TRAFICANT, JAMES A., JR. (a Representative from Ohio)

Addresses

Participation in National Children's Prayer Congress (organization): Amanda Stevens, E655 [4MY]

———Autumn Brim, E654 [4MY]

———Drake Munoz, E655 [4MY]

———Jillian McCann, E654 [4MY]

———Ruth Branam, E654 [4MY]

———Steven Knott, E654 [4MY]

Write It on the Gate: Lin Story, National Children's Prayer Congress (organization), E655 [4MY]

Affidavits

FBI knowledge and participation in illegal gambling and mob-related activities: Michael Terlecky, E2128-E2130 [5DE]

FBI misconduct in Youngstown, OH: James A. Kerchum, E955 [9JN]

Amendments

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 3908), H1590 [29MR], H1603 [30MR]

Chesapeake Bay: restoration (H.R. 3039), H2163 [12AP]

Computers: networking and information technology research and development funding (H.R. 2086), H407 [15FE]

Courts: clarification of jurisdiction over private property takings and land use disputes (H.R. 2372), H1101, H1102 [16MR]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), H3274, H3280 [17MY], H3319 [18MY]

———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 4425), H3076 [16MY]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4871), H6688, H6720 [20JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), H4094, H4104, H4122 [8JN], H4297 [13JN]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4635), H4339 [13JN]

District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 4942), H7213 [27JY]

EPA: authorize grants to the Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority and other agencies to improve water quality throughout the Florida Keys (H.R. 673), H2561 [4MY]

———reauthorize Clean Lakes Program (H.R. 2328), H2155 [12AP]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4811), H5845 [11JY], H6009, H6016 [13JY]

Foreign policy: reduce, suspend, or terminate certain assistance to countries engaged in oil price fixing to the detriment of the U.S. economy (H.R. 3822), H1172, H1173 [21MR], H1234, H1235 [22MR]

Housing: expand homeownership (H.R. 1776), H1630 [30MR], H1917 [6AP]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4392), H3173, H3174 [16MY], H3413 [18MY], H3507 [22MY], H3536 [23MY]

Louisiana: authorize water quality restoration projects for Lake Pontchartrain Basin (H.R. 2957), H2465 [3MY]

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

Nuclear energy: storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository (S. 1287), H1173 [21MR]

San Rafael Western Legacy District: establish (H.R. 3605), H3959 [7JN]

Small business: reauthorize assistance programs (H.R. 3843), H1038, H1078 [15MR]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: eliminate administrative waste, fraud, and abuse in fish and wildlife restoration projects funded by excise taxes on hunting and fishing equipment (H.R. 3671), H1819 [5AP]

Water: authorize EPA grants to States to maximize the available water supply and develop alternative water sources (H.R. 1106), H2565 [4MY]

Articles and editorials

James E. Brown, E1337 [27JY]

Mike Wilson Named Home Builders Association Gary Komarow Memorial Executive Officer of the Year, E1572 [22SE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

AAA Ohio Motorists Association: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 388), H7210 [27JY]

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

Animals: prohibit importation, sale, or manufacturing of products made with dog or cat fur (see H.R. 1622), H2411 [2MY]

Argentina: resolution of Buenos Aires Yoga School investigation (see H. Res. 622), H10809 [24OC]

Armed Forces: improve Montgomery GI Bill benefits by improving and expanding educational assistance programs (see H.R. 1071, 1182), H632 [1MR]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3573), H219 [7FE]

Armstrong, Lance: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 5258), H9011 [5OC]

Arnold C. D'Amico Station, South Euclid, OH: designate (see H.R. 4853), H6051 [13JY]

Aviation: prohibit employment of certain individuals in positions affecting air transportation security (see H.R. 4529), H3869 [25MY]

China, Republic of: congratulations on elections and reaffirmation of U.S. commitment to security and democracy (see H. Con. Res. 292), H1407 [23MR]

Commission To Study Reparation Proposals for African Americans: establish (see H.R. 40), H921 [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]

Computers: prohibit gambling on the Internet (see H.R. 3125), H2012 [10AP]

Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 1634), H90 [31JA]

Contracts: ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses (see H.R. 3766), H758 [8MR]

Courts: give U.S. district courts jurisdiction over competing State custody determinations (see H.R. 5456), H9899 [12OC]

Crime: improve information on, and protections against, child sexual abuse (see H.R. 2382), H373 [14FE]

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

Dept. of Agriculture: ensure milk producers receive a fair price for milk marketed for domestic consumption and establish a National Milk Pricing Board (see H.R. 5052), H11195 [25OC]

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), H2340 [13AP]

———protect citizen soldiers (see H.R. 4669), H4590 [15JN]

———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 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), H575 [29FE]

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

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

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), H50 [27JA]

———establish presumption of service connection for certain chronic symptoms of Persian Gulf Conflict veterans (see H.R. 2697), H931 [13MR]

———improve the processing of claims for veterans compensation and pensions (see H.R. 3574), H209 [2FE]

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

———increase research, treatment, and public education of Lyme disease (see H.R. 2790), H3925 [6JN]

———international tuberculosis control (see H.R. 4057), H1284 [22MR]

Drugs: combat manufacture, traffic, import, and export of methamphetamine (see H.R. 4248), H2238 [12AP]

Egypt: limit assistance under the Foreign Military Financing Program (see H.R. 4233), H2412 [2MY]

EPA: reauthorize the Office of Ombudsman (see H.R. 3656), H1163 [21MR]

ERISA: provide cost-of-living adjustments to guaranteed benefit payments paid by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. (see H.R. 4877), H6469 [18JY]

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]

False Claims Act: eliminate minimum fines (see H.R. 4142), H1628 [30MR]

Federal employees: extend civil service retirement options to IRS revenue officers, INS inspectors, and certain other Federal law enforcement officers (see H.R. 1228), H10473 [19OC]

FEMA: compliance with Buy American Act when providing non-emergency financial assistance for a construction project (see H.R. 3589), H253 [8FE]

Food Quality Protection Act: establish certain requirements (see H.R. 1592), H11842 [3NO]

Foreign trade: eliminate disincentives to fair trade conditions (see H.R. 842), H2239 [12AP]

———require that imported agricultural products be subject to the same sanitary or phytosanitary measures as domestic products (see H.R. 3552), H209 [2FE]

FRS: coverage of Federal Reserve Banks and the Board of Governors by certain labor-management relation regulations (see H.R. 4036), H1764 [4AP]

GAO: require report to Congress on agency regulatory actions (see H.R. 3669), H2770 [9MY]

Government: prohibit the acquisition of products produced by forced labor (see H. Con. Res. 308), H2412 [2MY]

Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction: compliance (see H. Con. Res. 293), H1405 [23MR]

Health: application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (see H.R. 1304), H511 [16FE]

Housing: expand protections for especially vulnerable consumers against abusive mortgage lending practices and streamline the framework regulating mortgage originations (see H.R. 4213), H2341 [13AP]

Immigration: provide refugee status to foreign nationals who assist in the return of POW/MIA (see H.R. 1926), H922 [9MR]

``In God We Trust'': support national motto (see H. Res. 551), H6355 [17JY]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4090), H1958 [6AP]

INS: provide for direct payment of information fees by foreign students under the Coordinated Interagency Partnership Regulating International Students Program (see H.R. 3732), H1589 [29MR]

Insurance: 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), H7211 [27JY]

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]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 3633), H2411 [2MY]

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

Kosovo: promote peace, justice, and stability (see H. Res. 451), H1588 [29MR]

Larry Small Post Office Building, Beachwood, OH: designate (see H.R. 4315), H2338 [13AP]

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: coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services for certain women screened under federally funded programs (see H.R. 1070), H1588 [29MR]

———establish a new prospective payment system for federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics (see H.R. 2341), H209 [2FE]

Medicare: require Dept. of HHS study on mortality and adverse outcome rates of patients receiving anesthesia services (see H.R. 632), H1284 [22MR] (see H.R. 2002), H1588 [29MR]

———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H3523 [22MY]

Middle East: prohibit U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority and for programs, projects, and activities in the West Bank and Gaza (see H.R. 5522), H10473 [19OC]

Money: convert to a circulating currency system that does not involve debt or interest (see H.R. 5510), H10472 [19OC]

National Law Enforcement Museum: establish (see H.R. 2710), H7128 [26JY]

National Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD) Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 420), H4485 [14JN]

National Trails System Act: require compensation of property owners when certain railbanked trails are developed for public use (see H.R. 4086), H1405 [23MR]

Ohio: constitutionality of State motto (see H. Res. 494), H2606 [4MY]

Olympic games: mint commemorative coins to support the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games and U.S. Olympic Committee programs (see H.R. 3679), H2905 [10MY]

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), H1285 [22MR]

Pope, Edmond: demand release from Russian prison for humanitarian reasons (see H. Con. Res. 364), H6052 [13JY] (see H. Con. Res. 404), H7871 [19SE]

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

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 3842), H7211 [27JY]

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

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

Schools: improve security with the placement and use of metal detectors (see H.R. 4108), H1852 [5AP]

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

Ships and vessels: promote the construction and operation of cruise ships in the U.S. and facilitate the development of a U.S.-built cruise industry (see H.R. 3392), H255 [8FE]

Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of the National Museum of the American Indian (see H.R. 4259), H4485 [14JN]

Taxation: allow a refundable credit to certain low-income members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 1055), H1163 [21MR]

———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), H2411 [2MY]

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

———clarify the definition of contribution in aid of construction (see H.R. 4308), H11813 [2NO]

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

———exclude from gross income payments made under Dept. of Defense programs for the repayment of student loans of members of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 3663), H1589 [29MR] (see H.R. 4245), H3309 [17MY]

———exempt State and local political committees from certain notification and reporting requirements applicable to political organizations (see H.R. 5265), H11207 [26OC]

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

———increase annual limitation on nondeductible contributions and adjust for inflation the amount of deductible contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1322), H1588 [29MR]

———increase State cap on private activity bonds (see H.R. 864), H574 [29FE]

———modify the low-income housing credit (see H.R. 175), H757 [8MR]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 8), H3925 [6JN]

———provide tax relief for health insurance and medical care expenses and establish more options for obtaining quality health care (see H.R. 4925), H6776 [24JY]

———repeal adjusted gross income limitations on itemized deductions, personal exemption deduction, and child tax credit and repeal the alternative minimum tax on individuals (see H.R. 3612), H339 [10FE]

———simplify method of determining a partner's share of items in a qualified investment club (see H.R. 1708), H511 [16FE]

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

———treatment of certain farmland sold with a principal residence (see H.R. 4421), H3413 [18MY]

———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in asserting any claim of employment discrimination (see H.R. 4570), H3868 [25MY]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 3872), H2607 [4MY]

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

Terrorism: improve Federal efforts to prepare for, and respond to, terrorist attacks (see H.R. 4210), H1957 [6AP]

Tobacco products: impose restrictions on the sale of cigars (see H.R. 2579), H1852 [5AP]

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), H4675 [19JN]

U.N.: promote full equality for Israel (see H.R. 3405), H165 [1FE]

Water pollution: exempt discharges from certain silviculture activities from permit requirements of the national pollutant discharge elimination system (see H.R. 3625), H2512 [3MY]

World Trade Organization: withdraw U.S. membership and funding (see H.J. Res. 90), H4220 [12JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorizing use of Grounds for National Peace Officers' Memorial Service (see H. Con. Res. 278), H931 [13MR]

Dept. of Energy: authorizing appropriations for oil shale research (see H.R. 4160), H1674 [3AP]

Dept. of Justice: appointment of an independent counsel to investigate whether officials from the People's Republic of China tried to illegally influence the 1996 Presidential election (see H.R. 5161), H7502 [12SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: use portion of any national tobacco settlement for veterans health care (see H. Con. Res. 255), H510 [16FE]

Fair Justice Agency: establish (see H.R. 4105), H1476 [28MR]

Iron and steel industry: monitor imports from certain countries and impose a ban on such imports if exporting country is noncompliant with international trade agreements (see H. Res. 442), H1077 [15MR]

Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 4177), H1763 [4AP] (see H.R. 5538), H11193 [25OC]

Occupational safety and health: ensure the availability of funds for ergonomic protection standards (see H.R. 5609), H11716 [31OC] (see H.R. 5611), H11781 [1NO]

Petroleum: impose a civil penalty on any energy-producing company that implements an unreasonable price increase for crude oil, residual fuel oil, or refined petroleum products (see H.R. 3902), H921 [9MR]

Postal Service: 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. 4526), H3649 [23MY]

President's Commission on Veterans and Smoking: establish (see H.R. 3696), H510 [16FE]

Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr., Federal Building, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 4243), H2122 [11AP]

Youngstown, OH: authorize urban park and recreation recovery program grant to assist development of a Millennium Cultural Cooperative Park (see H.R. 4125), H1588 [29MR]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H226 [8FE], H1633 [3AP], H1961 [10AP], H2348 [2MY], H3478 [22MY], H5089 [26JN], H5740 [11JY], H6782 [25JY], H7999 [25SE], H9910 [17OC]

Remarks

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 3660), H1768 [5AP]

Animals: availability of certain luxury services for dogs, H5174 [27JN]

Appropriations: consideration of certain joint resolutions making continuing (H. Res. 662), H11542 [30OC]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 128), H12049 [8DE]

———making emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 3908), H1603 [30MR]

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

Armed Forces: assignment of personnel to assist the INS and Customs Service with border control activities, H3275, H3276, H3277 [17MY], H3312 [18MY], H6604 [20JY]

———religious rights of soldiers stationed in Europe, H9638 [11OC]

———use of personnel to strengthen drug enforcement activities along U.S.-Mexico border, H1080 [16MR], H1633 [3AP], H11200 [26OC]

Arts and humanities: production of play on Broadway entitled ``The Vagina Monologues'', H8814 [5OC]

Bateman, Herbert H.: tribute (H. Res. 573), H7439 [12SE]

Bliss Manufacturing Co., Inc.: bankruptcy filing, H938 [14MR]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), conference report, H6616 [20JY]

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

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), veto, H7512 [13SE]

Buy American Act: compliance, H407 [15FE], H1493 [29MR], H1603 [30MR], H1820 [5AP], H2155, H2156, H2163 [12AP], H2465 [3MY], H2561, H2565 [4MY], H3076 [16MY], H3959 [7JN], H6016 [13JY], H6689 [20JY]

Capitol Building and Grounds: acceptance of a statue of Chief Washakie for placement in National Statuary Hall (H. Con. Res. 333), H5176 [27JN]

———authorizing use of Grounds for Greater Washington Soap Box Derby (H. Con. Res. 277), H1963, H1964, H1965 [10AP]

———authorizing use of Grounds for National Peace Officers' Memorial Service (H. Con. Res. 278), H1639 [3AP]

———authorizing use of Grounds for Special Olympics torch relay (H. Con. Res. 280), H1962 [10AP]

———permit use of rotunda for a ceremony to present the Congressional Gold Medal to Theodore M. Hesburgh (H. Con. Res. 344), H5178 [27JN]

CBS: references to God on ``Touched by an Angel'' (television program), H760 [9MR]

Census: limit decennial census questionnaires to requesting only information required by the Constitution, H1419 [28MR]

Chapman, Mark D.: request for release from prison relative to murder of John Lennon, H8204 [27SE]

Chesapeake Bay: restoration (H.R. 3039), H2158, H2159, H2163 [12AP]

Children and youth: ensure the safety of children placed in child care centers in Federal facilities (H.R. 4519), H8073, H8074 [26SE]

China, People's Republic of: admission into World Trade Organization, H578 [1MR]

———impact of policies and goals on U.S. national security interests, H3507, H3508 [22MY]

———influence on Presidential elections, H10068 [18OC]

———nuclear weapons proliferation, H6057 [17JY]

———permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization, H2782 [10MY]

———permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), H3478 [22MY]

———permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), consideration (H. Res. 510), H3659 [24MY]

———purchase of missiles and warships from Russia, H5848 [12JY], H7284 [7SE], H8000 [25SE]

———transfer of strategic nuclear missile technology, H1854 [6AP], H2019 [11AP]

———U.S. policy, H2019 [11AP], H2552 [4MY], H8628 [3OC], H9515 [10OC], H11958 [5DE]

CIA: investigate the effects of foreign espionage on U.S. trade secrets, patents, technology developments, and industrial competitiveness, H3507 [22MY]

———investigation of alleged involvement in the crash of Pan American flight 103, H8554 [2OC]

Colombia: drug interdiction assistance, H379 [15FE]

Colorado: State Supreme Court decision on prison terms for certain sex offenders, H10813 [25OC]

Committee on Resources (House): report to U.S. Attorney on refusals to comply with subpoenas in investigation of the Project on Government Oversight (organization) relative to False Claims Act lawsuit against oil companies (H. Res. 657), H11394 [27OC]

Computers: networking and information technology research and development funding (H.R. 2086), H407 [15FE]

Courts: clarification of jurisdiction over private property takings and land use disputes (H.R. 2372), H1101, H1102 [16MR]

———reform sentencing for convicted sex offenders, H7741 [19SE]

Crime: promote accountability for violent and repeat juvenile offenders (H.R. 1501), motion to instruct conferees, H1044 [15MR]

Death and dying: comparision between medical-related deaths and accidental firearm deaths, H1682 [4AP]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), H3275, H3276, H3277 [17MY]

———funding, H1493 [29MR]

———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 4425), H3076 [16MY]

———purchase of warships from foreign sources, H8066 [26SE]

———replacement of Naval aircraft carrier urinals with gender-neutral water closets, H9819 [12OC]

Dept. of Energy: draw down of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, H8411 [28SE]

Dept. of Justice: allegation of cover-ups relative to handling of Ruby Ridge, ID, incident and the Branch Davidians in Waco, TX, H3056 [16MY], H7936 [21SE]

———appointment of an independent counsel to investigate whether officials from the People's Republic of China tried to illegally influence the 1996 Presidential election (H.R. 5161), H7220 [6SE], H7379 [12SE], H7655 [18SE]

———appointment of independent counsel to investigate certain internal criminal allegations, H1128 [21MR], H1288 [23MR]

———appointment of independent counsel to investigate certain internal criminal allegations (H.R. 2201), H351 [14FE]

———conduct independent investigation into the death of Carl Ghigliotti relative to the FBI standoff with Branch Davidians in Waco, TX, H2661 [9MY], H2974 [15MY]

———FBI investigation of use of pyrotechnic devices during standoff with Branch Davidians in Waco, TX, H518 [29FE]

———handling of investigation of missing nuclear missile technology from Los Alamos National Laboratory, addressing of agency security issues, and determination of accountability for security lapses, H8744 [4OC]

———independent investigation of use of semiautomatic weapons during standoff with Branch Davidians in Waco, TX, H1962 [10AP]

———investigation of activities in the Northern District of Ohio, H5090 [26JN], E2128 [5DE]

———release of memos relative to fundraising activities during the 1996 Presidential election campaign, H3533 [23MY]

Dept. of Labor: creation of high technology jobs, H4227 [13JN]

Dept. of State: change of terminology from ``rogue states'' to ``states of concern'', H5440 [29JN]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4871), H6689 [20JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), H4094, H4103, H4104, H4105 [8JN], H4297 [13JN]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4635), H4842 [21JN]

Disasters: authorize predisaster mitigation programs, streamline the administration of disaster relief, and control the costs of disaster assistance (H.R. 707), H9569 [10OC]

Donald J. Pease Federal Building, Medina, OH: designate (H.R. 1405), H2458 [3MY]

Drug abuse: national drug control policy, H1080 [16MR], H5741 [11JY], H9910 [17OC]

Elections: Presidential election results, H11846 [13NO], H11930 [4DE]

EPA: authorize grants to the Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority and other agencies to improve water quality throughout the Florida Keys (H.R. 673), H2561 [4MY]

———National Hazardous Waste and Superfund Ombudsman funding, H4842 [21JN]

———reauthorize Clean Lakes Program (H.R. 2328), H2155, H2156 [12AP]

Everglades National Park: restoration plan, H11819, H11824 [3NO]

FAA: reauthorizing programs (H.R. 1000), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 438), H1006 [15MR]

Fair Justice Agency: establish (H.R. 4105), H2349 [2MY], H2661 [9MY], H2974 [15MY], H3184 [17MY], H7873 [20SE], E955 [9JN], E2128 [5DE]

Firearms: gun control, H1044 [15MR], H2414 [3MY], H7006 [26JY]

———improve safety of handguns, H2414 [3MY]

———regulation of transfers at gun shows, H1044 [15MR]

Flag Day: observance, H4343 [14JN]

Florida: disputed results in Presidential election, H11846 [13NO], H11930 [4DE]

Foreign aid: prohibit aid to the Palestinian Authority, H6009, H6010, H6016 [13JY]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4811), H6009, H6010, H6016 [13JY]

Foreign policy: reduce, suspend, or terminate certain assistance to countries engaged in oil price fixing to the detriment of the U.S. economy (H.R. 3822), H1225, H1233, H1234, H1235 [22MR]

Foreign trade: U.S. deficit, H11958 [5DE]

Frank J. Battisti and Nathaniel R. Jones Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Youngstown, OH: designate (H.R. 1359), H1643 [3AP]

Gonzalez-Brotons, Elian: Secret Service actions relative to prayer service in the Capitol, H4123 [9JN]

Government: require prompt notification of property owners whose rights have been limited by actions of Federal agencies, H1101, H1102 [16MR]

GSA: Federal Protective Service reform (H.R. 809), H5200 [27JN], H6890 [25JY], H8074 [26SE]

Health: reduce accidental injury and death resulting from medical mistakes and reduce medication-related errors, H7006 [26JY]

Housing: expand homeownership (H.R. 1776), H1917, H1918 [6AP]

Income: increase minimum wage and provide tax benefits for small businesses (H.R. 3081), consideration (H. Res. 434), H779 [9MR]

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

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4392), H3507, H3508 [22MY], H9860 [12OC]

Iron and steel industry: respond to the surge of steel imports resulting from the financial crises in Asia, Russia, and other regions, H938 [14MR]

IRS: burden of proof relative to seizure of property, H226 [8FE]

James H. Quillen U.S. Courthouse, Greeneville, TN: designate (H.R. 4608), H5198 [27JN]

Kika de la Garza U.S. Border Station, Pharr, TX: designate (H.R. 1901), H2460 [3MY]

Louisiana: authorize water quality restoration projects for Lake Pontchartrain Basin (H.R. 2957), H2463, H2465 [3MY]

Medicare: make more competitive and efficient and provide for a prescription drug benefit (H.R. 4680), consideration (H. Res. 539), H5311 [28JN]

Mexico: firing of shots by soldiers at U.S. Border Patrol agents, H1633 [3AP]

Middle East: Israeli/Palestinian peace initiatives, H6368 [18JY], H6474 [19JY]

Minimum wage: level, H4104, H4105 [8JN], H4297 [13JN], H10537 [24OC], H11213 [26OC], H11547 [30OC]

———level (H.R. 3846), H894, H898 [9MR]

———level (H.R. 3846), consideration (H. Res. 434), H779 [9MR]

National Children's Prayer Congress (organization): tribute, E654 [4MY]

National Council of Resistance of Iran: tribute, E1410 [6SE]

Nuclear energy: storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository (S. 1287), H1198 [22MR]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: waive applicability to employment performed in an employee's residence, H1176 [22MR]

Office of National Drug Control Policy: proposed program to encourage placement of anti-drug messages in television programing, H5741 [11JY]

Ohio: constitutionality of State motto, H2619 [8MY]

———constitutionality of State motto (H. Res. 494), H5183 [27JN]

Oklahoma City, OK: anniversary of bombing of Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building (H. Res. 448), H1965 [10AP]

OSHA: implementation of ergonomic regulations, H4094, H4103, H4104 [8JN]

Pamela B. Gwin Hall, Charlottesville, VA: designate (H.R. 1729), H2458 [3MY]

Parliamentary inquiry, H1102 [16MR], H6010 [13JY]

Petroleum: economic impact of increasing oil prices, H4178 [12JN]

———impose a civil penalty on any energy-producing company that implements an unreasonable price increase for crude oil, residual fuel oil, or refined petroleum products, H1233, H1234, H1235 [22MR]

———impose a civil penalty on any energy-producing company that implements an unreasonable price increase for crude oil, residual fuel oil, or refined petroleum products (H.R. 3902), H4178 [12JN], H5090 [26JN]

Prayer: voluntary school prayer, H1482 [29MR]

Russia: allocation of foreign aid, H5848 [12JY], H6722 [24JY], H7284 [7SE]

———sale and transfer of Moskit anti-ship missiles, H3478 [22MY]

San Rafael Western Legacy District: establish (H.R. 3605), H3959 [7JN]

SBA: conduct study on average time required to process loan applications, H1038, H1039 [15MR]

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

———improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 652), H11213 [26OC]

Secret Service: clarify authority relative to former Presidents and families, events of national significance, threat assessment, subpoena issuance, and forfeiture of computers and other counterfeiting devices (H.R. 3048), H5092 [26JN]

Small business: reauthorize assistance programs (H.R. 3843), H1038, H1039 [15MR]

Social Security: eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 5), H597 [1MR]

———make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act, H11547 [30OC]

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

Supreme Court: decision relative to constitutionality of prayers and invocations at public school sporting events, H4681 [20JN]

———recent decisions, H5661 [10JY]

Taxation: constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (H.J. Res. 94), H2133 [12AP]

———eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 6), H297 [10FE]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), H4136 [9JN]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), veto, H7324 [7SE]

———rates, H1000 [15MR], H2126 [12AP]

———reform laws and filing procedures, H1000 [15MR]

———relief, H11213 [26OC]

———repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax, H168 [2FE], H459 [16FE], H4596 [19JN], H6782 [25JY]

———repeal income tax and institute a national sales tax, H704 [8MR]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4199), consideration (H. Res. 473), H2264 [13AP]

Terrorism: improve Federal efforts to prepare for, and respond to, terrorist attacks (H.R. 4210), H6890 [25JY]

———responsibility for bombing of Pan Am flight 103, H3872 [6JN]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: eliminate administrative waste, fraud, and abuse in fish and wildlife restoration projects funded by excise taxes on hunting and fishing equipment (H.R. 3671), H1768, H1820 [5AP]

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.: importation and sale of products made in the People's Republic of China, H96 [1FE]

Water: authorize EPA grants to States to maximize the available water supply and develop alternative water sources (H.R. 1106), H2565 [4MY]

———provide for conservation and development of water resources and authorize Dept. of the Army construction and improvement projects for rivers and harbors (S. 2796), conference report, H11824 [3NO]

———provide for conservation and development of water resources and authorize Dept. of the Army construction and improvement projects for rivers and harbors (S. 2796), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 665), H11819 [3NO]

William S. Broomfield Post Office Building, Royal Oak, MI: designate (H.R. 4884), H7223 [6SE]

Wilson, Mike: Home Builders Association Gary Komarow Memorial Executive Officer of the Year Award recipient, E1571 [22SE]

World Trade Organization: ruling on U.S. law relative to illegal steel dumping, H3932 [7JN]

———withdraw U.S. membership and funding (H.J. Res. 90), consideration (H. Res. 528), H4789 [21JN]

Youngstown, OH: authorize community development block grant funds for construction of a community center, H1917, H1918 [6AP]

———tribute to Ursuline Irish High School football team, E2116 [4DE]

Subpoena Notices

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, H7236 [6SE]

Tributes

Brown, James E., E1337 [27JY]

Dixon, Julian C., E2189 [15DE]

Gonzalez, Henry B., E2131 [6DE]

Goodling, Representative, H2452 [3MY], H8625 [3OC]

Kildee, Representative, H2452 [3MY]

Knight, Bobby, H7505 [13SE]

Kwasman, Irving, E959 [9JN]

Leone, Rita M., E443 [29MR]

Petraglia, Samuel F., E2193 [15DE]

Story, Lin, E654 [4MY]

Vento, Bruce F., E1767 [12OC]