WOLF, FRANK R. (a Representative from Virginia)
Addresses
Recognizing Inova's Heroes: Jolene Tornabeni, Inova Health System, E1541
Teaching for Freedom: Lynne V. Cheney, E40
Tribute to New York City Firefighters: Joseph Finley, E129
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 4775, supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks, H3472 [12JN]
Articles and editorials
All the President's Women, Wall Street Journal, E119
Crash Kills Two in Sterling, Washington (DC) Post, H235 [12FE]
From Front Lines to Back Roads—Delta Force Doctor Now Delivers Care in Rural Virginia, Carol Morello, Washington (DC) Post, E399
Marketing by Spirits Makers Gets Icy Reception, Michael McCarthy and Theresa Howard, USA Today, H234 [12FE]
`New' China—Same Old Tricks—Top Communists, Despite Their Denials, Endorse Arrest and Torture of Chinese Christians by the Thousands, Tony Carnes, Christianity Today (publication), E287
Snyder Dies at 53, Advocated Christian Freedom Abroad, Larry Witham, Washington (DC) Times, E1580
12 Receive Presidential Medals—Mandela, Nancy Reagan, Rosenthal, Mr. Rogers Honored, Joseph Curl, Washington (DC) Times, E1193
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 4965), H5087 [22JY]
African Americans: establish a memorial to slavery in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 4964), H3826 [21JN]
Armed Forces: encourage employers who employ members of the National Guard or Ready Reserve to provide a pay differential benefit and an extension of employee benefits to members on active duty (see H. Con. Res. 362), H9025 [14NO]
———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 3831), H3669 [18JN]
———require additional special pay received by medical, dental, or veterinary officers be treated as part of basic pay for retirement purposes (see H.R. 5353), H6129 [9SE]
———restore the tax-exempt status of death gratuity payments (see H.R. 3973), H3859 [24JN]
Aviation: recognize heroism and courage of airline flight attendants (see H. Con. Res. 401), H2946 [22MY]
———require background checks for pilot and flight service training applicants (see H.R. 2957), H3668 [18JN]
Boggs, Lindy: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 439), H4767 [16JY]
Capitol Building and Grounds: authorizing use of Grounds for Greater Washington Soap Box Derby (see H. Con. Res. 356), H1002 [19MR]
Center for International Human Rights: establish (see H.R. 5528), H7172 [7OC]
Chesapeake Bay: provide assistance for nutrient removal practices to States in the watershed (see H.R. 4666), H2163 [7MY]
Children and youth: enhance operation of the AMBER Alert communications plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children (see H.R. 5326), H6059 [4SE]
China, People's Republic of: human rights violations in Tibet (see H. Res. 410), H2100 [2MY]
———persecution of Falun Gong practitioners (see H. Con. Res. 447), H7172 [7OC]
Civil Air Patrol: make volunteer members eligible for public safety officer death benefits (see H.R. 3681), H1091 [20MR]
Coin Design Advisory Committee: establish (see H.R. 5075), H4554 [11JY]
Coins: ensure continuity for the design of the 5-cent coin (see H.R. 5075), H4554 [11JY]
———specify that the reverse of the 5-cent piece shall bear an image of Monticello (see H.R. 4903), H3453 [11JN]
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), complete congressional action (see H. Res. 539), H6418 [19SE]
Computers: penalties for individuals who use false or misleading domain names to attract children to Internet sites not appropriate for children (see H.R. 4658), H2735 [21MY]
———prevent the use of certain bank instruments for Internet gambling (see H.R. 556), H561 [26FE]
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: support transition to democracy and an end to the plunder of its natural resources (see H. Con. Res. 410), H3037 [23MY]
Customs Service: tribute to World Trade Center offices for efforts during and in the aftermath of terrorist attack (see H. Res. 385), H1200 [10AP]
Dept. of HHS: award grants to associate degree schools of nursing and professional nursing organizations to improve nursing education (see H.R. 4665), H4425 [9JY]
Developing countries: increase assistance for the poorest people in developing countries under microenterprise assistance programs (see H.R. 4073), H1410 [17AP]
District of Columbia: establish certain legal waivers for physicians who provide assistance in the National Capital Area during any period in which a public health emergency is in effect (see H.R. 4634), H2018 [1MY]
———scholarship vouchers to provide school choice (see H.R. 5033), H4554 [11JY]
Drugs: respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamines (see H.R. 3782), H3928 [25JN]
Families and domestic relations: recognize and support crisis pregnancy centers (see H. Res. 302), H228 [7FE]
Federal employees: adjust certain Federal annuity computations relative to periods of receiving disability payments (see H.R. 5481), H6776 [26SE]
———ensure that those activated by the National Guard or Reserves shall receive pay equal to the basic pay such individual would otherwise be receiving (see H.R. 3337), H2945 [22MY]
———increase pay rate for certain offices and positions within the executive and judicial branches of the Government (see H.R. 1824), H6060 [4SE]
———make certain service performed as an employee of a nonappropriated fund instrumentality creditable for retirement purposes (see H.R. 2355), H3161 [4JN]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: amend relative to the development of products for rare diseases (see H.R. 4014), H3454 [11JN]
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: support goals and ideas of a day of tribute to all who have died in the line of duty and recognize the importance of the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation in assisting family members of fallen firefighters (see H. Con. Res. 476), H6927 [1OC]
FTC: regulation of unfair or deceptive practices by sports agents in the signing of contracts with student athletes (see H.R. 4701), H5998 [26JY]
Government: authorize telecommuting for Federal contractors (see H.R. 3924), H1003 [19MR]
Health: authorize grants to carry out organ recovery rate improvement programs in eligible hospitals (see H.R. 4086), H2165 [7MY]
———develop the field of health promotion and disease prevention and develop strategies to integrate health and lifestyle improvement programs into national policy (see H. Res. 115), H8024 [16OC]
———reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (see H.R. 4600), H5195 [23JY]
Housing: amend and extend certain laws relating to housing and community opportunity (see H.R. 3995), H4767 [16JY]
Indonesia: commemorate independence of East Timor and encourage establishment of diplomatic relations (see H. Con. Res. 405), H2471 [14MY]
Insurance: coverage of colorectal cancer screening (see H.R. 1520), H8057 [7NO]
Joe Skeen Federal Building, Roswell, NM: designate (see H.R. 5427), H6418 [19SE]
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of: treatment of refugees detained in the People's Republic of China and returned to face torture, imprisonment, and execution (see H. Con. Res. 213), H2512 [15MY]
Law enforcement: prevent and punish counterfeiting and copyright piracy of intellectual property (see H.R. 5057), H5998 [26JY]
Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 3794), H6693 [25SE]
———exclude availability pay for criminal investigators from the limitation on premium pay and modify levels of special pay for Federal officers in certain cities (see H.R. 4763), H6693 [25SE]
Medicaid: extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital allotments (see H.R. 854), H3562 [13JN]
———provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 600), H524 [14FE]
Medicare: coverage for surgical first assisting services of certified registered nurse first assistants (see H.R. 822), H3514 [12JN]
———coverage of certain chiropractic examination procedures (see H.R. 2284), H5998 [26JY]
———coverage of cholesterol and blood lipid screening (see H.R. 3278), H105 [29JA]
———determination of payment amounts for new clinical diagnostic laboratory tests (see H.R. 3388), H3721 [19JN]
———extend a temporary increase in payment for skilled nursing facility services (see H.R. 5411), H9025 [14NO]
———improve patient access to, and utilization of, the colorectal cancer screening benefit (see H.R. 3710), H1091 [20MR]
———increase the payment amount for inpatient hospital services and freeze the reduction in payments to hospitals for indirect costs of medical education (see H.R. 1556), H3601 [17JN]
———reform the physician payment update system through repeal of the sustainable growth rate payment update system (see H.R. 3882), H1155 [9AP]
———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), H79 [24JA]
———standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 1609), H3514 [12JN]
Moussaoui, Zacarias: permit closed circuit televising of criminal trial for victims of the terrorism attacks (see H.R. 3611), H35 [23JA]
National Archives and Records Administration: maintain an inventory of all gifts received from domestic sources for the President, the Executive Residence at the White House, or a Presidential archival depository (see H.R. 1081), H1769 [30AP]
National Better Hearing and Speech Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 358), H1533 [23AP]
NIH: establish Office of Rare Diseases (see H.R. 4013), H3514 [12JN]
———provide for Alzheimer's disease research and demonstration grants (see H.R. 4606), H8035 [21OC]
OMB: provide that certain adjustments made to align highway spending with revenues have no force or effect (see H.R. 3900), H780 [7MR]
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]
Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month: establish (see H. Con. Res. 486), H6983 [2OC]
Pensions: 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 (see H. Res. 540), H6419 [19SE]
Pentagon Renovation Program: tribute to efforts in reconstructing the portion of the Pentagon destroyed in terrorist attack (see H. Res. 368), H907 [13MR]
Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (see H. Res. 459), H4326 [27JN]
Pornography: support vigorous enforcement of Federal obscenity laws (see H. Con. Res. 445), H6927 [1OC]
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), H6304 [17SE]
Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), complete congressional action (see H. Res. 525), H6303 [17SE]
Roosevelt, Theodore: mint coins in commemoration of the centenary of receiving the Nobel Peace Prize (see H.R. 5573), H7303 [8OC]
Saudi Arabia: support reform of education curriculum (see H. Con. Res. 432), H4767 [16JY]
Secret Service: tribute to New York, NY, field office for efforts during and in the aftermath of terrorist attack on the World Trade Center (see H. Res. 384), H1200 [10AP]
Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (see H.R. 1774), H4425 [9JY]
———provide emergency assistance to certain small business concerns that have suffered economic harm from drought (see H.R. 5197), H6130 [9SE]
Sudan: condemn human rights violations and support Vigil for Sudan held at Galvez Park in Washington, DC (see H. Con. Res. 478), H6559 [24SE]
———increase diplomatic efforts to encourage peace process in ongoing civil war and facilitate relief efforts (see H.R. 5531), H7172 [7OC]
Taxation: allow individuals to designate refunds to provide catastrophic health coverage to individuals who do not otherwise have health coverage (see H.R. 647), H8023 [16OC]
———allow penalty-free withdrawals from individual retirement plans for adoption expenses (see H.R. 3713), H230 [8FE]
———clarify eligibility of certain expenses for low-income housing credit (see H.R. 3324), H5998 [26JY]
———exclude from gross income discharges of indebtedness attributable to certain forgiven residential mortgage obligations (see H.R. 13), H2661 [20MY]
———increase deduction for teacher classroom supplies and expand to include qualified professional development expenses (see H.R. 5085), H4767 [16JY]
———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 2143), complete congressional action (see H. Res. 524), H6303 [17SE]
———provide tax credit for educational expenses incurred in attending public or private elementary and secondary schools and in homeschooling (see H.R. 257), H6303 [17SE]
———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in asserting any claim of employment discrimination (see H.R. 840), H3825 [21JN]
Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (see H. Con. Res. 464), H6229 [11SE]
Tibet: recognize authorities who are currently exiled in Dharamsala, India, as the legitimate representatives of Tibet (see H. Res. 357), H687 [5MR]
Tony Hall Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Dayton, OH: designate (see H.R. 5335), H6084 [5SE]
U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships: tribute (see H. Res. 494), H4931 [18JY]
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]
Veterans: honor and commend the Lao Veterans of America, Inc., Laotian and Hmong veterans of the Vietnam War, and their families, for their historic contributions to the U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 406), H4351 [8JY]
———increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 5403), H6373 [18SE]
Veterans Day: issue annual commemorative postage stamp (see H. Res. 429), H5454 [24JY]
Virginia: convert a temporary Federal district judgeship to a permanent judgeship (see H.R. 4068), H1089 [20MR]
Washington metropolitan area: tribute to law enforcement officials involved in sniper shooting spree investigation and express condolences to the snipers' victims and their families (see H. Con. Res. 515), H8545 [12NO]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Cedar Creek Battlefield and Belle Grove Plantation National Historic Park: designate as a unit of the National Park System (see H.R. 4944), H3562 [13JN]
Correctional institutions: analyze the incidence and effects of prison rape and provide information, resources, recommendations, and funding to protect individuals from such offenses (see H.R. 4943), H3562 [13JN]
Designated Speaker pro tempore
House of Representatives, H1074 [20MR], H2107 [6MY], H5987 [26JY], H8047 [31OC]
Essays: Voice of Democracy
Buckner, Elizabeth, E1241
Letters
NBC liquor advertising during the Winter Olympic games: George A. Hacker, Coalition for the Prevention of Alcohol Problems, H234 [12FE]
Religious opposition to legalized gambling: several religious leaders, H2205-H2207, H2209-H2211 [8MY]
Pledge of Allegiance
House of Representatives, H2107 [6MY], H8047 [31OC]
Remarks
Afghanistan: U.S. policy, H52 [24JA]
Air Transportation Stabilization Board: delay payments under the Airline Loan Guarantee Program, H2917 [22MY]
AmeriCares Foundation: tribute to relief efforts in Afghanistan, E228
Appropriations: legislative process, H6995 [3OC]
———making continuing (H.J. Res. 112), H6995 [3OC]
———making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), H2910, H2911, H2917 [22MY], H2982, H3018 [23MY]
———making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), conference report, H5223 [23JY]
———making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), motion to instruct conferees, H3462 [12JN]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7218 [8OC]
Cedar Creek Battlefield and Belle Grove Plantation National Historic Park: designate as a unit of the National Park System (H.R. 4944), H6871 [1OC], E1050
China, People's Republic of: persecution of Christians, E286
———persecution of Falun Gong practitioners (H. Con. Res. 188), H5062
Commission on Native American Policy: establish, H4795, H4798, H4800, H4801, H4802 [17JY]
Computers: prevent Internet gambling, E1190
———prevent the use of certain bank instruments for Internet gambling (H.R. 556), H6845 [1OC]
Congress: National Prayer Breakfast, E129
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5093), H4723 [16JY], H4795, H4798, H4800, H4801, H4802 [17JY]
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5120), H5324 [24JY]
FBI: remove emergency designation from appropriated funds, H2982 [23MY]
Gambling: religious opposition to legalized gambling, H2205, H2208 [8MY]
Government: authorize telecommuting for Federal contractors (H.R. 3924), H1017
———prohibit enforcement of OMB regulation on privatization quotas for Federal jobs, H5324 [24JY]
Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: observance, H982
Hall, Representative Tony P.: nomination to be U.S. Representative to the U.N. Agencies for Food and Agriculture, H5616 [25JY], E1402
House of Representatives: authority of officials during adjournment, H8025 [17OC]
Inova Health System: tribute for response to terrorist attack on the Pentagon, E1541
International law: protect U.S. military personnel and other U.S. officials from criminal prosecution by an international court to which the U.S. is not a party, H3018 [23MY]
Middle East: end violence between Israelis and Palestinians and resume Israeli/Palestinian peace initiatives (H. Res. 405), E888
NBC: liquor advertising during the Winter Olympic games, H233 [12FE]
Pentagon Renovation Program: tribute to efforts in reconstructing the portion of the Pentagon destroyed in terrorist attack (H. Res. 368), H951
Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), complete congressional action (H. Res. 525), H6392
Reston, VA: presentation of Capitol-flown flag to Dogwood Elementary School, E21
Rosenthal, A.M.: Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, E1192
SEC: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3764), H3906, H3907 [25JN]
Ships and vessels: exempt passenger ferries from fees imposed on commercial ships relative to immigration inspection and preinspection activities, H2911 [22MY]
Sudan: human rights violations, E1002
———increase diplomatic efforts to encourage peace process in ongoing civil war and facilitate relief efforts (H.R. 5531), H7107 [7OC]
Taxation: provide that no organization providing support to terrorists shall be qualified for tax-exempt status (H.R. 5603), H8032 [21OC]
Tom Bliley Post Office Building, Richmond, VA: designate (H.R. 1748), H245
Tony Hall Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Dayton, OH: designate (H.R. 5335), H7143
Vietnam: make normal trade relations status contingent upon free emigration policies (H.J. Res. 101), H5103 [23JY]
Remarks in House relative to
Speaker pro tempore: designation during adjournment, H509 [14FE]
Special order: granted, H2233 [8MY], H5084 [22JY], H5315 [23JY]
Reports
Slavery and Human Rights Violations in Sudan: International Eminent Persons Group, E1002
Resolutions by organizations
Tribute to Inova Health System for response to terrorist attack on the Pentagon: Virginia State Assembly, E1541
Statements
People's Republic of China Human Rights Violations: by, E1766
Presentation of Capitol-Flown Flag to Dogwood Elementary School, Reston, VA: Linda Thetford, E21
Testimonies
Internet Gambling Prevention: by, E1190
Tributes
Buckner, Elizabeth, E1241
Finley, Joseph, E129
Hall, Representative Tony P., H5616 [25JY], E1402
Kilcline, Thomas J., Sr., E1316
Marsh, John O., III (Rob), E399
Parsons, Mildred C., E1243
Skeen, Representative, H4723 [16JY]
Snyder, Annie, E1388
Snyder, Steven, E1580