COYNE, WILLIAM J. (a Representative from Pennsylvania)

Appointments

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

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Africa: HIV/AIDS prevention programs funding for sub-Saharan Africa (see H.R. 2765), H574 [29FE]

Agriculture: prohibit transfer or marketing of nonambulatory cattle, sheep, swine, horses, mules, or goats (see H.R. 443), H1629 [30MR]

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 Hellenic Educational Progressive Association: tribute to individuals who are being awarded the Medal for Military Service (see H. Con. Res. 283), H1285 [22MR]

Animals: 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), H9767 [11OC]

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

Birds: prohibit interstate movement of live birds, for the purpose of fighting, to States in which animal fighting is lawful (see H.R. 1275), H1674 [3AP]

Capital punishment: reduce the risk that innocent persons may be executed (see H.R. 4167), H7211 [27JY]

Children and youth: provide State grants to improve child care (see H.R. 2175), H997 [14MR]

Community development: enhance availability of capital and credit for citizens and communities and ensure that community reinvestment keeps pace as financial service providers become affiliated (see H.R. 4893), H6599 [19JY]

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]

Contraceptives: require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and services under health insurance plans (see H.R. 2120), H1588 [29MR]

Contracts: ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses (see H.R. 3766), H633 [1MR]

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

Cuba: lift travel restrictions (see H.R. 4471), H7281 [6SE]

Customs Service: detention and searches of travelers (see H.R. 4001), H5084 [23JN]

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: equitable retirement for military reserve technicians covered under FERS or CSRS (see H.R. 1079), H632 [1MR]

Dept. of Energy: draw down of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (see H. Con. Res. 274), H921 [9MR]

———treatment of Strategic Petroleum Reserve relative to anticompetitive activities (see H. Con. Res. 291), H1163 [21MR]

Dept. of Justice: establish the Violence Against Women Office (see H.R. 4848), H7212 [27JY]

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), H3050 [15MY]

Dept. of Transportation: establish a grant program for providing assistance to emergency response organizations (see H.R. 3155), H3869 [25MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: assist claimants for benefits in developing claims and clarify the burden of proof for such claims (see H.R. 3193), H455 [15FE]

———enhance outreach programs to more fully inform surviving spouses and dependents of available benefits and provide dedicated staff to assist in obtaining those benefits (see H.R. 5552), H11194 [25OC]

———establish presumption of service connection for a stroke or heart attack incurred or aggravated while performing inactive duty training (see H.R. 3816), H631 [1MR]

———make pay adjustments for nurses and certain other health-care professionals in the same manner as Federal employees and allow locality pay adjustments for those employees (see H.R. 1216), H1284 [22MR]

Diseases: address problems associated with polycystic kidney disease (see H. Res. 537), H9768 [11OC]

———increase public awareness of tuberous sclerosis (see H. Con. Res. 337), H10473 [19OC]

———increased support and funding to combat juvenile diabetes (see H. Con. Res. 321), H4818 [21JN]

———international tuberculosis control (see H.R. 4057), H1477 [28MR]

———support efforts to increase childhood cancer awareness, treatment, and research (see H. Res. 576), H8407 [27SE]

Education: improve and refocus civic education (see H.R. 3195), H575 [29FE]

———provide grants to local educational agencies to initiate and improve physical education programs (see H.R. 4536), H11207 [26OC]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: extend programs and activities (see H.R. 4508), H5241 [27JN]

FDA: grant authority to regulate tobacco (see H.R. 4042), H4817 [21JN]

Federal employees: establish program under which current and former employees may obtain long-term care insurance (see H.R. 1111), H632 [1MR]

———make permanent the authority under which comparability allowances may be paid to Government physicians (see H.R. 3841), H5436 [28JN]

———treatment of Government physicians' comparability allowances as basic pay for retirement purposes (see H.R. 207), H5435 [28JN]

Federal Prison Industries: eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (see H.R. 2551), H2340 [13AP]

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

Foreign trade: eliminate disincentives to fair trade conditions (see H.R. 842), H8799 [4OC]

George Atlee Goodling Post Office Building, York, PA: designate (see H.R. 5210), H7870 [19SE]

Gertrude A. Barber Post Office Building, Erie, PA: designate (see H.R. 4625), H4173 [9JN]

Gonzalez-Brotons, Elian: reunite with father (see H. Con. Res. 240), H166 [1FE]

Health: application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (see H.R. 1304), H3049 [15MY]

———prohibit health insurance and employment discrimination on the basis of genetic information (see H.R. 2457), H5737 [10JY]

Higgins, Andrew Jackson and family: award Congressional Gold Medals (see H.R. 4384), H4485 [14JN]

Higgins Industries: award Congressional Gold Medal to World War II-era employees (see H.R. 4384), H4485 [14JN]

Human rights: condemn use of children as soldiers (see H. Con. Res. 209), H1285 [22MR]

Immigration: protection of battered immigrant women (see H.R. 3083), H9011 [5OC]

———restore fairness to immigration law (see H.R. 4966), H11781 [1NO]

Insurance: coverage of colorectal cancer screening (see H.R. 1816), H574 [29FE]

———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), H5737 [10JY]

———provide equitable coverage of mental health, substance abuse, and chemical dependency treatment services under group and individual health coverage (see H.R. 1515), H10257 [18OC]

Iran: emancipation of the Bahai community (see H. Con. Res. 257), H573 [29FE]

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]

Joseph F. Smith Post Office Building, Philadelphia, PA: designate (see H.R. 4554), H3867 [25MY]

Korean War: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 86), H455 [15FE]

Law enforcement: improve the quality and credibility of forensic science services for criminal justice purposes (see H.R. 2340), H373 [14FE]

Law enforcement officers: clarify procedures and conditions for the award of matching grants for the purchase of armor vests (see H.R. 4033), H1285 [22MR]

Medicaid: assure preservation of safety net hospitals through maintenance of Disproportionate Share Hospital Program (see H.R. 3710), H2607 [4MY]

———provide families and disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 4825), H9767 [11OC]

———State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (see H.R. 3698), H2512 [3MY]

Medicare: assure quality of care to beneficiaries and reduce the incidence of medical errors (see H.R. 5404), H9011 [5OC]

———coverage of augmentative communication devices (see H.R. 4479), H3308 [17MY]

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

———coverage of vision rehabilitation services (see H.R. 2870), H757 [8MR]

———designate certain diabetes educators as certified providers for purposes of outpatient diabetes education services (see H.R. 3003), H5656 [29JN]

———eliminate reduction in payment rates to home health agencies for home health services (see H.R. 4219), H2607 [4MY]

———exclude clinical social worker services from coverage under the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system (see H.R. 655), H11879 [13NO]

———expand coverage of certain self-injected biologicals (see H.R. 2892), H3925 [6JN]

———graduate medical education payments (see H.R. 4239), H5737 [10JY]

———protect right of beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare+Choice plans to receive services at any skilled nursing facility (see H.R. 3004), H1285 [22MR]

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

———revise the calculation of base payment rates for the prospective payment system for home health services (see H.R. 5163), H7933 [20SE]

Middle East: condemn current level of violence between Israelis and Palestinians (see H. Con. Res. 426), H10037 [17OC]

National Archives and Records Administration: transfer the master versions of the photographic works of Griffith J. Davis to the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture (see H.R. 4756), H6719 [20JY]

National Law Enforcement Museum: establish (see H.R. 2710), H7281 [6SE]

National parks and recreation areas: establish the Steel Industry National Historic Park in Pennsylvania and extend the Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail between Cumberland, MD, and Pittsburgh, PA (see H.R. 5030), H7207 [27JY]

National Writing Project: improve (see H.R. 1456), H2122 [11AP]

Northern Ireland: peace efforts (see H. Res. 547), H7366 [7SE]

O'Connor, John Cardinal: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3557), H89 [31JA]

Pope John Paul II: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3544), H998 [14MR]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 3842), H4036 [7JN]

———issue a semipostal in order to afford the public a convenient way to contribute to funding for the establishment of the World War II Memorial (see H.R. 4492), H5037 [22JN]

Public Health Service Act: provide certain children's health services (see H.R. 3301), H3925 [6JN]

Public lands: designate certain national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and wilderness areas in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming (see H.R. 488), H9767 [11OC]

Public welfare programs: repeal certain restrictions on food stamp eligibility and increase Federal support for emergency food assistance programs (see H.R. 3192), H373 [14FE]

Radioactive substances: set contamination content standards in metals industry, prohibit release of contaminated scrap metal by Dept. of Energy facilities, and document contamination of imported scrap metals (see H.R. 4566), H3868 [25MY]

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

Robert S. Walker Post Office, Millersville, PA: designate (see H.R. 5418), H10809 [24OC]

Schulz, Charles M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3642), H341 [10FE]

Senior citizens: recognize need for a White House Conference to discuss and develop national recommendations concerning quality of care in assisted living facilities (see H.J. Res. 107), H7502 [12SE]

Social Security: create a grant program to promote joint activities between Federal, State, and local child welfare and alcohol and drug abuse prevention and treatment agencies (see H.R. 5081), H7209 [27JY]

———eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 5), H574 [29FE]

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

———restore Social Services Block Grant funding and the ability of States to transfer Temporary Assistance for Needy Families funds to such block grant (see H.R. 4481), H3308 [17MY]

Taxation: allow a credit against income tax for certain audio or video postproduction equipment (see H.R. 5497), H10256 [18OC]

———allow tax credit to holders of qualified bonds issued by an intercity passenger rail carrier (see H.R. 3700), H3869 [25MY]

———avoid duplicate reporting of information on political activities of certain State and local political organizations (see H.R. 5277), H8617 [2OC]

———expand incentives for the construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 4094), H1476 [28MR]

———prohibit certain allocations of S corporation stock held by an employee stock ownership plan (see H.R. 3082), H3172 [16MY]

———provide for increased fairness to taxpayers (see H.R. 4163), H1762 [4AP]

———provide that ancestors or lineal descendants of members of the Armed Forces shall be taken into account in determining tax-exempt status of veterans' organizations (see H.R. 4434), H4174 [9JN]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 3916), H1285 [22MR]

———repeal the targeted area limitation on the expense deduction for environmental remediation costs and extend the termination date of such deduction (see H.R. 4003), H1118 [16MR]

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

———simplify method of determining a partner's share of items in a qualified investment club (see H.R. 1708), H1406 [23MR]

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

———treatment of certain expenses of rural letter carriers relative to the business use of a personal vehicle (see H.R. 4715), H4817 [21JN]

———treatment of computers provided to employees for personal use (see H.R. 4274), H8617 [2OC]

———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in asserting any claim of employment discrimination (see H.R. 4570), H7281 [6SE]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 3872), H3869 [25MY]

———treatment of policyholder dividends of mutual life insurance companies and policyholder surplus accounts (see H.R. 3905), H2341 [13AP]

———treatment of small businesses (see H.R. 3874), H920 [9MR]

Turkey: claim of sovereignty over islands and islets in the Aegean Sea (see H. Con. Res. 340), H3868 [25MY]

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]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H7002 [25JY]

———presumption of service connection for hepatitis C in certain veterans (see H.R. 1020), H6470 [18JY]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: authorize design and construction of a temporary education center (see H.R. 5268), H9011 [5OC]

———place a plaque to honor those veterans who died after their service, but as a direct result of that service (see H.R. 3293), H1406 [23MR]

Volunteer workers: extend appropriations for programs under the National and Community Service Act and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act (see H.R. 4740), H7503 [12SE]

Women: reauthorize Federal programs to prevent violence against women (see H.R. 1248), H3925 [6JN]

Woods, Tiger: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4926), H7723 [18SE]

World War II: 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

Tariff: Baytron P (see H.R. 3876), H920 [9MR]

———dimethyl dicarbonate (see H.R. 3877), H920 [9MR]

Remarks

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), H1320 [23MR]

China, People's Republic of: permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), H3688 [24MY]

Dept. of HHS: review of Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network rules and policies, H1707 [4AP]

Duquesne University: anniversary of Mylan School of Pharmacy, E1459 [13SE]

Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: observance, H1452 [28MR]

Health: revise and extend organ procurement and transplantation programs (H.R. 2418), H1707 [4AP]

Korean War: anniversary, E447 [30MR]

Medicare: make more competitive and efficient and provide for a prescription drug benefit (H.R. 4680), H5377 [28JN]

Minimum wage: level (H.R. 3846), H894 [9MR]

Pittsburgh, PA: anniversary of Homestead Grays (baseball team) and Bill Mazeroski's World Series-winning home run, E1704 [6OC]

———designation of Emmanuel Episcopal Church as a National Historic Landmark, E1841 [19OC]

———Hillel Academy of Pittsburgh community service honorees, E779 [19MY]

———reunion of the Army 92nd Infantry Division, E1629 [28SE]

———tribute to Bloomfield Citizens Council awards recipients, E606 [2MY]

———tribute to Pittsburgh Committee for the Commemoration of the Korean War, E447 [30MR]

SBA: improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), conference report, H11256 [26OC]

Social Security: eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 5), E222 [2MR]

Taxation: clarify the child credit allowance, the personal exemptions deduction, and the earned income credit for missing children (H.R. 5117), H8069 [26SE]

———eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 6), H298, H311 [10FE]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), H4159 [9JN]

———provide for increased fairness to taxpayers (H.R. 4163), H2062, H2068 [11AP]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (H.R. 4865), H7162 [27JY]

———require certain political organizations to report information to the IRS (H.R. 4762), H5289 [27JN]

Tributes

Goodling, Representative, H8625 [3OC]

Wecht, Cyril H., E199 [29FE]