LIPINSKI, WILLIAM O. (a Representative from Illinois)
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund: allocate accruing interest to cover health care costs for certain miners (see H.R. 4144), H8200 [26SE]
Air pollution: reduce emissions from electric powerplants (see H.R. 2900), H8062 [25SE]
American Folklife Center: collect video and audio recordings of personal histories and testimonials of U.S. war veterans (see H.R. 5212), H8736 [3OC]
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), H2340 [13AP]
Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 2966), H48 [27JA] (see H.R. 3573), H998 [14MR]
Aviation: prohibit employment of certain individuals in positions affecting air transportation security (see H.R. 4529), H3812 [24MY]
Baltic States: recognize anniversary of U.S. nonrecognition policy of the Soviet takeover of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania and support democratic and economic reforms (see H. Con. Res. 367), H5843 [11JY]
Boy Scouts: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 384), H7503 [12SE]
Capital punishment: prohibit the execution of pregnant women (see H.R. 4888), H6778 [24JY]
Carter, Jimmy and Rosalyn: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4289), H2607 [4MY]
CERCLA: exempt small businesses from certain liability (see H.R. 5175), H7651 [14SE]
Cesar Chavez Post Office, Chicago, IL: designate (see H.R. 4830), H7212 [27JY]
China, People's Republic of: release of Rebiya Kadeer, Ablikim Abdyirim, and Kahriman Abdukirim (see H. Con. Res. 249), H511 [16FE]
Civil liberties: protect day laborers from unfair labor practices (see H.R. 5182), H7651 [14SE]
Community development: enhance availability of capital and credit for citizens and communities and ensure that community reinvestment keeps pace as financial service providers become affiliated (see H.R. 4893), H6599 [19JY]
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), H6719 [20JY]
Contracts: ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses (see H.R. 3766), H2607 [4MY]
———require wages paid under Federal contracts to be above local poverty line (see H.R. 4353), H2410 [2MY]
Courts: legal definition of human life relative to presence of brain wave activity and spontaneous cardiac activity (see H. Con. Res. 305), H3474 [19MY]
CPSC: improve handling of defective products (see H.R. 3208), H2340 [13AP]
———promulgate fire safety standards for cigarettes (see H.R. 1130), H2770 [9MY]
Crime: convene a summit of national leaders to develop an action plan to deter acts of violence, especially domestic violence and sexual assault (see H. Con. Res. 353), H4484 [14JN]
———life imprisonment for repeat offenders who commit sex offenses against children (see H.R. 4047), H1589 [29MR]
Croatia: elections (see H. Con. Res. 251), H1852 [5AP]
Customs Service: prohibit import of diamonds from certain conflict regions in Africa (see H.R. 5147), 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: equitable retirement for military reserve technicians covered under FERS or CSRS (see H.R. 1079), H3309 [17MY]
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), H373 [14FE]
Dept. of Justice: provide grants to organizations to find missing adults (see H.R. 2780), H574 [29FE]
Dept. of Labor: establish Normal Trade Relations for China Transitional Adjustment Assistance Program (see H.R. 4649), H6599 [19JY]
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), H1852 [5AP]
Dept. of Transportation: delay implementation of NAFTA provisions that allow access for Mexican trucks to U.S. roads (see H. Res. 602), H8468 [28SE]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: assist claimants for benefits in developing claims and clarify the burden of proof for such claims (see H.R. 3193), H511 [16FE]
———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 veterans reasonable access to burial in national cemeteries (see H. Res. 208), H1078 [15MR]
Diseases: extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 4069), H1404 [23MR]
Domestic Volunteer Service Act: establish National Youth Technology Corps Program (see H.R. 2934), H1674 [3AP]
Education: require parental notification and consent before enrollment of a child in a bilingual education or special alternative instructional language program (see H.R. 1933), H165 [1FE]
Egypt: limit assistance under the Foreign Military Financing Program (see H.R. 4233), H2412 [2MY]
EPA: reauthorize the Great Lakes Program (see H.R. 3670), H1589 [29MR]
Families and domestic relations: issue special postage stamps to fund domestic violence programs (see H.R. 4659), H5956 [12JY]
———limit the effects of domestic violence on the lives of children (see H.R. 3315), H2512 [3MY]
FCC: prohibit from establishing rules authorizing the operation of new, low power FM radio stations (see H.R. 3439), H1285 [22MR]
FDA: facilitate the importation into the U.S. of certain approved drugs (see H.R. 1885), H2012 [10AP]
———grant authority to regulate tobacco (see H.R. 4042), H3649 [23MY] (see H.R. 4207), H3173 [16MY]
Federal employees: establish program under which current and former employees may obtain long-term care insurance (see H.R. 4040), H2341 [13AP]
FEMA: make grants to fire departments to improve public safety against fire and fire-related hazards (see H.R. 1168), H50 [27JA]
Firearms: application of Federal laws to antique firearms (see H.R. 4137), H1628 [30MR]
———enhance the enforcement of gun violence laws (see H.R. 4066), H6052 [13JY]
———improve safety of handguns (see H.R. 1512), H2340 [13AP]
———prevent theft from commercial carriers (see H.R. 3563), H757 [8MR]
———provide grants for the purchase of firearms to States and units of local government that enforce certain rules designed to protect the public from the misuse of handguns (see H.R. 5472), H9900 [12OC]
Firefighters: authorize equal overtime pay for all Federal employees engaged in wildfire suppression operations (see H.R. 2814), H3649 [23MY]
Foreign policy: reduce, suspend, or terminate certain assistance to countries engaged in oil price fixing to the detriment of the U.S. economy (see H.R. 3822), H1078 [15MR]
Foreign trade: eliminate disincentives to fair trade conditions (see H.R. 842), H8200 [26SE]
Gambling: prohibit gambling on high school and college sports and the Olympic games (see H.R. 3575), H1120 [16MR]
Government: prohibit the acquisition of products produced by forced labor (see H. Con. Res. 308), H5956 [12JY]
Health: expand health care access and choice of coverage through Individual Membership Associations (see H.R. 4119), H1587 [29MR]
———revise and extend organ procurement and transplantation programs (see H.R. 3885), H1406 [23MR]
Health care professionals: provide for the availability to the public of information reported to the National Practitioner Data Bank (see H.R. 5122), H7997 [22SE]
Henry W. McGee Post Office Building, Chicago, IL: designate (see H.R. 3909), H1589 [29MR]
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]
Housing: expand protections for especially vulnerable consumers against abusive mortgage lending practices and streamline the framework regulating mortgage originations (see H.R. 4213), H2341 [13AP]
Illinois and Michigan Canal Heritage Corridor Commission: increase authorization (see H.R. 3926), H1075 [15MR]
Immigration: require paid immigration consultants to be licensed and otherwise provide services in a satisfactory manner (see H.R. 5035), H7652 [14SE]
``In God We Trust'': support national motto (see H. Res. 551), H6052 [13JY]
Information services: deregulate Internet and high speed data services (see H.R. 2420), H1077 [15MR]
Insurance: coverage of colorectal cancer screening (see H.R. 1816), H255 [8FE]
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]
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: combat club drug trafficking, distribution, and abuse (see H.R. 4553), H4122 [8JN]
———community policing programs (see H.R. 3144), H3649 [23MY]
———establish national prerelease warrant check system (see H.R. 4954), H7212 [27JY]
———improve the quality and credibility of forensic science services for criminal justice purposes (see H.R. 2340), H1764 [4AP]
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]
———exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H1674 [3AP]
Liberty Day: observance (see H. Con. Res. 376), H7723 [18SE]
Medicaid: assure preservation of safety net hospitals through maintenance of Disproportionate Share Hospital Program (see H.R. 3710), H7652 [14SE]
———provide public access to quality medical imaging procedures and radiation therapy procedures (see H.R. 5274), H8061 [25SE]
Medicare: revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H3523 [22MY]
Merchant marine industry: tribute to service and sacrifice during periods of war (see H. Con. Res. 327), H4036 [7JN]
Mexico: political repression of foreign observers (see H. Con. Res. 350), H4120 [8JN]
Motor vehicles: impose a mandatory fuel surcharge for transportation provided by certain motor carriers (see H.R. 4441), H4337 [13JN]
National Association of Letter Carriers: tribute to food drive efforts (see H. Res. 452), H2123 [11AP]
National Law Enforcement Museum: establish (see H.R. 2710), H5955 [12JY]
Natural resources: establish a fund to meet the outdoor conservation and recreation needs of the American people (see H.R. 701), H574 [29FE]
New York: reintroduce the Eastern Timber Wolf to the Catskill Mountains and authorize the Dept. of the Interior to acquire lands through the BLM to facilitate the reintroduction (see H.R. 4496), H3412 [18MY]
Ohio: constitutionality of State motto (see H. Res. 494), H2967 [11MY]
Pensions: exclude the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund from the Federal budget (see H.R. 82), H3049 [15MY]
Petroleum: mandatory licensing of patents on reformulated gasoline and other fuels (see H.R. 4739), H7723 [18SE]
———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), H2240 [12AP]
Poland: anniversary of workers' strikes that led to the creation of the independent trade union Solidarnosc (see H. Con. Res. 416), H8735 [3OC]
Pope John Paul II: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3544), H1120 [16MR]
Postal Service: 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), H4485 [14JN]
Public welfare programs: repeal certain restrictions on food stamp eligibility and increase Federal support for emergency food assistance programs (see H.R. 3192), H1764 [4AP]
Railroads: 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]
Russia: sale and transfer of Moskit anti-ship missiles (see H.R. 4022), H1119 [16MR]
Schulz, Charles M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3642), H341 [10FE]
Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of the National Museum of the American Indian (see H.R. 4259), H4121 [8JN]
Social Security: eliminate benefit penalties to individuals receiving pensions from noncovered employment (see H.R. 742), H3172 [16MY]
———restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to certain individuals (see H.R. 860), H3172 [16MY]
Supreme Court: interpretation of the first amendment to the Constitution in the case Buckley v. Valeo (see H. Con. Res. 377), H7723 [18SE]
Taxation: allow deduction for charitable contributions to individuals who do not itemize other deductions (see H.R. 1310), H342 [10FE]
———allow tax credit for public transportation expenses and reduce corporate welfare (see H.R. 3538), H49 [27JA]
———allow tax credit to holders of qualified bonds issued by an intercity passenger rail carrier (see H.R. 3700), H922 [9MR]
———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), H2341 [13AP]
———exclusion of employer-provided educational assistance (see H.R. 2265), H632 [1MR]
———expand incentives for the construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 4094), H4784 [20JN]
———provide a uniform dollar limitation for transportation fringe benefits excludable from gross income (see H.R. 3546), H922 [9MR]
———provide relief for payment of asbestos-related claims (see H.R. 4543), H6719 [20JY]
———provide that ancestors or lineal descendants of members of the Armed Forces shall be taken into account in determining tax-exempt status of veterans' organizations (see H.R. 4434), H6052 [13JY]
———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), H3049 [15MY]
———require certain political organizations to report information to the FEC (see H.R. 4168), H3813 [24MY]
———treatment of certain foreign base company shipping income (see H.R. 3102), H3925 [6JN]
———treatment of computers provided to employees for personal use (see H.R. 4274), H9767 [11OC]
———treatment of Government pensions relative to Social Security benefits (see H.R. 372), H2340 [13AP]
———treatment of gross income for amounts received under qualified group legal services plans (see H.R. 1640), H342 [10FE]
Tiger Woods Foundation: tribute (see H. Res. 654), H11194 [25OC]
Tobacco products: reduce youth smoking, increase tobacco-related research, and develop safer tobacco products (see H.R. 4041), H3649 [23MY]
———strengthen warning labels on smokeless tobacco products (see H.R. 1532), H3309 [17MY]
Trucking industry: support freeze on longer combination vehicles and current Federal limitations on truck size and weight (see H. Con. Res. 306), H3649 [23MY]
U.S. Congressional Philharmonic Society: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 229), H1285 [22MR]
U.S. Submarine Force: anniversary (see H. Res. 397), H511 [16FE]
Ukrainian-American Veterans, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 3463), H6777 [24JY]
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: provide housing loan benefits for the purchase of residential cooperative apartment units (see H.R. 3571), H575 [29FE]
———revise rules applicable to net worth limitation relative to pension eligibility (see H.R. 5271), H8736 [3OC]
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), H632 [1MR]
Volunteer firefighters: issue postage stamp in recognition of service (see H. Con. Res. 392), H7365 [7SE]
Volunteer workers: extend appropriations for programs under the National and Community Service Act and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act (see H.R. 4740), H6719 [20JY]
Water: prohibit use and provide for remediation of water contaminated by methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) (see H.R. 4303), H2338 [13AP]
Woods, Tiger: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4926), H7723 [18SE]
———tribute (see H. Res. 654), H11194 [25OC]
World Trade Organization: file complaint against oil-producing countries for violating trade rules prohibiting quantitative limitations on import or export of resources or products across borders (see H. Con. Res. 276), H1120 [16MR]
World War II: require disclosure of classified information on chemical and biological experiments carried out by Japan (see H.R. 3561), H164 [1FE]
———war crimes committed by the Japanese military (see H. Con. Res. 357), H4674 [19JN]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Aviation: increase civil penalties and criminal fines for violation of regulations prohibiting the transportation of chemical oxygen generators on passenger-carrying aircraft in air commerce (see H.R. 5445), H9767 [11OC]
FAA: require automatic external defibrillators in terminals at certain airports (see H.R. 5323), H8406 [27SE]
Railroads: delay effective date for the implementation of regulations requiring audible warnings at highway-rail grade crossings (see H.R. 5059), H7208 [27JY]
Letters
Regulation of train whistles at crossings: by, H2510 [3MY]
Remarks
Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), H1317
Chicago, IL: anniversary of St. Bruno Church, E1769
———tribute to 44th Infantry Division Association's commemoration of the anniversary of the end of World War II, E1527
———tribute to Eagle Scout Award recipients, E186
———tribute to Spirit of Achievement Award recipients, E1375
China, People's Republic of: make trade relations with the U.S. contingent upon free emigration and improved human rights conditions (H.J. Res. 103), H6423
———permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization, H2739 [9MY]
———permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), H3679 [24MY]
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4733), H5223
FAA: reauthorizing programs (H.R. 1000), conference report, H1016 [15MR]
———reauthorizing programs (H.R. 1000), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 438), H1005, H1008 [15MR]
Fleming, Kevin M.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E180
Hawkinson, Bill: Chicagoland Forest District Good Scout Award recipient, E497
Illinois: flood control projects funding, H5223
———Senior Citizens of the Year award recipients from the 3d Congressional District, E180
———tribute to ``All-American Eagles'' competition participants, E1200
NAFTA: impact on safety and working conditions of U.S. and Mexican truck drivers, H2376 [2MY]
National Nurses Week: observance, E612
Railroads: regulation of train whistles at crossings, H1988 [10AP], H2505, H2506, H2507 [3MY]
Strauss, Jean: St. Jane de Chantal Parish of Chicago, IL, Ladies Guild Woman of the Year award recipient, E1064
Taxation: extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (H.R. 3709), H2799
———use revenues from excise taxes imposed on fuel used in trains for the elimination of railway-highway crossing hazards (H.R. 2060), H1988 [10AP]
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, H11827 [3NO]
Wilcox, Robert: Chicagoland Forest District Good Scout Award recipient, E497
World Trade Organization: withdraw U.S. membership and funding (H.J. Res. 90), consideration (H. Res. 528), H4792 [21JN]
World War II: treatment of Marines by Japanese following the battle on Makin Island, E1855
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H983 [14MR], H1074 [15MR], H1282 [22MR], H2010 [10AP], H2398 [2MY], H2647 [8MY], H2903 [10MY], H2965 [11MY]
Tributes
Bartusch, Mary Ann, E908
Bracken, Kevin, E1365
Burton, Raymond C., E1471
Chen, Stephen, E909
Dyer, Bob, E691
Ewing, Representative, H10802
Kane, Norbert L., E891
Karski, Jan, E1338
Lenard, Casimira (Myra), E690
Palladino, Roseann, E908
Porter, Representative, H10253
Rowan, Peter J., E1308
Siegel, Eugene L., E1770
Willis, Anne, E1361