MOAKLEY, JOHN JOSEPH (a Representative from Massachusetts)

Amendments

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 617), H9679 [11OC]

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 114), consideration (H. Res. 637), H10400 [19OC]

Budget: improve and strengthen budget process (H.R. 853), consideration (H. Res. 499), H3091 [16MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), H3350 [18MY]

Income: increase minimum wage and provide tax benefits for small businesses (H.R. 3081), consideration (H. Res. 434), H780 [9MR]

Minimum wage: level (H.R. 3846), consideration (H. Res. 434), H780 [9MR]

SBA: improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), adoption of concurrent resolution making corrections in enrollment (H. Res. 663), H11552 [30OC]

———improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 652), H11217 [26OC]

St. Croix Island International Historic Site: planning and development of interpretive site for quadricentennial commemoration funding (S. 2485), consideration (H. Res. 663), H11552 [30OC]

Taxation: phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), consideration (H. Res. 519), H4085 [8JN]

Articles and editorials

Fleeing Hard Choices, Washington (DC) Post, H3126 [16MY]

New Round on Transplants, Washington (DC) Post, H1686 [4AP]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Air pollution: reduce emissions from electric powerplants (see H.R. 2900), H1852 [5AP]

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), H9011 [5OC]

Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 2966, 3573), H373 [14FE]

Belarus: human rights violations and democracy efforts (see H. Con. Res. 304), H2239 [12AP]

BLS: develop methodology for measuring the cost of living in each State and require GAO study to determine effect on Federal benefits (see H.R. 5437), H9634 [10OC]

Burma: recognize anniversary of free and fair elections and improve democratic and human rights (see H. Con. Res. 328), H8469 [28SE]

Business and industry: increase fees charged to employers who are petitioners for the employment of H-1B non-immigrant workers (see H.R. 5362), H8735 [3OC]

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]

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]

Contracts: ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses (see H.R. 3766), H1120 [16MR]

———require wages paid under Federal contracts to be above local poverty line (see H.R. 4353), H5843 [11JY]

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

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 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), H373 [14FE]

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), H2512 [3MY]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct special resource study of the route used by George Washington and General Rochambeau during the American Revolution (see H.R. 4794), H5654 [29JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: assist claimants for benefits in developing claims and clarify the burden of proof for such claims (see H.R. 3193), H575 [29FE]

———reaffirm and clarify duty of the Secretary to administer laws which assist claimants for benefits (see H.R. 4864), H6354 [17JY]

Employment: limit the number of overtime hours of licensed health care employees (see H.R. 5179), H7651 [14SE]

FDA: grant authority to regulate tobacco (see H.R. 4207), H2239 [12AP]

Federal employees: extend civil service retirement options to IRS revenue officers, INS inspectors, and certain other Federal law enforcement officers (see H.R. 1228), H1629 [30MR]

Federal firefighters: make mandatory separation age match requirement for Federal law enforcement officers (see H.R. 460), H7280 [6SE]

Food: require labels on food that contains, or is produced with, a genetically engineered material (see H.R. 3377), H165 [1FE]

Gonzalez-Brotons, Elian: reunite with father (see H. Con. Res. 240), H48 [27JA]

Health: emphasize the importance of organ, tissue, bone marrow, and blood donation, and support National Donor Day (see H. Con. Res. 247), H254 [8FE]

———issue special postage stamps to fund organ and tissue donation awareness (see H.R. 3809), H631 [1MR]

Higgins, Andrew Jackson and family: award Congressional Gold Medals (see H.R. 4384), H4036 [7JN]

Higgins Industries: award Congressional Gold Medal to World War II-era employees (see H.R. 4384), H4036 [7JN]

Homeless: improve programs for veterans (see H.R. 5311), H11207 [26OC]

Human rights: condemn use of children as soldiers (see H. Con. Res. 348), H4035 [7JN]

Immigration: adjust status of certain Colombian and Peruvian nationals (see H.R. 2741), H10809 [24OC]

———ensure no alien is removed, denied benefits, or otherwise deprived of liberty, based on evidence that is kept secret from the alien (see H.R. 2121), H2122 [11AP]

Indonesia: prohibit military assistance relative to free elections and human rights conditions in East Timor (see H.R. 4357), H3050 [15MY]

INS: provide for direct payment of information fees by foreign students under the Coordinated Interagency Partnership Regulating International Students Program (see H.R. 3732), H1406 [23MR]

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]

Italian-American Heritage Month: observance (see H. Res. 347), H7503 [12SE]

Liberia: adjust immigration status of certain nationals (see H.R. 919), H4783 [20JN]

Medicaid: assure preservation of safety net hospitals through maintenance of Disproportionate Share Hospital Program (see H.R. 3710), H1077 [15MR]

———establish a new prospective payment system for federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics (see H.R. 2341), H3925 [6JN]

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

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

———graduate medical education payments (see H.R. 4239), H2122 [11AP]

———improve the manner in which new medical technologies are made available to beneficiaries (see H.R. 4395), H7503 [12SE]

———payments made under the prospective payment system for home health services (see H.R. 4727), H5956 [12JY]

———reductions in prescription drug prices (see H.R. 664), H921 [9MR]

———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H511 [16FE]

———revise the calculation of base payment rates for the prospective payment system for home health services (see H.R. 5163), H7577 [13SE]

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

NIH: biomedical research funding (see H. Res. 437), H1852 [5AP]

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), H3413 [18MY]

Olympic games: mint commemorative coins to support the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games and U.S. Olympic Committee programs (see H.R. 3679), H7003 [25JY]

OSHA: issue regulations to eliminate or minimize the significant risk of needlestick injury to health care workers (see H.R. 1899), H455 [15FE]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 3842), H5169 [26JN]

———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), H3412 [18MY]

Public welfare programs: repeal certain restrictions on food stamp eligibility and increase Federal support for emergency food assistance programs (see H.R. 3192), H5084 [23JN]

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

Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act: provide comprehensive technical assistance and implement highly effective prevention programs (see H.R. 3413), H997 [14MR]

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]

Social Security: make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act (see H.R. 5324), H8406 [27SE]

———restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to certain individuals (see H.R. 860), H3474 [19MY]

Taxation: allow credit to businesses who employ military reservists and a comparable credit to self-employed military reservists, and restore deductions for services performed by military reservists (see H.R. 3915), H5656 [29JN]

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

———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), H6052 [13JY]

———require certain political organizations to report information to the FEC (see H.R. 3688), H3413 [18MY]

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

———restore deductions for expenses relative to services performed by military reservists (see H.R. 4328), H7503 [12SE]

———treatment of interest on student loans (see H.R. 1196), H8736 [3OC]

Trucking industry: support freeze on longer combination vehicles and current Federal limitations on truck size and weight (see H. Con. Res. 306), H5843 [11JY]

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), H7212 [27JY]

Ukrainian-American Veterans, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 3463), H11207 [26OC]

Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 65, 303), H574 [29FE]

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), H455 [15FE]

Volunteer workers: extend appropriations for programs under the National and Community Service Act and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act (see H.R. 4740), H8062 [25SE]

Women: reauthorize Federal programs to prevent violence against women (see H.R. 1248), H7211 [27JY]

———reduce health care costs and promote improved health by providing supplemental grants for preventive health services (see H.R. 4606), H5037 [22JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Petroleum: ensure that petroleum importers, refiners, and wholesalers accumulate minimally adequate supplies of home heating oil to meet reasonably foreseeable needs in the Northeast (see H.R. 3807), H631 [1MR]

Biographies

Geary, William W., E383 [22MR]

Eulogies

Diehl, Grace: by Tom O'Neill, E712 [11MY]

Explanations

Previous Question Vote—What It Means, H780 [9MR], H9679 [11OC]

Letters

Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century: by, Committee on Rules (House), H1003 [15MR]

Colombian drug interdiction assistance: by, H493 [16FE]

Motions

House of Representatives: adjournment, H5318 [28JN]

Medicare: make more competitive and efficient and provide for a prescription drug benefit (H.R. 4680), consideration (H. Res. 539), H5316 [28JN]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H4787 [21JN], H12067 [11DE]

Remarks

Agriculture: strengthen safety net for agricultural producers and improve efficiency and integrity of the Federal crop insurance program (H.R. 2559), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 512), H3816 [25MY]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), consideration (H. Res. 538), H5416 [28JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4461), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 617), H9670, H9679 [11OC]

Appropriations: consideration of certain joint resolutions making continuing (H. Res. 646), H10845 [25OC]

———consideration of certain joint resolutions making continuing (H. Res. 662), H11539, H11544 [30OC]

———legislative process, H10393 [19OC]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 109), consideration (H. Res. 591), H8108 [26SE]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 110), consideration (H. Res. 604), H8658 [3OC]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 111), consideration (H. Res. 627), H9821 [12OC]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 114), consideration (H. Res. 637), H10393, H10400 [19OC]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 128), consideration (H. Res. 669), H12048 [8DE]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 129), consideration (H. Res. 670), H12068 [11DE]

———making emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 3908), consideration (H. Res. 450), H1487, H1489, H1493 [29MR]

Armenia: anniversary of genocide, H2178 [12AP]

Army: close School of the Americas and determine appropriate education and training for Latin American military personnel, H3351, H3352, H3354, H3356 [18MY]

Berenson, Lori H.: incarceration in Peru, E1385 [27JY]

Budget: establish 2-year cycle, H3085, H3121, H3126 [16MY]

———improve and strengthen budget process (H.R. 853), H3102, H3105, H3121, H3126 [16MY]

———improve and strengthen budget process (H.R. 853), consideration (H. Res. 499), H3085, H3091 [16MY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), consideration (H. Res. 545), H5852, H5853, H5855, H5856 [12JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 559), H6607 [20JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), consideration of motion to go to conference on Senate amendments (H. Res. 553), H6433 [18JY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), consideration (H. Res. 446), H1295 [23MR]

Bureau of Reclamation: study the engineering feasibility of a water exchange in lieu of electrification of the Prosser Diversion Dam Chandler Pumping Plant in Washington (H.R. 3986), consideration (H. Res. 581), H7886 [20SE]

Business and industry: increase fees charged to employers who are petitioners for the employment of H-1B non-immigrant workers (H.R. 5362), H9052 [6OC]

China, People's Republic of: permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), consideration (H. Res. 510), H3653, H3656 [24MY]

Clark, Frederick W.: Boston, MA, Jaycees (organization) Ten Outstanding Young Leaders of 2000 honoree, E410 [23MR]

Colombia: authorize urgent support to secure peace and the rule of law, and to enhance the effectiveness of anti-drug efforts, H1487, H1493 [29MR]

Cuba: exception to trade embargo for food, medicines and medical supplies, instruments, or equipment, H7145, H7146 [27JY]

———lift travel restrictions, H6695 [20JY], H7145, H7146 [27JY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), H3351, H3352, H3354, H3356 [18MY]

Dept. of Energy: draw down of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, H8413, H8414, H8415 [28SE]

Dept. of HHS: review of Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network rules and policies, H1709 [4AP]

Dept. of HUD: funding, H4743 [20JN]

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 (H. Res. 398), H2178 [12AP]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4578), E1049 [19JN]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations, H7145, H7146 [27JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4871), H6695 [20JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), conference report, H12500 [15DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4577), consideration (H. Res. 518), H4047 [8JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4577), motion to instruct conferees, H11458 [28OC]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4635), H4743 [20JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4635), consideration (H. Res. 525), H4490, H4497 [15JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4635), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 638), H10366 [19OC]

Drugs: allow importation of prescription drugs into the U.S. by pharmacists and wholesalers for resale and by U.S. citizens for personal use, H9670, H9679 [11OC]

Easton, MA: anniversary, E506 [6AP]

Education: funding, H10845 [25OC]

———school construction and infrastructure improvements funding, H11216 [26OC]

Energy and water development: making appropriations, H10366 [19OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4733), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 598), H8413, H8414, H8415 [28SE]

Foreign countries: exempt agricultural products, medicines, and medical products from U.S. economic sanctions, H5416 [28JN], H9670 [11OC]

Foreign policy: authorize trade and investment policy relative to sub-Saharan Africa (H.R. 434), conference report, H2568 [4MY]

———authorize trade and investment policy relative to sub-Saharan Africa (H.R. 434), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 489), H2572 [4MY]

Foreign trade: provide additional trade benefits to certain beneficiary countries in the Caribbean, H2568 [4MY]

Hamlett, Brenda Butler: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Community Health Leader award recipient, E944 [9JN]

Health: revise and extend organ procurement and transplantation programs (H.R. 2418), H1709 [4AP]

———revise and extend organ procurement and transplantation programs (H.R. 2418), amendment process, H1291 [23MR]

———revise and extend organ procurement and transplantation programs (H.R. 2418), consideration (H. Res. 454), H1683, H1686 [4AP]

House of Representatives: legislative program, H609 [1MR]

House Rules: allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and consider certain legislation (H. Res. 425), H609 [1MR]

———same-day consideration of certain resolutions (H. Res. 488), H2568 [4MY]

Housing: expand homeownership (H.R. 1776), consideration (H. Res. 460), H1856 [6AP]

Income: increase minimum wage and provide tax benefits for small businesses (H.R. 3081), consideration (H. Res. 434), H774, H775, H777, H780 [9MR]

James H. Quillen U.S. Courthouse, Greeneville, TN: designate (H.R. 4608), H5196 [27JN]

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 4516), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 565), H7145, H7146 [27JY]

LIHEAP: funding, H11458 [28OC], H12500 [15DE]

Medfield, MA: anniversary, E1445 [13SE]

Medicare: improve the manner in which new medical technologies are made available to beneficiaries (H.R. 4395), E1573 [22SE]

———make more competitive and efficient and provide for a prescription drug benefit (H.R. 4680), consideration (H. Res. 539), H5305, H5306, H5307 [28JN]

Minimum wage: level, H11210, H11216 [26OC], H11547, H11549, H11552 [30OC]

———level (H.R. 3846), consideration (H. Res. 434), H774, H775, H777, H780 [9MR]

Parliamentary inquiry, H11216 [26OC]

Petroleum: Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve funding, H8413, H8414, H8415 [28SE], E1049 [19JN]

Russia: prohibit the rescheduling or forgiveness of any debt owed to the U.S. until the intelligence facility at Lourdes, Cuba is permanently closed (H.R. 4118), consideration (H. Res. 555), H6549, H6551 [19JY]

SBA: improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), adoption of concurrent resolution making corrections in enrollment (H. Res. 663), H11547, H11549, H11552 [30OC]

———improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 652), H11210, H11216 [26OC]

Social Security: make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act, H11210, H11216 [26OC], H11547, H11552 [30OC]

St. Croix Island International Historic Site: planning and development of interpretive site for quadricentennial commemoration funding (S. 2485), consideration (H. Res. 663), H11547, H11549, H11552 [30OC]

Strategic Petroleum Reserve: reauthorize, H8413, H8414, H8415 [28SE]

Taunton River: designate segments for study for potential addition to the Wild and Scenic Rivers System (H.R. 2778), H4601 [19JN]

Taxation: condition phase-out and repeal of estate and gift taxes on solvency of Social Security and Medicare and public debt reduction, H4078, H4085 [8JN]

———constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (H.J. Res. 94), consideration (H. Res. 471), H2129 [12AP]

———eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 6), consideration (H. Res. 419), H281 [10FE]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), consideration (H. Res. 519), H4078, H4085 [8JN]

———relief, H11210, H11216 [26OC]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (H.R. 4865), consideration (H. Res. 564), H7137, H7139 [27JY]

———require certain political organizations to report information to the IRS, H4078 [8JN]

Veterans Health Administration: improve personnel system (H.R. 5109), consideration (H. Res. 585), H7950 [21SE]

Water pollution: restore estuary habitats through more efficient financing of projects and the enhanced coordination of Federal and non-Federal programs (S. 835), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 648), H10856 [25OC]

World Trade Organization: withdraw U.S. membership and funding (H.J. Res. 90), consideration (H. Res. 528), H4788 [21JN]

Tributes

Diehl, Grace, E712 [11MY]

Geary, William W., E383 [22MR]

Keating, Doris, E1452 [13SE]

Reaves, Robert K., E2246 [2JA]

Rhodes, Dusty, E2036 [31OC]

Tynan, John (Doc), E979 [12JN]

Wade, Douglas E., E1406 [6SE]

Yates, Sidney R., E2161 [8DE]