RAHALL, NICK J., II (a Representative from West Virginia)

Appointments

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

Articles and editorials

Holy City Must Be Ruled Fairly, Faisal Husseini, Los Angeles (CA) Times, E1247 [14JY]

Israeli Settlements Undermine Chance for Peace in Middle East, Yasser A. Rabbo, Chicago (IL) Tribune, H3152 [16MY]

Know Now That Arab Lives Are as Worthy as Israelis', Hussein Ibish, Los Angeles (CA) Times, E905 [7JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 3660), H454 [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]

Architect of the Capitol: establish the position of Director of Fire Safety and Protection (see H.R. 4366), H4592 [15JN]

Armed Forces: annual determination of the basic benefit rate for educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 4334), H2607 [4MY]

———provide that covered beneficiaries shall not be required to pay a copayment for health care services received under TRICARE Prime (see H.R. 3565), H342 [10FE]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3573), H219 [7FE]

Belarus: human rights violations and democracy efforts (see H. Con. Res. 304), H2239 [12AP]

Burma: recognize anniversary of free and fair elections and improve democratic and human rights (see H. Con. Res. 328), H3172 [16MY]

Capital punishment: reduce the risk that innocent persons may be executed (see H.R. 4167), H7211 [27JY]

———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), H3523 [22MY]

Children and youth: protect infants who are born alive (see H.R. 4292), H7211 [27JY]

China, Republic of: accession to the World Trade Organization (see H. Con. Res. 262), H641 [2MR]

———high-level visits by Taiwanese officials to the U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 401), H7933 [20SE]

———participation in the World Health Organization (see H.R. 4004), H7578 [13SE]

———U.N. participation (see H. Con. Res. 390), H7280 [6SE]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 2397), H455 [15FE]

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]

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), H6471 [18JY]

Contracts: ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses (see H.R. 3766), H998 [14MR]

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

Courts: legal definition of human life relative to presence of brain wave activity and spontaneous cardiac activity (see H. Con. Res. 305), H5843 [11JY]

CPSC: restore jurisdiction over fixed site amusement park rides (see H.R. 3032), H2411 [2MY]

Crime: improve information on, and protections against, child sexual abuse (see H.R. 2382), H2411 [2MY]

———life imprisonment for repeat offenders who commit sex offenses against children (see H.R. 1989), H1119 [16MR] (see H.R. 4047), H1163 [21MR]

Customs Service: detention and searches of travelers (see H.R. 4001), H3869 [25MY]

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), H2512 [3MY]

———participation of certain Medicare-eligible individuals in pharmacy programs (see H.R. 3697), H1406 [23MR]

———support for nongovernmental organizations participating in honor guard details at funerals of veterans (see H. Con. Res. 192), H1675 [3AP]

Dept. of Justice: establish the Violence Against Women Office (see H.R. 4848), H7723 [18SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: assist claimants for benefits in developing claims and clarify the burden of proof for such claims (see H.R. 3193), H50 [27JA]

———establish presumption of service connection for cold weather injuries received during military operations (see H.R. 4760), H6719 [20JY]

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

———reaffirm and clarify duty of the Secretary to administer laws which assist claimants for benefits (see H.R. 4864), H6600 [19JY]

Diseases: extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 4069), H2967 [11MY]

———increased support and funding to combat juvenile diabetes (see H. Con. Res. 321), H6778 [24JY]

Education: establish a national teaching fellowship program to encourage individuals to enter, and remain, in the field of teaching at public schools (see H.R. 4143), H4174 [9JN]

———establish and expand programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (see H.R. 4271, 4272), H7281 [6SE]

———provide grants to local educational agencies to initiate and improve physical education programs (see H.R. 4536), H3813 [24MY]

———provide grants to partnerships to establish and carry out information technology training programs and to provide incentives for educators to obtain information technology certification (see H.R. 4176), H2412 [2MY]

———raise awareness, and create educational programs, concerning eating disorders (see H.R. 3928), H2122 [11AP]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: extend programs and activities (see H.R. 4508), H7933 [20SE]

Executive Office of the President: express disapproval regarding Presidential circumvention of congressional legislative authority to set public policy (see H. Res. 463), H2512 [3MY]

Fair Labor Standards Act: prohibit issuance of a certificate for subminimum wages for individuals with impaired vision (see H.R. 3540), H212 [3FE]

FCC: prohibit from establishing rules authorizing the operation of new, low power FM radio stations (see H.R. 3439), H511 [16FE]

FDA: establish restrictions relative to the qualifications of physicians prescribing the abortion drug known as RU-486 (see H.R. 5385), H8799 [4OC]

———restrict authority to issue clinical holds on investigational drugs or to deny patients expanded access to such drugs (see H.R. 3677), H2239 [12AP]

Federal Deposit Insurance Act: require periodic cost-of-living adjustments to the maximum amount of deposit insurance available (see H.R. 4467), H3869 [25MY]

Federal employees: ensure one-half of leave for birth, adoption, or foster placement of a child shall be leave with pay (see H.R. 4567), H4675 [19JN]

———make permanent the authority under which comparability allowances may be paid to Government physicians (see H.R. 3841), H5436 [28JN]

———treatment of Government physicians' comparability allowances as basic pay for retirement purposes (see H.R. 207), H5169 [26JN]

Federal firefighters: make mandatory separation age match requirement for Federal law enforcement officers (see H.R. 460), H4174 [9JN]

Firearms: prohibit funding to give or withhold a preference to a seller of firearms or ammunition relative to an agreement on enhanced safety of handguns and pistols (see H.R. 4257), H2771 [9MY]

———repeal permanent ban on possession of firearms by persons convicted of certain felonies (see H.R. 3444), H50 [27JA]

Firefighters: authorize equal overtime pay for all Federal employees engaged in wildfire suppression operations (see H.R. 2814), H1163 [21MR]

Foreign trade: eliminate disincentives to fair trade conditions (see H.R. 842), H8736 [3OC]

FRS: reduce interest rates (see H. Res. 536), H5436 [28JN]

Health: enhance the Nation's capacity to address public health threats and emergencies (see H.R. 4964), H7503 [12SE]

———increase public awareness of the dangers of pediatric cancer (see H. Con. Res. 115), H1285 [22MR]

———minority health programs (see H.R. 3250), H4784 [20JN]

———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), H1285 [22MR]

———prohibit health insurance and employment discrimination on the basis of genetic information (see H.R. 2457), H6052 [13JY]

Helsinki Final Act: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 100), H7003 [25JY]

Higgins, Andrew Jackson and family: award Congressional Gold Medals (see H.R. 4384), H4036 [7JN]

Higgins Industries: award Congressional Gold Medal to World War II-era employees (see H.R. 4384), H4036 [7JN]

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

Human rights: expedite the declassification of certain documents relating to human rights abuses in Guatemala and Honduras and other regions (see H.R. 1625), H757 [8MR]

``In God We Trust'': support national motto (see H. Res. 551), H6600 [19JY]

INS: provide for direct payment of information fees by foreign students under the Coordinated Interagency Partnership Regulating International Students Program (see H.R. 3732), H1406 [23MR]

Insurance: 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), H3926 [6JN]

Iran: emancipation of the Bahai community (see H. Con. Res. 257), H573 [29FE]

Iraq: failure to release prisoners of war from Kuwait and nine other nations in violation of international agreements (see H. Con. Res. 275), H2341 [13AP]

———provide citizens access to U.S. food and medicines (see H.R. 3825), H6777 [24JY]

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]

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

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), H1407 [23MR]

———extend retroactive eligibility dates for educational assistance to the surviving spouse and dependent children of officers killed in the line of duty (see H.R. 2059), H165 [1FE]

Liberty Day: observance (see H. Con. Res. 376), H7282 [6SE]

Medicaid: assure preservation of safety net hospitals through maintenance of Disproportionate Share Hospital Program (see H.R. 3710), H1077 [15MR]

———coverage of community-based attendant services (see H.R. 4416), H7366 [7SE]

———improve quality of care furnished in nursing homes (see H.R. 4949), H7212 [27JY]

———provide public access to quality medical imaging procedures and radiation therapy procedures (see H.R. 5274), H8061 [25SE]

———State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (see H.R. 3698), H922 [9MR]

———waive disproportionate share hospital designation for certain rural hospitals relative to obstetrician requirements (see H.R. 4793), H6471 [18JY]

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

———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services (see H.R. 1187), H1629 [30MR]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see H.R. 4149), H2341 [13AP]

———coverage of vision rehabilitation services (see H.R. 2870), H922 [9MR]

———designate certain diabetes educators as certified providers for purposes of outpatient diabetes education services (see H.R. 3003), H455 [15FE]

———eliminate reduction in payment rates to home health agencies for home health services (see H.R. 4219), H1957 [6AP]

———expand coverage of certain self-injected biologicals (see H.R. 2892), H50 [27JA]

———improve access to health insurance by offering certain individuals a Medicare buy-in option and allow tax credit for payment of premiums (see H.R. 4938), H6777 [24JY]

———improve the manner in which new medical technologies are made available to beneficiaries (see H.R. 4395), H2967 [11MY]

———payments made under the prospective payment system for home health services (see H.R. 4727), H5241 [27JN]

———promote research for health promotion and disease prevention and add preventive benefits (see H.R. 3887), H7366 [7SE]

———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3576), H342 [10FE] (see H.R. 3580), H2411 [2MY]

———revise the calculation of base payment rates for the prospective payment system for home health services (see H.R. 4623), H5169 [26JN] (see H.R. 5163), H7577 [13SE]

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

Memorial Day: proclaim a nationwide moment of remembrance (see H. Con. Res. 302), H3474 [19MY]

Mental health: issue commemorative postage stamp to raise autism awareness (see H. Res. 458), H2607 [4MY]

Middle East: U.S. policy on Jericho (see H. Con. Res. 286), H1119 [16MR]

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

Music and dance: designate the square dance as the national folk dance of the U.S. (see H.J. Res. 60), H2512 [3MY]

National Center for Rural Law Enforcement: funding (see H.R. 2564), H7365 [7SE]

Nuclear weapons: remove from hair-trigger alert (see H. Con. Res. 177), H2412 [2MY]

Pharmaceuticals: abbreviate applications for the approval of new drugs (see H.R. 5231), H10473 [19OC]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 3842), H1120 [16MR]

———guidelines for renovation, relocation, closing, or consolidation of post offices (see H.R. 670), H2340 [13AP]

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), H2412 [2MY]

Public Health Service Act: provide certain children's health services (see H.R. 3301), H2012 [10AP]

Public welfare programs: repeal certain restrictions on food stamp eligibility and increase Federal support for emergency food assistance programs (see H.R. 3192), H2411 [2MY]

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), H6719 [20JY]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 4844), H6051 [13JY]

Ramadan: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 220), H455 [15FE]

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

Schools: prohibit the donation of foods with minimal nutritional value before lunch in schools participating in Federal meal programs (see H.R. 1781), H1764 [4AP]

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), H2122 [11AP]

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

Social Security: eliminate benefit penalties to individuals receiving pensions from noncovered employment (see H.R. 742), H4336 [13JN]

———expand Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program to include parents of low-income families (see H.R. 4927), H6776 [24JY]

———make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act (see H.R. 5324), H8617 [2OC] (see H.R. 5612), H11781 [1NO]

———provide additional safeguards for certain beneficiaries with representative payees (see H.R. 4651), H5085 [23JN]

———restore Social Services Block Grant funding and the ability of States to transfer Temporary Assistance for Needy Families funds to such block grant (see H.R. 4481), H4784 [20JN]

Taxation: allow credit against income tax for research to develop vaccines against widespread diseases and ensure that such vaccines are affordable and widely distributed (see H.R. 5219), H8799 [4OC]

———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), H2411 [2MY]

———allow tax credit to holders of qualified bonds issued by an intercity passenger rail carrier (see H.R. 3700), H572 [29FE]

———encourage stronger mathematics and science programs at elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 4273), H7281 [6SE]

———establish individual development accounts to allow those with limited means to accumulate assets, access education, own homes and businesses, and achieve economic self-sufficiency (see H.R. 4106), H5436 [28JN]

———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. 4214), H2412 [2MY] (see H.R. 4245), H2607 [4MY]

———expand incentives for the construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 4094), H2122 [11AP]

———increase annual limitation on nondeductible contributions and adjust for inflation the amount of deductible contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1322), H3813 [24MY]

———provide a nonrefundable credit for individuals who purchase a residential safe storage device for firearms (see H.R. 4902), H7282 [6SE]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain leasehold improvements (see H.R. 844), H1119 [16MR]

———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), H3474 [19MY]

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

———reduce estate and gift tax rates (see H.R. 5315), H8469 [28SE]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 3916), H2411 [2MY]

———repeal modification of capital gains tax payments relative to small businesses sold on the installment sales method (see H.R. 3594), H455 [15FE]

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1366), H1406 [23MR]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 3872), H1629 [30MR]

———treatment of gross income for amounts received under qualified group legal services plans (see H.R. 1640), H3172 [16MY]

Television: ensure local service to small, rural markets by satellite providers (see H.R. 3615), H339 [10FE]

Tiger Woods Foundation: tribute (see H. Res. 654), H11194 [25OC]

Veterans: health care funding (see H. Con. Res. 225), H922 [9MR] (see H. Con. Res. 226), H166 [1FE]

———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. 4791), H7212 [27JY]

———provide housing loan benefits for the purchase of residential cooperative apartment units (see H.R. 3571), H511 [16FE]

———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]

———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), H7502 [12SE]

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

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: authorize design and construction of a temporary education center (see H.R. 5268), H10473 [19OC]

Volunteer firefighters: remove civil liability barriers surrounding donating fire equipment to volunteer fire companies (see H.R. 4736), H7281 [6SE]

Water pollution: exempt discharges from certain silviculture activities from permit requirements of the national pollutant discharge elimination system (see H.R. 3625), H3173 [16MY]

Wheeling National Heritage Area: establish (see H.R. 4156), H1674 [3AP]

Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge: establish maintenance and rehabilitation fund (see H.R. 4755), H5168 [26JN]

Woods, Tiger: tribute (see H. Res. 654), H11194 [25OC]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund: allocate accruing interest to cover health care costs for certain miners (see H.R. 4144), H1628 [30MR]

Motor vehicles: impose a mandatory fuel surcharge for transportation provided by certain motor carriers (see H.R. 4441), H2966 [11MY]

Persian Gulf Conflict: relief of evacuees (see H.R. 3646), H341 [10FE]

Letters

Israeli/Palestinian summit at Camp David: Nabil Fahmy, Egyptian Ambassador to the U.S., E1404 [6SE]

Motions

Water: provide for conservation and development of water resources and authorize Dept. of the Army construction and improvement projects for rivers and harbors (S. 2796), H10364 [19OC]

Remarks

Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund: allocate accruing interest to cover health care costs for certain miners, H8647 [3OC]

———allocate accruing interest to cover health care costs for certain miners (H.R. 4144), E467 [30MR]

BLM: strengthen regulations governing hardrock mining on certain lands, H8653 [3OC]

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, H5005 [22JN]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4578), conference report, H8653 [3OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4578), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 603), H8647 [3OC]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4690), H5005 [22JN]

FAA: reauthorizing programs (H.R. 1000), conference report, H1017 [15MR]

———use of Airport Improvement Program grants by small airports to fund certain projects which facilitate the transfer of cargo and passengers on airport property, H1017 [15MR]

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), H1224 [22MR]

Israel: commend redeployment from southern Lebanon (H. Con. Res. 331), E905 [7JN]

Las Cienegas National Conservation Area: establish (H.R. 2941), H8852 [5OC]

Man, WV: tribute to Arch Coal Co., and United Mine Workers of America for efforts to reopen Appalachian Regional Hospital, E1474 [13SE]

Middle East: condemn current level of violence between Israelis and Palestinians (H. Con. Res. 426), H10647, H10648, H10652, H10653 [24OC]

———Israeli/Palestinian peace initiatives, H3152 [16MY], E1247 [14JY], E1404 [6SE]

Motor vehicles: impose a mandatory fuel surcharge for transportation provided by certain motor carriers (H.R. 4441), H9570, H9572 [10OC], E706 [11MY]

Parliamentary inquiry, H10647 [24OC]

Persian Gulf Conflict: relief of evacuees (H.R. 3646), H3055 [16MY], H10705 [24OC], E1932 [25OC]

Portec Rail Products, Inc.: effect of surge of steel imports from the People's Republic of China, E1471 [13SE]

Tunisia: independence anniversary, E271 [9MR]

Vento, Bruce F.: tribute (H. Res. 618), H9582 [10OC]

Votes: position on missed, H5791 [11JY]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H3170 [16MY]

Statements

Railroad Retirement and Survivors' Improvement Act (H.R. 4844): by, E1244 [14JY]

Tributes

Gonzalez, Henry B., E2160 [8DE]

Hickam, Homer, E1088 [23JN]

Simmons, Louise Stefanelli, E1405 [6SE]

St. Clair, Arthur M. (Tinker), E1793 [13OC]