MOORE, DENNIS (a Representative from Kansas)

Appointments

Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission, H1138 [21MR]

Articles and editorials

Cancer Survivors Celebrate Another Year of Life, Oscar Avila, Kansas City (MO) Star, E915 [8JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit certain late-term abortions (see H.R. 2149), H1477 [28MR]

Agriculture: prohibit transfer or marketing of nonambulatory cattle, sheep, swine, horses, mules, or goats (see H.R. 443), H2606 [4MY]

Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 2966), H2340 [13AP]

Aviation: provide basic consumer protection standards and improve access to airline industry information (see H.R. 700), H7578 [13SE]

Bureau of Justice Statistics: establish a task force to gather information about, study, and report on incidents of abandonment of infant children (see H.R. 4222), H3413 [18MY]

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]

Capital punishment: reduce the risk that innocent persons may be executed (see H.R. 4167), H7366 [7SE]

Carter, Jimmy and Rosalyn: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4289), H2337 [13AP]

Children and youth: encourage communities to implement the Amber Plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children (see H. Res. 605), H9907 [16OC]

Civil rights: prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (see H.R. 1271), H1852 [5AP]

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]

Computers: regulate the transmission of unsolicited commercial electronic mail (see H.R. 3113), H1477 [28MR]

Contracts: ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses (see H.R. 3766), H2341 [13AP]

———require Federal agencies to follow certain procedures relative to the bundling of procurement contract requirements (see H.R. 4890), H6599 [19JY]

Courts: restore the Federal civil rights remedy for victims of gender-motivated violence (see H.R. 5021), H7207 [27JY]

Crime: prevent identity fraud in consumer credit transactions and credit reports (see H.R. 4311), H2338 [13AP]

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 Justice: allow receipt of greeting cards for distribution in prisons (see H.R. 4779), H5435 [28JN]

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: assist claimants for benefits in developing claims and clarify the burden of proof for such claims (see H.R. 3193), H165 [1FE]

———provide grants for toll-free telephone number to provide information and assistance to veterans (see H.R. 2736), H5955 [12JY]

Diseases: address problems associated with polycystic kidney disease (see H. Res. 537), H7366 [7SE]

———increase research, treatment, and public education of Lyme disease (see H.R. 2790), H4220 [12JN]

Drug abuse: combat methamphetamine production and abuse (see H.R. 2613), H2905 [10MY]

Education: establish a program for next-generation technology grants to improve teaching and learning in schools (see H.R. 4183), H4036 [7JN]

———establish and expand programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (see H.R. 4271, 4272), H7281 [6SE]

———establish program that improves achievement through the integration of technology into curriculum (see H.R. 4081), H2771 [9MY]

———provide grants to local educational agencies to initiate and improve physical education programs (see H.R. 4536), H7723 [18SE]

———support teachers (see H. Res. 492), H2655 [8MY]

Education for All Handicapped Children Act: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 399), H8062 [25SE]

Fair Credit Reporting Act: exempt certain investigative reports from the definition of consumer reports (see H.R. 3408), H4817 [21JN]

FDA: facilitate the importation into the U.S. of certain approved drugs (see H.R. 1885), H2340 [13AP]

FEMA: make grants to fire departments to improve public safety against fire and fire-related hazards (see H.R. 1168), H2411 [2MY]

Financial institutions: allow payment of Financing Corporation interest obligations from excess deposit insurance fund reserves (see H.R. 4082), H4784 [20JN]

———prohibit federally insured institutions from engaging in high-cost payday loans and expand protections for consumers in connection with the making of such loans by uninsured entities (see H.R. 3823), H641 [2MR]

Firearms: enhance the enforcement of gun violence laws (see H.R. 4066), H1284 [22MR]

Forests: ban clearcutting and logging on certain Federal lands to strengthen protection of native biodiversity (see H.R. 2512), H7128 [26JY]

Harry S Truman Federal Building, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 3639), H455 [15FE]

Health: prohibit health insurance and employment discrimination on the basis of genetic information (see H.R. 2457), H6719 [20JY]

Health Care Financing Administration: revise performance standards and certification process for organ procurement organizations (see H.R. 4152), H1674 [3AP]

Hispanic Americans: prevent suicide among Latina adolescents (see H.R. 4439; H. Con. Res. 325), H2966 [11MY]

Immigration: ensure no alien is removed, denied benefits, or otherwise deprived of liberty, based on evidence that is kept secret from the alien (see H.R. 2121), H2512 [3MY]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4090), H1589 [29MR]

INS: provide for direct payment of information fees by foreign students under the Coordinated Interagency Partnership Regulating International Students Program (see H.R. 3732), H5737 [10JY]

Insurance: coverage of colorectal cancer screening (see H.R. 1816), H1477 [28MR]

———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), H6599 [19JY]

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]

Kansas and Missouri Metropolitan Culture District Compact: congressional consent (see H.R. 4700), H4783 [20JN]

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: establish national prerelease warrant check system (see H.R. 4954), H7002 [25JY]

Law enforcement officers: clarify procedures and conditions for the award of matching grants for the purchase of armor vests (see H.R. 4033), H2411 [2MY]

Medicaid: coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services for certain women screened under federally funded programs (see H.R. 1070), H2340 [13AP]

———establish a new prospective payment system for federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics (see H.R. 2341), H7652 [14SE]

———improve quality of care furnished in nursing homes (see H.R. 4949), H8406 [27SE]

———provide families and disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 4825), H8736 [3OC]

———State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (see H.R. 3698), H5955 [12JY]

Medicare: coverage of medical nutrition therapy services (see H.R. 1187), H6470 [18JY]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see H.R. 4607), H5037 [22JN]

———coverage of screening pap smears and pelvic exams (see H.R. 4571), H7933 [20SE]

———coverage of vision rehabilitation services (see H.R. 2870), H6599 [19JY]

———expand coverage of certain self-injected biologicals (see H.R. 2892), H7502 [12SE]

———graduate medical education payments (see H.R. 4239), H7211 [27JY]

———reimbursement for chiropractic services (see H.R. 1046), H1406 [23MR]

———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H3172 [16MY]

———revise the calculation of base payment rates for the prospective payment system for home health services (see H.R. 5163), H7933 [20SE]

Motor vehicles: improve safety of car seats for children (see H.R. 4145), H7211 [27JY]

———require reports relative to defects in foreign products (see H.R. 5164), H8617 [2OC]

Navajo Code Talkers: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4527), H8736 [3OC]

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), H5656 [29JN]

Nuclear weapons: remove from hair-trigger alert (see H. Con. Res. 177), H4784 [20JN]

Office of Information Technology: establish (see H.R. 4670), H7578 [13SE]

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]

Petroleum: 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), H4336 [13JN]

Pope John Paul II: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3544), H2411 [2MY]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 3842), H2512 [3MY]

Power resources: authorize research to promote the conversion of biomass into biobased industrial products (see H.R. 2819), H7578 [13SE]

———ensure the energy self-sufficiency of the U.S. (see H.R. 5585), H11813 [2NO]

———simplify Federal oil and gas revenue distributions (see H.R. 4340), H7003 [25JY]

Public welfare programs: repeal certain restrictions on food stamp eligibility and increase Federal support for emergency food assistance programs (see H.R. 3192), H3474 [19MY]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 4844), H6719 [20JY]

SBA: 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]

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

Small business: establish minimum standards of fair conduct in franchise sales and franchise business relationships (see H.R. 3308), H7503 [12SE]

———reauthorize assistance programs (see H.R. 3843), H756 [8MR]

Social Security: enhance privacy protections for individuals, prevent fraudulent misuse of account numbers, and provide additional safeguards for beneficiaries with representative payees (see H.R. 4857), H6719 [20JY]

———expand Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program to include parents of low-income families (see H.R. 4927), H6776 [24JY]

———extend availability of State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments (see H.R. 4393), H4784 [20JN]

Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act: rename as the ``McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act'' (see H.R. 5417), H9504 [6OC]

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), H7003 [25JY]

———avoid duplicate reporting of information on political activities of certain State and local political organizations (see H.R. 5277), H8061 [25SE]

———encourage stronger mathematics and science programs at elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 4273), H7281 [6SE]

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

———exclusion from gross income for foster care payments relative to certain nongovernmental placement agencies (see H.R. 1194), H5169 [26JN]

———expand incentives for the construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 4094), H3813 [24MY]

———extension of the credit for producing electricity from certain renewable resources to include landfill gas (see H.R. 3466), H7365 [7SE]

———incentives to encourage domestic production of oil and gas and respond to surging foreign oil imports (see H.R. 1116), H6354 [17JY]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see H.R. 4728), H9767 [11OC]

———prevent abuse of the enhanced charitable deduction for overseas contributions of drugs (see H.R. 3197), H1120 [16MR]

———provide credits for constructing energy efficient homes or improving existing homes (see H.R. 1358), H7365 [7SE]

———provide incentives to reduce energy consumption (see H.R. 2380), H7365 [7SE]

———reduce estate and gift tax rates (see H.R. 5315), H10473 [19OC]

———repeal modification of capital gains tax payments relative to small businesses sold on the installment sales method (see H.R. 3594), H254 [8FE]

———require certain political organizations to report information to the IRS (see H.R. 4168), H1762 [4AP]

———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in asserting any claim of employment discrimination (see H.R. 4570), H7723 [18SE]

U.S. Assay Commission: reestablish (see H.R. 3866), H4121 [8JN]

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]

Women: 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), H7723 [18SE]

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

Disasters: reduce impacts of hurricanes, tornadoes, and other windstorms through a program of research and development and technology transfer (see H.R. 5499), H10472 [19OC]

Education: improve program for the forgiveness of student loans to teachers (see H.R. 4538), H3813 [24MY]

Employment: clarify overtime exemption for emergency medical services personnel (see H.R. 4405), H2770 [9MY]

Firearms: prevent possession of firearms by certain violent juvenile offenders (see H.R. 5194), H7722 [18SE]

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]

R.A. Bloch Cancer Foundation, Inc.: tribute (see H. Res. 517), H4035 [7JN]

Taxation: extend tax credit for production of fuel from a nonconventional source (see H.R. 5401), H9011 [5OC]

———provide incentives to encourage small business health plans (see H.R. 5184), H7651 [14SE]

———require certain political organizations to report information to the FEC (see H.R. 3688), H509 [16FE]

———require certain political organizations to report information to the FEC (H.R. 3688), consideration (see H. Res. 508), H3523 [22MY]

Letters

Clarify overtime exemption for emergency medical services personnel: Robert S. Wing and William P. Young, International Association of Firefighters Local 64, E680 [9MY]

Internet Nondiscrimination Act: Joan Bowman, Mayor of Lenexa, KS, H2798 [10MY]

Petitions and memorials

Lenexa, KS: Internet Nondiscrimination Act, H2798 [10MY]

Remarks

Abortion: prohibit certain late-term abortions, E515 [6AP]

———prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 3660), E515 [6AP]

Budget: require that certain surplus amounts be used for paying down the national debt, H170 [2FE]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), H1373 [23MR]

China, People's Republic of: permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), H3739 [24MY]

Crime: promote accountability for violent and repeat juvenile offenders (H.R. 1501), motion to instruct conferees, H1046 [15MR]

Dept. of Justice: establish or expand existing community prosecution programs for gun-related crimes, E1165 [30JN]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations, H7625 [14SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4871), E1385 [27JY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4690), E1165 [30JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), H4063 [8JN], E1116 [26JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4577), motion to instruct conferees, H7824 [19SE]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4635), H4905 [21JN]

District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 4942), H7596 [14SE]

Education: national policy to improve system, H4905 [21JN]

Employment: clarify overtime exemption for emergency medical services personnel (H.R. 4405), E680 [9MY]

Firearms: gun control, H1046 [15MR]

———prevent possession of firearms by certain violent juvenile offenders (H.R. 5194), E1517 [18SE]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4811), E1275 [19JY]

GPO: Federal Depository Library Program funding, E1163 [30JN]

Income: increase minimum wage and provide tax benefits for small businesses (H.R. 3081), H864 [9MR]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4055), H2457 [3MY]

Kansas: tribute to DAR Prairie Rose Chapter, E1506 [18SE]

Kansas and Missouri Metropolitan Culture District Compact: congressional consent (H.R. 4700), H6744 [24JY]

Law enforcement: community policing programs, E1165 [30JN]

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 4516), E1163 [30JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4516), conference report, H7625 [14SE]

Liberty Day: observance (H. Con. Res. 376), E2013 [28OC]

O'Laughlin, Brian M.: Missouri Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors Man of the Year award recipient, E1456 [13SE]

Pensions: reform (H.R. 1102), H6510 [19JY]

R.A. Bloch Cancer Foundation, Inc.: tribute (H. Res. 517), E914 [8JN]

Ree's Contract Service, Inc.: anniversary, E2119 [4DE]

Schools: postcoital emergency contraception distribution funding, H7824 [19SE]

Social Security: eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 5), H599 [1MR]

STOP Violence Coalition: tribute, E1309 [24JY]

Taxation: eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 6), H313 [10FE]

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (H.R. 3709), H2797 [10MY]

———increase annual limitation on deductible contributions to individual retirement accounts (H.R. 802), H864 [9MR]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes, H864 [9MR]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), H4142 [9JN]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), motion to recommit, H4161 [9JN]

———provide incentives to encourage small business health plans (H.R. 5184), E1495 [14SE]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (H.R. 3916), H3848 [25MY]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (H.R. 3916), consideration (H. Res. 511), H3836 [25MY]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (H.R. 3916), motion to recommit, H3836, H3852 [25MY]

———require certain political organizations to report information to the FEC (H.R. 3688), E653 [4MY]

———require certain political organizations to report information to the IRS, H3836, H3848, H3852 [25MY], H4161 [9JN]

———require certain political organizations to report information to the IRS (H.R. 4168), H1679 [4AP]

———require certain political organizations to report information to the IRS (H.R. 4762), H5285 [27JN]

Treaties and agreements: monitoring and compliance with international trade agreements, E1165 [30JN]

Votes: correction, E1192 [10JY]

———position on missed, E646 [4MY]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H11192 [25OC]

Texts of

H.R. 5194, No Guns for Violent Perpetrators Act, E1517 [18SE]

Tributes

Conway, Dennis, E1946 [26OC]

Murguia, Mary H., E1948 [26OC]