SISISKY, NORMAN (a Representative from Virginia)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing military activities appropriations and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1119), H4201 [23JN]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 1119, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths, H5803 [25JY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1), H154 [9JA]

———reform process and enforce the bipartisan balanced budget agreement (see H.R. 2003), H5487 [17JY]

Business and industry: maintain standards for ``Made in USA'' label (see H. Con. Res. 80), H7911 [25SE]

CERCLA: clarify liability for certain recycling transactions (see H.R. 2733), H9558 [24OC]

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

Clean Air Act: amend to impose certain requirements on areas upwind of ozone nonattainment areas (see H.R. 2328), H6703 [31JY]

Computers: use, sale, and export of encryption products for privacy and security (see H.R. 695), H2785 [15MY]

Courts: access relative to Federal agency actions and State laws (see H.R. 1534), H7830 [24SE]

———conversion of temporary district court judgeships to permanent status (see H.R. 977), H3204 [22MY]

———provide certain immunities from civil liability for trade and professional associations (see H.R. 1542), H5664 [23JY]

Dept. of Defense: disapproval of line-item vetoes in military construction appropriations legislation (see H.R. 2631), H8633 [7OC]

Diseases: payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted HIV due to contaminated blood products (see H.R. 1023), H888 [11MR]

Drug abuse: national policy to combat the distribution, sale, and use of illegal drugs by young people (see H. Res. 267), H9559 [24OC]

Ecology and environment: assist States and local governments in assessing and remediating brownfield sites and encouraging environmental cleanup programs (see H.R. 1395), H4087 [19JN]

———State certification of voluntary cleanup programs for low and medium priority sites (see H.R. 1206), H3865 [17JN]

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2248), H7528 [17SE]

Edison, Thomas A.: mint coins in commemoration of sesquicentennial of birth (see H.R. 678), H6706 [31JY]

English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see H.R. 123), H142 [9JA]

EPA: establish loan program to States for cleanup of brownfield sites that have private investment potential (see H.R. 1462), H3865 [17JN]

———prohibit establishment of new standards for ozone or particulate matter before existing standards have been attained (see H.R. 1863, 1984), H4133 [20JN], H5177 [11JY]

Federal employees: computation system for Social Security benefits relative to spouses' and surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 2273), H8834 [9OC]

———delays in retirement cost-of-living adjustments (see H. Con. Res. 13), H1989 [29AP]

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]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: authorize compounding of certain drugs and devices (see H.R. 1060), H4913 [8JY]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 54), H588 [13FE]

Government regulations: reduce Federal paperwork burden (see H.R. 852), H804 [6MR]

Hazardous substances: nuclear waste disposal (see H.R. 1270), H1795 [23AP]

Health: develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth defects (see H.R. 1114), H5177 [11JY]

———prohibit restriction of certain medical communications between health care providers and their patients (see H.R. 586), H1440 [10AP]

Hope, Bob: confer honorary Armed Forces veteran status (see H.J. Res. 75), H2157 [1MY]

Independent Commission on Campaign Finance Reform: establish (see H.R. 1614), H9865 [31OC]

Insurance: coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (see H.R. 815), H9039 [22OC]

International law: provide criminal penalties under the Geneva Conventions for certain war crimes (see H.R. 1348), H3476 [4JN]

Iran: impose sanctions on foreign persons who transfer items contributing to efforts to acquire, develop, or produce ballistic missiles (see H.R. 2930), H10769 [12NO]

Iraq: resolution of the crisis relative to the destruction of Iraq's capability to produce and deliver weapons of mass destruction (see H. Res. 322), H10768 [12NO]

Israel: anniversary of reunification of Jerusalem (see H. Con. Res. 60), H3569 [5JN]

Lewis and Clark expedition: bicentennial (see H. Res. 144), H3204 [22MY]

———mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial (see H.R. 1560), H3204 [22MY]

Medicare: colorectal screening (see H.R. 1128), H1186 [19MR]

———coverage of diabetes outpatient self-management training services and blood-testing strips (see H.R. 58), H725 [4MR]

———improve preventive care benefits (see H.R. 15), H6797 [3SE]

———provide coverage through qualified provider-sponsored organizations (see H.R. 475), H2351 [7MY]

———reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see H.R. 192, 414), H1261 [20MR]

Millennium Society: coordinate activities to commemorate the second millennium and endow an international cross-cultural scholarship fund (see H.R. 1519), H2155 [1MY]

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

NASA: tribute for successfully carrying out the Mars Pathfinder Mission (see H. Con. Res. 111), H5297 [15JY]

National cemeteries: penalties for theft and malicious vandalism (see H.R. 1532), H4087 [19JN]

National Park Service: establish the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program (see H.R. 1635), H2783 [15MY]

Office of Religious Persecution Monitoring: establish (see H.R. 1685), H5022 [9JY]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 1366, 2183, 2777), H1704 [17AP], H8438 [6OC], H9800 [30OC]

Real estate: prohibit funding of excessive costs to obtain home equity conversion mortgages (see H.R. 1297), H3204 [22MY]

Real property: preserve Federal sovereignty of certain public lands and preserve certain State and private property rights (see H.R. 901), H4132 [20JN]

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]

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

SBA: extend certified development company loan guarantee program (see H.R. 1734), H3202 [22MY]

———reauthorize women's business training program (see H.R. 1495), H2090 [30AP]

Securities: quotation of securities transactions in decimals (see H.R. 1053), H1795 [23AP]

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), H5826 [25JY]

Sinatra, Francis A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 279), H589 [13FE]

Small business: liability requirements for remediation of dry cleaning solvents (see H.R. 1711), H3569 [5JN]

Small Business Investment Act: amend (see H.R. 1985), H4086 [19JN]

Tariff: viscose rayon yarn (see H.R. 2148), H5132 [10JY]

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), H4836 [26JN]

———encourage competition and tax fairness and protect the tax base of State and local governments (see H.R. 1168), H2351 [7MY]

———increase State cap on private activity bonds (see H.R. 979), H9614 [28OC]

———provide assistance to first-time homebuyers (see H.R. 2026), H4338 [24JN]

———treatment of education (see H.R. 2847), H10768 [12NO]

Tobacco products: prohibit regulation of tobacco-sponsored advertising used by professional motor sports associations (see H.R. 410), H152 [9JA]

Transportation: provide off-budget treatment for certain transportation trust funds (see H.R. 4), H1261 [20MR]

———reauthorize highway construction and surface transportation funding (see H.R. 674), H452 [11FE]

Treaties and agreements: limits on certain missile defense systems (see H. Res. 98), H1018 [13MR]

Truth in Lending Act: require notice of cancellation rights relative to private mortgage insurance (see H.R. 607), H702 [27FE]

Veterans: benefit eligibility for certain service in the military forces of the Philippines (see H.R. 836), H6962 [5SE]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H9865 [31OC]

Volunteer workers: grant immunity from personal civil liability during work on behalf of governmental entities or nonprofit organizations (see H.R. 911), H724 [4MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Old Joe (vessel): certificate of documentation (see H.R. 2512), H7600 [18SE]

Remarks

Agriculture: prohibit coverage of tobacco by Federal crop insurance programs, H5696 [24JY]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2160), H5696, H5709 [24JY]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), H4584 [25JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), conference report, H6330 [30JY]

Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission: recommendations relative to the privatization of depot maintenance, H4191 [23JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: reduce loan rate for peanut quotas, H5709 [24JY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing military activities appropriations and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1119), H3950, H4031 [19JN], H4185, H4191 [23JN]

———authorizing military activities appropriations and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1119), conference report, H9605 [28OC]

———B-2 stealth bomber funding, H4185 [23JN]

———disapproval of line-item vetoes in military construction appropriations legislation (H.R. 2631), H10381 [8NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2266), conference report, H7846 [25SE]

———Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard Impact Pilot Program report, H7846 [25SE]

Medicare: colorectal screening, H6330 [30JY], E325 [26FE]

SBA: reauthorize programs (S. 1139), H8808 [9OC]

Tributes

Wilder, L. Douglas, E325 [26FE]