HILLIARD, EARL F. (a Representative from Alabama)

Articles and editorials

American Companies Can Do More To Help Africa, by, Baltimore (MD) Sun, E1064 [20JN]

Armed India Can Help Stabilize Asia, Selig S. Harrison, Los Angeles (CA) Times, E1688 [6OC]

Up the Ante on Pakistan, Arthur H. Davis, Washington (DC) Post, E1687 [6OC]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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]

———increase maximum amount of marketing loan gains and loan deficiency payments that an agricultural producer may receive during the crop year (see H.R. 4894), H7503 [12SE]

———prohibit products containing dry ultra-filtered milk or casein from being labeled domestic natural cheese (see H.R. 4652), H4484 [14JN]

———require country of origin labeling of peanuts and peanut products (see H.R. 3263), H6599 [19JY]

Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3573), H2411 [2MY]

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

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), H5436 [28JN]

Capital punishment: 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]

Children and youth: authorize grants for the prevention of alcoholic beverage consumption by underage individuals (see H.R. 3430), H209 [2FE]

———provide for the health, education, and welfare of children under 6 years of age (see H.R. 4630), H4174 [9JN]

China, Republic of: high-level visits by Taiwanese officials to the U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 401), H9901 [12OC]

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

Colleges and universities: preservation and restoration of historic buildings at historically women's public colleges or universities (see H.R. 4503), H4220 [12JN]

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), H6777 [24JY]

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

———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), H922 [9MR]

Correctional institutions: improve conditions for female inmates (see H.R. 3920), H997 [14MR]

———prohibit operation by private contractors and require persons convicted of Federal offenses be housed in facilities managed and maintained by Federal employees (see H.R. 979), H1958 [6AP]

Credit cards: prevent issuers from taking advantage of traditional college students and protect parents of such students (see H.R. 3142), H3925 [6JN]

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), H4484 [14JN]

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

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 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 HHS: initiate adoption awareness program, establish Adoption Awareness Commission, and promote adoptions through increased public awareness and tax incentives (see H.R. 5574), H11206 [26OC]

———provide State grants for dental health programs for children (see H.R. 4821), H8469 [28SE]

Dept. of HUD: evaluate and reduce lead-based paint hazards at public elementary schools and licensed child day-care facilities (see H.R. 5261), H9635 [10OC]

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

Dept. of State: provide appropriate training and materials to all executive branch employees involved in responding to issues related to human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide (see H. Res. 398), H4175 [9JN]

Digital Bridge Trust Fund: establish (see H.R. 4477), H3308 [17MY]

Diseases: collect data on benign brain-related tumors through the national program of cancer registries (see H.R. 5204), H8201 [26SE]

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

———increase public awareness of tuberous sclerosis (see H. Con. Res. 337), H11195 [25OC]

———support efforts to increase childhood cancer awareness, treatment, and research (see H. Res. 576), H8201 [26SE]

Education: provide grants to local educational agencies to initiate and improve physical education programs (see H.R. 4536), H11781 [1NO]

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

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

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

Families and domestic relations: importance of families eating together (see H. Con. Res. 343), H3926 [6JN]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: improve implementation (see H.R. 4502), H5241 [27JN]

Fish and fishing: establish a fisheries habitat protection, restoration, and enhancement program (see H.R. 4278), H4784 [20JN]

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

Foreign aid: international family planning programs funding (see H.R. 3634), H3926 [6JN]

———prohibit application of certain restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental and multilateral organizations (see H.R. 4211), H4121 [8JN]

Foreign trade: amend trade laws to address import crises (see H.R. 1505), H511 [16FE]

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

Freedmen's Bureau: ensure preservation of records (see H.R. 5157), H8406 [27SE]

FRS: reduce interest rates (see H. Res. 536), H5240 [27JN]

Government: accountability of Federal agencies for violations of antidiscrimination and whistleblower protection laws (see H.R. 5516), H11813 [2NO]

Government regulations: debarment or suspension from Federal procurement and nonprocurement activities of persons that violate certain labor and safety laws (see H.R. 1227), H3925 [6JN]

Health: application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (see H.R. 1304), H1077 [15MR]

———embryonic stem cell research funding (see H. Res. 414), H4036 [7JN]

———establish demonstration projects for States to provide universal, comprehensive, and cost-effective health care coverage with simplified administration (see H.R. 4412), H9635 [10OC]

———increase assistance to developing nations with high levels of infectious disease and premature death (see H.R. 3826), H3926 [6JN]

———prohibit health insurance and employment discrimination on the basis of genetic information (see H.R. 2457), H4121 [8JN]

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), H9900 [12OC]

Higgins, Andrew Jackson and family: award Congressional Gold Medals (see H.R. 4384), H4121 [8JN]

Higgins Industries: award Congressional Gold Medal to World War II-era employees (see H.R. 4384), H4121 [8JN]

Higher Education Act: repeal provisions prohibiting persons convicted of drug offenses from receiving student financial assistance (see H.R. 1053), H3925 [6JN]

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), H8200 [26SE]

———protection of battered immigrant women (see H.R. 3083), H6052 [13JY]

———treatment of H-1B nonimmigrant aliens and fair distribution of employment-based immigrant visas (see H.R. 4200), H2341 [13AP]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4090), H1405 [23MR]

Insurance: implement coverage of reconstructive breast surgery resulting from mastectomies (see H.R. 3224), H255 [8FE]

———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]

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]

Japan: oppose permanent seat on U.N. Security Council until the Japanese Government complies with International Whaling Commission requirements and ends the commercialization of whale meat (see H. Con. Res. 431), H10473 [19OC]

Medicaid: assure preservation of safety net hospitals through maintenance of Disproportionate Share Hospital Program (see H.R. 3710), H998 [14MR]

———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), H1406 [23MR]

———waive disproportionate share hospital designation for certain rural hospitals relative to obstetrician requirements (see H.R. 4793), H7578 [13SE]

Medicare: coverage of ambulance services to certain rural outpatient facilities (see H.R. 4549), H3926 [6JN]

———coverage of glaucoma detection services (see H.R. 2620), H7281 [6SE]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see H.R. 4770), H5240 [27JN] (see H.R. 5151), H10036 [17OC]

———coverage of self-administered drugs that, when used as a replacement for covered drugs, result in overall cost savings to the program (see H.R. 4375), H4121 [8JN]

———designate certain diabetes educators as certified providers for purposes of outpatient diabetes education services (see H.R. 3003), H7502 [12SE]

———eliminate reduction in payment rates to home health agencies for home health services (see H.R. 4219), H3926 [6JN]

———ensure adequacy of digital mammography payments (see H.R. 5172), H8201 [26SE]

———graduate medical education payments (see H.R. 4239), H3926 [6JN]

———increase access to health care for beneficiaries through telehealth services (see H.R. 4841), H7723 [18SE]

———payments made under the prospective payment system for home health services (see H.R. 4727), H5956 [12JY]

———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H3926 [6JN]

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

Mental health: recognize the importance of mental health awareness, mental disorders, and early detection of mental illnesses (see H. Con. Res. 243), H342 [10FE]

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), H756 [8MR]

National School Lunch Act: ensure an adequate level of commodity purchases under the school lunch program (see H.R. 3614), H1285 [22MR]

NIH: improve and expand clinical research programs (see H.R. 1798), H4035 [7JN]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: require changes in the bloodborne pathogens standard (see H.R. 5178), H8062 [25SE]

Postage and stamps: modify rates relative to reduced-rate mail matter (see H.R. 4636), H7281 [6SE]

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

Public safety officers: eligibility of certain emergency management and civil defense personnel for public safety officer death benefits (see H.R. 2588), H757 [8MR]

Public welfare programs: repeal certain restrictions on food stamp eligibility and increase Federal support for emergency food assistance programs (see H.R. 3192), H4121 [8JN]

Racial relations: recognize the significant contribution the Birmingham Pledge has made in fostering racial harmony and reconciliation (see H.J. Res. 102), H4484 [14JN]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 4844), H6719 [20JY]

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

Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of the National Museum of the American Indian (see H.R. 4259), H7871 [19SE]

Social Security: make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act (see H.R. 5324), H8406 [27SE] (see H.R. 5612), H11781 [1NO]

States: permit individuals to operate commercial motor vehicles within State borders after meeting minimum standards (see H.R. 3219), H2239 [12AP]

Taxation: allow a refundable credit to individuals who donate their organs at death (see H.R. 4048), H2771 [9MY]

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

———exclusion of employer-provided educational assistance (see H.R. 2265), H342 [10FE]

———expand incentives for the construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 4094), H5656 [29JN]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see H.R. 4728), H8469 [28SE]

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

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

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), H6720 [20JY]

U.N.: establish permanent security force (see H. Con. Res. 346), H4675 [19JN]

Veterans: mint coins in commemoration and use proceeds of surcharges imposed on the sale of such coins to fund the transport of veterans to and from Dept. of Veterans Affairs hospitals (see H.R. 5397), H11207 [26OC]

Volunteer workers: extend appropriations for programs under the National and Community Service Act and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act (see H.R. 4740), H5084 [23JN]

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

Water pollution: exempt discharges from certain silviculture activities from permit requirements of the national pollutant discharge elimination system (see H.R. 3625), H2770 [9MY]

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]

Pledges

Birmingham Pledge, H11582 [30OC]

Remarks

Chen Shui-bian: tribute to election as President of the Republic of China, E733 [16MY]

China, Republic of: congratulations on elections and reaffirmation of U.S. commitment to security and democracy, E733 [16MY]

———observance of National Day, E1685 [5OC]

Civil rights: reenactment of Selma-to-Montgomery voting rights march, H1153 [21MR]

Dept. of State: provide rewards for information relative to serious violations of international law in Rwanda (S. 2460), H7753 [19SE]

Dixon, Julian C.: tribute (H. Res. 671), H12059 [8DE]

Foreign policy: authorize trade and investment policy relative to sub-Saharan Africa, E1064 [20JN]

International economic relations: development and expansion of international economic assistance programs that utilize cooperatives and credit unions (H.R. 4673), H7755 [19SE]

Iran: emancipation of the Bahai community (H. Con. Res. 257), H7751 [19SE]

Racial relations: recognize the significant contribution the Birmingham Pledge has made in fostering racial harmony and reconciliation (H.J. Res. 102), H7456, H7457 [12SE], H11582 [30OC]

Tunisia: independence anniversary, E256 [9MR]