustments and maintenance of Federal agency retirement contributions (H. Con. Res. 71), H2428 [8MY]
Group Hospitalization and Medical Services, Inc.: amend Federal charter (H.R. 3025), H10869
———repeal Federal charter (H.R. 497), H638
Hazardous substances: nuclear waste disposal (H.R. 1270), H9662 [29OC]
Highway Trust Fund: increase funding relative to budget resolution, H2935 [20MY]
Housing: deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs and increase community control over such programs (H.R. 2), H2048 [30AP], H2131, H2145, H2146 [1MY]
Insurance: order of precedence to be applied in the payment of life insurance benefits (H.R. 1316), H4233, H4234 [24JN]
John N. Griesemer Post Office Building, Springfield, MO: designate (H.R. 1254), H7288 [16SE]
LSC: funding, H7907
National Endowment for the Arts: funding, H5061
NetDay96: tribute (H. Res. 38), H324 [5FE]
Office of National Drug Control Policy: expand responsibilities and extend authorization (H.R. 2610), H8879 [21OC]
Public housing: exemption from community work requirements for certain primary caregivers, H2145, H2146 [1MY]
———prohibit eviction of families relative to community work requirements, H2131 [1MY]
Public Service Recognition Week: observance, H2428 [8MY]
Robinson, Jackie: tribute (H. Con. Res. 61), H1577, H1578, H1579 [16AP]
Stewart, Jimmy: tribute (H. Con. Res. 109), H7292 [16SE]
World War II: recognize and commend U.S. airmen held as prisoners at the Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany (H. Con. Res. 95), H7289 [16SE]
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H2440 [8MY]
Tributes
Howard, Charles P., Jr., E139
Sturdivant, John N., E2154