YATES, SIDNEY R. (a Representative from Illinois)
Addresses
Political Campaign Reform and Contribution Limits: Newton Minow, E774
Amendments
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2159), H5404 [16JY], H5577 [22JY], H6729, H6730 [3SE]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 2107, Dept. of the Interior and related agencies appropriations, H7653 [23SE]
———H.R. 2159, foreign operations, export financing, and related programs appropriations, H7321 [16SE]
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Board of Trustees, H596 [25FE]
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council, H923 [12MR]
Articles and editorials
Finding Cancer Without Biopsies, Steve Sternberg, USA Today, E1508
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Agriculture: prohibit transfer or marketing of nonambulatory cattle, sheep, swine, horses, mules, or goats (see H.R. 453), H2156 [1MY]
Alaska: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 900), H701 [27FE]
Anderson, Marian: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 864), H1019 [13MR]
Animal Welfare Act: amend and strengthen (see H.R. 635), H3576 [6JN]
Animals: ensure that all dogs and cats used by research facilities are obtained legally (see H.R. 594), H346 [5FE]
———prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear viscera (see H.R. 619), H347 [5FE]
———prohibit interstate commerce relative to exotic animals (see H.R. 1202), H10768 [12NO]
Arms Export Control Act: amend relative to prohibition on imports of certain firearms and ammunition (see H.R. 1570), H3170 [21MY]
Army: close School of the Americas (see H.R. 611), H1262 [20MR]
Aviation: installation of emergency locator transmitters on aircraft (see H.R. 664), H709 [3MR]
BATF: issue minimum safety and security standards for firearm dealers (see H.R. 2359), H6705 [31JY]
Business and industry: maintain standards for ``Made in USA'' label (see H. Con. Res. 80), H5917 [28JY]
———reduce corporate welfare (see H.R. 1015), H1892 [24AP]
Capitol Building and Grounds: use of the rotunda for a ceremony honoring Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew (see H. Con. Res. 134), H7200 [10SE]
CERCLA: ensure Federal compliance (see H.R. 1195), H5826 [25JY]
Chinese Student Protection Act: extend provisions to certain aliens who entered the U.S. without inspection (see H.R. 2728), H9502 [23OC]
Civil rights: prohibit use of involuntary arbitration to settle claims of employment discrimination (see H.R. 983), H1795 [23AP]
Clothing industry: legal accountability for sweatshop conditions (see H.R. 23), H4835 [26JN]
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty: ratification (see H. Res. 241), H7729 [23SE]
Consumers: labeling system for apparel and sporting goods made without child labor (see H.R. 1301), H1543 [15AP]
———prohibit the imposition of additional fees for use of certain automatic teller machines utilizing a national or regional network (see H.R. 795), H1018 [13MR]
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 96), H949 [12MR]
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), H1258 [20MR]
Crime: protection from sexual predators (see H.R. 305), H1112 [18MR]
———require States to address the problem of violent crimes committed by repeat offenders (see H. Con. Res. 75), H3798 [12JN]
Cuba: exception to trade embargo for food, medicines and medical supplies, instruments, or equipment (see H.R. 1951), H5487 [17JY]
Cyprus: Turkish occupation (see H. Con. Res. 81), H5570 [22JY]
Daniel J. Doffyn Post Office Building, Chicago, IL: designate (see H.R. 2773), H9866 [31OC]
Dept. of Agriculture: regulate loans to certain processors of sugarcane and sugar beets (see H.R. 1387), H1705 [17AP]
Dept. of Defense: classification of surplus military material (see H.R. 2602), H8299 [1OC]
Dept. of State: prohibit charges or fees for providing passport information (see H.R. 491), H949 [12MR]
Diseases: coverage of prostate cancer screening and drug treatments under Medicare and Dept. of Veterans Affairs programs and expansion of research and education programs (see H.R. 383), H286 [4FE]
———efforts to prevent transmission of HIV (see H.R. 1219), H1288 [21MR]
———payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted HIV due to contaminated blood products (see H.R. 1023), H888 [11MR]
———prostate cancer screening benefits (see H.R. 2639), H9039 [22OC]
———research programs for Parkinson's disease (see H.R. 1260), H1391 [9AP]
Domestic policy: establish a living wage, develop job opportunities, convert military programs to social programs, produce a capital budget, reduce poverty and violence, and redistribute wealth and power (see H.R. 1050), H949 [12MR]
Drunken driving: national standard to prohibit the operation of motor vehicles by intoxicated individuals (see H.R. 981), H3568 [5JN]
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]
———national objectives priority assignments (see H.R. 1404), H4836 [26JN]
———negotiation of an international climate change agreement (see H. Con. Res. 106), H8265 [30SE]
———strengthen protection of native biodiversity and place restraints on clearcutting of forests (see H.R. 1861), H5570 [22JY]
Edison, Thomas A.: mint coins in commemoration of sesquicentennial of birth (see H.R. 678), H6706 [31JY]
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]
———provide for retirement savings and security (see H.R. 1130), H1795 [23AP]
EPA: reestablish the Office of Noise Abatement and Control (see H.R. 536), H283 [4FE]
Explosives: require materials to contain taggants (see H.R. 538), H768 [5MR]
Fair Labor Standards Act: reform provisions relative to child labor (see H.R. 1870), H3796 [12JN]
Family and Medical Leave Act: expand coverage and allow leave for parental involvement in educational and extracurricular activities (see H.R. 191, 234), H1988 [29AP], H3924 [18JN]
Federal employees: delays in retirement cost-of-living adjustments (see H. Con. Res. 13), H1392 [9AP]
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), H949 [12MR]
———permanent ban on possession of firearms by persons convicted of a felony (see H.R. 1228), H1338 [8AP]
———prevent handgun violence and illegal commerce (see H.R. 12), H5487 [17JY]
———prohibit possession or transfer of nonsporting handguns (see H.R. 476), H243 [21JA]
———require check for restraining orders before the transfer of a handgun by a firearms dealer (see H.R. 2774), H10768 [12NO]
———requirements for dealers and owners relative to gun safety devices to prevent access by children (see H.R. 814), H804 [6MR]
Flag—U.S.: express respect and affection (see H. Con. Res. 23), H702 [27FE]
Foreign trade: ensure protection of worker rights and environmental standards in any trade agreements (see H.R. 1079), H1612 [16AP]
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial: design and construct a permanent addition (see H.J. Res. 76), H2590 [13MY]
Freedom of information: require disclosure of information on certain individuals relative to Nazi war crimes during World War II (see H.R. 235), H348 [5FE]
Germany: expand reparations criteria and set up a comprehensive medical fund for Holocaust survivors (see H. Con. Res. 112), H5487 [17JY]
———jurisdiction of cases in U.S. courts involving genocide during World War II (see H.R. 1531), H3660 [10JN]
Guam: establish commonwealth (see H.R. 100), H70 [7JA], H142 [9JA]
Health: apply group health plan portability requirements to students covered under college-sponsored health plans (see H.R. 1281), H2351 [7MY]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 1200), H1260 [20MR]
———prohibit restriction of certain medical communications between health care providers and their patients (see H.R. 586), H804 [6MR]
———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 1749), H10172 [6NO]
———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (see H.R. 135), H245 [21JA]
———require the removal of silicone gel and saline breast implants and conduct chemical and industrial safety research (see H.R. 366), H1112 [18MR]
———standardize relationships between group health plans and health insurers relative to enrollees, health professionals, and providers (see H.R. 1415), H10956 [13NO]
House of Representatives: implementation of Office Waste Recycling Program (see H. Res. 119), H1611 [16AP]
Human rights: expedite the declassification of certain documents relating to human rights abuses in Guatemala and Honduras (see H.R. 2635), H9615 [28OC]
———trafficking of Burmese women and girls into Thailand for forced prostitution (see H. Con. Res. 114), H5132 [10JY]
Hunting and trapping: prohibit steel jaw leghold traps (see H.R. 1176), H1259 [20MR]
Illinois and Michigan Canal Heritage Corridor Commission: extend (see H.R. 1042), H1440 [10AP]
Immigration: asylum or deportation regulations relative to gender-related persecution (see H.R. 825), H1715 [21AP]
———provide permanent residency status to certain Persian Gulf Conflict evacuees (see H.R. 793), H804 [6MR]
———treatment of aliens born in the Philippines or Japan who were fathered by U.S. citizens (see H.R. 2540), H7830 [24SE]
Independent Commission on Campaign Finance Reform: establish (see H.R. 1614), H6407 [30JY]
Indonesia: limit military assistance and arms transfers (see H.R. 1132), H1612 [16AP]
———support for peace process in East Timor (see H. Res. 45), H950 [12MR]
Insurance: coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (see H.R. 815), H1187 [19MR]
———coverage of minimum hospital stays and reconstructive surgery relative to breast cancer and of second opinions for any cancer diagnosis (see H.R. 616), H950 [12MR]
———coverage of reconstructive breast surgery resulting from mastectomies (see H.R. 164), H1339 [8AP]
———coverage of screening mammography (see H.R. 617), H347 [5FE]
———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 306), H245 [21JA]
Intelligence services: require separate, unclassified statements of the aggregate amount of budget outlays for intelligence activities (see H.R. 753), H585 [13FE]
International relations: encourage efforts to reunite families separated during Holocaust (see H. Con. Res. 14), H768 [5MR]
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]
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]
IRS: improve operations and governance (see H.R. 2428), H7528 [17SE]
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]
Latin America: prohibit sale or transfer of highly advanced weapons (see H.R. 2345), H6704 [31JY]
Lewis and Clark expedition: support for an interpretive site near Wood River, IL, as the point of departure (see H. Res. 281), H9558 [24OC]
LSC: eligibility for assistance for victims of domestic violence (see H.R. 1076), H1017 [13MR]
Malaysia: anti-American and anti-Semitic remarks of Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamed (see H. Con. Res. 174), H9801 [30OC]
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), H1391 [9AP]
Medicaid: coverage of community-based attendant services (see H.R. 2020), H7830 [24SE]
Medicare: bone mass measurements (see H.R. 1002), H812 [10MR]
———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), H1704 [17AP]
———coverage of screening mammography (see H.R. 417, 418), H286 [4FE], H3070 [20MY]
———hospice care reform (see H.R. 521), H283 [4FE]
———improve quality and cost-effectiveness of telemedicine and medical informatic networks (see H.R. 1101), H2254 [6MY]
———payments and charges for outpatient services (see H.R. 582), H1262 [20MR]
Medicare/Medicaid: referral information requirements of hospitals relative to post-hospital services (see H.R. 734), H1262 [20MR]
Military Selective Service Act: repeal (see H.R. 2421), H8633 [7OC]
Monuments and memorials: establish National Peace Garden Monument (see H.R. 1497), H2090 [30AP]
Motion pictures: tribute to NBC and Ford Motor Co., for television broadcast of movie ``Schindler's List'' (see H. Con. Res. 30), H701 [27FE]
Motor vehicles: install switches to deactivate air bags (see H.R. 1022), H1707 [17AP]
NAFTA: assess impact, renegotiate certain provisions, and provide for withdrawal (see H.R. 978), H1795 [23AP]
National forests: ban clearcutting, protect native biodiversity, and designate certain Federal lands as Northwest Ancient Forests and roadless areas (see H.R. 1376), H1705 [17AP]
National Railroad Hall of Fame, Inc.: support efforts to construct a National Railroad Hall of Fame (see H. Res. 172), H4086 [19JN]
Natural resources: recover fair market value for disposal of Federal natural assets (see H.R. 919), H724 [4MR]
Nicaragua: tribute on the occasion of democratic elections (see H. Con. Res. 18), H709 [3MR]
Nobel Prize: recognition of Carlos F.X. Belo and Jose Ramos-Horta for peace (see H. Res. 45), H950 [12MR]
Office of Religious Persecution Monitoring: establish (see H.R. 2431), H8727 [8OC]
Organ donors: establish congressional commemorative medal (see H.R. 1505), H2446 [8MY]
Passports: record place of birth as Jerusalem, Israel, on certain U.S. passports (see H.R. 1298), H3170 [21MY]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 493, 600, 2777; H. Res. 236), H804 [6MR], H1112 [18MR], H8834 [9OC], H9800 [30OC]
Public Health Service: extend breast cancer research programs (see H.R. 1070), H1892 [24AP]
Public lands: designate certain national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and wilderness areas in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming (see H.R. 1425), H3477 [4JN]
Public welfare programs: treatment of certain legal immigrants (see H.R. 1015), H1892 [24AP]
Public works: provide incentives for the creation of jobs and restoration of infrastructure (see H.R. 950), H3274 [3JN]
Religion: protect certain charitable contributions (see H.R. 2604), H9559 [24OC]
Roads and highways: funding for resurfacing, restoring, rehabilitating, and reconstructing interstate highways (see H.R. 1657), H2874 [16MY]
Schools: establish a partnership to rebuild and modernize school facilities (see H.R. 1104), H1262 [20MR]
Sewering, Hans J.: investigate and prosecute Nazi war criminal (see H. Con. Res. 19), H10957 [13NO]
Social Security: earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 612), H670 [26FE]
———restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to certain individuals (see H.R. 2549), H9615 [28OC]
Space policy: space station program funding (see H.R. 1423), H1794 [23AP]
SSI: exception to limited eligibility for permanent resident aliens (see H.R. 663), H1456 [14AP]
Taxation: benefits for foreign corporations (see H.R. 599), H1018 [13MR]
———establish intercity passenger rail service trust fund (see H.R. 1437), H5487 [17JY]
———extend incentives for alcohol used as a fuel as part of any extension of fuel tax rates (see H.R. 2489), H7527 [17SE]
———strengthen provisions relative to individuals who relinquish U.S. citizenship (see H.R. 1015), H1892 [24AP]
———treatment of advertising expenses for tobacco products (see H.R. 1323), H1541 [15AP]
———treatment of certain income relative to principal campaign committees (see H.R. 1112), H1111 [18MR]
———treatment of frequent flyer mileage awards (see H.R. 533), H725 [4MR]
———treatment of golf caddies (see H.R. 2321), H7528 [17SE]
———treatment of tobacco products (see H.R. 3027), H10957 [13NO]
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]
Ted Weiss U.S. Courthouse, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 548), H804 [6MR]
Television: broadcast of violent programming (see H. Res. 166), H5570 [22JY]
Tobacco products: increase excise taxes to fund health insurance for uninsured children and deficit reduction (see H.R. 1263), H2680 [14MY]
———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. 2387, 2390), H6919 [4SE], H7601 [18SE]
———treatment of taxes relative to payments made pursuant to tobacco industry settlement legislation (see H.R. 2385), H7200 [10SE]
Truth in Lending Act: simplify credit card payments to governments relative to transaction fees paid to credit card companies (see H.R. 883), H6798 [3SE]
U.N.: authorize payment of U.S. arrearages (see H. Con. Res. 40), H4914 [8JY]
———participation in negotiations to establish international criminal court (see H.J. Res. 89), H6799 [3SE]
U.N. World Conference on Women: support U.S. commitments (see H. Con. Res. 39), H804 [6MR]
Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1500), H2090 [30AP]
Veterans: authorize the Pyramid of Remembrance Foundation to establish a memorial dedicated to soldiers who have died in foreign conflicts other than declared wars (see H.R. 1608), H7601 [18SE]
———benefit eligibility for certain service in the military forces of the Philippines (see H.R. 836), H4647 [25JN]
Water pollution: Federal facilities pollution control (see H.R. 1194), H5826 [25JY]
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), H1261 [20MR]
———protection of reproductive rights (see H.R. 2525), H8265 [30SE]
———ratify equal rights amendment as part of the Constitution upon ratification by certain State legislatures (see H. Res. 26), H3924 [18JN]
World War II: provide redress for inadequate restitution of assets seized by the U.S. Government which belonged to victims of the Holocaust (see H.R. 2591), H9615 [28OC]
———require apology and reparation of victims of Japanese war crimes (see H. Con. Res. 126), H5826 [25JY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Capitol Building and Grounds: use of the rotunda for a ceremony to honor victims of the Holocaust (see H. Con. Res. 11), H244 [21JA]
Firearms: prohibit possession or transfer of armor piercing ammunition (see H.R. 1999), H4086 [19JN]
———regulation of handguns in any manner affecting interstate or foreign commerce (see H.R. 1996), H4086 [19JN]
———require consultation before the manufacture, importation, or sale of armor piercing ammunition for use by a governmental entity (see H.R. 1997), H4086 [19JN]
———require registration and permits for possession and transfer of firearms and ammunition (see H.R. 1998), H4086 [19JN]
Flis, Sylvester: relief (see H.R. 2745), H9558 [24OC]
House Rules: amend relative to introduction of a bill about inclusion of Franklin Delano Roosevelt in President's Day observances (see H. Res. 141), H2156 [1MY]
Kadiri, Nuratu O.A.: relief (see H.R. 1949), H3865 [17JN]
Taxation: allow tax credit for public transportation expenses (see H.R. 2157), H5177 [11JY]
Motions
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2107), H7651 [23SE]
Remarks
Army: School of the Americas funding, H6745 [3SE]
BIA: prohibit recognition of new Indian trust lands until binding agreements are reached by tribes on State and local sales taxes, H5221, H5224 [15JY]
Canaveral National Seashore: prohibit designation as a clothing-optional area, H5245 [15JY]
Capitol Building and Grounds: use of the rotunda for a ceremony to honor victims of the Holocaust (H. Con. Res. 11), H1280 [21MR]
Croatia: allocation of foreign aid, H6729 [3SE]
Dept. of the Interior: require allocation of spending reductions to deficit reduction, H5218 [15JY]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2107), H5073 [10JY], H5139, H5143, H5144, H5145, H5146, H5148, H5149, H5151, H5155, H5157 [11JY], H5218, H5221, H5224, H5245 [15JY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2107), conference report, H9532, H9534, H9540 [24OC]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2107), consideration (H. Res. 181), H5050, H5058 [10JY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2107), motion to instruct conferees, H7651 [23SE]
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2159), H6353 [30JY], H6729, H6745 [3SE]
Israel: terrorist bombing in Jerusalem market (H. Con. Res. 133), H6343 [30JY]
National Endowment for the Arts: funding, H5050, H5058, H5073 [10JY], H5139 [11JY], H7651 [23SE], H9532, H9534 [24OC]
———replace funding with block grants to States, H5143, H5144, H5145, H5146, H5148, H5149, H5151, H5155 [11JY]
National Endowment for the Humanities: funding, H5157 [11JY]
Parliamentary inquiry, H5165 [11JY]
Weizmann Institute for Science: tribute, E1508
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H1786 [23AP], H1878 [24AP], H1986 [29AP], H2348 [7MY], H4083 [19JN], H4130 [20JN], H4219 [23JN], H4337 [24JN], H4644 [25JN], H4830 [26JN], H4909 [8JY], H5775 [24JY], H5913 [28JY], H7596 [18SE], H9727 [29OC], H9798 [30OC], H10951 [13NO]
Rulings of the Chair
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2107), H5220 [15JY]
Tributes
Gallagher, Brian D., E147
Marchese, Louis, E231
Marchese, Louis R., E780
Minow, Newton, E774