LaFALCE, JOHN J. (a Representative from New York)

Appointments

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

Articles and editorials

Activist Departs, but Leaves Legacy—Even Her Foes Respect Environmental Work of Orleans Watchdog Who Targeted Kodak, Corydon Ireland, Rochester (NY) Democrat and Chronicle, E17 [27JA]

Bruce Vento—Just Another Guy From the East Side Who Went on To Do Great Things, Garrison Keillor, H9800 [11OC]

Don't Be Too Quick To Demand a Federal Tax Cut, Jane Bryant Quinn, E1994 [28OC]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Africa: HIV/AIDS prevention programs funding for sub-Saharan Africa (see H.R. 2765), H342 [10FE]

Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 2966), H50 [27JA] (see H.R. 3573), H647 [6MR]

Budget: support year 2000 proposed budget (see H.R. 3055), H1958 [6AP]

Capital punishment: reduce the risk that innocent persons may be executed (see H.R. 4167), H2341 [13AP]

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

Children and youth: improve academic and social outcomes for students by providing productive activities during after-school hours (see H.R. 3235), H90 [31JA]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 2397), H1477 [28MR]

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]

Commodity Exchange Act: reauthorize and amend to promote legal certainty, enhance competition, and reduce systemic risk in markets for futures and over-the-counter derivatives (see H.R. 5660), H12094 [14DE]

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: prevent the use of certain bank instruments for Internet gambling (see H.R. 4419), H2905 [10MY]

———prohibit gambling on the Internet (see H.R. 3125), H2340 [13AP]

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

Congress: establish a day of peace and sharing at the beginning of each year (see H. Con. Res. 363), H12532 [15DE]

———make certain information available to the public on the Internet, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 654), H7652 [14SE]

Contracts: ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses (see H.R. 3766), H1120 [16MR]

Crime: combat international money laundering (see H.R. 3886), H920 [9MR]

———prevent identity fraud in consumer credit transactions and credit reports (see H.R. 4311), H2338 [13AP]

Cuba: lift trade embargo (see H.R. 229), H3049 [15MY]

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 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), H758 [8MR]

Dept. of Justice: establish the Violence Against Women Office (see H.R. 4848), H6778 [24JY]

Dept. of the Treasury: clarify the intent of Congress relative to the authority of the U.S. Mint to produce numismatic coins (see H.R. 5273), H8061 [25SE]

———establish a commemorative quarter dollar coin program for the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, and the Virgin Islands (see H.R. 5010), H7206 [27JY]

Disasters: reduce impacts of hurricanes, tornadoes, and other windstorms through a program of research and development and technology transfer (see H.R. 5499), H10472 [19OC]

Diseases: address problems associated with polycystic kidney disease (see H. Res. 537), H7366 [7SE]

———establish an international trust fund to combat the AIDS epidemic (see H.R. 3519), H575 [29FE]

———increase public awareness of multiple sclerosis (see H. Con. Res. 271), H6355 [17JY]

———international tuberculosis control (see H.R. 4057), H5656 [29JN]

———reduce burden of diabetes among children and youth (see H.R. 4594), H4035 [7JN]

Domestic Volunteer Service Act: establish National Youth Technology Corps Program (see H.R. 2934), H632 [1MR]

Education: increase Pell Grant awards (see H.R. 959), H2411 [2MY]

EPA: reauthorize the Great Lakes Program (see H.R. 3670), H2607 [4MY]

Equal Pay Day: observance (see H. Con. Res. 318), H3173 [16MY]

Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor: establish (see H.R. 5375), H8799 [4OC]

Families and domestic relations: limit the effects of domestic violence on the lives of children (see H.R. 3315), H1477 [28MR]

FCC: establish minimum quality standards, and monitor complaints, on wireless telephone service (see H.R. 4742), H6052 [13JY]

FDA: clarify jurisdiction over tobacco (see H.R. 4042), H1285 [22MR]

———grant authority to regulate tobacco (see H.R. 4207), H2341 [13AP]

FDIC: merge deposit insurance funds (see H.R. 3899), H921 [9MR]

Federal employees: enable the Government to enroll an employee's child in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program when the employee fails to provide coverage for the child under a State court order (see H.R. 2842), H511 [16FE]

Firearms: enhance the enforcement of gun violence laws (see H.R. 4066), H6471 [18JY]

Gambling: prohibit gambling on high school and college sports and the Olympic games (see H.R. 3575), H1413 [27MR]

Gonzalez, Henry B.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 445), H12045 [7DE]

Gonzalez-Brotons, Elian: reunite with father (see H. Con. Res. 240), H50 [27JA]

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), H255 [8FE]

Homeowners Protection Act: technical corrections (see H.R. 3637), H340 [10FE]

Housing: expand homeownership (see H.R. 5640), H12017 [5DE]

Immigration: arrival and departure requirements for Canadian citizens relative to automated entry and exit control systems (see H.R. 4489), H3412 [18MY]

———establish a system of registries for temporary agricultural workers and streamline the procedures for the admission, and extension of stay, for nonimmigrant agricultural workers (see H.R. 4548), H6355 [17JY]

———protection of battered immigrant women (see H.R. 3083), H1764 [4AP]

Indian Health Service: elevate position of Director to Assistant Sec. of HHS (see H.R. 403), H1477 [28MR]

INS: provide for direct payment of information fees by foreign students under the Coordinated Interagency Partnership Regulating International Students Program (see H.R. 3732), H1589 [29MR]

Insurance: guarantee comprehensive health care coverage for all children (see H.R. 4390), H9900 [12OC]

———implement coverage of reconstructive breast surgery resulting from mastectomies (see H.R. 3224), H342 [10FE]

———require health plans to cover treatment of a minor child's congenital or developmental deformity or disorder due to trauma, infection, tumor, or disease (see H.R. 49), H4484 [14JN]

Investments: establish regulatory framework for over-the-counter derivative instruments operating under Federal banking agencies and clarify legality of certain transactions involving such derivatives (see H.R. 4203), H1956 [6AP]

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]

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]

Medicaid: assure preservation of safety net hospitals through maintenance of Disproportionate Share Hospital Program (see H.R. 3103), H342 [10FE] (see H.R. 3710), H572 [29FE]

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

———coverage of medically appropriate actinic keratoses treatment and removal (see H. Con. Res. 341), H4220 [12JN]

———coverage of medically necessary pancreas transplantation procedures (see H.R. 4495), H3412 [18MY]

———coverage of screening mammography, pap smears, and pelvic exams (see H.R. 4330), H3474 [19MY]

———demonstration project to provide coverage for cancer patients enrolled in certain clinical trials (see H.R. 1388), H2967 [11MY]

———designate certain diabetes educators as certified providers for purposes of outpatient diabetes education services (see H.R. 3003), H2770 [9MY]

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

———graduate medical education payments (see H.R. 4239), H6777 [24JY]

———increase payment amount and establish an annual payment review process for renal dialysis services (see H.R. 5152), H7501 [12SE]

———protect right of beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare+Choice plans to receive services at any skilled nursing facility (see H.R. 3004), H7002 [25JY]

———reimbursement of routine patient care costs for individuals participating in approved clinical trials (see H.R. 61), H2905 [10MY]

———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3576), H455 [15FE] (see H.R. 3580), H511 [16FE]

Mental health: issue commemorative postage stamp to raise autism awareness (see H. Res. 458), H1959 [6AP]

Motor vehicles: require reports relative to defects in foreign products (see H.R. 5164), H8406 [27SE]

Mozambique: provide debt relief and reconstruction aid (see H.R. 4091), H2013 [10AP]

National Association of Letter Carriers: tribute to food drive efforts (see H. Res. 452), H2123 [11AP]

National Health Service Corps: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 5116), H7578 [13SE]

National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Engineering: establish (see H.R. 1795), H209 [2FE]

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), H11207 [26OC]

National Labor Relations Act: treatment of employers and performers in the live performing arts (see H.R. 5185), H7651 [14SE]

National Law Enforcement Museum: establish (see H.R. 2710), H7373 [11SE]

National Weather Service: provide overtime pay for forecasters performing essential services during severe weather events and limit Sunday premium pay to hours of service actually performed (see H.R. 826), H165 [1FE]

New York: conveyance of Governors Island (see H.R. 5242), H8799 [4OC]

NIH: biomedical research funding (see H. Res. 437), H1629 [30MR]

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), H1119 [16MR]

Older Americans Act: extend authorization, establish National Family Caregiver Support Program, modernize aging programs and services, and address need to engage in life course planning (see H.R. 1637), H1163 [21MR]

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), H6470 [18JY]

———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), H3813 [24MY]

Privacy: protect individuals from certain acts and practices in the sale and purchase of Social Security numbers and Social Security account numbers (see H.R. 4611), H7212 [27JY]

Public Health Service Act: provide certain children's health services (see H.R. 3301), H757 [8MR]

Public welfare programs: repeal certain restrictions on food stamp eligibility and increase Federal support for emergency food assistance programs (see H.R. 3192), H1588 [29MR]

Schulz, Charles M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3642), H455 [15FE]

Social Security: disregard State annuities paid to blind veterans in the determination of SSI benefits (see H.R. 4817), H6600 [19JY]

———improve coverage of low-income children under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see H.R. 827), H342 [10FE]

———make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act (see H.R. 5324), H9635 [10OC] (see H.R. 5612), H11928 [14NO]

———promote smoking cessation under Medicare, Medicaid, and the Maternal and Child Health Program (see H.R. 5208), H7870 [19SE]

———restore Social Services Block Grant funding and the ability of States to transfer Temporary Assistance for Needy Families funds to such block grant (see H.R. 4481), H7212 [27JY]

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), H10036 [17OC]

Supreme Court: interpretation of the first amendment to the Constitution in the case Buckley v. Valeo (see H. Con. Res. 377), H8469 [28SE]

Taxation: 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), H1285 [22MR]

———allow tax credit to holders of qualified bonds issued by an intercity passenger rail carrier (see H.R. 3700), H1958 [6AP]

———avoid duplicate reporting of information on political activities of certain State and local political organizations (see H.R. 5277), H8617 [2OC]

———expand incentives for the construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 4094), H3869 [25MY]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see H.R. 4728), H9767 [11OC]

———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), H6719 [20JY]

———require certain political organizations to report information to the FEC (see H.R. 4168), H2967 [11MY]

———treatment of computer contributions (see H.R. 4061), H3050 [15MY]

———treatment of small businesses (see H.R. 3874), H920 [9MR]

Tobacco products: prohibit the importation of bidi cigarettes (see H.R. 3628), H5737 [10JY]

———reduce youth smoking, increase tobacco-related research, and develop safer tobacco products (see H.R. 4041), H1285 [22MR]

———strengthen warning labels on smokeless tobacco products (see H.R. 1532), 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]

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), H4336 [13JN]

Volunteer workers: extend appropriations for programs under the National and Community Service Act and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act (see H.R. 4740), H5084 [23JN]

Women: protect breastfeeding by new mothers (see H.R. 3861), H2013 [10AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Consumers: protect from predatory mortgage lending practices (see H.R. 4250), H2238 [12AP]

Dept. of HHS: make grants to hospitals, with National Housing Act insured mortgages, for conversion and re-utilization of excess capacity (see H.R. 5255), H7991 [21SE]

Dept. of HUD: provide grant renewal under the programs for permanent supportive housing and shelter-plus-care for homeless persons (see H.R. 3613), H339 [10FE]

FHA: prevent the premature shutdown of certain mortgage insurance programs (see H.R. 5256), H7991 [21SE]

Financial institutions: establish a program to promote access to financial services for low- and moderate-income individuals (see H.R. 4490), H3412 [18MY]

———prohibit federally insured institutions from engaging in high-cost payday loans and expand protections for consumers in connection with the making of such loans by uninsured entities (see H.R. 3823), H641 [2MR]

———require insured depository institutions make affordable transaction accounts available to their customers (see H.R. 4584), H3924 [6JN]

———require payment of interest on reserves maintained at Federal reserve banks by insured depository institutions (see H.R. 4427), H2966 [11MY]

———strengthen consumer control over use and disclosure of personal financial and health information (see H.R. 4380), H2605 [4MY]

FRS: preserve requirement for the annual bank fee report by the Board of Governors (see H.R. 5341), H8468 [28SE]

Housing: provide for one percent FHA mortgage loan downpayments for teachers and public safety officers to purchase homes within employing jurisdictions (see H.R. 3884), H920 [9MR]

Motor vehicles: enhance advertising of terms and costs of car leases and permit consumer comparison of advertised lease offerings (see H.R. 4540), H3867 [25MY]

New York Canal National Heritage Corridor: establish as an affiliated unit of the National Park System (see H.R. 4808), H5655 [29JN]

Niagara River Gorge: establish a commission to study adding the gorge to the Wild and Scenic River System (see H.R. 3830), H641 [2MR]

Senior citizens: waive certain mortgage insurance premiums and use such proceeds to purchase long-term care insurance (see H.R. 3607), H278 [9FE]

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

Remarks

Aldrin, Edwin E. (Buzz): award Congressional Gold Medal (H.R. 2815), H4715 [20JN]

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

Armstrong, Neil A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (H.R. 2815), H4715 [20JN]

Bankruptcy: revise banking and bankruptcy insolvency laws relative to termination and netting of financial contracts (H.R. 1161), E1528 [19SE]

Capital punishment: prohibit the execution of pregnant women (H.R. 4888), H6794 [25JY]

China, People's Republic of: permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), H3599 [23MY], E852-E854 [25MY]

Collins, Michael: award Congressional Gold Medal (H.R. 2815), H4715 [20JN]

Commodity Exchange Act: reauthorize and amend to promote legal certainty, enhance competition, and reduce systemic risk in markets for futures and over-the-counter derivatives (H.R. 4541), H10413 [19OC]

Community development: license America's Private Investment Companies and provide enhanced credit to stimulate private investment in low-income communities, H6823 [25JY]

Computers: encourage expansion of electronic commerce (S. 761), conference report, H4365 [14JN]

Consumers: protect from predatory mortgage lending practices (H.R. 4250), E541 [12AP]

Dept. of HUD: allow religious organizations to compete for grants on same basis as private organizations, H1922 [6AP]

———establish consensus committee for development, revision, and interpretation of safety standards for manufactured home construction (S. 1452), H10684, H10687 [24OC]

———housing assistance programs funding, H4629 [19JN], H10390 [19OC]

———modify eligibility requirements for Public and Assisted Housing Drug Elimination Program grants, H1937 [6AP]

———provide grant renewal under the programs for permanent supportive housing and shelter-plus-care for homeless persons, H1511 [29MR]

———provide grant renewal under the programs for permanent supportive housing and shelter-plus-care for homeless persons (H.R. 3613), E1281 [19JY]

Dept. of the Treasury: clarify the intent of Congress relative to the authority of the U.S. Mint to produce numismatic coins (H.R. 5273), H8191 [26SE]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4635), H4629 [19JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4635), conference report, H10390 [19OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4635), consideration (H. Res. 525), H4494 [15JN]

Diseases: establish an international trust fund to combat the AIDS epidemic (H.R. 3519), H3019, H3023 [15MY], H7181 [27JY]

Education: tribute to home educators and home schooled students (H. Res. 578), H8186 [26SE]

Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor: establish (H.R. 5375), H10581 [24OC]

FDIC: merge deposit insurance funds (H.R. 3899), E266 [9MR]

FHA: prevent the premature shutdown of certain mortgage insurance programs (H.R. 5256), E1572 [22SE]

Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering: support for the task force and the public identification of noncooperative jurisdictions in combating international money laundering (H. Res. 495), H4611 [19JN]

Financial institutions: establish a program to promote access to financial services for low- and moderate-income individuals (H.R. 4490), E763 [18MY]

———prohibit federally insured institutions from engaging in high-cost payday loans and expand protections for consumers in connection with the making of such loans by uninsured entities (H.R. 3823), E222 [2MR]

———repeal the prohibition on the payment of interest on demand deposits (H.R. 4067), H2077 [11AP]

———require payment of interest on reserves maintained at Federal reserve banks by insured depository institutions (H.R. 4427), E713 [11MY]

———strengthen consumer control over use and disclosure of personal financial and health information (H.R. 4380), E652 [4MY]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4811), conference report, H10835 [25OC]

Foreign policy: provide bilateral debt relief and improve the provision of multilateral debt relief, H10835 [25OC]

FRS: preserve requirement for the annual bank fee report by the Board of Governors (H.R. 5341), E1628 [28SE]

Homeowners Protection Act: technical corrections (H.R. 3637), H3579 [23MY]

House Rules: allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and consider certain legislation (H. Res. 640), H10413 [19OC]

Housing: expand homeownership (H.R. 1776), H1857, H1899, H1903, H1906, H1907, H1922, H1937 [6AP], H7744 [19SE]

———expand homeownership (H.R. 5640), H11991 [5DE]

———extend applicability of downpayment simplification for the FHA single family housing mortgage insurance program (H.R. 5193), H7744 [19SE]

———provide for one percent FHA mortgage loan downpayments for teachers and public safety officers to purchase homes within employing jurisdictions (H.R. 3884), E274 [9MR]

———provide for one percent FHA mortgage loan downpayments to purchase homes within employing jurisdictions, H1903, H1906, H1907 [6AP]

Housing Act: amend the rural housing loan guarantee program to provide loan guarantees for loans made to refinance existing guaranteed mortgage loans (H.R. 3834), H7745 [19SE]

Immigration: arrival and departure requirements for Canadian citizens relative to automated entry and exit control systems (H.R. 4489), H3574 [23MY]

Matthew F. McHugh Post Office, Ithaca, NY: designate (H.R. 3030), H3881 [6JN]

Motor vehicles: enhance advertising of terms and costs of car leases and permit consumer comparison of advertised lease offerings (H.R. 4540), E847-E849 [25MY]

NIH: biomedical research funding (H. Res. 437), H7083 [26JY]

O'Connor, John Cardinal: award Congressional Gold Medal (H.R. 3557), H381, H384 [15FE]

Pope John Paul II: award Congressional Gold Medal (H.R. 3544), H3544 [23MY]

Reagan, Ronald and Nancy: award Congressional Gold Medal (H.R. 3591), H1652 [3AP]

Schulz, Charles M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (H.R. 3642), H386 [15FE]

Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of the National Museum of the American Indian (H.R. 4259), H8190, H8191 [26SE]

Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act: rename as the ``McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act'' (H.R. 5417), H9796, H9799 [11OC], E1712 [6OC]

Taxation: provide incentives for renewal of distressed communities and empowerment zone development, increase the number of empowerment zones, and encourage investment in new markets (H.R. 4923), H6823 [25JY]

———rates, E1994 [28OC]

Television: ensure local service to small, rural markets by satellite providers (H.R. 3615), H2300 [13AP]

Texts of

H.R. 5256, FHA Shutdown Prevention Act, E1572 [22SE]

Tributes

Gonzalez, Henry B., H12009 [5DE]

Heminway, Diane, E16 [27JA]

Kulik, Bernard, E1089 [23JN]

Moynihan, Senator, H7734 [19SE]

Vento, Bruce F., H9796, H9799 [11OC]