PASCRELL, BILL, JR. (a Representative from New Jersey)

Amendments

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4635), H4593 [15JN], H4887 [21JN]

Appointments

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

Articles and editorials

Gas Line Rupture Forces Evacuation in Paterson, Robert Ratish and Eileen Markey, West Paterson (NJ) Herald News, H7842 [19SE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

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: conservation of great apes (see H.R. 4320), H4817 [21JN]

———prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear viscera (see H.R. 2166), H8469 [28SE]

———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), H8469 [28SE]

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

Armed Forces: make anthrax vaccination immunization program voluntary (see H.R. 2543), H4591 [15JN]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 2966), H48 [27JA] (see H.R. 3573), H2340 [13AP]

Business and industry: include expansion of business development by disabled individuals among the public policy goals of State and local development companies (see H.R. 4983), H7128 [26JY]

Children and youth: improve health and safety of children receiving child care outside the home (see H.R. 4750), H5956 [12JY]

Citizenship: confer U.S. citizenship automatically and retroactively to foreign-born children adopted by U.S. citizens (see H.R. 2883), H1958 [6AP]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 2397), H5843 [11JY]

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

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]

Commission To Study Reparation Proposals for African Americans: establish (see H.R. 40), H11928 [14NO]

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]

Congress: establish a day of peace and sharing at the beginning of each year (see H. Con. Res. 363), H8469 [28SE]

Contracts: allow choice of arbitration as a means of settling disputes (see H.R. 534), H7280 [6SE]

———ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses (see H.R. 3766), H1764 [4AP]

———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), H5084 [23JN]

———require Federal agencies to follow certain procedures relative to the bundling of procurement contract requirements (see H.R. 4890), H6599 [19JY]

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

Credit cards: prevent issuers from taking advantage of traditional college students and protect parents of such students (see H.R. 3142), H4592 [15JN]

Crime: prevent the entry by false pretenses to certain restricted areas and prevent misuse of genuine and counterfeit police badges (see H.R. 4827), H7366 [7SE]

Cuba: assist internal opposition and further help the Cuban people to regain their freedom (see H.R. 4537), H3813 [24MY]

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 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), H575 [29FE]

———draw down and sale of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve relative to anticompetitive activities (see H.R. 3543), H373 [14FE]

Dept. of HHS: establish an Office on Women's Health (see H.R. 4483), H7281 [6SE]

———initiate adoption awareness program, establish Adoption Awareness Commission, and promote adoptions through increased public awareness and tax incentives (see H.R. 5574), H11206 [26OC]

———require recreational camps to report information concerning deaths and certain injuries and illnesses (see H.R. 266), H4674 [19JN]

Dept. of Justice: establish the Violence Against Women Office (see H.R. 4848), H7212 [27JY]

Dept. of Labor: establish Normal Trade Relations for China Transitional Adjustment Assistance Program (see H.R. 4649), H4336 [13JN]

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), H7212 [27JY]

———provide appropriate training and materials to all executive branch employees involved in responding to issues related to human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide—cosponsorship withdrawn (see H. Res. 398), H10473 [19OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: enhance outreach programs to more fully inform surviving spouses and dependents of available benefits and provide dedicated staff to assist in obtaining those benefits (see H.R. 5552), H11194 [25OC]

———ensure compensation rates for the service-connected loss of a breast due to a mastectomy are comparable to rates for the loss of use of a creative organ (see H.R. 3998), H1123 [20MR]

———establish presumption of service connection for cold weather injuries received during military operations (see H.R. 4760), H7503 [12SE]

———provide grants for toll-free telephone number to provide information and assistance to veterans (see H.R. 2736), H2340 [13AP]

———require notification and allow local law enforcement agencies to investigate crimes and search for missing patients at VA medical facilities (see H.R. 374), H2122 [11AP]

Diseases: extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 4069), H1404 [23MR]

———increase public awareness of tuberous sclerosis (see H. Con. Res. 337), H10257 [18OC]

———increase research, treatment, and public education of Lyme disease (see H.R. 2790), H3925 [6JN]

———increased support and funding to combat juvenile diabetes (see H. Con. Res. 321), H4818 [21JN]

Education: ensure recruitment and training of math and science teachers at institutions of higher education (see H.R. 3702), H1163 [21MR]

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

EPA: reestablish the Office of Noise Abatement and Control (see H.R. 2702), H4484 [14JN]

FCC: establish minimum quality standards, and monitor complaints, on wireless telephone service (see H.R. 4742), H5084 [23JN]

Federal employees: establish program under which current and former employees may obtain long-term care insurance (see H.R. 1111), H632 [1MR]

Financial institutions: promote openness, transparency, and efficiency in international government procurement through capacity building and third-party procurement monitoring (see H.R. 3116), H209 [2FE]

Firearms: enhance the enforcement of gun violence laws (see H.R. 4066), H1284 [22MR]

———improve safety of handguns (see H.R. 515), H7280 [6SE]

Firefighters: authorize equal overtime pay for all Federal employees engaged in wildfire suppression operations (see H.R. 2814), H7281 [6SE]

Foreign aid: international family planning programs funding (see H.R. 3634), H1406 [23MR]

———prohibit application of certain restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental and multilateral organizations (see H.R. 4211), H2412 [2MY]

Frank R. Lautenberg Post Office and Courthouse, Newark, NJ: designate (see H.R. 4975), H7128 [26JY]

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

FRS: reduce interest rates (see H. Res. 536), H5240 [27JN]

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

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

Health: encourage private-sector distributors of the influenza vaccine to give priority to distributing the available vaccine to individuals at a high risk of developing complications from influenza (see H. Res. 672), H12532 [15DE]

———prohibit discrimination or retaliation against health care workers who report unsafe conditions and practices (see H.R. 137), H4121 [8JN]

———prohibit health insurance and employment discrimination on the basis of genetic information (see H.R. 2457), H5737 [10JY]

Health Care Financing Administration: consider current systems that provide better, more cost-effective emergency transport before promulgating any final rule on emergency medical services (see H. Con. Res. 320), H2770 [9MY]

Immigration: adjust status of certain Colombian and Peruvian nationals (see H.R. 2741), H373 [14FE]

———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), H50 [27JA]

———make Religious Worker Visa Program permanent (see H.R. 1871), H7281 [6SE]

———protection of battered immigrant women (see H.R. 3083), H4592 [15JN]

Immigration and Nationality Act: remove certain limitations on eligibility for adjustment of status (see H.R. 1841), H8469 [28SE]

Information services: deregulate Internet and high speed data services (see H.R. 2420), H511 [16FE]

Insurance: coverage of colorectal cancer screening (see H.R. 1816), H4783 [20JN]

———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), H5737 [10JY]

Iran: condemn arrest and detention of Iranian Jews accused of espionage (see H. Con. Res. 307), H3650 [23MY]

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), H7871 [19SE]

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

Law enforcement: limit access to body armor by violent felons and facilitate the donation of Federal surplus body armor to State and local law enforcement agencies (see H.R. 1424), H7365 [7SE]

Law enforcement officers: clarify procedures and conditions for the award of matching grants for the purchase of armor vests (see H.R. 4033), H6355 [17JY]

———ensure accountability, guarantee due process, establish standards for internal investigations and hearings, and require enactment of relevant State laws (see H.R. 3896), H7281 [6SE]

Medicaid: establish a new prospective payment system for federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics (see H.R. 2341), H3474 [19MY]

Medicare: clarify definition of homebound relative to home health services (see H.R. 5067), H7208 [27JY]

———coverage of medically necessary pancreas transplantation procedures (see H.R. 4495), H7652 [14SE]

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

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

———protect right of beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare+Choice plans to receive services at any skilled nursing facility (see H.R. 3004), H4592 [15JN]

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

Merchant marine industry: tribute to service and sacrifice during periods of war (see H. Con. Res. 327), H7282 [6SE]

Mexico: political repression of foreign observers (see H. Con. Res. 350), H7992 [21SE]

Million Mom March: tribute to event supporting gun control legislation (see H. Res. 498), H2770 [9MY]

Motor vehicles: prohibit operation with drugs or alcohol in the body of the driver at a land border port of entry (see H.R. 4329), H4485 [14JN]

National Center for Military Deployment Health Research: establish (see H.R. 4734), H5083 [23JN]

National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Engineering: establish (see H.R. 1795), H7211 [27JY]

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), H3523 [22MY]

National Law Enforcement Museum: establish (see H.R. 2710), H7871 [19SE]

National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific: add certain identifying information to markers on graves containing the remains of certain unknowns who died in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor (see H.R. 3806), H6777 [24JY]

Nutrition: establish a national folic acid education program to prevent birth defects (see H.R. 2538), H4591 [15JN]

Pensions: exclude the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund from the Federal budget (see H.R. 82), H50 [27JA]

———protect benefits of employees in defined benefit plans and enforce age discrimination requirements relative to tax legislation on defined benefit plans becoming cash balance plans (see H.R. 2902), H7211 [27JY]

Pharmaceuticals: availability of HIV/AIDS pharmaceuticals and medical technologies in sub-Saharan Africa and other developing countries (see H.R. 5101), H7578 [13SE]

Pipelines: improve safety, public awareness, and environmental protection of pipeline transportation (see H.R. 4792), H5654 [29JN]

———improve safety and environmental protection (see H.R. 4849), H6051 [13JY]

———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: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 3842), H2906 [10MY]

Power resources: ensure the energy self-sufficiency of the U.S. (see H.R. 5585), H11879 [13NO]

———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]

President's Advisory Council on Recreational Camps: establish (see H.R. 266), H4674 [19JN]

Radio: ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio operators (see H.R. 783), H4817 [21JN]

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), H4036 [7JN]

Ramadan: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 220), H4485 [14JN]

Reagan, Ronald and Nancy: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3591), H1120 [16MR]

Rohna (H.M.T.): tribute to crew who lost their lives during World War II (see H. Con. Res. 408), H9011 [5OC]

Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act: provide comprehensive technical assistance and implement highly effective prevention programs (see H.R. 3413), H2239 [12AP]

SBA: encourage the expansion of business-to-business relationships and the provision of certain information (see H.R. 4464), H3172 [16MY]

———establish a New Market Venture Capital Program (see H.R. 4530), H3812 [24MY]

Schools: provide grants for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training in public schools (see H.R. 4506), H8469 [28SE]

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

Senior citizens: warn of the dangers of telemarketing fraud, including Internet fraud, and provide information that will help them protect themselves (see H.R. 612), H2340 [13AP]

Small business: reauthorize assistance programs (see H.R. 3843), H756 [8MR]

Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of the National Museum of the American Indian (see H.R. 4259), H7723 [18SE]

Social Security: choice of benefit payment method relative to computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 148), H7211 [27JY]

———make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act (see H.R. 5612), H11879 [13NO]

———restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to certain individuals (see H.R. 860), H511 [16FE]

Tariff: octylmethoxycinnamate (see H.R. 3818), H631 [1MR]

Taxation: allow credit to businesses who employ military reservists and a comparable credit to self-employed military reservists, and restore deductions for services performed by military reservists (see H.R. 3915), H4675 [19JN]

———allow small business employers a credit for certain expenses for long-term training of employees in highly skilled small business trades (see H.R. 1824), H342 [10FE]

———allow tax credit to holders of qualified bonds issued by an intercity passenger rail carrier (see H.R. 3700), H3474 [19MY]

———credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (see H.R. 1172), H7128 [26JY]

———exclusion of employer-provided educational assistance (see H.R. 2265), H4484 [14JN]

———expand incentives for the construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 4094), H4784 [20JN]

———increase annual limitation on nondeductible contributions and adjust for inflation the amount of deductible contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1322), H5737 [10JY]

———provide a uniform dollar limitation for transportation fringe benefits excludable from gross income (see H.R. 3546), H165 [1FE]

———provide incentives and job training grants for communities affected by migration of businesses and jobs to Canada or Mexico as a result of NAFTA (see H.R. 1967), H1674 [3AP]

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

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

———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 adoption expenses (see H.R. 531), H10473 [19OC]

Telephones: prohibit telemarketers from interfering with a consumers caller identification service (see H.R. 3100), H4592 [15JN]

Terrorism: modify the enforcement of certain anti-terrorism judgments (see H.R. 3485), H3926 [6JN]

Trucking industry: support freeze on longer combination vehicles and current Federal limitations on truck size and weight (see H. Con. Res. 306), H7282 [6SE]

Truth in Lending Act: require stores offering credit or charge accounts to prominently display certain information (see H.R. 4093), H4220 [12JN]

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), H7282 [6SE]

U.N.: promote full equality for Israel (see H.R. 3405), H165 [1FE]

Ukrainian-American Veterans, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 3463), H3413 [18MY]

Veterans: establish a comprehensive program for the testing and treatment of the Hepatitis C virus (see H.R. 5132), H7364 [7SE]

———health care funding (see H. Con. Res. 225), H1959 [6AP] (see H. Con. Res. 226), H1589 [29MR]

———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]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H4035 [7JN]

———provide housing loan benefits for the purchase of residential cooperative apartment units (see H.R. 3571), H6777 [24JY]

Volunteer firefighters: issue postage stamp in recognition of service (see H. Con. Res. 392), H8617 [2OC]

Volunteer workers: extend appropriations for programs under the National and Community Service Act and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act (see H.R. 4740), H8799 [4OC]

Voting Rights Act: clarify intent of Congress (see H.R. 4961), H10473 [19OC]

Water pollution: establish consistent requirements for controlling urban wet weather flows and provide funds to meet such requirements (see H.R. 3570), H208 [2FE]

Women: provide Federal contracting assistance to small business concerns owned and controlled by women (see H.R. 4897), H6599 [19JY]

———reauthorize Federal programs to prevent violence against women (see H.R. 1248), H209 [2FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Clemente, Roberto: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 360), H4817 [21JN]

Colleges and universities: disclosure of fire safety standards and measures with respect to campus buildings (see H.R. 3895), H921 [9MR]

Medicare/Medicaid: assure financial solvency of Medicare+Choice organizations and Medicaid managed care organizations (see H.R. 3690), H510 [16FE]

Natural Gas Act: limit use of eminent domain to acquire certain State-owned property (see H.R. 5515), H10472 [19OC]

Sapriel, Moise M.: relief (see H.R. 5289), H8061 [25SE]

Tariff: color television receivers (see H.R. 3821), H632 [1MR]

Taxation: exclude certain severance payments from gross income (see H.R. 3811), H631 [1MR]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H2660 [9MY], H5174 [27JN]

Remarks

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 3908), H1580 [29MR], H1593 [30MR]

Assisted Living Federation of America: anniversary, E447 [30MR]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), H1315 [23MR]

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

———use of sampling to determine populations in States for purposes of congressional redistricting, H1057 [15MR]

Child Care Development Block Grant: funding, H4206 [12JN]

China, People's Republic of: make trade relations with the U.S. contingent upon free emigration and improved human rights conditions (H.J. Res. 103), H6404 [18JY]

———permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization, H2738 [9MY]

———permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), H3513 [22MY], H3529, H3606 [23MY], H7898 [20SE]

Clifton, NJ: tribute to Boy Scout Troop 3, E315 [15MR]

Consumer League of New Jersey: anniversary, E886 [6JN]

Contracts: allow choice of arbitration as a means of settling disputes (H.R. 534), H8689 [3OC]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 616), H9645 [11OC]

Dept. of HUD: prohibit procurement preference to firearms manufacturers that enter into agreements with the Federal Government, H4891 [21JN]

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, H4998 [22JN]

———prohibit funding to implement Smith & Wesson (business) gun safety settlement agreement, H5144 [26JN]

Dept. of Labor: establish Normal Trade Relations for China Transitional Adjustment Assistance Program, H4281 [13JN]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4475), conference report, H9027 [6OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve outreach program to more fully inform veterans of available benefits, H4887 [21JN]

———improve outreach program to more fully inform veterans of available benefits (H.R. 3256), H7007 [26JY]

———Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation System funding, H4873 [21JN]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4690), H4998, H5008 [22JN], H5144 [26JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), H4206 [12JN], H4266, H4281 [13JN]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4635), H4873, H4887, H4891 [21JN]

Diseases: expand research activities relative to lupus (H.R. 762), H9534 [10OC]

Education: national policy to improve system, H7284 [7SE]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: Title I grants funding, H4206 [12JN]

Emergency services: firefighting and emergency medical services funding, H1580 [29MR], H1593 [30MR]

FAA: reauthorizing programs (H.R. 1000), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 438), H1006 [15MR]

FEMA: make grants to fire departments to improve public safety against fire and fire-related hazards, H9645 [11OC]

———make grants to fire departments to improve public safety against fire and fire-related hazards (H.R. 1168), H5008 [22JN], H5174 [27JN]

Fire prevention: authorize a Federal grant program to assist local governments in improving public safety against fire and fire-related hazards, H1580 [29MR]

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

Foster, Robert: Clifton, NJ, Optimist Club Friend of Youth Award recipient, E894 [6JN]

Frank R. Lautenberg Post Office and Courthouse, Newark, NJ: designate (H.R. 4975), H7757 [19SE]

Graves, Adam: Boys and Girls Club of Passaic, NJ, Sportsman of the Year honoree, E1156 [29JN]

Head Start Program: funding, H4206 [12JN]

Health: importance of education, early detection, and treatment in the prevention of breast cancer (H. Res. 278), H8635 [3OC]

Housing: expand homeownership (H.R. 1776), E527 [11AP]

———strike increase in median household income relative to housing assistance eligibility through community development block grant funds, E527 [11AP]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: funding through reductions in 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program, H4266 [13JN]

Journal: question of approval, H8065 [26SE]

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 4516), H4935 [22JN]

Little Falls, NJ: anniversary of Passaic Valley Regional High School, E2194 [15DE]

Mardirossian, Albert, Jr.: Passaic, NJ, Lions Club Man of the Year award recipient, E1683 [5OC]

Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, H8041 [25SE]

Middle East: condemn current level of violence between Israelis and Palestinians (H. Con. Res. 426), E1953 [26OC]

Mills Corp.: tribute, E243 [8MR]

Montclair State University: tribute to baseball team, E1157 [29JN]

National Assisted Living Week: observance, E1449 [13SE]

National Hospital Week: observance, H2660 [9MY]

New Jersey: education initiatives, H12034 [7DE]

New Jersey Devils (hockey team): tribute, H4226 [13JN]

New Jersey Institute of Technology: partnership with Corps of Engineers to implement stormwater flood control project, E2087 [13NO]

NIST: fire safety research and technology funding, H5008 [22JN]

Northern Ireland: peace efforts (H. Res. 547), E1612 [27SE]

Pasquariello, James K.: Northern New Jersey Council of the Boy Scout's Man of the Year award recipient, E244 [8MR]

Passaic, NJ: anniversary of Self Reliance Federal Credit Union, E1685 [5OC]

Paterson, NJ: Transportation Opportunity Center funding, H9027 [6OC]

Pipelines: improve safety, public awareness, and environmental protection of pipeline transportation (H.R. 4792), H7841 [19SE]

———improve safety and environmental protection (S. 2438), H9557 [10OC]

Politan, Nicholas H.: Columbian Foundation Humanitarian Award recipient, E313 [15MR]

Power resources: national energy policy, H8066 [26SE]

Public Health Service Act: provide certain children's health services (H.R. 4365), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 594), H8208 [27SE]

Puerto Rico: tribute to 65th Infantry Regiment, E890 [6JN]

———tribute to Korean War veterans, E1226 [13JY]

Schools: provide notification to State educational agencies regarding the availability of funds to establish school safety hotlines (H.R. 5123), H7381 [12SE]

Slovak Catholic Sokol (fraternal organization): anniversary, E2213 [15DE]

Small business: reauthorize assistance programs (H.R. 3843), consideration (H. Res. 439), H1031 [15MR]

———strengthen existing protections for small business participation in the Federal procurement contracting process (H.R. 4945), H7879 [20SE]

Social Security: eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 5), H589 [1MR]

St. Mary's Hospital Caritas Connection (organization): American Hospital Association NOVA Award recipient, H2660 [9MY]

Taxation: phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), veto, H7328 [7SE]

———rates, H1315 [23MR]

21st Century Community Learning Centers Program: funding, H4206 [12JN]

Votes: position on missed, E237 [8MR], E1737 [10OC]

Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (H.R. 2720), H11824 [3NO]

———provide for conservation and development of water resources and authorize Dept. of the Army construction and improvement projects for rivers and harbors (S. 2796), conference report, H11824 [3NO], E2087 [13NO]

Women: reauthorize Federal programs to prevent violence against women (H.R. 1248), H8101 [26SE], H8744 [4OC]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H916 [9MR], H9502 [6OC], H10254 [18OC], H10469 [19OC]

Special order: granted, H452 [15FE], H7575 [13SE], H7868 [19SE], H8059 [25SE]

Tributes

Bruger, Patricia, E2212 [15DE]

Cole, David B., E242 [8MR]

Conti, Hilary, E2210 [15DE]

Garcia, Fernando L., E892 [6JN]

Halpern, Aaron, E1153 [29JN]

Holcombe, Robin, H7284 [7SE]

Joelson, Charles S., E241 [8MR]

Kenner-Jackson, Doris Coley, E318 [15MR]

Komeshok, Gregory, E239 [8MR]

LaBagnara, Jim (Labby), E497 [5AP]

Lozada, Carlos J., E892 [6JN]

Markovitz, Eugene, E883 [6JN]

Meucci, Antonio, E2198 [15DE]

O'Keefe, Maria Magda, E2189 [15DE]

Parisi, Joseph, Sr., E254 [9MR]

Rohaidy, Jose and Magaly, E320 [15MR]

Romano, Mary, E495 [5AP]

Rubio, Euripides, Jr., E892 [6JN]

Santiago, Hector C., E892 [6JN]

Saunders, Amos C., E896 [6JN]

Scarpelli, Peter C., E238 [8MR]

Witecki, Mathew, E1014 [14JN]

Zaentz, Saul, E888 [6JN]