CHAPPELL, BILL, JR. (a Representative from Florida)
Amendments offered by, to
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1872), 16946 [24JN], 17235 [25JN], 17803 [27JN]
———making appropriations (H.R. 3629), 29647 [30OC]
Appointments
Conferee: H.J. Res. 465, continuing appropriations, 36945 [17DE]
———H.J. Res. 465, making further continuing appropriations, 35944 [11DE]
———H.R. 2959, making energy and water development appropriations, 25418 [1OC]
———H.R. 3327, making Dept. of Defense appropriations for military construction, 31597 [13NO]
Articles and editorials
Carrying on the Good Work, Dorothy Gilliam, Washington (DC) Post, 32495
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Attorney General: exchange criminal record information with States and local government (see H.R. 571), 825 [22JA]
Boren, Monique G.: relief (see H.R. 627), 828 [22JA]
Diane M (vessel): licensing (see H.R. 735), 903 [24JA]
Federal employees: exclusive remedy against suits (see H.R. 570), 825 [22JA]
Housing Act: eligibility of individuals and families receiving assistance (see H.R. 569), 825 [22JA]
Jane E (vessel): licensing (see H.R. 735), 903 [24JA]
Mary McLeod Bethune Memorial Fine Arts Center, Volusia County, FL: establish (see H.R. 1715), 6365 [26MR]
Medicare: eliminate requirement of 24 months to qualify for disability (see H.R. 578), 825 [22JA]
———administrative and judicial review of claims under supplementary insurance program (see H.R. 579), 825 [22JA]
Sec. of the Interior: classify and inventory wetland resources (see H.R. 572), 825 [22JA]
Social Security: disability benefits and freeze after 40 quarters of coverage (see H.R. 576), 825 [22JA]
———eliminate 5-month waiting period for disability benefits (see H.R. 574), 825 [22JA]
———remove limitation upon outside income (see H.R. 575), 825 [22JA]
———waiting period for terminal illness shall not be applicable (see H.R. 580), 826 [22JA]
Sports: urge negotiators for major league baseball owners and players to quickly settle their differences and avoid a strike (see H. Res. 252), 22684 [1AU]
Taxation: designate $1 for reduction of national debt (see H.R. 573), 825 [22JA]
———exclude amounts received by members of firefighting and rescue units (see H.R. 577), 825 [22JA]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Ammunition: regulate manufacture, importation, and sale of armor-piercing (see H.R. 13), 1315 [30JA]
Animals: end use of steel jaw leghold traps (see H.R. 1809), 14059 [4JN]
Appalachian Regional Development Act: amend (see H.R. 10), 11761 [14MY]
Arms control policy: support President's commitment (see H. Con. Res. 35), 5049 [7MR]
Atomic Energy Act: encourage development and use of standardized plant designs (see H.R. 1029), 5585 [19MR]
Baltic Freedom Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 263), 15216 [11JN]
Banks and banking: authorize interstate among certain States (see H.R. 52), 4703 [6MR]
Benign Essential Blepharospasm Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 308), 25051 [26SE]
Blue Angels: authorize Postmaster General to issue commemorative stamp to honor (see H.J. Res. 245), 11148 [8MY]
Boy Scouts of America: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 159), 10521 [6MY]
Budget: constitutional amendment relative to Federal procedures (see H.J. Res. 27), 458 [3JA]
———reduce national debt from surplus created by balanced (see H.J. Res. 58), 6471 [27MR]
Camp Fire, Inc.: recognizing 75 years service (see H.J. Res. 298), 13436 [23MY]
Camp Fire Week: designate (see H. Res. 98), 5586 [19MR]
Canada: discontinue taxes on travel literature imported from U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 48), 1695 [4FE]
Charitable contributions: deduction for nonitemizers (see H.R. 94), 6610 [28MR]
Child abuse: encourage States to enact protection reform (see H.R. 1205), 13127 [22MY]
Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act: encourage States to enact protection reforms (see H.R. 2999), 20264 [24JY]
Children: provide State assistance to establish clearinghouse for missing (see H.R. 604), 7612 [4AP]
———right to support by parents (see H.R. 125), 3378 [25FE]
Cigarettes: increase tax and provide cost-of-living adjustment in amount of such tax (see H.R. 236), 5047 [7MR]
Citrus products: equal and equitable classification and duty rates (see H.R. 2362), 10520 [6MY]
Coins and coinage: minting of commemoration of centennial of the Statue of Liberty (see H.R. 47), 3570 [26FE]
———provide for minting of gold (see H.R. 1123), 7612 [4AP]
Courts: change type of hearings which magistrate may conduct (see H.R. 274), 452 [7JA]
Credit: eliminate foreign predatory export practices (see H.R. 3515), 26481 [7OC]
Crime and criminals: civil remedies for persons injured by racketeering activity (see H.R. 2943), 32464 [19NO]
Defense Petroleum Reserve: establish (see H.R. 473), 5584 [19MR]
Doubek, Robert W.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2591), 31516 [12NO]
Education: establish program for high school graduates by Armed Forces in return for enlistment (see H.R. 40), 7238 [2AP]
———increase research and encourage contribution of scientific equipment to institutions (see H.R. 1188), 11292 [9MY]
Education for All Handicapped Children Act: commemorate accomplishments (see H. Con. Res. 201), 26482 [7OC]
Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: attorneys collecting debts subject to provisions (see H.R. 237), 18729 [11JY]
Fair Housing Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 188), 6368 [26MR]
Family Reunion Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 64), 11686 [13MY]
Federal Home Loan Bank Board: effective date of limitations on certain investments (see H. Con. Res. 34), 1315 [30JA]
Federal Power Act: provide protection to consumers of electric power (see H.R. 44), 445 [3JA]
Federal Water Pollution Control Act: enhance water quality of Chesapeake and Narragansett Bays (see H.R. 9), 8057 [16AP]
Firearms: protect rights of owners (see H.R. 945), 7497 [3AP]
Florida Frontier Rivers Conservation District, FL: establish (see H.R. 252), 7238 [2AP]
Gershwin, George: special gold medal honoring (see H.J. Res. 251), 13128 [22MY]
Gershwin, Ira: special gold medal honoring (see H.J. Res. 251), 13128 [22MY]
Guatemala: commending for leading toward democracy (see H. Con. Res. 200), 29375 [29OC]
Helen Keller Deaf-Blind Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 227), 14655 [6JN]
Humane Products Testing Act: enact (see H.R. 1877), 30914 [6NO]
Jacksonville, FL: improve harbor navigation (see H.R. 260), 7238 [2AP]
———VA to provide for general medical and surgical hospital (see H.R. 263), 7238 [2AP]
Jordan: prohibit sales of advanced weapons (see H.J. Res. 428), 28865 [24OC]
Korean War: erection of a memorial in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 2588), 27643 [16OC]
Lessons of Grenada Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 313), 25759 [2OC]
Live Aid Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 325), 18516 [10JY]
Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, FL: change name to Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge (see H.R. 1438), 4702 [6MR]
Medicare: establish bipartisan commission to study and make recommendations on changes (see H.R. 523), 15593 [13JN]
Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 178), 22899 [4SE]
MIA's: secure full accounting (see H.J. Res. 105), 1314 [30JA]
———sense of Congress (see H. Con. Res. 37), 11763 [14MY]
Mihailovich, Draza: establish monument in honor by National Committee of American Airmen Rescued by General Mihailovich (see H.R. 77), 5584 [19MR]
Monuments and memorials: erect to American Armored Force, Arlington, VA (see H.J. Res. 167), 16414 [19JN]
Morocco: erection of gift monument in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 2887), 32628 [20NO]
Music in Our Schools Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 345), 38372 [19DE]
National Air Traffic Control Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 231), 23549 [12SE]
National Arbor Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 133), 9746 [29AP]
National Bowling Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 359), 36766 [16DE]
National Child Abuse Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 121), 5048 [7MR]
National Correctional Officers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 100), 6610 [28MR]
National Day of Fasting To Raise Funds To Combat Hunger: designate (see H.J. Res. 386), 26482 [7OC]
National Day of Peace: designate (see H.J. Res. 90), 21632 [30JY]
National Dental Hygiene Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 218), 23009 [9SE]
National Diabetes Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 314), 29375 [29OC]
National Digestive Diseases Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 158), 9829 [30AP]
National Drug Abuse Education Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 126), 15593 [13JN]
National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 358), 20838 [26JY]
National Employ-the-Older-Worker Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 134), 4402 [5MR]
National Flowers-by-Wire Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 271), 21632 [30JY]
National Guard: issue commemorative stamp (see H. Res. 245), 27643 [16OC]
National Historically Black Colleges Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 362), 25051 [26SE]
National Home Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 319), 27828 [17OC]
National Hospice Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 288), 21632 [30JY]
National Housing Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 350), 23913 [17SE]
National Independent Retail Grocer Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 74), 1878 [6FE]
National Legion of Valor Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 41), 9105 [23AP]
National Mark Twain Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 259), 26110 [3OC]
National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 450), 31515 [12NO]
National Organ Donation Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 123), 6610 [28MR]
National Osteopathic Medicine Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 175), 16414 [19JN]
National Osteoporosis Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 46), 7613 [4AP]
National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 101), 35288 [9DE]
National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 205, 451), 8058 [16AP], 32643 [20NO]
National security policy: reflect strategy of peace through strength (see H. Con. Res. 150), 12276 [16MY]
National Spina Bifida Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 179), 10521 [6MY]
National Teacher Appreciation Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 483), 36210 [12DE]
National Temporary Help Services Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 401), 27829 [17OC]
National Tourism Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 296), 18730 [11JY]
National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act: regulation of nonconforming passenger motor vehicles (see H.R. 2598), 18986 [15JY]
National Union for the Total Independence of Angola: authorize humanitarian assistance (see H.R. 3472), 30493 [5NO]
National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 20), 30914 [6NO]
Nexrad: sense of Congress to continue on schedule (see H. Con. Res. 167), 15592 [13JN]
Ocean and Coastal Resources Management and Development Fund: establish (see H.R. 5), 16413 [19JN]
Oil Heat Centennial Year: designate (see H.J. Res. 171), 22686 [1AU]
Older Americans Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 195), 5583 [19MR]
Phobia Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 292), 32215 [18NO]
Public Works and Economic Development Act: amend (see H.R. 10), 11761 [14MY]
Railroad Retirement Act: allow a worker to be employed in nonrailroad employment (see H.R. 1550), 20838 [26JY]
Rose: designate as national floral emblem (see H.J. Res. 385), 38734 [20DE]
Rural Electrification Program: anniversary (see H. Res. 144), 15593 [13JN]
Scott, Nathaniel: relief (see H.R. 528), 903 [24JA]
Scruggs, Jan C.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2591), 31516 [12NO]
Sec. of Transportation: withhold apportionment of Federal-aid highway funds to any State that does not establish parking privileges for handicapped (see H.R. 3845), 35788 [10DE]
Senior Center Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 146), 6471 [27MR]
Small business: financial assistance for those affected by citrus canker (see H.R. 113), 2292 [7FE]
Social Security: develop recommendations for correcting benefit disparities (see H.R. 1916), 7237 [2AP]
———insurance benefit paid for month in which recipient dies (see H.R. 12, 871), 4299 [4MR], 4703 [6MR]
———modify terminology relative to handicapped children (see H.R. 359), 6087 [25MR]
———taxes on benefits should not be increased (see H. Con. Res. 173), 26691 [8OC]
Social Security Administration: establish as independent agency (see H.R. 825, 3470), 6367 [26MR], 29686 [30OC]
Society of the Third Infantry Division: erect memorial in District of Columbia (see H.R. 2440), 31516 [12NO]
Southeast interstate low-level radioactive waste management compact: sense of Congress (see H.R. 1267), 3568 [26FE]
Space Exploration Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 318), 19230 [16JY]
Space solar energy: provide for research and development (see H.R. 177), 7803 [15AP]
Sport Fish Restoration Fund: administration as required by law (see H. Res. 165), 11147 [8MY]
Square dance: designate as the national folk dance (see H.J. Res. 316), 15879 [17JN]
State and local government: most current population data be used in determining benefits under Federal programs (see H.R. 258), 7238 [2AP]
———reimbursement to agencies for costs in investigations and recovery of Federal taxes (see H.R. 3136), 33842 [3DE]
Taxation: charitable contributions by nonitemizers (see H.R. 587), 20680 [25JY]
———exclude interest earned on savings accounts (see H.R. 3050), 20264 [24JY]
———exemption from gasoline and diesel fuel taxes for nonprofit volunteer firefighting and rescue organizations (see H.R. 338), 3378 [25FE]
———half of health insurance premiums by self-employed considered as business expense (see H.R. 11), 5584 [19MR]
———increase to $2,500 maximum deduction for contribution to retirement savings (see H.R. 22), 4402 [5MR]
———make permanent rules relative to imputed interest and assumption of loans (see H.R. 2069), 9105 [23AP]
———repeal maintenance of contemporaneous records (see H.R. 600), 1696 [4FE]
———sense of House to employer-paid and life support benefits (see H. Res. 268), 27829 [17OC]
———transportation may be excluded from gross income (see H.R. 1730), 11762 [14MY]
Textile industry and fabrics: promote economic recovery (see H.R. 1562), 8473 [18AP]
Tombigbee River lock and dam and visitor center, Pickensville, AL: designate as the Tom Bevill Lock and Dam and the Tom Bevill Visitor Center (see H.R. 374), 4402 [5MR]
U.S. weather satellites: commemorate anniversary (see H.J. Res. 129), 1876 [6FE]
VA: designate Adam Benjamin, Jr., Outpatient Clinic, Crown Point, IN (see H.R. 1361), 5048 [7MR]
———exempt payments for service-connected disabilities from taxation (see H. Con. Res. 69), 13128 [22MY]
Veterans: monthly pension for World War I (see H.R. 1918), 10024 [1MY]
Walt Disney Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 377), 24179 [18SE]
Wheeler, John P., III: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2591), 31516 [12NO]
Year of Social Security: designate (see H.J. Res. 1), 21632 [30JY]
Documents
Last Will and Testament: Mary McLeod Bethune, 32495
Wishes for Living, Mary McLeod Bethune (excerpt), 4204
Elected to
Committee on Appropriations, 1272 [4FE]
Essays: Voice of Democracy
Stephanie D. Harris, 6380
Poems
``Congressional Baseball Game'': by, 19990 [23JY]
Remarks by, on
Air Force: aircraft research and development, 29639, 29640 [30OC]
Antisatellite weapons: funding, 29622 [30OC]
Appropriations: continuing (H.J. Res. 465), 34149 [4DE]
———continuing (H.J. Res. 465), conference report, 36746 [16DE], 38017, 38018, 38055 [19DE]
———making supplemental (H.R. 2577), 15433 [12JN]
Army: National Guard and Reserve funding, 29625 [30OC]
Black History Month: observance, 4204
Budget: Dept. of Defense funding levels, 29592-29593, 29602, 29604, 29611, 29623 [30OC]
Chemical weapons: funding, 16374 [19JN]
Chesapeake Bay: Navy Electromagnetic Hardness Testing Program, 29646 [30OC]
Coast Guard: Defense Readiness Program funding, 29648 [30OC]
Committee on Appropriations: filing reports, 28843 [24OC]
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 29592 [30OC]
Defense Audiovisual Agency: disestablishment, 29646, 29647 [30OC]
Dept. of Defense: assign a chief medical officer to the European Command, 29619 [30OC]
———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1872), 16374 [19JN], 16505 [20JN], 17804 [27JN]
———making appropriations (H.R. 3629), 29592-29593, 29602, 29604, 29611, 29612, 29615, 29620, 29622, 29623, 29625, 29627, 29639, 29640, 29646, 29647, 29648 [30OC]
———restructure Joint Chiefs of Staff (H.R. 3622), 32592 [20NO]
Dept. of the Navy: weapons systems, 17804 [27JN]
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2959), 19153 [16JY]
Flagler County, FL: residents put lives in order after fires, 14821
Joint Chiefs of Staff: reorganization (H.R. 3622), 32592 [20NO]
Mary McLeod Bethune Memorial Fine Arts Center, Volusia County, FL: establish (H.R. 1715), 32495
Members of Congress: annual baseball game, 19990 [23JY]
Military medicine: assign a chief medical officer to the European Command, 29619 [30OC]
Military personnel: reimbursement of certain expenses, 29612 [30OC]
MX missile: funding, 29620 [30OC]
Navy: selected restricted availability policy, 29615 [30OC]
Nicaragua: humanitarian assistance for Contras, 15433 [12JN]
Pascua Florida Week: observance, 6999
Port Everglades Harbor, FL, project: funding, 19153 [16JY]
Sports: annual congressional baseball game, 19990 [23JY]
———sense of Congress relative to major league baseball strike (H. Res. 252), 22590 [1AU]
Strategic defense initiative: funding, 29627 [30OC]
———research and development, 16505 [20JN]
Volusia County, FL: LeRosa H. Smith, tribute, 25207
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 5575 [19MR], 6361 [26MR], 7493 [3AP], 14653 [6JN], 15433 [12JN], 16374 [19JN], 16505 [20JN], 17804 [27JN], 19990 [23JY], 29592, 29646 [30OC], 32462 [19NO], 38055 [19DE]
Leave of absence: granted, 20836 [26JY], 27419 [11OC]
Statements
Government Spending: George H. Mahon (excerpt), 33836
Political Career of George H. Mahon: George F. Will, 33836
Tables
Comparative statement of new budget authority, 29594 [30OC]
Tributes
Bethune, Mary McLeod, 32495
Hampton, Effie C., 25207
Long, Gillis W., 1300
Mahon, George H., 33836
Mainland, Keith F., 3532
Malisoff, Harry, 7697
Smith, LeRosa H., 25207
Underhill, William A., 5662