STABENOW, DEBBIE (a Representative from Michigan)

Amendments

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4635), H4632 [19JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: issue commemorative postage stamp to honor U.S. farm women (see H. Res. 213), H1120 [16MR]

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

American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association: tribute to individuals who are being awarded the Medal for Military Service (see H. Con. Res. 283), H1077 [15MR]

Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3573), H511 [16FE]

Baltic States: recognize anniversary of U.S. nonrecognition policy of the Soviet takeover of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania and support democratic and economic reforms (see H. Con. Res. 367), H5843 [11JY]

Capitol Building and Grounds: establish a task force to recommend an appropriate recognition for the slave laborers who worked on the construction of the U.S. Capitol (see H. Con. Res. 368), H6355 [17JY]

Children and youth: authorize grants for the prevention of alcoholic beverage consumption by underage individuals (see H.R. 3430), H342 [10FE]

Civil rights: prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (see H.R. 1271), H574 [29FE]

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

Community development: enhance availability of capital and credit for citizens and communities and ensure that community reinvestment keeps pace as financial service providers become affiliated (see H.R. 4893), H6599 [19JY]

Contracts: ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses (see H.R. 3766), H573 [29FE]

Crime: constitutional amendment on protection of victims' rights (see H.J. Res. 64), H1477 [28MR]

———improve information on, and protections against, child sexual abuse (see H.R. 2382), H11207 [26OC]

———mandatory minimum sentencing for online child molesters (see H.R. 4076), H2239 [12AP]

Croatia: elections (see H. Con. Res. 251), H1852 [5AP]

Dept. of Defense: adjustment of composite theoretical performance levels of high performance computers (see H.R. 3680), H1477 [28MR]

———participation of certain Medicare-eligible individuals in pharmacy programs (see H.R. 3697), H1406 [23MR]

Dept. of Energy: draw down and sale of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve relative to anticompetitive activities (see H.R. 3543), H922 [9MR]

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

———provide grants to organizations to find missing adults (see H.R. 2780), H574 [29FE]

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), H3309 [17MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: assist claimants for benefits in developing claims and clarify the burden of proof for such claims (see H.R. 3193), H255 [8FE]

———establish presumption of service connection for cold weather injuries received during military operations (see H.R. 4760), H6471 [18JY]

———improve outreach program to more fully inform veterans of available benefits (see H.R. 3256), H647 [6MR]

———provide grants for toll-free telephone number to provide information and assistance to veterans (see H.R. 2736), H1852 [5AP]

Disabled Veterans' LIFE Memorial Foundation: establish a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs to honor veterans who became disabled while serving in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 1509), H1406 [23MR]

Diseases: establishment and operation of asthma treatment services for children (see H.R. 2840), H2340 [13AP]

———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), H4220 [12JN]

Drugs: combat manufacture, traffic, import, and export of methamphetamine (see H.R. 4248), H3474 [19MY]

———prevent abuse of inhalants (see H.R. 4565), H5241 [27JN]

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

———improve and refocus civic education (see H.R. 3195), H632 [1MR]

———improve character education programs (see H.R. 3681), H509 [16FE]

———provide grants to local educational agencies to initiate and improve physical education programs (see H.R. 4536), H4485 [14JN]

FDA: facilitate the importation into the U.S. of certain approved drugs (see H.R. 1885), H4220 [12JN]

Federal employees: establish program under which current and former employees may obtain long-term care insurance (see H.R. 1111), H4220 [12JN]

———extend civil service retirement options to IRS revenue officers, INS inspectors, and certain other Federal law enforcement officers (see H.R. 1228), H10473 [19OC]

Foreign aid: international family planning programs funding (see H.R. 3634), H7002 [25JY]

Government: prohibit the acquisition of products produced by forced labor (see H. Con. Res. 308), H5956 [12JY]

Great Lakes: prohibit vessels from discharging ballast water that contains nonindigenous aquatic species and treat such water, and its sediments, using the most effective and efficient methods available (see H.R. 4191), H2341 [13AP]

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

Health: prohibit health insurance and employment discrimination on the basis of genetic information (see H.R. 2457), H6052 [13JY]

———recognize success of lay person CPR training in increasing the rate of survival of cardiac arrest and support efforts to enhance public awareness of the need for such training (see H. Con. Res. 139), H50 [27JA]

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

Iran: condemn arrest and detention of Iranian Jews accused of espionage (see H. Con. Res. 307), H3650 [23MY]

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]

———provide citizens access to U.S. food and medicines (see H.R. 3825), H641 [2MR]

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), H3869 [25MY]

Korean War: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 86), H255 [8FE]

Law enforcement: facilitate exchange and collection of DNA identification information from violent offenders (see H.R. 3375), H922 [9MR]

Law enforcement officers: clarify procedures and conditions for the award of matching grants for the purchase of armor vests (see H.R. 4033), H1629 [30MR]

———ensure accountability, guarantee due process, establish standards for internal investigations and hearings, and require enactment of relevant State laws (see H.R. 3896), H3926 [6JN]

———ensure confidentiality of personnel records or personal information (see H.R. 3694), H1077 [15MR]

———exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H3869 [25MY]

———extend retroactive eligibility dates for educational assistance to the surviving spouse and dependent children of officers killed in the line of duty (see H.R. 2059), H255 [8FE]

Medicaid: assure preservation of safety net hospitals through maintenance of Disproportionate Share Hospital Program (see H.R. 3710), H572 [29FE]

———provide public access to quality medical imaging procedures and radiation therapy procedures (see H.R. 5274), H11716 [31OC]

Medicare: coverage of glaucoma detection services (see H.R. 2620), H7502 [12SE]

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

———eliminate reduction in payment rates to home health agencies for home health services (see H.R. 4219), H1957 [6AP]

———ensure adequacy of digital mammography payments (see H.R. 5172), H9505 [6OC]

———expand and make permanent the demonstration project for military retirees and dependents (see H.R. 1413), H1629 [30MR]

———protect right of beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare+Choice plans to receive services at any skilled nursing facility (see H.R. 3004), H6470 [18JY]

———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H575 [29FE]

Miller, Doris: waive certain time limitations to allow the posthumous award of the Medal of Honor for actions while a member of the Navy during World War II (see H.R. 5443), H9767 [11OC]

National Center for Social Work Research: establish (see H.R. 3214), H1120 [16MR]

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), H3926 [6JN]

National Law Enforcement Museum: establish (see H.R. 2710), H6354 [17JY]

National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific: add certain identifying information to markers on graves containing the remains of certain unknowns who died in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor (see H.R. 3806), H1958 [6AP]

National School Lunch Act: ensure an adequate level of commodity purchases under the school lunch program (see H.R. 3614), H632 [1MR]

———revise eligibility of private organizations under the child and adult care food program (see H.R. 2907), H342 [10FE]

Native Americans: treatment of certain income for tribe members, age 50 or older, relative to determining eligibility for means-tested public assistance benefits (see H.R. 4858), H6051 [13JY]

NIH: improve and expand clinical research programs (see H.R. 1798), H342 [10FE]

Nuclear weapons: remove from hair-trigger alert (see H. Con. Res. 177), H166 [1FE]

Olympic games: mint commemorative coins to support the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games and U.S. Olympic Committee programs (see H.R. 3679), H7365 [7SE]

Oscar G. Johnson Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility, Iron Mountain, MI: designate (see H.R. 5520), H12045 [7DE]

OSHA: issue regulations to eliminate or minimize the significant risk of needlestick injury to health care workers (see H.R. 1899), H997 [14MR]

Pensions: protect benefits of employees in defined benefit plans and enforce age discrimination requirements relative to tax legislation on defined benefit plans becoming cash balance plans (see H.R. 2902), H5737 [10JY]

———reform (see H.R. 1102), H3813 [24MY]

Pope, Edmond: demand release from Russian prison for humanitarian reasons (see H. Con. Res. 404), H8201 [26SE]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 3842), H7211 [27JY]

Public lands: designate certain national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and wilderness areas in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming (see H.R. 488), H255 [8FE]

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

Ramadan: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 220), H342 [10FE]

Religion: support religious tolerance towards Muslims (see H. Con. Res. 174), H9635 [10OC]

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

SBA: establish a New Market Venture Capital Program (see H.R. 4530), H3812 [24MY]

Senior citizens: establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits (see H.R. 1422), H922 [9MR]

Social Security: enhance privacy protections for individuals, prevent fraudulent misuse of account numbers, and provide additional safeguards for beneficiaries with representative payees (see H.R. 4857), H7366 [7SE]

———extend availability of State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments (see H.R. 4393), H2654 [8MY]

Taxation: avoid duplicate reporting of information on political activities of certain State and local political organizations (see H.R. 5277), H8406 [27SE]

———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. 4214), H3926 [6JN]

———exclude from self-employment earnings certain payments under the Conservation Reserve Program (see H.R. 4064), H2341 [13AP]

———expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools and provide incentives for corporations to participate in cooperative agreements with public schools in distressed areas, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 1660), H6053 [13JY]

———expand incentives for the construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 1760), H6053 [13JY] (see H.R. 4094), H5656 [29JN]

———provide that ancestors or lineal descendants of members of the Armed Forces shall be taken into account in determining tax-exempt status of veterans' organizations (see H.R. 4434), H4174 [9JN]

———reduce estate and gift tax rates (see H.R. 5315), H10473 [19OC]

———repeal modification of capital gains tax payments relative to small businesses sold on the installment sales method (see H.R. 3594), H342 [10FE]

———require certain political organizations to report information to the FEC (see H.R. 3688), H3813 [24MY]

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

———treatment of higher education expenses and interest on student loans (see H.R. 2750), H5737 [10JY]

———treatment of individual retirement accounts relative to charitable contributions (see H.R. 1311), H342 [10FE]

———treatment of self-employment tax relative to certain farm rental income (see H.R. 1044), H574 [29FE]

Turkey: claim of sovereignty over islands and islets in the Aegean Sea (see H. Con. Res. 340), H5737 [10JY]

U.S. Submarine Force: anniversary (see H. Res. 397), H575 [29FE]

Veterans: increase burial and funeral allowance for certain veterans (see H.R. 3678), H2341 [13AP]

———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]

———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), H5956 [12JY]

Veterans Health Administration: improve personnel system (see H.R. 4759), H7281 [6SE]

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), H342 [10FE]

Water Resources Research Act: reauthorize grants for water resources research and technology institutes (see H.R. 4132), H4336 [13JN]

William S. Broomfield Post Office Building, Royal Oak, MI: designate (see H.R. 4884), H6598 [19JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Justice: establish or expand existing community prosecution programs for gun-related crimes (see H.R. 4456), H3049 [15MY]

Michigan State University: tribute to men's basketball team (see H. Res. 481), H2340 [13AP]

Taxation: allow a refundable credit for long-term care and offset the revenue cost of the credit by revising the rules on expatriation (see H.R. 4159), H1674 [3AP]

———increase the dependent care credit and provide a minimum dependent care credit for stay-at-home parents (see H.R. 4336), H2339 [13AP]

Letters

Medicare coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, E1882 [23OC]

———Harriett Simmons, H8894 [5OC]

———Julia Kanopsky, H4169 [9JN]

———Louise Jarnac, H3401 [18MY]

———Mary Hudson, H9806 [11OC]

———Paul and Lois Van Valkenburgh, H8281 [27SE]

———Virginia Langell, H7900 [20SE]

Remarks

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 3660), consideration (H. Res. 457), H1775 [5AP]

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 3908), H1511 [29MR]

Armenia: anniversary of genocide, H2180 [12AP]

Coalition on Domestic Violence: tribute, E1762 [12OC]

Coastal zones: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States (H.R. 701), E779 [19MY]

Conservation and Reinvestment Act: condition funding on solvency of Social Security and Medicare, E779 [19MY]

Dept. of Justice: establish or expand existing community prosecution programs for gun-related crimes, H5017 [22JN]

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

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4871), H6631 [20JY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations, H11291 [26OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4690), H5017, H5020 [22JN]

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

District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 4942), conference report, H11291 [26OC]

Drugs: treatment of gamma y-hydroxybutyrate and ketamine hydrochloride relative to the Controlled Substances Act (H.R. 2130), H61 [31JA]

Families and domestic relations: child abuse and neglect prevention (H.R. 764), Senate amendment, H126 [1FE]

Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: observance, E545 [12AP]

Immigration: arrival and departure requirements for Canadian citizens relative to automated entry and exit control systems (H.R. 4489), H3576 [23MY]

Iran: condemn arrest and detention of Iranian Jews accused of espionage, E874 [25MY]

Israel: commend redeployment from southern Lebanon (H. Con. Res. 331), H3750 [24MY]

Law enforcement: community policing programs, H5020 [22JN]

Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, H2190, H2191, H2193, H2194 [12AP], H2496 [3MY], H3401 [18MY], H4168 [9JN], H4480 [14JN], H4911 [21JN], H6031 [13JY], H6566 [19JY], H7067 [26JY], H7348 [7SE], H7899 [20SE], H8281 [27SE], H8894 [5OC], H9806 [11OC], H10882 [25OC], H11750 [1NO], E697 [10MY], E1485 [14SE], E1882 [23OC]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (H.R. 3482), H3753 [24MY]

———make more competitive and efficient and provide for a prescription drug benefit (H.R. 4680), consideration (H. Res. 539), H5306 [28JN]

———reform, H3753 [24MY]

Members of Congress: deny cost-of-living adjustments, H6631 [20JY]

Michigan: bovine tuberculosis research funding, H1511 [29MR]

Michigan State University: tribute to men's basketball team, H1824 [5AP]

———tribute to men's basketball team members from Flint, MI, E675 [9MY]

Onondaga Township, MI: anniversary of VFW National Home for Children, E793 [19MY]

Privacy: protect individuals from certain acts and practices in the sale and purchase of Social Security numbers and Social Security account numbers, H11291 [26OC]

Stepfamily Day: observance, E1476 [13SE]

Veterans: tribute to C Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division for post-World War II efforts in the People's Republic of China, E1481 [14SE]

Wayne County, MI: observance of Youth Civic Literacy Month, E1665 [4OC]

Wayne State University: tribute to the Youth Urban Agenda/Civic Literacy Project, E1665 [4OC]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H7929 [20SE]

Special order: granted, H1074 [15MR], H1849 [5AP], H2510 [3MY], H2903 [10MY], H3411 [18MY], H3804 [24MY], H4118 [8JN], H4172 [9JN], H4482 [14JN], H4814 [21JN], H5238 [27JN], H6047 [13JY], H6593 [19JY], H7127 [26JY], H7363 [7SE], H7649 [14SE], H8404 [27SE], H9008 [5OC], H9816 [11OC], H10469 [19OC], H11192 [25OC], H11779 [1NO]

Tributes

Bidwell, Charles L., E1483 [14SE]

Feirer, Shirley, E1184 [30JN]

Pohl, Roger, E677 [9MY]

Raymond, Jerry, E1413 [6SE], E1432 [7SE]