COOPER, JIM (a Representative from Tennessee)
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Banks and banking: require deposit insurance of all entities (see H.R. 916), 1695 [4FE]
Federal Deposit Insurance Act: identify individuals who have financial interest in institutions (see H.R. 1717), 6365 [26MR]
Federal Railroad Administration: prohibiting use of alcohol and drugs by employees (see H. Con. Res. 100), 6366 [26MR]
Hatters' fur: make permanent free rate of duty on imported (see H.R. 2273), 9827 [30AP]
Housing and Community Development Act: amend (see H.R. 1718), 6365 [26MR]
Mule Appreciation Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 76), 827 [22JA]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Agricultural Act: amend (see H.R. 2600), 13435 [23MY]
Agricultural industry: establish task force to address long-range concerns (see H. Con. Res. 131), 11687 [13MY]
Agriculture: price and income protection to farmers (see H.R. 2383), 22685 [1AU]
Anne Frank Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 293), 15216 [11JN]
Appalachian Regional Development Act: amend (see H.R. 10), 11761 [14MY]
Banks and banking: authorize interstate acquisitions of depository institutions (see H.R. 2707), 15214 [11JN]
———improve quality of examinations of depository institutions (see H.R. 3567), 27642 [16OC]
———limit number of days institutions may restrict availability of funds on deposit (see H.R. 2443), 11146 [8MY]
Better Hearing and Speech Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 169), 12822 [21MY]
Black Lung Benefits Act: require Dept. of Labor to employ additional administrative law judge (see H.R. 1222), 5585 [19MR]
Boy Scouts of America: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 159), 10521 [6MY]
Budget authority: across-the-board freeze (see H. Con. Res. 147), 11761 [14MY]
Cajun Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 315), 19230 [16JY]
Coins and coinage: minting of commemoration of centennial of the Statue of Liberty (see H.R. 47), 2433 [19FE]
Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (Select): establish (see H. Res. 25), 1878 [6FE]
Committee on Hunger (Select): establish (see H. Res. 20), 1315 [30JA]
Communications Act: clarify policies to view satellite-transmitted television programming (see H.R. 1840), 18729 [11JY]
Copland, Aaron: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3041), 27018 [9OC]
Corp. for Small Business Investment: establish (see H.R. 3484), 25758 [2OC]
Credit: eliminate foreign predatory export practices (see H.R. 3515), 26481 [7OC]
Crime and criminals: modify penalties for kidnappings of children (see H.R. 1318), 26109 [3OC]
———offenses relative to sexual exploitation of children (see H.R. 2539), 27162 [10OC]
Defense Dept. Overseas Teachers Pay and Personnel Practices Act: amend (see H.R. 43), 19229 [16JY]
Education Day, U.S.A.: designate (see H.J. Res. 186), 6610 [28MR]
Egypt: urging to recall its Ambassador to Israel (see H. Con. Res. 72), 5049 [7MR]
El Salvador: Committee on Foreign Affairs to investigate murders of U.S. citizens (see H. Res. 36), 2942 [21FE]
Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: attorneys collecting debts subject to provisions (see H.R. 237), 18729 [11JY]
Fair Labor Standards Act: compensatory time in lieu of overtime for employees of State and political subdivisions (see H.R. 3530), 28317 [22OC]
Family Reunion Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 64), 11686 [13MY]
Footwear: orderly trade in nonrubber to reduce unemployment (see H.R. 1973), 18060 [8JY]
Foreign Assistance Act: protect biological diversity in developing countries (see H.R. 2958), 23444 [11SE]
———protect tropical forests in developing countries (see H.R. 2957), 23444 [11SE]
Freedom of Information Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 371), 22684 [1AU]
Freedom of the Press Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 164), 2940 [21FE]
FRS: authorize Board of Governors to regulate activities of Government securities dealers (see H.R. 1896), 7236 [2AP]
GAO: investigate conditions of displaced Salvadoran persons (see H.R. 822), 7497 [3AP]
Germany, Federal Republic of: President's trip to Bitburg cemetery (see H. Con. Res. 125), 9105 [23AP]
Handicapped Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 285), 11292 [9MY]
Hands Across America Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 462), 36766 [16DE]
Home audio recording and devices: regulate (see H.R. 2911), 29686 [30OC]
Housing: amend and extend certain laws (see H.R. 1), 17519 [26JN]
Inspector General Act: establish office in TVA (see H.R. 3464), 28317 [22OC]
Interest: uniform disclosure of rates payable on savings accounts (see H.R. 2282), 9827 [30AP]
Internal Revenue Code: amend (see H.R. 2600), 13435 [23MY]
International Travel Act: authorize funds (see H.R. 964), 16123 [18JN]
Israel: urging Egypt to recall its Ambassador (see H. Con. Res. 72), 5049 [7MR]
Jewish Heritage Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 104), 5728 [20MR]
Joint Chiefs of Staff: strengthen position of Chairman (see H.R. 3622), 28864 [24OC]
Jordan: prohibit sales of advanced weapons (see H.J. Res. 428), 28865 [24OC]
———sense of House not to sell advanced arms (see H. Res. 194), 25759 [2OC]
Korean War: erection of a memorial in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 2588), 18138 [9JY]
Learning Disabilities Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 287), 21938 [31JY]
Lithuanian Independence Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 409), 34267 [4DE]
Live Aid Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 325), 17913 [27JN]
Lupus Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 197), 11763 [14MY]
Made in America Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 430), 31637 [13NO]
Military assistance: prohibit private for operations in foreign countries (see H.R. 1569), 26482 [7OC]
National Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 137), 2291 [7FE]
National Alopecia Areata Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 282), 27420 [11OC]
National Arbor Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 133), 18139 [9JY]
National Atomic Veterans Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 295), 18516 [10JY]
National Black History Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 21), 3951 [27FE]
National Blood Pressure Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 333), 30914 [6NO]
National Buy American Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 334), 25497 [1OC]
National Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 173), 18516 [10JY]
National Child Abuse Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 121), 2681 [20FE]
National Children's Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 79), 7613 [4AP]
National Commission on Illiteracy: establish (see H.J. Res. 213), 14337 [5JN]
National Community College Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 125), 9745 [29AP]
National Conference on Cities and Towns: authorize (see H.R. 3833), 33601 [2DE]
National Correctional Officers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 100), 9297 [24AP]
National Day of Fasting To Raise Funds To Combat Hunger: designate (see H.J. Res. 386), 25759 [2OC]
National Day of Remembrance of Man's Inhumanity to Man: designate (see H.J. Res. 192), 8300 [17AP]
National Diabetes Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 314), 28702 [23OC]
National Digestive Diseases Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 158), 9829 [30AP]
National Down's Syndrome Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 135), 10024 [1MY]
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), 5048 [7MR]
National Energy Education Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 160), 5049 [7MR]
National Flowers-by-Wire Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 271), 20138 [23JY]
National Foster Grandparents Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 141), 24581 [20SE]
National Garden Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 266), 31637 [13NO]
National Guard: issue commemorative stamp (see H. Res. 245), 30914 [6NO]
National Handball Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 290), 15216 [11JN]
National High-Tech Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 128), 5586 [19MR]
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), 5048 [7MR]
National Labor Relations Act: clarify meaning of the term guard for purpose of certification (see H.R. 2489), 21937 [31JY]
National Literacy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 429), 36106 [11DE]
National Mark Twain Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 259), 20264 [24JY]
National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Program: establish (see H.R. 2436), 11146 [8MY]
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), 4231 [28FE]
National Osteopathic Medicine Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 175), 15500 [12JN]
National Osteoporosis Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 46), 7613 [4AP]
National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 205), 13438 [23MY]
National Safety in the Workplace Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 131), 23549 [12SE]
National School Library Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 154), 9297 [24AP]
National Science Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 161), 9829 [30AP]
National Sewing Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 222), 16124 [18JN]
National Spina Bifida Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 179), 17233 [25JN]
National Theater Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 25), 3570 [26FE]
National Theatre Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 464), 32978 [20NO]
National Tourism Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 296), 18060 [8JY]
Nuclear weapons: prohibit explosive testing (see H.J. Res. 3), 16582 [20JN]
Pediculosis Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 223), 19230 [16JY]
Poland: civil liberties (see H. Con. Res. 24), 460 [3JA]
Polish American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 106), 15880 [17JN]
Printing: reduce paperwork burden (see H.R. 3508), 26109 [3OC]
Public Works and Economic Development Act: amend (see H.R. 10), 11761 [14MY]
Railroads: permit States to exercise jurisdiction over intrastate abandonments (see H.R. 1794), 9297 [24AP]
Regional Rail Reorganization Act: transfer of ownership of Consolidated Rail Corp. to private sector (see H.R. 1449), 4703 [6MR]
Rose: designate as national floral emblem (see H.J. Res. 385), 36766 [16DE]
Save for the U.S.A. Year: designate (see H.J. Res. 436), 33602 [2DE]
Sec. of the Army: study feasibility of construction of canal connecting Lake Erie and Ohio River in Ohio and Pennsylvania (see H.R. 1519), 16582 [20JN]
Senior Center Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 146), 6471 [27MR]
Social Security: assist severely disabled to attain or maintain maximum potential (see H.R. 2902), 24581 [20SE]
———closing and downgrading of local offices (see H. Res. 219), 20139 [23JY]
———insurance benefit paid for month in which recipient dies (see H.R. 12), 2941 [21FE]
South Africa: opposition to system of apartheid (see H.R. 1460), 5044 [7MR]
Southeast interstate low-level radioactive waste management compact: sense of Congress (see H.R. 1267), 11686 [13MY]
Soviet Union: cease concentrated and systematic persecution of Hebrew teachers and cultural activists (see H. Res. 74, 352), 24812 [24SE], 38371 [19DE]
———limit number of nationals serving mission to U.N. (see H.R. 3600), 29686 [30OC]
Space Exploration Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 318), 18730 [11JY]
Sport Fish Restoration Fund: administer as required by law (see H. Res. 165), 14970 [10JN]
Square dance: designate as the national folk dance (see H.J. Res. 316), 15879 [17JN]
``Stars and Stripes Forever'': designate as national march (see H.R. 2879), 17519 [26JN]
Tax Reform Act: amend (see H.R. 528), 3570 [26FE]
Taxation: repeal contemporaneous records requirement (see H.R. 600), 3951 [27FE]
———revise and extend targeted jobs credit (see H.R. 983), 14059 [4JN]
———sense of House relative to employer-paid and life support benefits (see H. Res. 268), 26691 [8OC]
Terrorism: designate Time of Remembrance for all victims throughout the world (see H.J. Res. 369), 27828 [17OC]
Textile industry and fabrics: promote economic recovery (see H.R. 1562), 7613 [4AP]
Time of Remembrance: designate, for all victims of terrorism throughout the world (see H.J. Res. 369), 27828 [17OC]
Unemployment: exempt wages paid to full-time students employed by summer camps from tax (see H.R. 3180), 22682 [1AU]
Very Special Arts U.S.A. Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 204), 11148 [8MY]
Women's History Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 50), 459 [7JA]
World Food Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 172), 25496 [1OC]
World Health Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 189), 5046 [7MR]
World Health Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 189), 5046 [7MR]
Year of the Teacher: designate (see H.J. Res. 151), 19230 [16JY]
Youth Suicide Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 193), 10521 [6MY]
Elected to
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs, ***** [30JA], 1272 [4FE]
Committee on Small Business, ***** [30JA], 1693 [4FE]
Letters
Japanese securities firms Nomura and Daiwa apply to become primary U.S. securities dealers: by, and 35 other Members of Congress, 31805 [13NO]
Small Business Innovation Development Program: by, and 16 other House Members, 5101 [7MR]
Remarks by, on
Appalachian Regional Development Act: amend (H.R. 10), 22850 [4SE]
Cosponsorship: withdrawal from H.R. 76, 18028 [8JY]
Groton, MA: Groton School anniversary, 12202
H.R. 76: withdrawal from cosponsorship, 18028 [8JY]
Mule Appreciation Day: designate (H.J. Res. 76), 864
National Development Investment Act: enact (H.R. 10), 22850 [4SE]
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 22850 [4SE]