KLINK, RON (a Representative from Pennsylvania)

Amendments

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4871), H6645 [20JY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund: allocate accruing interest to cover health care costs for certain miners (see H.R. 4144), H1628 [30MR]

American Battle Monuments Commission: expand fundraising authorities for establishment, repair, and maintenance of World War II Memorial in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 1247), H1119 [16MR]

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), H998 [14MR]

Army: close School of the Americas (see H.R. 732), H1764 [4AP]

Children and youth: improve health and safety of children receiving child care outside the home (see H.R. 4750), H5956 [12JY]

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

Commission on Servicemembers and Veterans Transition Assistance: make recommended improvements in benefits and services (see H.R. 606), H1119 [16MR]

Commission To Study Reparation Proposals for African Americans: establish (see H.R. 40), H1412 [27MR]

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

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), H575 [29FE]

———establish compensation for employees sustaining beryllium and radiation-related injury, illness, or death (see H.R. 4398), H3869 [25MY]

———establish compensation programs for employees sustaining beryllium and radiation-related injury, illness, or death (see H.R. 5189), H7651 [14SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: enhance outreach programs to more fully inform surviving spouses and dependents of available benefits and provide dedicated staff to assist in obtaining those benefits (see H.R. 5552), H11194 [25OC]

———establish presumption of service connection for a stroke or heart attack incurred or aggravated while performing inactive duty training (see H.R. 3816), H1120 [16MR]

———furnish headstones or markers for the marked graves of certain individuals (see H.R. 1160), H997 [14MR]

———payment of monthly educational assistance benefits to veterans enrolled at educational institutions during periods between terms (see H.R. 625), H997 [14MR]

———provide cost-of-living adjustment for service-connected disability benefits and enhance programs providing compensation and life insurance benefits for veterans (see H.R. 4850), H6471 [18JY]

———provide grants for toll-free telephone number to provide information and assistance to veterans (see H.R. 2736), H1123 [20MR]

———provide veterans reasonable access to burial in national cemeteries (see H. Res. 208), H1078 [15MR]

Disabled: improve service systems for individuals with developmental disabilities (see H.R. 4920), H7003 [25JY]

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]

Drugs: distribution of prescription drugs (see H.R. 4301), H10473 [19OC]

———enhance consumer protection in the purchase of prescription drugs from Internet pharmacies (see H.R. 5476), H10036 [17OC]

Education: ensure schools prepare girls to compete in the 21st century (see H.R. 2505), H9505 [6OC]

———establish and expand programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (see H.R. 4271, 4272), H7281 [6SE]

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

Federal contracts: require each bidder for a construction contract to identify the subcontractors that the contractor intends to use (see H.R. 4012), H4036 [7JN]

Federal employees: establish program under which current and former employees may obtain long-term care insurance (see H.R. 1111), H3309 [17MY]

———health benefits coverage for hearing aids and examinations (see H.R. 2321), H2512 [3MY]

Gertrude A. Barber Post Office Building, Erie, PA: designate (see H.R. 4625), H4173 [9JN]

Health: prevent group and individual health insurance coverage, and group health plans, from seeking to recover more than costs in cases of third party recoveries (see H.R. 3765), H1285 [22MR]

———prohibit health insurance and employment discrimination on the basis of genetic information (see H.R. 2457), H2606 [4MY]

———revise and extend organ procurement and transplantation programs (see H.R. 3885), H1406 [23MR]

Higgins, Andrew Jackson and family: award Congressional Gold Medals (see H.R. 4384), H4485 [14JN]

Higgins Industries: award Congressional Gold Medal to World War II-era employees (see H.R. 4384), H4485 [14JN]

Homeless: require that a portion of housing program funds be designated to primarily serve homeless veterans (see H.R. 1008), H997 [14MR]

Hungary: anniversary of foundation as a state (see H. Con. Res. 297), H3474 [19MY]

Immigration: ensure no alien is removed, denied benefits, or otherwise deprived of liberty, based on evidence that is kept secret from the alien (see H.R. 2121), H757 [8MR]

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), H7281 [6SE]

———provide equitable coverage of mental health, substance abuse, and chemical dependency treatment services under group and individual health coverage (see H.R. 1515), H2340 [13AP]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (see H.R. 116), H4035 [7JN]

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]

Joseph F. Smith Post Office Building, Philadelphia, PA: designate (see H.R. 4554), H3867 [25MY]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 3633), H8617 [2OC]

Korean War Veterans Association, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 1671), H511 [16FE]

Law enforcement: create national accreditation standards for law enforcement agencies relative to police misconduct and treatment of minorities (see H.R. 3981), H8469 [28SE]

———improve the quality and credibility of forensic science services for criminal justice purposes (see H.R. 2340), H2340 [13AP]

Law enforcement officers: clarify procedures and conditions for the award of matching grants for the purchase of armor vests (see H.R. 4033), H1164 [21MR]

Libraries: provide up-to-date school library media resources and professionally certified school library media specialists for elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 3008), H8200 [26SE]

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]

———provide families and disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 4825), H7281 [6SE]

Medicare: coverage of chiropractic services under Medicare+Choice program (see H. Con. Res. 62), H7503 [12SE]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see H.R. 1495), H757 [8MR]

———coverage of vision rehabilitation services (see H.R. 2870), H1119 [16MR]

———demonstration project to provide coverage for cancer patients enrolled in certain clinical trials (see H.R. 1388), H2606 [4MY]

———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), H7211 [27JY]

———expand coverage of certain self-injected biologicals (see H.R. 2892), H7281 [6SE]

———graduate medical education payments (see H.R. 4239), H8552 [29SE]

———protect right of beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare+Choice plans to receive services at any skilled nursing facility (see H.R. 3004), H1764 [4AP]

———reductions in prescription drug prices (see H.R. 664), H1674 [3AP]

———reimbursement for chiropractic services (see H.R. 1046), H7502 [12SE]

———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H1285 [22MR]

Medicare/Medicaid: assure financial solvency of Medicare+Choice organizations and Medicaid managed care organizations (see H.R. 3690), H510 [16FE]

Merchant marine industry: tribute to service and sacrifice during periods of war (see H. Con. Res. 327), H6720 [20JY]

Middle East: condemn current level of violence between Israelis and Palestinians (see H. Con. Res. 426), H10534 [23OC]

Motor vehicles: require reports relative to defects in foreign products (see H.R. 5164), H9011 [5OC]

National cemeteries: comprehensive assessment of veterans' cemeteries (see H.R. 2040), H1119 [16MR]

National Guard: extend to military technicians certain provisions concerning separation and retirement benefits of Army Reserve and Air Force Reserve military technicians (see H.R. 4361), H3926 [6JN]

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), H2512 [3MY]

National Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD) Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 420), H6471 [18JY]

National Trails System Act: clarify Federal authority relative to land acquisition from willing sellers for the majority of trails (see H.R. 2267), H1119 [16MR]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: require changes in the bloodborne pathogens standard (see H.R. 5178), H8736 [3OC]

Pensions: reform (see H.R. 1102), H3869 [25MY]

Poland: anniversary of workers' strikes that led to the creation of the independent trade union Solidarnosc (see H. Con. Res. 416), H8735 [3OC]

Pope, Edmond: demand release from Russian prison for humanitarian reasons (see H. Con. Res. 364), H6052 [13JY] (see H. Con. Res. 404), H7871 [19SE]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 3842), H1285 [22MR]

Public welfare programs: repeal certain restrictions on food stamp eligibility and increase Federal support for emergency food assistance programs (see H.R. 3192), H373 [14FE]

Puerto Rico: provide wage-based tax credits (see H.R. 2138), H8617 [2OC]

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

Robert S. Walker Post Office, Millersville, PA: designate (see H.R. 5418), H9504 [6OC]

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), H7991 [21SE]

Social Security: expand Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program to include parents of low-income families (see H.R. 4927), H6776 [24JY]

———make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act (see H.R. 5291), H8199 [26SE]

———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), H7366 [7SE]

———restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to certain individuals (see H.R. 860), H3172 [16MY]

Taxation: allow a credit to holders of Better America Bonds (see H.R. 2446), H7991 [21SE]

———allow tax credit to holders of qualified bonds issued by an intercity passenger rail carrier (see H.R. 3700), H4592 [15JN]

———clarify exclusion from gross income for veterans' benefits (see H.R. 71), H1119 [16MR]

———encourage stronger mathematics and science programs at elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 4273), H7281 [6SE]

———expand incentives for the construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 4094), H2607 [4MY]

———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), H3309 [17MY] (see H.R. 4168), H2967 [11MY]

———simplify method of determining a partner's share of items in a qualified investment club (see H.R. 1708), H4484 [14JN]

———treatment of adoption expenses (see H.R. 531), H2411 [2MY]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 3872), H7366 [7SE]

———treatment of Government pensions relative to Social Security benefits (see H.R. 372), H3523 [22MY]

Telecommunications: ensure telecommunications carriers reasonable and nondiscriminatory access to rooftops of multitenant buildings and promote the development of telecommunication infrastructure (see H.R. 3487), H4784 [20JN]

———limit FCC authority to review and impose conditions on certain mergers and transactions (see H.R. 4019), H1118 [16MR]

———promote deployment of advanced services and competition by relieving unnecessary burdens on the two percent local exchange carriers (see H.R. 3850), H5843 [11JY]

Television: ensure local service to small, rural markets by satellite providers (see H.R. 3615), H632 [1MR]

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), H4220 [12JN]

———claim of sovereignty over islands and islets in the Aegean Sea (see H. Con. Res. 340), H3868 [25MY]

———withdraw armed forces from Cyprus and negotiate for the reunification of Cyprus (see H. Con. Res. 370), H8062 [25SE]

Ukrainian-American Veterans, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 3463), H8617 [2OC]

Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1732), H90 [31JA]

Veterans: health care funding (see H. Con. Res. 225), H998 [14MR]

———increase burial benefits paid for plot allowances and pay States for plot allowances for veterans eligible for burial in a national cemetery who are buried in cemeteries of such States (see H.R. 2586), H1077 [15MR]

———increase service-connected disability benefits for veterans and survivors (see H.R. 1765), H1119 [16MR]

———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), H9011 [5OC]

———require employers to give employees who are members of reserve components leave of absence to participate in an honor guard for veterans' funerals (see H.R. 284), H8617 [2OC]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: authorize design and construction of a temporary education center (see H.R. 5268), H10473 [19OC]

Vietnamese Conflict: recognize end of the Vietnam era and the sacrifice of those who served in Southeast Asia or in support of U.S. interests (see H. Con. Res. 228), H1078 [15MR]

Volunteer workers: extend appropriations for programs under the National and Community Service Act and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act (see H.R. 4740), H8617 [2OC]

Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 2720), H1629 [30MR]

Women: promote research and disseminate information on the health effects of silicone breast implants (see H.R. 1323), H1674 [3AP]

World War II: require disclosure of classified information on chemical and biological experiments carried out by Japan (see H.R. 3561), H5843 [11JY]

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

———war crimes committed by the Japanese military (see H. Con. Res. 357), H7933 [20SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Children and youth: expand access to health care (see H.R. 4932), H6777 [24JY]

———offer States incentives to improve decisions in contested adoption cases (see H.R. 5053), H7208 [27JY]

Dairy Farmer Viability Commission: establish (see H.R. 5356), H8617 [2OC]

Dept. of Agriculture: ensure milk producers receive a fair price for milk marketed for domestic consumption and establish a National Milk Pricing Board (see H.R. 5052), H7208 [27JY]

Dept. of Energy: draw down of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (see H. Con. Res. 274), H921 [9MR]

———treatment of Strategic Petroleum Reserve relative to anticompetitive activities (see H. Con. Res. 291), H1163 [21MR]

FERC: extension of deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project in Pennsylvania (see H.R. 4914), H6718 [20JY]

Gettysburg National Military Park: designate any visitor's center or museum constructed near or within boundaries as the George D. and Emily G. Rosensteel Memorial Visitors' Center (see H.R. 3860), H756 [8MR]

Insurance: make Federal Employees Health Benefits Program available to general public (see H.R. 5115), H7280 [6SE]

Radioactive substances: set contamination content standards in metals industry, prohibit release of contaminated scrap metal by Dept. of Energy facilities, and document contamination of imported scrap metals (see H.R. 4566), H3868 [25MY]

Taxation: exclusion from gross income of the sale or exchange of qualified conservation easements (see H.R. 5054), H7208 [27JY]

Veterans: reauthorize the program for readjustment appointments within the Federal Government (see H.R. 4933), H6777 [24JY]

Remarks

Beaver County, PA: anniversary, E237 [8MR]

Brackenridge, PA: anniversary of Italian Sons and Daughters of America (organization) Integrity Lodge No. 79, E1340 [27JY]

Butler County, PA: anniversary, E244 [8MR]

China, People's Republic of: permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), consideration (H. Res. 510), H3656 [24MY]

Committee on Commerce (House): request for Dept. of Justice investigation of allegations of obstruction relative to the leasing of the Portals building to the FCC, E1327 [26JY]

Customs Service: monitoring for radioactivity in imported scrap metals funding through reductions in the Dept. of the Treasury Inspector General's office, H6645, H6646 [20JY]

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]

———treatment of Strategic Petroleum Reserve relative to anticompetitive activities (H. Con. Res. 291), E543 [12AP]

Dept. of HHS: nullify rule relative to the centralization of organ allocation policies, H1717 [4AP]

———review of Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network rules and policies, H1706 [4AP]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4871), H6645, H6646 [20JY]

Drugs: discrepancy in prescription drug prices between U.S. and foreign countries, H5433 [28JN]

Energy Policy and Conservation Act: extend certain programs (H.R. 2884), E543 [12AP]

FDA: clarify certain responsibilities relative to importation of drugs into the U.S. (H.R. 3240), H5433 [28JN]

Health: revise and extend organ procurement and transplantation programs (H.R. 2418), H1706, H1717 [4AP]

Meyersdale (PA) New Republic: anniversary, E1486 [14SE]

Pennsylvania: tribute to Italian American War Veterans Post #26, E542 [12AP]

Petroleum: ensure that petroleum importers, refiners, and wholesalers accumulate minimally adequate supplies of home heating oil to meet reasonably foreseeable needs in the Northeast, E543 [12AP]

Taxation: repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (H.R. 4865), consideration (H. Res. 564), H7141 [27JY]

Telecommunications: promote competition and privatization in satellite communications (S. 376), conference report, E343 [16MR]

Tributes

Blasko, Chuck, E904 [6JN]