CLAYTON, EVA M. (a Representative from North Carolina)

Amendments

Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), H6146 [2OC], H6347 [4OC]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2330), H3619 [26JN], H3714 [27JN], H3774, H3784 [28JN], H3901 [11JY]

Articles and editorials

AIDS Epidemic Takes Toll on Black Women, Kevin Sack, New York (NY) Times, H3849-H3851 [10JY]

AIDS Sweeping Eastern Europe, Mara D. Bellaby, Associated Press (news service), H8631 [29NO]

Despite Legal Victory, South Africa Hesitates on AIDS Drugs, Rachel L. Swarns, New York (NY) Times, H1528 [24AP]

Global AIDS Strategy May Prove Elusive—More Funds Available, but Consensus Lacking, Karen DeYoung, Washington (DC) Post, H1529 [24AP]

In the South, Deadly Silence Shame and Fear Contribute to Rapid Spread of HIV in Rural Areas, John Donnelly, Boston (MA) Globe, H3839 [10JY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: provide freedom of choice to military personnel serving overseas (see H.R. 1350), H1861 [2MY] (see H.R. 2866), H5927 [21SE]

Afghanistan: provide for the removal from power of the Taliban regime (see H.R. 3088), H8181 [14NO]

Africa: efforts to reduce hunger in sub-Saharan Africa (see H. Con. Res. 102), H2023 [8MY]

Agriculture: prohibit transfer or marketing of nonambulatory cattle, sheep, swine, horses, mules, or goats (see H.R. 1421), H1483 (see H.R. 1421), H1493 [4AP]

———provide for accreditation of associations of agricultural producers and promote good faith bargaining between such associations and handlers of agricultural products (see H.R. 230), H1295 [28MR]

———support research and development programs in agricultural biotechnology and genetic engineering to address the food and economic needs of developing countries (see H.R. 2343), H3712 [27JN]

Air pollution: reduce emissions from electric powerplants (see H.R. 1256), H1661 [26AP]

Alaska: provide additional protections for National Forest System lands (see H.R. 2908), H5925 [21SE]

Armed Forces: provide retirees all benefits promised to them upon enlistment (see H.R. 51), H955 [15MR]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 179), H224 [7FE]

Augustus F. Hawkins Post Office Building, Los Angeles, CA: designate (see H.R. 2578), H7718 [1NO]

Aviation: improve security (see H.R. 3110), H7529 [30OC]

———provide assistance for employees who are separated from employment due to reductions in service by air carriers and airport closures caused by terrorist actions or security measures (see H.R. 2946), H6057 [25SE]

Bill Emerson Memorial Fellowship Program: establish (see H.R. 1420), H1483 (see H.R. 1420), H1493 [4AP]

Birds: prohibit interstate movement of live birds, for the purpose of fighting, to States in which animal fighting is lawful (see H.R. 1155), H5339 [2AU]

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

Brown v. Board of Education 50th Anniversary Commission: establish (see H.R. 2133), H3619 [26JN]

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), H878 [13MR]

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]

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 an international infant and child nutrition and education program (see H.R. 1700), H1923 [3MY]

———establish national policy on youth development (see H.R. 17), H650 [6MR]

———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), H5406 [5SE]

Chisholm, Shirley: tribute (see H. Res. 97), H1191 [27MR]

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), H3359 [20JN]

Congress: hold joint session in New York, NY (see H. Con. Res. 249), H7853 [6NO]

Consumers: protect from predatory mortgage lending practices (see H.R. 2531), H4112 [17JY]

———requirements on credit card issuers relative to mailing of monthly statements (see H.R. 296), H5455 [6SE]

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 18), H878 [13MR]

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

Credit cards: prevent issuers from taking advantage of traditional college students and protect parents of such students (see H.R. 184), H2679 [23MY]

———protect consumers from unreasonable credit card fees or interest rates (see H.R. 2032), H2847 [25MY]

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), H3067 [12JN]

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

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

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 HHS: establish an Office on Women's Health (see H.R. 1784), H3713 [27JN]

Dept. of HUD: grants to States to supplement assistance for the preservation of affordable housing for low-income families (see H.R. 425), H508 [28FE]

Dept. of Justice: establish the Violence Against Women Office (see H.R. 28), H111 [30JA]

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 Veterans Affairs: recognize for purposes of employing physicians, board certifications from the American Association of Physician Specialists, Inc. (see H. Res. 75), H3864 [10JY]

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), H2023 [8MY]

Discrimination: protect rights and condemn attacks on Arab Americans, American Muslims, and South Asian Americans relative to terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H. Con. Res. 227), H5704 [14SE]

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

———eliminate tuberculosis (see H.R. 1167), H1925 [3MY]

———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), H6380 [4OC]

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

———international tuberculosis control (see H.R. 1168), H1925 [3MY]

———ovarian cancer research programs (see H.R. 326), H254 [8FE]

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]

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

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

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

Education: establish a national teaching fellowship program to encourage individuals to enter, and remain, in the field of teaching at public schools (see H.R. 839), H622 [1MR]

———establish and expand programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (see H.R. 100, 101), H1925 [3MY]

———expand the teacher loan forgiveness programs under the guaranteed and direct student loan programs (see H.R. 2765), H5488 [10SE]

———give gifted and talented students the opportunity to develop their capabilities (see H.R. 490), H2956 [6JN]

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

———reduce class size through the use of fully qualified teachers (see H.R. 1036), H2142 [10MY]

———require States to equalize education funding throughout the State (see H.R. 1234), H1188 [27MR]

Election Administration Commission: establish (see H.R. 775), H651 [6MR]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: amend Impact Aid Program relative to delivery of payments to local educational agencies (see H.R. 1716), H3519 [25JN]

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

Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative: reform (see H.R. 1642), H1926 [3MY]

EPA: reinstate revised drinking water standards for arsenic (see H.R. 1413), H1482 (see H.R. 1413), H1492 [4AP]

———revise drinking water standards for arsenic and provide grants to small public drinking water systems to assist in meeting these standards (see H.R. 1252), H1558 [24AP]

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), H2849 [25MY]

Federal contracts: ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses (see H.R. 721), H3519 [25JN]

Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 1841), H2183 [15MY]

———improve prevailing rate pay systems for wage grade Federal employees (see H.R. 1262), H2281 [16MY]

———increase the Government contribution for Federal employee health insurance (see H.R. 1307), H2281 [16MY]

Financial institutions: allow payment of Financing Corporation interest obligations from excess deposit insurance fund reserves (see H.R. 557), H444 [27FE]

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

———prohibit predatory lending practices (see H.R. 1060), H2334 [17MY]

Food: improve cooperation and eliminate duplication between the Depts. of Agriculture and HHS in the area of food safety inspection (see H. Con. Res. 258), H7718 [1NO]

Food Stamp Act: improve nutrition assistance for working families and the elderly (see H.R. 2142), H3067 [12JN]

———limit the collection from households of claims for nonfraudulent overissuance of food stamp benefits (see H.R. 2319), H5340 [2AU]

Foreign policy: ensure that U.S. trade and economic development policies respect and support the rights of African farmers (see H. Con. Res. 260), H8133 [13NO]

———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: 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]

———revise the limitations on trade readjustment allowances under the trade adjustment assistance program for workers (see H.R. 2613), H5340 [2AU]

Government: require wages paid to Federal employees and Federal contract workers be above the local poverty line (see H.R. 917), H2023 [8MY]

Harper, Martha Matilda: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 38), H399 [14FE]

Health: improve access to health care services for uninsured and low-income individuals in medically under served areas (see H. Res. 87), H1490 [4AP]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 526), H3519 [25JN]

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

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]

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

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), H1926 [3MY]

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

Immigration: adjust status of certain Colombian and Peruvian nationals (see H.R. 945), H4216 [18JY]

———adjust status of certain long-staying alien children, lower high school drop out rates of certain immigrant children, and allow State and local determination of admittance to State and local colleges and universities (see H.R. 1582), H4009 [12JY]

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

———allow acceptance of an affidavit of support from another eligible sponsor if the original sponsor has died (see H.R. 1892), H2333 [17MY]

———provide a mechanism for U.S. citizens, and lawful permanent residents, to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see H.R. 690), H4113 [17JY]

Immigration and Nationality Act: remove certain limitations on eligibility for adjustment of status (see H.R. 1713), H2185 [15MY]

———revise various provisions (see H.R. 500), H877 [13MR]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 737), H1190 [27MR]

Insurance: guarantee comprehensive health care coverage for all children (see H.R. 1733), H4113 [17JY]

———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 602), H1295 [28MR]

———provide equitable coverage of mental health, substance abuse, and chemical dependency treatment services under group and individual health coverage (see H.R. 162), H2998 [7JN]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (see H.R. 536), H253 [8FE]

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

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development: establish trust fund to address long-term food production and rural development needs in Afghanistan and the Central Asian Republics (see H.R. 3566), H10964 [20DE]

Investments: establish individual development accounts for certain individuals and families (see H.R. 2160), H3149 [13JN]

Iron and steel industry: provide certain safeguards relative to the domestic steel industry (see H.R. 808), H1660 [26AP]

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

James L. Watson U.S. Court of International Trade Building, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 2841), H6260 [3OC]

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]

Liberia: adjust immigration status of certain nationals (see H.R. 1806), H2335 [17MY]

Medicaid: increase Federal medical assistance percentage to help States finance increases in enrollment (see H.R. 3414), H9078 [6DE]

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

Medicare: coverage of marriage and family therapist services (see H.R. 898), H3150 [13JN]

———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for beneficiaries with cardiovascular diseases (see H.R. 2117), H7333 [25OC]

———designate certain diabetes educators as certified providers for purposes of outpatient diabetes education services (see H.R. 1645), H5406 [5SE]

———increase reimbursement for screening mammography services and funding for additional radiology residents and radiologic technologists (see H.R. 1354), H2890 [5JN]

———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), H4113 [17JY]

———payments to hospitals that have graduate medical education programs in critical need specialty areas (see H.R. 1928), H5927 [21SE]

———reductions in prescription drug prices (see H.R. 1400), H1482 (see H.R. 1400), H1491 [4AP]

———reimbursement for certain midwife services (see H.R. 3602), H10965 [20DE]

———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), H4949 [31JY]

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

Mickey Leland Memorial Fellowship Program: establish (see H.R. 1420), H1483 (see H.R. 1420), H1493 [4AP]

Miller, Doris: waive certain time limitations to allow the posthumous award of the Medal of Honor for actions while a member of the Navy during World War II (see H.R. 1994), H2710 [24MY]

Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 665), H1557 [24AP] (see H.R. 2812), H5337 [2AU]

Motor vehicles: protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, and repair their motor vehicles (see H.R. 2735), H10055 [12DE]

National 4-H Program Centennial Initiative: funding (see H.R. 1388), H1558 [24AP]

National Affordable Housing Trust Fund: establish to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income families (see H.R. 2349), H3712 [27JN]

National Health Center Week: establish (see H. Con. Res. 179), H4429 [23JY]

National Health Service Corps: include tertiary-care nurses (see H.R. 2594), H4428 [23JY]

———reauthorize, amend scholarship and loan programs tax status and repayment rules, and simplify application process (see H.R. 1968), H5456 [6SE]

National Rural Development Partnership: authorize (see H.R. 3473), H10055 [12DE]

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

National Words Can Heal Day: designate (see H. Res. 235), H5929 [21SE]

Native Americans: clarify citizenship eligibility for certain members of the Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona (see H.R. 2348), H5340 [2AU]

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

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

Northern Mariana Islands: labeling, minimum wage, tariff, and immigration requirements relative to textile industry (see H.R. 2661), H4724 [26JY]

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

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

Pasquotank County, NC: provide wage parity for certain prevailing rate employees (see H.R. 1077), H4113 [17JY]

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), H1556 [24AP]

Pharmaceuticals: establish therapeutic equivalence requirements for generic drugs (see H.R. 1685), H2998 [7JN]

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

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

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

Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor: award to officers killed, injured, or involved in rescue efforts in the aftermath of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H. Con. Res. 243), H6421 [5OC]

Public 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]

———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 3113), H6780 [12OC]

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

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]

SBA: conduct a pilot program to raise awareness about telecommuting among small business employers (see H.R. 1035), H2184 [15MY]

Schools: prohibit the sale of foods with minimal nutritional value in schools participating in Federal meal programs (see H.R. 2129), H3066 [12JN]

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

Shelton, Henry H.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2751), H5334 [2AU]

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

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), H1660 [26AP]

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

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

———restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to certain individuals (see H.R. 1073), H2184 [15MY]

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]

Tariff: impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates (see H.R. 1786), H7529 [30OC]

Taxation: allow a credit to holders of qualified bonds issued by Amtrak (see H.R. 2329), H4725 [26JY]

———allow farmer-owned cooperatives access to small ethanol producer tax credit (see H.R. 1636), H1659 [26AP]

———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), H8248 [15NO]

———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), H2998 [7JN]

———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 stronger mathematics and science programs at elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 102), H1925 [3MY]

———exclude from gross income payments made to tobacco quota and allotment holders and tobacco growers pursuant to the settlement agreement between a State and tobacco product manufacturers (see H.R. 769), H505 [28FE]

———exclusion from gross income for foster care payments relative to certain nongovernmental placement agencies (see H.R. 586), H1557 [24AP]

———exclusion of gain from the sale of farmland (see H.R. 294), H1115 [22MR]

———expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 1076), H1489 [4AP]

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

———first-time homebuyers tax credit (see H.R. 1773), H3358 [20JN]

———increase the exclusion equivalent of the unified credit (see H.R. 759), H956 [15MR]

———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]

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

———restore partial deduction for personal interest to encourage economic recovery and avoid the need to borrow against home equity (see H.R. 2969), H6056 [25SE]

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1305), H1558 [24AP]

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

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 831), H2889 [5JN]

———treatment of investments in Puerto Rico (see H.R. 2550), H8248 [15NO]

———treatment of the sale of a principal residence by a member of the uniformed services or Foreign Service (see H.R. 1596), H2335 [17MY]

Terrorism: bioterrorism preparedness and response funding (see H.R. 3255), H8343 [19NO]

———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), H6138 [2OC]

Tobacco products: provide export promotion assistance (see H.R. 2591), H4428 [23JY]

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]

Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1613), H6056 [25SE]

Vernon Tarlton Post Office Building, Forest City, NC: designate (see H.R. 3072), H7718 [1NO]

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

———issue commemorative postage stamp honoring Purple Heart recipients (see H. Con. Res. 104), H1558 [24AP]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H955 [15MR]

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

———establish a program to provide funds to State and local governments to replace punch card voting systems (see H.R. 775), H651 [6MR]

———permit individuals whose names do not appear on the list of registered voters in an election for Federal office at a particular polling place to cast provisional votes (see H.R. 1004), H1116 [22MR]

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

———require States to give notice and opportunity for review prior to removing individuals from list of eligible voters in Federal elections for crime convictions (see H.R. 1971), H2713 [24MY]

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

W. Joe Trogdon Post Office Building, Asheboro, NC: designate (see H.R. 821), H741 [7MR]

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]

Woods, Tiger: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1425), H4014 [16JY]

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), H3466 [21JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Agriculture: improve agricultural credit programs (see H.R. 2653), H4723 [26JY]

———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: study relative value of General Equivalency Diplomas and review policies and procedures to better serve the nation's educational needs (see H.R. 1893), H2333 [17MY]

Education: authorize recruitment and retention incentive programs, student loan forgiveness, and professional development programs for teachers in rural areas (see H.R. 2102), H2997 [7JN]

EEOC: require mediation of certain employee claims (see H.R. 820), H621 [1MR]

Factsheets

AIDS Epidemic Update: WHO, H9098-H9104 [11DE]

Letters

Border inspections and monitoring of animal and plant diseases funding: North Carolina government officials, H3976 [12JY]

Response to the continuing economic crisis adversely affecting agricultural producers: by, S8414 [31JY]

Remarks

Afghanistan: allocation of humanitarian assistance, H7891 [7NO]

———allocation of humanitarian assistance in conjunction with military response to terrorist attacks, H7952 [8NO]

Africa: efforts to reduce hunger in sub-Saharan Africa (H. Con. Res. 102), H1851 [2MY]

Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), H6069, H6103 [2OC], H6173, H6238 [3OC], H6289, H6326, H6345, H6348, H6349, H6351 [4OC], E1887 [12OC]

———farm subsidy programs funding, H6103 [2OC]

———farmworker housing conditions, H6442 [9OC]

———Federal farm policies, H3123 [13JN]

———funding, H1164 [27MR], H1209 [28MR]

———small and disadvantaged farmers outreach programs and capacity building at land-grant colleges funding, H3901, H3903 [11JY]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2330), H3774, H3785 [28JN], H3878, H3901, H3903 [11JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2330), conference report, H8078 [13NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2330), motion to instruct conferees, H7552 [31OC]

Andean Trade Preference Act: extend and expand (H.R. 3009), E2127 [19NO]

———prohibit duty free and quota free import of textiles and apparel, E2127 [19NO]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations (H.R. 2216), motion to instruct conferees, H3976 [12JY]

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), H5673 [14SE]

Aviation: Federal versus private employment status for aviation security personnel, H7891 [7NO]

———improve security (S. 1447), H7891 [7NO]

———preserve the continued viability of the U.S. air transportation system (H.R. 2926), consideration (H. Res. 244), same-day consideration (H. Res. 242), H5880 [21SE]

———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 (H.R. 2946), H6109 [2OC]

Black History Month: observance, H373 [14FE]

Budget: allocation of funds, H757 [8MR]

———revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), H1160, H1164, H1166 [27MR], H1209, H1285 [28MR]

———revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), conference report, H1947 [8MY], H2040, H2073, H2074 [9MY]

———revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), consideration (H. Res. 100), H1198 [28MR]

———revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), motion to instruct conferees, H1509 [24AP]

Children and youth: 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 (H. Con. Res. 228), H7891 [7NO]

———recognize importance and support goals and ideas of National Youth Day (H. Res. 124), H3271 [20JN]

China, Republic of: U.S. policy, E94 [1FE]

Colleges and universities: historically black colleges and universities research and extension funding, H8078 [13NO]

Congress: counting of Presidential electoral votes, objection, H35 [6JA]

Crime: provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (H.R. 1343), H8176 [14NO]

Democratic Party: national agenda, H2073, H2074 [9MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service funding for border inspections and monitoring of emerging animal and plant diseases, H3976 [12JY]

———competitive research grant funding, H6345 [4OC]

———ensure minority farmers are adequately compensated for discrimination claims, H8233 [15NO]

———ensure minority farmers are adequately compensated for discrimination claims (H.R. 2676), H9327 [12DE]

———nutrition programs funding, H8078 [13NO]

———sunset of Farm Service Agency direct loan programs, H6326 [4OC]

Dept. of HUD: Office of Rural Housing and Economic Development funding, H4759 [27JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3061), H6658 [11OC]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2620), H4759 [27JY], E1510 [2AU]

Diseases: AIDS epidemic, H2878 [5JN], H3839-H3851 [10JY]

———allocation of AIDS epidemic funding to rural areas, H6658 [11OC]

———HIV/AIDS research and prevention programs funding, H1848, H1849, H1850, H1851, H1854 [2MY]

———improve access to HIV/AIDS-related treatments and services in sub-Saharan Africa and other developing countries, H999 [20MR], H1528-H1530 [24AP], H1848, H1849, H1850, H1853, H1854, H1855 [2MY]

———improve access to HIV/AIDS-related treatments and services in sub-Saharan Africa and other developing countries (H.R. 2069), H9097 [11DE]

———improve access to HIV/AIDS-related treatments and services in sub-Saharan Africa and other developing countries (H.R. 933), H1851 [2MY]

———provide additional assistance for international malaria control programs and coordinate assistance relative to malaria, HIV, and tuberculosis, H1855 [2MY]

———recognize importance of international tuberculosis control efforts and acknowledge the severe impact on minority populations (H. Res. 67), H967 [20MR]

Ecology and environment: national objectives priority assignments, H2074 [9MY]

Education: funding, H2073 [9MY]

———national policy to improve system, H2074 [9MY]

Families and domestic relations: parental role in reduction of teenage pregnancy rates, H2151 [15MY]

Foreign aid: international food activities funding, H7552 [31OC]

———reduce burden of hunger for families impacted by HIV/AIDS through agricultural improvements, maternal and child health programs, and food commodities, H3878 [11JY]

Foreign trade: implement an importation requirement system for diamonds (H.R. 2722), H8383 [27NO], E2201 [4DE]

4-H Youth Development Program: centennial (H. Res. 112), H1690 [1MY]

Hazardous substances: assist States with funding for certain contaminated sites not eligible under the Superfund program, E1510 [2AU]

Health: clarify liability of employers relative to protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, H4205 [18JY]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 526), H4205 [18JY]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 2563), consideration (H. Res. 219), H5190 [2AU]

House Rules: same-day consideration of certain resolutions (H. Res. 131), H1947 [8MY]

Housing: use of unspent rural rental assistance funds to help prospective tenants who are temporarily residing in homes provided by FEMA, H3785 [28JN]

Insurance: Federal matching funds for State unemployment insurance, H8910 [5DE]

Intermountain Dairy Compact: congressional consent, H6289 [4OC]

Johnson C. Smith University: tribute to men's basketball team, E424 [22MR]

Juneteenth Independence Day: recognize historical significance (H. Con. Res. 163), H3228 [19JN]

Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, H1160 [27MR], H1509 [24AP]

———funding, H1509 [24AP]

———protection of certain trust funds in coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, H1509 [24AP]

Minorities: impact of economy on minority communities, H8909, H8910, H8911 [5DE]

National 4-H Program Centennial Initiative: funding (S. 657), H3480 [25JN]

National Homeownership Week: observance, H2985 [7JN]

National security: develop and implement a strategy for homeland security, H7891 [7NO]

National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month: observance, H2151 [15MY]

Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact: reauthorize, H6289 [4OC]

Pacific Northwest Dairy Compact: congressional consent, H6289 [4OC]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 4), E1559 [3AU]

Rural areas: rural development programs funding, H6069 [2OC], H6238 [3OC], H6348, H6349, H6351 [4OC]

Santee, CA: shooting of students at Santana High School (H. Con. Res. 57), H840 [13MR]

Social Security: protect Social Security and Medicare surpluses through strengthened budgetary enforcement mechanisms (H.R. 2), H272 [13FE]

Southern Dairy Compact: congressional consent, H6289 [4OC]

Taxation: phase out estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), H1441 [4AP]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), H7891, H7892 [7NO], H8909, H8910, H8911 [5DE]

———rates (H.R. 3), consideration (H. Res. 83), H752, H757 [8MR]

Telecommunications: promote deployment of advanced services and competition by relieving unnecessary burdens on the two percent local exchange carriers (H.R. 496), E450 [27MR]

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), H5545 [11SE]

Votes: position on missed, E1003 [5JN], E1312 [11JY], E1332 [12JY], E2271 [13DE]

World AIDS Day: observance, H8631 [29NO]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H216 [7FE], H738 [7MR], H1551 [24AP], H1603 [25AP], H2079 [9MY], H2953 [6JN], H2994 [7JN], H3147 [13JN], H5399 [5SE], H6132 [2OC], H6258 [3OC], H6376 [4OC], H6456 [9OC], H7908 [7NO], H7957 [8NO], H8180 [14NO], H8246 [15NO], H8744 [30NO], H9065 [6DE], H9237 [11DE], H10053 [12DE], H10154 [13DE], H10353 [18DE], H10906 [19DE]

Tribute, H8571 [29NO]

Reports

HIV Services in Rural Areas: National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors, H3841-H3849 [10JY]

Statements

Displaced Workers Relief Act: John W. Wilhelm, Hotel Employees & Restaurant Employees International Union, H6110 [2OC]

Tables

HIV/AIDS statistics, H1000 [20MR]

Tributes

Neptune, Evelyn B., E1171 [21JN]

Preyer, Richardson, E661 [26AP]

Sullivan, Leon H., H1587 [25AP]