PRYCE, DEBORAH (a Representative from Ohio)

Addresses

Ronald McDonald House Charities ``Light the Night'' Walk Fundraiser: Ken Barun, E1674 [4OC]

Appointments

Committee To Escort the President, H29 [27JA]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

AAA Ohio Motorists Association: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 388), H7210 [27JY]

Animals: prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear viscera (see H.R. 2166), H3869 [25MY]

———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), H922 [9MR]

Arnold C. D'Amico Station, South Euclid, OH: designate (see H.R. 4853), H6051 [13JY]

Children and youth: collection and dissemination of statistics on the number of newborn babies abandoned in public places (see H. Res. 465), H1957 [6AP]

———provide for a national media campaign to reduce and prevent underage drinking (see H.R. 5137), H9011 [5OC]

China, Republic of: accession to the World Trade Organization (see H. Con. Res. 262), H2013 [10AP]

———congratulations on elections and reaffirmation of U.S. commitment to security and democracy (see H. Con. Res. 292), H1477 [28MR]

———participation in the World Health Organization (see H.R. 4004), H3049 [15MY]

Citizenship: confer U.S. citizenship automatically and retroactively to foreign-born children adopted by U.S. citizens (see H.R. 2883), H1477 [28MR]

Commission for the Comprehensive Study of Privacy Protection: establish (see H.R. 4049), H1163 [21MR]

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), H6052 [13JY]

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

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: reaffirm and clarify duty of the Secretary to administer laws which assist claimants for benefits (see H.R. 4864), H6471 [18JY]

Diseases: address problems associated with polycystic kidney disease (see H. Res. 537), H7366 [7SE]

———extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 4069), H1477 [28MR]

Education: establish and expand programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (see H.R. 4271, 4272), H3926 [6JN]

———spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on children's classrooms (see H.R. 1494), H9767 [11OC]

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

Education for All Handicapped Children Act: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 399), H7577 [13SE]

False Claims Act: eliminate minimum fines (see H.R. 4142), H2412 [2MY]

FBI: provide a temporary alternative to fingerprint-based background checks to allow time to implement a national fingerprint-based system accessible by youth serving organizations (see H.R. 4424), H2966 [11MY]

FCC: follow normal rulemaking procedures in establishing additional requirements for noncommercial educational television broadcasters (see H.R. 3525), H90 [31JA]

FDA: uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2129), H2411 [2MY]

Federal employees: establish program under which current and former employees may obtain long-term care insurance (see H.R. 1111), H454 [15FE]

———treatment of Government physicians' comparability allowances as basic pay for retirement purposes (see H.R. 207), H7365 [7SE]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: clinically superior modifications to previously approved or licensed drugs (see H.R. 4242), H2412 [2MY]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: improve implementation (see H.R. 4502), H3869 [25MY]

FEMA: make grants to fire departments for the acquisition of thermal imaging cameras (see H.R. 1839), H342 [10FE]

Financial institutions: allow payment of Financing Corporation interest obligations from excess deposit insurance fund reserves (see H.R. 4082), H3173 [16MY]

Firearms: applicability of domestic violence-related possession prohibitions to convictions that predate enactment of such prohibitions (see H.R. 59), H7280 [6SE]

Fish and fishing: eliminate the wasteful and unsportsmanlike practice of shark finning (see H.R. 3535), H2411 [2MY]

Food: purchase of additional commodities for distribution to needy persons (see H.R. 3453), H9011 [5OC]

Food Security Act: authorize enrollment of land in the Wetlands Reserve Program (see H.R. 2066), H1958 [6AP]

Foreign trade: eliminate disincentives to fair trade conditions (see H.R. 842), H10809 [24OC]

Government: separation of powers between Congress and the President (see H.R. 2655), H50 [27JA]

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

International law: protect U.S. military personnel and other U.S. officials from criminal prosecution by an international court to which the U.S. is not a party (see H.R. 4654), H4484 [14JN]

Korean War: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 86), H511 [16FE]

Larry Small Post Office Building, Beachwood, OH: designate (see H.R. 4315), H2512 [3MY]

Law enforcement: combat club drug trafficking, distribution, and abuse (see H.R. 4553), H4485 [14JN]

Law enforcement officers: ensure accountability, guarantee due process, establish standards for internal investigations and hearings, and require enactment of relevant State laws (see H.R. 3896), H1764 [4AP]

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

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

———State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (see H.R. 3698), H4675 [19JN]

Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see H.R. 4149), H2013 [10AP]

———designate certain diabetes educators as certified providers for purposes of outpatient diabetes education services (see H.R. 3003), H7281 [6SE]

———expand coverage of certain self-injected biologicals (see H.R. 2892), H2012 [10AP]

———protect right of beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare+Choice plans to receive services at any skilled nursing facility (see H.R. 5042), H7207 [27JY]

Medicare/Medicaid: waive certain nurse aide training requirements (see H.R. 4547), H5085 [23JN]

Mental health: establish demonstration diversion courts (see H.R. 2594), H2655 [8MY]

Middle East: condemn current level of violence between Israelis and Palestinians (see H. Con. Res. 426), H10257 [18OC]

National Law Enforcement Museum: establish (see H.R. 2710), H7652 [14SE]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: require changes in the bloodborne pathogens standard (see H.R. 5178), H8617 [2OC]

———waive applicability to employment performed in an employee's residence (see H.R. 3530), H48 [27JA]

Ohio: constitutionality of State motto (see H. Res. 494), H2606 [4MY]

Olympic games: mint commemorative coins to support the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games and U.S. Olympic Committee programs (see H.R. 3679), H7365 [7SE]

OSHA: require public comment, and a sound scientific basis, for proposed ergonomics regulations (see H. Con. Res. 260), H758 [8MR]

Panama: prohibit U.S. assistance upon conveyance of any military facility built or operated by the U.S. to any foreign government-owned entity (see H.R. 2244), H255 [8FE]

Panama Canal: negotiate renewed presence of U.S. Armed Forces and review contract bidding process for lease of port facilities by People's Republic of China (see H. Con. Res. 186), H511 [16FE]

Pope, Edmond: demand release from Russian prison for humanitarian reasons (see H. Con. Res. 364), H7652 [14SE] (see H. Con. Res. 404), H7871 [19SE]

Public Health Service Act: provide certain children's health services (see H.R. 3301), H1764 [4AP]

Racial relations: recognize the significant contribution the Birmingham Pledge has made in fostering racial harmony and reconciliation (see H.J. Res. 102), H4784 [20JN]

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

Reagan, Ronald and Nancy: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3591), H253 [8FE]

Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument: establish (see H.R. 3676), H5436 [28JN]

Schools: promote the use of proven academic and classroom-management solutions for problems of behavior, attention, and learning in school children (see H. Res. 459), H2607 [4MY]

Small business: analyze potential impacts of rules proposed by certain agencies (see H.R. 1882), H2967 [11MY]

Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of the National Museum of the American Indian (see H.R. 4259), H7991 [21SE]

Social Security: modify reporting requirements (see H.R. 3578), H757 [8MR]

Taxation: allow an additional individual retirement account deduction based on unused amounts of deduction limitation in prior years (see H.R. 3620), H340 [10FE]

———allow credit for elementary and secondary school teachers who provide classroom materials (see H.R. 4025), H1119 [16MR]

———allow tax credit to holders of qualified bonds issued by an intercity passenger rail carrier (see H.R. 3700), H10036 [17OC]

———constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (see H.J. Res. 94), H1957 [6AP]

———encourage stronger mathematics and science programs at elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 4273), H3926 [6JN]

———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. 4245), H2967 [11MY]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see H.R. 4728), H8736 [3OC]

———permit certain individuals to make catch-up contributions under individual retirement plans (see H.R. 4546), H3867 [25MY]

———prevent evasion of excise taxes on cigarettes (see H.R. 4598), H5085 [23JN]

———provide relief for payment of asbestos-related claims (see H.R. 4543), H6719 [20JY]

———provide that ancestors or lineal descendants of members of the Armed Forces shall be taken into account in determining tax-exempt status of veterans' organizations (see H.R. 4434), H6719 [20JY]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 4199), H1956 [6AP]

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1366), H1958 [6AP]

———treatment of computers provided to employees for personal use (see H.R. 4274), H3926 [6JN]

———treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (see H.R. 7), H574 [29FE]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 3872), H3869 [25MY]

———treatment of interest on student loans (see H.R. 1196), H2512 [3MY]

———treatment of small businesses (see H.R. 2087), H8406 [27SE]

Telephones: reduce rates and provide advanced telecommunications services to schools, libraries, and certain health care facilities (see H.R. 1746), H1077 [15MR]

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), H1629 [30MR]

Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 2720), H3649 [23MY]

Water pollution: exempt discharges from certain silviculture activities from permit requirements of the national pollutant discharge elimination system (see H.R. 3625), H5656 [29JN]

Women: recognize the severity of the issue of cervical health (see H. Con. Res. 64), H8617 [2OC]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), consideration (see H. Res. 545), H5842 [11JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 559), H6598 [19JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), consideration of motion to go to conference on Senate amendments (see H. Res. 553), H6354 [17JY]

Business and industry: establish a statute of repose for durable goods (H.R. 2005), consideration (see H. Res. 412), H164 [1FE]

Children and youth: improve efficiency and effectiveness of abuse and neglect courts (see H.R. 5369), H8735 [3OC]

Courts: clarification of jurisdiction over private property takings and land use disputes (H.R. 2372), consideration (see H. Res. 441), H1075 [15MR]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), consideration (see H. Res. 515), H3924 [6JN] (see H. Res. 518), H4034 [7JN]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4635), consideration (see H. Res. 525), H4336 [13JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4635), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 638), H10256 [18OC]

Diseases: support efforts to increase childhood cancer awareness, treatment, and research (see H. Res. 576), H7502 [12SE]

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), consideration (see H. Res. 566), H7205 [27JY]

House Rules: allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and consider certain legislation (see H. Res. 550), H6051 [13JY] (see H. Res. 556), H6469 [18JY]

Housing: expand homeownership (H.R. 1776), consideration (see H. Res. 460), H1851 [5AP]

Human rights: combat trafficking in human beings and provide assistance to victims (H.R. 3244), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 613), H9010 [5OC]

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 4516), consideration (see H. Res. 530), H4783 [20JN]

National Cancer Institute: establish demonstration project to provide research for the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and cure for cancer (see H.R. 5419), H9504 [6OC]

Public Health Service Act: provide certain children's health services (H.R. 4365), consideration of Senate amendment (see H. Res. 594), H8199 [26SE]

Taxation: eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 6), consideration (see H. Res. 419), H253 [8FE]

———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in asserting any claim of employment discrimination (see H.R. 4570), H3868 [25MY]

United Mine Workers of America: restore stability and equity to the financing of the Combined Benefit Fund (see H.R. 4713), H4817 [21JN]

Excerpts

Childhood cancer experiences, E1995 [28OC]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H4929 [22JN]

Remarks

Bankruptcy: amend laws (H.R. 2415), conference report, H9839 [12OC]

Budget: allocation of funds, H1080 [16MR]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), consideration (H. Res. 545), H5851, H5854, H5855, H5856 [12JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 559), H6606, H6608 [20JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), consideration of motion to go to conference on Senate amendments (H. Res. 553), H6432, H6434 [18JY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), H1080 [16MR]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), amendment process, H1083 [16MR]

Business and industry: establish a statute of repose for durable goods (H.R. 2005), consideration (H. Res. 412), H171, H173 [2FE]

Childhood Cancer Awareness Month: observance, H7505 [13SE]

Children and youth: improve efficiency and effectiveness of abuse and neglect courts (S. 2272), H8693 [3OC]

China, People's Republic of: permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), consideration (H. Res. 510), H3659 [24MY]

Colleges and universities: discourage alcohol abuse on campus, E1629 [28SE]

Courts: clarification of jurisdiction over private property takings and land use disputes (H.R. 2372), consideration (H. Res. 441), H1083, H1084, H1087 [16MR]

Crime: encourage States to incarcerate individuals convicted of murder, rape, or child molestation, H9029 [6OC]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 616), H9647 [11OC]

Dept. of Energy: establish compensation programs for employees sustaining beryllium and radiation-related injury, illness, or death, H9647 [11OC]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), consideration (H. Res. 518), H4045, H4053 [8JN]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4635), consideration (H. Res. 525), H4489, H4490, H4497 [15JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4635), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 638), H10366, H10368 [19OC]

Diseases: pediatric cancer research funding, H4126 [9JN]

———support efforts to increase childhood cancer awareness, treatment, and research (H. Res. 576), H8270 [27SE]

Energy and water development: making appropriations, H10366, H10368 [19OC]

Families and domestic relations: child abuse and neglect prevention (H.R. 764), Senate amendment, H123 [1FE]

———increase child support money to families leaving welfare, improve assignment, distribution and collection of certain child support, and promote marriage (H.R. 4678), consideration (H. Res. 566), H7294, H7296 [7SE]

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), amendment process, H1083 [16MR]

House of Representatives: Cancer Awareness Working Group hearings, E1995 [28OC]

Housing: expand homeownership (H.R. 1776), consideration (H. Res. 460), H1855, H1856 [6AP]

Human rights: combat trafficking in human beings and provide assistance to victims (H.R. 3244), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 613), H9029, H9036 [6OC]

Income: increase minimum wage and provide tax benefits for small businesses (H.R. 3081), consideration (H. Res. 434), H778 [9MR]

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 4516), consideration (H. Res. 530), H4929, H4930, H4933, H4934 [22JN]

Medicaid: coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment for certain women and research on relationship between cervical cancer and human papillomavirus (H.R. 4386), H2694 [9MY]

Medicare: make more competitive and efficient and provide for a prescription drug benefit (H.R. 4680), consideration (H. Res. 539), H5307 [28JN]

Minimum wage: level (H.R. 3846), consideration (H. Res. 434), H778 [9MR]

Missouri River: Corps of Engineers river management funding, H10368 [19OC]

National Cancer Institute: establish demonstration project to provide research for the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and cure for cancer (H.R. 5419), E1713 [6OC]

Ohio: constitutionality of State motto (H. Res. 494), H5185 [27JN]

Public Health Service Act: provide certain children's health services (H.R. 4365), H2714 [9MY]

———provide certain children's health services (H.R. 4365), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 594), H8206, H8207, H8209 [27SE]

Small business: protect from litigation excesses and limit product liability of non-manufacturer product sellers (H.R. 2366), amendment process, H280 [10FE]

Taxation: eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 6), H169 [2FE]

———eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 6), consideration (H. Res. 419), H281, H286, H290 [10FE]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), H5850 [12JY]

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), consideration (H. Res. 455), H1803 [5AP]

Veterans Health Administration: improve personnel system (H.R. 5109), consideration (H. Res. 585), H7949, H7950 [21SE]

VFW: anniversary, H8411 [28SE]

Women: reauthorize Federal programs to prevent violence against women, H9029, H9036 [6OC]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H10033 [17OC], H10469 [19OC]

Reports filed

Allow Consideration of Motions To Suspend House Rules and Consider Certain Legislation: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 550) (H. Rept. 106-732), H6051 [13JY]

———Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 556) (H. Rept. 106-759), H6469 [18JY]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 3244, Trafficking Victims Protection Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 613) (H. Rept. 106-942), H9010 [5OC]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 4635, Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and Sundry Independent Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 638) (H. Rept. 106-990), H10256 [18OC]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 4810, Marriage Tax Penalty Relief Reconciliation Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 559) (H. Rept. 106-766), H6598 [19JY]

Consideration of H.R. 6, Marriage Tax Elimination Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 419) (H. Rept. 106-495), H253 [8FE]

Consideration of H.R. 1776, American Homeownership and Economic Opportunity Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 460) (H. Rept. 106-562), H1851 [5AP]

Consideration of H.R. 2005, Workplace Goods Job Growth and Competitiveness Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 412) (H. Rept. 106-491), H164 [1FE]

Consideration of H.R. 2372, Private Property Rights Implementation Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 441) (H. Rept. 106-525), H1075 [15MR]

Consideration of H.R. 4516, Legislative Branch of the Government Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 530) (H. Rept. 106-685), H4783 [20JN]

Consideration of H.R. 4577, Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 515) (H. Rept. 106-653), H3924 [6JN]

———Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 518) (H. Rept. 106-657), H4034 [7JN]

Consideration of H.R. 4635, Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and Sundry Independent Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 525) (H. Rept. 106-675), H4336 [13JN]

Consideration of H.R. 4678, Child Support Distribution Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 566) (H. Rept. 106-798), H7205 [27JY]

Consideration of H.R. 4810, Marriage Tax Penalty Relief Reconciliation Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 545) (H. Rept. 106-726), H5842 [11JY]

Consideration of Motion To Go to Conference on Senate Amendments to H.R. 4810, Marriage Tax Penalty Relief Reconciliation Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 553) (H. Rept. 106-752), H6354 [17JY]

Consideration of Senate Amendment to H.R. 4365, Children's Health Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 594) (H. Rept. 106-901), H8199 [26SE]

Tributes

Fowler, Representative, H10755 [24OC]