EWING, THOMAS W. (a Representative from Illinois)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 2559, Risk Management for the 21st Century Act, H1621 [30MR]

Mexico-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, H2596 [4MY]

Articles and editorials

Danforth Hatchery Closes After 64 Years, Mike Lyons, E714 [11MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: increase maximum amount of marketing loan gains and loan deficiency payments that an agricultural producer may receive during the crop year (see H.R. 4894), H7129 [26JY] (see H.R. 4895), H7366 [7SE]

———provide tax and regulatory relief for farmers and improve competitiveness of U.S. commodities and products in global markets (see H.R. 4885), H6598 [19JY]

American Folklife Center: collect video and audio recordings of personal histories and testimonials of U.S. war veterans (see H.R. 5212), H7870 [19SE]

Boy Scouts: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 384), H7723 [18SE]

Capitol Building and Grounds: use of the rotunda for a ceremony to honor victims of the Holocaust (see H. Con. Res. 244), H49 [27JA]

Cesar Chavez Post Office, Chicago, IL: designate (see H.R. 4830), H7212 [27JY]

Children and youth: improve efficiency and effectiveness of abuse and neglect courts (see H.R. 5369), H8735 [3OC]

Computers: improve Internet security and protect against cyberterrorism (see H. Con. Res. 285), H1077 [15MR]

Consumers: protect from predatory mortgage lending practices (see H.R. 3901), H9767 [11OC]

Courts: legal definition of human life relative to presence of brain wave activity and spontaneous cardiac activity (see H. Con. Res. 305), H2341 [13AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: agricultural trade programs funding (see H.R. 3593), H922 [9MR]

Dept. of Defense: adjustment of composite theoretical performance levels of high performance computers (see H.R. 3680), H2607 [4MY]

———use of facilities as polling places for Federal, State, and local elections (see H.R. 5174), H7650 [14SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: furnish headstones or markers for the marked graves of certain individuals (see H.R. 1387), H165 [1FE]

Diseases: increased support and funding to combat juvenile diabetes (see H. Con. Res. 321), H4675 [19JN]

Drugs: distribution of prescription drugs (see H.R. 4301), H3926 [6JN]

Education: establish and expand programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (see H.R. 4271, 4272), H3173 [16MY]

Education for All Handicapped Children Act: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 399), H7577 [13SE]

EPA: ensure changes to the rule on water quality standards total maximum daily load program are subjected to public and congressional review (see H.R. 4922), H6776 [24JY]

Fair Labor Standards Act: clarify treatment of stock options (see H.R. 4182), H2412 [2MY]

FCC: prohibit from establishing rules authorizing the operation of new, low power FM radio stations (see H.R. 3439), H575 [29FE]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: improve implementation (see H.R. 4502), H3474 [19MY]

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

FTC: issue new rules regulating telemarketing firms (see H.R. 3180), H165 [1FE]

GAO: conduct a comprehensive fraud audit of the Dept. of Education (see H.R. 4079), H1405 [23MR]

———require report to Congress on agency regulatory actions (see H.R. 3669), H509 [16FE]

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

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

Henry W. McGee Post Office Building, Chicago, IL: designate (see H.R. 3909), H1589 [29MR]

Housing: expand protections for especially vulnerable consumers against abusive mortgage lending practices and streamline the framework regulating mortgage originations (see H.R. 4213), H2341 [13AP]

Immigration: 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), H4675 [19JN]

Information services: deregulate Internet and high speed data services (see H.R. 2420), H255 [8FE]

Iron and steel industry: provide relief from injury caused by steel imports and request the ITC to commence an expedited investigation for positive adjustment (see H. Res. 635), H10257 [18OC]

J.T. Weeker Service Center, Chicago, IL: designate (see H.R. 5016), H7206 [27JY]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 3633), H2770 [9MY]

Korean War Veterans Association, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 1671), H209 [2FE]

Library of Congress: bicentennial (see H. Con. Res. 269), H756 [8MR]

———establish the National Recording Registry (see H.R. 4846), H6051 [13JY]

Lumber industry: promote open and competitive trade of softwood lumber between the U.S. and Canada (see H. Con. Res. 252), H998 [14MR]

Medicaid: coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services for certain women screened under federally funded programs (see H.R. 1070), H2340 [13AP]

Medicare: coverage of ambulance services to certain rural outpatient facilities (see H.R. 4549), H9011 [5OC]

———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H1764 [4AP]

Medicare/Medicaid: waive certain nurse aide training requirements (see H.R. 4547), H4175 [9JN]

Middle East: condemn current level of violence between Israelis and Palestinians (see H. Con. Res. 426), H10037 [17OC]

Montgomery, G.V. (Sonny): name an honorary room in the House of Representatives wing of the Capitol (see H. Res. 491), H2655 [8MY]

Motor vehicles: improve safety of car seats for children (see H.R. 4145), H1628 [30MR]

National forests: return of fair and reasonable fees for use and occupancy of land under the recreation residence program (see H.R. 3327), H511 [16FE]

National Guard: anniversary of initial activation of personnel for Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm (see H. Res. 549), H6600 [19JY]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: waive applicability to employment performed in an employee's residence (see H.R. 3518), H2239 [12AP] (see H.R. 3530), H48 [27JA]

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]

Petroleum: prohibit use of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE), provide flexibility within the EPA's oxygenate requirements, and promote the use of renewable ethanol (see H.R. 4011), H1118 [16MR]

Pope, Edmond: demand release from Russian prison for humanitarian reasons (see H. Con. Res. 364), H5956 [12JY] (see H. Con. Res. 404), H7871 [19SE]

Pope John Paul II: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3544), H2770 [9MY]

Public debt: allow individuals to designate a portion of their income tax return for deficit reduction (see H.R. 5349), H8551 [29SE]

Racial relations: recognize the significant contribution the Birmingham Pledge has made in fostering racial harmony and reconciliation (see H.J. Res. 102), H5436 [28JN]

Railroads: delay effective date for the implementation of regulations requiring audible warnings at highway-rail grade crossings (see H.R. 5059), H7208 [27JY]

———protection of train employees (see H.R. 3091), H511 [16FE]

Reagan, Ronald and Nancy: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3591), H253 [8FE]

Roberto Clemente Post Office, Chicago, IL: designate (see H.R. 4831), H7212 [27JY]

Rural areas: promote and improve access to health care services (see H.R. 4677), H7723 [18SE]

Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument: establish (see H.R. 3676), H5241 [27JN]

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), H4174 [9JN]

Social Security: reform relative to State and local government employees (see H. Con. Res. 101), H2123 [11AP]

Taxation: allow credit for elementary and secondary school teachers who provide classroom materials (see H.R. 4025), H1852 [5AP]

———constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (see H.J. Res. 94), H1957 [6AP]

———encourage stronger mathematics and science programs at elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 4273), H3173 [16MY]

———exclude from self-employment earnings certain payments under the Conservation Reserve Program (see H.R. 4064), H2122 [11AP]

———increase annual limitation on nondeductible contributions and adjust for inflation the amount of deductible contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1322), H3649 [23MY]

———increase unified estate and gift tax credit and provide for inflation adjustment (see H.R. 4324), H2339 [13AP]

———modify the low-income housing credit (see H.R. 175), H1958 [6AP]

———provide tax incentives to enhance long-term care and convene a National Summit on Long-Term Care (see H.R. 4498), H4121 [8JN]

———repeal modification of capital gains tax payments relative to small businesses sold on the installment sales method (see H.R. 3594), H254 [8FE]

———treatment of adoption expenses (see H.R. 531), H6470 [18JY]

———treatment of certain farm rental income and all payments under the environmental conservation acreage reserve program (see H.R. 4260), H2238 [12AP]

———treatment of certain farmland sold with a principal residence (see H.R. 4421), H3413 [18MY]

———treatment of certain foreign base company shipping income (see H.R. 3102), H4592 [15JN]

———treatment of tax-exempt bond financing of certain electrical output facilities (see H.R. 721), H342 [10FE]

Television: ensure local service to small, rural markets by satellite providers (see H.R. 3615), H339 [10FE]

Terrorism: improve Federal efforts to prepare for, and respond to, terrorist attacks (see H.R. 4210), H3413 [18MY]

Tobacco products: provide export promotion assistance (see H.R. 5382), H8799 [4OC]

———provide for a more restrictive tariff-rate quota on imports (see H.R. 5381), H8799 [4OC]

U.S. Submarine Force: anniversary (see H. Res. 397), H343 [10FE]

Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H1476 [28MR]

———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), H7502 [12SE]

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), H342 [10FE]

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), H219 [7FE]

Water pollution: exempt discharges from certain silviculture activities from permit requirements of the national pollutant discharge elimination system (see H.R. 3625), H2905 [10MY]

Water Resources Research Act: reauthorize grants for water resources research and technology institutes (see H.R. 4132), H2512 [3MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

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. 4541), H3867 [25MY] (see H.R. 5660), H12094 [14DE]

Drugs: require the U.S. Trade Representative to enter into negotiations to eliminate price controls imposed by certain foreign countries on prescription drugs (see H.R. 4764), H5240 [27JN]

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

Native Americans: permit landowners to assert otherwise-available State law defenses against property claims by Indian tribes (see H.R. 5498), H10256 [18OC]

Petroleum: promote the use of reformulated gasoline, allow State and local regulation of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE), and revise reformulated gasoline environmental regulations (see H. Con. Res. 256), H573 [29FE]

Taxation: increase unified estate and gift tax credit and provide for inflation adjustment (see H.R. 4112), H1587 [29MR]

Water: prohibit use and provide for remediation of water contaminated by methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) (see H.R. 4303), H2338 [13AP]

Letters

Commodity Futures Modernization Act: Chicago Board of Trade and Chicago Mercantile Exchange, E1940 [25OC]

———Kenneth L. Lay, Enron Corp., E1940 [25OC]

———Kenneth M. Raisler, E1940 [25OC]

———Marc E. Lackritz and Steve Judge, Securities Industry Association, E1940 [25OC]

———Matthew P. Fink, Investment Company Institute, E1941 [25OC]

———Representative Archer, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H10442 [19OC]

———several financial investment groups, E1940 [25OC]

———several organizations, E1940 [25OC]

Tribute to Representative Ewing: Eric Nicoll, H10799 [24OC]

———George H. Ryan, Governor of Illinois, H10799 [24OC]

Lists

Supporters of H.R. 4541, Commodity Futures Modernization Act, E1939 [25OC]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H9637 [11OC]

Remarks

Agriculture: price supports for sugar, H5563, H5564 [29JN]

———strengthen safety net for agricultural producers and improve efficiency and integrity of the Federal crop insurance program (H.R. 2559), conference report, H3823 [25MY]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), H5453, H5563, H5564 [29JN]

CCC: limit purchase of raw or refined sugar from sugarcane or sugar beets, H5563, H5564 [29JN]

China, People's Republic of: permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), consideration (H. Res. 510), H3658 [24MY]

Colleges and universities: tribute to Century Council and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for development of the Alcohol 101 interactive CD-ROM program, E569 [13AP], E661 [4MY]

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, H12485, H12488 [15DE], E2181 [14DE]

———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), H10415, H10441, H10447 [19OC], E1930, E1939 [25OC]

Computers: networking and information technology research and development funding (H.R. 2086), H397 [15FE]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4690), H5157 [26JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), conference report, H12485, H12488 [15DE]

Families and domestic relations: child abuse and neglect prevention (H.R. 764), Senate amendment, H126 [1FE]

FCC: prohibit from establishing rules authorizing the operation of new, low power FM radio stations (H.R. 3439), H2310 [13AP]

House of Representatives: appreciation of opportunity to serve, H10876 [25OC]

House Rules: allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and consider certain legislation (H. Res. 640), H10415 [19OC]

Korean War: anniversary (H.J. Res. 86), H728, H734 [8MR]

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: U.S.-European Union Group on Biotechnology funding relative to agricultural biotechnology products approval process, H5157 [26JN]

Taxation: phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), H4157 [9JN]

———provide for increased fairness to taxpayers (H.R. 4163), H2068 [11AP]

Urbana, IL: tribute to Girl Scout Gold Award recipients, E1457, E1470 [13SE]

Votes: position on missed, H2036 [11AP], E1626 [28SE]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H10806 [24OC]

Tribute, H10798-H10803 [24OC], H10880 [25OC], E1906, E1930, E1933 [25OC]

Resignations

Committee on House Administration (House), H7176 [27JY]

Statements

Commodity Futures Modernization Act: Executive Office of the President, E1939 [25OC]

Tributes

Henrichs, Wilbur J., E714 [11MY]

Porter, Representative, H10244 [18OC]

Yates, Sidney R., E2025 [30OC]