DISCRIMINATION

Amendments

Crime: provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (S. 625), S5257 [7JN], S5272, S5289, S5292, S5293, S5294 [10JN], S5385, S5386 [11JN]

Europe: condemn rise in anti-Semitism (S. Res. 253), S4979 [4JN]

Government: accountability of Federal agencies for violations of antidiscrimination and whistleblower protection laws (H.R. 169), S3223, S3226, S3229 [23AP], H1691 [30AP]

Articles and editorials

Alabama Pushed a Black Family Off Its Land—And Left It Empty for Years, H187 [6FE]

AP Documents Land Taken From Blacks Through Trickery, Violence and Murder, H185-H187, H190-H192 [6FE]

Black Farmers—A Vanishing Way, H195 [6FE]

Bound for Las Vegas, 2 Men Take a 9/11 Detour to Jail, E1796 [8OC]

Brain Storm at Last, Bush Grasps a Medical Fact, S3586 [1MY]

Car Dealer Acquired Black Farmers' Land by Foreclosing on Loans, H187 [6FE]

Developers and Lawyers Use a Legal Maneuver To Strip Black Families of Land, H195-H197 [6FE]

Europe's Anti-Israel Excuse, S6243 [27JN], H4382 [9JY]

Haiti's President, Opposition Leaders Meet, H4493 [10JY]

History Up in Smoke, H195 [6FE]

Landownership Made Blacks Targets of Violence and Murder, H188 [6FE]

Living in the North Gave Blacks No Guarantee Against Land Grabs, H188 [6FE]

Lynching Trail, H195 [6FE]

Man Is Jailed for Defending His Land, H190 [6FE]

OAS Official To Break Political Impasse in Haiti, H4494 [10JY]

Peculiar Land Swaps Leave Blacks With Little of Their Ancestors' Georgia Island, H187 [6FE]

Return of an Ancient Hatred, E652 [29AP]

Stigmatizing Business, E1498 [5SE]

Taking Away the Vote—And a Black Man's Land, H189 [6FE]

Title IX at 30—Making the Grade?, E1122 [21JN]

Toward Mental Health Parity, S3586 [1MY]

With Help From Their White Lawyer, a Black Mississippi Family Loses a Farm, H197 [6FE]

Bills and resolutions

Africa: recognize the importance of inheritance rights of women (see H. Con. Res. 421), H3668 [18JN]

Armed Forces: express remorse and make amends for former Dept. of Defense policy providing for involuntary separation of female members who became pregnant while in service (see H.R. 5447), H6558 [24SE]

Civil Rights Act: apply burden shifting rule to cases involving discrimination in State and local programs which receive Federal funding (see H.R. 4124), H1153 [9AP]

Crime: condemn all acts of discrimination and violence and support the No Room for Racism campaign (see H. Res. 345), H227 [7FE]

———provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (H.R. 1343), consideration (see H. Res. 519), H6129 [9SE]

Dept. of Education: make grants to assist schools in discontinuing the use of a derogatory or discriminatory name, or depiction as a team name, mascot, or nickname (see H.R. 5487), H6776 [26SE]

District of Columbia: eliminate discriminatory treatment relative to provisions of the Hatch Act limiting political activities of employees (see H.R. 4617), H1688 [29AP]

Europe: condemn rise in anti-Semitism (see S. Res. 248), S3165 [23AP] (see S. Res. 253), S3435 [25AP] (see H. Res. 393), H1483 [18AP]

Federal employees: authorize appropriations for the Merit Systems Protection Board and the Office of Special Counsel and protect certain disclosures of information by Federal employees (see S. 2829), S7744 [31JY]

———provide remedies for retaliation against whistleblowers making congressional disclosures (see S. 3137), S10676 [17OC]

Health: expand applicability of laws preventing governmental discrimination against health care entities who refuse to perform or provide training in performing abortions (see S. 2008), S1782 [12MR] (see H.R. 4691), H2354 [9MY]

———expand applicability of laws preventing governmental discrimination against health care entities who refuse to perform or provide training in performing abortions (H.R. 4691), consideration (see H. Res. 546), H6558 [24SE]

———prohibit health insurance and employment discrimination on the basis of genetic information (see S. 1995), S1599 [6MR]

Immigration: provide judicial review of detention and release determinations and grant the right to a bond hearing to aliens in removal proceedings (see H.R. 5750), H9024 [14NO]

Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 4066), H1089 [20MR]

Mink, Patsy T.: honorary renaming of Title IX prohibiting gender discrimination in educational and athletic programs (see S.J. Res. 49), S10118 [8OC] (see H.J. Res. 113), H6983 [2OC]

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe: encourage action against recent escalation of anti-Semitic violence and manifestations of xenophobia and discrimination directed against ethnic and religious minorities (see H. Res. 469), H4325 [27JN]

Public welfare programs: provide racial equity and fair treatment under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 4669), H2164 [7MY]

Securities: prohibit discrimination on surety bond transactions on the basis of certain factors (see H.R. 4891), H3291 [6JN]

Senate Rules: prohibit employment discrimination based on sexual orientation (see S. Res. 294), S6250 [27JN]

Cloture motions

Crime: provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (S. 625), S5246 [7JN], S5335 [11JN]

Essays

Letter From the Balcony: Gabriel Erem, E833 [17MY]

Factsheets

U.S. Policy on Haiti: Cynthia Martin, H4493 [10JY]

Letters

Abortion Non-Discrimination Act: Laura W. Murphy and Gregory T. Nojeim, ACLU, H6569 [25SE]

———Michael D. Place, Catholic Health Association of the U.S., E1295 [18JY]

Congressional Oversight Protection Act: Kris J. Kolesnik, National Whistleblower Center, S10706 [17OC]

———Tom Devine, Government Accountability Project (organization), S10706 [17OC]

Customs Service inspectors liabililty protections against racial profiling and illegal searches: Jason C. Erb, Council on American-Islamic Relations, H5982 [26JY]

———Laura Murphy, Rachel King, and Katie Corrigan, ACLU, H5981 [26JY]

———Representative Conyers, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H5982 [26JY]

———Wade Henderson, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, H5981 [26JY]

Dept. of Transportation prohibition on racial profiling by airline personnel: Gurmit Singh Aulakh, Council of Khalistan, E1859 [11OC]

Haitian refugees treatment: several Representatives, H4494 [10JY]

Local Law Enforcement Enhancement Act: Dept. of Justice, S5274 [10JN]

Lists

Demands by African American farmers relative to discrimination claims against the Dept. of Agriculture, H4491 [10JY]

Organizations supporting H.R. 4691/S. 2008, Abortion Non-Discrimination Act, E1295 [18JY]

Motions

Health: expand applicability of laws preventing governmental discrimination against health care entities who refuse to perform or provide training in performing abortions (H.R. 4691), H6584 [25SE]

Papers

Subjective-Intent Qualified Immunity Proposal for Customs Officials, H5980 [26JY]

Petitions and memorials

NAACP: trade negotiating and trade agreement implementing authority, H5980 [26JY]

Remarks in House

African Americans: encourage study of reparations relative to loss of property by landowners, H184-H199 [6FE]

———loss of property by landowners, H612 [27FE]

———resolution of discrimination claims by farmers against the Dept. of Agriculture, H4477, H4491-H4493 [10JY]

Aviation: lawsuit against airlines relative to alleged use of racial and other discriminatory profiling in connection with searches of individuals, H3150-H3152 [4JN]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (H.R. 781), H1293, H1310, H1311 [16AP], E544 [16AP]

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification, E1791 [8OC]

Crime: condemn all acts of discrimination and violence and support the No Room for Racism campaign (H. Res. 345), E117 [7FE]

———provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (H.R. 1343), H217-H219 [7FE], H717 [6MR], H1075, H1078 [20MR], H1308 [16AP], E124 [8FE], E153 [14FE], E402, E433 [21MR], E1662 [26SE]

Customs Service: civil liability of inspectors relative to alleged use of racial and other discriminatory profiling in connection with searches and detentions of individuals, H2862-H2891 [22MY], H5979 [26JY], E906 [24MY], E2017 [14NO]

Dept. of Education: make grants to assist schools in discontinuing the use of a derogatory or discriminatory name, or depiction as a team name, mascot, or nickname (H.R. 5487), E1700 [30SE]

Dept. of Transportation: prohibit racial profiling by airline personnel, E1796 [8OC], E1859 [11OC]

District of Columbia: eliminate discriminatory treatment relative to provisions of the Hatch Act limiting political activities of employees (H.R. 4617), E652 [29AP]

Education: anniversary of Title IX prohibiting gender discrimination in educational and athletic programs, H3612 [18JN], H3675, H3703-H3712 [19JN], H4860-H4863 [17JY], E1107 [20JN], E1122, E1126 [21JN], E1144, E1145 [25JN]

Equal Pay Day: observance, H1293, H1310, H1311 [16AP], H1472 [18AP], E544 [16AP]

Europe: condemn rise in anti-Semitism, E652 [29AP]

———condemn rise in anti-Semitism (H. Res. 393), H4380-H4387 [9JY], E1226, E1228 [10JY], E1235 [11JY], E1248 [12JY], E1286 [17JY], E1308 [22JY], E1398 [25JY]

Government: accountability of Federal agencies for violations of antidiscrimination and whistleblower protection laws (H.R. 169), H1691-H1696 [30AP]

Health: expand applicability of laws preventing governmental discrimination against health care entities who refuse to perform or provide training in performing abortions (H.R. 4691), H6574-H6586 [25SE], E1295 [18JY], E1677, E1682, E1683 [30SE]

———expand applicability of laws preventing governmental discrimination against health care entities who refuse to perform or provide training in performing abortions (H.R. 4691), consideration (H. Res. 546), H6566-H6574 [25SE]

———expand applicability of laws preventing governmental discrimination against health care entities who refuse to perform or provide training in performing abortions (H.R. 4691), motion to recommit, H6584, H6585 [25SE]

Immigration: provide judicial review of detention and release determinations and grant the right to a bond hearing to aliens in removal proceedings (H.R. 5750), E2036 [14NO]

———treatment of African refugees, H3752 [20JN]

———treatment of Haitian and African refugees, E1110, E1112 [20JN]

———treatment of Haitian refugees, H4493-H4495 [10JY], E1117 [20JN]

Insurance: prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (H.R. 602), H2095 [2MY]

International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination: observance, E402, E433 [21MR]

IRS: enforce pension age discrimination laws relative to conversion of defined benefit plans to cash balance plans, H5333-H5336 [24JY]

Jews: treatment in the Middle East and Europe, E833 [17MY]

Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (H.R. 4066), E397 [21MR], E989 [7JN]

Mink, Patsy T.: honorary renaming of Title IX prohibiting gender discrimination in educational and athletic programs (H.J. Res. 113), H7146-H7148 [7OC]

Minorities: impact of racial discrimination, E1060 [14JN]

Remarks in Senate

Crime: provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes, S1391 [1MR]

———provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (S. 625), S22 [23JA], S134 [25JA], S174 [28JA], S223 [29JA], S281 [4FE], S342 [5FE], S424 [6FE], S480 [7FE], S542 [8FE], S586 [11FE], S653 [12FE], S731 [13FE], S850 [14FE], S897 [15FE], S998 [25FE], S1198 [26FE], S1249 [27FE], S1346 [28FE], S1419 [4MR], S1534 [5MR], S1595 [6MR], S1672 [7MR], S1702, S1704 [8MR], S1727 [11MR], S1776 [12MR], S1852 [13MR], S1929 [14MR], S1971 [15MR], S2070 [19MR], S2176 [20MR], S2243 [21MR], S2322 [22MR], S2481 [10AP], S2573 [11AP], S2630 [12AP], S2671 [15AP], S2720 [16AP], S2824 [17AP], S2939 [18AP], S3013 [22AP], S3161 [23AP], S3296 [24AP], S3427 [25AP], S3466 [26AP], S3501 [29AP], S3557 [30AP], S3622 [1MY], S3835 [2MY], S3898 [6MY], S3948 [7MY], S4057 [8MY], S4140 [9MY], S4269 [13MY], S4327 [14MY], S4382 [15MY], S4487 [16MY], S4525, S4526, S4533 [17MY], S4615 [21MY], S4697 [22MY], S4832 [23MY], S4883 [3JN], S4963 [4JN], S5033 [5JN], S5200 [6JN], S5246-S5248, S5251 [7JN], S5267-S5276, S5316 [10JN], S5325-S5337 [11JN], S5446, S5447 [12JN], S5530 [13JN], S5583 [14JN], S5629 [17JN], S5689 [18JN], S5767 [19JN], S5844 [20JN], S5895 [21JN], S5951 [24JN], S6009 [25JN], S6124 [26JN], S6236 [27JN], S6316 [28JN], S6354 [8JY], S6496 [9JY], S6568 [10JY], S6644 [11JY], S6706 [12JY], S6804 [15JY], S6861 [16JY], S6943 [17JY], S7029 [18JY], S7101 [19JY], S7159 [22JY], S7222 [23JY], S7306 [24JY], S7369 [25JY], S7422 [26JY], S7464 [29JY], S7572 [30JY], S7736 [31JY], S7865 [1AU], S8079 [3SE], S8195 [4SE], S8292 [5SE], S8369 [9SE], S8447 [10SE], S8505 [11SE], S8557 [12SE], S8617 [13SE], S8667 [17SE], S8747 [18SE], S8915 [19SE], S8979 [20SE], S9030 [23SE], S9110 [24SE], S9226 [25SE], S9414 [26SE], S9592 [30SE], S9707 [1OC], S9840 [2OC], S9898 [3OC], S9979 [4OC], S10037 [7OC], S10111 [8OC], S10218 [9OC], S10347 [10OC], S10434 [15OC], S10564 [16OC], S10653 [17OC], S10835 [12NO], S10879 [13NO], S11062 [14NO], S11204 [15NO], S11308 [18NO], S11551 [19NO], S11715 [20NO]

———provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (S. 625), unanimous-consent agreement, S4818 [23MY], S5195 [6JN]

———provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (S. 625), unanimous-consent request, S3454 [25AP], S4525 [17MY]

Education: anniversary of Title IX prohibiting gender discrimination in educational and athletic programs, S5919-S5921 [24JN]

Europe: condemn rise in anti-Semitism, S6243 [27JN]

———condemn rise in anti-Semitism (S. Res. 248), S3173 [23AP]

———condemn rise in anti-Semitism (S. Res. 253), S4979, S4980 [4JN]

Federal employees: authorize appropriations for the Merit Systems Protection Board and the Office of Special Counsel and protect certain disclosures of information by Federal employees (S. 2829), S7746 [31JY]

———provide remedies for retaliation against whistleblowers making congressional disclosures (S. 3137), S10705 [17OC]

Government: accountability of Federal agencies for violations of antidiscrimination and whistleblower protection laws (H.R. 169), S3226 [23AP]

———accountability of Federal agencies for violations of antidiscrimination and whistleblower protection laws (S. 201), S4382 [15MY]

Health: expand applicability of laws preventing governmental discrimination against health care entities who refuse to perform or provide training in performing abortions (H.R. 4691), S9550 [26SE], S9561 [30SE]

———prohibit health insurance and employment discrimination on the basis of genetic information (S. 1995), S1594, S1613, S1614 [6MR]

Law enforcement: prohibit racial profiling (S. 989), S1249 [27FE]

Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (H.R. 4066), S5129 [6JN]

Mink, Patsy T.: honorary renaming of Title IX prohibiting gender discrimination in educational and athletic programs (H.J. Res. 113), S10395 [10OC]

———honorary renaming of Title IX prohibiting gender discrimination in educational and athletic programs (S.J. Res. 49), S10129 [8OC]

Privacy: ensure confidentiality of medical records and health care-related information, S2311 [22MR]

Senate Rules: prohibit employment discrimination based on sexual orientation (S. Res. 294), S6262 [27JN]

Reports filed

Condemn Rise in Anti-Semitism in Europe: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. Res. 253), S4838 [23MY]

Consideration of H.R. 4691, Abortion Non-Discrimination Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 546) (H. Rept. 107-683), H6558 [24SE]

Employment Non-Discrimination Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1284) (S. Rept. 107-341), S11214 [15NO]

Local Law Enforcement Enhancement Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 625) (S. Rept. 107-147), S4145 [9MY]

Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act: Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 169) (S. Rept. 107-143), S2675 [15AP]

Older Workers' Rights Restoration Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 928) (S. Rept. 107-142), S2675 [15AP]

Resolutions by organizations

Anti-Semitic Violence in Europe: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, H4383 [9JY]

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]

Inter-American Development Bank Mission to Haiti: Congressional Black Caucus, H4494 [10JY]

Summaries

Risk or Race? Racial Disparities and the Subprime Refinance Market—A Report of the Center for Community Change: Calvin Bradford, Calvin Bradford & Associates, Ltd., S3630 [1MY]

Tables

Hate crimes prosecuted by State and local prosecutors where the death penalty was available, S5273 [10JN]

Texts of

H. Res. 393, condemn rise in anti-Semitism in Europe, H4380 [9JY]

H. Res. 546, consideration of H.R. 4691, Abortion Non-Discrimination Act, H6566 [25SE]

H.J. Res. 113, honorary renaming of Title IX prohibiting gender discrimination in educational and athletic programs for Patsy T. Mink, H7146 [7OC]

H.R. 169, Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act, S3229-S3231 [23AP]

H.R. 4691, Abortion Non-Discrimination Act, H6574 [25SE]

S. 2008, expand applicability of laws preventing governmental discrimination against health care entities who refuse to perform or provide training in performing abortions, S1785 [12MR]

S. 2829, Merit Systems Protection Board and the Office of Special Counsel appropriations and Federal employee information disclosure protection, S7746 [31JY]

S. 3137, Congressional Oversight Protection Act, S10706 [17OC]

S. Res. 248, condemn rise in anti-Semitism in Europe, S3173 [23AP]

S. Res. 253, condemn rise in anti-Semitism in Europe, S3449 [25AP], S4980 [4JN]

S. Res. 294, prohibit Senate employment discrimination based on sexual orientation, S6262 [27JN]

S.J. Res. 49, honorary renaming of Title IX prohibiting gender discrimination in educational and athletic programs for Patsy T. Mink, S10130 [8OC]