-improve pay and retirement equity (see H.R. 9), [1MR]
-improve pay and retirement equity (S. 4), return to Senate (see H. Res. 393), [18NO]
-increase basic pay and revise the retired pay computation formula applicable to certain veterans (see H.R. 500), [2FE]
-provide retirees all benefits promised to them upon enlistment (see H.R. 355), [19JA]
-revise rules on retirement payments to former spouses (see H.R. 72), [7JA]
Budget: sequestration of all budgetary accounts except Social Security, Federal retirement, and interest on the debt (see H.R. 451), [2FE]
Business and industry: require certain parent corpora- tions of Federal contractors to provide health care benefits to retired employees of the contractor (see H.R. 3506), [18NO]
Capitol Police: increase mandatory retirement age (see H.R. 424), [19JA]
Charities: reform tax treatment of certain anti-poverty contributions and distributions from individual retire- ment accounts, and prohibit religious discrimination in the allocation of Government assistance funds (see H.R. 1607), [28AP]
Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund: exclude from the Federal budget (see H.R. 82), [7JA] Defined benefit plans: protect benefits of employees and enforce age discrimination requirements relative to tax legislation on defined benefit plans becoming cash balance plans (see H.R. 2902), [21SE] Dept. of Defense: equitable retirement for military re- serve technicians covered under FERS or CSRS (see H.R. 1079), [11MR]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: assist claimants for benefits in developing claims and clarify the burden of proof for such claims (see H.R. 3193), [2NO]
-provide cost-of-living adjustment for service- connected disability benefits, improve certain veter- ans programs, and enhance retirement for U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims judges (see H.R. 2280), [18JN]
ERISA: ensure proper treatment of temporary employ- ees under employee benefit plans (see H.R. 2299), [22JN]
-establish requirements for certain stock purchase arrangements maintained by employers for employ- ees and provide favorable tax treatment for such arrangements (see H.R. 3462), [18NO]
-joint trusteeship of single-employer pension plans (see H.R. 1277), [24MR]
-preempt State law in certain cases relative to certain church plans (see H.R. 2183), [14JN]
-reduce premiums paid by small businesses to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. (see H.R. 3246), [8NO]
Federal employees: eliminate certain inequities in the computation of retirement benefits for law enforce- ment officers, firefighters, air traffic controllers, nu- clear materials couriers, and their survivors (see H.R. 1769), [12MY]
-extend civil service retirement options to IRS revenue officers, INS inspectors, and certain other Federal law enforcement officers (see H.R. 1228), [23MR]
-make certain service performed as an employee of a nonappropriated fund instrumentality creditable for retirement purposes (see H.R. 2686), [3AU]
-make certain temporary Federal service cred- itable for retirement purposes (see H.R. 1606), [28AP]
-provide for the rectification of certain retirement coverage errors (see H.R. 416), [19JA]
-provide for the rectification of certain retirement coverage errors (S. 1232), return to Senate (see H. Res. 394), [18NO]
-reduce contributions to CSRS and FERS (see H.R. 2631), [29JY]
treatment of Government physicians' com- parability allowances as basic pay for retirement pur- poses (see H.R. 207), [7JA]
-treatment of retirement benefits for assistant U.S. attorneys (see H.R. 583), [4FE]
Health: establish certain requirements for managed care plans (see H.R. 3259), [8NO]
Income: prevent the wearing away of an employee's accrued benefit under a defined plan by reducing future accruals under the plan (see H.R. 2759), [5AU]
-protect retirement security of individuals (see H.R. 526), [3FE] (see H.R. 1590), [28AP] Insurance: require plan administrators that provide ac- cess to automobile insurance to submit certain infor- mation on such insurance to the FTC (see H.R. 2006), [8JN]
Investments: allow individuals the opportunity to pro- vide for their retirement through S.A.F.E. accounts (see H.R. 1853), [18MY]
Law enforcement officers: increase mandatory retire- ment age (see H.R. 1748), [11MY]
-lift earnings limitations on retired officers to enhance school safety (see H. Con. Res. 95), [4MY] Members of Congress: deny cost-of-living adjustments for retirement benefits (see H. Con. Res. 3), [7JA] -prohibit participation in Federal Employees' Re- tirement System (see H.R. 95), [7JA]
Older Americans Act: establish pension counseling pro- grams (see H.R. 2707), [4AU]
Presidents of the U.S.: limit the duration of certain benefits extended to former Presidents (see H.R. 96), [7JA]
Puerto Rico: exempt retirement income from pension plans from nonresident taxation (see H.R. 182), [7JA]
Reform (see H.R. 1102), [11MR]
Senior citizens: prevent and increase penalties for crimes such as health care, pension, and tele- marketing fraud, and nursing home abuse and fraud (see H.R. 1862), [19MY]
Small business: provide employees with a simple, se- cure, and fully portable defined benefit plan (see H.R. 2190), [14JN]
Social Security: allow diversion of percentage of pay- roll tax payments into personal investment plans and extend the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insur- ance Program (see H.R. 250, 251), [7JA] (see H.R. 1793), [13MY]
-budget treatment of Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program (see H.R. 74), (see H.R. 167), [7JA]
-choice of benefit payment method relative to computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 568), [3FE]
computation system for benefits relative to spouses' or surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 1217), [23MR]
constitutional amendment relative to budget treatment of Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability In- surance Program and the hospital insurance program (see H.J. Res. 40), [16MR]
create personalized retirement accounts (see H.R. 874), [25FE]
effects of reform proposals on women (see H. Res. 34), [2FE]
eliminate benefit penalties to individuals receiv- ing pensions from noncovered employment (see H.R. 742), [11FE]
establish and maintain individual investment ac- counts (see H.R. 1897), [20MY]
-improve computation system for certain workers who attain age 65 (see H.R. 538), [3FE]
-improve solvency (see H.R. 2717), [5AU] -investment of amounts held in the Federal Old- Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund in private sector securities markets (see H.R. 871), [25FE] (see H.R. 990), [4MR]
-permit members of the clergy to revoke their exemption from coverage (see H.R. 133), [7JA]
-prohibit investment of trust funds in private fi- nancial markets (see H. Con. Res. 155), [14JY] -provide annual statement of accrued liability of the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program (see H.R. 244), [7JA]
provide for personalized retirement security through personal retirement savings accounts, in- crease individual control over retirement income, and protect surpluses (see H.R. 3206), [3NO]
-reform relative to State and local government employees (see H. Con. Res. 101), [6MY] Swanson, Carl D.: correct administrative error in the computation of retired pay (see H.R. 3337), [10NO] Taxation: adjust tax brackets, provide partial exclusion from income for dividends and interest, provide long-term capital gains deduction, and increase IRA contribution limit (see H.R. 1840), [18MY]
-allow a deduction for estate tax equal to the value of the decedent's retirement plans (see H.R. 2058), [8JN]
-allow certain individuals a credit for elective deferrals and individual retirement account contribu- tions (see H.R. 2553), [19JY]
-allow deductions for contributions to education individual retirement accounts and increase allowable contributions and uses for such accounts (see H.R. 2873), [15SE]
-allow penalty-free distributions from qualified retirement plans and relief from certain limitations on deductibility of casualty losses for individuals in Presidentially declared disaster areas (see H.R. 3215), [3NO]
-allow penalty-free distributions from qualified retirement plans on account of the death or disability of the participant's spouse (see H.R. 2826), [9SE]
-allow rollover contributions to individual retire- ment plans from deferred compensation plans main- tained by States and local governments and allow State and local governments to maintain 401(k) plans (see H.R. 554), [3FE]
-disclose to Federal employees the Government's share of taxes paid for old-age, survivors, disability, and hospital insurance for the employee (see H.R. 1263), [24MR]
-disclosure of employer's share of taxes paid for old-age, survivors, disability, and hospital insur- ance for the employee (see H.R. 1264), [24MR] enhance the portability of retirement benefits (see H.R. 739), [11FE]
-impose a tax on certain unearned income and provide tax relief by reducing the rate of the Social Security payroll tax (see H.R. 1099), [11MR]
-increase annual limitation on deductible con- tributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 802), [23FE]
-increase annual limitation on nondeductible con- tributions and adjust for inflation the amount of de- ductible contributions to individual retirement ac- counts (see H.R. 1322), [25MR]
-increase retirement savings opportunities (see H.R. 1213), (22MR] (see H.R. 1546), [22AP]
-permit 401(k) contributions which would other- wise be limited by employer contributions to em- ployees stock ownership plans (see H.R. 616), [8FE]
-permit penalty-free withdrawals from retirement plans for medical expenses of certain older relatives (see H.R. 253), (see H.R. 275), [7JA]
-provide additional retirement savings opportuni- ties for small employers and self-employed individ- uals (see H.R. 352), [19JA]
-provide consistent treatment of survivor benefits for public safety officers killed in the line of duty (see H.R. 3517), [22NO]
-provide inflation adjustments to income thresh- old amounts applicable in determining taxable Social Security benefits (see H.R. 3437), [17NO]
-reform Internal Revenue Code through revenue neutral proposals which protect Social Security and Medicare trust funds (see H. Con. Res. 85), [14AP] -require pension plans to provide adequate notice to beneficiaries whose future accruals are being sig- nificantly reduced (see H.R. 1176), [18MR] (see H.R. 3047), [70C]
-restore pension limits to equitable levels (see H.R. 2082), [8JN]
-simplify Internal Revenue Code through revenue neutral proposals (see H.R. 1420), [14AP]
-treatment of Government pensions relative to Social Security benefits (see H.R. 372), [19JA] -treatment of governmental pension plans of U.S. possessions (see H.R. 462), [2FE]
-treatment of individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 226), [7JA]
-treatment of individual retirement accounts and 401(k) plans (see H.R. 876), [25FE]
-treatment of individual retirement accounts rel- ative to charitable contributions (see H.R. 1311), [25MR]
-treatment of qualified retirement plans relative to charitable contributions (see H.R. 1446), [15AP] -waive limit on benefits from multiemployer pension plans (see H.R. 1287), [25MR] Trust funds: investment of several Federal health-relat- ed and retirement trust funds in broad-based private equities indices (see H.R. 633), [9FE]
Veterans: change effective date for paid-up coverage under the Survivor Benefit Plan (see H.R. 601), [4FE]
exclude certain income from consideration for determining rent paid for federally assisted housing (see H.R. 1364), [12AP]
extend dependency and indemnity compensation benefits to surviving spouses whose subsequent mar- riages have terminated (see H.R. 708), [11FE]
-increase minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for surviving spouses age 62 and older (see H.R. 2000), [27MY]
-increase service-connected disability benefits for veterans and survivors (see H.R. 1765), [12MY]
-permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 65), (see H.R. 303), [7JA] (see H.R. 1764), [12MY]
-repeal computation system that reduces annuity for surviving spouses at age 62 relative to Social Security offset (see H.R. 363), [19JA] Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act: enact (H.R. 2280), Senate amendments (see H. Res. 368), [9NO]
Railroad Retirement Board Report: President Clinton, [16NO]
Comprehensive Retirement Security and Pension Re-
form Act: Committee on Education and the Work- force (House) (H.R. 1102) (H. Rept. 106-331), [24SE]
Federal Retirement Coverage Corrections Act: Commit- tee on Government Reform (House) (H.R. 416) (H. Rept. 106-29), [23FE]
-Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 416) (H. Rept. 106-29), [8MR] Tax Treatment of Governmental Pension Plans of U.S. Possessions: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 462) (H. Rept. 106-302), [8SE] Veterans Benefits Improvement Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 2280) (H. Rept. 106-202), [25JN]
PERIODICALS see PUBLICATIONS PERKINS COUNTY, SD
Bills and resolutions
Perkins County Water System, Inc.: authorize construc- tion and assistance (see H.R. 970), [3MR]
Perkins County Rural Water System Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 970) (H. Rept. 106- 404), [20OC]
Persian Gulf Conflict veterans (see H.R. 2697), [4AU]
Evacuees: relief (see H.R. 428), [19JA]
Iraq: adjudication and payment of certain claims against Iraq and priority for veterans filing such claims (see H.R. 618), [8FE] PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND WORK OP- PORTUNITY RECONCILIATION ACT Bills and resolutions
Medicaid: provide State options to allow eligibility for legal immigrant pregnant women, children, and cer- tain disabled individuals (see H.R. 1399), [14AP] PERU, REPUBLIC OF
Civil liberties: interference with freedom of the press and the independence of judicial and electoral insti- tutions (see H. Res. 57), [11FE] Immigration: adjust status of certain Colombian and Peruvian nationals (see H.R. 2741), [5AU] South America: tribute to Peru and Ecuador for signing of peace agreement (see H. Res. 25), [19JA] PESTICIDES related term(s) AGRICULTURE Bills and resolutions
Agriculture: harmonization of registrations of certain pesticides (see H.R. 1913), [24MY] Appropriations: making supplemental to ensure inclu- sion in State source water assessment programs (see H.R. 1909), [24MY]
Ecology and environment: protect children from expo- sure to certain environmental pollutants (see H.R. 199), [7JA]
Refuse disposal: exempt pesticide rinse water degrada- tion systems from subtitle C permit requirements (see H.R. 79), [7JA]
Safety: implement integrated pest management systems to minimize use in schools and provide parents and employees with notices of pesticide use (see H.R. 3275), [9NO]
Tariff: azoxystrobin (Heritage, Abound, and Quadris) (see H.R. 3371), [15NO]
-benzyl carbazate (DT-291) (see H.R. 3366), [15NO]
PETERSON, COLLIN C. (a Representative from Min- nesota) Appointments
Canada-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, [7JN] Bills and resolutions introduced
Agriculture: price supports for milk (see H.R. 1535), [22AP]
Birds: prohibit interstate movement of live birds, for the purpose of fighting, to States in which animal fighting is lawful (see H.R. 1275), [24MR] Food Security Act: expand conservation reserve (see H.R. 408), [19JA]
Minnesota: temporary exception for certain counties from limitation on percentage of cropland that may be enrolled in the conservation reserve and wetlands reserve programs (see H.R. 2583), [21JY] Taxation: make dependent care credit refundable and provide for advance payments of such credit (see H.R. 2164), [10JN] (see H.R. 3178), [28OC] PETERSON, JOHN E. (a Representative from Pennsyl- vania)
PERKINS COUNTY RURAL WATER SYSTEM ACT Appointments Reports filed
Provisions: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 970) (H. Rept. 106-404), [200C]
PERKINS COUNTY WATER SYSTEM, INC. Bills and resolutions
Construction and assistance: authorize (see H.R. 970), [3MR]
Perkins County Rural Water System Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 970) (H. Rept. 106- 404), [20OC]
PERRY COUNTY, TN Bills and resolutions
Tennessee: include additional counties as part of Appa- lachian region (see H.R. 1255), [24MR] (see H.R. 1718), [6MY]
PERSIAN GULF CONFLICT related term(s) WAR Bills and resolutions
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish presumption of service connection for certain chronic symptoms of
Conferee: H.R. 1905, legislative branch of the Govern- ment appropriations, [1JY]
-H.R. 2466, Dept. of the Interior and related agencies appropriations, [40C]
-H.R. 2490, Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Serv- ice, Executive Office of the President, and independ- ent agencies appropriations, [21JY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Education: provide grants to local agencies to develop and implement random drug testing for secondary school students (see H.R. 1735), [6MY]
Oil Region National Heritage Area: establish (see H.R. 3190), [1NO]
Public lands: make certain Federal property is made available to States before other entities (see H.R. 738), [11FE]
PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS Transmittals
Alabama: prohibit Federal recoupment of State tobacco settlement recoveries, [2AU], [3AU]
Alaska: American Land Sovereignty Protection Act, [20MY]
-Dept. of Defense Joint Cross-Service Groups, [15JN]
-national missile defense system, [18MR] -prohibit Federal recoupment of State tobacco settlement recoveries, [15JN]
-removal of beavers from the Potomac Tidal Basin area in the District of Columbia relative to destruction of cherry trees, [12AP]
Albany, NY, Common Council: hate crimes legislation, [3AU]
American Legion: U.S. participation in NATO military operations against Serbia relative to human rights violations in Kosovo, [6MY], [11MY], [18MY] Arizona: collection and use of decennial census, [10JN] -Endangered Species Act modifications, [10JN] -improve Armed Forces pay, [7JN] -Medicare reimbursement rate
-transfer of Peter MacDonald to a State prison facility by the Bureau of Prisons, [29JN] Association of Pacific Island Legislatures: exclusive coastal economic zones, [29SE]
-immigration policies, [29SE]
pay rates for Micronesian employees of the former Trust Territory Government, [29SE] Benicia, CA, School District: Federal funding required by Individuals With Disabilities Education Act, [12JY]
Berea, OH, City Council: U.N. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women ratification, [2AU]
Blumenfeld, Dieter F. (Estate): damage demands rel- ative to Cavalese, Italy, tragedy, [25FE]
Buffalo, NY, Common Council: Northern Border Trade Facilitation Act, Trade Agency Authorizations, Drug Free Borders, and Prevention of On-Line Child Por- nography Act, and the addition of special and intel- ligence agents and equipment, [29JY] California: alternative minimum tax, [50C]
-American Psychological Association study on sexual relationships between adults and children, [40C]
-Coast Guard Training Center Petaluma, [29SE] continued operation of commissary in Orange County after closing of El Toro Marine Corps Air Station, [29SE]
-declaration of disaster areas relative to cold storms and frost damage, [29SE]
-Domestic Violence Awareness Month, [29SE] -Federal funding required by Individuals With Disabilities Education Act, [28SE]
-federally assisted housing, [29SE] -Filipino veterans' benefits, [29SE], [50C] -human rights violations against women and girls by the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, [29SE]
-issuance of a formal apology by Japan and rep- arations to World War II victims, [50C]
-Main San Gabriel Groundwater Basin remedi- ation funding, [29SE]
-maintain existing regulations on trucks from Mexico and other foreign nations, [60C]
relocation of film industry, [5OC]
-return of U.S. soldiers captured in Macedonia, [28SE], [29SE]
-saving and investing for retirement to supple- ment Social Security, [28SE]
-Spaceport Investment Act, [4NO]
-transfer of former military base property for local economic development, [29SE]
-Work Incentives Improvement Act, [28SE] Cayuga County, NY, Legislature: approval of treaties between Cayuga Indian Nation and New York, [28SE]
Cleveland, OH, City Council: Dept. of HUD handling of Longwood and Rainbow Apartments, [50C] Colorado: agricultural products labeling, [3AU] -Americans With Disabilities Act, [3AU]
Cherry Creek Basin Study, [29JN] collection and use of decennial census, [29JN] -Colorado Wilderness Act, [3AU]
-Dept. of the Interior and BLM proposals to amend hardrock mining regulations, [3AU], [21SE]
-Endangered Species Act, [3AU]
-EPA overfiling against regulated entities already under State-negotiated compliance actions, [3AU] -EPA regional haze rule, [3AU]
establish State block grant program for distribu- tion of Federal highway funds and eliminate dem- onstration programs, [3AU]
estate and gift taxes, [17JN]
-Local Census Quality Check Act, [17JN] -national missile defense system, [29JN]
-pay increase for Members of Congress, [29JN] -phosphide gas in grain storage restrictions,
-Postal Rate Commission, [17JN]
-protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations, [3AU] Corning Union High School, Corning, CA: Federal funding required by Individuals With Disabilities Education Act, [29JN]
Coweta County, GA, Board of Commissioners: Lewis R. Morgan Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Newnan, GA, [4MY]
Detriot, MI, City Council: FCC approval for low-power FM radio broadcasting, [5MY]
Detroit, MI, City Council: Dept. of HUD programs funding, [29SE]
District of Columbia Episcopal Diocese: hate crimes, [10JN]
Dixon Unified School District, Dixon, CA: Federal funding required by Individuals With Disabilities Education Act, [30JN]
East Hazel Crest, IL, Village Board: Firefighter Invest- ment and Response Enhancement Act, [18NO] El Centro, CA, Elementary School District: Federal funding required by Individuals With Disabilities Education Act, [15JY]
Erie County, NY, Legislature: Community Develop- ment Block Grant Program, [19AP]
Evergreen Union School District, California: Federal funding required by Individuals With Disabilities Education Act, [29JN]
Freehold, NJ, Township Council: Religious Liberty Protection Act, [60C]
Georgia: "Know Your Customer" banking regulations implementation, [11MY]
Guam: Attorney General of Guam election legislation, [3AU]
-job training and unemployment, [15JY]
Omnibus Territories Act amendments, [12JY] Hawaii: child labor, [10JN]
establish U.N. Children's Fund center for the health, welfare, and rights of children and youth, [3AU]
-Food Quality Protection Act pesticide toler- ances, [29JN]
-increase Federal medical assistance percentage, [29JN]
-Millennium of Peace, [7JN]
-prohibit Federal recoupment of State tobacco settlement recoveries, [10JN]
project labor agreements in Federal construction contracts, [17JN]
-restore funding for the restitution of World War II Japanese American and Japanese Latin American internees, [29JN]
-SSI adminstrative fee, [16JN] temporary visa waiver program, [16JN], [29JN] Hughes-Elizabeth Lakes School District, Lake Hughes, CA: Federal funding required by Individuals With Disabilities Education Act, [29JN]
-NAFTA enforcement, [29AP]
-national veterans cemetery funding, [29JN] -procedures for executive agencies rules to be- come effective, [29AP]
-stabilization of payments of Forest Service to county governments, [3AU]
Idaho Park and Recreation Board: Land and Water Conservation Fund stateside funding reallocation, [19AP]
Illinois: balance FHA programs, [5AU]
-Death Tax Elimination Act, [9NO] -Dollars to the Classroom Act, [9NO] -Medicare home health services, [12JY] -national agricultural policy, [3AU]
-phase II reformulated gasoline, [20JY], [9NO] -Social Security reform, [9NO]
-Social Service Block Grant/Title XX Program, [9NO]
-Turkish occupation of Cyprus, [2AU] Iowa: Medicare home health services, [7JN] -Upper Mississippi River, [7JN]
Isabela, PR, Municipal Assembly: military operations on Vieques Island, [3AU]
Jefferson County, NY: Northeast Interstate Dairy Com- pact, [12JY]
Kansas: Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths, [23JN] -EPA pesticide tolerance evaluation, [10MY] exchange of statues in U.S. Capitol's Statuary Hall, [6MY]
-Medicare home health services, [7JN]
-Persian Gulf War illness, [7JN]
-trade sanctions on agricultural products, [7JN] Kirkwood Elementary School District, Tehama, CA: Federal funding required by Individuals With Dis- abilities Education Act, [30JN]
Knox County, TN, Commission: Land and Water Con- servation Fund, [15JY]
LaGrange, GA, Mayor and City Council: Lewis R. Morgan Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Newnan, GA, [4MY]
LaSalle County, IL, Board: fly U.S. flag at half mast to honor those who died at Pearl Harbor, [29JN] Leggett Valley, CA, School District: special education funding, [15JY]
Lennox, CA, School District: Federal funding required by Individuals With Disabilities Education Act, [10JN]
Lexington-Fayette County, KY, County Council: outer continental shelf mineral revenues, [23FE]
Los Angeles County, CA, Federation of Republican Women: status of Executive Orders that infringe on the powers and duties of Congress or are not specifi- cally funded, [23JN]
Louisiana: American Psychological Association study on sexual relationships between adults and children, [8OC]
-Big Creek Recreation Access Project, [4AU] compensation for retired military personnel,
Idaho: Dept. of Justice establishment of National Do- mestic Preparedness Office, [29JN]
estate and gift taxes, [29JN]
-Idaho Panhandle National Forest management
of beetle infestation, [29AP]
-Imported Meat Labeling Act, [29AP]
-Land and Water Conservation Fund legislation,
-military personnel under the age of 21, [8OC] -Mississippi River Gulf Outlet, [7OC]
-National Resource Conservation Service, [4AU] -National Week of Prayer for Schools, [4AU] -partial-birth abortions, [29SE], [70C] -post-harvest treatment of oysters and other shellfish, [7JN]
-prohibit Federal recoupment of State tobacco settlement recoveries, [4AU]
-schoolbus drivers who own their own buses and work as contractors, [180C]
-Social Security system, [70C]
-State and local governments operation of pen- sion plans, [80C]
-turtle excluder device regulations, [4AU] -U.S.-Asia Environmental Partnership, Environ- mental Technology Network for Asia, and the Coun- cil of State Governments' State Environmental Initia- tive, [70C]
Maine: Clean Air Act exemptions for alternative fuels, [10MY]
-Dept. of HUD funding for devastation incurred by electric utilities and their customers, [3MY]
-Federal funding required by Individuals With Disabilities Education Act, [7JN]
-Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact, [12JY] -prohibit Federal recoupment of State tobacco settlement recoveries, [10MY]
-restrict use of Social Security numbers, [7JN] -saving and investing for retirement to supple- ment Social Security insurance, [19AP]
-Social Security system, [30JN]
-U.N. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women ratification, [10MY]
-U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child ratification, [10MY]
-World War II Memorial, [29AP]
Marine Corps League, Inc.: National Day of Recogni- tion to those who served on active duty, [1NO] -provide U.S. Flag, Pledge of Allegiance, and National Anthem in classrooms each school day, [INO]
-State Veterans Home Program, [INO] Maryland: self-funded employer-based health plans, [2AU] Massachusetts: allow emergency Medigap open enroll- ment for senior citizens, [8NO]
-area code problems, [21JY]
-closing of Boston FTC office, [8MR]
-East Timor independence from Indonesia, [18NO]
-National Criminal Offender Record Information System, [10JN]
-Patient's Bill of Rights, [13AP]
-progress toward a negotiated solution of the Cyprus problem, [28SE]
-Social Security coverage of certain State and local governmental employees, [7JN] Miami, FL, Commission: designation of Stiltsville as historic site, [3AU]
Michigan: imported apple juice concentrate, [4AU]
-Iron Mountain Veterans Administration Medical Care Facility, [19AP]
"Know Your Customer" banking regulations implementation, [7JN]
-Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse emissions, [22JY]
-National Guard personnel funding, [12AP] -permanent repository for high-level nuclear waste, [15JY]
-prayer in public schools, [4AU]
-prohibit Federal recoupment of State tobacco settlement recoveries, [29AP]
-regulation of insurance, [17JN]
-tobacco subsidies and food producing agricul- tural activities, [18NO]
Milwaukee, WI: year 2000 census, [28SE]
Minnesota: prohibit Federal recoupment of State to- bacco settlement recoveries, [9JN]
-Superior National Forest land exchange, [10JN] Missouri: national forests road policy and multi-use management plans, [2AU]
-prohibit Federal recoupment of State tobacco settlement recoveries, [29JN], [30JN] Montana: American Heritage River initiative, [19JY]
-American Land Sovereignty Act, [6MY] -full funding of Federal payment-in-lieu-of-taxes
to States relative to public lands, [19MY]
-Medicare coverage of longterm care and pre- scription drugs, [9JN]
-treatment of grizzly bears in Selway-Bitterrott
and Rank Church River-of-No-Return wilderness, [9JN]
Morovis, PR, Municipal Assembly: military operations on Vieques Island, [21SE]
National Conference of Lieutenant Governors: private activity bonds, [24SE]
-special education funding, [24SE] Nebraska: constitutional amendment to increase term of Members of the House of Representatives to 4 years, [12AP], [3MY]
-phosphide gas in grain storage restrictions,
-prohibit Federal recoupment of State tobacco settlement recoveries, [15AP]
-relief to natural gas businesses relative to inter- est and penalties on refunds retroactively ordered by FERC, [17JN]
-Wood River Flood Control Project, [12MY] Nevada: Air Force withdrawal of public lands within Nellis Air Force Range, [26JY]
-eligibility for lump sum payments relative to lower social security benefits, [15AP]
-Financial Services Modernization Act, [3AU] -full funding of Federal payment-in-lieu-of-taxes to States relative to public lands, [26JY]
-Grand Canyon air tours, [29JN]
-Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigration Responsibility Act, [12JY]
-labeling of products containing steroids, [26JY] -National Academy of Sciences study, [7JN] -Nuclear Waste Policy Act, [8MR]
-Social Security coverage of certain State and local governmental employees, [7JN]
-Social Security system, [29JN]
-Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act, [15JY]
New Hampshire: border corridor highways, [3AU] -Federal air pollution programs, [3AU] -Federal funding required by Individuals With Disabilities Act, [13AP], [3AU]
-prohibit Federal recoupment of State tobacco settlement recoveries, [5MY], [3AU]
-retain Medicare options for senior citizens, [3AU]
-Social Security reform, [22NO]
-White Mountain National Forest, [29JN], [3AU] -World War II memorial, [9JN]
New Jersey: award Rosa Parks Congressional Gold Medal, [7JN]
Clean Water State Revolving Fund program, [28SE]
-Dept. of Veterans Affairs funding relative to veterans health care, [2FE]
establish the Sandy Hook bay and peninsula as a National Park Service entity, [18NO]
-Merchant Mariners Fairness Act, [12AP] -NIH funding for Duchenne and Beckner mus- cular dystrophy research, [12AP]
-prohibit Federal recoupment of State tobacco settlement recoveries, [12MY]
-proposed transfer of Navy ships from Earle Naval Weapons Station, [18NO]
-protection of innocent taxpayers on underpay- ments relative to filing of a joint tax return with a former marital partner, [2FE]
-provide Federal financial assistance for the Port Newark-Elizabeth dredging project, [18NO]
-provide Federal financial assistance to cover costs incurred in providing health care to Kosovo refugees, [18NO]
-relief for flood victims, [18NO]
-Trans-Hudson/Midtown Corridor Management/ Project Development Initiative funding, [12AP]
New Mexico: Federal income tax deduction for State sales and gross receipts taxes, [10JN]
-prohibit Federal recoupment of State tobacco settlement recoveries, [9JN]
New York: oxygenate mandates for reformulated gaso- line, [3AU]
Newnan, GA, City Council: Lewis R. Morgan Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Newnan, GA, [4MY] North Dakota: Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce membership and consideration of Internet taxes, [10MY]
-Federal unemployment system funds and taxes, [29AP], [6MY]
-placement of statue of Sacagawea in U.S. Cap- itol, [28AP] Northern Mariana Islands: congressional investigation into certain allegations made against the territorial government, [23FE], [60C]
-costs of detaining and repatriating smuggled Chinese aliens, [29SE]
-minimum wage, [14MY], [29JN]
-treatment by the Office of Insular Affairs rel- ative to immigration and wage issues in the garment industry, [12AP]
Ohio: Social Security coverage of certain State and local governmental employees, [10JN] Oklahoma: corporations, [5AU]
-country-of-origin labeling law, [5AU]
economic safety net for family farmers, [5AU] -European Union ban on U.S. beef, [5AU] -Export Enhancement Program, [5AU] -livestock prices, [5AU]
-monitoring of corporate controls on production, processing, and marketing of food and fiber, [30JY] Omaha, NE, City Council: East Timor independence from Indonesia, [6OC]
Orange Township, NJ, City Council: FEMA grants to fire departments to improve the public safety against fire hazards, [50C]
Oregon: constitutional convention relative to constitu- tional amendment to require balanced budget, [30JY] -POW/MIA in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, [26JY] Pennsylvania: abandoned mine land reclamation fund- ing, [10JN], [26JY]
-Dept. of HUD placement of new tenants in senior citizen housing, [7JN]
-diabetes coverage under Federal insurance pro- grams and federally regulated self-funded health in- surance programs, [26JY]
-Federal preemption of State laws, [22NO] -Individuals With Disabilities Education Act,
-initiate talks with People's Republic of China, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Russia, and Vietnam to obtain release of POW/MIA, [26JY]
-loans to State and local governments for capital improvements, [12JY]
-prohibit Federal recoupment of State tobacco settlement recoveries, [15AP]
-State control over disposal of out-of-State solid waste, [10JN], [26JY]
Potschke, Michael (Estate): damage demands relative to Cavalese, Italy, tragedy, [25FE]
Puerto Rico: military operations on Vieques Island, [23JN], [12JY]
-U.S. policy relative to Cuban treatment of dis- sidents and journalists, [19AP]
Puerto Rico Bar Association: military operations on Vieques Island, [13JY]
Renkewitz, Egon U. (Estate): damage demands relative to Cavalese, Italy, tragedy, [25FE]
Renkewitz, Marina M. (Estate): damage demands rel- ative to Cavalese, Italy, tragedy, [25FE] Rhode Island: prohibit Federal recoupment of State tobacco settlement recoveries, [19AP], [9JN]
-U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child ratification, [3AU]
Richfield School District, Corning, CA: Federal fund- ing required by Individuals With Disabilities Act, [29JN]
Ringwood Borough, NJ, Municipal Council: Federal assistance in committing Joanne Chesimard to jail in the U.S., [30JN]
Rockland County, NY: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration of U.S. Flag, [13JY]
-prohibit Federal recoupment of State tobacco settlement recoveries, [10JN]
Rockland County, NY, Legislature: Immunosuppresive Drug Extension Coverage Act, [3AU]
Land and Water Conservation Fund, [3AU] -tax credit relative to long-term home care, [19AP]
San Diego County, CA, Board of Supervisors: Otay Mountain Wilderness Act, [12AP]
San Francisco, CA, Board of Supervisors: New Years Day 2000 holiday observance, [10MY] San Francisco, CA, School District: Federal funding required by Individuals With Disabilities Education Act, [12JY]
Santa Cruz, CA, School District: Federal funding re- quired by Individuals With Disabilities Education Act, [10JN]
Santa Monica, CA: Land and Water Conservation Fund and Urban Park and Recreation Recovery Program funding, [28SE]
South Amboy, NJ, City Council: Dept. of HUD budget and community block grants funding, [50C] Southampton, NY, Town Board: Plum Island Disease Center, [18NO]
Southern Governors' Association: Airport Improvement Program, [18NO]
Caribbean Basin Initiative, [17NO] -Endangered Species Act, [18NO]
-fast-track authority for the President to negotiate international trade agreements, [18NO]
-National Guard Youth Challenge Program, [18NO]
-Older Americans Act, [18NO]
-Outer Continental Shelf coastal impact assist- ance, [18NO]
-U.S. drug interdiction efforts in the Caribbean basin region, [17NO]
Strongsville, OH: U.N. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women rati- fication, [3AU]
Suffolk County, NY, Legislature: establish Cold War Victory Day, [14JN]
-repeal co-payment requirement for veterans, [10JN] Syracuse, NY, Common Council: protect the public from the illegal and excessive use of force by police officers, [17NO]
Texas: Kerrville VA Medical Center, [21SE]
-Medicaid payments to hospitals in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, [21SE]
-military retirees, [21SE]
-personnel and infrastructure improvements fund- ing at border crossings between Texas and Mexico, [21SE]
-prohibit Federal recoupment of State tobacco settlement recoveries, [10MY]
-renewal of withdrawal from public use of the McGregor Range land, [21SE], [28SE]
Social Security coverage of certain State and local governmental officials, [21SE]
-use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States, [21SE]
-veterans' benefits, [21SE]
Troup County Bar Association: Lewis R. Morgan Fed- eral Building and U.S. Courthouse, Newnan, GA, [4MY]
Troup County Board, GA, of Commissioners: Lewis R. Morgan Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Newnan, GA, [4MY]
Urban, Harald (Estate): damage demands relative to Cavalese, Italy, tragedy, [25FE]
Urban, Irene A. (Estate): damage demands relative to Cavalese, Italy, tragedy, [25FE]
Utah: constitutional amendment to prohibit Federal courts from levying or increasing taxes, [6MY]
-EPA overfiling on state-negotiated compliance actions, [9JN]
-Republic of China participation in WHO, [6MY]
Utah Sheriff's Association: Federal powers and law enforcement, [26JY]
Vermont: Social Security system, [29JN] Virginia: conservation legislation, [29AP]
encourage availability and usage of encryption technology, [29AP]
-FCC feasibility study relative to Southwest Vir- ginia Network, [29AP]
-Federal restrictions on discipline of certain stu- dents with disabilities, [29AP]
George Washington's birthday, [6MY] -grant Federal recognition to certain Native American tribes, [29AP]
-Impact Aid Program, [11MY]
-inclusion of Coalfields Expressway in Appa- lachian Development Highway System, [6MY]
-Medicaid estate recovery requirements relative to asset protection programs for long-term care poli- cies, [9JN]
-Patient's Bill of Rights, [29AP]
place the Preamble of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights on the one-dollar bill, [3MY]
-prohibit Federal recoupment of State tobacco settlement recoveries, [29AP]
-Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, [29AP]
-self-funded employer-based
-State control over disposal of out-of-State solid waste, [29AP], [11MY]
-State powers under the Constitution, [3MY] Wanderlich, Jurgen (Estate): damage demands relative to Cavalese, Italy, tragedy, [25FE] Washington: aquatic nuisance species management plans funding, [7JN]
disaster assistance, [25JN]
-immigration laws, policies, and practices, [7JN] -Land and Water Conservation Fund legislation, [7JN]
-participation of schools and libraries in consor- tia for telecommunication services relative to univer- sal services discount, [13MY]
-prohibit Federal recoupment of State tobacco settlement recoveries, [1MR]
-prostate cancer research funding, [14MY] -stroke research funding, [14MY]
West Virginia: inclusion of Coalfields Expressway in Appalachian Development Highway System, [12AP] -prohibit Federal recoupment of State tobacco settlement recoveries, [9JN] Wisconsin: prohibit Federal recoupment of State to- bacco settlement recoveries, [24SE] Woodbridge Township, NJ, Municipal Council: autism research legislation, [20JY]
-grants to fire departments to improve public safety against fire and fire-related hazards, [30JN] Wyoming: antidumping and countervailing duty peti- tions against Canada filed by Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Foundation, [12AP]
collection and use of decennial census, [12AP] -conditions for the U.S. becoming a signatory to any international agreement on greenhouse gas emissions, [12AP]
PETRI, THOMAS E. (a Representative from Wiscon- sin)
Conferee: H.R. 1000, Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century, [140C]
-H.R. 1501, Juvenile Justice Reform Act, [30JY] -S. 1467, Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century, [5AU]
John H. Chafee funeral attendees, [28OC] Bills and resolutions introduced
Dept. of Labor: establish voluntary protection programs (see H.R. 1459), [15AP]
Employment: prohibit discrimination in the offering of benefits to designated associates of employees rel- ative to the nature of the relationship (see H.R. 1013), [4MR]
Ford, James David: appointment as Chaplain emeritus of the House of Representatives (see H. Res. 373), [10NO]
Social Security: establish and maintain individual in- vestment accounts (see H.R. 1897), [20MY] PETROLEUM related term(s) POWER RESOURCES Bills and resolutions
Air pollution: application of California State regulations relative to reformulated gasoline in certain areas (see H.R. 11), [6JA] (see H.R. 1395), [13AP]
-limit sulfur concentrations in gasoline (see H.R. 888), [1MR]
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: allow share- holder common stock to be transferred to adopted Alaska Native children and their descendants (see H.R. 2803), [5AU] (see H.R. 3013), [5OC] Business and industry: prohibit certain transfers or as- signments of service station franchises and certain fixing or maintaining of motor fuel prices (see H.R. 811), [23FE]
California: moratorium on gas and oil development of the Outer Continental Shelf (see H.R. 112), [7JA] Clean Air Act: prohibit listing of liquefied petroleum gas (see H.R. 1301), [25MR]
-prohibit the use of certain fuel additives includ- ing methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) in reformu- lated gasoline (see H.R. 1367), [12AP] (see H.R. 1398), [14AP]
-waive oxygen content requirement and phase- out use of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) in reformulated gasoline (see H.R. 1705), [5MY] Coastal zones: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States (see H.R. 3245), [8NO]
Cortland, OH: prohibit oil and gas drilling in Mosquito Creek Lake (see H.R. 2818), [8SE]
CPSC: require child-proof caps for portable gasoline containers (see H.R. 3136), [25OC]
Dept. of Energy: convey the former site of the National Institute of Petroleum Energy Research to Bartlesville, OK (see H.R. 2844), [13SE]
-retention and administration of certain Oil Shale Reserves in Utah (see H.R. 2823), [9SE]
Dept. of the Interior: prohibit expenditures on mid- Atlantic coast offshore oil and gas lease sales (see H.R. 1372), [12AP]
-prohibit oil and gas leasing activities on certain portions of the Outer Continental Shelf (see H.R. 387, 388), [19JA] (see H.R. 869), [25FE] EPA: waive oxygen content requirement for certain reformulated gasoline (see H.R. 3449), [18NO] Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act: strengthen sanctions for certain violations relative to oil or gas royalties (see H.R. 1269), [24MR] Florida: restrictions and requirements on leasing of the Outer Continental Shelf (see H.R. 33), [6JA] Great Lakes: prohibit oil and gas drilling (see H.R. 1205), [18MR]
Minerals Management Service: grant Louisiana and its lessees a credit in the payment of Federal offshore royalties to compensate for oil and gas drainage in the West Delta Field (see H.R. 3432), [17NO] Motor vehicles: include air pollution information on fuel economy labels for new automobiles (see H.R. 1976), [27MY]
Native Americans: permit leasing of oil and gas rights on certain Navajo lands in which there is consent from a specified percentage of interest in such lands (see H.R. 3181), [28OC]
Natural gas: promote research and development of methane hydrate resources (see H.R. 1753), [11MY] Natural resources: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund acquisition, improvement, and maintenance of public resources (see H.R. 798), [23FE]
Oil Region National Heritage Area: establish (see H.R. 3190), [INO]
Oilheat industry: authorize research and consumer edu- cation programs (see H.R. 380), [19JA]
Power resources: establish and implement competitive, environmentally sound, and job creating oil and gas leasing program for the Coastal Plain (see H.R. 2250), [16JN]
-improve the administration of oil and gas leases on Federal lands (see H.R. 1985), [27MY] San Francisco, CA: reduce risk of oil pollution and improve safety of navigation in San Francisco Bay (see H.R. 2536), [15JY] Strategic Petroleum Reserve: acceptance of royalty-in- kind oil from the Gulf of Mexico by the Minerals Management Service (see H.R. 498), [2FE]
-require additional purchases by the Dept. of En- ergy (see H.R. 490), [2FE]
Tariff: methyl tertiary-butyl ether (see H.R. 467), [2FE]
Taxation: allow vendor refunds of Federal excise taxes on kerosene used in unvented heaters for home heat- ing purposes (see H.R. 924), [2MR] (see H.R. 1383), [13AP]
-change basis for determination of refinery limi- tation on oil depletion deduction (see H.R. 870), [25FE]
-incentives to encourage domestic production of oil and gas (see H.R. 1971), [26MY]
-incentives to encourage domestic production of oil and gas and respond to surging foreign oil im- ports (see H.R. 1116), [16MR]
-investment credit for conversion of coal and domestic carbonaceous feedstocks into liquid fuels (see H.R. 162), [7JA]
-provide a tax credit for marginal oil and natural gas well production (see H.R. 53), [6JA]
-provide tax incentives for the purchase of elec- tric vehicles and the development of alternative fuels (see H.R. 2252), [17JN]
-repeal motor fuel excise taxes which remain in the general fund of the Treasury on railroads and inland waterway transportation (see H.R. 1001), [4MR]
-repeal the motor fuel excise taxes on intercity buses (see H.R. 2423), [1JY]
-treatment of certain commercial power takeoff vehicles (see H.R. 1317), [25MR]
-treatment of crude oil and petroleum products importation (see H.R. 1204), [18MR]
-treatment of foreign pipeline transportation in- come (see H.R. 1127), [16MR]
-treatment of losses attributable to operating min- eral interests of oil and gas producers (see H.R. 423), [19JA]
-treatment of oil and gas produced from recov- ered inactive wells (see H.R. 497), [2FE]
-treatment of petroleum storage facilities (see H.R. 2429), [1JY]
-use revenues from excise taxes imposed on fuel used in trains for the elimination of railway-highway crossing hazards (see H.R. 2060), [8JN] 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] Wayne National Forest: continuance of oil and gas operations (see H.R. 213), [7JA]
Export of Satellite Fuels and Separation Systems to the People's Republic of China: President Clinton, [11MY]
Naval Petroleum Reserves Production Act: President Clinton, [120C]
Power resources: establish an emergency loan guaran- tee program for oil and gas producers (H.R. 1664), [4AU]
Gas Hydrate Research and Development Act: Commit- tee on Resources (House) (H.R. 1753) (H. Rept. 106-377), [180C]
Methane Hydrate Research and Development Act: Committee on Science (House) (H.R. 1753) (H. Rept. 106-377), [130C]
Oil and Gas Drilling Prohibition on Mosquito Creek Lake in Cortland, OH: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 2818) (H. Rept. 106-468), [15NO] PETROSSIAN, LEONARD Bills and resolutions
Armenia: murder of government officials during terror- ist attack on Parliament building (see H. Con. Res. 216), [28OC] (see H. Con. Res. 222), [9NO] PHARMACEUTICALS related term(s) DRUGS Bills and resolutions
Agriculture: eliminate use of antibiotic drugs in live- stock unless there is a reasonable certainty of no harm to human health (see H.R. 3266), [9NO] Armed Forces: require consent before administering an investigational new drug or drug unapproved for its applied use (see H.R. 3460), [18NO] Contraceptives: require equitable coverage of drugs, de- vices, and services under health insurance plans (see H.R. 2120), [10JN]
« ZurückWeiter » |