SCARBOROUGH, JOE (a Representative from Florida)

Amendments

Health: revise and extend organ procurement and transplantation programs (H.R. 2418), H1716 [4AP]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 4205, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, H7134 [27JY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Armed Forces: provide that covered beneficiaries shall not be required to pay a copayment for health care services received under TRICARE Prime (see H.R. 3565), H342 [10FE]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3573), H219 [7FE]

Arthur (Pappy) Kennedy Post Office Building, Orlando, FL: designate (see H.R. 4399), H8200 [26SE]

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

Children and youth: provide for a national media campaign to reduce and prevent underage drinking (see H.R. 5137), H7992 [21SE]

Coastal Barrier Resources System: technical corrections to map system (see H.R. 4070), H1404 [23MR]

Contracts: allow choice of arbitration as a means of settling disputes (see H.R. 534), H3172 [16MY]

Courts: legal definition of human life relative to presence of brain wave activity and spontaneous cardiac activity (see H. Con. Res. 305), H2341 [13AP]

Cuba: assist internal opposition and further help the Cuban people to regain their freedom (see H.R. 4537), H3813 [24MY]

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), H1163 [21MR]

———establish presumption of service connection for certain chronic symptoms of Persian Gulf Conflict veterans (see H.R. 2697), H1077 [15MR]

Eddie Mae Steward Post Office Building, Jacksonville, FL: designate (see H.R. 4400), H8200 [26SE]

English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see H.R. 123), H7932 [20SE]

FCC: follow normal rulemaking procedures in establishing additional requirements for noncommercial educational television broadcasters (see H.R. 3525), H48 [27JA]

FDA: restrict authority to issue clinical holds on investigational drugs or to deny patients expanded access to such drugs (see H.R. 3677), H509 [16FE]

———uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2129), H5656 [29JN]

Foreign policy: reduce, suspend, or terminate certain assistance to countries engaged in oil price fixing to the detriment of the U.S. economy (see H.R. 3822), H1078 [15MR]

GAO: authorize certain personnel actions (see H.R. 4642), H4336 [13JN]

Immigration: ensure no alien is removed, denied benefits, or otherwise deprived of liberty, based on evidence that is kept secret from the alien (see H.R. 2121), H1163 [21MR]

———improve and permanently authorize the Visa Waiver Pilot Program (see H.R. 3767), H630 [1MR]

Information services: deregulate Internet and high speed data services (see H.R. 2420), H511 [16FE]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 3633), H1675 [3AP]

Marjory Williams Scrivens Post Office, Miami, FL: designate (see H.R. 5068), H8736 [3OC]

Medicaid: State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (see H.R. 3698), H3869 [25MY]

Medicare: revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H3926 [6JN]

Merchant marine industry: tribute to service and sacrifice during periods of war (see H. Con. Res. 327), H3172 [16MY]

Middle East: condemn current level of violence between Israelis and Palestinians (see H. Con. Res. 426), H10257 [18OC]

National Guard: anniversary of initial activation of personnel for Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm (see H. Res. 549), H6355 [17JY]

National Trails System Act: clarify Federal authority relative to land acquisition from willing sellers for the majority of trails (see H.R. 2267), H1958 [6AP]

Olympic games: mint commemorative coins to support the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games and U.S. Olympic Committee programs (see H.R. 3679), H2905 [10MY]

Pope, Edmond: demand release from Russian prison for humanitarian reasons (see H. Con. Res. 364), H5956 [12JY] (see H. Con. Res. 404), H7871 [19SE]

Pope John Paul II: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3544), H998 [14MR]

Public lands: designate certain national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and wilderness areas in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming (see H.R. 488), H4783 [20JN]

Railroads: preserve, rehabilitate, and improve certain railroad tracks and bridges using funds collected through the diesel fuel tax (see H.R. 4746), H5168 [26JN]

Reagan, Ronald: establish a memorial in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 4800), H7997 [22SE]

Reagan, Ronald and Nancy: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3591), H253 [8FE]

Ronald W. Reagan Post Office Building, Melbourne, FL: designate (see H.R. 5309), H8407 [27SE]

Russia: sale and transfer of Moskit anti-ship missiles (see H.R. 4022), H1407 [23MR]

Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument: establish (see H.R. 3676), H5436 [28JN]

Schulz, Charles M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3642), H341 [10FE]

Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of the National Museum of the American Indian (see H.R. 4259), H7991 [21SE]

Social Security: choice of benefit payment method relative to computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 148), H5656 [29JN]

———provide for personalized retirement security through personal retirement savings accounts and increase individual control over retirement income (see H.R. 4839), H5955 [12JY]

States: permit funding of prescription drugs for minors relative to parental consent (see H.R. 3302), H7211 [27JY]

Taxation: constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (see H.J. Res. 94), H1957 [6AP]

———exempt State and local political committees from certain notification and reporting requirements applicable to political organizations (see H.R. 5265), H10257 [18OC]

———increase annual limitation on nondeductible contributions and adjust for inflation the amount of deductible contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1322), H1764 [4AP]

———issuance of tax-exempt private activity bonds to assist States in the construction and rehabilitation of public schools (see H.R. 2514), H1119 [16MR]

———provide relief for payment of asbestos-related claims (see H.R. 4543), H7212 [27JY]

———repeal increases in motor fuel taxes (see H.R. 3844), H1164 [21MR]

———repeal modification of capital gains tax payments relative to small businesses sold on the installment sales method (see H.R. 3594), H254 [8FE]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 4199), H1956 [6AP]

Trucking industry: support freeze on longer combination vehicles and current Federal limitations on truck size and weight (see H. Con. Res. 306), H7652 [14SE]

U.S. Congressional Philharmonic Society: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 229), H1764 [4AP]

U.S. Submarine Force: anniversary (see H. Res. 397), H343 [10FE]

Veterans: 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), H8406 [27SE]

Vicki Coceano Post Office Building, Miramar City, FL: designate (see H.R. 3985), H3309 [17MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Armed Forces: allow members to participate in the Thrift Savings Plan (see H.R. 4363), H2410 [2MY]

Federal employees: establish program under which current and former employees may obtain long-term care insurance (see H.R. 4040), H1162 [21MR]

Government: require agencies to post monthly on its public Internet site certain statistical data relating to Federal sector equal employment opportunity complaints (see H.R. 4362), H2410 [2MY]

Sharpton, Al: condemn racist and anti-Semitic views (see H. Con. Res. 270), H756 [8MR] (see H. Con. Res. 289), H1123 [20MR]

Motions

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), H7983 [21SE]

Remarks

Alcoholic beverages: enforcement of State laws in Federal court relative to interstate transportation of liquor, H9042 [6OC]

Appropriations: legislative process, H11453 [28OC]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 109), H8119, H8120, H8121 [26SE]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 118), H11453 [28OC]

Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services, H9643 [11OC]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), consideration (H. Res. 446), H1296 [23MR]

Chen Shui-bian: tribute to election as President of the Republic of China, E741 [17MY]

China, Republic of: observance of National Day, E1724 [6OC]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 616), H9643 [11OC]

Dept. of HHS: nullify rule relative to the centralization of organ allocation policies, H1716, H1718 [4AP]

Education: establish and expand programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (H.R. 4271), permission to file report, H7188 [27JY]

Federal employees: establish program under which current and former employees may obtain long-term care insurance (H.R. 4040), H2667, H2670, H2671, H2672, H2674 [9MY], H7181, H7187, H7188 [27JY]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4811), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 647), H10820 [25OC]

Foreign policy: provide bilateral debt relief and improve the provision of multilateral debt relief, H10820 [25OC]

Health: revise and extend organ procurement and transplantation programs (H.R. 2418), H1716, H1718 [4AP]

House Rules: use of Members' names on the House floor, H11453 [28OC]

Human rights: combat trafficking in human beings and provide assistance to victims (H.R. 3244), conference report, H9042 [6OC]

Hurlburt Field, FL: Air Force 16th Logistics Group recipient of the Dept. of Defense Maintenance Award, E1962 [27OC]

Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, H7969 [21SE]

National Health Center Week: designate (H. Con. Res. 381), H7188 [27JY]

Pensacola, FL: tribute to Washington High School girls' basketball team, E335 [16MR]

Political ethics: truthfulness in Presidential campaigns, H70 [31JA], H7969 [21SE], H9640 [11OC]

Sharpton, Al: affiliation with Democratic Party Presidential candidates and Members of Congress, H635 [2MR]

Taxation: constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (H.J. Res. 94), H2131 [12AP]

———constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (H.J. Res. 94), consideration (H. Res. 471), H2131 [12AP]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: place a plaque to honor those veterans who died after their service, but as a direct result of that service (H.R. 3293), H2666 [9MY]

Votes: correction, H1620 [30MR]

———position on missed, H66, H67 [31JA]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H754 [8MR], H1671 [3AP], H3521 [22MY]

Special order: granted, H87 [31JA], H163 [1FE], H252 [8FE], H639 [2MR], H1955 [6AP], H7988 [21SE], H11943 [4DE]

Subpoena Notices

Circuit Court for Escambia County, FL, H1987 [10AP]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 270, condemn racist and anti-Semitic views of Al Sharpton, E333 [16MR]

Tributes

Canady, Representative, E2147 [7DE]

Robinson, Grover, III, E529 [11AP]

Robinson, Sandra L., E529 [11AP]

Weissman, Martin (Trader John), E240 [8MR]