BERKLEY, SHELLEY (a Representative from Nevada)
Amendments
Taxation: treatment of small businesses (H.R. 3832), H758 [8MR]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
African Americans: acknowledge the fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality, and inhumanity of slavery in U.S. history (see H. Con. Res. 356), H5956 [12JY]
Air pollution: reduce emissions from electric powerplants (see H.R. 2900), H90 [31JA]
American Folklife Center: collect video and audio recordings of personal histories and testimonials of U.S. war veterans (see H.R. 5212), H7870 [19SE]
American Merchant Marine Memorial Wall of Honor: make grants to construct an addition (see H.R. 1865), H2340 [13AP]
Armed Forces: improve Montgomery GI Bill benefits by improving and expanding educational assistance programs (see H.R. 4268), H2967 [11MY]
———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3573), H219 [7FE]
Armstrong, Lance: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 5258), H9011 [5OC]
Aviation: establish national policy of fair treatment for airline passengers (see H.R. 2200), H5955 [12JY]
Barbara F. Vucanovich Post Office Building, Reno, NV: designate (see H.R. 4169), H1763 [4AP]
Bob Jones University: condemn discriminatory practices (see H. Con. Res. 261), H631 [1MR] (see H. Res. 428), H574 [29FE]
Business and industry: include expansion of business development by disabled individuals among the public policy goals of State and local development companies (see H.R. 4983), H7128 [26JY]
Children and youth: assist State and local prosecutors, and law enforcement agencies, with implementation of juvenile justice witness assistance programs (see H.R. 3132), H455 [15FE]
———improve health and safety of children receiving child care outside the home (see H.R. 4750), H5956 [12JY]
———mental health services (see H.R. 3455), H5169 [26JN]
———prohibit sale of personal information without parental consent (see H.R. 369), H9907 [16OC]
———provide benefits for children of women Vietnam veterans who suffer from certain types of birth defects (see H.R. 4488), H3412 [18MY]
———provide that children's sleepwear be manufactured in accordance with stricter flammability standards (see H.R. 329), H574 [29FE]
China, Republic of: elections (see H. Con. Res. 272), H1120 [16MR]
———U.N. participation (see H. Con. Res. 390), H7280 [6SE]
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), H5956 [12JY]
Computers: tribute to Federal workforce for successfully preparing for year 2000 computer problem (see H. Con. Res. 300), H2412 [2MY]
Contracts: ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses (see H.R. 3766), H1589 [29MR]
———provide simplified criteria for determining whether an individual is an employee or an independent contractor and limit retroactive employment tax reclassifications (see H.R. 1525), H3813 [24MY]
———require Federal agencies to follow certain procedures relative to the bundling of procurement contract requirements (see H.R. 4890), H6599 [19JY]
Courts: give U.S. district courts jurisdiction over competing State custody determinations (see H.R. 5456), H9899 [12OC]
Credit unions: clarify definition of a member business loan relative to religious organization based credit unions (see H.R. 4701), H4783 [20JN]
Crime: increase penalties for hate crimes (see H. Con. Res. 347), H4035 [7JN]
———prevent the entry by false pretenses to certain restricted areas and prevent misuse of genuine and counterfeit police badges (see H.R. 4827), H5954 [12JY]
Customs Service: authorizing appropriations for U.S. Customs Cybersmuggling Center (see H.R. 640), H9011 [5OC]
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 Defense: make certain improvements to the military health care system (see H.R. 3655), H2512 [3MY]
Dept. of Energy: establish compensation for employees sustaining beryllium and radiation-related injury, illness, or death (see H.R. 4398), H3309 [17MY]
———establish compensation programs for employees sustaining beryllium and radiation-related injury, illness, or death (see H.R. 5189), H7651 [14SE]
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), H6778 [24JY]
———make grants to the Boys and Girls Clubs of America to establish after-school technology programs (see H.R. 4178), H5436 [28JN]
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), H3050 [15MY]
Dept. of the Interior: authorize compensation for damages arising from the prescribed burn on the Bandelier National Monument (see H.R. 4574), H4122 [8JN]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: ensure compensation rates for the service-connected loss of a breast due to a mastectomy are comparable to rates for the loss of use of a creative organ (see H.R. 3998), H1118 [16MR]
———establish presumption of service connection for a stroke or heart attack incurred or aggravated while performing inactive duty training (see H.R. 3816), H631 [1MR]
———provide cost-of-living adjustment for service-connected disability benefits and enhance programs providing compensation and life insurance benefits for veterans (see H.R. 4850), H6719 [20JY]
———reaffirm and clarify duty of the Secretary to administer laws which assist claimants for benefits (see H.R. 4864), H6354 [17JY]
Diseases: authorizing appropriations for international HIV/AIDS control efforts (see H.R. 4140), H2655 [8MY]
———extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 4069), H3173 [16MY]
———increased support and funding to combat juvenile diabetes (see H. Con. Res. 321), H5436 [28JN]
———issue special postage stamps to fund prostate cancer research (see H.R. 2562), H2411 [2MY]
Education: establish program that improves achievement through the integration of technology into curriculum (see H.R. 4081), H2771 [9MY]
———modernize public schools, reduce class size, increase access to technology, enhance school safety, improve teacher quality, and strengthen accountability for academic results (see H.R. 4346), H3869 [25MY]
———provide grants to local educational agencies to initiate and improve physical education programs (see H.R. 4536), H7128 [26JY]
Families and domestic relations: limit the effects of domestic violence on the lives of children (see H.R. 3315), H6052 [13JY]
FCC: prohibit from establishing rules authorizing the operation of new, low power FM radio stations (see H.R. 3439), H165 [1FE]
FDA: grant authority to regulate tobacco (see H.R. 4207), H6471 [18JY]
———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 employees: reduce contributions to CSRS and FERS (see H.R. 2631), H7652 [14SE]
Fish and fishing: recover depleted fish stocks and promote the long-term sustainability of marine fisheries (see H.R. 4046), H7578 [13SE]
Foreign aid: international family planning programs funding (see H.R. 3634), H1477 [28MR]
———prohibit application of certain restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental and multilateral organizations (see H.R. 4211), H4592 [15JN]
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), H4035 [7JN]
Frederick Douglass Gardens, Inc.: establish a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs (see H.R. 5331), H8736 [3OC]
Gambling: establish panel to investigate illegal gambling on college sports and to recommend effective countermeasures (see H.R. 3800), H631 [1MR]
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 assistance to developing nations with high levels of infectious disease and premature death (see H.R. 3826), H4592 [15JN]
———prohibit health insurance and employment discrimination on the basis of genetic information (see H.R. 2457), H5240 [27JN]
Hispanic Americans: prevent suicide among Latina adolescents (see H.R. 4439; H. Con. Res. 325), H2966 [11MY]
Housing: expand protections for especially vulnerable consumers against abusive mortgage lending practices and streamline the framework regulating mortgage originations (see H.R. 4213), H2607 [4MY]
Human rights: condemn use of children as soldiers (see H. Con. Res. 209), H2412 [2MY]
Immigration: improve and permanently authorize the Visa Waiver Pilot Program (see H.R. 3767), H1477 [28MR]
———modify implementation requirements for automated entry and exit control systems (see H.R. 1650), H922 [9MR]
INS: provide for direct payment of information fees by foreign students under the Coordinated Interagency Partnership Regulating International Students Program (see H.R. 3732), H1285 [22MR]
Insurance: coverage of colorectal cancer screening (see H.R. 1816), H255 [8FE]
———implement coverage of reconstructive breast surgery resulting from mastectomies (see H.R. 3224), H2607 [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), H2411 [2MY]
Iran: emancipation of the Bahai community (see H. Con. Res. 257), H573 [29FE]
Iron and steel industry: provide relief from injury caused by steel imports and request the ITC to commence an expedited investigation for positive adjustment (see H. Res. 635), H10036 [17OC]
King, Martin Luther, Jr.: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 3633), H4220 [12JN]
Labeling: require fragrances containing known toxic substances or allergens to be labeled accordingly (see H.R. 5238), H9011 [5OC]
Law enforcement officers: clarify procedures and conditions for the award of matching grants for the purchase of armor vests (see H.R. 4033), H1675 [3AP]
———exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H757 [8MR]
Matthew `Mack' Robinson Post Office Building, Pasadena, CA: designate (see H.R. 4157), H2512 [3MY]
Medicaid: assure preservation of safety net hospitals through maintenance of Disproportionate Share Hospital Program (see H.R. 3710), H1852 [5AP]
———coverage of community-based attendant services (see H.R. 4416), H7128 [26JY]
———provide families and disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 4825), H7991 [21SE]
———State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (see H.R. 3698), H2013 [10AP]
Medicare: coverage of bone mass measurements (see H.R. 3840), H756 [8MR]
———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see H.R. 4770), H5240 [27JN]
———coverage of screening pap smears and pelvic exams (see H.R. 4571), H5657 [29JN]
———eliminate reduction in payment rates to home health agencies for home health services (see H.R. 4219), H2607 [4MY]
———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]
———promote research for health promotion and disease prevention and add preventive benefits (see H.R. 3887), H920 [9MR]
———protect right of beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare+Choice plans to receive services at any skilled nursing facility (see H.R. 3004), H1764 [4AP]
———provide guidance to health care providers attempting to properly submit claims and target truly fraudulent activity for enforcement of billing regulations rather than inadvertent errors (see H.R. 5200), H7722 [18SE]
———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H2012 [10AP]
Memorial Day: proclaim a nationwide moment of remembrance (see H. Con. Res. 302), H3474 [19MY]
Middle East: condemn current level of violence between Israelis and Palestinians (see H. Con. Res. 426), H9900 [12OC]
———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), H7128 [26JY]
Motor vehicles: require reports relative to defects in foreign products (see H.R. 5164), H7992 [21SE]
National Center for Research on Domestic Health Disparities: establish (see H.R. 2391), H997 [14MR]
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), H3172 [16MY]
National Law Enforcement Museum: establish (see H.R. 2710), H7281 [6SE]
National Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD) Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 420), H1478 [28MR]
National School Lunch Act: revise eligibility of private organizations under the child and adult care food program (see H.R. 2907), H1958 [6AP]
Navajo Code Talkers: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4527), H8736 [3OC]
Nevada: disposal of certain Federal lands in Clark County, NV, and acquisition of certain environmentally sensitive lands (see H.R. 4637), H5085 [23JN]
NIH: experimental program to stimulate competitive research (see H.R. 4280), H2337 [13AP]
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), H1764 [4AP]
Occupational Safety and Health Act: require changes in the bloodborne pathogens standard (see H.R. 5178), H8617 [2OC]
Pensions: protect benefits of employees in defined benefit plans and enforce age discrimination requirements relative to tax legislation on defined benefit plans becoming cash balance plans (see H.R. 2902), H4592 [15JN]
Petroleum: suspend exports of Alaskan North Slope crude oil pending an economic assessment of foreign crude oil supplies and demands (see H.R. 4007), H11195 [25OC]
Political campaigns: require persons making certain campaign-related telephone calls to disclose the identity of the person financing the call (see H.R. 5624), H11812 [2NO]
Pope, Edmond: demand release from Russian prison for humanitarian reasons (see H. Con. Res. 404), H8736 [3OC]
Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 3842), H6719 [20JY]
Privacy: prevent unfair and deceptive practices in the collection and use of personal information (see H.R. 3321), H10036 [17OC]
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), H1588 [29MR]
Public lands: designate certain national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and wilderness areas in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming (see H.R. 488), H4035 [7JN]
Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 4844), H6600 [19JY]
Reagan, Ronald and Nancy: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3591), H1120 [16MR]
SBA: conduct a pilot program to raise awareness about telecommuting among small business employers (see H.R. 3500), H1588 [29MR]
———encourage the expansion of business-to-business relationships and the provision of certain information (see H.R. 4464), H3172 [16MY]
———establish a New Market Venture Capital Program (see H.R. 4530), H3812 [24MY]
Schools: enhance safety (see H.R. 1898), H1629 [30MR]
Schulz, Charles M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3642), H341 [10FE]
Senior citizens: prevent abuse (see H.R. 1984), H574 [29FE]
Small business: strengthen existing protections for small business participation in the Federal procurement contracting process (see H.R. 4945), H7002 [25JY]
Smithsonian Institution: establish National African-American Museum (see H.R. 923), H255 [8FE]
Social Security: eliminate benefit penalties to individuals receiving pensions from noncovered employment (see H.R. 742), H3925 [6JN]
———expand Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program to include parents of low-income families (see H.R. 4927), H7652 [14SE]
———make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act (see H.R. 5612), H12045 [7DE]
———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]
Taxation: 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), H4675 [19JN]
———allow deduction equal to fair market value for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor (see H.R. 3249), H7871 [19SE]
———allow deduction for charitable contributions to individuals who do not itemize other deductions (see H.R. 1310), H1077 [15MR]
———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), H342 [10FE]
———allow tax credit to holders of qualified bonds issued by an intercity passenger rail carrier (see H.R. 3700), H3474 [19MY]
———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. 3663), H3049 [15MY] (see H.R. 4245), H3309 [17MY]
———expand incentives for the construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 4094), H1476 [28MR]
———increase annual limitation on deductible contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 802), H922 [9MR]
———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]
———increase State cap on private activity bonds (see H.R. 864), H574 [29FE]
———provide credits for modifications to inter-city buses required under the Americans With Disabilities Act (see H.R. 3836), H3813 [24MY]
———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), H1764 [4AP]
———repeal information reporting requirement imposed on educational institutions and certain other trades and businesses relative to the Hope Scholarship and Lifetime Learning Credits (see H.R. 1389), H1163 [21MR]
———repeal modification of capital gains tax payments relative to small businesses sold on the installment sales method (see H.R. 3594), H342 [10FE]
———require certain political organizations to report information to the FEC (see H.R. 3688), H2906 [10MY]
———require certain political organizations to report information to the IRS (see H.R. 4168), H1762 [4AP]
———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 3872), H2967 [11MY]
———treatment of Government pensions relative to Social Security benefits (see H.R. 372), H3523 [22MY]
———treatment of small businesses (see H.R. 3874), H920 [9MR]
———treatment of tips (see H.R. 1329), H255 [8FE]
Television: exempt licenses in the instructional television fixed service from competitive bidding (see H.R. 879), H1477 [28MR]
Terrorism: improve Federal efforts to prepare for, and respond to, terrorist attacks (see H.R. 4210), H4036 [7JN]
Tiger Woods Foundation: tribute (see H. Res. 654), H11194 [25OC]
Trucking industry: support freeze on longer combination vehicles and current Federal limitations on truck size and weight (see H. Con. Res. 306), H3649 [23MY]
Turkey: claim of sovereignty over islands and islets in the Aegean Sea (see H. Con. Res. 340), H7366 [7SE]
———withdraw armed forces from Cyprus and negotiate for the reunification of Cyprus (see H. Con. Res. 370), H7129 [26JY]
U.N.: promote full equality for Israel (see H.R. 3405), H165 [1FE]
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4115), H1587 [29MR]
Utah: transfer certain oil shale reserves to the Ute Indian Tribe and protect the Colorado River by remediating Atlas uranium milling site near Moab, UT (see H.R. 4165), H1762 [4AP]
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), H9010 [5OC]
———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H1476 [28MR]
Veterans Health Administration: ensure pay parity between dentists and physicians (see H.R. 2660), H3649 [23MY]
———improve personnel system (see H.R. 5109), H7503 [12SE]
Volunteer workers: extend appropriations for programs under the National and Community Service Act and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act (see H.R. 4740), H10036 [17OC]
Women: protection of reproductive rights (see H.R. 2624), H2340 [13AP]
———provide Federal contracting assistance to small business concerns owned and controlled by women (see H.R. 4897), H6599 [19JY]
Woods, Tiger: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4926), H8062 [25SE]
———tribute (see H. Res. 654), H11194 [25OC]
World War II: support Day of Honor 2000 to honor and recognize the service of minority veterans (see H.J. Res. 98), H3173 [16MY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Amateur Sports Illegal Gambling Task Force: establish (see H.R. 4284), H2337 [13AP]
Dept. of Education: establish school dropout prevention programs (see H.R. 5015), H7206 [27JY]
Nevada: implementation of the Las Vegas Wash Wetland Restoration and Lake Mead Water Quality Improvement Project (see H.R. 4692), H4674 [19JN]
Motions
Nuclear energy: storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository (S. 1287), H1197 [22MR]
Remarks
Aaron E. Henry Federal Building and U.S. Post Office, Clarksdale, MS: designate (H.R. 1279), H1428 [28MR]
Budget: improve and strengthen budget process (H.R. 853), consideration (H. Res. 499), H3088 [16MY]
Cyprus: anniversary of Turkish occupation, H6360 [18JY]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), consideration (H. Res. 504), H3326 [18MY]
Dept. of Energy: establish compensation programs for employees sustaining beryllium and radiation-related injury, illness, or death, H3326 [18MY]
Dept. of the Interior: prohibit funding for approval of gaming on Indian lands by any means other than tribal-State compacts, H4579 [15JN]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4578), H4579 [15JN]
Drug abuse: combat methamphetamine production and abuse, E2221
E. Ross Adair Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Fort Wayne, IN: designate (H.R. 2412), H1426 [28MR]
Education: school construction and infrastructure improvements funding, H2782 [10MY]
Hazardous substances: designate Yucca Mountain, NV, as nuclear waste disposal site, H1193 [22MR]
Henderson, NV: tribute to Basic High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, E1222
Medicaid: coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services for certain women screened under federally funded programs (H.R. 1070), H2020 [11AP]
Medicare: make more competitive and efficient and provide for a prescription drug benefit (H.R. 4680), H5367 [28JN]
———make more competitive and efficient and provide for a prescription drug benefit (H.R. 4680), consideration (H. Res. 539), H5311 [28JN]
———reductions in prescription drug prices (H.R. 664), H421 [15FE]
Nevada: implementation of the Las Vegas Wash Wetland Restoration and Lake Mead Water Quality Improvement Projects, H11828
———sale of certain land in the Ivanpah Valley to the Clark County Dept. of Aviation (H.R. 1695), H768 [9MR]
Nuclear energy: storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository (S. 1287), H1140 [21MR], H1193, H1199 [22MR]
———storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository (S. 1287), consideration (H. Res. 444), H1179 [22MR]
———storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository (S. 1287), motion to commit, H1197 [22MR]
Social Security: eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 5), H591 [1MR]
Vietnam Veterans Memorial: place a plaque to honor those veterans who died after their service, but as a direct result of that service (H.R. 3293), H2664 [9MY]
Votes: position on missed, H5721
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), conference report, H11828
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H3047 [15MY]
Special order: granted, H1161 [21MR]
Tributes
Beal, Bradley W., E2123
Cram, Brian, E709
Miller, G. Thomas, E158
Ryan, Jane, E1683