MICA, JOHN L. (a Representative from Florida)

Amendments

Terrorism: 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 (H. Con. Res. 232), H8881 [5DE]

Appointments

Conferee: S. 1438, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, H7097 [17OC]

———S. 1447, Airport Security Federalization Act, H7782 [6NO]

U.S. Capitol Preservation Commission, H2861 [5JN]

Articles and editorials

State of Florida, St. Augustine (FL) News, E782 [10MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Afghanistan: make assistance conditional upon undertaking efforts to control illegal drugs (see H.R. 3556), H10963 [20DE]

———provide for the removal from power of the Taliban regime (see H.R. 3088), H8248 [15NO]

Animals: prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear viscera (see H.R. 397), H218 [7FE]

Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 179), H112 [30JA]

———revise rules on retirement payments to former spouses (see H.R. 1983), H2709 [24MY]

Aviation: ensure general aviation aircraft access to Federal land and to the airspace over that land (see H.R. 1363), H1408 [3AP]

———improve security (see H.R. 3150), H7127 [17OC]

———permit carriers to meet and discuss their schedules in order to reduce flight delays (see H.R. 1407), H1482 (see H.R. 1407), H1492 [4AP]

Budget: establish 2-year cycle (see H.R. 981), H3203 [14JN]

Chicago, IL: expand aviation capacity (see H.R. 3479), H10065 [13DE]

Children and youth: protect infants who are born alive (see H.R. 2175), H3201 [14JN]

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), H8843 [4DE]

Congressman Julian C. Dixon Post Office Building, Los Angeles, CA: designate (see H.R. 2454), H5928 [21SE]

Crime: amend laws relative to bail bond forfeitures (see H.R. 2734), H5334 [2AU] (see H.R. 2929), H5926 [21SE]

———protect unborn victims of violence (see H.R. 503), H325 [13FE]

———provide incentives for States to enact mandatory minimum sentences for certain firearms offenses (see H.R. 534), H929 [14MR]

Cuba: assist internal opposition and further help the Cuban people to regain their freedom (see H.R. 1271), H1661 [26AP]

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), H955 [15MR]

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), H10966 [20DE]

Dept. of Transportation: establish a grant program for the rehabilitation, preservation, or improvement of railroad track (see H.R. 1020), H1346 [29MR]

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

———establish a new veterans benefits office in Florida (see H.R. 1450), H1484 (see H.R. 1450), H1494 [4AP]

Diseases: expand research activities relative to Duchenne muscular dystrophy (see H.R. 717), H877 [13MR]

———ovarian cancer research programs (see H.R. 326), H162 [31JA]

Earnhardt, Dale: tribute (see H. Res. 57), H442 [27FE]

Education: close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (see H.R. 1), H1488 [4AP]

Electric power: provide that no electric utility shall be required to enter into a new contract or obligation to purchase or to sell electricity or capacity (see H.R. 381), H1346 [29MR]

Executive Office of the President: establish an Office of Management and redesignate OMB as the Office of the Federal Budget (see H.R. 616), H393 [14FE]

Federal employees: treatment of retirement benefits for assistant U.S. attorneys (see H.R. 1090), H5339 [2AU]

Firearms: protect manufacturers and sellers in the firearms and ammunition industry from restrictions on interstate or foreign commerce (see H.R. 2037), H10910 [19DE]

Housing: provide affordability and ensure a competitive North American market for softwood lumber (see H. Con. Res. 45), H507 [28FE]

Insurance: provide equitable coverage of mental health, substance abuse, and chemical dependency treatment services under group and individual health coverage (see H.R. 162), H1717 [1MY]

Interstate commerce: prohibit States from imposing restrictions on interstate limousine services (see H.R. 565), H322 [13FE]

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

Italian Americans: eliminate negative and unfair stereotyping and present in a more balanced and positive manner by the entertainment industry (see H. Con. Res. 141), H2679 [23MY]

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

Marjory Williams Scrivens Post Office, Miami, FL: designate (see H.R. 364), H650 [6MR]

Medicaid: delay changes in regulations that modify upper payment limit for non-State government-owned or operated hospitals (see H.R. 3360), H10910 [19DE]

Medicare: coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 1624), H3151 [13JN]

———provide guidance to health care providers attempting to properly submit claims and target truly fraudulent activity for enforcement of billing regulations rather than inadvertent errors (see H.R. 868), H1660 [26AP]

———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), H10910 [19DE]

Motor vehicles: prohibit States from requiring a license or fee relative to motor vehicles providing interstate pre-arranged ground transportation service (see H.R. 2546), H4215 [18JY]

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

NATO: endorse further enlargement (see H.R. 3167), H7308 [24OC]

Outer Continental Shelf: use of oil and gas production royalties to establish a fund for outdoor conservation and recreation needs (see H.R. 701), H1664 [27AP]

Peru: tribute to individuals injured or killed in missionary aircraft mistakenly shot down by a Peruvian fighter jet (see H. Con. Res. 117), H1716 [1MY]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 2360), H3802 [28JN]

———increase penalties for making or accepting contributions in the name of another and prohibit foreign nationals from making any campaign-related disbursements (see H.R. 1019), H928 [14MR] (see H.R. 2252), H3357 [20JN]

Public Health Service Act: amend relative to pharmacy health professions programs (see H.R. 2173), H5488 [10SE]

Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor: award to officers killed, injured, or involved in rescue efforts in the aftermath of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H. Con. Res. 243), H6781 [12OC]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 1140), H1191 [27MR]

———provide for the financing of high-speed rail infrastructure (see H.R. 2950), H6380 [4OC]

Reagan, Ronald: tribute (see H.J. Res. 7), H166 [31JA]

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

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see H.R. 1644), H3806 [28JN]

Social Security: choice of benefit payment method for certain workers affected by changes in benefit computation rules (see H.R. 97), H827 [8MR]

———invest trust funds in marketable interest-bearing securities and insured certificates of deposit, and protect trust funds from public debt limit (see H.R. 219), H1660 [26AP]

Surface Transportation Board: improve passenger rail and other fixed guideway transportation by allowing improved access to freight track and rights-of-way in return for reasonable compensation to freight railroads (see H.R. 2654), H4723 [26JY]

Taxation: allow an employer tax credit for the costs of providing certain transportation fringe benefits to employees (see H.R. 906), H739 [7MR]

———constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (see H.J. Res. 41), H1115 [22MR]

———credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (see H.R. 1172), H6458 [9OC]

———expand the Hope Scholarship credit for certain expenses and exempt certain Federal education grants when taking expenses into account (see H.R. 2219), H5406 [5SE]

———increase limitation on contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 12), H111 [30JA]

———permit churches and other houses of worship to engage in political campaigns (see H.R. 2357), H5340 [2AU]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain leasehold improvements (see H.R. 1030), H2712 [24MY]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain restaurant buildings (see H.R. 826), H2281 [16MY]

———provide tax relief to elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 516), H223 [7FE]

———provide tax-exempt status for organizations created by a State to provide property and casualty insurance coverage for property (see H.R. 1789), H2082 [9MY]

———reduce marriage tax penalty by adjusting the income tax rate brackets, standard deduction amounts, and earned income tax credit and allow nonrefundable credits against certain tax liability (see H.R. 6), H952 [15MR]

———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see H.R. 330), H163 [31JA]

———repeal estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 8), H926 [14MR]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 2714), H5332 [2AU]

———treatment of adoption expenses (see H.R. 622), H1660 [26AP]

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1305), H2849 [25MY]

———treatment of certain medical savings accounts (see H.R. 1524), H1661 [26AP]

———treatment of forestry activities (see H.R. 1581), H2335 [17MY]

Terrorism: improve Federal efforts to prepare for, and respond to, terrorist attacks (see H.R. 525), H252 [8FE]

Veterans: increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 548), H1410 [3AP]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 65), H224 (see H.R. 303), H225 [7FE]

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

``Women in Congress, 1870-1989'': authorizing printing (see H. Con. Res. 66), H955 [15MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Aviation: provide economic relief to general aviation entities that have suffered economic injury as a result of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 3347), H8420 [27NO]

Drug abuse: combat trafficking, distribution, and abuse of ``Ecstasy'' and other club drugs (see H.R. 2582), H4377 [20JY]

Drugs: establish grants for drug treatment alternatives to prison programs administered by State or local prosecutors (see H.R. 2580), H4377 [20JY]

Railroads: use State and private sector initiatives to provide for the competitive operation of Northeast rail corridor and Autotrain (see H.R. 3591), H10965 [20DE]

Veterans: provide additional compensation to survivors of Bataan Death March (see H.R. 963), H826 [8MR]

Conference reports

Aviation and Transportation Security Act (S. 1447), H8262-H8282 [16NO]

Excerpts

``War Letters—Extraordinary Correspondence from American Wars,'' Andrew Carroll, E1122 [14JN]

Letters

Federal versus private employment status for aviation security personnel: by, H6784 [16OC]

Remarks

Armed Forces: tribute to U.S. servicemen who died in the terrorist bombing of the Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia (H. Con. Res. 161), H3490 [25JN]

Aviation: Federal versus private employment status for aviation security personnel, H7580 [31OC], H7619, H7622, H7626, H7639, H7675, H7694 [1NO], H7773, H7774, H7775, H7777 [6NO]

———improve security, H7580 [31OC]

———improve security (H.R. 3150), H7639, H7660, H7675, H7683, H7694 [1NO]

———improve security (H.R. 3150), consideration (H. Res. 274), H7619, H7622, H7626 [1NO]

———improve security (S. 1447), conference report, H8301 [16NO]

———improve security (S. 1447), motion to instruct conferees, H7773, H7774, H7775, H7777 [6NO]

———preserve the continued viability of the U.S. air transportation system (H.R. 2926), H5901, H5906 [21SE]

———preserve the continued viability of the U.S. air transportation system (H.R. 2926), motion to recommit, H5917 [21SE]

———require screening of passengers and property on flights be carried out by FAA employees and require air carriers provide health benefits to involuntarily separated employees, H5917 [21SE]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2299), H3581 [26JN]

Diseases: Global AIDS Trust Fund funding through reductions in the Andean Counterdrug Initiative funding and the Foreign Military Financing Program, H4462 [24JY]

———international tuberculosis control and Child Survival and Maternal Health Account funding through reductions in the Andean Counterdrug Initiative funding, H4474, H4475 [24JY]

Earnhardt, Dale: tribute (H. Res. 57), H416, H420 [27FE]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2311), H3733 [28JN]

Father's Day: observance, E1122 [14JN]

Flag Day: observance, E1122 [14JN]

Florida: anniversary, E781 [10MY]

———high speed rail projects funding, H3581 [26JN]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2506), H4462, H4474, H4475 [24JY]

Gulf of Mexico: prohibit oil and gas leasing activities in certain areas, H3733 [28JN]

Height, Dorothy I.: tribute (H. Res. 55), H422, H425 [27FE]

Massey, Walter E.: appointment as citizen regent of Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents (H.J. Res. 19), H462 [28FE]

NATO: endorse further enlargement (H.R. 3167), H7871 [7NO]

Natural gas: Gulfstream Natural Gas Project funding, H3733 [28JN]

Stetson University: tribute, E781 [10MY]

Taxation: rates (H.R. 1836), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 153), H2829 [25MY]

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), H5572 [11SE]

———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 (H. Con. Res. 232), H8860, H8863, H8864, H8881 [5DE]

Votes: position on missed, H1516 [24AP], H3718 [28JN], H5366 [5SE], H5472 [10SE]

West Palm Beach, FL: history of Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, E917 [23MY]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H1058 [21MR]

Tributes

Mankins, Charles David, E1834 [9OC]

Rich, Mark V., E1834 [9OC]

Tenenoff, Richard L., E1834 [9OC]