CUMMINGS, ELIJAH E. (a Representative from Maryland)

Amendments

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4635), H4676 [19JN], H4848 [21JN]

Analyses

Equal Overtime Pay Authorization for All Federal Employees Engaged in Wildfire Suppression Operations (H.R. 2814), E1605 [27SE]

Federal Workforce Digital Access Act (H.R. 4232), E533 [11AP]

Appointments

Bruce F. Vento funeral attendees, H9861 [12OC]

Julian C. Dixon funeral attendees, H12081 [13DE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

Air pollution: reduce emissions from electric powerplants (see H.R. 2900), H2340 [13AP]

Alfred Rascon Post Office Building, Fulton, MD: designate (see H.R. 4430), H2966 [11MY]

Animals: improve the safety of animals transported on aircraft (see H.R. 2776), H647 [6MR]

Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 2966), H3925 [6JN] (see H.R. 3573), H1852 [5AP]

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

Birds: prohibit interstate movement of live birds, for the purpose of fighting, to States in which animal fighting is lawful (see H.R. 1275), H1119 [16MR]

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

Bureau of the Census: decennial census funding (see H.R. 3581), H575 [29FE]

Capital punishment: temporary moratorium to ensure that defendants have adequate counsel and to allow those convicted to have a reasonable opportunity to present new evidence of innocence (see H.R. 4162), H3523 [22MY]

Carter, Jimmy and Rosalyn: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4289), H2337 [13AP]

Census: conduct an interim census of Americans abroad and require such individuals to be included in future decennial censuses (see H.R. 3649), H373 [14FE]

Children and youth: acquisition, construction, and improvement of child care facilities or equipment (see H.R. 3610), H4817 [21JN]

———increase the availability, affordability, and quality of child care and improve support services for families with young children (see H.R. 4206), H1956 [6AP]

China, Republic of: participation in the World Health Organization (see H.R. 4004), H4592 [15JN]

———U.N. participation (see H. Con. Res. 390), H7280 [6SE]

Clean Air Act: continue transportation projects funding relative to lapses in conformity requirements (see H.R. 3686), H2411 [2MY]

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]

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: provide for digital empowerment by ensuring computer literacy for all children (see H.R. 3897), H921 [9MR]

Congress: establish a day of peace and sharing at the beginning of each year (see H. Con. Res. 363), H9768 [11OC]

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

———prohibit delinquent Federal debtors from being eligible to enter into Federal contracts (see H.R. 4181), H2771 [9MY]

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

Correctional institutions: improve conditions for female inmates (see H.R. 3920), H997 [14MR]

Credit cards: prevent issuers from taking advantage of traditional college students and protect parents of such students (see H.R. 3142), H48 [27JA]

Crime: increase penalties for hate crimes (see H. Con. Res. 347), H4035 [7JN]

Cuba: exception to trade embargo for food, medicines and medical supplies, instruments, or equipment (see H.R. 230), H3049 [15MY]

———lift travel restrictions (see H.R. 4471), H3172 [16MY]

Customs Service: detention and searches of travelers (see H.R. 4001), H5084 [23JN]

Dept. of Education: make grants to educational organizations for Holocaust educational programs (see H.R. 3105), H50 [27JA]

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), H5654 [29JN]

Digital Bridge Trust Fund: establish (see H.R. 4477), H3308 [17MY]

Diseases: create incentives for private sector research to develop vaccines against widespread diseases and ensure that such vaccines are affordable and widely distributed (see H.R. 3812), H7503 [12SE]

———establish an international trust fund to combat the AIDS epidemic (see H.R. 3519), H575 [29FE]

Domestic policy: establish a living wage, develop job opportunities, convert military programs to social programs, produce a capital budget, reduce poverty and violence, and redistribute wealth and power (see H.R. 1050), H2411 [2MY]

Education: modernize public schools, reduce class size, increase access to technology, enhance school safety, improve teacher quality, and strengthen accountability for academic results (see H.R. 4346), H5737 [10JY]

———provide funds to assist high-poverty school districts meet their teaching needs (see H.R. 2344), H10473 [19OC]

———provide greater access to high quality distance education programs (see H.R. 3542), H49 [27JA]

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

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

Everett Alvarez, Jr., Post Office, Rockville, MD: designate (see H.R. 4484), H3308 [17MY]

Families and domestic relations: importance of families eating together (see H. Con. Res. 343), H4337 [13JN]

———issue special postage stamps to fund domestic violence programs (see H.R. 4659), H7003 [25JY]

Federal employees: ensure one-half of leave for birth, adoption, or foster placement of a child shall be leave with pay (see H.R. 4567), H3868 [25MY]

———establish program under which current and former employees may obtain long-term care insurance (see H.R. 4040), H1162 [21MR]

———require the same transit pass transportation benefits offered in the National Capital Region to be extended to other similarly situated employees (see H.R. 5605), H11621 [30OC]

Federal firefighters: make mandatory separation age match requirement for Federal law enforcement officers (see H.R. 460), H7991 [21SE]

Firearms: enhance the enforcement of gun violence laws (see H.R. 4066), H7128 [26JY]

Fisk Jubilee Singers (musical group): issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Res. 493), H4592 [15JN]

Flags: display of the Confederate flag (see H. Res. 466), H1958 [6AP]

Foreign aid: international family planning programs funding (see H.R. 3634), H575 [29FE]

———prohibit application of certain restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental and multilateral organizations (see H.R. 4211), H3523 [22MY]

Foreign policy: encourage foreign countries to investigate and prosecute crimes committed in the name of family honor and to provide relief for victims (see H. Con. Res. 362), H5436 [28JN]

Forests: eliminate commercial logging on public lands and facilitate the economic recovery and diversification of communities dependent on the Federal logging program (see H.R. 1396), H632 [1MR]

Frederick Douglass Gardens, Inc.: establish a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs (see H.R. 5331), H8468 [28SE]

Gonzalez-Brotons, Elian: reunite with father (see H. Con. Res. 240), H90 [31JA]

Government: require agencies to post monthly on its public Internet site certain statistical data relating to Federal sector equal employment opportunity complaints (see H.R. 4362), H2410 [2MY]

Health: emphasize the importance of organ, tissue, bone marrow, and blood donation, and support National Donor Day (see H. Con. Res. 247), H373 [14FE]

———increase assistance to developing nations with high levels of infectious disease and premature death (see H.R. 3826), H3049 [15MY]

Higgins, Andrew Jackson and family: award Congressional Gold Medals (see H.R. 4384), H4485 [14JN]

Higgins Industries: award Congressional Gold Medal to World War II-era employees (see H.R. 4384), H4485 [14JN]

Human rights: condemn use of children as soldiers (see H. Con. Res. 348), H4485 [14JN]

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), H2122 [11AP]

———permit admission of nonimmigrant students and visitors who are spouses and children of permanent resident aliens (see H.R. 840), H757 [8MR]

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), H8617 [2OC]

Law enforcement: create national accreditation standards for law enforcement agencies relative to police misconduct and treatment of minorities (see H.R. 3981), H1076 [15MR]

———encourage greater community accountability of law enforcement agencies (see H.R. 3927), H1075 [15MR]

Law enforcement officers: clarify procedures and conditions for the award of matching grants for the purchase of armor vests (see H.R. 4033), H2967 [11MY]

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]

Lumber industry: promote open and competitive trade of softwood lumber between the U.S. and Canada (see H. Con. Res. 252), H4337 [13JN]

Medicaid: remove the cap on payments for Puerto Rico and certain other territories and adjust the statutory matching rate (see H.R. 5126), H8406 [27SE]

Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see H.R. 4770), H5240 [27JN]

———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]

———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H3926 [6JN]

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

Middle East: condemn current level of violence between Israelis and Palestinians (see H. Con. Res. 426), H10534 [23OC]

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

Motor vehicles: impose a mandatory fuel surcharge for transportation provided by certain motor carriers (see H.R. 4441), H5657 [29JN]

Mozambique: provide debt relief and reconstruction aid (see H.R. 4091), H3869 [25MY]

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

National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Engineering: establish (see H.R. 1795), H922 [9MR]

National Take Your Kids To Vote Day: support (see H. Con. Res. 389), H7210 [27JY]

NOAA: reauthorize Chesapeake Bay Office and enhance management and restoration programs (see H.R. 4789), H5654 [29JN]

Olympic games: mint commemorative coins to support the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games and U.S. Olympic Committee programs (see H.R. 3679), H509 [16FE]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 3842), H6470 [18JY]

———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), H4592 [15JN]

Public lands: designate certain national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and wilderness areas in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming (see H.R. 488), H6777 [24JY]

Public welfare programs: repeal certain restrictions on food stamp eligibility and increase Federal support for emergency food assistance programs (see H.R. 3192), H4121 [8JN]

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

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

Ramadan: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 220), H2341 [13AP]

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

Sierra Leone: support Government in its peace-building efforts (see H. Con. Res. 323), H3650 [23MY]

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

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

States: permit the option of coverage of legal immigrants under the Medicaid Program and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 4707), H10473 [19OC]

Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act: rename as the ``McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act'' (see H.R. 5417), H9635 [10OC]

Taxation: allow tax credit to holders of qualified bonds issued by an intercity passenger rail carrier (see H.R. 3700), H2341 [13AP]

———exclude from gross income certain employer provided housing incentives relative to the purchase of a house in qualified urban areas (see H.R. 3389), H342 [10FE]

———expand incentives for the construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 4094), H2967 [11MY]

———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]

———provide a uniform dollar limitation for transportation fringe benefits excludable from gross income (see H.R. 3546), H922 [9MR]

———require certain political organizations to report information to the FEC (see H.R. 4168), H2607 [4MY]

———treatment of adoption expenses (see H.R. 531), H4783 [20JN]

Terrorism: improve Federal efforts to prepare for, and respond to, terrorist attacks (see H.R. 4210), H4485 [14JN]

Tiger Woods Foundation: tribute (see H. Res. 654), H11194 [25OC]

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), H10473 [19OC]

U.N.: encourage the establishment of a Rapid Deployment Police and Security Force (see H.R. 4453), H4485 [14JN]

Utah: transfer certain oil shale reserves to the Ute Indian Tribe and protect the Colorado River by remediating Atlas uranium milling site near Moab, UT (see H.R. 4165), H1762 [4AP]

Veterans: mint coins in commemoration and use proceeds of surcharges imposed on the sale of such coins to fund the transport of veterans to and from Dept. of Veterans Affairs hospitals (see H.R. 5397), H11207 [26OC]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H9505 [6OC]

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), H2012 [10AP]

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]

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

Woods, Tiger: tribute (see H. Res. 654), H11194 [25OC]

World War II: support Day of Honor 2000 to honor and recognize the service of minority veterans (see H.J. Res. 98), H2906 [10MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Computers: provide Federal employees with a home computer and Internet access (see H.R. 4232), H2121 [11AP]

Dr. Flossie McClain Dedmond Post Office Building, Baltimore, MD: designate (see H.R. 4449), H3049 [15MY]

Federal employees: revise overtime pay limitation (see H.R. 5333), H8468 [28SE]

Frederick L. Dewberry, Jr., Post Office Building, Baltimore, MD: designate (see H.R. 4451), H3049 [15MY]

Judge Harry Augustus Cole Post Office Building, Baltimore, MD: designate (see H.R. 4450), H3049 [15MY]

Judge Robert Bernard Watts, Sr., Post Office Building, Baltimore, MD: designate (see H.R. 4448), H3049 [15MY]

Samuel H. Lacy, Sr., Post Office Building, Baltimore, MD: designate (see H.R. 4447), H3049 [15MY]

Remarks

Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission: establish (H.R. 1451), H228, H229 [8FE]

Baltimore, MD: tribute to Baltimore City Police School Force, H615 [1MR]

———tribute to Johns Hopkins Hospital, H5727 [10JY]

Black History Month: observance, H526 [29FE]

Budget: treatment of any budget surpluses, H1079 [16MR]

Census: importance of decennial census, H1057 [15MR], H1993 [10AP]

Computers: provide Federal employees with a home computer and Internet access (H.R. 4232), E528, E532 [11AP]

Dept. of HUD: Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS Program funding through reductions in NSF funding, H4753 [20JN]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4871), H6699 [20JY]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4635), H4753 [20JN], H4848 [21JN]

Diseases: AIDS epidemic, H7283 [7SE]

———establish an international trust fund to combat the AIDS epidemic (H.R. 3519), H2386, H2387 [2MY]

———HIV/AIDS research and prevention programs funding, H7065 [26JY]

District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 4942), H7033 [26JY], H7283 [7SE]

———prohibit needle exchange programs funding, H7283 [7SE]

———waive congressional review of local legislation reforming the current child welfare system (H.R. 5537), H11585 [30OC]

Dixon, Julian C.: tribute (H. Res. 671), H12061 [8DE]

Dr. Flossie McClain Dedmond Post Office Building, Baltimore, MD: designate (H.R. 4449), H7236 [6SE]

Education: national policy to improve system, H615 [1MR], H6035, H6036, H6037, H6038 [13JY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4733), H5230, H5235 [27JN]

Everett Alvarez, Jr., Post Office, Rockville, MD: designate (H.R. 4484), H7232 [6SE]

FAA: reauthorizing programs (H.R. 1000), conference report, E361 [21MR]

Families and domestic relations: child abuse and neglect prevention (H.R. 764), Senate amendment, H125 [1FE]

Federal employees: allow for the contribution of rollover distributions to accounts and eliminate waiting-period requirements for participation in the Thrift Savings Plan (H.R. 208), H9519, H9520 [10OC]

———eliminate certain inequities in the computation of retirement benefits for law enforcement officers, firefighters, air traffic controllers, nuclear materials couriers, and their survivors (H.R. 1769), H9987 [17OC]

———enable the Government to enroll an employee's child in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program when the employee fails to provide coverage for the child under a State court order (H.R. 2842), H7761, H7762 [19SE]

———establish program under which current and former employees may obtain long-term care insurance (H.R. 4040), H2670, H2671, H2674 [9MY], H7187 [27JY]

———increase leave time relative to services as an organ donor (H.R. 457), H354 [14FE]

———treatment of Government physicians' comparability allowances as basic pay for retirement purposes (H.R. 207), H11698 [31OC]

Federal firefighters: make mandatory separation age match requirement for Federal law enforcement officers (H.R. 460), H9987, H9988 [17OC]

Firefighters: authorize equal overtime pay for all Federal employees engaged in wildfire suppression operations (H.R. 2814), E1605 [27SE]

Frederick L. Dewberry, Jr., Post Office Building, Baltimore, MD: designate (H.R. 4451), H8019 [25SE]

Health: emphasize the importance of organ, tissue, bone marrow, and blood donation, and support National Donor Day (H. Con. Res. 247), H354 [14FE]

———minority health programs (S. 1880), H11695 [31OC]

Henry McNeal Turner Post Office, Macon, GA: designate (H.R. 3454), H7230, H7231 [6SE]

Income: increase minimum wage and provide tax benefits for small businesses (H.R. 3081), H861 [9MR]

James Madison Commemoration Commission: establish (S. 3137), H11933 [4DE]

James T. Broyhill Post Office Building, Lenoir, NC: designate (H.R. 4534), H7225, H7226, H7227 [6SE]

James W. McCabe, Sr., Post Office Building, Johnson City, NY: designate (H.R. 2302), H7234 [6SE]

Jamestown 400th Commemoration Commission: establish (H.R. 4907), H11587, H11588 [30OC]

Jones, Melva: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Community Health Leader award recipient, E960 [9JN]

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

Judge Robert Bernard Watts, Sr., Post Office Building, Baltimore, MD: designate (H.R. 4448), H7234, H7235 [6SE]

Juneteenth Independence Day: observance, E1129 [28JN]

Liberty Day: observance (H. Con. Res. 376), H9517, H9518 [10OC]

Madison, James: tribute (H. Con. Res. 396), H8556, H8557 [2OC]

Make-A-Wish Foundation: anniversary, E957 [9JN]

Maryland: C&D Canal deepening project funding, H5230 [27JN]

———Tolchester Channel S-turn straightening project funding, H5235 [27JN]

Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (H.R. 1495), H458 [16FE]

———reductions in prescription drug prices (H.R. 664), H458 [16FE]

Million Mom March: tribute to event supporting gun control legislation, H2961 [11MY]

Mozambique: support humanitarian assistance (H. Res. 431), H950 [14MR]

NASA: University Research Centers funding, H4848 [21JN]

National Children's Memorial Day: designate (H. Con. Res. 415), H9989, H9990 [17OC]

National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: observance, H7845, H7846 [19SE]

OPM: conduct study on allowing certain Federal employees paid parental leave, H6699 [20JY]

Reverend J.C. Wade Post Office, Omaha, NE: designate (H.R. 4615), H7228, H7230 [6SE]

Roberto Clemente Post Office, Chicago, IL: designate (H.R. 4831), H9522, H9524 [10OC]

Ruth Harris Coleman Post Office, Odum, GA: designate (H.R. 5229), H9522 [10OC]

Samuel H. Lacy, Sr., Post Office Building, Baltimore, MD: designate (H.R. 4447), H5811 [11JY]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H1079 [16MR]

Votes: position on missed, H5996 [13JY], E571 [13AP], E2083 [3NO]

William S. Broomfield Post Office Building, Royal Oak, MI: designate (H.R. 4884), H7222, H7223, H7224 [6SE]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H2236 [12AP]

Special order: granted, H628 [1MR], H5734 [10JY], H6346 [17JY], H6772 [24JY], H7127 [26JY], H7200 [27JY], H8197 [26SE], H8404 [27SE]

Resolutions by organizations

Armed Services and Veterans Affairs Military Awards Dinner: NAACP, E1168 [30JN]

Texts of

H.R. 2814, equal overtime pay authorization for all Federal employees engaged in wildfire suppression operations, E1605 [27SE]

Tributes

Dixon, Karen, H6757 [24JY]

Howard, Joseph C., Sr., H8285 [27SE]

McKenzie, Vashti M., H6091 [17JY]