HOYER, STENY H. (a Representative from Maryland)

Amendments

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), H4204 [12JN]

Appointments

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

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

———H.R. 4516, legislative branch of the Government appropriations, H6711 [20JY]

———H.R. 4577, Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations, H6564 [19JY]

Articles and editorials

Digitizing of GPO, Bob Neubauer, In-Plant Graphics (publication), E151 [16FE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

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), H219 [7FE]

Asia: human rights violations and noncompliance with Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe commitments on democratization in Central Asia (see H. Con. Res. 397), H7502 [12SE]

Azerbaijan: encourage free and fair elections (see H. Con. Res. 382), H7128 [26JY]

Business and industry: require countries receiving foreign assistance engage in fair business practices (see H.R. 4697), H5737 [10JY]

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorizing use of Grounds for Library of Congress bicentennial celebration (see H. Con. Res. 279), H997 [14MR]

———establish a task force to recommend an appropriate recognition for the slave laborers who worked on the construction of the U.S. Capitol (see H. Con. Res. 368), H6778 [24JY]

———use of the rotunda for a ceremony to honor victims of the Holocaust (see H. Con. Res. 244), H49 [27JA]

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

———provide for a national media campaign to reduce and prevent underage drinking (see H.R. 5137), H7365 [7SE]

———provide that children's sleepwear be manufactured in accordance with stricter flammability standards (see H.R. 329), H1674 [3AP]

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

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: provide Federal employees with a home computer and Internet access (see H.R. 4232), H2967 [11MY]

———provide for digital empowerment by ensuring computer literacy for all children (see H.R. 3897), H4121 [8JN]

Contracts: allow choice of arbitration as a means of settling disputes (see H.R. 534), H574 [29FE]

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

Crime: prevent identity fraud in consumer credit transactions and credit reports (see H.R. 4311), H4784 [20JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: make supplemental income payments to producers of certain crops for years when the national gross revenue of the crop is below a certain percentage (see H.R. 2792), H342 [10FE]

Dept. of Defense: use of facilities as polling places for Federal, State, and local elections (see H.R. 5174), H7650 [14SE]

Dept. of HHS: provide State grants for dental health programs for children (see H.R. 4821), H5842 [11JY]

Dept. of Justice: establish the Violence Against Women Office (see H.R. 4848), H7282 [6SE]

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 the Interior: authorize compensation for damages arising from the prescribed burn on the Bandelier National Monument (see H.R. 4574), H4122 [8JN]

———conduct special resource study of the route used by George Washington and General Rochambeau during the American Revolution (see H.R. 4794), H5654 [29JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: assist claimants for benefits in developing claims and clarify the burden of proof for such claims (see H.R. 3193), H6052 [13JY]

———provide grants for toll-free telephone number to provide information and assistance to veterans (see H.R. 2736), H1852 [5AP]

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

District of Columbia: designate the Washington Opera as the National Opera (see H.R. 4542), H3926 [6JN]

———include longevity bonus payments in calculation of retirement benefits for police officers (see H.R. 4099), H1476 [28MR]

Dr. Flossie McClain Dedmond Post Office Building, Baltimore, MD: designate (see H.R. 4449), H4592 [15JN]

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

Federal employees: clarify the computation of certain civil service retirement system annuities based on part-time service (see H.R. 4569), H4036 [7JN]

———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]

———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]

———treatment of Government physicians' comparability allowances as basic pay for retirement purposes (see H.R. 207), H3925 [6JN]

Financial institutions: allow payment of Financing Corporation interest obligations from excess deposit insurance fund reserves (see H.R. 4082), H8062 [25SE]

Foreign aid: international family planning programs funding (see H.R. 3634), H2013 [10AP]

Frederick L. Dewberry, Jr., Post Office Building, Baltimore, MD: designate (see H.R. 4451), H4592 [15JN]

Friedman, Milton: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4672), H4590 [15JN]

Harry S Truman Federal Building, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 3639), H998 [14MR]

Health: increase public awareness of the dangers of pediatric cancer (see H. Con. Res. 115), H922 [9MR]

Helsinki Final Act: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 100), H4120 [8JN]

Human rights: condemn use of children as soldiers (see H. Con. Res. 348), H4675 [19JN]

Immigration: promote a fairer and more efficient means for using highly skilled workers and improve collection and use of H-1B nonimmigrant fees (see H.R. 3983), H1589 [29MR]

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), H3309 [17MY]

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]

Judge Harry Augustus Cole Post Office Building, Baltimore, MD: designate (see H.R. 4450), H4592 [15JN]

Judge Robert Bernard Watts, Sr., Post Office Building, Baltimore, MD: designate (see H.R. 4448), H4592 [15JN]

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

Kosovo: condemn detention of Kosovar Albanians held in Serbia and call for their release (see H. Con. Res. 265), H647 [6MR]

Law enforcement officers: clarify procedures and conditions for the award of matching grants for the purchase of armor vests (see H.R. 4033), H1164 [21MR]

———establish new pay rates and compensation schedules for Secret Service and U.S. Park Police officers (see H.R. 4880), H6469 [18JY]

Library of Congress: bicentennial (see H. Con. Res. 269), H756 [8MR]

———establish revolving funds for the operation of certain programs and activities (see H.R. 5410), H9504 [6OC]

———establish the National Recording Registry (see H.R. 4846), H6051 [13JY]

Lumber industry: promote open and competitive trade of softwood lumber between the U.S. and Canada (see H. Con. Res. 252), H510 [16FE]

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

National Center for Research on Domestic Health Disparities: establish (see H.R. 2391), H997 [14MR]

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

Older Americans Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 773), H7991 [21SE]

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

Political campaigns: require persons making certain campaign-related telephone calls to disclose the identity of the person financing the call (see H.R. 5624), H11812 [2NO]

Pope, Edmond: demand release from Russian prison for humanitarian reasons (see H. Con. Res. 364), H5956 [12JY] (see H. Con. Res. 404), H7871 [19SE]

Postage and stamps: modify rates relative to reduced-rate mail matter (see H.R. 4636), H4220 [12JN]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 3842), H756 [8MR]

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]

Research: continuation of Federal research and development programs funding in a fiscally sustainable way (see H.R. 3161), H6354 [17JY]

Rivers: reduce sediment and nutrient loss in the Upper Mississippi River Basin (see H.R. 4013), H3413 [18MY]

Russia: condemn interference with freedom of the press (see H. Con. Res. 339), H4675 [19JN]

Samuel H. Lacy, Sr., Post Office Building, Baltimore, MD: designate (see H.R. 4447), H4592 [15JN]

Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument: establish (see H.R. 3676), H5084 [23JN]

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

Serbia: elections (see H. Res. 620), H9635 [10OC]

Smithsonian Institution: construct a base facility structure for the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Submillimeter Array located in Hilo, HI (see H.R. 4729), H5083 [23JN]

———mint coins in commemoration of the National Museum of the American Indian (see H.R. 4259), H8200 [26SE]

Taxation: 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. 3663), H3926 [6JN]

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

———reduce estate and gift tax rates (see H.R. 5315), H10473 [19OC]

———require certain political organizations to report information to the FEC (see H.R. 3688), H509 [16FE]

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

———treatment of computers provided to employees for personal use (see H.R. 4274), H7503 [12SE]

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), H3926 [6JN]

U.N.: promote full equality for Israel (see H.R. 3405), H255 [8FE]

U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4115), H1587 [29MR]

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]

Volunteer firefighters: issue postage stamp in recognition of service (see H. Con. Res. 392), H7365 [7SE]

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

World War II: support Day of Honor 2000 to honor and recognize the service of minority veterans (see H.J. Res. 98), H3173 [16MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

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

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorizing use of Grounds for Greater Washington Soap Box Derby (see H. Con. Res. 277), H931 [13MR]

FEC: authorizing appropriations and improving efficiency (see H.R. 4037), H1162 [21MR]

Library of Congress: establish Library of Congress Revolving Fund for certain service activities and make cataloging products and services available for purchase (see H.R. 4180), H1851 [5AP]

Excerpts

``The Government Printing Office,'' Robert E. Kling, Jr., E1725 [10OC]

Remarks

Abortion: prohibit certain late-term abortions, H1788 [5AP]

———prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 3660), H1788 [5AP]

———prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 3660), consideration (H. Res. 457), H1777 [5AP]

Afghanistan: prevent any Taliban led Government from obtaining a seat in the U.N. and refuse recognition for any Afghan Government while human rights violations persist against women and girls (H. Res. 187), H492 [16FE]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), H5455 [29JN], H5711 [10JY]

American Folklife Center: collect video and audio recordings of personal histories and testimonials of U.S. war veterans (H.R. 5212), H8722 [3OC]

Americans With Disabilities Act: anniversary, H6997 [25JY]

Appropriations: legislative process, H10403, H10404 [19OC], H11451 [28OC], H11676 [31OC]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 109), H8117, H8118, H8120, H8122 [26SE]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 110), H8661 [3OC]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 111), H9824, H9825 [12OC]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 114), H10403, H10404, H10405, H10406, H10407, H10408, H10410 [19OC]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 115), H10850, H10852 [25OC]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 118), H11451, H11453 [28OC]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 122), H11721 [1NO]

———making emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 3908), H1579, H1582 [29MR], H1591 [30MR], E475 [3AP]

Architect of the Capitol: establish the position of Director of Fire Safety and Protection (H.R. 4366), H2485 [3MY]

Armenia: anniversary of genocide, E638 [4MY]

Budget: devote cuts in discretionary funding during appropriations process to debt reduction, H4955 [22JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), veto, H7512 [13SE]

Bureau of the Census: facilities renovation funding, H5135 [26JN]

Capitol Building and Grounds: acceptance of a statue of Chief Washakie for placement in National Statuary Hall (H. Con. Res. 333), H5176, H5177 [27JN]

———authorizing use of Grounds for Greater Washington Soap Box Derby (H. Con. Res. 277), H1964 [10AP], E283 [13MR]

———establish a task force to recommend an appropriate recognition for the slave laborers who worked on the construction of the U.S. Capitol (H. Con. Res. 368), H7444, H7447 [12SE]

———permit use of rotunda for a ceremony to present the Congressional Gold Medal to Theodore M. Hesburgh (H. Con. Res. 344), H5177, H5178 [27JN]

———use of rotunda for Presidential inauguration ceremonies (S. Con. Res. 90), H940 [14MR]

———use of the rotunda for a ceremony to honor victims of the Holocaust (H. Con. Res. 244), H54 [31JA]

Capitol Pages: tribute, H4165 [9JN]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: childhood immunization programs funding, H4194, H4195 [12JN]

Child Care Development Block Grant: funding, H4204, H4207, H4208 [12JN]

China, People's Republic of: permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), H3706 [24MY]

Civil rights: reenactment of Selma-to-Montgomery voting rights march, H1149, H1150, H1151, H1152, H1153, H1154 [21MR]

Coastal zones: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States (H.R. 701), E740 [17MY]

Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: funding, H5135 [26JN]

Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies (Joint): establish (S. Con. Res. 89), H940 [14MR]

Congress: accomplishments of the 106th Congress, H10404 [19OC], H11451 [28OC]

Conservation and Reinvestment Act: mandatory funding mechanisms, E740 [17MY]

Courts: clarification of jurisdiction over local zoning processes and land use disputes, H1109 [16MR]

———clarification of jurisdiction over private property takings and land use disputes (H.R. 2372), H1109 [16MR]

———establish a new method for fixing rates of basic pay for administrative appeals judges, H6688 [20JY]

Crowley, Representative: tribute on birth of child, H11406 [27OC]

Customs Service: monitoring for radioactivity in imported scrap metals funding through reductions in the Dept. of the Treasury Inspector General's office, H6646 [20JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: use of biofuels such as ethanol and biodiesel, H5711 [10JY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), H3367 [18MY]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), conference report, H9649 [11OC]

Dept. of Education: funding, H7891 [20SE]

Dept. of Labor: job training programs funding, H4070, H4071 [8JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: combat money laundering and other financial crimes, H6635 [20JY]

———require report to Congress on the IMF and World Bank advocacy of privatization, deregulation, and trade liberalization, H6636 [20JY]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations, H7147, H7149, H7150 [27JY], H7618, H7622, H7623, H7624 [14SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4871), H6623, H6624, H6625, H6626, H6635, H6636, H6644, H6645, H6646, H6647, H6652, H6654, H6663, H6680, H6684, H6688, H6690, H6691, H6692 [20JY]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4475), conference report, H9021, H9022 [6OC]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations, H11238 [26OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4690), H5064 [23JN], H5119, H5135 [26JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), H4059, H4070, H4071 [8JN], H4194, H4195, H4204, H4205, H4207, H4208 [12JN], H4251 [13JN], H11721 [1NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4577), motion to instruct conferees, H7891 [20SE], H11469 [28OC]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4635), H4854 [21JN]

Disabled: improve service systems for individuals with developmental disabilities (H.R. 4920), H6997 [25JY]

———improve service systems for individuals with developmental disabilities (S. 1809), corrections in enrollment (S. Con. Res. 133), H9787 [11OC]

District of Columbia: designate the Washington Opera as the National Opera (H.R. 4542), H3874 [6JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4942), H7043 [26JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4942), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 653), H11238 [26OC]

———strike operational and legislative riders from appropriations legislation, H7043 [26JY]

Education: direct funding and control to local educational agencies, H10850 [25OC], H11469 [28OC]

———funding, H10850, H10852 [25OC]

———importance of music education (H. Con. Res. 266), E1009 [14JN]

———reductions in school class size, H7891 [20SE], H11469 [28OC]

———school construction and infrastructure improvements funding, H4251 [13JN], H7891 [20SE], H11469 [28OC]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: Title I grants funding, H4204, H4207, H4208 [12JN]

Emergency services: firefighting and emergency medical services funding, H1579, H1582 [29MR], E475 [3AP]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4733), H5227, H5228, H5230, H5233, H5234, H5236 [27JN]

FDA: consolidation of offices funding, H6652, H6654 [20JY]

FEC: authorizing appropriations and improving efficiency (H.R. 4037), E362 [21MR]

Federal contracts: prohibit implementation of proposed contractor responsibility amendments to Federal acquisition regulations, H6680, H6684 [20JY]

Federal employees: 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 [19SE]

———establish program under which current and former employees may obtain long-term care insurance (H.R. 4040), H2673 [9MY]

———reduce contributions to CSRS and FERS, H6624, H6692 [20JY]

Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: coverage of abortion procedures, H6663 [20JY]

FEMA: make grants to fire departments to improve public safety against fire and fire-related hazards, H9649 [11OC]

———make grants to fire departments to improve public safety against fire and fire-related hazards (H.R. 1168), E475 [3AP]

Foreign policy: promote democracy in Serbia and Montenegro (H.R. 1064), H8028 [25SE]

———U.N. international peacekeeping activities funding for Africa, H5119 [26JN]

Government: authorize printing of ``How Our Laws Are Made'', ``Our American Government'', and the pocket version and document-sized annotated version of the U.S. Constitution (H. Con. Res. 221), H54 [31JA]

GPO: tribute, E151 [16FE]

Head Start Program: funding, H4204, H4205, H4207, H4208 [12JN]

Helsinki Final Act: anniversary (H.J. Res. 100), H8034, H8035 [25SE]

House of Representatives: authorize the taking of an official photograph in the House Chamber (H. Res. 407), H55 [31JA]

———legislative program, H4164 [9JN], H4585, H4586 [15JN], H7132 [27JY]

House Rules: use of Members' names on the House floor, H11453 [28OC]

Ibanez, Manuel L.: appointment as citizen regent of Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents (S.J. Res. 42), H2365 [2MY]

Immigration: remove certain limitations on the eligibility of aliens residing in the U.S. to obtain lawful permanent residency status, H11238 [26OC]

IRS: enforce pension age discrimination laws relative to conversion of defined benefit plans to cash balance plans, H6690, H6691 [20JY]

———funding, H7622 [14SE], H9021 [6OC]

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 4516), H4937, H4938, H4955 [22JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4516), conference report, H7618, H7622, H7623, H7624 [14SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4516), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 565), H7147, H7149, H7150 [27JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4516), veto, H11676 [31OC]

Library of Congress: bicentennial (H. Con. Res. 269), H1438 [28MR]

———establish Library of Congress Revolving Fund for certain service activities and make cataloging products and services available for purchase (H.R. 4180), H1822 [5AP]

———establish revolving funds for the operation of certain programs and activities (H.R. 5410), H10016 [17OC]

———establish the National Recording Registry (H.R. 4846), H6029 [13JY], H6849, H6851 [25JY]

Lumber industry: promote open and competitive trade of softwood lumber between the U.S. and Canada (H. Con. Res. 252), E161 [16FE]

Maryland: C&D Canal deepening project funding, H5227, H5228, H5230 [27JN]

———Tolchester Channel S-turn straightening project funding, H5233, H5234, H5236 [27JN]

Middle East: condemn current level of violence between Israelis and Palestinians (H. Con. Res. 426), H10649 [24OC]

NASA: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1654), conference report, H7606 [14SE]

———funding, H4854 [21JN]

———tribute to Goddard Space Flight Center, E452 [30MR]

National AIDS Testing Day: observance, E1815 [17OC]

National Charter Schools Week: observance (H. Con. Res. 310), E635 [4MY]

National Guard: anniversary of initial activation of personnel for Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm (H. Res. 549), H6844 [25JY]

National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: observance, H7844, H7845, H7846, H7848, H7849 [19SE]

Office of National Drug Control Policy: High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas funding, H6625 [20JY]

———High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas funding through reductions in IRS administrative account, H6644, H6645 [20JY]

Parliamentary inquiry, H1582 [29MR], H7149 [27JY]

Patent and Trademark Office: funding through reductions in Bureau of Economic Analysis, Bureau of the Census, and the Educational and Cultural Exchange Program, H5064 [23JN]

Point of order, H4207, H4208 [12JN]

Postal Service: guidelines for renovation, relocation, closing, or consolidation of post offices (H.R. 670), H6647 [20JY]

Puerto Rico: transfer Federal control over Vieques Island to the Puerto Rican Government for public purposes, H3367 [18MY]

———use of Vieques Island for military operations, H3367 [18MY]

Serbia: U.S. policy, E2002 [28OC]

Smithsonian Institution: construct a base facility structure for the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Submillimeter Array located in Hilo, HI (S. 2498), H10015 [17OC]

———rename the National Museum of American Art (S. 3201), H10014 [17OC]

Spoon, Alan G.: appointment as citizen regent of Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents (S.J. Res. 40), H2364 [2MY]

Taxation: eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 6), H322, H323 [10FE]

———make marriage tax penalty relief contingent on Social Security and Medicare solvency certification and public debt elimination, H322, H323 [10FE]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), veto, H7327 [7SE]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (H.R. 4865), H7160 [27JY]

21st Century Community Learning Centers Program: funding, H4204, H4207, H4208 [12JN]

Votes: position on missed, H3318 [18MY], H5766 [11JY]

Women: reauthorize Federal programs to prevent violence against women (H.R. 1248), H8101 [26SE]

Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge: reconstruction funding, H9021 [6OC]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H508 [16FE], H1849 [5AP], H2510 [3MY], H5082 [23JN], H6047 [13JY], H9632 [10OC]

Summaries

Library of Congress Financial Management Act (H.R. 4180), H1823 [5AP]

Surveys

Impacts of IMF Structural Adjustment in Africa—Growth, Social Spending, and Debt Relief: Robert Naiman and Neil Watkins, H6636-H6639 [20JY]

Tributes

Casey, Robert P., H5079 [23JN]

Daugherty, John T., E2224 [15DE]

Evans, David M., E2052 [1NO]

Fischer, Thomas W., E360 [21MR]

Gonzalez, Henry B., H12004 [5DE]

Harrison, James L., E1725 [10OC]

Lasch, Ronald, H7607 [14SE]

MacKinnon, John, E2165 [8DE]

O'Hare, Raymond, E1384 [27JY]

Rietz, Gareth, E1384 [27JY]

Robertson, George W. (Captain Billy), E831 [25MY]

Wicks, Buffy, H11406 [27OC]

Young, Representative C.W. Bill, H1591 [30MR]