CUMMINGS, ELIJAH E. (a Representative from Maryland)

Articles and editorials

How $40 Million More Can Aid Addicts, Peter L. Beilenson, Baltimore (MD) Sun, H3191 [14JN]

Lure of Ecstasy, John Cloud, Time (publication), H3194-H3196 [14JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: provide freedom of choice to military personnel serving overseas (see H.R. 1350), H1408 [3AP]

Africa: efforts to reduce hunger in sub-Saharan Africa (see H. Con. Res. 102), H3961 [11JY]

AID: clarify process of providing education and related services to foreign law enforcement and military personnel to prevent and control HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis (see H.R. 2104), H3358 [20JN]

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

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

Armed Forces: extend the deadline for granting posthumous citizenship to members who die while on active-duty service (see H.R. 2623), H8421 [27NO]

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

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 179), H325 [13FE]

Army: close the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation and establish a joint congressional task force to assess the education and training needs for Latin American military personnel (see H.R. 1810), H3068 [12JN]

Aviation: improve security (see H.R. 3110), H6779 [12OC]

———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), H6380 [4OC]

———require screening of all property carried in aircraft (see H.R. 3029), H6919 [16OC]

Birds: prohibit interstate movement of live birds, for the purpose of fighting, to States in which animal fighting is lawful (see H.R. 1155), H1060 [21MR]

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

Bureau of Justice Statistics: establish a task force to gather information about, study, and report on incidents of abandonment of infant children (see H.R. 71), H5339 [2AU]

Bureau of the Census: establish a term limit for the Director of the Census and require that such Director report directly to the Sec. of Commerce (see H.R. 681), H396 [14FE]

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), H929 [14MR]

———temporary moratorium on carrying out the death penalty to allow those convicted to have a reasonable opportunity to present new evidence of innocence (see H.R. 321), H2022 [8MY]

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]

———display artwork in the Capitol and the House office buildings which represent the contributions of women to American society (see H. Res. 106), H1295 [28MR]

Capitol Police: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 250), H7530 [30OC]

Carter, Jimmy and Rosalynn: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 399), H827 [8MR]

Census: funding for the planning of a special census of U.S. citizens living abroad (see H.R. 680), H396 [14FE]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: vaccination activities funding for at-risk adults and adolescents in in medically disadvantaged areas (see H.R. 2598), H4780 [27JY]

Children and youth: ensure health coverage, promote parental support and family stability, improve early education and child care, reduce poverty, create youth development programs, and provide a safe environment (see H.R. 1990), H2710 [24MY] (see H.R. 1990), H4113 [17JY]

———ensure health coverage, promote parental support and family stability, improve early education and child care, reduce poverty, create youth development programs, and provide a safe environment, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 1990), H2849 [25MY]

———establish an international infant and child nutrition and education program (see H.R. 1700), H3068 [12JN]

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

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

———increase the availability and quality of child care for disabled children (see H.R. 2787), H5971 [24SE]

———mental health services (see H.R. 75), H5339 [2AU]

———provide greater access to child care services for Federal employees (see H.R. 555), H258 [12FE]

———require lead poisoning screening for enrollees in certain Federal programs (see H.R. 2788), H5336 [2AU]

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

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

Civil liberties: protect day laborers from unfair labor practices (see H.R. 2755), H5335 [2AU]

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

———protect first amendment rights relative to abortion and reproductive services (see H.R. 185), H325 [13FE]

Classified information: establish a process for executive agencies for declassifying and disclosing certain documents relating to human rights abuses in foreign countries (see H.R. 1152), H1059 [21MR]

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]

Commission To Study Reparation Proposals for African-Americans: establish (see H.R. 40), H1488 [4AP]

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

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), H7718 [1NO]

———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), H4217 [18JY]

Consumers: requirements on credit card issuers relative to mailing of monthly statements (see H.R. 296), H628 [5MR]

Contraceptives: require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and services under health insurance plans (see H.R. 1111), H1011 [20MR]

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

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), H2082 [9MY]

———restore the Federal civil rights remedy for victims of gender-motivated violence (see H.R. 429), H650 [6MR]

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

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

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]

Customs Service: prohibit use of racial and other discriminatory profiling in connection with searches and detentions of individuals (see H.R. 1996), H2710 [24MY]

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

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), H8732 [29NO]

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), H5456 [6SE]

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), H324 [13FE]

Dept. of the Interior: study the suitability and feasibility of designating the International Civil Rights Center and Museum, in Greensboro, NC, as a unit of the National Park System (see H.R. 2008), H3203 [14JN]

Dept. of Transportation: establish a grant program for the rehabilitation, preservation, or improvement of railroad track (see H.R. 1020), H1661 [26AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify compensation standards for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans suffering from certain undiagnosed illnesses (see H.R. 612), H3068 [12JN]

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), H2387 [21MY]

———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), H3068 [12JN]

Diseases: assist mother-to-child HIV/AIDS transmission prevention efforts (see H.R. 684), H4724 [26JY]

———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), H1013 [20MR]

———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]

———ovarian cancer research programs (see H.R. 326), H162 [31JA]

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]

———review appropriateness of reopening Pennsylvania Avenue in front of White House (see H. Res. 125), H2335 [17MY]

Drug abuse: provide assistance to States to expand and establish treatment programs to provide services to individuals who voluntarily seek treatment (see H.R. 1896), H4429 [23JY]

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

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

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), H163 [31JA]

———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]

Electronic Fund Transfer Act: require additional disclosures relative to exchange rates in transfers involving international transactions (see H.R. 1306), H1344 [29MR]

Employment: ensure improved access to employment opportunities for low-income people (see H.R. 2243), H6137 [2OC]

———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 employing more than 20 persons in a foreign country to implement a corporate code of conduct relative to the employment of those persons (see H.R. 2782), H5336 [2AU]

Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative: reform (see H.R. 1642), H2335 [17MY]

EPA: reinstate revised drinking water standards for arsenic (see H.R. 1413), H2023 [8MY]

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

Federal aid programs: increase assistance made available under certain economic development programs (see H.R. 3003), H6136 [2OC]

Federal contracts: ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses (see H.R. 721), H398 [14FE]

Federal employees: allow individuals who return to Government service after receiving a refund of retirement contributions to recapture credit for their initial service by repaying such refund (see H.R. 1939), H2570 [22MY]

———ensure parity between the compensation of members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees (see H. Con. Res. 42), H442 [27FE]

———improve prevailing rate pay systems for wage grade Federal employees (see H.R. 1262), H2998 [7JN]

———reform long-term care insurance (see H.R. 2559), H4216 [18JY]

———require the same transit pass transportation benefits offered in the National Capital Region to be extended to other similarly situated employees (see H.R. 135), H60 [6JA]

Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: coverage of bone mass measurements (see H.R. 689), H397 [14FE]

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), H1925 [3MY]

———facilitate transfers between interest-bearing accounts and transactions accounts for small businesses (see H.R. 1048), H2023 [8MY]

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

———prevent handgun violence and illegal commerce in handguns (see H.R. 225), H1060 [21MR]

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]

Foreign aid: prohibit application of certain restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental and multilateral organizations (see H.R. 755), H441 [27FE]

Foreign Assistance Act: improve immunization injection safety in disease control programs (see H.R. 2453), H4541 [24JY]

Foreign countries: human rights violations against homosexuals, bisexuals, and transgendered individuals (see H. Con. Res. 173), H4217 [18JY]

Foreign policy: ensure that U.S. trade and economic development policies respect and support the rights of African farmers (see H. Con. Res. 260), H8249 [15NO]

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]

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), H1497 [4AP]

Gambling: prohibit gambling on high school and college sports and the Olympic games (see H.R. 1110), H3863 [10JY]

Government: accountability of Federal agencies for violations of antidiscrimination and whistleblower protection laws (see H.R. 169), H1605 [25AP]

———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]

Health: development of microbicides to prevent the transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases (see H.R. 2405), H5456 [6SE]

———improve access to health insurance and Medicare benefits for individuals aged 55 to 65 and allow tax credits for payment of such premiums and COBRA coverage premiums (see H.R. 1255), H1490 [4AP]

———prohibit discrimination or retaliation against health care workers who report unsafe conditions and practices (see H.R. 2340), H4541 [24JY]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 526), H400 [14FE]

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

Health care professionals: alleviate nursing profession shortage by improving educational programs and partnerships and supporting additional training (see H.R. 1436), H3806 [28JN]

———help solve the nursing shortage in hospitals and continuing care settings (see H.R. 1897), H2999 [7JN]

———increase nonimmigrant visas for nurses and exempt certain hospitals in health professional shortage areas from certain employment requirements (see H.R. 2809), H6056 [25SE]

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

Homeless: educational assistance for children and youth (see H.R. 623), H955 [15MR]

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

———provide for a study on the proximity of federally assisted housing to hazardous waste sites (see H.R. 1585), H1718 [1MY]

Huerta, Dolores: tribute for commitment to the improvement of working conditions for children, women, and farm worker families (see H. Con. Res. 177), H5340 [2AU]

Immigration: asylum or deportation regulations relative to gender-related persecution (see H.R. 544), H741 [7MR]

———provide a mechanism for U.S. citizens, and lawful permanent residents, to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see H.R. 690), H5927 [21SE]

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

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

Infrastructure: invest funds to restore the economy and to enhance security of transportation and environmental facilities (see H.R. 3166), H7308 [24OC]

Insurance: implement coverage of reconstructive breast surgery resulting from mastectomies (see H.R. 887), H648 [6MR]

———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), H6780 [12OC]

———provide nondiscriminatory coverage of substance abuse treatment services under private group and individual health coverage (see H.R. 1194), H1114 [22MR]

———require group and individual health insurance plans to provide coverage of cancer screening (see H.R. 1809), H2141 [10MY]

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

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

International Women's Day: observance (see H. Res. 86), H2083 [9MY]

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

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

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

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 1184), H1113 [22MR]

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), H2999 [7JN]

———prohibit racial profiling (see H.R. 2074), H3619 [26JN]

Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1475), H5928 [21SE]

———increase amount paid to families of public safety officers killed in the line of duty (see H.R. 1744), H6056 [25SE]

Liberia: adjust immigration status of certain nationals (see H.R. 357), H1861 [2MY] (see H.R. 1806), H2141 [10MY]

LIHEAP: encourage the release of funds to individuals affected by the terrorist attacks (see H. Res. 300), H10067 [13DE]

Medicaid: clarify that Native American women eligible for coverage under Indian health plans are eligible for optional breast and cervical cancer coverage (see H.R. 1383), H3619 [26JN]

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

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

———expand and improve coverage of mental health services (see H.R. 1522), H6380 [4OC]

———increase reimbursement for screening mammography services and funding for additional radiology residents and radiologic technologists (see H.R. 1354), H5971 [24SE]

———make permanent the health coverage for certain disabled individuals that go back to work (see H.R. 481), H325 [13FE]

———payments to hospitals that have graduate medical education programs in critical need specialty areas (see H.R. 1928), H2387 [21MY]

———provide guidance to health care providers attempting to properly submit claims and target truly fraudulent activity for enforcement of billing regulations rather than inadvertent errors (see H.R. 868), H3465 [21JN]

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

———require hospitals to establish and implement security procedures to reduce the likelihood of infant patient abduction and baby switching (see H.R. 72), H5339 [2AU]

———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), H10067 [13DE]

Mental health: provide for research on, and services for individuals with, postpartum depression and psychosis (see H.R. 2380), H7852 [6NO]

Mexico: compliance of Mexico-domiciled trucks operating in the U.S. with certain safety and environmental regulations (see H. Res. 152), H2711 [24MY]

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), H396 [14FE]

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

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

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 Importance of Health Care Coverage Month: designate (see H. Con. Res. 271), H8248 [15NO]

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]

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

NOAA: reauthorize Chesapeake Bay Office (see H.R. 642), H395 [14FE]

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

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

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: establish position of Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Small Business (see H.R. 1782), H4863 [30JY]

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]

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 for HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment (see H.R. 2839), H8949 [5DE]

Peace Parks Foundation: efforts to facilitate the establishment and development of transfrontier conservation efforts in southern Africa (see H. Con. Res. 287), H10055 [12DE]

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

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

———preservation of six day mail delivery (see H. Res. 154), H3359 [20JN]

———tribute (see H. Con. Res. 257), H7591 [31OC]

Public lands: designate certain national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and wilderness areas in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming (see H.R. 488), H3260 [19JN]

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), H3260 [19JN]

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

Refugees: treatment programs funding for victims of torture (see H.R. 1405), H4378 [20JY]

Ripken, Cal, Jr.: tribute (see H. Res. 247), H6137 [2OC]

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]

SBA: conduct a pilot program to raise awareness about telecommuting among small business employers (see H.R. 1035), H928 [14MR]

Schools: establish a grant program to promote emotional and social development and school readiness (see H.R. 2636), H4633 [25JY]

September 11th Victim Compensation Fund: expand to include individuals diagnosed with anthrax (see H.R. 3194), H7719 [1NO]

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

Social Security: allow coverage of pregnancy-related assistance for targeted low-income pregnant women under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see H.R. 2610), H10966 [20DE]

———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]

———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), H5455 [6SE]

———restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to certain individuals (see H.R. 1073), H3068 [12JN]

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]

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

———allow investments by certain retirement plans in principal residences of children and grandchildren of participants who are first-time homebuyers (see H.R. 2308), H6422 [5OC]

———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), H3203 [14JN]

———credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (see H.R. 1172), H1112 [22MR]

———encourage patronage of the hospitality, restaurant, and entertainment industries of New York, NY (see H.R. 2940), H6702 [11OC]

———exclude certain severance payments from gross income (see H.R. 147), H3863 [10JY]

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

———expand the enhanced deduction for corporate donations of computer technology to senior centers and community centers (see H.R. 2259), H3619 [26JN]

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

———extend the work opportunity credit and the welfare-to-work credit (see H.R. 1238), H3203 [14JN]

———extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind (see H.R. 876), H1717 [1MY]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see H.R. 267), H877 [13MR]

———increase limitation on contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 12), H1190 [27MR]

———provide a uniform dollar limitation for transportation fringe benefits excludable from gross income (see H.R. 318), H443 [27FE]

———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]

Terrorism: bioterrorism preparedness and response funding (see H.R. 3255), H8843 [4DE]

———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]

———tribute to passengers and crew of United Airlines flight 93 in the aftermath of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H. Con. Res. 232), H8249 [15NO]

Thurgood Marshall U.S. Courthouse, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 988), H875 [13MR]

U.N.: enhance capability to rapidly respond to emerging crises (see H.R. 938), H2680 [23MY]

———restore a voluntary U.S. contribution to the U.N. Population Fund (see H.R. 1117), H1011 [20MR]

———U.S. participation in World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia, and Related Intolerance (see H. Res. 211), H4863 [30JY] (see H. Res. 212), 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), H1658 [26AP]

Veterans: issue commemorative postage stamp honoring Purple Heart recipients (see H. Con. Res. 104), H1487 (see H. Con. Res. 104), H1499 [4AP]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 65, 303), H443 [27FE]

———provide housing loan benefits for the purchase of residential cooperative apartment units (see H.R. 1808), H8181 [14NO]

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), H5971 [24SE]

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

———restore eligibility to vote and register to vote in Federal elections to individuals who have completed sentences for criminal offenses (see H.R. 2830), H6422 [5OC]

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]

———reduce health care costs and promote improved health by providing supplemental grants for preventive health services (see H.R. 633), H1061 [21MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Federal employees: eliminate inequities in retirement benefits for law enforcement officers, firefighters, air traffic controllers, nuclear materials couriers, Supreme Court members, and Capitol police (see H.R. 2523), H4111 [17JY]

Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: coverage of glaucoma detection services (see H.R. 2379), H3803 [28JN]

Voting Rights Act: congressional commitment (see H. Res. 139), H2082 [9MY]

Letters

Disputed results in Presidential election in Florida: by, H52 [6JA]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H5343 [5SE]

Remarks

Afghanistan: treatment of women and girls by the Taliban regime, E1987 [2NO]

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), H5662 [14SE]

Aviation: Federal versus private employment status for aviation security personnel, H7679 [1NO]

———improve security (H.R. 3150), H7679 [1NO]

———preserve the continued viability of the U.S. air transportation system (H.R. 2926), H5903 [21SE]

Baltimore, MD: tribute to Great Blacks in Wax Museum, H3441 [21JN]

``Black Americans in Congress, 1870-1989'': authorizing printing (H. Con. Res. 43), H482 [28FE]

Brown v. Board of Education 50th Anniversary Commission: establish (H.R. 2133), H3636 [27JN]

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), H3992 [12JY], H4262 [19JY]

Congress: counting of Presidential electoral votes, objection, H34 [6JA]

Crime: provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (H.R. 1343), H8179 [14NO]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2590), H4612 [25JY]

Diseases: Global AIDS Trust Fund funding through reductions in the Andean Counterdrug Initiative funding and the Foreign Military Financing Program, H4460 [24JY]

Drug abuse: national drug control policy, H3189-H3194 [14JN]

Drugs: establish grants for drug treatment alternatives to prison programs administered by State or local prosecutors, H3190 [14JN]

———extend and modify the Drug-Free Communities Support Program and authorize a National Community Antidrug Coalition Institute (H.R. 2291), H5349, H5351 [5SE]

Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative: reform (H.R. 1642), H4203 [18JY]

FEC: State and local voting systems improvements funding, H4612 [25JY]

Federal employees: eliminate certain inequities in the computation of retirement benefits for law enforcement officers, firefighters, air traffic controllers, nuclear materials couriers, and their survivors, H80 [30JA]

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

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2506), H4203 [18JY], H4460 [24JY]

Height, Dorothy I.: tribute (H. Res. 55), H426 [27FE]

National Charter Schools Week: observance (H. Con. Res. 95), H1687 [1MY]

Patriot Day: designate (H.J. Res. 71), H7321 [25OC]

Postal Service: tribute (H. Con. Res. 257), E2079 [14NO]

Public Health Service: promote organ donation (H.R. 624), H677 [7MR]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (H.R. 1140), H4965 [31JY]

Religion: support for faith-based initiative relative to exemption for Government-funded religious charities from State and local hiring discrimination laws, H3992 [12JY]

Ripken, Cal, Jr.: tribute (H. Res. 247), E1832 [9OC]

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), H5562 [11SE]

———economic impact of hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, H5903 [21SE]

———tribute to relief efforts surrounding the hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, H5562 [11SE]

Voting Rights Act: congressional commitment (H. Res. 139), H2681 [24MY]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H3463 [21JN], H3858 [10JY], H4006 [12JY], H4214 [18JY], H4537 [24JY], H6376 [4OC], H6456 [9OC], H6915 [16OC]

Tributes

Gaddy, Bea, H6876 [16OC]

Martin, Elmer, H3441 [21JN]