POMEROY, EARL (a Representative from North Dakota)

Amendments

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), H4394 [25JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), H4394 [25JN]

Articles and editorials

Strauss In Line for Pension Position, Mikkel Pates, Fargo (ND) Forum, E1455 [17JY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: control wheat and barley diseases caused by Fusarium Graminearum and related fungi (see H.R. 2168), H5296 [15JY]

———labeling of imported meat and meat food products containing imported meat (see H.R. 1371), H1704 [17AP]

———require labeling of country of origin of imported perishable agricultural commodities (see H.R. 1232), H10768 [12NO]

Army: close School of the Americas (see H.R. 611), H1440 [10AP]

Children and youth: child labor provisions relative to the operation of automobiles and trucks (see H.R. 2327), H7601 [18SE]

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), H5132 [10JY]

Congress: treatment of Members and employees for retirement purposes (see H.R. 1765), H3273 [3JN]

Copyrights: amend laws relative to certain exemptions (see H.R. 789), H8633 [7OC]

Dept. of Agriculture: conduct census of agriculture (see H.R. 2366), H6705 [31JY]

———establish temporary emergency minimum milk prices (see H. Res. 224), H9502 [23OC]

Dept. of Education: study methods for identifying and treating children with dyslexia (see H.R. 3058), H10954 [13NO]

Dept. of HHS: prohibit payments to hospitals for reducing the number of residents in graduate medical education programs (see H.R. 2600), H8299 [1OC]

Dept. of Labor: establish programs to educate the public on retirement savings (see H.R. 1377), H1705 [17AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize medical centers to retain funds collected for the provision of health services (see H.R. 1125), H1186 [19MR]

Disasters: make modifications to the temporary housing assistance program (see H.R. 2257), H7911 [25SE]

Drugs: encourage consultation with pharmacists relative to purchase and use of over-the-counter drug products (see H. Res. 151), H3924 [18JN]

Education: distribution of Impact Aid Program funds to local educational agencies (see H. Con. Res. 150), H7199 [10SE]

Employment: provide for retirement savings and security (see H.R. 1130), H1186 [19MR]

Federal employees: delays in retirement cost-of-living adjustments (see H. Con. Res. 13), H2351 [7MY]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: authorize compounding of certain drugs and devices (see H.R. 1060), H7199 [10SE]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 54), H629 [25FE]

Floods: facilitate recovery from Red River flooding through greater flexibility for depository institutions and their regulators (see H.R. 1461), H1891 [24AP]

Food industry: ensure that all persons who benefit from the dairy promotion and research program contribute to the cost of the program (see H.R. 2139), H5778 [24JY]

Foreign trade: European Union obligations relative to U.S. meat and pork exporting facilities (see H.R. 723), H1392 [9AP]

———identify countries that deny market access for U.S. agricultural products (see H.R. 2596), H8929 [21OC]

Hazardous substances: nuclear waste disposal (see H.R. 1270), H4647 [25JN]

Health: develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth defects (see H.R. 1114), H10956 [13NO]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (see H.R. 135), H4086 [19JN]

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), H2157 [1MY]

———require that excess amounts from Members' official allowances be applied to deficit reduction (see H.R. 80), H589 [13FE]

Immigration: arrival and departure requirements for Canadian citizens relative to automated entry and exit control systems (see H.R. 2481, 2955), H7911 [25SE], H10769 [12NO]

———immunization requirements for certain internationally adopted children (see H.R. 2464), H7730 [23SE]

Insurance: coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (see H.R. 815), H627 [25FE]

Intelligence services: require separate, unclassified statements of the aggregate amount of budget outlays for intelligence activities (see H.R. 753), H702 [27FE]

Lewis and Clark expedition: bicentennial (see H. Res. 144), H10957 [13NO]

Medicaid: repeal criminal penalties for fraudulent disposition of assets (see H.R. 216), H804 [6MR]

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), H5021 [9JY]

———improve health services to rural areas (see H.R. 554), H768 [5MR]

———reimbursement for nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists in health professional shortage areas (see H.R. 893), H3203 [22MY]

———reimbursement for physician assistants in health professional shortage areas (see H.R. 894), H3204 [22MY]

———reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see H.R. 192), H4086 [19JN]

———remove requirement of an x ray as a condition of coverage of chiropractic services (see H.R. 916), H2254 [6MY]

Members of Congress: deny Federal retirement annuities to Members convicted of felonies (see H.R. 1613), H2679 [14MY]

Mother Teresa: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1650), H2873 [16MY]

———condolences on death (see H. Res. 226), H7263 [11SE]

Motor vehicles: titling and registration requirements relative to salvage, nonrepairable, and rebuilt vehicles (see H.R. 1839), H6963 [5SE]

Native Americans: distribution of judgment funds to Mississippi Sioux Indian tribes (see H.R. 976), H803 [6MR]

Nigeria: condemn treatment of U.S. Ambassador Walter Carrington (see H. Res. 260), H8438 [6OC]

Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact: repeal consent of Congress (see H.R. 438), H153 [9JA]

Pensions: exclude the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund from the Federal budget (see H.R. 107), H1339 [8AP]

Point Reyes National Seashore: protect farmland (see H.R. 1995), H10421 [8NO]

Political campaigns: constitutional amendment to limit expenditure of money to elect public officials (see H.J. Res. 17), H155 [9JA]

———ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 965, 2777), H1892 [24AP], H9800 [30OC]

———require disclosure of certain phone bank communications (see H.R. 498), H282 [4FE]

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), H1795 [23AP]

Railway Labor Act: applicability to U.S. air carriers and flight crews during operations outside the U.S. (see H.R. 991), H8438 [6OC]

Roosevelt, Theodore: posthumous awarding of Medal of Honor (see H.R. 2263), H5825 [25JY]

Rural areas: improve health services (see H.R. 1189), H1260 [20MR]

Sinatra, Francis A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 279), H1707 [17AP]

Small business: provide employees with a simple, secure, and fully portable defined benefit plan (see H.R. 1656), H2874 [16MY]

———provide regulatory assistance (see H.R. 96), H2254 [6MY]

Social Security: extend and clarify pay-as-you-go requirements relative to trust funds (see H.R. 2586), H8929 [21OC]

SSA: develop plan with the IRS to eliminate mismatching of earnings information (see H.R. 591), H346 [5FE]

Taxation: application of retail tax relative to certain heavy duty trucks and trailers (see H.R. 160), H5401 [16JY]

———application of the alternative minimum tax to installment sales of farm property (see H.R. 426), H153 [9JA]

———credits for health insurance premiums of employees without employer-provided health coverage (see H.R. 539), H283 [4FE]

———extend incentives for alcohol used as a fuel as part of any extension of fuel tax rates (see H.R. 2489), H7527 [17SE]

———modify the application of pension nondiscrimination rules to governmental plans (see H.R. 1740), H3202 [22MY]

———treatment of employer-provided and graduate level educational assistance (see H.R. 127), H143 [9JA]

———treatment of family-owned businesses relative to estate tax (see H.R. 1583), H3070 [20MY]

———treatment of livestock sold due to weather-related conditions (see H.R. 803), H588 [13FE]

———treatment of student loans (see H.R. 724), H1112 [18MR]

———use of income averaging for farmers (see H.R. 86), H69 [7JA], H141 [9JA]

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), H9502 [23OC]

Transportation: provide off-budget treatment for certain transportation trust funds (see H.R. 4), H285 [4FE]

Veterans: determination of active military service for certain merchant mariners who served during World War II (see H.R. 1126), H3568 [5JN]

Weapons: restrict the use of funds for new deployments of antipersonnel landmines (see H.R. 2459), H7261 [11SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Agriculture: availability of affordable crop insurance for farms located in designated Federal disaster areas (see H.R. 790), H587 [13FE]

Billings County, ND: exchange of certain mineral interests located in national grasslands (see H.R. 2574), H8160 [29SE]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 50), H453 [11FE]

Commission on Retirement Savings: establish (see H.R. 1695), H3169 [21MY]

Fort Berthold Reservation: approval process for oil and gas leasing agreements for specific allotted lands (see H.R. 2309), H6406 [30JY]

House of Representatives: limit election expenditures for candidates (see H.R. 77), H69 [7JA], H141 [9JA]

Taxation: full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals (see H.R. 18), H67 [7JA], H139 [9JA]

———treatment of higher education expenses (see H.R. 19), H67 [7JA], H139 [9JA]

———treatment of individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 17), H67 [7JA], H139 [9JA]

———treatment of livestock sold due to weather-related conditions (see H.R. 791), H587 [13FE]

Essays: Voice of Democracy

DeFoe, Adam, E1006 [21MY]

Letters

Dakota Water Resources Act: Arden Haner, North Dakota Water Resource Districts Association, E2322 [10NO]

———Bruce W. Furness, Mayor of Fargo, ND, E2321 [10NO]

———Charles W. Murphy, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, E2322 [10NO]

———Myra Pearson, Spirit Lake Tribe, E2322 [10NO]

———Patricia A. Owens, Mayor of Grand Forks, ND, E2321 [10NO]

———Raphael J. DeCoteau, Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, E2322 [10NO]

———several North Dakota elected officials, E2321 [10NO]

———Warren L. Jamison, Garrison Diversion Conservancy District, E2321 [10NO]

Memorandums

Dakota Water Resources Act: Mike Dwyer and Jack Olin, North Dakota Water Users Association, E2322 [10NO]

Remarks

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1122), H1226 [20MR]

Agriculture: availability of affordable crop insurance for farms located in designated Federal disaster areas (H.R. 790), E277 [13FE]

———Federal crop insurance program reform, H5727 [24JY]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2160), H5704, H5721, H5727 [24JY]

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), H2708, H2728 [15MY], H3192, H3193, H3194 [22MY], H3248 [3JN]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), conference report, H3289 [4JN], H3535 [5JN]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), consideration (H. Res. 146), H2603 [14MY]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), refer bill and veto message to Committee on Appropriations (House), H3635 [10JN]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1871), H3785 [12JN]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), H4689, H4701, H4812 [26JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), H4567 [25JN]

———reform process and enforce the bipartisan balanced budget agreement (H.R. 2003), H5607 [23JY]

———reform process and enforce the bipartisan balanced budget agreement (H.R. 2003), consideration (H. Res. 192), H5593 [23JY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 84), H2969, H3004 [20MY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 84), conference report, H3506 [5JN]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 84), motion to instruct conferees, H3241 [3JN]

———submission of budget proposal by the President without budgetary contingencies (H. Res. 89), H909 [12MR]

Capps, Walter H.: tribute (H. Res. 286), H9624 [29OC]

China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (H.J. Res. 79), H4285 [24JN]

Christopher, Warren: tribute (S. Con. Res. 4), H735 [5MR]

Crime: national policy to control juvenile crime and violence (H.R. 3), H2390 [8MY]

Death and dying: prohibit Federal funding for assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing (H.R. 1003), E647 [14AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: Market Access Program funding, H5721 [24JY]

———regulate loans to certain processors of sugarcane and sugar beets, H5704 [24JY]

Dept. of Defense: B-52 bomber funding, H5965 [29JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2266), H5965 [29JY]

Dept. of Labor: establish programs to educate the public on retirement savings (H.R. 1377), H3086 [21MY]

Dept. of State and related agencies: authorizing appropriations and consolidating certain agencies (H.R. 1757), consideration (H. Res. 159), H3289 [4JN]

Disasters: assistance to North Dakota, H1865, H1869, H1870 [24AP], H2616 [14MY]

———tribute to relief efforts in North Dakota, H1867 [24AP], H1957 [29AP]

Education: allow consolidation of direct student loans (H.R. 2535), H8848 [21OC]

Employment: provide compensatory time for all employees (H.R. 1), E570 [21MR]

Endangered Species Act: improve compliance by individuals and Government agencies relative to flood control projects, facilities, or structures (H.R. 478), H2284 [7MY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2203), conference report, H8178 [30SE]

Families and domestic relations: promote the adoption of children in foster care (H.R. 867), H2020 [30AP]

———promote the adoption of children in foster care (H.R. 867), Senate amendment (H. Res. 327), H10789 [13NO]

Floods: community development block grant funding to flood States, H2708, H2728 [15MY]

———disaster assistance to North Dakota, E1301 [23JN]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2159), H6359 [30JY]

Foreign policy: support U.S. cooperatives and credit union programs, H6359 [30JY]

Fort Berthold Reservation: approval process for oil and gas leasing agreements for specific allotted lands (S. 1079), H10645 [12NO]

Highway Trust Fund: increase funding relative to budget resolution, H3004 [20MY]

Immigration: immunization requirements for certain internationally adopted children (H.R. 2464), H8871 [21OC]

Jackson, Phil: tribute to efforts relative to floods in North Dakota, E1300 [23JN]

Mexico: disapprove foreign aid certification of drug enforcement efforts (H.J. Res. 58), E499 [18MR]

National Peace Officers Memorial Day: observance, E949 [16MY]

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), H3289 [4JN]

North Dakota: increase authorization for water supplies, meet water quantity and quality needs, and enhance natural resources and habitats (H.R. 3012), E2320 [10NO]

Small business: provide employees with a simple, secure, and fully portable defined benefit plan (H.R. 1656), H3086 [21MY]

Taxation: capital gains rates, H4812 [26JN]

———child tax credit, H4812 [26JN]

———constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (H.J. Res. 62), H1505 [15AP]

———full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals (H.R. 18), E52 [7JA]

———rates, H4812 [26JN]

———treatment of higher education expenses, H4812 [26JN]

———treatment of higher education expenses (H.R. 19), E52 [7JA]

———treatment of individual retirement accounts, H4689, H4701 [26JN]

———treatment of individual retirement accounts (H.R. 17), E52 [7JA]

Taxpayer Relief Act: restore and modify provisions relative to tax relief for agricultural production facilities sold to farmer cooperatives (H.R. 2513), H10405 [8NO]

Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association-College Retirement Equities Fund: revoke tax-exempt status of pension operation, H4701 [26JN]

Votes: position on missed, E613 [9AP], E647 [14AP]

WIC: funding, H5727 [24JY]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H1332 [8AP], H4083 [19JN]

Special order: granted, H1786 [23AP], H1986 [29AP], H2676 [14MY], H3269 [3JN]

Statements

Budget 1998-2002: by, E1134 [5JN]

Dakota Water Resources Act: Wildlife Society, E2321 [10NO]

Tributes

Braddock, Keith, E949 [16MY]

DeFoe, Adam, E1006 [21MY]

Pulver, Charles, E949 [16MY]

Slate, Martin, E427 [11MR]

Strauss, David, E1455 [17JY]