HOUGHTON, AMO (a Representative from New York)
Appointments
Canada-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, H1002 [13MR]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Angola: condemn military intervention in the Republic of the Congo (see H. Res. 273), H9502 [23OC]
Balanced Budget Act: disapproval of line-item veto of certain Medicaid provisions (see H.R. 2436), H7730 [23SE]
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1), H287 [4FE]
———establish a budget reserve account for emergencies (see H.R. 457), H1018 [13MR]
———reform process (see H.R. 1372), H1704 [17AP]
———reform process and enforce the bipartisan balanced budget agreement (see H.R. 2003), H5487 [17JY]
Business and industry: improve and expand employee health care programs (see H.R. 1515), H2155 [1MY]
Carl B. Stokes U.S. Courthouse, Cleveland, OH: designate (see H.R. 643), H393 [6FE]
Clean Air Act: reduce acid deposition (see H.R. 2365), H9559 [24OC]
Computers: examination and disclosure of certain source codes, programs and software (see H.R. 2657), H8832 [9OC]
———use, sale, and export of encryption products for privacy and security (see H.R. 695), H3169 [21MY]
Congo, Republic of the: outbreak of violence and threat to scheduled elections and constitutional government (see H. Res. 175), H4646 [25JN]
Courts: access relative to Federal agency actions and State laws (see H.R. 1534), H8054 [26SE]
Dept. of Agriculture: establish temporary emergency minimum milk prices (see H. Res. 224), H7528 [17SE]
———increase milk marketing orders' basic formula price (see H.R. 2388), H7604 [22SE]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize medical centers to retain funds collected for the provision of health services (see H.R. 1125), H1186 [19MR]
———develop plan for allocation of health care resources (see H.R. 1077), H1018 [13MR]
———funding for medical care programs (see H.R. 1156), H1258 [20MR]
———improve allocation of health care resources (see H.R. 1580), H5177 [11JY]
———revise process by which State housing construction grants are administered (see H.R. 1291), H1438 [10AP]
Diseases: payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted HIV due to contaminated blood products (see H.R. 1023), H10421 [8NO]
———research programs for Parkinson's disease (see H.R. 1260), H9502 [23OC]
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2248), H7008 [8SE]
Edison, Thomas A.: mint coins in commemoration of sesquicentennial of birth (see H.R. 678), H6706 [31JY]
Electric power: provide for retail competition among suppliers (see H.R. 338), H150 [9JA]
Employment: provide an exemption of overtime compensation for certain firefighters and rescue squad members (see H.R. 94), H10768 [12NO]
Explosives: Federal permit requirements for distribution or receipt of explosives (see H.R. 989), H3660 [10JN]
Families and domestic relations: promote the adoption of children in foster care (see H.R. 867), H1707 [17AP]
Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 54), H1262 [20MR]
Foreign policy: authorize trade and investment policy relative to sub-Saharan Africa (see H.R. 1432), H1890 [24AP]
Foreign trade: authorize a trade agreement with Northern Ireland and certain border counties in Ireland (see H.R. 1181), H4913 [8JY]
———identify countries that deny market access for U.S. agricultural products (see H.R. 2596), H9502 [23OC]
Guatemala: tribute to success of recent peace negotiations (see H. Con. Res. 17), H407 [10FE]
Health: prohibit restriction of certain medical communications between health care providers and their patients (see H.R. 586), H345 [5FE]
———revise and extend bone marrow donation and transplantation program (see H.R. 2202), H7365 [16SE]
Hope, Bob: confer honorary Armed Forces veteran status (see H.J. Res. 75), H2090 [30AP]
House of Representatives: authorize participation in State and local government transit programs (see H. Res. 37), H5778 [24JY]
Immigration: arrival and departure requirements for Canadian citizens relative to automated entry and exit control systems (see H.R. 2481, 2955), H7831 [24SE], H10420 [8NO]
———modify requirements for the implementation of entry and exit control systems (see H.R. 2920), H10421 [8NO]
———requirements for Canadian border boat landing permits (see H.R. 2551), H7910 [25SE]
Independent Commission on Campaign Finance Reform: establish (see H.R. 1614), H2679 [14MY]
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1609), H4087 [19JN]
IRS: restrict the authority to examine books and witnesses for purposes of tax administration (see H.R. 2563), H8054 [26SE]
———restructure (see H.R. 2292), H8265 [30SE]
Medicaid: waiver of enrollment composition rule relative to certain HMO's (see H.R. 1610), H2679 [14MY]
Medicare: bone mass measurements (see H.R. 1002), H1795 [23AP]
———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services (see H.R. 1375), H2875 [16MY]
———improve health services to rural areas (see H.R. 554), H284 [4FE]
———improve preventive care benefits (see H.R. 15), H524 [12FE]
———provide coverage through qualified provider-sponsored organizations (see H.R. 475), H286 [4FE]
———provide for an increase in update for certain hospitals with a high proportion of patients (see H.R. 1673), H3069 [20MY]
Medicare/Medicaid: coverage of long-term care services (see H.R. 1464), H2255 [6MY]
Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (see H.J. Res. 2), H154 [9JA]
Mother Teresa: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1650), H2873 [16MY]
National cemeteries: penalties for theft and malicious vandalism (see H.R. 1532), H3568 [5JN]
National Mammography Day: support goals (see H. Res. 235), H7600 [18SE]
National Park Service: establish the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program (see H.R. 1635), H5401 [16JY]
New York: waiver of certain health care provider tax provisions under Medicaid (see H.R. 2437), H7730 [23SE]
Nigeria: impose economic sanctions (see H.R. 1786), H3476 [4JN]
Olympic games: holding of the 2004 summer games in Cape Town, South Africa (see H. Con. Res. 89), H3661 [10JN]
OPIC: reauthorize (see H.R. 2064), H4914 [8JY]
Oscar Garcia Rivera Post Office Building, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 282), H3865 [17JN]
Patent and Trademark Office: convert to Government corporation, improve application process, and protect U.S. inventors (see H.R. 400), H889 [11MR]
Postal Service: guidelines for renovation, relocation, closing, or consolidation of post offices (see H.R. 1231), H1893 [24AP]
Roads and highways: designate Interstate 86 from New York to Pennsylvania (see H.R. 2054), H4646 [25JN]
Robert F. Kennedy Dept. of Justice Building, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 1383), H1705 [17AP]
Securities: limit the conduct of securities class actions under State law (see H.R. 1689), H8633 [7OC]
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), H3477 [4JN]
Sinatra, Francis A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 279), H669 [26FE]
Small business: provide regulatory assistance (see H.R. 96), H3865 [17JN]
Social Security: allow personal retirement savings plans (see H.R. 3082), H10955 [13NO]
Taxation: application of the alternative minimum tax to installment sales of farm property (see H.R. 426), H2445 [8MY]
———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]
———exclude gain or loss from the sale of livestock from the computation of capital gains relative to the earned income credit (see H.R. 1800), H3566 [5JN]
———extend research and development tax credit (see H.R. 947), H767 [5MR]
———increase State cap on private activity bonds (see H.R. 979), H803 [6MR]
———modify the application of pension nondiscrimination rules to governmental plans (see H.R. 1740), H3202 [22MY]
———reduce rates for certain wines (see H.R. 1612), H2679 [14MY]
———repeal the limitation on the amount of receipts attributable to military property which may be treated as exempt foreign trade income (see H.R. 1037), H2446 [8MY]
———restore deduction for lobbying expenses in connection with State legislation (see H.R. 532), H2254 [6MY]
———restore the deduction for two-earner married couples (see H.R. 2593), H8299 [1OC]
———tax credit for investment in the revitalization of communities (see H.R. 465), H2156 [1MY]
———treatment of computer software exports (see H.R. 143), H589 [13FE]
———treatment of contributions of computer technology and equipment to elementary or secondary schools (see H.R. 1153), H1340 [8AP]
———treatment of distilled spirits (see H.R. 450), H1112 [18MR]
———treatment of draft cider (see H.R. 159), H2156 [1MY]
———treatment of employee benefits for staffing firms (see H.R. 1891), H8834 [9OC]
———treatment of employer-provided and graduate level educational assistance (see H.R. 127), H143 [9JA]
———treatment of estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 1299), H1893 [24AP]
———treatment of income tax returns relative to Presidentially declared disaster areas (see H.R. 1434), H2446 [8MY]
———treatment of individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 446), H1261 [20MR]
———treatment of property used to control environmental pollution and soil and water conservation expenditures (see H.R. 1164), H1258 [20MR]
———treatment of real estate investment trusts (see H.R. 1150), H1258 [20MR]
———workmen's compensation relative to certain personal liability assignments (see H.R. 1509), H2155 [1MY]
Taxpayer Relief Act: restore and modify provisions relative to tax relief for agricultural production facilities sold to farmer cooperatives (see H.R. 2513), H7728 [23SE]
Textile industry and fabrics: ensure competitiveness of industry (see H.R. 1504), H2090 [30AP]
Timber: treatment of certain activities as noncounteravailable (see H.R. 1526), H2446 [8MY]
Transportation: funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs (see H.R. 2400), H7911 [25SE]
U.N.: authorize payment of U.S. arrearages and contributions for U.N. peacekeeping activities (see H.R. 299), H149 [9JA]
Veterans: benefit eligibility for certain service in the military forces of the Philippines (see H.R. 836), H7365 [16SE]
World Summit for Children: implementation of plan of action (see H.R. 1427), H1794 [23AP]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Business and industry: assist in development of microenterprises (see H.R. 1129), H1186 [19MR]
Children and youth: establish child retirement accounts (see H.R. 194), H145 [9JA]
Medicare: improve quality and cost-effectiveness of telemedicine and medical informatic networks (see H.R. 1101), H1111 [18MR]
Nicaragua: tribute on the occasion of democratic elections (see H. Con. Res. 18), H453 [11FE]
Sierra Leone: condemn military coup d'etat (see H. Con. Res. 99), H3804 [16JN]
Taxation: application of tax laws to U.S. businesses operating abroad (see H.R. 1783), H3476 [4JN]
———disregard certain amounts of capital expenditures in applying limits on certain bonds (see H.R. 2714), H9501 [23OC]
———establish estate tax credit for certain employees of international organizations equivalent to the limited marital deduction (see H.R. 763), H586 [13FE]
———exclusion of gross estate taxes of a decedent relative to certain land subject to qualified conservation easements (see H.R. 195), H145 [9JA]
———extend the work opportunity credit (see H.R. 1729), H3202 [22MY]
———limit applicability of the generation-skipping transfer tax (see H.R. 196, 531), H145 [9JA], H283 [4FE]
———permanent extension of the transition rule for certain publicly traded partnerships (see H.R. 1443), H1890 [24AP]
———promote the granting of incentive stock options to nonhighly compensated employees (see H.R. 2788), H9865 [31OC]
———repeal cap on outstanding tax-exempt bonds for certain nonprofit organizations (see H.R. 197), H145 [9JA]
Biographies
Darling, Arthur P. (Pete), E999
Remarks
Birth control: family participation in the decision of minors to seek family planning services from federally-funded clinics, H7069 [9SE]
Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), conference report, H6657
Business and industry: assist in development of microenterprises (H.R. 1129), E517
Christopher, Warren: tribute (S. Con. Res. 4), H735 [5MR]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2107), consideration (H. Res. 181), H5053 [10JY]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2264), H7069 [9SE]
Eximbank: reauthorization (H.R. 1370), H8193 [30SE]
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2159), H6731 [3SE]
Foreign trade: requirements relative to termination of sanctions against Serbia, H6731 [3SE]
Hershey, PA: bipartisan congressional conference, H1162 [19MR]
National Endowment for the Arts: funding, H5053 [10JY]
Nicaragua: tribute on the occasion of democratic elections (H. Con. Res. 18), H733 [5MR], E215
Point of order, H6731 [3SE]
Sierra Leone: condemn military coup d'etat (H. Con. Res. 99), H5516 [22JY], E1215
Taxation: application of tax laws to U.S. businesses operating abroad, H6657
———application of tax laws to U.S. businesses operating abroad (H.R. 1783), E1103
———extend the work opportunity credit (H.R. 1729), E1058
———limit applicability of the generation-skipping transfer tax (H.R. 531), E1135
———permanent extension of the transition rule for certain publicly traded partnerships (H.R. 1443), E744
———promote the granting of incentive stock options to nonhighly compensated employees (H.R. 2788), E2151
———rates, H6657
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H7005 [8SE], H9499 [23OC]
Special order: granted, H1109 [18MR], H6701 [31JY]
Tributes
Darling, Arthur P. (Pete), E998
Fish, Hamilton, Jr., E1483