FATTAH, CHAKA (a Representative from Pennsylvania)

Articles and editorials

Packed Up and Rarin' To Go—McDonald's Has Contracted With Union Packaging, a Minority Business, To Supply Cartons for Its Food, Rosland Briggs-Gammon, Philadelphia (PA) Inquirer, E682 [9MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: improve representation and accountability of Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act committees and access to and service of Dept. of Agriculture programs (see H.R. 4675), H4590 [15JN]

Air pollution: reduce emissions from electric powerplants (see H.R. 2900), H90 [31JA]

Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 2966, 3573), H575 [29FE]

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

Budget: support year 2000 proposed budget (see H.R. 3054), H1958 [6AP]

Capital punishment: reduce the risk that innocent persons may be executed (see H.R. 4167), H5656 [29JN]

———temporary moratorium to ensure that defendants have adequate counsel and to allow those convicted to have a reasonable opportunity to present new evidence of innocence (see H.R. 3623), H340 [10FE] (see H.R. 4162), H1762 [4AP]

Capitol Building and Grounds: use of the rotunda for a ceremony to honor victims of the Holocaust (see H. Con. Res. 244), H90 [31JA]

Carter, Jimmy and Rosalyn: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4289), H4036 [7JN]

Children and youth: acquisition, construction, and improvement of child care facilities or equipment (see H.R. 3610), H6719 [20JY]

———increase the availability, affordability, and quality of child care and improve support services for families with young children (see H.R. 4206), H2123 [11AP]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 2397), H455 [15FE]

Community development: amend certain community reinvestment statutes (see H.R. 3504), H632 [1MR]

———license America's Private Investment Companies and provide enhanced credit to stimulate private investment in low-income communities (see H.R. 2764), H3413 [18MY]

Comprehensive AIDS Resources Act: revise and extend programs to provide access to health care and support services to individuals and families with HIV and AIDS (see H.R. 4807), H6719 [20JY]

Consumers: protect from predatory mortgage lending practices (see H.R. 4250), H4174 [9JN]

Contracts: ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses (see H.R. 3766), H573 [29FE]

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

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 107), H10473 [19OC]

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

Cuba: lift travel restrictions (see H.R. 4471), H5843 [11JY]

Delaware River: designate certain portions and tributaries as components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System (see H.R. 2317), H3813 [24MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: discipline members of certain county and area committees who discriminate against farmers, ranchers, or others, on the basis of race, sex, national origin, marital status, religion, age, or handicap (see H.R. 4687), H4784 [20JN]

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), H455 [15FE]

———draw down and sale of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve relative to anticompetitive activities (see H.R. 3543), H255 [8FE]

Dept. of HHS: establish an Office on Women's Health (see H.R. 4483), H8406 [27SE]

———Healthy Start Program funding (see H.R. 2739), H7991 [21SE]

Dept. of Justice: establish the Violence Against Women Office (see H.R. 4848), H7282 [6SE]

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), H6052 [13JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: 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]

Diseases: study and demonstration projects regarding cases of hepatitis C among firefighters, paramedics, and emergency medical technicians who are employees or volunteers of units of local government (see H.R. 3659), H7003 [25JY]

Domestic Volunteer Service Act: establish National Youth Technology Corps Program (see H.R. 2934), H1163 [21MR]

Education: modernize public schools, reduce class size, increase access to technology, enhance school safety, improve teacher quality, and strengthen accountability for academic results (see H.R. 4346), H2409 [2MY]

———qualify public defenders for student loan forgiveness under the Federal Perkins Loan Program (see H.R. 4290), H2412 [2MY]

———school construction and infrastructure improvements funding (see H.R. 3705), H572 [29FE]

EEOC: require mediation of certain employee claims (see H.R. 4593), H4592 [15JN]

Employment: require U.S. nationals employing more than 20 persons in a foreign country to implement a corporate code of conduct relative to the employment of those persons (see H.R. 4596), H5085 [23JN]

ERISA: improve the retirement security of American families (see H.R. 5549), H11194 [25OC]

FEC: authorizing appropriations and improving efficiency (see H.R. 4037), H1162 [21MR]

Federal employees: extend civil service retirement options to IRS revenue officers, INS inspectors, and certain other Federal law enforcement officers (see H.R. 1228), H7723 [18SE]

———treatment of Government physicians' comparability allowances as basic pay for retirement purposes (see H.R. 207), H7723 [18SE]

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

Firearms: application of Federal laws to antique firearms (see H.R. 4137), H1628 [30MR]

Forests: eliminate commercial logging on public lands and facilitate the economic recovery and diversification of communities dependent on the Federal logging program (see H.R. 1396), H7211 [27JY]

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]

Government regulations: debarment or suspension from Federal procurement and nonprocurement activities of persons that violate certain labor and safety laws (see H.R. 1227), H1629 [30MR]

Health: development of microbicides to prevent the transmission of sexually transmitted diseases (see H.R. 3891), H2607 [4MY]

———establish demonstration projects for States to provide universal, comprehensive, and cost-effective health care coverage with simplified administration (see H.R. 4412), H2770 [9MY]

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]

Housing: establish demonstration program to modernize and increase access to health services in public housing for elderly and disabled persons (see H.R. 4664), H7871 [19SE]

Immigration: cancellation of removal and waiver of exclusion for certain aliens (see H.R. 1485), H7502 [12SE]

———restore fairness to immigration law (see H.R. 4966), H7282 [6SE]

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), H7281 [6SE]

Iraq: provide citizens access to U.S. food and medicines (see H.R. 3825), H6599 [19JY]

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]

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

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 3633), H8617 [2OC]

Liberia: adjust immigration status of certain nationals (see H.R. 919), H7578 [13SE]

Library of Congress: bicentennial (see H. Con. Res. 269), H756 [8MR]

———establish revolving funds for the operation of certain programs and activities (see H.R. 5410), H9504 [6OC]

———establish the National Recording Registry (see H.R. 4846), H6051 [13JY]

Medicaid: assure preservation of safety net hospitals through maintenance of Disproportionate Share Hospital Program (see H.R. 3710), H4121 [8JN]

———establish a new prospective payment system for federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics (see H.R. 2341), H2122 [11AP]

Medicare: coverage of vision rehabilitation services (see H.R. 2870), H6777 [24JY]

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

———waive waiting period for coverage and provide coverage of drugs for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (see H.R. 353), H5084 [23JN]

Middle Passage National Monument: establish (see H.R. 4581), H3924 [6JN]

Mozambique: support humanitarian assistance (see H. Res. 431), H756 [8MR]

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to the etiology of breast cancer (see H.R. 3433), H8736 [3OC]

Natural resources: establish a fund to meet the outdoor conservation and recreation needs of the American people (see H.R. 701), H574 [29FE]

Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act: provide certain nationals an opportunity to apply for adjustment of status (see H.R. 2722), H2239 [12AP]

North American Slavery Memorial Council: establish (see H.R. 2288), H1123 [20MR]

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), H4121 [8JN]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: require changes in the bloodborne pathogens standard (see H.R. 5178), H8469 [28SE]

OSHA: issue regulations to eliminate or minimize the significant risk of needlestick injury to health care workers (see H.R. 1899), H4783 [20JN]

Poland: anniversary of workers' strikes that led to the creation of the independent trade union Solidarnosc (see H. Con. Res. 416), H8735 [3OC]

Pope, Edmond: demand release from Russian prison for humanitarian reasons (see H. Con. Res. 364), H5956 [12JY] (see H. Con. Res. 404), H7871 [19SE]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 3842), H922 [9MR]

———grant authority to issue semipostals (see H.R. 4437), H2966 [11MY]

Power resources: permit draw down of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve relative to anticompetitive activities and provide tax credits for certain energy efficiency improvements (see H.R. 4043), H1163 [21MR]

Public Health Service Act: provide certain children's health services (see H.R. 3301), H2770 [9MY]

Public welfare programs: repeal certain restrictions on food stamp eligibility and increase Federal support for emergency food assistance programs (see H.R. 3192), H7281 [6SE]

Racial relations: recognize the significant contribution the Birmingham Pledge has made in fostering racial harmony and reconciliation (see H.J. Res. 102), H5657 [29JN]

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

———protection of train employees (see H.R. 3091), H90 [31JA]

Robert S. Walker Post Office, Millersville, PA: designate (see H.R. 5418), H9504 [6OC]

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

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

Senior citizens: warn of the dangers of telemarketing fraud, including Internet fraud, and provide information that will help them protect themselves (see H.R. 612), H209 [2FE]

Taxation: allow credit for construction and renovation of commercial buildings in distressed areas (see H.R. 2954), H342 [10FE]

———allow tax credit to holders of qualified bonds issued by an intercity passenger rail carrier (see H.R. 3700), H7366 [7SE]

———ensure tax payments from certain religious individuals are used for nonmilitary purposes (see H.R. 1454), H1077 [15MR]

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

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see H.R. 4728), H8469 [28SE]

———provide a credit to taxpayers investing in entities seeking to provide capital to create new markets in low-income communities (see H.R. 2713), H3523 [22MY]

———provide partial income exclusion to certain teachers in high-poverty schools (see H.R. 2611), H209 [2FE]

———provide retirement security and pension reform (see H.R. 5546), H11194 [25OC]

———provide tax credits to promote home ownership among low-income individuals (see H.R. 5084), H7209 [27JY]

———require certain political organizations to report information to the FEC (see H.R. 4168), H2341 [13AP]

———treatment of contributions to standard and education individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1357), H90 [31JA]

———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in asserting any claim of employment discrimination (see H.R. 4570), H8736 [3OC]

———treatment of interest on student loans (see H.R. 1196), H1163 [21MR]

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), H11207 [26OC]

Volunteer workers: extend appropriations for programs under the National and Community Service Act and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act (see H.R. 4740), H6719 [20JY]

Voting Rights Act: clarify intent of Congress (see H.R. 4961), H7127 [26JY]

Woods, Tiger: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4926), H7933 [20SE]

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

Community development: increase capital available to communities for economic and community development projects (see H.R. 4822), H5842 [11JY]

Health: require States to provide a minimum level of access to health care to all citizens as a condition for participation in Federal health care funding programs (see H.R. 4075), H1405 [23MR]

Music and dance: tribute to African-American music (see H. Res. 509), H3649 [23MY]

Postage and stamps: modify rates relative to reduced-rate mail matter (see H.R. 4636), H4220 [12JN]

Remarks

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

Alfred Rascon Post Office Building, Fulton, MD: designate (H.R. 4430), H6382, H6383 [18JY]

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.: tribute to Project Alpha, H8901 [5OC]

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 3908), H1533 [29MR]

Barbara F. Vucanovich Post Office Building, Reno, NV: designate (H.R. 4169), H5808, H5809 [11JY]

Captain Colin P. Kelly, Jr. Post Office, Madison, FL: designate (H.R. 1666), H1137, H1138 [21MR]

Colombia: drug interdiction and counter-drug military assistance funding, H1533 [29MR]

District of Columbia: designate the Washington Opera as the National Opera (H.R. 4542), H3873, H3874 [6JN]

Drugs: substance abuse prevention and treatment programs funding, H1533 [29MR]

Frank R. Lautenberg Post Office and Courthouse, Newark, NJ: designate (H.R. 4975), H7756 [19SE]

Frederick L. Dewberry, Jr., Post Office Building, Baltimore, MD: designate (H.R. 4451), E1601 [27SE]

Gertrude A. Barber Post Office Building, Erie, PA: designate (H.R. 4625), H7758 [19SE]

Henry W. McGee Post Office Building, Chicago, IL: designate (H.R. 3909), H5810, H5811 [11JY]

Housing: consolidate and improve the regulation of the housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises (H.R. 3703), E737 [17MY]

J.L. Dawkins Post Office Building, Fayetteville, NC: designate (H.R. 4658), H5807 [11JY]

Joel T. Broyhill Postal Building, Merrifield, VA: designate (H.R. 3699), H942 [14MR]

Joseph F. Smith Post Office Building, Philadelphia, PA: designate (H.R. 4554), H6388 [18JY]

Joseph L. Fisher Post Office, Arlington, VA: designate (H.R. 3701), H944 [14MR]

Judge Harry Augustus Cole Post Office Building, Baltimore, MD: designate (H.R. 4450), H7760 [19SE]

Lance Corporal Harold Gomez Post Office, East Chicago, IN: designate (S. 1295), H8278, H8279 [27SE]

Les Aspin Post Office Building, Janesville, WI: designate (H.R. 4241), H3878 [6JN]

Matthew `Mack' Robinson Post Office Building, Pasadena, CA: designate (H.R. 4157), H6385, H6386 [18JY]

Mozambique: support humanitarian assistance (H. Res. 431), H949 [14MR]

Music and dance: tribute to African-American music (H. Res. 509), H3877 [6JN]

Peirce College: support proposal to obtain a Dept. of Agriculture distant learning grant, E1972 [28OC]

Postage and stamps: modify rates relative to reduced-rate mail matter (H.R. 4636), E979 [12JN]

———modify rates relative to reduced-rate mail matter (S. 2686), E1798 [16OC]

Samuel H. Lacy, Sr., Post Office Building, Baltimore, MD: designate (H.R. 4447), H5812 [11JY]

Samuel P. Roberts Post Office Building, Carrollton, GA: designate (H.R. 4786), H7759 [19SE]

Taxation: provide incentives for renewal of distressed communities and empowerment zone development, increase the number of empowerment zones, and encourage investment in new markets (H.R. 4923), H6827 [25JY]

U.S. Congressional Philharmonic Society: tribute (H. Con. Res. 229), H3876 [6JN]

Union Packaging L.L.C.: tribute, E682 [9MY]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H2903 [10MY], H4218 [12JN]

Testimonies

Housing-Related Government-Sponsored Enterprises: Franklin D. Raines, Fannie Mae, E738-E740 [17MY]

Tributes

Goodling, Representative, H8630 [3OC]

Klein, Naomi, E609 [2MY]