McKINNEY, CYNTHIA A. (a Representative from Georgia)

Appointments

Paul Coverdell funeral attendees, H6721 [24JY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

African Americans: acknowledge the fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality, and inhumanity of slavery in U.S. history (see H. Con. Res. 356), H4674 [19JN]

Agriculture: improve representation and accountability of Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act committees and access to and service of Dept. of Agriculture programs (see H.R. 4675), H4590 [15JN]

———require country of origin labeling of peanuts and peanut products (see H.R. 3263), H7211 [27JY]

Animals: prohibit certain conduct relative to elephants in circuses (see H.R. 2929), H1674 [3AP]

———prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear viscera (see H.R. 2166), H7991 [21SE]

———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), H575 [29FE]

Argentina: resolution of Buenos Aires Yoga School investigation (see H. Res. 622), H10809 [24OC]

Armed Forces: annual determination of the basic benefit rate for educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 4334), H2412 [2MY]

———provide improved benefits training to members to enhance retention (see H.R. 4388), H2606 [4MY]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3573), H575 [29FE]

———suspend anthrax vaccination immunization program until it is determined to be safe and effective (see H.R. 2548), H1119 [16MR]

Armstrong, Lance: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 5258), H9011 [5OC]

Black Patriots Foundation: extend authority to establish a Black Revolutionary War Patriots Memorial (see H.R. 4957), H7366 [7SE]

Bob Jones University: condemn discriminatory practices (see H. Con. Res. 261), H1078 [15MR]

Booker T. Washington Leadership Institute: provide support (see H.R. 3440), H4174 [9JN]

Boy Scouts: repeal Federal charter (see H.R. 4892), H6599 [19JY]

Bureau of Justice Statistics: establish a task force to gather information about, study, and report on incidents of abandonment of infant children (see H.R. 4222), H3413 [18MY]

Burma: prohibit importation of any textile or apparel article that is produced, manufactured, or grown in Burma (see H.R. 5603), H11782 [1NO]

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

Capital punishment: reduce the risk that innocent persons may be executed (see H.R. 4167), H2607 [4MY]

———temporary moratorium to ensure that defendants have adequate counsel and to allow those convicted to have a reasonable opportunity to present new evidence of innocence (see H.R. 4162), H4336 [13JN]

Carter, Jimmy and Rosalyn: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4289), H2337 [13AP]

Census: conduct an interim census of Americans abroad and require such individuals to be included in future decennial censuses (see H.R. 3649), H373 [14FE]

Children and youth: acquisition, construction, and improvement of child care facilities or equipment (see H.R. 3610), H1163 [21MR]

———assist State and local prosecutors, and law enforcement agencies, with implementation of juvenile justice witness assistance programs (see H.R. 3132), H5436 [28JN]

———improve health and safety of children receiving child care outside the home (see H.R. 4750), H5737 [10JY]

———increase the availability, affordability, and quality of child care and improve support services for families with young children (see H.R. 4206), H5084 [23JN]

———provide State grants to improve child care (see H.R. 2175), H574 [29FE]

———require posting of CPSC safety standards in child care centers and require a Dept. of HHS report with recommendations to promote compliance with such standards (see H.R. 2552), H574 [29FE]

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), H7212 [27JY]

China, Republic of: high-level visits by Taiwanese officials to the U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 401), H9011 [5OC]

Civil liberties: protect day laborers from unfair labor practices (see H.R. 5182), H7651 [14SE]

Clean Air Act: continue transportation projects funding relative to lapses in conformity requirements (see H.R. 3686), H1077 [15MR]

———prohibit the use of certain fuel additives including methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) in reformulated gasoline (see H.R. 1367), H2411 [2MY]

———reduce acid deposition (see H.R. 25), H2411 [2MY]

Colleges and universities: enhance protections against fraud in the offering of financial assistance for a college education (see H.R. 3210), H922 [9MR]

Community development: enhance availability of capital and credit for citizens and communities and ensure that community reinvestment keeps pace as financial service providers become affiliated (see H.R. 4893), H6599 [19JY]

———increase capital available to communities for economic and community development projects (see H.R. 4822), H7281 [6SE]

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), H4174 [9JN]

Congress: establish a day of peace and sharing at the beginning of each year (see H. Con. Res. 363), H5737 [10JY]

Consumers: treat arbitration clauses which are unilaterally imposed on consumers as an unfair and deceptive trade practice and prohibit use in consumer transactions (see H.R. 2258), H632 [1MR]

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

———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), H6354 [17JY]

———require wages paid under Federal contracts to be above local poverty line (see H.R. 4353), H2410 [2MY]

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

CPSC: improve handling of defective products (see H.R. 3208), H2340 [13AP]

———require child-proof caps for portable gasoline containers (see H.R. 3136), H575 [29FE]

———restore jurisdiction over fixed site amusement park rides (see H.R. 3032), H6354 [17JY]

Crime: convene a summit of national leaders to develop an action plan to deter acts of violence, especially domestic violence and sexual assault (see H. Con. Res. 353), H5436 [28JN]

———increase penalties for hate crimes (see H. Con. Res. 347), H4035 [7JN]

———prevent stalking of minors (see H.R. 3270), H931 [13MR]

Cuba: lift trade embargo (see H.R. 229), H2122 [11AP]

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

Customs Service: detention and searches of travelers (see H.R. 4001), H4036 [7JN]

———prohibit import of diamonds from certain conflict regions in Africa (see H.R. 5147), H7501 [12SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: discipline members of certain county and area committees who discriminate against farmers, ranchers, or others, on the basis of race, sex, national origin, marital status, religion, age, or handicap (see H.R. 4687), H4591 [15JN]

———support exchange programs whereby African-American farmers and other agricultural specialists share technical knowledge with African farmers to improve farming in Africa (see H.R. 4378), H2605 [4MY]

Dept. of Defense: Inspector General audit of certain military purchases relative to compliance with Buy American Act (see H.R. 608), H2770 [9MY]

———make certain improvements to the military health care system (see H.R. 3655), H454 [15FE]

Dept. of Education: establish the High Performance Schools Program (see H.R. 3143), H7578 [13SE]

Dept. of HHS: establish an Office on Women's Health (see H.R. 4483), H5037 [22JN]

Dept. of Justice: establish the Violence Against Women Office (see H.R. 4848), H6051 [13JY]

———provide grants to organizations to find missing adults (see H.R. 2780), H574 [29FE]

Dept. of Labor: establish Normal Trade Relations for China Transitional Adjustment Assistance Program (see H.R. 4649), H7366 [7SE]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct a theme study on the peopling of America (see H.R. 5263), H7991 [21SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: assist claimants for benefits in developing claims and clarify the burden of proof for such claims (see H.R. 3193), H575 [29FE]

———conduct Stand Down events and establish a pilot program that will provide for an annual Stand Down event in each State (see H.R. 566), H1406 [23MR]

———establish presumption of service connection for a stroke or heart attack incurred or aggravated while performing inactive duty training (see H.R. 3816), H631 [1MR]

———provide grants for toll-free telephone number to provide information and assistance to veterans (see H.R. 2736), H2512 [3MY]

Disabled Veterans' LIFE Memorial Foundation: establish a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs to honor veterans who became disabled while serving in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 1509), H922 [9MR]

Diseases: assist mother-to-child HIV/AIDS transmission prevention efforts (see H.R. 4665), H6719 [20JY]

———authorizing appropriations for international HIV/AIDS control efforts (see H.R. 4140), H2655 [8MY]

———establish an international trust fund to combat the AIDS epidemic (see H.R. 3519), H757 [8MR]

———increased support and funding to combat juvenile diabetes (see H. Con. Res. 321), H5843 [11JY]

———international tuberculosis control (see H.R. 4057), H3869 [25MY]

Domestic policy: establish a living wage, develop job opportunities, convert military programs to social programs, produce a capital budget, reduce poverty and violence, and redistribute wealth and power (see H.R. 1050), H3172 [16MY]

Domestic Volunteer Service Act: establish National Youth Technology Corps Program (see H.R. 2934), H632 [1MR]

Drugs: concentrate Federal resources on the prosecution of major drug offenses (see H.R. 1681), H757 [8MR]

———prevent abuse of inhalants (see H.R. 4565), H7212 [27JY]

Economy: global sustainable development (see H. Res. 479), H2340 [13AP]

Education: assist local educational agencies in financing and establishing alternative education systems (see H.R. 3873), H1629 [30MR]

———encourage the implementation or expansion of pre-kindergarten programs to include certain young students (see H.R. 2865), H632 [1MR]

———ensure recruitment and training of math and science teachers at institutions of higher education (see H.R. 3702), H572 [29FE]

———improve and refocus civic education (see H.R. 3195), H1629 [30MR]

———improve program for the forgiveness of student loans to teachers (see H.R. 4258), H6052 [13JY]

———increase amount of loan forgiveness for teachers (see H.R. 3880), H2512 [3MY]

———modernize public schools, reduce class size, increase access to technology, enhance school safety, improve teacher quality, and strengthen accountability for academic results (see H.R. 4346), H7366 [7SE]

———provide grants to local educational agencies to develop smaller schools (see H.R. 3044), H1588 [29MR]

———provide grants to local educational agencies to enable them to recruit and retain qualified school administrators (see H.R. 2789), H1477 [28MR]

———qualify public defenders for student loan forgiveness under the Federal Perkins Loan Program (see H.R. 4290), H2337 [13AP]

———school construction and infrastructure improvements funding (see H.R. 3705), H1852 [5AP]

EEOC: require mediation of certain employee claims (see H.R. 4593), H4592 [15JN]

Employment: provide certain temporary employees with the same benefits as permanent employees (see H.R. 2298), H574 [29FE]

Equal Pay Day: observance (see H. Con. Res. 318), H2771 [9MY]

Fair Labor Standards Act: prohibit issuance of a certificate for subminimum wages for individuals with impaired vision (see H.R. 3540), H998 [14MR]

Families and domestic relations: increase availability, affordability, and quality of child care and enhance early childhood development (see H.R. 1139), H574 [29FE]

———issue special postage stamps to fund domestic violence programs (see H.R. 4659), H5241 [27JN]

———limit the effects of domestic violence on the lives of children (see H.R. 3315), H255 [8FE]

Family and Medical Leave Act: eliminate an hours of service requirement for benefits (see H.R. 3297), H342 [10FE]

FDA: grant authority to regulate tobacco (see H.R. 4207), H4817 [21JN]

———uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2129), H922 [9MR]

Federal employees: allow agencies to reimburse for certain adoption expenses (see H.R. 2733), H2239 [12AP]

———eliminate certain inequities in the computation of retirement benefits for law enforcement officers, firefighters, air traffic controllers, nuclear materials couriers, and their survivors (see H.R. 1769), H997 [14MR]

———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 (see H.R. 2842), H255 [8FE]

———ensure one-half of leave for birth, adoption, or foster placement of a child shall be leave with pay (see H.R. 4567), H5085 [23JN]

———health benefits coverage for hearing aids and examinations (see H.R. 2321), H5843 [11JY]

———revise overtime pay limitation (see H.R. 1770), H997 [14MR]

———treatment of Government physicians' comparability allowances as basic pay for retirement purposes (see H.R. 207), H5843 [11JY]

Federal firefighters: make mandatory separation age match requirement for Federal law enforcement officers (see H.R. 460), H4484 [14JN]

Federal-State relations: clarify primacy of State and local regulation of fees and surcharges imposed by operators of automatic teller machines (see H.R. 3494), H641 [2MR]

FEMA: make grants to fire departments for the acquisition of thermal imaging cameras (see H.R. 1839), H574 [29FE]

Financial institutions: ensure consumer privacy when establishing a framework for the affiliation of banks, securities firms, and other financial service providers (see H.R. 3320), H1675 [3AP]

Firearms: improve safety of handguns (see H.R. 515), H1163 [21MR] (see H.R. 1512), H7502 [12SE]

Fish and fishing: recover depleted fish stocks and promote the long-term sustainability of marine fisheries (see H.R. 4046), H5955 [12JY]

Flags: display of the Confederate flag (see H. Res. 466), H1958 [6AP]

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

Food Quality Protection Act: establish certain requirements (see H.R. 1592), H5737 [10JY]

Foreign aid: international family planning programs funding (see H.R. 3634), H340 [10FE]

———prohibit application of certain restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental and multilateral organizations (see H.R. 4211), H3813 [24MY]

Foreign countries: human rights violations against homosexuals, bisexuals, and transgendered individuals (see H. Con. Res. 259), H2123 [11AP]

Foreign trade: prohibit importation of diamonds unless the countries exporting the diamonds have in place certain controls to verify the source of the diamonds (see H.R. 5564), H11206 [26OC]

———require disclosure of source of gem-quality diamonds and gem-quality diamond products imported into the U.S. (see H.R. 3188), H3049 [15MY]

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

FTC: issue new rules regulating telemarketing firms (see H.R. 3180), H4484 [14JN]

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

Georgia: Federal recognition of the Lower Muscogee-Creek Indian Tribe (see H.R. 4730), H5083 [23JN]

Government: prohibit the acquisition of products produced by forced labor (see H. Con. Res. 308), H5956 [12JY]

Great Lakes: moratorium on export of bulk fresh water until certain conditions are met (see H.R. 2973), H1477 [28MR]

Greece: return of the Parthenon Marbles (see H. Con. Res. 294), H2341 [13AP]

Health: development of microbicides to prevent the transmission of sexually transmitted diseases (see H.R. 3891), H3813 [24MY]

———increase assistance to developing nations with high levels of infectious disease and premature death (see H.R. 3826), H3413 [18MY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 3000), H1588 [29MR]

Henry McNeal Turner Post Office, Macon, GA: designate (see H.R. 3454), H4817 [21JN]

Homeless: improve programs for veterans (see H.R. 5311), H8736 [3OC]

Housing: expand protections for especially vulnerable consumers against abusive mortgage lending practices and streamline the framework regulating mortgage originations (see H.R. 4213), H5436 [28JN]

Human rights: condemn use of children as soldiers (see H. Con. Res. 348), H4035 [7JN]

Immigration: adjust status of certain Colombian and Peruvian nationals (see H.R. 2741), H1674 [3AP]

———improve and permanently authorize the Visa Waiver Pilot Program (see H.R. 3767), H1477 [28MR]

———make Religious Worker Visa Program permanent (see H.R. 1871), H6470 [18JY]

———permit admission of nonimmigrant students and visitors who are spouses and children of permanent resident aliens (see H.R. 840), H1477 [28MR]

———provide permanent resident status for certain alien orphans physically present in the U.S. and provide for deferred enforced departure status for alien parents of certain children born in the U.S. (see H.R. 4359), H5657 [29JN]

Income: protect retirement security of individuals (see H.R. 1590), H5656 [29JN]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 3545), H373 [14FE]

Indonesia: condemn militia attack on U.N. refugee workers in West Timor and call for an end to militia violence in East and West Timor (see H. Con. Res. 395), H7502 [12SE]

INS: provide for direct payment of information fees by foreign students under the Coordinated Interagency Partnership Regulating International Students Program (see H.R. 3732), H2512 [3MY]

Insurance: implement coverage of reconstructive breast surgery resulting from mastectomies (see H.R. 3224), H997 [14MR]

———require health plans to cover treatment of a minor child's congenital or developmental deformity or disorder due to trauma, infection, tumor, or disease (see H.R. 49), H5084 [23JN]

Iraq: provide citizens access to U.S. food and medicines (see H.R. 3825), H758 [8MR]

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), H7652 [14SE]

Law enforcement: create national accreditation standards for law enforcement agencies relative to police misconduct and treatment of minorities (see H.R. 3981), H1120 [16MR]

Law enforcement officers: clarify procedures and conditions for the award of matching grants for the purchase of armor vests (see H.R. 4033), H4485 [14JN]

Lawrence Patton McDonald Federal Building, Rome, GA: designate (see H.R. 4787), H7129 [26JY]

Libraries: provide up-to-date school library media resources and professionally certified school library media specialists for elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 3008), H922 [9MR]

Medicaid: assure preservation of safety net hospitals through maintenance of Disproportionate Share Hospital Program (see H.R. 3710), H4592 [15JN]

———establish a new prospective payment system for federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics (see H.R. 2341), H1477 [28MR]

———remove the cap on payments for Puerto Rico and certain other territories and adjust the statutory matching rate (see H.R. 5126), H8406 [27SE]

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

Medicare: coverage of augmentative communication devices (see H.R. 4479), H5737 [10JY]

———coverage of medically necessary pancreas transplantation procedures (see H.R. 4495), H5955 [12JY]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see H.R. 1495), H6354 [17JY] (see H.R. 3482), H2655 [8MY]

———coverage of vision rehabilitation services (see H.R. 2870), H5843 [11JY]

———increase payment for pap smear laboratory tests (see H.R. 976), H5435 [28JN]

———payments made under the prospective payment system for home health services (see H.R. 4727), H5737 [10JY]

———prevent sudden disruption of beneficiary enrollment in Medicare+Choice plans (see H.R. 141), H5955 [12JY]

———require Dept. of HHS study on mortality and adverse outcome rates of patients receiving anesthesia services (see H.R. 2002), H4121 [8JN]

———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H4485 [14JN]

———waive waiting period for coverage and provide coverage of drugs for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (see H.R. 353), H3523 [22MY]

Medicare/Medicaid: ensure that individuals enjoy the right to be free from restraint (see H.R. 3010), H5737 [10JY]

Merchant marine industry: tribute to service and sacrifice during periods of war (see H. Con. Res. 327), H5241 [27JN]

Mexico: adopt measures to support a peaceful resolution of the conflict and to protect human rights in Chiapas (see H. Con. Res. 238), H50 [27JA]

———political repression of foreign observers (see H. Con. Res. 350), H4120 [8JN]

Middle Passage National Monument: establish (see H.R. 4581), H3924 [6JN]

Mozambique: provide debt relief and reconstruction aid (see H.R. 4091), H1405 [23MR]

———support humanitarian assistance (see H. Res. 431), H998 [14MR]

National Guard: anniversary of initial activation of personnel for Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm (see H. Res. 549), H6355 [17JY]

———provide more equitable civil service retirement and retention provisions for technicians (see H.R. 5342), H8468 [28SE]

National Paralegals Day: designate (see H. Res. 430), H998 [14MR]

National School Lunch Act: ensure an adequate level of commodity purchases under the school lunch program (see H.R. 3614), H2411 [2MY]

National security: provide deployment criteria for the national missile defense system and testing of the system against counter-measures (see H.R. 5066), H7282 [6SE]

National Take Your Kids To Vote Day: support (see H. Con. Res. 389), H7210 [27JY]

Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act: provide certain nationals an opportunity to apply for adjustment of status (see H.R. 2722), H2122 [11AP]

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), H50 [27JA]

Office of National Drug Control Policy: enter into negotiations with Cuban Government representatives to provide for increased cooperation on drug interdiction efforts (see H.R. 2365), H2122 [11AP]

Olympic games: mint commemorative coins to support the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games and U.S. Olympic Committee programs (see H.R. 3679), H2905 [10MY]

Peace Corps: designate a fellowship program promoting the work of returning volunteers in underserved American communities as the Paul D. Coverdell Fellows Program (see H.R. 5135), H7365 [7SE]

———redesignate the Peace Corps World Wise Schools Program as the Paul D. Coverdell World Wise Schools Program (see H.R. 5357), H8617 [2OC]

Petroleum: mandatory licensing of patents on reformulated gasoline and other fuels (see H.R. 4739), H6052 [13JY]

———prohibit the use of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) in reformulated gasoline, accelerate cleanup of leaking underground storage tanks, and assist communities with drinking water contamination (see H.R. 3798), H4592 [15JN]

Pharmaceuticals: availability of HIV/AIDS pharmaceuticals and medical technologies in sub-Saharan Africa and other developing countries (see H.R. 5101), H7210 [27JY]

Philippines: address the environmental contamination and health effects emanating from former U.S. military facilities (see H. Con. Res. 355), H7282 [6SE]

Political campaigns: permit any Presidential candidates to participate in debates relative to support in national public opinion polls (see H. Con. Res. 373), H7212 [27JY]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 3842), H5955 [12JY]

———require door delivery of mail sent to persons residing in senior communities (see H.R. 3202), H1588 [29MR]

Power resources: provide a transition to market-based rates for power sold by the TVA and Federal Power Marketing Administration (see H.R. 1486), H50 [27JA]

Privacy: regulate use of personal information obtained by interactive computer services (see H.R. 2882), H4484 [14JN]

Public Health Service Act: provide certain children's health services (see H.R. 3301), H922 [9MR]

Public safety officers: eligibility of certain emergency management and civil defense personnel for public safety officer death benefits (see H.R. 2588), H1477 [28MR]

Public welfare programs: improve onsite inspections of State food stamp programs and provide grants to develop community partnerships and innovative outreach strategies for food stamp and related programs (see H.R. 2738), H1588 [29MR]

———repeal certain restrictions on food stamp eligibility and increase Federal support for emergency food assistance programs (see H.R. 3192), H3474 [19MY]

Racial relations: recognize the significant contribution the Birmingham Pledge has made in fostering racial harmony and reconciliation (see H.J. Res. 102), H5657 [29JN]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 4844), H7003 [25JY]

Ramadan: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 220), H647 [6MR]

Religion: support religious tolerance towards Muslims (see H. Con. Res. 174), H758 [8MR]

Ruth Harris Coleman Post Office, Odum, GA: designate (see H.R. 5229), H8617 [2OC]

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

Samuel P. Roberts Post Office Building, Carrollton, GA: designate (see H.R. 4786), H7129 [26JY]

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

Sierra Leone: support Government in its peace-building efforts (see H. Con. Res. 323), H2966 [11MY]

Smithsonian Institution: establish National African-American Museum (see H.R. 923), H757 [8MR]

———mint coins in commemoration of the National Museum of the American Indian (see H.R. 4259), H6471 [18JY]

Social Security: computation system for benefits relative to spouses' and surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 1217), H3172 [16MY]

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

———restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to certain individuals (see H.R. 860), H8200 [26SE]

States: permit the option of coverage of legal immigrants under the Medicaid Program and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 4707), H10036 [17OC]

Taxation: allow a credit to holders of Better America Bonds (see H.R. 2446), H574 [29FE]

———allow a deduction for post-secondary tuition and related expenses (see H.R. 1188), H574 [29FE]

———allow a refundable credit to certain low-income members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 1055), H2606 [4MY]

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

———clarify treatment under the tax-exempt bond rules of pre-payments for certain commodities and mineral production payments (see H.R. 5259), H10809 [24OC]

———deny employers a deduction for payments of excessive compensation (see H.R. 740), H3474 [19MY]

———expand incentives for the construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 4094), H2967 [11MY]

———impose a windfall profit tax on oil and natural gas products, allow an income tax credit for the purchase of fuel-efficient passenger vehicles, and allow grants for mass transit (see H.R. 4974), H7128 [26JY]

———increase annual limitation on nondeductible contributions and adjust for inflation the amount of deductible contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1322), H3412 [18MY]

———increase lifetime learning credit for secondary teachers returning to school for additional training (see H.R. 638), H4591 [15JN]

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

———provide tax credit for elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 937), H255 [8FE]

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

———treatment of adoption expenses (see H.R. 531), H4674 [19JN]

———treatment of computer contributions (see H.R. 4061), H1284 [22MR]

———treatment of higher education expenses and interest on student loans (see H.R. 2750), H5737 [10JY]

Telephones: prevent fraudulent and misleading advertising by carriers providing ``dial-around'' long distance services (see H.R. 5619), H11781 [1NO]

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

Tobacco products: prohibit the importation of bidi cigarettes (see H.R. 3628), H6052 [13JY]

Trucking industry: support freeze on longer combination vehicles and current Federal limitations on truck size and weight (see H. Con. Res. 306), H7003 [25JY]

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.: encourage the establishment of a Rapid Deployment Police and Security Force (see H.R. 4453), H3926 [6JN]

Ukrainian-American Veterans, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 3463), H4592 [15JN]

Veterans: establish a comprehensive program for the testing and treatment of the Hepatitis C virus (see H.R. 5132), H8736 [3OC]

———increase size of the estate an incompetent veteran may have without being subject to suspension of benefits while under institutional care by the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (see H.R. 4935), H7212 [27JY]

———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]

———presumption of service connection for hepatitis C in certain veterans (see H.R. 1020), H2012 [10AP]

———provide housing loan benefits for the purchase of residential cooperative apartment units (see H.R. 3571), H575 [29FE]

———recognize the importance of veterans to the U.S. and express support for the goals of Veterans Educate Today's Students (VETS) Day (see H. Con. Res. 58), H6720 [20JY]

———repeal computation system that reduces annuity for surviving spouses at age 62 relative to Social Security offset (see H.R. 363), H4591 [15JN]

———require employers to give employees who are members of reserve components leave of absence to participate in an honor guard for veterans' funerals (see H.R. 284), H7211 [27JY]

———revise rules applicable to net worth limitation relative to pension eligibility (see H.R. 5271), H8617 [2OC]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: place a plaque to honor those veterans who died after their service, but as a direct result of that service (see H.R. 3293), H632 [1MR]

Volunteer workers: extend appropriations for programs under the National and Community Service Act and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act (see H.R. 4740), H6719 [20JY]

Voting Rights Act: clarify intent of Congress (see H.R. 4961), H7127 [26JY]

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

———direct the Dept. of the Army to recommend water resources development and conservation projects only if there are certain projected benefits (see H.R. 5459), H9900 [12OC]

Women: determine the health risks of dioxin, synthetic fibers, and other additives in tampons and similar products (see H.R. 890), H5084 [23JN]

———protect breastfeeding by new mothers (see H.R. 3861), H2013 [10AP]

———protection of reproductive rights (see H.R. 2624), H1285 [22MR]

———provide Federal contracting assistance to small business concerns owned and controlled by women (see H.R. 4897), H7212 [27JY]

Woods, Tiger: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4926), H9767 [11OC]

World War II: support Day of Honor 2000 to honor and recognize the service of minority veterans (see H.J. Res. 98), H2238 [12AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Broadcasting Board of Governors: make archival materials of the Africa Division of the VOA available to the Institute for Media Development (see H.R. 4587), H3924 [6JN]

Elections: allow States to use a proportional voting system for multiseat congressional districts (see H.R. 5679), H12532 [15DE]

Employment: require U.S. nationals employing more than 20 persons in a foreign country to implement a corporate code of conduct relative to the employment of those persons (see H.R. 4596), H4035 [7JN]

———require U.S. nationals that employ individuals in a foreign country to provide full transparency and disclosure in all their operations (see H.R. 5492), H10256 [18OC]

Letters

Voting difficulties in Georgia's Fourth Congressional District: by, E2102 [14NO]

Remarks

African Americans: acknowledge the fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality, and inhumanity of slavery in U.S. history (H. Con. Res. 356), H4682 [20JN]

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 3908), H1509 [29MR]

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), H6408 [18JY]

———permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), E871 [25MY]

Colombia: authorize urgent support to secure peace and the rule of law, and to enhance the effectiveness of anti-drug efforts, H1509 [29MR]

Coverdell, Paul: tribute (H. Res. 558), H6542 [19JY]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 4576), H4001 [7JN]

———military health care programs funding through reductions in the national missile defense system, H4001 [7JN]

Georgia: voting difficulties in the Fourth Congressional District, E2102 [14NO]

Graham, Gary: request for a conditional pardon and a new trial in Texas captial case, H4910 [21JN]

Lockheed Martin Corp.: filing of discrimination claims against management, H169 [2FE]

Privacy: interception of electronic mail by the FBI, H7007 [26JY]

Treaties and agreements: Antiballistic Missile Treaty, H2021 [11AP]

World Trade Organization: withdraw U.S. membership and funding (H.J. Res. 90), H4801 [21JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H12529 [15DE]

Special order: granted, H4335 [13JN], H4814 [21JN]

Tributes

Shinhoster, Earl T., H4344 [14JN]