POMEROY, EARL (a Representative from North Dakota)

Addresses

Environmental Benefits of Cattle Grazing: Teresa Oe, E1902 [25OC]

Amendments

Taxation: repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (H.R. 4865), H7166 [27JY]

Appointments

Bruce F. Vento funeral attendees, H9861 [12OC]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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: improve Montgomery GI Bill benefits by improving and expanding educational assistance programs (see H.R. 1071), H757 [8MR]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3573), H2655 [8MY]

Birds: prohibit interstate movement of live birds, for the purpose of fighting, to States in which animal fighting is lawful (see H.R. 1275), H8062 [25SE]

Children and youth: promote in-school personal safety programs for children (see H. Con. Res. 309), H2412 [2MY]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 2397), H2905 [10MY]

Clark, William: posthumous promotion to the grade of captain in the Army (see H.R. 3621), H340 [10FE]

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

Coastal zones: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States (see H.R. 701), H757 [8MR]

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), H6777 [24JY]

Computers: encourage broadband technology deployment to rural areas (see H.R. 4122), H1588 [29MR]

Contracts: ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses (see H.R. 3766), H8062 [25SE]

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 107), H633 [1MR]

Correctional institutions: prohibit operation by private contractors and require persons convicted of Federal offenses be housed in facilities managed and maintained by Federal employees (see H.R. 979), H632 [1MR]

Courts: give U.S. district courts jurisdiction over competing State custody determinations (see H.R. 5456), H9899 [12OC]

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

Dept. of Agriculture: extend authority to provide grants for State agricultural mediation programs (see H.R. 4688), H4591 [15JN]

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 Justice: establish the Violence Against Women Office (see H.R. 4848), H6355 [17JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: assist claimants for benefits in developing claims and clarify the burden of proof for such claims (see H.R. 3193), H647 [6MR]

———reaffirm and clarify duty of the Secretary to administer laws which assist claimants for benefits (see H.R. 4864), H6719 [20JY]

Ecology and environment: encourage cross-border cooperation and environmental cleanup in Northern Europe (see H.R. 4249), H2655 [8MY]

Education: improve and refocus civic education (see H.R. 3195), H165 [1FE]

———provide grants to partnerships to establish and carry out information technology training programs and to provide incentives for educators to obtain information technology certification (see H.R. 4176), H1763 [4AP]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: reauthorize Impact Aid Program (see H.R. 3616), H340 [10FE]

Fair Labor Standards Act: clarify treatment of stock options (see H.R. 4182), H2341 [13AP]

Families and domestic relations: limit the effects of domestic violence on the lives of children (see H.R. 3315), H1285 [22MR]

FDA: facilitate the importation into the U.S. of certain approved drugs (see H.R. 1885), H278 [9FE]

Federal employees: establish program under which current and former employees may obtain long-term care insurance (see H.R. 1111), H255 [8FE]

———payment of compensation to the families of those killed in the crash of an Air Force CT-43A aircraft on April 3, 1996, near Dubrovnik, Croatia (see H.R. 3295), H632 [1MR]

FEMA: make grants to fire departments to improve public safety against fire and fire-related hazards (see H.R. 1168), H1477 [28MR]

Financial institutions: allow payment of Financing Corporation interest obligations from excess deposit insurance fund reserves (see H.R. 4082), H2122 [11AP]

Food Security Act: establish the Conservation Security Program (see H.R. 5511), H10472 [19OC]

Foreign aid: improve famine prevention and freedom from hunger programs (see H.R. 4002), H6471 [18JY]

Frederick Douglass Gardens, Inc.: establish a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs (see H.R. 5331), H8468 [28SE]

Glacier National Park: Going-to-the-Sun Road rehabilitation funding (see H.R. 4521), H3649 [23MY]

Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction: compliance (see H. Con. Res. 293), H2655 [8MY]

Health: assure coverage of emergency services under group health plans and health insurance (see H.R. 904), H757 [8MR]

———emphasize the importance of organ, tissue, bone marrow, and blood donation, and support National Donor Day (see H. Con. Res. 247), H254 [8FE]

House Rules: require that a Chaplain be nominated by the Speaker, the Majority Leader, and the Minority Leader prior to election (see H. Res. 447), H1406 [23MR]

Immigration: modify provisions governing naturalization of children born outside the U.S. (see H.R. 3667), H2341 [13AP]

———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), H7373 [11SE]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4055), H1629 [30MR]

INS: provide for direct payment of information fees by foreign students under the Coordinated Interagency Partnership Regulating International Students Program (see H.R. 3732), H5737 [10JY]

Insurance: 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), H8406 [27SE]

———tax treatment of long-term care services, educational campaign on long-term care, and expansion of State long-term care partnerships by exempting partnership assets from Medicaid estate recovery (see H.R. 2102), H757 [8MR]

International economic relations: development and expansion of international economic assistance programs that utilize cooperatives and credit unions (see H.R. 4673), H4590 [15JN]

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]

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

Kosovo: condemn detention of Kosovar Albanians held in Serbia and call for their release (see H. Con. Res. 265), H2341 [13AP]

Law enforcement officers: clarify procedures and conditions for the award of matching grants for the purchase of armor vests (see H.R. 4033), H1675 [3AP]

———collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1093), H10534 [23OC]

Medicaid: establish a new prospective payment system for federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics (see H.R. 2341), H2122 [11AP]

———permit additional States to enter into long-term care partnerships in order to promote the use of long-term care insurance (see H.R. 5002), H7206 [27JY]

———provide families and disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 4825), H7503 [12SE]

Medicare: coverage of chiropractic services under Medicare+Choice program (see H. Con. Res. 62), H998 [14MR]

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

———coverage of vision rehabilitation services (see H.R. 2870), H6777 [24JY]

———designate certain diabetes educators as certified providers for purposes of outpatient diabetes education services (see H.R. 3003), H7281 [6SE]

———eliminate reduction in payment rates to home health agencies for home health services (see H.R. 4219), H2607 [4MY]

———improve review procedures (see H.R. 2356), H931 [13MR]

———improve the manner in which new medical technologies are made available to beneficiaries (see H.R. 4395), H4220 [12JN]

———increase access to health care for beneficiaries through telehealth services (see H.R. 4841), H5955 [12JY]

———payments made under the prospective payment system for home health services (see H.R. 4727), H7003 [25JY]

———reimbursement for chiropractic services (see H.R. 1046), H373 [14FE]

———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H2012 [10AP]

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

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

Native Americans: improve American Indian Tribal Colleges and Universities Program (see H.R. 3629), H340 [10FE]

NIH: experimental program to stimulate competitive research (see H.R. 4280), H2337 [13AP]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: require changes in the bloodborne pathogens standard (see H.R. 5178), H8406 [27SE]

Petroleum: prohibit use of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE), provide flexibility within the EPA's oxygenate requirements, and promote the use of renewable ethanol (see H.R. 4011), H1407 [23MR]

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

Power resources: simplify Federal oil and gas revenue distributions (see H.R. 4340), H5737 [10JY]

Public welfare programs: repeal certain restrictions on food stamp eligibility and increase Federal support for emergency food assistance programs (see H.R. 3192), H3869 [25MY]

Radio: ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio operators (see H.R. 783), H7281 [6SE]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 4844), H7003 [25JY]

———protection of train employees (see H.R. 3091), H90 [31JA]

Rural areas: promote and improve access to health care services (see H.R. 4677), H4591 [15JN]

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

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), H5169 [26JN]

Social Security: computation system for benefits relative to spouses' and surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 1217), H3049 [15MY]

———eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 5), H574 [29FE]

Tariff: prevent circumvention of the sugar tariff-rate quotas (see H.R. 5423), H9504 [6OC]

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), H7128 [26JY]

———allow farmer-owned cooperatives access to small ethanol producer tax credit (see H.R. 5279), H8061 [25SE]

———exclude from self-employment earnings certain payments under the Conservation Reserve Program (see H.R. 4064), H1284 [22MR]

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

———extend tax credit for production of fuel from a nonconventional source (see H.R. 5401), H9011 [5OC]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see H.R. 4728), H5036 [22JN]

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

———require certain political organizations to report information to the FEC (see H.R. 3688), H2906 [10MY]

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

———treatment of certain farm rental income and all payments under the environmental conservation acreage reserve program (see H.R. 4260), H2238 [12AP]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 3872), H4174 [9JN]

Television: ensure local service to small, rural markets by satellite providers (see H.R. 3615), H511 [16FE]

Veterans: 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]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H341 [10FE]

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), H1675 [3AP]

Water Resources Research Act: reauthorize grants for water resources research and technology institutes (see H.R. 4132), H3474 [19MY]

Women: increase financial and programmatic contributions to advancing the status of women and girls in low-income countries around the world (see H.R. 5533), H10808 [24OC]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Agriculture: extend the term of marketing assistance loans and increase and make more equitable the loan rates on commodities (see H.R. 4979), H7128 [26JY]

———permit States to purchase certain pesticides sold in Canada (see H.R. 5187), H7651 [14SE]

———provide compensation to wheat producers and elevator operators who sold wheat when the Federal Grain Inspection Service maintained erroneous standards for official inspections of wheat protein content (see H.R. 5160), H7502 [12SE]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: extend programs and activities (see H.R. 4508), H3474 [19MY]

Insurance: coverage of long-term care services (see H. Con. Res. 412), H8406 [27SE]

Surface Transportation Board: strengthen railroad merger review standards and apply Federal antitrust laws to rail carriers and railroad transportation (see H.R. 4514), H3523 [22MY]

Taxation: allow distributions to be made from certain pension plans before the participant is severed from employment (see H.R. 4837), H5955 [12JY]

———allow married couples to file combined return under which each spouse is taxed using rates applicable to single filers (see H.R. 5171), H7577 [13SE]

Poems

``Ode to Earl,'' Representative Price, H3313 [18MY]

Remarks

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 3660), H1796 [5AP]

Agriculture: extend the term of marketing assistance loans and increase and make more equitable the loan rates on commodities (H.R. 4979), E1337 [27JY]

———price supports for sugar, H5568 [29JN]

———strengthen safety net for agricultural producers and improve efficiency and integrity of the Federal crop insurance program (H.R. 2559), conference report, H3823 [25MY]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), H5568 [29JN]

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

BIA: issue school construction funding bonds, H4583 [15JN]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), H5866 [12JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), veto, H7519 [13SE]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), H1399 [23MR]

———treatment of any budget surpluses, H6443, H6444, H6445, H6446, H6447, H6448 [18JY]

CCC: limit purchase of raw or refined sugar from sugarcane or sugar beets, H5568 [29JN]

China, People's Republic of: permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), H3719 [24MY]

Coastal zones: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States (H.R. 701), H2847 [10MY]

Cole (U.S.S.): terrorist attack on Navy destroyer in Yemen (H. Res. 631), H10075 [18OC]

Community Development Block Grant Program: funding, H4906 [21JN]

Computers: encourage broadband technology deployment to rural areas (H.R. 4122), E448 [30MR]

Congressional Rural Caucus: reestablishment to address issues impacting rural areas, H954 [14MR]

Coughlin, Daniel P.: appointment as Chaplain of the House of Representatives, H1328 [23MR]

Courts: clarification of jurisdiction over private property takings and land use disputes (H.R. 2372), H1095 [16MR]

Crime: enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, H7540 [13SE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), H3360 [18MY]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), motion to instruct conferees, H7540 [13SE]

Dept. of HUD: allow religious organizations to compete for grants on same basis as private organizations, H1923 [6AP]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4578), H4535, H4583 [15JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), H4433 [14JN]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4635), H4906 [21JN]

Devils Lake, ND: flood control outlet construction project, H1511 [29MR], H8423 [28SE]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: reauthorize Impact Aid Program (H.R. 3616), H3001 [15MY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4733), conference report, H8423 [28SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4733), veto, H9669 [11OC]

Export Administration Act: increase penalties for violations (H.R. 5239), H8022 [25SE]

FCC: clarify service obligations of noncommercial educational broadcast stations (H.R. 4201), H4692 [20JN]

Foreign aid: authorize assistance for stockpiling and rapid transportation and distribution of shelf stable prepackaged foods (H.R. 5224), H8020, H8021 [25SE]

———international education programs funding, H5981 [13JY]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4811), H5981 [13JY]

Foreign policy: promote democracy in Serbia and Montenegro (H.R. 1064), H8027 [25SE]

Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption: implementation (H.R. 2909), H6397 [18JY]

Health: application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (H.R. 1304), H5631 [29JN]

———application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (H.R. 1304), consideration (H. Res. 542), H5620 [29JN]

———importance of education, early detection, and treatment in the prevention of breast cancer (H. Res. 278), H8638 [3OC]

———revise and extend organ procurement and transplantation programs (H.R. 2418), H1695 [4AP]

Health care professionals: exempt discussions on requiring abortion coverage from collective bargaining negotiations between health care professionals and HMO's, H5620 [29JN]

House of Representatives: selection process for appointment of Chaplain, H1328 [23MR]

Housing: expand homeownership (H.R. 1776), H1923 [6AP]

Income: increase minimum wage and provide tax benefits for small businesses (H.R. 3081), H857 [9MR]

Indian Health Service: funding, H4583 [15JN]

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, H3360 [18MY]

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

Minimum wage: level, E310 [14MR]

Missouri River: Corps of Engineers river management funding, H8423 [28SE], H9669 [11OC]

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: observance, E1817 [17OC]

National Endowment for the Arts: funding, H4535 [15JN]

National Endowment for the Humanities: funding, H4535 [15JN]

National Teacher Appreciation Week: observance, E676 [9MY]

Pensions: reform (H.R. 1102), H6475, H6508, H6519 [19JY]

Russia: prohibit the rescheduling or forgiveness of any debt owed to the U.S. until the intelligence facility at Lourdes, Cuba is permanently closed (H.R. 4118), consideration (H. Res. 555), H6558 [19JY]

SBA: improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), adoption of concurrent resolution making corrections in enrollment (H. Res. 663), H11553 [30OC]

———improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), conference report, H11254 [26OC]

Small business: protect from litigation excesses and limit product liability of non-manufacturer product sellers (H.R. 2366), H472 [16FE]

Social Security: eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 5), H595 [1MR]

———ensure solvency, survivor benefits, and disability coverage, H2641 [8MY]

———make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act, H11254 [26OC]

St. Croix Island International Historic Site: planning and development of interpretive site for quadricentennial commemoration funding (S. 2485), consideration (H. Res. 663), H11553 [30OC]

Surface Transportation Board: strengthen railroad merger review standards and apply Federal antitrust laws to rail carriers and railroad transportation (H.R. 4514), E803 [22MY]

Taxation: allow distributions to be made from certain pension plans before the participant is severed from employment (H.R. 4837), E1229 [13JY]

———alternative minimum tax rates, H5866 [12JY]

———condition repeal of tax increase on Social Security benefits on solvency of Social Security and Medicare, H7166, H7167, H7170 [27JY]

———eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 6), H311 [10FE]

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (H.R. 3709), H2798 [10MY]

———make marriage tax penalty relief contingent on Social Security and Medicare solvency certification and public debt elimination, H5866 [12JY]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), H4157 [9JN]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), veto, H7326 [7SE]

———rates, H6443, H6444, H6445, H6446, H6447, H6448 [18JY]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (H.R. 4865), H7166, H7167, H7170 [27JY]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (H.R. 4865), consideration (H. Res. 564), H7142 [27JY]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4199), H2280 [13AP]

University of North Dakota: tribute to men's hockey team, E554 [13AP]

Veterans: health care funding, H4906 [21JN]

Women: reauthorize Federal programs to prevent violence against women, E1817 [17OC]

———reauthorize Federal programs to prevent violence against women (H.R. 1248), H8097 [26SE]

World Learning (organization): tribute to ``Experiment in International Living'' reunion, E1863 [19OC]

Wyndmere, ND: tribute to Wyndmere High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, E650 [4MY]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H5082 [23JN], H12016 [5DE]

Special order: granted, H983 [14MR]

Tribute, H3313 [18MY]

Tributes

Brick, Cary R., H954 [14MR]

Forbes, Representative, H11409 [27OC]

Malm, Marianna, E676 [9MY]

Oe, Teresa, E1902 [25OC]

Rux, Kevin S., H10075 [18OC]