MATSUI, ROBERT T. (a Representative from California)
Amendments
Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), H4394 [25JN]
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), H4394 [25JN]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 2014, Taxpayer Relief Act, H5048 [10JY]
Official Advisors for International Conference Meetings and Negotiation Sessions on Trade Agreements, H395 [10FE]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: provide freedom of choice to military personnel serving overseas (see H.R. 411), H2445 [8MY]
Air pollution: application of California State regulations relative to reformulated gasoline in certain areas (see H.R. 630), H5021 [9JY]
Alaska: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 900), H701 [27FE]
Anderson, Marian: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 864), H6798 [3SE]
Animals: prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear viscera (see H.R. 619), H1262 [20MR]
Armed Forces: establish demonstration project relative to enrollment of certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (see H.R. 1766), H9614 [28OC]
Augustus F. Hawkins Post Office Building, Los Angeles, CA: designate (see H.R. 2349), H9502 [23OC]
Business and industry: assist in development of microenterprises (see H.R. 1129), H1542 [15AP]
California Urban Environmental Research and Education Center: continuation of operations (see H.R. 1576), H2445 [8MY]
Capitol Building and Grounds: use of the rotunda for a ceremony honoring Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew (see H. Con. Res. 134), H6406 [30JY]
Carlos J. Moorhead Post Office Building, Glendale, CA: designate (see H.R. 681), H3274 [3JN]
CERCLA: clarify liability for certain recycling transactions (see H.R. 2733), H9558 [24OC]
Children and youth: funding for health, nutrition, education, and child care for infants and toddlers (see H. Res. 131), H1989 [29AP]
———provide health insurance for uninsured children (see H.R. 1363), H1703 [17AP]
China, People's Republic of: political reform (see H.R. 2095), H4835 [26JN]
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty: ratification (see H. Res. 241), H7729 [23SE]
Computers: prohibit interference with interstate commerce on the Internet or interactive computer services (see H.R. 1054), H1392 [9AP]
———regulate the transmission of unsolicited commercial electronic mail (see H.R. 1748), H4136 [21JN]
———use, sale, and export of encryption products for privacy and security (see H.R. 695), H521 [12FE]
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), H8834 [9OC]
Courts: conversion of temporary district court judgeships to permanent status (see H.R. 977), H1112 [18MR]
Crime: require opening of campus security crime logs at institutions of higher education (see H.R. 715), H522 [12FE]
Death and dying: recognize suicide as a national problem (see H. Res. 212), H6706 [31JY]
Dept. of Defense: allow military health care system beneficiaries the option to enroll in Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (see H.R. 76), H1339 [8AP]
———authorizing appropriations for military construction and increased pay and improved health care for members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 2858), H10171 [6NO]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve programs providing counseling and treatment for sexual trauma experienced by veterans (see H.R. 2253), H5777 [24JY]
Discrimination: condemn all prejudice against Asian and Pacific Islander Americans and support political and civic participation by these persons (see H. Con. Res. 191), H10420 [8NO]
Diseases: 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), H453 [11FE]
———ovarian cancer research programs (see H.R. 953), H7600 [18SE]
———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), H1989 [29AP]
———treatments relative to the transmission of HIV (see H.R. 3072), H10954 [13NO]
Drugs: authorize funds to control methamphetamine (see H.R. 1175), H3070 [20MY]
Ecology and environment: national objectives priority assignments (see H.R. 1404), H6707 [31JY]
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2248), H6918 [4SE]
Education: establish State infrastructure banks for education (see H.R. 1822), H3567 [5JN]
Employment: prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (see H.R. 1858), H3659 [10JN]
———provide for retirement savings and security (see H.R. 1130), H1989 [29AP]
European Commission: handling of the Boeing/McDonnell Douglas merger (see H. Res. 191), H5491 [21JY]
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), H525 [12FE]
Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: coverage of bone mass measurements (see H.R. 2699), H10172 [6NO]
Federal firefighters: hourly and overtime pay rates and pay equity with other civil service employees and public sector firefighters (see H.R. 1166), H1259 [20MR]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: development, clearance, and use of certain devices (see H.R. 1710), H8161 [29SE]
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), H5177 [11JY]
Foreign policy: authorize trade and investment policy relative to sub-Saharan Africa (see H.R. 1432), H1909 [28AP]
Foreign trade: extend Generalized System of Preferences (see H.R. 1660), H2882 [19MY]
———substitute the term ``normal trade relations'' in lieu of ``most-favored-nation treatment'' (see H.R. 2022), H4338 [24JN]
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial: design and construct a permanent addition (see H.J. Res. 76), H2590 [13MY]
Health: develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth defects (see H.R. 1114), H8054 [26SE]
———prohibit restriction of certain medical communications between health care providers and their patients (see H.R. 586), H629 [25FE]
———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 820), H1707 [17AP]
———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (see H.R. 135), H143 [9JA]
———revise and extend bone marrow donation and transplantation program (see H.R. 2202), H8633 [7OC]
———revise and extend mammography quality standards programs (see H.R. 1289), H5916 [28JY]
———standardize relationships between group health plans and health insurers relative to enrollees, health professionals, and providers (see H.R. 1415), H6798 [3SE]
Herzog, Chaim: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 73), H2488 [12MY]
Homeless: protection of voting rights (see H.R. 74), H9865 [31OC]
Hong Kong: support autonomous governance after reversion to the People's Republic of China (see H.R. 750), H709 [3MR]
Hunting and trapping: prohibit steel jaw leghold traps (see H.R. 1176), H1259 [20MR]
Independent Commission on Campaign Finance Reform: establish (see H.R. 1614), H9865 [31OC]
India: independence anniversary (see H. Res. 22), H812 [10MR]
Insurance: coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (see H.R. 815), H1340 [8AP]
———coverage of reconstructive breast surgery resulting from mastectomies (see H.R. 164), H1339 [8AP]
———Federal reinsurance contracts for eligible State insurance programs covering homeowners impacted by natural disasters (see H.R. 219), H1892 [24AP]
———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 306), H149 [9JA]
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]
IRS: impose criminal penalties for unauthorized inspection of tax return information (see H.R. 1226), H1441 [10AP]
———improve operations and governance (see H.R. 2428), H7008 [8SE]
———restrict the authority to examine books and witnesses for purposes of tax administration (see H.R. 2563), H8054 [26SE]
Israel: anniversary of reunification of Jerusalem (see H. Con. Res. 60), H1439 [10AP]
Italian Americans: prepare report detailing injustices suffered during World War II and acknowledgment of such injustices by the President (see H.R. 2090), H8161 [29SE]
Laos: most-favored-nation status (see H.R. 2132), H5131 [10JY]
Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1173), H2254 [6MY]
``Little Rock Nine'': award Congressional Gold Medals (see H.R. 2560), H8265 [30SE]
Medicaid: expand State health care coverage of low-income children and pregnant women and fund enrollment in health insurance programs for certain children (see H.R. 1491), H2089 [30AP]
———repeal criminal penalties for fraudulent disposition of assets (see H.R. 216), H589 [13FE]
Medicare: bone mass measurements (see H.R. 1002), H1392 [9AP]
———coverage of dental services (see H.R. 1288), H2590 [13MY]
———coverage of diabetes outpatient self-management training services and blood-testing strips (see H.R. 58), H285 [4FE]
———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services (see H.R. 1375), H3720 [11JN]
———coverage of screening mammography (see H.R. 417), H245 [21JA]
———hospice care reform (see H.R. 521), H283 [4FE]
———improve preventive care benefits (see H.R. 15), H524 [12FE]
———payments to Medicare+Choice organizations amounts attributable to disproportionate share hospital payments (see H.R. 2701), H10768 [12NO]
———protection of beneficiaries relative to enrollment in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 66), H285 [4FE]
———require use of hollow-bore needle devices at health care facilities (see H.R. 2754), H9614 [28OC]
Mervyn Dymally Post Office Building, Compton, CA: designate (see H.R. 2348), H7911 [25SE]
Mongolia: most-favored-nation status (see H.R. 36, 2133), H67 [7JA], H139 [9JA], H5131 [10JY]
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: expand and coordinate activities on cardiovascular diseases in women (see H.R. 2130), H5021 [9JY]
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging: establish (see H.R. 1715), H4222 [23JN]
National Wildlife Refuge System: improve management (see H.R. 952), H1440 [10AP]
NetDay96: tribute (see H. Res. 38), H348 [5FE]
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), H4646 [25JN]
Point Reyes National Seashore: protect farmland (see H.R. 1995), H6963 [5SE]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 600, 2777), H346 [5FE], H9800 [30OC]
Public Health Service: extend breast cancer research programs (see H.R. 1070), H8833 [9OC]
Public welfare programs: treatment of certain legal immigrants (see H.R. 1468), H2446 [8MY]
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), H3170 [21MY]
Ronald H. Brown Federal Building, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 29), H67 [7JA], H139 [9JA]
Schools: establish a partnership to rebuild and modernize school facilities (see H.R. 1104), H1111 [18MR]
Sinatra, Francis A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 279), H768 [5MR]
Social Security: earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 612), H347 [5FE]
Surplus Government property: transfer certain property to State and local governments for law enforcement and safety purposes (see H.R. 404), H5132 [10JY]
Tariff: treatment of live plants and fresh cut flowers (see H.R. 54), H1261 [20MR]
Taxation: allow married couples to file combined return under which each spouse is taxed using rates applicable to single filers (see H.R. 2456), H8834 [9OC]
———application of tax laws to U.S. businesses operating abroad (see H.R. 1783), H3476 [4JN]
———application of the alternative minimum tax to installment sales of farm property (see H.R. 426), H153 [9JA]
———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), H2254 [6MY]
———eligibility of veterans for mortgage revenue bond financing (see H.R. 1241), H1338 [8AP]
———eliminate marriage penalty relative to one-time exclusion of gain on the sale of a principle residence (see H.R. 242), H1707 [17AP]
———encourage cleanup of brownfield sites and creation of empowerment zones and enterprise communities (see H.R. 505), H282 [4FE]
———exclusion of gross estate taxes of a decedent relative to certain land subject to qualified conservation easements (see H.R. 195), H1339 [8AP]
———extend research and development tax credit (see H.R. 947), H767 [5MR]
———extend the work opportunity credit (see H.R. 1729), H3202 [22MY]
———extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind (see H.R. 1401), H1706 [17AP]
———increase State cap on private activity bonds (see H.R. 979), H1262 [20MR]
———limit applicability of the generation-skipping transfer tax (see H.R. 196, 531), H145 [9JA], H283 [4FE]
———modify the application of pension nondiscrimination rules to governmental plans (see H.R. 1740), H3202 [22MY]
———permanent extension of the transition rule for certain publicly traded partnerships (see H.R. 1443), H1890 [24AP]
———permit penalty-free withdrawals from certain retirement accounts by unemployed individuals (see H.R. 615), H347 [5FE]
———provide equivalent rates on natural gas and gasoline (see H.R. 1623), H2783 [15MY]
———provide that overpayments shall be reduced by the amount of past-due enforceable State tax obligations (see H.R. 1730), H3202 [22MY]
———repeal cap on outstanding tax-exempt bonds for certain nonprofit organizations (see H.R. 197), H145 [9JA]
———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), H1892 [24AP]
———restore deduction for lobbying expenses in connection with State legislation (see H.R. 532), H283 [4FE]
———restore the deduction for two-earner married couples (see H.R. 2593), H9502 [23OC]
———treatment of beer (see H.R. 158), H2156 [1MY]
———treatment of computer software exports (see H.R. 143), H143 [9JA]
———treatment of distilled spirits (see H.R. 450), H169 [20JA]
———treatment of employer-provided and graduate level educational assistance (see H.R. 127), H143 [9JA]
———treatment of employer-provided transit passes and parking benefits (see H.R. 878), H700 [27FE]
———treatment of income tax returns relative to Presidentially declared disaster areas (see H.R. 1434), H6798 [3SE]
———treatment of real estate investment trusts (see H.R. 1150), H1258 [20MR]
———treatment of school-based health insurance programs (see H.R. 1698), H3660 [10JN]
———treatment of small property and casualty insurance companies (see H.R. 2258), H5777 [24JY]
———treatment of tobacco products (see H.R. 3027), H10957 [13NO]
———treatment of unemployment tax relative to entertainment industry (see H.R. 841), H668 [26FE]
———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]
Telecommunications: universal service support for schools and libraries (see H.R. 280), H768 [5MR]
Tobacco products: increase excise taxes to fund health insurance for uninsured children and deficit reduction (see H.R. 1263, 1364), H1704 [17AP], H1893 [24AP]
———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]
Turkey: protection and continued livelihood of the Eastern Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarchate (see H. Con. Res. 6), H245 [21JA]
U.N.: authorize payment of U.S. arrearages and contributions for U.N. peacekeeping activities (see H.R. 299), H1892 [24AP]
Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1500), H8320 [2OC]
Veterans: benefit eligibility for certain service in the military forces of the Philippines (see H.R. 836), H3568 [5JN]
———determination of active military service for certain merchant mariners who served during World War II (see H.R. 1126), H9614 [28OC]
———repeal computation system that reduces annuity for surviving spouses at age 62 relative to Social Security offset (see H.R. 165), H4836 [26JN]
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), H4221 [23JN]
———constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 66), H6798 [3SE]
———increase research and education on the drug DES (see H.R. 1788), H4133 [20JN]
———tribute to the inaugural season of U.S. women's professional basketball leagues (see H. Res. 173), H5401 [16JY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Foreign trade: establish negotiating objectives and fast-track procedures for future trade agreements (see H.R. 2629), H8633 [7OC]
Medicare: waiver of the late enrollment penalty for certain military retirees and dependents who live near certain military hospitals (see H.R. 1738), H3202 [22MY]
Tariff: anticancer drug production (see H.R. 2041, 2042, 2043, 2044, 2045, 2046, 2049), H4645 [25JN]
———anti-HIV and anti-AIDS drug production (see H.R. 2047, 2048), H4645 [25JN]
Taxation: modify the exclusion of gain on certain small business stock (see H.R. 420), H153 [9JA]
Letters
Most-favored-nation status for the People's Republic of China: Business Coalition for U.S.-China Trade, H4281
Remarks
Aichi Kenjin Kai (organization): anniversary, E14
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month: observance, H3151
Budget: deficit, H6654
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), H4680 [26JN]
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), conference report, H6654
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), H4583
———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 84), H2967 [20MY]
Capps, Walter H.: tribute (H. Res. 286), H9619 [29OC]
Children and youth: provide health insurance for uninsured children (H.R. 1363), E1322
China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (H.J. Res. 79), H4268, H4281
Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus Institute (organization): clarification of name relative to affiliation with Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, E2351
Customs Service, ITC, and Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1463), H2182 [6MY]
Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission: recommendations relative to the privatization of depot maintenance, H4192 [23JN], H9606
Dept. of Defense: authorizing military activities appropriations and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1119), H4192 [23JN]
———authorizing military activities appropriations and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1119), conference report, H9606
———authorizing military activities appropriations and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1119), consideration (H. Res. 169), H3944
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2203), H5755
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2159), H6397
Foreign trade: establish negotiating objectives and fast-track procedures for future trade agreements (H.R. 2629), E1960
Government: eligibility to serve as U.S. Trade Representative relative to representation of foreign entities (S.J. Res. 5), H821 [11MR]
Medicare: medical savings accounts, H4583
———reform, H4583
Paraguay: continuation of adoption cases filed by U.S. citizens prior to moratorium on international adoptions, H6397
Sacramento, CA: flood control projects funding, H5755
Taxation: modify the exclusion of gain on certain small business stock (H.R. 420), E84
———rates, H6654
———rates (H. Res. 109), H1468, H1470 [15AP]
Tobacco products: increase excise taxes to fund health insurance for uninsured children and deficit reduction (H.R. 1364), E1322
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H3168 [21MY]
Resignations
National Commission on Restructuring the IRS, H250 [4FE]
Tributes
Cooke, William P., E1874
Gitelman, Natalie, E1977
Jackson, Samuel L., E1719
Sandman, James G., E367
Schaber, Gordon D., E2349
Strong, Susan, E2392
Umeda, Stanley M., E1856
Wilks-Owens, Dixie, E13
Williams, Ephraim, E2020