DeLAURO, ROSA L. (a Representative from Connecticut)
Announcements
House of Representatives official objectors for the Private Calendar, H3800 [16JN]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 2160, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, H6760 [3SE]
———H.R. 2264, Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations, H7654 [23SE]
Articles and editorials
Gingrich Defends Tobacco Tax Break—$50 Billion Credit Is Part of Fair Overall Deal, Speaker Says, H7375
Smoking May Have Killed Thousands, CEO Agrees, Washington (DC) Post, H7375
Tax Trash, Washington (DC) Post, H5383 [16JY]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: provide freedom of choice to military personnel serving overseas (see H.R. 411), H152 [9JA]
Afghanistan: peace process and human rights situation (see H. Con. Res. 156), H7729 [23SE]
Agriculture: prohibit coverage of tobacco by Federal crop insurance programs (see H.R. 1438), H2351 [7MY]
———prohibit transfer or marketing of nonambulatory cattle, sheep, swine, horses, mules, or goats (see H.R. 453), H9502 [23OC]
Airlines: provide protection for airline employees who provide certain air safety information (see H.R. 915), H8265 [30SE]
Alaska: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 900), H701 [27FE]
Animals: ensure that all dogs and cats used by research facilities are obtained legally (see H.R. 594), H346 [5FE]
———prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear viscera (see H.R. 619), H9614 [28OC]
———prohibit interstate commerce relative to exotic animals (see H.R. 1202), H9800 [30OC]
Armed Forces: alternative financing mechanism for TRICARE health care program (see H.R. 1246), H1795 [23AP]
Arms Export Control Act: amend relative to prohibition on imports of certain firearms and ammunition (see H.R. 1570), H3170 [21MY]
Army: close School of the Americas (see H.R. 611), H702 [27FE]
Aviation: allow families of international airline disaster victims a fair jury trial to receive just compensation for their loss (see H.R. 2005), H4132 [20JN]
———installation of emergency locator transmitters on aircraft (see H.R. 664), H407 [10FE]
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), H2681 [14MY]
Business and industry: maintain standards for ``Made in USA'' label (see H. Con. Res. 80), H6799 [3SE]
Census: include ancestry data on decennial census (see H. Con. Res. 38), H1543 [15AP]
Children and youth: funding for health, nutrition, education, and child care for infants and toddlers (see H. Res. 131), H1891 [24AP]
Civil rights: prohibit use of involuntary arbitration to settle claims of employment discrimination (see H.R. 983), H2091 [30AP]
Clothing industry: legal accountability for sweatshop conditions (see H.R. 23), H5183 [14JY]
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty: ratification (see H. Res. 241), H7729 [23SE]
Computers: transmission of information relative to abortion over computer information services (see H.R. 2272), H6026 [29JY]
———use, sale, and export of encryption products for privacy and security (see H.R. 695), H6026 [29JY]
Consumers: labeling system for apparel and sporting goods made without child labor (see H.R. 1301), H2680 [14MY]
———notification of additional fees for use of certain automatic teller machines utilizing a national or regional network (see H.R. 264), H1288 [21MR]
Contraceptives: require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and services under health insurance plans (see H.R. 2174), H8265 [30SE]
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 96), H1441 [10AP]
Courts: provide procedures for future adjustments of salaries of Federal judges (see H.R. 875), H7528 [17SE]
———repeal requirements on adjustments to judicial salaries (see H.R. 807), H3568 [5JN]
Credit unions: clarify laws relative to field of membership of Federal credit unions (see H.R. 1151), H6963 [5SE]
Crime: national policy to control juvenile crime and violence (see H.R. 1699), H3169 [21MY]
———protection from sexual predators (see H.R. 305), H6798 [3SE]
Dept. of Agriculture: establish equitable service for customers and equal opportunity for employees (see H.R. 2185), H6798 [3SE]
Dept. of Defense: repayment of student loans by students called to active duty (see H.R. 877), H700 [27FE]
Dept. of HUD: include VA loan recipients under requirement for notification of housing counseling (see H.R. 895), H1019 [13MR]
Dept. of the Interior: prohibit expenditures on mid-Atlantic coast offshore oil and gas lease sales (see H.R. 2555), H7910 [25SE]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize medical centers to retain funds collected for the provision of health services (see H.R. 1125), H1542 [15AP]
———improve programs providing counseling and treatment for sexual trauma experienced by veterans (see H.R. 2253), H5777 [24JY]
Diseases: coverage of prostate cancer screening and drug treatments under Medicare and Dept. of Veterans Affairs programs and expansion of research and education programs (see H.R. 383), H151 [9JA]
———efforts to prevent transmission of HIV (see H.R. 1219), H1288 [21MR]
———issue special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 407), H725 [4MR]
———issue special postage stamps to fund prostate cancer research (see H.R. 2545), H8633 [7OC]
———payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted HIV due to contaminated blood products (see H.R. 1023), H888 [11MR]
———treatments relative to the transmission of HIV (see H.R. 3072), H10954 [13NO]
Drugs: defer effective dates for approving certain drug applications (see H.R. 1727), H9730 [29OC]
———penalties relative to gamma y-hydroxybutyrate and ketamine hydrochloride (see H.R. 1530), H2168 [5MY]
Drunken driving: national minimum sentence for a person who operates a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol (see H.R. 982), H4836 [26JN]
———national standard to prohibit the operation of motor vehicles by intoxicated individuals (see H.R. 981), H5487 [17JY]
Ecology and environment: assist local governments and encourage State voluntary response programs relative to remediating brownfield sites (see H.R. 1120), H1185 [19MR]
———cleanup and redevelopment of brownfield sites (see H.R. 1049), H1262 [20MR]
———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), H7008 [8SE]
———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]
———negotiation of an international climate change agreement (see H. Con. Res. 106), H8265 [30SE]
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2248), H6918 [4SE]
Edison, Thomas A.: mint coins in commemoration of sesquicentennial of birth (see H.R. 678), H452 [11FE]
Education: State adoption of challenging academic standards in core curricula (see H. Res. 299), H9865 [31OC]
Emergency Commission To End the Trade Deficit: establish (see H.R. 2651), H8832 [9OC]
Employment: make parental leave for birth parents equitable to adoptive and foster parents (see H.R. 1573), H10956 [13NO]
———prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (see H.R. 1858), H3659 [10JN]
———prohibit discrimination on the basis of genetic information (see H.R. 2275), H10421 [8NO]
———provide for retirement savings and security (see H.R. 1130), H1186 [19MR]
Families and domestic relations: establish felony violations for failure to pay legal child support obligations (see H.R. 2503), H9801 [30OC]
Federal employees: computation system for Social Security benefits relative to spouses' and surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 2273), H7199 [10SE]
———delays in retirement cost-of-living adjustments (see H. Con. Res. 13), H1289 [21MR]
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]
Firearms: improve safety of handguns (see H.R. 1047), H3804 [16JN]
Flag—U.S.: express respect and affection (see H. Con. Res. 23), H890 [11MR]
Food: improve public health and food safety through enhanced enforcement (see H.R. 3070), H10954 [13NO]
Food stamps: modify certain eligibility disqualifications (see H.R. 1507), H5177 [11JY]
Government: coordinate Federal financial assistance programs (see H.R. 1480), H1988 [29AP]
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), H7830 [24SE]
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]
———establish a program for training in lifesaving first aid for individuals experiencing cardiac arrest (see H.R. 1679), H8300 [1OC]
———establish an educational program on the prevention and treatment of eating disorders (see H.R. 2006), H5297 [15JY]
———insurance coverage of bone mass measurements (see H.R. 2693), H9038 [22OC]
———prohibit restriction of certain medical communications between health care providers and their patients (see H.R. 586), H345 [5FE]
———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 820), H9730 [29OC]
———require the removal of silicone gel and saline breast implants and conduct chemical and industrial safety research (see H.R. 366), H151 [9JA]
———revise and extend bone marrow donation and transplantation program (see H.R. 2202), H5487 [17JY]
———revise and extend mammography quality standards programs (see H.R. 1289), H2157 [1MY]
———standardize relationships between group health plans and health insurers relative to enrollees, health professionals, and providers (see H.R. 1415), H8300 [1OC]
Higher Education Act: improve accountability and reform certain programs (see H.R. 2140), H5131 [10JY]
House of Representatives: implementation of Office Waste Recycling Program (see H. Res. 119), H2157 [1MY]
House Rules: limit admission of former Members to House floor and rooms in certain instances (see H. Res. 229), H7528 [17SE]
———permit disabled employees with the privilege of the House floor to use supporting services on the floor (see H. Res. 135), H1988 [29AP]
Hurston, Zora Neale: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 129), H6026 [29JY]
Immigration: modify qualifications for countries to be in the visa waiver pilot program (see H.R. 1880), H6918 [4SE]
Insurance: coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (see H.R. 815), H725 [4MR]
———coverage of reconstructive breast surgery resulting from mastectomies (see H.R. 164), H144 [9JA]
———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 306), H149 [9JA]
———require coverage of post-delivery follow-up care for certain mothers and newborns (see H.R. 2854), H10171 [6NO]
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1609), H2679 [14MY]
———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]
International Fund for Ireland: require that disbursements are distributed in compliance with the MacBride Principles (see H.R. 150), H1892 [24AP]
Interstate commerce: allow any State, territory, or possession to bring Federal court action relative to transportation of alcoholic beverages (see H.R. 1063), H8833 [9OC]
IRS: restructure (see H.R. 2292), H9801 [30OC]
Israel: anniversary of reunification of Jerusalem (see H. Con. Res. 60), H3569 [5JN]
———terrorist bombing in Jerusalem market (see H. Con. Res. 133), H6406 [30JY]
Italian Americans: prepare report detailing injustices suffered during World War II and acknowledgment of such injustices by the President (see H.R. 2090), H4834 [26JN]
Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1173), H3660 [10JN]
Little League Baseball Inc.: extend benefits and privileges available to nongovernmental international organizations (see H. Con. Res. 107), H8439 [6OC]
``Little Rock Nine'': award Congressional Gold Medals (see H.R. 2560), H8265 [30SE]
Marine resources: reauthorization of programs (see H.R. 437), H1339 [8AP]
Medicare: coverage of dental services (see H.R. 1288), H1612 [16AP]
———coverage of diabetes outpatient self-management training services and blood-testing strips (see H.R. 58), H68 [7JA], H140 [9JA]
———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services (see H.R. 1375), H1704 [17AP]
———coverage of screening mammography (see H.R. 417, 418), H812 [10MR], H1018 [13MR]
———demonstration project to provide coverage for cancer patients enrolled in certain clinical trials (see H.R. 1628), H2783 [15MY]
———protection of beneficiaries relative to enrollment in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 66), H8928 [21OC]
———reform (see H.R. 1165), H7365 [16SE]
———reimbursement for services provided to eligible veterans by certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities (see H.R. 1362), H1893 [24AP]
———reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see H.R. 192), H3797 [12JN]
———remove requirement of an x ray as a condition of coverage of chiropractic services (see H.R. 916), H2254 [6MY]
Mining and mineral resources: ensure receipt of a fair return for the extraction of locatable minerals on public domain lands (see H.R. 778), H2785 [15MY]
———reclamation of abandoned hardrock mines (see H.R. 780), H2785 [15MY]
Mother Teresa: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1650), H2873 [16MY]
Motor vehicles: titling and registration requirements relative to salvage, nonrepairable, and rebuilt vehicles (see H.R. 1839), H8054 [26SE]
NASA: tribute for successfully carrying out the Mars Pathfinder Mission (see H. Con. Res. 111), H7200 [10SE]
National cemeteries: penalties for theft and malicious vandalism (see H.R. 1532), H3660 [10JN]
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1716), H3865 [17JN]
National forests: ban clearcutting, protect native biodiversity, and designate certain Federal lands as Northwest Ancient Forests and roadless areas (see H.R. 1376), H1705 [17AP]
National Park Service: establish the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program (see H.R. 1635), H2783 [15MY]
National Sea Grant College Program: reauthorization (see H.R. 437), H1339 [8AP]
National security: threat to U.S. citizens and Government posed by armed militia and paramilitary groups (see H. Con. Res. 2), H155 [9JA]
NATO: recommend the integration of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania (see H. Con. Res. 10), H2157 [1MY]
Natural resources: recover fair market value for disposal of Federal natural assets (see H.R. 919), H724 [4MR]
NetDay96: tribute (see H. Res. 38), H1019 [13MR]
Nigeria: impose economic sanctions (see H.R. 1786), H3476 [4JN]
Northern Mariana Islands: labeling, minimum wage, and immigration requirements relative to textile industry (see H.R. 1450), H5021 [9JY]
Olympic games: holding of the 2004 summer games in Cape Town, South Africa (see H. Con. Res. 89), H3798 [12JN]
OPIC: reauthorize (see H.R. 2064), H6918 [4SE]
OPM: submit proposed legislation under which group universal life insurance and group variable universal life insurance would be available (see H.R. 2675), H9866 [31OC]
Political campaigns: constitutional amendment to limit expenditure of money to elect public officials (see H.J. Res. 9, 47), H407 [10FE], H629 [25FE]
———ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 600, 2183, 2199, 2777; H. Res. 236), H346 [5FE], H5486 [17JY], H7600 [18SE], H9502 [23OC], H9800 [30OC]
———prohibit use of soft money in Federal elections (see H.R. 1025), H7911 [25SE]
———require radio and television broadcasters to provide free time for political advertising (see H.R. 84), H5401 [16JY]
Postal Service: guidelines for renovation, relocation, closing, or consolidation of post offices (see H.R. 1231), H1893 [24AP]
Princess Diana (Wales): condolences on death in car accident in Paris (see H. Res. 219), H6917 [4SE]
Privacy: protection of Social Security numbers and other personal information (see H.R. 1813), H6918 [4SE]
Public lands: designate certain national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and wilderness areas in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming (see H.R. 1425), H3865 [17JN]
Public works: provide incentives for the creation of jobs and restoration of infrastructure (see H.R. 950), H767 [5MR]
———provide incentives for the creation of jobs and restoration of infrastructure, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 950), H1543 [15AP]
Racial relations: congressional role in eliminating racism (see H. Res. 138), H2091 [30AP]
Railway Labor Act: applicability to U.S. air carriers and flight crews during operations outside the U.S. (see H.R. 991), H8438 [6OC]
Remy, France: tribute to citizens relative to burial of Houston Braly (see H. Con. Res. 141), H6715 [1AU]
———tribute to fundraising efforts of 364th Fighter Group relative to restoration of stained glass windows (see H. Con. Res. 141), H6715 [1AU]
Robert F. Kennedy Dept. of Justice Building, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 1383), H2446 [8MY]
Ronald H. Brown Federal Building, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 29), H67 [7JA], H139 [9JA]
Roosevelt, Theodore: posthumous awarding of Medal of Honor (see H.R. 2263), H5825 [25JY]
Rudolph, Wilma G.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2717), H9501 [23OC]
Schools: establish a partnership to rebuild and modernize school facilities (see H.R. 1104), H1111 [18MR]
Securities: limit the conduct of securities class actions under State law (see H.R. 1689), H10768 [12NO]
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), H3798 [12JN]
Sinatra, Francis A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 279), H148 [9JA]
Smithsonian Institution: establish National African-American Museum (see H.R. 773), H4087 [19JN]
Social Security: earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 612), H347 [5FE]
Stewart, Jimmy: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 109), H5022 [9JY]
Taxation: allow individuals to designate percentage of their tax overpayments or to make contributions for units of the National Park System (see H.R. 755), H2091 [30AP]
———allowable credits and deductions in determining alternative minimum tax liability (see H.R. 2524), H9502 [23OC]
———credit for clinical testing of certain drugs for rare diseases or conditions (see H.R. 1169), H1340 [8AP]
———credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (see H.R. 1134), H3924 [18JN]
———deny employers a deduction for payments of excessive compensation (see H.R. 687), H10768 [12NO]
———determination of employment status of individuals as employees or independent contractors (see H.R. 2642), H9502 [23OC]
———encourage cleanup of brownfield sites and creation of empowerment zones and enterprise communities (see H.R. 505), H1340 [8AP]
———establish intercity passenger rail service trust fund (see H.R. 1437), H3204 [22MY]
———extend research and development tax credit (see H.R. 947), H767 [5MR]
———full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals (see H.R. 18), H5021 [9JY]
———repeal percentage depletion allowance for certain hardrock mines (see H.R. 779), H2785 [15MY]
———restore the deduction for two-earner married couples (see H.R. 2593), H9502 [23OC]
———retain alternative minimum tax (see H. Con. Res. 97), H4133 [20JN]
———treatment of advertising expenses for tobacco products (see H.R. 1323), H1541 [15AP]
———treatment of benefits given to former police and firefighters for heart and hypertension conditions (see H.R. 202), H1339 [8AP]
———treatment of capital losses on sale or exchange of a principal residence (see H.R. 535), H283 [4FE]
———treatment of distilled spirits (see H.R. 450), H169 [20JA]
———treatment of employer-provided and graduate level educational assistance (see H.R. 127), H2445 [8MY]
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), H8300 [1OC]
———repeal provisions that terminate the tax-exempt status of the Teacher's Insurance Annuity Association College Retirement Equities Fund, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 2527), H9730 [29OC]
Ted Weiss U.S. Courthouse, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 548), H804 [6MR]
Telecommunications: promote competition and privatization in satellite communications (see H.R. 1872), H10956 [13NO]
Tobacco products: application of domestic laws on labeling, advertising, and marketing to international sales (see H.R. 2135), H5487 [17JY]
———treatment of excise taxes relative to costs incurred by tobacco industry liability settlement (see H.R. 2387), H6963 [5SE]
Turkey: anniversary of the burning of Smyrna (see H. Con. Res. 148), H8929 [21OC]
21st Century Scholars Program: establish (see H.R. 777), H3797 [12JN]
Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1500), H2090 [30AP]
Veterans: authorize financial assistance for legal representation in Court of Veterans Appeals proceedings (see H.R. 1008), H1715 [21AP]
———expand range of criminal offenses resulting in forfeiture of benefits (see H.R. 1955), H4339 [24JN]
———minimum survivor annuities for unremarried surviving spouses of veterans who died prior to survivor benefit plan participation (see H.R. 38), H2254 [6MY]
———reinstate eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 2004), H6798 [3SE]
———rename Court of Veterans Appeals as Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (see H.R. 1089), H1340 [8AP]
Virgin Islands: anniversary of the emancipation of Africans held in slavery in the Danish West Indies (see H. Con. Res. 161), H8265 [30SE]
Water pollution: estuary conservation and management programs funding (see H.R. 2374), H6715 [1AU]
Weapons: restrict the use of funds for new deployments of antipersonnel landmines (see H.R. 2459), H7261 [11SE]
Women: celebrate and continue accomplishments of Title IX provisions relative to equity in women's educational and athletic opportunities (see H. Con. Res. 103), H4339 [24JN]
———comprehensive pension protection (see H.R. 766), H950 [12MR]
———constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 66), H1261 [20MR]
———establish offices of women's health within certain Federal agencies (see H.R. 920), H2590 [13MY]
———protection of reproductive rights (see H.R. 2525), H7729 [23SE]
———tribute to the inaugural season of U.S. women's professional basketball leagues (see H. Res. 173), H5401 [16JY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Children and youth: increase certain funding under Head Start Program (see H.R. 1373), H1704 [17AP]
———tribute to child care professionals (see H. Res. 279), H9502 [23OC]
Civil rights: provide improved remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 2023), H4338 [24JN]
Dept. of Defense: treatment of expenses for contractors who relocate due to cessation of military activities at the Stratford Army Engine Plant (see H.R. 463), H243 [21JA]
Dept. of Transportation: make direct loans and provide lines of credit to finance surface transportation projects (see H.R. 2330), H6703 [31JY]
Families and domestic relations: improve child care and family support services (see H.R. 1373, 2713), H1704 [17AP], H9501 [23OC]
Family and Medical Leave Act: provide coverage to employers with more than 20 employees (see H.R. 1373), H1704 [17AP]
Health: combat fraud relative to payments for health care services (see H.R. 2584), H8264 [30SE]
———prohibit discrimination in employer health benefit plans relative to neurobiological disorders (see H.R. 2110), H4912 [8JY]
———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (see H.R. 135), H143 [9JA]
Medicare: coverage of paramedic intercept ambulance support services (see H.R. 2153), H5177 [11JY]
National Infrastructure Development Corp.: establish (see H.R. 712, 713), H522 [12FE]
Richard C. Lee U.S. Courthouse, New Haven, CT: designate (see H.R. 2787), H9865 [31OC]
Roads and highways: increase number of State participants in the infrastructure bank pilot program (see H.R. 710), H522 [12FE]
Taxation: treatment of distributions from qualified retirement plans investing in public benefit bonds (see H.R. 711), H522 [12FE]
———treatment of income relative to imported properties from foreign corporations (see H.R. 1373), H1704 [17AP]
———treatment of tobacco products (see H.R. 3027), H10767 [12NO]
Tobacco products: prevent use by minors, reduce addiction levels, compensate Federal and State Governments for health costs, and enhance investments in biomedical and basic scientific research (see H.R. 3028), H10767 [12NO]
Letters
Partial-birth abortions, H1218 [20MR]
Motions
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2378), conference report, H8215 [30SE]
Eximbank: reauthorization (H.R. 1370), H8203 [30SE]
House of Representatives: adjournment, H7371 [17SE]
Pledge of Allegiance
House of Representatives, H7733 [24SE]
Proposals
Committee on House Oversight (House) investigation of voter irregularities in California's 46th Congressional District, H9807 [31OC]
Remarks
Abortion: performance at military medical facilities, H4059 [19JN]
———prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1122), H1218 [20MR]
———prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1122), consideration of Senate amendments (H. Res. 262), H8643 [8OC]
Agriculture: Federal crop insurance program reform, H5674 [24JY]
———prohibit coverage of tobacco by Federal crop insurance programs, H5695 [24JY]
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2160), H5375 [16JY], H5555 [22JY], H5674, H5695 [24JY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2160), consideration (H. Res. 193), H5657 [23JY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2160), motion to instruct conferees, H6759 [3SE]
Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations, H3667 [11JN]
———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), H2720 [15MY], H3080 [21MY], H3218 [3JN]
———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), conference report, H3290
———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), veto, H3638 [10JN]
———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1871), H3724 [12JN]
Armed Forces: investigation into sexual harassment and assault allegations, H7488 [17SE]
BIA: prohibit recognition of new Indian trust lands until binding agreements are reached by tribes on State and local sales taxes, H5233
Birth control: family participation in the decision of minors to seek family planning services from federally-funded clinics, H7073 [9SE]
Budget: balance, H1048 [18MR]
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), H4653, H4654 [26JN], H4845 [8JY], H4924, H5010 [9JY], H5030 [10JY], H5135 [11JY], H5308, H5382, H5394, H5395, H5396 [16JY], H5583 [23JY], H5669 [24JY]
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), conference report, H6302 [30JY], H6622, H6653 [31JY]
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), consideration (H. Res. 174), H4394 [25JN]
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), H4557, H4559, H4561, H4564, H4565 [25JN]
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), conference report, H6302 [30JY]
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), consideration (H. Res. 174), H4394 [25JN]
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), motion to instruct conferees, H5033 [10JY]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 84), H2999 [20MY], H3080 [21MY]
———submission of budget proposal by the President without budgetary contingencies (H. Res. 89), H916 [12MR]
Census: use of sampling to improve the accuracy of the decennial census, H8231, H8237
Children and youth: increase certain funding under Head Start Program (H.R. 1373), H8711, H8712, H8714 [8OC]
———provide health insurance for uninsured children, H676 [27FE], H715 [4MR], H729 [5MR], H772 [6MR], H819 [11MR], H953 [13MR], H4557, H4564 [25JN]
China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (H.J. Res. 79), H4249, H4284
Coburn, Representative: remarks relative to television broadcast of movie ``Schindler's List'', H633 [26FE]
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight (House): investigation of Federal election campaign fundraising and expenditure practices, H1191 [20MR], H1382 [9AP]
Committee on House Oversight (House): investigation of voter irregularities in California's 46th Congressional District, H5876 [28JY], H5998, H6000, H6001, H6002 [29JY], H8168 [30SE], H9805, H9807 [31OC], H10109 [6NO]
Committees of the House: authorizing expenditures (H. Res. 91), H1276 [21MR]
Congress: adjournment (H. Con. Res. 108), consideration (H. Res. 176), H4653, H4654 [26JN]
Corp. for Public Broadcasting: funding, H7207, H7209, H7210 [11SE]
Democratic Party: national agenda, H1346 [9AP], H2779 [15MY]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing military activities appropriations and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1119), H4059 [19JN]
Dept. of Education: establish block grants for local educational agencies, H7389
———national testing standards, H7328 [16SE]
Dept. of HHS: Drug Needle Exchange Program funding, H7223 [11SE]
Dept. of State and related agencies: authorizing appropriations and consolidating certain agencies (H.R. 1757), H3494
———authorizing appropriations and consolidating certain agencies (H.R. 1757), consideration (H. Res. 159), H3290
———authorizing appropriations and consolidating certain agencies (H.R. 1757), motion to instruct conferees, H8276 [1OC]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2107), H5144, H5168
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2378), H7471 [17SE]
Dept. of Transportation: make direct loans and provide lines of credit to finance surface transportation projects (H.R. 2330), E1617
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2267), H7798 [24SE], H7866 [25SE], H8010 [26SE], H8231, H8237
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2264), H6863, H6886, H6887 [4SE], H6938 [5SE], H6988 [8SE], H7073 [9SE], H7124, H7167 [10SE], H7205, H7207, H7209, H7210, H7223 [11SE], H7328 [16SE], H7371, H7375
District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 2607), H8452 [7OC]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2607), consideration (H. Res. 264), H8735 [9OC]
———scholarship vouchers to provide school choice, H8452 [7OC], H8638 [8OC], H9733 [30OC]
Dornan, Robert K.: limit admission to House floor and rooms (H. Res. 233), H7534 [18SE]
Durham Manufacturing Co.: anniversary, E1682
Education: direct funding to local educational agencies, H7371 [17SE]
———national policy to improve system, H290 [5FE], H458 [12FE], H3173 [22MY], H6804 [4SE], H6924 [5SE], H7124, H7167 [10SE], H7205 [11SE], H7493, H7494, H7495 [17SE], H8638 [8OC]
———school construction and infrastructure improvements funding, H8638 [8OC]
———special education funding through rescissions in OSHA funding, H6988 [8SE]
———voucher program to provide school choice, H10773 [13NO]
Employment: provide compensatory time for all employees (H.R. 1), H1148 [19MR]
———provide compensatory time for all employees (H.R. 1), consideration (H. Res. 99), H1120 [19MR]
———treatment of former welfare recipients relative to income and workplace protection, H3904 [18JN]
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2203), conference report, H8178 [30SE]
Fair Haven, CT: anniversary of Atwater Senior Center, E411
Families and domestic relations: improve child care and family support services (H.R. 1373), H8711, H8712, H8714 [8OC]
———promote the adoption of children in foster care (H.R. 867), H2022 [30AP]
FDA: Youth Anti-Smoking Initiative Enforcement and Outreach Program funding, H5657 [23JY], H6759 [3SE]
Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: coverage of abortion procedures, H7471 [17SE]
Foreign aid: international family planning programs (H.J. Res. 36), H534 [13FE]
———international family planning programs restrictions relative to abortion, H3494
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2159), H6838 [4SE]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2159), motion to instruct conferees, H8504 [7OC]
Gingrich, Representative: reimbursement to House of Representatives for ethics investigation expenses, H1623 [17AP]
Government regulations: reduce Federal paperwork burden (H.R. 852), consideration (H. Res. 88), H993 [13MR]
Grazioso, Frank: Sons of Italy Citizen of the Year award recipient, E397
Health: combat fraud relative to payments for health care services (H.R. 2584), E1920
———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (H.R. 135), H8981 [22OC], E43
Hermandad Mexicana Nacional (organization): filing of criminal charges by the U.S. Attorney in California for failure to comply with a subpoena relative to contested election (H. Res. 244), H8257 [30SE]
House Rules: consideration of motions to suspend the rules and pass certain legislation (H. Res. 107), H1351 [9AP]
———consideration of motions to suspend the rules and pass certain legislation (H. Res. 112), H1553 [16AP]
Housing: deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs and increase community control over such programs (H.R. 2), H2047 [30AP], H2131 [1MY]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: funding through rescissions in the Dept. of Labor wage and hour enforcement division, H6938 [5SE]
Insurance: coverage of reconstructive breast surgery resulting from mastectomies (H.R. 164), H8981 [22OC]
Iovanne, E. William: American Committee on Italian Migration Community Service Award recipient, E402
Journal: question of approval, H2095 [1MY], H2356 [8MY]
Latino Youth Development, Inc.: anniversary, E2370
Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 2209), H5876 [28JY]
Lorusso, Ann M.: American Committee on Italian Migration Community Service Award recipient, E402
LSC: funding, H7866 [25SE]
McNamara, Julia: New Haven Colony Historical Society Seal of the City Award recipient, E1686
Medicare: age eligibility requirements, H5033 [10JY]
———reform, H1394 [10AP], H4559, H4561 [25JN]
Milford, CT: Point Beach Project funding, H8178 [30SE]
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month: observance, H8981 [22OC]
National Endowment for the Arts: replace funding with block grants to States, H5144 [11JY]
National Endowment for the Humanities: funding, H5168
National Infrastructure Development Corp.: establish (H.R. 712), H513 [12FE]
———establish (H.R. 713), H513 [12FE]
National Park Service: establish the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program (H.R. 1635), E962
NATO: ensure enlargement is consistent with U.S. interests, strengthens relations with Russia, and preserve prerogatives of arms control agreements (H.R. 1758), consideration (H. Res. 159), H3290
Northern Mariana Islands: Federal Victims' Assistance Program funding, H7798 [24SE]
Orange, CT: anniversary, E1278
Persian Gulf Conflict: adjudication and payment of certain claims by veterans against Iraq, H8276 [1OC]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits, H993 [13MR], H1080, H1081, H1082 [18MR], H1114 [19MR], H1351, H1382 [9AP], H7613 [23SE], H7737 [24SE], H7839 [25SE], H8027 [26SE], H10773 [13NO]
Political ethics: campaign contributions by tobacco interests, H6723 [3SE]
Princess Diana (Wales): condolences on death in car accident in Paris (H. Res. 219), H6902 [4SE]
Public housing: prohibit eviction of families relative to community work requirements, H2131 [1MY]
Public welfare programs: reform, H6886, H6887 [4SE]
Richard C. Lee U.S. Courthouse, New Haven, CT: designate (H.R. 2787), E2161
Roads and highways: increase number of State participants in the infrastructure bank pilot program (H.R. 710), H513 [12FE]
Sage Services (organization): anniversary, E403
Schools: establish a partnership to rebuild and modernize school facilities (H.R. 1104), H7001, H7002, H7003, H7004 [8SE]
Taxation: alternative minimum tax, H3870 [18JN]
———capital gains rates, H1394 [10AP], H1547 [16AP], H2796 [16MY]
———child tax credit, H5135 [11JY], H5193 [15JY], H6622 [31JY]
———constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (H.J. Res. 62), consideration (H. Res. 113), H1478 [15AP]
———definition of income levels impacted by proposed tax cuts, H5583 [23JY]
———promote construction and rehabilitation of public schools by increasing the volume cap on certain bonds, H9072 [23OC]
———rates, H2796 [16MY], H2999 [20MY], H3809, H3836, H3837, H3838, H3839, H3840 [17JN], H3870, H3893, H3904 [18JN], H3933 [19JN], H4090 [20JN], H4226, H4229, H4315, H4316, H4319 [24JN], H4653 [26JN], H4845 [8JY], H4924, H5010 [9JY], H5030 [10JY], H5193 [15JY], H5308, H5382, H5394, H5395, H5396 [16JY], H5583 [23JY], H5669 [24JY], H6653 [31JY]
———repeal estate tax, H1547 [16AP]
———treatment of distributions from qualified retirement plans investing in public benefit bonds (H.R. 711), H513 [12FE]
———treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R. 2646), H9072 [23OC]
———treatment of higher education expenses, H6622 [31JY]
Tirozzi, Gerald N.: Farnam Neighborhood House Community Service Award recipient, E847
Tobacco products: prevent use by minors, reduce addiction levels, compensate Federal and State Governments for health costs, and enhance investments in biomedical and basic scientific research (H.R. 3028), E2376
———prohibit use of Federal funds to promote sale or export to foreign countries, H8010 [26SE]
———treatment of excise taxes relative to costs incurred by tobacco industry liability settlement, H7375
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America: anniversary of Local 210, E1684
WIC: funding, H2009 [30AP], H2098 [1MY], H2260 [7MY], H2355 [8MY], H2496 [13MY], H2685, H2720, H2779 [15MY], H3080 [21MY], H5555 [22JY], H5674 [24JY], E854
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H521 [12FE], H1986 [29AP], H2782 [15MY], H3922 [18JN], H7526 [17SE], H9035 [22OC], H9728 [29OC]
Tributes
Argento, Pasquale and Theresa, E1633
Brown, Ronald H., E561
Carroll, Frank J., E1345
Cozza, Carmen, E407
DeMarco, Vito S., E2180
DiLieto, Biagio, E2362
Handley, Jean, E399
Kingston, John, E437
McKinney, Stewart B., H2335
Shriver, Timothy, E399
Walsh-Cuasano, Anna, E411