To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce to age 21 the minimum age for an individual without children to be eligible for the earned income credit.
1999-09-22: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1920)
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to preclude the removal of an alien who unlawfully voted solely due to a misunderstanding of his or her eligibility to vote or citizenship status.
1999-08-24: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims.
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to assure that immigrants do not have to wait longer for an immigrant visa as a result of a reclassification from family second preference to family first preference because of the naturalization of a parent or spouse.
1999-07-13: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims.
To express the sense of Congress regarding the need to carefully review proposed changes to the governance structure of the Civil Air Patrol before any such change is implemented and to require studies by the Comptroller General and the Inspector General of the Department of Defense regarding Civil Air Patrol management and operations.
1999-07-12: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Readiness.
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide grants to State and local educational agencies to pay such agencies for one-half of the salary of a teacher who uses approved sabbatical leave to pursue a course of study that will improve his or her classroom teaching.
1999-06-15: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
To amend title 5, United States Code, to increase the mandatory retirement age for law enforcement officers from 57 to 60 years of age.
1999-05-21: Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service.
To amend title 18, United States Code, to ban using the Internet to obtain or dispose of a firearm.
1999-05-13: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
To provide for the full funding of the Pell Grant Program.
1999-05-21: Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training and Life-Long Learning.
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the 60-month limitation period on the allowance of a deduction of interest on loans for higher education expenses.
1999-03-17: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1404)
Ovarian Cancer Research and Information Amendments of 1999
1999-03-30: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Work for Real Wages Act
1999-03-09: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E369)
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that an individual who leaves employment because of sexual harassment or the loss of child care will, for purposes of determining such individual's eligibility for unemployment compensation, be treated as having left such employment for good cause.
1999-03-11: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
To amend the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act to remove the requirement that exposure resulting in stomach cancer occur before age 30, and for other purposes.
1999-03-10: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims.
To modify retroactively the residence requirement for transmission of citizenship to certain individuals born abroad before 1953 to one citizen parent and one alien parent.
1999-04-14: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3709)
To declare certain Amerasians to be citizens of the United States.
1999-04-14: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3707-3708)
National Eye Institute Authorization Act of 1999
1999-03-03: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
To establish requirements for the cancellation of automobile insurance policies.
1999-02-24: Referred to the Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous Materials.
To ensure that crop losses resulting from plant viruses and other plant diseases are covered by crop insurance and the noninsured crop assistance program and that agricultural producers who suffer such losses are eligible for emergency loans.
1999-03-16: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1305)
To prescribe alternative payment mechanisms for the payment of annual enrollment fees for the TRICARE program of the military health care system.
1999-02-10: Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
To provide authorities to, and impose requirements on, the Secretary of Defense in order to facilitate State enforcement of State tax, employment, and licensing laws against Federal construction contractors.
1999-03-09: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E365)