HASTINGS, ALCEE L. (a Representative from Florida)

Amendments

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4811), H5957 [12JY]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 4392, intelligence services appropriations, H8766 [4OC]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: improve representation and accountability of Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act committees and access to and service of Dept. of Agriculture programs (see H.R. 4675), H4590 [15JN]

Air pollution: reduce emissions from electric powerplants (see H.R. 2900), H632 [1MR]

American Folklife Center: collect video and audio recordings of personal histories and testimonials of U.S. war veterans (see H.R. 5212), H7870 [19SE]

Argentina: condemn terrorist attack on Jewish Cultural Center in Buenos Aires and urge Argentine Government to punish those responsible (see H. Res. 531), H5436 [28JN]

Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 2966), H50 [27JA] (see H.R. 3573), H575 [29FE]

Arthur (Pappy) Kennedy Post Office Building, Orlando, FL: designate (see H.R. 4399), H3173 [16MY]

Austria: boycott relative to inclusion of extremist party in coalition Government (see H. Res. 417), H254 [8FE]

———inclusion of extremist party in coalition Government (see H. Res. 429), H632 [1MR]

Azerbaijan: encourage free and fair elections (see H. Con. Res. 382), H8617 [2OC]

Belarus: human rights violations and democracy efforts (see H. Con. Res. 304), H2239 [12AP]

Bob Jones University: condemn discriminatory practices (see H. Con. Res. 261), H631 [1MR] (see H. Res. 428), H574 [29FE]

Business and industry: require countries receiving foreign assistance engage in fair business practices (see H.R. 4697), H5436 [28JN]

Capital punishment: reduce the risk that innocent persons may be executed (see H.R. 4167), H1762 [4AP]

———temporary moratorium to ensure that defendants have adequate counsel and to allow those convicted to have a reasonable opportunity to present new evidence of innocence (see H.R. 4162), H4336 [13JN]

Carter, Jimmy and Rosalyn: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4289), H2337 [13AP]

Children and youth: acquisition, construction, and improvement of child care facilities or equipment (see H.R. 3610), H1163 [21MR]

———provide for the health, education, and welfare of children under 6 years of age (see H.R. 4630), H4174 [9JN]

China, People's Republic of: provide for commercial and labor rule of law programs to reform administration of justice and strengthen protection of labor rights (see H.R. 4306), H2338 [13AP]

China, Republic of: U.N. participation (see H. Con. Res. 390), H7366 [7SE]

Coastal zones: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States (see H.R. 701), H510 [16FE]

Community development: increase capital available to communities for economic and community development projects (see H.R. 4822), H7281 [6SE]

Comprehensive AIDS Resources Act: revise and extend programs to provide access to health care and support services to individuals and families with HIV and AIDS (see H.R. 4807), H6719 [20JY]

Computers: prohibit gambling on the Internet (see H.R. 3125), H2905 [10MY]

Contracts: allow choice of arbitration as a means of settling disputes (see H.R. 534), H7578 [13SE]

———ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses (see H.R. 3766), H758 [8MR]

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 107), H2607 [4MY]

Correctional institutions: prohibit operation by private contractors and require persons convicted of Federal offenses be housed in facilities managed and maintained by Federal employees (see H.R. 979), H1764 [4AP]

Courts: give U.S. district courts jurisdiction over competing State custody determinations (see H.R. 5456), H9899 [12OC]

CPSC: restore jurisdiction over fixed site amusement park rides (see H.R. 3032), H4484 [14JN]

Crime: increase penalties for hate crimes (see H. Con. Res. 347), H4035 [7JN]

Cuba: exception to trade embargo for food, medicines and medical supplies, instruments, or equipment (see H.R. 1644), H7211 [27JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: agricultural trade programs funding (see H.R. 3593), H2967 [11MY]

———discipline members of certain county and area committees who discriminate against farmers, ranchers, or others, on the basis of race, sex, national origin, marital status, religion, age, or handicap (see H.R. 4687), H4591 [15JN]

———support exchange programs whereby African-American farmers and other agricultural specialists share technical knowledge with African farmers to improve farming in Africa (see H.R. 4378), H2605 [4MY]

Dept. of Commerce: establish an Office of Community Economic Adjustment to coordinate the Federal response in regions and communities experiencing economic distress (see H.R. 4711), H4816 [21JN]

Dept. of Education: make grants to educational organizations for Holocaust educational programs (see H.R. 3105), H6777 [24JY]

Dept. of HHS: provide State grants for dental health programs for children (see H.R. 4821), H5842 [11JY]

Dept. of Justice: establish the Violence Against Women Office (see H.R. 4848), H6355 [17JY]

Dept. of Labor: establish Normal Trade Relations for China Transitional Adjustment Assistance Program (see H.R. 4649), H6599 [19JY]

Eddie Mae Steward Post Office Building, Jacksonville, FL: designate (see H.R. 4400), H2769 [9MY]

EEOC: require mediation of certain employee claims (see H.R. 4593), H4592 [15JN]

Everglades National Park: restoration plan (see H.R. 5121), H9900 [12OC]

Federal Elections Review Commission: establish (see H.R. 5631), H12017 [5DE]

Federal employees: extend civil service retirement options to IRS revenue officers, INS inspectors, and certain other Federal law enforcement officers (see H.R. 1228), H2012 [10AP]

———payment of compensation to the families of those killed in the crash of an Air Force CT-43A aircraft on April 3, 1996, near Dubrovnik, Croatia (see H.R. 3295), H90 [31JA]

Federal firefighters: make mandatory separation age match requirement for Federal law enforcement officers (see H.R. 460), H632 [1MR]

Firearms: enhance the enforcement of gun violence laws (see H.R. 4066), H1284 [22MR]

———provide grants for the purchase of firearms to States and units of local government that enforce certain rules designed to protect the public from the misuse of handguns (see H.R. 5472), H9900 [12OC]

Foreign aid: international family planning programs funding (see H.R. 3634), H1406 [23MR]

Foreign policy: improve relations with India and intensify bilateral cooperation in the fight against terrorism (see H. Res. 572), H7502 [12SE]

Frederick Douglass Gardens, Inc.: establish a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs (see H.R. 5331), H8468 [28SE]

Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction: compliance (see H. Con. Res. 293), H1405 [23MR]

Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act: extend deadlines for applying for relief (see H.R. 3572), H209 [2FE]

Health: application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (see H.R. 1304), H3172 [16MY]

———minority health programs (see H.R. 3250), H575 [29FE]

———prohibit health insurance and employment discrimination on the basis of genetic information (see H.R. 2457), H9505 [6OC]

Helsinki Final Act: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 100), H4592 [15JN]

Higgins, Andrew Jackson and family: award Congressional Gold Medals (see H.R. 4384), H4485 [14JN]

Higgins Industries: award Congressional Gold Medal to World War II-era employees (see H.R. 4384), H4485 [14JN]

Immigration: adjust status of certain Colombian and Peruvian nationals (see H.R. 2741), H7211 [27JY]

———protection of battered immigrant women (see H.R. 3083), H8736 [3OC]

———provide temporary protected status to certain unaccompanied alien children and adjust status of alien children unlawfully present in the U.S. (see H.R. 5240), H7990 [21SE]

———restore fairness to immigration law (see H.R. 4966), H7127 [26JY]

Insurance: make the same health insurance options afforded to executive and judicial branch employees available to Federal annuitants, legislative branch employees, and Armed Forces members and retirees (see H.R. 4277), H4592 [15JN]

Iraq: failure to release prisoners of war from Kuwait and nine other nations in violation of international agreements (see H. Con. Res. 275), H1285 [22MR]

Iron and steel industry: provide relief from injury caused by steel imports and request the ITC to commence an expedited investigation for positive adjustment (see H. Res. 635), H10036 [17OC]

Israel: commend redeployment from southern Lebanon (see H. Con. Res. 331), H3814 [24MY]

Jewish War Veterans of the U.S.A.: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 398), H7577 [13SE]

Korean War: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 86), H511 [16FE]

Law enforcement officers: clarify procedures and conditions for the award of matching grants for the purchase of armor vests (see H.R. 4033), H1407 [23MR]

Lumber industry: promote open and competitive trade of softwood lumber between the U.S. and Canada (see H. Con. Res. 252), H1959 [6AP]

Marjory Williams Scrivens Post Office, Miami, FL: designate (see H.R. 5068), H8469 [28SE]

McDonald, Alan: condemn district judge for bringing the appearance of improper racial, ethnic, and religious bias upon the Federal judiciary and protect against the perception of such bias within the judiciary (see H. Res. 416), H219 [7FE]

Medicaid: assure preservation of safety net hospitals through maintenance of Disproportionate Share Hospital Program (see H.R. 3710), H4121 [8JN]

Medicare: coverage of medical nutrition therapy services (see H.R. 1187), H1406 [23MR]

———demonstration project to provide coverage for cancer patients enrolled in certain clinical trials (see H.R. 1388), H2606 [4MY]

———eliminate reduction in payment rates to home health agencies for home health services (see H.R. 4219), H3649 [23MY]

———require Dept. of HHS study on mortality and adverse outcome rates of patients receiving anesthesia services (see H.R. 632), H2770 [9MY]

———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H4121 [8JN]

Middle East: condemn current level of violence between Israelis and Palestinians (see H. Con. Res. 426), H9900 [12OC]

———prohibit U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority if a Palestinian state is declared unilaterally (see H.R. 4976), H7282 [6SE]

Middle Passage National Monument: establish (see H.R. 4581), H3924 [6JN]

Mozambique: provide debt relief and reconstruction aid (see H.R. 4091), H1405 [23MR]

———support humanitarian assistance (see H. Res. 431), H756 [8MR]

National School Lunch Act: ensure an adequate level of commodity purchases under the school lunch program (see H.R. 3614), H1285 [22MR]

National Underground Railroad Freedom Center: funding (see H.R. 2919), H1285 [22MR]

Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act: extend deadlines for applying for relief (see H.R. 3572), H209 [2FE]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 3842), H6719 [20JY]

———issue a semipostal in order to afford the public a convenient way to contribute to funding for the establishment of the World War II Memorial (see H.R. 4492), H3813 [24MY]

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), H574 [29FE]

Public lands: designate certain national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and wilderness areas in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming (see H.R. 488), H997 [14MR]

Public welfare programs: repeal certain restrictions on food stamp eligibility and increase Federal support for emergency food assistance programs (see H.R. 3192), H7281 [6SE]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 4844), H6471 [18JY]

Ronald W. Reagan Post Office Building, Melbourne, FL: designate (see H.R. 5309), H10036 [17OC]

Russia: express concern with manipulation of the mass media and intimidation of the independent press and express support for freedom of speech (see H. Con. Res. 352), H4592 [15JN]

Schools: improve security with the placement and use of metal detectors (see H.R. 4108), H1852 [5AP]

Senegal: elections (see H. Res. 449), H1406 [23MR]

Sierra Leone: support Government in its peace-building efforts (see H. Con. Res. 323), H2966 [11MY]

Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of the National Museum of the American Indian (see H.R. 4259), H4337 [13JN]

States: regulate transactions at pawn shops and prohibit the imposition of usurious interest rates on loans to consumers (see H. Con. Res. 312), H2339 [13AP]

Tariff: prevent circumvention of the sugar tariff-rate quotas (see H.R. 5423), H9504 [6OC]

Taxation: exclude reparations received by Holocaust survivors (see H.R. 390), H6354 [17JY]

———expand incentives for the construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 4094), H4784 [20JN]

———require certain political organizations to report information to the FEC (see H.R. 3688), H509 [16FE]

———require certain political organizations to report information to the IRS (see H.R. 4168), H1762 [4AP]

———treatment of computer contributions (see H.R. 4061), H1284 [22MR]

Trucking industry: support freeze on longer combination vehicles and current Federal limitations on truck size and weight (see H. Con. Res. 306), H3649 [23MY]

U.N.: promote full equality for Israel (see H.R. 3405), H165 [1FE]

Veterans: mint coins in commemoration and use proceeds of surcharges imposed on the sale of such coins to fund the transport of veterans to and from Dept. of Veterans Affairs hospitals (see H.R. 5397), H9010 [5OC]

———provide additional compensation to survivors of Bataan Death March (see H.R. 4438), H4675 [19JN]

———require employers to give employees who are members of reserve components leave of absence to participate in an honor guard for veterans' funerals (see H.R. 284), H8617 [2OC]

Veterans Health Administration: ensure pay parity between dentists and physicians (see H.R. 2660), H922 [9MR]

Vietnamese Americans: support improved social and political conditions in Vietnam (see H. Con. Res. 322), H5241 [27JN]

Voting: establish a commission to study voting procedures in Federal, State, and local elections (see H.R. 5676), H12531 [15DE]

———establish a grant program to assist State and local governments with improving the administration of elections through activities which may include the modernization of voting procedures and equipment (see H.R. 5653), H12532 [15DE]

———establish uniform poll closing time for Presidential elections (see H.R. 5678), H12532 [15DE]

Voting Rights Act: clarify intent of Congress (see H.R. 4961), H7127 [26JY]

Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 2720), H8799 [4OC]

World War II: support Day of Honor 2000 to honor and recognize the service of minority veterans (see H.J. Res. 98), H2238 [12AP]

Zimbabwe: condemn violence, breakdown of rule of law, and troubled pre-election period (see H. Res. 500), H2905 [10MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Capital punishment: reduce the risk that innocent persons may be executed (see H.R. 4078), H1405 [23MR]

Fisk Jubilee Singers (musical group): issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Res. 493), H2606 [4MY]

Hoga (U.S.S.): authorize transport of former naval medium harbor tug to Port Everglades, FL, for use as a veterans memorial and for vocational seamanship training (see H.R. 4130), H1588 [29MR]

Immigration: adjust status of certain unaccompanied alien children and establish a panel of advisors to assist such children in immigration proceedings (see H.R. 4354), H2410 [2MY]

Korean Peninsula: summit between North and South Korea (see H. Res. 543), H5655 [29JN]

Taxation: temporary moratorium on certain diesel fuel excise taxes (see H.R. 3711), H572 [29FE]

Telcy, Sophonie: relief (see H.R. 4179), H1764 [4AP]

Vicki Coceano Post Office Building, Miramar City, FL: designate (see H.R. 3985), H1076 [15MR]

Remarks

Africa: HIV/AIDS prevention programs funding for sub-Saharan Africa, H5938 [12JY]

Agriculture: price supports for sugar, H5573 [29JN]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), H5573 [29JN]

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 3908), H1568 [29MR]

Asia Foundation: funding, H5127 [26JN]

Balchunas, Joseph: Florida Teacher of the Year award recipient, E803 [22MY]

Bateman, Herbert H.: tribute (H. Res. 573), H7438 [12SE]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), H1353 [23MR]

Business and industry: provide assistance to microenterprises in developing countries, H5944 [12JY]

Byrd, James, Jr.: anniversary of murder in Jasper, TX, E924 [9JN]

CCC: limit purchase of raw or refined sugar from sugarcane or sugar beets, H5573 [29JN]

China, Republic of: observance of National Day, E1715 [6OC]

Computers: prohibit gambling on the Internet (H.R. 3125), H6063 [17JY]

Crime: enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes (H.R. 1082), E924, E946 [9JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), H3389 [18MY]

Dept. of HUD: funding, H4744 [20JN]

Dept. of the Interior: prohibit funding for approval of gaming on Indian lands by any means other than tribal-State compacts, H4580 [15JN]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4578), H4580 [15JN]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4690), H5127 [26JN]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4635), H4744 [20JN]

Diseases: extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research, H6070 [17JY]

Foreign aid: HIV/AIDS programs funding through reductions in the International Development Association, H5942 [12JY]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4811), H5918, H5932, H5938, H5942, H5944 [12JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4811), consideration (H. Res. 546), H5886 [12JY]

Foreign policy: provide bilateral debt relief to heavily indebted poor countries, H5918 [12JY]

———reduce, suspend, or terminate certain assistance to countries engaged in oil price fixing to the detriment of the U.S. economy (H.R. 3822), consideration (H. Res. 445), H1208 [22MR]

Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction: compliance (H. Con. Res. 293), H3564, H3567 [23MY]

Hoga (U.S.S.): authorize transport of former naval medium harbor tug to Port Everglades, FL, for use as a veterans memorial and for vocational seamanship training (H.R. 4130), E454 [30MR]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4392), H3459 [19MY]

Israel: commend redeployment from southern Lebanon (H. Con. Res. 331), H3749 [24MY]

Medicare: expand and make permanent the subvention demonstration project for military retirees and dependents, H3389 [18MY]

Mother's Day: observance, E693 [10MY]

Olympic games: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 259), H4652 [19JN]

Postal Service: grant authority to issue semipostals (H.R. 4437), H6070 [17JY]

Russia: express concern with manipulation of the mass media and intimidation of the independent press and express support for freedom of speech (H. Con. Res. 352), H4655 [19JN]

Taxation: temporary moratorium on certain diesel fuel excise taxes (H.R. 3711), E183 [29FE]

Vicki Coceano Post Office Building, Miramar City, FL: designate (H.R. 3985), H6072 [17JY]

Votes: position on missed, H3372 [18MY]

Zimbabwe: condemn violence, breakdown of rule of law, and troubled pre-election period (H. Res. 500), H4653 [19JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H5082 [23JN], H7988 [21SE], H8615 [2OC], H10806 [24OC]

Tributes

Henson, Matthew, E165 [16FE]

Kennedy, Arthur (Pappy), E426 [28MR]

Morris, Dale, E186 [29FE]

Tinsman, Ruth, E693 [10MY]