MATSUI, ROBERT T. (a Representative from California)
Amendments
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent (H.R. 4019), H3531 [13JN]
Articles and editorials
Bob Matsui—The Democrats' Balancing Act, E1334 [24JY]
Social Security Continues To Work for Us, Here's How, William H. Lee, Sacramento (CA) Observer, E676
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Alaska: provide additional protections for National Forest System lands (see H.R. 2908), H105 [29JA]
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), H737 [6MR]
Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: observance (see H. Res. 408), H2019 [1MY]
Budget: extend pay-as-you-go requirement (see H.R. 5502), H8051 [31OC]
California Missions Foundation: support efforts to restore and repair Spanish colonial and mission-era missions in California and to preserve artworks and artifacts of these missions (see H.R. 5699), H8041 [24OC]
Center for International Human Rights: establish (see H.R. 5528), H7895 [10OC]
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: congressional disapproval of rule that lowers the Medicaid upper payment limit for non-State owned or operated hospitals (see H.J. Res. 92), H2735 [21MY]
Children and youth: access of disadvantaged children to dental services (see H.R. 3659), H634 [27FE]
———increase the availability, affordability, and quality of child care (see H.R. 2097), H105 [29JA]
———provide access to early care and education so the families can work and children can receive quality custodial care (see H.R. 3524), H82 [25JA]
Colleges and universities: authorize grants for institutions of higher education serving Asian Americans and Pacific Islander Americans (see H.R. 4825), H3038 [23MY]
Computers: encourage use of web-based enrollment systems in the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 5233), H5790 [25JY]
Contraceptives: establish a public education and awareness program relative to emergency contraception (see H.R. 3887), H1338 [16AP]
Corporations: promote responsibility (see H.R. 5160), H4930 [18JY]
Courts: waive certain defenses to legal claims brought by workers participating in the Bracero Program (see H.R. 4918), H6130 [9SE]
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), H8546 [12NO]
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), H79 [24JA]
Dept. of Defense: develop inventory of sites within former military ranges containing unexploded ordnance or other abandoned munitions that pose health or safety threats and improve public awareness of such sites (see H.R. 2605), H1090 [20MR]
Dept. of HHS: expand and intensify research programs concerning elder falls (see H.R. 3695), H2945 [22MY]
———support research on ovarian cancer screening tests and encourage coverage of effective techniques by health care programs and plans (see H. Con. Res. 385), H2735 [21MY]
Dept. of the Interior: conduct study on the inclusion of Eagledale Ferry Dock in the National Park System (see H.R. 3747), H366 [13FE]
———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]
Diseases: blood cancer research, information, and education funding (see H.R. 2629), H141 [5FE]
Drugs: respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamines (see H.R. 3782), H634 [27FE]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent when the budget is in balance or surplus, and the OMB determines that relief will not cause deficit (see H.R. 5043), H4324 [27JN]
Education: provide educational opportunities for all students in State public school systems (see H.R. 5346), H7929 [15OC]
———provide grants for training of realtime court reporters and closed captioners to meet the requirements for closed captioning set forth in the Telecommunications Act (see H.R. 2527), H4766 [16JY]
Employment: provide for private-sector-led Community Workforce Partnerships (see H.R. 4104), H1153 [9AP]
Europe: condemn rise in anti-Semitism (see H. Res. 393), H4351 [8JY]
Federal aid programs: provide housing assistance to domestic violence victims (see H.R. 3752), H366 [13FE]
Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 1841), H6693 [25SE]
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), H142 [5FE]
Firefighters: authorize grants to States or communities to assist fire departments in meeting staffing standards (see H.R. 3185), H201 [6FE]
Forest Service: protection of certain roadless areas (see H.R. 4865), H3228 [5JN]
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), H2164 [7MY]
Francis Dayle `Chick' Hearn Post Office, Encino, CA: designate (see H.R. 5340), H6230 [11SE]
FTC: deem the nondisclosure of employer-owned life insurance coverage of employees an unfair trade practice (see H.R. 4551), H2019 [1MY]
Greece: capture of members of November 17 terrorist group (see H. Con. Res. 479), H7304 [8OC]
Haiti: end embargo and certain restrictions on humanitarian and development assistance (see H. Con. Res. 382), H3454 [11JN]
Headwaters National Forest: designate the John L. Burton Trail (see H.R. 3765), H523 [14FE]
Health: establish a program to assist family caregivers in accessing affordable and high-quality respite care (see H.R. 5241), H5993 [26JY]
———improve access to health care services for uninsured and low-income individuals in medically under served areas (see H. Res. 87), H4351 [8JY]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H. Con. Res. 99), H937 [18MR]
———provide grants for public access defibrillation programs and public access defibrillation demonstration projects (see H.R. 3462), H1674 [25AP]
———reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 3450), H142 [5FE]
———reduce adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases (see H.R. 3469), H3037 [23MY]
Height, Dorothy I.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4531), H6303 [17SE]
Immigration: assess aliens' immigration status relative to eligibility to serve in the Armed Forces and to be employed in airport security, and permit naturalization through certain active-duty military service (see H.R. 4058), H1088 [20MR]
Insurance: coverage of colorectal cancer screening (see H.R. 1520), H141 [5FE]
———establish a Federal program to provide reinsurance to improve the availability of homeowners' insurance (see H.R. 4025), H1087 [20MR]
Intelligent Transportation Systems Caucus: recognize goals and objectives (see H. Res. 369), H907 [13MR]
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]
Israel: express solidarity in the fight against terrorism (see H. Res. 392), H1675 [25AP]
James V. Hansen Federal Building, Ogden, UT: designate (see H.R. 5611), H7893 [10OC]
Law enforcement: provide grants to States to establish sexual assault response team programs (see H.R. 5514), H6926 [1OC]
Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 3794), H1003 [19MR]
Lobbyists: require certain coalitions and associations to disclose lobbying activities (see H.R. 5526, 5527), H6982 [2OC]
Los Angeles National Cemetery: designate the Bob Hope Veterans Chapel (see H.R. 4592), H2472 [14MY]
Medicare: establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (see H.R. 5019), H4068 [26JN]
———expand coverage of certain self-injected biologicals (see H.R. 1089), H1090 [20MR]
———improve access to Medicare+Choice plans for special needs beneficiaries by targeting enrollment and eliminating beneficiary lock-in and other administrative barriers (see H.R. 2709), H79 [24JA]
———improve outpatient vision services (see H.R. 2484), H141 [5FE]
———improve patient access to, and utilization of, the colorectal cancer screening benefit (see H.R. 3710), H3161 [4JN]
———reductions in prescription drug prices (see H.R. 1400), H1090 [20MR]
Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 4066), H1338 [16AP]
Nat King Cole Post Office, Los Angeles, CA: designate (see H.R. 4797), H2943 [22MY]
National Better Hearing and Speech Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 358), H1156 [9AP]
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: establish (see H.R. 4777), H3038 [23MY]
Norman Shumway Post Office Building, Stockton, CA: designate (see H.R. 5465), H6692 [25SE]
Oakland Athletics (baseball team): tribute (see H. Res. 530), H6303 [17SE]
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]
PLO: impose certain travel and diplomatic sanctions on officials in the U.S., seize assets in the U.S., and require a report on any acts of terrorism until a peace plan is implemented (see H.R. 4693), H4605 [15JY]
Public Health Service Act: establish Nationwide Health Tracking Network (see H.R. 4061), H1284 [11AP]
Public lands: designate certain national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and wilderness areas in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming (see H.R. 488), H3825 [21JN]
Public welfare programs: address barriers to employment as a work activity under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 5344), H6129 [9SE]
———reauthorize and reform block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 3625), H367 [13FE]
Retired Enlisted Association, Inc.: repeal Federal charter (see H.R. 3799), H633 [27FE]
Robert E. Coyle United States Courthouse, Fresno, CA: designate (see H.R. 3934), H832 [12MR]
Ronald C. Packard Post Office Building, Oceanside, CA: designate (see H.R. 4794), H2943 [22MY]
Senior citizens: modify the eligibility criteria for supplemental foods provided under the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (see H.R. 5107), H4553 [11JY]
Sewage disposal: combined sewer overflow control programs (see H. Con. Res. 403), H5998 [26JY]
Social Security: protect trust funds by ensuring the Government repays its debts to the trust funds (see H.R. 5252), H5993 [26JY]
———provide additional safeguards for certain beneficiaries with representative payees (see H.R. 4070), H1089 [20MR]
———provide miscellaneous enhancements in benefits for women (see H.R. 4069), H1089 [20MR]
———reject proposals to partially or completely substitute private saving accounts for benefits provided through Social Security (see H.R. 5541), H7304 [8OC]
Syria: halt support for terrorism, end occupation of Lebanon, stop development of weapons of mass destruction, and cease illegal importation of Iraqi oil (see H.R. 4483), H3454 [11JN]
Tariff: provide duty-free benefits for certain products produced within qualifying industrial zones in Turkey and Israel (see H.R. 5002), H6061 [4SE]
Taxation: allow distilled spirits wholesalers a credit for their cost of carrying Federal excise taxes prior to the sale of the product bearing the tax (see H.R. 1987), H2608 [16MY]
———allow minimum credit against alternative minimum tax where stock acquired pursuant to incentive stock options is sold or exchanged at a loss (see H.R. 5398), H6373 [18SE]
———apply look-thru rules for purposes of the foreign tax credit limitation to dividends from foreign corporations not controlled by a domestic corporation (see H.R. 4810), H2943 [22MY]
———change calculation and simplify administration of the earned income tax credit (see H.R. 3574), H201 [6FE]
———clarify eligibility of certain expenses for low-income housing credit (see H.R. 3324), H79 [24JA]
———clarify treatment of incentive stock options and employee stock purchases (see H.R. 2695), H781 [7MR]
———exempt State and local political committees from certain notification and reporting requirements applicable to political organizations (see H.R. 4180), H1282 [11AP]
———expand renewable resources production tax credit to include additional forms of renewable energy and expand investment tax credit to include equipment used to produce electricity from renewable resources (see H.R. 4668), H3230 [5JN]
———impose excise tax on sales of stock by corporate insiders occurring when the company prevents employees from selling stock in pension plans and ensure more accurate reporting of corporate liabilities (see H.R. 3622), H78 [24JA]
———increase deduction for teacher classroom supplies and expand to include qualified professional development expenses (see H.R. 5085), H4497 [10JY]
———make the additional tax on early distributions from certain pension plans inapplicable for public safety employees (see H.R. 4796), H4767 [16JY]
———prevent corporations from avoiding the U.S. income tax by reincorporating in a foreign country (see H.R. 3884), H1003 [19MR]
———prevent corporations from exploiting tax treaties to evade U.S. income tax (see H.R. 4993), H3824 [21JN]
———prevent the continued use of renouncing U.S. citizenship as a device for avoiding U.S. taxes (see H.R. 4880), H6061 [4SE]
———provide a refundable credit for education and training of developmentally disabled children (see H.R. 2339), H634 [27FE]
———provide incentives to reduce energy consumption (see H.R. 778), H6060 [4SE]
———simplify certain rules governing the taxation of U.S. businesses operating abroad (see H.R. 5103), H4552 [11JY]
———treat certain motor vehicle dealer transitional assistance as an involuntary conversion (see H.R. 2374), H907 [13MR]
———treat Indian tribes the same as State governments relative to gambling (see H.R. 4887), H6061 [4SE]
———treatment of certain CERCLA settlement funds (see H.R. 3530), H2608 [16MY]
———treatment of deposits and similar amounts received by a tour operator for a tour arranged by such operator (see H.R. 2618), H3775 [20JN]
———treatment of flight training expenses reimbursed through certain veterans educational assistance allowances (see H.R. 5029), H6130 [9SE]
Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act: extend and expand (see H.R. 5089), H4497 [10JY]
Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (see H. Con. Res. 464), H6229 [11SE]
Thomas, Rex D. (Dave): tribute (see H. Res. 336), H104 [29JA]
Tien, Chang-Lin: tribute (see H. Res. 613), H9024 [14NO]
Tobacco products: combat illicit trafficking of tobacco products (see H.R. 5264), H5994 [26JY]
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), H110 [4FE]
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see H.R. 3694), H367 [13FE]
Ukrainian Congress Committee of America: authorize the establishment of a memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia to honor the victims of the Ukrainian famine-genocide of 1932-1933 (see H.R. 5289), H6061 [4SE]
Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (see H.R. 5491), H6776 [26SE]
Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 3792), H1201 [10AP] (see H.R. 3930), H3038 [23MY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
President's Commission To Strengthen Social Security: enact certain reforms (see H.R. 4022, 4023, 4024), H1087 [20MR]
Social Security: improve benefits for aged survivors, disabled survivors, and divorced spouses (see H.R. 4671), H2164 [7MY]
———modify calculation of the child support automation penalty and provide for reinvestment of any such penalty (see H.R. 4857), H3160 [4JN]
———reject proposals to partially or completely substitute private saving accounts for benefits provided through Social Security (see H.R. 4780), H2734 [21MY]
Tariff: bio-set injection RCC (see H.R. 4226), H1289 [15AP]
———D-mannose (see H.R. 4225), H1289 [15AP]
———ultraviolet dye (see H.R. 4110), H1153 [9AP]
Taxation: encourage more responsible corporate governance (see H.R. 5088), H4497 [10JY]
———treatment of executive perks and retirement benefits relative to stock options, undisclosed benefits, and deferred compensation (see H.R. 5432), H6558 [24SE]
Letters
Child Support Reinvestment Act: Geraldine Jensen, Association for Children for Enforcement of Support, Inc., E945
———Melanie Snider, National Organization for Women, E945
———Vicki Turetsky, Center for Law and Social Policy, and Joan Entmacher, National Women's Law Center, E946
Remarks
Andean Trade Preference Act: extend and expand (H.R. 3009), conference report, H5960, H5976 [26JY]
———extend and expand (H.R. 3009), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 509), H5964 [26JY]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7768
Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: observance, E928
Congressional Record: striking of words, H3532 [13JN]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: allow tax relief to continue as scheduled (H. Con. Res. 312), H149 [6FE]
———make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent (H.R. 4019), H3521, H3523, H3527, H3531, H3537 [13JN]
———make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent (H.R. 4019), complete congressional action (H. Res. 543), H6934, H6935, H6937 [2OC]
———make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent (H.R. 4019), complete congressional action (H. Res. 543)—consideration (H. Res. 547), H6662 [25SE]
———make pension and individual retirement arrangement provisions permanent (H.R. 4931), H3790, H3793, H3795, H3796, H3806 [21JN]
———make pension and individual retirement arrangement provisions permanent (H.R. 4931), complete congressional action (H. Res. 544), H6678, H6680 [25SE]
———make pension and individual retirement arrangement provisions permanent (H.R. 4931), complete congressional action (H. Res. 544)—consideration (H. Res. 547), H6662 [25SE]
———make pension and individual retirement arrangement provisions permanent (H.R. 4931), consideration (H. Res. 451), H3782 [21JN]
———make tax benefits permanent, H1437 [18AP]
Enron Corp.: economic collapse, H1265 [11AP]
ERISA: treatment of certain funded deferred compensation plans, H1265 [11AP]
House Rules: allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and consider certain legislation (H. Res. 342), H149 [6FE]
———same-day consideration of certain resolutions (H. Res. 507), H5960 [26JY]
Israel: express solidarity in the fight against terrorism (H. Res. 392), consideration (H. Res. 404), H2072
Mink, Patsy T.: tribute (H. Res. 566), H6887 [1OC]
NATO: affirm importance, support continued U.S. participation, and ensure that enlargement proceeds in a manner consistent with U.S. interests (H. Res. 468), E1904
Obey, Representative: John E. Moss Foundation Public Service Award recipient, E1393
Parliamentary inquiry, H3525, H3531 [13JN]
Pensions: provide additional protection to participants in individual account plans, promote investment advice, and prohibit certain insider trades of securities (H.R. 3762), complete action (H. Res. 540)—consideration (H. Res. 547), H6662 [25SE]
———provide additional protection to participants in individual account plans, promote investment advice, and prohibit certain insider trades of securities (H.R. 3762), complete congressional action (H. Res. 540), H6674 [25SE]
———provide additional protection to participants in individual account plans, promote investment advice, and prohibit certain insider trades of securities (H.R. 3762), motion to recommit, H1265 [11AP]
Perry, Betty: Older Women's League Chapter Leader Award recipient, E2091
President's Commission To Strengthen Social Security: enact certain reforms (H.R. 4022), E438
———enact certain reforms (H.R. 4023), E438
———enact certain reforms (H.R. 4024), E438
Sacramento, CA: anniversary of Camellia Symphony Orchestra, E1901
———sister city partnership and cultural exchange with Matsuyama, Japan, E1165
Sacramento Kings (basketball team): tribute, E975
Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H149 [6FE], H1437 [18AP]
———divert percentage of payroll taxes into personal retirement savings accounts, H7174 [8OC]
———impact of privatization on minorities, women, and low-income workers, E676
———improve benefits for aged survivors, disabled survivors, and divorced spouses (H.R. 4671), E736
———investment of trust funds in private financial markets, H7174 [8OC]
———modify calculation of the child support automation penalty and provide for reinvestment of any such penalty (H.R. 4857), E945
———provide additional safeguards for certain beneficiaries with representative payees (H.R. 4070), H3895, H3897 [25JN]
———provide miscellaneous enhancements in benefits for women (H.R. 4069), H2417, H2419, H2420, H2421 [14MY], E435
Taxation: exclusion from gross income for foster care payments relative to certain nongovernmental placement agencies (H.R. 586), H1437 [18AP]
———increase unified estate tax credit, H3256 [6JN]
———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 2143), H3256 [6JN]
———prohibit use of Social Security trust funds to make repeal of marriage taxes permanent, H3527, H3531, H3537 [13JN]
———provide incentives for economic recovery, H494, H503 [14FE]
———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), H758 [7MR]
———treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 622), H494, H503 [14FE]
———treatment of elementary and secondary education expenses (H.R. 5193), consideration (H. Res. 521), H6235 [12SE]
Thomas, Representative: striking of words from Congressional Record, H3531 [13JN]
Treaties and agreements: extend trade negotiating and trade agreement implementing authority, H5964, H5976 [26JY]
Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program, H494, H503 [14FE]
Remarks in House relative to
Tribute, E1334 [24JY]
Statements
Public's Right to Information: Paul McMaster, Freedom Forum (organization), E1394
Tributes
Burton, James E., E1267
Enomoto, Jerry, E2104
Johnson, Mike D., E560
Lucchetti, David, E2089
Lytle, Alice A., E1990
Powell, Mack, E1642
Tien, Chang-Lin, E1977