BISHOP, SANFORD D., JR. (a Representative from Georgia)

Amendments

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2620), H4725 [26JY], H4840 [30JY]

Appointments

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

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

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Africa: efforts to reduce hunger in sub-Saharan Africa (see H. Con. Res. 102), H4541 [24JY]

African Americans: relief from Federal tax liability arising from the resolution of discrimination claims by farmers against the Dept. of Agriculture (see H.R. 1856), H3358 [20JN]

Agriculture: increase maximum amount of marketing loan gains and loan deficiency payments that an agricultural producer may receive during the crop year (see H.R. 337, 338), H258 [12FE]

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), H3358 [20JN]

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

———preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 770), H4780 [27JY]

Armed Forces: annual determination of the basic benefit rate for educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 1280), H1294 [28MR]

———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: air carrier requirements for explanations of flight delays, cancellations, and diversions (see H.R. 571), H3067 [12JN]

———establish consumer protections for airline passengers and promote carrier competition (see H.R. 1734), H2388 [21MY]

———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 (see H.R. 2955), H6055 [25SE]

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

Budget: establish 2-year cycle (see H.R. 981), H3068 [12JN]

———make process more transparent (see H.R. 1257), H1189 [27MR]

———require three-fifths majority vote to waive point of order against considering spending or revenue legislation before a concurrent resolution is in place (see H.R. 1369), H1409 [3AP]

Capitol Building and Grounds: design and construct monument to commemorate contributions of minority women to women's suffrage and the participation of women in public life (see H. Con. Res. 169), H3357 [20JN]

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 an international infant and child nutrition and education program (see H.R. 1700), H5455 [6SE]

———establish national policy on youth development (see H.R. 17), H1717 [1MY]

———increase pay of child care providers and establish a child care provider scholarship program (see H.R. 1650), H2281 [16MY]

———recognize importance and support goals and ideas of National Youth Day (see H. Res. 124), H3204 [14JN]

China, Republic of: participation in WHO (see H.R. 428), H1116 [22MR]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 781), H3863 [10JY]

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

———preservation and restoration of historic buildings at historically women's public colleges or universities (see H.R. 1623), H2956 [6JN]

———provide for fire sprinkler systems in public and private college and university housing and dormitories (see H.R. 2145), H3359 [20JN]

Congress: hold joint session in New York, NY (see H. Con. Res. 249), H8843 [4DE]

Congressional Gold Medal: award posthumously to officers, emergency personnel, and governmental employees who responded to the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center (see H.R. 3054), H7960 [8NO]

Congressman Julian C. Dixon Post Office Building, Los Angeles, CA: designate (see H.R. 2454), H4217 [18JY]

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: make exception to trade embargo for food, medicines, and goods and services intended for children, lift travel restrictions, and provide scholarships for certain Cuban nationals (see H.R. 2138), H3067 [12JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: ensure minority farmers are adequately compensated for discrimination claims (see H.R. 2676), H5340 [2AU]

———improve agricultural credit programs (see H.R. 2653), H4723 [26JY]

———provide administrative authority to investigate live poultry dealers (see H.R. 231), H64 [6JA]

———provide emergency crop loss assistance to respond to economic losses incurred by crop producers, livestock and poultry producers, and greenhouse operators as a result of the increase in energy prices (see H.R. 396), H1116 [22MR]

———provide loan assistance to agricultural producers experiencing increased energy costs (see H.R. 478), H325 [13FE]

———provide loan assistance to greenhouse farming operations experiencing increased energy costs (see H.R. 479, 480), H3519 [25JN]

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

Dept. of Labor: establish Normal Trade Relations for China Transitional Adjustment Assistance Program (see H.R. 457), H325 [13FE]

———impose limitations on the wage that an employer is required to pay an H-2A nonimmigrant agricultural worker (see H.R. 2457), H3959 [11JY]

Dept. of the Interior: 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: establish a grant program for the rehabilitation, preservation, or improvement of railroad track (see H.R. 1020), H1489 [4AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify compensation standards for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans suffering from certain undiagnosed illnesses (see H.R. 612), H1295 [28MR]

———furnish headstones or markers for the marked graves of certain individuals (see H.R. 1351), H6919 [16OC]

Diseases: expand research activities relative to Duchenne muscular dystrophy (see H.R. 717), H1013 [20MR]

———improve access to HIV/AIDS-related treatments and services in sub-Saharan Africa and other developing countries (see H.R. 933), H1191 [27MR]

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), H3713 [27JN]

Earl T. Shinhoster Post Office, Decatur, GA: designate (see H.R. 2261), H3357 [20JN]

Education: improve character education programs (see H.R. 228), H650 [6MR]

———increase student financial aid programs funding (see H.R. 2476), H3960 [11JY]

———provide for a rural education development initiative (see H.R. 1096), H1010 [20MR]

———provide grants to rural educational agencies (see H.R. 1148), H1059 [21MR]

Families and domestic relations: importance of responsible fatherhood (see H. Res. 167), H3202 [14JN]

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

FDA: uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2649), H4723 [26JY]

Federal contracts: ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses (see H.R. 721), H2712 [24MY]

Federal employees: improve prevailing rate pay systems for wage grade Federal employees (see H.R. 1920), H2386 [21MY]

Federal firefighters: make mandatory separation age match requirement for Federal law enforcement officers (see H.R. 93), H112 [30JA]

FERC: hydroelectric projects licensing reform (see H.R. 1832), H3806 [28JN]

Financial institutions: 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), H10356 [18DE]

Firearms: permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 950), H5406 [5SE]

———protect and enforce the right to obtain and use firearms for security, self-defense, and other legitimate purposes (see H.R. 31), H3960 [11JY]

———protect manufacturers and sellers in the firearms and ammunition industry from restrictions on interstate or foreign commerce (see H.R. 2037), H2847 [25MY]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 36), H876 [13MR]

Foreign policy: remove certain sanctions imposed on India and Pakistan (see H.R. 1358), H5406 [5SE]

———support aspirations of the Tibetan people to safeguard their distinct identity (see H.R. 1779), H4724 [26JY]

Foreign trade: export controls on certain high-speed computers (see H.R. 1553), H2998 [7JN]

———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]

G. Elliot Hagan Post Office Building, Sylvania, GA: designate (see H.R. 1183), H1113 [22MR]

Georgia: tribute to 48th Infantry Brigade of the Army National Guard upon deployment to Bosnia and Herzegovina (see H. Con. Res. 65), H955 [15MR]

Government regulations: require peer review of scientific support data (see H.R. 281), H5405 [5SE]

Health: improve access to health care services for uninsured and low-income individuals in medically under served areas (see H. Res. 87), H877 [13MR]

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

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

Health care professionals: alleviate nursing profession shortage by improving educational programs and partnerships and supporting additional training (see H.R. 1436), H5488 [10SE]

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]

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

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), H2023 [8MY]

Immigration: Federal reimbursement for indirect costs of incarcerating illegal aliens and for emergency health services furnished to undocumented aliens (see H.R. 823), H622 [1MR]

Immigration and Nationality Act: revise various provisions (see H.R. 500), H4428 [23JY]

India: express sympathy for victims of earthquake and support ongoing aid efforts (see H. Con. Res. 151), H2889 [5JN]

Information services: deregulate Internet and high speed data services (see H.R. 1542), H1554 [24AP]

Insurance: coverage of colorectal cancer screening (see H.R. 1520), H3863 [10JY]

———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 602), H1346 [29MR]

———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]

———require health plans to cover treatment of a minor child's congenital or developmental deformity or disorder due to trauma, infection, tumor, or disease (see H.R. 792), H4113 [17JY]

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

Iron and steel industry: provide certain safeguards relative to the domestic steel industry (see H.R. 808), H621 [1MR]

———provide retiree health care by allowing steel companies a partial refund of net operating loss carryforwards (see H.R. 3059), H6781 [12OC]

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

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

Law enforcement: prohibit racial profiling (see H.R. 2074), H5406 [5SE]

Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1475), H2849 [25MY]

———provide grants to agencies to ensure due process in cases which could lead to dismissal, demotion, suspension, or transfer (see H.R. 1212), H1187 [27MR]

Libraries: provide public library construction and technology enhancement (see H.R. 1525), H2680 [23MY]

Lumber industry: importation of unfairly traded Canadian lumber (see H. Con. Res. 54), H741 [7MR]

Mays, Benjamin E.: award Presidential Medal of Freedom (see H. Res. 49), H399 [14FE]

Medicaid: delay changes in regulations that modify upper payment limit for non-State government-owned or operated hospitals (see H.R. 3360), H9078 [6DE]

———extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital allotments (see H.R. 854), H3713 [27JN]

———provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 600), H1660 [26AP]

Medicare: clarify definition of homebound relative to home health services (see H.R. 1490), H4113 [17JY]

———coverage of additional hemodialysis treatments for certain patients and increased update in composite rate for dialysis services (see H.R. 2220), H5456 [6SE]

———coverage of certain chiropractic examination procedures (see H.R. 2284), H6702 [11OC]

———coverage of more frequent hemodialysis treatments (see H.R. 1759), H3358 [20JN]

———coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 1624), H2023 [8MY]

———increase reimbursement for screening mammography services and funding for additional radiology residents and radiologic technologists (see H.R. 1354), H5406 [5SE]

———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), H2023 [8MY]

———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), H3465 [21JN]

———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), H9078 [6DE]

———standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 1609), H1861 [2MY]

Mental health: provide for research on, and services for individuals with, postpartum depression and psychosis (see H.R. 2380), H3803 [28JN]

Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 665), H1557 [24AP]

National Affordable Housing Trust Fund: establish to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income families (see H.R. 2349), H9082 [10DE]

National Child Care Worthy Wage Day: support goals and ideas (see H. Con. Res. 115), H1660 [26AP]

National Day of Reconciliation: designate (see H.R. 2300), H3518 [25JN] (see H. Con. Res. 184), H3862 [10JY]

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

National Fallen Firefighters Memorial: commemorate fallen firefighters by lowering the U.S. flag to half-staff during the memorial service in Emmitsburg, MD (see H.J. Res. 42), H3002 [8JN]

National Guard: tribute to continued commitment of combat units deployed in support of Army operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina (see H. Con. Res. 154), H2997 [7JN]

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to the etiology of breast cancer (see H.R. 1723), H4541 [24JY]

National Minority Health Month: establish (see H. Con. Res. 78), H1115 [22MR]

National security: develop local emergency response plans that provide a defined and unified response to terrorist attacks and other catastrophes (see H.R. 3161), H7217 [23OC]

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

Office of Homeland Security: establish (see H.R. 3026), H6702 [11OC]

Outer Continental Shelf: use of oil and gas production royalties to establish a fund for outdoor conservation and recreation needs (see H.R. 701), H1489 [4AP]

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), H8339 [16NO]

Pensions: exclude the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund from the Federal budget (see H.R. 572), H3519 [25JN]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 250), H108 [30JA]

———tribute (see H. Con. Res. 257), H7960 [8NO]

Power resources: establish and implement competitive, environmentally sound, and job creating oil and gas leasing program for the Coastal Plain (see H.R. 39), H1488 [4AP]

Public Health Service Act: amend relative to the shortage of medical laboratory personnel (see H.R. 1948), H3863 [10JY]

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]

Rural areas: improve access to telecommunications and Internet services (see H.R. 2669), H4779 [27JY]

———promote and improve access to health care services (see H.R. 2157), H7960 [8NO]

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]

Sioux Code Talkers: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3250), H9082 [10DE]

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

Social Security: allow coverage of pregnancy-related assistance for targeted low-income pregnant women under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see H.R. 2610), H7718 [1NO]

———choice of benefit payment method for certain workers affected by changes in benefit computation rules (see H.R. 97), H5125 [1AU]

———choice of benefit payment method relative to computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 853), H5339 [2AU]

———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]

———effects of reform proposals on women (see H. Res. 128), H1716 [1MY]

———eliminate benefit penalties to individuals receiving pensions from noncovered employment (see H.R. 848), H3713 [27JN]

———modify the deadline for compliance with certain regulations providing for the electronic exchange of health information (see H.R. 1975), H3619 [26JN]

———protect Social Security and Medicare surpluses through strengthened budgetary enforcement mechanisms (see H.R. 560), H322 [13FE]

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

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]

Sudan: increase diplomatic efforts to encourage peace process in ongoing civil war and facilitate relief efforts (see H.R. 931), H740 [7MR]

Taxation: adjust for inflation the amount of agricultural labor wages that can be paid without being subject to Federal unemployment taxes (see H.R. 1003), H876 [13MR]

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

———allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance and establish State health insurance safety-net programs (see H.R. 1331), H2998 [7JN]

———allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts (see H.R. 662), H1190 [27MR]

———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), H3864 [10JY]

———allow use of principal repayments to issue additional mortgages and modify price limitations under the mortgage revenue bond program and change income limit for housing credit program (see H.R. 951), H1557 [24AP]

———clarify application of the excise tax imposed on bows and arrows (see H.R. 2001), H3260 [19JN]

———exclusion from gross income for foster care payments relative to certain nongovernmental placement agencies (see H.R. 586), H323 [13FE]

———expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 1076), H1013 [20MR]

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

———provide a nonrefundable credit for individuals who purchase a residential safe storage device for firearms (see H.R. 507), H222 [7FE]

———provide a refund to individuals for payroll taxes (see H.R. 3015), H6260 [3OC]

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

———provide tax credit for elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 369), H165 [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 and gift taxes (see H.R. 8), H926 [14MR]

———treatment of active financing income earned overseas by financial services firms (see H.R. 1357), H5704 [14SE]

———treatment of adoption expenses (see H.R. 622), H508 [28FE]

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1305), H1717 [1MY]

———treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (see H.R. 1308), H1344 [29MR]

———treatment of forestry activities (see H.R. 1581), H1604 [25AP]

———treatment of prepayments for natural gas (see H.R. 1986), H3260 [19JN]

Terrorism: bioterrorism preparedness and response funding (see H.R. 3255), H7959 [8NO]

———improve Federal efforts to prepare for, and respond to, terrorist attacks (see H.R. 525), H5339 [2AU]

———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]

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

Transportation: provide assistance for the construction of certain air traffic control towers (see H.R. 1979), H3068 [12JN]

21st Century Community Learning Centers Act: include public libraries (see H.R. 323), H3260 [19JN]

U.N.: U.S. participation in World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia, and Related Intolerance (see H. Res. 211, 212), H4780 [27JY]

Veterans: increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 548), H3863 [10JY]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H650 [6MR]

———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]

Volunteer firefighters: remove civil liability barriers surrounding donating fire equipment to volunteer fire companies (see H.R. 1919), H3002 [8JN]

Voting: establish a grant program to provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration (see H.R. 3295), H8565 [28NO]

———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), H2387 [21MY]

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

Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 668), H2889 [5JN]

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

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), H3068 [12JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

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

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

FEMA: establish a minority emergency preparedness demonstration program (see H.R. 2562), H4351 [19JY]

Major Lyn McIntosh Post Office Building, Valdosta, GA: designate (see H.R. 1432), H1483 (see H.R. 1432), H1493 [4AP]

Remarks

Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), H6183 [3OC]

———respond to the continuing economic crisis adversely affecting agricultural producers (H.R. 2213), H3539 [26JN]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2330), H3755 [28JN]

Black History Month: observance, E208 [26FE]

Children and youth: increase the availability, affordability, and quality of child care (H.R. 2097), E1055 [7JN]

Congressman Julian C. Dixon Post Office Building, Los Angeles, CA: designate (H.R. 2454), H6830 [16OC]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2620), H4841 [30JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2620), consideration (H. Res. 210), H4656 [26JY]

Earl T. Shinhoster Post Office, Decatur, GA: designate (H.R. 2261), H6826 [16OC]

Education: close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), H2402 [22MY]

Elections: ensure the votes of all eligible citizens are counted, E208 [26FE]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2311), H3662 [27JN]

FEMA: disaster relief funding, H4656 [26JY]

———establish a minority emergency preparedness demonstration program, H4841 [30JY]

———establish a minority emergency preparedness demonstration program (H.R. 2562), E1373 [19JY]

Houston, TX: Sims Bayou project funding, H3662 [27JN]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2883), H6388, H6402 [5OC]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2883), conference report, H9250 [12DE]

———enhance intelligence and intelligence-related activities in the prevention of terrorism, H6388 [5OC]

Major Lyn McIntosh Post Office Building, Valdosta, GA: designate (H.R. 1432), H10364 [19DE]

National Day of Reconciliation: designate (H. Con. Res. 184), H7150 [23OC]

National Guard: tribute to continued commitment of combat units deployed in support of Army operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina (H. Con. Res. 154), H3222 [19JN]

National security: establish a commission to assess the performance of Federal agencies responsible for preparedness and prevention of terrorism and clarify membership eligibility and authorities, H6402 [5OC]

Spann, Johnny M. (Mike): tribute (H. Con. Res. 281), H9151 [11DE]

Taxation: phase out estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), H1437 [4AP]

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), H5517 [11SE]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H2845 [25MY], H4109 [17JY], H10053 [12DE]

Tributes

Thornton, John T., Jr., E940 [24MY]