WEXLER, ROBERT (a Representative from Florida)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: require labeling of country of origin of imported perishable agricultural commodities (see H.R. 1232), H1338 [8AP]

Alaska: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 900), H3169 [21MY]

Animals: ensure that all dogs and cats used by research facilities are obtained legally (see H.R. 594), H6962 [5SE]

———prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear viscera (see H.R. 619), H702 [27FE]

———prohibit interstate commerce relative to exotic animals (see H.R. 1202), H3924 [18JN]

Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin Compact: congressional consent (see H.J. Res. 91), H6705 [31JY]

Argentina: investigation of terrorist attack on Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires (see H. Con. Res. 50), H1340 [8AP]

Army: close School of the Americas (see H.R. 611), H1892 [24AP]

BATF: issue minimum safety and security standards for firearm dealers (see H.R. 2359), H6705 [31JY]

Business and industry: assist in development of microenterprises (see H.R. 1129), H6707 [31JY]

———maintain standards for ``Made in USA'' label (see H. Con. Res. 80), H6799 [3SE]

Census: accuracy of decennial census (see H.R. 776), H587 [13FE]

Children and youth: facilitate fingerprint checks authorized by National Child Protection Act (see H.R. 2488), H7527 [17SE]

———prohibit sale of personal information without parental consent (see H.R. 1972), H4085 [19JN]

China, Republic of: status after reversion of Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China (see H. Con. Res. 100), H5570 [22JY]

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), H2446 [8MY]

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 96), H1441 [10AP]

Correctional institutions: prevent luxurious prison conditions (see H.R. 169), H453 [11FE]

Courts: jurisdiction for lawsuits against terrorist States (see H.R. 1225), H1338 [8AP]

———minimum mandatory sentencing (see H.R. 424), H5826 [25JY]

———moratorium on certain class action lawsuits (see H.R. 1283), H3170 [21MY]

———photographing, recording, and broadcasting of court proceedings (see H.R. 1280), H4913 [8JY]

———provide procedures for future adjustments of salaries of Federal judges (see H.R. 875), H6798 [3SE]

Crime: constitutional amendment on protection of victims' rights (see H.J. Res. 71), H4339 [24JN]

———consumer fraud (see H.R. 474, 1847), H3070 [20MY], H3798 [12JN]

———implement constitutional amendment on protection of victims' rights (see H.R. 1322), H4339 [24JN]

———notification of interstate relocation of witnesses by State engaging in that relocation (see H.R. 2181), H5485 [17JY]

———require opening of campus security crime logs at institutions of higher education (see H.R. 715), H5487 [17JY]

———require States to address the problem of violent crimes committed by repeat offenders (see H. Con. Res. 75), H3798 [12JN]

Customs Service: allow the use of user fees to provide for inspectional personnel in connection with the arrival of passengers in Florida (see H.R. 3034), H10767 [12NO]

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), H2254 [6MY]

Dept. of Education: provide links to databases of information concerning scholarships and fellowships (see H.R. 1440), H7730 [23SE]

Disasters: provide for hazard mitigation, relief, and insurance against natural disasters (see H.R. 230), H2254 [6MY]

Diseases: efforts to prevent transmission of HIV (see H.R. 1219), H1707 [17AP]

———issue special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 407), H1339 [8AP]

———Medicare coverage and research funding for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (see H.R. 2009), H8929 [21OC]

———payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted HIV due to contaminated blood products (see H.R. 1023), H1289 [21MR]

———research programs for Parkinson's disease (see H.R. 1260), H1795 [23AP]

Drugs: penalties relative to gamma y-hydroxybutyrate and ketamine hydrochloride (see H.R. 1530), H2168 [5MY]

Ecology and environment: ensure recovery of biological diversity, strengthen protection of wildlife, and provide certain assurances to local governments and individuals relative to economic development efforts (see H.R. 2351), H6704 [31JY]

———expand public's right to know about toxic chemical use and release in their communities and disclose toxins in children's consumer products (see H.R. 1636), H2784 [15MY]

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), H3203 [22MY]

Education: increase Pell Grant awards (see H.R. 744), H1611 [16AP]

Employment: prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (see H.R. 1858), H3659 [10JN]

Everglades National Park: designate Earnest F. Coe Visitor Center (see H.R. 136), H1339 [8AP]

FAA: foreign repair station rules (see H.R. 145), H2254 [6MY]

Families and domestic relations: establish felony violations for failure to pay legal child support obligations (see H.R. 2503), H8055 [26SE]

Federal employees: computation system for Social Security benefits relative to spouses' and surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 2273), H7199 [10SE]

———delays in retirement cost-of-living adjustments (see H. Con. Res. 13), H1262 [20MR]

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]

Firearms: ensure that criminal background checks are conducted before the transfer of a handgun by a firearms dealer (see H.R. 2935), H10419 [8NO]

———improve safety of handguns (see H.R. 1047), H2157 [1MY]

———permanent ban on possession of firearms by persons convicted of a felony (see H.R. 1228), H5297 [15JY]

———prevent handgun violence and illegal commerce (see H.R. 12), H5487 [17JY]

———prohibit possession or transfer of nonsporting handguns (see H.R. 476), H524 [12FE]

Florida: protect coastal resources by prohibiting offshore oil and gas activities and canceling certain Federal leases (see H.R. 1989), H4086 [19JN]

———restrictions and requirements on leasing of the Continental Shelf (see H.R. 180), H453 [11FE]

Food stamps: modify certain eligibility disqualifications (see H.R. 1507), H4132 [20JN]

Freedom of information: require disclosure of information on certain individuals relative to Nazi war crimes during World War II (see H.R. 235), H3924 [18JN]

Gandhi, Mohandas K. (Mahatma): authorize India to establish a memorial in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 1390), H2875 [16MY]

Germany: expand reparations criteria and set up a comprehensive medical fund for Holocaust survivors (see H. Con. Res. 112), H5021 [9JY]

———jurisdiction of cases in U.S. courts involving genocide during World War II (see H.R. 1531), H3660 [10JN]

Hazardous substances: nuclear waste disposal (see H.R. 1270), H3660 [10JN]

Health: apply group health plan portability requirements to students covered under college-sponsored health plans (see H.R. 1281), H3720 [11JN]

———assure continued health insurance coverage of retired workers (see H.R. 444), H1795 [23AP]

———develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth defects (see H.R. 1114), H3660 [10JN]

———expand research activities relative to lupus (see H.R. 1111), H4836 [26JN]

———prohibit discrimination in employer health benefit plans relative to neurobiological disorders (see H.R. 2110), H9039 [22OC]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 337), H768 [5MR]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (see H.R. 135), H453 [11FE]

———revise and extend bone marrow donation and transplantation program (see H.R. 2202), H6918 [4SE]

———standardize relationships between group health plans and health insurers relative to enrollees, health professionals, and providers (see H.R. 1415), H6798 [3SE]

House of Representatives: prohibit smoking in rooms and corridors leading to the floor and in the Rayburn room (see H. Res. 247), H8054 [26SE]

Hunting and trapping: prohibit steel jaw leghold traps (see H.R. 1176), H7730 [23SE]

Immigration: clarify and provide additional relief and procedural rights for certain aliens who would otherwise be ineligible for such procedural rights (see H.R. 2302), H7730 [23SE]

———permit admission of nonimmigrant students and visitors who are spouses and children of permanent resident aliens (see H.R. 2664), H8832 [9OC]

India: independence anniversary (see H. Res. 22), H1392 [9AP]

Insurance: coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (see H.R. 815), H3660 [10JN]

———establish a minimum amount that may be applied as an aggregate lifetime limit relative to coverage under certain health benefit plans (see H.R. 1807), H6918 [4SE]

———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), H8054 [26SE]

International Dolphin Conservation Program: implement (see H.R. 408), H1542 [15AP]

International relations: encourage efforts to reunite families separated during Holocaust (see H. Con. Res. 14), H1340 [8AP]

Iran: impose sanctions on foreign persons who transfer items contributing to efforts to acquire, develop, or produce ballistic missiles (see H.R. 2709), H9801 [30OC]

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), H1439 [10AP]

———terrorist bombing in Jerusalem market (see H. Con. Res. 133), H6406 [30JY]

Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1173), H2254 [6MY]

Libya: reject Arab League resolution urging the easing of U.N. sanctions relative to the refusal to surrender individuals wanted in connection with the 1988 terrorist bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 (see H. Res. 246), H8054 [26SE]

Marine mammals: allow import of dolphin-safe tuna relative to lowering of dolphin mortality rate and certification of drug enforcement efforts (see H.R. 1259), H1707 [17AP]

Marine resources: reauthorization of programs (see H.R. 437), H1339 [8AP]

Marjory Stoneman Douglas Wilderness: designate (see H.R. 136), H1339 [8AP]

Medicaid: increase the minimum Federal medical assistance percentage (see H.R. 835), H628 [25FE]

———repeal criminal penalties for counseling or assisting an individual with the disposition of assets (see H.R. 2396), H10421 [8NO]

———repeal criminal penalties for fraudulent disposition of assets (see H.R. 216), H589 [13FE]

———treatment of payments made as a result of tobacco industry liability settlement (see H.R. 2938), H10957 [13NO]

Medicare: allocate savings from waste, fraud, and abuse enforcement programs to the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund (see H.R. 1761), H6407 [30JY]

———bone mass measurements (see H.R. 1002), H1707 [17AP]

———coverage of diabetes outpatient self-management training services and blood-testing strips (see H.R. 58), H1018 [13MR]

———coverage of screening mammography (see H.R. 417), H589 [13FE]

———establish consumer protections for supplemental insurance plans (see H.R. 566), H1542 [15AP]

———hospice care reform (see H.R. 521), H889 [11MR]

———improve preventive care benefits (see H.R. 15), H524 [12FE]

———prohibit payments to nonprofit hospitals that convert to for-profit status without proper disclosure (see H.R. 443), H1261 [20MR]

Motor vehicles: install switches to deactivate air bags (see H.R. 1022), H3568 [5JN]

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

National forests: ban clearcutting, protect native biodiversity, and designate certain Federal lands as Northwest Ancient Forests and roadless areas (see H.R. 1376), H9614 [28OC]

National Sea Grant College Program: reauthorization (see H.R. 437), H1339 [8AP]

National Weather Service: making emergency supplemental appropriations (see H.R. 1251), H1339 [8AP]

National Wildlife Refuge System: improve management (see H.R. 952), H5177 [11JY]

OPIC: reauthorize (see H.R. 2064), H5570 [22JY]

Passports: record place of birth as Jerusalem, Israel, on certain U.S. passports (see H.R. 1298), H2680 [14MY]

Patent and Trademark Office: convert to Government corporation, improve application process, and protect U.S. inventors (see H.R. 400), H889 [11MR]

Pensions: exclude the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund from the Federal budget (see H.R. 107), H9865 [31OC]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 493, 600, 2183, 2777), H408 [10FE], H3213 [30MY], H5485 [17JY], H9800 [30OC]

Postal Service: guidelines for renovation, relocation, closing, or consolidation of post offices (see H.R. 1231), H7730 [23SE]

Public lands: designate certain national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and wilderness areas in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming (see H.R. 1425), H8929 [21OC]

Railway Labor Act: applicability to U.S. air carriers and flight crews during operations outside the U.S. (see H.R. 991), H7119 [9SE]

Russia: proliferation of nuclear missile technology to Iran (see H. Con. Res. 121), H8834 [9OC]

Schools: establish a partnership to rebuild and modernize school facilities (see H.R. 1104), H3204 [22MY]

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), H3798 [12JN]

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

Social Security: computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 146), H4086 [19JN]

Taxation: capital gains rates (see H.R. 14), H1391 [9AP]

———establish lifetime learning accounts for higher education and job training expenses (see H.R. 1819), H4087 [19JN]

———increase the unified estate and gift tax credit (see H.R. 683), H1340 [8AP]

———treatment of capital gains on the sale of a principal residence (see H.R. 1391), H3924 [18JN]

———treatment of computer software exports (see H.R. 143), H2680 [14MY]

———treatment of funeral trusts (see H.R. 479), H1892 [24AP]

———treatment of higher education expenses (see H.R. 382), H524 [12FE]

Timber: treatment of certain activities as noncounteravailable (see H.R. 1526), H2156 [1MY]

Tobacco products: increase excise taxes to fund health insurance for uninsured children and deficit reduction (see H.R. 1263), H1543 [15AP]

Transportation: reauthorize highway construction and surface transportation funding (see H.R. 674), H1340 [8AP]

Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1500), H8633 [7OC]

Veterans: exclude certain income from consideration for determining rent paid for federally assisted housing (see H.R. 2820), H10957 [13NO]

———revisions of benefits decisions based on clear and unmistakable error (see H.R. 1090), H1340 [8AP]

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

World War II: recognize and commend U.S. airmen held as prisoners at the Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany (see H. Con. Res. 95), H3660 [10JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Crime: constitutional amendment to prevent early release of violent criminals (see H.J. Res. 64), H1186 [19MR]

Dept. of Justice: clarify authority of the inspector general (see H.R. 2182), H5485 [17JY]

Malaysia: anti-American and anti-Semitic remarks of Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamed (see H. Con. Res. 174), H9038 [22OC]

NASA: tribute for successfully carrying out the Mars Pathfinder Mission (see H. Con. Res. 111), H5021 [9JY]

Taxation: establishment of, and the deduction of contributions to, homeownership plans (see H.R. 3024), H10767 [12NO]

Remarks

Choephel, Ngawang: arrest and treatment in the People's Republic of China, H3629 [10JN]

Consumer Price Index: calculation relative to correction of cost-of-living adjustments (H. Res. 93), H2186 [6MY]

Courts: allow victims to attend and observe the trials of those accused of the crime (H.R. 924), H1050 [18MR]

Crime: constitutional amendment to prevent early release of violent criminals (H.J. Res. 64), H1161 [19MR]

Dept. of State: limit appropriations, H3676 [11JN]

Dept. of State and related agencies: authorizing appropriations and consolidating certain agencies (H.R. 1757), H3618, H3627, H3628, H3629 [10JN], H3676 [11JN]

Florida: release of prisoners relative to Supreme Court decision on prison overcrowding, H1161 [19MR]

Indonesia: human rights violations in East Timor, H3628 [10JN]

Latvia: allocation of foreign aid, H3618 [10JN]

Lithuania: allocation of foreign aid, H3618 [10JN]

Russia: allocation of foreign aid relative to sale of arms to People's Republic of China, H3627 [10JN]

Satellite Home Viewer Act: technical amendments (H.R. 672), H1056 [18MR]

Terrorism: condemn attacks relative to Middle East peace agreements, E1697 [9SE]

U.S. Marshals Service: appointment of marshals by the Attorney General (H.R. 927), H1053 [18MR]

Weapons: eliminate use of antipersonnel landmines, E939 [15MY]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H1184 [19MR]