BIGGERT, JUDY (a Representative from Illinois)

Addresses

Tribute to Representative Porter: Gerald LeMelle, Amnesty International, H10250 [18OC]

Articles and editorials

Freedom's Worth (excerpt), Jeff Douglass, H3492 [22MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: prohibit transfer or marketing of nonambulatory cattle, sheep, swine, horses, mules, or goats (see H.R. 443), H50 [27JA]

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

Armed Forces: declare the American GI as the ``Person of the Century'' for the 20th century (see H. Con. Res. 282), H2013 [10AP]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3573), H1588 [29MR]

Birds: prohibit interstate movement of live birds, for the purpose of fighting, to States in which animal fighting is lawful (see H.R. 1275), H1674 [3AP]

Business and industry: restrict use of mandatory minimum personnel experience and educational requirements in procurement of information technology goods or services unless sufficiently justified (see H.R. 3582), H1852 [5AP]

Cesar Chavez Post Office, Chicago, IL: designate (see H.R. 4830), H7212 [27JY]

Children and youth: promote in-school personal safety programs for children (see H. Con. Res. 309), H2771 [9MY]

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 for the Comprehensive Study of Privacy Protection: establish (see H.R. 4049), H4174 [9JN]

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), H6471 [18JY]

Computers: tribute to Federal workforce for successfully preparing for year 2000 computer problem (see H. Con. Res. 300), H1957 [6AP]

Contracts: prohibit delinquent Federal debtors from being eligible to enter into Federal contracts (see H.R. 4181), H1851 [5AP]

Crime: provide incentives for States to enact mandatory minimum sentences for certain firearms offenses (see H.R. 4051), H2122 [11AP]

Dept. of Transportation: prohibit action to finalize, implement, or enforce a rule relative to the hours of service of drivers for motor carriers (see H.R. 4511), H4337 [13JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: furnish headstones or markers for the marked graves of certain individuals (see H.R. 1387), H1477 [28MR]

Diseases: extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 4069), H1404 [23MR]

———increased support and funding to combat juvenile diabetes (see H. Con. Res. 321), H3474 [19MY]

———support efforts to increase childhood cancer awareness, treatment, and research (see H. Res. 576), H8062 [25SE]

Education: establish and expand programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (see H.R. 4271, 4272), H2336 [13AP]

Education for All Handicapped Children Act: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 399), H7577 [13SE]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: reauthorize Impact Aid Program (see H.R. 3616), H575 [29FE]

Families and domestic relations: issue special postage stamps to fund domestic violence programs (see H.R. 4659), H4484 [14JN]

FCC: prohibit from establishing rules authorizing the operation of new, low power FM radio stations (see H.R. 3439), H511 [16FE]

FDA: uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2129), H2122 [11AP]

GAO: conduct a comprehensive fraud audit of the Dept. of Education (see H.R. 4079), H4220 [12JN]

———require report to Congress on agency regulatory actions (see H.R. 3669), H3413 [18MY]

Gonzalez, Henry B.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 445), H12095 [14DE]

Health: emphasize the importance of organ, tissue, bone marrow, and blood donation, and support National Donor Day (see H. Con. Res. 247), H342 [10FE]

———revise and extend organ procurement and transplantation programs (see H.R. 3885), H1852 [5AP]

Henry W. McGee Post Office Building, Chicago, IL: designate (see H.R. 3909), H2341 [13AP]

Higgins, Andrew Jackson and family: award Congressional Gold Medals (see H.R. 4384), H3926 [6JN]

Higgins Industries: award Congressional Gold Medal to World War II-era employees (see H.R. 4384), H3926 [6JN]

Housing: consolidate and improve the regulation of the housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises (see H.R. 3703), H7211 [27JY]

———consolidate and improve the regulation of the housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 3703), H7212 [27JY]

Illinois and Michigan Canal Heritage Corridor Commission: increase authorization (see H.R. 3926), H1075 [15MR]

Immigration: promote a fairer and more efficient means for using highly skilled workers and improve collection and use of H-1B nonimmigrant fees (see H.R. 3983), H1589 [29MR]

INS: provide for direct payment of information fees by foreign students under the Coordinated Interagency Partnership Regulating International Students Program (see H.R. 3732), H998 [14MR]

Iran: emancipation of the Bahai community (see H. Con. Res. 257), H7129 [26JY]

J.T. Weeker Service Center, Chicago, IL: designate (see H.R. 5016), H7206 [27JY]

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

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

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 792), H9767 [11OC]

Lithuania: independence anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 258), H7503 [12SE]

Lumber industry: promote open and competitive trade of softwood lumber between the U.S. and Canada (see H. Con. Res. 252), H633 [1MR]

Medicaid: establish a new prospective payment system for federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics (see H.R. 2341), H6470 [18JY]

Medicare: expand coverage of certain self-injected biologicals (see H.R. 2892), H2512 [3MY]

———require Dept. of HHS study on mortality and adverse outcome rates of patients receiving anesthesia services (see H.R. 632), H3813 [24MY]

———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H2905 [10MY]

Merchant marine industry: tribute to service and sacrifice during periods of war (see H. Con. Res. 327), H5737 [10JY]

Motor vehicles: improve safety of car seats for children (see H.R. 4145), H1628 [30MR]

National Law Enforcement Museum: establish (see H.R. 2710), H342 [10FE]

National Take Your Kids To Vote Day: support (see H. Con. Res. 389), H7210 [27JY]

Navajo Code Talkers: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4527), H11195 [25OC]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: waive applicability to employment performed in an employee's residence (see H.R. 3530), H511 [16FE]

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]

Pensions: reform (see H.R. 1102), H6470 [18JY]

Political campaigns: require sponsors of certain election-related communications to provide information regarding their identities and sources of funds (see H.R. 4621), H4784 [20JN]

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: 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), H4121 [8JN]

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

Railroads: delay effective date for the implementation of regulations requiring audible warnings at highway-rail grade crossings (see H.R. 5059), H7208 [27JY]

———modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 4844), H6719 [20JY]

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

Roberto Clemente Post Office, Chicago, IL: designate (see H.R. 4831), H7212 [27JY]

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), H4121 [8JN]

Social Security: eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 5), H510 [16FE]

———include additional information in account statements (see H.R. 5028), H7207 [27JY]

Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act: rename as the ``McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act'' (see H.R. 5417), H9504 [6OC]

Taxation: allow an additional individual retirement account deduction based on unused amounts of deduction limitation in prior years (see H.R. 3620), H340 [10FE]

———allow deduction for charitable contributions to individuals who do not itemize other deductions (see H.R. 1310), H2411 [2MY]

———clarify that certain small businesses that use merchandise or inventory are permitted to use the cash method of accounting (see H.R. 2273), H6599 [19JY]

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

———encourage stronger mathematics and science programs at elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 4273), H2336 [13AP]

———exclude from gross income payments made under Dept. of Defense programs for the repayment of student loans of members of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 3663), H1589 [29MR]

———increase annual limitation on nondeductible contributions and adjust for inflation the amount of deductible contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1322), H3649 [23MY]

———increase unified estate and gift tax credit and provide for inflation adjustment (see H.R. 4112), H1587 [29MR]

———prohibit certain allocations of S corporation stock held by an employee stock ownership plan (see H.R. 3082), H3172 [16MY]

———provide for increased fairness to taxpayers (see H.R. 4163), H2013 [10AP]

———provide relief for payment of asbestos-related claims (see H.R. 4543), H7366 [7SE]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 3916), H3413 [18MY]

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

———treatment of adoption expenses (see H.R. 531), H2606 [4MY]

———treatment of computers provided to employees for personal use (see H.R. 4274), H3413 [18MY]

———treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (see H.R. 7), H997 [14MR]

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.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4115), H2341 [13AP]

Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1732), H574 [29FE]

Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H6354 [17JY]

———recognize the importance of veterans to the U.S. and express support for the goals of Veterans Educate Today's Students (VETS) Day (see H. Con. Res. 58), H6052 [13JY]

Water pollution: exempt discharges from certain silviculture activities from permit requirements of the national pollutant discharge elimination system (see H.R. 3625), H3173 [16MY]

Women: provide Federal contracting assistance to small business concerns owned and controlled by women (see H.R. 4897), H7129 [26JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Committee on House Administration (House): majority party appointments (see H. Res. 569), H7210 [27JY]

Education: raise awareness, and create educational programs, concerning eating disorders (see H.R. 3928), H1075 [15MR]

Government: reform and improve Inspector General offices within Federal agencies (see H.R. 5460), H9900 [12OC]

Johnson, Nancy: tribute for participation in Olympic games (see H. Res. 589), H7997 [22SE]

Law enforcement: combat club drug trafficking, distribution, and abuse (see H.R. 4553), H3867 [25MY]

Petroleum: establish a Midwest Clean Air Gasoline Reserve (see H.R. 4784), H5654 [29JN]

Schools: provide loans to enable State or local governments to make interest payments on qualified school construction bonds (see H.R. 4054), H1284 [22MR]

Taxation: provide tax incentives to enhance long-term care and convene a National Summit on Long-Term Care (see H.R. 4498), H3412 [18MY]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H257 [9FE], H1415 [28MR], H2345 [2MY], H2617 [8MY], H3871 [6JN], H4595 [19JN], H5659 [10JY], H6055 [17JY], H6721 [24JY], H7215 [6SE], H7653 [18SE], H9507 [10OC], H9909 [17OC], H11957 [5DE]

Letters

Tribute to Representative Porter: Adeline J. Geo-Karis, H10248 [18OC]

———David N. Barkhausen, H10248 [18OC]

———Elizabeth Coulson, H10248 [18OC]

———George H. Ryan, Governor of Illinois, H10246 [18OC]

———Gordon P. MacDougall, H10247 [18OC]

———Jeff Schoenberg, H10248 [18OC]

———Kathleen K. Parker, H10248 [18OC]

———Mark S. Kirk, H10246 [18OC]

———Representative Porter's staff, H10250 [18OC]

———Robert H. Bradner, H10247 [18OC]

Poems

``In Flanders Fields,'' John McCrae, H3492 [22MY]

Remarks

Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission: establish (H.R. 1451), H227, H228, H229 [8FE]

Boecker, Paul: Congressional Fire Services Institute Mason Lankford Fire Service Leadership Award recipient, E619 [3MY]

China, People's Republic of: permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), H3681 [24MY]

Committee on House Administration (House): majority party appointments (H. Res. 569), H7176 [27JY]

Computers: networking and information technology research and development funding (H.R. 2086), H408 [15FE]

———tribute to Federal workforce for successfully preparing for year 2000 computer problem (H. Con. Res. 300), H2353 [2MY]

Courts: clarification of jurisdiction over local zoning processes and land use disputes, H1110 [16MR]

———clarification of jurisdiction over private property takings and land use disputes (H.R. 2372), H1110 [16MR]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), H3377 [18MY]

Dept. of Energy: establish compensation programs for employees sustaining beryllium and radiation-related injury, illness, or death, H3377 [18MY]

———Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles Program funding, H4439 [14JN]

———renewable energy research funding through reductions in the Nuclear Energy Research Initiative Program, H5256 [27JN]

Dept. of the Interior: weatherization assistance grants program funding through reductions in fossil energy research and development program, H4547 [15JN]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4578), H4439, H4466 [14JN], H4547 [15JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: produce certain security documents at the request of foreign governments or States or any political subdivision thereof, on a reimbursable basis (H.R. 4096), H7678 [18SE]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4690), H5151 [26JN]

Doherty, Megan: Prudential Insurance Co., of America Spirit of Community Award recipient for Illinois, E668 [8MY]

Drug abuse: combat ``Ecstasy'' production, abuse, and imports, and increase education and awareness on dangers, H8251 [27SE]

DuPage County, IL: tribute to Teachers on an Agriscience Bus Program, E917 [8JN]

Education: raise awareness, and create educational programs, concerning eating disorders (H.R. 3928), H1053 [15MR]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4733), H5256 [27JN]

Forest Service: recreation programs funding through reductions in Dept. of Energy petroleum technology programs, H4466 [14JN]

Frederick L. Dewberry, Jr., Post Office Building, Baltimore, MD: designate (H.R. 4451), H8018 [25SE]

Illinois and Michigan Canal Heritage Corridor Commission: increase authorization (H.R. 3926), H9975 [17OC]

James Madison Commemoration Commission: establish (S. 3137), H11931, H11932, H11933 [4DE]

Johnson, Nancy: tribute for participation in Olympic games (H. Res. 589), E1574 [22SE]

Law enforcement: combat club drug trafficking, distribution, and abuse (H.R. 4553), H3857 [25MY]

Market Day: anniversary, E438 [29MR]

McDonald's Corp.: EPA Waste Wise Partner of the Year recipient, E1810 [17OC]

Memorial Day: proclaim a nationwide moment of remembrance (H. Con. Res. 302), H3491, H3492 [22MY]

NIST: Global Standards Program funding, H5151 [26JN]

NSF: increase research and development funding through offsets in Dept. of Energy funding, H408 [15FE]

Older Americans Month: observance, H3400 [18MY], E707 [11MY]

Petroleum: establish a Midwest Clean Air Gasoline Reserve (H.R. 4784), E1171 [30JN]

Public Health Service Act: provide certain children's health services (H.R. 4365), H8251 [27SE]

Schools: provide loans to enable State or local governments to make interest payments on qualified school construction bonds (H.R. 4054), E373 [22MR]

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), H593 [1MR]

Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act: rename as the ``McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act'' (H.R. 5417), H9797 [11OC]

Taxation: eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 6), H72 [31JA], H312 [10FE]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), H4146 [9JN]

———provide tax incentives to enhance long-term care and convene a National Summit on Long-Term Care (H.R. 4498), H3400 [18MY]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (H.R. 4865), H7164 [27JY]

Tomei, Ed: Darien, IL, Citizen of the Year award recipient, E257 [9MR]

Vietnam: make trade relations with the U.S. contingent upon free emigration and improved human rights conditions (H.J. Res. 99), H7012 [26JY]

Women: reauthorize Federal programs to prevent violence against women (H.R. 1248), H8103 [26SE], H8746 [4OC]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H983 [14MR], H1161 [21MR], H3411 [18MY], H3865 [25MY], H10469 [19OC], H10806 [24OC]

Tributes

Ewing, Representative, H10800 [24OC]

Fowler, Representative, H10758 [24OC]

Porter, Representative, H10242, H10243, H10244, H10245 [18OC]

Vento, Bruce F., H9797 [11OC]