KANJORSKI, PAUL E. (a Representative from Pennsylvania)
Appointments
Conferee: S. 900, Financial Services Act, H6738 [30JY]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Agriculture: repeal peanut quotas, reduce peanut loan rates, and require the Dept. of Agriculture to purchase peanuts for nutrition programs (see H.R. 2571), H6018 [20JY]
Aldrin, Edwin E. (Buzz): award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2815), H11145 [28OC]
Armstrong, Neil A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2815), H11145 [28OC]
Black Lung Benefits Act: improve (see H.R. 466), H375 [2FE]
Budget: establish 2-year cycle (see H. Res. 396), H12793 [18NO]
Clinton, President: abstain from renegotiating international agreements governing antidumping and countervailing measures (see H. Res. 298), H9411 [5OC]
Collins, Michael: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2815), H11145 [28OC]
Community development: license America's Private Investment Companies and provide enhanced credit to stimulate private investment in low-income communities (see H.R. 2764), H7882 [5AU]
Computers: use, sale, and export of encryption products for privacy and security (see H.R. 850), H814 [25FE]
Consumers: establish disclosure requirements for banks and credit card companies that share information with telemarketers, ban sharing of credit card and deposit account numbers, and enhance regulatory enforcement (see H.R. 2156), H4127 [10JN]
Council of Conservative Citizens: condemn racist and bigoted views (see H. Res. 35), H958 [3MR]
Cuba: exception to trade embargo for food, medicines and medical supplies, instruments, or equipment (see H.R. 1644), H3711 [27MY]
Dept. of Agriculture: implementation of certain milk price structures as part of the implementation of the final rule to consolidate Federal milk marketing orders (see H.R. 1402), H2053 [14AP]
Dept. of Energy: establish compensation programs for employees sustaining illnesses from exposure to beryllium and other hazardous substances and examine health effects of exposure to hazardous substances (see H.R. 3478), H12792 [18NO]
Dept. of HUD: establish consensus committee for development, revision, and interpretation of safety standards for manufactured home construction (see H.R. 710), H2304 [26AP]
———insure mortgages for the acquisition, construction, or rehabilitation of child care facilities and establish a Children's Development Commission to certify such facilities (see H.R. 1112), H1333 [16MR]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish a national cemetery for veterans in the Pittsburgh, PA, metropolitan area (see H.R. 1973), H3709 [27MY]
———establish a national cemetery for veterans in the Valley Forge National Historic Park (see H.R. 1961), H3693 [26MY]
Diseases: expand research activities relative to lupus (see H.R. 762), H12795 [18NO]
Ecology and environment: assist local governments and encourage State voluntary response programs relative to remediating brownfield sites (see H.R. 1750), H2997 [11MY]
Education: strengthen involvement of parents in the education of their children (see H.R. 2801), H8100 [9SE]
Families and domestic relations: increase availability, affordability, and quality of child care and enhance early childhood development (see H.R. 1139), H1334 [16MR]
FCC: preserve low-power television stations that provide community broadcasting (see H.R. 486), H4912 [24JN]
FDA: uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2129), H11645 [5NO]
Federal Home Loan Bank System: modernize and improve (see H.R. 822), H794 [24FE]
FEMA: make grants to fire departments to improve public safety against fire and fire-related hazards (see H.R. 1168), H1407 [17MR]
Financial institutions: give customers notice and choice about how institutions share or sell personally identifiable sensitive financial information (see H.R. 1929), H3604 [25MY]
———offer negotiable order of withdrawal accounts to businesses, allow interest payments on demand deposits, and require FRS to pay interest on certain reserves (see H.R. 1435), H2131 [15AP]
Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 33), H795 [24FE]
Food Quality Protection Act: establish certain requirements (see H.R. 1592), H7886 [5AU]
FRS: require unregulated hedge funds to submit regular reports to the Board of Governors and make such reports available to the public (see H.R. 2924), H8627 [23SE]
Government: payment protections for persons providing labor and materials for Federal construction projects (see H.R. 1219), H1595 [23MR]
Health: protect the privacy of personally identifiable health information (see H.R. 1941), H3605 [25MY]
———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 358), H268 [19JA] (see H.R. 2723), H8967 [28SE]
Hesburgh, Theodore M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1932), H5688 [15JY]
Housing: establish a program to assist homeowners experiencing temporary difficulty making payments on mortgages insured under the National Housing Act (see H.R. 595), H3860 [8JN]
———expand homeownership (see H.R. 1776), H7886 [5AU]
Human rights: expedite the declassification of certain documents relating to human rights abuses in Guatemala and Honduras and other regions (see H.R. 1625), H11854 [9NO]
Insurance: prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 306), H273 [19JA]
Internet: regulation of online sales of pharmaceuticals (see H.R. 2763), H7882 [5AU]
Iron and steel industry: limit steel imports to the average monthly volume of such imports during the 3 years preceding July, 1997 (see H.R. 506), H377 [2FE]
———reduce the volume of steel imports (see H.R. 975), H1070 [9MR]
Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1093), H5335 [1JY]
Library of Congress: assemble a written history of the House of Representatives for publication (see H.R. 2303), H4734 [22JN]
Medicare: disclose staffing and performance data, provide whistleblower protections, and review mergers and acquisitions relative to Medicare providers (see H.R. 1288), H1973 [13AP]
———eliminate budget neutrality adjustment factor used in calculating blended capitation rate for Medicare+Choice organizations (see H.R. 406), H10724 [21OC]
———eliminate time limitation on benefits for immunosuppressive drugs (see H.R. 1115), H10032 [13OC]
———ensure geographic reclassifications of hospitals in urban areas do not result in lower wage indexes (see H.R. 3216), H11481 [3NO]
———improve access to health insurance and benefits for certain individuals (see H.R. 2228), H4341 [15JN]
———increase certain payments to hospitals (see H.R. 2266), H12226 [17NO]
———limit reductions in Federal payments under the prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department services (see H.R. 2241), H10340 [19OC]
———modify treatment of certain patient days for purposes of determining the amount of disproportionate share adjustment payments to hospitals (see H.R. 1529), H2299 [22AP]
———repeal restriction on payment for hospital discharges to post-acute care (see H.R. 405), H10724 [21OC]
———repeal the financial limitation on rehabilitation services (see H.R. 1385), H3503 [24MY]
———revise payment amounts to home health agencies (see H.R. 2240), H5572 [14JY]
———waive waiting period for coverage and provide coverage of drugs for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (see H.R. 353), H3392 [19MY]
Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 325), H10173 [18OC]
Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact: reauthorize and modify conditions (see H.R. 1604), H2469 [28AP]
NSF: demonstration project to encourage interest in the fields of mathematics, science, and information technology (see H.R. 1265), H3695 [26MY]
Nuclear Waste Policy Act: amend (see H.R. 45), H226 [6JA]
Older Americans Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 773), H714 [23FE]
Parks, Rosa: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 573), H1163 [10MR]
Pennsylvania: protect and conduct a study of Paoli and Brandywine Battlefields and authorize the Valley Forge Museum of the American Revolution (see H.R. 659), H538 [9FE]
Pensions: reform (see H.R. 1102), H5335 [1JY]
Petroleum: authorize oilheat industry research and consumer education programs (see H.R. 380), H379 [2FE]
Philadelphia, PA: designate certain Postal Service buildings (see H.R. 100), H2470 [28AP]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 417), H271 [19JA]
Postal Service: guidelines for renovation, relocation, closing, or consolidation of post offices (see H.R. 670), H10611 [20OC]
Presidential Transition Act: provide training of individuals a President-elect intends to nominate as department heads or appoint to key executive positions (see H.R. 3137), H10769 [25OC]
Public buildings: placement of automatic external defibrillators to assist individuals who experience cardiac arrest and protections from civil liability relative to emergency use of the devices (see H.R. 2498), H12226 [17NO]
Refuse disposal: State control of municipal solid waste transportation and disposal (see H.R. 1190), H1472 [18MR]
Russia: propose principles governing the provision of IMF assistance (see H.R. 3027), H9410 [5OC]
Samuel J. Roberts Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Erie, PA: designate (see H.R. 3068), H10032 [13OC]
Senior citizens: improve the quality of housing for the elderly (see H.R. 1624), H2544 [29AP]
Shelton, Henry H.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2672), H6842 [2AU]
Social Security: computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 120), H2373 [27AP]
———computation system for benefits relative to spouses' and surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 1217), H2055 [14AP]
———earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 1601), H2468 [28AP]
———improve benefit computation formula for certain workers affected by changes in benefit computation rules (see H.R. 1771), H4025 [9JN]
Southern Dairy Compact: congressional consent (see H.R. 1604), H2469 [28AP]
Taxation: accurately codify the depreciable life of semiconductor manufacturing equipment (see H.R. 1092), H1258 [11MR]
———allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts (see H.R. 957), H4993 [25JN]
———expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools and provide incentives for corporations to participate in cooperative agreements with public schools in distressed areas (see H.R. 1660), H7997 [8SE]
———increase State cap on private activity bonds (see H.R. 864), H2133 [15AP]
———modify the low-income housing credit (see H.R. 175), H957 [3MR]
———provide a credit to taxpayers investing in entities seeking to provide capital to create new markets in low-income communities (see H.R. 2713), H7880 [5AU]
———provide additional retirement savings opportunities for small employers and self-employed individuals (see H.R. 352), H268 [19JA]
———provide assistance to first-time homebuyers (see H.R. 1333), H1801 [25MR]
———treatment of individual retirement accounts relative to charitable contributions (see H.R. 1311), H6759 [30JY]
Thomas M. Foglietta Support Site, Gricignano d'Aversa, Italy: designate (see H.R. 52), H1697 [24MR]
Transportation: provide off-budget treatment for certain transportation trust funds (see H.R. 111), H796 [24FE]
Veterans: health care funding (see H. Con. Res. 225), H11954 [10NO]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Coal: disability benefit eligibility for certain miners (see H.R. 722), H642 [11FE]
Courts: clarify jurisdiction and procedures for compensating injuries resulting from the production and mining of beryllium (see H.R. 675), H585 [10FE]
Dept. of Energy: establish compensation programs for employees sustaining illnesses from exposure to beryllium and other hazardous substances and examine health effects of exposure to hazardous substances (see H.R. 3418), H12225 [17NO]
Federal employees: make certain temporary Federal service creditable for retirement purposes (see H.R. 1606), H2469 [28AP]
Solid waste: State control over disposal of out-of-State solid waste (see H.R. 891), H888 [2MR]
Thorpe, Jim: recognize as the Athlete of the Century (see H. Res. 198), H3711 [27MY]
Letters
Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act: several Representatives, E2523
Remarks
Barrouk, Stephen M.: Leadership Wilkes-Barre Distinguished Leadership Award recipient, E1066
College Misericordia: anniversary, E1950
Community Reinvestment Act: protect and expand, H4817 [23JN]
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2490), H5650 [15JY]
Duryea, PA: anniversary of St. Mary's Polish National Catholic Church, E1908
Eximbank: clarify quorum requirement for Board of Directors (H.R. 2565), H6358 [26JY]
Financial institutions: provide framework for the affiliation of banks, securities firms, and other financial service providers (H.R. 10), H5237 [1JY]
———provide framework for the affiliation of banks, securities firms, and other financial service providers (S. 900), conference report, H11544
Goldberg, Richard M.: S.J. Strauss Lodge of B'Nai B'rith Community Service Award recipient, E188
Government regulations: preserve limited Federal agency reporting requirements on banking and housing matters (H.R. 3046), H10234 [19OC]
Greater Wilkes-Barre Central Labor Council: tribute to event recognizing the contributions of organized labor, E2083
Larksville, PA: anniversary of St. John the Baptist Church, E69
Loughney, Thomas M.: Greater Pittston, PA, Friendly Sons of St. Patrick (organization) W. Francis Swingle Award recipient, E429
Luzerne County, PA: anniversary of General Federation of Women's Clubs, E2047
———anniversary of Knox Mine disaster, E66
McGinty, Terry: Greater Pittston, PA, Friendly Sons of St. Patrick (organization) Man of the Year award recipient, E428
Nanticoke, PA: anniversary of St. Francis of Assisi Church, E799
National Federation of the Blind: tribute, E2361
Nespoli, John L.: Arthritis Foundation Community Leader of the Year award recipient, E1926
Pierantoni, Fred, III: Italian American Association of Luzerne County Person of the Year award recipient, E2037
Presidents of the U.S.: increase annual salary, H5650 [15JY]
Pugh, Thomas E.: Ethics Institute of Northeastern Pennsylvania honoree, E1889
Russ Morgan Orchestra: anniversary, E1074
Saul, Ray: Hazleton, PA, Sons of Italy Italian American of the Year award recipient, E2064
Schott Glass Technologies (business): anniversary, E1744
Social Security: expand health care coverage for working, disabled individuals and establish a Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Program to provide work opportunities for such individuals (H.R. 1180), conference report, E2522
Swoyersville, PA: anniversary, E1461
Taxation: rates, H6406, H6407, H6408, H6409, H6410, H6411, H6412 [26JY]
Votes: position on missed, H11551
Wilkes-Barre, PA: anniversary of St. Aloysius Church, E670
———dedication of historical marker honoring Min Matheson, E1958
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H11554 [4NO], H11643 [5NO]
Tributes
Lackenmier, James R., E1040
Masakowski, John C., E1139
McAndrews, John A., E1396
McGowan, Andrew J., E1096
Moran, Joe, E46
Nahas, Herbert G., E1896
Nonnemacher, Matthew, E2144
Simonetti, Marino, E695
Stone, Bob, E1035
van Arsdale, Tom and Suzette, E1716
Ward, Thomas J., E688