MARKEY, EDWARD J. (a Representative from Massachusetts)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 4576), H3928 [6JN]

FCC: clarify service obligations of noncommercial educational broadcast stations (H.R. 4201), H4675 [19JN], H4692 [20JN]

Appointments

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

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

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Air pollution: reduce emissions from electric powerplants (see H.R. 2900), H455 [15FE]

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), H9011 [5OC]

BATF: expand powers to regulate firearms, ammunition, firearm products, and non-powder firearms (see H.R. 920), H1958 [6AP]

BLS: develop methodology for measuring the cost of living in each State and require GAO study to determine effect on Federal benefits (see H.R. 5437), H9634 [10OC]

Capital punishment: reduce the risk that innocent persons may be executed (see H.R. 4167), H7366 [7SE]

Carter, Jimmy and Rosalyn: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4289), H7211 [27JY]

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

China, People's Republic of: apply certain measures in response to the illegal sale, transfer, or misuse of certain controlled goods, services, or technology (see H.R. 4829), H5954 [12JY]

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]

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

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]

Contracts: ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses (see H.R. 3766), H2607 [4MY]

———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), H1958 [6AP]

CPSC: confirm jurisdiction over child safety devices for handguns (see H.R. 5031), H7207 [27JY]

———improve handling of defective products (see H.R. 3208), H2607 [4MY]

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

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

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), H4675 [19JN]

Fair Labor Standards Act: reform provisions relative to child labor (see H.R. 2119), H1629 [30MR]

FDA: grant authority to regulate tobacco (see H.R. 4042), H1163 [21MR] (see H.R. 4207), H2013 [10AP]

Financial institutions: protect consumers from exorbitant fees for basic financial services (see H.R. 4332), H2339 [13AP]

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

Firearms: application of Federal laws to antique firearms (see H.R. 4137), H1628 [30MR]

———enhance the enforcement of gun violence laws (see H.R. 4066), H3813 [24MY]

Food: require labels on food that contains, or is produced with, a genetically engineered material (see H.R. 3377), H165 [1FE]

Food industry: require Dept. of Agriculture report on safety and monitoring of genetically engineered foods (see H.R. 5095), H8062 [25SE]

Freedom's Way National Heritage Area: establish (see H.R. 5446), H9767 [11OC]

GAO: conduct a comprehensive fraud audit of the Dept. of Defense (see H.R. 4645), H5085 [23JN]

Health: establish Alzheimer's clinical research and training awards, expand Medicare definition of homebound relative to home health services, and revise tax treatment of long-term care insurance (see H.R. 4029), H1119 [16MR]

———prevent group and individual health insurance coverage, and group health plans, from seeking to recover more than costs in cases of third party recoveries (see H.R. 3765), H1958 [6AP]

———prohibit health insurance and employment discrimination on the basis of genetic information (see H.R. 2457), H4674 [19JN]

Immigration: adjust status of certain Colombian and Peruvian nationals (see H.R. 2741), H7932 [20SE]

———exempt certain elderly persons from certain naturalization requirements and permit certain other elderly persons to take the history and government examination in a language of their choice (see H.R. 2899), H2512 [3MY]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: use of local funds to provide additional funding for Elementary and Secondary Education Act programs (see H.R. 5096), H9635 [10OC]

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), H2411 [2MY]

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of: prohibit the assumption of liability by the U.S. Government for nuclear accidents that may occur at U.S. provided nuclear reactors (see H.R. 4266), H2336 [13AP]

———require congressional approval of any nuclear cooperation agreement with the U.S. (see H.R. 4228), H2121 [11AP] (see H.R. 4251), H2238 [12AP]

———require reports to Congress about proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and missiles to deliver such weapons (see H.R. 4860), H6052 [13JY]

Les Aspin Post Office Building, Janesville, WI: designate (see H.R. 4241), H2122 [11AP]

Liberia: adjust immigration status of certain nationals (see H.R. 919), H8200 [26SE]

Medicaid: assure preservation of safety net hospitals through maintenance of Disproportionate Share Hospital Program (see H.R. 3710), H922 [9MR]

———provide families and disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 4825), H7212 [27JY]

Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see H.R. 4149), H3926 [6JN] (see H.R. 4770), H5240 [27JN]

———expand definition of homebound relative to home health services to allow beneficiaries to attend adult day care programs for treatment of Alzheimer's disease and other conditions (see H.R. 4028), H1119 [16MR]

———graduate medical education payments (see H.R. 4239), H2967 [11MY]

———protect right of beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare+Choice plans to receive services at any skilled nursing facility (see H.R. 3004), H2607 [4MY]

———reductions in prescription drug prices (see H.R. 664), H50 [27JA]

———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H931 [13MR]

Mitchell, George J.: urge the awarding of the Nobel Prize for Northern Ireland peace efforts (see H. Con. Res. 242), H49 [27JA]

Motor vehicles: improve safety of car seats for children (see H.R. 4145), H1628 [30MR]

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

National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Engineering: establish (see H.R. 1795), H4817 [21JN]

National Wildlife Refuge System Centennial Commission: establish (see H.R. 4442), H4337 [13JN]

National Writing Project: improve (see H.R. 1456), H2512 [3MY]

Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act: provide certain nationals an opportunity to apply for adjustment of status (see H.R. 2722), H2905 [10MY]

NIH: establish Office of Autoimmune Diseases (see H.R. 2573), H1629 [30MR]

———expansion, intensification, and coordination of autism research activities (see H.R. 997), H219 [7FE]

———improve and expand clinical research programs (see H.R. 1798), H997 [14MR]

Northern Mariana Islands: prohibit use of the ``Made in USA'' label on products and deny such products duty-free and quota-free treatment (see H.R. 1621), H7211 [27JY]

Olympic games: mint commemorative coins to support the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games and U.S. Olympic Committee programs (see H.R. 3679), H7211 [27JY]

Pope John Paul II: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3544), H2411 [2MY]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 3842), H3173 [16MY]

Privacy: protection of Social Security numbers and other personal information (see H.R. 1450), H2770 [9MY]

Product safety: promote new and revised toxicological tests that protect human, animal, and environmental health while reducing need for animal testing (see H.R. 4281), H2337 [13AP]

Public welfare programs: repeal certain restrictions on food stamp eligibility and increase Federal support for emergency food assistance programs (see H.R. 3192), H2967 [11MY]

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), H7003 [25JY]

Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act: provide comprehensive technical assistance and implement highly effective prevention programs (see H.R. 3413), H997 [14MR]

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

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]

Taxation: allow tax credit to holders of qualified bonds issued by an intercity passenger rail carrier (see H.R. 3700), H4174 [9JN]

———expand incentives for the construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 4094), H1958 [6AP]

———provide a credit for energy efficient appliances (see H.R. 4977), H7128 [26JY]

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

———provide incentives to reduce energy consumption (see H.R. 5345), H8551 [29SE]

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

———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in asserting any claim of employment discrimination (see H.R. 1997), H5084 (see H.R. 4570), H5085 [23JN]

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

Tobacco products: reduce youth smoking, increase tobacco-related research, and develop safer tobacco products (see H.R. 4041), H1163 [21MR]

Trucking industry: support freeze on longer combination vehicles and current Federal limitations on truck size and weight (see H. Con. Res. 306), H4818 [21JN]

U.N.: promote full equality for Israel (see H.R. 3405), H757 [8MR]

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), H5955 [12JY]

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), H9505 [6OC]

Volunteer workers: extend appropriations for programs under the National and Community Service Act and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act (see H.R. 4740), H8469 [28SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

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]

FDA: study health effects of radiofrequency emissions from wireless telephones (see H.R. 4610), H4120 [8JN]

Health: establish Alzheimer's clinical research and training awards (see H.R. 4015), H1118 [16MR]

Medicare: clarify definition of homebound relative to home health services (see H.R. 5067), H7208 [27JY] (see H.R. 5303), H8200 [26SE]

———conduct study on physician reimbursement rates for diagnosis, treatment, and management of Alzheimer's disease (see H.R. 4016), H1118 [16MR]

National security: provide deployment criteria for the national missile defense system and testing of the system against counter-measures (see H.R. 5066), H7208 [27JY]

Privacy: protect individuals from certain acts and practices in the sale and purchase of Social Security numbers and Social Security account numbers (see H.R. 4611), H4120 [8JN]

Social Security: make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act (see H.R. 5324), H8406 [27SE]

Tariff: R-core transformers (see H.R. 5491), H10256 [18OC]

———transformers for use in certain AM and FM radio broadcast receivers (see H.R. 3803), H631 [1MR]

———transformers for use in certain AM and FM radio broadcast receivers with compact disc players (see H.R. 3804), H631 [1MR]

Telecommunications: prohibit imposition of time-based access charges on Internet telephony (see H.R. 4769), H5240 [27JN]

21st Century Bipartisan Electoral Commission: establish (see H.R. 5664), H12094 [14DE]

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

Letters

Pipeline Safety Improvement Act: Deb Callahan, League of Conservation Voters, H9556 [10OC]

Remarks

Alaska: designate certain lands as wilderness (H.R. 1239), H10565 [24OC]

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 3908), H1614 [30MR]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, H8776 [4OC], H9873 [12OC]

Arms control: reduction of nuclear weapons, H9656 [11OC]

Budget: ensure Medicare coverage of prescription drugs prior to consideration of any tax cuts, H1981 [10AP]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), consideration (H. Res. 446), H1298 [23MR]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), motion to instruct conferees, H1981 [10AP]

CERCLA: exempt small businesses from certain liability (H.R. 5175), H8130 [26SE]

China, People's Republic of: permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), consideration (H. Res. 510), H3660 [24MY]

Coastal zones: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States (H.R. 701), H2834 [10MY]

Commission for the Comprehensive Study of Privacy Protection: establish (H.R. 4049), H8565, H8566, H8568 [2OC]

Committee on Resources (House): report to U.S. Attorney on refusals to comply with subpoenas in investigation of the Project on Government Oversight (organization) relative to False Claims Act lawsuit against oil companies (H. Res. 657), H11393 [27OC]

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 (H.R. 4541), H10444 [19OC], E1878-E1880 [23OC]

Computers: encourage expansion of electronic commerce (S. 761), conference report, H4360, H4361 [14JN], E1078 [22JN]

———encourage expansion of electronic commerce (S. 761), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 523), H4349 [14JN]

———ensure consumer access to electronic records dealing with the consent granted through an electronic signature, H4360 [14JN]

———support Internet safety awareness (H. Res. 575), H9537, H9538 [10OC]

CPSC: increase civil and criminal penalties imposed against companies that fail to report information on defective or dangerous products (H.R. 4586), E900 [6JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), H3360 [18MY]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), conference report, H9656 [11OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4576), H3998 [7JN]

———TRICARE senior pharmacy program funding through reductions in the national missile defense system, H3998 [7JN]

Dept. of Energy: abolish (H.R. 1649), H1623 [30MR]

———draw down of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, H8423 [28SE]

———extend Strategic Petroleum Reserve, H5273 [27JN]

———purchase of oil from marginal domestic wells, H5273 [27JN]

———renewable energy research funding through reductions in the Nuclear Energy Research Initiative Program, H5255 [27JN]

Dept. of Justice: transfer of appropriations from other Federal departments and agencies to fund litigation against tobacco industry, H4639 [19JN]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4578), H4553 [15JN]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations, H11203, H11238, H11283 [26OC]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4635), H4639 [19JN]

Diseases: establish Alzheimer's disease clinical research and training awards, E930 [9JN]

District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 4942), conference report, H11203, H11283 [26OC]

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

Ecology and environment: national objectives priority assignments, H8776 [4OC], H9873 [12OC]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4733), H5255, H5273 [27JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4733), conference report, H8423 [28SE]

Energy Policy and Conservation Act: extend certain programs (H.R. 2884), H2091 [11AP], H10561, H10562, H10563 [24OC]

Families and domestic relations: increase child support money to families leaving welfare, improve assignment, distribution and collection of certain child support, and promote marriage (H.R. 4678), H7316 [7SE]

FCC: allow modification of rules on low power FM radio stations upon assessment of interference to existing radio stations, H2314 [13AP]

———clarify service obligations of noncommercial educational broadcast stations (H.R. 4201), H4686, H4687, H4688, H4691, H4693, H4696, H4697, H4699 [20JN]

———prohibit from establishing rules authorizing the operation of new, low power FM radio stations, H11283 [26OC]

———prohibit from establishing rules authorizing the operation of new, low power FM radio stations (H.R. 3439), H2304, H2314 [13AP]

FDA: study health effects of radiofrequency emissions from wireless telephones (H.R. 4610), E934 [9JN]

Financial institutions: strengthen consumer control over use and disclosure of personal financial and health information (H.R. 4380), E653 [4MY]

Firearms: gun control, E1011 [14JN]

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), H1221 [22MR]

Health: establish Alzheimer's disease clinical research and training awards, H11316 [26OC]

House of Representatives: legislative program, H1623 [30MR]

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of: prohibit the assumption of liability by the U.S. Government for nuclear accidents that may occur at U.S. provided nuclear reactors, H3360 [18MY]

———require congressional approval of any nuclear cooperation agreement with the U.S. (H.R. 4251), H2991 [15MY]

Medicare: clarify definition of homebound relative to home health services (H.R. 5067), E1412 [6SE]

———clarify definition of homebound relative to home health services (H.R. 5303), E1631 [28SE]

Motor vehicles: require reports relative to defects in foreign products (H.R. 5164), H9629, H9630 [10OC], E1778 [13OC], E1816 [17OC]

National security: national missile defense system, H9656 [11OC]

Nuclear energy: storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository (S. 1287), H1192 [22MR]

———storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository (S. 1287), consideration (H. Res. 444), H1181 [22MR]

Petroleum: decrease dependence on foreign sources through use of renewable fuels, conservation, improving efficiency, and increasing domestic energy supplies, H8776 [4OC]

———economic impact of increasing oil prices, H1614, H1623 [30MR]

———Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve funding, H5273 [27JN], H8423 [28SE]

Pipelines: improve safety and environmental protection (S. 2438), H9556 [10OC]

Power resources: national energy policy, H1614, H1623 [30MR], H8776 [4OC]

———Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve funding through reductions in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, H4553 [15JN]

Privacy: prohibit the display of an individual's Social Security number for commercial purposes without the consent of the individual, H11203 [26OC]

———protect individuals from certain acts and practices in the sale and purchase of Social Security numbers and Social Security account numbers, H11238, H11283 [26OC]

———protect individuals from certain acts and practices in the sale and purchase of Social Security numbers and Social Security account numbers (H.R. 4611), E938 [9JN]

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), H11316 [26OC]

SEC: recordkeeping requirements relative to the purchase of penny stocks, H4360, H4361 [14JN]

———require improved disclosure of after-tax returns relative to mutual fund performance (H.R. 1089), H1649, H1650 [3AP]

Social Security: make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act (H.R. 5291), E1601 [27SE]

———make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act (H.R. 5324), E1615 [27SE]

Strategic Petroleum Reserve: extend and improve, H1614, H1623 [30MR]

———reauthorize, H8423 [28SE]

Taxation: prohibit the imposition of access fees on Internet service providers (H.R. 1291), H3060 [16MY]

———provide incentives to reduce energy consumption (H.R. 5345), E1636 [29SE]

Telecommunications: prohibit imposition of time-based access charges on Internet telephony (H.R. 4769), E1126 [27JN]

———promote competition and privatization in satellite communications (S. 376), conference report, H905 [9MR]

———promote deployment of advanced services and competition by relieving unnecessary burdens on the two percent local exchange carriers (H.R. 3850), H8685 [3OC]

———State and local government regulation of citizens band radio equipment (H.R. 2346), H8276 [27SE]

Telephones: prohibit telemarketers from interfering with a consumers caller identification service (H.R. 3100), H8273 [27SE]

Television: authorize loan guarantees to facilitate access to local television broadcast signals in unserved and underserved areas, H11283 [26OC]

———ensure local service to small, rural markets by satellite providers (H.R. 3615), H2291, H2298, H2299, H2301 [13AP]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: place a plaque to honor those veterans who died after their service, but as a direct result of that service (H.R. 3293), H2666 [9MY]

Voting: establish uniform poll closing time for Presidential elections (H.R. 5678), E2237 [15DE]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H4034 [7JN], H4118 [8JN], H4172 [9JN], H4335 [13JN], H5166 [26JN], H5434 [28JN], H5653 [29JN], H6047 [13JY]

Statements

Open-Market Reorganization for the Betterment of International Telecommunications (ORBIT) Act: by, Committee on Commerce (House), H902 [9MR]

Summaries

Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Balanced Budget Refinement Act (H.R. 5324), E1615 [27SE]

Texts of

H.R. 4201, Noncommercial Broadcasting Freedom of Expression Act, H4692 [20JN]

Tributes

Bliley, Representative, H9876 [12OC]

DeOliveira, Nelson, E1011 [14JN]