LUTHER, BILL (a Representative from Minnesota)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), H3272 [17MY], H3318 [18MY]

Health: revise and extend organ procurement and transplantation programs (H.R. 2418), H1701 [4AP]

Appointments

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

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

Animals: prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear viscera (see H.R. 2166), H9767 [11OC]

Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness: designate a portion as the Bruce F. Vento Unit (see H.R. 5582), H11206 [26OC]

Civil rights: prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (see H.R. 1271), H2512 [3MY]

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

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

Contracts: allow choice of arbitration as a means of settling disputes (see H.R. 534), H4035 [7JN]

———ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses (see H.R. 3766), H2013 [10AP]

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 107), H2607 [4MY]

Copyrights: reform laws relative to personal interactive performances of recorded musical works (see H.R. 5275), H11195 [25OC]

Courts: give U.S. district courts jurisdiction over competing State custody determinations (see H.R. 5456), H9899 [12OC]

CPSC: increase civil and criminal penalties imposed against companies that fail to report information on defective or dangerous products (see H.R. 4586), H3924 [6JN]

Croatia: elections (see H. Con. Res. 251), H2512 [3MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: assist claimants for benefits in developing claims and clarify the burden of proof for such claims (see H.R. 3193), H1077 [15MR]

Education: establish program that improves achievement through the integration of technology into curriculum (see H.R. 4081), H2771 [9MY]

———improve character education programs (see H.R. 3681), H2341 [13AP]

———provide grants to partnerships to establish and carry out information technology training programs and to provide incentives for educators to obtain information technology certification (see H.R. 4176), H3050 [15MY]

FDA: grant authority to regulate tobacco (see H.R. 4207), H3173 [16MY]

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

Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction: compliance (see H. Con. Res. 293), H1405 [23MR]

House of Representatives: direct the posting of all lobbying registrations and reports, filed with the Clerk, on the official public Internet site (see H. Res. 462), H1852 [5AP]

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), H10257 [18OC]

Kenya: condemn assassination of John Kaiser and others who worked to promote human rights and justice (see H. Con. Res. 410), H8200 [26SE]

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]

Medicare: improve geographic fairness in Medicare+Choice payments and hospital payments (see H.R. 5070), H7208 [27JY]

———improve the manner in which new medical technologies are made available to beneficiaries (see H.R. 4395), H7366 [7SE]

Mexico: adopt measures to support a peaceful resolution of the conflict and to protect human rights in Chiapas (see H. Con. Res. 238), H166 [1FE]

Motor vehicles: require reports relative to defects in foreign products (see H.R. 5164), H7577 [13SE]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 3842), H3869 [25MY]

———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), H3813 [24MY]

Public welfare programs: repeal certain restrictions on food stamp eligibility and increase Federal support for emergency food assistance programs (see H.R. 3192), H7002 [25JY]

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

Rivers: reduce sediment and nutrient loss in the Upper Mississippi River Basin (see H.R. 4013), H1118 [16MR]

Schools: develop and implement comprehensive school safety plans (see H.R. 4428), H7212 [27JY]

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

Small business: establish minimum standards of fair conduct in franchise sales and franchise business relationships (see H.R. 3308), H2607 [4MY]

Social Security: computation system for benefits relative to spouses' and surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 1217), H11446 [27OC]

———make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act (see H.R. 5291), H8199 [26SE]

———provide equitable payments to providers of services under the Medicare Program and provide coverage of additional children under the Medicaid Program (see H.R. 5001), H7206 [27JY]

Sri Lanka: elections (see H. Con. Res. 298), H1851 [5AP]

Taxation: expand incentives for the construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 4094), H8200 [26SE]

———recycling and remanufacturing equipment credit (see H.R. 2953), H5843 [11JY]

———require certain political organizations to report information to the FEC (see H.R. 3688), H575 [29FE]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

Boyden, Sam: tribute (see H. Res. 643), H10473 [19OC]

Briefs

Medicare+Choice reimbursement system: Minnesota congressional delegation, E1173-E1176 [30JN]

Remarks

Apple Valley, MN: Apple Valley High School recipient of the GRAMMY Signature School award, E692 [10MY]

Budget: establish 2-year cycle, H3123 [16MY]

———improve and strengthen budget process (H.R. 853), H3123 [16MY]

Business and industry: provide assistance to microenterprises in developing countries, H5944 [12JY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), H3266, H3273, H3274 [17MY]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4811), H5944 [12JY]

Health: prohibit State and local interference with organ allocation policies of the National Organ Transplant Network, H1701, H1702 [4AP]

———revise and extend organ procurement and transplantation programs (H.R. 2418), H1701, H1702 [4AP]

Medicare: make more competitive and efficient and provide for a prescription drug benefit (H.R. 4680), E1172 [30JN]

Motor vehicles: require reports relative to defects in foreign products (H.R. 5164), H9630 [10OC]

———require tire manufacturers to clearly print identification numbers to allow consumers to easily identify recalled products and ensure that a replacement and reimbursement process for recalled tires is in place, H9630 [10OC]

SBA: improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), adoption of concurrent resolution making corrections in enrollment (H. Res. 663), H11552 [30OC]

Social Security: make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act, H11552 [30OC]

St. Croix Island International Historic Site: planning and development of interpretive site for quadricentennial commemoration funding (S. 2485), consideration (H. Res. 663), H11552 [30OC]

Vento, Bruce F.: tribute (H. Res. 618), H9577 [10OC]

Weapons: terminate production of Trident II missiles, H3273, H3274 [17MY]