OXLEY, MICHAEL G. (a Representative from Ohio)
Amendments
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4690), H4785 [20JN]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), H4041 [7JN], H4271 [13JN]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 4205, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, H7134 [27JY]
———S. 761, Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, H489 [16FE]
Articles and editorials
Clinton's Seattle Straddle, Robert B. Zoellick, Washington (DC) Post, E16
Small Marvel, People (publication), E523
Super Mario Smothers, Wall Street Journal, E1108
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
AAA Ohio Motorists Association: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 388), H7210 [27JY]
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 3660), H632 [1MR]
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: prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear viscera (see H.R. 2166), H342 [10FE]
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. 1182), H1958 [6AP]
———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3573), H1477 [28MR]
Arnold C. D'Amico Station, South Euclid, OH: designate (see H.R. 4853), H6051 [13JY]
Belarus: human rights violations and democracy efforts (see H. Con. Res. 304), H2239 [12AP]
Boy Scouts: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 384), H7503 [12SE]
Boyden, Sam: tribute (see H. Res. 643), H10473 [19OC]
Budget: establish 2-year cycle (see H.R. 2985), H255 [8FE]
Business and industry: impose a temporary moratorium on the elimination of the existing ``pooling of interests'' method of accounting for business mergers and acquisitions (see H.R. 5365), H8799 [4OC]
Children and youth: encourage communities to implement the Amber Plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children (see H. Res. 605), H8617 [2OC]
China, Republic of: congratulations on elections and reaffirmation of U.S. commitment to security and democracy (see H. Con. Res. 292), H1407 [23MR]
———U.N. participation (see H. Con. Res. 390), H7280 [6SE]
Citizenship: confer U.S. citizenship automatically and retroactively to foreign-born children adopted by U.S. citizens (see H.R. 2883), H997 [14MR]
Clinton, President: address issues of neighborhood crime prevention, community policing and reduction of school crime (see H. Res. 561), H6718 [20JY]
Commission To Study the Structure and Reauthorization of the FCC: establish (see H.R. 5570), H11206 [26OC]
Computers: improve Internet security and protect against cyberterrorism (see H. Con. Res. 285), H4818 [21JN]
———require schools and libraries to install and use Internet filtering or blocking technology to be eligible for Federal funds for computers (see H.R. 4600), H7212 [27JY]
Courts: establish legal standards and procedures for the fair, prompt, inexpensive, and efficient resolution of asbestos exposure personal injury claims (see H.R. 1283), H511 [16FE]
———provide a civil action for a minor injured by exposure to explicit sexual or violent material (see H.R. 5045), H7207 [27JY]
Crime: establish that certain sexual crimes against children are predicate crimes for the interception of communications (see H.R. 3484), H3869 [25MY]
———provide incentives for States to enact mandatory minimum sentences for certain firearms offenses (see H.R. 4051), H2013 [10AP]
Dept. of Justice: establish Bureau of Immigration Services and the Bureau of Immigration Enforcement (see H.R. 3918), H4485 [14JN]
———reform process by which the Office of the Pardon Attorney investigates and reviews potential exercises of executive clemency (see H.R. 3626), H455 [15FE]
Disasters: reduce impacts of hurricanes, tornadoes, and other windstorms through a program of research and development and technology transfer (see H.R. 5499), H12532 [15DE]
Education: importance of music education (see H. Con. Res. 266), H1164 [21MR]
———improve and refocus civic education (see H.R. 3195), H511 [16FE]
———spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on children's classrooms (see H.R. 1494), H574 [29FE]
False Claims Act: eliminate minimum fines (see H.R. 4142), H1628 [30MR]
FCC: clarify service obligations of noncommercial educational broadcast stations (see H.R. 4201), H1956 [6AP]
———prevent imposition of spectrum caps on future Commercial and Mobile Radio Services auctions (see H.R. 4758), H5169 [26JN]
FDA: uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2129), H922 [9MR]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: clinically superior modifications to previously approved or licensed drugs (see H.R. 4242), H3523 [22MY]
Friedman, Milton: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4672), H4590 [15JN]
FTC: issue new rules regulating telemarketing firms (see H.R. 3180), H1077 [15MR]
George Atlee Goodling Post Office Building, York, PA: designate (see H.R. 5210), H7870 [19SE]
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]
Human rights: combat trafficking in human beings and provide assistance to victims (see H.R. 3244), H2411 [2MY]
———condemn use of children as soldiers (see H. Con. Res. 209), H166 [1FE]
Immigration: promote a fairer and more efficient means for using highly skilled workers and improve collection and use of H-1B nonimmigrant fees (see H.R. 3983), H1076 [15MR]
INS: provide for direct payment of information fees by foreign students under the Coordinated Interagency Partnership Regulating International Students Program (see H.R. 3732), H7281 [6SE]
Insurance: require health plans to cover treatment of a minor child's congenital or developmental deformity or disorder due to trauma, infection, tumor, or disease (see H.R. 49), H11955 [4DE]
Korean War: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 86), H165 [1FE]
Larry Small Post Office Building, Beachwood, OH: designate (see H.R. 4315), H2412 [2MY]
Law enforcement: authorize appropriations for the prosecution of obscenity cases (see H.R. 4710), H4816 [21JN]
———combat club drug trafficking, distribution, and abuse (see H.R. 4553), H4122 [8JN]
Law enforcement officers: clarify procedures and conditions for the award of matching grants for the purchase of armor vests (see H.R. 4033), H1285 [22MR]
Lumber industry: promote open and competitive trade of softwood lumber between the U.S. and Canada (see H. Con. Res. 252), H2967 [11MY]
Marshall Islands: name the Army missile range at Kwajalein Atoll for former President Ronald Reagan (see H.R. 3554), H1077 [15MR]
Medicaid: provide families and disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 4825), H6719 [20JY]
———State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (see H.R. 3698), H1406 [23MR]
Medicare: coverage of glaucoma detection services (see H.R. 2620), H7281 [6SE]
———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services (see H.R. 1187), H1406 [23MR]
———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see H.R. 4149), H4220 [12JN]
———coverage of screening pap smears and pelvic exams (see H.R. 4571), H7366 [7SE]
———improve methodology for the calculation of Medicare+Choice payment rates (see H.R. 4951), H7212 [27JY]
———improve the telemedicine program and provide grants for the development of telehealth networks (see H.R. 3420), H757 [8MR]
———require Dept. of HHS study on mortality and adverse outcome rates of patients receiving anesthesia services (see H.R. 632), H2012 [10AP]
———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H1764 [4AP]
———waive waiting period for coverage and provide coverage of drugs for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (see H.R. 353), H3172 [16MY]
Medicare/Medicaid: waive certain nurse aide training requirements (see H.R. 4547), H9011 [5OC]
National Law Enforcement Museum: establish (see H.R. 2710), H7652 [14SE]
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center: funding (see H.R. 2919), H1629 [30MR]
Occupational Safety and Health Act: waive applicability to employment performed in an employee's residence (see H.R. 3518), H3523 [22MY]
O'Connor, John Cardinal: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3557), H89 [31JA]
Olympic games: mint commemorative coins to support the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games and U.S. Olympic Committee programs (see H.R. 3679), H509 [16FE]
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), H2607 [4MY]
———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]
Power resources: establish and implement competitive, environmentally sound, and job creating oil and gas leasing program for the Coastal Plain (see H.R. 2250), H2340 [13AP]
Product safety: promote new and revised toxicological tests that protect human, animal, and environmental health while reducing need for animal testing (see H.R. 4281), H9011 [5OC]
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), H209 [2FE]
Racial relations: recognize the significant contribution the Birmingham Pledge has made in fostering racial harmony and reconciliation (see H.J. Res. 102), H6471 [18JY]
Reagan, Ronald and Nancy: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3591), H253 [8FE]
Securities: improve delivery systems for dividends, interest, and other valuable property rights to lost security holders (see H.R. 3997), H1077 [15MR]
Ships and vessels: temporarily exempt the transport of petroleum and petroleum products between certain ports from restrictions on carriage in coastwise trade (see H.R. 5485), H11207 [26OC]
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. 5291), H8199 [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), H4174 [9JN]
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 an exclusion from gross income for certain amounts of capital gains distributions from regulated investment companies (see H.R. 4723), H7578 [13SE]
———allow individuals a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance and provide for a report on State health insurance safety-net programs (see H.R. 2362), H922 [9MR]
———constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (see H.J. Res. 94), H1957 [6AP]
———increase annual limitation on nondeductible contributions and adjust for inflation the amount of deductible contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1322), H3412 [18MY]
———make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (see H.R. 3252), H212 [3FE]
———prevent evasion of excise taxes on cigarettes (see H.R. 4598), H6052 [13JY]
———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), H11879 [13NO]
———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 3916), H1958 [6AP]
———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 1041), H1477 [28MR] (see H.R. 4199), H1956 [6AP]
———treatment of computers provided to employees for personal use (see H.R. 4274), H2967 [11MY]
———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 3872), H3869 [25MY]
———treatment of long-term vehicle storage by tax-exempt organizations which conduct county and similar fairs (see H.R. 2640), H2012 [10AP]
Telecommunications: limit FCC authority to review and impose conditions on certain mergers and transactions (see H.R. 4019), H1118 [16MR]
———promote deployment of advanced services and competition by relieving unnecessary burdens on the two percent local exchange carriers (see H.R. 3850), H1078 [15MR]
Telephones: regulate interstate commerce in the use of mobile telephones and strengthen and clarify prohibitions on electronic eavesdropping (see H.R. 3489), H1120 [16MR]
Television: ensure local service to small, rural markets by satellite providers (see H.R. 3615), H339 [10FE]
Water pollution: exempt discharges from certain silviculture activities from permit requirements of the national pollutant discharge elimination system (see H.R. 3625), H3413 [18MY]
Women: reauthorize Federal programs to prevent violence against women (see H.R. 1248), H7373 [11SE]
Woods, Tiger: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4926), H7652 [14SE]
Bills and resolutions introduced
CERCLA: exempt small businesses from certain liability (see H.R. 5175), H7651 [14SE]
Crime: prohibit video voyeurism in the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the U.S. (see H.R. 5513), H10472 [19OC]
FCC: follow normal rulemaking procedures in establishing additional requirements for noncommercial educational television broadcasters (see H.R. 3525), H48 [27JA]
———improve procedures in the conduct of congressional communications (see H.R. 4712), H4817 [21JN]
Foreign trade: nullify State and local laws prohibiting or otherwise restricting economic activity with foreign countries (see H.R. 5534), H10808 [24OC]
Ohio: constitutionality of State motto (see H. Res. 494), H2606 [4MY]
Letters
Importation of prescription drugs into the U.S. by pharmacists and wholesalers for resale and by U.S. citizens for personal use: by, H9703 [11OC]
Small business Superfund litigation: Barbara A. Williams, H8126 [26SE]
Remarks
Aldrin, Edwin E. (Buzz): award Congressional Gold Medal (H.R. 2815), H4719
Armstrong, Neil A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (H.R. 2815), H4719
Business and industry: establish a statute of repose for durable goods (H.R. 2005), H178 [2FE]
———merger of Worldcom, Inc., and Sprint Corp., E1084
CERCLA: exempt small businesses from certain liability (H.R. 5175), H8125, H8131 [26SE], E1488
China, People's Republic of: permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), consideration (H. Res. 510), H3657 [24MY]
Collins, Michael: award Congressional Gold Medal (H.R. 2815), H4719
Commodity Exchange Act: reauthorize and amend to promote legal certainty, enhance competition, and reduce systemic risk in markets for futures and over-the-counter derivatives (H.R. 4541), H10447
Computers: encourage expansion of electronic commerce (S. 761), conference report, H4361 [14JN]
———support Internet safety awareness (H. Res. 575), H9539 [10OC]
Corp. for Public Broadcasting: funding, H4271 [13JN]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), H3201
———making appropriations (H.R. 4576), H3982
Dept. of the Interior: require study on methods to commemorate the national significance of the Lincoln Highway (H.R. 2570), H9962
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations, H11288 [26OC]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), H4271 [13JN]
District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 4942), conference report, H11288 [26OC]
FCC: allow modification of rules on low power FM radio stations upon assessment of interference to existing radio stations, H2312 [13AP]
———clarify service obligations of noncommercial educational broadcast stations (H.R. 4201), H4688, H4694 [20JN]
———follow normal rulemaking procedures in establishing additional requirements for noncommercial educational television broadcasters (H.R. 3525), H10 [27JA], H505, H507 [16FE]
———prohibit from establishing rules authorizing the operation of new, low power FM radio stations, H11288 [26OC]
———prohibit from establishing rules authorizing the operation of new, low power FM radio stations (H.R. 3439), H2303, H2304, H2312 [13AP]
FERC: extension of deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project in Alabama (H.R. 3852), H3488 [22MY]
———extension of deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project in Alabama (S. 1836), H3494 [22MY]
———extension of deadline for commencement of construction of the Arrowrock Dam Hydroelectric Project in Idaho (S. 1236), H3488, H3489 [22MY]
Findlay, OH: tribute to Findlay High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, E656
House of Representatives: absence, E1811
Ohio: constitutionality of State motto (H. Res. 494), H5183 [27JN]
Peltier, Leonard: denial of parole for murder of FBI agents in South Dakota, E1147
SEC: require improved disclosure of after-tax returns relative to mutual fund performance (H.R. 1089), H1650
Sports: reform unfair and anticompetitive practices in professional boxing (H.R. 1832), H3489, H3490 [22MY]
Telecommunications: promote competition and privatization in satellite communications (S. 376), conference report, H905 [9MR]
Telecommunications Act: anniversary, E82
Television: authorize loan guarantees to facilitate access to local television broadcast signals in unserved and underserved areas, H11288 [26OC]
Time: establish a standard time zone for Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands (H.R. 3756), H9539 [10OC]
Votes: position on missed, H1986
Statements
Denial of Parole for Leonard Peltier for Murder of FBI Agents in South Dakota: Louis J. Freeh, FBI, E1148
Tributes
Bell, Alvin R., E669
Coler, Jack R., E1147
Ruse, William, E3
Snyder, Chasity, E523
Williams, Ronald A., E1147
Zoellick, Robert B., E16