MOLLOHAN, ALAN B. (a Representative from West Virginia)

Addresses

Wheeling Jesuit University Inauguration Ceremony: George F. Lundy, E697 [2MY]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 2216, supplemental appropriations, H3979 [12JY]

———H.R. 2500, Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies appropriations, H5959 [24SE]

———H.R. 2620, Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies appropriations, H5857 [20SE]

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

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

American Discovery Trail: designate (see H.R. 36), H5405 [5SE]

Armed Forces: improve Montgomery GI Bill benefits by improving and expanding educational assistance programs (see H.R. 320), H650 [6MR]

———increase basic pay (see H.R. 2310), H3807 [28JN]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 179), H443 [27FE]

Aviation: improve security (see H.R. 3110), H7358 [29OC]

———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. 2955), H6422 [5OC]

Bush, President: address issues of neighborhood crime prevention, community policing, and reduction of school crime (see H. Res. 193), H4541 [24JY]

Children and youth: protect infants who are born alive (see H.R. 2175), H4429 [23JY]

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

Coal: develop and implement advanced clean coal technology programs and provide tax incentives to encourage the retrofitting, repowering, or replacement of coal-based electricity generating facilities (see H.R. 2323), H3618 [26JN]

———develop and implement advanced clean coal technology programs for use in coal-based electricity generating facilities (see H.R. 2365), H3802 [28JN]

Dept. of Transportation: establish a grant program for the rehabilitation, preservation, or improvement of railroad track (see H.R. 1020), H1925 [3MY]

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

———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]

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

EPA: reinstate revised drinking water standards for arsenic (see H.R. 1413), H1605 [25AP]

FDA: grant authority to regulate tobacco (see H.R. 2180), H8564 [28NO]

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: coverage of chiropractic services in any Federal health plan (see H.R. 2087), H4863 [30JY]

Firearms: protect manufacturers and sellers in the firearms and ammunition industry from restrictions on interstate or foreign commerce (see H.R. 2037), H3358 [20JN]

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

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

Foreign trade: amend trade laws to address import crises (see H.R. 1988), H5340 [2AU]

Information services: deregulate Internet and high speed data services (see H.R. 1542), H3068 [12JN]

Insurance: guarantee comprehensive health care coverage for all children (see H.R. 1733), H4634 [25JY]

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

———provide equitable coverage of mental health, substance abuse, and chemical dependency treatment services under group and individual health coverage (see H.R. 162), H2571 [22MY]

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

Iron and steel industry: encourage use of domestic steel in rebuilding and military efforts following attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H. Con. Res. 234), H6702 [11OC]

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

King, Martin Luther, Jr. and Coretta Scott: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2723), H8248 [15NO]

Medicaid: provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 600), H508 [28FE]

———provide public access to quality medical imaging procedures and radiation therapy procedures (see H.R. 1011), H3358 [20JN]

———provide States with the option of covering intensive community mental health treatment (see H.R. 2364), H4635 [25JY]

Medicare: coverage for surgical first assisting services of certified registered nurse first assistants (see H.R. 822), H4541 [24JY]

———designate certain diabetes educators as certified providers for purposes of outpatient diabetes education services (see H.R. 1645), H4634 [25JY]

———eliminate discriminatory copayment rates for outpatient psychiatric services (see H.R. 599), H2571 [22MY]

———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), H4724 [26JY]

———reimbursement for chiropractic services (see H.R. 902), H7910 [7NO]

———standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 1609), H3068 [12JN]

Mental health: establish regional centers to help States, local governments, and other organizations develop activities and services to assist persons with persistent mental illnesses (see H.R. 2363), H5927 [21SE]

Middle East: encourage Lebanon, Syria, and Iran to call upon Hezbollah to allow representatives of the International Red Cross to visit four abducted Israelis presently held in Lebanon (see H. Res. 99), H1926 [3MY]

Motor vehicles: impose a mandatory fuel surcharge for transportation provided by certain motor carriers (see H.R. 2161), H3149 [13JN]

Music and dance: designate the square dance as the national folk dance of the U.S. (see H.J. Res. 15), H4725 [26JY]

National discovery trails: establish (see H.R. 36), H5405 [5SE]

National Stem Cell Donor Bank: establish to preserve donation of qualifying human stem cells and to conduct and support research using such cells (see H.R. 2096), H3713 [27JN]

National Writing Project: improve (see H.R. 1192), H1661 [26AP]

Natural resources: promote the conservation and preservation of working farms, ranches, and private forests (see H.R. 2375), H5704 [14SE]

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

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

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

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 1140), H1296 [28MR]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see H.R. 1644), H4541 [24JY]

Smithsonian Institution: establish National Museum of African American History and Culture (see H.R. 1718), H4634 [25JY]

Social Security: computation system for benefits relative to spouses' or surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 664), H1861 [2MY]

———restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to certain individuals (see H.R. 1073), H1717 [1MY]

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

Tariff: impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates (see H.R. 1786), H5488 [10SE]

Taxation: 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]

———clarify credit for producing fuel from a nonconventional source (see H.R. 3352), H8746 [30NO]

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

———expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 1076), H3203 [14JN]

Terrorism: making emergency appropriations for disaster and antiterrorism initiatives surrounding the crashing of aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 3393), H10067 [13DE]

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

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H325 [13FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

FERC: extension of deadline for commencement of construction of hydroelectric projects in West Virginia (see H.R. 1315), H1344 [29MR]

Remarks

Corp. for National and Community Service: funding, H4826 [30JY]

Dept. of HUD: Public Housing Drug Elimination Program funding through reductions in HOME Investment Partnerships Program and home ownership downpayment assistance, H4735, H4737 [27JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: benefit claims processing funding through reductions in NSF funding, H4692 [26JY]

———medical and prosthetic research funding through reductions in NASA Human Space Flight funding, H4691 [26JY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2500), H4082 [17JY], H4174 [18JY]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2620), H4668, H4684, H4691, H4692, H4699, H4714 [26JY], H4735, H4737 [27JY], H4817, H4820, H4826, H4830, H4833, H4836, H4848, H4849 [30JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2620), conference report, H7930, H7933 [8NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2620), consideration (H. Res. 210), H4655, H4658, H4659 [26JY]

———veterans health care, public housing, homeless shelters, EPA enforcement, and Corp. for National and Community Service funding through reductions in tax cut, H4655, H4684 [26JY]

District of Columbia: education and training programs funding, H7919 [8NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2944), motion to instruct conferees, H7919 [8NO]

Emergency services: firefighting and emergency medical services funding, H4817, H4820 [30JY]

EPA: pesticide registration and assessment funding, H4833 [30JY]

Eximbank: funding relative to loan guarantees made to the Iron Business Corp. of Benxi Iron & Steel (Group) Co., Ltd., H4438, H4439, H4440, H4441, H4442, H4444, H4446 [24JY]

FBI: prohibit destruction of records from the national instant criminal background check system, H4174 [18JY]

FEMA: disaster relief funding, H4655 [26JY]

———Project Impact funding, H4836 [30JY]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2506), H4438, H4439, H4440, H4441, H4442, H4444, H4446 [24JY]

House of Representatives: legislative program, H4714 [26JY]

Sewage disposal: sewer overflow control grants program funding through reductions in EPA Superfund program funding, H4830 [30JY]

Space policy: space station program funding, H4848, H4849 [30JY]

Steel Loan Guarantee Program: funding, H4082 [17JY]

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), H5574 [11SE]

———tribute to relief efforts surrounding the hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, H5574 [11SE]

Veterans: prohibit funding to implement proposal forcing military retirees to choose between VA and TRICARE health care plans, H4699 [26JY]

West Virginia: tribute to the energy technology agreement with industry and academia, E320 [8MR]

Tributes

Boland, Edward P., H7933 [8NO]

Lundy, George F., E697 [2MY]