ROGERS, HAROLD (a Representative from Kentucky)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 4425, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure, H4216 [12JN]

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

———H.R. 4733, energy and water development appropriations, H7627 [14SE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 3660), H1477 [28MR]

Computers: prohibit gambling on the Internet (see H.R. 3125), H3474 [19MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: provide assistance for the rehabilitation of watershed dams built for flood protection and water resource projects (see H.R. 728), H757 [8MR]

Education: increase amount of loan forgiveness for teachers (see H.R. 3880), H1629 [30MR] (see H.R. 5034), H7207 [27JY]

———spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on children's classrooms (see H.R. 1494), H757 [8MR]

Egypt: limit assistance under the Foreign Military Financing Program (see H.R. 4233), H2512 [3MY]

Medicaid: State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (see H.R. 3698), H1406 [23MR]

———waive disproportionate share hospital designation for certain rural hospitals relative to obstetrician requirements (see H.R. 4793), H5737 [10JY]

Morgan Station, Paducah, KY: designate (see H.R. 5143), H7503 [12SE]

National Law Enforcement Museum: establish (see H.R. 2710), H8406 [27SE]

NIH: experimental program to stimulate competitive research (see H.R. 4280), H2337 [13AP]

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]

OSHA: require public comment, and a sound scientific basis, for proposed ergonomics regulations (see H. Con. Res. 260), H1164 [21MR]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 3842), H5656 [29JN]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 4844), H7003 [25JY]

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

Taxation: clarify treatment under the tax-exempt bond rules of pre-payments for certain commodities and mineral production payments (see H.R. 5259), H11781 [1NO]

———establish a recovery period for franchise property, shorten recovery period for depreciation of certain leasehold improvements, and allow capital gain treatment on the transfer of certain franchises (see H.R. 2402), H1477 [28MR]

———expand incentives for the construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 4094), H7503 [12SE]

———treatment of adoption expenses (see H.R. 531), H2606 [4MY]

———treatment of computers provided to employees for personal use (see H.R. 4274), H10809 [24OC]

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

Tim Lee Carter Post Office Building, Tompkinsville, KY: designate (see H.R. 5144), H7503 [12SE]

Tobacco products: provide export promotion assistance (see H.R. 5382), H9901 [12OC]

———provide for a more restrictive tariff-rate quota on imports (see H.R. 5381), H9901 [12OC]

Water pollution: exempt discharges from certain silviculture activities from permit requirements of the national pollutant discharge elimination system (see H.R. 3625), H2607 [4MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Justice: establish Bureau of Immigration Services and the Bureau of Immigration Enforcement (see H.R. 3918), H997 [14MR]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (see H.R. 4690), H4674 [19JN] (see H.R. 5548), H11194 [25OC]

Explanations

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations (H.R. 5548): Conference Report, H12446-H12482 [15DE]

Remarks

Anderson, Lonnie R.: Kentucky School Boards Association F.L. Dupree Award recipient, E271 [9MR]

Appropriations: establish automatic system for continuing appropriations, H3132 [16MY]

———making emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 3908), H1541 [29MR]

Asia: international broadcasting funding, H5151 [26JN]

Asia Foundation: funding, H5127 [26JN]

Bateman, Herbert H.: tribute (H. Res. 573), H7438 [12SE]

Boneal, Inc.: Postal Service Quality Supplier Award recipient, E873 [25MY]

Boys and Girls Clubs of America: funding through reductions in truth-in-sentencing prison construction grants, H5012 [22JN]

Budget: improve and strengthen budget process (H.R. 853), H3132 [16MY]

Congressional-Executive Commission on the People's Republic of China: funding, H11289 [26OC]

DEA: funding to assist State and local efforts to clean up methamphetamine laboratories, H5046 [23JN]

Dept. of Commerce: economic and statistical analysis programs funding through reductions in Dept. of State educational and cultural exchange programs, H5104 [26JN]

Dept. of Justice: allow receipt of greeting cards for distribution in prisons, H5140 [26JN]

———Child Exploitation and Obscenity Division funding, H4969 [22JN]

———Civil Rights Division funding, H4985 [22JN]

———Community Oriented Policing Program funding through reductions in FBI salaries and expenses, H4994 [22JN]

———establish or expand existing community prosecution programs for gun-related crimes, H5017, H5018 [22JN]

———Federal Prison System salaries and expenses funding reductions relative to INS use of secret evidence in the detention of certain non-citizens, H5003 [22JN]

———hazardous chemical storage facility security study funding, H4979 [22JN]

———Indian Country Law Enforcement Initiative funding, H4988, H4989 [22JN]

———payment of overtime to attorneys, H5048 [23JN]

———provide assistance to State and local forensic laboratories in analyzing DNA samples from convicted offenders, H5047 [23JN]

———State and local law enforcement agencies funding to combat child pornography and exploitation on the Internet, H5046 [23JN]

———transfer of appropriations from other Federal departments and agencies to fund litigation against tobacco industry, H5040, H5044 [23JN]

———Weed and Seed Program funding, H5151 [26JN]

———Weed and Seed Program funding through reductions in FBI salaries and expenses, H4993 [22JN]

Dept. of State: certification of U.N. budget, H5115 [26JN]

———purchase of property by the People's Republic of China's Xinhu news agency approval funding, H5155 [26JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: National Veterans Business Development Corp. funding, H5132 [26JN]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations, H11270, H11286, H11287, H11289 [26OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4690), H4962, H4966, H4967, H4969, H4979, H4983, H4985, H4988, H4989, H4993, H4994, H4995, H4996, H5003, H5008, H5009, H5010, H5012, H5013, H5017, H5018, H5019, H5020, H5029, H5032 [22JN], H5040, H5044, H5046, H5047, H5048, H5050, H5051, H5053, H5054, H5059, H5061, H5065, H5066, H5067, H5072 [23JN], H5104, H5107, H5108, H5113, H5115, H5116, H5119, H5121, H5122, H5123, H5124, H5125, H5127, H5132, H5135, H5138, H5140, H5147, H5151, H5152, H5154, H5155, H5158, H5159 [26JN], E1149 [29JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4690), amendment process, H5072 [23JN]

District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 4942), conference report, H11270, H11286, H11287, H11289 [26OC]

Drug abuse: combat methamphetamine production and abuse, H1541 [29MR]

Drugs: drug court funding through reductions in truth-in-sentencing prison construction grants, H5012 [22JN]

Economic Development Administration: programs funding through reductions in prison construction programs, H5010 [22JN]

———provide adjustment assistance to communities adversely affected by the implementation of permanent normal trade relations with the People's Republic of China, H5054 [23JN]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4733), permission to file report, H5072 [23JN]

FCC: Office of Media Relations funding, H5138 [26JN]

———require a study on the growing number of telephone area codes, H5155 [26JN]

Firearms: notify State and local law enforcement agencies and the BATF when an instant criminal background check determines a person is ineligible for a handgun, H4995 [22JN]

Foreign policy: U.N. international peacekeeping activities funding for Africa, H5116, H5119, H5121, H5122, H5123, H5124, H5125 [26JN]

Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction: compliance, H5154 [26JN]

Immigration: remove certain limitations on the eligibility of aliens residing in the U.S. to obtain lawful permanent residency status, H11287 [26OC]

INS: airport inspector funding, H5009 [22JN]

———increase number of Border Patrol agents, H4994, H4995 [22JN]

———Omaha, NE, district office relocation project funding, H4996 [22JN]

———Quick Response Team funding, H5158 [26JN]

International Boundary and Water Commission: funding, H5113 [26JN]

Judiciary: status of Federal judges' salaries, H5147 [26JN]

Law enforcement: community policing crime identification technology program funding through reductions in truth-in-sentencing prison construction grants, H5013 [22JN]

———community policing programs, H5017, H5018, H5019, H5020 [22JN]

National Marine Fisheries Service: Hawaii Longline Observer Program funding, H5108 [26JN]

NIST: fire safety research and technology funding, H5008 [22JN]

———Global Standards Program funding, H5151 [26JN]

———Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program funding, H5158 [26JN]

NOAA: funding, H5107 [26JN]

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: prohibit interference with certain foreign intellectual property laws or policies designed to make pharmaceuticals or medical technologies more affordable, H5152 [26JN]

———trade agreement compliance staff funding, H5050, H5053 [23JN]

Patent and Trademark Office: funding through reductions in Bureau of Economic Analysis, Bureau of the Census, and the Educational and Cultural Exchange Program, H5059, H5061, H5065, H5066, H5067 [23JN]

Point of order, H4992, H5019, H5020, H5021 [22JN], H5049, H5050, H5051, H5054 [23JN], H5107, H5123, H5125, H5156 [26JN]

Privacy: protect individuals from certain acts and practices in the sale and purchase of Social Security numbers and Social Security account numbers, H11286 [26OC]

SBA: microentrepreneurs development programs funding, H5159 [26JN]

———Women's Business Centers and National Women's Business Council funding, H4983 [22JN]

Snake River: engineering, design, or post-feasibility phase activities funding relative to breaching dams, E1149 [29JN]

Telecommunications Act: anniversary, E203 [1MR]

USIA: tribute, E689 [10MY]

Reports filed

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 4690) (H. Rept. 106-680), H4674 [19JN]

Tables

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies appropriations: conference report, H11272-H11281 [26OC]

Tributes

Silverman, Stanley M., E689 [10MY]

Smith, Joseph R.C., E1654 [3OC]