WELDON, CURT (a Representative from Pennsylvania)

Addresses

Meeting of Kurchatov Institute's Scientific Society With U.S. Congressmen: Yevgeny Velikhov, H28 [27JA]

Amendments

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 3908), H1577 [29MR], H1592 [30MR]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 4205, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, H7134 [27JY]

Articles and editorials

Joseph G. Cirillo, a GOP Leader, William Lamb, Philadelphia (PA) Inquirer, E487 [4AP]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Architect of the Capitol: establish the position of Director of Fire Safety and Protection (see H.R. 4366), H2511 [3MY]

Barry, John: recognize as first flag officer of the U.S. Navy (see H.J. Res. 56), H4784 [20JN]

Boy Scouts: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 384), H7503 [12SE]

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: improve Internet security and protect against cyberterrorism (see H. Con. Res. 285), H1077 [15MR]

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: strengthen the National Defense Features program (see H.R. 5488), H10256 [18OC]

———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: investigation of missing nuclear missile technology from Los Alamos National Laboratory, addressing of agency security issues, and determination of accountability for security lapses (see H. Res. 534), H5240 [27JN]

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

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), H5956 [12JY]

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), H7281 [6SE]

Dept. of Transportation: establish a grant program for providing assistance to emergency response organizations (see H.R. 3155), H278 [9FE]

———prohibit action to finalize, implement, or enforce a rule relative to the hours of service of drivers for motor carriers (see H.R. 4511), H6355 [17JY]

Diseases: increase research, treatment, and public education of Lyme disease (see H.R. 2790), H2512 [3MY]

———reduce burden of diabetes among children and youth (see H.R. 4594), H4035 [7JN]

———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), H454 [15FE]

Drugs: prevent abuse of inhalants (see H.R. 4565), H3868 [25MY]

Education: establish and expand programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (see H.R. 4271, 4272), H4784 [20JN]

Education for All Handicapped Children Act: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 399), H7577 [13SE]

Emergency services: authorizing appropriations for State and local emergency responders (see H.R. 4128), H1588 [29MR]

Fish and fishing: eliminate the wasteful and unsportsmanlike practice of shark finning (see H.R. 3535), H219 [7FE]

———establish a moratorium on bottom trawling and use of other mobile fishing gear on the seabed in certain coastal areas (see H.R. 3059), H209 [2FE]

GAO: require report to Congress on agency regulatory actions (see H.R. 4744), H5737 [10JY]

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: separation of powers between Congress and the President (see H.R. 2655), H342 [10FE]

Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption: implementation (see H.R. 2342), H574 [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]

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

Law enforcement officers: clarify procedures and conditions for the award of matching grants for the purchase of armor vests (see H.R. 4033), H1407 [23MR]

Liberia: adjust immigration status of certain nationals (see H.R. 919), H8799 [4OC]

Marshall Islands: name the Army missile range at Kwajalein Atoll for former President Ronald Reagan (see H.R. 3554), H455 [15FE]

Medicaid: establish a new prospective payment system for federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics (see H.R. 2341), H1285 [22MR]

———State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (see H.R. 3698), H1477 [28MR]

Medicare: improve methodology for the calculation of Medicare+Choice program payment rates (see H.R. 4951), H10473 [19OC]

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

———State accreditation of diabetes self-management training programs (see H.R. 5074), H7652 [14SE]

Middle East: condemn current level of violence between Israelis and Palestinians (see H. Con. Res. 426), H9900 [12OC]

National Fallen Firefighters Memorial: commemorate fallen firefighters by lowering the U.S. flag to half-staff during the memorial service in Emmitsburg, MD (see H.J. Res. 112), H9767 [11OC]

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

New York: reintroduce the Eastern Timber Wolf to the Catskill Mountains and authorize the Dept. of the Interior to acquire lands through the BLM to facilitate the reintroduction (see H.R. 4496), H3412 [18MY]

Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact: reauthorize and modify conditions (see H.R. 1604), H1588 [29MR]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: require changes in the bloodborne pathogens standard (see H.R. 5178), H8617 [2OC]

Oceans: tribute to individuals who were instrumental in the history of oceanographic and scientific research and the efforts of the Office of Naval Research (see H. Con. Res. 264), H647 [6MR]

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]

Political campaigns: increase penalties for making or accepting contributions in the name of another and prohibit foreign nationals from making any campaign-related disbursements (see H.R. 1747), H511 [16FE]

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), H2341 [13AP]

———guidelines for renovation, relocation, closing, or consolidation of post offices (see H.R. 670), H1588 [29MR]

Product safety: establish flammability testing standards and labeling regulations for upholstered furniture which is sold in interstate commerce (see H.R. 4368), H2511 [3MY]

———promote new and revised toxicological tests that protect human, animal, and environmental health while reducing need for animal testing (see H.R. 4281), H2337 [13AP]

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]

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

Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument: establish (see H.R. 3676), H5656 [29JN]

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

Southern Dairy Compact: congressional consent (see H.R. 1604), H1588 [29MR]

Taxation: allow a refundable credit for health insurance costs (see H.R. 4113), H7211 [27JY]

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

———allow an additional individual retirement account deduction based on unused amounts of deduction limitation in prior years (see H.R. 3620), H340 [10FE]

———allow deduction equal to fair market value for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor (see H.R. 3249), H6719 [20JY]

———allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts (see H.R. 957), H997 [14MR]

———allow tax credit to holders of qualified bonds issued by an intercity passenger rail carrier (see H.R. 3700), H6052 [13JY]

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

———encourage stronger mathematics and science programs at elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 4273), H4784 [20JN]

———exclude from gross income payments made under certain Federal programs for the repayment of student loans of members of the Armed Forces and the National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 4245), H2341 [13AP]

———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]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see H.R. 4728), H7503 [12SE]

———increase annual limitation on nondeductible contributions and adjust for inflation the amount of deductible contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1322), H4783 [20JN]

———reduce motor fuel taxes (see H.R. 4006), H1413 [27MR]

———reduce motor fuel taxes, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 4006), H3926 [6JN]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 3916), H3173 [16MY]

———treatment of certain franchise operation property (see H.R. 2451), H255 [8FE]

———treatment of computers provided to employees for personal use (see H.R. 4274), H2967 [11MY]

———treatment of contributions of computers to schools and public libraries (see H.R. 2308), H574 [29FE]

———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 individual investment accounts (see H.R. 1611), H511 [16FE]

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), H7933 [20SE]

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 (see H.R. 3671), H998 [14MR]

U.S. Submarine Force: anniversary (see H. Res. 397), H343 [10FE]

Veterans: establish a comprehensive program for the testing and treatment of the Hepatitis C virus (see H.R. 5132), H9505 [6OC]

Volunteer firefighters: remove civil liability barriers surrounding donating fire equipment to volunteer fire companies (see H.R. 4736), H5084 [23JN]

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), H2967 [11MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

China, People's Republic of: normal trade relations treatment relative to attack, invasion, or blockade of the Republic of China (see H. Con. Res. 334, 335), H3813 [24MY]

Community development: authorize use of block grants to assist local firefighting, emergency medical, and rescue services (see H.R. 5424), H9504 [6OC]

Corp. for National and Community Service: include participation in a volunteer firefighting agency as one of the national service programs authorized to receive assistance under the AmeriCorps program (see H.R. 5425), H9504 [6OC]

Native Americans: repeal Indian racial preference laws (see H.R. 5523), H10473 [19OC]

Ships and vessels: certificate of documentation for 3 barges (see H.R. 4618), H4121 [8JN]

Valley Forge National Historic Park: designate the existing visitor's center as the Richard T. Schulze Visitor's Center (see H.R. 4761), H5169 [26JN]

Factsheets

V-22 Osprey Aircraft Accident in Marana, AZ, H2188-H2190 [12AP]

Memorandums

Unsubstantiated Allegations of Wrongdoing Involving the Clinton Administration: Committee on Government Reform and Oversight (House), H8594 [2OC]

Vice President Gore's Agreement With Russia Relative to Proliferation of Nuclear Missile Technology, H11761 [1NO]

Press releases

MV-22 Mishap Investigation: Marine Corps, H2187 [12AP]

Names of MV-22 Accident Victims Released: Marine Corps, H2187 [12AP]

Remarks

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 3908), H1473 [28MR], H1578, H1579, H1580 [29MR], H1592 [30MR], H1757 [4AP]

———making emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 3908), consideration (H. Res. 450), H1492 [29MR]

Armed Forces: tribute to Marines who lost their lives in V-22 Osprey aircraft accident in Marana, AZ, H2187 [12AP]

Arms control: reduction of nuclear weapons, H3037-H3042 [15MY]

Bateman, Herbert H.: tribute (H. Res. 573), H7438 [12SE]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), H1394, H1395 [23MR]

China, People's Republic of: permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), H3703 [24MY]

Clinton, President: State of the Union Message, H23-H28 [27JA]

Cole (U.S.S.): terrorist attack on Navy destroyer in Yemen (H. Res. 631), H10076 [18OC]

Committee on Government Reform and Oversight (House): investigative practices and allegations, H8593 [2OC]

Computers: networking and information technology research and development funding (H.R. 2086), consideration (H. Res. 422), H392 [15FE]

Crime: encourage States to incarcerate individuals convicted of murder, rape, or child molestation (H.R. 894), H5753 [11JY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), H3197, H3268 [17MY], H3396 [18MY]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), conference report, H9650 [11OC]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), consideration (H. Res. 504), H3323 [18MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4576), H3995, H3996, H3998, H4000, H4001, H4013 [7JN]

———military health care programs funding through reductions in the national missile defense system, H4000, H4001 [7JN]

———research and development programs funding, H3197 [17MY]

———strengthen the National Defense Features program (H.R. 5488), E1844 [19OC]

———suspend contractors convicted of fraud, H4013 [7JN]

———TRICARE senior pharmacy program funding through reductions in the national missile defense system, H3995, H3996, H3998 [7JN]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4690), H5007 [22JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), H4095 [8JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4577), conference report, H12486 [15DE]

District of Columbia: fire and emergency medical services safety measures funding, H2644-H2647 [8MY]

Eddystone, PA: anniversary of Eddystone Fire Co. No. 1, E1753 [12OC]

Education: national policy to improve system, H11475 [28OC]

Emergency services: firefighting and emergency medical services funding, H1473 [28MR], H1492, H1578, H1579, H1580 [29MR], H1592 [30MR], H1757-H1761 [4AP], H12486 [15DE]

Family Services of Montgomery County (organization): anniversary, E1646 [2OC], E1665 [4OC]

Federal firefighters: make mandatory separation age match requirement for Federal law enforcement officers (H.R. 460), H9987 [17OC]

Foreign countries: report on congressional delegation trips, H23-H28 [27JA]

Gore, Vice President: agreement with Russia relative to proliferation of nuclear missile technology, H11521, H11524, H11525 [29OC], H11761, H11762, H11763, H11765 [1NO]

Hoffner-McCall, Richard: Prudential Insurance Co., of America Spirit of Community Award recipient for Pennsylvania, E94 [8FE]

Malvern, PA: anniversary of St. Peter's Church-Great Valley, E1470 [13SE]

Morelli, Mark: Delaware County, PA, Fireman's Association Valor Award recipient, E187 [29FE]

National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians: anniversary, E1930 [25OC]

National security: national missile defense system, H3396 [18MY], H5725 [10JY], H7248 [6SE], H7631-H7638 [14SE]

———threat of cyberterrorism against military and civilian infrastructures and systems, H977, H978 [14MR]

Native Americans: repeal Indian racial preference laws (H.R. 5523), E1864 [19OC]

NIST: fire safety research and technology funding, H5007 [22JN]

OSHA: implementation of ergonomic regulations, H4095 [8JN]

Owen B. Pickett U.S. Customhouse, Norfolk, VA: designate (H.R. 5284), H8560 [2OC]

Parliamentary inquiry, H1582 [29MR]

Phoenixville, PA: anniversary of Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, E1028 [15JN]

Political campaigns: influence and legality of foreign contributions, H8593 [2OC]

Pope, Edmond: demand release from Russian prison for humanitarian reasons, H12043 [7DE]

Rural areas: impact of Federal public policy changes on economic expansion, H8602 [2OC]

Russia: express concern with manipulation of the mass media and intimidation of the independent press and express support for freedom of speech (H. Con. Res. 352), H4654 [19JN]

———proliferation of nuclear missile technology to Iran, H11521, H11524, H11525 [29OC]

Stamatakis, Manuel N.: Cradel of Liberty Council Scout Mariner Award recipient, E873 [25MY]

Treaties and agreements: impact of changes to arms control treaties on U.S.-Russian relations, H2379 [2MY]

Volunteer workers: firefighters and emergency medical personnel funding, H364-H367 [14FE]

Wayne, PA: anniversary of St. David's Church, E1470 [13SE]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H2398 [2MY], H3918 [6JN], H5734 [10JY], H7265 [6SE], H11489 [28OC], H12044 [7DE]

Reports

Fire at 3146 Cherry Road, NE, Washington, DC, on May 30, 1999: District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Dept. Reconstruction Committee, H2644 [8MY]

Statements

V-22 Osprey Aircraft Accident in Marana, AZ: Fred McCorkle, Marine Corps, H2188 [12AP]

Tributes

Cirillo, Joseph G., E486 [4AP]

Fitzpatrick, Lucretia and Frank, H3855 [25MY]

Koprowski, Hilary, E184 [29FE]

Mansi, Alphonse D., E126 [14FE]

McMeekin, John C., E1799 [16OC]

Tippett, Tom, H2644 [8MY]

Wood, Joseph J., E128 [14FE]