HALL, TONY P. (a Representative from Ohio)
Addresses
Awarding of Nobel Peace Prize to Jose Ramos-Horta and Carlos F.X. Belo: Carlos F.X. Belo, E331
Amendments
Dept. of Defense: authorizing military activities appropriations and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1119), H4201 [23JN]
Dept. of State and related agencies: authorizing appropriations and consolidating certain agencies (H.R. 1757), H3627 [10JN]
Education: improve and expand charter schools (H.R. 2616), consideration (H. Res. 288), H9817 [31OC]
———voucher program to provide school choice (H.R. 2746), consideration (H. Res. 288), H9817 [31OC]
Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 2209), consideration (H. Res. 197), H5791 [25JY]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 929), H766 [5MR]
Alaska: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 900), H701 [27FE]
Army: close School of the Americas (see H.R. 611), H347 [5FE]
Business and industry: assist in development of microenterprises (see H.R. 1129), H1186 [19MR]
Capitol Building and Grounds: use of the rotunda for a ceremony honoring Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew (see H. Con. Res. 134), H6919 [4SE]
Children and youth: funding for health, nutrition, education, and child care for infants and toddlers (see H. Res. 131), H1891 [24AP]
Coins: issue one dollar coin (see H.R. 1174), H4647 [25JN]
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty: ratification (see H. Res. 241), H7729 [23SE]
Computers: regulate the transmission of unsolicited commercial electronic mail (see H.R. 1748), H3720 [11JN]
———use, sale, and export of encryption products for privacy and security (see H.R. 695), H6026 [29JY]
Copyrights: prevent the misappropriation of collections of information (see H.R. 2652), H9615 [28OC]
Cuba: exception to trade embargo for food, medicines and medical supplies, instruments, or equipment (see H.R. 1951), H3923 [18JN]
Dept. of Defense: allow military health care system beneficiaries the option to enroll in Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (see H.R. 76), H1261 [20MR]
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), H286 [4FE]
———issue special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 407), H152 [9JA]
———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), H3660 [10JN]
Douglas Applegate Post Office, Steubenville, OH: designate (see H.R. 2129), H5826 [25JY]
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: role in character development and teaching of moral values (see H. Con. Res. 127), H5916 [28JY]
FAA: foreign repair station rules (see H.R. 145), H143 [9JA]
Federal employees: 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), H629 [25FE]
Federal firefighters: hourly and overtime pay rates and pay equity with other civil service employees and public sector firefighters (see H.R. 1166), H1441 [10AP]
Food stamps: modify certain eligibility disqualifications (see H.R. 1507), H2090 [30AP]
Foreign policy: authorize trade and investment policy relative to sub-Saharan Africa (see H.R. 1432), H1890 [24AP]
Grant's Tomb National Monument, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 546), H284 [4FE]
Harold Hughes-Bill Emerson Commission on Alcoholism: establish (see H.R. 1549), H2446 [8MY]
Health: apply group health plan portability requirements to students covered under college-sponsored health plans (see H.R. 1281), H2351 [7MY]
———revise and extend bone marrow donation and transplantation program (see H.R. 2202), H5487 [17JY]
———standardize relationships between group health plans and health insurers relative to enrollees, health professionals, and providers (see H.R. 1415), H1793 [23AP]
Homeless: protection of voting rights (see H.R. 74), H69 [7JA], H141 [9JA]
Hope, Bob: confer honorary Armed Forces veteran status (see H.J. Res. 75), H2785 [15MY]
House of Representatives: allow Members to hire employees from welfare rolls relative to application towards welfare participation rates in home jurisdiction (see H.R. 1046), H2590 [13MY]
Indonesia: limit military assistance and arms transfers (see H.R. 1132), H1186 [19MR]
Insurance: prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 306), H10421 [8NO]
———protect personal privacy rights of customers and claimants (see H.R. 1029), H3865 [17JN]
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]
Karl Bernal Post Office Building, Painesville, OH: designate (see H.R. 2766), H9729 [29OC]
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]
Medicaid: coverage of community-based attendant services (see H.R. 2020), H7830 [24SE]
Medicare: 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 multiple sclerosis drug treatments (see H.R. 1329), H3924 [18JN]
———eliminate time limitation on benefits for immunosuppressive drugs (see H.R. 1061), H4647 [25JN]
———hospice care reform (see H.R. 521), H283 [4FE]
———improve preventive care benefits (see H.R. 15), H524 [12FE]
———multiple sclerosis drug treatments (see H.R. 1018), H3660 [10JN]
———reimbursement for services provided to eligible veterans by certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities (see H.R. 1362), H2157 [1MY]
———reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see H.R. 192, 414), H286 [4FE]
———remove requirement of an x ray as a condition of coverage of chiropractic services (see H.R. 916), H1340 [8AP]
Mother Teresa: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1650), H2873 [16MY]
———condolences on death (see H. Res. 226), H7263 [11SE]
Motor vehicles: average fuel economy standards for automobiles (see H.R. 880), H3169 [21MY]
———titling and registration requirements relative to salvage, nonrepairable, and rebuilt vehicles (see H.R. 1839), H7528 [17SE]
National cemeteries: penalties for theft and malicious vandalism (see H.R. 1532), H3274 [3JN]
National Park Service: establish the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program (see H.R. 1635), H5401 [16JY]
Nigeria: condemn treatment of U.S. Ambassador Walter Carrington (see H. Res. 260), H8438 [6OC]
Office of Religious Persecution Monitoring: establish (see H.R. 1685, 2431), H3069 [20MY], H7008 [8SE]
Organ donors: establish congressional commemorative medal (see H.R. 1505), H2090 [30AP]
Pensions: exclude the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund from the Federal budget (see H.R. 107), H285 [4FE]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 600), H346 [5FE]
Public Health Service: establish pediatric research initiative (see H.R. 1883), H3924 [18JN]
Public Health Service Act: improve research of children's health (see H.R. 1451), H1891 [24AP]
Puerto Rico: self-determination (see H.R. 856), H699 [27FE]
Religion: protect certain charitable contributions (see H.R. 2604), H8320 [2OC]
Robinson, Jackie: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1335), H2091 [30AP]
Russia: proliferation of nuclear missile technology to Iran (see H. Con. Res. 121), H6707 [31JY]
Sierra Leone: condemn military coup d'etat (see H. Con. Res. 99), H3804 [16JN]
Sinatra, Francis A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 279), H1289 [21MR]
Social Security: earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 612), H347 [5FE]
Stewart, Jimmy: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 109), H4913 [8JY]
Taxation: require burden of proof to be on the Dept. of the Treasury in all tax cases (see H.R. 367), H5021 [9JY]
Turkey: protection and continued livelihood of the Eastern Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarchate (see H. Con. Res. 6), H245 [21JA]
Veterans: benefit eligibility for certain service in the military forces of the Philippines (see H.R. 836), H4836 [26JN]
———extend eligibility period for inpatient or outpatient care to those exposed to toxic substances, radiation, or environmental hazards (see H.R. 466), H702 [27FE]
———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 65, 303), H285, H286 [4FE]
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]
Western Sahara: self-determination referendum (see H. Res. 245), H8834 [9OC]
World Summit for Children: implementation of plan of action (see H.R. 1427), H1794 [23AP]
Bills and resolutions introduced
African Americans: official apology for those who suffered as slaves (see H. Con. Res. 96), H3797 [12JN]
Aviation: establish a commission to assist in commemoration of the centennial of powered flight and the achievements of the Wright Brothers (see H.R. 2305), H6406 [30JY]
Education: establish the Bill Emerson and Mickey Leland memorial fellowship programs (see H.R. 3031), H10767 [12NO]
Indonesia: support for peace process in East Timor (see H. Res. 45), H407 [10FE]
Nobel Prize: recognition of Carlos F.X. Belo and Jose Ramos-Horta for peace (see H. Res. 45), H407 [10FE]
Public welfare programs: establish asset-based welfare policies (see H.R. 2849), H10171 [6NO]
Taxation: treatment of charitable donation of food by businesses and farmers (see H.R. 2450), H7199 [10SE]
Explanations
Previous question vote—what it means, H3283 [4JN], H5790 [25JY]
Pledge of Allegiance
House of Representatives, H3926 [19JN]
Remarks
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1122), consideration (H. Res. 100), H1195 [20MR]
African Americans: official apology for those who suffered as slaves (H. Con. Res. 96), H3722 [12JN], H3890 [18JN]
Agriculture: reform, extend, and repeal certain agricultural research, extension, and education programs (H.R. 2534), H10369 [8NO]
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2160), H5690 [24JY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2160), consideration (H. Res. 193), H5652, H5659, H5660 [23JY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2160), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 232), H8384 [6OC]
Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), H2721
———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), consideration (H. Res. 146), H2608
Aviation: establish a commission to assist in commemoration of the centennial of powered flight and the achievements of the Wright Brothers (H.R. 2305), H6303 [30JY]
California: pilot project in the Plumas, Lassen, and Tahoe National Forests to demonstrate resource management activity effectiveness (H.R. 858), consideration (H. Res. 180), H4925 [9JY]
Census: use of sampling to improve the accuracy of the decennial census, H10909 [13NO]
Committee on House Oversight (House): funding to conduct investigation into labor unions and practices, H5784 [25JY]
Dept. of Defense: making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 2016), consideration (H. Res. 178), H4875 [8JY]
Dept. of Energy: standardize requirements for public notification and participation in decisionmaking process (H.R. 649), H828 [11MR]
Dept. of State and related agencies: authorizing appropriations and consolidating certain agencies (H.R. 1757), H3628 [10JN]
———authorizing appropriations and consolidating certain agencies (H.R. 1757), consideration (H. Res. 159), H3282, H3283, H3284 [4JN]
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2378), E1710
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2267), consideration (H. Res. 239), H7756 [24SE]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2267), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 330), H10909 [13NO]
Education: improve and expand charter schools (H.R. 2616), consideration (H. Res. 288), H9817, H9832 [31OC]
———voucher program to provide school choice (H.R. 2746), consideration (H. Res. 288), H9817, H9832 [31OC]
Employment: consolidate Federal job training programs (H.R. 1385), consideration (H. Res. 150), H2797 [16MY]
Families and domestic relations: promote the adoption of children in foster care (H.R. 867), consideration (H. Res. 134), H2014 [30AP]
Food stamps: funding, H5652 [23JY]
Foreign aid: international family planning programs (H.J. Res. 36), H545 [13FE]
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2159), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 323), H10667 [12NO]
Government regulations: reduce Federal paperwork burden (H.R. 852), consideration (H. Res. 88), H990 [13MR]
Hazardous substances: nuclear waste disposal (H.R. 1270), consideration (H. Res. 283), H9632, H9637 [29OC]
Indonesia: human rights violations in East Timor, H3628 [10JN]
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of: limit aid to food assistance distributed by the U.N. or other certified organizations, H5690 [24JY]
Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 2209), consideration (H. Res. 197), H5784, H5790 [25JY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2209), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 238), H7742, H7744 [24SE]
Monuments and memorials: prohibit establishment of any national monument without an express act of Congress and the concurrence of the Governor and State legislature (H.R. 1127), consideration (H. Res. 256), H8280, H8284 [1OC]
NASA: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1275), consideration (H. Res. 128), H1803 [24AP]
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), H3282, H3283, H3284 [4JN]
Nobel Prize: recognition of Carlos F.X. Belo and Jose Ramos-Horta for peace, E331
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits, H7744 [24SE]
Postal Service: expansion of Global Package Line Service, E1710
Sierra Leone: condemn military coup d'etat (H. Con. Res. 99), E1251
Taxation: treatment of charitable donation of food by businesses and farmers (H.R. 2450), E1700
Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact: consent (H.R. 629), consideration (H. Res. 258), H8513 [7OC]
Votes: position on missed, H7231
WIC: funding, H2608
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H3922 [18JN]
Texts of
H.R. 2450, Good Samaritan Tax Act, E1700
Tributes
Capps, Walter H., H9792
Emerson, Bill, H3927 [19JN]