Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs
(see H.R. 3482), [18NO]

Taxation: allow vendor refunds of Federal excise taxes
on kerosene used in unvented heaters for home heat-

ing purposes (see H.R. 924), [2MR]

-relief for families and businesses to encourage
family stability, economic growth, and tax sim-
plification (see H.R. 2574), [20JY]

-treatment of employers who maintain a self-
insured health plan for their employees (see H.R.
2304), [22JN]

MALVERN, PA

Bills and resolutions

Pennsylvania: protect and conduct a study of Paoli
and Brandywine Battlefields and authorize the Valley
Forge Museum of the American Revolution (see
H.R. 659), [9FE]

-protect and conduct a study of Paoli and Bran-
dywine Battlefields and authorize the Valley Forge
Museum of the American Revolution (H.R. 659),
consideration (see H. Res. 210), [15JN]
Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 659, Protect America's Treasures
of the Revolution for Independence for Our Tomor-
row (PATRIOT) Act: Committee on Rules (House)
(H. Res. 210) (H. Rept. 106–187), [15JN]
Protect America's Treasures of the Revolution for Inde-

pendence for Our Tomorrow (PATRIOT) Act: Com-
mittee on Resources (House) (H.R. 659) (H. Rept.
106-139), [13MY]

MANDATES INFORMATION ACT
Bills and resolutions

Enact (H.R. 350): consideration (see H. Res. 36), [3FE]
Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 350, Provisions: Committee on
Rules (House) (H. Res. 36) (H. Rept. 106-6), [3FE]
Provisions: Committee on Rules (House) (H.R. 350)
(H. Rept. 106-5), [2FE]

MANDATORY GUN SHOW

CHECK ACT

Bills and resolutions

BACKGROUND

Enact (H.R. 2122): consideration (see H. Res. 209),
[15JN]

Motions

Enact (H.R. 2122), [18JN]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 1501 and H.R. 2122, Provisions:
Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 209) (H. Rept.
106-186), [15JN]

MANHATTAN, NY see NEW YORK, NY

MANZULLO, DONALD A. (a Representative from Illi-
nois)

Appointments

Canada-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, [7JN]
Committee To Escort the Speaker-Elect to the Chair,
[6JA]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish presumption of
service connection for certain chronic symptoms of
Persian Gulf Conflict veterans (see H.R. 2697),
[4AU]

Government: establish judicial and administrative pro-
ceedings for the resolution of year 2000 computer
processing failures (see H.R. 192), [7JA]
OPIC: reauthorize (see H.R. 1993), [27MY] (see H.R.
3381), [16NO]

Social Security: early payment of certain benefits rel-
ative to the year 2000 computer problem (see H.R.
2403), [30JN]

Taxation: allow physicians and dentists to use the cash
basis of accounting for income tax purposes (see
H.R. 1004), [4MR]

-constitutional amendment to prohibit courts
from levying or increasing taxes (see H.J. Res. 59),
[17JN]

-repeal information reporting requirement im-
posed on educational institutions and certain other
trades and businesses relative to the Hope Scholar-
ship and Lifetime Learning Credits (see H.R. 1389),
[13AP]

Trade and Development Agency: reauthorize (see H.R.
1993), [27MY] (see H.R. 3381), [16NO]

MARICOPA COUNTY, AZ
Bills and resolutions

Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community: owner-
ship and operation of irrigation works on reservation
in Maricopa County, AZ (see H.R. 2820), [9SE]
MARIN COUNTY, CA

Bills and resolutions

Dept. of the Interior: make grants to promote voluntary
protection of certain lands in Marin and Sonoma
Counties, CA (see H.R. 2202), [15JN]

MARINE CORPS see DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
MARINE MAMMAL PROTECTION ACT
Bills and resolutions

John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance
Grant Program: establish (see H.R. 1934), [25MY]
Reports filed

Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Act: Committee
on Resources (House) (H.R. 1934) (H. Rept. 106–
242), [20JY]
MARINE MAMMAL RESCUE ASSISTANCE ACT
Reports filed

Provisions: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R.
1934) (H. Rept. 106–242), [20JY]
MARINE MAMMALS

Bills and resolutions

John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance
Grant Program: establish (see H.R. 1934), [25MY]
Taxation: charitable deduction for reasonable and nec-
essary expenses of Alaska Native subsistence whal-
ing captains (see H.R. 813), [23FE]

Reports filed

Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Act: Committee
on Resources (House) (H.R. 1934) (H. Rept. 106–
242), [20JY]

MARINE PROTECTION, RESEARCH, AND SANC-
TUARIES ACT

Bills and resolutions

Long Island Sound: prohibit dumping of dredged mate-
rial (see H.R. 855), [25FE]

MARINE RESOURCES
Bills and resolutions

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: amend relative
to marine sanitation devices (see H.R. 3191), [1NO]
Fish and fishing: prohibit pelagic longline fishing in

the exclusive economic zone in the Atlantic Ocean
(see H.R. 3516), [22NO]

MARITIME ADMINISTRATION related term(s) DE-
PARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Bills and resolutions

Dept. of Transportation: authorizing appropriations for
certain maritime programs (see H.R. 1557), [26AP]
Ecology and environment: maintain health and stability
of coral reef ecosystems (see H.R. 2903), [21SE]
Ships and vessels: revitalize international competitive-
ness of U.S.-flag merchant marine (see H.R. 2159),
[10JN] (see H.R. 3225), [4NO]

MARKEY, EDWARD J. (a Representative from Massa-
chusetts)

Appointments

Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe,
[23MR]

Conferee: H.R. 1554, Satellite Copyright, Competition,
and Consumer Protection Act, [23JN]

-S. 376, Open-Market Reorganization for the
Betterment of International Telecommunications Act,
[10NO]

-S. 900, Financial Services Act, [30JY]
Bills and resolutions introduced

CPSC: restore jurisdiction over fixed site amusement
park rides (see H.R. 3032), [60C]
Employment: prevent involuntary application of arbitra-
tion to discrimination claims (see H.R. 872), [25FE]
FCC: ensure that unaffiliated service providers have
open, nondiscriminatory access to broadband facili-
ties that enable access to the Internet over cable
systems (see H. Con. Res. 173), [5AU]
Financial institutions: ensure consumer privacy when
establishing a framework for the affiliation of banks,
securities firms, and other financial service providers
(see H.R. 3320), [10NO]

-protect confidentiality of personal financial in-
formation (see H.R. 1339), [25MR]

MARYLAND

Firearms: study marketing practices of the firearms in-
dustry (see H.R. 2063), [8JN]

Health: provide access, ensure privacy, and impose
penalties on unauthorized use of certain health infor-
mation (see H.R. 1057), [10MR]
Investments: require brokers, dealers, investment com-
panies and advisers to protect confidentiality of per-
sonal financial information (see H.R. 1340), [25MR]
Medicare: clarify non-preemption of State prescription
drug benefit laws relative to Medicare+Choice plans
(see H.R. 549), [3FE]

Nuclear weapons: remove from hair-trigger alert (see
H. Con. Res. 177), [5AU]

-stockpile management (see H. Con. Res. 74),
[24MR]

Privacy: prevent unfair and deceptive practices in the
collection and use of personal information (see H.R.
3321), [10NO]

Securities: improve regulation of certain derivatives
dealers and hedge funds, reduce risk to financial
markets, and enhance investor protections (see H.R.
3483), [18NO]

Social Security: investment of amounts held in the
Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund
in private sector securities markets (see H.R. 871),
[25FE]

Surgeon General: importance of report on media and
violence (see H.J. Res. 47), [28AP]

Telephones: require carriers to completely and accu-
rately itemize charges and taxes collected with tele-
phone bills (see H.R. 3022), [50C]

Tobacco products: impose restrictions on the sale of
cigars (see H.R. 2579), [21JY]

MARRIAGE see FAMILIES AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS
MARRIAGE TAX ELIMINATION ACT
Bills and resolutions

MARYLAND

District of Columbia: reduce traffic congestion, pro-
mote economic development, and improve the qual-
ity of life in Washington metropolitan region (see
H.R. 2688), [3AU]

-retrocession to Maryland (see H.R. 558), [3FE]
Hurricanes: express sympathy for victims of Hurricane
Floyd in Atlantic Coast States (see H. Res. 322),
[40C]

-transmittal to Congress of the Presidential rec-
ommendations for emergency response actions for
relief of the victims of Hurricane Floyd (see H.
Res. 349), [1NO]

Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport: addition

of slots and lifting of perimeter rule on flight dis-
tances (see H.R. 1507), [21AP]

Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge: reconstruction
funding (see H.R. 2118), [9JN] (see H.R. 2563),
[20JY]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 791, Star-Spangled Banner Na-
tional Historic Trail Study Act: Committee on Rules
(House) (H. Res. 232) (H. Rept. 106-210), [29JN]
Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail Study
Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 791)
(H. Rept. 106-189), [17JN]
MASCARA, FRANK (a Representative from Pennsyl-
vania)

Bills and resolutions introduced

Medicare: extend coverage of immunosuppressive
drugs to cases of transplants not paid for under the
program (see H.R. 3107), [190C]

Senior citizens: limit hardship endured when meeting
prescription drug needs (see H. Con. Res. 152),
[13JY]
MASSACHUSETTS
Bills and resolutions

Billerica, MA: recognize as "America's Yankee Doo-
dle Town" (see H. Con. Res. 143), [25JN]
Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor:
authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1415), [14AP]
Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley National Herit-
age Corridor: expand boundaries (see H.R. 1619),
[29AP]

Sudbury, Assabet, and Concord Rivers: designate cer-

tain segments as components of the Wild and Scenic
Rivers System (see H.R. 193), [7JA]

Taunton River: designate segments for study for poten-
tial addition to the Wild and Scenic Rivers System
(see H.R. 2778), [5AU]

Thomas J. Brown Post Office Building, Hopkinton,
MA: designate (see H.R. 2307), [22JN]

Education: encourage young women to pursue careers
and higher education degrees in mathematics,
science, engineering, and technology (see H.R.
2387), [29JN]

ensure schools prepare girls to compete in the
21st century (see H.R. 2505), [14JY]

-strengthen accountability for student achieve-
ment, raise teaching standards, reward successful
teachers and schools, and provide better information
to parents (see H.R. 1734), [6MY]

-use of elementary and secondary teacher train-
ing funding to advance science, mathematics, and
engineering education (see H. Con. Res. 151),
[13JY]

Immigration: establish pilot program to allow certain
aliens who complete a postsecondary degree in math

or science to change their immigrant status to remain
in U.S. and work in one of those fields (see H.R.
2687), [3AU]

-increase number of temporary visas for skilled
workers (see H.R. 2698), [4AU]
National Commission for Science and Mathematics
Leadership: establish (see H.R. 210), [7JA]
NSF: demonstration project to encourage interest in
the fields of mathematics, science, and information
technology (see H.R. 1265), [24MR]

MATSUI, ROBERT T. (a Representative from Califor-
nia)
Appointments

George E. Brown, Jr., funeral attendees, [27JY]
Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents, [7JN]
Bills and resolutions introduced

Foreign trade: consolidate and enhance trade adjust-
ment assistance and NAFTA transitional adjustment
assistance programs (see H.R. 1491), [20AP]
Sacramento, CA: condemn arson at three area syna-
gogues and affirm opposition to all forms of hate
crimes (see H. Res. 225), [25JN]

Serna, Joe, Jr.: tribute (see H. Res. 363), [8NO]
States: reduce Federal penalties relative to implementa-
tion of child support enforcement system (see H.R.
2877), [15SE]

Taxation: allow a credit to holders of Better America
Bonds (see H.R. 2446), [1JY]

-provide incentives to reduce energy consump-
tion (see H.R. 2380), [29JN]

-require pension plans to provide adequate notice
to beneficiaries whose future accruals are being sig-
nificantly reduced (see H.R. 3047), [7OC]
MAURITANIA, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF
Messages

Duty Free Treatment of Gabon, Mongolia, and Mauri-
tania Under the Generalized System of Preferences:
President Clinton, [30JN]

MCCABE, JAMES W., SR.
Bills and resolutions

James W. McCabe, Sr. Post Office Building, Johnson
City, NY: designate (see H.R. 2302), [22JN]
MCCARTHY, CAROLYN (a Representative from New
York)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 1501, Juvenile Justice Reform Act,
[30JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Education: establish mentoring programs for novice
teachers (see H.R. 1662), [4MY]

Firearms: protect children from violence (see H.R.
1342), [25MR]

Taxation: relief for families (see H.R. 2646), [29JY]
MCCOLLUM, BILL (a Representative from Florida)
Appointments

Committee on Intelligence (House, Select), [19JA]
Conferee: H.R. 1501, Juvenile Justice Reform Act,
[30JY]

-H.R. 1555, intelligence services appropriations,

[22SE]

-S. 900, Financial Services Act, [30JY]

-S. 1059, Dept. of Defense appropriations for
military activities, prescribing personnel strengths,
and military construction, [1JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Community Reinvestment Act: disclosure requirements
relative to agreements between financial institutions
and private parties (see H.R. 1931), [25MY]
Courts: appointment of additional Federal district
judges in Florida (see H.R. 1394), [13AP]
Crime: ensure safety of witnesses and promote notifica-
tion of interstate relocation of witnesses by State
engaging in that relocation (see H.R. 186), [7JA]
-establish that certain sexual crimes against chil-
dren are predicate crimes for the interception of com-
munications (see H.R. 3484), [18NO]

-national policy to control juvenile crime and
violence (see H.R. 2037), [8JN]

-promote accountability for violent and repeat
juvenile offenders (see H.R. 1501), [21AP]
Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act: repeal
Presidential authority relative to suspension of cer-
tain effective dates (see H.R. 181), [7JA]

Dept. of Defense: reform economic redevelopment
process and improve ability to contract for protective
services at installations being closed (see H.R. 172),
[7JA]

Drugs: freeze assets of certain foreign narcotics traf-
fickers and prohibit financial dealings with the U.S.
(see H.R. 2105), [9JN]

Elections: reform voter registration policies relative to
use of Social Security numbers and purging of
names from State rolls (see H.R. 180), [7JA]
Employment: improve quality of Social Security card
and criminalize the counterfeiting of work authoriza-
tion documents (see H.R. 191), [7JA]
Endangered species: designate the Florida panther (see
H.R. 187), [7JA]

Federal Prison Industries: reform (see H.R. 2558),
[20JY]

Financial institutions: reduce recordkeeping and report-
ing requirements (see H.R. 173), [7JA]

-safeguard confidential banking and credit union
information (see H.R. 174), [7JA]

-strengthen and clarify enforcement of fair lend-
ing laws relative to redlining and credit allocation
(see H.R. 190), [7JA]

Firearms: regulation of transfers at gun shows (see
H.R. 2122), [10JN]

Foreign trade: withhold extension of World Trade Or-

ganization Agreement to any country not in compli-
ance with the New York Convention (see H.R.
2353), [24JN]

Housing: State authority to set rental occupancy stand-
ards (see H.R. 176), [7JA]
Immigration: allow certain aliens to obtain non-
immigrant visitor's visas (see H.R. 184), [7JA]

-grant relief to certain permanent resident aliens
adversely affected by changes made to the definition
of aggravated felony (see H.R. 2999), [10C]

-permit local educational agencies to waive reim-
bursement for aliens granted nonimmigrant status to
attend public secondary schools (see H.R. 183),
[7JA]

-reduce income level at which persons petition-
ing for a family-sponsored immigrant's admission
must agree to provide support in certain cases (see
H.R. 2998), [1OC]

International law: judicial remedies for U.S. persons
injured as a result of foreign violations of arbitral
obligations (see H.R. 2352), [24JN]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to
limit terms (see H.J. Res. 2), [6JA] (see H.J. Res.
15), [7JA]

Postal Service: establish a notification system under
which individuals may elect not to receive mailings
related to skill contests or sweepstakes (see H.R.
2678), [3AU]

Presidential Debate Commission: establish on an ongo-
ing basis and require nominees for President and
Vice President to participate in debates to receive
Federal funding for party conventions (see H.R.
178), [7JA]

Public safety officers: establish national medal for
those who act with extraordinary valor above and
beyond the call of duty (see H.R. 46), [6JA]
Puerto Rico: exempt retirement income from pension
plans from nonresident taxation (see H.R. 182),
[7JA]

Secret Service: clarify authority relative to former
Presidents and families, events of national signifi-
cance, threat assessment, subpoena issuance, and for-
feiture of computers and other counterfeiting devices
(see H.R. 3048), [7OC]
Taxation: savings opportunities for families with chil-
dren (see H.R. 189), [7JA]

-treatment of individual retirement accounts (see
H.R. 188), [7JA]
Terrorism: modify the enforcement of certain anti-ter-
rorism judgments (see H.R. 3382), [16NO] (see H.R.
3485), [18NO]

Time: change effective date of daylight savings time
(see H.R. 177), [7JA]

U.S. Immigration Court: establish (see H.R. 185), [7JA]
U.S. Marshals Service: appointment of marshals by
the Attorney General (see H.R. 2336), [24JN]

Wekiva River: designate certain portions and tributaries

as components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Sys-
tem (see H.R. 2773), [5AU]

Bills and resolutions relative to

Clinton, President: House of Representatives' appoint-
ment and authorization of managers for impeachment
trial (see H. Res. 10), [6JA]

Messages

National Emergency Relative to Narcotics Traffickers
in Colombia: President Clinton, [2NO]

Reports filed

Federal Law Enforcement Animal Protection Act:
Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1791)
(H. Rept. 106-372), [120C]

Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor Act: Committee
on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 46) (H. Rept. 106–
83), [12AP]

Punish the Depiction of Animal Cruelty: Committee
on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1887) (H. Rept. 106-
397), [190C]

U.S. Marshals Service Improvement Act: Committee
on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 2336) (H. Rept. 106-
459), [8NO]

MCCRERY, JIM (a Representative from Louisiana)
Appointments

Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House),
[2FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Medicare: establish a prospective payment system for
psychiatric hospital services (see H.R. 1006), [4MR]
Ships and vessels: revitalize international competitive-
ness of U.S.-flag merchant marine (see H.R. 2159),
[10JN] (see H.R. 3225), [4NO]

Taxation: allow individuals to reduce the basis of de-
preciable real property in lieu of gain recognition
on such property (see H.R. 3394), [16NO]

-change basis for determination of refinery limi-
tation on oil depletion deduction (see H.R. 870),
[25FE]

-modify the tax on generation-skipping transfers
(see H.R. 2158), [10JN]

-treatment of active financing income earned
overseas by financial services firms (see H.R. 681),
[10FE]

-treatment of foreign pipeline transportation in-
come (see H.R. 1127), [16MR]

-treatment of individual investment accounts (see
H.R. 1611), [28AP]

-treatment of small business meal and entertain-
ment expenses (see H.R. 1195), [18MR]

-treatment of U.S. utilities' foreign investments
relative to foreign tax credits and deductible interest
allocation rules (see H.R. 1416), [14AP]
Unemployment: improve the collection of Federal un-
employment taxes and the provision of such reve-
nues for employment security administration (see
H.R. 3174), [28OC]

MCDERMOTT, JIM (a Representative from Washing-
ton)

Appointments

Conferee: H. Con. Res. 68, setting forth the Federal
budget for 2000-2009, [12AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Foreign policy: allocation of economic assistance to
Northern Ireland and border counties in Ireland (see
H.R. 1164), [17MR]

Health: national policy to provide health care and re-
form insurance procedures (see H.R. 1200), [18MR]
-protect the privacy of personally identifiable
health information (see H.R. 2878), [15SE]
Medicaid: extend the higher Federal medical assistance
payment percentage for Indian Health Service facili-
ties to urban Indian health programs (see H.R. 470),
[2FE]
Medicare: calculation of Medicare+Choice payments

for medical services at Dept. of Veterans Affairs
and Dept. of Defense facilities (see H.R. 2447),
[1JY]

-improve access to benefits and programs to eli-
gible, low-income beneficiaries (see H.R. 1455),
[15AP]

Tariff: polyethylene base materials (see H.R. 1701),
[5MY]

Taxation: credits for health insurance costs of employ-
ees not eligible to participate in employer-subsidized
health coverage (see H.R. 1819), [14MY]
MCGOVERN, JAMES P. (a Representative from Mas-
sachusetts)

Bills and resolutions introduced

Community development: encourage small business de-
velopment in certain communities through support
of Community Development Venture Capital funds
(see H.R. 2812), [8SE]

Dept. of HHS: make additional payments to certain
home health agencies with high-cost patients and
provide for an interest-free grace period for repay-
ment of overpayments (see H.R. 1917), [25MY]
Education: increase Pell Grant awards (see H.R. 959),
[3MR]

Foreign trade: require that imported jewelry be indeli-
bly marked with the country of origin (see H.R.
2191), [14JN]

-require that imported jewelry boxes be indelibly
marked with the country of origin (see H.R. 2192),
[14JN]

Thomas J. Brown Post Office Building, Hopkinton,
MA: designate (see H.R. 2307), [22JN]
MCGUFFEY, WILLIAM H.

Conferee: S. 1059, Dept. of Defense appropriations
for military activities, prescribing personnel
strengths, and military construction, [1JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced
Corps of Engineers: issue environmental impact state-
ment before implementing water regulation plans af-
fecting the water levels of Lake Ontario or the St.
Lawrence River (see H.R. 926), [2MR]

Dept. of the Interior: authorize States to establish hunt-
ing seasons for double-crested cormorants (see H.R.
3118), [20OC]

Dept of Transportation: permit waiving of noise restric-
tions on certain aircraft operations (see H.R. 2935),
[23SE]

International St. Lawrence River Board of Control: es-
tablish certain procedures regarding appointment and
tenure (see H.R. 3395), [16NO]

Postal Service: make American Battle Monuments
Commission and World War II Memorial Advisory
Board eligible to use nonprofit mail rates (see H.R.
2319), [23JN]

-reform postal laws (see H.R. 22), [6JA]
MCHUGH, MATTHEW F. (a former Representative
from New York)

Bills and resolutions relative to

Matthew F. McHugh Post Office, Ithaca, NY: designate
(see H.R. 3030), [6OC]

MCINNIS, SCOTT (a Representative from Colorado)
Bills and resolutions introduced

Colorado Ute Indian Tribes: final settlement of water
rights claims (see H.R. 3112), [200C]
Gunnison National Monument: redesignate Black Can-
yon as a national park and establish the Gunnison
Gorge National Conservation Area (see H.R. 1165),
[17MR]

Law enforcement officers: establish a matching grant
program to assist local governments in purchasing
bullet resistant equipment (see H.R. 1807), [13MY]
Medicare: assure access to managed health care through
the cost contract program (see H.R. 2268), [17JN]
National Trails System Act: clarify Federal authority
relative to land acquisition from willing sellers for
the majority of trails (see H.R. 2267), [17JN]
San Isabel National Forest: designate certain lands as
Spanish Peaks Wilderness (see H.R. 898), [2MR]
Taxation: accelerate phase in of exclusion limit from
estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 682), [10FE]

eliminate the temporary increase in unemploy-
ment tax (see H.R. 1975), [27MY]

expand S corporation eligibility for banks (see
H.R. 1638), [29AP] (see H.R. 1994), [27MY]

MCKEON, HOWARD P. "BUCK"

-increase gift tax exclusion (see H.R. 927),
[2MR]
MCINTOSH, DAVID M. (a Representative from Indi-
ana)

Bills and resolutions introduced

Education: encourage use of direct systematic phonics
instruction in schools (see H. Con. Res. 214),
[280C]

Government: promote federalism, protect reserved pow-
ers of the States, and impose accountability for Fed-
eral preemption of State and local laws (see H.R.
2245), [16JN]

National security: provide a schedule for production
of elements for a national missile defense system
(see H.R. 2023), [8JN]

Small business: facilitate compliance with certain Fed-
eral paperwork requirements and establish a task
force to streamline certain requirements (see H.R.
391), [19JA]

Tariff: benefluralin (see H.R. 2478), [12JY]

dicholor aniline (DCA) (see H.R. 2473), [12JY]
-diethyl imidazolidinnone (DMI) (see H.R.
2476), [12JY]

-diethyl phosphorochoridothiate (DEPCT) (see
H.R. 2480), [12JY]

-dimethoxy butanone (DMB) (see H.R. 2472),

[12JY]

-diphenyl sulfide (see H.R. 2474), [12JY]
ethalfluralin (see H.R. 2477), [12JY]

-refined quinoline (see H.R. 2481), [12JY]
-3-amino-5-mercapto-1,2,4-triazole (AMT) (see
H.R. 2479), [12JY]

-trifluralin (see H.R. 2475), [12JY]
-2,2'-dithiobis(8-fluoro-5-

methoxy)[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-c] pyrimidine (DMDS)
(see H.R. 2482), [12JY]

Taxation: exclude reparations received by Holocaust
survivors (see H.R. 390), [19JA]

Treaties and agreements: conditions for the U.S. be-
coming a signatory to any international agreement
relative to Kyoto Protocol (see H.R. 2221), [15JN]

-prohibit executive branch compliance with the
Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and the multilateral
Memorandum of Understanding related to that treaty
(see H.R. 2022), [8JN]

MCINTYRE, MIKE (a Representative from North
Carolina)

Bills and resolutions introduced

Tariff: footwear assembled in beneficiary countries (see
H.R. 2193), [14JN]

MCKEON, HOWARD P. "BUCK" (a Representative
from California)

Appointments

Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House),
[2FE]

Conferee: S. 1059, Dept. of Defense appropriations
for military activities, prescribing personnel
strengths, and military construction, [1JY]
George E. Brown, Jr., funeral attendees, [27JY]
Bills and resolutions introduced

Armed Forces: prohibit awarding of the Purple Heart
to persons convicted of a capital crime (see H.R.
550), [3FE]
California: fund and implement a balanced, long-term
solution to groundwater contamination, water supply,
and reliability problems affecting the Eastern Santa
Clara groundwater basin (see H.R. 2483), [12JY]
Dept. of Defense: requirements for honor guard details
at funerals of veterans (see H. Con. Res. 23), [3FE]
-submit a report to Congress on production alter-
natives for the Joint Strike Fighter program (see
H.R. 3396), [16NO]

Dept. of the Interior: participation in design, planning,
and construction of a project to reclaim and reuse
wastewater in the Castaic Lake Water Agency serv-
ice area (see H.R. 3322), [10NO]
Education: empower teachers, improve student achieve-
ment through professional development for teachers,
and reauthorize the Reading Excellence Act (see
H.R. 1995), [27MY]

-increase funding for Pell Grant awards and ex-
isting campus-based aid programs (see H. Con. Res.
88), [20AP]

MCKEON, HOWARD P. "BUCK"

Los Angeles County, CA: prohibit mining on a certain
tract of Federal land (see H.R. 3060), [120C]
MCKINLEY, WILLIAM (25th President of the United
States)

Bills and resolutions relative to

Mount McKinley, AK: rename Mount Denali (see H.R.
1815), [13MY]

-retain name (see H.R. 231), [7JA]
MCKINNEY, CYNTHIA A. (a Representative from
Georgia)

Bills and resolutions introduced

Foreign aid: prohibit military assistance and arms trans-
fers to certain countries (see H.R. 2269), [17JN]
Foreign policy: provide bilateral debt relief to heavily
indebted poor countries and strengthen similar inter-
national relief efforts (see H.R. 3049), [7OC]
Forests: eliminate commercial logging on public lands
and facilitate the economic recovery and diversifica-
tion of communities dependent on the Federal log-
ging program (see H.R. 1396), [13AP]
MCNAMARA, ANDREW T.
Bills and resolutions

Andrew T. McNamara Building, Fort Belvoir, VA: des-
ignate (see H.R. 3228), [4NO]

MCNULTY, MICHAEL R. (a Representative from New
York)

Appointments

George E. Brown, Jr., funeral attendees, [27JY]
Bills and resolutions introduced

Glenville, NY: tribute to Air National Guard 109th
Airlift Wing for the South Pole rescue of Jerri
Nielsen (see H. Con. Res. 205), [25OC]
Health care professionals: prohibit dental licensing dis-
crimination by States on the basis of nonresidency
(see H.R. 553), [3FE]

Kate Mullany National Historic Site: establish (see
H.R. 641), [9FE]

Navy Combat Action Ribbon: retroactive awarding to
certain individuals (see H.R. 552), [3FE]

New York: allow use of tandem trailers in certain
areas on Interstate 787 (see H.R. 471), [2FE]
Tariff: chemical compounds (see H.R. 2160), [10JN]
Taxation: allow rollover contributions to individual re-
tirement plans from deferred compensation plans
maintained by States and local governments and
allow State and local governments to maintain
401(k) plans (see H.R. 554), [3FE]
Veterans: computation of retirement pay credit for mili-
tary reservists who are retained in active service
(see H.R. 551), [3FE]

"Yankee Doodle": recognize Richard Shuckburgh as
primary author and Rensselaer, NY, as official home
(see H. Con. Res. 15), [19JA]

MCVAY, CHARLES B., III
Bills and resolutions

Indianapolis (U.S.S.): award a Presidential Unit Cita-
tion to final crew (see H.J. Res. 48), [28AP]
-court-martial conviction relative to sinking (see
H.J. Res. 48), [28AP]

MEDALS see AWARDS, MEDALS, PRIZES

MEDICARE, MEDICAID, AND SCHIP BALANCED
BUDGET REFINEMENT ACT

Reports filed

Provisions: Committee on Ways and Means (House)
(H.R. 3075) (H. Rept. 106-436), [2NO]

MEDICARE BALANCED BUDGET REFINEMENT

ACT

Bills and resolutions

Enact (see H.R. 3075), [14OC]

Reports filed

Provisions: Committee on Ways and Means (House)
(H.R. 3075) (H. Rept. 106-436), [2NO]
MEDICARE HOME HEALTH ACCESS RESTORA-
TION ACT

Bills and resolutions

Enact (see H.R. 2240), [16JN]
MEDICARE PAYMENT ADVISORY COMMISSION
Bills and resolutions

Membership: expand and include individuals with ex-
pertise in manufacturing and distributing finished
medical goods (see H.R. 3271), [9NO]

MEDICARE PHYSICIAN SELF-REFERRAL IM-
PROVEMENT ACT

Bills and resolutions

Enact (see H.R. 2650), [29JY]

MEDICARE SOCIAL WORK EQUITY ACT
Bills and resolutions

Enact (see H.R. 655), [9FE]
MEDINA, OH

Bills and resolutions

Donald J. Pease Federal Building: designate (see H.R.
1405), [14AP]

MEEHAN, MARTIN T. (a Representative from Massa-
chusetts)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 1501, Juvenile Justice Reform Act,
[30JY]

-S. 1059, Dept. of Defense appropriations for
military activities, prescribing personnel strengths,
and military construction, [1JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced
Billerica, MA: recognize as "America's Yankee Doo-
dle Town" (see H. Con. Res. 143), [25JN]
Ecology and environment: establish doctoral fellow-
ships to increase the number of scientists and engi-
neers trained in global energy and environmental
challenges (see H.R. 1733), [6MY]

Federal employees: require any health benefits plan
which provides obstetrical benefits to provide cov-
erage for the diagnosis and treatment of infertility
(see H.R. 2774), [5AU]

Firearms: prohibit possession in a hospital zone (see
H.R. 3279), [9NO]

Foreign trade: authorize a trade agreement with North-
ern Ireland and certain border counties in Ireland
(see H.R. 1166), [17MR]

Metchear, Charles R.: posthumous awarding of Medal
of Honor (see H.R. 1831), [17MY]
Sudbury, Assabet, and Concord Rivers: designate cer-
tain segments as components of the Wild and Scenic
Rivers System (see H.R. 193), [7JA]

Tariff: grape juice concentrates (see H.R. 194), [7JA]
-water resistant wool trousers (see H.R. 195),
[7JA]
Tobacco products: prohibit sale of tobacco products
to juveniles through the Internet or other indirect
means (see H.R. 2914), [22SE]

-warning requirements for sale and advertisement
of cigarettes on the Internet (see H.R. 3007), [4OC]
MEEK, CARRIE P. (a Representative from Florida)
Appointments

Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House),
[2FE]

Conferee: H.R. 2490, Dept. of the Treasury, Postal
Service, Executive Office of the President, and inde-
pendent agencies appropriations, [21JY]

-H.R. 2684, Depts. of Veterans Affairs and
HUD, and sundry independent agencies appropria-
tions, [40C]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Agriculture: ensure safety of imported meat and poultry
products (see H.R. 2581), [21JY]

Bureau of the Census: facilitate recruitment of tem-
porary employees to assist in the conduct of the
decennial census (see H.R. 683), [10FE]
Diseases: expand research activities relative to lupus
(see H.R. 762), [12FE]

Honduras: adjust immigration status of certain nationals
(see H.R. 1007), [4MR]

Jackson, Jesse L., Sr.: tribute to efforts to secure re-
lease of captured U.S. servicemen held in Serbia
(see H. Res. 156), [3MY]

National Park Service: conduct study on inclusion of
Miami Circle in Biscayne National Park (see H.R.
2557), [19JY]

MEEKS, GREGORY W. (a Representative from New
York)

Bills and resolutions introduced

Floyd H. Flake Federal Building, Queens, NY: des-
ignate (see H.R. 3323), [10NO]

Supreme Court: hiring of qualified minority applicants
to serve as clerks to the Justices (see H. Res. 111),
[11MR]

MELBOURNE, FL

Bills and resolutions

Jerry O'Brien Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient
Clinic: designate (see H.R. 2330), [23JN]

MELVILLE, NY

Bills and resolutions

SBA: redesignate branch office as a district office (see
H.R. 1028), [8MR]

MEMBERS OF CONGRESS related term(s) CON-
GRESS; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE;
VOTES IN HOUSE

Appointments

Committee To Notify the President That a Congres-
sional Quorum Has Assembled, [6JA]

Bills and resolutions

Brown, George E., Jr.: tribute (see H. Res. 252),
[16JY]

Chafee, John H.: tribute (see H. Res. 341), [25OC]
Clinton, President: House of Representatives' appoint-

ment and authorization of managers for impeachment
trial (see H. Res. 10), [6JA]
Committee on Appropriations (House): majority party
appointments (see H. Res. 255), [19JY]
Committee on Banking and Financial Services (House):
minority party appointments (see H. Res. 351),
[2NO]

Committee on Government Reform (House): minority
party appointments (see H. Res. 119), [17MR]
Committee on House Administration (House): minority
party appointments (see H. Res. 50), [10FE]
Committee on Printing (Joint): election of members
(see H. Res. 78), [23FE] (see H. Res. 87), [2MR]
Committee on Small Business (House): minority party
appointments (see H. Res. 188), [25MY]

Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House):
majority party appointments (see H. Res. 22), [19JA]
(see H. Res. 73), [23FE]

Committee on the Budget (House): majority party ap-
pointments (see H. Res. 21), [19JA]

Committee on the Library (Joint): election of members
(see H. Res. 78), [23FE] (see H. Res. 87), [2MR]
Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House): minority
party appointments (see H. Res. 29), [2FE]
Committees of the House: appointment of Representa-
tive Sanders (see H. Res. 8), [6JA]

-majority party appointments (see H. Res. 6),
[6JA] (see H. Res. 30), [2FE] (see H. Res. 88),
[2MR] (see H. Res. 108), [11MR] (see H. Res. 223),
[25JN]

-minority party appointments (see H. Res. 7),
[6JA] (see H. Res. 23), [19JA] (see H. Res. 204),
[9JN] (see H. Res. 277), [5AU] (see H. Res. 391),
[18NO]

Congress: adjournment (S. Con. Res. 43), consideration.
(see H. Res. 236), [30JN]

-notify the President that a quorum has assem-
bled (see H. Res. 3), [6JA]
Constitutional amendments: allow States to limit con-
gressional terms (see H.J. Res. 16), [7JA]

-limit congressional terms (see H.J. Res. 2),
[6JA] (see H.J. Res. 15), [7JA]

-limit congressional terms and increase the term
of Representatives to 4 years (see H.J. Res. 18),
[7JA]

E. Ross Adair Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse,
Fort Wayne, IN: designate (see H.R. 2412), [30JN]
Farr, Representative: authorize the Speaker's designee
to administer the oath of office (see H. Res. 13),
[6JA]

Floyd H. Flake Federal Building, Queens, NY: des-
ignate (see H.R. 3323), [10NO]

Government: require comparable treatment of Federal
employees, Members of Congress and the President
during a Government shutdown (see H.R. 877),
[25FE]

-require Congress and the President to fulfill
their constitutional duty to take personal responsibil-
ity for Federal laws (see H.R. 2301), [22JN]
House of Representatives: donation of used computer
equipment to public schools (see H.R. 255), [7JA]
-enclose galleries with a transparent and substan-
tial material (see H. Res. 162), [6MY]
-implementation of Office Waste Recycling Pro-
gram (see H. Res. 146), [22AP]

-make technical corrections relative to reports
submitted by the Postmaster General on official mail
(see H.R. 705), [11FE]

-require that excess amounts from Members' of-
ficial allowances be applied to deficit reduction (see
H.R. 431), [2FE] (see H.R. 2117), [9JN] (see H.R.
2171), [10JN]

House Rules: prohibit consideration of legislation that
designates or redesignates any building, highway, or
other structure in honor of a serving Member of
Congress (see H. Res. 343), [27OC]

-reform gift rules (see H. Res. 9), [6JA]

-require drug testing of Members, officers, and
employees (see H. Res. 331), [140C]

-treatment of expenses of special-order speeches
(see H. Res. 47), [9FE]

Income: allow Members to decline annual pay adjust-
ments (see H.R. 2622), [27JY]

deny cost-of-living adjustments for retirement
benefits (see H. Con. Res. 3), [7JA]

-deny salary adjustments relative to budget defi-
cit (see H.R. 2327), [23JN]

-eliminate automatic salary adjustments (see H.R.
94), (see H.R. 235), [7JA] (see H.R. 590), [4FE]
(see H.R. 651), [9FE]

-include salaries in any proposed across-the-
board reduction in funding for Federal agencies (see
H. Con. Res. 207), [25OC]

-link annual salary adjustments to cost-of-living
adjustments for certain Social Security benefits (see
H.R. 1669), [4MY]

-modify law providing a permanent appropriation
for compensation (see H.R. 83), [7JA]

-prohibit pay rate adjustments from exceeding
certain cost-of-living increases for Social Security
benefits (see H.R. 2893), [21SE]

Leland, Mickey: issue commemorative postage stamp
(see H. Con. Res. 175), [5AU]

Library of Congress: assemble a written history of the
House of Representatives for publication (see H.R.
2303), [22JN]

Lobbyists: increase length of ban on lobbying activities
after leaving office (see H.R. 335), [19JA]

Louis Stokes Post Office, Shaker Heights, OH: des-
ignate (see H.R. 2357), [24JN]

Miller, Representative George: authorize the Speaker's
designee to administer the oath of office (see H.
Res. 12), [6JA]

Pensions: prohibit participation in Federal Employees'
Retirement System (see H.R. 95), [7JA]

Richard C. White Federal Building, El Paso, TX: des-
ignate (see H.R. 233), [7JA]

Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building, Oakland, CA:
designate (see H.R. 396), [19JA]

Taxation: reduce special deduction for living expenses
of Members of Congress (see H.R. 589), [4FE]
Udall, Morris K.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 40), [3MR]
Reports filed

Oversight Plans for All House Committees: Committee
on Government Reform (House) (H. Rept. 106-78),
[12AP]

Richard C. White Federal Building, El Paso, TX: Com-

mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House)
(H.R. 233) (H. Rept. 106-22), [23FE]
Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building, Oakland, CA:
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
(House) (H.R. 396) (H. Rept. 106-23), [23FE]
MEMORIAL DAY
Bills and resolutions

Observance: restore traditional observance (see H.R.
1474), [19AP]

MENENDEZ, ROBERT (a Representative from New
Jersey)

Appointments

Committee To Escort the President, [19JA]
Bills and resolutions introduced

Animals: improve the safety of animals transported
on aircraft (see H.R. 2776), [5AU]

Aviation: liability requirements for air carrier baggage
(see H.R. 1151), [17MR]

CERCLA: clarify liability for sale of certain facilities
for residential use (see H.R. 1418), [14AP]
Children and youth: require lead poisoning screening
for enrollees in certain Federal programs (see H.R.
1996), [27MY]

Dept. of Transportation: make nonmilitary Government
aircraft subject to safety regulations (see H.R. 1417),
[14AP]

Farr, Representative: authorize the Speaker's designee
to administer the oath of office (see H. Res. 13),
[6JA]

Foreign trade: exempt certain small businesses from
increased tariffs or other retaliatory measures against
products of the European Union in response to its
banana regime and treatment of imported meat (see
H.R. 2106), [9JN]

exemptions from certain import prohibitions
(see H.R. 1808), [13MY]

House of Representatives: compensation of certain mi-
nority employees (see H. Res. 11), [6JA]
International Atomic Energy Agency: withhold vol-
untary proportional assistance relative to the develop-
ment and completion of the Bushehr nuclear power
plant in Iran (see H.R. 1477), [20AP]

Miller, Representative George: authorize the Speaker's
designee to administer the oath of office (see H.
Res. 12), [6JA]

Motor vehicles: ensure safe operation of small commer-
cial vans (see H.R. 2775), [5AU]

Schools: enhance safety (see H.R. 1895), [20MY]
MENTAL HEALTH

Bills and resolutions

American Psychological Association: condemn pub-
lished study relative to sexual relationships between
adults and children (see H. Con. Res. 107), [12MY]
Armed Forces: protect confidentiality of communica-
tions between dependents of members and profes-
sionals relative to sexual or domestic abuse services
(see H.R. 1847), [18MY]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: surveil-
lance and research of autism and related develop-
mental diseases to implement effective treatment and
prevention strategies (see H.R. 274), [7JA]
Children and youth: meet mental health and substance
abuse treatment needs of incarcerated children and
youth (see H.R. 837), [24FE]

-mental health services (see H.R. 3455), [18NO]
Death and dying: recognize prevention of youth suicide
as a national priority (see H. Res. 286), [9SE]
Demonstration diversion courts: establish (see H.R.
2594), [22JY]

Dept. of HHS: collection of information relative to
the use of mentally disabled children and individuals
in biomedical and behavioral research (see H.R.
299), [7JA]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize projects to facili-
tate the treatment of veterans with Alzheimer's dis-
ease (see H. Res. 177), [18MY]

-improve programs providing counseling and
treatment for sexual trauma experienced by veterans
(see H.R. 1799), [13MY]
Education: include violence prevention in training for

individuals pursuing careers in early childhood de-
velopment and education (see H.R. 2673), [2AU]
Families and domestic relations: grants to carry out
certain activities promoting adoption counseling (see
H.R. 2511), [14JY]

-limit the effects of domestic violence on the
lives of children (see H.R. 3315), [10NO]
Federal aid programs: clarify application of certain

mental health parity provisions to annual and lifetime
visit, benefit, and dollar limits (see H.R. 2445),
[1JY]

-public participation in establishing locations of
substance abuse treatment group homes (see H.R.
2983), [30SE]

Firearms: encourage States to require a holding period
for students expelled for bringing a gun to school
(see H.R. 1723), [6MY]

-provide grants to encourage State and local law
enforcement agencies to detain students bringing
guns to schools (see H.R. 831), [24FE]
GAO: require study and report on violence by postal
employees (see H.R. 2385), [29JN]

Health: recognize the significance to society of issues
relating to mental illness and express full support
for the White House Conference on Mental Health
(see H. Res. 133), [25MR]

Immigration: waive naturalization requirement to take
oath of renunciation and allegiance for certain dis-
abled or impaired applicants (see H.R. 1846),
[18MY]

MERCHANT MARINE INDUSTRY

Insurance: provide equitable coverage of mental health,
substance abuse, and chemical dependency treatment
services under group and individual health coverage
(see H.R. 1515), [21AP]

-provide for treatment parity (see H.R. 2593),
[22JY]

-provide nondiscriminatory coverage of sub-
stance abuse treatment services under private group
and individual health coverage (see H.R. 1977),
[27MY]

Medicaid: exempt disabled individuals from being re-
quired to enroll with a managed care entity (see
H.R. 797), [23FE]

Medicare: combat fraud and abuse relative to partial
hospitalization services (see H.R. 1543), [22AP]

coverage of marriage and family therapist serv-
ices (see H.R. 2945), [24SE]

establish a prospective payment system for psy-
chiatric hospital services (see H.R. 1006), [4MR]
exclude clinical social worker services from
coverage under the skilled nursing facility prospec-
tive payment system (see H.R. 655), [9FE]

-reimburse hospitals for psychologist, physician
assistant, and nurse practitioner training costs (see
H.R. 2794), [5AU]

-reimburse hospitals for psychologist training
costs (see H.R. 1140), [16MR]
Medicare/Medicaid: restrict use and require recording
and reporting of information on use of physical and
chemical restraints and seclusion in mental health
facilities (see H.R. 1313), [25MR]

Mental Health Advisory Committee: establish (see H.
Res. 19), [7JA]

National Center for Social Work Research: establish
(see H.R. 3214), [3NO]

NIH: expansion, intensification, and coordination of au-
tism research activities (see H.R. 997), [4MR]
Schools: recruit, hire, and train additional school-based
mental health personnel (see H.R. 2567), [20JY] (see
H.R. 2982), [30SE]

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Adminis-
tration: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 781),
[23FE]

Women: postpartum depression policies (see H. Res.
163), [6MY]

MENTAL HEALTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Bills and resolutions

Establish (see H. Res. 19), [7JA]

MERCHANT MARINE INDUSTRY related term(s)
CARGO TRANSPORTATION; SHIPS AND VESSELS
Bills and resolutions

American Merchant Marine Memorial Wall of Honor:
make grants to construct an addition (see H.R. 1865),
[19MY]

Dept. of Transportation: authorizing appropriations for
certain maritime programs (see H.R. 1557), [26AP]
Federal Maritime Commission: authorizing appropria-
tions (see H.R. 819), [24FE]

-authorizing appropriations (H.R. 819), consider-
ation (see H. Res. 104), [10MR]
Income: protect seamen against economic reprisal (see
H.R. 714), [11FE]

Ships and vessels: revitalize international competitive-
ness of U.S.-flag merchant marine (see H.R. 2159),
[10JN] (see H.R. 3225), [4NO]
Taxation: deductibility of business meal expenses for
individuals who are subject to Federal limitations
on hours of service (see H.R. 1861), [19MY]

-treatment of merchant mariners as U.S. citizens
or residents living abroad (see H.R. 3162), [28OC]
Veterans: computation of retirement pay for certain
merchant mariners who served during or immediately
after World War II (see H.R. 1893), [20MY]
Voting: guarantee the right of all active duty military
personnel, merchant mariners, and their dependents
to vote in Federal, State, and local elections (see
H.R. 2685), [3AU]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 819, Federal Maritime Commis-
sion Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House)
(H. Res. 104) (H. Rept. 106–49), [10MR]
Federal Maritime Commission Appropriations: Com-
mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House)
(H.R. 819) (H. Rept. 106-42), [4MR]