BENTSEN, KEN (a Representative from Texas)

Amendments

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4475), H3437 [19MY]

Appointments

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

Articles and editorials

Shift of Philips Jobs Officially Scheduled, Toledo (OH) Blade, H4811 [21JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

Armstrong, Lance: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 5258), H9901 [12OC]

Birds: prohibit interstate movement of live birds, for the purpose of fighting, to States in which animal fighting is lawful (see H.R. 1275), H11207 [26OC]

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]

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), H5843 [11JY]

Consumers: protect from predatory mortgage lending practices (see H.R. 4250), H2238 [12AP]

Contracts: prohibit delinquent Federal debtors from being eligible to enter into Federal contracts (see H.R. 4181), H1851 [5AP]

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 107), H6720 [20JY]

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

Crime: prevent identity fraud in consumer credit transactions and credit reports (see H.R. 4311), H2338 [13AP]

Customs Service: prohibit import of diamonds from certain conflict regions in Africa (see H.R. 5147), H11813 [2NO]

Dept. of Defense: make certain improvements to the military health care system (see H.R. 3655), H4485 [14JN]

Dept. of Education: study methods for identifying and treating children with dyslexia (see H.R. 78), H8200 [26SE]

Dept. of HHS: establish an Office on Women's Health (see H.R. 4483), H7871 [19SE]

Dept. of Justice: establish an office to monitor acts of international terrorism alleged to have been committed by Palestinian individuals or organizations (see H.R. 5500), H10472 [19OC]

———establish Bureau of Immigration Services and the Bureau of Immigration Enforcement (see H.R. 3918), H4485 [14JN]

———establish the Violence Against Women Office (see H.R. 4848), H7723 [18SE]

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), H3523 [22MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: assist claimants for benefits in developing claims and clarify the burden of proof for such claims (see H.R. 3193), H757 [8MR]

Diseases: establish an international trust fund to combat the AIDS epidemic (see H.R. 3519), H931 [13MR]

———extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 4069), H1404 [23MR]

———increased support and funding to combat juvenile diabetes (see H. Con. Res. 321), H2905 [10MY]

———international tuberculosis control (see H.R. 4057), H1284 [22MR]

———reduce burden of diabetes among children and youth (see H.R. 4594), H8799 [4OC]

Drugs: distribution of prescription drugs (see H.R. 4301), H12045 [7DE]

Education: establish and expand programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (see H.R. 4271, 4272), H4592 [15JN]

———improve and refocus civic education (see H.R. 3195), H165 [1FE]

———school construction and infrastructure improvements funding (see H.R. 3705), H1477 [28MR]

FDIC: merge deposit insurance funds (see H.R. 3899), H921 [9MR]

Federal Elections Review Commission: establish (see H.R. 5631), H12080 [11DE]

Federal employees: establish program under which current and former employees may obtain long-term care insurance (see H.R. 110), H1163 [21MR]

———extend civil service retirement options to IRS revenue officers, INS inspectors, and certain other Federal law enforcement officers (see H.R. 1228), H4174 [9JN]

———health benefits coverage for infertility treatment (see H.R. 2706), H12022 [6DE]

———require any health benefits plan which provides obstetrical benefits to provide coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of infertility (see H.R. 2774), H12080 [11DE]

Financial institutions: establish a program to promote access to financial services for low- and moderate-income individuals (see H.R. 4490), H3412 [18MY]

Fish and fishing: recover depleted fish stocks and promote the long-term sustainability of marine fisheries (see H.R. 4046), H7991 [21SE]

Food Security Act: authorize enrollment of land in the Wetlands Reserve Program (see H.R. 2066), H7652 [14SE]

Foreign aid: international family planning programs funding (see H.R. 3634), H1477 [28MR]

Gonzalez, Henry B.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 445), H12095 [14DE]

Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption: implementation (see H.R. 2909), H3413 [18MY]

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

Health: emphasize the importance of organ, tissue, bone marrow, and blood donation, and support National Donor Day (see H. Con. Res. 247), H342 [10FE]

———increase public awareness of the dangers of pediatric cancer (see H. Con. Res. 115), H922 [9MR]

———minority health programs (see H.R. 3250), H3869 [25MY]

———prohibit health insurance and employment discrimination on the basis of genetic information (see H.R. 2457), H5240 [27JN]

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), H4174 [9JN]

Higgins Industries: award Congressional Gold Medal to World War II-era employees (see H.R. 4384), H4174 [9JN]

Housing: expand homeownership (see H.R. 1776), H1163 [21MR]

Immigration: extend filing fee exemption to elementary and secondary schools relative to non-immigrant workers under the H-1B program (see H.R. 1573), H757 [8MR]

———improve and permanently authorize the Visa Waiver Pilot Program (see H.R. 3767), H1163 [21MR]

———protection of battered immigrant women (see H.R. 3083), H6777 [24JY]

Indonesia: prohibit military assistance relative to free elections and human rights conditions in East Timor (see H.R. 4357), H7871 [19SE]

INS: provide for direct payment of information fees by foreign students under the Coordinated Interagency Partnership Regulating International Students Program (see H.R. 3732), H758 [8MR]

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), H8200 [26SE]

———require group and individual health insurance plans to provide coverage of cancer screening (see H.R. 1285), H574 [29FE]

———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), H4035 [7JN]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 3633), H3173 [16MY]

Law enforcement officers: clarify procedures and conditions for the award of matching grants for the purchase of armor vests (see H.R. 4033), H1164 [21MR]

———exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H574 [29FE]

Lumber industry: promote open and competitive trade of softwood lumber between the U.S. and Canada (see H. Con. Res. 252), H633 [1MR]

Medicaid: assure preservation of safety net hospitals through maintenance of Disproportionate Share Hospital Program (see H.R. 3103), H255 [8FE] (see H.R. 3710), H572 [29FE]

———State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (see H.R. 3698), H1852 [5AP]

Medicare: coverage of marriage and family therapist services (see H.R. 2945), H997 [14MR]

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

———coverage of screening pap smears and pelvic exams (see H.R. 4571), H9505 [6OC]

———ensure adequacy of digital mammography payments (see H.R. 5172), H7933 [20SE]

———improve the telemedicine program and provide grants for the development of telehealth networks (see H.R. 3420), H757 [8MR]

———payments to hospitals that have graduate medical education programs in critical need specialty areas (see H.R. 1645), H2012 [10AP]

———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3576), H757 [8MR] (see H.R. 3580), H931 [13MR]

Middle East: condemn current level of violence between Israelis and Palestinians (see H. Con. Res. 426), H10037 [17OC]

———prohibit U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority and for programs, projects, and activities in the West Bank and Gaza (see H.R. 5522), H10473 [19OC]

———prohibit U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority if a Palestinian state is declared unilaterally (see H.R. 4976), H7282 [6SE]

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

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

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to the etiology of breast cancer (see H.R. 3433), H2512 [3MY]

NIH: biomedical research funding (see H. Res. 437), H921 [9MR]

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), H4220 [12JN]

OSHA: issue regulations to eliminate or minimize the significant risk of needlestick injury to health care workers (see H.R. 1899), H5955 [12JY]

Pope John Paul II: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3544), H3049 [15MY]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 3842), H6719 [20JY]

Public buildings: placement of automatic external defibrillators to assist individuals who experience cardiac arrest and protections from civil liability relative to emergency use of the devices (see H.R. 2498), H50 [27JA]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 4844), H6600 [19JY]

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

Senior citizens: establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits (see H.R. 1422), H5955 [12JY]

Small business: reauthorize assistance programs (H.R. 3843), consideration (see H. Res. 439), H5956 [12JY]

Social Security: computation system for benefits relative to spouses' and surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 1217), H7502 [12SE]

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

———extend availability of State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments (see H.R. 4393), H8799 [4OC]

———make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act (see H.R. 5612), H11813 [2NO]

———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), H5436 [28JN]

Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act: rename as the ``McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act'' (see H.R. 5417), H9504 [6OC]

Taxation: allow a credit to holders of Better America Bonds (see H.R. 2446), H7002 [25JY]

———avoid duplicate reporting of information on political activities of certain State and local political organizations (see H.R. 5277), H8061 [25SE]

———credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (see H.R. 1172), H3869 [25MY]

———encourage stronger mathematics and science programs at elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 4273), H4592 [15JN]

———expand incentives for the construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 4094), H3413 [18MY]

———increase annual limitation on deductible contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 802), H5955 [12JY]

———increase annual limitation on nondeductible contributions and adjust for inflation the amount of deductible contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1322), H6052 [13JY]

———provide relief for payment of asbestos-related claims (see H.R. 4543), H7281 [6SE]

———reduce estate and gift tax rates (see H.R. 5315), H10473 [19OC]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 3916), H997 [14MR]

———treatment of certain franchise operation property (see H.R. 2451), H7281 [6SE]

———treatment of printed wiring boards and printed wiring assembly equipment (see H.R. 1122), H5240 [27JN]

Trucking industry: support freeze on longer combination vehicles and current Federal limitations on truck size and weight (see H. Con. Res. 306), H7282 [6SE]

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), H11195 [25OC]

Voting Rights Act: clarify intent of Congress (see H.R. 4961), H10473 [19OC]

Women: determine the health risks of dioxin, synthetic fibers, and other additives in tampons and similar products (see H.R. 890), H2411 [2MY]

World War II: support Day of Honor 2000 to honor and recognize the service of minority veterans (see H.J. Res. 98), H3523 [22MY]

———war crimes committed by the Japanese military (see H. Con. Res. 357), H7933 [20SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Abbas, Mohammed: extradition to the U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 329), H3474 [19MY]

Motions

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), H11681 [31OC]

Remarks

Abortion: prohibit certain late-term abortions, H1787 [5AP]

———prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 3660), H1787 [5AP]

———prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 3660), consideration (H. Res. 457), H1772 [5AP]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), H5789 [11JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4461), conference report, H9703 [11OC]

Aldrin, Edwin E. (Buzz): award Congressional Gold Medal (H.R. 2815), H4718 [20JN]

Appropriations: establish automatic system for continuing appropriations, H3130 [16MY]

———making emergency supplemental appropriations, H5613 [29JN]

———making emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 3908), E487 [4AP]

Armstrong, Neil A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (H.R. 2815), H4718 [20JN]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (H.R. 2415), conference report, H9835, H9836 [12OC]

———amend laws (H.R. 2415), motion to instruct conferees, H9794 [11OC]

———prohibition on conversion of non-exempt assets into exempt homestead property and preservation of States' rights to set homestead exemptions, H9835, H9836 [12OC]

———revise banking and bankruptcy insolvency laws relative to termination and netting of financial contracts (H.R. 1161), H10697, H10698 [24OC]

Bellaire, TX: anniversary of First Baptist Church of Bellaire, E154 [16FE]

———tribute to the Little League All-Star team, H7347 [7SE]

Budget: allocation of funds, H9024 [6OC]

———ensure Medicare coverage of prescription drugs prior to consideration of any tax cuts, H1979 [10AP]

———improve and strengthen budget process (H.R. 853), H3096, H3106, H3130, H3138, H3139, H3142, H3143 [16MY]

———provide for reconciliation of the concurrent resolution to reduce the public debt and to decrease the statutory debt limit (H.R. 4601), H4705 [20JN]

———provide for reconciliation of the concurrent resolution to reduce the public debt and to decrease the statutory debt limit (H.R. 5173), H7686 [18SE]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), H5873 [12JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), veto, H7518 [13SE]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), H1307, H1335, H1393 [23MR]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), conference report, H2251, H2257 [13AP]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), motion to instruct conferees, H1979 [10AP]

———treatment of any budget surpluses, H3138, H3139 [16MY]

Celanese Chemicals (business): La Porte-Bayshore, TX, Chamber of Commerce Industry of the Year award recipient, E1798 [16OC]

China, People's Republic of: permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), H3605 [23MY]

Coastal zones: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States (H.R. 701), H2847 [10MY]

Coins: tribute to collectors (S. Con. Res. 154), H11581 [30OC]

Cokinos, Ellen: FBI Community Leadership Award recipient, E2051 [1NO]

Collins, Michael: award Congressional Gold Medal (H.R. 2815), H4718 [20JN]

Commodity Exchange Act: reauthorize and amend to promote legal certainty, enhance competition, and reduce systemic risk in markets for futures and over-the-counter derivatives (H.R. 4541), H10414 [19OC]

Contracts: allow choice of arbitration as a means of settling disputes (H.R. 534), E1718 [6OC]

Dept. of Defense: Biology, Education, Screening, Chemoprevention, and Treatment Lung Cancer Program funding, H3981 [7JN]

———Disaster Relief and Emergency Medical Services Program funding, H3981 [7JN]

———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 4425), conference report, H5613 [29JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4576), H3981 [7JN]

Dept. of HUD: Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight funding, H4768, H4769 [20JN]

Dept. of Justice: establish the Violence Against Women Office (H.R. 4848), H8103 [26SE]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4475), H3438, H3439 [19MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4475), conference report, H9024 [6OC]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), H4232, H4233, H4308 [13JN], H11536 [30OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4577), conference report, H12490 [15DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4577), motion to instruct conferees, H11682 [31OC]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4635), H4768, H4769 [20JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4635), conference report, H10383 [19OC]

Diseases: establish an international trust fund to combat the AIDS epidemic (H.R. 3519), H3023 [15MY]

Drugs: allow importation of prescription drugs into the U.S. by pharmacists and wholesalers for resale and by U.S. citizens for personal use, H9703 [11OC]

Ellington AFB, TX: Air National Guard supply complex funding, H5613 [29JN]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4733), H5223 [27JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4733), conference report, H8422, H8424 [28SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4733), consideration (H. Res. 532), H5210 [27JN]

Families and domestic relations: increase child support money to families leaving welfare, improve assignment, distribution and collection of certain child support, and promote marriage (H.R. 4678), H7310 [7SE]

Financial institutions: strengthen consumer control over use and disclosure of personal financial and health information (H.R. 4585), H6606 [20JY]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4811), H6022 [13JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4811), conference report, H10837 [25OC], E1948 [26OC]

Foreign policy: authorize trade and investment policy relative to sub-Saharan Africa (H.R. 434), conference report, H2588 [4MY]

———provide bilateral debt relief and improve the provision of multilateral debt relief, H10837 [25OC], E1948 [26OC]

Foreign trade: provide additional trade benefits to certain beneficiary countries in the Caribbean, H2588 [4MY]

Georgia Gulf Chemicals & Vinyls, L.L.C.: Pasadena, TX, Chamber of Commerce Industry of the Year award recipient, E771 [19MY]

Harris County, TX: anniversary of East Harris County Senior Citizens Program, E1138 [28JN]

———flood control projects funding, H5210, H5223 [27JN], H8422, H8424 [28SE]

Health: application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (H.R. 1304), consideration (H. Res. 542), H5619 [29JN]

———importance of education, early detection, and treatment in the prevention of breast cancer (H. Res. 278), H8636 [3OC]

———prohibit health insurance and employment discrimination on the basis of genetic information (H.R. 2457), H6606 [20JY]

———revise and extend organ procurement and transplantation programs (H.R. 2418), H1692 [4AP]

Health care facilities: payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate medical education programs, H8254 [27SE]

Hear O'Israel International, Inc.: tribute to Listen to the Cries of the Children National Campaign 2000, E861 [25MY]

Homeowners Protection Act: technical corrections (H.R. 3637), H3581 [23MY]

Honore, Stephan L.: Peace Corps Franklin Williams Award for Outstanding Community Service recipient, E152 [16FE]

House Rules: allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and consider certain legislation (H. Res. 640), H10414 [19OC]

Housing: expand homeownership (H.R. 1776), H1858 [6AP]

———expand homeownership (H.R. 5640), E2149 [7DE]

Houston, TX: anniversary of Children's Assessment Center, E2067 [2NO]

———anniversary of Congregation Brith Shalom, E208 [1MR]

———Children's Nutrition Research Center funding, H5789 [11JY], H9703 [11OC]

———light rail transportation funding, H3438, H3439 [19MY], H9024 [6OC]

Immigration: pilot program to extend voluntary departure period for certain nonimmigrant aliens admitted under the Visa Waiver Pilot Program for medical treatment in the U.S. (H.R. 2961), H6379 [18JY]

Income: increase minimum wage and provide tax benefits for small businesses (H.R. 3081), H865 [9MR]

International Terminals Co.: Deer Park, TX, Chamber of Commerce Industry of the Year Award recipient, E1843 [19OC]

Iran: impose sanctions on foreign persons who transfer items contributing to efforts to acquire, develop, or produce ballistic missiles (H.R. 1883), Senate amendments, H608 [1MR]

Johnson & Johnson Activities Center Inc.: opening, E1750 [12OC]

Jones, Lovell A.: Howard University Hospital Legacy of Leadership Award for Distinguished Health Care Advocate recipient, E765 [18MY]

Kika de la Garza U.S. Border Station, Pharr, TX: designate (H.R. 1901), H2460 [3MY]

McCollum, Charles H.: Houston Surgical Society Distinguished Surgeon award recipient, E694 [10MY]

Medicaid: coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment for certain women and research on relationship between cervical cancer and human papillomavirus (H.R. 4386), H2694 [9MY], H9850 [12OC]

———permit public schools and other entities to determine presumptive eligibility for low-income children, H12490 [15DE]

———require States to establish reasonable reimbursement rates, H11682 [31OC]

Medicare: make more competitive and efficient and provide for a prescription drug benefit (H.R. 4680), H5088 [26JN], H5173 [27JN], H5375 [28JN]

———make more competitive and efficient and provide for a prescription drug benefit (H.R. 4680), consideration (H. Res. 539), H5310 [28JN]

———reform, H12490 [15DE]

———reimbursement of routine patient care costs for individuals participating in approved clinical trials (H.R. 61), H3931 [7JN]

———use of additional projected surplus funds to supplement funding previously reduced under the Balanced Budget Act (H. Res. 535), E1182 [30JN]

Middle East: condemn current level of violence between Israelis and Palestinians (H. Con. Res. 426), E1945 [26OC]

———prohibit U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority and for programs, projects, and activities in the West Bank and Gaza (H.R. 5522), E1945 [26OC]

———withhold diplomatic recognition and prohibit U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority if a Palestinian state is declared unilaterally (H.R. 5272), H8179 [26SE]

Minimum wage: level (H.R. 3846), H898 [9MR]

NASA: funding, H10383 [19OC]

National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Engineering: establish (H.R. 1795), H8269 [27SE]

NIH: biomedical research funding (H. Res. 437), H7080 [26JY]

———funding, H4232, H4233 [13JN]

Pensions: reform (H.R. 1102), H6510 [19JY]

Pipelines: improve safety and environmental protection (S. 2438), E1752 [12OC]

Pope John Paul II: award Congressional Gold Medal (H.R. 3544), H3547 [23MY]

Public buildings: placement of automatic external defibrillators to assist individuals who experience cardiac arrest and protections from civil liability relative to emergency use of the devices (H.R. 2498), H3587 [23MY]

Public debt: establish a debt reduction lockbox, H3142, H3143 [16MY]

Public Health Service Act: provide certain children's health services (H.R. 4365), H2716 [9MY], H8254, H8263 [27SE]

SBA: improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), conference report, H11259 [26OC]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H1335 [23MR]

———eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 5), H598 [1MR]

———make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act, H11259 [26OC], H12490 [15DE]

Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act: rename as the ``McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act'' (H.R. 5417), H9798 [11OC]

Strategic Petroleum Reserve: reauthorize, H5223 [27JN]

Taxation: alternative minimum tax rates, H5873 [12JY]

———condition phase-out and repeal of estate and gift taxes on solvency of Social Security and Medicare and public debt reduction, H4145 [9JN]

———condition repeal of tax increase on Social Security benefits on solvency of Social Security and Medicare, H7173 [27JY]

———eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 6), H310 [10FE]

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (H.R. 3709), H2799 [10MY]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), H4145 [9JN]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), veto, H7332 [7SE]

———prohibit the imposition of access fees on Internet service providers (H.R. 1291), H3062 [16MY]

———provide additional retirement savings opportunities for small employers and self-employed individuals, H6510 [19JY]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (H.R. 3916), consideration (H. Res. 511), H3834 [25MY]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (H.R. 4865), H7173 [27JY]

Texas: Houston-Galveston Navigation Project funding, H8422, H8424 [28SE]

———participation in State Children's Health Insurance Program, H3899, H3900 [6JN]

U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4115), H7290 [7SE]

Water pollution: estuary conservation and management programs funding (H.R. 1237), H2623 [8MY]

———restore estuary habitats through more efficient financing of projects and the enhanced coordination of Federal and non-Federal programs (H.R. 1775), H7480 [12SE]

———restore estuary habitats through more efficient financing of projects and the enhanced coordination of Federal and non-Federal programs (S. 835), conference report, H10861 [25OC]

Women: reauthorize Federal programs to prevent violence against women (H.R. 1248), H8103 [26SE]

World Trade Organization: withdraw U.S. membership and funding (H.J. Res. 90), H4811 [21JN]

World War II: support Day of Honor 2000 to honor and recognize the service of minority veterans (H.J. Res. 98), H3562 [23MY]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H5166 [26JN], H7363 [7SE]

Resolutions by organizations

Hear O'Israel International, Inc., Listen to the Cries of the Children National Campaign 2000: Houston, TX, Mayor and City Council, E862 [25MY]

Tributes

Elliott, Shelby M., E18 [27JA]

Feigin, Ralph D., E1797 [16OC]

Finger, Ronald J., E2017 [29OC]

Gonzalez, Henry B., H12003 [5DE]

Harris, Bernard, Jr., E661 [4MY]

Kimmel-Hieken, Elizabeth, E1087 [23JN]

Malone, Norman and Ann, E1482 [14SE]

Myers, Toby, E1801 [16OC]

Ratliff, Joe S., E733 [16MY]

Silver, Howard J., E2059 [1NO]

Steigler, Linda, E736 [16MY]

Vento, Bruce F., H9798 [11OC]

Watson, Ed, E1300 [21JY]

Willerson, James T., E1800 [16OC]