HALL, TONY P. (a Representative from Ohio)
Addresses
Make-A-Wish Foundation Anniversary: Ryan Davidson, E980
Amendments
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), H3281 [17MY]
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4811), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 647), H10823 [25OC]
Articles and editorials
Chance To Control Killers, Washington (DC) Post, H11296
Guilt Trip, Martin Rapaport, E784
Ohio Baby Survives Abortion Procedure, Joyce Howard Price, Washington (DC) Times, H8161
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
AAA Ohio Motorists Association: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 388), H7210 [27JY]
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 3660), H632 [1MR]
Animals: provide for a system of sanctuaries for chimpanzees that are no longer needed in research conducted by the Public Health Service (see H.R. 3514), H4174 [9JN]
Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3573), H2411 [2MY]
Armstrong, Lance: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 5258), H9011 [5OC]
Arnold C. D'Amico Station, South Euclid, OH: designate (see H.R. 4853), H6051 [13JY]
Benin: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 361), H5036 [22JN]
Black Patriots Foundation: extend authority to establish a Black Revolutionary War Patriots Memorial (see H.R. 4957), H7366 [7SE]
Capitol Building and Grounds: establish a task force to recommend an appropriate recognition for the slave laborers who worked on the construction of the U.S. Capitol (see H. Con. Res. 368), H6355 [17JY]
Carter, Jimmy and Rosalyn: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4289), H11195 [25OC]
Community development: encourage small business development in certain communities through support of Community Development Venture Capital funds (see H.R. 2812), H2239 [12AP]
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]
Congress: establish a day of peace and sharing at the beginning of each year (see H. Con. Res. 363), H8469 [28SE]
Consumers: protect from predatory mortgage lending practices (see H.R. 4250), H4174 [9JN]
Contracts: ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses (see H.R. 3766), H633 [1MR]
CPSC: promulgate fire safety standards for cigarettes (see H.R. 1130), H165 [1FE]
Credit: require disclosure of all information in a consumer's file (see H.R. 2856), H2905 [10MY]
Cuba: lift travel restrictions (see H.R. 4471), H3172 [16MY]
Dept. of Defense: Navy Theater-Wide Missile Defense system and Theater High-Altitude Area Defense system testing program development (see H.R. 2596), H2606 [4MY]
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), H575 [29FE]
———establish compensation programs for employees sustaining beryllium and radiation-related injury, illness, or death (see H.R. 4398), H2769 [9MY] (see H.R. 5189), H7651 [14SE]
Dept. of Labor: establish Normal Trade Relations for China Transitional Adjustment Assistance Program (see H.R. 4649), H4336 [13JN]
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), H4675 [19JN]
Diseases: assist mother-to-child HIV/AIDS transmission prevention efforts (see H.R. 4665), H6719 [20JY]
———establish an international trust fund to combat the AIDS epidemic (see H.R. 3519), H373 [14FE]
———increase public awareness of multiple sclerosis (see H. Con. Res. 271), H1764 [4AP]
———international tuberculosis control (see H.R. 4057), H1284 [22MR]
———support efforts to increase childhood cancer awareness, treatment, and research (see H. Res. 576), H7502 [12SE]
Drugs: distribution of prescription drugs (see H.R. 4301), H2338 [13AP]
Education: improve character education programs (see H.R. 3681), H2341 [13AP]
Elementary and Secondary Education Act: reauthorize Impact Aid Program (see H.R. 3616), H575 [29FE]
Federal employees: establish program under which current and former employees may obtain long-term care insurance (see H.R. 4040), H1589 [29MR]
———reduce contributions to CSRS and FERS (see H.R. 2631), H4783 [20JN]
Food: purchase of additional commodities for distribution to needy persons (see H.R. 3453), H1163 [21MR]
Food Quality Protection Act: establish certain requirements (see H.R. 1592), H997 [14MR]
Food Security Act: authorize enrollment of land in the Wetlands Reserve Program (see H.R. 2066), H1958 [6AP]
Gambling: prohibit gambling on high school and college sports and the Olympic games (see H.R. 3575), H511 [16FE]
Hamzah, Jafar S.: condemn murder of human rights lawyer in Medan, Indonesia (see H. Res. 580), H7722 [18SE]
Health: application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (see H.R. 1304), H219 [7FE]
———increase assistance to developing nations with high levels of infectious disease and premature death (see H.R. 3826), H641 [2MR]
Helsinki Final Act: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 100), H7003 [25JY]
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]
Human rights: expedite the declassification of certain documents relating to human rights abuses in Guatemala and Honduras and other regions (see H.R. 1625), H165 [1FE]
Indonesia: condemn militia attack on U.N. refugee workers in West Timor and call for an end to militia violence in East and West Timor (see H. Con. Res. 395), H7502 [12SE]
———prohibit military assistance relative to free elections and human rights conditions in East Timor (see H.R. 4357), H3926 [6JN]
———provide assistance for democracy efforts in East Timor (see H.R. 5253), H7990 [21SE]
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), H4337 [13JN]
International economic relations: development and expansion of international economic assistance programs that utilize cooperatives and credit unions (see H.R. 4673), H7003 [25JY]
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), H10257 [18OC]
Korean War: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 86), H165 [1FE]
Larry Small Post Office Building, Beachwood, OH: designate (see H.R. 4315), H2338 [13AP]
Law enforcement officers: clarify procedures and conditions for the award of matching grants for the purchase of armor vests (see H.R. 4033), H3309 [17MY]
Library of Congress: bicentennial (see H. Con. Res. 269), H1078 [15MR]
Medicaid: coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services for certain women screened under federally funded programs (see H.R. 1070), H511 [16FE]
———establish a new prospective payment system for federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics (see H.R. 2341), H632 [1MR]
———provide families and disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 4825), H7723 [18SE]
Medicare: coverage of medically appropriate actinic keratoses treatment and removal (see H. Con. Res. 341), H9011 [5OC]
———designate certain diabetes educators as certified providers for purposes of outpatient diabetes education services (see H.R. 3003), H7502 [12SE]
———protect right of beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare+Choice plans to receive services at any skilled nursing facility (see H.R. 3004), H1285 [22MR]
———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H7211 [27JY]
Mental health: recognize the importance of mental health awareness, mental disorders, and early detection of mental illnesses (see H. Con. Res. 243), H5169 [26JN]
National Association of Letter Carriers: tribute to food drive efforts (see H. Res. 452), H1629 [30MR]
National School Lunch Act: ensure an adequate level of commodity purchases under the school lunch program (see H.R. 3614), H632 [1MR]
NIH: establish Office of Autoimmune Diseases (see H.R. 2573), H2411 [2MY]
North American Slavery Memorial Council: establish (see H.R. 2288), H4674 [19JN]
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), H5737 [10JY]
Nutrition: establish a national folic acid education program to prevent birth defects (see H.R. 2538), H209 [2FE]
Ohio: constitutionality of State motto (see H. Res. 494), H2606 [4MY]
Olympic games: mint commemorative coins to support the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games and U.S. Olympic Committee programs (see H.R. 3679), H509 [16FE]
Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 3842), H3173 [16MY]
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), H2512 [3MY]
Schulz, Charles M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3642), H341 [10FE]
Sierra Leone: support Government in its peace-building efforts (see H.R. 3879), H920 [9MR]
Social Security: make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act (see H.R. 5612), H11781 [1NO]
———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), H7933 [20SE]
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), H7366 [7SE]
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), H3049 [15MY]
———allow deduction for charitable contributions to individuals who do not itemize other deductions (see H.R. 1310), H342 [10FE]
———avoid duplicate reporting of information on political activities of certain State and local political organizations (see H.R. 5277), H8617 [2OC]
———clarify exemption from the self-employment tax for termination payments received by former life insurance salesmen (see H.R. 1593), H2239 [12AP]
———establish individual development accounts to allow those with limited means to accumulate assets, access education, own homes and businesses, and achieve economic self-sufficiency (see H.R. 4106), H1476 [28MR]
———expand incentives for the construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 4094), H2122 [11AP]
———modify the low-income housing credit (see H.R. 175), H1077 [15MR]
———provide relief for payment of asbestos-related claims (see H.R. 4543), H7933 [20SE]
———require certain political organizations to report information to the FEC (see H.R. 3688), H3869 [25MY]
———require certain political organizations to report information to the IRS (see H.R. 4168), H1762 [4AP]
———treatment of adoption expenses (see H.R. 531), H5737 [10JY]
———treatment of certain farmland sold with a principal residence (see H.R. 4421), H3413 [18MY]
———treatment of computers provided to employees for personal use (see H.R. 4274), H9767 [11OC]
———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 3872), H1406 [23MR]
Veterans: establish a comprehensive program for the testing and treatment of the Hepatitis C virus (see H.R. 5132), H9900 [12OC]
———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), H11621 [30OC]
———presumption of service connection for hepatitis C in certain veterans (see H.R. 1020), H3925 [6JN]
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), H455 [15FE]
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]
Women: reauthorize Federal programs to prevent violence against women (see H.R. 1248), H7211 [27JY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
African Americans: acknowledge the fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality, and inhumanity of slavery in U.S. history (see H. Con. Res. 356), H4674 [19JN]
Air Force: establish an Office of Air Force Research and enhance research functions (see H.R. 5490), H10256 [18OC]
Bill Emerson Memorial Fellowship Program: establish (see H.R. 4648), H4336 [13JN]
Customs Service: prohibit import of diamonds from certain conflict regions in Africa (see H.R. 5147), H7501 [12SE]
Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park: clarify boundaries and authorize appropriations (see H.R. 5036), H7207 [27JY]
Dept. of the Air Force: offer voluntary separation incentives and early retirement to civilian employees and implement experimental hiring practices to maintain a skilled and adaptive workforce (see H.R. 4382), H2605 [4MY]
Foreign aid: support programs and activities that provide food to the needy and school-age children in developing countries (see H. Res. 649), H10808 [24OC]
Foreign trade: prohibit importation of diamonds unless the countries exporting the diamonds have in place certain controls to verify the source of the diamonds (see H.R. 5564), H11206 [26OC]
Mickey Leland Memorial Fellowship Program: establish (see H.R. 4648), H4336 [13JN]
Sierra Leone: support Government in its peace-building efforts (see H. Con. Res. 323), H2966 [11MY]
U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees: anniversary (see H. Res. 577), H7651 [14SE]
Descriptions
Air Force Work Force Renewal Act (H.R. 4382), E649
Excerpts
Diamond exports from certain conflict regions in Africa: several publications, E1676
Explanations
Previous Question Vote—What It Means, H10823 [25OC]
Remarks
African Americans: acknowledge the fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality, and inhumanity of slavery in U.S. history (H. Con. Res. 356), H4596 [19JN], E1223
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), conference report, H9706
Air Force: establish an Office of Air Force Research and enhance research functions (H.R. 5490), E1828
Appalachian region: problem of hunger, E944
Budget: establish 2-year cycle, H3086 [16MY]
———improve and strengthen budget process (H.R. 853), consideration (H. Res. 499), H3086 [16MY]
Chesapeake Bay: restoration (H.R. 3039), consideration (H. Res. 470), H2148 [12AP]
Children and youth: protect infants who are born alive (H.R. 4292), H8161
China, People's Republic of: permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), consideration (H. Res. 510), H3654 [24MY]
Civil rights: reenactment of Selma-to-Montgomery voting rights march, H1154 [21MR]
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 (S. 2311), consideration (H. Res. 611), H8817 [5OC]
Computers: encourage expansion of electronic commerce (S. 761), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 523), H4347, H4350 [14JN]
Conteh, Abdul: New York Life Humanitarian of the Year Award recipient, E1833
Customs Service: prohibit import of diamonds from certain conflict regions in Africa, H6619, H6657
———prohibit import of diamonds from certain conflict regions in Africa (H.R. 5147), E1450
Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park: clarify boundaries and authorize appropriations (H.R. 5036), H8144 [26SE]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), H3287
———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 4425), consideration (H. Res. 502), H3068, H3069 [16MY]
Dept. of HHS: Meals on Wheels Program funding, H4306
Dept. of State: certification of U.N. budget, H5115
Dept. of the Air Force: offer voluntary separation incentives and early retirement to civilian employees and implement experimental hiring practices to maintain a skilled and adaptive workforce, H3287
———offer voluntary separation incentives and early retirement to civilian employees and implement experimental hiring practices to maintain a skilled and adaptive workforce (H.R. 4382), E647
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4871), H6657
———making appropriations (H.R. 4871), consideration (H. Res. 560), H6619 [20JY]
Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4475), consideration (H. Res. 505), H3417 [19MY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 4475), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 612), H9015 [6OC]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations, H11235, H11295
———making appropriations (H.R. 4690), H5115
———making appropriations (H.R. 4690), consideration (H. Res. 529), H4959 [22JN]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), H4306
Diseases: support efforts to increase childhood cancer awareness, treatment, and research (H. Res. 576), H8271
District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 4942), conference report, H11295
———making appropriations (H.R. 4942), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 653), H11235 [26OC]
Drugs: allow importation of prescription drugs into the U.S. by pharmacists and wholesalers for resale and by U.S. citizens for personal use, H9706
FCC: clarify service obligations of noncommercial educational broadcast stations (H.R. 4201), consideration (H. Res. 527), H4683 [20JN]
Foreign aid: improve certain defense and security assistance programs and authorize the transfer of naval vessels to certain foreign countries (H.R. 4919), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 584), H7940, H7941 [21SE]
Foreign countries: exempt agricultural products, medicines, and medical products from U.S. economic sanctions, H9706
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4811), consideration (H. Res. 546), H5883, H5887, H5888 [12JY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 4811), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 647), H10818, H10823 [25OC]
Harney County, OR: designate wilderness areas and a cooperative management and protection area in the vicinity of Steens Mountain (H.R. 4828), H8755 [4OC]
Health: application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (H.R. 1304), consideration (H. Res. 542), H5618 [29JN]
House Rules: allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and consider certain legislation (H. Res. 651), H11242 [26OC]
Hunger: eradication in the U.S., H4345 [14JN]
International Finance Corp.: tribute to staff of Legal Dept., E1193
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of: prohibit the assumption of liability by the U.S. Government for nuclear accidents that may occur at U.S. provided nuclear reactors, H3359 [18MY]
———require congressional approval of any nuclear cooperation agreement with the U.S. (H.R. 4251), H2991
Korean Peninsula: summit between North and South Korea, E1029
Make-A-Wish Foundation: anniversary, E980
Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, H3934 [7JN]
Nevada: sale of certain land in the Ivanpah Valley to the Clark County Dept. of Aviation (H.R. 1695), consideration (H. Res. 433), H763 [9MR]
Nuclear energy: storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository (S. 1287), consideration (H. Res. 444), H1178, H1181 [22MR]
Ohio: constitutionality of State motto (H. Res. 494), H5182 [27JN]
Public welfare programs: repeal certain restrictions on food stamp eligibility and increase Federal support for emergency food assistance programs, H9706
San Rafael Western Legacy District: establish (H.R. 3605), consideration (H. Res. 516), H3936 [7JN]
Sierra Leone: condemn crimes and human rights abuses and ensure those responsible for such acts are held accountable, H8745 [4OC]
———human rights violations, E633
———support Government in its peace-building efforts (H. Con. Res. 323), E784
———support Government in its peace-building efforts (H.R. 3879), E633
Small business: protect from litigation excesses and limit product liability of non-manufacturer product sellers (H.R. 2366), consideration (H. Res. 423), H462 [16FE]
———reauthorize assistance programs (H.R. 3843), consideration (H. Res. 439), H1031 [15MR]
———strengthen existing protections for small business participation in the Federal procurement contracting process (H.R. 4945), consideration (H. Res. 582), H7877 [20SE]
Taxation: extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (H.R. 3709), consideration (H. Res. 496), H2784 [10MY]
U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees: anniversary (H. Res. 577), H9593
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: eliminate administrative waste, fraud, and abuse in fish and wildlife restoration projects funded by excise taxes on hunting and fishing equipment (H.R. 3671), consideration (H. Res. 455), H1802, H1806 [5AP]
Water: authorize EPA grants to States to maximize the available water supply and develop alternative water sources (H.R. 1106), consideration (H. Res. 485), H2558 [4MY]
Reports
Visit to Western Africa—Sierra Leone After a Decade of Civil War: by, H2430
Testimonies
Human Rights Violations in Sierra Leone: Muctar Jalloh, E1720
Texts of
H. Con. Res. 356, acknowledge the fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality, and inhumanity of slavery in U.S. history, E1224
H. Con. Res. 436, corrections in enrollment of H.R. 4811, foreign operations, export financing, and related programs appropriations, H10823 [25OC]
H.R. 4382, Air Force Work Force Renewal Act, E648
H.R. 5490, Air Force Science and Technology for the 21st Century Act, E1830
Tributes
Alexander, Maxine I., E782
Davidson, Ryan, E980
Hansan, John E., E438
Howell, Barbara, E519