29. H.J.Res. 32, to express the sense of Congress that the president and Congress should join to strengthen and protect the retirement income security of all Americans through the creation of a fair and modern Social Security program that ensures equal treatment, provides a continuous benefit safety net for workers, protects guaranteed lifetime benefits and does not increase taxes. Yes. Passed 416-1, under suspension of rules. 3/2/99.

35. H.R. 540, to prohibit the discharge or transfer of nursing home residents as a result of a nursing home’s voluntary withdrawal from the Medicaid program. Yes. Passed 398-12, under suspension of rules. 3/10/99.

37. H.R. 800, Education Flexibility Partnership Act. Amendment to amendment to require that schools applying for a waiver of the math-science priority demonstrate how the professional development needs of their teachers in the areas of science and math will be met. No. Failed 204-218. 3/10/99.

38. H.R. 800. Amendment to require that state agencies ensure that the underlying purposes of the federal programs being waived are met. Yes. Passed 406-13. 3/10/99.

39. H.R. 800. Amendment to require that in order to obtain waiver authority under the bill, states must have in place a plan for assessing students’ performance, and must use the same plan throughout the five-year period for which they would be granted waiver authority, and also require states to have a goal of closing gaps in achievement between economically disadvantaged children and their peers. No. Failed 196-228. 3/10/99.

40. H.R. 800. Amendment to prohibit states or state education agencies from waiving the requirements for Title I funding unless 35 percent or more of the children in the school district come from low-income families. No. Failed 195-223. 3/11/99.

41. H.R. 800. On passage of the bill to expand the current Education Flexibility Partnership program by making all 50 states (plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and other U.S. territories) eligible to participate in the program, instead of only the 12 states permitted under current law; to allow participating states to waive certain federal statutory or regulatory requirements for education programs, as well as state requirements; and remove the “ed flex” program from the Goals 2000 statute, but require states to have implemented content and performance standards and assessments required under the Title I program for disadvantaged students. Yes. Passed 330-90. 3/11/99.

64. H.R. 800. Motion to instruct House conferees to reject Senate provisions that would allow local education agencies to redirect all or part of $1.2 billion previously appropriated for new teachers to special education programs under the Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA), and also instruct House conferees to insist that additional funding be authorized for IDEA, but not by reducing funds for class size reduction. No. Failed 205-222. 3/23/99.

94. H.R. 800. To adopt the conference report on the bill to expand the Education Flexibility Partnership Program by allowing all 50 states, plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and other U.S. territories, eligible to participate in the program, instead of only the 12 states permitted under existing law, and provide that participating states could waive certain requirements of federal education programs. Yes. Passed 368-57. 4/21/99.

105. H.Con.Res. 84, to urge the Congress and the president to fully fund education programs for the disabled. Yes. Passed 413-2, under suspension of rules. 5/4/99.

106. H.Con.Res. 88, to urge the Congress and the president to increase funding for the Pell grant student aid program. Yes. Passed 397-13, under suspension of rules. 5/4/99.

107. H.Res. 157, to express the support of the House for the country’s teachers. Yes. Passed 408-1, under suspension of rules. 5/4/99.

256. H.R. 1802, Foster Care Independence Act to increase from $70 million to $140 million the funding for programs to help teenagers in foster care programs prepare to leave the system at age 18 and to provide assistance to former foster care recipients between the ages of 18 and 21. Yes. Passed 380-6. 6/25/99.

258. H.Res. 226, to condemn the arson that occurred at three synagogues in Sacramento, California, on June 18, 1999. Yes. Passed 425-0, under suspension of rules. 6/29/99.

259. H.Con.Res. 94, to call for a national day of prayer and fasting before God and recognize the public need for repentance, reconciliation and healing. Yes. Failed 275-140, under suspension of rules [2/3 vote required; 277 in this case]. 6/29/99.

278. H.Con.Res. 107, express sense of Congress rejecting the conclusions of a recent article published by the American Psychological Association suggesting that sexual relations between adults and children might be positive for children. Yes. Passed 355-0, under suspension of rules. 7/12/99.

316. H.R. 1995, Teacher Improvement Act. Amendment to replace bill language on teacher accountability with language that would require states to report publicly on their progress in improving study achievement and reducing the disparities in achievement by low-income and minority students, and require that participating states have a plan to ensure that all their teachers are fully qualified by Dec.31, 2003, and that they establish programs to hold school districts and schools accountable for making annual gains in performance. Yes. Passed 424-1. 7/20/99.

317. H.R. 1995. Amendment to authorize $200 million in FY 2000 and such sums as necessary for FYs 2001-04 for matching grants to states for a sabbatical program for public school teachers who take leave to pursue professional development. No. Failed 181-242. 7/20/99.

318. H.R. 1995. Amendment to express sense of Congress that it is essential to ensure that American teachers are of the highest quality possible. Yes. Passed 425-0. 7/20/99.

319. H.R. 1995. Substitute amendment to increase funding for professional development and class-size reduction activities, with a separate authorization for the class-size reduction program; authorize $1.5 billion in FY 2000 for the class-size reduction program, increasing to $3 billion by FY 2005; and authorize $1.5 billion for teachers’ professional development increasing to $3 billion by FY 2004. No. Failed 207-217. 7/20/99.

320. H.R. 1995. On passage of the bill to establish a new block grant that would combine three existing education programs--a teacher performance programs, the Goals 2000 program and a program to reduce class size by hiring 100,000 teachers; authorize the new grant at $2 billion per year for five years, and give states greater flexibility in deciding how to spend the funds. Yes. Passed 239-185. 7/20/99.

390. H.R. 2684, FY 2000 VA/HUD appropriations. Motion to sustain the ruling of the chair that an amendment to increase funding for veterans’ medical care by $1.1 billion and designate the amount “emergency spending” was out of order because it would violate the 1974 budget act. Yes. Passed 219-198. 9/8/99.

391. H.R. 2684. Amendment to strike bill language terminating the Selective Service System and provide $24.5 million for draft registration activities, with the increase offset by reducing funding for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board and housing programs. Yes. Failed 187-232. 9/8/99.

392. H.R. 2684. Amendment to eliminate $2.1 billion in the bill for the international space station, leaving $300 million for termination costs, and reallocate the funds to veterans medical care, housing programs, and NASA’s science, aeronautics, technology program and debt reduction. No. Failed 121-298. 9/8/99.

393. H.R. 2684. Amendment to increase funding for Section 8 rental housing subsidies and for maintenance of public housing by a total of $305 million, offset by cutting $305 million from funding for the space station. No. Failed 154-267. 9/8/99.

394. H.R. 2684. Amendment to increase the Opportunities for Persons with AIDS housing program by $10 million, offset by cuts in funding for the National Science Foundation. No. Passed 212-207. 9/8/99.

395. H.R. 2684. Amendment to increase funding for NASA science, aeronautics and technology activities by $95 million, offset by reducing funding for the Environmental Protection Agency. Yes. Failed 185-235. 9/8/99.

396. H.R. 2684. Amendment to increase funding for HUD brownfields redevelopment activities by $5 million and for housing programs by $25 million, offset by cuts in funding for NASA. No. Failed 152-269. 9/8/99.

399. H.R. 2684. Amendment to increase funding for the U.S. Fire Administration, a division of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, by $2.5 million, offset by $2.5 million in funding cuts for the Environmental Protection Agency. No. Failed 69-354. 9/9/99.

400. H.R. 2684. Amendment to prohibit the use of funds in the bill to implement the Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation system, which is intended to distribute funding to regional VA health care networks in a way that accounts for shifting populations of veterans. No. Failed 158-266. 9/9/99.

401. H.R. 2684. Amendment to increase funding for the VA’s state extended care facilities construction grant program by $10 million, offset by reductions in funding for the Chemical Safety Hazard Investigation Board, the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Inspector General. Yes. Passed 366-54. 9/9/99.

402. H.R. 2684. Motion to recommit the bill to the Appropriations Committee with instructions to find new offsets to replace a $3 billion reduction in borrowing authority for the TVA in the bill. No. Failed 207-215. 9/9/99.

403. H.R. 2684. On passage of the bill to provide $92 billion in appropriations for the departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies including NASA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the National Science Foundation, and the Environmental Protection Agency. Yes. Passed 235-187. 9/9/99.

451. H.R. 202, to preserve and increase the availability of low-income housing for the elderly, including allowing the use of Section 8 rental vouchers for assisted living facilities. Yes. Passed 405-5, under suspension of rules. 9/27/99.

456. H.Res. 306, to express the desire of the House not to spend any of the budget surplus created by Social Security receipts and to continue to retire the debt held by the public. Yes. Passed 417-2, under suspension of rules. 9/28/99.

457. H.R. 2506, to reauthorize and rename the Agency for Health Research and Quality (formerly the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research) and to redefine its mission to focus on supporting private sector initiatives. Yes. Passed 417-7. 9/28/99.

472. H.R. 2684, FY 2000 VA/HUD appropriations. Motion to instruct the House conferees on the bill to agree with the higher funding levels recommended in the Senate amendment for the Department of Housing and Urban Development; the Science, Aeronautics and Technology and Mission Support accounts of the NASA, and for the National Science Foundation. Yes. Passed 306-113. 10/4/99.

483. H.Res. 323, rule to consider H.R. 2723, Bipartisan Consensus Managed Care Improvement Act, and H.R. 2990, Quality Care for the Uninsured Act. Yes. Passed 221-209. 10/6/99.

484. H.R. 2990, Quality Care for the Uninsured Act. Motion to recommit the bill to the Ways and Means Committee with instructions to report it back with a substitute amendment that would preserve the budget surplus until there is action on Medicare and Social Security solvency. No. Failed 211-220. 10/6/99.

485. H.R. 2990. On passage of the bill to make medical savings accounts available to all Americans, provide tax deductions for health insurance premiums and establish association health plans and HealthMarts, intended to make health insurance more accessible to small business and the self-employed through enhanced purchasing power. Yes. Passed 227-205. 10/6/99.

487. H.R. 2723, Access for the Uninsured and Managed Care Improvement Act. Amendment as a substitute to prohibit health plans from limiting the advice physicians can give to patients, guarantee patients’ access to emergency care, allow direct access to gynecological and pediatric care, create an external process to review a health plans’ denial of care, but not include the right to sue in court, and revise malpractice law to limit non-economic damages to $250,000 but permit states to set higher or lower limits. No. Failed 145-284. 10/7/99.

488. H.R. 2723. Amendment as a substitute to prohibit health plans from limiting the advice physicians can give to patients, guarantee patients’ access to emergency care, allow direct access to gynecological and pediatric care, allow patients the right to sue a health plan in federal court if all internal and external appeals have been exhausted, cap non-economic damages at $500,000 or two times the economic loss, whichever is less, and in some cases allow punitive damages, and allow patients and plans to resolve disputes by binding arbitration. Yes. Failed 193-238. 10/7/99.

489. H.R. 2723. Amendment as a substitute to prohibit health plans from limiting the advice physicians can give to patients, guarantee patients’ access to emergency care and allow direct access to gynecological and pediatric care, permit suits against health plans in federal courts only and with capped damages, and provide that patients would have to complete all internal and external reviews before filing a suit, cap non-economic damages at $250,000 or two times the economic damages, up to $500,000, and allow patients to submit to binding arbitration instead of going to court. Yes. Failed 160-269. 10/7/99.

490. H.R. 2723. On passage of the bill to require health plans to cover emergency care with a “prudent layperson” could reasonably believe such care was required, provide that health plans would have to allow direct access to gynecological and pediatric care, establish an internal and external appeals process to review denial of care, allow patients or their estates the right to sue their health plan in state courts when they make negligent decisions that result in injury or death of patients. Yes. Passed 275-151. 10/7/99.

491. H.Res. 303, express the sense of the House that 95 percent of federal education dollars should be spent on improving the performance of students in the classroom. Yes. Passed 421-5, under suspension of rules. 10/12/99.

500. H.R. 2684. To adopt the conference report to provide $99.5 billion in FY 2000 appropriations for the departments of Veterans Affairs, Housing and Urban Development and 17 independent agencies. Yes. Passed 406-18. 10/14/99.

513. H.R. 1180, to allow disabled individuals receiving Social Security and Supplemental Security Income payments to retain their Medicare or Medicaid insurance for 10 years after returning to work, and establish a voucher-like program to help working disabled persons to purchase job training and rehabilitation services. Yes. Passed 412-9, under suspension of rules. 10/19/99.

519. H.R. 2, Students Results Act. Amendment to authorize $5 million for the Women’s Educational Equity Act program and reinsert provisions related to gender equity throughout the bill. Yes. Passed 311-111. 10/20/99.

521. H.R. 2. Amendment to authorize $100 million in FY 2000 and each of the four following years for a program to offer certain students in grades 1 through 5 scholarships of $3,500 for tuition and fees at public or private schools if their governor has declared their school an “academic emergency,” allowing eligibility for the scholarships to students in grades K through 12 if they were victims of a violent crime at school. Yes. Failed 166-257. 10/21/99.

522. H.R. 2. Amendment to strike a provision that would permit Title I funds to be used for school wide programs if 40 percent of the school’s student body comes from poor families and provide that the existing 50 percent threshold for school wide program would be retained. No. Failed 208-215. 10/21/99.

523. H.R. 2. Amendment to increase the authorization for Title I funding from $8.4 billion to $9.9 billion. No. Passed 243-181. 10/21/99.

524. H.R. 2. Amendment to permit 10 states to use Title I funding to provide “portability” vouchers to children to attend other schools, including public, private and parochial schools. No. Failed 153-271. 10/21/99.

525. H.R. 2. Amendment to add science as one of the subjects for which states would be required to develop standards and assessments. Yes. Passed 360-62. 10/21/99.

526. H.R. 2. On passage of the bill to authorize $9.9 billion for Title I school district grants and require state and Title I school districts to report annually to parents and the public on their academic performance and give parents the option of switching their children out of low-performing Title I schools. Yes. Passed 358-67. 10/21/99.

530. H.R. 2300, Academic Achievement for All (Straight A’s) Act. Amendment to limit federal funding for school districts unless the state certifies annually to the Department of Education that per-pupil expenditures are “substantially equal” across the state, or that student achievement levels in math and reading, graduation rates, and rates of college-bound students in the school districts with the lowest per-pupil expenditures are “substantially equal” to those of the school districts with the highest per-pupil expenditures, and provide that the Education Department, in consultation with the National Academy of Sciences, would be required to publish guidelines that define “substantially equal” and “per-pupil expenditures.” No. Failed 183-235. 10/21/99.

531. H.R. 2300. Motion to recommit the bill to the Education and Workforce Committee with instructions to report the bill back with an amendment to reduce class sizes, ensure that teachers are highly qualified, and repair schools. No. Failed 201-217. 10/21/99.

532. H.R. 2300. On passage of the bill to establish a pilot program that would allow 10 states that develop student performance goals to participate in a flexible grant program under which they would receive a block grant of federal education funding to be used at their discretion, and provide that if a participating state could not meet its objectives within five years, it would have to revert to the current allocation system. Yes. Passed 213-208. 10/21/99.

553. H.Con.Res. 213, to express the sense of Congress that the Education Department should use funds to promote financial literacy programs in schools. Yes. Passed 411-3, under suspension of rules. 11/2/99.

558. H.R. 2990, Quality Care for the Uninsured Act. Motion to instruct House conferees to insist upon the provisions of H.R. 2990 as passed by the House and to insist that the provision be paid for. Yes. Passed 257-167. 11/3/99.

564. H.Con.Res. 214, to express the support of Congress for teaching phonics in schools. Yes. Failed 224-193, under suspension of rules (2/3 vote required). 11/4/99.

573. H.R. 3075, to make adjustments to Medicare payments set in the 1997 Balanced Budget Act (PL 105-33), including increases in Medicare payments to hospitals, managed care insurers and skilled nursing facilities; postponement of a 15 percent across-the-board cut in payments to home health care agencies; and creation of new caps for therapy services. Yes. Passed 388-25, under suspension of rules. 11/5/99.

574. H.Res. 94, to recognize the contribution made by those who have donated kidneys to save lives. Yes. Passed 382-0, under suspension of rules. 11/6/99.

583. H.R. 3073, Fathers Count Act. Amendment to replace the word “father” with the word “parent” and to make several other changes. No. Failed 172-253. 11/10/99.

584. H.R. 3073. Amendment to prohibit funding under the bill to any faith-based organization that is “pervasively sectarian.” No. Failed 184-238. 11/10/99.

585. H.R. 3073. Motion to recommit the bill to the Ways and Means Committee with instructions to report it back to the House with an amendment to prohibit employment discrimination by religious institutions that receive federal funding. No. Failed 176-246. 11/10/99.

586. H.R. 3073. On passage of the bill to authorize $150 million over six years for grants to nonprofit groups and state agencies that create programs to promote responsible fatherhood and create educational, economic and employment opportunities and provide budget offsets that would crack down on student loan defaults and repeal a bonus to states that achieve high performance on welfare-to-work programs. Yes. Passed 328-93. 11/10/99.

594. H.Res. 325, express the sense of the House regarding the importance of increased support and funding to combat diabetes. Yes. Passed 414-0, under suspension of rules. 11/16/99.

597. S. 440, to authorize funding for grants to establish the Howard Baker School of Government at the University of Tennessee, the John Glenn Institute for Public Service and Public Policy at Ohio State University, the Mark O. Hatfield School of Government at Portland State University, the Robert T. Stafford Public Policy Institute in Vermont, and to establish an endowment fund for the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University. No. Failed 128-291, under suspension of rules. 11/17/99.

611. H.R. 1180, to adopt the conference report on the bill to allow disabled individuals to retain their federal health benefits after they return to work; create a voucher-like system to permit disabled individuals receiving Social Security and Supplemental Security Income to purchase job training and rehabilitation services to prepare them to return to work, and extend several tax provisions that would otherwise expire at the end of 1999, including the research tax credit and the work opportunity tax credit. Yes. Passed 418-2. 11/18/99.