LEWIS, JOHN (a Representative from Georgia)

Appointments

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

Julian C. Dixon funeral attendees, H12081 [13DE]

Paul Coverdell funeral attendees, H6721 [24JY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

African Americans: acknowledge the fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality, and inhumanity of slavery in U.S. history (see H. Con. Res. 356), H4674 [19JN]

Agriculture: improve representation and accountability of Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act committees and access to and service of Dept. of Agriculture programs (see H.R. 4675), H4590 [15JN]

———require country of origin labeling of peanuts and peanut products (see H.R. 3263), H7211 [27JY]

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: prohibit interstate commerce relative to exotic animals (see H.R. 1202), H4220 [12JN]

Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3573), H575 [29FE]

Black Patriots Foundation: extend authority to establish a Black Revolutionary War Patriots Memorial (see H.R. 4957), H7212 [27JY]

Bob Jones University: condemn discriminatory practices (see H. Con. Res. 261), H631 [1MR] (see H. Res. 428), H574 [29FE]

Boy Scouts: repeal Federal charter (see H.R. 4892), H6599 [19JY]

———repeal Federal charter, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 4892), H7212 [27JY]

Capital punishment: reduce the risk that innocent persons may be executed (see H.R. 4167), H4817 [21JN]

———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), H4817 [21JN]

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), H5655 [29JN]

Carter, Jimmy and Rosalyn: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4289), H2337 [13AP]

Children and youth: mental health services (see H.R. 3455), H90 [31JA]

———provide for a national media campaign to reduce and prevent underage drinking (see H.R. 5137), H9011 [5OC]

Colorado: designate certain lands as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System (see H.R. 829), H757 [8MR]

Commission To Study Reparation Proposals for African Americans: establish (see H.R. 40), H5169 [26JN]

Community development: increase capital available to communities for economic and community development projects (see H.R. 4822), H7281 [6SE]

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]

Contracts: allow choice of arbitration as a means of settling disputes (see H.R. 534), H1406 [23MR]

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

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

Corps of Engineers: reform (see H.R. 4879), H7366 [7SE]

Correctional institutions: improve conditions for female inmates (see H.R. 3920), H997 [14MR]

Cuba: lift travel restrictions (see H.R. 4471), H5169 [26JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: discipline members of certain county and area committees who discriminate against farmers, ranchers, or others, on the basis of race, sex, national origin, marital status, religion, age, or handicap (see H.R. 4687), H4784 [20JN]

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 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), H4675 [19JN]

Dept. of the Interior: authorize compensation for damages arising from the prescribed burn on the Bandelier National Monument (see H.R. 4574), H4122 [8JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: 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), H2512 [3MY]

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), H922 [9MR]

Diseases: international tuberculosis control (see H.R. 4057), H1284 [22MR]

Education: provide grants to local educational agencies to initiate and improve physical education programs (see H.R. 4536), H3813 [24MY]

———provide greater access to high quality distance education programs (see H.R. 3542), H1588 [29MR]

———support youth civic literacy (see H. Res. 661), H11490 [28OC]

EEOC: require mediation of certain employee claims (see H.R. 4593), H4592 [15JN]

Fair Labor Standards Act: prohibit issuance of a certificate for subminimum wages for individuals with impaired vision (see H.R. 3540), H5436 [28JN]

FDA: uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2129), H209 [2FE]

Federal firefighters: make mandatory separation age match requirement for Federal law enforcement officers (see H.R. 460), H8469 [28SE]

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

Foreign policy: encourage foreign countries to investigate and prosecute crimes committed in the name of family honor and to provide relief for victims (see H. Con. Res. 362), H5036 [22JN]

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

Georgia: Federal recognition of the Lower Muscogee-Creek Indian Tribe (see H.R. 4730), H5083 [23JN]

Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction: compliance (see H. Con. Res. 293), H1629 [30MR]

Health: application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (see H.R. 1304), H3172 [16MY]

Henry McNeal Turner Post Office, Macon, GA: designate (see H.R. 3454), H4817 [21JN]

Higgins, Andrew Jackson and family: award Congressional Gold Medals (see H.R. 4384), H6471 [18JY]

Higgins Industries: award Congressional Gold Medal to World War II-era employees (see H.R. 4384), H6471 [18JY]

Immigration: provide a mechanism for U.S. citizens, and lawful permanent residents, to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see H.R. 3650), H5084 [23JN]

Indonesia: prohibit military assistance relative to free elections and human rights conditions in East Timor (see H.R. 4357), H2906 [10MY]

Iran: condemn arrest and detention of Iranian Jews accused of espionage (see H. Con. Res. 307), H5169 [26JN]

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), H10257 [18OC]

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

Kosovo: promote peace, justice, and stability (see H. Res. 451), H1588 [29MR]

Law enforcement officers: clarify procedures and conditions for the award of matching grants for the purchase of armor vests (see H.R. 4033), H1958 [6AP]

———ensure that States provide due process in cases which could lead to dismissal, demotion, suspension, or transfer (see H.R. 3299), H4121 [8JN]

———provide grants to agencies to ensure due process in cases which could lead to dismissal, demotion, suspension, or transfer (see H.R. 4550), H4122 [8JN]

Lawrence Patton McDonald Federal Building, Rome, GA: designate (see H.R. 4787), H5654 [29JN]

Matthew `Mack' Robinson Post Office Building, Pasadena, CA: designate (see H.R. 4157), H2771 [9MY]

Medicaid: assure preservation of safety net hospitals through maintenance of Disproportionate Share Hospital Program (see H.R. 3710), H4121 [8JN]

———remove the cap on payments for Puerto Rico and certain other territories and adjust the statutory matching rate (see H.R. 5126), H8406 [27SE]

———State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (see H.R. 3698), H4121 [8JN]

Medicare: coverage for surgical first assisting services of certified registered nurse first assistants (see H.R. 3911), H996 [14MR]

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

———graduate medical education payments (see H.R. 4239), H2122 [11AP]

———improve access to health insurance by offering certain individuals a Medicare buy-in option and allow tax credit for payment of premiums (see H.R. 4938), H6777 [24JY]

———improve the manner in which new medical technologies are made available to beneficiaries (see H.R. 4395), H3926 [6JN]

———promote research for health promotion and disease prevention and add preventive benefits (see H.R. 3887), H1285 [22MR]

———protect right of beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare+Choice plans to receive services at any skilled nursing facility (see H.R. 3004), H9505 [6OC]

———require Dept. of HHS study on mortality and adverse outcome rates of patients receiving anesthesia services (see H.R. 632), H5084 [23JN]

———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H3813 [24MY]

Mental health: issue commemorative postage stamp to raise autism awareness (see H. Res. 458), H7282 [6SE]

———recognize the importance of mental health awareness, mental disorders, and early detection of mental illnesses (see H. Con. Res. 243), H1589 [29MR]

Middle Passage National Monument: establish (see H.R. 4581), H3924 [6JN]

Mozambique: provide debt relief and reconstruction aid (see H.R. 4091), H2341 [13AP]

National Archives and Records Administration: transfer the master versions of the photographic works of Griffith J. Davis to the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture (see H.R. 4756), H7212 [27JY]

New York: reintroduce the Eastern Timber Wolf to the Catskill Mountains and authorize the Dept. of the Interior to acquire lands through the BLM to facilitate the reintroduction (see H.R. 4496), H3412 [18MY]

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: periodically revise retaliation lists of goods of countries that fail to comply with the rulings of the World Trade Organization (see H.R. 2991), H632 [1MR]

Olympic games: mint commemorative coins to support the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games and U.S. Olympic Committee programs (see H.R. 3679), H2905 [10MY]

Pipelines: improve safety (see H.R. 3558), H2655 [8MY]

———improve safety, public awareness, and environmental protection of pipeline transportation (see H.R. 4792), H7723 [18SE]

———require periodic inspections and improve safety (see H.R. 5361), H8735 [3OC]

Pope John Paul II: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3544), H3049 [15MY]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 3842), H5084 [23JN]

Racial relations: recognize the significant contribution the Birmingham Pledge has made in fostering racial harmony and reconciliation (see H.J. Res. 102), H4592 [15JN]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 4844), H6600 [19JY]

Ruth Harris Coleman Post Office, Odum, GA: designate (see H.R. 5229), H7932 [20SE]

Samuel P. Roberts Post Office Building, Carrollton, GA: designate (see H.R. 4786), H5654 [29JN]

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

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

———make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act (see H.R. 5612), H11955 [4DE]

Tariff: steam or other vapor generating boilers used in nuclear facilities (see H.R. 3875), H920 [9MR]

Taxation: allow a credit against income tax for certain audio or video postproduction equipment (see H.R. 5497), H10256 [18OC]

———allow tax credit to holders of qualified bonds issued by an intercity passenger rail carrier (see H.R. 3700), H572 [29FE]

———avoid duplicate reporting of information on political activities of certain State and local political organizations (see H.R. 5277), H8061 [25SE]

———clarify treatment under the tax-exempt bond rules of pre-payments for certain commodities and mineral production payments (see H.R. 5259), H10809 [24OC]

———establish individual development accounts to allow those with limited means to accumulate assets, access education, own homes and businesses, and achieve economic self-sufficiency (see H.R. 4106), H8406 [27SE]

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

———prohibit certain allocations of S corporation stock held by an employee stock ownership plan (see H.R. 3082), H8200 [26SE]

———provide a credit for energy efficient appliances (see H.R. 4977), H7128 [26JY]

———provide a uniform dollar limitation for transportation fringe benefits excludable from gross income (see H.R. 3546), H2239 [12AP]

———provide relief for payment of asbestos-related claims (see H.R. 4543), H3867 [25MY]

———recycling and remanufacturing equipment credit (see H.R. 2953), H4675 [19JN]

———repeal the targeted area limitation on the expense deduction for environmental remediation costs and extend the termination date of such deduction (see H.R. 4003), H4592 [15JN]

———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]

———strengthen effectiveness of earned income tax credit in reducing child poverty and promoting work (see H.R. 5524), H10534 [23OC]

———treatment of certain expenses of rural letter carriers relative to the business use of a personal vehicle (see H.R. 4715), H4817 [21JN]

———treatment of charitable donation of food by businesses and farmers (see H.R. 1325), H574 [29FE]

———treatment of computer contributions (see H.R. 4061), H1284 [22MR]

———treatment of computers provided to employees for personal use (see H.R. 4274), H2336 [13AP]

———treatment of contributions of computers to schools and public libraries (see H.R. 2308), H8406 [27SE]

———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in asserting any claim of employment discrimination (see H.R. 4570), H3868 [25MY]

———treatment of policyholder dividends of mutual life insurance companies and policyholder surplus accounts (see H.R. 3905), H2607 [4MY]

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), H12045 [7DE]

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

———establish permanent security force (see H. Con. Res. 346), H5085 [23JN]

———promote full equality for Israel (see H.R. 3405), H1588 [29MR]

Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H632 [1MR]

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]

Voting Rights Act: clarify intent of Congress (see H.R. 4961), H7127 [26JY]

Water: direct the Dept. of the Army to recommend water resources development and conservation projects only if there are certain projected benefits (see H.R. 5459), H9900 [12OC]

Woods, Tiger: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4926), H7723 [18SE]

World War II: support Day of Honor 2000 to honor and recognize the service of minority veterans (see H.J. Res. 98), H2238 [12AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Children and youth: establish a national center on volunteer screening to reduce sexual and other types of abuse against children (see H.R. 4244), H2122 [11AP]

Clean Air Act: continue transportation projects funding relative to lapses in conformity requirements (see H.R. 3686), H509 [16FE]

Coverdell, Paul: tribute (see H. Res. 558), H6599 [19JY]

Customs Service: detention and searches of travelers (see H.R. 4001), H1118 [16MR]

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

Peace Corps: designate a fellowship program promoting the work of returning volunteers in underserved American communities as the Paul D. Coverdell Fellows Program (see H.R. 5135), H7365 [7SE]

———redesignate the Peace Corps World Wise Schools Program as the Paul D. Coverdell World Wise Schools Program (see H.R. 5357), H8617 [2OC]

Taxation: exclude U.S. savings bond income from gross income if used to pay long-term care expenses (see H.R. 4316), H2338 [13AP]

Remarks

Black History Month: observance, H151, H152, H153, H154 [1FE]

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 (H. Con. Res. 368), H7445 [12SE]

China, People's Republic of: permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), H3599 [23MY]

———permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), consideration (H. Res. 510), H3655 [24MY]

Civil rights: reenactment of Selma-to-Montgomery voting rights march, H1150 [21MR]

Congress: accomplishments of the 106th Congress, H10814 [25OC], H11203 [26OC]

Coverdell, Paul: tribute (H. Res. 558), H6540 [19JY]

Crime: enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, H7538 [13SE]

Democratic Party: national agenda, H11203 [26OC]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), motion to instruct conferees, H7538 [13SE]

Dept. of the Interior: study the suitability and feasibility of designating the Carter G. Woodson Home in the District of Columbia as a National Historic Site (H.R. 3201), H412 [15FE]

Firearms: prevent children from having access to firearms, H579 [1MR]

———violence in schools, H579 [1MR]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4811), H5928 [12JY]

Foreign policy: provide bilateral debt relief to heavily indebted poor countries, H5928 [12JY]

Health: minority health programs (S. 1880), H11692 [31OC]

Human rights: condemn use of children as soldiers (H. Con. Res. 348), H5763 [11JY]

Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, H7937 [21SE]

———make more competitive and efficient and provide for a prescription drug benefit (H.R. 4680), H5352 [28JN]

Taxation: phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), H4139 [9JN]

———provide for increased fairness to taxpayers (H.R. 4163), H2065 [11AP]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (H.R. 3916), H3844 [25MY]

———require certain political organizations to report information to the IRS, H2065 [11AP], H3844 [25MY]

———require certain political organizations to report information to the IRS (H.R. 4762), H5286 [27JN]

Vento, Bruce F.: tribute (H. Res. 618), H9580 [10OC]

Remarks in House relative to

Civil rights: reenactment of Selma-to-Montgomery voting rights march, H1149-H1154 [21MR], E404 [23MR]

Statements

Assuming Responsibility for Peace: American Jewish Committee, E1767 [12OC]

FSC Repeal and Extraterritorial Income Exclusion Act: by, H7426 [12SE]

Tributes

Collins, LeRoy, E1038 [19JN]

Coverdell, Senator, H6425 [18JY]

Dixon, Julian C., H12074 [11DE]

King, C.B., H2100 [11AP]

Lloyd, Earl, E2027 [30OC]

Mayfield, Curtis, E1440 [11SE]

Shinhoster, Earl T., E999 [14JN]