MINGE, DAVID (a Representative from Minnesota)
Amendments
Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2000-2009 (H. Con. Res. 68), H1756 [25MR]
Appointments
Committee on Economics (Joint), H1781 [25MR]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Agricultural Market Transition Act: eliminate limitation on loan rates for marketing assistance loans (see H.R. 1468), H2132 [15AP]
Agriculture: commitment to address emergency that currently exists (see H. Con. Res. 113), H3605 [25MY]
———encourage participation and ensure availability of affordable crop insurance for producers (see H.R. 1536), H2299 [22AP]
———harmonization of registrations of certain pesticides (see H.R. 1913), H3861 [8JN]
———impose a moratorium on large agribusiness mergers and establish a commission to review large agriculture mergers (see H.R. 3159), H11067 [27OC]
———provide for accreditation of associations of agricultural producers and promote good faith bargaining between such associations and handlers of agricultural products (see H.R. 2830), H12795 [18NO]
———reform the marketing loan program, expand land enrollment under the conservation reserve program, and maintain foreign trade opportunities for commodities (see H.R. 1299), H2374 [27AP]
Alaska: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1239), H1596 [23MR]
American Discovery Trail: designate (see H.R. 2339), H6424 [26JY]
Armstrong, Lance: tribute (see H. Res. 264), H6600 [29JY]
Army: close School of the Americas (see H.R. 732), H717 [23FE]
Bankruptcy: reenact chapter 12 of bankruptcy code relative to family farmers (see H.R. 706), H658 [12FE]
———temporarily extend chapter 12 of bankruptcy code relative to the treatment of farmers' reorganization plans by banks (see H.R. 808), H716 [23FE]
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced budget and greater accountability in the enactment of tax legislation (see H.J. Res. 1), H226 [6JA]
———establish a budget reserve account for emergencies (see H.R. 537), H417 [3FE]
———establish 2-year cycle (see H. Res. 396), H12793 [18NO]
———improve and strengthen budget process (see H.R. 853), H814 [25FE]
———provide for expedited consideration of certain proposed rescissions of budget authority (see H.R. 3442), H12226 [17NO]
———require appropriate off-budget treatment for Social Security in official budget pronouncements (see H.R. 863), H815 [25FE] (see H.R. 1157), H1406 [17MR]
Citizenship: waiving of residency and English language requirements for Hmong refugees (see H.R. 371), H796 [24FE]
Clinton, President: abstain from renegotiating international agreements governing antidumping and countervailing measures (see H. Res. 298), H8556 [22SE]
Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 16), H8149 [13SE]
Computers: use, sale, and export of encryption products for privacy and security (see H.R. 850), H1597 [23MR]
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act: eliminate funding for loans for qualified beginning farmers or ranchers (see H.R. 882), H824 [1MR]
Contracts: provide simplified criteria for determining whether an individual is an employee or an independent contractor and limit retroactive employment tax reclassifications (see H.R. 1525), H2374 [27AP]
Copyrights: prevent the misappropriation of collections of information (see H.R. 354), H7996 [8SE]
CPSC: require child-proof caps for portable gasoline containers (see H.R. 3136), H10769 [25OC]
Cuba: exception to trade embargo for food, medicines and medical supplies, instruments, or equipment (see H.R. 1644), H2545 [29AP]
Dept. of Agriculture: authority relative to plant protection and quarantine (see H.R. 1504), H11854 [9NO]
———provide administrative authority to investigate live poultry dealers (see H.R. 2829), H12795 [18NO]
Dept. of HUD: establish consensus committee for development, revision, and interpretation of safety standards for manufactured home construction (see H.R. 710), H1014 [4MR]
———grants to States to supplement assistance for the preservation of affordable housing for low-income families (see H.R. 425), H2636 [4MY]
Dept. of Justice: establish Bureau of Immigration Services and the Bureau of Immigration Enforcement (see H.R. 2528), H5686 [15JY]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: conduct Stand Down events and establish a pilot program that will provide for an annual Stand Down event in each State (see H.R. 566), H418 [3FE]
———make pay adjustments for nurses and certain other health-care professionals in the same manner as Federal employees and allow locality pay adjustments for those employees (see H.R. 1216), H1595 [23MR]
Education: give gifted and talented students the opportunity to develop their capabilities (see H.R. 637), H6759 [30JY]
———provide for a rural education development initiative (see H.R. 2725), H7881 [5AU]
FCC: establish improved predictive models for determining the availability of television broadcast signals (see H.R. 851), H1697 [24MR]
———preserve low-power television stations that provide community broadcasting (see H.R. 486), H2998 [11MY]
Federal agencies and departments: review of efficiency and need for certain agencies (see H.R. 2128), H4126 [10JN]
Federal employees: establish program under which current and former employees may obtain long-term care insurance (see H.R. 1111), H7996 [8SE]
———reduce number of political appointees (see H.R. 680), H585 [10FE]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: provide for enhanced implementation of Food Quality Protection Act amendments (see H.R. 1334), H6599 [29JY]
Financial institutions: encourage a strong community-based banking system (see H.R. 1354), H4024 [9JN]
Food industry: collection of information regarding prices paid for the procurement of certain livestock and meat products (see H.R. 693), H585 [10FE]
———ensure that all persons who benefit from the dairy promotion and research program contribute to the cost of the program (see H.R. 444), H11955 [10NO]
Food Security Act: expand conservation reserve (see H.R. 408), H816 [25FE]
Foreign aid: prohibit certain defense services to countries ineligible for international military education, training assistance, or arms transfers (see H.R. 1063), H4342 [15JN]
———prohibit military assistance and arms transfers to certain countries (see H.R. 2269), H4615 [17JN]
Foreign countries: require congressional approval of U.S. economic sanctions on agricultural products, medicines, and medical products (see H.R. 3140), H11703 [8NO]
Foreign policy: establish framework for consideration of unilateral economic sanctions (see H.R. 1244), H1694 [24MR]
———provide bilateral debt relief and improve the provision of multilateral debt relief (see H.R. 1095), H3859 [8JN]
Foreign trade: promote agricultural commodities, livestock, and value-added products, and prepare for future bilateral and multilateral trade negotiations (see H.R. 817), H793 [24FE]
———require the President to report to Congress on any selective embargo on agricultural commodities (see H.R. 17), H225 [6JA]
House of Representatives: require that excess amounts from Members' official allowances be applied to deficit reduction (see H.R. 2171), H4128 [10JN]
Housing: expand homeownership (see H.R. 1776), H4223 [14JN]
Human rights: expedite the declassification of certain documents relating to human rights abuses in Guatemala and Honduras and other regions (see H.R. 1625), H2544 [29AP]
Immigration: provide refugee status to foreign nationals who assist in the return of POW/MIA (see H.R. 1926), H8149 [13SE]
Indianapolis (U.S.S.): award a Presidential Unit Citation to final crew (see H.J. Res. 48), H9646 [7OC]
Indonesia: prohibit military assistance until the termination of paramilitary funding and human rights violations in East Timor (see H. Con. Res. 97), H4913 [24JN]
———support for peace process in East Timor (see H. Res. 251), H5687 [15JY]
Insurance: coverage of long-term care services (see H. Con. Res. 8), H243 [7JA]
———Federal reinsurance contracts for eligible State insurance programs covering homeowners impacted by natural disasters (see H.R. 21), H2133 [15AP]
———provide equitable coverage of mental health, substance abuse, and chemical dependency treatment services under group and individual health coverage (see H.R. 1515), H5093 [29JN]
———provide nondiscriminatory coverage of substance abuse treatment services under private group and individual health coverage (see H.R. 1977), H4025 [9JN]
Iran: discrimination against members of minority religious groups (see H. Con. Res. 128), H6583 [27JY]
———impose sanctions on foreign persons who transfer items contributing to efforts to acquire, develop, or produce ballistic missiles (see H.R. 1883), H6965 [3AU]
Iron and steel industry: reduce the volume of steel imports (see H.R. 975), H1070 [9MR]
———respond to the surge of steel imports resulting from the financial crises in Asia, Russia, and other regions (see H.R. 412), H892 [2MR]
Israel: elections (see H. Con. Res. 109), H3295 [18MY]
Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1093), H1474 [18MR]
Lewis and Clark Rural Water System, Inc.: authorize construction and assistance (see H.R. 297), H242 [7JA]
Liberia: adjust immigration status of certain nationals (see H.R. 919), H8149 [13SE]
Library of Congress: assemble a written history of the House of Representatives for publication (see H.R. 2303), H9242 [1OC]
McVay, Charles B., III: court-martial conviction relative to sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis (see H.J. Res. 48), H9646 [7OC]
Medicaid: coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services for certain women screened under federally funded programs (see H.R. 1070), H3461 [20MY]
———reinstate prior level of disproportionate share hospital payments to Minnesota (see H.R. 1610), H2469 [28AP]
———reinstate prior level of disproportionate share hospital payments to Minnesota, New Mexico, and Wyoming (see H.R. 2800), H7884 [5AU]
———treatment of payments made as a result of tobacco industry liability settlement (see H.R. 351), H2203 [20AP]
Medicare: coverage of chiropractic services under Medicare+Choice program (see H. Con. Res. 62), H5336 [1JY]
———coverage of frail elderly beneficiaries permanently residing in certain nursing facilities (see H.R. 1998), H4993 [25JN]
———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services (see H.R. 1187), H8468 [21SE]
———eliminate budget neutrality adjustment factor used in calculating blended capitation rate for Medicare+Choice organizations (see H.R. 406), H271 [19JA]
———extend community nursing organization demonstration projects (see H.R. 1999), H4025 [9JN]
———limit reductions in Federal payments under the prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department services (see H.R. 2241), H6019 [20JY]
———reimbursement for chiropractic services (see H.R. 1046), H5687 [15JY]
———repeal restriction on payment for hospital discharges to post-acute care (see H.R. 405), H645 [11FE]
Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (see H.J. Res. 2), H226 [6JA]
National discovery trails: establish (see H.R. 2339), H6424 [26JY]
Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact: rescind congressional consent (see H.R. 744), H643 [11FE]
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: periodically revise retaliation lists of goods of countries that fail to comply with the rulings of the World Trade Organization (see H.R. 2991), H11703 [8NO]
Older Americans Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 773), H2054 [14AP]
Parks, Rosa: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 573), H1597 [23MR]
Pensions: protect benefits of employees in defined benefit plans and enforce age discrimination requirements relative to tax legislation on defined benefit plans becoming cash balance plans (see H.R. 2902), H8968 [28SE]
———reform (see H.R. 1102), H5093 [29JN]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 417), H271 [19JA]
———prohibit certain election-related activities by foreign nationals (see H.R. 1778), H3086 [12MY]
———require disclosure of funding sources for certain candidate advocacy advertising (see H.R. 227), H1013 [4MR]
Postal Service: guidelines for renovation, relocation, closing, or consolidation of post offices (see H.R. 670), H12795 [18NO]
———make American Battle Monuments Commission and World War II Memorial Advisory Board eligible to use nonprofit mail rates (see H.R. 2319), H7886 [5AU]
Poultry Products Inspection Act: cover certain birds for use as human food (see H.R. 765), H1972 [13AP]
Power resources: authorize research to promote the conversion of biomass into biobased industrial products (see H.R. 2819), H7996 [8SE]
Public debt: establish a debt reduction lockbox (see H.R. 2796), H7884 [5AU]
Railroads: protection of train employees (see H.R. 3091), H11481 [3NO]
Refuse disposal: State control of municipal solid waste transportation and disposal (see H.R. 1190), H1472 [18MR]
Richard C. White Federal Building, El Paso, TX: designate (see H.R. 233), H645 [11FE]
Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds (see H.R. 685), H816 [25FE] (see H.R. 1259), H3503 [24MY]
———earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 1601), H2468 [28AP]
———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 (see H.R. 1180), H2470 [28AP]
Taxation: allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts (see H.R. 957), H955 [3MR]
———credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (see H.R. 1172), H5571 [14JY]
———ensure tax payments from certain religious individuals are used for nonmilitary purposes (see H.R. 1454), H2131 [15AP]
———expand incentives for the construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 1760), H4616 [17JN]
———extend research and development tax credit (see H.R. 1682), H2999 [11MY]
———extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind (see H.R. 750), H643 [11FE]
———increase annual limitation on deductible contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 802), H7026 [4AU]
———increase annual limitation on nondeductible contributions and adjust for inflation the amount of deductible contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1322), H6964 [3AU]
———increase State cap on private activity bonds (see H.R. 864), H2133 [15AP]
———modify the low-income housing credit (see H.R. 175), H2133 [15AP]
———permanently extend research credit (see H.R. 760), H3171 [13MY]
———permanently extend research credit and adjust the alternative incremental credit rates (see H.R. 835), H1803 [25MR]
———prohibit treatment of certain games of chance as an unrelated trade or business expense (see H.R. 1707), H2810 [5MY]
———provide additional retirement savings opportunities for small employers and self-employed individuals (see H.R. 352), H645 [11FE]
———provide credits for constructing energy efficient homes or improving existing homes (see H.R. 1358), H4024 [9JN]
———provide incentives to reduce energy consumption (see H.R. 2380), H5091 [29JN]
———reform Internal Revenue Code through revenue neutral proposals which protect Social Security and Medicare trust funds (see H. Con. Res. 85), H2054 [14AP]
———treatment of depreciation of computers and peripheral equipment (see H.R. 1560), H3503 [24MY]
———treatment of self-employment tax relative to certain farm rental income (see H.R. 1044), H1069 [9MR]
U.N.: payment of U.S. arrearages (see H.R. 1355), H6199 [21JY]
Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1732), H4472 [16JN]
Veterans: presumption of service connection for hepatitis C in certain veterans (see H.R. 1020), H1013 [4MR]
Voting: require States to permit individuals to register to vote in an election for Federal office on the date of the election (see H.R. 2864), H8289 [14SE]
Water pollution: establish a national clean water trust fund (see H.R. 1549), H2299 [22AP]
Weapons: limit production of Trident II missiles (see H.R. 679), H1014 [4MR]
Women: allow direct access to obstetrician-gynecologists (see H. Res. 164), H5336 [1JY]
———reauthorize Federal programs to prevent violence against women (see H.R. 357), H2203 [20AP]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Agriculture: restore and improve the farmer owned reserve program and extend the term of marketing assistance loans made under the Agricultural Market Transition Act (see H.R. 2704), H7025 [4AU]
Bankruptcy: make chapter 12 of bankruptcy code permanent relative to the treatment of farmers' reorganization plans by banks (see H.R. 763), H657 [12FE]
Minnesota: eligibility of lands enrolled in Reinvest in Minnesota land conservation program for the Conservation Reserve Program when current contract expires (see H.R. 2703), H7025 [4AU]
———lease or transfer of certain land owned by the Lower Sioux Indian Community (see H.R. 2484), H5366 [12JY]
New Ulm, MN: recognize the Hermann Monument and Hermann Heights Park as a national symbol of the contributions of German Americans (see H. Con. Res. 89), H2202 [20AP]
Packers and Stockyards Act: prohibit packers from owning, feeding, or controlling swine intended for slaughter (see H.R. 3324), H11954 [10NO]
Refuse disposal: State regulation of certain solid waste and exemption from civil liability relative to flow control ordinances (see H.R. 1270), H1696 [24MR]
Social Security: extend and clarify pay-as-you-go requirements relative to trust funds (see H.R. 196), H238 [7JA]
———extend pay-as-you-go requirements relative to trust funds (see H.R. 1059), H1162 [10MR]
———reduce the public debt by the amount of net surplus in trust fund each fiscal year (see H.R. 3175), H11144 [28OC]
Taxation: extension of the credit for producing electricity from certain renewable resources to include poultry manure (see H.R. 1457), H2131 [15AP]
———treatment of economic subsidies provided by State and local governments to lure or retain businesses (see H.R. 1060), H1162 [10MR]
Letters
Social Security trust funds: House Republican leadership, H11684 [8NO]
Remarks
Agriculture: protect agricultural producers who applied for Crop Revenue Coverage PLUS supplemental endorsement (H.R. 1212), H1540
———strengthen safety net for agricultural producers and improve efficiency and integrity of the Federal crop insurance program (H.R. 2559), H8983 [29SE]
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 1906), H3564 [25MY]
Antitrust policy: make technical corrections to laws (H.R. 1801), H11320 [2NO]
Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 82), consideration (H. Res. 385), H12733 [18NO]
———making continuing (H.J. Res. 83), consideration (H. Res. 385), H12733 [18NO]
———making emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 1141), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 173), H3230 [18MY]
Bankruptcy: temporarily extend chapter 12 of bankruptcy code relative to the treatment of farmers' reorganization plans by banks (H.R. 808), E383
Budget: allocation of funds, H12112 [17NO]
———enforcement of spending caps on appropriations legislation to protect Social Security trust funds, H3564 [25MY]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 2000-2009 (H. Con. Res. 68), H1681 [24MR], H1723, H1732, H1752, H1759 [25MR]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 2000-2009 (H. Con. Res. 68), conference report, H1991 [14AP], H2120 [15AP]
———treatment of any budget surpluses, H5832, H5833, H5834, H5835 [19JY]
Dept. of Agriculture: Farm Service Agency funding, H1991 [14AP], H2529
———implementation of certain milk price structures as part of the implementation of the final rule to consolidate Federal milk marketing orders (H.R. 1402), H8499 [22SE]
———Office of Chief Information Officer funding, H3564 [25MY]
———prohibit cooperative marketing associations from paying producers less than Federal milk marketing order minimum price, H8499 [22SE]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2670), H7006 [4AU]
Ericson, Leif: mint coins in conjunction with Iceland in commemoration of the millennium of the discovery of the New World (H.R. 3373), H12059 [16NO]
Financial institutions: provide framework for the affiliation of banks, securities firms, and other financial service providers (H.R. 10), H11134 [28OC]
Foreign trade: require the President to report to Congress on any selective embargo on agricultural commodities (H.R. 17), H4237
India: support elections and encourage visit by President Clinton (H. Con. Res. 211), H12017 [16NO]
LSC: funding, H7006 [4AU]
Medicare: reform, H2344, H2345 [27AP]
Point of order, H1759 [25MR]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 417), H8266 [14SE]
Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H776 [24FE], H11134 [28OC], H11354, H11356 [2NO], H11486 [4NO], H11684 [8NO], H12112 [17NO]
———budget treatment of trust funds (H.R. 1259), consideration (H. Res. 186), H3651 [26MY]
———ensure solvency of trust funds, H2346 [27AP]
———use of budget surplus to ensure solvency, H776 [24FE]
Taxation: reduce individual income tax rates, provide marriage penalty and estate and gift tax relief, reduce taxes on savings and investments, and establish incentives for education and health care (H.R. 2488), H5832, H5833, H5834, H5835 [19JY]
Votes: position on missed, H1081
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H1160 [10MR]
Special order: granted, H2370 [27AP], H2543 [29AP], H9513 [6OC], H11141 [28OC], H11700 [8NO], H11850 [9NO]
Subpoena Notices
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, H3167 [13MY]