WEYGAND, ROBERT A. (a Representative from Rhode Island)
Amendments
Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 84), consideration (H. Res. 152), H2956 [20MY]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2267), H7529 [17SE], H7801 [24SE]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Airlines: provide protection for airline employees who provide certain air safety information (see H.R. 915), H8727 [8OC]
Armed Forces: procedures for determining status of certain missing members (see H.R. 409), H5177 [11JY]
Business and industry: maintain standards for ``Made in USA'' label (see H. Con. Res. 80), H6026 [29JY]
———reduce corporate welfare (see H.R. 1015), H1989 [29AP]
Children and youth: child care funding for low-income families (see H.R. 899), H2091 [30AP]
———funding for health, nutrition, education, and child care for infants and toddlers (see H. Res. 131), H1891 [24AP]
———increase certain funding under Head Start Program (see H.R. 1373), H3476 [4JN]
———tribute to child care professionals (see H. Res. 279), H9615 [28OC]
Civil rights: prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (see H.R. 1302), H1543 [15AP]
Consumers: labeling system for apparel and sporting goods made without child labor (see H.R. 1301), H2254 [6MY]
Correctional institutions: test incarcerated persons for serious transmissible diseases if their bodily fluids come into contact with corrections personnel (see H.R. 2070), H8300 [1OC]
Courts: establish or expand existing community prosecution programs (see H.R. 863), H1988 [29AP]
Credit unions: clarify laws relative to field of membership of Federal credit unions (see H.R. 1151), H2254 [6MY]
Cyprus: Turkish occupation (see H. Con. Res. 81), H5570 [22JY]
Dept. of Education: study methods for identifying and treating children with dyslexia (see H.R. 3058), H10954 [13NO]
Dept. of HHS: prepare and publish a consumer guide to prescription drug prices (see H.R. 183), H1988 [29AP]
Diseases: payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted HIV due to contaminated blood products (see H.R. 1023), H1456 [14AP]
———research programs for Parkinson's disease (see H.R. 1260), H1795 [23AP]
Drunken driving: national standard to prohibit the operation of motor vehicles by intoxicated individuals (see H.R. 981), H9614 [28OC]
Ecology and environment: assist local governments and encourage State voluntary response programs relative to remediating brownfield sites (see H.R. 1120), H3204 [22MY]
———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), H8320 [2OC]
———provide State grants to stabilize and remove tire piles that are near drinking water sources and sensitive populations (see H.R. 1041), H7365 [16SE]
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2248), H6707 [31JY]
Education: establish State infrastructure banks for education (see H.R. 1822), H8929 [21OC]
———increase Pell Grant awards (see H.R. 744), H1611 [16AP]
———provide tax relief for higher education expenses, increase financial aid, and improve student loan programs (see H.R. 1233), H3204 [22MY]
Employment: prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (see H.R. 1858), H3659 [10JN]
EPA: limit authority to ban metered-dose inhalers (see H.R. 2627), H9039 [22OC]
FAA: foreign repair station rules (see H.R. 145), H3476 [4JN]
Families and domestic relations: establish felony violations for failure to pay legal child support obligations (see H.R. 2503), H10768 [12NO]
———improve child care and family support services (see H.R. 1373), H3476 [4JN]
Family and Medical Leave Act: provide coverage to employers with more than 20 employees (see H.R. 1373), H3476 [4JN]
FCC: preserve low-power television stations that provide community broadcasting (see H.R. 1539), H3213 [30MY]
Federal employees: delays in retirement cost-of-living adjustments (see H. Con. Res. 13), H1707 [17AP]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: authorize compounding of certain drugs and devices (see H.R. 1060), H8929 [21OC]
Firearms: require check for restraining orders before the transfer of a handgun by a firearms dealer (see H.R. 2774), H10768 [12NO]
Fish and fishing: moratorium on large vessels in Atlantic mackerel or Atlantic herring fisheries (see H.R. 1855), H3659 [10JN]
Germany: jurisdiction of cases in U.S. courts involving genocide during World War II (see H.R. 1531), H8438 [6OC]
Government: coordinate Federal financial assistance programs (see H.R. 1480), H1988 [29AP]
Government regulations: reduce Federal paperwork burden (see H.R. 852), H890 [11MR]
Great Irish Potato Famine: honor memory of victims (see H. Con. Res. 159), H9559 [24OC]
Health: combat fraud relative to payments for health care services (see H.R. 2584), H9039 [22OC]
———develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth defects (see H.R. 1114), H6918 [4SE]
———increase the legal smoking age (see H.R. 2519), H8727 [8OC]
———prohibit restriction of certain medical communications between health care providers and their patients (see H.R. 586), H345 [5FE]
———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 1749), H10768 [12NO]
———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (see H.R. 135), H286 [4FE]
———standardize relationships between group health plans and health insurers relative to enrollees, health professionals, and providers (see H.R. 1415), H1793 [23AP]
Health care professionals: establish a national abusive and criminal background check system for patient care workers (see H.R. 2953), H10420 [8NO]
House of Representatives: authorize participation in State and local government transit programs (see H. Res. 37), H5132 [10JY]
———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), H10172 [6NO]
Insurance: coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (see H.R. 815), H7119 [9SE]
———coverage of reconstructive breast surgery resulting from mastectomies (see H.R. 164), H7600 [18SE]
———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), H3567 [5JN]
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1609), H7528 [17SE]
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]
Israel: anniversary of reunification of Jerusalem (see H. Con. Res. 60), H3569 [5JN]
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]
Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1173), H3204 [22MY]
Marine resources: reauthorization of programs (see H.R. 437), H1456 [14AP]
Medicare: coverage of diabetes outpatient self-management training services and blood-testing strips (see H.R. 58), H3274 [3JN]
———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services (see H.R. 1375), H1704 [17AP]
———coverage of screening mammography (see H.R. 418), H1456 [14AP]
———demonstration project to provide coverage for cancer patients enrolled in certain clinical trials (see H.R. 1628), H5916 [28JY]
———establish consumer protections for supplemental insurance plans (see H.R. 625), H950 [12MR]
———improve preventive care benefits (see H.R. 15), H2680 [14MY]
———prohibit payments to nonprofit hospitals that convert to for-profit status without proper disclosure (see H.R. 443), H453 [11FE]
Medicare/Medicaid: combat waste, fraud, and abuse (see H.R. 1770), H3273 [3JN]
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: expand and coordinate activities on cardiovascular diseases in women (see H.R. 2130), H5021 [9JY]
National Mammography Day: support goals (see H. Res. 235), H7600 [18SE]
National Sea Grant College Program: reauthorization (see H.R. 437), H1456 [14AP]
NetDay96: tribute (see H. Res. 38), H1989 [29AP]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 2183, 2199), H5485, H5486 [17JY]
Postal Service: guidelines for renovation, relocation, closing, or consolidation of post offices (see H.R. 1231), H8300 [1OC]
Public welfare programs: treatment of certain legal immigrants (see H.R. 1015), H1989 [29AP]
Railway Labor Act: applicability to U.S. air carriers and flight crews during operations outside the U.S. (see H.R. 991), H10768 [12NO]
Roosevelt, Theodore: posthumous awarding of Medal of Honor (see H.R. 2263), H5825 [25JY]
Rudolph, Wilma G.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2717), H9615 [28OC]
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]
Schools: establish a partnership to rebuild and modernize school facilities (see H.R. 1104), H1707 [17AP]
Senior citizens: establish a program of pharmacy assistance fee for elderly persons who have no health insurance coverage (see H.R. 2681), H10768 [12NO]
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), H1261 [20MR]
Small Business Investment Act: amend (see H.R. 1985), H4086 [19JN]
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), H670 [26FE]
———allow tax credit to individuals due unpaid child support and increase the tax liability of individuals owing such child support (see H.R. 1735), H7730 [23SE]
———credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (see H.R. 1134), H3274 [3JN]
———increase State cap on private activity bonds (see H.R. 979), H4087 [19JN]
———restore the deduction for two-earner married couples (see H.R. 2593), H10956 [13NO]
———strengthen provisions relative to individuals who relinquish U.S. citizenship (see H.R. 1015), H1989 [29AP]
———tax credit for investment in the revitalization of communities (see H.R. 465), H1542 [15AP]
———treatment of contributions of computer technology and equipment to elementary or secondary schools (see H.R. 1478), H1988 [29AP]
———treatment of higher education expenses (see H.R. 553), H890 [11MR]
———treatment of income relative to imported properties from foreign corporations (see H.R. 1373), H3476 [4JN]
———treatment of individual training accounts (see H.R. 213), H1611 [16AP]
———treatment of tobacco products (see H.R. 3027), H10957 [13NO]
Telephones: strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers (see H.R. 2120), H8633 [7OC]
Timber: treatment of certain activities as noncounteravailable (see H.R. 1526), H8320 [2OC]
Tobacco products: increase excise taxes to fund health insurance for uninsured children and deficit reduction (see H.R. 1263), 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]
———treatment of excise taxes relative to costs incurred by tobacco industry liability settlement (see H.R. 2385, 2387), H6797 [3SE]
21st Century Scholars Program: establish (see H.R. 777), H6918 [4SE]
Veterans: benefit eligibility for certain service in the military forces of the Philippines (see H.R. 836), H6962 [5SE]
Weapons: restrict the use of funds for new deployments of antipersonnel landmines (see H.R. 2459), H7261 [11SE]
Bills and resolutions introduced
David B. Champagne Post Office Building, South Kingstown, RI: designate (see H.R. 2013), H4221 [23JN]
Education: provide for teacher technology training (see H.R. 2131), H5021 [9JY]
Families and domestic relations: child abuse and neglect prevention (see H.R. 1823), H3567 [5JN]
House Rules: permit disabled employees with the privilege of the House floor to use supporting services on the floor (see H. Res. 135), H1988 [29AP]
Taxation: deductions for business use of the home (see H.R. 1791), H3476 [4JN]
———full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals (see H.R. 1792), H3476 [4JN]
———treatment of higher education expenses (see H.R. 1774), H3273 [3JN]
Essays
Why I Want To Watch the State of the Union Address: Matthew Arundale, E237
Letters
National Sportsmanship Day: Florence Griffith Joyner and Tom McMillen, President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, E392
Tribute to Rhode Island Meals on Wheels (organization), E1527
Remarks
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2160), H5557 [22JY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2160), conference report, E1978
Armenia: anniversary of genocide, E797
Bentley, Steven: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E580
Budget: Republican proposal, H730 [5MR]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 84), H2974 [20MY]
———submission of budget proposal by the President without budgetary contingencies (H. Res. 89), H911 [12MR]
Cambodia: condemn violence and restore democracy (H. Res. 195), E1651
Capps, Walter H.: tribute (H. Res. 286), H9624 [29OC]
Crime: national policy to control juvenile crime and violence (H.R. 3), H2370 [8MY]
Cyprus: Turkish occupation (H. Con. Res. 81), H5509 [22JY]
David B. Champagne Post Office Building, South Kingstown, RI: designate (H.R. 2013), H8853 [21OC]
Democratic Party: national agenda, H1346 [9AP]
Dept. of Education: national testing standards, H7341 [16SE]
Dept. of State and related agencies: authorizing appropriations and consolidating certain agencies (H.R. 1757), motion to instruct conferees, E1978
Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2169), E1529
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2267), H7802, H7803 [24SE], H7867
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2264), H7125 [10SE], H7341 [16SE]
Education: national policy to improve system, H597 [25FE], H7125 [10SE]
Eximbank: reauthorization (H.R. 1370), E1978
Fish and fishing: moratorium on large vessels in Atlantic mackerel or Atlantic herring fisheries (H.R. 1855), E1552
Foreign aid: international family planning programs restrictions relative to abortion, E1978
Government regulations: reduce Federal paperwork burden (H.R. 852), H998 [13MR]
House Rules: repeal exception to the requirement that public committee proceedings be open to all media (H. Res. 301), H10631 [12NO]
Immigration: extend program allowing immigrants to renew status based on family relationship or employment opportunity while remaining in the country, E1866
INS: delay implementation of fingerprint processing system relative to background checks, H7802, H7803 [24SE]
Israel: condemn terrorist bombing in Jerusalem (H. Con. Res. 145), E1654
Leahy, Jason: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E787
LSC: funding, H7867
Mortimer, P. William: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1070
National Sea Grant College Program: reauthorization (H.R. 437), H3877 [18JN]
National Sportsmanship Day: observance, E392
North Kingstown, RI: Quonset Point-Davisville Project funding, E1529
Providence, RI: tribute for selection as National Trust for Historic Preservation National Preservation Conference host city, E1203
Republican Party: national agenda, H730 [5MR]
Rhode Island: tribute to Meals on Wheels (organization), E1527
Rhode Island Audubon Society: anniversary, E710
Small Business Act: amend (H.R. 2261), H8080
Small Business Investment Act: amend (H.R. 2261), H8080
Veterans Day: observance, E2320
Votes: position on missed, H4068
Warwick, RI: tribute to West Warwick High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, E722
WIC: funding, H5557 [22JY]
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H2088 [30AP]
Resignations
Committee on Small Business (House), H6678 [31JY]
Tributes
Arundale, Matthew, E237
Morrow, Richard, E2315