OLVER, JOHN W. (a Representative from Massachusetts)

Amendments

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4475), H3414 [18MY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4690), H5038 [22JN], H5136 [26JN]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4635), H4824 [21JN]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 4425, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure, H4216 [12JN]

———H.R. 4475, Dept. of Transportation and related agencies appropriations, H7628 [14SE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

Animals: improve the safety of animals transported on aircraft (see H.R. 2776), H50 [27JA]

———prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear viscera (see H.R. 2166), H8062 [25SE]

———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), H575 [29FE]

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

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3573), H575 [29FE]

———strengthen limitation on participation in foreign airshows or trade exhibitions involving military equipment (see H.R. 1935), H2512 [3MY]

BLS: develop methodology for measuring the cost of living in each State and require GAO study to determine effect on Federal benefits (see H.R. 5437), H9634 [10OC]

Burma: recognize anniversary of free and fair elections and improve democratic and human rights (see H. Con. Res. 328), H3172 [16MY]

Capital punishment: reduce the risk that innocent persons may be executed (see H.R. 4167), H2341 [13AP]

———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), H8736 [3OC]

Children and youth: acquisition, construction, and improvement of child care facilities or equipment (see H.R. 3610), H7211 [27JY]

———increase the availability, affordability, and quality of child care and improve support services for families with young children (see H.R. 4206), H1956 [6AP]

Coast Guard: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 372), H6600 [19JY]

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]

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: encourage broadband technology deployment to rural areas (see H.R. 5069), H7208 [27JY]

Contracts: ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses (see H.R. 3766), H998 [14MR]

———require wages paid under Federal contracts to be above local poverty line (see H.R. 4353), H2410 [2MY]

Credit: protect consumers from payday lenders demanding exorbitant interest rates and participating in other unfair practices (see H.R. 1684), H574 [29FE]

Crime: increase research of link between violence against animals and violence against humans (see H. Con. Res. 338), H3868 [25MY]

Cuba: lift travel restrictions (see H.R. 4471), H3172 [16MY]

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: make certain improvements to the military health care system (see H.R. 3655), H2512 [3MY]

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]

———draw down and sale of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve relative to anticompetitive activities (see H.R. 3543), H209 [2FE]

———draw down of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (see H. Con. Res. 273), H7933 [20SE] (see H. Con. Res. 274), H921 [9MR]

———require report on readiness of heating oil and propane industries to respond to rises in prices due to anticompetitive activity, shortage, or extreme winter weather (see H.R. 3662), H454 [15FE]

———treatment of Strategic Petroleum Reserve relative to anticompetitive activities (see H. Con. Res. 291), H1163 [21MR]

Dept. of HHS: initiate adoption awareness program, establish Adoption Awareness Commission, and promote adoptions through increased public awareness and tax incentives (see H.R. 5574), H11206 [26OC]

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), H2412 [2MY]

Diseases: address problems associated with polycystic kidney disease (see H. Res. 537), H9011 [5OC]

———authorizing appropriations for international HIV/AIDS control efforts (see H.R. 4140), H2655 [8MY]

———increase research, treatment, and public education of Lyme disease (see H.R. 2790), H2512 [3MY]

———international tuberculosis control (see H.R. 4057), H4592 [15JN]

Domestic Volunteer Service Act: establish National Youth Technology Corps Program (see H.R. 2934), H632 [1MR]

Education: ensure recruitment and training of math and science teachers at institutions of higher education (see H.R. 3702), H572 [29FE]

———establish and expand programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (see H.R. 4271, 4272), H5737 [10JY]

———modernize public schools, reduce class size, increase access to technology, enhance school safety, improve teacher quality, and strengthen accountability for academic results (see H.R. 4346), H7366 [7SE]

EPA: require discharges from combined storm and sanitary sewers conform to the combined sewer overflow control policy (see H.R. 828), H5737 [10JY]

FCC: prohibit from establishing rules authorizing the operation of new, low power FM radio stations (see H.R. 3439), H1675 [3AP]

FDA: grant authority to regulate tobacco (see H.R. 4042), H3649 [23MY] (see H.R. 4207), H2123 [11AP]

Federal employees: require any health benefits plan which provides obstetrical benefits to provide coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of infertility (see H.R. 2774), H3649 [23MY]

Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: coverage of acupuncturist services (see H.R. 1890), H5955 [12JY]

Federal Prison Industries: eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (see H.R. 2551), H5084 [23JN]

Firearms: enhance the enforcement of gun violence laws (see H.R. 4066), H4036 [7JN]

Fish and fishing: recover depleted fish stocks and promote the long-term sustainability of marine fisheries (see H.R. 4046), H10473 [19OC]

Food: require labels on food that contains, or is produced with, a genetically engineered material (see H.R. 3377), H165 [1FE]

Food industry: require Dept. of Agriculture report on safety and monitoring of genetically engineered foods (see H.R. 5095), H7366 [7SE]

Foreign aid: international family planning programs funding (see H.R. 3634), H1077 [15MR]

Foreign countries: human rights violations against homosexuals, bisexuals, and transgendered individuals (see H. Con. Res. 259), H1675 [3AP]

GAO: conduct a comprehensive fraud audit of the Dept. of Defense (see H.R. 4645), H4336 [13JN]

Gonzalez-Brotons, Elian: reunite with father (see H. Con. Res. 240), H166 [1FE]

Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction: compliance (see H. Con. Res. 293), H1405 [23MR]

Health: assure coverage of emergency services under group health plans and health insurance (see H.R. 904), H5240 [27JN]

———establish demonstration projects for States to provide universal, comprehensive, and cost-effective health care coverage with simplified administration (see H.R. 4412), H2770 [9MY]

———prohibit health insurance and employment discrimination on the basis of genetic information (see H.R. 2457), H5084 [23JN]

Human rights: condemn use of children as soldiers (see H. Con. Res. 209), H4675 [19JN]

Immigration: exempt certain elderly persons from certain naturalization requirements and permit certain other elderly persons to take the history and government examination in a language of their choice (see H.R. 2899), H1852 [5AP]

———protection of battered immigrant women (see H.R. 3083), H6354 [17JY]

———provide a mechanism for U.S. citizens, and lawful permanent residents, to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see H.R. 3650), H2512 [3MY]

Immigration and Nationality Act: remove certain limitations on eligibility for adjustment of status (see H.R. 1841), H2411 [2MY]

Information services: deregulate Internet and high speed data services (see H.R. 2420), H2967 [11MY]

INS: provide for direct payment of information fees by foreign students under the Coordinated Interagency Partnership Regulating International Students Program (see H.R. 3732), H998 [14MR]

———replace with the National Immigration Bureau, separate functions and restructure fees relative to immigration enforcement and adjudication services, and restore status adjustment eligibility (see H.R. 2680), H165 [1FE]

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), H7211 [27JY]

Kosovo: condemn detention of Kosovar Albanians held in Serbia and call for their release (see H. Con. Res. 265), H647 [6MR]

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]

Medicaid: assure preservation of safety net hospitals through maintenance of Disproportionate Share Hospital Program (see H.R. 3710), H1077 [15MR]

Medicare: coverage of acupuncturist services (see H.R. 1890), H5955 [12JY]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see H.R. 4770), H5240 [27JN]

———eliminate reduction in payment rates to home health agencies for home health services (see H.R. 4219), H7366 [7SE]

———expand definition of homebound relative to home health services to allow beneficiaries to attend adult day care programs for treatment of Alzheimer's disease and other conditions (see H.R. 4028), H8062 [25SE]

———graduate medical education payments (see H.R. 4239), H3926 [6JN]

———payments made under the prospective payment system for home health services (see H.R. 4727), H7281 [6SE]

———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H575 [29FE]

———revise the calculation of base payment rates for the prospective payment system for home health services (see H.R. 5163), H7577 [13SE]

Mental health: postpartum depression policies (see H. Res. 163), H7872 [19SE]

Mexico: political repression of foreign observers (see H. Con. Res. 350), H4120 [8JN]

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), H6471 [18JY]

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

National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Engineering: establish (see H.R. 1795), H2122 [11AP]

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), H4121 [8JN]

National Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD) Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 420), H1852 [5AP]

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), H209 [2FE]

Petroleum: ensure that petroleum importers, refiners, and wholesalers accumulate minimally adequate supplies of home heating oil to meet reasonably foreseeable needs in the Northeast (see H.R. 3807), H631 [1MR]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 3842), H5169 [26JN]

———preserve, protect, and promote viability (see H.R. 2535), H632 [1MR]

Public welfare programs: repeal certain restrictions on food stamp eligibility and increase Federal support for emergency food assistance programs (see H.R. 3192), H2012 [10AP]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 4844), H7003 [25JY]

Research: continuation of Federal research and development programs funding in a fiscally sustainable way (see H.R. 3161), H7652 [14SE]

Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act: provide comprehensive technical assistance and implement highly effective prevention programs (see H.R. 3413), H997 [14MR]

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), H7991 [21SE]

Social Security: make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act (see H.R. 5324), H8406 [27SE]

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), H10473 [19OC]

Taxation: allow deduction equal to fair market value for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor (see H.R. 3249), H7871 [19SE]

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

———deny tax benefits for research conducted by pharmaceutical companies where U.S. consumers pay more for products of that research than foreign consumers (see H.R. 3665), H575 [29FE]

———encourage stronger mathematics and science programs at elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 4273), H5737 [10JY]

———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), H7503 [12SE]

———expand incentives for the construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 4094), H2607 [4MY]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see H.R. 4728), H10036 [17OC]

———provide a uniform dollar limitation for transportation fringe benefits excludable from gross income (see H.R. 3546), H49 [27JA]

———require certain political organizations to report information to the FEC (see H.R. 3688), H3049 [15MY] (see H.R. 4168), H2341 [13AP]

———treatment of gross income for amounts received under qualified group legal services plans (see H.R. 1640), H342 [10FE]

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

Tobacco products: reduce youth smoking, increase tobacco-related research, and develop safer tobacco products (see H.R. 4041), H3649 [23MY]

Trucking industry: support freeze on longer combination vehicles and current Federal limitations on truck size and weight (see H. Con. Res. 306), H3649 [23MY]

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), H4220 [12JN]

Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area: feasibility study for establishing in Connecticut and Massachusetts (see H.R. 4312), H2338 [13AP]

Veterans: increase minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for surviving spouses age 62 and older (see H.R. 2000), H2239 [12AP]

———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), H5084 [23JN]

Voting: establish uniform poll closing time for Presidential elections (see H.R. 5678), H12532 [15DE]

Women: protect breastfeeding by new mothers (see H.R. 3861), H4036 [7JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Freedom's Way National Heritage Area: establish (see H.R. 5446), H9767 [11OC]

Motions

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 4425), H4216 [12JN]

Remarks

Africa: HIV/AIDS prevention programs funding for sub-Saharan Africa, H5939 [12JY]

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations, H5603 [29JN]

———making emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 3908), H1538 [29MR], H1598 [30MR], E479 [3AP]

Colombia: drug interdiction and counter-drug military assistance funding, H1538 [29MR]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 4425), H3073 [16MY]

———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 4425), conference report, H5603 [29JN]

———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 4425), motion to instruct conferees, H4216 [12JN]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4578), H4534, H4554 [15JN]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4475), conference report, H9022 [6OC]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4690), H4975 [22JN], H5117, H5136 [26JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), H4262, H4295 [13JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4577), motion to instruct conferees, H11463, H11471 [28OC], H11502 [29OC], H11735 [1NO]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4635), H4824, H4825, H4860 [21JN]

Drugs: substance abuse prevention and treatment programs funding, H1538 [29MR]

Drunken driving: national standard to prohibit the operation of motor vehicles by intoxicated individuals, H9022 [6OC]

Education: Pell Grant Program funding, H4262 [13JN]

———school construction and infrastructure improvements funding, H11471 [28OC], H11735 [1NO]

EPA: limit funding for activities included in the Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse gas emissions prior to implementation, H4824, H4825 [21JN], H5136 [26JN], H5902 [12JY]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4811), H5902, H5916, H5939 [12JY], H6003 [13JY]

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, H5916 [12JY]

———U.N. international peacekeeping activities funding for Africa, H5117 [26JN]

Iran: elections, E812 [23MY]

Kosovo: condition U.S. funding on certification that European countries live up to prior commitments, H1598 [30MR], E479 [3AP]

———prohibit funding to Kosovo Protection Corps, H6003 [13JY]

LIHEAP: funding, H11463 [28OC]

LSC: funding, H4975 [22JN]

Medicare: establish a voluntary plan under which eligible beneficiaries may elect to receive coverage for prescription drugs, H4295 [13JN]

———make more competitive and efficient and provide for a prescription drug benefit (H.R. 4680), H5372 [28JN]

———make more competitive and efficient and provide for a prescription drug benefit (H.R. 4680), consideration (H. Res. 539), H5312 [28JN]

———require HMO's participating in the Medicare+Choice program to commit to 3-year contracts, H11502 [29OC]

National Endowment for the Arts: funding, H4534 [15JN]

National Endowment for the Humanities: funding, H4534 [15JN]

National security: national missile defense system, H4216 [12JN], H5603 [29JN]

NSF: funding, H4860 [21JN]

Petroleum: dependence on foreign sources, H11463 [28OC]

Pittsfield, MA: anniversary of Boys and Girls Club, E1642 [2OC]

Power resources: Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve funding through reductions in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, H4554 [15JN]

Taxation: phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), H4125, H4137 [9JN]

Tributes

McCulloch, Maggie A., E339 [16MR]