LaHOOD, RAY (a Representative from Illinois)

Amendments

Health: revise and extend organ procurement and transplantation programs (H.R. 2418), H1702 [4AP]

Appointments

Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, H5653 [29JN]

Conferee: H.R. 4392, intelligence services appropriations, H8766 [4OC]

Herbert H. Bateman funeral attendees, H7631 [14SE]

Julian C. Dixon funeral attendees, H12081 [13DE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: increase maximum amount of marketing loan gains and loan deficiency payments that an agricultural producer may receive during the crop year (see H.R. 4894, 4895), H6778 [24JY]

———provide tax and regulatory relief for farmers and improve competitiveness of U.S. commodities and products in global markets (see H.R. 4885), H6598 [19JY]

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

Armed Forces: declare the American GI as the ``Person of the Century'' for the 20th century (see H. Con. Res. 282), H2013 [10AP]

———improve Montgomery GI Bill benefits by improving and expanding educational assistance programs (see H.R. 4268), H2336 [13AP]

———maintain programs and procedures for accounting of military personnel unaccounted for from previous and future conflicts (see H. Con. Res. 311), H4337 [13JN]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3573), H998 [14MR]

Aviation: prohibit employment of certain individuals in positions affecting air transportation security (see H.R. 4529), H3812 [24MY]

Birds: prohibit interstate movement of live birds, for the purpose of fighting, to States in which animal fighting is lawful (see H.R. 1275), H5656 [29JN]

Capital punishment: reduce the risk that innocent persons may be executed (see H.R. 4167), H1762 [4AP]

Cesar Chavez Post Office, Chicago, IL: designate (see H.R. 4830), H7212 [27JY]

China, Republic of: congratulations on elections and reaffirmation of U.S. commitment to security and democracy (see H. Con. Res. 292), H1477 [28MR]

Citizenship: restrict citizenship of individuals based solely on birth in the U.S. (see H.R. 73), H3474 [19MY]

Clark, Wesley K.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2459), H997 [14MR]

Clean Air Act: prohibit the use of certain fuel additives including methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) in reformulated gasoline (see H.R. 1367), H757 [8MR]

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), H6600 [19JY]

Copyrights: reform laws relative to personal interactive performances of recorded musical works (see H.R. 5275), H8061 [25SE]

Courts: legal definition of human life relative to presence of brain wave activity and spontaneous cardiac activity (see H. Con. Res. 305), H3649 [23MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: agricultural trade programs funding (see H.R. 3593), H2122 [11AP]

Dept. of Education: make grants to educational organizations for Holocaust educational programs (see H.R. 4539), H5169 [26JN]

Dept. of Energy: establish compensation programs for employees sustaining beryllium and radiation-related injury, illness, or death (see H.R. 4398), H7503 [12SE]

———extend public comment period on proposed rules on clothes washers, air conditioners, and heat pumps (see H.R. 5613), H11781 [1NO]

Dept. of Labor: establish voluntary protection programs (see H.R. 1459), H511 [16FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: furnish headstones or markers for the marked graves of certain individuals (see H.R. 1387), H1477 [28MR]

———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), H6600 [19JY]

———reaffirm and clarify duty of the Secretary to administer laws which assist claimants for benefits (see H.R. 4864), H6600 [19JY]

Diseases: establishment and operation of asthma treatment services for children (see H.R. 2840), H2340 [13AP]

———extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 4069), H3413 [18MY]

———increased support and funding to combat juvenile diabetes (see H. Con. Res. 321), H3474 [19MY]

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

———qualify public defenders for student loan forgiveness under the Federal Perkins Loan Program (see H.R. 4290), H2337 [13AP]

———tribute to Catholic schools (see H. Res. 409), H90 [31JA]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: extend programs and activities (see H.R. 4508), H3474 [19MY]

Energy Policy and Conservation Act: eliminate certain plumbing supply regulations (see H.R. 623), H255 [8FE]

Fair Credit Reporting Act: exempt certain investigative reports from the definition of consumer reports (see H.R. 3408), H7652 [14SE]

Fair Labor Standards Act: prohibit issuance of a certificate for subminimum wages for individuals with impaired vision (see H.R. 3540), H373 [14FE]

FCC: prohibit from establishing rules authorizing the operation of new, low power FM radio stations (see H.R. 3439), H50 [27JA]

FDA: clarify certain responsibilities relative to importation of drugs into the U.S. (see H.R. 3240), H511 [16FE]

———restrict authority to issue clinical holds on investigational drugs or to deny patients expanded access to such drugs (see H.R. 3677), H509 [16FE]

Federal Deposit Insurance Act: require periodic cost-of-living adjustments to the maximum amount of deposit insurance available (see H.R. 4467), H6599 [19JY]

Federal employees: 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), H90 [31JA]

———treatment of retirement benefits for assistant U.S. attorneys (see H.R. 583), H454 [15FE]

FEMA: make grants to fire departments to improve public safety against fire and fire-related hazards (see H.R. 1168), H1406 [23MR]

Food Quality Protection Act: establish certain requirements (see H.R. 1592), H757 [8MR]

Friedman, Milton: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4672), H4590 [15JN]

GAO: require report to Congress on agency regulatory actions (see H.R. 3669), H2770 [9MY]

Gonzalez-Brotons, Elian: reunite with father (see H. Con. Res. 240), H48 [27JA]

Harry S Truman Federal Building, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 3639), H575 [29FE]

Hazardous substances: increase funding for poison control centers and establish toll-free telephone number to improve access (see H.R. 1221), H922 [9MR]

Health: allow access to drugs and medical devices recommended and provided by health care practitioners that are not approved by the FDA (see H.R. 2635), H1119 [16MR]

———minority health programs (see H.R. 3250), H1120 [16MR]

———promote awareness, research, and treatment of latex allergies (see H. Con. Res. 387), H7210 [27JY]

———recognize success of lay person CPR training in increasing the rate of survival of cardiac arrest and support efforts to enhance public awareness of the need for such training (see H. Con. Res. 139), H50 [27JA]

Henry W. McGee Post Office Building, Chicago, IL: designate (see H.R. 3909), H1589 [29MR]

House Rules: amend to allow for the introduction of legislation redesignating Washington's Birthday in honor of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and Franklin D. Roosevelt (see H. Res. 427), H574 [29FE]

Human rights: condemn use of children as soldiers (see H. Con. Res. 209), H758 [8MR] (see H. Con. Res. 348), H4035 [7JN]

Immigration: establish a system of registries for temporary agricultural workers and streamline the procedures for the admission, and extension of stay, for nonimmigrant agricultural workers (see H.R. 4548), H4337 [13JN]

Iran: emancipation of the Bahai community (see H. Con. Res. 257), H3869 [25MY]

J.T. Weeker Service Center, Chicago, IL: designate (see H.R. 5016), H7206 [27JY]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 3633), H2411 [2MY]

Korean War: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 86), H165 [1FE]

Law enforcement officers: clarify procedures and conditions for the award of matching grants for the purchase of armor vests (see H.R. 4033), H1407 [23MR]

Lumber industry: promote open and competitive trade of softwood lumber between the U.S. and Canada (see H. Con. Res. 252), H1959 [6AP]

Marshall Islands: name the Army missile range at Kwajalein Atoll for former President Ronald Reagan (see H.R. 3554), H455 [15FE]

Medicaid: provide families and disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 4825), H12022 [6DE]

———waive disproportionate share hospital designation for certain rural hospitals relative to obstetrician requirements (see H.R. 4793), H7129 [26JY]

Medicare: graduate medical education payments (see H.R. 4239), H7723 [18SE]

———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H1285 [22MR]

Mental health: issue commemorative postage stamp to raise autism awareness (see H. Res. 458), H7723 [18SE]

Montgomery, G.V. (Sonny): name an honorary room in the House of Representatives wing of the Capitol (see H. Res. 491), H2606 [4MY]

Motor vehicles: improve safety of car seats for children (see H.R. 4145), H1628 [30MR]

National Guard: extend to military technicians certain provisions concerning separation and retirement benefits of Army Reserve and Air Force Reserve military technicians (see H.R. 4361), H3926 [6JN]

———provide more equitable civil service retirement and retention provisions for technicians (see H.R. 5342), H8468 [28SE]

National Health Center Week: designate (see H. Con. Res. 381), H7212 [27JY]

National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Engineering: establish (see H.R. 1795), H3925 [6JN]

National Law Enforcement Museum: establish (see H.R. 2710), H7871 [19SE]

National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific: add certain identifying information to markers on graves containing the remains of certain unknowns who died in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor (see H.R. 3806), H6470 [18JY]

National Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD) Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 420), H3814 [24MY]

National Trails System Act: require compensation of property owners when certain railbanked trails are developed for public use (see H.R. 4086), H2239 [12AP]

O'Connor, John Cardinal: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3557), H89 [31JA]

OSHA: issue regulations to eliminate or minimize the significant risk of needlestick injury to health care workers (see H.R. 1899), H997 [14MR]

Petroleum: establish a Midwest Clean Air Gasoline Reserve (see H.R. 4784), H5654 [29JN]

———prohibit the use of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) in reformulated gasoline, accelerate cleanup of leaking underground storage tanks, and assist communities with drinking water contamination (see H.R. 3798), H1120 [16MR]

———prohibit use of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE), provide flexibility within the EPA's oxygenate requirements, and promote the use of renewable ethanol (see H.R. 4011), H1118 [16MR]

———promote the use of reformulated gasoline, allow State and local regulation of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE), and revise reformulated gasoline environmental regulations (see H. Con. Res. 256), H758 [8MR]

Pope John Paul II: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3544), H998 [14MR]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 3842), H3309 [17MY]

———issue a semipostal in order to afford the public a convenient way to contribute to funding for the establishment of the World War II Memorial (see H.R. 4492), H3926 [6JN]

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), H1119 [16MR]

Public Health Service Act: provide certain children's health services (see H.R. 3301), H455 [15FE]

Racial relations: recognize the significant contribution the Birmingham Pledge has made in fostering racial harmony and reconciliation (see H.J. Res. 102), H4592 [15JN]

Railroads: delay effective date for the implementation of regulations requiring audible warnings at highway-rail grade crossings (see H.R. 5059), H7208 [27JY]

———modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 4844), H6471 [18JY]

Reagan, Ronald and Nancy: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3591), H253 [8FE]

Roberto Clemente Post Office, Chicago, IL: designate (see H.R. 4831), H7212 [27JY]

Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument: establish (see H.R. 3676), H5656 [29JN]

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

Smith, Andrew J.: award Medal of Honor (see H.R. 2858), H2607 [4MY]

Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of the National Museum of the American Indian (see H.R. 4259), H7503 [12SE]

Social Security: computation system for benefits relative to spouses' and surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 1217), H454 [15FE]

———eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 5), H510 [16FE]

———level of benefit payment in the month of the beneficiary's death (see H.R. 163), H341 [10FE]

States: permit funding of prescription drugs for minors relative to parental consent (see H.R. 3302), H7211 [27JY]

Taxation: allow an additional individual retirement account deduction based on unused amounts of deduction limitation in prior years (see H.R. 3620), H340 [10FE]

———allow credit for elementary and secondary school teachers who provide classroom materials (see H.R. 4025), H8469 [28SE]

———constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (see H.J. Res. 94), H1957 [6AP]

———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), H1589 [29MR]

———exclude from self-employment earnings certain payments under the Conservation Reserve Program (see H.R. 4064), H2341 [13AP]

———increase annual limitation on nondeductible contributions and adjust for inflation the amount of deductible contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1322), H2606 [4MY]

———increase unified estate and gift tax credit and provide for inflation adjustment (see H.R. 4112), H1587 [29MR]

———provide credits for modifications to inter-city buses required under the Americans With Disabilities Act (see H.R. 3836), H3926 [6JN]

———repeal modification of capital gains tax payments relative to small businesses sold on the installment sales method (see H.R. 3594), H511 [16FE]

———treatment of certain farm rental income and all payments under the environmental conservation acreage reserve program (see H.R. 4260), H2238 [12AP]

———treatment of computers provided to employees for personal use (see H.R. 4274), H2967 [11MY]

———treatment of self-employment tax relative to certain farm rental income (see H.R. 1044), H997 [14MR]

Television: ensure local service to small, rural markets by satellite providers (see H.R. 3615), H339 [10FE]

U.S. Submarine Force: anniversary (see H. Res. 397), H455 [15FE]

Veterans: increase minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for surviving spouses age 62 and older (see H.R. 2000), H2340 [13AP]

———require certain employment centers use measurable performance outcomes to improve employment and training services provided to veterans and disabled veterans (see H.R. 4765), H6719 [20JY]

Veterans Health Administration: improve personnel system (see H.R. 5109), H7578 [13SE]

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]

Water: prohibit use and provide for remediation of water contaminated by methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) (see H.R. 4303), H2338 [13AP]

Women: reauthorize Federal programs to prevent violence against women (see H.R. 1248), H7281 [6SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Agriculture: require licensing and inspection of warehouses and authorize the issuance of electronic warehouse receipts for all commodities to increase efficiency (see H.R. 5169), H7577 [13SE]

Health: revise and extend organ procurement and transplantation programs (see H.R. 3885), H920 [9MR]

Tariff: carbamic acid (V-9069) (see H.R. 3988), H1077 [15MR]

———DPX-E6758 (see H.R. 3992), H1077 [15MR]

———DPX-E9260 (see H.R. 3991), H1077 [15MR]

———nicosulfuron formulated product (Accent) (see H.R. 3989), H1077 [15MR]

———rimsulfuron (see H.R. 3990), H1077 [15MR]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H577 [1MR], H759 [9MR], H7999 [25SE]

Letters

Organ procurement and transplantation programs revision and extension: William D. Payne, United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), H1688 [4AP]

Motions

House of Representatives: adjournment, H5626 [29JN]

Remarks

Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission: establish (H.R. 1451), H228 [8FE]

Agriculture: strengthen safety net for agricultural producers and improve efficiency and integrity of the Federal crop insurance program (H.R. 2559), conference report, H3828 [25MY]

China, People's Republic of: permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), H3741 [24MY]

Civil rights: reenactment of Selma-to-Montgomery voting rights march, H1151 [21MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish an electronic filing and retrieval system to improve public access to certain information (S. 777), H1974, H1975 [10AP], H3892 [6JN]

Dept. of HHS: review of Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network rules and policies, H1702, H1709 [4AP]

Health: revise and extend organ procurement and transplantation programs (H.R. 2418), H1688, H1689, H1702, H1709 [4AP]

———revise and extend organ procurement and transplantation programs (H.R. 2418), consideration (H. Res. 454), H1684 [4AP]

House of Representatives: tribute to staff, H11203 [26OC]

Illinois River: conservation and development funding, H11824 [3NO]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4392), H9858 [12OC]

Lincoln, Abraham: authorize funds for the establishment of an interpretive center on his life and contributions (H.R. 3084), H4600 [19JN]

Peoria, IL: tribute to Girl Scout Gold Award recipients, E608 [2MY]

U.S. Grain Standards Act: extend authority to collect fees, authorize appropriations, and improve administration (H.R. 4788), H9606 [10OC]

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, H11824 [3NO]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H10806 [24OC], H12078 [11DE]

Statements

Organ Procurement and Transplantation Programs Revision and Extension: Executive Office of the President, H1688 [4AP]

Tributes

Dixon, Julian C., H12072 [11DE]

Levi, Edward, E288 [13MR]

Porter, Representative, H10243 [18OC]