LaTOURETTE, STEVE C. (a Representative from Ohio)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 3338), H8515 [28NO]

Appointments

Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House), H1458 [4AP]

U.S. Capitol Preservation Commission, H2862 [5JN]

U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council, H1017 [21MR]

Articles and editorials

Day in the Life of Emily Ross, Emily Ross, E889 [22MY]

Onward and Outward! an Update From Emily Ross, Emily Ross, E889 [22MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Afghanistan: 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), H3961 [11JY]

Agriculture: prohibit products containing dry ultra-filtered milk or casein from being labeled domestic natural cheese (see H.R. 1016), H1116 [22MR]

———prohibit transfer or marketing of nonambulatory cattle, sheep, swine, horses, mules, or goats (see H.R. 1421), H10966 [20DE]

———require labeling of country of origin of imported perishable agricultural commodities (see H.R. 1121), H1558 [24AP]

Animals: improve enforcement of the Animal Welfare Act as it applies to commercial dog breeders (see H.R. 3058), H7592 [31OC]

———prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear viscera (see H.R. 397), H2956 [6JN]

Appalachian Regional Development Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2501), H4013 [16JY]

Armed Forces: improve Montgomery GI Bill benefits by improving and expanding educational assistance programs (see H.R. 320), H162 [31JA]

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

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

———preempt State laws requiring approval prior to the construction or operation of certain airport development projects (see H.R. 2107), H3864 [10JY]

———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), H6057 [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), H6381 [4OC]

Basilone, John: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 4), H167 [31JA]

Bingham, Hiram, IV: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 75), H1060 [21MR]

Birds: prohibit interstate movement of live birds, for the purpose of fighting, to States in which animal fighting is lawful (see H.R. 1155), H1558 [24AP]

Budget: establish 2-year cycle (see H.R. 981), H875 [13MR]

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), H4009 [12JY]

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorizing use of Grounds for performances sponsored by the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (see H. Con. Res. 76), H1060 [21MR]

———use of the rotunda for a ceremony to honor victims of the Holocaust (see H. Con. Res. 14), H111 [30JA]

Cemeteries and funerals: allow State placement of supplemental guide signs for veterans cemeteries on Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 2521), H5488 [10SE]

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

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), H2710 [24MY]

———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, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 1990), H2849 [25MY]

———establish national policy on youth development (see H.R. 17), H877 [13MR]

———increase pay of child care providers and establish a child care provider scholarship program (see H.R. 1650), H2185 [15MY]

China, People's Republic of: human rights violations (see H. Con. Res. 68), H1012 [20MR]

———improve human rights situation before Olympic games are held in Beijing (see H. Con. Res. 73), H1926 [3MY]

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

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), H6919 [16OC]

Consumers: requirements on credit card issuers relative to mailing of monthly statements (see H.R. 296), H110 [30JA]

Courts: provide grants to assist State and local prosecutors and law enforcement agencies with implementing juvenile and young adult witness assistance programs (see H.R. 1226), H1188 [27MR]

CPSC: restore jurisdiction over fixed site amusement park rides (see H.R. 1488), H2998 [7JN]

Credit cards: prevent issuers from taking advantage of traditional college students and protect parents of such students (see H.R. 184), H112 [30JA]

Credit unions: clarify definition of a member business loan relative to religious organization based credit unions (see H.R. 164), H61 [6JA]

———limitations on certain member business loans (see H.R. 760), H442 [27FE]

Crime: combat the financing of terrorism and other financial crimes (see H.R. 3004), H6259 [3OC]

———make grants to train sexual assault nurse examiners and other personnel handling sexual assault cases, establish minimum standards for forensic evidence collection, and carry out crime scene DNA analysis (see H.R. 2874), H5487 [10SE]

———prevent identity fraud in consumer credit transactions and credit reports (see H.R. 3053), H6421 [5OC]

———prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 476), H2956 [6JN]

Dept. of Defense: field current weapons that provide alternatives to landmines, join the Convention on the Prohibition of Anti-Personnel Mines, and expand support for mine victims (see H.R. 948), H878 [13MR]

———use of facilities as polling places for Federal, State, and local elections (see H.R. 2006), H2710 [24MY]

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

Dept. of Justice: establish an office to monitor acts of international terrorism alleged to have been committed by Palestinian individuals or organizations (see H.R. 2098), H3961 [11JY]

Dept. of Labor: establish Normal Trade Relations for China Transitional Adjustment Assistance Program (see H.R. 457), H220 [7FE]

Dept. of the Interior: establish the Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home National Historic Site (see H.R. 400), H1116 [22MR]

Dept. of Transportation: establish a grant program for the rehabilitation, preservation, or improvement of railroad track (see H.R. 1020), H2023 [8MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify compensation standards for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans suffering from certain undiagnosed illnesses (see H.R. 612), H2281 [16MY]

Disasters: authorize disaster assistance for recovery from earthquakes in India and El Salvador (see H.R. 1760), H3358 [20JN]

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: blood cancer research, information, and education funding (see H.R. 2629), H8421 [27NO]

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

———ovarian cancer research programs (see H.R. 326), H2712 [24MY]

Donald J. Pease Federal Building, Medina, OH: designate (see H.R. 819), H621 [1MR]

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

———extend and modify the Drug-Free Communities Support Program and authorize a National Community Antidrug Coalition Institute (see H.R. 2291), H3465 [21JN]

Education: close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (see H.R. 1), H1112 [22MR]

———give gifted and talented students the opportunity to develop their capabilities (see H.R. 490), H929 [14MR]

Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee Act: clarify the definition of qualified steel company (see H.R. 3454), H9239 [11DE]

English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see H.R. 280), H1410 [3AP]

EPA: make grants for remediation of sediment contamination in areas of concern and authorize assistance for research and development of innovative technologies for such purposes (see H.R. 1070), H3863 [10JY]

FDA: grant authority to regulate tobacco (see H.R. 1097), H5704 [14SE]

Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 1841), H6056 [25SE]

———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), H4111 [17JY]

———treatment of retirement benefits for assistant U.S. attorneys (see H.R. 1090), H4634 [25JY]

Federal firefighters: make mandatory separation age match requirement for Federal law enforcement officers (see H.R. 93), H27 [3JA]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (see H.R. 1862), H2998 [7JN]

Federal Prison Industries: eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (see H.R. 1577), H3806 [28JN]

FEMA: develop a plan for stockpiling potassium iodide tablets in areas near nuclear powerplants (see H.R. 783), H8248 [15NO]

Financial institutions: ensure continued stability of the Federal deposit insurance system (see H.R. 1293), H1343 [29MR]

———prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management activities (see H.R. 3424), H9076 [6DE]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 36), H2713 [24MY]

Foreign policy: impose sanctions on the PLO, or the Palestinian Authority, if the President determines that these entities have not complied with certain commitments (see H.R. 1795), H8949 [5DE]

Foreign trade: amend trade laws to address import crises (see H.R. 1988), H3358 [20JN]

———implement an importation requirement system for diamonds (see H.R. 2722), H5333 [2AU]

———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), H1925 [3MY]

FTC: issue new rules regulating telemarketing firms (see H.R. 232), H64 [6JA]

Gambling: expand and modernize the prohibition against interstate gambling (see H.R. 3215), H8133 [13NO]

Great Lakes: prohibit oil and gas drilling (see H.R. 1032), H1605 [25AP]

———prohibit oil and gas drilling and conduct a study on the environmental impact of potential future drilling (see H.R. 2167), H3150 [13JN]

Harbors: repeal harbor maintenance tax and authorize appropriations for activities formerly funded with Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund revenues (see H.R. 2737), H5334 [2AU]

Health: emphasize the importance of organ, tissue, bone marrow, and blood donation, and support National Donor Day (see H. Con. Res. 31), H324 [13FE]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 526), H252 [8FE] (see H.R. 2563), H4351 [19JY]

———sustain access to vital emergency medical services in rural areas (see H.R. 1353), H3260 [19JN]

Health care professionals: alleviate nursing profession shortage by improving educational programs and partnerships and supporting additional training (see H.R. 1436), H4113 [17JY]

———help solve the nursing shortage in hospitals and continuing care settings (see H.R. 1897), H2849 [25MY]

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]

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), H7333 [25OC]

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

Immigration: allow the Dept. of State and INS electronic access to certain FBI criminal records to determine whether or not a visa applicant or applicant for admission has a criminal record (see H.R. 2965), H6138 [2OC]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 737), H2387 [21MY] (see H.R. 1330), H1406 [3AP]

———use of local funds to provide additional funding for Elementary and Secondary Education Act programs (see H.R. 714), H398 [14FE]

Information services: deregulate Internet and high speed data services (see H.R. 1542, 1542), H3207 [18JN]

Insurance: ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (see H.R. 3210), H8133 [13NO]

———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 602), H2184 [15MY]

———provide equitable coverage of mental health, substance abuse, and chemical dependency treatment services under group and individual health coverage (see H.R. 162), H1556 [24AP]

———provide nondiscriminatory coverage of substance abuse treatment services under private group and individual health coverage (see H.R. 1194), H3806 [28JN]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (see H.R. 536), H2022 [8MY]

Intermountain Dairy Compact: congressional consent (see H.R. 1827), H2147 [14MY]

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), H1660 [26AP]

———respond to the surge of steel imports resulting from the financial crises in Asia, Russia, and other regions (see H. Res. 16), H28 [3JA]

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

Lamb, Brian: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1565), H1861 [2MY]

Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1475), H1486 (see H.R. 1475), H1496 [4AP]

———exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H112 [30JA]

Medicaid: extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital allotments (see H.R. 854), H5927 [21SE]

———provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 600), H6702 [11OC]

Medicare: coverage of additional hemodialysis treatments for certain patients and increased update in composite rate for dialysis services (see H.R. 2220), H4541 [24JY]

———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for beneficiaries with cardiovascular diseases (see H.R. 2117), H2997 [7JN]

———coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 1624), H2849 [25MY]

———coverage of screening pap smears and pelvic exams (see H.R. 1202), H1861 [2MY]

———determination of payment amounts for new clinical diagnostic laboratory tests (see H.R. 1798), H3260 [19JN]

———eliminate discriminatory copayment rates for outpatient psychiatric services (see H.R. 599), H1061 [21MR]

———expand coverage of certain self-injected biologicals (see H.R. 1089), H1411 [3AP]

———expand coverage of preventive services and provide coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see H.R. 828), H3713 [27JN]

———increase reimbursement for screening mammography services (see H.R. 1328), H1558 [24AP]

———increase reimbursement for screening mammography services and funding for additional radiology residents and radiologic technologists (see H.R. 1354), H1558 [24AP]

———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), H2680 [23MY]

———limit penalty for late enrollment (see H.R. 1177), H4724 [26JY]

———protect patients by limiting the number of mandatory overtime hours a nurse may be required to work by certain service providers (see H.R. 3238), H7852 [6NO]

———provide adequate coverage of immunosuppressive drugs for certain kidney transplant patients (see H.R. 1839), H2388 [21MY]

———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), H1557 [24AP]

———remove restrictions on coverage of periodic health examinations (see H.R. 1568), H1555 [24AP]

———require Medicare+Choice organizations to offer plans for a minimum period of three years, and permit beneficiaries to enroll and disenroll from such plans at any time (see H.R. 2127), H3066 [12JN]

———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), H8420 [27NO]

Mental health: provide for research on, and services for individuals with, postpartum depression and psychosis (see H.R. 2380), H5616 [13SE]

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]

Military Selective Service Act: repeal (see H.R. 1597), H1657 [26AP]

Motor vehicles: provide for greater fairness in the motor vehicle franchise contract arbitration process (see H.R. 1296), H1490 [4AP]

National Day of Remembrance: designate (see H. Con. Res. 230), H5928 [21SE]

National Defense Preparedness Domestic Industrial Base Board: establish (see H.R. 2394), H3803 [28JN]

Natural resources: promote the conservation and preservation of working farms, ranches, and private forests (see H.R. 2375), H5704 [14SE]

Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact: reauthorize (see H.R. 1827), H2147 [14MY]

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: establish position of Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Small Business (see H.R. 1782), H7529 [30OC]

Pacific Northwest Dairy Compact: congressional consent (see H.R. 1827), H2147 [14MY]

Patriotism: mint coins in commemoration of the Spirit of America and to establish the Victims of September 11th Fund (see H.R. 3244), H7909 [7NO]

Pearl Harbor Day: treat December 7 in the same manner as Veterans Day for all purposes relative to Federal employment (see H.R. 157), H1660 [26AP]

Pensions: exclude the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund from the Federal budget (see H.R. 572), H1013 [20MR]

———reform (see H.R. 10), H927 [14MR]

Petroleum: require a more uniform formula for gasoline and diesel fuel so that fuels manufactured in one region may be transported and sold in other regions (see H.R. 2249), H3619 [26JN]

Pharmaceuticals: establish compulsory licensing of certain patented prescription drugs and medical inventions (see H.R. 1708), H1923 [3MY]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 380), H165 [31JA] (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]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 250), H1190 [27MR]

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

Power resources: establish and implement competitive, environmentally sound, and job creating oil and gas leasing program for the Coastal Plain (see H.R. 39), H254 [8FE]

———establish and implement competitive, environmentally sound, and job creating oil and gas leasing program for the Coastal Plain, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 39), H1861 [2MY]

Privacy: protect the integrity and confidentiality of Social Security numbers and prohibit the establishment of any uniform national identifying number (see H.R. 220), H8732 [29NO]

———protection of Social Security numbers and other personal information (see H.R. 91), H5405 [5SE]

Public Health Service Act: establish scholarship and loan repayment programs in veterinarian shortage areas (see H.R. 1943), H2570 [22MY]

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), H6421 [5OC]

Public works: State and local capital projects funding (see H.R. 1564), H1555 [24AP]

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]

Roads and highways: amend length and weight limitations for vehicles operating on Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 3132), H6918 [16OC]

Safety: authorize grants to improve security on over-the-road buses (see H.R. 3429), H9077 [6DE]

Schools: allow display of the words ``God Bless America'' in public schools (see H. Con. Res. 248), H6780 [12OC]

SEC: limit collection of certain fees and adjust compensation for employees (see H.R. 1088), H1411 [3AP]

Senior citizens: establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits (see H.R. 2035), H3713 [27JN]

Small business: provide emergency relief to small businesses affected by significant increases in the prices of heating oil, natural gas, propane, and kerosene (see H.R. 1010), H3619 [26JN]

Social Security: choice of benefit payment method for certain workers affected by changes in benefit computation rules (see H.R. 97), H1488 [4AP]

———computation system for benefits relative to spouses' or surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 664), H395 [14FE]

———earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 498), H400 [14FE]

———eliminate benefit penalties to individuals receiving pensions from noncovered employment (see H.R. 848), H1116 [22MR]

———ensure entitled entities comply with certain regulations providing for the electronic exchange of health information (see H.R. 3323), H8337 [16NO]

———improve benefit computation formula for workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 870), H1410 [3AP]

———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. 2378), H3803 [28JN]

———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), H1190 [27MR]

———level of benefit payment in the month of the beneficiary's death (see H.R. 1464), H1485 (see H.R. 1464), H1495 [4AP]

———strengthen and protect (see H.R. 166), H167 [31JA]

Southern Dairy Compact: congressional consent (see H.R. 1827), H2147 [14MY]

St. Lawrence Seaway Corp.: establish (see H.R. 143), H325 [13FE]

Steel Industry National Historic Park: establish (see H.R. 635), H3713 [27JN]

Taxation: allow a credit to holders of qualified bonds issued by Amtrak (see H.R. 2329), H3711 [27JN]

———allow a refundable credit for certain Medicare premiums (see H.R. 82), H1556 [24AP]

———allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance and establish State health insurance safety-net programs (see H.R. 1331), H1861 [2MY]

———allow a refundable credit to members of the Armed Forces who serve on active duty during a taxable year (see H.R. 1299), H2956 [6JN]

———allow advanced applied technology equipment to be expensed and reduce the depreciation recovery periods for certain other property (see H.R. 2485), H5406 [5SE]

———allow small business employers a credit for certain expenses for long-term training of employees in highly skilled small business trades (see H.R. 877), H648 [6MR]

———clarify exemption from the self-employment tax for termination payments received by former life insurance salesmen (see H.R. 1134), H2712 [24MY]

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

———deduction for interest paid on debt secured by a first or second home (see H. Con. Res. 8), H28 [3JA]

———exclude reparations received by Holocaust survivors or their heirs or estates (see H.R. 1940), H2570 [22MY]

———expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 1076), H954 [15MR]

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

———permanently extend research credit and adjust the alternative incremental credit rates (see H.R. 41), H1295 [28MR]

———provide a credit for charitable contributions to fight poverty (see H.R. 673), H396 [14FE]

———provide a credit for energy-efficient appliances (see H.R. 1316), H1861 [2MY]

———provide additional retirement savings opportunities for small employers and self-employed individuals (see H.R. 738), H441 [27FE]

———provide incentives and job training grants for communities affected by migration of businesses and jobs to Canada or Mexico as a result of NAFTA (see H.R. 1819), H2141 [10MY]

———provide relief for payment of asbestos-related claims (see H.R. 1412), H1482 (see H.R. 1412), H1492 [4AP]

———reduce estate and gift tax rates (see H.R. 42), H167 [31JA]

———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]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 236), H650 [6MR]

———repeal limits on the deduction for interest on education loans and increase income threshold for the phase out of such deduction (see H.R. 436), H1717 [1MY]

———treatment of adoption expenses (see H.R. 622), H393 [14FE]

———treatment of amounts received under qualified group legal services plans (see H.R. 1434), H1484 (see H.R. 1434), H1493 [4AP]

———treatment of charitable donation of food by businesses and farmers (see H.R. 990), H2334 [17MY]

———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in asserting any claim of employment discrimination (see H.R. 840), H3619 [26JN]

———treatment of employer-provided educational assistance (see H.R. 1483), H2185 [15MY]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 831), H1295 [28MR]

———treatment of Government pensions relative to Social Security benefits (see H.R. 2462), H9082 [10DE]

Terrorism: improve Federal efforts to prepare for, and respond to, terrorist attacks (see H.R. 525), H5405 [5SE]

———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), H5925 [21SE]

———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), H6260 [3OC]

Trade Act: amend (see H.R. 518), H877 [13MR]

Tropical Forest Conservation Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2131), H3066 [12JN]

Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H443 [27FE]

———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), H166 [31JA]

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

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

———guarantee the right of military personnel to vote when serving away from home and extend voter registration and absentee ballot protections for such personnel to State and local elections (see H.R. 1377), H3960 [11JY]

———prohibit States from determining that a ballot submitted by an absent uniformed services voter was improperly or fraudulently cast unless the State finds clear and convincing evidence of fraud (see H.R. 159), H224 [7FE]

———require States to find convincing evidence of fraud before rejecting ballots submitted by absent military voters and direct the Dept. of Defense to develop electronic voting plan for for such voters (see H.R. 311), H167 [31JA]

Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 668), H1660 [26AP]

World War II: provide additional compensation to Armed Forces members and U.S. civilian employees who performed slave labor for Japan (see H.R. 2835), H8133 [13NO]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Bartoszewska-Zajak, Teresa: relief (see H.R. 1159), H1060 [21MR]

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorizing use of Grounds for National Peace Officers' Memorial Service (see H. Con. Res. 74), H1060 [21MR]

———authorizing use of Grounds for Special Olympics torch relay (see H. Con. Res. 87), H1189 [27MR]

———authorizing use of Grounds for the National Book Festival (see H. Con. Res. 134), H2184 [15MY]

Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee Act: revise eligibility and other requirements for loan guarantees (see H.R. 3428), H9077 [6DE]

Family and Medical Leave Act: permit leave after the death of a spouse for widows and widowers with minor children (see H.R. 1312), H1344 [29MR]

Immigration: delay any legal effect or INS action if an alien admits to being in the U.S. illegally, gives up the right to a hearing before departure, and requests to return to his country without a hearing (see H.R. 22), H25 [3JA]

Medicare: coverage of immunosuppressive drugs for beneficiaries who receive an organ transplant without regard to when the transplant was received (see H.R. 2057), H2888 [5JN]

Merchant marine industry: tribute to service and sacrifice (see H. Con. Res. 109), H1605 [25AP]

Railroads: protection of train employees (see H.R. 2596), H4428 [23JY]

Taxation: establish a temporary checkoff on income tax returns to provide funds to States for Federal election administration improvement (see H.R. 1025), H928 [14MR]

Veterans: authorize the Pyramid of Remembrance Foundation to establish a memorial dedicated to soldiers who have died in foreign conflicts other than declared wars (see H.R. 282), H109 [30JA]

Zajak, Stefan: relief (see H.R. 1159), H1060 [21MR]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H1015 [21MR], H2959 [7JN], H5593 [13SE], H6383 [5OC]

Letters

Korean Asset Management Corp. relationship with Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., Ltd: by, E1760 [2OC]

———Donald L. Evans, Sec. of Commerce, E1760 [2OC]

Real Interstate Driver Equity Act: Representative Don Young, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H8055 [13NO]

———Representative Tauzin, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H8055 [13NO]

Remarks

American Airlines, Inc.: tribute to victims of flight 587 air disaster (H. Con. Res. 272), H8324 [16NO]

Appalachian Regional Development Act: reauthorize (H.R. 2501), H5319 [2AU]

Architect of the Capitol: authorize lease, purchase, or acquisition of buildings and facilities in certain emergency situations, H8515 [28NO]

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorizing use of Grounds for Greater Washington Soap Box Derby (H. Con. Res. 79), H2344 [21MY]

———authorizing use of Grounds for National Book Festival (S. Con. Res. 41), H3280 [20JN]

———authorizing use of Grounds for National Peace Officers' Memorial Service (H. Con. Res. 74), H1943, H1944 [8MY]

———authorizing use of Grounds for performances sponsored by the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (H. Con. Res. 76), H2343, H2344 [21MY]

———authorizing use of Grounds for Special Olympics torch relay (H. Con. Res. 87), H2345 [21MY]

———authorizing use of Grounds for Winter Olympics torch relay (S. Con. Res. 82), H8376, H8377 [27NO]

Charities: tribute to relief efforts surrounding the hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H. Con. Res. 259), H9158 [11DE]

Chatham County, GA: land conveyance (H.R. 2595), H9157, H9158 [11DE]

Cleveland, OH: NASA Glenn Research Center funding, H4760 [27JY]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 3338), H8515 [28NO]

Dept. of Transportation: realignment of policy responsibility, H9168 [11DE]

———realignment of policy responsibility (H.R. 3441), H9169, H9170 [11DE]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2620), H4760 [27JY], H4831 [30JY]

Detroit, MI: tricentennial (H. Con. Res. 80), H2543 [22MY]

Diseases: expand research activities relative to various forms of muscular dystrophy, E889 [22MY]

Donald J. Pease Federal Building, Medina, OH: designate (H.R. 819), H3278 [20JN]

Edward N. Cahn Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Allentown, PA: designate (H.R. 558), H449, H451 [28FE]

Eldon B. Mahon U.S. Courthouse, Fort Worth, TX: designate (H.R. 1801), H2340, H2341, H2363 [21MY]

Federal firefighters: make mandatory separation age match requirement for Federal law enforcement officers (H.R. 93), H80, H81, H85 [30JA]

Iron and steel industry: Korean Asset Management Corp. relationship with Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., Ltd., E1760 [2OC]

James A. McClure Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Boise, ID: designate (S. 1459), H8377, H8378 [27NO]

James C. Corman Federal Building, Van Nuys, CA: designate (H.R. 621), H451 [28FE]

James L. Watson U.S. Court of International Trade Building, New York, NY: designate (H.R. 2841), H8056, H8057 [13NO]

John Joseph Moakley U.S. Courthouse, Boston, MA: designate (H.R. 559), H334, H335, H342 [14FE]

Merchant marine industry: tribute to service and sacrifice (H. Con. Res. 109), H2346, H2363 [21MY]

Mike Mansfield Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Butte, MT: designate (H.R. 3282), H9152 [11DE]

Motor vehicles: prohibit States from requiring a license or fee relative to motor vehicles providing interstate pre-arranged ground transportation service (H.R. 2546), H8053, H8054 [13NO]

National Health Center Week: establish (H. Con. Res. 179), H5323 [2AU]

National Museum of African American History and Culture Plan for Action Presidential Commission: establish (H.R. 3442), H9170, H9171 [11DE]

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: observance (H. Con. Res. 56), H2338, H2340 [21MY]

Patriot Day: designate (H.J. Res. 71), H7317, H7318 [25OC]

Ron de Lugo Federal Building, Charlotte Amalie, VI: designate (H.R. 495), H2342, H2343 [21MY]

Sewage disposal: sewer overflow control grants program funding through reductions in EPA Superfund program funding, H4831 [30JY]

Smith, Barbara J.: Ohio Women's Bar Association Justice Alice Robie Resnick Award of Distinction recipient, E806 [15MY]

Taxation: establish a temporary checkoff on income tax returns to provide funds to States for Federal election administration improvement (H.R. 1025), E356 [14MR]

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), H5561 [11SE]

———making emergency appropriations for disaster and antiterrorism initiatives surrounding the crashing of aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, H8515 [28NO]

———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), H7383, H7384, H7386 [30OC]

———tribute to relief efforts surrounding the hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H. Con. Res. 259), H9159 [11DE]

Thurgood Marshall U.S. Courthouse, New York, NY: designate (H.R. 988), H5321, H5322 [2AU]

Traverse City, MI: modify reversionary interest in certain real property conveyed to school district (H.R. 3370), H9127, H9128 [11DE]

Walton Hills, OH: anniversary, E1350 [18JY]

William L. Beatty Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Alton, IL: designate (H.R. 3093), H8323 [16NO]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H8562 [28NO]

Tributes

Clement, Representative, H9128 [11DE]

Ross, Emily, E889 [22MY]