WEXLER, ROBERT (a Representative from Florida)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Africa: HIV/AIDS prevention programs funding for sub-Saharan Africa (see H.R. 2765), H922 [9MR]

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: provide for a system of sanctuaries for chimpanzees that are no longer needed in research conducted by the Public Health Service (see H.R. 3514), H7281 [6SE]

Argentina: condemn terrorist attack on Jewish Cultural Center in Buenos Aires and urge Argentine Government to punish those responsible (see H. Res. 531), H5084 [23JN]

Armed Forces: maintain programs and procedures for accounting of military personnel unaccounted for from previous and future conflicts (see H. Con. Res. 311), H4592 [15JN]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 2966, 3573), H219 [7FE]

Arthur (Pappy) Kennedy Post Office Building, Orlando, FL: designate (see H.R. 4399), H8200 [26SE]

Austria: boycott relative to inclusion of extremist party in coalition Government (see H. Res. 417), H254 [8FE]

———inclusion of extremist party in coalition Government (see H. Res. 429), H632 [1MR]

Belarus: human rights violations and democracy efforts (see H. Con. Res. 304), H2239 [12AP]

Benin: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 361), H7282 [6SE]

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

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

Children and youth: improve academic and social outcomes for students by providing productive activities during after-school hours (see H.R. 3235), H575 [29FE]

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

———increase the availability, affordability, and quality of child care and improve support services for families with young children (see H.R. 4206), H7128 [26JY]

China, Republic of: elections (see H. Con. Res. 272), H921 [9MR]

———ensure that future is resolved peacefully through a democratic mechanism and with the express consent of the Taiwanese people (see H. Res. 659), H11445 [27OC]

———high-level visits by Taiwanese officials to the U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 401), H7651 [14SE]

———participation in the World Health Organization (see H.R. 4004), H1118 [16MR]

———U.N. participation (see H. Con. Res. 390), H7280 [6SE]

Civil liberties: religious accommodations in the workplace (see H.R. 4237), H5036 [22JN]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 2397), H455 [15FE]

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), H510 [16FE]

Colorado: designate certain lands as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System (see H.R. 829), 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), H6355 [17JY]

Computers: prohibit gambling on the Internet (see H.R. 3125), H2967 [11MY]

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

———provide simplified criteria for determining whether an individual is an employee or an independent contractor and limit retroactive employment tax reclassifications (see H.R. 1525), H373 [14FE]

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), H7366 [7SE]

Cuba: assist internal opposition and further help the Cuban people to regain their freedom (see H.R. 4537), H3813 [24MY]

Dept. of Commerce: establish certain procedures for exports of satellites and related items to the People's Republic of China (see H.R. 4417), H2905 [10MY]

Dept. of Defense: adjustment of composite theoretical performance levels of high performance computers (see H.R. 3680), H1764 [4AP]

Dept. of Education: make grants to educational organizations for Holocaust educational programs (see H.R. 3105), H632 [1MR] (see H.R. 4539), H5241 [27JN]

Dept. of HHS: establish an Office on Women's Health (see H.R. 4483), H7281 [6SE]

Dept. of Justice: create a record of lawful admission for permanent residence for certain aliens (see H.R. 4172), H1763 [4AP]

———establish the Violence Against Women Office (see H.R. 4848), H7212 [27JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: assist claimants for benefits in developing claims and clarify the burden of proof for such claims (see H.R. 3193), H5737 [10JY]

———establish presumption of service connection for certain chronic symptoms of Persian Gulf Conflict veterans (see H.R. 2697), H1413 [27MR]

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

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), H757 [8MR]

———increase public awareness of multiple sclerosis (see H. Con. Res. 271), H2607 [4MY]

———increased support and funding to combat juvenile diabetes (see H. Con. Res. 321), H6778 [24JY]

———international tuberculosis control (see H.R. 4057), H1477 [28MR]

———issue special postage stamps to fund prostate cancer research (see H.R. 2562), H7211 [27JY]

Drugs: distribution of prescription drugs (see H.R. 4301), H2338 [13AP]

Eddie Mae Steward Post Office Building, Jacksonville, FL: designate (see H.R. 4400), H8200 [26SE]

Everglades National Park: restoration plan (see H.R. 5121), H9505 [6OC]

FDA: grant authority to regulate tobacco (see H.R. 4042), H4485 [14JN]

Federal employees: establish program under which current and former employees may obtain long-term care insurance (see H.R. 1111), H997 [14MR]

———provide benefits to domestic partners (see H.R. 2859), H5737 [10JY]

Firearms: control sale of gun kits (see H.R. 4632), H4174 [9JN]

———enhance the enforcement of gun violence laws (see H.R. 4066), H1284 [22MR]

———implement a system of licensing purchasers and a record of sale system (see H.R. 4915), H6718 [20JY]

———prohibit possession in places of worship or educational and scholastic settings (see H. Con. Res. 359), H4817 [21JN]

Flags: display of the Confederate flag (see H. Res. 466), H1958 [6AP]

Foreign aid: international family planning programs funding (see H.R. 3634), H1477 [28MR]

———prohibit application of certain restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental and multilateral organizations (see H.R. 4211), H2412 [2MY]

Foreign countries: human rights violations against homosexuals, bisexuals, and transgendered individuals (see H. Con. Res. 259), H1675 [3AP]

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]

———improve relations with India and intensify bilateral cooperation in the fight against terrorism (see H. Res. 572), H7502 [12SE]

Freedom of religion: protect religious liberty (see H.R. 4862), H7212 [27JY]

Government: prohibit the acquisition of products produced by forced labor (see H. Con. Res. 308), H4036 [7JN]

Government regulations: technical corrections in copyright laws (see H.R. 5107), H7280 [6SE]

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), H1119 [16MR]

———embryonic stem cell research funding (see H. Res. 414), H1852 [5AP]

———increase assistance to developing nations with high levels of infectious disease and premature death (see H.R. 3826), H641 [2MR]

———increase public awareness of the dangers of pediatric cancer (see H. Con. Res. 115), H575 [29FE]

———prohibit health insurance and employment discrimination on the basis of genetic information (see H.R. 2457), H9505 [6OC]

Human rights: combat trafficking in human beings and provide assistance to victims (see H.R. 3244), H50 [27JA]

———condemn use of children as soldiers (see H. Con. Res. 348), H4175 [9JN]

Immigration: adjust status of certain Colombian and Peruvian nationals (see H.R. 2741), H3869 [25MY]

———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), H3867 [25MY]

———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), H1764 [4AP]

———protection of battered immigrant women (see H.R. 3083), H6599 [19JY]

———provide a mechanism for U.S. citizens, and lawful permanent residents, to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see H.R. 3650), H4174 [9JN]

———restore fairness to immigration law (see H.R. 4966), H7282 [6SE]

Indonesia: provide assistance for democracy efforts in East Timor (see H.R. 5253), H7990 [21SE]

Insurance: guarantee comprehensive health care coverage for all children (see H.R. 4390), H9505 [6OC]

———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), H5169 [26JN]

———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), H1476 [28MR]

Iran: condemn arrest and detention of Iranian Jews accused of espionage (see H. Con. Res. 307), H4122 [8JN]

———emancipation of the Bahai community (see H. Con. Res. 257), H573 [29FE]

———encourage respect for religious and ethnic minorities and deter from supporting international terrorism or from furthering its weapons of mass destruction programs (see H.R. 5006), H7206 [27JY]

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), H3814 [24MY]

Korean Peninsula: summit between North and South Korea (see H. Res. 543), H6778 [24JY]

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

Law enforcement: establish national integrated ballistics information network (see H.R. 5148), H9011 [5OC]

Lumber industry: promote open and competitive trade of softwood lumber between the U.S. and Canada (see H. Con. Res. 252), H2341 [13AP]

Magen David Adom Society: membership and recognition of the Red Shield of David by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (see H. Res. 464), H2240 [12AP]

Malaysia: human rights violations against Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim (see H. Res. 658), H11445 [27OC]

Marjory Williams Scrivens Post Office, Miami, FL: designate (see H.R. 5068), H8469 [28SE]

McDonald, Alan: condemn district judge for bringing the appearance of improper racial, ethnic, and religious bias upon the Federal judiciary and protect against the perception of such bias within the judiciary (see H. Res. 416), H219 [7FE]

Medicaid: assure preservation of safety net hospitals through maintenance of Disproportionate Share Hospital Program (see H.R. 3710), H2607 [4MY]

———establish a new prospective payment system for federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics (see H.R. 2341), H3925 [6JN]

———provide State options to allow eligibility for legal immigrant pregnant women, children, and certain disabled individuals (see H.R. 1399), H8062 [25SE]

Medicare: coverage of chiropractic services under Medicare+Choice program (see H. Con. Res. 62), H1413 [27MR]

———coverage of medically appropriate actinic keratoses treatment and removal (see H. Con. Res. 341), H10036 [17OC]

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

———coverage of screening pap smears and pelvic exams (see H.R. 4571), H5657 [29JN]

———coverage of vision rehabilitation services (see H.R. 2870), H7365 [7SE]

———eliminate reduction in payment rates to home health agencies for home health services (see H.R. 4219), H7003 [25JY]

———expand coverage of certain self-injected biologicals (see H.R. 2892), H1285 [22MR]

———promote research for health promotion and disease prevention and add preventive benefits (see H.R. 3887), H1589 [29MR]

———protect right of beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare+Choice plans to receive services at any skilled nursing facility (see H.R. 3004), H1588 [29MR]

———require Dept. of HHS study on mortality and adverse outcome rates of patients receiving anesthesia services (see H.R. 632), H2512 [3MY]

———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H931 [13MR]

Mental health: establish demonstration diversion courts (see H.R. 2594), H6354 [17JY]

Middle East: condemn current level of violence between Israelis and Palestinians (see H. Con. Res. 426), H9900 [12OC]

———prohibit U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority and for programs, projects, and activities in the West Bank and Gaza (see H.R. 5522), H10473 [19OC]

———prohibit U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority if a Palestinian state is declared unilaterally (see H.R. 4976), H7212 [27JY]

Mitchell, George J.: urge the awarding of the Nobel Prize for Northern Ireland peace efforts (see H. Con. Res. 242), H7212 [27JY]

Mozambique: provide debt relief and reconstruction aid (see H.R. 4091), H3869 [25MY]

National Labor Relations Act: treatment of employers and performers in the live performing arts (see H.R. 5185), H9901 [12OC]

National Trails System Act: clarify Federal authority relative to land acquisition from willing sellers for the majority of trails (see H.R. 2267), H1406 [23MR]

Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act: extend authority of the Nazi War Crimes Records Interagency Working Group and encourage cooperation of foreign nations with such Group in carrying out its duties (see H.R. 5065), H8062 [25SE]

NIH: support modernization and construction of biomedical and behavioral research facilities and laboratory instrumentation (see H.R. 4431), H10036 [17OC]

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]

Patent and Trademark Office: reauthorize (see H.R. 4034), H1123 [20MR]

Patents: provide term restoration review procedure for certain drug products, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 1598), H209 [2FE]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 3842), H1675 [3AP]

———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), H6719 [20JY]

Product safety: promote new and revised toxicological tests that protect human, animal, and environmental health while reducing need for animal testing (see H.R. 4281), H2412 [2MY]

Public utilities: facilitate competition in electric power industry (see H.R. 4971), H10257 [18OC]

Public welfare programs: repeal certain restrictions on food stamp eligibility and increase Federal support for emergency food assistance programs (see H.R. 3192), H5084 [23JN]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 4844), H6719 [20JY]

Ronald W. Reagan Post Office Building, Melbourne, FL: designate (see H.R. 5309), H10036 [17OC]

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

Sierra Leone: support Government in its peace-building efforts (see H.R. 3879), H920 [9MR] (see H. Con. Res. 323), H4337 [13JN]

Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of the National Museum of the American Indian (see H.R. 4259), H7991 [21SE]

Social Security: eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 5), H454 [15FE]

———level of benefit payment in the month of the beneficiary's death (see H.R. 4310), H10473 [19OC]

———make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act (see H.R. 5324), H8617 [2OC] (see H.R. 5612), H11955 [4DE]

———provide additional safeguards for certain beneficiaries with representative payees (see H.R. 4651), H6355 [17JY]

———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), H6471 [18JY]

Sri Lanka: elections (see H. Con. Res. 298), H1851 [5AP]

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), H8469 [28SE]

Taxation: allow a credit to holders of Better America Bonds (see H.R. 2446), H1958 [6AP]

———avoid duplicate reporting of information on political activities of certain State and local political organizations (see H.R. 5277), H9505 [6OC]

———expand incentives for the construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 4094), H1629 [30MR]

———require certain political organizations to report information to the FEC (see H.R. 3688), H3413 [18MY]

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

———treatment of computer contributions (see H.R. 4061), H7211 [27JY]

———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]

U.N.: encourage the establishment of a Rapid Deployment Police and Security Force (see H.R. 4453), H7212 [27JY]

U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4115), H1587 [29MR]

Veterans: increase minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for surviving spouses age 62 and older (see H.R. 2000), H1406 [23MR]

———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), H9901 [12OC]

Vicki Coceano Post Office Building, Miramar City, FL: designate (see H.R. 3985), H3173 [16MY]

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]

Women: reduce health care costs and promote improved health by providing supplemental grants for preventive health services (see H.R. 4606), H11879 [13NO]

World War II: require disclosure of classified information on chemical and biological experiments carried out by Japan (see H.R. 3561), H5241 [27JN]

———war crimes committed by the Japanese military (see H. Con. Res. 357), H5085 [23JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Foreign trade: provide for the liquidation or reliquidation of certain entries in accordance with a Dept. of Commerce decision under the Tariff Act (see H.R. 3604), H254 [8FE]

Iraq: failure to release prisoners of war from Kuwait and nine other nations in violation of international agreements (see H. Con. Res. 275), H921 [9MR]

Moise, Cinette Dorlus: relief (see H.R. 4619), H4121 [8JN]

Moise, Jean Rigaud: relief (see H.R. 4619), H4121 [8JN]

Moise, Phara: relief (see H.R. 4619), H4121 [8JN]

Moise, Rigaud: relief (see H.R. 4619), H4121 [8JN]

Motor vehicles: impose criminal and civil penalties for false statements and failure to file reports relative to defects in foreign products (see H.R. 5190), H7651 [14SE]

Taxation: treatment of homeownership plans (see H.R. 4616), H4120 [8JN]

Remarks

ADT Security Services, Inc.: tribute to contributions to the National Crime Prevention Council, E1548 [20SE]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), H5550 [29JN]

Austria: inclusion of extremist party in coalition Government (H. Res. 429), H1645 [3AP]

Computers: prohibit gambling on the Internet (H.R. 3125), H6062 [17JY]

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

Dept. of Agriculture: inspection of agricultural products and fish imported from Iran, H5550 [29JN]

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

India: joint agreement with U.S. to combat international terrorism, E158 [16FE]

———resolution of dispute with Pakistan over Kashmir, E2178 [13DE]

Iran: condemn arrest and detention of Iranian Jews accused of espionage, H5550 [29JN]

Israel: commend redeployment from southern Lebanon (H. Con. Res. 331), H3749 [24MY]

Medicare: make more competitive and efficient and provide for a prescription drug benefit (H.R. 4680), consideration (H. Res. 539), H5307 [28JN]

Turkey: U.S. policy, E414 [23MR]