2001 Voting Record

17. H.R. 256, to extend Chapter 12 federal bankruptcy protection for farmers retroactive to July 1, 2000, and through June 1, 2001. Yes. Passed 408-2, under suspension of rules. 2/28/01. 
 

208. H.R. 2330, FY 2002 agriculture appropriations. Amendment to make available an additional $2.5 million for the Food and Drug Administration Office of Generic Drugs. Yes. Passed 324-89. 6/28/01. 
 

209. H.R. 2330. Amendment to allocate $5 million to carry out the Food and Drug Administration's antibiotic resistance plan. No. Passed 271-140. 6/28/01. 
 

210. H.R. 2330. Amendment to allocate $250,000 to the Food and Drug Administration to develop a label for chocolate products that indicates that no child slave labor was used in the growing and harvesting of cocoa.Yes. Passed 291-115. 6/28/01. 
 

216. H.R. 2330. Amendment to prohibit using funds in the bill to enforce a provision in the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act that forbids the re-importation of drugs originally manufactured in the U.S. by anyone but the manufacturer. No. Failed 159-267. 7/11/01. 
 

217. H.R. 2330. Amendment to prohibit using funds in the bill to prevent individuals not in the prescription drug importation business from importing drugs that appear to be approved by the Food and Drug Administration and do not appear to be narcotics. Yes. Passed 324-101. 7/11/01. 
 

218. H.R. 2330. Amendment to prohibit using funds in the bill to approve an application for an animal drug to create transgenic or genetically engineered fish. No. Failed 145-279. 7/11/01. 
 

219. H.R. 2330. Amendment to prohibit using funds in the bill to pay salaries of personnel to make payments to wool or mohair producers for the 2000 or 2001 marketing years. No. Failed 155-272. 7/11/01. 
 

220. H.R. 2330. Amendment to prohibit the use of federal funds in the bill to pay for any new allocations under the market access program or to pay for any staff salaries to award such allocations. No. Failed 85-341. 7/11/01. 
 

221. H.R. 2330. On passage of the bill to provide $74.4 billion in FY 2002 appropriations for agriculture programs. Yes. Passed 414-16. 7/11/01. 
 

363. H.R. 2646, Farm Security Act. Amendment to establish a 10-year renewable energy reserve program to purchase and store agricultural products needed to produce bio-energy and renewable fuels. No. Failed 100-323. 10/3/01. 
 

364. H.R. 2646. Amendment to limit the bill’s funding to those persons and entities abiding by the Buy America Act. Yes. Passed 418-5. 10/3/01. 
 

365. H.R. 2646. Amendment to limit price support payments to producers and require the secretary of Agriculture to consider marketing loan gains, loan deficiency payments, and gains from certificates or crop forfeiture when determining whether the limit on the total amount of payments or gains any person can receive for a single commodity in a crop year has been reached. No. Failed 187-238. 10/3/01. 
 

366. H.R. 2646. Amendment to shift $1.9 billion from farming and counter-cyclical programs to various conservation programs including farmland protection, environmental quality incentives, wildlife habitat, wetlands and grassland reserves, organic farming and watershed forestry incentives. Yes. Failed 200-226. 10/4/01. 
 

367. H.R. 2646. Amendment to reduce the loan rates for raw cane sugar by 1 cent, increase the forfeiture penalty by 1 cent per pound and authorize up to $300 million in resulting savings for conservation and environmental stewardship programs, with a priority for Florida Everglades ecosystem restoration. Yes.Failed 177-239. 10/4/01. 
 

368. H.R. 2646. Amendment to create a framework allowing for a nationwide dairy compact in which all states that have already voted to join a dairy compact would be members and any other state could opt to join. Yes. Failed 194-224. 10/4/01. 
 

369. H.R. 2646. Amendment to shift $100 million in fixed payments for agricultural producers to several rural grants, including $45 million annually for rural strategic planning initiatives; $45 million annually for community water assistance grants; and $10 million annually for the value-added grants program. No.Passed 235-183. 10/4/01. 
 

370. H.R. 2646. Amendment to require retailers of fresh fruits, vegetables or any other perishable agricultural commodity to label fresh produce with its country of origin. Yes. Passed 296-121. 10/4/01. 
 

371. H.R. 2646. On passage of the Farm Security Act to authorize $167 billion over 10 years for mandatory, direct spending for farm price support and conservation programs and provide $242.9 billion for the food stamp program. Yes. Passed 291-120. 10/5/01. 
 

436. H.R. 2330, to agree to the conference report to provide $75.9 billion in FY 2002 appropriations for the Department of Agriculture, rural development, nutrition and food stamp programs. Yes. Passed 379-33. 11/13/01. 

172. H.R. 2216, FY 2001 supplemental appropriations. Amendment to cut by $24.5 million the Air Force operation and maintenance account. No. Failed 50-376. 6/20/01. 
 

173. H.R. 2216. Amendment to increase by $30.5 million the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas program. No. Failed 212-216. 6/20/01. 
 

174. H.R. 2216. Amendment to strike the bill’s $389 million rescission in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) disaster relief funds and enact a 0.33 percent across-the-board reduction in FY 2001 non-defense discretionary spending to offset the rescission savings. No. Failed 65-362. 6/20/01. 
 

175. H.R. 2216. Motion to recommit the bill to the House Appropriations Committee with instructions to amend it to strike the $389 million rescission from the FEMA disaster relief fund while complying with all applicable budget constraints. No. Failed 209-218. 6/20/01. 
 

176. H.R. 2216. On passage of the bill to provide a net $6.5 billion in FY 2001 supplemental appropriations including $5.5 billion for national defense and $473 million in emergency spending. Yes. Passed 341-87. 6/20/01. 
 

224. H.R. 2216. Motion that the House disagree to the Senate amendment and agree to a conference on the bill to appropriate FY 2001 supplemental appropriations and emergency spending. Yes. Passed 423-3. 7/12/01. 
 

225. H.R. 2216. Motion to instruct House conferees to insist that the conference report does not include any provision rescinding Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) disaster relief funds, and insist that conferees agree to Senate provisions appropriating another $35 million to the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service for programs related to mad-cow disease and hoof-and-mouth disease and another $84 million for claims under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act. No. Failed 205-219. 7/12/01. 
 

256. H.R. 2216. To agree to the conference report to provide $6.5 billion in FY 2001 supplemental appropriations. Yes. Passed 375-30. 7/20/01. 
 

341. H.R. 2888, to provide $40 billion in FY 2001 emergency supplemental appropriations available for disaster assistance, anti-terrorism initiatives and recovery assistance from the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States. Yes. Passed 422-0. 9/14/01. 
 

350. H.J.Res. 65, to provide continuing FY 2002 appropriations at current levels through October 16 for all federal departments and programs covered by the FY 2002 spending bills not yet enacted. Yes. Passed 392-0. 9/24/01. 
 

405. H.J.Res. 70, to provide continuing appropriations through Nov. 16 for all federal departments and agencies covered by FY 2002 spending bills not yet enacted. Yes. Passed 419-0. 10/25/01. 

42. H.R. 3, Economic Growth and Tax Relief Act. Substitute amendment to create a new percent tax rate to be phased in over three years; expand the earned income tax credit; double the married couple deduction; and adjust the alternative minimum tax so that filers would receive the rate reduction benefits. No. Failed 155-273. 3/8/01. 
 

44. H.R. 3. Motion to recommit the bill to the House Ways and Means Committee with instructions not to report the bill back until April 15, 2001, unless Congress has completed action on the concurrent budget resolution for FY 2002. No. Failed 204-221. 3/8/01. 
 

45. H.R. 3. On passage of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Act to lower federal income taxes by restructuring the five existing tax brackets into four— 10 percent, 15 percent, 25 percent and 33 percent.Yes. Passed 230-198. 3/8/01. 
 

66. H.Con.Res. 83, FY 2002 budget resolution. Substitute amendment on behalf of the Congressional Progressive Caucus that calls for using one-third of the available on-budget surplus over 10 years for reducing the public debt, one-third for cutting taxes, and one-third for increasing non-defense discretionary spending, especially in the areas of education and health care, and cut proposed FY 2001 defense spending by $66 billion. No. Failed 79-343. 3/28/01. 
 

67. H.Con.Res. 83. Substitute amendment on behalf of the Blue Dog Coalition that would cover five years, not 10 years as in the underlying resolution, and call for using half of the projected on-budget surplus over five years for reducing the public debt, one-quarter for increasing priority discretionary spending projects, and one-quarter for tax cuts. No. Failed 204-221. 3/28/01. 
 

68. H.Con.Res. 83. Substitute amendment on behalf of the Republican Study Committee to provide $6.7 billion less in FY 2002 discretionary spending than the underlying resolution, and cut taxes by $2.2 trillion over 10 years and increase FY 2002 defense spending by $25 billion, compared to the underlying resolution.No. Failed 81-341. 3/28/01. 
 

69. H.Con.Res. 83. Substitute amendment that calls for dividing the non-Social Security, non-Medicare, 10-year surplus into approximately one-third for spending, one-third for cutting taxes, and one-third for reducing the debt and providing additional Medicare and Social Security resources, and calls for $270.6 billion more in non-defense discretionary spending than the budget resolution over 10 years, and in FY 2002, $18.6 billion more in non-defense discretionary spending than the resolution, and $2.7 billion more in defense discretionary spending. No. Failed 183-243. 3/28/01. 
 

70. H.Con.Res. 83. To adopt the FY 2002 budget resolution setting spending and revenue targets, providing tax cuts of $1.6 trillion over 10 years, reducing the public debt by $2.3 trillion over 10 years, and calling for $660 billion in discretionary spending in FY 2002. Yes. Passed 222-205. 3/28/01. 
 

73. H.R. 6, Marriage Penalty and Family Tax Relief. Substitute amendment to reduce taxes by $585.5 billion through 2011 and create a new 12-percent bracket for the first $20,000 of a couple’s taxable income and $10,000 for single taxpayers, and increase the standard deduction for married couples filing jointly to twice that of individuals filling singly, and simplify and expand the earned income tax credit for low-income earners. No. Failed 196-231. 3/29/01. 
 

74. H.R. 6. Motion to recommit to the House Ways and Means Committee with instructions to report it back to the House with an amendment providing a tax rebate for those with tax liability and those eligible for the earned-income tax credit in 2000 of $300 for singles and $600 for married couples. No. Failed 184-240. 3/29/01. 
 

75. H.R. 6. On passage of the bill to reduce taxes by $399.2 billion through 2011 and allow married couples filing jointly to claim a standard deduction twice that for a single filer, increase the amount of a married couple’s income subject to the lowest tax bracket to twice that of a single filer, allow low-income filers to make more money and still qualify for the earned-income tax credit, and gradually double the child tax credit to $1,000. Yes. Passed 282-144. 3/29.01. 
 

82. H.R. 8, Death Tax Elimination Act. Substitute amendment to lower revenue by $39.2 billion over 10 years; increase the estate tax exemption from $675,000 to $2 million ($4 million for married couples) in 2002, rising to $2.5 million by 2010; retain current law "step-up basis" provisions, and replace the credit for estate taxes paid to a state with a deduction. No. Failed 201-227. 4/4/01. 
 

83. H.R. 8. Motion to recommit the bill to the House Ways and Means Committee with instructions to report the measure back with a substitute amendment that would include increasing the estate and gift tax exemption with the goal of exempting 99 percent of all farms and two-thirds of all others currently subject to the tax. No. Failed 192-235. 4/4/01. 
 

84. H.R. 8. On passage of the bill to reduce the estate, gift and generation-skipping taxes, cutting the top rate from 55 percent to 39 percent, with a complete repeal by 2011, and provide that beginning in 2002, the unified gift and estate tax credit would be replaced with an exemption allowing estates to be taxed at the lowest rate (18 percent, instead of 37 percent), and beginning in 2011, individuals inheriting more that $1.3 million ($3 million for spouses) would be required to pay capital gains taxes on any increase in value from the time the asset was acquired by the deceased until it was sold by the heir. Yes. Passed 274-154. 4/4/01. 
 

85. H.Con.Res. 83. Motion to instruct conferees on the FY 2002 budget resolution to insist that the conference report include language that would increase education funding to the maximum feasible; provide that Medicare prescription drug coverage costs not be taken from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund surplus; increase Medicare prescription drug coverage funding to the level set by the Senate amendment; and insist that the on-budget surplus for any fiscal year not be less than that year’s Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund surplus. No. Failed 200-207. 4/24/01. 
 

87. H.J.Res. 41, to propose a constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority vote of the entire House of Representatives and Senate to pass any legislation that increases federal revenues by more than a "de minimus" amount, except in times of war or military conflict threatening national security. Yes. Failed 232-189. 4/25/01. [Note: a two-thirds majority vote of those present and voting (281 in this case) is required to pass a joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution.] 
 

94. H.R. 10, Comprehensive Retirement Security and Pension Reform Act. Substitute amendment to add provisions to the bill giving a refundable tax credit of up to $1,000 to low- and middle-income employees who contribute to IRAs and employer-sponsored retirement pension plans including 401(k) and similar plans, and allow a three-year tax credit for small employers of 50 percent of the costs incurred in establishing such pension plans and offer them a 50 percent credit for certain employer contributions to retirement plans on behalf of non-highly paid workers. No. Failed 207-223. 5/2/01. 
 

95. H.R. 10. Motion to recommit the bill to the House Education and the Workforce and the Ways and Means committees with instructions to add an amendment that would require companies that convert to a cash balance pension system to allow employees the choice to remain in their old pension plans. No. Failed 153-276. 5/2/01. 
 

96. H.R. 10. On passage of the bill to increase the amount individuals may contribute to traditional and Roth IRAs and to 401(k) and similar plans and ease the ability of employees to take pension plans with them when they change jobs; increase from $2,000 to $5,000 the limit on annual IRA contributions by 2004, and allow age 50 and older persons to contribute catch-up amounts up to $5,000 annually to the accounts beginning in 2002; and beginning in 2005, index contribution limits for inflation. Yes. Passed 407-24. 5/2/01. 
 

104. H.Con.Res. 83. To adopt the conference report on the FY 2002 budget resolution which sets a blueprint of $1.35 trillion in tax cuts through FY 2011 and a limit on discretionary spending of $661 billion. Yes.Passed 221-207. 5/9/01. 
 

111. H.R. 1727, to extend tax-exempt status to annuities paid to survivors of public safety officers killed in the line of duty before Dec. 31, 1996, the same benefit given to survivors of officers killed after that date.Yes. Passed 419-0, under suspension of rules. 5/15/01. 
 

112. H.R. 586, to extend tax-exempt status to foster care payments made by any placement agency licensed, certified or designated by a state and eliminate the requirement that the exemption apply only to payments made for the care of individuals younger than age 19. Yes. Passed 420-0, under suspension of rules. 5/15/01.
 

117. H.R. 1836, Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act. Substitute amendment to provide a one-time, retroactive tax rebate; reduce the smallest income tax bracket to 12 percent; increase the amount of income a person can earn and still qualify for the earned-income tax credit, and increase the standard deduction for married couples. No. Failed 188-239. 5/16/01. 
 

118. H.R. 1836. On passage of the bill to cut all income tax rates over 11 years, and convert the five existing tax rate brackets, which range from 15 percent to 39.6 percent, to a system of four brackets with rates of 10 percent, 15 percent, 25 percent and 33 percent. Yes. Passed 230-197. 5/16/01. 
 

124. H.R. 622, to increase the tax credit for those who adopt children and make the credit permanent. Yes.Passed 420-0. 5/17/01. 
 

146. H.R. 1836. Motion to instruct conferees on the tax cut legislation to insist that the conference report not include phase-ins longer than five years, delayed effective dates, or sunsets, and should include "marriage penalty" relief, estate-tax relief, increasing the per-child tax credit, pension reform and permanent extension of the research tax credit. No. Failed 198-210. 5/23/01. 
 

149. H.R. 1836. To agree to the conference report on the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Act to reduce taxes by $1.35 trillion through FY 2011 through income tax cuts, relief of the "marriage penalty," a phase-out of the federal estate tax, doubling the child tax credit, and providing incentives for retirement savings. Yes.Passed 240-154. 5/25/01. 
 

340. H.R. 2884, to lower estate and income tax liability for individuals killed during the September 11 terrorist attacks against the United States, and allow commercial airline payments of $25,000 to passengers killed to be exempt from income. Yes. Passed 418-0. 9/13/01. 
 

390. H.R. 3004, Financial Anti-Terrorism Act to expand the Treasury Department’s powers to fight money laundering including enhanced law enforcement provisions, additional recordkeeping requirements for domestic banks and new restrictions on foreign bank dealings in the U.S. Yes. Passed 412-1, under suspension of rules. 10/17/01. 
 

402. H.R. 3090, Economic Security and Recovery Act. Substitute amendment to provide tax incentives in FY 2002 including individual and business tax reductions, additional unemployment and health insurance benefits, and new spending on school construction, economic development and other domestic programs and offsetting the $91 billion cost by freezing a reduction in the top individual tax bracket at 38.6 percent. No.Failed 166-261. 10/24/01. 
 

403. H.R. 3090. Motion to recommit the bill to the Ways and Means Committee with instructions to report it back with an amendment to lower the bill’s tax cuts to the level of funding for anti-terrorism efforts, provide that provisions are temporary only and offset by other changes in the tax code, and require financial assistance to individuals and businesses affected by the terrorist attacks of September 11. No. Failed 199-230. 10/24/01. 
 

404. H.R. 3090. On passage of the Economic Security and Recovery Act to provide tax reductions for businesses and individuals, expand the tax rebates of 2000, accelerate a reduction of the middle income tax bracket, lower capital gains tax rate, eliminate the corporate alternative minimum tax, and increase funds to states for health insurance for the unemployed. Yes. Passed 216-214. 10/24/01. 
 

508. H.R. 3529, Economic Security and Worker Assistance Act. Motion to recommit the bill to the House Ways and Means Committee with instructions insert a substitute bill, the Fiscal Stimulus and Worker Relief Act. No. Failed 177-238. 12/19/01. 
 

509. H.R. 3529. On passage of the bill to provide tax relief for individuals and businesses, including victims directly affected by the September 11 terrorist attacks, to help with economic recovery, and extend unemployment benefits and provide a health insurance refundable tax credit for displaced workers. Yes.Passed 224-193. 12/19/01. a couple’s taxable income and $10,000 for single taxpayers, and increase the standard deduction for married couples filing jointly to twice that of individuals filing singly, and simplify and expand the earned-income tax credit for low-income earners. No. Failed 196-231. 3/29/01. 

23. H.R. 333, Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act. Substitute amendment to allow debtors to deduct additional medical and child-care expenses before determining their eligibility for Chapter 7 bankruptcy; expand the definition of family farmer; change the standards for calculating median income; and include debtor privacy provisions. No. Failed 160-258. 3/1/01. 
 

24. H.R. 333. Motion to recommit the bill to the House Judiciary Committee with instructions to add language prohibiting the issuance of credit cards to individuals under age 21 unless a child has independent means or a parent co-signs. No. Failed 165-253. 3/1/01. 
 

25. H.R. 333. On passage of the bill that would require debtors able to repay $10,000 or 25 percent of their debts over five years to file under Chapter 13 bankruptcy, which requires a reorganization of debts under a repayment plan, instead of seeking to discharge their debts under Chapter 7, and also make permanent Chapter 12 bankruptcy relief for farmers. Yes. Passed 306-108. 3/1/01. 
 

50. H.R. 327, Small Business Paperwork Relief Act to require federal agencies to make efforts to reduce the paperwork burden for small businesses with fewer than 25 employees and establish a task force to study the feasibility of streamlining requirements with respect to small businesses regarding the collection and dissemination of information. Yes. Passed 418-0. 3/15/01. 
 

134. H.R. 1831, Small Business Liability Protection Act to protect businesses that contributed small amounts of mildly hazardous waste or ordinary garbage to a superfund site from EPA action and from lawsuits filed by third parties. Yes. Passed 419-0, under suspension of rules. 5/22/01. 
 

153. H.R. 1914, to extend Chapter 12 federal bankruptcy protection for farmers retroactive to June 1, 2001, and through Oct. 1, 2001. Yes. Passed 411-1, under suspension of rules. 6/6/01. 
 

164. H.R. 1088, Investor and Capital Markets Fee Relief Act. Substitute amendment to reduce Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) transaction fees at a cost of $4.8 billion over 10 years, and provide for SEC employee compensation parity with other federal banking regulators. No. Failed 126-299. 6/14/01. 
 

165. H.R. 1088. On passage of the bill to reduce SEC fees by $14 billion over 10 years and allow for an increase in SEC employee pay and benefits to levels comparable with other federal bank regulatory agencies.Yes. Passed 404-22. 6/14/01. 
 

463. H.R. 3210, Terrorism Risk Protection Act. Motion to recommit the bill to the Financial Services Committee with instructions to report it back with an amendment that strikes language that restricts lawsuits and liability damages and adds language that would ban insurers from passing assessment costs associated with repaying federal loans. No. Failed 173-243. 11/29/01. 
 

464. H.R. 3210. On passage of the bill to authorize a three-year federal loan program to create a temporary industry risk spreading program to ensure the continued availability of commercial property and casualty insurance and reinsurance for terrorism-related risks, restrict terrorist-related lawsuits to federal court and limit non-economic damages and attorneys fees. Yes. Passed 227-193. 11/29/01. 

2. Election of Speaker. Hastert. Hastert 222- Gephardt 206. 1/3/01. 
 

6. H.Con.Res. 14, to permit use of the U.S. Capitol rotunda for a ceremony as part of the commemoration of the days of remembrance of victims of the Holocaust. Yes. Passed 407-0, under suspension of rules. 1/31/01. 
 

7. H.Con.Res. 15, to express sympathy for the victims of the earthquake that struck India on Jan. 26, 2001, and support for ongoing aid efforts. Yes. Passed 406-1, under suspension of rules. 1/31/01. 
 

9. H.J.Res. 7, to extend best wishes and birthday greetings of the Congress to former President Ronald Reagan on his 90th birthday. Yes. Passed 410-0, under suspension of rules. 2/6/01. 
 

10. H.Res. 28, to express House support for the goals of Catholic Schools Week and congratulate Catholic schools, students, parents and teachers for their contributions to education. Yes. Passed 412-0, under suspension of rules. 2/6/01. 
 

12. H.Res. 34, to congratulate Ariel Sharon on his election as prime minister of Israel and urge Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat to use his influence and resources to see that violence in the Middle East is brought to an end. Yes. Passed 410-1, under suspension of rules. 2/13/01. 
 

16. H.Con.Res. 39, to honor 28 U.S. soldiers killed in a 1991 Iraqi missile attack during Operation Desert Storm and resolve to support theater missile defense programs. Yes. Passed 395-0, under suspension of rules. 2/27/01. 
 

20. H.Con.Res. 27, to honor the National Institute of Standards and Technology for 100 years of service. Yes.Passed 413-1, under suspension of rules. 2/28/01. 
 

21. H.Res. 54, to honor African-American pioneers including those in Dearfield, Colorado. Yes. Passed 411-0, under suspension of rules. 2/28/01. 
 

29. H.Res. 79, rule to consider S.J.Res. 6, congressional disapproval of the ergonomics rule submitted by the Labor Department. Yes. Passed 222-198. 3/7/01. 
 

30. H.Con.Res. 31, to support National Donor Day and raise awareness of organ and other donor programs.Yes. Passed 418-0, under suspension of rules. 3/7/01. 
 

32. H.Con.Res. 47, to pay tribute to 21 members of the Virginia Air National Guard and Florida Army National Guard killed in an airplane crash in Georgia. Yes. Passed 413-0, under suspension of rules. 3/7/01. 
 

51. H.Res. 67, recognizing the importance of combating tuberculosis on a worldwide basis, and acknowledging the severe impact that TB has on minority populations in the United States. Yes. Passed 405-2, under suspension of rules. 3/20/01. 
 

52. H.Con.Res. 41, expressing sympathy for the victims of the devastating earthquakes that struck El Salvador on January 13, 2001, and February 13, 2001, and supporting ongoing aid efforts. Yes. Passed 405-1, under suspension of rules. 3/20/01. 
 

53. H.Con.Res. 43, authorizing a revised edition of the House-printed biographical and historical report, "Black Americans in Congress, 1870-1989." Yes. Passed 414-1, under suspension of rules. 3/21/01. 
 

62. H.Res. 84, to adopt the resolution to provide $203.5 million in the 107th Congress for 18 House standing committees and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, not including the House Appropriations Committee, which is funded through the legislative branch appropriations. Yes. Passed 357-61. 3/27/01. 
 

79. H.Con.Res. 66, to authorize an updated version of the House report titled, "Women in Congress, 1917-1990." Yes. Passed 414-1, under suspension of rules. 4/4/01. 
 

90. H.Con.Res. 91, recognizing the importance of raising awareness of autism, and express support for additional federal funding to support research on and improved treatment of the disorder. Yes. Passed 418-1, under suspension of rules. 5/1/01. 
 

91. H.Con.Res. 95, to express the sense of Congress in support of establishing a National Charter Schools Week. Yes. Passed 404-6, under suspension of rules. 5/1/01. 
 

110. H.Res. 116, commending the dedication and sacrifices of law enforcement officers killed or disabled in the line of duty. Yes. Passed 416-0, under suspension of rules. 5/15/01. 
 

126. H.Con.Res. 56, to express the sense of Congress regarding National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day on the 60th anniversary of the Dec. 7, 1941, attack. Yes. Passed 368-0, under suspension of rules. 5/21/01. 
 

150. H.Con.Res. 100, to commend the American Football Coaches Association and Clear Channel Communications for supplying parents with child identification kits to gather data that can help in locating missing, kidnaped and runaway children. Yes. Passed 405-0, under suspension of rules. 6/5/01. 
 

157. H.Res. 97, to honor the work and achievements of former Rep. Shirley Anita Chisholm, the first African-American woman to serve in Congress. Yes. Passed 415-0, under suspension of rules. 6/12/01. 
 

161. H.Con.Res. 145, to condemn the Taliban regime’s forcing of Hindus in Afghanistan to wear symbols identifying them as Hindu, call for the policy’s revocation, urge Pakistan to push the Taliban to revoke the policy, and support humanitarian assistance for the Afghan people. Yes. Passed 420-0. 6/13/01. 
 

167. H.Con.Res. 154, to pay tribute to Army National Guard combat units deployed in support of Army operations in Bosnia and recognize the importance of all National Guard and Reserve units to U.S. security.Yes. Passed 417-0, under suspension of rules. 6/19/01. 
 

168. H.Con.Res. 163, to recognize the significance of Juneteenth, the annual celebration marking June 19, 1865, the day slaves in Galveston, Texas, heard of their emancipation. Yes. Passed 415-0, under suspension of rules. 6/19/01. 
 

171. H.Res. 124, to recognize the importance of America’s youth, support American Youth Day, and encourage participation in activities furthering the five promises of America’s Promise— The Alliance for Youth. Yes. Passed 424-0, under suspension of rules. 6/20/01. 
 

186. H.Res. 160, to condemn the Chinese government’s detention and treatment of five U.S.-based scholars of Chinese ancestry, urge President Bush to push for their release, and urge China to release a U.S.-based businessman on medical parole. Yes. Passed 379-0, under suspension of rules. 6/25/01. 
 

187. H.Res. 99, to urge Lebanon, Syria, and Iran to push Hezbollah to allow International Red Cross staff to visit four Israelis abducted by the group in Lebanon last fall. Yes. Passed 379-0, under suspension of rules. 6/25/01. 
 

188. H.Con.Res. 161, to honor 19 U.S. servicemen killed in a terrorist bombing of Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia on June 25, 1996. Yes. Passed 379-0, under suspension of rules. 6/25/01. 
 

192. H.Res. 166, to recognize those who provided relief and service to the people of Houston, Texas, and surrounding areas in the wake of Tropical Storm Allison. Yes. Passed 411-0, under suspension of rules. 6/26/01. 
 

197. H.Res. 172, to pay tribute to John J. Downing, Brian Fahey, and Harry Ford, firefighters killed in the line of duty June 17, 2001, in Queens, New York. Yes. Passed 424-0, under suspension of rules. 6/27/01. 
 

211. H.Con.Res. 170, to express the sense of Congress that corporations should increase their support of faith-based organizations and should not adopt policies barring the company from giving to such organizations merely because they are faith-based. Yes. Passed 391-17, under suspension of rules. 7/10/01. 
 

212. H.Con.Res. 168, to honor torture victims in the U.S. and abroad annually on the occasion of the U.N. International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. Yes. Passed 409-0, under suspension of rules. 7/10/01. 
 

213. H.Con.Res. 174, to allow use of the Capitol Rotunda on July 26, 2001, to present congressional gold medals to the original 29 Navajo Code Talkers. Yes. Passed 409-0, under suspension of rules. 7/10/01. 
 

229. S. 360, to name the U.S. Peace Corps headquarters and World Wise Schools Program after the late Sen. Paul Coverdell of Georgia, and authorize $10 million for the University of Georgia to construct a facility named the "Paul D. Coverdell Building." Yes. Passed 330-61, under suspension of rules. 7/17/01. 
 

230. H.Res. 195, to honor the U.S. military and defense contractors for the successful July 14, 2001, missile defense interceptor test. Yes. Passed 321-77, under suspension of rules. 7/17/01. 
 

290. H.Res. 212, to encourage participants at the U.N. World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia, and Related Intolerance to tackle those and similar discrimination issues and also recognize the need for a global framework to address such issues. Yes. Passed 408-3, under suspension of rules. 7/30/01. 
 

291. H.Res. 191, to call for the United Nations to transfer to Israel all material evidence in the investigation into the Oct. 7, 2000, abduction of three Israeli soldiers by Hezbollah forces, including an unedited videotape.Yes. Passed 411-4, under suspension of rules. 7/30/01. 
 

292. H.Con.Res. 190, to support National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month, recognized each September. Yes. Passed 418-0, under suspension of rules. 7/30/01. 
 

298. H.R. 2647, to provide $2.2 billion in FY 2002 appropriations for legislative branch operations. Yes.Passed 380-38. 7/31/01. 
 

334. H.Res. 233, to welcome the state visit September 5-7 by Vicente Fox Quesada, president of Mexico, and recognize the important relationship between the United States and Mexico. Yes. Passed 407-0, under suspension rules. 9/5/01. 
 

338. H.J.Res. 61, to express the sense of the Congress that the Senate and the House condemn the terrorists who planned and carried out the September 11, 2001, attacks against the United States, as well as their sponsors; extend deepest condolences to the victims and their families; commend the actions of rescue workers, volunteers and officials responding to the scene; commit support of increased resources to eradicate terrorism; and declare September 12, 2001, as a national day of unity and mourning. Yes. Passed 408-0. 9/11/01. 
 

372. H.Con.Res. 244, to authorize the printing of a revised edition of the publication titled, "Our Flag." Yes.Passed 412-0, under suspension of rules. 10/9/01. 
 

387. H.Con.Res. 248, to express the sense of Congress that public schools may display the words "God Bless America" as an expression of support for the nation. Yes. Passed 404-0, under suspension of rules. 10/16/01. 
 

388. H.Con.Res. 217, to express the sense of Congress recognizing the historic significance of the 50th anniversary of the alliance between Australia and the United States under the ANZUS Treaty, reaffirming the economic, security, and diplomatic importance of the relationship between the U.S. and Australia, and welcoming the state visit by Australian Prime Minister John Howard. Yes. Passed 413-1, under suspension of rules. 10/16/01. 
 

407. H.J.Res. 71, to designate September 11 as "Patriot Day." Yes. Passed 407-0. 10/25/01. 
 

408. H.Con.Res. 243, to express the sense of Congress that the Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor should be presented to the public safety officers who perished or who demonstrated outstanding valor above and beyond the call of duty in responding to the terrorist attacks on September 11. Yes. Passed 409-0, under suspension of rules. 10/30/01. 
 

411. H.Con.Res. 233, to express the profound sorrow of the Congress for the death and injuries suffered by first responders as they endeavored to save innocent people in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11. Yes. Passed 405-0, under suspension of rules. 10/30/01. 
 

417. H.R. 2647, to agree to the conference report to provide $2.97 billion in FY 2002 appropriations for legislative branch operations, including the House of Representatives, the Senate, Capitol Police, and Library of Congress. Yes. Passed 374-52. 11/1/01. 
 

432. H.Con.Res. 262, to express the sense of Congress that the President should preserve the ability of the U.S. to enforce its trade laws and ensure fair export trade laws during World Trade Organization negotiations. Yes. Passed 410-4, under suspension of rules. 11/7/01. 
 

439. H.Con.Res. 211, to express the sense of Congress commending Daw Aung San Suu Kyi on the 10th anniversary of her receiving the Nobel Peace Prize and recognizing her contributions and work toward bringing peace and democracy to Burma. Yes. Passed 420-0, under suspension of rules. 11/14/01. 
 

440. H.Con.Res. 257, to express the sense of Congress commending the men and women of the U.S. Postal Service for their outstanding job of collecting, processing, sorting, and delivering the mail during this time of national emergency and assuring postal workers that Congress will work to ensure their safety as they carry out their duties and responsibilities and the safety of the general public. Yes. Passed 418-0, under suspension of rules. 11/14/01. 
 

443. H.Con.Res. 228, to express the sense of Congress that the children who lost a parent or guardian in the September 11 terrorist attacks should be provided with all necessary assistance, services, and benefits available through federal, state or local agencies and urge those agencies to make such assistance a priority.Yes. Passed 418-0, under suspension of rules. 11/15/01. 
 

445. H.Con.Res. 239, to express the sense of Congress that schools in the United States should set aside time to allow children to pray for, or silently reflect on, the nation during the struggle against international terrorism. Yes. Passed 297-125, under suspension of rules. 11/15/01. 
 

450. S.Con.Res. 44, to express the sense of Congress on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of Japan forces’ attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, and honor the U.S. citizens who were killed and the service of the American sailors and soldiers who survived. Yes. Passed 393-0, under suspension of rules. 11/27/01. 
 

452. H.Con.Res. 77, to express the sense of Congress that Congress and the President should support the timely reunification of families separated 50 years ago when North and South Korea were divided. Yes.Passed 420-0, under suspension of rules. 11/28/01. 
 

469. H.Con.Res. 242, to express the sense of Congress congratulating Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty on a half century of effort in promoting democracy, particularly freedom of the press and freedom of expression in Eastern Europe and Russia, and recognizing its continuing efforts to advance vital U.S. interests in building a more peaceful, democratic, free, and stable world community. Yes. Passed 404-1, under suspension of rules. 12/5/01. 
 

471. H.Con.Res. 102, to express the sense of Congress in support of reducing hunger in sub-Saharan Africa and increasing bilateral and multilateral poverty-focused resources with an emphasis on health (including HIV-AIDS prevention and treatment), education, agriculture, private sector and free market development, democratic institutions and the rule of law, micro-finance development, and debt relief. Yes. Passed 400-9, under suspension of rules. 12/5/01. 
 

472. H.Res. 298, to express the sense of the House that Veterans Day should continue to be observed on November 11 and separate from any other federal holiday or day for federal elections or national observances. Yes. Passed 415-0, under suspension of rules. 12/5/01. 
 

473. H.Con.Res. 232, to express the sense of Congress honoring the crew and passengers of hijacked United Airlines Flight 93, which crashed on September 11 in Pennsylvania, for their action in possibly averting the use of the aircraft in a further terrorist attack by attempting to overpower the hijackers; extending condolences to the victims' families and friends, supporting a memorial plaque to the victims on the grounds of the Capitol. Yes. Passed 415-0, under suspension of rules. 12/5/01. 
 

474. H.Con.Res. 280, to express the sense of Congress condemning the terrorist attacks resulting in the death of 26 and the wounding of at least 175 people in Israel in December and urging the President to take steps to ensure that the Palestinian Authority acts to stop the terrorism and to insist that countries harboring or materially supporting Palestinian terrorist groups end their support, dismantle the groups, and bring them to justice. Yes. Passed 384-11, under suspension of rules. 12/5/01. 
 

483. H.Con.Res. 281, to express the sense of Congress honoring the ultimate sacrifice made by Johnny Micheal Spann, a paramilitary officer in the Central Intelligence Agency who was the first American killed in combat during the war against terrorism in Afghanistan, and pledging continued support for members of the armed forces who risk their lives every day to ensure the safety of all U.S. citizens. Yes. Passed 401-0, under suspension of rules. 12/11/01. 
 

488. H.R. 3295, Help America Vote Act. Motion to recommit the bill to the House Administration Committee with instructions to report it back with amendments ensuring that Motor Voter Law provisions remain in place, securing provisional voting rights, mandating that within five years voting systems must provide increased opportunities for voters to correct ballot errors, and requiring that election guidelines be developed by the Justice Department. No. Failed 197-226. 12/12/01. 
 

489. H.R. 3295. On passage of the bill to overhaul the nation’s voting system and authorize $400 million in one-time payments to states and counties to replace punch card voting systems, establish the Election Assistance Commission to assist in the administration of federal elections and election laws, authorize $2.25 billion over three years to states to reform the administration of elections, and establish minimum federal election standards for states and local governments. Yes. Passed 362-63. 12/12/01. 
 

490. H.Con.Res. 282, to express the sense of Congress in support of the importance of strengthening Social Security and that the President's Commission to Strengthen Social Security should recommend innovative ways to protect the Social Security system without lowering benefits or increasing taxes. Yes. Passed 415-5, under suspension of rules. 12/12/01. 
 

500. H.R. 3054, to authorize the award of congressional gold medals to officers, emergency workers, and other employees of federal, state, and local governments who responded to the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City and perished in the tragic events of September 11 (including those who are missing and presumed dead), and to the people aboard United Airlines Flight 93 who helped resist the hijackers and caused the plane to crash in Pennsylvania. Yes. Passed 392-2, under suspension of rules. 12/18/01. 

63. H.R. 801, to expand and increase funds for several Veterans Affairs Department programs, including those related to veterans’ educational, retirement, life insurance and death benefits. Yes. Passed 417-0, under suspension of rules. 3/27/01. 
 

64. H.R. 811, to authorize $550 million in construction funding in FY 2002-03 to improve veterans’ health care facilities. Yes. Passed 417-0, under suspension of rules. 3/27/01. 
 

109. H.R. 1696, to direct the American Battlefield Monuments Commission to expeditiously begin construction of the World War II Memorial at the Rainbow Pool on the National Mall and state that the monument’s previously approved design and siting are final, meet all applicable laws, and are not subject to administrative or judicial review. Yes. Passed 400-15, under suspension of rules. 5/15/01. 
 

166. H.R. 1291, to increase education benefits under the Montgomery GI Bill for military veterans pursuing full-time study through FY 2004, and provide that assistance for veterans with three years or more of service would increase from $650 per month to $1,100 over three years, and benefits for those with two years of service and four years of reserve duty would increase from $528 per month to $894. Yes. Passed 416-0, under suspension of rules. 6/19/01. 
 

301. H.R. 2540, Veterans Benefits Act of 2001 to authorize a cost-of-living raise for various veterans’ benefits, expand disability compensation for Persian Gulf War veterans with undiagnosed illnesses, and make other changes to Veterans Affairs programs. Yes. Passed 422-0, under suspension of rules. 7/31/01. 
 

342. H.J.Res. 64, to authorize the President to use all necessary and appropriate military force against the nations, organizations or people that he determines planned, authorized, committed or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred against the United States on September 11, 2001, or that harbored such organizations or people, to prevent future acts of terrorism against the United States. Yes. Passed 420-1. 9/14/01. 
 

344. H.R. 2904, to provide $10.5 billion in FY 2002 appropriations for military construction projects including the building of barracks, family housing and medical facilities. Yes. Passed 401-0. 9/21/01. 
 

356. H.R. 2586, FY 2002 National Defense Authorization Act. Amendment to set up a task force on counterterrorism and drug interdiction by either the Treasury or Justice departments and allow military personnel to help patrol U.S. borders. Yes. Passed 242-173. 9/25/01. 
 

357. H.R. 2586. Amendment to allow female military personnel stationed at U.S. bases overseas to undergo an abortion at medical facilities there provided they pay for it themselves and a doctor consents to perform the operation. No. Failed 199-217. 9/25/01. 
 

358. H.R. 2586. Motion to recommit the bill to the House Armed Services Committee with instructions to strike section 331 and restore committee language requiring that the Defense Department allow federal employees to compete with private companies for contracts. No. Failed 197-221. 9/25/01. 
 

359. H.R. 2586. On passage of the bill to authorize $343 billion in FY 2002 for defense programs, including some $125 billion for operations and maintenance; $82 billion for military personnel; $62 billion for weapons procurement; $48 billion for research and development; $13 billion for the Energy Department, and $10 billion for military construction and family housing. Yes. Passed 398-17. 9/25/01. 
 

362. H.R. 2904, FY 2002 military construction appropriations. Motion to instruct House conferees to insist on the House position on all items included in the House-passed bill for overseas military construction. Yes.Passed 417-1. 10/2/01. 
 

391. S. 1438, FY 2002 defense authorization. Motion to close portions of the conference on the bill when classified information is discussed. Yes. Passed 420-0. 10/17/01. 
 

394. H.R. 2094, to agree to the conference report on the bill to provide $10.5 billion in FY 2002 appropriations for military construction projects. Yes. Passed 409-1. 10/17/01. 
 

457. H.R. 3338, FY 2002 defense appropriations. Amendment to prohibit the use of community development funds for any purpose except wage supplements and health insurance assistance for unemployed workers. No. Failed 201-220. 11/28/01. 
 

458. H.R. 3338. On passage of the bill to provide $317.5 billion in FY 2002 appropriations for the Department of Defense and allocate $20 billion in emergency supplemental spending enacted after the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11. Yes. Passed 406-20. 11/28/01. 
 

494. H.R. 3338, FY 2002 defense appropriations. Motion to instruct House conferees to insist on the maximum levels within the scope of conference for defense, homeland security, transportation security and local recovery efforts from the terrorist attacks of September 11. Yes. Passed 370-44. 12/12/01. 
 

495. H.R. 3338. Motion to close conference committee meetings to the public during consideration of classified national security information. Yes. Passed 407-0. 12/12/01. 
 

496. S. 1438, to agree to the conference to authorize $343 billion in FY 2002 for the Department of Defense and related programs. Yes. Passed 382-40. 12/13/01. 
 

510. H.R. 3338, to agree to the conference report to provide $317 billion in FY 2002 appropriations for the Department of Defense and related agencies, and allocate $20 billion enacted as emergency supplemental appropriations on September 18 including funding for homeland defense and assistance to New York City and other areas directly affected by the September 11 terrorist attacks. Yes. Passed 408-6. 12/20/01. 

343. H.R. 2657, to re-designate the District of Columbia Superior Court’s Family Division as the Family Court and promote recruitment and retention of experienced judges, and extend the terms of new judges from one year to five, require ongoing training, establish a "one family, one judge" rule and expedite existing case backlogs. Yes. Passed 408-0, under suspension of rules. 9/20/01. 
 

352. H.R. 2944, FY 2002 District of Columbia appropriations. Amendment to prohibit the use of local as well as federal funds under the bill to extend city employees’ health benefits to unmarried domestic partners. Yes.Failed 194-226. 9/25/01. 
 

353. H.R. 2944. Amendment to an amendment to allow the use of local funds to carry out a District of Columbia Commission on Human Rights order that the Boy Scouts reinstate two homosexual leaders and compensate them $50,000 each, rather than an amendment to ban the use of local or federal funds to carry out the order. No. Failed 173-243. 9/25/01. 
 

354. H.R. 2944. Amendment to ban the use of local or federal funds under the bill to carry out a District of Columbia Commission on Human Rights order that the Boy Scouts reinstate two homosexual leaders and compensate them $50,000 each. Yes. Passed 262-152. 9/25/01. 
 

355. H.R. 2944. On passage of the bill to provide $398.1 million in FY 2002 appropriations to the District of Columbia and approve the District’s $7.2 billion budget. Yes. Passed 327-88. 9/25/01. 
 

482. H.R. 2944, to agree to the conference report to provide $408 million in FY 2002 appropriations for the District of Columbia and approve a $7.15 billion budget for the District. Yes. Passed 302-84. 12/6/01. 
 

502. H.R. 2657, to agree to Senate amendments to the bill to re-designate the Family Division of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia as the Family Court of the Superior Court and promote recruitment and retention of experienced judges to serve in the Family Court and consistency and efficiency in the assignment of judges to the Family Court. Yes. Passed 418-1, under suspension of rules. 12/19/01. 
 

503. H.R. 2199, to amend the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997 to permit any federal law enforcement agency to enter into a cooperative agreement with the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia to assist with crime prevention and law enforcement activities in the District. Yes. Passed 420-0, under suspension of rules. 12/19/01. 

26. H.R. 724, to correct an error in legislation signed into law in 2000 reauthorizing the president’s authority to operate the Strategic Petroleum Reserve through Sept. 30, 2003. Yes. Passed 400-2, under suspension of rules. 3/6/01. 
 

27. H.R. 727, to treat low-speed electric bikes as consumer products the same as pedaled bicycles and subject to the Consumer Product Safety Act. Yes. Passed 401-1, under suspension of rules. 3/6/01. 
 

46. H.R. 834, to authorize federal agencies to purchase private property along nine national trail routes from owners willing to sell. Yes. Passed 409-3, under suspension of rules. 3/13/01. 
 

47. H.R. 223, to extend until May 19, 2015, the time Clear Creek County, Colorado, officials have to finish selling 7,300 acres of former Bureau of Land Management property. Yes. Passed 413-0, under suspension of rules. 3/13/01. 
 

48. H.R. 725, to direct the Commerce Department to establish a toll-free phone number to confirm that a product is "Made in America." Yes. Passed 407-3, under suspension of rules. 3/14/01. 
 

81. H.R. 642, to reauthorize the Chesapeake Bay office of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, authorize $6 million for its operation annually through FY 2006, establish a small-grants, restoration program, and call for a five-year study of the bay’s ecosystem. Yes. Passed 406-13, under suspension of rules. 4/4/01. 
 

156. H.R. 700, to reauthorize through FY 2007 the Asian Elephant Conservation Act, which calls for up to $5 million annually in appropriations to the Interior Department’s Multi-National Species Conservation Fund to conserve Asian elephants. Yes. Passed 401-15, under suspension of rules. 6/12/01. 
 

159. H.R. 1157, Pacific Salmon Recovery Act to authorize $200 million annually through FY 2004 to the states and Indian tribes of Alaska, California, Idaho, Oregon and Washington for salmon conservation and restoration projects, and require states and localities to offer matching funds to receive federal assistance.Yes. Passed 418-6. 6/13/01. 
 

177. H.R. 2217, FY 2002 interior appropriations. Amendment to provide increases of $10 million for the National Endowment for the Arts, $3 million for the National Endowment for the Humanities, and $2 million for the Institute of Museums and Library Services and offset the increases by a reduction of less than 0.3 percent in Department of the Interior and U.S. Forest Service administrative costs. No. Passed 221-193. 6/21/01. 
 

178. H.R. 2217. Amendment to provide increases of $24 million for weatherization assistance, $12 million for payments in lieu of taxes, and $12 million for other energy efficiency programs, and offset the increases by a $52 million cut in fossil fuel energy research and development. No. Failed 153-262. 6/21/01. 
 

179. H.R. 2217. Amendment to eliminate the Recreational Fee Demonstration Program. No. Failed 129-287. 6/21/01. 
 

180. H.R. 2217. Amendment to prohibit spending funds for new oil and gas leasing and development within national monument boundaries except for monuments already authorizing such activity. No. Passed 242-173. 6/21/01. 
 

181. H.R. 2217. Amendment to prohibit spending funds for oil and gas development before April 1, 2002, in an area of the Gulf of Mexico known as Lease Sale 181. No. Passed 247-164. 6/21/01. 
 

182. H.R. 2217. Amendment to prohibit spending funds to suspend or revise final hard rock mining regulations published in the Nov. 21, 2000, Federal Register. No. Passed 216-194. 6/21/01. 
 

183. H.R. 2217. Amendment to prohibit spending funds to compensate Interior Department staff to extend leases, standstill agreements, or a March 30, 2001, settlement agreement, related to seven campsite leases collectively known as "Stiltsville" in Biscayne National Park, Florida. No. Failed 187-222. 6/21/01. 
 

184. H.R. 2217. Amendment to reduce funding for the National Endowment for the Arts by $10 million and increase energy conservation programs by $10 million. No. Failed 145-264. 6/21/01. 
 

185. H.R. 2217. On passage of the bill to provide $18.9 billion in FY 2002 appropriations for the Interior Department and related agencies and cultural programs. Yes. Passed 376-32. 6/21/01. 
 

199. H.R. 2311, FY 2001 energy and water development appropriations. Amendment to increase by $8.9 million renewable energy programs at the Energy Department and offset the cost with a decrease of $9.9 million from general investigation funds of the Army Corps of Engineers. No. Failed 39-372. 6/28/01. 
 

200. H.R. 2311. Amendment to strike language in the bill that would provide for beach replenishment and coastal protection projects to be paid for with 65 percent federal and 35 percent local funds. No. Failed 84-333. 6/28/01. 
 

201. H.R. 2311. Amendment to increase by $50 million renewable alternative energy programs at the Energy Department and offset the cost with a decrease by $60 million for weapons activities from the National Nuclear Security Administration Stockpile Stewardship program. No. Failed 163-258. 6/28/01. 
 

202. H.R. 2311. Amendment to increase by $66 million nuclear non-proliferation activities and decrease by $122.5 million funding for the National Ignition Facility. No. Failed 91-331. 6/28/01. 
 

203. H.R. 2311. Amendment to ban oil and gas drilling in the Great Lakes, Lake Saint Clair, and the Saint Mary’s, Saint Clair, Detroit, Niagara, and Saint Lawrence rivers. No. Passed 265-157. 6/28/01. 
 

204. H.R. 2311. Amendment to transfer $500,000 from nuclear waste disposal funds to the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board to study the Energy Department’s activities relating to the transportation of radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel to Yucca Mountain, and authorize conducting hearings, obtaining testimony, and gathering other evidence from the department. No. Failed 102-321. 6/28/01. 
 

205. H.R. 2311. Amendment to strike language int he bill that would prohibit the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission from using funds to finance the Gulfstream Natural Gas Project, a natural gas pipeline from Alabama to Florida. No. Failed 210-213. 6/28/01. 
 

206. H.R. 2311. On passage of the bill to provide $23.7 billion in FY 2002 appropriations for the Energy Department, the Army Corps of Engineers, water projects and other independent agencies. Yes. Passed 405-15. 6/28/01. 
 

309. H.R. 4, Security America’s Future Energy Act. Amendment to make clarifying changes to the bill including the authorization of numerous studies and analyses on turning municipal waste into fuel; developing nuclear reactors at existing Energy Department sites; linking education to energy conservation, and increasing the market share for renewable fuels. Yes. Passed 281-148. 8/1/01. 
 

310. H.R. 4. Amendment to authorize $10 million annually through FY 2006 for a partnership program involving the EPA, the Energy Department and private industry to promote and conduct public outreach and education on renewable and alternative energy. Yes. Passed 411-15. 8/1/01. 
 

311. H.R. 4. Amendment to require a combined corporate average fuel efficiency (CAFE) standard for passenger automobiles and light trucks, including sport-utility vehicles, of 26 miles per gallon (mpg) in 2005 and 2006 and 27.5 mpg in 2007 and beyond. No. Failed 160-269. 8/1/01. 
 

312. H.R. 4. Amendment to block the state of California from preventing the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission from ensuring low-cost natural gas transmission inside the state. Yes. Failed 154-275. 8/1/01. 
 

313. H.R. 4. Amendment to give California a waiver from a federal law requiring that reformulated gasoline contain at least 2 percent oxygen, provided the state achieves equivalent or greater emissions reductions.No. Failed 125-300. 8/1/01. 
 

314. H.R. 4. Amendment to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to impose cost-of-service rates on electricity generators selling power in western states for 18 months, and provide that power plants coming online after Jan. 1, 2001, would be exempted. No. Failed 154-274. 8/1/01. 
 

315. H.R. 4. Amendment to require that receipts from new oil and gas drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) be split, with 50 percent going to Alaska and the rest evenly divided between a new federal fund for renewable energy research and development and one for the elimination of the maintenance and improvement backlog on federal lands. Yes. Passed 241-186. 8/1/01. 
 

316. H.R. 4. Amendment to limit oil and gas drilling operations in the ANWR to 2,000 acres of total surface area. Yes. Passed 228-201. 8/1/01. 
 

317. H.R. 4. Amendment to maintain the current prohibition on oil drilling in ANWR by striking language opening the reserve to development. No. Failed 206-223. 8/1/01. 
 

318. H.R. 4. Amendment to express the sense of Congress that states along the Great Lakes should enact prohibitions against offshore oil and gas drilling or maintain existing ones. Yes. Passed 345-85. 8/1/01. 
 

319. H.R. 4. Motion to recommit the bill to the House Ways and Means Committee with instructions to add language providing that tax reductions should be contingent on sufficient non-Social Security, non-Medicare surpluses. No. Failed 206-223. 8/1/01. 
 

320. H.R. 4. On passage of the Security America’s Future Energy Act to make changes to the nation’s energy policies including those in the areas of production, conservation, taxes and research. Yes. Passed 240-189. 8/1/01. 
 

373. H.Res. 250, to urge the Energy secretary to increase the capacity of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to 1 billion barrels, fill it to capacity and consider buying from marginal wells. Yes. Passed 409-3, under suspension of rules. 10/9/01. 
 

393. H.R. 2217, to agree to the conference report on the bill to provide $19.1 billion in FY 2002 appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies. Yes. Passed 380-28. 10/17/01. 
 

397. H.R. 2924, to authorize the Western Area, Southwestern, and Southeastern power administrations to implement programs to reduce vandalism and destruction of property under their jurisdictions and provide cash rewards to persons who provide information or evidence leading to the arrest and prosecution of anyone responsible for causing damage to the nation’s electricity system. Yes. Passed 418-0, under suspension of rules. 10/23/01. 
 

416. H.R. 2311, to agree to the conference report to provide $24.6 billion in FY 2002 appropriations for energy and water development for the Department of Energy, Army Corps of Engineers and related agencies.Yes. Passed 399-29. 11/1/01. 

86. H.R. 428, to encourage Taiwan’s participation in the World Health Organization and direct the secretary of State to initiate a U.S. plan to obtain observer status for Taiwan at the annual summit of the WHO. Yes.Passed 407-0, under suspension of rules. 4/24/01. 
 

106. H.R. 1646, FY 2002-03 State Department authorization. Amendment to protect U.S. citizens acting on behalf of the government from prosecution by the International Criminal Court until the Senate ratifies the treaty establishing the court. Yes. Passed 282-137. 5/10/01. 
 

107. H.R. 1646. Amendment to require that the U.S. be restored to its seat on the U.N. Human Rights Commission before the release of a final payment of $244 million in U.N. back dues. Yes. Passed 252-165. 5/10/01. 
 

108. H.R. 1646. Amendment to strike language authorizing a $67 million payment required for the U.S. to rejoin the U.N. Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization and language urging the president to renew U.S. participation in the organization. Yes. Failed 193-225. 5/10/01. 
 

113. H.R. 428, to concur with Senate amendment to the bill to direct the secretary of State to work on a plan to help Taiwan win observer status at the World Health Organization. Yes. Passed 415-0, under suspension of rules. 5/15/01. 
 

115. H.R. 1646. Amendment to remove language reversing President Bush’s restrictions on funding to foreign family planning groups that provide abortion services, counseling or advocacy. Yes. Passed 218-210. 5/16/01. 
 

119. H.R. 1646. Amendment to bar U.S. military training or economic assistance to Lebanon unless that country militarily occupies and secures its border with Israel. No. Passed 216-210. 5/16/01. 
 

120. H.R. 1646. Motion to recommit the bill to the House International Relations Committee with instructions to add an amendment to require the creation of a special envoy for Korea within the State Department. No. Failed 189-239. 5/16/01. 
 

121. H.R. 1646. On passage of the bill to authorize $8.2 billion in appropriations for FY 2002 and unspecified funds for FY 2003 for the Department of State and foreign broadcasting operations. Yes. Passed 352-73. 5/16/01. 
 

160. H.R. 2052, Sudan Peace Act to support relief programs and condemn human rights abuses in Sudan, require companies trading securities in the U.S. to disclose their Sudan operations in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and call on the administration to facilitate the peace process, support additional forms of direct relief, and spend $10 million from the FY 2001 foreign operations appropriations law for humanitarian assistance in Sudan. Yes. Passed 422-2. 6/13/01. 
 

255. H.J.Res. 50, to disapprove of the extension of normal trade relations (formerly known as most-favored-nation trade status) to the People’s Republic of China for the period July 2001 through July 2002. Yes.Failed 169-259. 7/19/01. 
 

260. H.R. 2506, FY 2002 foreign operations appropriations. Amendment to reduce funding for the Export-Import Bank’s subsidy account by $15 million and its administrative expenses by $3 million, and increase by $18 million the Child Survival and Health Program Fund, with $13 million going toward HIV/AIDS funding and $5 million toward Vulnerable Children programs. Yes. Passed 258-162. 7/24/01. 
 

261. H.R. 2506. Amendment to eliminate the subsidy appropriation account for the Export-Import Bank.No. Failed 47-375. 7/24/01. 
 

262. H.R. 2506. Amendment to increase the U.S. contribution to the Child Survival and Health Programs Fund by $60 million to fight HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis, and reduce the Andean Counterdrug Initiative by $38 million and foreign military financing by $22 million. No. Failed 188-240. 7/24/01. 
 

263. H.R. 2506. Amendment to increase the Infectious Disease account by $50 million and the Child Survival and Maternal Health account by $50 million and reduce funding for the Andean Counterdrug Initiative by $100 million. No. Failed 179-249. 7/24/01. 
 

264. H.R. 2506. Amendment to increase the Child Survival and Health Programs account by $20 million to fight tuberculosis and decrease funding for the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency by $10 million and the Asian Development Fund by $10 million. No. Passed 268-159. 7/24/01. 
 

265. H.R. 2506. Amendment to earmark $10 million for human trafficking prevention programs, $10 million to help trafficking victims, and $10 million for other countries’ anti-trafficking efforts. Yes. Passed 427-0. 7/24/01. 
 

266. H.R. 2506. On passage of the bill to provide $15.2 billion in FY 2002 appropriations for foreign operations. Yes. Passed 381-46. 7/24/01. 
 

275. H.J.Res. 55, on passage of the joint resolution to disapprove normal trade relations with Vietnam through July 2, 2002. Yes. Failed 91-324. 7/26/01. 
 

276. H.R. 1954, to revise and extend for five years the Iran-Libya Sanctions Act allowing the president to impose sanctions on domestic and foreign individuals and companies that invest more than $20 million annually in Iranian and Libyan oil and gas industries. Yes. Passed 409-6, under suspension of rules. 7/26/01. 
 

335. H.R. 2833, Vietnam Human Rights Act to set up a commission to monitor human rights there and condition that country’s future non-humanitarian aid on achieving "substantial progress" toward specified human rights goals including the release of political and religious prisoners and an end to government involvement in human trafficking, and authorize $2 million in both FY 2002 and 2003 to support human rights and democracy in Vietnam. Yes. Passed 410-1. 9/6/01. 
 

389. H.R. 2272, to provide for debt relief to developing countries that take action to protect critical coral reef habitats. Yes. Passed 382-32, under suspension of rules. 10/16/01. 
 

429. H.R. 2998, to authorize the establishment of Radio Free Afghanistan to broadcast to Afghans in their own languages. Yes. Passed 405-2, under suspension of rules. 11/7/01. 
 

430. H.R. 852, to designate the "Nathaniel R. Jones and Frank J. Battisti Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse" in Youngstown, Ohio. Yes. Passed 410-0, under suspension of rules. 11/7/01. 
 

431. H.R. 3167, to endorse the expansion of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization). Yes. Passed 372-46. 11/7/01. 
 

437. H.R. 2541, to increase the law enforcement authority of special agents and provide limited authorities to uniformed officers responsible for the protection of domestic Department of State occupied facilities. Yes.Passed 410-0, under suspension of rules. 11/13/01. 
 

447. H.R. 3009, Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act to grant duty-free status to products from Bolivia, Columbia, Ecuador and Peru through 2006. Motion to recommit the bill to the House Ways and Means Committee with instructions to report it back with a substitute amendment that no duty-free status would remain in effect after Dec. 31, 2006. No. Failed 168-250. 11/16/01. 
 

453. H.R. 2722, Clean Diamonds Trade Act to allow the president to prohibit the import of rough and polished diamonds if exporting countries fail to take effective measures to stop the trade in conflict diamonds, provide penalties for violators, and authorize $5 million in FYs 2002 and 2003 to assist countries in implementing new measures under the bill’s provisions. Yes. Passed 408-6, under suspension of rules. 11/28/01. 
 

468. S. 494, Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act to help promote economic recovery and a transition to democracy for Zimbabwe by providing debt relief, but only after the president certifies that the country has made certain democratic changes. Yes. Passed 396-11, under suspension of rules. 12/4/01. 
 

470. H.R. 3348, to designate the National Foreign Affairs Training Center in Virginia 
 

as the George P. Shultz National Foreign Affairs Training Center. Yes. Passed 407-0, under suspension of rules. 12/5/01. 
 

477. H.R. 3008, to reauthorize for two years through September 30, 2003, at $507 million per year three trade adjustment assistance programs, extend direct benefits to workers for 26 additional weeks to 104 weeks and provide $2 billion in FYs 2002-2003 for new benefit coverage to workers of firms with significant layoffs and decreases in production as a result of the terrorist attacks on September 11, including direct payments after state unemployment insurance has lapsed, training, job search and relocation allowances. Yes. Passed 420-3, under suspension of rules. 12/6/01. 
 

480. H.R. 3005, to allow expedited negotiation and implementation of trade agreements between the U.S. and foreign countries. Motion to recommit the bill to the Ways and Means Committee with instructions to substitute new bill text that includes labor, environmental, health and safety protections and a biennial review by Congress of trade negotiating authority. No. Failed 162-267. 12/6/01. 
 

481. H.R. 3005. On passage of Trade Promotion Authority to allow expedited negotiation and implementation of trade agreements between the U.S. and foreign countries. Yes. Passed 215-214. 12/6/01. 
 

505. H.R. 2506, to agree to the conference report to provide $15.4 billion in FY 2002 appropriations for foreign operations. Yes. Passed 357-66. 12/19/01. 
 

511. H.J.Res. 75, to urge the U.S. and the United Nations to insist that Iraq allow UN weapons inspections as required under UN Security Council resolutions to prevent the development of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Yes. Passed 392-12, under suspension of rules. 12/20/01. 

13. H.R. 2, to ensure that the surpluses in the Social Security and Medicare hospital insurance trust funds are used to pay down the public debt, pending enactment of legislation to overhaul those programs. Yes.Passed 407-2, under suspension of rules. 2/13/01. 
 

31. H.R. 624, to authorize $5 million annually over the next five years to help defray travel costs of organ donors if the recipient earns less than $35,000 per year, and authorize $15 million in FY 2002 for state donor promotion and awareness initiatives. Yes. Passed 404-0, under suspension of rules. 3/7/01. 
 

33. S.J.Res. 6, to provide for congressional disapproval of the ergonomics rule, submitted by the Labor Department during the Clinton administration, stating the rule would have no force or effect. Yes. Passed 223-206. 3/7/01. 
 

49. H.R. 861, to correct minor grammatical errors in Title 9, Section 10 of the U.S. Code, related to federal court arbitration proceedings. Yes. Passed 413-0, under suspension of rules. 3/14/01. 
 

61. H.R. 247, on passage of the Tornado Shelter Act to allow community block grants to be used for the construction of tornado and storm shelters in manufactured housing communities. Yes. Passed 401-6. 3/22/01. 
 

128. H.R. 1, Leave No Child Behind Act reauthorizing education programs. Amendment to allow schools to use Title IV funding to provide CPR training to students. Yes. Passed 421-2. 5/22/01. 
 

129. H.R. 1. Amendment to express the sense of Congress that 95 percent of all federal education funds should be spent by school districts directly on improving the educational performance of students. Yes. Passed 422-0. 5/22/01. 
 

130. H.R. 1. Amendment to strike provisions mandating state reading and math tests for students in grades 3 through 8, and retain current law that requires states to test students in all subjects in which the states have developed standards. No. Failed 173-255. 5/22/01. 
 

131. H.R. 1. Amendment to lift a limit in the bill on funds that local education agencies could spend on law enforcement and security activities, including the hiring and training of school resource officers. Yes. Passed 420-3. 5/22/01. 
 

132. H.R. 1. Amendment to allow up to 100 school districts to apply for education block grants in exchange for improving students’ academic performance, and provide that no more than two districts from each state could apply for the grants. Yes. Passed 217-209. 5/22/01. 
 

133. H.R. 1. Amendment to require secondary schools receiving federal funding to allow military recruiting visits on school grounds. Yes. Passed 366-57. 5/22/01. 
 

135. H.R. 1. Amendment to provide private school choice for students who have attended low performing schools for three years, permit the use of innovative education grants funding for school choice, and allow choice for students who are victims of crime or who are attending unsafe schools. Yes. Failed 155-273. 5/23/01. 
 

136. H.R. 1. Amendment to authorize $50 million for five school choice demonstration projects to fund low-income students’ attendance at private or public schools. Yes. Failed 186-241. 5/23/01. 
 

137. H.R. 1. Amendment to increase the amount of federal funding school districts would be allowed to transfer between programs from 50 percent to 75 percent, and provide that states would have to approve the transfers. Yes. Failed 191-236. 5/23/01. 
 

138. H.R. 1. Amendment to require states to require school district policies allowing school personnel to discipline disabled students who carry weapons in school, possess, use or sell illegal drugs, or assault other students in the same way they discipline non-disabled students, and provide that disabled students could avoid sanctions if they demonstrated the offense occurred out of innocence or ignorance, and provide that continuing education services would no longer be required for sanctioned students, though the district could opt to provide services. Yes. Passed 246-181. 5/23/01. 
 

139. H.R. 1. Amendment to require state education departments to submit annual reports identifying schools that are not making adequate improvement. Yes. Passed 361-67. 5/23/01. 
 

140. H.R. 1. Amendment to express the sense of Congress that all construction resulting from the bill must use American-made steel and comply with the Buy American Act. Yes. Passed 415-9. 5/23/01. 
 

141. H.R. 1. Amendment to provide more extensive immunity from lawsuits for school officials that engage in reasonable actions to maintain order. Yes. Passed 239-189. 5/23/01. 
 

142. H.R. 1. Amendment to express the sense of Congress that the Senate, House and Bush administration should work together to provide more federal impact aid assistance to school districts with a small tax base because of a large federal presence. Yes. Passed 425-3. 5/23/01. 
 

143. H.R. 1. Amendment to reduce the overall funding level in the bill by 11.5 percent to $20.5 billion for FY 2002 and provide that maximum funding levels in each subsequent year could not exceed a 3.5 percent increase over the previous year’s funding. No. Failed 101-326. 5/23/01. 
 

144. H.R. 1. Motion to recommit the bill to the House Education and Workforce Committee with instructions to add language authorizing $2 billion for school construction. No. Failed 207-223. 5/23/01. 
 

145. H.R. 1. On passage of the bill to authorize $22.8 billion in education funding; require states to test students in math and reading annually in grades 3 through 8; authorize funding for disadvantaged students to meet higher standards, professional development for teachers, funding to states for innovative strategies, safe and drug-free schools programs and education technology programs. Yes. Passed 384-45. 5/23/01. 
 

237. H.R. 1. Motion that the House disagree to the Senate amendment and agree to a conference on the bill to authorize $22.8 billion in education funding. Yes. Passed 424-5. 7/18/01. 
 

238. H.R. 1. Motion to table the motion to instruct House conferees on the education funding authorization bill to agree to fully fund part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Yes. Passed 296-126. 7/18/01. 
 

281. H.R. 2620, FY 2002 VA-HUD appropriations. Amendment to increase by $25 million Veterans Affairs funding to help that department reduce its backlog of pending benefits claims and reduce by $92 million National Science Foundation funding for polar and Antarctic research. No. Failed 107-311. 7/26/01. 
 

282. H.R. 2620. Amendment to increase by $195 million section 8 housing assistance to fund 34,000 more incremental vouchers and increase by $4.8 million VA state grants for additional extended-care facilities construction, and reduce by $200 million the HUD Downpayment Assistance Initiative. No. Failed 139-284. 7/26/01. 
 

283. H.R. 2620. Amendment to increase by $100 million funding for HUD’s Revitalization of Severely Distressed Public Housing account and reduce by the same amount its Public Housing Capital Fund account.No. Failed 60-360. 7/26/01. 
 

284. H.R. 2620. Amendment to increase by $10 million HUD funding for the Youthbuild program and reduce by $10 million funding for HUD salaries and expenses. No. Passed 216-209. 7/26/01. 
 

285. H.R. 2620. Amendment to increase by $122.6 million homeless assistance grants and reduce by $100 million the HUD Downpayment Assistance Initiative and by $22.6 million HUD salaries and expenses. No.Failed 124-300. 7/26/01. 
 

293. H.R. 2620. Amendment to increase by $140 million EPA water improvement grants to improve municipal combined and sanitary sewer systems and reduce sewage overflow during heavy rains, and reduce the EPA hazardous substance superfund program by the same amount. No. Failed 99-325. 7/30/01. 
 

294. H.R. 2620. Amendment to designate $25 million of FEMA emergency planning and assistance funding for Project Impact, which funds pre-disaster hazard mitigation efforts. No. Failed 190-231. 7/30/01. 
 

295. H.R. 2620. Amendment to prohibit the use of funds to establish, charge or collect mortgage insurance premiums for the FHA multi-family program in an amount more than the cost of the insurance and reduce by $5 million funding for Operation Safe Home. No. Failed 212-212. 7/30/01. 
 

296. H.R. 2620. Motion to recommit the bill to the Appropriations Committee with instructions to add language increasing funding for VA medical care programs by an amount adequate to fully fund the cost of all currently authorized services including those under the Veterans Millennium Health Care Act. No. Failed 196-230. 7/30/01. 
 

297. H.R. 2620. On passage of the bill to provide $112.7 billion in FY 2002 appropriations for the departments of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and independent agencies including the EPA, NASA, and FEMA. Yes. Passed 336-89. 7/30/01. 
 

302. H.R. 2505, Human Cloning Prohibition Act. Substitute amendment to ban human cloning to begin a pregnancy but allow the cloning of embryos for medical research as long as a researcher registers with the Department of Health and Human Services, and make it illegal to receive or transport the products of cloning if they would be used to begin a pregnancy, and provide that the ban on reproductive cloning would expire in 10 years. No. Failed 178-249. 7/31/01. 
 

303. H.R. 2505. Motion to recommit the bill to the House Judiciary Committee with instructions to add an amendment providing that the bill would not prohibit human cloning related to the development of treatments for various diseases, including Parkinson’s, cancer and heart disease, and specify that the product of the cloning process could not be used to begin a pregnancy. No. Failed 175-251. 7/31/01. 
 

304. H.R. 2505. On passage of the bill to prohibit human cloning for any purpose. Yes. Passed 265-162. 7/31/01. 
 

328. H.R. 2563, Bipartisan Patient Protection Act. Amendment to delete a section of the bill which details caps limiting the number of medical savings accounts and replace it with language lifting current restrictions on such accounts, and also allow the setting up of association health plans, through which businesses could combine their resources to negotiate lower cost insurance plans, which would be regulated by federal law. Yes. Passed 236-194. 8/2/01. 
 

329. H.R. 2563. Amendment to limit liability and damage awards when a patient is harmed by denial of health care; allow a patient to sue a health maintenance organization in state court but federal, not state, law would govern, and provide that an employer could remove cases to federal court; limit non-economic damages to $1.5 million and limit punitive damages to the same amount, but only allow those damages when a decision-maker fails to abide by a grant of benefits by an independent medical reviewer, and provide that a patient could seek court reviews when an independent reviewer finds against him, but the patient would be required to produce clear and convincing evidence to overturn the decision. Yes. Passed 218-213. 8/2/01. 
 

330. H.R. 2563. Amendment to reform medical malpractice laws and require a plaintiff to begin a lawsuit within two years of discovering an injury and mandate that all health care actions be filed within five years of the injury and provide that those requirements would pre-empt other tort law; limit non-economic damage awards to $250,000; divide damages with multiple defendants based on responsibility; allow evidence of collateral source benefits; and restrict punitive damages including a limit on recovery to the greater of twice the amount of economic damages or $250,000. Yes. Failed 207-221. 8/2/01. 
 

331. H.R. 2563. Motion to recommit the bill to the Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, and Education and the Workforce committees with instructions to revert to the bill’s text prior to amendment. No. Failed 208-220. 8/2/01. 
 

332. H.R. 2563. On passage of the Bipartisan Patient Protection Act to protect consumers in managed care plans and other health coverage and provide federal health care protections, such as access to specialty and emergency room care; require that health maintenance organizations (HMOs) have an appeals process for patients who are denied care and provide that a patient denied care could sue an HMO in state and federal court but first must exhaust internal and external appeals processes; provide that federal law would govern a state court suit and an employer could remove certain cases to federal court; provide that economic damages would not be limited but non-economic and punitive damages would both be capped at $1.5 million; provide that an employer could select a "designated decision-maker" to assume liability; and reauthorize and lift current law restrictions on medical savings accounts and allow association health plans. Yes. Passed 226-203. 8/2/01. 
 

349. H.R. 717, to support additional federal research, coordination, information and education on Duchenne and other forms of muscular dystrophy. Yes. Passed 383-0, under suspension rules. 9/24/01. 
 

374. H.R. 1992, Internet Equity and Education Act. Substitute amendment to eliminate the bill’s provisions changing a 12-hour requirement of regular instruction or examination for every week of participation in a non-traditional program and easing current prohibitions on incentive payments to individuals recruiting students. No. Failed 99-327. 10/10/01. 
 

375. H.R. 1992. On passage of the Internet Equity and Education Act to allow eligible higher education institutions that offer more than half their courses through telecommunications or permit more than half their students to take correspondence courses to receive federal financial aid. Yes. Passed 354-70. 10/10/01. 
 

377. H.R. 3061, FY 2002 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education appropriations. Amendment to add $1.1 billion for programs under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), offset with reductions from other education programs. No. Failed 76- 349. 10/11/01. 
 

378. H.R. 3061. Amendment to add $12 million for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, offset with a reduction from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. No. Failed 107-312. 10/11/01. 
 

379. H.R. 3061. Amendment to add $33 million to community-based abstinence education programs, offset with a reduction from Centers for Disease Control and Child Care and Development Block Grant programs.Yes. Failed 106-311. 10/11/01. 
 

380. H.R. 3061. Amendment to restrict spending to carry out an executive order that requires federal contractors and other recipients of federal assistance to provide translations of documents for people with limited English language skills. No. Failed 156-262. 10/11/01. 
 

381. H.R. 3061. On passage of the bill to provide $123.1 billion in FY 2002 appropriations for the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education departments and related agencies. Yes. Passed 373-43. 10/11/01. 
 

395. H.R. 3086, Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students Act to allow the secretary of education to waive or change through 2003 the regulatory and administrative requirements for federal student financial aid programs to help students who are on armed forces active duty or who suffered economic hardship as a result of the terrorist attacks of September 11. Yes. Passed 415-0, under suspension of rules. 10/23/01. 
 

434. H.R. 2620, to agree to the conference report on the bill to provide $112.7 billion in FY 2002 appropriations for the departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development and independent agencies including the Federal Emergency Management Agency, NASA, EPA, and National Science Foundation. Yes. Passed 401-18. 11/8/01. 
 

435. H.R. 3061, FY 2002 Labor, HHS, Education appropriations. Motion to instruct House conferees to insist on the House position to provide no less than $51.7 billion for the Department of Education. Yes. Passed 367-48. 11/8/01. 
 

441. H.R. 2269, Retirement Security Advice Act. Substitute amendment to strengthen requirements for financial advisers when advising employees on behalf of an employer, including disclosure of conflicts of interest and fees each time advice is provided and requiring finding alternative advisers when conflicts exist.No. Failed 180-243. 11/15/01. 
 

442. H.R. 2269. On passage of the bill to amend ERISA (Employment Retirement Income Security Act) and tax code provisions to allows employers to provide their workers with access to professional investment advice as a benefit as long as advisers fully disclose any fees or potential conflicts and provide safeguards to ensure that workers receive advice solely in their best interests. Yes. Passed 280-144. 11/15/01. 
 

444. H.R. 2887, the Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act to reauthorize through FY 2007 the pediatric exclusivity provision provided for in the Food and Drug Administration 
 

Modernization Act of 1997 which encourages the study of drugs in children and the development of pediatric labeling information and provides six months of drug marketing exclusivity to be attached to existing patent protections or other exclusivity in exchange for conducting pediatric 
 

studies at the request of the FDA. Yes. Passed 338-86, under suspension of rules. 11/15/01. 
 

466. H.R. 3323, Administrative Simplification Compliance Act to require all Medicare health plans and providers to meet October 2002 electronic transactions requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act or submit a plan for compliance by 2003 to the Department of Health and Human Services. Yes. Passed 410-0, under suspension of rules. 12/4/01. 
 

467. H.R. 3391, Medicare Regulatory and Contracting Reform Act to modernize and streamline Medicare regulations for health care providers, provide the Department of Health and Human Services additional flexibility and control over private contractors, and mandate additional educational outreach by contractors to providers. Yes. Passed 408-0, under suspension of rules. 12/4/01. 
 

493. H.R. 3448, to improve the ability of federal, state and local governments to prevent, prepare for, and respond to bio-terrorism and other public health emergencies and authorize funds to increase medicine and vaccine stockpiles, expand labs run by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and safeguard the nation’s water and food supplies. Yes. Passed 418-2, under suspension of rules. 12/12/01. 
 

497. H.R. 1, to agree to the conference report on the No Child Left Behind Act to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to revise, reauthorize, and consolidate various programs; authorize ESEA programs including Title I programs for disadvantaged children through FY 2007, require states to annually test students in reading and math in grades 3 through 8, and set accountability standards and give schools greater flexibility in spending federal funds. Yes. Passed 381-41. 12/13/01. 
 

504. H.R. 3061, to agree to the conference report to provide $123.4 billion in FY 2002 appropriations for the departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education and related agencies. Yes. Passed 393-30. 12/19/01. 
 

512. S. 1762, to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish fixed interest rates for student and parent borrowers and extend current law with respect to special allowances for lenders. Yes. Failed 257-148, under suspension of rules (2/3 vote required). 12/20/01. 

59. H.R. 802, to authorize the president to award a Medal of Valor annually to up to five public safety officers who perform acts above and beyond the call of duty. Yes. Passed 414-0, under suspension of rules. 3/22/01. 
 

88. H.R. 503, Unborn Victims of Violence Act. Substitute amendment to make assault on a pregnant woman a federal crime and provide that a perpetrator could be subject to up to 20 years’ imprisonment for an assault causing prenatal injury and up to life imprisonment for an assault causing termination of the pregnancy.No. Failed 196-229. 4/26/01. 
 

89. H.R. 503. On passage of the bill to make it a criminal offense to injure or kill a fetus during the commission of a violent federal crime; establish criminal penalties, equal to those that would apply if the injury or death occurred to the pregnant woman, for those who harm a fetus, regardless of the perpetrator’s knowledge of the pregnancy or intent to harm the fetus; and provide that the bill’s provisions should not be interpreted to apply to consensual abortion or to a woman’s actions with respect to her pregnancy, and that the death penalty could not be imposed under this bill. Yes. Passed 252-172. 4/26/01. 
 

127. H.R. 1885, to extend for four months a law allowing some immigrants to remain in the country while pursuing legal residency. Yes. Passed 336-43, under suspension of rules. 5/21/01. 
 

152. H.R. 1209, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to determine whether an alien is a child, for purposes of classification as an immediate relative, and provide that the age of an alien applying for permanent residency status would be based on the application’s filing date rather than its processing date.Yes. Passed 416-0, under suspension of rules. 6/6/01. 
 

198. H.R. 2133, to establish a commission and authorize $250,000 for FYs 2003-04 to help commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, regarding school desegregation. Yes. Passed 414-2, under suspension of rules. 6/27/01. 
 

231. H.J.Res. 36, U.S. flag desecration Constitutional amendment. Substitute amendment to declare that Congress shall have the power to prohibit the physical desecration of the U.S. flag, but only in a manner consistent with the First Amendment of the Constitution. No. Failed 100-324. 7/17/01. 
 

232. H.J.Res. 36. On passage of the joint resolution to propose a Constitutional amendment stating that Congress shall have the power to prohibit physical desecration of the U.S. flag. Yes. Passed 298-125. 7/17/01. [Note: a two-thirds majority of those present and voting is required to pass a joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution.] 
 

233. H.R. 2500, FY 2002 Commerce-Justice-State appropriations. Amendment to increase by $11.7 million the Community Oriented Policing Services’ methamphetamine lab seizures program and offset the increase by a cut in funding for international broadcasting operations. No. Failed 187-227. 7/17/01. 
 

234. H.R. 2500. Amendment to increase funds for the Economic Development Administration by $73 million and reduce prison construction funding by the same amount. No. Failed 172-244. 7/17/01. 
 

235. H.R. 2500. Amendment to strike language prohibiting the use of funds for abortion services in federal prisons. No. Failed 169-253. 7/17/01. 
 

239. H.R. 2500. Amendment to increase by $500,000 the Census Bureau’s data content and products account and reduce by the same amount funding to pay for collecting and publishing statistics for other periodic censuses. No. Failed 209-217. 7/18/01. 
 

240. H.R. 2500. Amendment to increase by $2 million the Census Bureau’s automated data processing and telecommunications support account and reduce by the same amount funding to pay for collecting and published statistics for other periodic censuses. No. Failed 215-215. 7/18/01. 
 

241. H.R. 2500. Amendment to prohibit the use of funds in the bill to negotiate or pay any request or claim by China for reimbursement of costs associated with the detention of the crew of the U.S. Navy EP-3 reconnaissance airplane or with the return of the aircraft to the U.S. Yes. Passed 424-6. 7/18/01. 
 

242. H.R. 2500. Amendment to prohibit use of funds in the bill to deport aliens for conviction of a crime if they entered into a plea agreement before April 1997 or if they requested discretionary relief after June 25, 2001. No. Failed 189-242. 7/18/01. 
 

243. H.R. 2500. Amendment to prohibit the Justice or State departments to use funds in the bill for filing a court motion opposing a civil action against a Japanese individual or company for compensation where the plaintiff alleges slavery or forced labor while an American prisoner of war during World War II. Yes. Passed 395-33. 7/18/01. 
 

244. H.R. 2500. Amendment to prohibit the use of funds in the bill to destroy FBI national instant criminal background check system records within 90 days of their creation. No. Failed 161-268. 7/18/01. 
 

245. H.R. 2500. Amendment to prohibit the use of funds in the bill for U.S. contributions to the United Nations or any of its affiliates. No. Failed 62-364. 7/18/01. 
 

246. H.R. 2500. Amendment to prohibit the use of funds in the bill for U.S. contributions to U.N. peacekeeping efforts. No. Failed 71-359. 7/18/01. 
 

247. H.R. 2500. Amendment to prohibit the use of funds in the bill to start a World Trade Organization actions challenging a law of a country not belonging to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. No. Failed 123-306. 7/18/01. 
 

248. H.R. 2500. On passage of the bill to provide $41.5 billion in FY 2002 appropriations for the departments of Commerce, Justice and State and the federal judiciary and related agencies. Yes. Passed 408-19. 7/18/01.
 

252. H.R. 7, faith-based initiatives act. Substitute amendment to forbid federally funded religious social service providers from employment discrimination based on religion; disallow the preemption of any state or local civil rights law by any provision in the legislation; prohibit religious groups from conducting sectarian activities at the same time and place that they carry out federally funded social programs; strike a provision in the bill allowing indirect aid to be used for religious purposes, and offset the bill’s tax break by reducing by 0.2 percent the rate reduction given to individuals in the top bracket in the recently enacted tax package.No. Failed 168-261. 7/19/01. 
 

253. H.R. 7. Motion to recommit the bill to the Judiciary Committee with instructions to add language stating that federally funded religious service providers cannot discriminate based on religion and that no provision supercede state or local civil rights laws. No. Failed 195-234. 7/19/01. 
 

254. H.R. 7. On passage of the faith-based initiatives bill to allow religious organizations to compete with other non-governmental groups for federal funds to provide an expanded list of social services without abandoning their religious character, and provide $13.3 billion in tax incentives for charitable giving over 10 years. Yes. Passed 233-198. 7/19/01. 
 

257. H.R. 2137, to make over 60 technical changes to various crime and criminal procedure statutes. Yes.Passed 374-0, under suspension of rules. 7/23/01. 
 

258. H.R. 1892, to authorize close family members of a sponsor of a permanent residency application to sign an affidavit of financial support if the sponsor dies and if the attorney general decides the application should not be revoked. Yes. Passed 379-0, under suspension of rules. 7/23/01. 
 

333. H.R. 2291, to extend for five years the authorization for the Drug-Free Communities Support Program of grants to support and encourage local communities that demonstrate a comprehensive, long-term commitment to reducing substance abuse among youth, and authorize a National Community Anti-drug Coalition Institute. Yes. Passed 402-1, under suspension of rules. 9/5/01. 
 

339. H.R. 2882, to require public safety officer benefit payments to be made to the beneficiaries of officers killed or suffering a catastrophic injury within 30 days that a public agency certifies such injuries occurred in the line of duty while responding to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks against the United States.Yes. Passed 413-0. 9/13/01. 
 

361. H.J.Res. 42, to require that American flags on all federal buildings be flown at half-staff one day each year in honor of the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service in Emittsburg, Maryland. Yes. Passed 420-0, under suspension of rules. 10/2/01. 
 

385. H.R. 2975, Provide Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (PATRIOT) Act. Motion to recommit the bill to the Judiciary Committee with instructions to report it back with an amendment to add language to restrict the scope of the bill’s surveillance provisions to domestic or international terrorism-related investigations. No. Failed 73-345. 10/12/01. 
 

386. H.R. 2975. On passage of the Provide Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (PATRIOT) Act to expand law enforcement investigation of suspected terrorists including provisions on enhanced powers for surveillance and suspect detention. Yes. Passed 337-79. 10/12/01. 
 

396. H.R. 3160, Bioterrorism Prevention Act to amend the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 to impose new criminal penalties on persons who illegally possess, use or transfer certain controlled biological agents and toxins and require the secretary of health and human services to establish new reporting, registration and handling requirements. Yes. Passed 419-0, under suspension of rules. 10/23/01. 
 

398. H.R. 3162, Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act to expand law enforcement and intelligence-gathering power to investigate suspected terrorists. Yes. Passed 357-66, under suspension of rules. 10/24/01. 
 

426. H.R. 768, to agree to the Senate amendments to the bill to extend anti-trust exemptions for seven years allowing financial aid officers at private institutions of higher learning to discuss need-based grants and student award formulas and direct the General Accounting Office to review the exemption. Yes. Passed 400-0, under suspension of rules. 11/6/01. 
 

427. H.R. 1408, to safeguard the public from fraud in the financial services industry and streamline and facilitate the anti-fraud information-sharing efforts of federal and state regulators. Yes. Passed 392-4, under suspension of rules. 11/6/01. 
 

438. H.R. 2500, to agree to the conference report to provide $41.6 billion in FY 2002 appropriations for the departments of Commerce, Justice and State and the federal judiciary and related agencies. Yes. Passed 411-15. 11/14/01. 
 

491. H.R. 3209, Anti-Hoax Terrorism Act to make it a federal crime to convey false or misleading information that may reasonably be believed involving biological, chemical or nuclear materials and weapons of mass destruction and set penalties for engaging in such conduct which triggers any emergency or investigative response. Yes. Passed 423-0, under suspension of rules. 12/12/01. 
 

492. H.R. 1022, Community Recognition Act to authorize chief elected local officials to order that the U.S. flag may be flown at half staff to honor the death of a present or former local official. Yes. Passed 420-0. 12/12/01. 
 

501. H.R. 3275, to implement two international treaties: the International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings and the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism and provide for the establishment of a sentence of life in prison or death for those who are convicted of participating in bombings in public places, government facilities, public transportation systems or infrastructure facilities, and minimum prison sentences and criminal fines for those who provide or collect funds used to carry out terrorism. Yes. Passed 381-36, under suspension of rules. 12/19/01. 

14. H.R. 524, to authorize the National Institute of Standards and Technology to help small- and medium-sized manufacturers use electronic commerce. Yes. Passed 409-6, under suspension of rules. 2/14/01. 
 

54. H.R. 1042, to exempt 29 reports required to be submitted to the House Science Committee from elimination by the Federal Reports Elimination and Sunset Act of 1995. Yes. Passed 414-2, under suspension of rules. 3/21/01. 

15. H.R. 554, to require the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to establish a program to help the families of railroad accident victims and prohibit lawyers or their agents from making unsolicited contacts with families or injured passengers for 45 days after an accident. Yes. Passed 404-4, under suspension of rules. 2/14/01. 
 

55. H.R. 1098, to improve the recording and discharging of maritime liens and expand the American Merchant Marine Memorial Wall of Honor in San Pedro, California. Yes. Passed 415-3, under suspension of rules. 3/21/01. 

 

58. H.R. 1099, to authorize safety, personnel, and other changes in the U.S. Coast Guard, and increase civil penalties against negligent vessel operators and authorize more vessels for immigration patrols. Yes. Passed 415-0, under suspension of rules. 3/22/01. 
 

155. H.R. 1699, to authorize $5.3 billion in FY 2002 for Coast Guard programs and activities, including $3.7 billion for operation and maintenance and $659 million for facilities, vessels and other equipment. Yes.Passed 411-3. 6/7/01. 
 

193. H.R. 2299, FY 2002 transportation appropriations. Amendment to bar funds to process applications from motor carriers in Mexico for authority to operate beyond current U.S. commercial zones near the U.S.-Mexico border. Yes. Passed 285-143. 6/26/01. 
 

194. H.R. 2299. On passage of the bill to provide $59.1 billion in FY 2002 appropriations for transportation programs including $32.7 billion for federal highway programs; $13.3 billion for the Federal Aviation Administration; $6.7 billion for mass transit; $5 billion for the U.S. Coast Guard, and $684 million for railroads. Yes. Passed 426-1. 6/26/01. 
 

305. H.R. 1140, to allow railroad retirement assets to be invested in private securities, reduce the payroll tax on railroads and make other changes in the railroad retirement system. Yes. Passed 384-33, under suspension of rules. 7/31/01. 
 

347. H.R. 2926, Air Transportation System Stabilization Act. Motion to recommit the bill to the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee with instructions to add new sections requiring airlines to cover all health insurance costs for employees for 18 months after separation and ordering that airline passengers be screened by Federal Aviation Administration employees. No. Failed 174-239. 9/21/01. 
 

348. H.R. 2926. On passage of the bill to provide $15 billion in grants and up to $10 million in loan guarantees to airline companies to compensate for losses incurred as a result of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks; create a federal board to review how the loan guarantees are handled; establish a fund to compensate victims killed or injured in the attacks, or their survivors, and limit airlines’ liability for damages related to the September 11 attacks to the amount of insurance coverage they had for such incidents. Yes. Passed 356-54. 9/21/01. 
 

420. H.R. 3150, Airport Security Federalization Act. Amendment made in order by the rule to the bill to create a hiring preference for laid-off airline workers as airport screeners, require a preference for U.S.-owned companies in contracts for screening services, strike a provision in the new aviation assistance act relating to salary and benefits compensation caps, and mandate that airports seeking reimbursement under the provisions of the act itemize their security expenses. Yes. Passed 379-50. 11/1/01. 
 

421. H.R. 3150. Amendment to authorize $1.5 billion to help airports cover increased security costs into FY 2003, authorize airport screeners to be deputized as federal transportation 
 

security agents, increase the requirements for retroactive background checks for screeners and airport employees, and set a deadline of December 31, 2003, for screening all baggage. Yes. Passed 223-202. 11/1/01. 
 

423. H.R. 3150. Amendment to federalize airline passenger and baggage screeners at the nation’s largest airports and authorize Justice Department responsibility for airport and airline security. Yes. Failed 214-218. 11/1/01. 
 

424. H.R. 3150. Motion to recommit the bill to the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee with instructions to add language to create the Transportation Security Administration under the Department of Transportation. No. Failed 201-227. 11/1/01. 
 

425. H.R. 3150. On passage of the Airport Security Federalization Act to set up a new aviation security agency within the Department of Transportation responsible for federal control of airport security and passenger and baggage screening at U.S. airports; provide for agency officers to supervise screeners who could be federal employees or federally trained private contract employees; provide for armed federal air marshals, stronger cockpit doors, and background checks for persons in airport secure areas, and authorize a $2.50 passenger fee for each flight segment to pay for enhanced security. Yes. Passed 286-139. 11/1/01. 
 

428. S. 1447, Airport Security Federalization Act. Motion to instruct conferees to make every effort to resolve differences in the House and Senate versions of the aviation security bill by Nov. 9. Yes. Passed 397-0. 11/6/01. 
 

448. S. 1447, to agree to the conference report on the Aviation Security Act to establish a new aviation security agency within the Department of Transportation responsible for federal control of airport security and passenger and baggage screening at U.S. airports. Yes. Passed 410-9. 11/16/01. 
 

465. H.R. 2299, to agree to the conference report on the bill to provide $59.6 billion in FY 2002 appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related agencies. Yes. Passed 371-11. 11/30/01. 
 

485. H.R. 10, to agree to a Senate amendment to the Railroad Retirement and Survivors' Improvement Act of 2001 to increase benefits to railroad employees and their beneficiaries and to revise financing of the pension part (tier II) of the railroad retirement system. Yes. Passed 369-33, under suspension of rules. 12/11/01. 

5. H.R. 93, to increase the mandatory retirement age for federal firefighters from 55 to 57, bringing it in line with the retirement age for federal law enforcement officers. Yes. Passed 401-0, under suspension of rules. 1/30/01. 
 

11. H.R. 132, to name a post office in Lanai City, Hawaii, the "Goro Hokama Post Office Building." Yes. Passed 413-0, under suspension of rues. 2/7/01. 

 

18. H.R. 558, to designate a U.S. courthouse in Allentown, Pennsylvania, as the "Edward N. Cahn Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse." Yes. Passed 412-0, under suspension of rules. 2/28/01. 
 

19. H.R. 621, to designate a federal building in Van Nuys, California, as the "James C. Corman Federal Building." Yes. Passed 413-0, under suspension of rules. 2/28/01. 
 

151. H.R. 2043, to designate a post office in Kokomo, Indiana, as the "Elwood Haynes ‘Bud’ Hillis Post Office Building." Yes. Passed 407-0, under suspension of rules. 6/5/01. 
 

259. S. 468, to name a federal building in Van Nuys, California, the "James C. Corman Federal Building."Yes. Passed 381-0, under suspension of rules. 7/23/01. 
 

268. H.R. 2590, FY 2002 treasury appropriations. Amendment to strike a provision that allows the U.S. Navy to pay electric and other utility bills for the vice president’s residence. No. Failed 141-285. 7/25/01. 
 

269. H.R. 2590. Amendment to strike a provision that allows the U.S. Navy to accept donated goods, including food and beverages, for use at official events at the vice president’s residence. No. Failed 151-274. 7/25/01. 
 

270. H.R. 2590. Amendment as a substitute to prohibit the use of funds in the bill to enforce travel restrictions on U.S. citizens to Cuba, rather that make the same prohibition but provide that it would go into effect only after the president has certified to Congress that Cuba has released all political prisoners and has returned to the U.S. government all individuals sought by it on charges of air piracy, drug trafficking and murder. No. Passed 240-186. 7/25/01. 
 

271. H.R. 2590. Amendment to prohibit use of funds in the bill to carry out the U.S. economic embargo of Cuba. No. Failed 201-227. 7/25/01. 
 

272. H.R. 2590. Amendment to prohibit the use of funds in the bill for bonuses and incentive payments to senior management at the Internal Revenue Service. No. Failed 24-401. 7/25/01. 
 

273. H.R. 2590. Amendment to prohibit the use of funds in the bill to implement the final report of President Bush’s Commission to Strengthen Social Security. No. Failed 188-238. 7/25/01. 
 

274. H.R. 2590. On passage of the bill to provide $32.7 billion in FY 2002 appropriations for the Treasury Department, including the Internal Revenue Service and Customs Service; U.S. Postal Service; the Executive Office of the President, and certain independent agencies. Yes. Passed 334-94. 7/25/01. 
 

336. H.R. 1766, to name a U.S. Postal Service building in Annandale, Virginia, the "Stan Parris Post Office Building," in honor of former Congressman Stan Parris. Yes. Passed 362-0, under suspension of rules. 9/10/01. 
 

337. H.R. 1761, to name a U.S. Postal Service building in Alexandria, Virginia, the "Herb E. Harris Post Office Building," in honor of former Congressman Herb Harris. Yes. Passed 365-0, under suspension of rules. 9/10/01. 
 

360. H.R. 169, to strengthen federal agencies’ compliance with anti-discrimination and whistleblower protection laws by requiring that they pay for employee claims resulting in judgments against them out of their own budgets, to better notify federal employees about relevant laws, and to mandate detailed, annual reports to Congress on actions filed against the agencies. Yes. Passed 420-0, under suspension of rules. 10/2/01. 
 

409. H.R. 2559, to exempt from state and local taxes the premiums paid by federal employees for private insurance under the Long-Term Care Security Act and allow federal retirees who defer their annuities to participate in the insurance program. Yes. Passed 406-1, under suspension of rules. 10/30/01. 
 

410. H.R. 2910, to designate a U.S. postal facility in Petersburg, Virginia, as the "Norman Sisisky Post Office Building" in honor of the late congressman who represented that area. Yes. Passed 405-0, under suspension of rules. 10/30/01. 
 

413. H.R. 2590, to agree to the conference report to provide $32.8 billion in FY 2002 appropriations for the Treasury Department, the United States Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President, and certain independent agencies. Yes. Passed 339-85. 10/31/01. 
 

449. H.R. 1259, Computer Security Enhancement Act to require the National Institute of Standards and Technology to provide assistance to federal agencies in the protection of computer networks, promote federal compliance with computer information security and privacy guidelines, and assist federal response efforts to unauthorized access to federal systems. Yes. Passed 391-4, under suspension of rules. 11/27/01. 
 

478. H.R. 3129, to authorize appropriations of $5 billion for two years through September 30, 2003, for the United States Customs Service to fund its automation computer system, border protection equipment to fight terrorism and illegal drugs, and cybersmuggling program to help stop child pornography;, and for the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative and U.S. International Trade. Yes. Failed 256-178, under suspension of rules (2/3 vote required). 12/6/01. 
 

484. H.R. 3282, to designate the "Mike Mansfield Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse" in Butte, Montana, in honor of the late Sen. Mike Mansfield. Yes. Passed 401-0, under suspension of rules. 12/11/01. 
 

499. H.R. 3379, to designed the "Raymond M. Downey Post Office Building" in Deer Park, New York, in honor of the fire chief who served 39 years as a New York City fire fighter and was killed in the September 11 terrorist attack. Yes. Passed 393-0, under suspension of rules. 12/18/01.