KILPATRICK, CAROLYN C. (a Representative from Michigan)
Amendments
Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 3908), H1569, H1589 [29MR]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 4475, Dept. of Transportation and related agencies appropriations, H7628 [14SE]
———H.R. 4811, foreign operations, export financing, and related programs appropriations, H10450 [19OC]
Julian C. Dixon funeral attendees, H12081 [13DE]
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]
Animals: prohibit importation, sale, or manufacturing of products made with dog or cat fur (see H.R. 1622), H50 [27JA]
Armed Forces: 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]
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: acquisition, construction, and improvement of child care facilities or equipment (see H.R. 3610), H6719 [20JY]
———increase the availability, affordability, and quality of child care and improve support services for families with young children (see H.R. 4206), H1956 [6AP]
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]
Colorado: designate certain lands as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System (see H.R. 829), H757 [8MR]
Community development: increase capital available to communities for economic and community development projects (see H.R. 4822), H7281 [6SE]
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), H6052 [13JY]
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]
Correctional institutions: improve conditions for female inmates (see H.R. 3920), H997 [14MR]
Customs Service: detention and searches of travelers (see H.R. 4001), H4174 [9JN]
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 Defense: return unclaimed military decorations subject to State escheatment to the proper military department for donation to museums and resource centers (see H.R. 5517), H10472 [19OC]
Dept. of Education: make grants to educational organizations for Holocaust educational programs (see H.R. 3105), H7211 [27JY] (see H.R. 4539), H4675 [19JN]
Dept. of HHS: provide State grants for dental health programs for children (see H.R. 4821), H5842 [11JY]
Dept. of HUD: evaluate and reduce lead-based paint hazards at public elementary schools and licensed child day-care facilities (see H.R. 5261), H11195 [25OC]
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), H6051 [13JY]
Dept. of Labor: establish Normal Trade Relations for China Transitional Adjustment Assistance Program (see H.R. 4649), H6599 [19JY]
Digital Bridge Trust Fund: establish (see H.R. 4477), H3308 [17MY]
Diseases: increased support and funding to combat juvenile diabetes (see H. Con. Res. 321), H3474 [19MY]
Drugs: prevent abuse of inhalants (see H.R. 4565), H5241 [27JN]
Education: improve and refocus civic education (see H.R. 3195), H165 [1FE]
———improve character education programs (see H.R. 3681), H2341 [13AP]
———provide funds to assist high-poverty school districts meet their teaching needs (see H.R. 2344), H11621 [30OC]
———provide greater access to high quality distance education programs (see H.R. 3542), H49 [27JA]
———raise awareness, and create educational programs, concerning eating disorders (see H.R. 3928), H1075 [15MR]
———support youth civic literacy (see H. Res. 661), H11490 [28OC]
EEOC: require mediation of certain employee claims (see H.R. 4593), H4592 [15JN]
Employment: provide certain temporary employees with the same benefits as permanent employees (see H.R. 2298), H574 [29FE]
Federal employees: extend civil service retirement options to IRS revenue officers, INS inspectors, and certain other Federal law enforcement officers (see H.R. 1228), H7723 [18SE]
———payment of compensation to the families of those killed in the crash of an Air Force CT-43A aircraft on April 3, 1996, near Dubrovnik, Croatia (see H.R. 3295), H1675 [3AP]
———require any health benefits plan which provides obstetrical benefits to provide coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of infertility (see H.R. 2774), H10809 [24OC]
———treatment of retirement benefits for assistant U.S. attorneys (see H.R. 583), H1477 [28MR]
Federal firefighters: make mandatory separation age match requirement for Federal law enforcement officers (see H.R. 460), H3925 [6JN]
Firearms: enhance the enforcement of gun violence laws (see H.R. 4066), H4036 [7JN]
Firefighters: authorize equal overtime pay for all Federal employees engaged in wildfire suppression operations (see H.R. 2814), H7932 [20SE]
Flags: display of the Confederate flag (see H. Res. 466), H1958 [6AP]
Food: require labels on food that contains, or is produced with, a genetically engineered material (see H.R. 3377), H165 [1FE]
Foreign policy: encourage foreign countries to investigate and prosecute crimes committed in the name of family honor and to provide relief for victims (see H. Con. Res. 362), H7578 [13SE]
Frederick Douglass Gardens, Inc.: establish a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs (see H.R. 5331), H8468 [28SE]
FRS: coverage of Federal Reserve Banks and the Board of Governors by certain labor-management relation regulations (see H.R. 4036), H1764 [4AP]
Gonzalez-Brotons, Elian: reunite with father (see H. Con. Res. 240), H90 [31JA]
Great Lakes: prohibit vessels from discharging ballast water that contains nonindigenous aquatic species and treat such water, and its sediments, using the most effective and efficient methods available (see H.R. 4191), H8200 [26SE]
Harry S Truman Federal Building, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 3639), H575 [29FE]
Health: embryonic stem cell research funding (see H. Res. 414), H6720 [20JY]
———enhance the Nation's capacity to address public health threats and emergencies (see H.R. 4964), H8617 [2OC]
———increase assistance to developing nations with high levels of infectious disease and premature death (see H.R. 3826), H3926 [6JN]
———increase public awareness of the dangers of pediatric cancer (see H. Con. Res. 115), H575 [29FE]
———prohibit health insurance and employment discrimination on the basis of genetic information (see H.R. 2457), H6052 [13JY]
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), H8736 [3OC]
Higgins, Andrew Jackson and family: award Congressional Gold Medals (see H.R. 4384), H4485 [14JN]
Higgins Industries: award Congressional Gold Medal to World War II-era employees (see H.R. 4384), H4485 [14JN]
Immigration: make Religious Worker Visa Program permanent (see H.R. 1871), H7281 [6SE]
———protection of battered immigrant women (see H.R. 3083), H3925 [6JN]
———treatment of H-1B nonimmigrant aliens and fair distribution of employment-based immigrant visas (see H.R. 4200), H2412 [2MY]
Insurance: guarantee comprehensive health care coverage for all children (see H.R. 4390), H11207 [26OC]
Iraq: provide citizens access to U.S. food and medicines (see H.R. 3825), H2239 [12AP]
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), H8617 [2OC]
Law enforcement: create national accreditation standards for law enforcement agencies relative to police misconduct and treatment of minorities (see H.R. 3981), H11955 [4DE]
Law enforcement officers: clarify procedures and conditions for the award of matching grants for the purchase of armor vests (see H.R. 4033), H5241 [27JN]
———extend retroactive eligibility dates for educational assistance to the surviving spouse and dependent children of officers killed in the line of duty (see H.R. 2059), H3523 [22MY]
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), H7366 [7SE]
———remove the cap on payments for Puerto Rico and certain other territories and adjust the statutory matching rate (see H.R. 5126), H8406 [27SE]
Medicare: coverage of glaucoma detection services (see H.R. 2620), H1588 [29MR]
———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see H.R. 1495), H50 [27JA] (see H.R. 4770), H5240 [27JN]
———demonstration project to provide coverage for cancer patients enrolled in certain clinical trials (see H.R. 1388), H2606 [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]
———payments made under the prospective payment system for home health services (see H.R. 4727), H5956 [12JY]
———protect right of beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare+Choice plans to receive services at any skilled nursing facility (see H.R. 3004), H7211 [27JY]
———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H4336 [13JN]
Mental health: issue commemorative postage stamp to raise autism awareness (see H. Res. 458), H4784 [20JN]
———postpartum depression policies (see H. Res. 163), H1629 [30MR]
———recognize the importance of mental health awareness, mental disorders, and early detection of mental illnesses (see H. Con. Res. 243), H5169 [26JN]
Merchant marine industry: protect seamen against economic reprisal (see H.R. 714), H8200 [26SE]
Michigan State University: tribute to men's basketball team (see H. Res. 481), H3474 [19MY]
Middle Passage National Monument: establish (see H.R. 4581), H3924 [6JN]
Mozambique: provide debt relief and reconstruction aid (see H.R. 4091), H3869 [25MY]
———support humanitarian assistance (see H. Res. 431), H756 [8MR]
National Center for Social Work Research: establish (see H.R. 3214), H1120 [16MR]
National Health Service Corps: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 5116), H8406 [27SE]
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Engineering: establish (see H.R. 1795), H209 [2FE]
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]
———authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to women's health and disease prevention (see H.R. 4634), H8617 [2OC]
National Writing Project: improve (see H.R. 1456), H4174 [9JN]
Native Americans: treatment of certain income for tribe members, age 50 or older, relative to determining eligibility for means-tested public assistance benefits (see H.R. 4858), H6051 [13JY]
Navajo Code Talkers: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4527), H8736 [3OC]
Occupational Safety and Health Act: require changes in the bloodborne pathogens standard (see H.R. 5178), H8469 [28SE]
Olympic games: mint commemorative coins to support the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games and U.S. Olympic Committee programs (see H.R. 3679), H2905 [10MY]
Oscar G. Johnson Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility, Iron Mountain, MI: designate (see H.R. 5520), H12045 [7DE]
Pesticides: implement integrated pest management systems to minimize use in schools and provide parents and employees with notices of pesticide use (see H.R. 3275), H8617 [2OC]
Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 3842), H5084 [23JN]
Public welfare programs: repeal certain restrictions on food stamp eligibility and increase Federal support for emergency food assistance programs (see H.R. 3192), H5656 [29JN]
Radioactive substances: set contamination content standards in metals industry, prohibit release of contaminated scrap metal by Dept. of Energy facilities, and document contamination of imported scrap metals (see H.R. 4566), H4784 [20JN] (see H.R. 4566), H4818 [21JN]
Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 4844), H6471 [18JY]
Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act: provide comprehensive technical assistance and implement highly effective prevention programs (see H.R. 3413), H373 [14FE]
Schools: establish a partnership to rebuild and modernize school facilities (see H.R. 2955), H1285 [22MR]
Schulz, Charles M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3642), H341 [10FE]
Senior citizens: ensure the opportunity to serve as mentors, tutors, and volunteers for certain programs (see H.R. 2802), H342 [10FE]
Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of the National Museum of the American Indian (see H.R. 4259), H7503 [12SE]
Social Security: expand Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program to include parents of low-income families (see H.R. 4927), H6776 [24JY]
———make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act (see H.R. 5324), H8406 [27SE]
———promote smoking cessation under Medicare, Medicaid, and the Maternal and Child Health Program (see H.R. 5208), H8201 [26SE]
———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), H6052 [13JY]
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), H7212 [27JY]
Taxation: allow a credit to holders of Better America Bonds (see H.R. 2446), H7365 [7SE]
———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), H574 [29FE]
———allow small business employers a credit for certain expenses for long-term training of employees in highly skilled small business trades, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 1824), H2341 [13AP]
———allow tax credit to holders of qualified bonds issued by an intercity passenger rail carrier (see H.R. 3700), H4592 [15JN]
———avoid duplicate reporting of information on political activities of certain State and local political organizations (see H.R. 5277), H8617 [2OC]
———exclude from estate taxes certain works of artistic property created by the decedent (see H.R. 2107), H574 [29FE]
———expand incentives for the construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 4094), H4174 [9JN]
———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 computer contributions (see H.R. 4061), H1284 [22MR]
Tiger Woods Foundation: tribute (see H. Res. 654), H11194 [25OC]
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), H7933 [20SE]
Ukrainian-American Veterans, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 3463), H5737 [10JY]
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]
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), H2340 [13AP]
Volunteer workers: extend appropriations for programs under the National and Community Service Act and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act (see H.R. 4740), H8799 [4OC]
Voting Rights Act: clarify intent of Congress (see H.R. 4961), H7127 [26JY]
William S. Broomfield Post Office Building, Royal Oak, MI: designate (see H.R. 4884), H6598 [19JY]
Women: increase financial and programmatic contributions to advancing the status of women and girls in low-income countries around the world (see H.R. 5533), H10808 [24OC]
———provide Federal contracting assistance to small business concerns owned and controlled by women (see H.R. 4897), H7212 [27JY]
Woods, Tiger: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4926), H8617 [2OC]
———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), H2238 [12AP]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Airports: encourage recycling programs for newspapers and other recyclable items (see H.R. 4609), H4120 [8JN]
Health: provide technical assistance to school-based health centers to develop and operate computer systems that maintain patient data (see H.R. 5508), H10472 [19OC]
Remarks
Africa: HIV/AIDS prevention programs funding for sub-Saharan Africa, H5895 [12JY], E1275
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 617), H9678 [11OC]
Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 3908), H1482, H1505, H1526, H1569 [29MR]
———making emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 3908), consideration (H. Res. 450), H1490 [29MR]
Children and youth: protect infants who are born alive (H.R. 4292), E1647
Churches and synagogues: prohibit use of community development block grant funds to acquire church property without consent of the church, H1917 [6AP]
Colombia: authorize urgent support to secure peace and the rule of law, and to enhance the effectiveness of anti-drug efforts, H1490 [29MR]
———drug interdiction and counter-drug military assistance funding, H1526 [29MR]
Dept. of Energy: draw down of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, H8421 [28SE]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4578), H4566 [15JN]
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4871), H6661 [20JY]
Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4475), H3425, H3447 [19MY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 4475), conference report, H9023 [6OC]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4690), H4977
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4635), H4617 [19JN]
Diseases: establish an international trust fund to combat the AIDS epidemic (H.R. 3519), H3024
Dixon, Julian C.: tribute (H. Res. 671), H12059 [8DE]
Drugs: allow importation of prescription drugs into the U.S. by pharmacists and wholesalers for resale and by U.S. citizens for personal use, H9678 [11OC]
———discrepancy in prescription drug prices between U.S. and foreign countries, H7914 [20SE]
———substance abuse prevention and treatment programs funding, H1482, H1490, H1526 [29MR]
Drunken driving: national standard to prohibit the operation of motor vehicles by intoxicated individuals, H9023 [6OC]
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4733), conference report, H8421 [28SE]
———making appropriations (H.R. 4733), consideration (H. Res. 532), H5210 [27JN]
Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: coverage of abortion procedures, H6661 [20JY]
Foreign aid: international family planning programs restrictions relative to abortion, E1275
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4811), H5895, H5912 [12JY], E1275
———making appropriations (H.R. 4811), conference report, H10833 [25OC]
Foreign policy: authorize trade and investment policy relative to sub-Saharan Africa (H.R. 434), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 489), H2576 [4MY]
———provide bilateral debt relief to heavily indebted poor countries, H5912 [12JY]
Health: provide technical assistance to school-based health centers to develop and operate computer systems that maintain patient data (H.R. 5508), E1873
Housing: expand homeownership (H.R. 1776), H1917 [6AP]
Indian Health Service: funding, H4566 [15JN]
LSC: funding, H4977
Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, H7914 [20SE]
———make more competitive and efficient and provide for a prescription drug benefit (H.R. 4680), H5377
Michigan State University: tribute to men's basketball team, H1682 [4AP]
Middle East: condemn current level of violence between Israelis and Palestinians (H. Con. Res. 426), E1922
———withhold diplomatic recognition and prohibit U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority if a Palestinian state is declared unilaterally (H.R. 5272), E1922
Mozambique: provide debt relief and reconstruction aid, H1490, H1505, H1569 [29MR]
———support humanitarian assistance (H. Res. 431), H947 [14MR]
National Endowment for the Arts: funding, H4566 [15JN]
National Endowment for the Humanities: funding, H4566 [15JN]
New Orleans, LA: prohibit funding for construction of an additional runway at New Orleans International Airport, H3447 [19MY]
Petroleum: economic impact of increasing oil prices, H5210 [27JN]
———Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve funding, H8421 [28SE]
Pharmaceuticals: reductions in prescription drug prices, H7914 [20SE]
Social Security: eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 5), H601
Strategic Petroleum Reserve: reauthorize, H8421 [28SE]
Taxation: phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), H4141
———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (H.R. 4865), H7165
———repeal the exclusion of certain income of foreign sales corporations (H.R. 4986), H11899 [14NO], E1472
Votes: position on missed, H67
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H87 [31JA], H553 [29FE], H1671 [3AP], H11779 [1NO], H11840 [3NO]
Special order: granted, H11204 [26OC]