SABO, MARTIN OLAV (a Representative from Minnesota)

Appointments

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

Conferee: H.R. 4475, Dept. of Transportation and related agencies appropriations, H7628 [14SE]

———H.R. 4576, Dept. of Defense appropriations, H5923 [12JY]

———H.R. 4811, foreign operations, export financing, and related programs appropriations, H10450 [19OC]

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), H998 [14MR]

Air pollution: reduce emissions from electric powerplants (see H.R. 2900), H2340 [13AP]

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: prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear viscera (see H.R. 2166), H7652 [14SE]

———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), H10534 [23OC]

Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness: designate a portion as the Bruce F. Vento Unit (see H.R. 5582), H11206 [26OC]

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), H575 [29FE]

Citizenship: confer U.S. citizenship automatically and retroactively to foreign-born children adopted by U.S. citizens (see H.R. 2883), H997 [14MR]

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

Coast Guard: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 372), H6354 [17JY]

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]

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

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

———require wages paid under Federal contracts to be above local poverty line (see H.R. 4353), H2410 [2MY]

Dept. of HUD: provide grant renewal under the programs for permanent supportive housing and shelter-plus-care for homeless persons (see H.R. 3613), H2512 [3MY]

Domestic Volunteer Service Act: establish National Youth Technology Corps Program (see H.R. 2934), H342 [10FE]

Employment: provide certain temporary employees with the same benefits as permanent employees (see H.R. 2298), H165 [1FE]

EPA: reauthorize Clean Lakes Program (see H.R. 2328), H1077 [15MR]

Equal Pay Day: observance (see H. Con. Res. 318), H2606 [4MY]

Federal employees: require any health benefits plan which provides obstetrical benefits to provide coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of infertility (see H.R. 2774), H7281 [6SE]

Firearms: enhance the enforcement of gun violence laws (see H.R. 4066), H7366 [7SE]

Foreign aid: international family planning programs funding (see H.R. 3634), H2341 [13AP]

Foreign countries: human rights violations against homosexuals, bisexuals, and transgendered individuals (see H. Con. Res. 259), H7503 [12SE]

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), H50 [27JA]

Government regulations: debarment or suspension from Federal procurement and nonprocurement activities of persons that violate certain labor and safety laws (see H.R. 1227), H997 [14MR]

Health: increase assistance to developing nations with high levels of infectious disease and premature death (see H.R. 3826), H998 [14MR]

———prohibit health insurance and employment discrimination on the basis of genetic information (see H.R. 2457), H5843 [11JY]

Higher Education Act: repeal provisions prohibiting persons convicted of drug offenses from receiving student financial assistance (see H.R. 1053), H3925 [6JN]

Immigration: provide a mechanism for U.S. citizens, and lawful permanent residents, to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see H.R. 3650), H1852 [5AP]

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

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), H2411 [2MY]

Lumber industry: promote open and competitive trade of softwood lumber between the U.S. and Canada (see H. Con. Res. 252), H1959 [6AP]

Medicaid: establish a new prospective payment system for federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics (see H.R. 2341), H1477 [28MR]

———State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (see H.R. 3698), H3049 [15MY]

Medicare: eliminate budget neutrality adjustment factor used in calculating blended capitation rate for Medicare+Choice organizations (see H.R. 1088), H10809 [24OC]

———ensure reimbursement for certain ambulance services, apply reasonable standard to determination of medical necessity for ambulance services, and recognize additional costs of ambulance services in rural areas (see H.R. 5153), H7723 [18SE]

———improve geographic fairness in Medicare+Choice payments and hospital payments (see H.R. 5070), H7208 [27JY]

———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H5241 [27JN]

Mexico: adopt measures to support a peaceful resolution of the conflict and to protect human rights in Chiapas (see H. Con. Res. 238), H50 [27JA]

———political repression of foreign observers (see H. Con. Res. 350), H7992 [21SE]

National Labor Relations Act: treatment of employers and performers in the live performing arts (see H.R. 5185), H11207 [26OC]

National School Lunch Act: revise eligibility of private organizations under the child and adult care food program (see H.R. 2907), H2607 [4MY]

Navajo Code Talkers: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4527), H8736 [3OC]

OSHA: issue regulations to eliminate or minimize the significant risk of needlestick injury to health care workers (see H.R. 1899), H997 [14MR]

Public buildings: placement of automatic external defibrillators to assist individuals who experience cardiac arrest and protections from civil liability relative to emergency use of the devices (see H.R. 2498), H50 [27JA]

Public welfare programs: improve onsite inspections of State food stamp programs and provide grants to develop community partnerships and innovative outreach strategies for food stamp and related programs (see H.R. 2738), H1119 [16MR]

———repeal certain restrictions on food stamp eligibility and increase Federal support for emergency food assistance programs (see H.R. 3192), H3649 [23MY]

Rivers: reduce sediment and nutrient loss in the Upper Mississippi River Basin (see H.R. 4013), H2512 [3MY]

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), H7723 [18SE]

Social Security: extend availability of State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments (see H.R. 4393), H2654 [8MY]

———provide equitable payments to providers of services under the Medicare Program and provide coverage of additional children under the Medicaid Program (see H.R. 5001), H7206 [27JY]

———provide for more equitable distribution of block grant funds under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 5281), H8061 [25SE]

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

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

———reduce tax benefits for foreign corporations (see H.R. 4133), H2412 [2MY]

———require certain political organizations to report information to the FEC (see H.R. 3688), H3813 [24MY]

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

———treatment of adoption expenses (see H.R. 531), H454 [15FE]

Trucking industry: support freeze on longer combination vehicles and current Federal limitations on truck size and weight (see H. Con. Res. 306), H7652 [14SE]

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), H11207 [26OC]

Volunteer workers: extend appropriations for programs under the National and Community Service Act and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act (see H.R. 4740), H8062 [25SE]

Voting Rights Act: clarify intent of Congress (see H.R. 4961), H10473 [19OC]

White Earth Tribal and Community College: add to list of land grant institutions (see H.R. 5280), H8061 [25SE]

Women: protection of reproductive rights (see H.R. 2624), H7365 [7SE]

———reauthorize Federal programs to prevent violence against women (see H.R. 1248), H7281 [6SE]

Woods, Tiger: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4926), H7652 [14SE]

Motions

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4475), H7627 [14SE]

Remarks

Black History Month: observance, E207 [1MR]

Brooklyn, NY: prohibit funding for FAA weather radar tower within the Gateway National Recreation Area, H3449 [19MY]

Budget: devote cuts in discretionary funding during appropriations process to debt reduction, H4955 [22JN]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (H.R. 2397), E457 [30MR]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4475), H3424, H3427, H3441, H3446, H3449, H3452 [19MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4475), conference report, H9019 [6OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4475), motion to instruct conferees, H7627, H7628 [14SE]

Drunken driving: national standard to prohibit the operation of motor vehicles by intoxicated individuals, H9019 [6OC]

FAA: reauthorizing programs (H.R. 1000), conference report, H1018 [15MR]

Houston, TX: light rail transportation funding, H3441 [19MY]

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 4516), H4955 [22JN]

New Orleans, LA: prohibit funding for construction of an additional runway at New Orleans International Airport, H3446 [19MY]

O'Connor, John Cardinal: award Congressional Gold Medal (H.R. 3557), H388 [15FE]

Parliamentary inquiry, H3437 [19MY]

Pasadena, CA: prohibit freeway extension project funding, H3442 [19MY]

Pipelines: improve safety and environmental protection, H7627, H7628 [14SE]

Schulz, Charles M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (H.R. 3642), H387 [15FE]

Transportation: prohibit funding for acquisition of diesel buses that do not meet certain emissions levels, H3452 [19MY]

Vento, Bruce F.: tribute (H. Res. 618), H9576 [10OC]

Women's History Month: observance, E457 [30MR]

Tributes

Duxbury, Lloyd, E41 [1FE]

Moore, Louis, II, E207 [1MR]

O'Brien, Georgia, E33 [31JA]