PITTS, JOSEPH R. (a Representative from Pennsylvania)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

Afghanistan: reestablishment of representative Government (see H. Con. Res. 414), H8468 [28SE]

———reestablishment of representative government (see H. Con. Res. 411), H8406 [27SE]

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

Azerbaijan: encourage free and fair elections (see H. Con. Res. 382), H7128 [26JY]

Boy Scouts: prohibit use of Federal funds to discriminate against the Boy Scouts of America on the basis of organizational, associational, or constitutional beliefs (see H.R. 5306), H8200 [26SE]

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

Budget: allow projected on-budget surplus to be used for tax cuts (see H.R. 1016), H922 [9MR]

———ensure on-budget surplus is used to reduce the public debt (see H.R. 3695), H510 [16FE]

Burma: recognize anniversary of free and fair elections and improve democratic and human rights (see H. Con. Res. 328), H3172 [16MY]

Capital punishment: prohibit the execution of pregnant women (see H.R. 4888), H6778 [24JY]

Children and youth: protect infants who are born alive (see H.R. 4292), H2655 [8MY]

Cole (U.S.S.): terrorist attack on Navy destroyer in Yemen (see H. Con. Res. 441), H12022 [6DE]

Commission for the Comprehensive Study of Privacy Protection: establish (see H.R. 4049), H1163 [21MR]

Computers: regulate the transmission of unsolicited commercial electronic mail (see H.R. 3113), H1163 [21MR]

———require schools and libraries to install and use Internet filtering or blocking technology to be eligible for Federal funds for computers (see H.R. 4600), H4120 [8JN]

Contracts: prohibit delinquent Federal debtors from being eligible to enter into Federal contracts (see H.R. 4181), H1851 [5AP]

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

———legal definition of human life relative to presence of brain wave activity and spontaneous cardiac activity (see H. Con. Res. 305), H2239 [12AP]

———provide a civil action for a minor injured by exposure to explicit sexual or violent material (see H.R. 5045), H7207 [27JY]

———provide for equitable treatment of governmental and private plaintiffs in certain civil actions (see H.R. 2597), H7578 [13SE]

Crime: improve information on, and protections against, child sexual abuse (see H.R. 2382), H209 [2FE]

Dept. of Defense: 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: require an inventory of documents and devices containing restricted data at national security laboratories and improve security procedures for access to vaults containing such data (see H.R. 4737), H5843 [11JY]

Dept. of the Treasury: instruct the IMF to oppose loans to countries restricting oil production to the detriment of the U.S. economy (see H.R. 4102), H2512 [3MY]

Education: importance of music education (see H. Con. Res. 266), H1164 [21MR]

———support teachers (see H. Res. 492), H2655 [8MY]

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

Fair Labor Standards Act: amend (see H.R. 5026), H7871 [19SE]

FCC: follow normal rulemaking procedures in establishing additional requirements for noncommercial educational television broadcasters (see H.R. 3525), H50 [27JA]

———prohibit from establishing rules authorizing the operation of new, low power FM radio stations (see H.R. 3439), H1764 [4AP]

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

FEMA: make grants to fire departments to improve public safety against fire and fire-related hazards (see H.R. 1168), H1674 [3AP]

Firearms: prohibit funding to give or withhold a preference to a seller of firearms or ammunition relative to an agreement on enhanced safety of handguns and pistols (see H.R. 4257), H3813 [24MY]

Foreign policy: defend fundamental human rights to family, conscience, and life in international negotiations (see H. Res. 521), H4174 [9JN]

GAO: conduct a comprehensive fraud audit of the Dept. of Education (see H.R. 4079), H1405 [23MR]

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]

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

Government: review, reform, and terminate unnecessary and inequitable Federal payments, benefits, services, and tax advantages (see H.R. 3221), H255 [8FE]

Hamzah, Jafar S.: condemn murder of human rights lawyer in Medan, Indonesia (see H. Res. 580), H7722 [18SE]

Health: limit medical malpractice claims (see H.R. 5344), H8799 [4OC]

Helsinki Final Act: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 100), H4120 [8JN]

Human rights: combat trafficking in human beings and provide assistance to victims (see H.R. 3244), H2655 [8MY]

Immigration: establish a system of registries for temporary agricultural workers and streamline the procedures for the admission, and extension of stay, for nonimmigrant agricultural workers (see H.R. 4548), H3867 [25MY]

``In God We Trust'': encourage public display of national motto (see H. Res. 548), H6053 [13JY]

———support national motto (see H. Res. 551), H6052 [13JY]

Indonesia: condemn militia attack on U.N. refugee workers in West Timor and call for an end to militia violence in East and West Timor (see H. Con. Res. 395), H7502 [12SE]

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]

Law enforcement: authorize appropriations for the prosecution of obscenity cases (see H.R. 4710), H6355 [17JY]

Lumber industry: promote open and competitive trade of softwood lumber between the U.S. and Canada (see H. Con. Res. 252), H3474 [19MY]

Medicare: coverage of medically necessary pancreas transplantation procedures (see H.R. 4495), H7212 [27JY]

———eliminate reduction in payment rates to home health agencies for home health services (see H.R. 4219), H6355 [17JY]

———provide guidance to health care providers attempting to properly submit claims and target truly fraudulent activity for enforcement of billing regulations rather than inadvertent errors (see H.R. 5200), H8799 [4OC]

———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H2340 [13AP]

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

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

Occupational Safety and Health Act: waive applicability to employment performed in an employee's residence (see H.R. 3530), H165 [1FE]

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

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

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

Pope John Paul II: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3544), H342 [10FE]

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

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

Research: requirements for disclosures relative to transfers of human fetal tissue (see H.R. 3980), H1076 [15MR]

Russia: condemn interference with freedom of the press (see H. Con. Res. 339), H3868 [25MY]

Serbia: elections (see H. Res. 620), H9635 [10OC]

Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of the National Museum of the American Indian (see H.R. 4259), H7991 [21SE]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds (see H.R. 1803), H1119 [16MR]

———eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 5), H510 [16FE]

———include additional information in account statements (see H.R. 5028), H8469 [28SE]

———provide for personalized retirement security through personal retirement savings accounts and increase individual control over retirement income (see H.R. 4839), H5955 [12JY]

Taxation: allow a refundable credit for health insurance costs (see H.R. 4113), H5656 [29JN]

———allow credit for elementary and secondary school teachers who provide classroom materials (see H.R. 4025), H1589 [29MR]

———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]

———clarify the definition of contribution in aid of construction (see H.R. 4308), H7723 [18SE]

———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), H2341 [13AP]

———increase annual limitation on nondeductible contributions and adjust for inflation the amount of deductible contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1322), H1629 [30MR]

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

———treatment of computers provided to employees for personal use (see H.R. 4274), H3413 [18MY]

———treatment of payments received pursuant to the Declaration on Extraordinary Emergency Because of Plum Pox Virus (see H.R. 5211), H8469 [28SE]

Vatican City: U.N. status of the Holy See (see H. Con. Res. 253), H510 [16FE]

Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H11716 [31OC]

Voting: prohibit States from determining that a ballot submitted by an absent uniformed services voter was improperly or fraudulently cast unless the State finds clear and convincing evidence of fraud (see H.R. 5642), H12021 [6DE]

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

White Clay Creek: designate segments and tributaries in Delaware and Pennsylvania as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System (see H.R. 3556), H89 [31JA]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Families and domestic relations: importance of responsible fatherhood (see H. Res. 522), H4174 [9JN]

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

Taxation: establish individual development accounts to allow those with limited means to accumulate assets, access education, own homes and businesses, and achieve economic self-sufficiency (see H.R. 4106), H1476 [28MR]

———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. 4214), H1957 [6AP] (see H.R. 4245), H2238 [12AP]

———treatment of estate taxes on value of certain property restricted to use as farmland (see H.R. 4101), H1476 [28MR]

———treatment of gross income gain on the sale or exchange of certain property restricted to use as farmland (see H.R. 4100), H1476 [28MR]

———treatment of retirement benefits received by members of certain religious orders (see H.R. 4325), H2339 [13AP]

White Clay Creek: designate segments and tributaries in Delaware and Pennsylvania as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System (see H.R. 3520), H47 [27JA]

Descriptions

Innocent Child Protection Act (H.R. 4888), H6796 [25JY]

Letters

Full and Fair Political Activity Disclosure Act: Beverly LaHaye, Concerned Women for America (organization), H5297 [27JN]

———Charles A. Donovan, Family Research Council, H5297 [27JN]

———David N. O'Steen and Douglas Johnson, National Right to Life Committee, Inc., H5296 [27JN]

———Phyllis Schlafly, Eagle Forum (organization), H5297 [27JN]

———several organizations, H5297 [27JN]

———Susan T. Muskett, Christian Coalition, H5296 [27JN]

People's Republic of China permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization: Richard Cizik, National Association of Evangelicals, E789 [19MY]

———several religious leaders, E879 [25MY]

Western Sahara self-determination referendum: several Members of Congress, H5033 [22JN]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H759 [9MR], H1128 [21MR], H7215 [6SE]

Remarks

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 3660), H1681 [4AP]

———prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 3660), consideration (H. Res. 457), H1774 [5AP]

Armed Forces: performance of abortions at overseas military medical facilities, H3348 [18MY]

Atakov, Shageldy: persecution by Turkmenistani officials relative to religious beliefs, H7699 [18SE]

Atglen, PA: tribute to Octorara Area High School boys' soccer team, H517 [29FE]

Boy Scouts: regulation of activities on public lands, H7284 [7SE]

———repeal Federal charter (H.R. 4892), H7451 [12SE]

Budget: allocation of funds, H258 [9FE], H1000 [15MR]

———deficit, H3532 [23MY], H7936 [21SE]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), H1000 [15MR]

———treatment of any budget surpluses, H1000 [15MR], H7936 [21SE], H8814 [5OC]

Burma: human rights violations, H8409 [28SE], E2005 [28OC]

———U.S. policy, H8409 [28SE], E2005 [28OC]

Business and industry: involvement of private companies in the trafficking of fetal tissue and body parts, H759 [9MR]

Capital punishment: prohibit the execution of pregnant women (H.R. 4888), H6795 [25JY]

Children and youth: protect infants who are born alive (H.R. 4292), H7006 [26JY], H7901 [20SE], H8158 [26SE]

China, People's Republic of: permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), E879 [25MY]

Clinton, Hillary Rodham: accusations relative to use of ethnic slur, H6603 [20JY]

———receipt of gifts from the Moroccan Government, H6782 [25JY]

———use of Government aircraft for political campaign, H2018 [11AP], H8630 [3OC]

Clinton, President: continuation of independent counsel investigation, H2126 [12AP]

———visit to South Asian countries, H1853 [6AP]

Congress: anniversary of the authorization to print the Bible in English, H7379 [12SE]

———history of prayer in legislative session, H7219 [6SE]

Congressional Life Forum and Cannon Caucus: meeting, H226 [8FE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), H3199 [17MY], H3348 [18MY]

Dept. of Energy: investigation of missing nuclear missile technology from Los Alamos National Laboratory, H4682 [20JN]

Dept. of Justice: abortion services for women in Federal prison funding, H5023 [22JN]

———prosecution for distribution of pornography, H1289 [23MR]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4578), H4521 [15JN]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4871), H6658 [20JY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4690), H5023 [22JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), motion to instruct conferees, H7820 [19SE]

Downingtown, PA: tribute to Downingtown Senior High School boys' soccer team, H704 [8MR]

Education: national policy to improve system, H7874 [20SE]

———spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on children's classrooms (H.R. 2), H4596 [19JN]

———support teachers (H. Res. 492), H2730 [9MY]

Families and domestic relations: importance of responsible fatherhood (H. Res. 522), H4608 [19JN]

FCC: clarify service obligations of noncommercial educational broadcast stations (H.R. 4201), H4689 [20JN]

———enforcement of Federal obscenity laws, H3057 [16MY]

———prohibit from establishing rules authorizing the operation of new, low power FM radio stations (H.R. 3439), E597 [2MY]

Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates relative to minimum wage levels, H880 [9MR]

Foreign aid: international family planning programs restrictions relative to abortion, H5986 [13JY]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4811), H5986 [13JY]

Forest Service: wildland fire management funding through reductions in National Endowment for the Arts funding, H4521 [15JN]

France: proposed legislation to imprison certain religious denominations, H5740 [11JY]

Gonzalez-Brotons, Elian: custody and immigration status, H2514 [4MY]

———INS operation to reunite with father, H2414 [3MY]

Gore, Vice President: agreement with Russia relative to proliferation of nuclear missile technology, H11200 [26OC]

———receipt of campaign contributions from entertainment industry, H7741 [19SE]

———remarks on the execution of pregnant inmates, H6473 [19JY]

Government: strengthen information security practices throughout the Federal Government, H6367 [18JY]

Gusinsky, Vladimir: arrest by Russian authorities, H4342 [14JN]

History: anniversary of day of prayer and thanksgiving relative to discovery of treason committed by Benedict Arnold, H8067 [26SE]

House of Representatives: consent to pay tribute to retiring members in the Senate, H7700 [18SE]

Human rights: combat trafficking in human beings and provide assistance to victims (H.R. 3244), H2684 [9MY]

———combat trafficking in human beings and provide assistance to victims (H.R. 3244), conference report, H9043 [6OC]

Income: increase minimum wage and provide tax benefits for small businesses (H.R. 3081), H1083 [16MR]

India: civil liberties violations in Kashmir, H7582 [14SE]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4055), H2349 [2MY]

Indonesia: human rights violations of civilian population by the military, H168 [2FE], H6755 [24JY], H10876 [25OC]

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of: human rights violations, H6565 [19JY]

Landisville, PA: tribute to Hempfield High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, H2660 [9MY]

Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, H2619 [8MY], H3183 [17MY]

Minimum wage: level (H.R. 3846), H880 [9MR]

Morocco: U.S. policy, H1768 [5AP]

National security: military readiness of U.S. forces, H3199 [17MY]

News media: use of the term ``conservative'', H4225 [13JN]

Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe: freedom of speech and freedom of the press in member states, E1388 [27JY]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits, H8745 [4OC]

———investigate campaign fundraising practices relative to the transfer of strategic nuclear missile technology to the People's Republic of China, H7505 [13SE]

———use of White House accommodations for fundraising, H8205 [27SE]

Political ethics: importance of cooperation and bipartisanship in Congress, H258 [9FE]

———truthfulness in Presidential campaigns, H9639 [11OC], H9818 [12OC]

Robert S. Walker Post Office, Millersville, PA: designate (S. 3194), H11353 [26OC]

Schools: postcoital emergency contraception distribution funding, H7820 [19SE]

Social Security: allow diversion of percentage of payroll tax payments into personal investment plans, H577 [1MR], H1128 [21MR]

———eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 5), H458 [16FE]

SSI: combat waste, fraud, and abuse, H3312 [18MY]

Substance abuse: allow faith-based treatment centers to receive Federal funding and permit individuals receiving Federal assistance to choose private and religious oriented treatment, H6826 [25JY]

Sudan: condemn Government for genocide in southern Sudan, support for terrorism, and human rights violations, H4124 [9JN]

———increase diplomatic efforts to encourage peace process in ongoing civil war and facilitate relief efforts, H10814 [25OC]

Supreme Court: decision on partial-birth abortions, H5439 [29JN]

———decision relative to constitutionality of prayers and invocations at public school sporting events, H4909 [21JN]

Taxation: eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 6), H96 [1FE], H322 [10FE]

———establish individual development accounts to allow those with limited means to accumulate assets, access education, own homes and businesses, and achieve economic self-sufficiency, H6826 [25JY]

———make marriage tax penalty relief contingent on Social Security and Medicare solvency certification and public debt elimination, H322 [10FE]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes, H939 [14MR]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), H3932 [7JN]

———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), H6826 [25JY]

———require certain political organizations to report information to the IRS (H.R. 4717), H5295 [27JN]

Tripp, Linda R.: treatment by news media, H2782 [10MY]

U.N.: self-determination referendum for Western Sahara, H1768 [5AP], H5033 [22JN]

U.N. Convention on Transnational Organized Crime: modification of definition of prostitution, H13 [27JA]

West Chester, PA: tribute to Henderson High School girls' soccer team, H704 [8MR]

White Clay Creek: designate segments and tributaries in Delaware and Pennsylvania as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System (H.R. 3520), E72 [7FE]

———designate segments and tributaries in Delaware and Pennsylvania as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System (S. 1849), H7671 [18SE]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H6466 [18JY], H7498 [12SE], H7868 [19SE], H10806 [24OC]

Reports

Recommended Actions Relative to Human Rights Violations in Burma: Burma Ethnic Delegation, E2008 [28OC]

Testimonies

Human Rights Violations in Burma: David Eubank, E2005 [28OC]

———Edmond Htokut, E2006 [28OC]

———Larry J. Redmon, E2007 [28OC]

———Saw Htoo Htoo Lay, E2006 [28OC]

———Saw Ka Law Lah, E2006 [28OC]

———Stephen Dun, E2007 [28OC]

Tributes

Amway, Andrew U., E779 [19MY]

Cizik, Richard, E789 [19MY]

Redifer, Rea, H5847 [12JY]