RANGEL, CHARLES B. (a Representative from New York)

Amendments

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), H5710, H5738 [10JY]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), H5868 [12JY]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4871), H6685, H6694, H6720 [20JY]

Taxation: eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 6), H318 [10FE]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), H4148 [9JN]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 434, Trade and Development Act, H2469 [3MY]

Articles and editorials

Don't Punish Africa, Thomas L. Friedman, New York (NY) Times, E333 [16MR]

For Italians, ``Sopranos'' Hit a Big, Sour Note, Frank J. Guarini, Wall Street Journal, E374 [22MR]

Shooting Star Leaves Us, Vinette K. Pryce, Amsterdam (NY) News, E376 [22MR]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: issue commemorative postage stamp to honor U.S. farm women (see H. Res. 213), H1629 [30MR]

Air pollution: reduce emissions from electric powerplants (see H.R. 2900), H1077 [15MR]

American Folklife Center: collect video and audio recordings of personal histories and testimonials of U.S. war veterans (see H.R. 5212), H7870 [19SE]

Austria: inclusion of extremist party in coalition Government (see H. Res. 429), H1285 [22MR]

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

Bob Jones University: condemn discriminatory practices (see H. Con. Res. 261), H631 [1MR] (see H. Res. 428), H574 [29FE]

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]

Bureau of the Census: decennial census funding (see H.R. 3581), H1285 [22MR]

———establish a term limit for the Director of the Census and require that such Director report directly to the Sec. of Commerce (see H.R. 5358), H8617 [2OC]

Capital punishment: reduce the risk that innocent persons may be executed (see H.R. 4167), H4036 [7JN]

Carter, Jimmy and Rosalyn: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4289), H4036 [7JN]

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

———meet mental health and substance abuse treatment needs of incarcerated children and youth (see H.R. 837), H209 [2FE]

———provide benefits for children of women Vietnam veterans who suffer from certain types of birth defects (see H.R. 4488), H3412 [18MY]

———provide State grants to improve child care (see H.R. 2175), H2012 [10AP]

———recognize importance and support goals and ideas of National Youth Day (see H. Con. Res. 375), H6470 [18JY]

Community development: encourage small business development in certain communities through support of Community Development Venture Capital funds (see H.R. 2812), H922 [9MR]

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), H5956 [12JY]

Contracts: ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses (see H.R. 3766), H7652 [14SE]

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

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 107), H1478 [28MR]

CPSC: restore jurisdiction over fixed site amusement park rides (see H.R. 3032), H2607 [4MY]

Crime: prevent identity fraud in consumer credit transactions and credit reports (see H.R. 4311), H4784 [20JN]

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

Customs Service: prohibit import of diamonds from certain conflict regions in Africa (see H.R. 5147), H9011 [5OC]

Dept. of Agriculture: 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 Commerce: establish an Office of Community Economic Adjustment to coordinate the Federal response in regions and communities experiencing economic distress (see H.R. 4711), H4816 [21JN]

Dept. of Energy: create an oil reserve for use when fuel oil prices rise sharply because of anticompetitive activity, shortage, or extreme winter weather (see H.R. 3608), H373 [14FE]

Dept. of Justice: create a record of lawful admission for permanent residence for certain aliens (see H.R. 4172), H1763 [4AP]

———establish the Violence Against Women Office (see H.R. 4848), H6600 [19JY]

———make grants to the Boys and Girls Clubs of America to establish after-school technology programs (see H.R. 4178), H4036 [7JN]

Dept. of the Interior: authorize compensation for damages arising from the prescribed burn on the Bandelier National Monument (see H.R. 4574), H4592 [15JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: assist claimants for benefits in developing claims and clarify the burden of proof for such claims (see H.R. 3193), H165 [1FE]

———motor vehicle reimbursement rates for veterans traveling to VA health care facilities (see H.R. 4716), H4817 [21JN]

Diseases: establish an international trust fund to combat the AIDS epidemic (see H.R. 3519), H1477 [28MR]

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), H2411 [2MY]

Domestic Volunteer Service Act: establish National Youth Technology Corps Program (see H.R. 2934), H2340 [13AP]

Drugs: combat manufacture, traffic, import, and export of methamphetamine (see H.R. 4248), H3474 [19MY]

———establish grants for drug treatment alternatives to prison programs administered by State or local prosecutors (see H.R. 4493), H7281 [6SE]

Education: assist local educational agencies in financing and establishing alternative education systems (see H.R. 3873), H1477 [28MR]

———establish a program to assist States in including at least one year of early education preceding kindergarten (see H.R. 3006), H3869 [25MY]

———provide grants to eligible consortia to provide professional development to superintendents and principals and prospects for such positions (see H.R. 4487), H3308 [17MY]

———provide grants to local educational agencies to develop smaller schools (see H.R. 3044), H1958 [6AP]

———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), H3926 [6JN]

———provide greater access to high quality distance education programs (see H.R. 3542), H49 [27JA]

———support teachers (see H. Res. 492), H2771 [9MY]

EPA: reestablish the Office of Noise Abatement and Control (see H.R. 2702), H5656 [29JN]

Equal Pay Day: observance (see H. Con. Res. 318), H2967 [11MY]

FDA: grant authority to regulate tobacco (see H.R. 4042), H3649 [23MY]

———restrict authority to issue clinical holds on investigational drugs or to deny patients expanded access to such drugs (see H.R. 3677), H647 [6MR]

Federal employees: allow agencies to reimburse for certain adoption expenses (see H.R. 2733), H2340 [13AP]

———reduce contributions to CSRS and FERS (see H.R. 2631), H632 [1MR]

Federal firefighters: make mandatory separation age match requirement for Federal law enforcement officers (see H.R. 460), H1406 [23MR]

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

———implement a system of licensing purchasers and a record of sale system (see H.R. 4915), H6718 [20JY]

———prevent children from having access to firearms (see H.R. 3987), H2341 [13AP]

———provide grants for the purchase of firearms to States and units of local government that enforce certain rules designed to protect the public from the misuse of handguns (see H.R. 5472), H9900 [12OC]

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), H455 [15FE]

Foreign aid: international family planning programs funding (see H.R. 3634), H4485 [14JN]

Forests: eliminate commercial logging on public lands and facilitate the economic recovery and diversification of communities dependent on the Federal logging program (see H.R. 1396), H511 [16FE]

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

Harry S Truman Federal Building, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 3639), H647 [6MR]

Health: application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (see H.R. 1304), H165 [1FE]

———embryonic stem cell research funding (see H. Res. 414), H1407 [23MR]

———increase assistance to developing nations with high levels of infectious disease and premature death (see H.R. 3826), H641 [2MR]

———increase public awareness of the dangers of pediatric cancer (see H. Con. Res. 115), H575 [29FE]

———issue special postage stamps to fund organ and tissue donation awareness (see H.R. 3809), H2607 [4MY]

———minority health programs (see H.R. 3250), H2967 [11MY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 3000), H1674 [3AP]

Health care facilities: modify qualifications for community mental health centers and postpone application of Medicare prospective payment system to partial hospitalization services (see H.R. 5055), H7208 [27JY]

Higgins, Andrew Jackson and family: award Congressional Gold Medals (see H.R. 4384), H6471 [18JY]

Higgins Industries: award Congressional Gold Medal to World War II-era employees (see H.R. 4384), H6471 [18JY]

Homeless: improve programs for veterans (see H.R. 5311), H9768 [11OC]

House of Representatives: permit payments to reimburse Members, officers, and employees for qualified adoption expenses (see H. Res. 238), H2341 [13AP]

Housing: establish demonstration program to modernize and increase access to health services in public housing for elderly and disabled persons (see H.R. 4664), H6471 [18JY]

Human rights: condemn use of children as soldiers (see H. Con. Res. 209), H1285 [22MR] (see H. Con. Res. 348), H4818 [21JN]

Immigration: ensure no alien is removed, denied benefits, or otherwise deprived of liberty, based on evidence that is kept secret from the alien (see H.R. 2121), H1406 [23MR]

———promote a fairer and more efficient means for using highly skilled workers and improve collection and use of H-1B nonimmigrant fees (see H.R. 3983), H1958 [6AP]

———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]

Information services: deregulate Internet and high speed data services (see H.R. 2420), H1588 [29MR]

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: coverage of colorectal cancer screening (see H.R. 1816), H574 [29FE]

———guarantee comprehensive health care coverage for all children (see H.R. 4390), H2606 [4MY]

———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), H1476 [28MR]

Iran: condemn arrest and detention of Iranian Jews accused of espionage (see H. Con. Res. 307), H4122 [8JN]

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), H10809 [24OC]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 3633), H2411 [2MY]

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

Kosovo: promote peace, justice, and stability (see H. Res. 451), H1588 [29MR]

Law enforcement: create national accreditation standards for law enforcement agencies relative to police misconduct and treatment of minorities (see H.R. 3981), H1076 [15MR]

———encourage greater community accountability of law enforcement agencies (see H.R. 3927), H1075 [15MR]

———establish national prerelease warrant check system (see H.R. 4954), H7503 [12SE]

———provide for the collection of data on traffic stops (see H.R. 1443), H757 [8MR]

Law enforcement officers: clarify procedures and conditions for the award of matching grants for the purchase of armor vests (see H.R. 4033), H1629 [30MR]

Medicaid: assure preservation of safety net hospitals through maintenance of Disproportionate Share Hospital Program (see H.R. 3710), H1589 [29MR]

———coverage of community-based attendant services (see H.R. 4416), H7128 [26JY]

———permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (see H.R. 1591), H10036 [17OC]

Medicare: coverage of glaucoma detection services (see H.R. 2620), H7871 [19SE]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see H.R. 1109), H1629 [30MR] (see H.R. 4770), H5240 [27JN]

———extend community nursing organization demonstration projects (see H.R. 5080), H7209 [27JY]

———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]

———increase payment amount and establish an annual payment review process for renal dialysis services (see H.R. 5152), H7501 [12SE]

———prevent sudden disruption of beneficiary enrollment in Medicare+Choice plans (see H.R. 141), H209 [2FE]

———reductions in prescription drug prices (see H.R. 664), H510 [16FE]

———reimbursement of routine patient care costs for individuals participating in approved clinical trials (see H.R. 61), H373 [14FE]

———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H2012 [10AP]

Mental health: issue commemorative postage stamp to raise autism awareness (see H. Res. 458), H1959 [6AP]

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

Mitchell, George J.: urge the awarding of the Nobel Prize for Northern Ireland peace efforts (see H. Con. Res. 242), H7212 [27JY]

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

———support humanitarian assistance (see H. Res. 431), H756 [8MR]

National Center for Social Work Research: establish (see H.R. 3214), H1120 [16MR]

National Health Service Corps: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 5116), H7578 [13SE]

National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Engineering: establish (see H.R. 1795), H209 [2FE]

National Kindness and Justice Week: designate (see H. Con. Res. 250), H922 [9MR]

Native Americans: treatment of certain income for tribe members, age 50 or older, relative to determining eligibility for means-tested public assistance benefits (see H.R. 4858), H6051 [13JY]

Navajo Code Talkers: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4527), H11195 [25OC]

New York: conveyance of Governors Island (see H.R. 5242), H8469 [28SE]

Nobel Prize: recognition of Eric R. Kandel and Paul Greengard for physiology or medicine (see H. Res. 642), H10257 [18OC]

North American Slavery Memorial Council: establish (see H.R. 2288), H647 [6MR]

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), H6777 [24JY]

O'Connor, John Cardinal: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3557), H89 [31JA]

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

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 3842), H6470 [18JY]

———issue a semipostal in order to afford the public a convenient way to contribute to funding for the establishment of the World War II Memorial (see H.R. 4492), H3813 [24MY]

Product safety: establish flammability testing standards and labeling regulations for upholstered furniture which is sold in interstate commerce (see H.R. 4368), H5037 [22JN]

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), H255 [8FE]

———repeal certain restrictions on food stamp eligibility and increase Federal support for emergency food assistance programs (see H.R. 3192), H5843 [11JY]

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

Reagan, Ronald and Nancy: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3591), H757 [8MR]

Research: protect human subjects in research (see H.R. 4605), H4592 [15JN]

Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of the National Museum of the American Indian (see H.R. 4259), H5955 [12JY]

Social Security: earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 1601), H209 [2FE]

———eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 5), H574 [29FE]

———enhance privacy protections for individuals, prevent fraudulent misuse of account numbers, and provide additional safeguards for beneficiaries with representative payees (see H.R. 4857), H6600 [19JY]

———improve coverage of low-income children under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see H.R. 827), H5955 [12JY]

———improve the payment system for representation of claimants (see H.R. 4633), H4174 [9JN]

———provide targeted payment relief for hospitals that serve primarily Medicare and Medicaid patients that have been disproportionately impacted by certain payment reductions (see H.R. 4624), H4173 [9JN]

———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), H7503 [12SE]

———restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to certain individuals (see H.R. 860), H757 [8MR]

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]

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration: revise and extend programs (see H.R. 4867), H6354 [17JY]

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), H11781 [1NO]

———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), H2239 [12AP]

———allow small business employers a credit for certain expenses for long-term training of employees in highly skilled small business trades (see H.R. 1824), H7211 [27JY]

———allow tax credit to businesses who employ members of the military reserves and a comparable credit to self-employed military reserve participants (see H.R. 803), H2239 [12AP]

———allow tax credit to holders of qualified bonds issued by an intercity passenger rail carrier (see H.R. 3700), H4592 [15JN]

———avoid duplicate reporting of information on political activities of certain State and local political organizations (see H.R. 5277), H8469 [28SE]

———clarify the definition of contribution in aid of construction (see H.R. 4308), H2338 [13AP]

———expand incentives for the construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 4094), H1476 [28MR]

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

———provide a credit for certain expenditures to rehabilitate historic performing arts facilities (see H.R. 5634), H11927 [14NO]

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

———provide credit for electricity produced by certain waste management facilities in U.S. possessions (see H.R. 5226), H7932 [20SE]

———provide for increased fairness to taxpayers (see H.R. 4163), H1762 [4AP]

———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), H2966 [11MY]

———require certain political organizations to report information to the FEC (see H.R. 3688), H3413 [18MY]

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

———treatment of adoption expenses (see H.R. 531), H3813 [24MY]

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

———treatment of computers provided to employees for personal use (see H.R. 4274), H7366 [7SE]

———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]

———treatment of policyholder dividends of mutual life insurance companies and policyholder surplus accounts (see H.R. 3905), H1958 [6AP]

———treatment of volunteer firefighter savings account contributions (see H.R. 1870), H632 [1MR]

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

Tobacco products: reduce youth smoking, increase tobacco-related research, and develop safer tobacco products (see H.R. 4041), H3649 [23MY]

U.N.: promote full equality for Israel (see H.R. 3405), H3413 [18MY]

Ukrainian-American Veterans, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 3463), H8062 [25SE]

Veterans: establish a comprehensive program for the testing and treatment of the Hepatitis C virus (see H.R. 5132), H7992 [21SE]

———health care funding (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. 1020), H3813 [24MY]

———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), H7932 [20SE]

———revise rules applicable to net worth limitation relative to pension eligibility (see H.R. 5271), H8736 [3OC]

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), H50 [27JA]

Volunteer workers: extend appropriations for programs under the National and Community Service Act and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act (see H.R. 4740), H8406 [27SE]

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

Women: reduce health care costs and promote improved health by providing supplemental grants for preventive health services (see H.R. 4606), H5037 [22JN]

Woods, Tiger: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4926), H7282 [6SE]

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

Black Patriots Foundation: extend authority to establish a Black Revolutionary War Patriots Memorial (see H.R. 4957), H7002 [25JY]

Courts: permit expungement of records of certain nonviolent criminal offenses (see H.R. 5433), H9634 [10OC]

Cuba: lift trade embargo (see H.R. 4856), H6051 [13JY]

Families and domestic relations: importance of families eating together (see H. Con. Res. 343), H3868 [25MY]

Foreign trade: improve procedures for restricting imports of archaeological and ethnological material (see H.R. 4372), H2511 [3MY]

Gonzalez-Brotons, Elian: reunite with father (see H. Con. Res. 240), H48 [27JA]

Medicare: coverage of coordinated lifestyle changes program relative to heart attack prevention (see H.R. 4107), H1476 [28MR]

———graduate medical education payments (see H.R. 4239), H2122 [11AP]

National Archives and Records Administration: transfer the master versions of the photographic works of Griffith J. Davis to the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture (see H.R. 4756), H5168 [26JN]

New York, NY: acquire by donation suitable land for the relocation of the Hamilton Grange (see H.R. 5478), H10036 [17OC]

Social Security: create a grant program to promote joint activities between Federal, State, and local child welfare and alcohol and drug abuse prevention and treatment agencies (see H.R. 5081), H7209 [27JY]

———make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act (see H.R. 5601), H11620 [30OC] (see H.R. 5612), H11781 [1NO]

Taxation: application of excise taxes on air transportation relative to amounts paid for mileage credits for individuals residing outside the U.S. (see H.R. 4470), H3172 [16MY]

———treatment of reimported tobacco products (see H.R. 3917), H997 [14MR]

———treatment of small businesses (see H.R. 3874), H920 [9MR]

Lists

Presidential mission to the Korean War 50th anniversary commemoration—503d Field Artillery Battalion members, E1031 [15JN]

Motions

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), H5877 [12JY]

Income: increase minimum wage and provide tax benefits for small businesses (H.R. 3081), H866 [9MR]

Taxation: terminate Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4199), H2277 [13AP]

Outlines

Democratic proposal on Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program corrections relative to the Balanced Budget Act: by, H11553 [30OC]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), H5710 [10JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4461), consideration (H. Res. 538), H5420 [28JN]

Budget: proposed taxes and user fees in Presidential budget (H. Res. 467), H2071, H2072, H2074, H2075, H2076 [11AP]

———provide for reconciliation of the concurrent resolution to reduce the public debt, decrease the statutory debt limit, and provide for retirement security (H.R. 5203), H7793, H7796, H7797 [19SE]

———provide for reconciliation of the concurrent resolution to reduce the public debt and to decrease the statutory debt limit (H.R. 4866), H6428, H6430, H6431 [18JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), H5859, H5864, H5869, H5870, H5872, H5873, H5874 [12JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), conference report, H6609, H6611, H6615 [20JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), consideration (H. Res. 545), H5853, H5855 [12JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), motion to recommit, H5877, H5878 [12JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), veto, H7509, H7512 [13SE]

China, People's Republic of: permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), H3670, H3713 [24MY]

Cuba: lift trade embargo, H5710 [10JY]

———lift trade embargo (H.R. 229), E1245 [14JY]

———lift trade embargo (H.R. 4856), E1245 [14JY]

Dept. of the Treasury: prohibit funding to enforce economic embargo of Cuba, H6685, H6686, H6687 [20JY]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4871), H6685, H6686, H6687 [20JY]

Dixon, Julian C.: tribute (H. Res. 671), H12055 [8DE]

Families and domestic relations: importance of families eating together (H. Con. Res. 343), H6961, H6962 [25JY]

Foreign countries: exempt agricultural products, medicines, and medical products from U.S. economic sanctions, H5420 [28JN]

Foreign policy: authorize trade and investment policy relative to sub-Saharan Africa (H.R. 434), E333 [16MR]

———authorize trade and investment policy relative to sub-Saharan Africa (H.R. 434), conference report, H2569, H2579, H2586 [4MY]

———authorize trade and investment policy relative to sub-Saharan Africa (H.R. 434), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 489), H2573 [4MY]

Foreign trade: provide additional trade benefits to certain beneficiary countries in the Caribbean, H2569, H2579 [4MY]

———temporarily modify certain rates of duty and make other technical amendments to the trade laws (H.R. 4868), E2235 [15DE]

House of Representatives: legislative priorities, H11786 [2NO]

———legislative program, H11748 [1NO]

House Rules: same-day consideration of certain resolutions (H. Res. 488), H2569 [4MY]

Housing: constitutional amendment relative to the right to a home (H.J. Res. 39), E1982 [28OC]

Income: increase minimum wage and provide tax benefits for small businesses (H.R. 3081), H843, H851, H853, H860, H863 [9MR]

———increase minimum wage and provide tax benefits for small businesses (H.R. 3081), consideration (H. Res. 434), H775 [9MR]

———increase minimum wage and provide tax benefits for small businesses (H.R. 3081), motion to recommit, H876 [9MR]

Italian Americans: depiction of stereotypes in the television show ``The Sopranos'', E374 [22MR]

Korean Peninsula: summit between North and South Korea, E1049 [19JN]

Korean War: anniversary, E1030 [15JN]

———anniversary (H.J. Res. 86), H730 [8MR]

———tribute to the 503d Field Artillery Battalion, E1030 [15JN]

Lansdale (U.S.S.): tribute to survivors of World War II German attack, E2031 [30OC]

Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, H5878 [12JY]

———graduate medical education payments (H.R. 4239), E531 [11AP]

———make more competitive and efficient and provide for a prescription drug benefit (H.R. 4680), H5349 [28JN]

———make more competitive and efficient and provide for a prescription drug benefit (H.R. 4680), motion to recommit, H5397 [28JN]

Minimum wage: level, H11548 [30OC]

———level (H.R. 3846), consideration (H. Res. 434), H775 [9MR]

O'Connor, John Cardinal: tribute (H. Con. Res. 317), H2592 [4MY]

Parliamentary inquiry, H2076 [11AP], H6609 [20JY], H7135 [27JY], H7792 [19SE]

Pensions: reform (H.R. 1102), H6523 [19JY]

Pharmacia Corp.: tribute for support of the Friends of the Congressional Glaucoma Caucus Foundation, E1190 [10JY]

Point of order, H11215 [26OC]

Puerto Rico: provide wage-based tax credits (H.R. 2138), E1363 [27JY]

SBA: improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), adoption of concurrent resolution making corrections in enrollment (H. Res. 663), H11548, H11553 [30OC]

———improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), conference report, H11243 [26OC]

———improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 652), H11215, H11216 [26OC]

Social Security: create a grant program to promote joint activities between Federal, State, and local child welfare and alcohol and drug abuse prevention and treatment agencies (H.R. 5081), E1366 [27JY]

———eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 5), H597 [1MR]

———eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 5), Senate amendment, H1442 [28MR]

———make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act, H11216 [26OC], H11548, H11553 [30OC]

———make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act (H.R. 5612), E2051 [1NO]

St. Croix Island International Historic Site: planning and development of interpretive site for quadricentennial commemoration funding (S. 2485), consideration (H. Res. 663), H11548, H11553 [30OC]

Substance abuse: allow faith-based treatment centers to receive Federal funding and permit individuals receiving Federal assistance to choose private and religious oriented treatment, H6822 [25JY]

Taxation: alternative minimum tax rates, H5869 [12JY]

———condition phase-out and repeal of estate and gift taxes on solvency of Social Security and Medicare and public debt reduction, H4132 [9JN]

———eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 6), H293, H297, H299, H300, H301, H302, H307, H321, H322, H323, H324, H325 [10FE]

———eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 6), consideration (H. Res. 419), H282, H283 [10FE]

———make marriage tax penalty relief contingent on Social Security and Medicare solvency certification and public debt elimination, H321, H322, H323, H324, H325 [10FE], H5874 [12JY]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), H4132, H4150, H4158 [9JN]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), veto, H7322, H7329 [7SE]

———provide incentives for renewal of distressed communities and empowerment zone development, increase the number of empowerment zones, and encourage investment in new markets (H.R. 4923), H6816, H6822 [25JY]

———relief, H11216, H11243 [26OC]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (H.R. 4865), H7158, H7161 [27JY]

———repeal the exclusion of certain income of foreign sales corporations (H.R. 4986), H7419, H7420, H7424 [12SE], H11893 [14NO]

———require certain political organizations to report information to the IRS (H.R. 4762), H5284, H5285, H5286 [27JN]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4199), H2270, H2271, H2275, H2276 [13AP]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4199), motion to recommit, H2277, H2278 [13AP]

Textile industry and fabrics: establish special access program for apparel articles assembled in countries in sub-Saharan Africa solely from U.S. fabrics, yarns, and threads, E333 [16MR]

Weldon, George H., Sr.: Abyssinian Development Corp., Samuel DeWitt Proctor Phoenix Award recipient, E1614 [27SE]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H5034 [22JN]

Statements

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

Tributes

Coverdell, Senator, H6426 [18JY]

Forbes, Representative, H11408 [27OC]

Guarini, Caroline L., E331 [16MR]

Hageman, Leola, E154 [16FE]

Jackson, George, E376 [22MR]

Katz, Julius L., E51 [1FE]

Moynihan, Senator, H7735 [19SE]