DINGELL, JOHN D. (a Representative from Michigan)

Amendments

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], H1232 [22MR]

Appointments

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

———S. 761, Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, H489 [16FE]

Articles and editorials

Land Plan—Worthwhile Conservation Act Stuck in Committee, Detroit (MI) Free Press, E1138 [28JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: increase maximum amount of marketing loan gains and loan deficiency payments that an agricultural producer may receive during the crop year (see H.R. 4894), H8062 [25SE]

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

Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 2966, 3573), H373 [14FE]

Bankruptcy: extend reenactment period for chapter 12 of the bankruptcy code relative to family farmers (see H.R. 5475), H11207 [26OC] (see H.R. 5540), H11446 [27OC]

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

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]

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]

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), H1629 [30MR]

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

Customs Service: detention and searches of travelers (see H.R. 4001), H4036 [7JN]

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: adjustment of composite theoretical performance levels of high performance computers (see H.R. 3680), H1764 [4AP]

Dept. of Labor: establish Normal Trade Relations for China Transitional Adjustment Assistance Program (see H.R. 4649), H6599 [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), H1852 [5AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: assist claimants for benefits in developing claims and clarify the burden of proof for such claims (see H.R. 3193), H5737 [10JY]

———motor vehicle reimbursement rates for veterans traveling to VA health care facilities (see H.R. 4716), H4817 [21JN]

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

Disabled: improve service systems for individuals with developmental disabilities (see H.R. 4920), H6776 [24JY]

Drugs: distribution of prescription drugs (see H.R. 4301), H7723 [18SE]

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), H3309 [17MY]

———school construction and infrastructure improvements funding (see H.R. 3705), H1477 [28MR]

———support youth civic literacy (see H. Res. 661), H11490 [28OC]

EPA: reauthorize the Great Lakes Program (see H.R. 3670), H2607 [4MY]

FDA: grant authority to regulate tobacco (see H.R. 4042), H1764 [4AP] (see H.R. 4207), H1956 [6AP]

Financial institutions: strengthen consumer control over use and disclosure of personal financial and health information (see H.R. 4380), H2605 [4MY]

Fish and fishing: establish a fisheries habitat protection, restoration, and enhancement program (see H.R. 4278), H2337 [13AP]

Food Quality Protection Act: establish certain requirements (see H.R. 1592), H165 [1FE]

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

Government regulations: debarment or suspension from Federal procurement and nonprocurement activities of persons that violate certain labor and safety laws (see H.R. 1227), H4336 [13JN]

Harry S Truman Federal Building, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 3639), H647 [6MR]

Health: application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (see H.R. 1304), H2340 [13AP]

———prohibit health insurance and employment discrimination on the basis of genetic information (see H.R. 2457), H6470 [18JY]

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

Immigration: arrival and departure requirements for Canadian citizens relative to automated entry and exit control systems (see H.R. 4489), H3523 [22MY]

Internet: exempt certain telecommunications traffic from reciprocal compensation requirements (see H.R. 4445), H3049 [15MY]

Iraq: failure to release prisoners of war from Kuwait and nine other nations in violation of international agreements (see H. Con. Res. 275), H1285 [22MR]

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]

Italian-American Heritage Month: observance (see H. Res. 347), H166 [1FE]

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

Korean War Veterans Association, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 1671), H8200 [26SE]

Medicaid: improve quality of care furnished in nursing homes (see H.R. 4949), H7002 [25JY]

———provide families and disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 4825), H5954 [12JY]

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]

Michigan State University: tribute to men's basketball team (see H. Res. 481), H3474 [19MY]

Mitchell, George J.: urge the awarding of the Nobel Prize for Northern Ireland peace efforts (see H. Con. Res. 242), H5037 [22JN]

Motor vehicles: require reports relative to defects in foreign products (see H.R. 5164), H7652 [14SE]

National Nuclear Security Administration: application of environmental protection, safety, and health regulations (see H.R. 4288), H2337 [13AP]

National Wildlife Refuge System Centennial Commission: establish (see H.R. 4442), H2966 [11MY]

Oscar G. Johnson Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility, Iron Mountain, MI: designate (see H.R. 5520), H12045 [7DE]

Pipelines: improve safety (see H.R. 3558), H9011 [5OC]

———improve safety, public awareness, and environmental protection of pipeline transportation (see H.R. 4792), H8736 [3OC]

———require periodic inspections and improve safety (see H.R. 5361), H8735 [3OC]

Poland: anniversary of workers' strikes that led to the creation of the independent trade union Solidarnosc (see H. Con. Res. 416), H8735 [3OC]

Postal Service: 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]

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), H4122 [8JN]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 4844), H6600 [19JY]

Research: protect human subjects in research (see H.R. 4605), H4120 [8JN]

Rivers: reduce sediment and nutrient loss in the Upper Mississippi River Basin (see H.R. 4013), H2341 [13AP]

Social Security: make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act (see H.R. 5291), H8199 [26SE] (see H.R. 5601), H11620 [30OC] (see H.R. 5612), H11781 [1NO]

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration: revise and extend programs (see H.R. 4867), H6354 [17JY]

Supreme Court: interpretation of the first amendment to the Constitution in the case Buckley v. Valeo (see H. Con. Res. 377), H8469 [28SE]

Taxation: expand incentives for the construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 4094), H1476 [28MR]

———provide incentives for production, sale, and use of highly fuel-efficient, advanced-technology motor vehicles (see H.R. 4270), H2336 [13AP]

———provide relief for payment of asbestos-related claims (see H.R. 4543), H10257 [18OC]

———require certain political organizations to report information to the FEC (see H.R. 3688), H758 [8MR]

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

———treatment of gross income for amounts received under qualified group legal services plans (see H.R. 1640), H7211 [27JY]

Telecommunications: limit FCC authority to review and impose conditions on certain mergers and transactions (see H.R. 4019), H1118 [16MR]

Telephones: regulate interstate commerce in the use of mobile telephones and strengthen and clarify prohibitions on electronic eavesdropping (see H.R. 3489), H1120 [16MR]

Trucking industry: support freeze on longer combination vehicles and current Federal limitations on truck size and weight (see H. Con. Res. 306), H7212 [27JY]

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), H509 [16FE]

Ukrainian-American Veterans, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 3463), H4592 [15JN]

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), H9010 [5OC]

———presumption of service connection for hepatitis C in certain veterans (see H.R. 1020), H7932 [20SE]

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), H2239 [12AP]

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: establish uniform poll closing time for Presidential elections (see H.R. 5678), H12532 [15DE]

William S. Broomfield Post Office Building, Royal Oak, MI: designate (see H.R. 4884), H6598 [19JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Council on Environmental Quality: abolish (see H.R. 5366), H8735 [3OC]

Dept. of Transportation: issue regulations addressing safety concerns in minimizing delay for automobile traffic at railroad grade crossings (see H.R. 5413), H9504 [6OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: demolition, environmental cleanup, and reversion of medical center in Allen Park, MI (see H.R. 5346), H8551 [29SE]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 5551), H11194 [25OC]

Social Security: expand Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program to include parents of low-income families (see H.R. 4927), H6776 [24JY]

Telecommunications: strengthen limitation on transfer of telecommunications licenses to foreign companies with government ownership (see H.R. 4903), H6717 [20JY]

Letters

Chimpanzee Health Improvement, Maintenance, and Protection Act: Ruth L. Kirschstein, Dept. of HHS, H10553 [24OC]

Conservation and Reinvestment Act: Benjamin J. Cayetano, Governor of Hawaii and Dirk Kempthorne, Governor of Idaho, H2842 [10MY]

Importation of prescription drugs into the U.S. by pharmacists and wholesalers for resale and by U.S. citizens for personal use: by, Committee on Commerce (House), S10684 [18OC]

National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Engineering Establishment Act: Donna E. Shalala, Sec. of HHS, H8268 [27SE]

Prescription drug importation into the U.S. by pharmacists and wholesalers for resale: by, S7206 [19JY]

Protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's: by, Committee on Commerce (House), S4788 [8JN]

Regulation of greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act: by, H4826, H4840 [21JN], H5261 [27JN], H5688 [10JY], E1139 [28JN]

Outlines

Democratic proposal on Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program corrections relative to the Balanced Budget Act: by, H11553 [30OC]

Press releases

Conservation and Reinvestment Act: National Governors' Association, H2842 [10MY]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), E1198 [11JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4461), conference report, H9693 [11OC]

Animals: provide for a system of sanctuaries for chimpanzees that are no longer needed in research conducted by the Public Health Service (H.R. 3514), H10553 [24OC]

Armed Forces: improve Montgomery GI Bill benefits by improving and expanding educational assistance programs, H1373 [23MR]

Armenia: anniversary of genocide, H2178 [12AP]

Boy Scouts: repeal Federal charter (H.R. 4892), H7454 [12SE]

Budget: improve and strengthen budget process (H.R. 853), H3108 [16MY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), H1373 [23MR]

Carl Elliott Federal Building, Jasper, AL: designate (H.R. 4806), E1344 [27JY]

CERCLA: exempt small businesses from certain liability (H.R. 5175), H8128 [26SE]

China, People's Republic of: permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), H3715 [24MY]

Coastal zones: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States, H8645 [3OC]

———use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States (H.R. 701), H2841 [10MY], E1138 [28JN]

Commission for the Comprehensive Study of Privacy Protection: establish (H.R. 4049), H8570 [2OC]

Commodity Exchange Act: reauthorize and amend to promote legal certainty, enhance competition, and reduce systemic risk in markets for futures and over-the-counter derivatives, H12497 [15DE]

———reauthorize and amend to promote legal certainty, enhance competition, and reduce systemic risk in markets for futures and over-the-counter derivatives (H.R. 4541), H10445 [19OC]

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 (S. 2311), H8846 [5OC]

Computers: encourage expansion of electronic commerce (S. 761), conference report, H4357, H4364 [14JN], E1071 [21JN]

———regulate the transmission of unsolicited commercial electronic mail (H.R. 3113), H6373 [18JY]

Council on Environmental Quality: abolish (H.R. 5366), E1654 [3OC]

Dept. of Energy: draw down of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve relative to anticompetitive activities, H1202 [22MR]

———Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles Program funding, H4440 [14JN]

Dept. of HHS: review of Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network rules and policies, H1705 [4AP]

Dept. of Justice: Federal Prison System salaries and expenses funding reductions relative to INS use of secret evidence in the detention of certain non-citizens, H5003 [22JN]

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 (H. Res. 398), H2178 [12AP]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4578), H4440 [14JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4578), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 603), H8645 [3OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: demolition, environmental cleanup, and reversion of medical center in Allen Park, MI, H9947 [17OC]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4690), H5003 [22JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), conference report, H12497 [15DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4577), motion to instruct conferees, H11460 [28OC], H11502 [29OC], E2083 [3NO]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4635), H4840 [21JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4635), conference report, H10392 [19OC]

Diseases: expand research activities relative to lupus (H.R. 762), H9535 [10OC]

———increase public awareness of multiple sclerosis (H. Con. Res. 271), H10457 [19OC]

Drugs: allow importation of prescription drugs into the U.S. by pharmacists and wholesalers for resale and by U.S. citizens for personal use, H9693 [11OC]

———registration requirements for practitioners who dispense narcotic drugs for maintenance or detoxification treatment (H.R. 2634), H6377 [18JY]

Education: support teachers (H. Res. 492), H2732 [9MY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4733), conference report, E1640 [2OC]

EPA: dredging or other invasive sediment remediation technologies funding limitations, H10392 [19OC]

———limit funding for activities included in the Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse gas emissions prior to implementation, H4840 [21JN]

FCC: allow modification of rules on low power FM radio stations upon assessment of interference to existing radio stations, H2315 [13AP]

———clarify service obligations of noncommercial educational broadcast stations (H.R. 4201), H4690, H4694, H4699 [20JN]

———prohibit from establishing rules authorizing the operation of new, low power FM radio stations (H.R. 3439), H2303, H2306, H2315 [13AP]

FDA: clarify certain responsibilities relative to importation of drugs into the U.S. (H.R. 3240), H5431 [28JN]

———prohibit funding to prevent importation into the U.S. of certain approved drugs, E1198 [11JY]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4811), H5902 [12JY]

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), H1232, H1233 [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), H1202 [22MR]

Health: application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (H.R. 1304), H5628 [29JN]

———minority health programs (S. 1880), H11696 [31OC]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 2990), motion to instruct conferees, H129, H134 [1FE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 5551), E1908 [25OC]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, H129, H134 [1FE], H11248 [26OC]

———revise and extend organ procurement and transplantation programs (H.R. 2418), H1690, H1693, H1705 [4AP]

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

Lebanon: allocation of foreign aid, H5902 [12JY]

Medicaid: coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment for certain women and research on relationship between cervical cancer and human papillomavirus (H.R. 4386), H2698 [9MY], H9849 [12OC]

———require States to establish reasonable reimbursement rates, E2083 [3NO]

Medicare: make more competitive and efficient and provide for a prescription drug benefit (H.R. 4680), H5362, H5371 [28JN]

———require HMO's participating in the Medicare+Choice program to commit to 3-year contracts, H11502 [29OC]

Mental health: postpartum depression policies (H. Res. 163), H9526 [10OC]

Middle East: condemn current level of violence between Israelis and Palestinians (H. Con. Res. 426), H10650 [24OC]

———withhold diplomatic recognition and prohibit U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority if a Palestinian state is declared unilaterally (H.R. 5272), E1630 [28SE]

Minimum wage: level (H.R. 3846), H894 [9MR]

Monroe (MI) Evening News: anniversary, E1098 [23JN]

Motor vehicles: require reports relative to defects in foreign products (H.R. 5164), H9628 [10OC]

National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Engineering: establish (H.R. 1795), H8268 [27SE]

NIST: improve computer security (H.R. 2413), E1906 [25OC]

Nuclear energy: storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository (S. 1287), H1190, H1196 [22MR]

———storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository (S. 1287), consideration (H. Res. 444), H1180 [22MR]

———storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository (S. 1287), motion to commit, H1198 [22MR]

Pipelines: improve safety and environmental protection (S. 2438), H9555 [10OC]

Power resources: national energy policy, H11460 [28OC]

Product safety: promote new and revised toxicological tests that protect human, animal, and environmental health while reducing need for animal testing (H.R. 4281), H10010 [17OC]

Public buildings: placement of automatic external defibrillators to assist individuals who experience cardiac arrest and protections from civil liability relative to emergency use of the devices (H.R. 2498), H3587 [23MY], H11316 [26OC]

Public Health Service Act: provide certain children's health services (H.R. 4365), H2720 [9MY], H8260 [27SE]

SBA: improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), adoption of concurrent resolution making corrections in enrollment (H. Res. 663), H11553 [30OC]

———improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), conference report, H11248 [26OC]

Small business: protect from litigation excesses and limit product liability of non-manufacturer product sellers (H.R. 2366), H472 [16FE]

Social Security: make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act, H11248 [26OC], H11553 [30OC]

St. Croix Island International Historic Site: planning and development of interpretive site for quadricentennial commemoration funding (S. 2485), consideration (H. Res. 663), H11553 [30OC]

Strategic Petroleum Reserve: extend and improve, H1232, H1233 [22MR]

Stupak, Bartholomew, Jr.: funeral arrangements, H3067 [16MY]

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration: revise and extend programs (H.R. 4867), H6377 [18JY], E1258 [18JY]

Taxation: prohibit the imposition of access fees on Internet service providers (H.R. 1291), H3059, H3061 [16MY]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (H.R. 3916), consideration (H. Res. 511), H3832 [25MY]

Telecommunications: promote competition and privatization in satellite communications (S. 376), conference report, H904 [9MR]

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 (H.R. 3671), H1809, H1810 [5AP]

Veterans: enhance education benefits programs (S. 1402), H9947 [17OC]

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

Women: reauthorize Federal programs to prevent violence against women (H.R. 1248), E1684 [5OC]

World Trade Organization: withdraw U.S. membership and funding (H.J. Res. 90), H4814 [21JN]

Summaries

Basic Access to Secure Health Insurance Coverage Health Plan (BASIC Health Plan) Act (H.R. 5551), E1908 [25OC]

Tributes

Brown, Denise, E1684 [5OC]

Gribbs, Roman S., E1687 [6OC]

Kosa, Mary Kay, E904 [6JN]

Sadat, Camelia Anwar, E1684 [5OC]

Skerker, Susan, E254 [9MR]

Smith, Eugene, E2171 [11DE]

Stupak, Bartholomew, Jr., H3067 [16MY]