CUNNINGHAM, RANDY ``DUKE'' (a Representative from California)

Appointments

Committee on Intelligence (House, Select), H77 [30JA]

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

———H.R. 2944, District of Columbia appropriations, H7919 [8NO]

———H.R. 3061, Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations, H7942 [8NO]

———H.R. 3338, Dept. of Defense appropriations, H9318 [12DE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Air pollution: application of California State regulations relative to reformulated gasoline in certain areas (see H.R. 2270), H3464 [21JN]

Americans With Disabilities Act: require that any civil action against a place of public accommodation or commercial facility allow an opportunity for alleged violations to be corrected (see H.R. 914), H739 [7MR]

Armed Forces: authorize the award of a Cold War service medal to members who served honorably during the Cold War era (see H.R. 2165), H4113 [17JY]

———provide retirees all benefits promised to them upon enlistment (see H.R. 51), H443 [27FE]

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

Army: prohibit the purchasing, issuing, or wearing of berets as standard headgear until certification that the ammunition shortfall has been eliminated (see H.R. 1770), H2956 [6JN]

Augustus F. Hawkins Post Office Building, Los Angeles, CA: designate (see H.R. 2578), H6422 [5OC]

Aviation: ensure general aviation aircraft access to Federal land and to the airspace over that land (see H.R. 1363), H2956 [6JN]

———preserve nonstop service to and from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport for certain communities in case of airline bankruptcy (see H.R. 2387), H3803 [28JN]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (see H.R. 333), H163 [31JA]

Business and industry: establish a statute of repose for durable goods (see H.R. 940), H1925 [3MY]

California: address habitat enhancement projects at Salton Sea, Federal environmental compliance, and off-stream water management reservoirs near the All American Canal (see H.R. 2764), H6422 [5OC]

———implement program to increase water yield and environmental benefits, improve water system reliability, quality, use efficiency, watershed management, water transfers, and levee protection (see H.R. 1985), H3068 [12JN]

Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act: provide trade benefits for socks and hosiery (see H.R. 1589), H4949 [31JY]

Cemeteries and funerals: urge maintenance of flags placed on the grave sites of U.S. veterans on Memorial Day (see H. Res. 120), H2849 [25MY]

Children and youth: protect infants who are born alive (see H.R. 2175), H4014 [16JY]

China, People's Republic of: condemn detention and call for immediate release of U.S. scholars of Chinese ancestry (see H. Res. 160), H3261 [19JN]

———prohibit payment of any claim for reimbursement of costs associated with the Navy reconnaissance plane forced to make an emergency landing (see H.R. 2507), H4111 [17JY]

Clean Air Act: prohibit the use of certain fuel additives including methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) in reformulated gasoline (see H.R. 1695), H1923 [3MY]

Computers: encourage disclosure and exchange of information relative to cyber security of critical infrastructure (see H.R. 2435), H4353 [19JY]

———regulate the transmission of unsolicited commercial electronic mail (see H.R. 718), H955 [15MR]

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]

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

Crime: establish Federal criminal penalties and civil remedies for certain violent, threatening, obstructive and destructive conduct that is intended to injure, intimidate, or interfere with plant or animal enterprises (see H.R. 2795), H5336 [2AU]

———prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 476), H221 [7FE]

Cuba: assist internal opposition and further help the Cuban people to regain their freedom (see H.R. 1271), H1294 [28MR]

Dept. of Education: provide specific waiver authority to respond to conditions in the national emergency declared by the President (see H.R. 3086), H6700 [11OC]

Dept. of Energy: develop plan for magnetic fusion burning plasma experiment to accelerate scientific understanding and development of fusion as a long term energy source (see H.R. 1781), H2081 [9MY]

———impose interim limitations on the cost of electric energy to protect consumers from unjust and unreasonable prices in the electric energy market (see H.R. 238), H76 [20JA]

Dept. of HHS: establish an Office on Women's Health (see H.R. 1784), H4780 [27JY]

Dept. of Labor: congressional disapproval of ergonomic regulations (see H.J. Res. 35), H740 [7MR]

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

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 national cemetery for veterans in the San Diego, CA, area (see H.R. 441), H1717 [1MY]

———repeal the offset from surviving spouse annuities under the military Survivor Benefit Plan for amounts paid as dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 3183), H7529 [30OC]

Diseases: eliminate tuberculosis (see H.R. 1167), H4863 [30JY]

———expand research activities relative to Duchenne muscular dystrophy (see H.R. 717), H1346 [29MR]

———extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 2725), H5333 [2AU]

———increased support and funding to combat juvenile diabetes (see H. Con. Res. 36), H3864 [10JY]

———international tuberculosis control (see H.R. 1168), H4863 [30JY]

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

Earthquakes: provide incentives to encourage private sector efforts to reduce earthquake losses and establish a national disaster mitigation program (see H.R. 1669), H1715 [1MY]

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

———provide student loan borrowers with a choice of lender for loan consolidation (see H.R. 3273), H8034 [9NO]

Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge: ensure the safety of individuals who use motor vehicles to access beaches adjacent to the Brigantine Wilderness Area (see H.R. 896), H2956 [6JN]

Employment: provide compensatory time for all employees (see H.R. 1982), H2709 [24MY]

FAA: relax maximum age requirements for certain pilots (see H.R. 448), H1664 [27AP]

Federal employees: establish an exchange program between the Government and the private sector to improve information technology management (see H.R. 2678), H5340 [2AU]

———treatment of retirement benefits for assistant U.S. attorneys (see H.R. 1090), H2023 [8MY]

FERC: provide authority to order certain refunds of electric rates (see H.R. 1941), H3519 [25JN]

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), H10067 [13DE]

Firearms: protect and enforce the right to obtain and use firearms for security, self-defense, and other legitimate purposes (see H.R. 31), H64 [6JA]

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

Fish and fishing: efforts to rehabilitate salmon stocks in the Pacific Northwest (see H.R. 1157), H1060 [21MR]

Food: educate the public on the use of biotechnology in producing food and support additional scientific research into potential economic and environmental risks and benefits (see H.R. 115), H741 [7MR]

Food Security Act: authorize enrollment of land in the Wetlands Reserve Program (see H.R. 1506), H1497 [4AP]

———expand conservation reserve (see H.R. 1082), H954 [15MR]

Foreign countries: increase cooperation on extradition efforts (see H.R. 2574), H4352 [19JY]

Foreign trade: encourage full participation in the Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum (see H. Con. Res. 194), H5407 [5SE]

———extend trade authorities procedures with respect to reciprocal trade agreements (see H.R. 2149), H3149 [13JN]

Gambling: expand and modernize the prohibition against interstate gambling (see H.R. 3215), H8339 [16NO]

Government regulations: require peer review of scientific support data (see H.R. 281), H623 [1MR]

Health: assure coverage of emergency services under group health plans and health insurance (see H.R. 1674), H3863 [10JY]

———provide programs for the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of stroke (see H.R. 3431), H9077 [6DE]

Hector G. Godinez Post Office Building, Santa Ana, CA: designate (see H.R. 1366), H1861 [2MY]

House Rules: provide that the gift rule covers Members-elect (see H. Res. 73), H1117 [22MR]

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

Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge: designate the Richard J. Guadagno Headquarters and Visitors Center (see H.R. 3334), H8337 [16NO]

Immigration: Federal reimbursement for indirect costs of incarcerating illegal aliens and for emergency health services furnished to undocumented aliens (see H.R. 823), H1410 [3AP]

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

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 1109), H1011 [20MR]

Languages: repeal Executive order on providing access to Federal programs and activities for persons with limited English proficiency (see H.R. 969), H3260 [19JN]

Law enforcement: limit access to body armor by violent felons and facilitate the donation of Federal surplus body armor to State and local law enforcement agencies (see H.R. 1007), H2184 [15MY]

Law enforcement officers: increase amount paid to families of public safety officers killed in the line of duty (see H.R. 1744), H4541 [24JY]

Medicaid: assure that funds provided for State emergency health services furnished to undocumented aliens are used to reimburse hospitals and related providers that treat undocumented aliens (see H.R. 519), H1660 [26AP]

Medicare: coverage of bone mass measurements for all individuals at clinical risk for osteoporosis (see H.R. 595), H5405 [5SE]

———designate certain diabetes educators as certified providers for purposes of outpatient diabetes education services (see H.R. 1645), H3713 [27JN]

———expand coverage of certain self-injected biologicals (see H.R. 1089), H959 [19MR]

———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), H648 [6MR]

———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), H9240 [11DE]

Members of Congress: treatment of gifts to Members-elect (see H.R. 787), H1116 [22MR]

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

National Center for Social Work Research: establish (see H.R. 663), H1605 [25AP]

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), H3864 [10JY]

National Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD) Awareness Month: designate (see H. Con. Res. 61), H1191 [27MR]

National Voter Registration Act: repeal (see H.R. 189), H2679 [23MY]

Native Americans: prohibit gaming on certain Indian trust lands in California that were purchased with Federal grants (see H.R. 1239), H1188 [27MR]

NLRB: inflation adjustments to the mandatory jurisdiction thresholds (see H.R. 1890), H2333 [17MY]

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]

Pensions: reform (see H.R. 10), H927 [14MR]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 1444), H1484 (see H.R. 1444), H1494 [4AP] (see H.R. 2360), H3802 [28JN]

Power resources: allow any business or individual in any State experiencing a power emergency to operate any type of power generation available to ensure their economic stability (see H.R. 1075), H954 [15MR] (see H.R. 1874), H2280 [16MY]

———decrease energy costs, increase electric system reliability, and provide environmental improvements through rapid deployment of distributed energy resources (see H.R. 1045), H2998 [7JN]

Privacy: protection of Social Security numbers and other personal information (see H.R. 91), H3863 [10JY]

Raymond M. Downey Post Office Building, Deer Park, NY: designate (see H.R. 3379), H10173 [17DE]

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

Real property: preserve Federal sovereignty of certain public lands and preserve certain State and private property rights (see H.R. 883), H1410 [3AP]

Roads and highways: use of high occupancy vehicle lanes by hybrid electric vehicles (see H.R. 2369), H3802 [28JN]

Santee, CA: shooting of students at Santana High School (see H. Con. Res. 57), H827 [8MR]

Science: benefits of biotechnology (see H. Res. 173), H3358 [20JN]

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]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (see H.R. 1774), H2081 [9MY]

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

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 2638), H5488 [10SE]

Summer Emergency Blood Donor Month: establish (see H. Res. 202), H4541 [24JY]

Taxation: allow a deduction for State tuition program expenses and prohibit exclusion of distributions used for education expenses from gross income (see H.R. 475), H400 [14FE]

———allow qualified technological equipment and computer software to be expensed (see H.R. 1411), H1482 (see H.R. 1411), H1492 [4AP]

———allow the use of completed contract method of accounting in the case of certain long-term naval vessel construction contracts (see H.R. 2189), H3202 [14JN]

———clarify application of the excise tax imposed on bows and arrows (see H.R. 2001), H2710 [24MY]

———eligibility of veterans for mortgage revenue bond financing (see H.R. 959), H826 [8MR]

———exclude from self-employment earnings certain payments under the Conservation Reserve Program (see H.R. 923), H828 [8MR]

———extend benefits to services performed in a combat zone to services performed in the Republic of Korea (see H.R. 3412), H8948 [5DE]

———full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals (see H.R. 154), H167 [31JA]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see H.R. 267), H224 [7FE]

———increase the deduction for host families of foreign exchange and other students (see H.R. 200), H224 [7FE]

———make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (see H.R. 1675), H3961 [11JY]

———permanently extend research credit (see H.R. 1329), H1925 [3MY]

———permanently extend research credit and adjust the alternative incremental credit rates (see H.R. 41), H112 [30JA]

———provide consistent treatment of survivor benefits for public safety officers killed in the line of duty (see H.R. 1727), H2023 [8MY]

———provide for an election to exchange research-related tax benefits for a refundable tax credit, for the recapture of refunds in certain circumstances (see H.R. 2153), H3149 [13JN]

———provide incentives to reduce energy consumption (see H.R. 3455), H9239 [11DE]

———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 alternative minimum tax treatment of incentive stock options to change the taxable event from the exercise of the stock option to the stock sale (see H.R. 1487), H7852 [6NO] (see H.R. 2794), H6056 [25SE]

———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 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]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 122), H224 [7FE]

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

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1305), H1344 [29MR]

———treatment of certain Armed Forces enlistment, accession, reenlistment, and retention bonuses (see H.R. 1466), H5971 [24SE]

———treatment of distilled spirits (see H.R. 2023), H3806 [28JN]

———treatment of printed wiring boards and printed wiring assembly equipment (see H.R. 1934), H2570 [22MY]

———treatment of the sale of a principal residence by a member of the Armed Forces while on official extended duty (see H.R. 356), H650 [6MR]

Terrorism: 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), H6138 [2OC]

Veterans: change effective date for paid-up coverage under the Survivor Benefit Plan (see H.R. 699), H5406 [5SE]

———increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 548), H1557 [24AP]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 65), H223 (see H.R. 303), H224 [7FE]

———verify military service of certain Philippine nationals during World War II to determine benefits eligibility (see H.R. 491), H444 [27FE]

Veterans Day: maintain observance on November 11 and separate from any other Federal holiday (see H. Res. 298), H8731 [29NO]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: authorize design and construction of a temporary education center (see H.R. 510), H222 [7FE]

Voting: 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), H1409 [3AP]

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

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), H1114 [22MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Aviation: improve security (see H.R. 2958), H6055 [25SE]

California: appointment of additional Federal district judges (see H.R. 261), H109 [30JA]

———require a temporary moratorium on leasing, exploration, and land development of the Outer Continental Shelf (see H.R. 262), H109 [30JA]

Crime: enhance penalties for crimes of violence against children (see H.R. 259), H109 [30JA]

Davis-Bacon Act: waive requirements relative to contracts for school and library construction and repair (see H.R. 331), H163 [31JA]

Dept. of Defense: allow Medicare-eligible military health care system beneficiaries to enroll in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (see H.R. 779), H506 [28FE]

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

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

Law enforcement officers: exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H63 [6JA]

———exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (H.R. 218), consideration (see H. Res. 271), H7529 [30OC]

Taxation: provide incentives to reduce energy consumption (see H.R. 778), H506 [28FE]

Letters

Prohibit desecration of the U.S. Flag: Brian Kent, E981 [25MY]

Lists

Supporters of H.R. 778, Energy Efficient Buildings Incentives Act, E240 [28FE]

Remarks

Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), H6290 [4OC]

Alexandria, VA: tribute to Woodbine Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, E2109 [16NO]

Andean Trade Preference Act: extend and expand (H.R. 3009), consideration (H. Res. 289), H8258, H8259 [16NO]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations (H.R. 2216), H3309, H3311, H3317, H3334 [20JN]

———making supplemental appropriations (H.R. 2216), motion to go to conference, H3969 [12JY]

Armenia: anniversary of genocide, H1520 [24AP]

California: appointment of additional Federal district judges (H.R. 261), E46 [30JA]

———energy crisis, H2683 [24MY]

———require a temporary moratorium on leasing, exploration, and land development of the Outer Continental Shelf (H.R. 262), E42 [30JA]

Capitol Police: tribute, E2105 [16NO]

Carlsbad, CA: Olivenhain Pioneer Elementary School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1896 [16OC]

China, People's Republic of: make trade relations with the U.S. contingent upon free emigration and improved human rights conditions (H.J. Res. 50), H4321 [19JY]

———release of Navy reconnaissance plane crew members that made emergency landing, H1460 [4AP]

———U.S. policy, H1460 [4AP]

———use of organs from executed prisoners, H4188 [18JY]

Congress: tribute to employees, E2105 [16NO]

Crime: enhance penalties for crimes of violence against children (H.R. 259), E41 [30JA]

———protect unborn victims of violence (H.R. 503), H1647 [26AP]

Del Mar, CA: Del Mar Hills School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1896 [16OC]

Dept. of Defense: allow Medicare-eligible military health care system beneficiaries to enroll in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (H.R. 779), E229 [28FE]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 2586), H5777 [20SE]

———funding, H3309 [20JN], H3969 [12JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3338), H8500, H8547 [28NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3338), motion to instruct conferees, H9316 [12DE]

Dept. of Education: national testing standards, H2526 [22MY]

Dept. of Energy: provide loans and loan guarantees to improve existing electric power transmission systems, H3317 [20JN]

Dept. of Labor: congressional disapproval of ergonomic regulations (S.J. Res. 6), H695, H704 [7MR]

Dept. of State: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1646), H2131 [10MY]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2590), H4586, H4587, H4591, H4592, H4611 [25JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize construction projects for the purpose of improving, renovating, and updating VA patient care facilities (H.R. 811), H1142 [27MR]

———make various improvements to veterans benefits programs (H.R. 2540), H4905 [31JY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2500), H4185, H4188 [18JY]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2620), H4701 [26JY]

District of Columbia: cap on attorneys' fees in special education placement lawsuits, H9048 [6DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2944), H5989 [25SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2944), conference report, H9048 [6DE]

Education: close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), H2526 [22MY]

FEC: State and local voting systems improvements funding, H4611 [25JY]

FERC: impose cost-of-service based rates on sales by public utilities of electric energy at wholesale in the western energy market, H3311 [20JN]

Fish and fishing: tax treatment of tuna imports, H8258 [16NO]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (H.J. Res. 36), H4044 [17JY], E339 [13MR], E980 [25MY]

Fonda, Jane: attendance at Democratic National Committee fundraiser, H4407 [23JY]

Foreign policy: recognize important relationship between the U.S. and the Philippines (H. Con. Res. 273), H10224 [18DE]

Gwynn, Tony: tribute (H. Res. 198), H6085 [2OC]

Health: expand health care access and choice of coverage through association health plans, H5261 [2AU]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 2563), H5217, H5261 [2AU]

Immigration: prohibit funding for processing applications by aliens who participate in or otherwise support the harvesting, transplantation, or trafficking of organs of executed prisoners, H4188 [18JY]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2883), H6390 [5OC]

Intermountain Dairy Compact: congressional consent, H6290 [4OC]

Kellejian, Joe: Amtrak President's Service and Safety Award recipient, E1208 [26JN]

Law enforcement officers: exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (H.R. 218), E6 [3JA]

National security: military readiness of U.S. forces, H5777 [20SE]

Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact: reauthorize, H6290 [4OC]

Northern Mariana Islands: use of Farallon de Medinilla Island for U.S. Navy training exercises, E1696 [21SE]

Office of National Drug Control Policy: High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas funding through reductions in IRS taxpayer refund notification funding, H3334 [20JN]

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: prohibit funding to initiate World Trade Organization proceedings challenging policies in developing countries relative to HIV/AIDS pharmaceuticals, H4185 [18JY]

Pacific Northwest Dairy Compact: congressional consent, H6290 [4OC]

Poway, CA: Chaparral Elementary School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1896 [16OC]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 4), E1568 [3AU]

———national energy policy, H2683 [24MY], H4586 [25JY]

Presidential appointments: prohibit payment to persons appointed during a congressional recess who have been previously rejected by vote of the Senate, H4591, H4592 [25JY]

San Diego, CA: Los Penasquitos School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1896 [16OC]

———Park Village Elementary School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1896 [16OC]

———Solana Highlands School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1896 [16OC]

———Westwood Elementary School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1896 [16OC]

Santee, CA: shooting of students at Santana High School (H. Con. Res. 57), H845 [13MR]

Science: allow the cloning of certain human tissues for research purposes, H4935 [31JY]

———prohibit the cloning of humans (H.R. 2505), H4935 [31JY]

Southern Dairy Compact: congressional consent, H6290 [4OC]

Taxation: constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (H.J. Res. 41), H1575 [25AP]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), H8890 [5DE]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3529), consideration (H. Res. 320)—same-day consideration (H. Res. 319), H10498 [19DE]

———provide incentives to reduce energy consumption (H.R. 778), E240 [28FE]

———rates, H1575 [25AP]

———rates (H.R. 3), H783 [8MR]

———rates (H.R. 3), consideration (H. Res. 83), H753 [8MR]

———reduce marriage tax penalty by adjusting rate brackets, standard deductions, and the earned income tax credit and increase child credits (H.R. 6), H1314 [29MR]

———treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 622), consideration (H. Res. 141), H2286 [17MY]

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), H5583 [11SE], E1666 [17SE]

———making emergency appropriations for disaster and antiterrorism initiatives surrounding the crashing of aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, H8500 [28NO], H9316 [12DE]

———tribute to relief efforts surrounding the hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, H5583 [11SE]

Treaties and agreements: extend trade negotiating and trade agreement implementing authority (H.R. 3005), H8890 [5DE]

U.N.: prohibit funding to provide support or assistance to the International Criminal Court, H8547 [28NO]

UNESCO: U.S. membership, H2131 [10MY]

Veterans: improve benefits for World War II Filipino veterans, H4701 [26JY]

Vice Presidents of the U.S.: consolidation of Naval Observatory official residence utility costs with other Navy activities, H4586 [25JY]

———donation of food and beverages for official events at Naval Observatory official residence, H4587 [25JY]

Vietnam: make normal trade relations status contingent upon free emigration policies (H.J. Res. 55), H4647 [26JY]

Voting: establish a grant program to provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration (H.R. 3295), H9298 [12DE]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H1478 [4AP]

Special order: granted, H8947 [5DE]

Texts of

Tribute to Tony Gwynn (1999), H6085 [2OC]

Tributes

Kent, Brian, E980 [25MY]

Pike, Christine, E446 [26MR]

Richards, Jennifer, E1997 [2NO]