CONYERS, JOHN, JR. (a Representative from Michigan)
Amendments
Courts: expand Federal diversity jurisdiction to allow consideration of certain interstate class actions and provide additional protections to plaintiff class members (H.R. 2341), H861, H868, H869 [13MR]
Crime: life imprisonment for repeat offenders who commit sex offenses against children (H.R. 2146), H922, H933 [14MR]
Analyses
Corporate and Criminal Fraud Accountability Act (H.R. 4098), E463
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 4, Securing America's Future Energy (SAFE) Act, H3472 [12JN]
———H.R. 1646, Dept. of State appropriations, H6233 [12SE]
———H.R. 2215, Dept. of Justice appropriations, H172 [6FE]
———H.R. 3009, Trade Act, H4020 [26JN]
———H.R. 3210, Terrorism Risk Protection Act, H5962 [26JY]
———H.R. 3295, Help America Vote Act, H2599 [16MY]
———H.R. 3448, Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Response Act, H641 [28FE]
———H.R. 3763, Corporate and Auditing Accountability, Responsibility, and Transparency Act, H4847 [17JY]
———H.R. 4546, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, H5607 [25JY]
Articles and editorials
Haiti's President, Opposition Leaders Meet, Michael Deibert, Reuters (news service), H4493 [10JY]
In Iraqi War Scenario, Oil Is Key Issue, Dan Morgan and David B. Ottaway, Washington (DC) Post, H7424 [9OC]
Judges Speak Out, H920 [14MR]
OAS Official To Break Political Impasse in Haiti, Dow Jones International (news service), H4494 [10JY]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Africa: recognize the importance of inheritance rights of women (see H. Con. Res. 421), H3668 [18JN]
Agriculture: provide emergency agriculture assistance (see H.R. 5383), H7304 [8OC]
Ali, Muhammad: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4590), H1672 [25AP]
Animals: prohibit use of polar bears in circuses (see H.R. 3932), H832 [12MR]
Antitrust policy: encourage standards development organizations to develop and promulgate voluntary consensus standards (see H.R. 4849), H3036 [23MY]
Armed Forces: provide for a Korea Defense Service Medal to be issued to members who participated in Korea after the Korean War (see H.R. 1935), H1154 [9AP]
———restore the tax-exempt status of death gratuity payments (see H.R. 3973), H2356 [9MY]
Arts and humanities: application of antitrust laws to collective negotiations among playwrights and producers relative to development, licensing, and production of plays (see H.R. 3543), H3562 [13JN]
Bankruptcy: protect family farmers and family fishermen (see H.R. 5348), H6129 [9SE]
Business and industry: enhance regulation of public auditors, improve corporate governance and overhaul corporate disclosure made pursuant to the securities laws (see H.R. 3818), H650 [28FE]
———ensure project labor agreements are permitted in certain circumstances (see H.R. 1360), H2108 [6MY]
———prohibit certain employees and shareholders from obtaining special loans (see H.R. 4084), H2356 [9MY]
Capital punishment: temporary moratorium until a national commission reviews the justice, fairness, and due process of the administration of the death penalty (see H.R. 1038), H907 [13MR]
Center for International Human Rights: establish (see H.R. 5528), H7738 [9OC]
Children and youth: access of disadvantaged children to dental services (see H.R. 3659), H1484 [18AP]
———enhance operation of the AMBER Alert communications plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children (see H.R. 5326), H6059 [4SE]
———improve academic and social outcomes for students by providing productive activities during after-school hours (see H.R. 1822), H634 [27FE]
China, People's Republic of: persecution of Falun Gong practitioners (see H. Con. Res. 447), H6693 [25SE]
Civil Air Patrol: make volunteer members eligible for public safety officer death benefits (see H.R. 3681), H1091 [20MR]
Colleges and universities: permit States to determine residency standards for higher education purposes and cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students (see H.R. 1918), H6783 [30SE]
Columbia River: ensure salmon and steelhead preservation, maintain reasonably priced and reliable power, and conduct studies on the impact of dams on salmon and steelhead on the endangered species list (see H.R. 2573), H6983 [2OC]
Community development: increase the expertise and capacity of community-based organizations involved in economic development activities and key community development programs (see H.R. 3974), H3562 [13JN]
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: express sympathy to people who were tragically affected by the eruption of Nyiragongo volcano and support an increase in the amount of U.S. assistance (see H. Con. Res. 304), H285 [12FE]
Corporations: prohibit from making loans to their officers, directors, and principal shareholders (see H.R. 5048), H4325 [27JN]
———promote responsibility (see H.R. 5160), H4930 [18JY]
Courts: establish domestic violence court systems from amounts available for grants to combat violence against women (see H.R. 4091), H1152 [9AP]
Crime: make grants to train sexual assault nurse examiners and other personnel handling sexual assault cases, establish minimum standards for forensic evidence collection, and carry out crime scene DNA analysis (see H.R. 2874), H3775 [20JN]
———prevent identity theft and mitigate the harm to victimized individuals (see H.R. 5424), H6418 [19SE]
———provide grants for public information campaigns to educate racial and ethnic minorities about domestic violence (see H.R. 4089), H1152 [9AP]
Cuba: grant waiver to allow Cuban nationals to play professional baseball in the U.S. (see H.R. 26), H4498 [10JY]
Dept. of HHS: establish Office of Correctional Health (see H.R. 2422), H6559 [24SE]
———support research on ovarian cancer screening tests and encourage coverage of effective techniques by health care programs and plans (see H. Con. Res. 385), H3161 [4JN]
Dept. of HUD: permit public housing agencies to transfer unused low-income rental assistance amounts to the HOME Program or for eligible Capital Fund public housing activities (see H.R. 4205), H3161 [4JN]
Dept. of the Interior: implement final rule to phase out snowmobile use in Yellowstone National Park, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Memorial Parkway, and Grand Teton National Park, and snowplane use in Grand Teton National Park (see H.R. 5044), H4324 [27JN]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: suspend authority to increase copayment for medication furnished on an outpatient basis for treatment of service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 2820), H1533 [23AP]
Detroit Red Wings (hockey team): tribute (see H. Res. 452), H3774 [20JN]
Developing countries: reauthorize microenterprise assistance programs and expand sustainable poverty-focused microenterprise programs by implementing improved poverty measurement methods (see H.R. 4209), H1283 [11AP]
Diseases: increase testing of pregnant women and newborn infants for HIV infection (see H.R. 4644), H3775 [20JN]
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), H2945 [22MY]
Drugs: use of marijuana for medicinal purposes (see H.R. 2592), H687 [5MR]
Education: assist States in establishing a universal prekindergarten program (see H.R. 3912), H780 [7MR]
———provide educational opportunities for all students in State public school systems (see H.R. 5346), H6129 [9SE]
FDA: grant authority to regulate tobacco (see H.R. 1097), H3859 [24JN]
Federal aid programs: provide housing assistance to domestic violence victims (see H.R. 3752), H366 [13FE]
Federal Bureau of Investigation Building, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 5213), H6230 [11SE]
Federal employees: increase the Government contribution for Federal employee health insurance (see H.R. 1307), H4872 [17JY]
———treatment of retirement benefits for assistant U.S. attorneys (see H.R. 1090), H2019 [1MY]
Federal Prison Industries, Inc.: eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (see H.R. 1577), H1620 [24AP]
Financial institutions: prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management activities (see H.R. 3424), H3775 [20JN]
Firearms: improve the national instant criminal background check system (see H.R. 4757), H2607 [16MY]
———regulate certain sniper weapons in the same manner as machine guns and other firearms (see H.R. 3182), H105 [29JA]
———require ballistics testing of all firearms that are most commonly used in crime and provide for compilation and use of ballistics information to curb the use of firearms in crime (see H.R. 422), H9025 [14NO]
Fish and fishing: recover depleted fish stocks and promote the long-term sustainability of marine fisheries (see H.R. 2570), H3161 [4JN]
Fisk Jubilee Singers (musical group): issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Res. 225), H202 [6FE]
Forest Service: protection of certain roadless areas (see H.R. 4865), H3228 [5JN]
Forests: ban clearcutting and logging on certain Federal lands to strengthen protection of native biodiversity (see H.R. 5279), H5995 [26JY]
FTC: amend trade regulation rule on ophthalmic practice to require the release of prescriptions for contact lenses (see H.R. 2663), H1284 [11AP]
Garvey, Marcus: recognize human rights accomplishments and clear name relative to politically motivated criminal charges (see H. Res. 50), H6473 [23SE]
Government: revise, codify, and enact without substantive change certain general and permanent laws related to public buildings, property, and works (see H.R. 2068), H1484 [18AP]
Government regulations: require agencies to take into consideration the impact of newly promulgated rules on the privacy of individuals (see H.R. 4561), H3775 [20JN]
Haiti: duty-free treatment of certain apparel articles relative to certification of market, political, and social reforms (see H.R. 5650), H8042 [24OC]
———end embargo and certain restrictions on humanitarian and development assistance (see H. Con. Res. 382), H1483 [18AP]
Harwell, Ernie: tribute (see H. Res. 565), H7019 [3OC]
Hazardous substances: phase-out use of mercury in dental fillings (see H.R. 4163), H4326 [27JN]
Health: application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (see H.R. 3897), H780 [7MR]
———provide individuals of health disparity populations prevention, detection, treatment, and follow-up care services for cancer and chronic diseases, and patient navigators to assist in receiving such services (see H.R. 5187), H5194 [23JY]
———reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 3450), H4350 [8JY]
———reduce adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases (see H.R. 3469), H2356 [9MY]
Height, Dorothy I.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4531), H6303 [17SE]
Human rights: condemn the practice of execution by stoning (see H. Con. Res. 351), H7172 [7OC]
Immigration: cancellation of removal for certain aliens (see H.R. 1452), H1410 [17AP]
———expedite security determinations relative to nonimmigrant visa requests for certain artists and entertainers from countries that are state sponsors of international terrorism (see H. Con. Res. 514), H8041 [24OC]
———facilitate entry of nonimmigrant aliens into the U.S. for temporary stays due to certain family obligations (see H.R. 3714), H655 [4MR]
———provide permanent resident status for certain long-term resident workers and college-bound students and modify the worldwide level of family-sponsored immigrants in order to promote family unification (see H.R. 5600), H7892 [10OC]
Indonesia: condemn violence in East Timor and urge the establishment of an international war crimes tribunal for prosecuting crimes against humanity that occurred during that conflict (see H. Con. Res. 60), H3563 [13JN]
International Women's Day: observance (see H. Con. Res. 344), H781 [7MR]
Iraq: support U.N. efforts to assure Iraq's compliance with Security Council resolutions and advance peace and security in the Persian Gulf region (see H. Con. Res. 473), H6418 [19SE]
Iron and steel industry: remedy certain injurious effects of steel imports by protecting benefits of steelworkers and retirees and strengthening the U.S. steel industry (see H.R. 4646), H2099 [2MY]
Law enforcement: assess backlog in DNA analysis of rape kit samples and improve investigation and prosecution of sexual assault cases with DNA evidence (see H.R. 5394), H6303 [17SE]
———provide additional resources to States to eliminate the backlog of unanalyzed rape kits and ensure timely analysis of rape kits (see H.R. 3961), H2735 [21MY]
———require ballistics testing of all firearms manufactured and all firearms in custody of Federal agencies (see H.R. 5663), H8021 [16OC]
Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 3794), H3825 [21JN]
Medicare: coverage of certain chiropractic examination procedures (see H.R. 2284), H3562 [13JN]
———coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 1624), H5791 [25JY]
———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see H. Con. Res. 328), H366 [13FE]
———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (see H.R. 5019), H4068 [26JN]
———improve outpatient vision services (see H.R. 2484), H1201 [10AP]
———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 3834), H688 [5MR]
Mental health: increase number of well-trained mental health service professionals providing clinical mental health care to children and adolescents (see H.R. 5078), H4424 [9JY]
———provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 4066), H1156 [9AP]
Nat King Cole Post Office, Los Angeles, CA: designate (see H.R. 4797), H2943 [22MY]
National Community Health Center Week: establish (see H. Con. Res. 418), H3562 [13JN]
National Community Role Models Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 409), H4425 [9JY]
National Drought Council: establish (see H.R. 4754), H3514 [12JN]
National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: designate (see H. Res. 518), H6129 [9SE]
National Sarcoidosis Awareness Day: establish (see H. Con. Res. 429), H4069 [26JN]
Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act: provide certain nationals an opportunity to apply for adjustment of status (see H.R. 348), H6129 [9SE]
Patriotism: mint coins in commemoration of the Spirit of America and to establish the Victims of September 11th Fund (see H.R. 3244), H1090 [20MR]
Peace Officers Memorial Day: designate (see H. Res. 406), H2019 [1MY]
Pharmaceuticals: permit commercial importation of prescription drugs from Canada (see H.R. 4614), H2356 [9MY]
Public safety officers: ensure that officers who suffer a fatal heart attack or stroke while on duty shall be presumed to have died in the line of duty for purposes of survivor benefits (see H.R. 5334), H7019 [3OC]
Public welfare programs: provide racial equity and fair treatment under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 4669), H2164 [7MY]
Refugees: eliminate sexual exploitation (see H. Con. Res. 349), H3826 [21JN]
Roads and highways: amend length and weight limitations for vehicles operating on Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 3132), H7894 [10OC]
Safety: protect children from foods that pose a significant choking hazard (see H.R. 5739), H9023 [14NO]
Selective Service System: oppose reinstating the military draft or implementing any other form of compulsory military service (see H. Con. Res. 368), H1620 [24AP]
Senior citizens: establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits (see H.R. 2035), H4425 [9JY]
———modify the eligibility criteria for supplemental foods provided under the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (see H.R. 5107), H5791 [25JY]
Social Security: credit prospectively individuals serving as caregivers of dependent relatives with deemed wages for up to five years of such service (see H.R. 4743), H2511 [15MY]
———improve benefits for aged survivors, disabled survivors, and divorced spouses (see H.R. 4671), H2356 [9MY]
———improve coverage of certain pregnant women, infants, and children under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see H.R. 3729), H284 [12FE]
———promote smoking cessation under Medicare, Medicaid, and the Maternal and Child Health Program (see H.R. 3676), H738 [6MR]
States: provide incentives to apply certain waivers to use Federal funds to provide affordable employer-based health insurance coverage for uninsured small business workers (see H.R. 4021), H1087 [20MR]
Taxation: allow a U.S. independent film and television production wage credit (see H.R. 3131), H907 [13MR]
———ensure tax payments from certain religious individuals are used for nonmilitary purposes (see H.R. 1186), H3721 [19JN]
———prevent corporations from avoiding the U.S. income tax by reincorporating in a foreign country (see H.R. 3884), H737 [6MR]
———prevent corporations from exploiting tax treaties to evade U.S. income tax (see H.R. 4993), H3824 [21JN]
———provide for a temporary ex-offender low-income housing credit to encourage the provision of housing, job training, and other essential services to ex-offenders (see H.R. 3701), H227 [7FE]
———repeal the inclusion in gross income of unemployment compensation (see H.R. 2254), H1003 [19MR]
———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in asserting any claim of employment discrimination (see H.R. 840), H3562 [13JN]
Terrorism: authorize use of military tribunals in cases arising out of acts of international terrorism committed in the U.S. (see H.R. 5071), H4424 [9JY]
———compensate victims of bombings of U.S. embassies in East Africa on the same basis as compensation is provided to victims of attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 3375), H524 [14FE]
———improve antiterrorism efforts (see H.R. 4864), H3228 [5JN]
Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund: tribute (see H. Res. 581), H7894 [10OC]
Tito Puente Post Office Building, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 3945), H4605 [15JY]
Trade Act: amend to consolidate and improve trade adjustment assistance programs and provide community-based economic development assistance for trade-affected communities (see H.R. 3670), H5087 [22JY]
Treaties and agreements: importance of Antiballistic Missile Treaty (see H. Res. 313), H3563 [13JN]
Veterans: establish a minimum pension rate for certain veterans (see H.R. 3374), H781 [7MR]
———provide housing loan benefits for the purchase of residential cooperative apartment units (see H.R. 1808), H1154 [9AP]
Violence Against Women Act: expand legal assistance to victims of dating violence (see H.R. 3193), H6060 [4SE]
Voting: restore eligibility to vote and register to vote in Federal elections to individuals who have completed sentences for criminal offenses (see H.R. 2830), H2101 [2MY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Arts and humanities: application of antitrust laws to certain negotiations of freelance writers and artists for the sale of their written and graphic material to publishers (see H.R. 4643), H2099 [2MY]
Crime: eliminate the securities fraud exception from the civil remedy for racketeering violations (see H.R. 3644), H103 [29JA]
———prosecute persons who alter or destroy evidence in certain investigations or who defraud investors, prohibit certain debts from being discharged in bankruptcy, and protect whistleblowers from retaliation (see H.R. 4098), H1152 [9AP]
———provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (H.R. 1343), consideration (see H. Res. 519), H6129 [9SE]
FBI: reform (see H.R. 5387), H6302 [17SE]
Firearms: regulation of transfers at gun shows (see H.R. 4034), H1088 [20MR]
Hampton, Lionel: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 363), H1090 [20MR]
Hazardous substances: protect human health from toxic mold (see H.R. 5040), H4324 [27JN]
Immigration: restore fairness to immigration law (see H.R. 3894), H779 [7MR]
Internet Gambling Licensing and Regulation Study Commission: establish (see H.R. 5760), H9036 [19NO]
Terrorism: authorize use of military tribunals in cases arising out of acts of international terrorism committed in the U.S. (see H.R. 4035), H1088 [20MR]
Voting: secure the Federal voting rights of persons who have been released from incarceration (see H.R. 5510), H6926 [1OC]
Biographies
Hampton, Lionel, H1298 [16AP]
Factsheets
U.S. Policy on Haiti: Cynthia Martin, H4493 [10JY]
Letters
Class Action Fairness Act: Joan Claybrook and Frank Clemente, Public Citizen (organization), H848 [13MR]
Customs Service inspectors liabililty protections against racial profiling and illegal searches: Jason C. Erb, Council on American-Islamic Relations, H5982
———Laura Murphy, Rachel King, and Katie Corrigan, ACLU, H5981 [26JY]
———Wade Henderson, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, H5981
———by, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H5982 [26JY]
Haitian refugees treatment: several Representatives, H4494 [10JY]
Lists
Demands by African American farmers relative to discrimination claims against the Dept. of Agriculture, H4491 [10JY]
Excluded parties listing system relative to airport screening companies, H5823 [26JY]
Motions
Business and industry: protect investors by improving the accuracy and reliability of corporate disclosures pursuant to securities laws (H.R. 3763), H4838 [17JY]
Health: reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (H.R. 4600), H6741 [26SE]
Papers
Subjective-Intent Qualified Immunity Proposal for Customs Officials, H5980
Petitions and memorials
NAACP: trade negotiating and trade agreement implementing authority, H5980
Remarks
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 4965), H5355, H5356, H5357 [24JY]
African Americans: encourage study of reparations relative to loss of property by landowners, H198
———resolution of discrimination claims by farmers against the Dept. of Agriculture, H4491, H4492
Agency for Immigration Affairs: make all employees exempt from civil service hiring and promotion procedures and eliminate certain protections in disciplinary actions, H1658, H1660 [25AP]
———simplify information technology procurement procedures, H1662, H1664 [25AP]
Andean Trade Preference Act: extend and expand (H.R. 3009), conference report, H5979
Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), H3005, H3006 [23MY]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7423 [9OC], H7767
———U.S. policy on use against Iraq, E1664
Arts and humanities: application of antitrust laws to certain negotiations of freelance writers and artists for the sale of their written and graphic material to publishers (H.R. 4643), E702
Aviation: extension of liability limitations and immunity for airport screening companies, H5823 [26JY]
Black History Month: observance, H617 [27FE]
Bush, President: evaluation of administration officials, E1298
Business and industry: enhance penalties for accounting and auditing improprieties at publicly traded companies (H.R. 5118), H4685, H4687, H4689 [16JY]
———improve financial reporting and independent audits and accounting services, create a Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, and improve SEC resources and oversight (S. 2673), E1317
———protect corporate whistleblowers, enhance criminal penalties, extend statute of limitations, and require retention of audit review documents, H4838 [17JY]
———protect investors by improving the accuracy and reliability of corporate disclosures pursuant to securities laws (H.R. 3763), E637
———protect investors by improving the accuracy and reliability of corporate disclosures pursuant to securities laws (H.R. 3763), conference report, H5477
———protect investors by improving the accuracy and reliability of corporate disclosures pursuant to securities laws (H.R. 3763), motion to instruct conferees, H4838, H4840 [17JY]
Colombia: limitation on the number of deployed U.S. military personnel, H3005, H3006 [23MY]
Computers: prevent the use of certain bank instruments for Internet gambling (H.R. 556), H6843, H6844 [1OC]
———suspend Library of Congress determination relative to rates and terms for webcasting (H.R. 5469), H7047
Corporations: economic impact of mismanagement, deception, and violations of public trust, E1317
Courts: disclosure of plaintiff attorney's fees in certain class action lawsuits, H865 [13MR]
———expand Federal diversity jurisdiction to allow consideration of certain interstate class actions and provide additional protections to plaintiff class members (H.R. 2341), H848, H851, H853, H855, H862, H865, H868, H869, H870, H881, H882 [13MR]
———expand Federal diversity jurisdiction to allow consideration of certain interstate class actions and provide additional protections to plaintiff class members (H.R. 2341), consideration (H. Res. 367), H840, H843 [13MR]
———jurisdiction over certain class actions brought by local prosecutors or private attorneys general, H868 [13MR]
———treatment of discovery orders in class action lawsuits when a party to the order withholds or destroys material, H862 [13MR]
———treatment of foreign corporations that acquire domestic corporations in corporate repatriation transactions relative to State jurisdiction in class action lawsuits, H869, H870 [13MR]
Crime: allow judges discretion to impose life imprisonment for repeat offenders who commit sex offenses against children, H919 [14MR]
———application of mandatory sentencing provisions for repeat sexual offenders who are subject to tribal governments, H920 [14MR]
———eliminate the securities fraud exception from the civil remedy for racketeering violations (H.R. 3644), E46
———life imprisonment for repeat offenders who commit sex offenses against children (H.R. 2146), H919, H920, H922, H923 [14MR]
———prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (H.R. 476), H1369
———prosecute persons who alter or destroy evidence in certain investigations or who defraud investors, prohibit certain debts from being discharged in bankruptcy, and protect whistleblowers from retaliation (H.R. 4098), E463
———prosecute persons who alter or destroy evidence in investigations or defraud investors, prohibit certain debts from being discharged in bankruptcy, and protect whistleblowers (H.R. 4098), H4689 [16JY]
———provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (H.R. 1343), H218 [7FE]
Customs Service: civil liability of inspectors relative to alleged use of racial and other discriminatory profiling in connection with searches and detentions of individuals, H2889 [22MY], H5979
———expand authority to search outgoing international mail, H2889 [22MY], H5979
Customs Service, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, and ITC: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3129), H2889 [22MY]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), H5823, H5833 [26JY]
———establish (H.R. 5710), H8708
Dept. of Justice: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2215), E106
———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2215), conference report, H6750
———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2215), motion to instruct conferees, H1993 [1MY]
———statutorily institute and clarify the organizational structure of the Violence Against Women Office, H1993 [1MY]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make educational savings incentives provisions permanent (H.R. 5203), H6023 [4SE]
Eximbank: extend authority (S. 2248), H1707 [30AP]
Federal Bureau of Audits: establish to conduct audits of financial statements submitted by reporting issuers, E637
Firearms: regulation of transfers at gun shows (H.R. 4034), E432
Haiti: end embargo and certain restrictions on humanitarian and development assistance (H. Con. Res. 382), H4493, H4495 [10JY]
———U.S. policy, H4493, H4495 [10JY]
Hampton, Lionel: tribute (S. Con. Res. 101), H1298 [16AP]
Health: application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (H.R. 3897), E293
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H. Con. Res. 99), E1255
———reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (H.R. 4600), H6725, H6726, H6727, H6729 [26SE]
———reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (H.R. 4600), motion to recommit, H6741 [26SE]
Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-Cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act: ensure the preservation of State patient liability protections, H6741 [26SE]
Immigration: restore fairness to immigration law (H.R. 3894), E296
———treatment of Haitian and African refugees, E1112
———treatment of Haitian refugees, H4493, H4495 [10JY]
Information services: deregulate Internet and high speed data services (H.R. 1542), H586, H587 [27FE]
———deregulate Internet and high speed data services (H.R. 1542), consideration (H. Res. 350), H570 [27FE]
———deregulate Internet and high speed data services (H.R. 1542), unanimous-consent request, H602 [27FE]
———protect competition in Internet and high speed data services by preserving certain FCC and State regulations affecting competitive local exchange carriers, H570, H586, H587, H602 [27FE]
INS: replace with the Agency for Immigration Affairs (H.R. 3231), H1634, H1638, H1658, H1660, H1662, H1664 [25AP]
International AIDS Conference: tribute, E1257
Israel: express solidarity in the fight against terrorism (H. Res. 392), H2082, H2087 [2MY]
———express solidarity in the fight against terrorism (H. Res. 392), consideration (H. Res. 404), H2065
Judicial Conference of the U.S.: require report on class action settlements in Federal courts be submitted to Congress, H881 [13MR]
Motor vehicles: prohibit operation with drugs or alcohol in the body of the driver at a land border port of entry (H.R. 2155), H7906, H7907 [15OC]
National security: provide for the sharing of homeland security information by Federal intelligence and law enforcement agencies with State and local entities (H.R. 4598), H3944
———require the President to prescribe procedures which determine whether, how, and to what extent, information provided by whistleblowers should be disseminated, H3946 [26JN]
Parliamentary inquiry, H860 [13MR]
Philip E. Ruppe Post Office Building, Lake Linden, MI: designate (H.R. 1374), H1296 [16AP]
Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (H. Res. 459), H4129 [27JN]
Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), H2564
Somerset County, PA: authorize a national memorial to commemorate the heroism of the passengers and crew of United Airlines flight 93 (H.R. 3917), E1317
Taxation: constitutional amendment on tax limitations (H.J. Res. 96), H3482, H3484 [12JN]
Terrorism: allow offering of indemnity to companies that sell anti-terrorism technology and services to Federal, State, and local governments, H5833 [26JY]
Treaties and agreements: extend trade negotiating and trade agreement implementing authority, H5979
Two Strikes and You're Out Child Protection Act: Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts report on impact of mandatory sentencing guidelines, H922, H923 [14MR]
Voting: establish a grant program to provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration (H.R. 3295), conference report, H7843 [10OC]
———establish a grant program to provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration (H.R. 3295), motion to instruct conferees, H2597 [16MY]
———establish a program to provide funds to State and local governments to replace punch card voting systems, H2597 [16MY]
World Refugee Day: observance, E1112
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H225 [7FE], H3771 [20JN], H4550 [11JY]
Statements
Federation/LAF Supports Black Farmer Protest Against USDA in Tennessee—Demands Meaningful Across the Board Response From USDA and Congress: Federation of Southern Cooperatives, H4491 [10JY]
Help America Vote Act: by, S9953 [4OC]
Inter-American Development Bank Mission to Haiti: Congressional Black Caucus, H4494 [10JY]
Personal History of Elizabeth B. Layton Peek: Elizabeth B. Layton Peek, E2116
Tributes
Hampton, Lionel, E1511
McGruder, Robert G., E561
Paige, Virgin Mary (Jefferson), E1509
Peek, Elizabeth B. Layton, E2116
Sandoval, Arturo, E1513
Sutin, L. Anthony, E51
White, Timothy, E1376