DeFAZIO, PETER A. (a Representative from Oregon)

Amendments

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), H3524 [22MY], H3869 [25MY], H4122 [8JN], H5241 [27JN], H5714 [10JY], H5787 [11JY]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), H1355 [23MR]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 4576), H3927, H3928 [6JN], H3986, H4012, H4013 [7JN]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4578), H4221 [12JN], H4337 [13JN], H4462 [14JN], H4575 [15JN]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4635), H4486 [14JN]

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), H1165 [21MR], H1231 [22MR]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 820, Coast Guard appropriations, H8766 [4OC]

Articles and editorials

Cheney Has Shown He's Soft in Nature, But Tough on Issues, Jim Weaver, Eugene (OR) Register-Guard, E1386 [27JY]

Scaling Down in a Safer World, Doug Bandow, Washington (DC) Post, E392 [22MR]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Africa: HIV/AIDS prevention programs funding for sub-Saharan Africa (see H.R. 2765), H50 [27JA]

Agriculture: eliminate use of antibiotic drugs in livestock unless there is a reasonable certainty of no harm to human health (see H.R. 3266), H6719 [20JY]

———promote competition among wholesale purchasers and establish a commission to review large agriculture mergers, concentration, and market power (see H.R. 4321), H2338 [13AP]

Air pollution: reduce emissions from electric powerplants (see H.R. 2900), H1077 [15MR]

American Folklife Center: collect video and audio recordings of personal histories and testimonials of U.S. war veterans (see H.R. 5212), H7870 [19SE]

Animal Welfare Act: regulate the personal possession of certain wild animals and prohibit the transport or possession of certain wild animals for purposes of hunting them (see H.R. 5057), H7992 [21SE]

Animals: provide for a system of sanctuaries for chimpanzees that are no longer needed in research conducted by the Public Health Service (see H.R. 3514), H373 [14FE]

Architect of the Capitol: establish the position of Director of Fire Safety and Protection (see H.R. 4366), H5657 [29JN]

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

Aviation: increase civil penalties and criminal fines for violation of regulations prohibiting the transportation of chemical oxygen generators on passenger-carrying aircraft in air commerce (see H.R. 5445), H9767 [11OC]

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

Bob Jones University: condemn discriminatory practices (see H. Con. Res. 261), H631 [1MR] (see H. Res. 428), H574 [29FE]

Burma: recognize anniversary of free and fair elections and improve democratic and human rights (see H. Con. Res. 328), H5085 [23JN]

Children and youth: require posting of CPSC safety standards in child care centers and require a Dept. of HHS report with recommendations to promote compliance with such standards (see H.R. 2552), H574 [29FE]

———support mentoring programs (see H. Res. 552), H6052 [13JY]

China, People's Republic of: release of Rebiya Kadeer, Ablikim Abdyirim, and Kahriman Abdukirim (see H. Con. Res. 249), H2240 [12AP]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 2397), H4336 [13JN]

Clean Air Act: waive oxygen content requirement and phase-out use of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) in reformulated gasoline (see H.R. 1705), H342 [10FE]

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), H757 [8MR]

Colorado: designate certain lands as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System (see H.R. 829), H757 [8MR]

Commission on Ocean Policy: establish (see H.R. 4410), H4817 [21JN]

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), H6355 [17JY]

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

———networking and information technology research and development funding (see H.R. 2086), H373 [14FE]

Consumers: protect from predatory mortgage lending practices (see H.R. 3901), H7003 [25JY]

Contracts: ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses (see H.R. 3766), H998 [14MR]

———provide simplified criteria for determining whether an individual is an employee or an independent contractor and limit retroactive employment tax reclassifications (see H.R. 1525), H1958 [6AP]

———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), H1478 [28MR]

Corps of Engineers: conduct studies and ecosystem restoration projects within the Lower Columbia River and Tillamook Bay Estuaries in Oregon and Washington (see H.R. 5150), H7501 [12SE]

Correctional institutions: combat the overutilization of prison health care services and control prisoner health care costs (see H.R. 1349), H922 [9MR]

———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), H922 [9MR]

Courts: restore the Federal civil rights remedy for victims of gender-motivated violence (see H.R. 5021), H7207 [27JY]

CPSC: restore jurisdiction over fixed site amusement park rides (see H.R. 3032), H6052 [13JY]

Crime: improve information on, and protections against, child sexual abuse (see H.R. 2382), H4484 [14JN]

———prevent identity fraud in consumer credit transactions and credit reports (see H.R. 4311), H6052 [13JY]

Cuba: lift travel restrictions (see H.R. 4471), H4675 [19JN]

Customs Service: prohibit import of diamonds from certain conflict regions in Africa (see H.R. 5147), H8736 [3OC]

Dept. of Defense: protect citizen soldiers (see H.R. 4669), H7503 [12SE]

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), H1077 [15MR]

———establish compensation programs for employees sustaining illnesses from exposure to beryllium and other hazardous substances and examine health effects of exposure to hazardous substances (see H.R. 3418), H1764 [4AP]

Dept. of HHS: provide State grants for dental health programs for children (see H.R. 4821), H8469 [28SE]

Dept. of Labor: establish Normal Trade Relations for China Transitional Adjustment Assistance Program (see H.R. 4649), H7366 [7SE]

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), H3926 [6JN]

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

Diseases: increase public awareness of multiple sclerosis (see H. Con. Res. 271), H2607 [4MY]

———increased support and funding to combat juvenile diabetes (see H. Con. Res. 321), H5657 [29JN]

Drugs: prevent abuse of inhalants (see H.R. 4565), H5241 [27JN]

Economy: global sustainable development (see H. Res. 479), H2340 [13AP]

Education: establish and expand programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (see H.R. 4271, 4272), H7932 [20SE]

———provide grants to local educational agencies to develop smaller schools (see H.R. 3044), H1123 [20MR]

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), H4035 [7JN]

FDA: grant authority to regulate tobacco (see H.R. 4207), H4817 [21JN]

———restrict authority to issue clinical holds on investigational drugs or to deny patients expanded access to such drugs (see H.R. 3677), H647 [6MR]

Federal employees: extend civil service retirement options to IRS revenue officers, INS inspectors, and certain other Federal law enforcement officers (see H.R. 1228), H2012 [10AP]

———reduce contributions to CSRS and FERS (see H.R. 2631), H922 [9MR]

———treatment of retirement benefits for assistant U.S. attorneys (see H.R. 583), H2411 [2MY]

Federal firefighters: make mandatory separation age match requirement for Federal law enforcement officers (see H.R. 460), H6354 [17JY]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (see H.R. 5247), H9505 [6OC]

FEMA: make grants to fire departments for the acquisition of thermal imaging cameras (see H.R. 1839), H50 [27JA]

Firefighters: authorize equal overtime pay for all Federal employees engaged in wildfire suppression operations (see H.R. 2814), H4220 [12JN]

Fish and fishing: eliminate the wasteful and unsportsmanlike practice of shark finning (see H.R. 3535), H48 [27JA]

———recover depleted fish stocks and promote the long-term sustainability of marine fisheries (see H.R. 4046), H2239 [12AP]

Food industry: safety of genetically engineered foods (see H.R. 3883), H1120 [16MR]

Foreign aid: international family planning programs funding (see H.R. 3634), H632 [1MR]

Foreign trade: extend trade adjustment assistance benefit period for adversely affected workers enrolled in training programs (see H.R. 4077), H2341 [13AP]

FTC: issue new rules regulating telemarketing firms (see H.R. 3180), H5084 [23JN]

GAO: conduct a comprehensive fraud audit of the Dept. of Defense (see H.R. 4645), H4336 [13JN]

Government: prohibit the acquisition of products produced by forced labor (see H. Con. Res. 308), H8201 [26SE]

Health: application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (see H.R. 1304), H90 [31JA]

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

———increase public awareness of the dangers of pediatric cancer (see H. Con. Res. 115), H7723 [18SE]

———minority health programs (see H.R. 3250), H3869 [25MY]

———prohibit health insurance and employment discrimination on the basis of genetic information (see H.R. 2457), H9505 [6OC]

Human rights: condemn use of children as soldiers (see H. Con. Res. 348), H5241 [27JN]

IMF: reduce long-term lending activities and role in developing countries (see H.R. 5085), H7209 [27JY]

Immigration: ensure no alien is removed, denied benefits, or otherwise deprived of liberty, based on evidence that is kept secret from the alien (see H.R. 2121), H4674 [19JN]

———provide a mechanism for U.S. citizens, and lawful permanent residents, to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see H.R. 3650), H1120 [16MR]

Indianapolis (U.S.S.): award a Presidential Unit Citation to final crew (see H.J. Res. 48), H7373 [11SE]

Indonesia: prohibit military assistance relative to free elections and human rights conditions in East Timor (see H.R. 4357), H2906 [10MY]

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), H8617 [2OC]

———require health plans to cover treatment of a minor child's congenital or developmental deformity or disorder due to trauma, infection, tumor, or disease (see H.R. 49), H11955 [4DE]

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]

Japan: oppose permanent seat on U.N. Security Council until the Japanese Government complies with International Whaling Commission requirements and ends the commercialization of whale meat (see H. Con. Res. 431), H10473 [19OC]

Law enforcement: community policing programs (see H.R. 3144), H48 [27JA]

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]

———exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H1077 [15MR]

Libraries: provide up-to-date school library media resources and professionally certified school library media specialists for elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 3008), H90 [31JA]

Little Sandy River: protection of watershed as part of the Bull Run Watershed Management Unit (see H.R. 4580), H7003 [25JY]

McVay, Charles B., III: court-martial conviction relative to sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis (see H.J. Res. 48), H7373 [11SE]

Medicaid: establish a new prospective payment system for federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics (see H.R. 2341), H1477 [28MR]

———provide families and disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 4825), H7212 [27JY]

———waive disproportionate share hospital designation for certain rural hospitals relative to obstetrician requirements (see H.R. 4793), H6719 [20JY]

Medicare: coverage of marriage and family therapist services (see H.R. 2945), H165 [1FE]

———coverage of vision rehabilitation services (see H.R. 2870), H6599 [19JY]

———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]

———payments made under the prospective payment system for home health services (see H.R. 4727), H7212 [27JY]

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

Medicare/Medicaid: restrict use and require recording and reporting of information on use of physical and chemical restraints and seclusion in mental health facilities (see H.R. 1313), H165 [1FE]

Mental health: establish demonstration diversion courts (see H.R. 2594), H342 [10FE]

———issue commemorative postage stamp to raise autism awareness (see H. Res. 458), H8736 [3OC]

National Health Service Corps: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 5116), H12017 [5DE]

National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Engineering: establish (see H.R. 1795), H7365 [7SE]

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), H12017 [5DE]

National security: provide deployment criteria for the national missile defense system and testing of the system against counter-measures (see H.R. 5066), H8201 [26SE]

NIH: biomedical research funding (see H. Res. 437), H1164 [21MR]

———establish Office of Autoimmune Diseases (see H.R. 2573), H4591 [15JN]

Older Americans Act: reauthorize (H.R. 773), consideration (see H. Res. 478), H2340 [13AP]

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: reimpose the prohibition on export of Alaskan North Slope crude oil (see H.R. 4017), H1764 [4AP]

Pipelines: improve safety, public awareness, and environmental protection of pipeline transportation (see H.R. 4792), H9505 [6OC]

———require periodic inspections and improve safety (see H.R. 5361), H9768 [11OC]

Political campaigns: permit any Presidential candidates to participate in debates relative to support in national public opinion polls (see H. Con. Res. 373), H8736 [3OC]

Pope, Edmond: demand release from Russian prison for humanitarian reasons (see H. Con. Res. 364), H7652 [14SE] (see H. Con. Res. 404), H7871 [19SE]

Pope John Paul II: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3544), H3523 [22MY]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 3842), H5955 [12JY]

———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), H5737 [10JY]

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]

Product safety: promote new and revised toxicological tests that protect human, animal, and environmental health while reducing need for animal testing (see H.R. 4281), H6471 [18JY]

Public welfare programs: improve onsite inspections of State food stamp programs and provide grants to develop community partnerships and innovative outreach strategies for food stamp and related programs (see H.R. 2738), H255 [8FE]

———repeal certain restrictions on food stamp eligibility and increase Federal support for emergency food assistance programs (see H.R. 3192), H1120 [16MR]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 4844), H6719 [20JY]

———preserve, rehabilitate, and improve certain railroad tracks and bridges using funds collected through the diesel fuel tax (see H.R. 4746), H5168 [26JN]

Rivers: reduce sediment and nutrient loss in the Upper Mississippi River Basin (see H.R. 4013), H7211 [27JY]

Schools: prohibit the donation of foods with minimal nutritional value before lunch in schools participating in Federal meal programs (see H.R. 1781), H1764 [4AP]

Ships and vessels: revise laws relative to cruise vessels (see H.R. 5337), H8468 [28SE]

Small business: establish minimum standards of fair conduct in franchise sales and franchise business relationships (see H.R. 3308), H1629 [30MR]

Social Security: enhance privacy protections for individuals, prevent fraudulent misuse of account numbers, and provide additional safeguards for beneficiaries with representative payees (see H.R. 4857), H7503 [12SE]

———make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act (see H.R. 5612), H11781 [1NO]

Tariff: steam or other vapor generating boilers used in nuclear facilities (see H.R. 3875), H4036 [7JN]

Taxation: 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), H7991 [21SE]

———allow tax credit to holders of qualified bonds issued by an intercity passenger rail carrier (see H.R. 3700), H2967 [11MY]

———deny employers a deduction for payments of excessive compensation (see H.R. 740), H931 [13MR]

———encourage stronger mathematics and science programs at elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 4273), H7932 [20SE]

———exclusion of employer-provided educational assistance (see H.R. 2265), H2239 [12AP]

———expand incentives for the construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 4094), H2607 [4MY]

———make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (see H.R. 3709), H922 [9MR]

———prevent companies from reinsuring income in Bermuda or other tax havens to avoid paying U.S. income tax (see H.R. 4192), H2607 [4MY]

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

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

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 3916), H3309 [17MY]

———repeal modification of capital gains tax payments relative to small businesses sold on the installment sales method (see H.R. 3594), H758 [8MR]

———require certain political organizations to report information to the IRS (see H.R. 4168), H1762 [4AP]

———restore deductions for expenses relative to services performed by military reservists (see H.R. 4328), H5955 [12JY]

———treatment of small businesses (see H.R. 3874), H5843 [11JY]

Television: ensure local service to small, rural markets by satellite providers (see H.R. 3615), H1958 [6AP]

Trucking industry: support freeze on longer combination vehicles and current Federal limitations on truck size and weight (see H. Con. Res. 306), H3649 [23MY]

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), H4220 [12JN]

Veterans: improve benefits for World War II Filipino veterans (see H.R. 1594), H574 [29FE]

———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]

Veterans Health Administration: ensure pay parity between dentists and physicians (see H.R. 2660), H255 [8FE]

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]

World Bank: prevent U.S. funds from being used for environmentally destructive projects or projects involving involuntary resettlement (see H.R. 2969), H2411 [2MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Contracts: end taxpayer support of Federal contractors against whom repeated civil judgments or criminal convictions have been entered (see H.R. 5439), H9767 [11OC]

Dept. of Transportation: carry out a vessel scrapping and processing pilot program (see H.R. 4189), H1851 [5AP]

Federal Elections Review Commission: establish (see H.R. 5631), H11927 [14NO]

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

Foreign policy: increase burdensharing for U.S. military presence in the Persian Gulf region (see H.R. 4300), H2338 [13AP]

Government: increase accountability for Government spending and reduce wasteful spending (see H.R. 5317), H8405 [27SE]

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

Oil Pollution Act: improve provisions on the recovery of damages for injuries resulting from oil spills (see H.R. 5617), H11781 [1NO]

Oregon: provide for additional place of holding district court (see H.R. 3567), H208 [2FE]

Petroleum: suspend exports of Alaskan North Slope crude oil pending an economic assessment of foreign crude oil supplies and demands (see H.R. 4007), H1118 [16MR]

Ships and vessels: require the adoption of response plans for cargo tankers carrying oil (see H.R. 5025), H7207 [27JY]

Taxation: repeal the exclusion of certain income of foreign sales corporations (see H.R. 4256), H2238 [12AP]

World Trade Organization: file complaint against oil-producing countries for violating trade rules prohibiting quantitative limitations on import or export of resources or products across borders (see H. Con. Res. 276), H931 [13MR]

Letters

F-22 fighter funding: Everest E. Riccioni, E952 [9JN]

Oregon Land Exchange Act: Kathleen R. Kidwell, Friends of Rudio Mountain, Inc., H6866 [25JY]

Motions

Coastal zones: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States (H.R. 701), H2949 [11MY]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H923 [13MR]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), H5714 [10JY], H5767, H5768 [11JY]

Appropriations: legislative process, H11533 [30OC], H11750 [1NO]

Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services, H9660 [11OC]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), H1356, H1360 [23MR]

China, People's Republic of: permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), H3509, H3512, H3513, H3514, H3515, H3516, H3517 [22MY], H3530, H3603 [23MY], H9512 [10OC]

Coast Guard: anniversary (H. Con. Res. 372), H6901 [25JY]

Coastal zones: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States (H.R. 701), H2844 [10MY]

———use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States (H.R. 701), motion to recommit, H2949, H2950 [11MY]

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), H11387 [27OC]

Conservation and Reinvestment Act: condition funding on solvency of Social Security and Medicare, H2949, H2950 [11MY]

Corps of Engineers: develop and implement comprehensive program for fish screens and passage devices at agricultural water diversions (H.R. 1444), concur with Senate amendment (H. Res. 630), H9986 [17OC]

———hopper dredge fleet operation and ready reserve status, H5222 [27JN]

Cuba: exception to trade embargo for food, medicines and medical supplies, instruments, or equipment, H3530 [23MY]

Death and dying: promote pain management and palliative care without permitting assisted suicide and euthanasia, H11211 [26OC]

Dept. of Agriculture: emphasize use of nonlethal methods of predator control for livestock protection at small farms and ranches, H5714 [10JY], H5767, H5768 [11JY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), H3267 [17MY]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), conference report, H9660 [11OC]

———F-22 fighter funding, H3986, H3989, H3990 [7JN], E952 [9JN]

———impact of spending reductions on social and domestic programs, E391 [22MR]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4576), H3986, H3989, H3990, H3995, H4012, H4013, H4014 [7JN], E952 [9JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4576), consideration (H. Res. 514), H3966 [7JN]

———suspend contractors convicted of fraud, H4012, H4014 [7JN]

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

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4578), H4462, H4463, H4464, H4466, H4473 [14JN], H4562, H4575, H4576 [15JN]

Dept. of Transportation: carry out a vessel scrapping and processing pilot program (H.R. 4189), E498 [5AP]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), H11787, H11792 [2NO]

Douglas County, OR: conveyance of certain BLM lands (H.R. 1725), H1136 [21MR]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4733), H5222 [27JN]

Eugene, OR: tribute to local television stations for simulcast of documentary about the effects of drug abuse, E360 [21MR]

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), H1224, H1232 [22MR]

———reduce, suspend, or terminate certain assistance to countries engaged in oil price fixing to the detriment of the U.S. economy (H.R. 3822), consideration (H. Res. 445), H1203 [22MR]

Foreign trade: U.S. deficit, H1141 [21MR]

Forest Service: recreation programs funding through reductions in Dept. of Energy petroleum technology programs, H4462, H4463, H4464, H4466 [14JN]

———watershed improvement and fish and wildlife protection programs funding through reductions in Timber Sales Management Program, H4473 [14JN]

FRS: impact of interest rates on economic conditions, H3057 [16MY]

Harney County, OR: designate wilderness areas and a cooperative management and protection area in the vicinity of Steens Mountain (H.R. 4828), H8756, H8760 [4OC]

Indian Health Service: funding, H4562 [15JN]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4392), H3502 [22MY]

———public disclosure of expenditures for the preceding year, H3502 [22MY]

Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge: commercial agricultural lease funding, H4575 [15JN]

Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, H11792 [2NO]

National Endowment for the Arts: funding, H4562 [15JN]

National Endowment for the Humanities: funding, H4562 [15JN]

National parks and recreation areas: prohibit funding to enforce the payment of fines for violation of entrance fees, H4575 [15JN]

Older Americans Act: reauthorize (H.R. 782), H10603 [24OC]

Oregon: land exchange (S. 1629), H6865 [25JY]

OSHA: implementation of ergonomic regulations, H11787, H11792 [2NO]

Petroleum: dependence on foreign sources, H760 [9MR], H924 [13MR], H4463 [14JN]

———economic impact of increasing oil prices, H760 [9MR], H924 [13MR]

———suspend exports of Alaskan North Slope crude oil pending an economic assessment of foreign crude oil supplies and demands, H1232 [22MR]

———suspend exports of Alaskan North Slope crude oil pending an economic assessment of foreign crude oil supplies and demands (H.R. 4007), H11792 [2NO]

Political campaigns: assessment of Presidential candidates, H11483, H11484, H11485, H11486, H11487, H11488 [28OC]

Public lands: restore stability to payments made to States and counties containing certain Federal lands used for the benefit of public schools and roads (H.R. 2389), H9613 [10OC], E1800 [16OC]

SBA: improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 652), H11211 [26OC]

Social Security: make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act, H11211 [26OC]

Taxation: eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 6), H310 [10FE]

———relief, H11211 [26OC]

———repeal the exclusion of certain income of foreign sales corporations (H.R. 4986), H7379, H7423, H7429 [12SE], H11895 [14NO]

Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge: commercial agricultural lease funding, H4575 [15JN]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: funding, H5767, H5768 [11JY]

Umpqua Training and Employment, Inc.: anniversary, E821 [24MY]

Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits, H9660 [11OC]

World Trade Organization: file complaint against oil-producing countries for violating trade rules prohibiting quantitative limitations on import or export of resources or products across borders (H. Con. Res. 276), H4464 [14JN]

———withdraw U.S. membership and funding (H.J. Res. 90), H4795, H4804, H4809, H4810, H4812 [21JN]

———withdraw U.S. membership and funding (H.J. Res. 90), consideration (H. Res. 528), H4790 [21JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H199 [2FE], H370 [14FE], H11943 [4DE]

Special order: granted, H754 [8MR], H929 [13MR], H1161 [21MR], H8797 [4OC], H11779 [1NO], H11809 [2NO], H11925 [14NO]

Reports

F-22 Program—Fact Versus Fiction: Everest E. Riccioni, E952-E954 [9JN]