HASTINGS, ALCEE L. (a Representative from Florida)

Amendments

Aviation: improve security (H.R. 3150), consideration (H. Res. 274), H7628 [1NO]

———preserve the continued viability of the U.S. air transportation system (H.R. 2926), H5929 [21SE]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2590), H4542 [24JY], H4610 [25JY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2500), H4114 [17JY], H4136 [18JY]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2620), H4687, H4725 [26JY]

District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 2944), H5999 [25SE]

Appointments

Committee on Intelligence (House, Select), H517 [1MR]

Committee on Security and Cooperation in Europe, H1652 [26AP]

Conferee: H.R. 2883, intelligence services appropriations, H8849 [5DE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Afghanistan: condemn the destruction of pre-Islamic statues by the Taliban regime (see H. Con. Res. 52), H878 [13MR]

———condemn the Taliban for requiring Hindus to wear identifying symbols (see H. Con. Res. 145), H2848 [25MY]

Africa: efforts to reduce hunger in sub-Saharan Africa (see H. Con. Res. 102), H3864 [10JY]

Agriculture: require labeling of country of origin of imported perishable agricultural commodities (see H.R. 1605), H3203 [14JN]

AID: clarify process of providing education and related services to foreign law enforcement and military personnel to prevent and control HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis (see H.R. 2104), H3260 [19JN]

Air pollution: reduce emissions of fossil-fuel-generated carbon dioxide to stabilize greenhouse gas emissions (see H. Res. 117), H1488 (see H. Res. 117), H1500 [4AP]

Animals: prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear viscera (see H.R. 397), H1346 [29MR]

Archivist of the U.S.: establish the Holocaust Insurance Registry and require certain disclosures by insurers (see H.R. 2693), H5124 [1AU]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see H.R. 770), H505 [28FE]

Armed Forces: authorize the use of military recreational facilities by any veteran with a compensable service-connected disability (see H.R. 1233), H2184 [15MY]

———improve Montgomery GI Bill benefits by improving and expanding educational assistance programs (see H.R. 320), H624 [1MR]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 179), H929 [14MR]

Arthur (Pappy) Kennedy Post Office Building, Orlando, FL: designate (see H.R. 2849), H5454 [6SE]

Aviation: ensure individuals are not penalized for canceling or rescheduling certain flights (see H.R. 3103), H6701 [11OC]

———improve security (see H.R. 3110), H7358 [29OC]

———provide assistance for employees who are separated from employment due to reductions in service by air carriers and airport closures caused by terrorist actions or security measures (see H.R. 2955), H6055 [25SE]

———provide economic relief to general aviation small businesses that have suffered economic injury as a result of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 3007), H10910 [19DE]

———require screening of all property carried in aircraft (see H.R. 3029), H6702 [11OC]

Babbitt, Dina: release of paintings by the Auschwitz-Birkenau state museum in Poland (see H. Con. Res. 118), H1716 [1MY]

Baltic States: independence anniversary of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania (see H. Con. Res. 131), H2142 [10MY]

Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary Commission: establish (see H.R. 2362), H4780 [27JY]

BIA: issue school construction funding bonds (see H.R. 2152), H5126 [1AU]

Birds: prohibit interstate movement of live birds, for the purpose of fighting, to States in which animal fighting is lawful (see H.R. 1155), H1861 [2MY]

Biscayne National Park: boundary adjustment (see H.R. 1002), H876 [13MR]

``Black Americans in Congress, 1870-1989'': authorizing printing (see H. Con. Res. 43), H442 [27FE]

Business and industry: ensure project labor agreements are permitted in certain circumstances (see H.R. 1360), H1558 [24AP]

Capital punishment: ensure that defendants in capital cases have adequate counsel and allow those convicted to have a reasonable opportunity to present new evidence of innocence (see H.R. 912), H739 [7MR]

Capitol Building and Grounds: establish the Spirit of America Garden as part of the Capitol Visitors Center to honor the victims of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 2991), H6136 [2OC]

Carter, Jimmy and Rosalynn: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 399), H218 [7FE]

Chen Shui-bian: U.S. visit (see H. Con. Res. 135), H2184 [15MY]

Children and youth: ensure health coverage, promote parental support and family stability, improve early education and child care, reduce poverty, create youth development programs, and provide a safe environment (see H.R. 1990), H4724 [26JY]

———increase the availability, affordability, and quality of child care (see H.R. 2097), H2997 [7JN]

———increase the availability and quality of child care for disabled children (see H.R. 2787), H5971 [24SE]

China, Republic of: participation in WHO (see H.R. 428), H624 [1MR]

Chisholm, Shirley: tribute (see H. Res. 97), H1191 [27MR]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 781), H2082 [9MY]

Colleges and universities: increase funding and decrease matching requirement for historically black colleges and universities (see H.R. 1606), H1658 [26AP]

———provide for fire sprinkler systems in public and private college and university housing and dormitories (see H.R. 2145), H3806 [28JN]

Commission To Study Reparation Proposals for African-Americans: establish (see H.R. 40), H25 [3JA]

Computers: establish an Internet site on Federal financial assistance (see H.R. 782), H6919 [16OC]

Congress: hold joint session in New York, NY (see H. Con. Res. 249), H7960 [8NO]

Congressional Gold Medal: award posthumously to passengers and crew of United Airlines flight 93 in the aftermath of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 2917), H5925 [21SE]

Consumers: require retailers of farm-raised fish to inform consumers of the country of origin (see H.R. 2439), H5406 [5SE]

Contraceptives: require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and services under health insurance plans (see H.R. 1111), H5736 [19SE]

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 18), H28 [3JA]

Courts: applicability of certain titles of the Civil Rights Act to the judicial branch of the Federal Government (see H.R. 1290), H1343 [29MR]

———appointment of an additional Federal district judge for the middle district of Florida (see H.R. 3245), H8339 [16NO]

CPSC: confirm jurisdiction over child safety devices for handguns (see H.R. 499), H1861 [2MY]

Credit: prohibit creditors from penalizing consumers with late fees, increased interest rates, or adverse credit reports, whose mail service has been disrupted due to hazardous substance attacks (see H.R. 3175), H8843 [4DE]

Credit cards: prevent issuers from taking advantage of traditional college students and protect parents of such students (see H.R. 184), H8842 [4DE]

Crime: condemn violence directed at Sikhs in the aftermath of hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H. Res. 255), H6380 [4OC]

———provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (see H.R. 1343), H1407 [3AP]

Cuba: assist internal opposition and further help the Cuban people to regain their freedom (see H.R. 1271), H1411 [3AP]

———human rights violations (see H. Res. 91), H959 [19MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: improve agricultural credit programs (see H.R. 2653), H4723 [26JY]

———support exchange programs whereby African-American farmers and other agricultural specialists share technical knowledge with African and Caribbean farmers to improve farming in Africa (see H.R. 1894), H2333 [17MY]

Dept. of Defense: review military service records to determine if certain Jewish war veterans should be awarded the Medal of Honor (see H.R. 606), H444 [27FE]

Dept. of Education: make grants to educational organizations for Holocaust educational programs (see H.R. 477), H221 [7FE]

———make grants to States to hire additional school-based mental health and student service providers (see H.R. 2283), H3464 [21JN]

———provide student loan forgiveness to surviving spouses of the victims of terrorist attacks (see H.R. 3163), H7852 [6NO]

Dept. of HHS: establish an Office on Men's Health (see H.R. 632), H394 [14FE]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct special resource study on the inclusion of Virginia Key Beach, FL, in the National Park System (see H.R. 2109), H3260 [19JN]

———maintain moratoria on new oil and natural gas leasing activity on portions of the Outer Continental Shelf (see H. Con. Res. 136), H2280 [16MY]

———study the suitability and feasibility of designating the International Civil Rights Center and Museum, in Greensboro, NC, as a unit of the National Park System (see H.R. 2008), H3203 [14JN]

Dept. of Transportation: improve security at U.S. maritime borders (see H.R. 3013), H7358 [29OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify compensation standards for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans suffering from certain undiagnosed illnesses (see H.R. 612), H2848 [25MY]

———establish uniformity in fees charged qualifying members of the Selected Reserve and active duty veterans for guaranteed home loans (see H.R. 2095), H3358 [20JN]

———improve presumptive compensation benefits for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans suffering from certain undiagnosed illnesses (see H.R. 1406), H2142 [10MY]

———make various improvements to veterans benefits programs (see H.R. 2540), H4541 [24JY]

Developing countries: prohibit export assistance to any company challenging an intellectual property law or policy of a country that regulates HIV/AIDS pharmaceuticals or medical technologies (see H.R. 1690), H2335 [17MY]

Discrimination: protect rights and condemn attacks on Arab Americans, American Muslims, and South Asian Americans relative to terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H. Con. Res. 227), H5704 [14SE]

Diseases: expand research activities relative to Duchenne muscular dystrophy (see H.R. 717), H398 [14FE]

———improve access to HIV/AIDS-related treatments and services in sub-Saharan Africa and other developing countries (see H.R. 933), H1296 [28MR]

———ovarian cancer research programs (see H.R. 326), H1116 [22MR]

District of Columbia: provide full voting representation in Congress and exempt residents from paying Federal income taxes until such voting representation takes effect (see H.R. 1193), H1346 [29MR]

Drugs: concentrate Federal resources on the prosecution of major drug offenses (see H.R. 1978), H2679 [23MY]

Ecology and environment: assessment, cleanup, and redevelopment of brownfield sites (see H.R. 2064), H4949 [31JY]

Education: expand the teacher loan forgiveness programs under the guaranteed and direct student loan programs (see H.R. 2765), H5335 [2AU]

———improve quality and raise student achievement by strengthening accountability, raising teaching standards, rewarding success, and providing better information to parents (see H.R. 340), H1660 [26AP]

———provide student loan forgiveness to teachers who work in tribal colleges or universities (see H.R. 1180), H1411 [3AP]

———reduce class size through the use of fully qualified teachers (see H.R. 1036), H2849 [25MY]

———require States to equalize education funding throughout the State (see H.R. 1234), H1558 [24AP]

Election Administration Commission: establish (see H.R. 263), H109 [30JA] (see H.R. 775), H505 [28FE]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: amend Impact Aid Program relative to delivery of payments to local educational agencies (see H.R. 1716), H2142 [10MY]

Employment: prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (see H.R. 2692), H4948 [31JY]

———prohibit forced overtime hours of licensed health care employees (see H.R. 1289), H2680 [23MY]

Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative: reform (see H.R. 1642), H1926 [3MY]

EPA: provide additional authority to the Office of Ombudsman (see H.R. 1431), H1925 [3MY]

———reinstate revised drinking water standards for arsenic (see H.R. 1413), H1482 (see H.R. 1413), H1492 [4AP]

———revise drinking water standards for arsenic and provide grants to small public drinking water systems to assist in meeting these standards (see H.R. 1252), H1490 [4AP]

ERISA: provide emergency protection for retiree health benefits (see H.R. 1322), H1345 [29MR]

Fair Labor Standards Act: reform provisions relative to child labor (see H.R. 961), H826 [8MR]

Families and domestic relations: eliminate any Federal policy on the definition of marriage (see H.R. 270), H5704 [14SE]

———provide grants to States to encourage media campaigns to promote responsible fatherhood skills (see H.R. 1300), H1344 [29MR]

Federal contracts: ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses (see H.R. 721), H3519 [25JN]

Federal employees: eliminate inequities in retirement benefits for law enforcement officers, firefighters, air traffic controllers, nuclear materials couriers, Supreme Court members, and Capitol police (see H.R. 2523), H10910 [19DE]

Financial institutions: ensure continued stability of the Federal deposit insurance system (see H.R. 1293), H1925 [3MY]

Firearms: improve safety of handguns (see H.R. 1014), H1411 [3AP]

———prevent handgun violence and illegal commerce in handguns (see H.R. 225), H650 [6MR]

———require criminal background checks for sale, offer for sale, transfer, or exchange of firearms at certain events and provide additional resources for gun crime enforcement (see H.R. 2377), H3961 [11JY]

Florida: prohibit offshore drilling on the Outer Continental Shelf (see H.R. 1631), H1659 [26AP]

Foreign aid: authorize assistance for individuals with disabilities in foreign countries, including victims of landmines, civil strife, and warfare (see H.R. 3169), H7333 [25OC]

———provide debt relief to developing countries with coral reef preservation and management programs (see H.R. 2272), H3464 [21JN]

Foreign policy: ensure that U.S. trade and economic development policies respect and support the rights of African farmers (see H. Con. Res. 260), H8249 [15NO]

Foreign trade: prohibit importation of diamonds unless the countries exporting the diamonds have in place certain controls to verify the source of the diamonds (see H.R. 918), H740 [7MR]

Forests: eliminate commercial logging on public lands and facilitate the economic recovery and diversification of communities dependent on the Federal logging program (see H.R. 1494), H1497 [4AP]

Gambling: expand and modernize the prohibition against interstate gambling (see H.R. 3215), H7717 [1NO]

———protect amateur athletics and combat illegal sports gambling (see H.R. 641), H1605 [25AP]

Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery, Saratoga, NY: designate (see H.R. 3392), H8842 [4DE]

``God Bless America'': designate as the national hymn of the U.S. (see H.R. 3051), H6421 [5OC]

Government: require wages paid to Federal employees and Federal contract workers be above the local poverty line (see H.R. 917), H2184 [15MY]

Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction: urge all contracting States to recommend the production of practice guides (see H. Con. Res. 69), H1012 [20MR]

Health: establish demonstration projects for States to provide universal, comprehensive, and cost-effective health care coverage with simplified administration (see H.R. 1033), H928 [14MR]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H. Con. Res. 99), H1487 (see H. Con. Res. 99), H1499 [4AP]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 526), H3519 [25JN]

———require managed care organizations to contract with providers in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 2743), H5334 [2AU]

———support Federal funding of pluripotent stem cell research (see H. Con. Res. 17), H2680 [23MY]

Health care professionals: alleviate nursing profession shortage by improving educational programs and partnerships and supporting additional training (see H.R. 1436), H2712 [24MY]

Higgins, Andrew Jackson: posthumous awarding of Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2078), H2955 [6JN]

Higgins Industries: award Congressional Gold Medal to World War II-era employees (see H.R. 2078), H2955 [6JN]

Higher Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1162), H1112 [22MR]

Homeless: improve programs for veterans (see H.R. 936), H825 [8MR]

House of Representatives: constitutional amendment on appointment and election of new Members if a significant number of Members can no longer serve due to a national emergency (see H.J. Res. 67), H6920 [16OC]

Housing: ensure that communities receiving community development block grants use such funds to benefit low- and moderate-income families (see H.R. 1191), H1114 [22MR]

———provide for a study on the proximity of federally assisted housing to hazardous waste sites (see H.R. 1585), H2890 [5JN]

Huerta, Dolores: tribute for commitment to the improvement of working conditions for children, women, and farm worker families (see H. Con. Res. 177), H5340 [2AU]

Hughes, Langston: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 205), H4862 [30JY]

Hunting and trapping: prohibit steel jaw leghold traps (see H.R. 1187), H1113 [22MR]

Immigration: adjust status of certain Montserrat nationals (see H.R. 1726), H3863 [10JY]

———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. 1266), H1605 [25AP]

———ensure no alien is removed, denied benefits, or otherwise deprived of liberty, based on evidence that is kept secret from the alien, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 1266), H5929 [21SE]

———provide a mechanism for U.S. citizens, and lawful permanent residents, to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see H.R. 690), H1061 [21MR]

———provide temporary protected status to certain unaccompanied alien children and adjust status of alien children unlawfully present in the U.S. (see H.R. 720), H398 [14FE]

Immigration and Nationality Act: revise various provisions (see H.R. 500), H2184 [15MY]

India: express sympathy for victims of earthquake and support ongoing aid efforts (see H. Con. Res. 13, 15), H111 [30JA]

———welcome Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee upon U.S. visit and affirm support in campaign against international terrorism (see H. Con. Res. 264), H7909 [7NO]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 659), H828 [8MR]

Indonesia: provide assistance for democracy efforts in East Timor (see H.R. 675), H396 [14FE]

Information services: deregulate Internet and high speed data services (see H.R. 1542), H3068 [12JN]

Insurance: coverage of colorectal cancer screening (see H.R. 1520), H1498 [4AP]

———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 602), H1295 [28MR]

———provide equitable coverage of mental health, substance abuse, and chemical dependency treatment services under group and individual health coverage (see H.R. 162), H8133 [13NO]

———require group and individual health insurance plans to provide coverage of cancer screening (see H.R. 1809), H2141 [10MY]

———require that group and individual health insurance plans and Medicare+Choice organizations provide prompt payment of claims (see H.R. 287), H3713 [27JN]

International Women's Day: observance (see H. Res. 86), H1351 [30MR]

Iran: conviction of Iranian Jews accused of espionage (see H. Con. Res. 29), H1013 [20MR]

Iran and Libya Sanctions Act: extend authorities (see H.R. 1954), H2677 [23MY]

Iron and steel industry: provide certain safeguards relative to the domestic steel industry (see H.R. 808), H1190 [27MR]

Israel: express solidarity in the fight against terrorism (see H. Con. Res. 280), H8842 [4DE]

Jamaica: condemn civil unrest (see H. Con. Res. 198), H4634 [25JY]

JET Magazine: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 274), H8338 [16NO]

Joseph W. Westmoreland Post Office Building, Jay, FL: designate (see H.R. 2240), H3619 [26JN]

King, Martin Luther, Jr. and Coretta Scott: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2723), H5333 [2AU]

Law enforcement: community policing programs (see H.R. 2009), H2711 [24MY]

———prohibit racial profiling (see H.R. 2074), H4217 [18JY]

Liberia: adjust immigration status of certain nationals (see H.R. 1806), H2141 [10MY]

LIHEAP: encourage the release of funds to individuals affected by the terrorist attacks (see H. Res. 300), H8732 [29NO]

Marjory Williams Scrivens Post Office, Miami, FL: designate (see H.R. 364), H443 [27FE]

Medicaid: clarify that Native American women eligible for coverage under Indian health plans are eligible for optional breast and cervical cancer coverage (see H.R. 1383), H8248 [15NO]

———permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (see H.R. 2063), H2888 [5JN]

Medicare: coverage of additional hemodialysis treatments for certain patients and increased update in composite rate for dialysis services (see H.R. 2220), H10067 [13DE]

———coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 1624), H4724 [26JY]

———increase reimbursement for screening mammography services and funding for additional radiology residents and radiologic technologists (see H.R. 1354), H3863 [10JY]

———increase the payment amount for inpatient hospital services and freeze the reduction in payments to hospitals for indirect costs of medical education (see H.R. 1556), H4113 [17JY]

———provide for continuous open enrollment and disenrollment in Medicare+Choice plans (see H.R. 3267), H8339 [16NO]

———reductions in prescription drug prices (see H.R. 1400), H1482 (see H.R. 1400), H1491 [4AP]

———specify the update for physician fee schedule payments and conduct a study on replacing the use of the sustainable growth rate as a factor in such update (see H.R. 3351), H10355 [18DE]

Mental health: provide for research on, and services for individuals with, postpartum depression and psychosis (see H.R. 2380), H4010 [12JY]

Middle East: encourage Lebanon, Syria, and Iran to call upon Hezbollah to allow representatives of the International Red Cross to visit four abducted Israelis presently held in Lebanon (see H. Res. 99), H1115 [22MR]

Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 665), H2184 [15MY]

Motor vehicles: provide for greater fairness in the motor vehicle franchise contract arbitration process (see H.R. 1296), H1343 [29MR]

National Affordable Housing Trust Fund: establish to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income families (see H.R. 2349), H3712 [27JN]

National Commission on Youth Crime and School Violence: establish (see H.R. 537), H1410 [3AP]

National Homeland Security Agency: establish (see H.R. 1158), H5928 [21SE]

National security: ensure greater security for U.S. seaports (see H.R. 3437), H9077 [6DE]

Native American Heritage Month: observance (see H. Con. Res. 270), H8421 [27NO]

Native Americans: clarify citizenship eligibility for certain members of the Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona (see H.R. 2348), H4429 [23JY]

NIH: uterine fibroid research funding (see H.R. 1672), H1859 [2MY]

NSF: demonstration project to encourage interest in the fields of mathematics, science, and information technology (see H.R. 1660), H1715 [1MY]

Office of Homeland Security: establish (see H.R. 3026), H6505 [10OC]

Outer Continental Shelf: use of oil and gas production royalties to establish a fund for outdoor conservation and recreation needs (see H.R. 701), H3863 [10JY]

Patriotism: mint coins in commemoration of the Spirit of America and to establish the Victims of September 11th Fund (see H.R. 3244), H10966 [20DE]

Peace Corps: authorizing additional appropriations (see H.R. 2839), H6260 [3OC]

Pensions: exclude the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund from the Federal budget (see H.R. 572), H1190 [27MR]

Peru: congratulate President-elect Alejandro Toledo on his election, congratulate the people for the return of democracy, and express sympathy for earthquake victims (see H. Res. 181), H3712 [27JN]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 1637), H3068 [12JN]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 250), H5125 [1AU]

———guidelines for renovation, relocation, closing, or consolidation of post offices (see H.R. 1861), H2279 [16MY]

———tribute (see H. Con. Res. 257), H7591 [31OC]

Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 3113), H6780 [12OC]

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 242), H8249 [15NO]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 1140), H1489 [4AP]

Robert F. Kennedy Dept. of Justice Building, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 2815), H5337 [2AU]

Robeson, Paul L.: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 143), H4010 [12JY]

Ronald W. Reagan Post Office Building, Melbourne, FL: designate (see H.R. 395), H218 [7FE]

Russia: anniversary of emigration of Kalmyk community to the U.S. from displaced persons camps in Germany after World War II (see H. Res. 137), H2022 [8MY]

Safe Drinking Water Act: provide grants to small public drinking water systems (see H.R. 1178), H8133 [13NO]

September 11th Victim Compensation Fund: expand to include individuals diagnosed with anthrax (see H.R. 3194), H7719 [1NO]

Sharon, Ariel: commend election as Prime Minister of Israel, encourage end to Middle East violence, and reaffirm U.S. commitment to friendship (see H. Res. 34), H325 [13FE]

Smithsonian Institution: establish National Museum of African American History and Culture (see H.R. 1718), H1923 [3MY]

Social Security: computation system for benefits relative to spouses' or surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 664), H2022 [8MY]

———eliminate benefit penalties to individuals receiving pensions from noncovered employment (see H.R. 848), H5339 [2AU]

———level of benefit payment in the month of the beneficiary's death (see H.R. 210), H4541 [24JY] (see H.R. 1091), H5125 [1AU] (see H.R. 1464), H4634 [25JY]

———permit States the option of coverage of legal immigrants under the Medicaid Program and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 1143), H2334 [17MY]

———restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to certain individuals (see H.R. 1073), H1411 [3AP]

States: adopt and enforce standards that prohibit the use of racial profiling in the enforcement of laws regulating the use of Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 1907), H2333 [17MY]

Taxation: allow a deduction for State and local sales taxes in lieu of State and local income taxes (see H.R. 322), H443 [27FE]

———allow a deduction for State tuition program expenses and prohibit exclusion of distributions used for education expenses from gross income (see H.R. 475), H1346 [29MR]

———allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums (see H.R. 2125), H10966 [20DE]

———allow taxpayers to include citrus canker tree replacement payments as income or gain (see H.R. 2824), H5338 [2AU]

———encourage patronage of the hospitality, restaurant, and entertainment industries of New York, NY (see H.R. 2940), H6057 [25SE]

———expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 1076), H1296 [28MR]

———expand nontaxable exchange period within which commercial citrus trees destroyed under public order due to canker may be replaced (see H.R. 2823), H5338 [2AU]

———extension of the credit for producing electricity from certain renewable resources to include cool roofing (see H.R. 2184), H4863 [30JY]

———extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind (see H.R. 876), H3068 [12JN]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see H.R. 267), H109 [30JA]

———include compensation for compulsory or involuntary commercial plant conversions as income or gain (see H.R. 2822), H5337 [2AU]

———provide a refund to individuals for payroll taxes (see H.R. 3015), H6702 [11OC]

———provide individual income tax rate reductions, relief to families with children, marriage penalty relief, and eliminate the estate tax for certain decedents (see H.R. 1398), H1718 [1MY]

———provide tax and other incentives to maintain a vibrant travel and tourism industry, to keep working people working, and to stimulate economic growth (see H.R. 3140), H6919 [16OC]

———repeal limit on the allowance of a deduction of interest on higher education loans (see H.R. 686), H1410 [3AP]

———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in asserting any claim of employment discrimination (see H.R. 840), H5339 [2AU]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 831), H7960 [8NO]

———treatment of loan payments received under the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 1401), H1718 [1MY]

Terrorism: bioterrorism preparedness and response funding (see H.R. 3255), H8343 [19NO]

———improve Federal efforts to prepare for, and respond to, terrorist attacks (see H. Res. 52), H5616 [13SE]

———issue commemorative postage stamp to assist families of victims of attacks at the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 2907), H5928 [21SE]

———prevent, prepare for, and respond to threats (see H.R. 3555), H10963 [20DE]

———protect children (see H.R. 3106), H6781 [12OC]

———tribute to first responders injured or killed following attacks at the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, and recognize first responders to previous domestic attacks (see H. Con. Res. 233), H7529 [30OC]

———tribute to passengers and crew of United Airlines flight 93 in the aftermath of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H. Con. Res. 232), H8339 [16NO]

Turkey: express appreciation for participation in military response to terrorist attacks (see H. Con. Res. 265), H10910 [19DE]

U.N.: restore a voluntary U.S. contribution to the U.N. Population Fund (see H.R. 1117), H1605 [25AP]

———U.S. participation in World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia, and Related Intolerance (see H. Res. 212), H4780 [27JY]

U.S. Commission on Election Law Reform: establish (see H.R. 49), H2890 [5JN]

Urban areas: development of municipally-owned vacant lots by nonprofit community organizations (see H.R. 994), H2082 [9MY]

Veterans: authorize certain disabled veterans and their dependents to use Dept. of Defense commissary stores and post and base exchanges (see H.R. 439), H2184 [15MY]

———issue commemorative postage stamp honoring Purple Heart recipients (see H. Con. Res. 104), H1487 (see H. Con. Res. 104), H1499 [4AP]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H4378 [20JY]

———recognize the importance of veterans to the U.S. and express support for the goals of Veterans Educate Today's Students (VETS) Day (see H. Con. Res. 20), H3619 [26JN]

Vietnam: persecution of Montagnard peoples (see H. Con. Res. 178), H4541 [24JY]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: authorize design and construction of a temporary education center (see H.R. 510), H3150 [13JN]

Voting: establish a grant program to assist State and local governments with improving the administration of elections through activities which may include the modernization of voting procedures and equipment (see H.R. 354), H164 [31JA]

———establish a grant program to provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration (see H.R. 3295), H8181 [14NO]

———establish a program to provide funds to State and local governments to replace punch card voting systems (see H.R. 775), H505 [28FE]

———establish uniform poll closing time for Presidential elections (see H.R. 50), H26 [3JA]

———permit individuals whose names do not appear on the list of registered voters in an election for Federal office at a particular polling place to cast provisional votes (see H.R. 1004), H2334 [17MY]

———protect voting rights (see H.R. 1170), H1112 [22MR]

———support rights of registered voters (see H. Con. Res. 159), H3150 [13JN]

Voting Rights Act: congressional commitment (see H. Res. 139), H2185 [15MY]

Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 40), H1114 [22MR]

———promote economic security and safety of domestic and sexual violence victims (see H.R. 2670), H4779 [27JY]

———reduce health care costs and promote improved health by providing supplemental grants for preventive health services (see H.R. 633), H1489 [4AP]

World War II: preserve certain Federal court actions relative to Japanese companies compensating former prisoners of war used as slave labor (see H.R. 1198), H1346 [29MR]

Yugoslavia: commend transfer of Slobodan Milosevic and other alleged war criminals to the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and provide aid to support economic and democratic reforms (see H. Res. 200), H4780 [27JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Aviation: provide assistance for employees who are separated from employment due to reductions in service by air carriers and airport closures caused by terrorist actions or security measures (see H.R. 2946), H5971 [24SE]

Congo: support transition to democracy (see H. Con. Res. 16), H111 [30JA]

Dept. of HHS: prepare and publish annually a consumer guide to prescription drug prices (see H.R. 2660), H4724 [26JY]

Dept. of Transportation: make grants to travel agencies, car rental companies, and businesses in the ancillary airline industry to provide compensation for losses incurred as a result of terrorist attacks (see H.R. 2945), H5971 [24SE]

Firearms: prohibit disposition to and possession by non-permanent resident aliens (see H.R. 2668), H4779 [27JY]

Fisk Jubilee Singers (musical group): issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Res. 225), H5338 [2AU]

Hoga (U.S.S.): authorize transport of former naval medium harbor tug to Port Everglades, FL, for use as a veterans memorial and for vocational seamanship training (see H.R. 2665), H4724 [26JY]

House of Representatives: establish a commission to make recommendations on the appropriate size of membership of the House and the method by which Representatives are elected (see H.R. 506), H222 [7FE]

Immigration: adjust status of certain unaccompanied alien children and establish a panel of advisors to assist such children in immigration proceedings (see H.R. 505), H222 [7FE]

National Office for Combatting Terrorism: establish (see H.R. 3078), H6504 [10OC]

Presidential Commission To Study the Culture and Glorification of Violence in America: establish (see H.R. 655), H395 [14FE]

Social Security: increase lump-sum death benefit and allow payment of such benefit to legal representative of the deceased's estate in the absence of a surviving spouse or child (see H.R. 3119), H6780 [12OC]

Taxation: allow a temporary deduction for the cost of airline tickets and other personal travel expenses (see H.R. 3079), H6504 [10OC]

Voting: establish uniform national standards for Federal election procedures and change the Federal election day (see H.R. 829), H622 [1MR]

———hold Federal elections over the first weekend in November (see H.R. 2758), H5335 [2AU]

Letters

Internet Equity and Education Act: Charlotte J. Fraas, American Federation of Teachers, H6467 [10OC]

———Mary Burgan, American Association of University Professors, H6467 [10OC]

———Mary Elizabeth Teasley, National Education Association, H6467 [10OC]

———Roderick R. Paige, Sec. of Education, H6468 [10OC]

Motions

Dept. of State: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1646), H2249 [16MY]

Remarks

Agriculture: conservation programs funding, H6308 [4OC]

———continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), H6308, H6335 [4OC]

———price supports for sugar, H6335 [4OC]

Aguirre, Horacio: Great Floridian Award recipient, E673 [1MY]

AID: South Asian Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance funding through reductions in Andean Counterdrug Initiative funding, H4452 [24JY]

Aviation: Federal versus private employment status for aviation security personnel, H7618, H7626 [1NO]

———improve security (H.R. 3150), consideration (H. Res. 274), H7618, H7620, H7621, H7626 [1NO]

———preserve the continued viability of the U.S. air transportation system (H.R. 2926), consideration (H. Res. 244), H5885 [21SE]

———provide assistance for employees who are separated from employment due to reductions in service by air carriers and airport closures caused by terrorist actions or security measures (H.R. 2946), H6105, H6109, H6110 [2OC], E1712 [24SE]

———provide assistance for employees who are separated from employment due to reductions in service by air carriers and airport closures caused by terrorist actions or security measures (H.R. 2955), H7618 [1NO]

``Black Americans in Congress, 1870-1989'': authorizing printing (H. Con. Res. 43), E422 [22MR]

Chiles, Lawton: Great Floridian Award recipient, E673 [1MY]

Chisholm, Shirley: tribute (H. Res. 97), H3024 [12JN]

Climate: global warming, E427 [22MR]

Commission on Civil Rights: report on voting irregularities in Florida during the Presidential election, E1027 [6JN]

Congress: counting of Presidential electoral votes, objection, H34, H36 [6JA]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 3338), consideration (H. Res. 296), H8435 [28NO]

Dept. of HHS: prepare and publish annually a consumer guide to prescription drug prices (H.R. 2660), E1440 [26JY]

Dept. of State: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1646), motion to recommit, H2249 [16MY]

———establish a U.S. Special Coordinator for Korea, H2249 [16MY]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2590), H4610, H4613, H4614 [25JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2590), consideration (H. Res. 206), H4549, H4551 [25JY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2500), H4136, H4137 [18JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2500), consideration (H. Res. 192), H4070 [17JY]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2620), H4687 [26JY], H4836 [30JY]

District of Columbia: emergency operations plan funding, H5999 [25SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2944), H5999 [25SE]

Earth Day: observance, E624 [25AP]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2311), consideration (H. Res. 180), H3642 [27JN]

FEC: State and local voting systems improvements funding, H4610, H4613, H4614 [25JY]

FEMA: Project Impact funding, H4836 [30JY]

Fisk Jubilee Singers (musical group): issue commemorative postage stamp (H. Res. 225), E1539 [3AU]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (H.J. Res. 36), consideration (H. Res. 189), H4035 [17JY]

Florida: prohibit offshore drilling on the Outer Continental Shelf, E624 [25AP]

Foreign aid: mother-to-child HIV/AIDS transmission prevention funding, H4344 [19JY]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2506), H4344 [19JY], H4452 [24JY]

Higher Education Act: remove limits on Internet course offerings, modify treatment of non-standard term programs, and clarify incentive compensation requirements (H.R. 1992), consideration (H. Res. 256), H6464, H6468 [10OC]

Hoga (U.S.S.): authorize transport of former naval medium harbor tug to Port Everglades, FL, for use as a veterans memorial and for vocational seamanship training (H.R. 2665), E1439 [26JY]

House Rules: allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and consider certain legislation (H. Res. 305), H8952 [6DE]

India: express sympathy for victims of earthquake and support ongoing aid efforts (H. Con. Res. 15), E111 [6FE]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2883), consideration (H. Res. 252), H6384 [5OC]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2883), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 312), H9247 [12DE]

———enhance intelligence and intelligence-related activities in the prevention of terrorism, H6384 [5OC]

Johnson, Eula Gandy, E105 [6FE]

Lee H. Hamilton Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, New Albany, IN: designate (H.R. 1583), H5947 [24SE]

National Office for Combatting Terrorism: establish (H.R. 3078), E1843 [10OC]

Pahokee, FL: city marina dredging project funding, H4136, H4137 [18JY]

Parliamentary inquiry, H7622, H7623 [1NO]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), consideration (H. Res. 188), H3983 [12JY]

Power resources: national energy policy, E427 [22MR], E903 [23MY]

Social Security: increase lump-sum death benefit and allow payment of such benefit to legal representative of the deceased's estate in the absence of a surviving spouse or child (H.R. 3119), E1886 [12OC]

Sudan: increase diplomatic efforts to encourage peace process in ongoing civil war and facilitate relief efforts (H.R. 2052), H3103 [13JN]

Taxation: allow a temporary deduction for the cost of airline tickets and other personal travel expenses (H.R. 3079), E1841 [10OC]

Terrorism: condemn and respond to hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H.J. Res. 61), H5531 [11SE]

———economic impact of hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, H5885 [21SE]

———tribute to first responders injured or killed following attacks at the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, and recognize first responders to previous domestic attacks (H. Con. Res. 233), E1989 [2NO]

———tribute to relief efforts surrounding the hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, H5531 [11SE]

Trade Adjustment Assistance Program: reauthorize (H.R. 3008), H8952 [6DE]

Treaties and agreements: extend trade negotiating and trade agreement implementing authority (H.R. 3005), consideration (H. Res. 306), H8973, H8975, H8977, H8980 [6DE]

U.N.: U.S. participation in World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia, and Related Intolerance (H. Res. 212), E1486 [1AU]

Veterans: health care funding, H4687 [26JY]

Voting: establish a grant program to provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration (H.R. 3295), consideration (H. Res. 311), H9256 [12DE]

———hold Federal elections over the first weekend in November (H.R. 2758), E1541 [3AU]

———implement significant election administration reforms, E861 [21MY], E1394 [23JY]

———implement significant election administration reforms prior to the next general Federal election, E1027 [6JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H4945 [31JY], H5399 [5SE], H5453 [6SE], H8131 [13NO], H10906 [19DE]

Resignations

Committee on International Relations (House), H3229 [19JN]

Tributes

Chavez, Cesar E., E505 [30MR]

Moakley, John Joseph, E1047 [7JN]

Pompey, Charles S., E1488 [1AU]