KAPTUR, MARCY (a Representative from Ohio)

Addresses

World War II Memorial Groundbreaking: by, S11524 [14NO], E2100 [14NO], E2142 [7DE]

Amendments

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), H3650 [23MY], H5552, H5593, H5658 [29JN], H5709 [10JY]

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 3908), H1565 [29MR], H1607 [30MR]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4578), H4485 [14JN], H4554 [15JN]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4690), H5054, H5085 [23JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), H4280, H4337 [13JN]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4635), H4867 [21JN]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4811), H5957 [12JY], H6016 [13JY]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 4425, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure, H4216 [12JN]

———H.R. 4461, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, H8431 [28SE]

———H.R. 4635, Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies appropriations, H9992 [17OC]

Articles and editorials

EPA Can't Find Reason for Hikes, Toledo (OH) Blade, H4476 [14JN]

Ex-Toledoan Set U.S. Record as City Manager, Toledo (OH) Blade, E2148 [7DE]

Gas Prices, Misery and Mystery—Costs in Midwest Exceed $2 a Gallon, Pam Belluck, New York (NY) Times, H4475 [14JN]

Gasoline Prices Surge Shocks Toledo Drivers, Toledo (OH) Blade, H4476 [14JN]

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]

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), H5657 [29JN]

Air Force: establish an Office of Air Force Research and enhance research functions (see H.R. 5490), H10256 [18OC]

Alaska: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1239), H3309 [17MY]

Architect of the Capitol: establish the position of Director of Fire Safety and Protection (see H.R. 4366), H5084 [23JN]

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

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

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), H7211 [27JY]

———recognize importance and support goals and ideas of National Youth Day (see H. Con. Res. 375), H6470 [18JY]

China, People's Republic of: apply certain measures in response to the illegal sale, transfer, or misuse of certain controlled goods, services, or technology (see H.R. 4829), H7212 [27JY]

———make trade relations with the U.S. contingent upon free emigration and improved human rights conditions (see H.J. Res. 103), H5084 [23JN]

Clinton, President: address issues of neighborhood crime prevention, community policing and reduction of school crime (see H. Res. 561), H6718 [20JY]

Coast Guard: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 372), H6354 [17JY]

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]

Community development: increase capital available to communities for economic and community development projects (see H.R. 4822), H7281 [6SE]

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]

Computers: encourage broadband technology deployment to rural areas (see H.R. 5069), H7208 [27JY]

Congress: establish a day of peace and sharing at the beginning of each year (see H. Con. Res. 363), H8469 [28SE]

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

Correctional institutions: prohibit operation by private contractors and require persons convicted of Federal offenses be housed in facilities managed and maintained by Federal employees (see H.R. 979), H3813 [24MY]

Credit unions: clarify definition of a member business loan relative to religious organization based credit unions (see H.R. 4701), H8617 [2OC]

Crime: enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes (see H.R. 1082), H255 [8FE]

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 Education: establish school dropout prevention programs (see H.R. 5015), H8736 [3OC]

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), H758 [8MR]

———draw down and sale of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve relative to anticompetitive activities (see H.R. 3543), H1077 [15MR]

———establish compensation programs for employees sustaining beryllium and radiation-related injury, illness, or death (see H.R. 5189), H7651 [14SE]

Dept. of Justice: establish the Violence Against Women Office (see H.R. 4848), H6600 [19JY]

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), H7723 [18SE]

Dept. of Transportation: delay implementation of NAFTA provisions that allow access for Mexican trucks to U.S. roads (see H. Res. 602), H8468 [28SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: assist claimants for benefits in developing claims and clarify the burden of proof for such claims (see H.R. 3193), H342 [10FE]

———ensure compensation rates for the service-connected loss of a breast due to a mastectomy are comparable to rates for the loss of use of a creative organ (see H.R. 3998), H1118 [16MR]

———motor vehicle reimbursement rates for veterans traveling to VA health care facilities (see H.R. 4716), H7212 [27JY]

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

Education: provide grants to local educational agencies to initiate and improve physical education programs (see H.R. 4536), H4174 [9JN]

EEOC: require mediation of certain employee claims (see H.R. 4593), H5657 [29JN]

Employment: provide certain temporary employees with the same benefits as permanent employees (see H.R. 2298), H90 [31JA]

———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), H6052 [13JY]

EPA: reauthorize the Great Lakes Program (see H.R. 3670), H1589 [29MR]

FDA: facilitate the importation into the U.S. of certain approved drugs (see H.R. 1885), H278 [9FE]

———grant authority to regulate tobacco (see H.R. 4207), H3173 [16MY]

Federal firefighters: make mandatory separation age match requirement for Federal law enforcement officers (see H.R. 460), H2905 [10MY]

Food: extend mandatory nutrition information labeling requirements to single-ingredient, raw meat, and poultry products (see H.R. 4175), H1763 [4AP]

Food Security Act: establish the Conservation Security Program (see H.R. 5511), H10472 [19OC]

Foreign aid: support programs and activities that provide food to the needy and school-age children in developing countries (see H. Res. 649), H10808 [24OC]

Foreign investments: authorize transaction taxes on short-term cross-border foreign exchange transactions to deter speculation (see H. Con. Res. 301), H2122 [11AP]

Foreign trade: amend trade laws to address import crises (see H.R. 1505), H511 [16FE]

———require that imported agricultural products be subject to the same sanitary or phytosanitary measures as domestic products (see H.R. 3552), H255 [8FE]

Government: prohibit the acquisition of products produced by forced labor (see H. Con. Res. 308), H6600 [19JY]

Great Lakes: prohibit vessels from discharging ballast water that contains nonindigenous aquatic species and treat such water, and its sediments, using the most effective and efficient methods available (see H.R. 4191), H6052 [13JY]

Health: prohibit health insurance and employment discrimination on the basis of genetic information (see H.R. 2457), H4121 [8JN]

———provide programs for the treatment of mental illness (see H.R. 5091), H7209 [27JY]

Homeless: improve programs for veterans (see H.R. 5311), H8736 [3OC]

Hungary: anniversary of foundation as a state (see H. Con. Res. 297), H4036 [7JN]

Immigration: protection of battered immigrant women (see H.R. 3083), H6470 [18JY]

Insurance: coverage of long-term care services (see H. Con. Res. 412), H8406 [27SE]

———implement coverage of reconstructive breast surgery resulting from mastectomies (see H.R. 3224), H1163 [21MR]

———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]

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), H2607 [4MY]

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

Larry Small Post Office Building, Beachwood, OH: designate (see H.R. 4315), H7723 [18SE]

Law enforcement officers: clarify procedures and conditions for the award of matching grants for the purchase of armor vests (see H.R. 4033), H2013 [10AP]

———extend retroactive eligibility dates for educational assistance to the surviving spouse and dependent children of officers killed in the line of duty (see H.R. 2059), H4484 [14JN]

Lighthouses: establish a national historic lighthouse preservation program (see H.R. 4613), H4120 [8JN]

Medicaid: improve quality of care furnished in nursing homes (see H.R. 4949), H7366 [7SE]

———provide families and disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 4825), H7129 [26JY]

———State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (see H.R. 3698), H6719 [20JY]

Medicare: coverage for surgical first assisting services of certified registered nurse first assistants (see H.R. 3911), H11716 [31OC]

———designate certain diabetes educators as certified providers for purposes of outpatient diabetes education services (see H.R. 3003), H2770 [9MY]

———improve access to health insurance by offering certain individuals a Medicare buy-in option and allow tax credit for payment of premiums (see H.R. 4938), H6777 [24JY]

———increase proportion of charges recognized for mental health services furnished to qualified beneficiaries residing in congregate residences (see H.R. 4950), H7002 [25JY]

———payments made under the prospective payment system for home health services (see H.R. 4727), H6600 [19JY]

———prevent sudden disruption of beneficiary enrollment in Medicare+Choice plans (see H.R. 141), H5955 [12JY]

———protect right of beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare+Choice plans to receive services at any skilled nursing facility (see H.R. 3004), H6719 [20JY]

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

Medicare/Medicaid: ensure that individuals enjoy the right to be free from restraint (see H.R. 3010), H2655 [8MY]

Mental health: recognize the importance of mental health awareness, mental disorders, and early detection of mental illnesses (see H. Con. Res. 243), H1589 [29MR]

Mexico: political repression of foreign observers (see H. Con. Res. 350), H4120 [8JN]

Monuments and memorials: support construction and completion of a World War II Memorial in the District of Columbia (see H. Con. Res. 419), H9768 [11OC]

National Guard: anniversary of initial activation of personnel for Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm (see H. Res. 549), H6355 [17JY]

———extend to military technicians certain provisions concerning separation and retirement benefits of Army Reserve and Air Force Reserve military technicians (see H.R. 4361), H6471 [18JY]

———provide more equitable civil service retirement and retention provisions for technicians (see H.R. 5342), H8468 [28SE]

National Labor Relations Act: treatment of employers and performers in the live performing arts (see H.R. 5185), H11207 [26OC]

National Underground Railroad Freedom Center: funding (see H.R. 2919), H3413 [18MY]

National Writing Project: improve (see H.R. 1456), H2340 [13AP]

O'Connor, John Cardinal: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3557), H255 [8FE]

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]

Patents: establish a U.S./Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) Office to assist GSP countries in improving their patent systems and issuing patents compatible with U.S. laws and standards (see H.R. 4331), H2339 [13AP]

———issue to countries receiving trade benefits under the Generalized System of Preferences (see H.R. 4683), H4591 [15JN]

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), H1589 [29MR]

———promote the use of reformulated gasoline, allow State and local regulation of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE), and revise reformulated gasoline environmental regulations (see H. Con. Res. 256), H6600 [19JY]

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. 404), H7992 [21SE]

Pope John Paul II: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3544), H2607 [4MY]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 3842), H2512 [3MY]

———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]

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]

Racial relations: recognize the significant contribution the Birmingham Pledge has made in fostering racial harmony and reconciliation (see H.J. Res. 102), H6355 [17JY]

Radioactive substances: set contamination content standards in metals industry, prohibit release of contaminated scrap metal by Dept. of Energy facilities, and document contamination of imported scrap metals (see H.R. 4566), H4784 [20JN] (see H.R. 4566), H4818 [21JN]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 4844), H6471 [18JY]

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

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]

Small business: establish minimum standards of fair conduct in franchise sales and franchise business relationships (see H.R. 3308), H50 [27JA]

Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of the National Museum of the American Indian (see H.R. 4259), H7871 [19SE]

Social Security: improve coverage of low-income children under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see H.R. 827), H6599 [19JY]

———make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act (see H.R. 5612), H11813 [2NO]

Surface Transportation Board: resolve disagreements between mass transit authorities and freight railroads over access to freight track and rights-of-way for fixed guideway transportation (see H.R. 4507), H4485 [14JN]

Tariff: prevent circumvention of the sugar tariff-rate quotas (see H.R. 5423), H9504 [6OC]

Taxation: allow tax credit to holders of qualified bonds issued by an intercity passenger rail carrier (see H.R. 3700), H4592 [15JN]

———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), H8617 [2OC]

———expand incentives for the construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 4094), H2122 [11AP]

———provide a uniform dollar limitation for transportation fringe benefits excludable from gross income (see H.R. 3546), H2239 [12AP]

———provide relief for payment of asbestos-related claims (see H.R. 4543), H5843 [11JY]

———reduce tax benefits for foreign corporations (see H.R. 4133), H1628 [30MR]

———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]

———treatment of charitable donation of food by businesses and farmers (see H.R. 1325), H757 [8MR]

Tobacco products: impose restrictions on the sale of cigars (see H.R. 2579), H1119 [16MR]

U.S. Submarine Force: anniversary (see H. Res. 397), H455 [15FE]

Veterans: establish a comprehensive program for the testing and treatment of the Hepatitis C virus (see H.R. 5132), H8736 [3OC]

———increase size of the estate an incompetent veteran may have without being subject to suspension of benefits while under institutional care by the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (see H.R. 4935), H6777 [24JY]

———mint coins in commemoration and use proceeds of surcharges imposed on the sale of such coins to fund the transport of veterans to and from Dept. of Veterans Affairs hospitals (see H.R. 5397), H9010 [5OC]

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

———require employers to give employees who are members of reserve components leave of absence to participate in an honor guard for veterans' funerals (see H.R. 284), H7578 [13SE]

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), H50 [27JA]

Volunteer workers: extend appropriations for programs under the National and Community Service Act and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act (see H.R. 4740), H5084 [23JN]

Water: prohibit use and provide for remediation of water contaminated by methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) (see H.R. 4303), H7128 [26JY]

Women: provide Federal contracting assistance to small business concerns owned and controlled by women (see H.R. 4897), H7212 [27JY]

Woods, Tiger: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4926), H7652 [14SE]

World Trade Organization: establish a commission to review dispute settlement reports (see H.R. 4706), 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

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), corrections in enrollment (see H. Con. Res. 420), H9635 [10OC]

Commission on Gasoline and Fuel Pricing: establish (see H.R. 4777), H5435 [28JN]

Commission on the Comprehensive Study of Voting Procedures: establish (see H.R. 5645), H12045 [7DE]

Dept. of Labor: establish Normal Trade Relations for China Transitional Adjustment Assistance Program (see H.R. 4649), H4336 [13JN]

Medicaid: provide States with the option of covering intensive community mental health treatment (see H.R. 5572), H11206 [26OC]

Supreme Court: interpretation of the first amendment to the Constitution in the case Buckley v. Valeo (see H. Con. Res. 377), H6599 [19JY]

Letters

People's Republic of China permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization: Charles L. Calkins, Fleet Reserve Association, H3469 [19MY]

———Charles L. Taylor, AMVETS, H3469 [19MY]

———Ciping Huang, H2195 [12AP]

———Frank G. Wickersham III, Military Order of the Purple Heart, H3469 [19MY]

———Jayson L. Spiegel, Reserve Officers Association, H3469 [19MY]

———Raymond A. Bell, U.S. Army Warrant Officers Association, H3469 [19MY]

———Representative Berman, H3471 [19MY]

———Representative Wolf, H3470 [19MY]

———Representatives Christopher H. Smith, Wolf, and Bonior, H3470 [19MY]

———Representatives Stark, Carolyn McCarthy, and Pelosi, H3470 [19MY]

———Wei Jingsheng, H3620 [23MY]

U.S. entertainment industry impact on the Ukraine: Ukrainian religious leader, H7570 [13SE]

Memorandums

Congressional Legislation on Chronic Beryllium Disease: by, H4014-H4016 [7JN]

Motions

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), H8426 [28SE]

Press releases

NAFCU Joins Fundraising Campaign for National WWII Memorial: National Association of Federal Credit Unions, E1282 [19JY]

People's Republic of China Permanent Normal Trade Relations Upon Accession to the World Trade Organization: American Legion, H3470 [19MY]

———VFW, H3470 [19MY]

Proposals

People's Republic of China normal trade relations treatment relative to attack, invasion, or blockade of the Republic of China, H3471 [19MY]

Remarks

Agriculture: emergency assistance to farmers and ranchers, H5785, H5786 [11JY]

———establish grants and loans for equity capital to establish farmer-owned cooperatives, H1566 [29MR]

———international asparagus competitiveness grant and harvester funding, H5541 [29JN]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), H5450, H5458, H5539, H5540, H5541, H5542, H5543, H5548, H5552, H5554, H5555, H5582, H5585, H5586, H5589, H5591, H5592, H5593 [29JN], H5706, H5707, H5708, H5709, H5712, H5713 [10JY], H5783, H5784, H5785, H5786, H5791, H5792 [11JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4461), conference report, H9690, H9695, H9698 [11OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4461), consideration (H. Res. 538), H5419 [28JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4461), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 617), H9675 [11OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4461), motion to instruct conferees, H8426, H8428, H8429, H8430 [28SE]

AID: employment of contractors for deployment of Food for Peace Program commodities, H5593 [29JN]

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 109), H8121 [26SE]

———making emergency supplemental appropriations, H5548 [29JN]

———making emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 3908), H1566 [29MR], H1604, H1607, H1612, H1613 [30MR]

———making emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 3908), consideration (H. Res. 450), H1491 [29MR]

Block Communications, Inc.: anniversary, E2075 [3NO]

Buy American Act: compliance, H1604 [30MR]

China, People's Republic of: make trade relations with the U.S. contingent upon free emigration and improved human rights conditions (H.J. Res. 103), H6411 [18JY]

———permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization, H2194 [12AP], H2329 [13AP], H2744 [9MY]

———permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), H3035 [15MY], H3148, H3154, H3155 [16MY], H3468 [19MY], H3619 [23MY], H3703 [24MY]

China, Republic of: U.S. policy, H2329 [13AP]

Colombia: authorize urgent support to secure peace and the rule of law, and to enhance the effectiveness of anti-drug efforts, H1491 [29MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service emergency funding, H5552, H5554, H5555 [29JN]

———Asian Longhorned Beetle eradication funding, H5552 [29JN]

———colonias initiatives funding, H5592 [29JN]

———resolution of certain civil rights discrimination cases, H5784 [11JY]

———Rural Community Advancement Program agritourism funding, H5582 [29JN]

———school breakfast programs research funding, H5713 [10JY]

———senior citizen meal programs funding through reductions in Food for Peace Program, H5589, H5591 [29JN]

———special research grants funding, H5542, H5543 [29JN]

———use of biofuels such as ethanol and biodiesel, H5709, H5712 [10JY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), H3376 [18MY], E795 [19MY]

Dept. of Energy: establish compensation programs for employees sustaining beryllium and radiation-related injury, illness, or death, H3376 [18MY], H4014 [7JN], H8286 [27SE]

———purchase ethanol and biodiesel fuel through a draw down of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, H1607 [30MR], H4554 [15JN]

———solar and renewable energy technology programs funding, H5252 [27JN]

Dept. of HUD: funding, H4742 [20JN]

Dept. of Labor: establish Normal Trade Relations for China Transitional Adjustment Assistance Program, H4280, H4281 [13JN]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4578), H4554 [15JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: require report on mental illness research, education, and clinical centers, H4867, H4868 [21JN]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4690), H5054, H5055 [23JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), H4280, H4281 [13JN]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4635), H4742 [20JN], H4867, H4868 [21JN]

Drugs: allow importation of prescription drugs into the U.S. by pharmacists and wholesalers for resale and by U.S. citizens for personal use, H9675, H9697, H9698 [11OC]

Economic Development Administration: provide adjustment assistance to communities adversely affected by the implementation of permanent normal trade relations with the People's Republic of China, H5054, H5055 [23JN]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4733), H5248, H5252 [27JN]

Energy Policy and Conservation Act: extend certain programs (H.R. 2884), H2092 [11AP]

FDA: facilitate the importation into the U.S. of certain approved drugs (H.R. 1885), H7913 [20SE]

———facility construction funding in Los Angeles, CA, H1612, H1613 [30MR]

———prohibit funding to prevent importation into the U.S. of certain approved drugs, H5706, H5707, H5708 [10JY]

Food: require labels on food that contains, or is produced with, a genetically engineered material, H5783 [11JY]

Foreign countries: exempt agricultural products, medicines, and medical products from U.S. economic sanctions, H5419 [28JN]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4811), H6015, H6016, H6018 [13JY]

FTC: report on marketing of violence to children by entertainment industry, H7569 [13SE]

Medicaid: provide States with the option of covering intensive community mental health treatment (H.R. 5572), E1949 [26OC]

Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, H2194 [12AP], H7913, H7914 [20SE]

Monuments and memorials: support construction and completion of a World War II Memorial in the District of Columbia (S. Con. Res. 145), E1838 [19OC]

National Academy of Sciences: genetically-engineered foods study funding, H5539 [29JN]

———gentically engineered products study funding, H5540 [29JN]

National Association of Federal Credit Unions: tribute to fundraising efforts for the World War II Memorial in the District of Columbia, E1282 [19JY]

North Carolina: establish a demonstration program to provide modular housing units to homeless senior citizens due to disasters, H5585 [29JN]

O'Connor, John Cardinal: tribute (H. Con. Res. 317), H2594 [4MY]

Parliamentary inquiry, H4280, H4281 [13JN]

Petroleum: decrease dependence on foreign sources through use of renewable fuels, conservation, improving efficiency, and increasing domestic energy supplies, H5252 [27JN]

———dependence on foreign sources, H5248 [27JN]

———economic impact of increasing oil prices, H1491 [29MR], H4475 [14JN]

Pharmaceuticals: reductions in prescription drug prices, H7914 [20SE]

Power resources: authorize research to promote the conversion of biomass into biobased industrial products, H5248 [27JN]

———incorporation of biofuels such as ethanol and biodiesel into strategic fuel reserves, H4475 [14JN]

———national energy policy, H1491 [29MR]

Russia: agricultural assistance, H6015, H6016, H6018 [13JY]

Sylvania, OH: anniversary of Temple Shomer Emunim, E916 [8JN]

Tillamook County, OR: railroad reconstruction funding, H5586 [29JN]

Toledo, OH: anniversary of Catholic War Veterans (organization) Jude Thaddeus Post No. 1675, E1585 [25SE]

———tribute to Joseph W. Diehn American Legion Post Americanism Program, E388 [22MR]

Ukraine: agricultural assistance, H6015, H6016, H6018 [13JY]

———democracy efforts, E505 [6AP], E607 [2MY]

Vento, Bruce F.: tribute (H. Res. 618), H9578 [10OC]

Vietnam: make trade relations with the U.S. contingent upon free emigration and improved human rights conditions (H.J. Res. 99), H7012 [26JY]

World Trade Organization: withdraw U.S. membership and funding (H.J. Res. 90), H4810 [21JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H1627 [30MR], H1761 [4AP], H2236 [12AP], H2334 [13AP], H3047 [15MY], H3170 [16MY], H3307 [17MY], H3411 [18MY], H7575 [13SE], H8404 [27SE]

Reports

Occupational Safety and Health—Government Responses to Beryllium Uses and Risks: GAO, E795-E799 [19MY]

Statements

Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Programs Appropriations Conference Report (H.R. 4461): OMB, H9695 [11OC]

It's Time for Transparency: Grigoriy Surkis, E505 [6AP], E607 [2MY]

Tributes

Daken, James B., E2148 [7DE]

Edgerton, Art, E1880 [23OC]

Gonzalez, Henry B., E2141 [7DE]

Hill, Lue Ida, E605 [2MY]

Lenard, Casimira (Myra), E719 [11MY]

Lubachivsky, Myroslav, E2220, E2238 [15DE]

Martin, Marsha Pyle, H16 [27JA]

Wilkowski, Arthur, E157 [16FE]

Yates, Sidney R., E2078 [3NO]