SLAUGHTER, LOUISE McINTOSH (a Representative from New York)

Amendments

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), consideration (H. Res. 446), H1299 [23MR]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4578), H4524 [15JN]

Taxation: repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (H.R. 3916), consideration (H. Res. 511), H3837 [25MY]

Articles and editorials

Joining the Club—Like Others, China Will Try To Protect Its Own Industries, Craig S. Smith, New York (NY) Times, H3697 [24MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Afghanistan: prevent any Taliban led Government from obtaining a seat in the U.N. and refuse recognition for any Afghan Government while human rights violations persist against women and girls (see H. Res. 187), H9505 [6OC]

Air pollution: reduce emissions from electric powerplants (see H.R. 2900), H1077 [15MR]

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), H2340 [13AP]

Anthony, Susan B.: recognize contributions to the women's suffrage movement (see H. Con. Res. 391), H7365 [7SE]

Architect of the Capitol: establish the position of Director of Fire Safety and Protection (see H.R. 4366), H6719 [20JY]

Armed Forces: improve Montgomery GI Bill benefits by improving and expanding educational assistance programs (see H.R. 1071), H8736 [3OC]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3573), H3172 [16MY]

Azerbaijan: encourage free and fair elections (see H. Con. Res. 382), H8469 [28SE]

Baltic States: recognize anniversary of U.S. nonrecognition policy of the Soviet takeover of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania and support democratic and economic reforms (see H. Con. Res. 367), H5655 [29JN]

Children and youth: improve academic and social outcomes for students by providing productive activities during after-school hours (see H.R. 3235), H2411 [2MY]

———increase the availability, affordability, and quality of child care and improve support services for families with young children (see H.R. 4206), H1956 [6AP]

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]

Community development: encourage small business development in certain communities through support of Community Development Venture Capital funds (see H.R. 2812), H922 [9MR]

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), H6471 [18JY]

Consumers: protect from the adverse consequences of incomplete and inaccurate consumer credit reports (see H.R. 4644), H6777 [24JY]

Contracts: ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses (see H.R. 3766), H2770 [9MY]

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

Crime: prevent identity fraud in consumer credit transactions and credit reports (see H.R. 4311), 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 Defense: return unclaimed military decorations subject to State escheatment to the proper military department for donation to museums and resource centers (see H.R. 5517), H10472 [19OC]

Dept. of Education: make grants to educational organizations for Holocaust educational programs (see H.R. 4539), H7003 [25JY]

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), H455 [15FE]

———draw down and sale of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve relative to anticompetitive activities (see H.R. 3543), H209 [2FE]

———require report on readiness of heating oil and propane industries to respond to rises in prices due to anticompetitive activity, shortage, or extreme winter weather (see H.R. 3662), H454 [15FE]

Dept. of HHS: establish an Office on Women's Health (see H.R. 4483), H4592 [15JN]

Dept. of Justice: establish the Violence Against Women Office (see H.R. 4848), H6051 [13JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: assist claimants for benefits in developing claims and clarify the burden of proof for such claims (see H.R. 3193), H632 [1MR]

———enhance quality assurance program within the Veterans Benefits Administration (see H.R. 1214), H11781 [1NO]

———make pay adjustments for nurses and certain other health-care professionals in the same manner as Federal employees and allow locality pay adjustments for those employees (see H.R. 1216), H1852 [5AP]

Diseases: address problems associated with polycystic kidney disease (see H. Res. 537), H6720 [20JY]

———establish an international trust fund to combat the AIDS epidemic (see H.R. 3519), H647 [6MR]

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

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

———support efforts to increase childhood cancer awareness, treatment, and research (see H. Res. 576), H7723 [18SE]

Drugs: distribution of prescription drugs (see H.R. 4301), H5037 [22JN]

Education: establish and expand programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (see H.R. 4271, 4272), H5436 [28JN]

———importance and value of U.S. history education (see H. Con. Res. 366), H5655 [29JN]

———improve character education programs (see H.R. 3681), H2341 [13AP]

Education for All Handicapped Children Act: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 399), H8062 [25SE]

Electric power: promote energy independence and self-sufficiency through net metering by certain small electric energy generation systems (see H.R. 2947), H3813 [24MY]

EPA: reauthorize the Great Lakes Program (see H.R. 3670), H1589 [29MR]

Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor: establish (see H.R. 5375), H9505 [6OC]

FDA: grant authority to regulate tobacco (see H.R. 4042), H1163 [21MR] (see H.R. 4207), H2123 [11AP]

Federal employees: treatment of retirement benefits for assistant U.S. attorneys (see H.R. 583), H1406 [23MR]

Federal firefighters: make mandatory separation age match requirement for Federal law enforcement officers (see H.R. 460), H7211 [27JY]

Foreign aid: international family planning programs funding (see H.R. 3634), H632 [1MR]

———prohibit application of certain restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental and multilateral organizations (see H.R. 4211), H2906 [10MY]

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), H7003 [25JY]

Forests: eliminate commercial logging on public lands and facilitate the economic recovery and diversification of communities dependent on the Federal logging program (see H.R. 1396), H7211 [27JY]

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

Gonzalez-Brotons, Elian: reunite with father (see H. Con. Res. 240), H90 [31JA]

Great Lakes: prohibit vessels from discharging ballast water that contains nonindigenous aquatic species and treat such water, and its sediments, using the most effective and efficient methods available (see H.R. 4191), H3173 [16MY]

Health: allow certain retirees who lose employer-based coverage to acquire coverage under Medicare or COBRA and require employers to notify retirees of any changes in their health benefits (see H.R. 3631), H1413 [27MR]

———development of microbicides to prevent the transmission of sexually transmitted diseases (see H.R. 3891), H1413 [27MR]

———embryonic stem cell research funding (see H. Res. 414), H1407 [23MR]

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

———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), H1958 [6AP]

Health care facilities: require Federal authorities to provide information in medical records, seized from a medical practice to that practice, in order to continue patient care (see H.R. 4689), H4591 [15JN]

Helsinki Final Act: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 100), H4120 [8JN]

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

Indianapolis (U.S.S.): award a Presidential Unit Citation to final crew (see H.J. Res. 48), H11879 [13NO]

Insurance: coverage of long-term care services (see H. Con. Res. 412), H9011 [5OC]

Iran: emancipation of the Bahai community (see H. Con. Res. 257), H5085 [23JN]

Iraq: provide citizens access to U.S. food and medicines (see H.R. 3825), H7373 [11SE]

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]

Italian-American Heritage Month: observance (see H. Res. 347), H9011 [5OC]

Law enforcement officers: clarify procedures and conditions for the award of matching grants for the purchase of armor vests (see H.R. 4033), H1477 [28MR]

McVay, Charles B., III: court-martial conviction relative to sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis (see H.J. Res. 48), H11879 [13NO]

Medicaid: assure preservation of safety net hospitals through maintenance of Disproportionate Share Hospital Program (see H.R. 3710), H1163 [21MR]

———permit public schools and other entities to determine presumptive eligibility for low-income children (see H.R. 1298), H342 [10FE]

———provide families and disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 4825), H7723 [18SE]

Medicare: coverage of bone mass measurements (see H.R. 3840), H998 [14MR]

———coverage of medically appropriate actinic keratoses treatment and removal (see H. Con. Res. 341), H6471 [18JY]

———coverage of medically necessary pancreas transplantation procedures (see H.R. 4495), H5955 [12JY]

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

———demonstration project to provide coverage for cancer patients enrolled in certain clinical trials (see H.R. 1388), H255 [8FE]

———eliminate reduction in payment rates to home health agencies for home health services (see H.R. 4219), H4337 [13JN]

———graduate medical education payments (see H.R. 4239), H3309 [17MY]

———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), H7503 [12SE]

———prohibit the use of risk-based managed care payments for certain administrative costs (see H.R. 3682), H1629 [30MR]

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

———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), H6470 [18JY]

———recognize the importance of mental health awareness, mental disorders, and early detection of mental illnesses (see H. Con. Res. 243), H342 [10FE]

Middle East: U.S. policy on Jericho (see H. Con. Res. 286), H3869 [25MY]

Motor vehicles: require reports relative to defects in foreign products (see H.R. 5164), H7871 [19SE]

Mozambique: support humanitarian assistance (see H. Res. 431), H998 [14MR]

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

National Take Your Kids To Vote Day: support (see H. Con. Res. 389), H7210 [27JY]

New York: conveyance of Governors Island (see H.R. 5242), H8736 [3OC]

NIH: biomedical research funding (see H. Res. 437), H1407 [23MR]

Office for Protection of Human Research Subjects: establish (see H.R. 3569), H2411 [2MY]

Olympic games: mint commemorative coins to support the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games and U.S. Olympic Committee programs (see H.R. 3679), H509 [16FE]

Pensions: protect benefits of employees in defined benefit plans and enforce age discrimination requirements relative to tax legislation on defined benefit plans becoming cash balance plans (see H.R. 2902), H7211 [27JY]

Privacy: prohibit appearance of Social Security numbers on, or through, unopened Dept. of the Treasury mailings (see H.R. 3218), H6599 [19JY]

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]

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

Schools: provide grants for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training in public schools (see H.R. 4506), H8469 [28SE]

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

Serbia: elections (see H. Res. 620), H9635 [10OC]

Social Security: enhance privacy protections for individuals, prevent fraudulent misuse of account numbers, and provide additional safeguards for beneficiaries with representative payees (see H.R. 4857), H7366 [7SE]

———make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act (see H.R. 5612), H11842 [3NO]

Stanton, Elizabeth Cady: recognize contributions to the women's suffrage movement (see H. Con. Res. 391), H7365 [7SE]

Supreme Court: interpretation of the first amendment to the Constitution in the case Buckley v. Valeo (see H. Con. Res. 377), H9635 [10OC]

Taxation: allow tax credit to holders of qualified bonds issued by an intercity passenger rail carrier (see H.R. 3700), H6052 [13JY]

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

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

———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), H8469 [28SE]

———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), H3649 [23MY]

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

———treatment of computers provided to employees for personal use (see H.R. 4274), H8799 [4OC]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 3872), H1406 [23MR]

Tobacco products: prohibit the importation of bidi cigarettes (see H.R. 3628), H1588 [29MR]

———reduce youth smoking, increase tobacco-related research, and develop safer tobacco products (see H.R. 4041), H1163 [21MR]

———strengthen warning labels on smokeless tobacco products (see H.R. 1532), H278 [9FE]

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), H7003 [25JY]

Ukrainian-American Veterans, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 3463), H6719 [20JY]

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), H209 [2FE]

———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), H7723 [18SE]

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), H2411 [2MY]

———provide Federal contracting assistance to small business concerns owned and controlled by women (see H.R. 4897), H7212 [27JY]

World Trade Organization: file complaint against oil-producing countries for violating trade rules prohibiting quantitative limitations on import or export of resources or products across borders (see H. Con. Res. 276), H931 [13MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

EPA: increase communication and cooperation with small communities relative to environmental regulations (see H.R. 5305), H8200 [26SE]

Health: prohibit health insurance and employment discrimination on the basis of genetic information (H.R. 2457), consideration (see H. Res. 520), H4174 [9JN]

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to women's health and disease prevention (see H.R. 4634), H4174 [9JN]

Taxation: allow a credit for conversion of heating oil to natural gas or to a renewable energy source (see H.R. 4958), H7002 [25JY]

Factsheets

Postcoital Emergency Contraception Distribution in Schools Funding: National Assembly on School-Based Health Care, H7823 [19SE]

Letters

Postcoital emergency contraception distribution in schools funding: John Schlitt, National Assembly on School-Based Health Care, H7823 [19SE]

Remarks

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 3660), consideration (H. Res. 457), H1771, H1774 [5AP]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), H5708 [10JY], E1209 [11JY]

Aviation: investigate unfair competition by major air carriers against new entrant air carriers, H1004 [15MR]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), consideration (H. Res. 446), H1292, H1298, H1299 [23MR]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 474), H2243 [13AP]

Business and industry: establish a statute of repose for durable goods (H.R. 2005), consideration (H. Res. 412), H172 [2FE]

China, People's Republic of: permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), H3696, H3704 [24MY]

China, Republic of: assist in enhancement of security (H.R. 1838), consideration (H. Res. 408), H104 [1FE]

Coastal zones: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States (H.R. 701), consideration (H. Res. 497), H2822 [10MY]

Commission for the Comprehensive Study of Privacy Protection: establish (H.R. 4049), H8569 [2OC]

Crime: encourage States to incarcerate individuals convicted of murder, rape, or child molestation, H9030 [6OC]

Dept. of Energy: Clean Coal Technology Program funding, H4524, H4526, H4544 [15JN]

———draw down and sale of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve relative to anticompetitive activities (H.R. 3543), H418 [15FE]

———National Ignition Facility funding, H5277 [27JN]

Dept. of HUD: funding, H4745 [20JN]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4578), H4524, H4525, H4526, H4544, H4563 [15JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4578), consideration (H. Res. 524), H4312 [13JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4578), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 603), H8641 [3OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4578), motion to instruct conferees, H6927 [25JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4578), motion to recommit, H4584 [15JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4578), unanimous-consent request, H4557 [15JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), consideration (H. Res. 518), H4046 [8JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4577), motion to instruct conferees, H7823 [19SE], H11461 [28OC]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4635), H4745 [20JN]

Eastman Kodak Co.: anniversary of the ``Brownie'' box camera, E444 [29MR]

Education: importance and value of U.S. history education (S. Con. Res. 129), H5670 [10JY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4733), H5277 [27JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4733), consideration (H. Res. 532), H5208 [27JN]

EPA: authorize grants to the Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority and other agencies to improve water quality throughout the Florida Keys (H.R. 673), consideration (H. Res. 483), H2556 [4MY]

———reauthorize Clean Lakes Program (H.R. 2328), consideration (H. Res. 468), H2147 [12AP]

FAA: reauthorizing programs (H.R. 1000), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 438), H1004 [15MR]

FDA: Center for Veterinary Research funding for antibiotic drugs for livestock, E1209 [11JY]

———prohibit funding to prevent importation into the U.S. of certain approved drugs, H5708 [10JY]

Foreign aid: international family planning programs restrictions relative to abortion, H5987 [13JY]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4811), H5987 [13JY], E1239 [14JY]

Forest Service: convey certain lands in the Lake Tahoe Basin to the Washoe County School District for an elementary school site (H.R. 4656), consideration (H. Res. 634), H10698 [24OC]

Government: require use of recovery audits by Federal agencies to improve the economy and efficiency of operations (H.R. 1827), consideration (H. Res. 426), H712 [8MR]

Health: prohibit health insurance and employment discrimination on the basis of genetic information (H.R. 2457), H6605 [20JY]

House Rules: allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and consider certain legislation (H. Res. 640), H10411 [19OC]

Human rights: combat trafficking in human beings and provide assistance to victims (H.R. 3244), H2685 [9MY]

———combat trafficking in human beings and provide assistance to victims (H.R. 3244), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 613), H9030 [6OC]

———prevent trafficking of women and children for forced prostitution and labor, E1239 [14JY]

Indian Health Service: funding, H4563 [15JN]

Institute of Museum and Library Services: funding, H4524, H4584 [15JN], H6927 [25JY]

Insurance: prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (H.R. 306), H3828 [25MY]

Journal: question of approval, H1290 [23MR]

Lackawanna Heritage Valley American Heritage Area: establish (H.R. 940), consideration of Senate amendments (H. Res. 583), H7944 [21SE]

Las Cienegas National Conservation Area: establish (H.R. 2941), consideration (H. Res. 610), H8848 [5OC]

LIHEAP: funding, H11461 [28OC]

———redistribution of funds to States with the most need, H418 [15FE]

Medicaid: coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment for certain women and research on relationship between cervical cancer and human papillomavirus (H.R. 4386), H2696 [9MY]

———coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment for certain women and research on relationship between cervical cancer and human papillomavirus (H.R. 4386), Senate amendment (H. Res. 628), H9844, H9845 [12OC]

Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, H8041 [25SE]

National Endowment for the Arts: funding, H4524, H4525, H4563, H4584 [15JN]

National Endowment for the Humanities: funding, H4524, H4563, H4584 [15JN]

National Small Business Week: observance, E871 [25MY]

Pensions: reform (H.R. 1102), consideration (H. Res. 557), H6477 [19JY]

Schools: postcoital emergency contraception distribution funding, H7823 [19SE]

Taxation: repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (H.R. 3916), consideration (H. Res. 511), H3831, H3837 [25MY]

U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4115), consideration (H. Res. 570), H7286 [7SE]

Votes: position on missed, H66, H67 [31JA], H3067 [16MY], H5791 [11JY], H5858 [12JY], H11832 [3NO], E765, E767 [18MY], E1104 [23JN], E1317 [25JY], E1949 [26OC]

Women: reauthorize Federal programs to prevent violence against women, H9030 [6OC]

———reauthorize Federal programs to prevent violence against women (H.R. 1248), H8099 [26SE]

World Flight 2000: tribute to pilots and crew of the Dreamcatcher (airplane), E2147 [7DE]

World Trade Organization: file complaint against oil-producing countries for violating trade rules prohibiting quantitative limitations on import or export of resources or products across borders (H. Con. Res. 276), E300 [14MR]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H5034 [22JN], H5841 [11JY], H9898 [12OC], H11192 [25OC], H11840 [3NO]

Special order: granted, H452 [15FE], H8059 [25SE]

Statements

Tribute to Frank Horton: Andrew Fois, E4 [24JA]

Tributes

Beckman, Renan, E746 [17MY]

Dougherty, Dick, E761 [18MY]

Harper, Martha M., E871 [25MY]

Horton, Frank, E4 [24JA]