MANZULLO, DONALD A. (a Representative from Illinois)

Addresses

Figure Skating—A Glimpse of Freedom: Janet Lynn, E1691-E1693 [6OC]

Korean War Anniversary: Mike Carone, E1269, E1280 [19JY]

Amendments

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4475), H3413 [18MY], H3449 [19MY]

Appointments

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

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 3660), H454 [15FE]

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

American Merchant Marine Memorial Wall of Honor: make grants to construct an addition (see H.R. 1865), H12094 [14DE]

Armed Forces: declare the American GI as the ``Person of the Century'' for the 20th century (see H. Con. Res. 282), H2013 [10AP]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 2966), H48 [27JA] (see H.R. 3573), H455 [15FE]

———suspend anthrax vaccination immunization program until it is determined to be safe and effective (see H.R. 2548), H574 [29FE]

Boy Scouts: prohibit use of Federal funds to discriminate against the Boy Scouts of America on the basis of organizational, associational, or constitutional beliefs (see H.R. 5306), H9768 [11OC]

———tribute (see H. Con. Res. 384), H7503 [12SE]

Budget: ensure on-budget surplus is used to reduce the public debt (see H.R. 3695), H1120 [16MR]

Census: establish a policy relative to the constitutional requirement of a decennial census for purposes of congressional apportionment (see H.R. 4198), H2607 [4MY]

———limit decennial census questionnaires to requesting only information required by the Constitution (see H.R. 4085), H2412 [2MY]

———limit information that may be requested on decennial census questionnaires (see H.R. 4458), H3049 [15MY]

———limit penalties for refusing or neglecting to answer decennial census questions beyond those necessary for enumeration of the population (see H.R. 4154), H2412 [2MY]

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

Chen, Stephen: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 354), H4591 [15JN]

China, Republic of: accession to the World Trade Organization (see H. Con. Res. 262), H641 [2MR]

Commission on Servicemembers and Veterans Transition Assistance: make recommended improvements in benefits and services (see H.R. 606), H341 [10FE]

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

Cuba: assist internal opposition and further help the Cuban people to regain their freedom (see H.R. 4537), H3813 [24MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: implement GAO recommendations on improving the administration of the Packers and Stockyards Act (see H.R. 5367), H9901 [12OC]

Dept. of Commerce: establish certain procedures for exports of satellites and related items to the People's Republic of China (see H.R. 4417), H2905 [10MY]

Dept. of Defense: adjustment of composite theoretical performance levels of high performance computers (see H.R. 3680), H633 [1MR]

Dept. of Energy: extend public comment period on proposed rules on clothes washers, air conditioners, and heat pumps (see H.R. 5613), H11781 [1NO]

Dept. of Transportation: prohibit action to finalize, implement, or enforce a rule relative to the hours of service of drivers for motor carriers (see H.R. 4511), H4337 [13JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: assist claimants for benefits in developing claims and clarify the burden of proof for such claims (see H.R. 3193), H209 [2FE]

———provide long-term nursing care at public expense to veterans with extensive service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 1432), H209 [2FE]

———reaffirm and clarify duty of the Secretary to administer laws which assist claimants for benefits (see H.R. 4864), H6778 [24JY]

Education: tribute to home educators and home schooled students (see H. Res. 578), H7933 [20SE]

Europe: authorize assistance to southeastern European countries, but only democratization aid to Serbia and Montenegro, and require equitable burdensharing in the region (see H.R. 4053), H1284 [22MR]

FCC: clarify service obligations of noncommercial educational broadcast stations (see H.R. 4201), H3050 [15MY]

———follow normal rulemaking procedures in establishing additional requirements for noncommercial educational television broadcasters (see H.R. 3525), H48 [27JA]

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

FDA: establish restrictions relative to the qualifications of physicians prescribing the abortion drug known as RU-486 (see H.R. 5385), H8799 [4OC]

Financial institutions: allow payment of Financing Corporation interest obligations from excess deposit insurance fund reserves (see H.R. 4082), H1629 [30MR]

———repeal authority of the FDIC and the FRS Board of Governors to impose examination fees on State depository institutions (see H.R. 3900), H921 [9MR]

Food Quality Protection Act: establish certain requirements (see H.R. 1592), H3309 [17MY]

Foreign trade: exempt certain small businesses from increased tariffs or other retaliatory measures against products of the European Union in response to its banana regime and treatment of imported meat (see H.R. 4478), H3869 [25MY]

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), H4336 [13JN]

Germany: discrimination against members of minority religious groups (see H. Res. 388), H1285 [22MR]

Glacier National Park: Going-to-the-Sun Road rehabilitation funding (see H.R. 4521), H3649 [23MY]

Government: prohibit the acquisition of products produced by forced labor (see H. Con. Res. 308), H3474 [19MY]

Henry W. McGee Post Office Building, Chicago, IL: designate (see H.R. 3909), H3173 [16MY]

Housing: consolidate and improve the regulation of the housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises (see H.R. 3703), H7211 [27JY]

Hungary: anniversary of foundation as a state (see H. Con. Res. 297), H4337 [13JN]

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), H4122 [8JN]

Information services: deregulate Internet and high speed data services (see H.R. 2420), H3869 [25MY]

INS: provide for direct payment of information fees by foreign students under the Coordinated Interagency Partnership Regulating International Students Program (see H.R. 3732), H1285 [22MR]

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

———make the same health insurance options afforded to executive and judicial branch employees available to Federal annuitants, legislative branch employees, and Armed Forces members and retirees (see H.R. 4277), H8469 [28SE]

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

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

Law enforcement: combat club drug trafficking, distribution, and abuse (see H.R. 4553), H4485 [14JN]

Law enforcement officers: clarify procedures and conditions for the award of matching grants for the purchase of armor vests (see H.R. 4033), H6719 [20JY]

Lumber industry: promote open and competitive trade of softwood lumber between the U.S. and Canada (see H. Con. Res. 252), H510 [16FE]

Marshall Islands: name the Army missile range at Kwajalein Atoll for former President Ronald Reagan (see H.R. 3554), H455 [15FE]

Medicaid: assure preservation of safety net hospitals through maintenance of Disproportionate Share Hospital Program (see H.R. 3710), H4592 [15JN]

———coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services for certain women screened under federally funded programs (see H.R. 1070), H2606 [4MY]

———State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (see H.R. 3698), H4675 [19JN]

Medicare: eliminate reduction in payment rates to home health agencies for home health services (see H.R. 4219), H3649 [23MY]

———provide for a Doctors' Bill of Rights (see H.R. 3300), H575 [29FE]

———provide guidance to health care providers attempting to properly submit claims and target truly fraudulent activity for enforcement of billing regulations rather than inadvertent errors (see H.R. 5200), H8201 [26SE]

———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H575 [29FE]

Middle East: prohibit U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority if a Palestinian state is declared unilaterally (see H.R. 4976), H7282 [6SE]

Ohio: constitutionality of State motto (see H. Res. 494), H2967 [11MY]

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]

OSHA: require public comment, and a sound scientific basis, for proposed ergonomics regulations (see H. Con. Res. 260), H758 [8MR]

Pensions: exclude the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund from the Federal budget (see H.R. 82), H8736 [3OC]

Petroleum: authorize oilheat industry research and consumer education programs (see H.R. 380), H632 [1MR]

———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]

———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]

Political campaigns: permit any Presidential candidates to participate in debates relative to support in national public opinion polls (see H. Con. Res. 373), H7723 [18SE]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 3842), H9635 [10OC]

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

Radio: ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio operators (see H.R. 783), H209 [2FE]

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

Remy, France: tribute to citizens for burial of Houston Braly (see H. Con. Res. 123), H219 [7FE]

———tribute to fundraising efforts of 364th Fighter Group for restoration of stained glass windows (see H. Con. Res. 123), H219 [7FE]

Rivers: reduce sediment and nutrient loss in the Upper Mississippi River Basin (see H.R. 4013), H1118 [16MR]

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

Russia: sale and transfer of Moskit anti-ship missiles (see H.R. 4022), H2239 [12AP]

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), H8062 [25SE]

Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act: rename as the ``McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act'' (see H.R. 5417), H9635 [10OC]

Tariff: wool used in making suits (see H.R. 1360), H511 [16FE]

Taxation: allow credit for dry cleaning equipment that uses reduced amounts of hazardous substances (see H.R. 1303), H6719 [20JY]

———allow deduction equal to fair market value for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor (see H.R. 3249), H6052 [13JY]

———clarify that certain small businesses that use merchandise or inventory are permitted to use the cash method of accounting (see H.R. 2273), H511 [16FE]

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

———establish a commission to review and make recommendations to Congress on reform and simplification of the Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 5027), H11207 [26OC]

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

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

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 3916), H1958 [6AP]

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

———simplify method of determining a partner's share of items in a qualified investment club (see H.R. 1708), H1764 [4AP]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 4199), H1956 [6AP]

———treatment of certain farm rental income and all payments under the environmental conservation acreage reserve program (see H.R. 4260), H2607 [4MY]

———treatment of certain foreign base company shipping income (see H.R. 3102), H1477 [28MR]

———treatment of certain franchise operation property (see H.R. 2451), H7002 [25JY]

———treatment of computers provided to employees for personal use (see H.R. 4274), H2967 [11MY]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 3872), H1629 [30MR]

———treatment of Government pensions relative to Social Security benefits (see H.R. 372), H8617 [2OC]

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

———treatment of self-employment tax relative to certain farm rental income (see H.R. 1044), H2606 [4MY]

———treatment of unused nontaxable benefits under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements (see H.R. 27), H921 [9MR]

———use revenues from excise taxes imposed on fuel used in trains for the elimination of railway-highway crossing hazards (see H.R. 2060), H7211 [27JY]

Trucking industry: support freeze on longer combination vehicles and current Federal limitations on truck size and weight (see H. Con. Res. 306), H3649 [23MY]

U.N.: promote full equality for Israel (see H.R. 3405), H757 [8MR]

Veterans: computation of retirement pay for certain merchant mariners who served during or immediately after World War II (see H.R. 1893), H209 [2FE]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H209 [2FE]

———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), H7280 [6SE]

Voting: prohibit States from determining that a ballot submitted by an absent uniformed services voter was improperly or fraudulently cast unless the State finds clear and convincing evidence of fraud (see H.R. 5642), H12532 [15DE]

Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 2720), H3649 [23MY]

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

———prohibit use of Federal funds for any program that restricts the use of any privately owned water source (see H.R. 3865), H7003 [25JY]

Water pollution: exclude certain areas and activities from stormwater regulations, and limit liability of local governments relative to co-permittees and implementation of control measures (see H.R. 3294), H1764 [4AP]

———exempt discharges from certain silviculture activities from permit requirements of the national pollutant discharge elimination system (see H.R. 3625), H2967 [11MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Crime: provide standards for the enactment of Federal crimes and sunset those Federal crimes that do not meet such standards (see H.R. 4544), H3867 [25MY]

Financial institutions: encourage acceptance of environmentally sound processes for dry and wet cleaning as safe investments (see H. Con. Res. 383), H7210 [27JY]

Small business: establish position of Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Small Business (see H.R. 5145), H7373 [11SE]

———permit the sale of guaranteed loans made for export purposes before the loans have been fully disbursed to borrowers (see H.R. 4944), H7002 [25JY]

Tariff: monochrome glass envelopes (see H.R. 3715), H572 [29FE]

Essays

Samuel Adams—Father of the American Revolution: Amanda Pearson, E1319 [26JY]

Letters

Dry Cleaning Environmental Tax Credit Act: Joseph C. Bonner, Bank of America Corp., E1370 [27JY]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H5299 [28JN]

Poems

``Cole Tribute,'' Kathy K. Mecklenburg, E2170 [11DE]

Remarks

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), veto, H7511 [13SE]

Business and industry: establish a statute of repose for durable goods (H.R. 2005), H180 [2FE]

China, People's Republic of: permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), H3718 [24MY]

Coastal zones: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States (H.R. 701), H2829 [10MY]

Cole (U.S.S.): terrorist attack on Navy destroyer in Yemen, E2170 [11DE]

Crime: provide standards for the enactment of Federal crimes and sunset those Federal crimes that do not meet such standards (H.R. 4544), E869 [25MY]

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

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4690), H5068 [23JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), consideration (H. Res. 518), H4051 [8JN]

FAA: correct pay discrepancies for certain air traffic controllers who returned to an interim incentive pay facility after a promotion to another facility, H3449 [19MY]

Financial institutions: encourage acceptance of environmentally sound processes for dry and wet cleaning as safe investments (H. Con. Res. 383), E1369 [27JY]

Foreign policy: authorize trade and investment policy relative to sub-Saharan Africa (H.R. 434), conference report, H2587 [4MY]

———reduce, suspend, or terminate certain assistance to countries engaged in oil price fixing to the detriment of the U.S. economy (H.R. 3822), H1221 [22MR]

Foreign trade: temporarily modify certain rates of duty and make other technical amendments to the trade laws (H.R. 4868), H6925 [25JY]

Income: increase minimum wage and provide tax benefits for small businesses (H.R. 3081), H852 [9MR]

Johnson, Tracy: SBC Communications Award of Excellence in Crime Prevention recipient, E1675 [4OC]

OSHA: implementation of ergonomic regulations, H4051 [8JN]

Patent and Trademark Office: funding through reductions in Bureau of Economic Analysis, Bureau of the Census, and the Educational and Cultural Exchange Program, H5068 [23JN]

Rummel, Debbie: National Association for Sport and Physical Education Midwest District High School Physical Educator of the Year Award recipient, E1309 [24JY]

Small business: export enhancement assistance, E1437 [11SE]

———permit the sale of guaranteed loans made for export purposes before the loans have been fully disbursed to borrowers (H.R. 4944), H8084 [26SE], E1313 [25JY]

Tariff: monochrome glass envelopes, H6925 [25JY]

———monochrome glass envelopes (H.R. 3715), E204 [1MR]

Taxation: allow credit for dry cleaning equipment that uses reduced amounts of hazardous substances (H.R. 1303), E1369 [27JY]

———eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 6), H308 [10FE]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), H4138 [9JN]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), veto, H7325 [7SE]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: place a plaque to honor those veterans who died after their service, but as a direct result of that service (H.R. 3293), H2665 [9MY]

Votes: position on missed, H4228 [13JN], H5598 [29JN], E1184 [30JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H1671 [3AP], H2398 [2MY]

Special order: granted, H1849 [5AP], H10806 [24OC]

Tributes

Gaylord, Edson I., H1942 [6AP]

Giaprizzo, Frank, H1624 [30MR]

Lynn, Janet, E1691 [6OC]

Mecklenburg, Kathy K., E2170 [11DE]

Pearson, Amanda, E1319 [26JY]

Teslik, Mark A., H5299 [28JN]