ALLEN, THOMAS H. (a Representative from Maine)

Amendments

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), H4818 [21JN], H5773 [11JY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4690), H4784 [20JN], H4818 [21JN], H5085 [23JN], H5154 [26JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), H4036 [7JN]

Appointments

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

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: prohibit transfer or marketing of nonambulatory cattle, sheep, swine, horses, mules, or goats (see H.R. 443), H6470 [18JY]

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

Animals: provide for a system of sanctuaries for chimpanzees that are no longer needed in research conducted by the Public Health Service (see H.R. 3514), H997 [14MR]

Armed Forces: annual determination of the basic benefit rate for educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 4334), H2607 [4MY]

———improve Montgomery GI Bill benefits by improving and expanding educational assistance programs (see H.R. 1071), H647 [6MR]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3573), H255 [8FE]

Armstrong, Lance: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 5258), H9011 [5OC]

Children and youth: acquisition, construction, and improvement of child care facilities or equipment (see H.R. 3610), H11446 [27OC]

———improve academic and social outcomes for students by providing productive activities during after-school hours (see H.R. 3235), H647 [6MR]

———increase the availability, affordability, and quality of child care and improve support services for families with young children (see H.R. 4206), H8200 [26SE]

Coast Guard: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 372), H6778 [24JY]

Commission on Ocean Policy: establish (see H.R. 4410), H5241 [27JN]

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]

Contracts: ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses (see H.R. 3766), H998 [14MR]

Cuba: lift travel restrictions (see H.R. 4471), H4675 [19JN]

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 Defense: make certain improvements to the military health care system (see H.R. 3655), H2341 [13AP]

Dept. of Energy: create an oil reserve for use when fuel oil prices rise sharply because of anticompetitive activity, shortage, or extreme winter weather (see H.R. 3608), H278 [9FE]

———draw down and sale of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve relative to anticompetitive activities (see H.R. 3543), H49 [27JA]

Dept. of HUD: evaluate and reduce lead-based paint hazards at public elementary schools and licensed child day-care facilities (see H.R. 5261), H9907 [16OC]

Dept. of Justice: establish the Violence Against Women Office (see H.R. 4848), H7212 [27JY]

Dept. of Labor: establish Normal Trade Relations for China Transitional Adjustment Assistance Program (see H.R. 4649), H8062 [25SE]

Dept. of State: provide appropriate training and materials to all executive branch employees involved in responding to issues related to human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide (see H. Res. 398), H5956 [12JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: assist claimants for benefits in developing claims and clarify the burden of proof for such claims (see H.R. 3193), H342 [10FE]

Drugs: distribution of prescription drugs (see H.R. 4301), H7723 [18SE]

Education: establish and expand programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (see H.R. 4271, 4272), H6599 [19JY]

———provide funds to assist high-poverty school districts meet their teaching needs (see H.R. 2344), H10473 [19OC]

———provide grants to eligible consortia to provide professional development to superintendents and principals and prospects for such positions (see H.R. 4487), H8736 [3OC]

———provide grants to local educational agencies to initiate and improve physical education programs (see H.R. 4536), H4817 [21JN]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: extend programs and activities (see H.R. 4508), H5241 [27JN]

Fair Labor Standards Act: prohibit issuance of a certificate for subminimum wages for individuals with impaired vision (see H.R. 3540), H373 [14FE]

FCC: prohibit from establishing rules authorizing the operation of new, low power FM radio stations (see H.R. 3439), H1123 [20MR]

FDA: grant authority to regulate tobacco (see H.R. 4042), H1163 [21MR]

Federal employees: equitable overtime pay policies (see H.R. 582), H8617 [2OC]

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

———reduce contributions to CSRS and FERS (see H.R. 2631), H1852 [5AP]

Firearms: enhance the enforcement of gun violence laws (see H.R. 4066), H2607 [4MY]

Foreign aid: international family planning programs funding (see H.R. 3634), H1120 [16MR]

———prohibit application of certain restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental and multilateral organizations (see H.R. 4211), H2123 [11AP]

Foreign countries: human rights violations against homosexuals, bisexuals, and transgendered individuals (see H. Con. Res. 259), H2341 [13AP]

Gambling: prohibit gambling on high school and college sports and the Olympic games (see H.R. 3575), H3869 [25MY]

Health: increase assistance to developing nations with high levels of infectious disease and premature death (see H.R. 3826), H5737 [10JY]

———prohibit health insurance and employment discrimination on the basis of genetic information (see H.R. 2457), H5737 [10JY]

Human rights: condemn use of children as soldiers (see H. Con. Res. 348), H4035 [7JN]

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), H7723 [18SE]

Information services: deregulate Internet and high speed data services (see H.R. 2420), H1077 [15MR]

INS: provide for direct payment of information fees by foreign students under the Coordinated Interagency Partnership Regulating International Students Program (see H.R. 3732), H1589 [29MR]

Insurance: coverage of colorectal cancer screening (see H.R. 1816), H574 [29FE]

———coverage of prescription drugs (see H.R. 3319), H4484 [14JN]

———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), H7652 [14SE]

Iran: condemn arrest and detention of Iranian Jews accused of espionage (see H. Con. Res. 307), H4122 [8JN]

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), H10473 [19OC]

Medicaid: provide families and disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 4825), H11526 [29OC]

Medicare: clarify definition of homebound relative to home health services (see H.R. 5067), H7208 [27JY]

———coverage of augmentative communication devices (see H.R. 4479), H3869 [25MY]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see H.R. 4770), H5240 [27JN]

———coverage of self-administered drugs that, when used as a replacement for covered drugs, result in overall cost savings to the program (see H.R. 4375), H2511 [3MY]

———designate certain diabetes educators as certified providers for purposes of outpatient diabetes education services (see H.R. 3003), H6354 [17JY]

———eliminate reduction in payment rates to home health agencies for home health services (see H.R. 4219), H3926 [6JN]

———expand coverage of certain self-injected biologicals (see H.R. 2892), H6354 [17JY]

———payments made under the prospective payment system for home health services (see H.R. 4727), H7212 [27JY]

———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H1285 [22MR]

———revise the calculation of base payment rates for the prospective payment system for home health services (see H.R. 5163), H7577 [13SE]

———waive waiting period for coverage and provide coverage of drugs for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (see H.R. 353), H90 [31JA]

Mitchell, George J.: urge the awarding of the Nobel Prize for Northern Ireland peace efforts (see H. Con. Res. 242), H49 [27JA]

National Charter Schools Week: observance (see H. Con. Res. 310), H2339 [13AP]

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to the etiology of breast cancer (see H.R. 3433), H6719 [20JY]

National Ocean Day: designate (see H. Res. 415), H1478 [28MR]

National Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD) Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 420), H7282 [6SE]

National School Lunch Act: ensure an adequate level of commodity purchases under the school lunch program (see H.R. 3614), H998 [14MR]

Northern Mariana Islands: labeling, minimum wage, and immigration requirements relative to textile industry (see H.R. 730), H48 [27JA]

———prohibit use of the ``Made in USA'' label on products and deny such products duty-free and quota-free treatment (see H.R. 1621), H7211 [27JY]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 3842), H1477 [28MR]

Power resources: permit draw down of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve relative to anticompetitive activities and provide tax credits for certain energy efficiency improvements (see H.R. 4043), H1163 [21MR]

Public welfare programs: repeal certain restrictions on food stamp eligibility and increase Federal support for emergency food assistance programs (see H.R. 3192), H2340 [13AP]

Railroads: protection of train employees (see H.R. 3091), H632 [1MR]

Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act: provide comprehensive technical assistance and implement highly effective prevention programs (see H.R. 3413), H2239 [12AP]

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

Social Security: eliminate benefit penalties to individuals receiving pensions from noncovered employment (see H.R. 742), H4674 [19JN]

———expand Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program to include parents of low-income families (see H.R. 4927), H6776 [24JY]

———improve coverage of low-income children under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see H.R. 827), H3649 [23MY]

———make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act (see H.R. 5291), H8199 [26SE] (see H.R. 5612), H11781 [1NO]

Taxation: allow tax credit to holders of qualified bonds issued by an intercity passenger rail carrier (see H.R. 3700), H9900 [12OC]

———avoid duplicate reporting of information on political activities of certain State and local political organizations (see H.R. 5277), H8469 [28SE]

———encourage stronger mathematics and science programs at elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 4273), H6599 [19JY]

———exempt transfers of family-owned businesses from estate taxes (see H.R. 1278), H3172 [16MY]

———expand incentives for the construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 4094), H1476 [28MR]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see H.R. 4728), H9505 [6OC]

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

———require certain political organizations to report information to the FEC (see H.R. 3688), H1406 [23MR]

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

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 3872), H7366 [7SE]

———treatment of small businesses (see H.R. 3874), H4036 [7JN]

———treatment of tax-exempt bond financing of certain electrical output facilities (see H.R. 721), H997 [14MR]

U.N.: encourage the establishment of a Rapid Deployment Police and Security Force (see H.R. 4453), H5737 [10JY]

Veterans: increase burial benefits paid for plot allowances and pay States for plot allowances for veterans eligible for burial in a national cemetery who are buried in cemeteries of such States (see H.R. 2586), H3925 [6JN]

———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), H9901 [12OC]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H1476 [28MR]

———presumption of service connection for hepatitis C in certain veterans (see H.R. 1020), H3925 [6JN]

Volunteer workers: extend appropriations for programs under the National and Community Service Act and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act (see H.R. 4740), H8469 [28SE]

Water Resources Research Act: reauthorize grants for water resources research and technology institutes (see H.R. 4132), H2239 [12AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Education: ensure recruitment and training of math and science teachers at institutions of higher education (see H.R. 3702), H572 [29FE]

Social Security: provide an exception to certain marriage requirements for widows and widowers relative to State restrictions on divorce from a prior spouse institutionalized due to mental incompetence (see H.R. 5007), H7206 [27JY]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), H5774 [11JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4461), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 617), H9673 [11OC]

Armed Forces: improve TRICARE program, H3190 [17MY]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), H1333 [23MR]

Coastal zones: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States (H.R. 701), H2941 [11MY]

Courts: clarification of jurisdiction over private property takings and land use disputes (H.R. 2372), H1094 [16MR]

Democratic Party: national agenda, H10814 [25OC]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), H3361 [18MY]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), consideration (H. Res. 503), H3190 [17MY]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 616), H9642 [11OC]

Dept. of Justice: transfer of appropriations from other Federal departments and agencies to fund litigation against tobacco industry, H4638 [19JN]

Dept. of the Interior: weatherization assistance grants program funding through reductions in fossil energy research and development program, H4548 [15JN]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4578), H4548 [15JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation System funding, H4875 [21JN]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4690), H5153, H5154 [26JN]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4635), H4638 [19JN], H4838, H4875, H4886 [21JN]

Drugs: allow importation of prescription drugs into the U.S. by pharmacists and wholesalers for resale and by U.S. citizens for personal use, H7937 [21SE], H9673 [11OC]

———pharmaceutical industry research and development costs disclosure, H5774 [11JY]

Ecology and environment: national objectives priority assignments, H8776 [4OC]

EPA: limit funding for activities included in the Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse gas emissions prior to implementation, H4838 [21JN]

———postpone implementation of air quality standards until issuance of Supreme Court decision, H4886 [21JN]

FDA: facilitate the importation into the U.S. of certain approved drugs (H.R. 1885), H1945 [6AP]

Federal employees: establish program under which current and former employees may obtain long-term care insurance (H.R. 4040), H2673 [9MY]

Fishermen's Protective Act: extend reimbursement period for owners of U.S. fishing vessels for costs incurred from seizure and detention by a foreign country (H.R. 1651), H6856 [25JY]

Hazardous substances: reduce emissions of mercury, carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and sulfur dioxide from fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units (H.R. 2980), H8776 [4OC]

Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, H10898 [25OC], H11439, H11441, H11442 [27OC]

Income: increase minimum wage and provide tax benefits for small businesses (H.R. 3081), H851 [9MR]

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of: prohibit the assumption of liability by the U.S. Government for nuclear accidents that may occur at U.S. provided nuclear reactors, H3361 [18MY]

———promote termination of ballistic missile program, H5154 [26JN]

Maine Women's Fund: anniversary, E2011 [28OC]

Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, H1333 [23MR], H1945 [6AP], H2192 [12AP], H2499 [3MY], H4659, H4661 [19JN], H6099, H6101 [17JY], H7256, H7258 [6SE], H8044 [25SE], H8411 [28SE], H10898 [25OC], H11439, H11441, H11442 [27OC]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs for military retirees, H9642 [11OC]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (H.R. 1495), H460 [16FE]

———make more competitive and efficient and provide for a prescription drug benefit (H.R. 4680), H5356 [28JN]

———reductions in prescription drug prices (H.R. 664), H336 [10FE], H418, H419, H420, H422, H423, H424, H425 [15FE], H460 [16FE], H3297-H3300 [17MY], H4659, H4661 [19JN]

———reform, H10898 [25OC], H11439, H11441, H11442 [27OC]

Patents: provide term restoration review procedure for certain drug products (H.R. 1598), E1581 [25SE]

———provide term restoration review procedure for certain drug products (S. 1172), E1581 [25SE]

Petroleum: decrease dependence on foreign sources through use of renewable fuels, conservation, improving efficiency, and increasing domestic energy supplies, H8776 [4OC]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 417), H542 [29FE]

Power resources: national energy policy, H8776 [4OC]

Social Security: eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 5), H590 [1MR]

Supreme Court: decision on contribution limits in campaign finance system, H542 [29FE]

Taxation: eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 6), H306 [10FE]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), H4154 [9JN]

———provide for increased fairness to taxpayers (H.R. 4163), H2020 [11AP]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (H.R. 3916), H3846 [25MY]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (H.R. 3916), consideration (H. Res. 511), H3836 [25MY]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (H.R. 3916), motion to recommit, H3836, H3851 [25MY]

———require certain political organizations to report information to the IRS, H2020 [11AP], H3836, H3846, H3851 [25MY]

Treaties and agreements: prohibit executive branch compliance with the Antiballistic Missile Treaty and the multilateral Memorandum of Understanding related to that treaty, H5153, H5154 [26JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H338 [10FE], H1955 [6AP], H4780 [20JN], H4814 [21JN], H5034 [22JN], H5082 [23JN], H8404 [27SE]

Tributes

Haddock, Doris (Granny D), H542 [29FE]

Stupak, Bartholomew, Jr., H3297 [17MY]