CHRISTENSEN, DONNA M. (a Delegate from the Virgin Islands)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Adams Memorial Foundation: authorize establishment of a commemorative work in the District of Columbia to honor John Adams and family (see H.R. 1668), H1715 [1MY]

Antitrust policy: make technical corrections to laws (see H.R. 809), H621 [1MR]

Armed Forces: annual determination of the basic benefit rate for educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 1280), H2387 [21MY]

———continue payment of servicemen and women who have been deployed for an extended period of time (see H.R. 3164), H7592 [31OC]

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

———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]

———use of military health care system and commissary stores by unremarried former spouses of members (see H.R. 288), H110 [30JA]

Augustus F. Hawkins Post Office Building, Los Angeles, CA: designate (see H.R. 2578), H7128 [17OC]

Aviation: provide assistance for employees who are separated from employment due to reductions in service by air carriers and airport closures caused by terrorist actions or security measures (see H.R. 2946), H5971 [24SE] (see H.R. 2955), H6919 [16OC]

———provide economic relief to general aviation entities that have suffered economic injury as a result of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 3347), H10067 [13DE]

———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), H6919 [16OC]

Bankruptcy: extend the priority provided to claims for compensation and benefits of all employees (see H.R. 3415), H10055 [12DE]

Basilone, John: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 4), H258 [12FE]

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

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

Capitol Building and Grounds: 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), H3807 [28JN]

———display artwork in the Capitol and the House office buildings which represent the contributions of women to American society (see H. Res. 106), H6381 [4OC]

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

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

———establish national policy on youth development (see H.R. 17), H223 [7FE]

———give highest priority to providing assistance, services, and benefits to children who lost parents or guardians in terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H. Con. Res. 228), H5928 [21SE]

———improve academic and social outcomes for students by providing productive activities during after-school hours (see H.R. 1822), H3863 [10JY]

———improve access to books (see H.R. 116), H741 [7MR]

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

———increase the availability and affordability of quality child care and early learning services, and amend the Family and Medical Leave Act (see H.R. 265), H650 [6MR]

———increase the availability and quality of child care for disabled children (see H.R. 2787), H5616 [13SE]

———meet mental health and substance abuse treatment needs of incarcerated children and youth (see H.R. 2198), H3202 [14JN]

Chisholm, Shirley: tribute (see H. Res. 97), H1347 [29MR]

Citizenship: declare as U.S. citizens certain women who through marriage to an alien lost their citizenship (see H.R. 875), H1116 [22MR]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 781), H506 [28FE]

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

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

Commission on the Comprehensive Study of Voting Procedures: establish (see H.R. 60), H1925 [3MY]

Community development: enhance availability of capital and credit for citizens and communities and ensure that community reinvestment keeps pace as financial service providers become affiliated (see H.R. 865), H2680 [23MY]

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

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), H9078 [6DE]

Contracts: require Federal agencies to follow certain procedures relative to the bundling of procurement contract requirements (see H.R. 1324), H1345 [29MR]

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 18), H2388 [21MY]

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

———make certain sentencing safety valve provisions retroactive (see H.R. 765), H442 [27FE]

———permit expungement of records of certain nonviolent criminal offenses (see H.R. 696), H1410 [3AP]

———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]

———restore the Federal civil rights remedy for victims of gender-motivated violence (see H.R. 429), H412 [26FE]

CPSC: promulgate a consumer product safety standard for each durable infant or toddler product (see H.R. 3283), H8132 [13NO]

Credit: protect consumers from payday lenders demanding exorbitant interest rates and participating in other unfair practices (see H.R. 1319), H1344 [29MR]

Crime: 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), H5456 [6SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: acquire and manage lands in Puerto Rico to protect critical aquifers and watersheds (see H.R. 3213), H7717 [1NO]

Dept. of Commerce: make grants to States for advertising that promotes travel and tourism (see H.R. 3321), H8337 [16NO]

Dept. of Defense: establish at least one Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team in each State and at least one such team under the direction of the National Guard Bureau (see H.R. 3154), H7127 [17OC]

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

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

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

———establish an Office on Women's Health (see H.R. 1784), H2082 [9MY]

———provide grants to communities to strengthen the effectiveness, efficiency, and coordination of services for the uninsured and underinsured (see H.R. 504), H222 [7FE]

Dept. of Justice: establish the Violence Against Women Office (see H.R. 28), H223 [7FE]

Dept. of Labor: establish Normal Trade Relations for China Transitional Adjustment Assistance Program (see H.R. 457), H444 [27FE]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct a special resource study of sites associated with the life of Cesar E. Chavez and the farm labor movement to determine appropriate methods for their preservation and interpretation (see H.R. 2966), H8421 [27NO]

———establish the Cultural Heritage Assistance Partnership Program (see H.R. 1882), H3260 [19JN]

———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), H2711 [24MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify compensation standards for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans suffering from certain undiagnosed illnesses (see H.R. 612), H959 [19MR]

———conduct Stand Down event outreach programs and establish a pilot program that will provide for an annual Stand Down event in each State (see H.R. 3271), H8949 [5DE]

———enhance outreach programs to more fully inform surviving spouses and dependents of available benefits and provide dedicated staff to assist in obtaining those benefits (see H.R. 336), H400 [14FE]

———improve outreach program to more fully inform veterans of available benefits (see H.R. 511), H444 [27FE]

———make motor vehicle reimbursement rates for veterans comparable to reimbursement rates for Federal employees (see H.R. 551), H2571 [22MY]

———payment of benefits for smoking-related illnesses caused by nicotine dependence developed during service (see H.R. 879), H648 [6MR]

———provide grants for toll-free telephone number to provide information and assistance to veterans (see H.R. 1435), H1484 (see H.R. 1435), H1493 [4AP]

———revise effective date for award of disability compensation for persons disabled by treatment or vocational rehabilitation (see H.R. 290), H443 [27FE]

Developing countries: prohibit export assistance to any company challenging an intellectual property law or policy of a country that regulates HIV/AIDS pharmaceuticals or medical technologies (see H.R. 1690), H5488 [10SE]

———prohibit revocation or revision of any intellectual property or competition law or policy in any country that regulates HIV/AIDS pharmaceuticals or medical technologies (see H.R. 1185), H1113 [22MR]

Disasters: creation of protection funds by property and casualty insurance companies for the payment of policyholders' claims arising from future catastrophic events (see H.R. 785), H3465 [21JN]

Diseases: assist mother-to-child HIV/AIDS transmission prevention efforts (see H.R. 684), H1664 [27AP]

———collect data on benign brain-related tumors through the national program of cancer registries (see H.R. 239), H112 [30JA]

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

———improve access to HIV/AIDS-related treatments and services in sub-Saharan Africa and other developing countries (see H.R. 933), H740 [7MR]

———increase activities carried out by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and NIH relative to diabetes in minority populations (see H.R. 2232), H4353 [19JY]

———increase research, treatment, and public education of Lyme disease (see H.R. 1254), H3863 [10JY]

———ovarian cancer research programs (see H.R. 326), H224 [7FE]

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), H6137 [2OC]

Domestic violence: encourage States and localities to implement gun confiscation policies, reform stalking laws, create integrated domestic violence courts, and hire additional personnel for entering protection orders (see H.R. 3595), H10965 [20DE]

Domestic Volunteer Service Act: establish National Education Technology Corps (see H.R. 1149), H5704 [14SE]

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

Economy: provide a short-term safety net for individuals losing their jobs and an economic boost (see H.R. 3341), H8421 [27NO]

Education: improve quality and raise student achievement by strengthening accountability, raising teaching standards, rewarding success, and providing better information to parents (see H.R. 340), H224 [7FE]

———improve the quality and scope of science and mathematics education (see H.R. 117), H254 [8FE]

———increase student financial aid programs funding (see H.R. 2476), H4863 [30JY]

———provide for teacher technology training (see H.R. 573), H444 [27FE]

———require States to equalize education funding throughout the State (see H.R. 1234), H2712 [24MY]

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

Employment: prevent involuntary application of arbitration to discrimination claims (see H.R. 1489), H1487 (see H.R. 1489), H1496 [4AP]

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

———require U.S. nationals that employ individuals in a foreign country to provide full transparency and disclosure in all their operations (see H.R. 460), H444 [27FE]

Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative: reform (see H.R. 1642), H2023 [8MY]

EPA: increase communication and cooperation with small communities relative to environmental regulations (see H.R. 187), H443 [27FE]

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

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]

Family and Medical Leave Act: eliminate an hours of service requirement for benefits (see H.R. 2328), H3711 [27JN]

FCC: monitor complaints relative to the quality of wireless telephone service (see H.R. 1531), H1499 [4AP]

Federal aid programs: increase assistance made available under certain economic development programs (see H.R. 3003), H6702 [11OC]

Federal employees: availability of health coverage for dependent parents (see H.R. 579), H323 [13FE]

———ensure that those activated by the National Guard or Reserves shall receive pay equal to the basic pay such individual would otherwise be receiving (see H.R. 3337), H8843 [4DE]

———require any health benefits plan which provides obstetrical benefits to provide coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of infertility (see H.R. 1246), H1189 [27MR]

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

Financial institutions: ensure continued stability of the Federal deposit insurance system (see H.R. 1293), H1664 [27AP]

Firearms: improve safety of handguns (see H.R. 1014), H1605 [25AP]

———require all semiautomatic firearms be equipped with chamber load indicators and/or magazine disconnect mechanisms (see H.R. 2773), H5335 [2AU] (see H.R. 3207), H7717 [1NO]

Fish and fishing: establish a fisheries habitat protection, restoration, and enhancement program (see H.R. 325), H1116 [22MR]

Flag—U.S.: encourage displaying of the flag in response to hijacking and crashing of aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H. Con. Res. 225), H5616 [13SE]

———provide Capitol-flown flags to the families of deceased law enforcement officers (see H.R. 94), H2334 [17MY]

Food Safety Administration: establish as independent agency to consolidate food safety, labeling, and inspection functions (see H.R. 1671), H1715 [1MY]

Foreign policy: ensure that U.S. trade and economic development policies respect and support the rights of African farmers (see H. Con. Res. 260), H8421 [27NO]

———provide multilateral debt relief to countries eligible for assistance under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative or heavily affected by HIV/AIDS (see H.R. 1567), H1606 [25AP]

Foreign trade: implement an importation requirement system for diamonds (see H.R. 2722), H6702 [11OC]

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

Forests: eliminate commercial logging on public lands and facilitate the economic recovery and diversification of communities dependent on the Federal logging program (see H.R. 1494), H1929 [7MY]

Government: require wages paid to Federal employees and Federal contract workers be above the local poverty line (see H.R. 917), H740 [7MR] (see H.R. 1457), H1485 (see H.R. 1457), H1494 [4AP]

Government regulations: require peer review of scientific support data (see H.R. 281), H2889 [5JN]

Harper, Martha Matilda: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 38), H444 [27FE]

Head Start Act: ensure that every eligible child has the tools to learn to read (see H.R. 1201), H4780 [27JY]

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

———improve access to health care services for uninsured and low-income individuals in medically under served areas (see H. Res. 87), H1347 [29MR]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 1200), H1114 [22MR] (see H.R. 3080), H10910 [19DE] (see H. Con. Res. 99), H1487 (see H. Con. Res. 99), H1499 [4AP]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 526), H3203 [14JN]

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

———sustain access to vital emergency medical services in rural areas (see H.R. 1353), H2890 [5JN]

Health care facilities: establish a program to provide screenings and treatment for cancer to minority and other populations served by health centers (see H.R. 3336), H8421 [27NO]

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

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

———repeal provisions prohibiting persons convicted of drug offenses from receiving student financial assistance (see H.R. 786), H506 [28FE]

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: 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), H1718 [1MY]

———provide for one percent FHA mortgage loan downpayments for teachers and public safety officers to purchase homes within employing jurisdictions (see H.R. 674), H624 [1MR]

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

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

———asylum or deportation regulations relative to gender-related persecution (see H.R. 544), H444 [27FE]

Immigration and Nationality Act: restore certain provisions relative to the definition of aggravated felony (see H.R. 87), H443 [27FE]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 214), H2334 [17MY]

Insurance: prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 602), H324 [13FE]

———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), H506 [28FE]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (see H.R. 536), H400 [14FE]

International Women's Day: observance (see H. Res. 86), H827 [8MR]

Iran: conviction of Iranian Jews accused of espionage (see H. Con. Res. 29), H2281 [16MY]

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

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

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

———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), H876 [13MR]

———require Federal law enforcement agencies to expunge voidable arrest records and provide incentive funds to States that have systems for expunging such records (see H.R. 1154), H1060 [21MR]

Medicaid: coverage of all medically necessary services for uninsured families and individuals (see H.R. 2627), H4633 [25JY]

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

———permit uninsured individuals to obtain coverage to assure coverage of prescription drugs, substance abuse treatment, mental health services, and long-term care services (see H.R. 1142), H1059 [21MR]

Medicare: coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 1624), H2890 [5JN]

———eliminate reduction in payment rates under the prospective payment system for home health services and increase payments for such services in rural areas (see H.R. 975), H2334 [17MY]

———expand and improve coverage of mental health services (see H.R. 1522), H2387 [21MY]

———improve outpatient vision services (see H.R. 2484), H5456 [6SE]

———make permanent the health coverage for certain disabled individuals that go back to work (see H.R. 481), H221 [7FE]

———prevent sudden disruption of beneficiary enrollment in Medicare+Choice plans (see H.R. 148), H623 [1MR]

———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), H10055 [12DE]

———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), H2148 [14MY]

———standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 1609), H3466 [21JN]

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), H396 [14FE]

Monuments and memorials: provide grants to repair veterans memorials (see H.R. 1469), H2571 [22MY]

National Affordable Housing Trust Fund: establish to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income families (see H.R. 2349), H8133 [13NO]

National Center for Social Work Research: establish (see H.R. 663), H395 [14FE]

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

National Health Center Week: establish (see H. Con. Res. 179), H3805 [28JN]

National Health Service Corps: reauthorize, amend scholarship and loan programs tax status and repayment rules, and simplify application process (see H.R. 1968), H2678 [23MY]

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to women's health and disease prevention (see H.R. 183), H400 [14FE]

National Sea Grant College Program Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1071), H2142 [10MY]

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]

National Weather Service: conduct research and development, training, and outreach activities relative to tropical cyclone inland forecasting improvement (see H.R. 2486), H4008 [12JY]

Native Americans: clarify citizenship eligibility for certain members of the Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona (see H.R. 2348), H4725 [26JY]

———establish programs to improve energy development on Indian lands (see H.R. 2412), H3864 [10JY]

———Federal funding for certain adoption and foster care programs (see H.R. 2335), H4010 [12JY]

Natural resources: promote the conservation and preservation of working farms, ranches, and private forests (see H.R. 2375), H5456 [6SE]

Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act: provide certain nationals an opportunity to apply for adjustment of status (see H.R. 348), H650 [6MR]

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

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

OMB: require explanation for omission of any insular area from treatment as part of the U.S., in issued statements (see H.R. 2428), H3805 [28JN]

Outer Continental Shelf: use of oil and gas production royalties to establish a fund for outdoor conservation and recreation needs (see H.R. 701), H955 [15MR]

Patriotism: mint coins in commemoration of the Spirit of America and to establish the Victims of September 11th Fund (see H.R. 3244), H8732 [29NO]

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

Political campaigns: make unlawful the knowing dissemination of false information regarding Federal elections with the intent of discouraging voter participation (see H.R. 366), H624 [1MR]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 250), H325 [13FE]

———guidelines for renovation, relocation, closing, or consolidation of post offices (see H.R. 1861), H5406 [5SE]

———protection of post offices (see H. Con. Res. 181), H3805 [28JN]

———tribute (see H. Con. Res. 257), H7853 [6NO]

Public welfare programs: authorize State use of funds provided under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program to support infant safe haven programs (see H.R. 2018), H4863 [30JY]

———expand the purpose of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program to include poverty reduction (see H.R. 2166), H3864 [10JY]

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

Robeson, Paul L.: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 143), H2711 [24MY]

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

Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act: provide comprehensive technical assistance and implement highly effective prevention programs (see H.R. 970), H827 [8MR]

SBA: authorize loans to small businesses and certain other businesses that suffered substantial economic injury as a result of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 3011), H6259 [3OC] (see H.R. 3308), H8248 [15NO]

———expand and improve assistance provided by small business development centers to Native Americans (see H.R. 2538), H5927 [21SE]

———require submission of certain disagreements to the OMB for resolution and establish a minimum period for the solicitation of offers for a bundled contract (see H.R. 2867), H5455 [6SE]

Schools: honor Native Americans for their contributions to U.S. history, culture, and education (see H. Res. 168), H3207 [18JN]

Shriver, Sargent: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2949), H7910 [7NO]

Small business: provide for public access to information on the availability of insurance for small businesses (see H.R. 3339), H8342 [19NO]

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

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

———expand Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program to include parents of low-income families (see H.R. 2630), H4633 [25JY]

———guarantee the right of individuals to receive certain benefits in full with an accurate annual cost-of-living adjustment (see H.R. 832), H628 [5MR]

———permit States the option of coverage of legal immigrants under the Medicaid Program and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 1143), H3068 [12JN]

———restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to certain individuals (see H.R. 1073), H954 [15MR]

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

Taxation: allow expanded penalty-free withdrawals from certain retirement plans for unemployed employees of air carriers or manufacturers of aircrafts or aircraft parts or components (see H.R. 2968), H6056 [25SE]

———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), H5488 [10SE]

———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]

———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), H5406 [5SE]

———clarify that certain small businesses are permitted to use the cash method of accounting (see H.R. 656), H3713 [27JN]

———designate educational empowerment zones in certain low-income areas and give a tax incentive to attract teachers to work in such areas (see H.R. 221), H400 [14FE]

———encourage patronage of the travel, hospitality, restaurant, and entertainment industries (see H.R. 3143), H7592 [31OC]

———exclude certain severance payments from gross income (see H.R. 147), H258 [12FE]

———expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 1076), H3466 [21JN]

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

———extend and expand the enhanced deduction for charitable contributions of computers to provide public access to computers (see H.R. 2281), H3464 [21JN]

———extend credits to assist in the purchase of fishing safety equipment (see H.R. 2419), H3804 [28JN]

———full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals (see H.R. 154), H254 [8FE]

———incentives to encourage production and use of efficient energy sources (see H.R. 2108), H4014 [16JY]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see H.R. 267), H628 [5MR]

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

———provide credit for medical research relative to developing vaccines against widespread diseases and assure such vaccines are affordable and widely distributed (see H.R. 1504), H1497 [4AP]

———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 tax credits to promote home ownership among low-income individuals (see H.R. 2033), H5340 [2AU]

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

———reduce the per dose tax on vaccines (see H.R. 921), H2334 [17MY]

———treatment of expenses in connection with services as a member of a Reserve component of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 968), H1013 [20MR]

———treatment of interest on student loans (see H.R. 678), H396 [14FE]

———treatment of investments in Puerto Rico (see H.R. 2550), H4215 [18JY]

———treatment of loan payments received under the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 1401), H6056 [25SE]

Territories: increase waiver requirement for certain local matching requirements for grants (see H.R. 2826), H5338 [2AU]

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

———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]

Tobacco products: prohibit importation of bidi cigarettes (see H.R. 1454), H5927 [21SE]

Travel and Tourism Promotion Bureau: establish (see H.R. 3157), H7127 [17OC]

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

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

Urban areas: development of municipally-owned vacant lots by nonprofit community organizations (see H.R. 994), H875 [13MR]

Veterans: allow certain veterans with service-connected disabilities to travel on military aircraft (see H.R. 440), H2679 [23MY]

———establish a comprehensive program for the testing and treatment of the hepatitis C virus (see H.R. 639), H394 [14FE]

———expand list of diseases presumed to be service connected with respect to radiation-exposed veterans (see H.R. 134), H325 [13FE]

———increase maximum amount of home loan guarantees available to veterans (see H.R. 442), H2679 [23MY]

———increase minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for surviving spouses age 62 and older (see H.R. 548), H325 [13FE]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H1013 [20MR]

———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), H325 [13FE]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: authorize design and construction of a temporary education center (see H.R. 510), H650 [6MR]

Voting: establish a grant program to assist State and local governments with improving the administration of elections through activities which may include the modernization of voting procedures and equipment (see H.R. 354), H624 [1MR]

———establish a grant program to provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration (see H.R. 3295), H9082 [10DE]

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

———hold Federal elections over the first weekend in November, prohibit States from preventing registered citizens from voting, and ban law enforcement activities that intimidate individuals from voting (see H.R. 1559), H1555 [24AP]

———prohibit States from denying any individual the right to register and vote in Federal elections on the grounds that the individual has been convicted of a Federal crime (see H.R. 1558), H1555 [24AP]

———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), H112 [30JA]

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

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

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

Water: authorize appropriations for municipal construction grant program for wastewater treatment (see H.R. 1751), H2021 [8MY]

———authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 668), H444 [27FE] (see H.R. 1750), H2021 [8MY]

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

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

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

Foreign trade: modify country-of-origin labeling and advertising requirements for watches (see H.R. 574), H322 [13FE]

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

Medicaid: remove the cap on payments for Puerto Rico and certain other territories and adjust the statutory matching rate (see H.R. 48), H26 [3JA]

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

Ron de Lugo Federal Building, Charlotte Amalie, VI: designate (see H.R. 495), H222 [7FE]

Ships and vessels: exempt from inspection certain small passenger vessels that operate only in the waters of the U.S. Virgin Islands (see H.R. 328), H163 [31JA]

Tariff: reform the production incentive certificate program for watch and jewelry producers in the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa (see H.R. 575), H322 [13FE]

Territories: permit duty drawback for articles shipped to the insular possessions of the U.S. (see H.R. 3395), H8842 [4DE]

Remarks

Adams Memorial Foundation: authorize establishment of a commemorative work in the District of Columbia to honor John Adams and family (H.R. 1668), H3473, H3478 [25JN]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, H5109 [1AU]

Armed Forces: authorize use against those responsible for hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H.J. Res. 64), H5667 [14SE]

Aviation: Federal versus private employment status for aviation security personnel, H7645 [1NO]

———improve security (H.R. 3150), H7645 [1NO]

———preserve the continued viability of the U.S. air transportation system (H.R. 2891), E1666 [17SE]

———preserve the continued viability of the U.S. air transportation system (H.R. 2926), H5915 [21SE]

———tribute to airline employees in aftermath of hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, H5738 [20SE]

``Black Americans in Congress, 1870-1989'': authorizing printing (H. Con. Res. 43), H1020 [21MR]

Black History Month: observance, H377 [14FE]

Booker T. Washington National Monument: revise boundaries (H.R. 1456), H6098 [2OC]

Budget: allocation of funds, H788 [8MR]

———revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), H1210 [28MR]

Buffalo Bayou National Heritage Area: feasibility study (H.R. 1776), H7382 [30OC]

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

Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3507), H10418 [19DE]

Community service: provide incentives for communities and individuals to serve the poor and others in need and enhance ability of low-income individuals to build assets (H.R. 7), H4258 [19JY]

Computers: prevent the use of certain bank instruments for Internet gambling, H6941 [17OC]

Congress: counting of Presidential electoral votes, E24 [6JA]

Crime: combat the financing of terrorism and other financial crimes (H.R. 3004), H6941 [17OC]

———protect unborn victims of violence (H.R. 503), H1634 [26AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: provide for maintenance of concrete dams and weirs located in the Emigrant Wilderness (H.R. 434), H5464 [10SE]

Dept. of HUD: Public Housing Drug Elimination Program funding through reductions in HOME Investment Partnerships Program and home ownership downpayment assistance, H4741 [27JY]

Dept. of the Interior: authorize feasibility studies of water resource projects in Washington (H.R. 1937), H5465 [10SE]

———construct an education and administrative center at the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge in Box Elder County, UT (H.R. 3322), H8853, H8854 [5DE]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2217), conference report, H7107 [17OC]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2500), H4146 [18JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3061), H6635 [11OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3061), conference report, H10439 [19DE]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2620), H4677 [26JY], H4741 [27JY], H4820, H4836 [30JY]

Diseases: AIDS epidemic, H2876, H2878 [5JN]

———Global AIDS Trust Fund funding through reductions in the Andean Counterdrug Initiative funding and the Foreign Military Financing Program, H4463 [24JY]

———improve access to HIV/AIDS-related treatments and services in sub-Saharan Africa and other developing countries, H996 [20MR], H1562 [25AP]

———improve access to HIV/AIDS-related treatments and services in sub-Saharan Africa and other developing countries (H.R. 2069), H9105 [11DE]

Education: close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), H2419 [22MY]

———tribute to Catholic schools (H. Res. 28), H184 [6FE]

El Camino Real de los Tejas: designate as a national historic trail (H.R. 1628), H5462 [10SE]

Elections: ensure the votes of all eligible citizens are counted, H377 [14FE]

Emergency services: firefighting and emergency medical services funding, H4820 [30JY]

Faith and Politics Institute: tribute, H1050 [21MR]

Federal aid programs: provide for emergency unemployment compensation program and emergency health coverage assistance, H7255 [24OC]

FEMA: Project Impact funding, H4836 [30JY]

Fire prevention: authorize the use of certain wildland fire management funds to reimburse certain interagency cooperation costs in connection with wildland fire management (H.R. 581), H2054, H2056 [9MY]

Fish and fishing: continue State management of the West Coast Dungeness Crab fishery (H.R. 1661), H2901 [6JN]

Florida: alleged voting irregularities in Presidential election, E24 [6JA]

———disputed results in Presidential election, H377 [14FE]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2506), H4463 [24JY]

Foreign trade: modify country-of-origin labeling and advertising requirements for watches (H.R. 574), E158 [13FE]

Haiti: allocation of foreign aid relative to HIV/AIDS epidemic, H8188 [15NO]

Health: clarify liability of employers relative to protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, H3701 [27JN]

———emphasize the importance of organ, tissue, bone marrow, and blood donation, and support National Donor Day (H. Con. Res. 31), H670 [7MR]

———guarantee Federal remedies that hold health plans accountable for medical decisions and limit non-economical and punitive damages, H5275 [2AU]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 526), H3701, H3703, H3704 [27JN], H3810 [10JY]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 2563), H5184, H5202, H5275 [2AU]

India: express sympathy for victims of earthquake and support ongoing aid efforts (H. Con. Res. 15), H123 [31JA]

Insurance: ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (H.R. 3210), H8611 [29NO]

Law enforcement officers: honor and recognize officers killed in the line of duty and daily risks and sacrifices of officers (H. Res. 116), H2164 [15MY]

Masaryk, Tomas G.: authorize the American Friends of the Czech Republic (organization) to establish a memorial in the District of Columbia (H.R. 1161), H6095 [2OC]

Medicaid: remove the cap on payments for Puerto Rico and certain other territories and adjust the statutory matching rate (H.R. 48), H3691 [27JN]

Medicare: provide regulatory relief and contracting flexibility (H.R. 3391), H8799 [4DE]

National Fallen Firefighters Memorial: commemorate fallen firefighters by lowering the U.S. flag to half-staff during the memorial service in Emmitsburg, MD (H.J. Res. 42), H6080 [2OC]

National security: develop and implement a strategy for homeland security, H8846 [5DE]

National Trails System Act: update the feasibility and suitability studies of certain national historic trails and provide for possible additions (H.R. 37), H2898 [6JN]

Oil Region National Heritage Area: establish (H.R. 695), H5461 [10SE]

Oregon: use of the trust land and resources of the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation (H.R. 483), H7379 [30OC]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 4), H5109 [1AU], E1560 [3AU]

Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act: reauthorize (H.R. 645), H3471 [25JN]

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

Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area: adjust boundaries (H.R. 640), H2899 [6JN]

SBA: establish a pilot program to provide regulatory compliance assistance to small businesses (H.R. 203), H6089 [2OC]

———expand and improve assistance provided by small business development centers to Native Americans (H.R. 2538), H8858 [5DE]

———loan and technical assistance programs funding through reductions in Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State administrative accounts, H4146 [18JY]

Schools: honor Native Americans for their contributions to U.S. history, culture, and education (H. Res. 168), H3276 [20JN]

Selma, AL: anniversary of march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge, H1050 [21MR]

Sprague River: conduct a study of the feasibility of providing adequate upstream and downstream passage for fish at the Chiloquin Dam in Oregon (H.R. 2585), H7380 [30OC]

St. George, UT: convey certain property in order to protect and preserve certain rare paleontological resources (H.R. 2385), H6094 [2OC]

Tariff: reform the production incentive certificate program for watch and jewelry producers in the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa (H.R. 575), E160 [13FE]

Taxation: provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), H7255 [24OC]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3529), H10867 [19DE]

———rates (H.R. 3), H788 [8MR]

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), H5558 [11SE]

———deter and punish terrorist acts and enhance law enforcement investigatory tools (H.R. 2975), H6769 [12OC]

———tribute to relief efforts surrounding the hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, H5558 [11SE]

———tribute to women relief workers responding to the hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, H8750 [4DE]

U.N.: U.S. participation in World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia, and Related Intolerance (H. Res. 212), H4790 [30JY]

University of the Virgin Islands: tribute to graduates, H2338 [21MY]

Veterans Day: maintain observance on November 11 and separate from any other Federal holiday (H. Res. 298), H8810 [4DE]

Virgin Islands: French Heritage Week observance, E1291 [10JY]

———wastewater infrastructure funding, H4677 [26JY]

Virgin Islands Council of the Boy Scouts of America: tribute, E1501 [2AU]

Virgin Islands Freshwater Association, Inc.: tribute, E431 [22MR], E624 [25AP]

William Howard Taft National Historic Site: boundary adjustment and land exchange (H.R. 1000), H2896 [6JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H3710 [27JN]

Tributes

Hughes, Marilyn, E2349 [20DE]

Jarvis, Jose A., E2170 [29NO]