BASS, CHARLES F. (a Representative from New Hampshire)

Amendments

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), H4036 [7JN], H4087 [8JN], H4258 [13JN]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 4392, intelligence services appropriations, H8766 [4OC]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Alan B. Shepard, Jr., Post Office Building, Derry, NH: designate (see H.R. 4517), H3648 [23MY]

Alaska: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1239), H7365 [7SE]

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

Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 2966), H997 (see H.R. 3573), H998 [14MR]

Aviation: ensure general aviation aircraft access to Federal land and to the airspace over that land (see H.R. 3661), H2122 [11AP]

China, Republic of: congratulations on elections and reaffirmation of U.S. commitment to security and democracy (see H. Con. Res. 292), H1477 [28MR]

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), H6719 [20JY]

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), H511 [16FE]

Dept. of Justice: establish Bureau of Immigration Services and the Bureau of Immigration Enforcement (see H.R. 3918), H4485 [14JN]

Dept. of Labor: application of occupational safety and health regulations to home offices relative to promotion of telework opportunities (see H.R. 4098), H1476 [28MR]

Dept. of State: provide appropriate training and materials to all executive branch employees involved in responding to issues related to human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide (see H. Res. 398), H7723 [18SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: assist claimants for benefits in developing claims and clarify the burden of proof for such claims (see H.R. 3193), H757 [8MR]

Education: establish and expand programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (see H.R. 4271, 4272), H7503 [12SE]

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), H7282 [6SE]

———waive oxygen content requirement for certain reformulated gasoline (see H.R. 3449), H255 [8FE]

FCC: prohibit from establishing rules authorizing the operation of new, low power FM radio stations (see H.R. 3439), H48 [27JA]

FDA: clarify certain responsibilities relative to importation of drugs into the U.S. (see H.R. 3240), H2607 [4MY]

———facilitate the importation into the U.S. of certain approved drugs (see H.R. 1885), H5169 [26JN]

———uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2129), H2411 [2MY]

Federal agencies and departments: review of efficiency and need for certain agencies (see H.R. 2128), H90 [31JA]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: improve implementation (see H.R. 4502), H4121 [8JN]

Food Quality Protection Act: establish certain requirements (see H.R. 1592), H574 [29FE]

Freedom's Way National Heritage Area: establish (see H.R. 5446), H9767 [11OC]

GAO: require report to Congress on agency regulatory actions (see H.R. 3669), H3173 [16MY]

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), H7366 [7SE]

———promote a fairer and more efficient means for using highly skilled workers and improve collection and use of H-1B nonimmigrant fees (see H.R. 3983), H7373 [11SE]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4055), H2411 [2MY]

Insurance: coverage of long-term care services (see H. Con. Res. 412), H8406 [27SE]

Medicaid: establish a new prospective payment system for federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics (see H.R. 2341), H9505 [6OC]

Medicare: eliminate reduction in payment rates to home health agencies for home health services (see H.R. 4219), H1957 [6AP]

———improve payments under the Medicare+Choice program (see H.R. 4236), H2122 [11AP]

———repeal restriction on payment for hospital discharges to post-acute care (see H.R. 405), H6719 [20JY]

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

National Law Enforcement Museum: establish (see H.R. 2710), H8062 [25SE]

National School Lunch Act: ensure an adequate level of commodity purchases under the school lunch program (see H.R. 3614), H2411 [2MY]

NLRB: inflation adjustments to the mandatory jurisdiction thresholds (see H.R. 1620), H2340 [13AP]

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), H1589 [29MR]

Political campaigns: require sponsors of certain election-related communications to provide information regarding their identities and sources of funds (see H.R. 4621), H4173 [9JN]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 3842), H7652 [14SE]

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), H2606 [4MY]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 4844), H6600 [19JY]

Reagan, Ronald and Nancy: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3591), H757 [8MR]

Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of the National Museum of the American Indian (see H.R. 4259), H7503 [12SE]

Social Security: eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 5), H454 [15FE]

———make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act (see H.R. 5291), H8469 [28SE]

———modify reporting requirements (see H.R. 3578), H7128 [26JY]

Taxation: application of the credit for electricity produced from renewable resources to electricity produced from biomass facilities (see H.R. 1731), H4336 [13JN]

———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), H7503 [12SE]

———increase annual limitation on nondeductible contributions and adjust for inflation the amount of deductible contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1322), H6052 [13JY]

———treatment of adoption expenses (see H.R. 531), H6719 [20JY]

———treatment of computers provided to employees for personal use (see H.R. 4274), H3413 [18MY]

———treatment of contributions of computers to schools and public libraries (see H.R. 2308), H2411 [2MY]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 3872), H1958 [6AP]

———treatment of forestry activities (see H.R. 1083), H2239 [12AP]

Telephones: reduce rates and provide advanced telecommunications services to schools, libraries, and certain health care facilities (see H.R. 1746), H1077 [15MR]

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

Unemployment: improve the collection of Federal unemployment taxes and the provision of such revenues for employment security administration (see H.R. 3174), H2122 [11AP]

Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H7280 [6SE]

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), H2239 [12AP]

Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 2720), H90 [31JA]

Women: reauthorize Federal programs to prevent violence against women (see H.R. 1248), H2655 [8MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of the Treasury: retire publicly held debt each fiscal year (see H.R. 4505), H3474 [19MY]

Diseases: extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 4069), H1404 [23MR]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 5180), H7651 [14SE]

Pittsburg, NH: operate the land border port of entry as a full-time port of entry (see H.R. 3585), H253 [8FE]

Senior citizens: establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security benefits (see H.R. 4551), H3867 [25MY]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), H5706, H5715 [10JY], E1235 [14JY]

Alan B. Shepard, Jr., Post Office Building, Derry, NH: designate (H.R. 4517), H6387 [18JY]

Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services, H9659 [11OC]

Belknap County Economic Development Council: New Hampshire Small Business Financial Services Advocate of the Year award recipient, E883 [6JN]

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

———establish 2-year cycle, H3121 [16MY]

———improve and strengthen budget process (H.R. 853), H3121 [16MY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), H1312, H1369 [23MR]

China, People's Republic of: permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), H3686 [24MY]

Coastal zones: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States (H.R. 701), H2846 [10MY]

Cole (U.S.S.): terrorist attack on Navy destroyer in Yemen, H9857 [12OC]

Dept. of Agriculture: emphasize use of nonlethal methods of predator control for livestock protection at small farms and ranches, H5715 [10JY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), conference report, H9659 [11OC]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4871), H6648 [20JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), H4088 [8JN], H4258, H4259, H4260 [13JN]

Diseases: extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (H.R. 4069), H1289 [23MR]

FAA: reauthorizing programs (H.R. 1000), conference report, H1028 [15MR]

———study the use of recycled materials in the construction of airport runways, taxiways, and aprons, H1028 [15MR]

FDA: clarify certain responsibilities relative to importation of drugs into the U.S. (H.R. 3240), E1235 [14JY]

———facilitate the importation into the U.S. of certain approved drugs (H.R. 1885), E1235 [14JY]

———prohibit funding to prevent importation into the U.S. of certain approved drugs, H5706 [10JY]

Health: importance of education, early detection, and treatment in the prevention of breast cancer (H. Res. 278), H8635, H8637 [3OC]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4055), H2452 [3MY]

———funding, H4088 [8JN]

———funding through reductions in Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP), H4258, H4259, H4260 [13JN]

INS: increase number of Border Patrol agents on the northern border, H6648 [20JY]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4392), H9857 [12OC]

Kennedy, Eileen: New Hampshire Small Business Women in Business Advocate of the Year award recipient, E883 [6JN]

Leddy, Joseph C.: New Hampshire Small Business Person of the Year award recipient, E883 [6JN]

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

Martin, Carolyn: New Hampshire Small Business Journalist of the Year award recipient, E883 [6JN]

Milford, NH: tribute to Milford High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, E887 [6JN]

New Hampshire: tribute to Internet Award recipients, E665 [8MY]

Pensions: reform (H.R. 1102), H6511 [19JY]

Secure Care Products, Inc.: New Hampshire Small Business Exporter of the Year award recipient, E883 [6JN]

Votes: position on missed, E57, E61 [2FE], E68 [3FE], E78 [8FE]

Wireless Safety Week: observance, E890 [6JN]

Women: reauthorize Federal programs to prevent violence against women (H.R. 1248), H8098 [26SE]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H5841 [11JY]

Tributes

Sparks, Amy, E890 [6JN]