JACKSON, JESSE L., JR. (a Representative from Illinois)

Amendments

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4578), H5967 [13JY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4690), H5038 [22JN], H5115 [26JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), H4066 [8JN]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4811), H5957 [12JY]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 4577, Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations, H6564 [19JY]

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

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

African Americans: acknowledge the fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality, and inhumanity of slavery in U.S. history (see H. Con. Res. 356), H4674 [19JN]

Agriculture: improve representation and accountability of Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act committees and access to and service of Dept. of Agriculture programs (see H.R. 4675), H4590 [15JN]

Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3573), H1764 [4AP]

Belarus: human rights violations and democracy efforts (see H. Con. Res. 304), H2341 [13AP]

Birds: prohibit interstate movement of live birds, for the purpose of fighting, to States in which animal fighting is lawful (see H.R. 1275), H5656 [29JN]

Black Patriots Foundation: extend authority to establish a Black Revolutionary War Patriots Memorial (see H.R. 4957), H7212 [27JY]

Bob Jones University: condemn discriminatory practices (see H. Con. Res. 261), H631 [1MR] (see H. Res. 428), H574 [29FE]

Booker T. Washington Leadership Institute: provide support (see H.R. 3440), H4675 [19JN]

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

Capitol Building and Grounds: establish a task force to recommend an appropriate recognition for the slave laborers who worked on the construction of the U.S. Capitol (see H. Con. Res. 368), H6355 [17JY]

Carter, Jimmy and Rosalyn: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4289), H4036 [7JN]

Cesar Chavez Post Office, Chicago, IL: designate (see H.R. 4830), H7282 [6SE]

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

Civil liberties: protect day laborers from unfair labor practices (see H.R. 5182), H7651 [14SE]

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

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]

Colleges and universities: rights and privileges of student-athletes (see H.R. 4117), H1587 [29MR]

Commission To Study Reparation Proposals for African Americans: establish (see H.R. 40), H50 [27JA]

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), H6777 [24JY]

Congress: establish a day of peace and sharing at the beginning of each year (see H. Con. Res. 363), H5084 [23JN]

Consumers: protect from predatory mortgage lending practices (see H.R. 3901), H1764 [4AP]

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]

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 107), H10473 [19OC]

Correctional institutions: improve conditions for female inmates (see H.R. 3920), H997 [14MR]

Credit: create money in the form of noninterest bearing credit and use to provide for noninterest bearing loans to State and local governments for funding capital projects (see H.R. 1452), H757 [8MR]

Crime: increase penalties for hate crimes (see H. Con. Res. 347), H4035 [7JN]

———increase research of link between violence against animals and violence against humans (see H. Con. Res. 338), H3868 [25MY]

Cuba: lift travel restrictions (see H.R. 4471), H3172 [16MY]

Customs Service: detention and searches of travelers (see H.R. 4001), H4220 [12JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: discipline members of certain county and area committees who discriminate against farmers, ranchers, or others, on the basis of race, sex, national origin, marital status, religion, age, or handicap (see H.R. 4687), H4591 [15JN]

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: terminate the practice of euthanizing military working dogs at the end of their working life and facilitate the adoption of such dogs (see H.R. 5314), H9505 [6OC]

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), H7282 [6SE]

Dept. of Labor: establish Normal Trade Relations for China Transitional Adjustment Assistance Program (see H.R. 4649), H7366 [7SE]

Diseases: create incentives for private sector research to develop vaccines against widespread diseases and ensure that such vaccines are affordable and widely distributed (see H.R. 3812), H631 [1MR]

Domestic Volunteer Service Act: establish National Youth Technology Corps Program (see H.R. 2934), H632 [1MR]

Education: provide grants to improve the infrastructure of elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 3071), H90 [31JA]

EEOC: require mediation of certain employee claims (see H.R. 4593), H4592 [15JN]

Employment: require U.S. nationals employing more than 20 persons in a foreign country to implement a corporate code of conduct relative to the employment of those persons (see H.R. 4596), H4035 [7JN]

Federal employees: reduce contributions to CSRS and FERS (see H.R. 2631), H1852 [5AP]

Firearms: enhance the enforcement of gun violence laws (see H.R. 4066), H2607 [4MY]

———prevent theft from commercial carriers (see H.R. 3563), H757 [8MR]

———protect children from violence (see H.R. 1342), H255 [8FE]

———provide grants for the purchase of firearms to States and units of local government that enforce certain rules designed to protect the public from the misuse of handguns (see H.R. 5472), H9907 [16OC]

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

Foreign investments: authorize transaction taxes on short-term cross-border foreign exchange transactions to deter speculation (see H. Con. Res. 301), H2122 [11AP]

Forests: ban clearcutting and logging on certain Federal lands to strengthen protection of native biodiversity (see H.R. 2512), H3172 [16MY]

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

FRS: coverage of Federal Reserve Banks and the Board of Governors by certain labor-management relation regulations (see H.R. 4036), H2013 [10AP]

———reduce interest rates (see H. Res. 536), H5240 [27JN]

GAO: conduct a comprehensive fraud audit of the Dept. of Defense (see H.R. 4645), H4336 [13JN]

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

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

———revise and extend organ procurement and transplantation programs (see H.R. 3885), H2411 [2MY]

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

Immigration: protection of battered immigrant women (see H.R. 3083), H342 [10FE]

———treatment of H-1B nonimmigrant aliens and fair distribution of employment-based immigrant visas (see H.R. 4200), H2412 [2MY]

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]

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), H2411 [2MY]

Law enforcement: improve the quality and credibility of forensic science services for criminal justice purposes (see H.R. 2340), H2340 [13AP]

Law enforcement officers: clarify procedures and conditions for the award of matching grants for the purchase of armor vests (see H.R. 4033), H2607 [4MY]

Medicaid: remove the cap on payments for Puerto Rico and certain other territories and adjust the statutory matching rate (see H.R. 5126), H8406 [27SE]

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

———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H1285 [22MR]

Mozambique: provide debt relief and reconstruction aid (see H.R. 4091), H1405 [23MR]

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

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

NIH: experimental program to stimulate competitive research (see H.R. 3115), H632 [1MR] (see H.R. 4280), H2337 [13AP]

Northern Mariana Islands: prohibit use of the ``Made in USA'' label on products and deny such products duty-free and quota-free treatment (see H.R. 1621), H50 [27JA]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: require changes in the bloodborne pathogens standard (see H.R. 5178), H8469 [28SE]

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]

Pharmaceuticals: availability of HIV/AIDS pharmaceuticals and medical technologies in sub-Saharan Africa and other developing countries (see H.R. 5101), H7578 [13SE]

Pope John Paul II: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3544), H2411 [2MY]

Racial relations: recognize the significant contribution the Birmingham Pledge has made in fostering racial harmony and reconciliation (see H.J. Res. 102), H6355 [17JY]

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

Roberto Clemente Post Office, Chicago, IL: designate (see H.R. 4831), H7282 [6SE]

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]

Senior citizens: establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits (see H.R. 1422), H5436 [28JN]

Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of the National Museum of the American Indian (see H.R. 4259), H7871 [19SE]

Social Security: computation system for benefits relative to spouses' and surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 1217), H5737 [10JY]

———make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act (see H.R. 5612), H11781 [1NO]

Taxation: expand incentives for the construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 4094), H3413 [18MY]

———require certain political organizations to report information to the FEC (see H.R. 3688), H3309 [17MY]

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

———treatment of gross income for amounts received under qualified group legal services plans (see H.R. 1640), H342 [10FE]

Tiger Woods Foundation: tribute (see H. Res. 654), H11194 [25OC]

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), H10473 [19OC]

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]

Voting Rights Act: clarify intent of Congress (see H.R. 4961), H7127 [26JY]

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

———tribute (see H. Res. 654), H11194 [25OC]

World War II: allow certain individuals of Japanese ancestry who were brought forcibly to the U.S. from Latin America and were interned in the U.S. to be provided restitution (see H.R. 4735), H7129 [26JY]

———support Day of Honor 2000 to honor and recognize the service of minority veterans (see H.J. Res. 98), H2238 [12AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Capital punishment: temporary moratorium to ensure that defendants have adequate counsel and to allow those convicted to have a reasonable opportunity to present new evidence of innocence (see H.R. 3623), H340 [10FE] (see H.R. 4162), H1762 [4AP]

———temporary moratorium until a national commission reviews the justice, fairness, and due process of the administration of the death penalty (see H.R. 5236, 5237), H7990 [21SE]

Children and youth: acquisition, construction, and improvement of child care facilities or equipment (see H.R. 3610), H339 [10FE]

Computers: apply certain disclosure requirements to operators of Internet web sites (see H.R. 3770), H630 [1MR]

Diseases: address the issue of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Africa, Asia, and Latin America (see H.R. 4038), H1162 [21MR]

———authorize microfinance and food assistance for communities affected by AIDS (see H.R. 4039), H1162 [21MR]

Education: constitutional amendment on the right to high quality education (see H.J. Res. 97), H2012 [10AP]

Employment: strengthen the rights of workers to associate, organize, and strike (see H.R. 4161), H1762 [4AP]

Families and domestic relations: increase public awareness of the benefits of marriage and provide greater flexibility in the Welfare-to-Work grant program (see H.R. 4671), H4590 [15JN]

Health: constitutional amendment on the right to high quality health care (see H.J. Res. 96), H2012 [10AP]

Political campaigns: permit any Presidential candidates to participate in debates relative to support in national public opinion polls (see H. Con. Res. 373), H6470 [18JY]

Taxation: constitutional amendment on progressive taxation (see H.J. Res. 95), H2012 [10AP]

Remarks

Africa: HIV/AIDS prevention programs funding for sub-Saharan Africa, H5896, H5907, H5919 [12JY]

African Development Bank: funding, H5967, H5968 [13JY]

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 3908), H1539, H1571 [29MR]

Colombia: drug interdiction and counter-drug military assistance funding, H1539 [29MR]

Dept. of Labor: job training programs funding, H4066, H4067, H4068, H4070, H4072, H4073, H4077 [8JN]

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

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4690), H5115, H5117, H5119, H5121, H5122 [26JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), H4060, H4066, H4067, H4068, H4070, H4072, H4073, H4077 [8JN], H4199 [12JN], H4232 [13JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4577), conference report, H12493 [15DE]

Drugs: substance abuse prevention and treatment programs funding, H1539 [29MR], H4199 [12JN]

FAA: reauthorizing programs (H.R. 1000), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 438), H1007 [15MR]

———use of passenger facility charges, H1007 [15MR]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4811), H5896, H5907, H5919 [12JY], H5966, H5967, H5968 [13JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4811), conference report, H10834 [25OC]

Foreign policy: provide bilateral debt relief to heavily indebted poor countries, H5907, H5919 [12JY]

———U.N. international peacekeeping activities funding for Africa, H5115, H5117, H5119, H5121, H5122 [26JN]

Health: minority health programs (S. 1880), H11692 [31OC]

NIH: funding, H4232 [13JN]

Parliamentary inquiry, H5115 [26JN], H5396 [28JN], H5966 [13JY]

Peotone, IL: airport construction funding, H3424 [19MY]

Workforce Investment Act: youth activities funding, H1571 [29MR]

Tributes

Yates, Sidney R., E1716 [6OC]