RADANOVICH, GEORGE (a Representative from California)

Amendments

Coastal zones: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States (H.R. 701), H2865 [10MY]

Wolf Trap Farm Park for the Performing Arts: rename as Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts (H.R. 2049), H12514 [15DE]

Appointments

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

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Americans With Disabilities Act: require that any civil action against a place of public accommodation or commercial facility allow an opportunity for alleged violations to be corrected (see H.R. 3590), H3049 [15MY]

Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 2966), H165 [1FE] (see H.R. 3573), H219 [7FE]

Armstrong, Lance: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 5258), H9011 [5OC]

Aviation: ensure general aviation aircraft access to Federal land and to the airspace over that land (see H.R. 3661), H454 [15FE]

Capitol Building and Grounds: establish a task force to recommend an appropriate recognition for the slave laborers who worked on the construction of the U.S. Capitol (see H. Con. Res. 368), H7003 [25JY]

Chen, Stephen: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 354), H4591 [15JN]

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

———high-level visits by Taiwanese officials to the U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 401), H9011 [5OC]

Clean Air Act: methyl bromide phaseout schedule (see H.R. 4215), H7003 [25JY]

Courts: clarification of jurisdiction over private property takings and land use disputes (see H.R. 2372), H922 [9MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: agricultural trade programs funding (see H.R. 3593), H1163 [21MR]

———allow dissemination of statistical information on olive growers and processors (see H.R. 4218), H1957 [6AP]

Dept. of Defense: adjustment of composite theoretical performance levels of high performance computers (see H.R. 3680), H1958 [6AP]

———submit a report to Congress on production alternatives for the Joint Strike Fighter program (see H.R. 3396), H1958 [6AP]

Dept. of the Interior: collect and maintain information on public memorials commemorating military conflicts and service of individuals in the Armed Forces (see H. Con. Res. 345), H4592 [15JN]

———National Park Service snowmobile regulations (see H.R. 4560), H3926 [6JN]

———provide cost sharing for CALFED water enhancement programs in California (see H.R. 5130), H7364 [7SE]

———refund certain collections received pursuant to the Reclamation Reform Act (see H.R. 4847), H6051 [13JY]

Drugs: combat manufacture, traffic, import, and export of methamphetamine (see H.R. 4248), H2238 [12AP]

———facilitate environmental cleanup caused by the manufacture of methamphetamines and impose new monetary fines for the manufacture and trafficking of methamphetamines (see H.R. 5589), H11445 [27OC]

Education: importance of music education (see H. Con. Res. 266), H1477 [28MR]

Europe: authorize assistance to southeastern European countries, but only democratization aid to Serbia and Montenegro, and require equitable burdensharing in the region (see H.R. 4053), H1284 [22MR]

FCC: follow normal rulemaking procedures in establishing additional requirements for noncommercial educational television broadcasters (see H.R. 3525), H511 [16FE]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: improve implementation (see H.R. 4502), H4121 [8JN]

FERC: hydroelectric projects licensing reform (see H.R. 2335), H632 [1MR]

———release of findings and recommendations on electric power in California (see H. Res. 650), H11207 [26OC]

Government: separation of powers between Congress and the President (see H.R. 2655), H757 [8MR]

Harbors: repeal harbor maintenance tax and authorize appropriations for activities formerly funded with Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund revenues (see H.R. 1260), H757 [8MR]

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]

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), H3867 [25MY]

Matthew `Mack' Robinson Post Office Building, Pasadena, CA: designate (see H.R. 4157), H2512 [3MY]

Medicaid: State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (see H.R. 3698), H1852 [5AP]

Medicare: eliminate reduction in payment rates to home health agencies for home health services (see H.R. 4219), H5241 [27JN]

———increase payment rates to Medicare+Choice organizations to correct inequities in rural and urban areas (see H.R. 5288), H8406 [27SE]

———require Dept. of HHS study on mortality and adverse outcome rates of patients receiving anesthesia services (see H.R. 632), H2770 [9MY]

———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H3523 [22MY]

———waive waiting period for coverage and provide coverage of drugs for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (see H.R. 353), H4336 [13JN]

Merchant marine industry: tribute to service and sacrifice during periods of war (see H. Con. Res. 327), H6720 [20JY]

Monuments and memorials: prohibit extension or establishment of any national monument without an express act of Congress (see H.R. 4121), H1587 [29MR]

National forests: return of fair and reasonable fees for use and occupancy of land under the recreation residence program (see H.R. 3327), H5656 [29JN]

National Trails System Act: require compensation of property owners when certain railbanked trails are developed for public use (see H.R. 4086), H1405 [23MR]

National Writing Project: improve (see H.R. 1456), H997 [14MR]

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]

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]

OSHA: require public comment, and a sound scientific basis, for proposed ergonomics regulations (see H. Con. Res. 260), H1078 [15MR]

Panama Canal: U.S. control relative to treaties (see H.J. Res. 77), H209 [2FE]

Pope, Edmond: demand release from Russian prison for humanitarian reasons (see H. Con. Res. 364), H6052 [13JY] (see H. Con. Res. 404), H7871 [19SE]

Poultry Products Inspection Act: cover certain birds for use as human food (see H.R. 765), H2340 [13AP]

———cover pigeons distributed for use as human food (see H.R. 4073), H1404 [23MR]

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]

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

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

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), H8062 [25SE]

Social Security: protect Social Security and Medicare surpluses through strengthened budgetary enforcement mechanisms (see H.R. 3859), H1406 [23MR]

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

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see H.R. 4728), H7503 [12SE]

———increase annual limitation on nondeductible contributions and adjust for inflation the amount of deductible contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1322), H3649 [23MY]

———provide a tax credit for marginal oil and natural gas well production (see H.R. 53), H6719 [20JY]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 3916), H3173 [16MY]

———repeal increases in motor fuel taxes (see H.R. 3844), H998 [14MR]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 4199), H1956 [6AP]

———treatment of charitable donation of food by businesses and farmers (see H.R. 1325), H641 [2MR]

———treatment of crops destroyed by casualty (see H.R. 4783), H5654 [29JN]

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

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), H10473 [19OC]

TVA: reduce emissions from electric powerplants (see H.R. 4859), H6052 [13JY]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: eliminate administrative waste, fraud, and abuse in fish and wildlife restoration projects funded by excise taxes on hunting and fishing equipment (see H.R. 3671), H509 [16FE]

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]

Water: Federal payment of fees and costs in proceedings relative to State water rights adjudications (see H.R. 4196), H3050 [15MY]

Water pollution: exempt discharges from certain silviculture activities from permit requirements of the national pollutant discharge elimination system (see H.R. 3625), H2905 [10MY]

Water Resources Research Act: reauthorize grants for water resources research and technology institutes (see H.R. 4132), H2967 [11MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Business and industry: authorize reimbursement payments to employers for employee portable skills training (see H.R. 4216), H1957 [6AP]

California: study best scientific method for the long-term protection of giant sequoia groves (see H.R. 4021), H1118 [16MR]

Croatia: elections (see H. Con. Res. 251), H454 [15FE]

Drucker, Peter F.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 5370), H8735 [3OC]

Endangered Species Act: exempt Woodrow Wilson Bridge project from certain provisions and allow bridge construction activities to proceed (see H.R. 5594), H11445 [27OC]

Fire prevention: development of a strategy by Federal land management agencies to reduce forest fuels that place natural resources at a high risk of catastrophic wildfire (see H. Con. Res. 406), H7996 [22SE]

Foreign policy: ensure appropriate understanding and sensitivity in responding to human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide issues related to Armenian Genocide (see H. Res. 596), H8406 [27SE]

Hmong Veterans' Naturalization Act: extend applicability to certain former spouses of deceased Hmong veterans (see H.R. 5234), H7932 [20SE]

Monuments and memorials: require input from stakeholders, State and local governments, and the Congress prior to designation of any national monument (see H. Con. Res. 254), H510 [16FE]

National Commission on Budget Concepts: establish (see H.R. 5233), H7932 [20SE]

Public lands: increase participation of local communities in Federal land management planning and respond to impacts of heavy public use of Federal lands (see H.R. 5493), H10256 [18OC]

Sequoia National Park: expand boundaries to include Dillonwood Giant Sequoia Grove (see H.R. 4020), H1118 [16MR]

Eulogies

Carpenter, Ashley D.: by John Carpenter, E1782 [13OC]

Carpenter, John W.: by John Carpenter, E1782 [13OC]

Letters

Appointment of an Ambassador to Laos: by, E2082 [3NO]

Expand Sequoia National Park boundaries to include Dillonwood Giant Sequoia Grove: Douglas D. Piirto, E336-E339 [16MR]

Underage alcohol consumption: John McCamman, Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), E272 [9MR]

———Linda A. Fletcher, University of Minnesota, E272 [9MR]

Remarks

Alcoholic beverages: enforcement of State laws in Federal court relative to interstate transportation of liquor, H9045 [6OC]

Armenia: anniversary of genocide, H2186 [12AP]

Armenian Relief Society: anniversary, E1087 [23JN]

Black History Month: observance, E57 [2FE]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), H1321 [23MR]

Burt, Charles M.: California Irrigation Institute Irrigation Person of the Year award recipient, E56 [2FE]

Business and industry: authorize reimbursement payments to employers for employee portable skills training (H.R. 4216), H8681 [3OC]

California: anniversary of statehood, H7553 [13SE]

———Excellence in Business Award recipients, E1363 [27JY]

———tribute to KSEE-TV (Fresno, CA) and Companies That Care African-American Portraits of Success Award recipients, E57 [2FE]

Camp, Lloyd V.: National Officer Candidate School Infantry Hall of Fame inductee, E447 [30MR]

Carpenter, Ashley D.: murder in Merced, CA, E1782 [13OC]

Carpenter, John W.: murder in Merced, CA, E1782 [13OC]

Chen Shui-bian: tribute on election as President of the Republic of China, E493 [5AP]

China, People's Republic of: clarify U.S. commitment to security and democracy in the Republic of China, E332 [16MR]

China, Republic of: congratulations on elections and reaffirmation of U.S. commitment to security and democracy, E493 [5AP]

———observance of National Day, E1665 [4OC]

Coastal zones: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States (H.R. 701), H2865, H2866, H2867 [10MY]

Conservation and Reinvestment Act: Payment in Lieu of Taxes Program funding, H2865, H2866, H2867 [10MY]

Croatia: elections (H. Con. Res. 251), H2987 [15MY]

Dept. of State: investigation into abduction of Houa Ly and Michael Vang in Laos, E2081 [3NO]

———provide appropriate training and materials to all executive branch employees involved in responding to issues related to human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide (H. Res. 398), H2186 [12AP]

Fire prevention: development of a strategy by Federal land management agencies to reduce forest fuels that place natural resources at a high risk of catastrophic wildfire (H. Con. Res. 406), E1575 [22SE]

Fresno, CA: Fresno Compact recipient of National Alliance of Business Distinguished Performance Award, E1030 [15JN]

Hallowell, James and Coke: Excellence in Business Hall of Fame Award recipients, E1358 [27JY]

Human rights: combat trafficking in human beings and provide assistance to victims (H.R. 3244), conference report, H9045 [6OC]

Juvenile Diabetes Foundation International: recognition of Woolf family at Promise Ball 2000, E439 [29MR]

Koike, Steven T.: University of California Friends of Agricultural Extension Outstanding Achievement Award recipient, E527 [11AP]

Kouymjian, Dickran: Armenian National Committee of Central California Man of the Year award recipient, E440 [29MR]

Laos: support democracy and human rights, E2081 [3NO]

Lyles, William M.: California State University, Fresno, Sid Craig School of Business Entrepreneur in Residence honoree, E59 [2FE]

McIntyre, Gail Hanhart: Fresno (CA) Bee and Fresno Business Council Rose Ann Vuich Ethical Leadership Award recipient, E1265 [19JY]

Monuments and memorials: require input from stakeholders, State and local governments, and the Congress prior to designation of any national monument (H. Con. Res. 254), H496 [16FE]

National Commission on Budget Concepts: establish (H.R. 5233), E1557 [21SE]

North Fork, CA: tribute to the Chamber of Commerce, E533 [11AP]

Petroleum: economic impact of increasing oil prices, H1000 [15MR]

Rural areas: impact of Federal public policy changes on economic expansion, H8603 [2OC]

Sequoia National Park: expand boundaries to include Dillonwood Giant Sequoia Grove (H.R. 4020), H12514 [15DE], E336 [16MR]

Stone, Jack: Distinguished California Agriculturalist Award recipient, E1110 [26JN]

Taxation: rates, H1321 [23MR]

Wolf Trap Farm Park for the Performing Arts: rename as Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts (H.R. 2049), H12514 [15DE]

World Impact, Inc.: tribute to Fresno, CA, chapter, E1146 [29JN]

Yang, Amorette: Prudential Insurance Co., of America Spirit of Community Award recipient for California, E1037 [19JN]

Yosemite National Park Volunteer Project: tribute to volunteer efforts of the Yosemite Fund (organization) and Chevron Corp., E1325 [26JY]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H508 [16FE], H2236 [12AP], H7649 [14SE]

Tributes

Archer, Tom, E1125 [27JN]

Armenian, Raffi, E984 [13JN]

Avakian, Karl V., E443 [29MR]

Cotta, Marc, E433 [28MR]

Davis, Keith J., E529 [11AP]

Gerawan, Dan, E438 [29MR]

Harrison, Doug, E1036 [19JN]

McKellar, Vernice, E1317 [25JY]

Patterson, James H., E489 [4AP]

Quist, Larry and Sally, E1133 [28JN]

Rose, Renee, E1526 [19SE]

Schellenberg, Rick, E438 [29MR]

Servin, Gilbert, E531 [11AP]

Vail, Alexandra L., E442 [29MR]