DELAHUNT, WILLIAM D. (a Representative from Massachusetts)

Amendments

Taxation: extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (H.R. 3709), H2779 [9MY], H2803 [10MY]

Articles and editorials

Air Station Cape Cod Turns 30, Kevin Dennehy, Hyannis (MA) Cape Cod Times, E1621 [28SE]

Employers With Labor Shortages Should Look to Vocational Rehabilitation, Elmer C. Bartels, Cape Cod (MA) Times, E1434 [7SE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Animals: conservation of great apes (see H.R. 4320), H3926 [6JN]

———ensure that all dogs and cats used by research facilities are obtained legally (see H.R. 453), H7652 [14SE]

———improve the safety of animals transported on aircraft (see H.R. 2776), H647 [6MR]

———prohibit certain conduct relative to elephants in circuses (see H.R. 2929), H1163 [21MR]

Antitrust policy: remove the notification requirement applicable to acquisitions of certain voting securities and assets and modify filing fees (see H.R. 4194), H1851 [5AP]

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

BATF: expand powers to regulate firearms, ammunition, firearm products, and non-powder firearms (see H.R. 920), H11446 [27OC]

BLS: develop methodology for measuring the cost of living in each State and require GAO study to determine effect on Federal benefits (see H.R. 5437), H9634 [10OC]

Burma: recognize anniversary of free and fair elections and improve democratic and human rights (see H. Con. Res. 328), H3172 [16MY]

Capital punishment: 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), H3413 [18MY]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 2397), H455 [15FE]

Clean Air Act: waive oxygen content requirement and phase-out use of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) in reformulated gasoline (see H.R. 1705), H50 [27JA]

Clinton, President: address issues of neighborhood crime prevention, community policing and reduction of school crime (see H. Res. 561), H6718 [20JY]

Coast Guard: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 372), H6354 [17JY]

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]

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), H5737 [10JY]

Contracts: allow choice of arbitration as a means of settling disputes (see H.R. 534), H6052 [13JY]

———ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses (see H.R. 3766), H2607 [4MY]

———require wages paid under Federal contracts to be above local poverty line (see H.R. 4353), H2410 [2MY]

Courts: restore the Federal civil rights remedy for victims of gender-motivated violence (see H.R. 5021), H7207 [27JY]

Cuba: lift travel restrictions (see H.R. 4471), H3172 [16MY]

Customs Service: prohibit import of diamonds from certain conflict regions in Africa (see H.R. 5147), H9767 [11OC]

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: adjustment of composite theoretical performance levels of high performance computers (see H.R. 3680), 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]

———draw down of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (see H. Con. Res. 273), H998 [14MR]

———require report on readiness of heating oil and propane industries to respond to rises in prices due to anticompetitive activity, shortage, or extreme winter weather (see H.R. 3662), H454 [15FE]

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), H7871 [19SE]

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), H7212 [27JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: assist claimants for benefits in developing claims and clarify the burden of proof for such claims (see H.R. 3193), H165 [1FE]

Diseases: recognize fragile X as the most common inherited cause of mental retardation, and as a powerful research model for other disorders, and urge increased research funding (see H. Con. Res. 299), H1851 [5AP]

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

———improve character education programs (see H.R. 3681), H2341 [13AP]

———qualify public defenders for student loan forgiveness under the Federal Perkins Loan Program (see H.R. 4290), H2337 [13AP]

Employment: limit the number of overtime hours of licensed health care employees (see H.R. 5179), H10036 [17OC]

FDA: uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2129), H4817 [21JN]

Federal employees: extend civil service retirement options to IRS revenue officers, INS inspectors, and certain other Federal law enforcement officers (see H.R. 1228), H342 [10FE]

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

———implement a system of licensing purchasers and a record of sale system (see H.R. 4915), H11207 [26OC]

Fish and fishing: eliminate the wasteful and unsportsmanlike practice of shark finning (see H.R. 3535), H219 [7FE]

Food: require labels on food that contains, or is produced with, a genetically engineered material (see H.R. 3377), H165 [1FE]

Food Security Act: authorize enrollment of land in the Wetlands Reserve Program (see H.R. 2066), H3172 [16MY]

———establish the Conservation Security Program (see H.R. 5511), H10534 [23OC]

———expand conservation reserve (see H.R. 408), H2340 [13AP]

Foreign aid: international family planning programs funding (see H.R. 3634), H2411 [2MY]

———prohibit application of certain restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental and multilateral organizations (see H.R. 4211), H2412 [2MY]

———prohibit certain defense services to countries ineligible for international military education, training assistance, or arms transfers (see H.R. 1063), H3649 [23MY]

Foreign countries: human rights violations against homosexuals, bisexuals, and transgendered individuals (see H. Con. Res. 259), H631 [1MR]

Foreign trade: exempt certain small businesses from increased tariffs or other retaliatory measures against products of the European Union in response to its banana regime and treatment of imported meat (see H.R. 4478), H3308 [17MY]

Forests: eliminate commercial logging on public lands and facilitate the economic recovery and diversification of communities dependent on the Federal logging program (see H.R. 1396), H7365 [7SE]

Gonzalez-Brotons, Elian: reunite with father (see H. Con. Res. 240), H212 [3FE]

Government regulations: technical corrections in copyright laws (see H.R. 5107), H7280 [6SE]

Health: application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 1304), H633 [1MR]

———increase assistance to developing nations with high levels of infectious disease and premature death (see H.R. 3826), H641 [2MR]

Human rights: condemn use of children as soldiers (see H. Con. Res. 209), H2412 [2MY]

Immigration: adjust status of certain Colombian and Peruvian nationals (see H.R. 2741), H9635 [10OC]

———arrival and departure requirements for Canadian citizens relative to automated entry and exit control systems (see H.R. 4489), H3523 [22MY]

———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), H50 [27JA]

———exempt certain elderly persons from certain naturalization requirements and permit certain other elderly persons to take the history and government examination in a language of their choice (see H.R. 2899), H1119 [16MR]

———protection of battered immigrant women (see H.R. 3083), H342 [10FE]

———provide a mechanism for U.S. citizens, and lawful permanent residents, to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see H.R. 3650), H373 [14FE]

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

INS: reduce backlog in processing of benefit applications and improve infrastructure necessary for effective provision of immigration services (see H.R. 4798), H5654 [29JN]

Interstate commerce: simplify sales and use taxes and ensure that such taxes are equitably applied (see H.R. 4462), H3171 [16MY]

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]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 3633), H2411 [2MY]

Korean War: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 86), H165 [1FE]

Law enforcement: provide for the collection of data on traffic stops (see H.R. 1443), H574 [29FE]

Law enforcement officers: clarify procedures and conditions for the award of matching grants for the purchase of armor vests (see H.R. 4033), H1285 [22MR]

Liberia: adjust immigration status of certain nationals (see H.R. 919), H8200 [26SE]

Medicaid: assure preservation of safety net hospitals through maintenance of Disproportionate Share Hospital Program (see H.R. 3710), H922 [9MR]

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

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

———designate certain diabetes educators as certified providers for purposes of outpatient diabetes education services (see H.R. 3003), H575 [29FE]

———graduate medical education payments (see H.R. 4239), H3926 [6JN]

———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H931 [13MR]

Mexico: political repression of foreign observers (see H. Con. Res. 350), H4120 [8JN]

Mitchell, George J.: urge the awarding of the Nobel Prize for Northern Ireland peace efforts (see H. Con. Res. 242), H5037 [22JN]

National Park Service: require inventory, evaluation, and documentation of surviving historic Life-Saving Service stations (see H.R. 2832), H1477 [28MR]

National Writing Project: improve (see H.R. 1456), H3523 [22MY]

Northern Ireland: peace efforts (see H. Res. 547), H7366 [7SE]

Northern Mariana Islands: prohibit use of the ``Made in USA'' label on products and deny such products duty-free and quota-free treatment (see H.R. 1621), H2967 [11MY]

Oceans: tribute to individuals who were instrumental in the history of oceanographic and scientific research and the efforts of the Office of Naval Research (see H. Con. Res. 264), H647 [6MR]

Olympic games: mint commemorative coins to support the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games and U.S. Olympic Committee programs (see H.R. 3679), H7211 [27JY]

Patent and Trademark Office: reauthorize (see H.R. 4034), H1123 [20MR]

Petroleum: ensure that petroleum importers, refiners, and wholesalers accumulate minimally adequate supplies of home heating oil to meet reasonably foreseeable needs in the Northeast (see H.R. 3807), H631 [1MR]

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), H2411 [2MY]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 3842), H4036 [7JN]

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]

Privacy: prohibit the sale, share, or transfer of information acquired by Internet sites that include a pledge that it would not be released (see H.R. 4814), H5736 [10JY]

Product safety: promote new and revised toxicological tests that protect human, animal, and environmental health while reducing need for animal testing (see H.R. 4281), H2337 [13AP]

Public debt: allow individuals to designate a portion of their income tax return for deficit reduction (see H.R. 5349), H8551 [29SE]

Public safety officers: eligibility of certain emergency management and civil defense personnel for public safety officer death benefits (see H.R. 2588), H1477 [28MR]

Public welfare programs: repeal certain restrictions on food stamp eligibility and increase Federal support for emergency food assistance programs (see H.R. 3192), H373 [14FE]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 4844), H7129 [26JY]

———protection of train employees (see H.R. 3091), H2770 [9MY]

Reagan, Ronald and Nancy: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3591), H1120 [16MR]

Rural areas: provide funds for automatic external defibrillators and the training of individuals in advanced cardiac life support (see H.R. 4953), H7002 [25JY]

Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act: provide comprehensive technical assistance and implement highly effective prevention programs (see H.R. 3413), H997 [14MR]

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), H8062 [25SE]

Social Security: make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act (see H.R. 5324), H8406 [27SE]

States: permit the option of coverage of legal immigrants under the Medicaid Program and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 4707), H8469 [28SE]

Taxation: allow credit to businesses who employ military reservists and a comparable credit to self-employed military reservists, and restore deductions for services performed by military reservists (see H.R. 3915), H8200 [26SE]

———allow deduction equal to fair market value for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor (see H.R. 3249), H1958 [6AP]

———expand incentives for the construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 4094), H2967 [11MY]

———provide a uniform dollar limitation for transportation fringe benefits excludable from gross income (see H.R. 3546), H922 [9MR]

———reduce estate and gift tax rates (see H.R. 5315), H8469 [28SE]

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

———restore deductions for expenses relative to services performed by military reservists (see H.R. 4328), H8062 [25SE]

———treatment of gross income for amounts received under qualified group legal services plans (see H.R. 1640), H342 [10FE]

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

Turkey: call for the release of certain Kurdish members of the Parliament from prison, and for the recognition of full cultural and language rights for the Kurdish people (see H. Res. 461), H7282 [6SE]

Ukrainian-American Veterans, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 3463), H511 [16FE]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: place a plaque to honor those veterans who died after their service, but as a direct result of that service (see H.R. 3293), H50 [27JA]

Volunteer workers: extend appropriations for programs under the National and Community Service Act and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act (see H.R. 4740), H8201 [26SE]

Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 2720), H90 [31JA]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Cadigan, James L.: award Medal of Honor (see H.R. 4918), H6719 [20JY]

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

Immigration: modify provisions governing naturalization of children born outside the U.S. (see H.R. 3667), H454 [15FE]

Japan: oppose permanent seat on U.N. Security Council until the Japanese Government complies with International Whaling Commission requirements and ends the commercialization of whale meat (see H. Con. Res. 431), H10473 [19OC]

Letters

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 103 anniversary: by, E1198 [11JY]

Press releases

MIT, Caltech Join Forces To Develop Reliable, Uniform U.S. Voting Machine, Sarah H. Wright, Massachusetts Institute of Technology News Office, E2227 [15DE]

Remarks

AID: ensure gender-related issues are considered in program decisions, H5996 [13JY]

Americans With Disabilities Act: anniversary, E1434 [7SE]

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 3908), H1545 [29MR]

———making emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 3908), consideration (H. Res. 450), H1488 [29MR]

Boston, MA: anniversary of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 103, E1198 [11JY]

Capital punishment: prohibit the execution of pregnant women (H.R. 4888), H6797 [25JY]

———reduce the risk that innocent persons may be executed (H.R. 4167), H6797 [25JY]

Citizenship: confer U.S. citizenship automatically and retroactively to foreign-born children adopted by U.S. citizens (H.R. 2883), H7777 [19SE]

Coast Guard: funding, H5081 [23JN], E1038 [19JN]

Colombia: authorize urgent support to secure peace and the rule of law, and to enhance the effectiveness of anti-drug efforts, H1488 [29MR]

———condition military assistance upon certification of efforts to eliminate drug production and combat human rights abuses, H1545 [29MR]

Contracts: allow choice of arbitration as a means of settling disputes (H.R. 534), H8689 [3OC]

Courts: clarification of jurisdiction over local zoning processes and land use disputes, H1107 [16MR]

———clarification of jurisdiction over private property takings and land use disputes (H.R. 2372), H1107 [16MR]

Crime: enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, H7529, H7536 [13SE]

———enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes (H.R. 1082), H3934 [7JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), motion to instruct conferees, H7529, H7536 [13SE]

Dept. of Justice: create a record of lawful admission for permanent residence for certain aliens, H5149 [26JN]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4475), E1038 [19JN]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4690), H4971 [22JN], H5149 [26JN]

District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 4942), H7031 [26JY], H7589 [14SE]

———prohibit location of needle exchange programs within 1,000 feet of areas where children may be present, H7589 [14SE]

———prohibit needle exchange programs funding, H7031 [26JY]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4811), H5996 [13JY]

Foreign policy: reduce, suspend, or terminate certain assistance to countries engaged in oil price fixing to the detriment of the U.S. economy (H.R. 3822), H1222 [22MR]

Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption: implementation (H.R. 2909), H6395, H6398 [18JY], H7695 [18SE]

LSC: funding, H4971 [22JN]

Massachusetts: anniversary of Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod, E1621 [28SE]

National Advisory Commission on Federal Election Standards: establish, E2227 [15DE]

Quincy, MA: tribute to Jimmy Kennedy Memorial Run for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis organizers and participants, E695 [10MY]

Small business: protect from litigation excesses and limit product liability of non-manufacturer product sellers (H.R. 2366), H466 [16FE]

Social Security: eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 5), H599 [1MR]

Taxation: extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (H.R. 3709), H2790, H2796, H2803, H2813 [10MY]

Voting: cooperative initiative between the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the California Institute of Technology to develop a new voting machine, E2227 [15DE]

Tributes

Bigos, Richard, E1068 [21JN]

Cadigan, James L., H1072-H1074 [15MR]

Lind, Roy, E1963 [27OC]