VANDERGRIFF, TOM (a Representative from Texas)

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Constitution: right to life, except in cases of rape, incest, and life endangerment (see H.J. Res. 641), 24085 [10AU]

Emergency Medicine Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 545), 9027 [11AP]

Highways: encourage use of native wildflowers in landscaping (see H.R. 5623), 11446 [8MY]

Members of Congress: pay adjustment (see H.R. 4703), 1137 [31JA]

Social security: enforce support obligations of individuals by employer located on a Federal enclave (see H.R. 5880), 16770 [15JN]

———payment levels for hospice care (see H.R. 5141), 5534 [14MR]

Taxation: continue deductibility of residential mortgage interest payments (see H. Res. 530), 17371 [20JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Afghanistan: condemn Soviet Union for bombing (see H. Res. 547), 26171 [19SE]

Armed Career Criminal Act: enact (see H.R. 1627), 10243 [26AP]

Arts: recognizing important contributions to a complete education (see H.J. Res. 452), 8523 [10AP]

Big Brothers and Big Sisters: recognize volunteers (see H.J. Res. 594), 18023 [22JN]

Big Brothers and Big Sisters Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 356), 498 [26JA]

Blacks: honoring contribution to American independence (see H.J. Res. 454), 497 [26JA]

Brigantine and Barnegat units of National Wildlife Refuge System: designate as Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge (see H.J. Res. 537, 553), 9541 [12AP], 9757 [24AP]

Budget: amend Constitution relating to Federal procedures (see H.J. Res. 243), 4825 [7MR]

Bullets: penalties for use of armor-piercing (see H.R. 3796), 11912 [10MY]

Carbon alloy and stainless steel: reduce unfair practices for orderly trade (see H.R. 5081), 7868 [4AP]

Commission To Study Pay Equity: establish (see H. Con. Res. 239), 19173 [27JN]

Commission To Study Wage Discrimination and Other Discriminatory Personnel Policies and Practices in the Legislative Branch: establish (see H. Con. Res. 355), 25185 [12SE]

Commissioner of Social Security: conduct study to correct the benefit disparity known as notch program (see H. Con. Res. 105), 2452 [9FE]

Committee on Cities (Select): establish (see H. Res. 548), 20332 [29JN]

Committee on Foreign Affairs: investigate murder of U.S. citizens in El Salvador (see H. Res. 458), 5251 [13MR]

Committee on U.S.-Mexico (Select): establish (see H. Res. 486), 29612 [3OC]

Constitution: equal rights for men and women (see H. Res. 373), 498 [26JA]

———permit prayer in public schools (see H. Res. 424), 4825 [7MR]

D-Day National Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 487), 7868 [4AP]

Dept. of Defense: require certain consolidations of functions (see H.R. 3950), 4698 [6MR]

Education: Federal funds may be obligated to State and local agencies to meet voluntarily for religious purposes (see H.R. 5345), 8006 [5AP]

Education Day, U.S.A.: designate (see H.J. Res. 520), 7258 [30MR]

Energy Security Act: repeal authority administered by Residential Energy Conservation Service and Commercial and Apartment Conservation Service (see H.R. 3966), 9983 [25AP]

ERISA: investment by employee benefit plans in residential mortgages (see H.R. 4243), 6293 [21MR]

———additional controls on terminations of single-employer plans (see H.R. 6404), 30204 [4OC]

Family Reunion Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 272), 12323 [15MY]

Federal Home Loan Bank Board: delay regulations limitations on investment in real estate, service corporations, and equity securities (see H. Con. Res. 363), 29612 [3OC]

Federal records: improve preservation and management (see H.R. 3987), 9540 [12AP]

Firearms: regulate manufacture and importation of armor-piercing ammunition (see H.R. 5845), 17068 [19JN]

Food for Peace Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 572), 16446 [14JN]

Gay, George: award the Congressional Medal of Honor (see H.R. 4478), 21057 [25JY]

Glomar Java Sea (vessel): U.N. cooperation in discovery of fate of crew (see H. Con. Res. 268), 4698 [6MR]

Hawaii Statehood Silver Jubilee Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 546), 18023 [22JN]

Highways: allocation of interest earned on tax revenue paid into trust fund (see H.R. 5216), 6292 [21MR]

Interest: earned on passbook savings accounts shall be excluded from gross income (see H.R. 5678), 12839 [17MY]

International Olympic Committee: grant accreditation to Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty (see H. Con. Res. 270), 15485 [7JN]

Israel: relocate U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem (see H.R. 4877), 5250 [13MR]

Japan: dismantling of nontariff trade barriers on beef imports (see H. Con. Res. 245), 4047 [1MR]

Jewish Heritage Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 480), 3940 [29FE]

Jordan: prohibit sale of Stinger air defense missile systems (see H.R. 5140), 6512 [26MR]

Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act: assistance in locating missing children (see H.R. 4300), 8006 [5AP]

Knutson, Chad: donor of life- and sight-saving organs (see H.J. Res. 420), 11013 [3MY]

Local government: exempt units from the operation of antitrust laws (see H.R. 2981), 6918 [28MR]

Lupus Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 488), 11447 [8MY]

Management Week in America: designate (see H.J. Res. 494), 15974 [12JN]

Marketing Practices Act: promote competition in distribution of motor fuel (see H.R. 5023), 14344 [24MY]

Medicare: home health services (see H.R. 2029), 10571 [1MY]

———coverage for community nursing center services (see H.R. 4865), 4825 [7MR]

Members of Congress: revoke 3.5-pay adjustment (see H.R. 4600), 1238 [1FE]

Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 631), 24912 [11SE]

Mexico: bilateral summit on trade relations (see H. Con. Res. 291), 29613 [3OC]

MIA's: President to secure full accounting in Southeast Asia (see H.J. Res. 489), 26171 [19SE]

Missing Children Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 532), 12323 [15MY]

Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 578), 25924 [18SE]

National Adult Day Care Center Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 505), 4697 [6MR]

National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 451), 9028 [11AP]

National Arbor Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 71), 1138 [31JA]

National Arts With the Handicapped Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 484), 9758 [24AP]

National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 463), 2356 [8FE]

National Birds of Prey Conservation Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 485), 10773 [2MY]

National Blood Pressure Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 550), 23104 [8AU]

National Buddy Holly Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 622), 22281 [2AU]

National Cerebral Palsy Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 507), 26171 [19SE]

National Child Abuse Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 445), 2452 [9FE]

National Child Passenger Safety Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 563), 11446 [8MY]

National Christmas Seal Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 626), 26590 [24SE]

National Commission on Federal Budget Deficit Reductions: establish (see H.J. Res. 616), 19984 [28JN]

National Dance Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 446), 3022 [22FE]

National Day of Remembrance of Man's Inhumanity to Man: designate (see H.J. Res. 247), 5534 [14MR]

National Diabetes Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 591), 24085 [10AU]

National Digestive Diseases Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 533), 12323 [15MY]

National Down's Syndrome Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 512), 12599 [16MY]

National Drug Abuse Education and Prevention Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 529), 11912 [10MY]

National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 590), 15973 [12JN]

National Employ the Older Worker Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 437), 1941 [6FE]

National Endowment for Democracy: Freedom of Information Act coverage (see H.R. 5272), 10773 [2MY]

National Epidermolysis Bullosa Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 565), 27386 [26SE]

National Eye Donor Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 423), 3940 [29FE]

National Family Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 500), 11447 [8MY]

National Head Injury Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 638), 27653 [28SE]

National High-Tech Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 453), 19985 [28JN]

National Historically Black Colleges Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 637), 24912 [11SE]

National Home Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 525), 20333 [29JN]

National Hospice Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 621), 20332 [29JN]

National Housing Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 606), 21346 [26JY]

National Independent Laboratory Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 625), 23612 [9AU]

National Inventors' Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 271), 1940 [6FE]

National Jerome Kern Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 583), 14929 [5JN]

National Medical Assistants Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 450), 11912 [10MY]

National Medical Transcriptionist Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 332), 12840 [17MY]

National Mental Health Counselors Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 415), 6015 [20MR]

National Nurses' Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 558), 11013 [3MY]

National Nursing Home Residents Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 457), 9984 [25AP]

National Osteopathic Medicine Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 589), 17371 [20JN]

National Osteoporosis Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 610), 23104 [8AU]

National Outdoor Recreation Resources Review Commission: establish (see H.R. 2837), 4698 [6MR]

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 392), 24320 [5SE]

National Physical Fitness and Sports Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 509), 6918 [28MR]

National Port Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 636), 28145 [1OC]

National POW-MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 344), 4698 [6MR]

National Productivity Improvement Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 647), 30205 [4OC]

National Professional Security Month: proclaim (see H.J. Res. 281), 2052 [7FE]

National Quality Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 608), 21980 [1AU]

National Religious Liberty Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 522), 21980 [1AU]

National Reye's Syndrome Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 460), 29612 [3OC]

National Royal Ambassadors Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 640), 25924 [18SE]

National Safety in the Workplace Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 528), 14345 [24MY]

National School Guidance and Counseling Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 630), 24086 [10AU]

National School-Age Child Care Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 544), 12089 [14MY]

National Scuba Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 508), 21980 [1AU]

National Senior Citizens Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 451), 9028 [11AP]

National Sewing Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 491), 3343 [27FE]

National Spina Bifida Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 595), 24912 [11SE]

National Tourism Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 629), 21057 [25JY]

National Week of the Ocean: designate (see H.J. Res. 478), 2355 [8FE]

National Women Veterans Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 400), 5250 [13MR]

National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 499), 4698 [6MR]

Natural resources, environment and population: establish global foresight capability (see H.R. 2491), 2451 [9FE]

Older Americans Act: appropriations (see H.R. 4785, 5414), 9026, 9028 [11AP]

Older Americans Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 466), 1493 [2FE]

Olympic games: radio and television announcements urged to discourage drug and alcohol abuse during coverage (see H. Con. Res. 315), 15485 [7JN]

Ostomy Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 587), 20704 [24JY]

Parkinson's Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 432), 1138 [31JA]

Peace through strength: national security policy should reflect national strategy (see H. Con. Res. 83), 8007 [5AP]

Pledge of Allegiance: recognize the pause as part of National Flag Day (see H.J. Res. 206), 11013 [3MY]

Postal Service: issue stamp commemorating 50th anniversary of transatlantic flight (see H. Res. 457), 11667 [9MY]

Religion: equal access and opportunity to public school students (see H.R. 2732), 5250 [13MR]

Saudi Arabia: prohibit sale of Stinger air defense missile systems (see H.R. 5140), 6512 [26MR]

School prayer: amend Constitution (see H.J. Res. 100), 4698 [6MR]

Sec. of HHS: conduct study to correct the benefit disparity known as notch program (see H. Con. Res. 105), 2452 [9FE]

Senior Companion program: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 333), 19985 [28JN]

Small business: White House conference (see H.R. 5298), 6998 [29MR]

Small Business Act: assist in the creation of a secondary market (see H.R. 4773), 2051 [7FE]

Social security: amend with respect to home health services (see H.R. 3616), 1138 [31JA]

———apply swing-bed provision to hospitals with 150 beds (see H.R. 5111), 8006 [5AP]

———apply the swing-bed provision to hospitals up to 125 beds (see H.R. 3967), 3343 [27FE]

———benefits based on annuitant's employment (see H.R. 1376), 393 [25JA]

———clarify deceased individual's spouse payment as overpayment (see H.R. 5411), 20703 [24JY]

———delay for 2 years mandatory coverage of employees of religious organizations (see H.R. 4621), 6651 [27MR]

———ensure cost-of-living increases and study of changes in program (see H.R. 6299), 27653 [28SE]

———modify terminology relating to handicapped children (see H.R. 6132), 30205 [4OC]

———protect benefit levels of individuals eligible for benefits after 1979 (see H.R. 4093), 24668 [10SE]

Solidarity Sunday for Soviet Jewry: sense of House (see H. Res. 450), 4699 [6MR]

Soviet Union: establish commission to study famine in Ukraine (see H.R. 4459), 12322 [15MY]

———release one Jewish prisoner of conscience for each person who perished aboard Korean Air Lines flight 007 (see H. Res. 391), 120 [23JA]

———sense of Congress should be host to U.N. (see H. Con. Res. 212), 1139 [31JA]

Space Exploration Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 555), 18023 [22JN]

Spanish-American War Veterans Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 581), 14689 [31MY]

State and local governments: assistance to educational agencies for drug, alcohol, and tobacco programs (see H.R. 4851), 5692 [15MR]

Student Awareness of Drunk Driving Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 443), 2356 [8FE]

Suicide: establish commission to conduct study of the problems (see H.R. 5931), 18978 [26JN]

Tax Reform Act: repeal changes of debt instruments issued for property (see H.R. 6021), 21717 [31JY]

Taxation: allow mortgage revenue bonds to be issued (see H.R. 4799), 2354 [8FE]

———credit for expenses to dependents incapable of self-care (see H.R. 6327), 29612 [3OC]

———deduction for a dependent who suffers from Alzheimer's disease (see H.R. 6326), 29612 [3OC]

———deduction for members of households suffering from Alzheimer's disease (see H.R. 4274), 29612 [3OC]

———exempt interest in computing amount of social security benefits (see H.R. 3028), 2451 [9FE]

———investment by employee benefit plans in residential mortgages (see H.R. 4243), 6293 [21MR]

———incentives for investment in district heating and cooling systems (see H.R. 2105), 316 [24JA]

———reduce the rates of certain aviation-related (see H.R. 4054, 4055), 317 [24JA]

———remove certain limitations on charitable contributions (see H.R. 1285), 316 [24JA]

———self-employed health insurance premiums allowed as business expense (see H.R. 3487), 23611 [9AU]

———treatment of expenses incurred by members of the uniformed services or ministers who receive housing or subsistence allowances (see H.R. 4548), 121 [23JA]

———urging conferees to extend renewable energy credits (see H. Res. 513), 16300 [13JN]

Teenage Alcohol Abuse Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 611), 24912 [11SE]

Treasury: shall not expend or transfer funds to developing nations which are delinquent on interest payments to U.S. banks (see H. Res. 477), 9541 [12AP]

Veterans: amend charter of AMVETS by expanding eligibility for membership (see H.R. 4212), 317 [24JA]

Veterans' Preference Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 497), 18023 [22JN]

Vetter, David P.: award Presidential Medal of Freedom (see H. Res. 451), 6015 [20MR]

Women in Agriculture Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 554), 22281 [2AU]

Women's History Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 422), 2052 [7FE]

Year of the Secretary: designate (see H.J. Res. 495), 5251 [13MR]

Year of the St. Lawrence Seaway: designate (see H.J. Res. 567), 14518 [30MY]

Letters

SBA pollution control guarantee program: by, and 37 other House Members, 14378 [24MY]

Remarks by, on

Child Support Enforcement Act: amend (H.R. 4325), 22540 [6AU]

Congressional Pay Responsibility Act: proposed (H.R. 4703), 1145 [31JA]

Emergency Medicine Week: designate, 9047 [11AP]

Health: hospice care alternative (H.R. 5141), 5565 [14MR]

Highways: encourage use of native wildflowers in landscaping (H.R. 5623), 11483 [8MY], 11936 [10MY]

Human Services Act: amend (H.R. 5145), 16000 [12JN]

Social security: guaranteed cost-of-living increase (H.R. 6299), 28460 [2OC]

———payment rates for hospice home care (H.R. 5386), 28034 [1OC]

Social Security Disability Benefits Reform Act: enact (H.R. 3755), conference report, 26144 [19SE]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 1136 [31JA], 5532 [14MR], 11445 [8MY], 11910 [10MY], 15972 [12JN], 28142 [1OC], 28780 [2OC]

Reports

Child Support Enforcement Act Amendmemts (H.R. 4325), 22540 [6AU]

Texts of

H.R. 4703, Congressional Pay Responsibility Act, 1146 [31JA]

H.R. 5141, hospice care health alternative, 5565 [14MR]

H.R. 5623, encourage use of native wildflowers in landscaping highways, 11937 [10MY]