MILLER, JOHN (a Representative from Washington)
Analyses
Comprehensive Campaign Finance Reform Act (H.R. 5382), 20751
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Advertising: limit adjacent to interstate and Federal-aid primary highways (see H.R. 5043), 14078 [17JN]
Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act: encourage loans for microenterprises by developing countries (see H.R. 4894), 23473 [16SE]
Appropriations: increase amounts under Federal disaster and emergency programs (see H.R. 4224), 3108 [27FE]
Atomic energy: establish liability and indemnification of nuclear incidents (see H.R. 4394), 10215 [8MY]
Atomic weapons: mutual, simultaneous, verifiable cessation of testing (see H.R. 3442), 8411 [22AP]
Baltic Freedom Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 500), 5898 [21MR]
Better Hearing and Speech Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 475), 7690 [16AP]
Budget: constitutional amendment relative to procedures (see H.J. Res. 643), 17693 [24JY]
Canada: sense of Congress that U.S. enter into bilateral free trade agreement (see H.J. Res. 458), 2294 [19FE]
Centennial Year of the Gasoline Powered Automobile: designate (see H.J. Res. 439), 704 [29JA]
Children: create remedies for victims of pornography (see H.R. 5509), 32329 [16OC]
Civil service: provide credit under the Railroad Retirement Act (see H.R. 3638), 4703 [13MR]
Coast Guard: require safety equipment aboard fishing vessels (see H.R. 4465), 5828 [20MR]
Columbia Gorge National Scenic Area: establish (see H.R. 4221), 11948 [22MY]
Columbia River Gorge: protect and enhance resources (see H.R. 5583, 5625), 27426 [30SE], 27551 [1OC]
Committee on Intelligence (Joint): establish (see H.J. Res. 7), 3854 [6MR]
Community Development Block Grant Program: deferral of budget authority (see H.J. Res. 541), 3107 [27FE]
Constitution: equal rights for men and women (see H.J. Res. 2), 27426 [30SE]
Dept. of Defense: improvement of cost effectiveness (see H.R. 5113, 5114), 15770 [26JN]
———increase economy and efficiency relating to improved coordination between research facilities (see H.R. 5106), 15769 [26JN]
———reimbursement for use of Defense Industrial Reserve property (see H.R. 5128), 15770 [26JN]
———strengthen requirements for operational testing and evaluation of major acquisition programs (see H.R. 4682), 10523 [13MY]
Dept. of Justice: increase efficiency and reduce deficit (see H.R. 5107), 15769 [26JN]
Economic conditions: increase Government efficiency and reduce deficit (see H.R. 5099), 15769 [26JN]
Elections: adjust certain contribution limits for House candidates (see H.R. 5382), 20743 [11AU]
———improve law relative to absentee registration and voting for uniformed services and persons who reside overseas (see H.R. 4393), 8213 [21AP]
———time limits for completion of recounts for House of Representatives (see H.R. 4953), 17507 [23JY]
EPA: set standards for identification and abatement of asbestos in schools (see H.R. 4311), 7690 [16AP]
Ethiopia: famine and resettlement policy (see H. Con. Res. 285), 3650 [5MR]
Federal Election Campaign Act: change certain contribution limits for congressional (see H.R. 3799), 2978 [26FE]
———repeal exception to use of funds for personal use by Members of Congress (see H.R. 988), 17506 [23JY]
Federal Salary Act: congressional pay adjustments (see H.R. 3201), 236 [22JA]
Firearms: prohibit manufacture and importation of certain (see H.R. 4194), 3388 [3MR]
Fishery Conservation and Management Act: amend to define vessel of the U.S. (see H.R. 5658), 29387 [7OC]
Fishing industry: establish guidelines for damage awards for personal injury and require additional safety regulations (see H.R. 5013), 13268 [11JN]
Food stamp plan: outreach to homeless (see H.R. 5133), 21736 [14AU]
Foreign Assistance Act: assistance to promote immunization and oral rehydration (see H.R. 3894), 5076 [17MR]
Franco-American War Veterans, Inc.: grant charter (see H.R. 1666), 10215 [8MY]
Freedom of Information Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 745), 28824 [6OC]
Gaucher's Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 615), 22147 [15AU]
General Education Provisions Act: improve and expand Assessment Policy Committee (see H.R. 2210), 6057 [25MR]
Great Britain: express gratitude for operations carried out against Libya (see H. Res. 424), 8477 [23AP]
Helsinki Human Rights Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 667), 15771 [26JN]
Homeless: grants to establish shelters for parents with newborn infants (see H.R. 5135), 21736 [14AU]
House: adjust certain campaign contribution limits (see H.R. 5382), 20743 [11AU]
Humane Products Testing Act: enact (see H.R. 1877), 22366 [9SE]
Immigration: consolidation of border management and the revision of overtime for inspectors (see H.R. 5115), 15770 [26JN]
Insurance: facilitate ability of organizations to establish risk retention groups (see H.R. 4301), 9553 [6MY]
Japan: authorize Jpn. as abbreviation (see H. Con. Res. 290), 2293 [19FE]
Jewish Heritage Week: proclamation (see H.J. Res. 606), 8212 [21AP]
Just Say No to Drugs Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 629), 10216 [8MY]
Lasker, Mary: special gold medal (see H.R. 4153), 23245 [12SE]
Libya: express gratitude to Great Britain for operations carried out against (see H. Res. 424), 8477 [23AP]
Medicare: assure quality inpatient and post-hospital services (see H.R. 4638), 10990 [15MY]
Members of Congress: pay adjustments under Federal Salary Act (see H.R. 3201), 236 [22JA]
Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 552), 15772 [26JN]
Narcotic traffic: assistance from entertainment industry (see H.J. Res. 712), 21735 [14AU]
———legislation from executive branch (see H.R. 5266), 19952 [8AU]
National Adoption Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 651), 25457 [23SE]
National Adult Day Care Center Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 617), 22367 [9SE]
National Agricultural Export Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 572), 12365 [4JN]
National Arbor Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 133), 601 [28JA]
National Arts in the Schools Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 470), 2678 [25FE]
National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 427), 3649 [5MR]
National Barrier Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 544), 5309 [18MR]
National Birds of Prey Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 546), 9553 [6MY]
National Black (Afro-American) History Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 448), 1780 [5FE]
National Child Safety Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 562), 8888 [29AP]
National Children's Accident Prevention Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 579), 12365 [4JN]
National Children's Television Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 710), 21735 [14AU]
National Civil Rights Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 686), 19117 [5AU]
National Community Education Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 583), 19117 [5AU]
National Correctional Officers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 594), 27552 [1OC]
National Day of Excellence: commemorate (see H.J. Res. 588), 23016 [11SE]
National Digestive Diseases Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 554), 6932 [9AP]
National Drug Abuse Education and Prevention Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 619), 16747 [16JY]
National Drug Abuse Education Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 701), 20743 [11AU]
National Epidermolysis Bullosa Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 639), 24803 [19SE]
National Family Caregivers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 555), 26370 [25SE]
National Family Reunion Weekend: designate (see H.J. Res. 577), 15605 [25JN]
National Food Bank Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 234), 6057 [25MR]
National Freedom of Information Act Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 580), 6057 [25MR]
National Hemophilia Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 254), 236 [22JA]
National Historically Black Colleges Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 653), 22738 [10SE]
National Home Health Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 718), 28180 [2OC]
National Housing Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 692), 18670 [1AU]
National Humanities Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 443), 1779 [5FE]
National Literacy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 429), 9146 [30AP]
National Mathematics Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 519), 5076 [17MR]
National Nursing Home Residents Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 533), 8763 [28AP]
National Osteoporosis Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 510), 5566 [19MR]
National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 524), 28179 [2OC]
National Port Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 714), 29835 [8OC]
National Reading Is Fun Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 502), 8213 [21AP]
National Safety in the Workplace Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 131), 1074 [30JA]
National Social Studies Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 410), 16504 [15JY]
National Spina Bifida Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 655), 22246 [8SE]
National TRIO Day: designate (see H. Con. Res. 278), 2294 [19FE]
National Women in Sports Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 740), 29387 [7OC]
National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 584), 24803 [19SE]
National Year of Friendship With Finland: designate (see H.J. Res. 645), 33159 [17OC]
NIH: transfer research monkeys to custody of Primarily Primates, Inc. (see H. Con. Res. 351), 13268 [11JN]
9-1-1 Emergency Number Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 708), 24687 [18SE]
Ocean mining: exploration and commercial recovery in areas under U.S. jurisdiction (see H.R. 5464), 22145 [15AU]
Office of the Chief Financial Officer in the Executive Office of the President: establish (see H.R. 4495), 19460 [6AU]
Older Americans Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 542), 6932 [9AP]
Older Americans Skin Cancer Prevention and Detection Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 532), 5566 [19MR]
Perot Commission on Americans Missing in Southeast Asia: establish (see H. Con. Res. 129), 24687 [18SE]
Phobia Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 535), 10990 [15MY]
Polish American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 547), 16747 [16JY]
Product Liability Risk Act: include coverage lines of insurance (see H.R. 5225), 18012 [29JY]
Public buildings: restrict smoking to designated areas (see H.R. 4488), 17819 [28JY]
Public debt: cost control to aid in verification of housing eligibility (see H.R. 5117), 15770 [26JN]
———improve collection and credit management practices (see H.R. 5125), 15770 [26JN]
———reduce deficit by improvements to medicare and medicaid auditing, medical review, and quality control (see H.R. 5130), 15770 [26JN]
———reduce Government competition with private sector to goods and services (see H.R. 5116), 15770 [26JN]
Public Service Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 609), 9146 [30AP]
Radioactive waste disposal: suspend site characterization process for repository (see H.R. 5423), 21246 [13AU]
Rose: designate as national floral emblem (see H.J. Res. 385), 7892 [17AP]
Saudi Arabia: prohibiting proposed sales of missiles (see H.J. Res. 589), 8412 [22AP]
Scharansky, Anatoly: gold medal (see H.R. 4186), 3108 [27FE]
Scharansky, Avital: gold medal (see H.R. 4186), 3108 [27FE]
Sec. of Agriculture: investigate identification procedures used in lieu of hot-iron branding of animals (see H. Res. 407), 7556 [15AP]
Sec. of Energy: ensure compliance of operations with environmental standards (see H.R. 4848), 11184 [19MY]
Social Security: direct medicare payment for services of nurse anesthetist (see H.R. 2504), 14889 [23JN]
———establish advisory council to study and make recommendations to medical and vocational aspects of disability (see H.R. 3359), 25457 [23SE]
———make improvements in foster care and adoption assistance program (see H.R. 2810), 1357 [3FE]
Social Security Administration: establish as independent agency (see H.R. 5050), 16504 [15JY]
Society of the Third Infantry Division: erect memorial in District of Columbia (see H.R. 2440), 2132 [18FE]
South Africa: prohibit loans and other investments (see H.R. 4868), 11624 [21MY]
Soviet Union: atomic power plant accident (see H. Res. 439), 8887 [29AP]
———joint effort to achieve worldwide disease immunization (see H. Res. 430), 16505 [15JY]
———persecution of members of Ukrainian and public Helsinki monitoring groups (see H. Con. Res. 332), 16505 [15JY]
Taxation: allow deduction for State and local sales tax (see H.R. 5639), 28178 [2OC]
———improve collection of revenue and enforcement of laws (see H.R. 5129), 15770 [26JN]
———reinstate Superfund tax (see H.R. 4107), 2293 [19FE]
———restrict credit for dependent care services (see H.R. 4787), 14078 [17JN]
Timor Island: annexation of eastern portion (see H. Con. Res. 244), 14079 [17JN]
U.S.-Canada Days of Peace and Friendship: designate (see H.J. Res. 715), 22145 [15AU]
United Way: recognition on anniversary (see H.J. Res. 684), 21131 [12AU]
Veterans: benefits to homeless (see H.R. 5138), 21736 [14AU]
Western regional export licensing office: establish (see H.R. 5443), 22144 [15AU]
White House Conference on Narcotics Abuse and Control: provide for (see H.J. Res. 631), 18671 [1AU]
White House Conference on Small Business: permanent authorization (see H.R. 5477), 25374 [22SE]
Women's History Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 499), 236 [22JA]
Year of Thanksgiving: designate (see H.J. Res. 398), 704 [29JA]
Yugoslavia: deny most favored nation treatment (see H.R. 5683), 30218 [10OC]
Letters
Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act: by, 22106 [15AU]
Remarks by, on
Anti-Apartheid Act: enact (H.R. 4868), 14254 [18JN]
———enact (H.R. 4868), Senate amendments, 23141 [12SE]
———enact (H.R. 4868), veto, 27081 [29SE]
Appropriations: making urgent supplemental (H.R. 4515), 10197 [8MY]
Arms sales: prohibit sale of certain missiles (H.J. Res. 589), 9728 [7MY]
Arts: Jacob Lawrence, American Painter, art exhibition, Seattle, WA, Art Museum, 16278
Bonneville Power Administration: sale of power marketing authorities, 25385 [23SE]
Central America: International Security and Development Cooperation Act (H.J. Res. 540), 5745
Columbia River Gorge: protect and provide for enhancement of resources (H.R. 5705), 32196 [16OC]
Commercial Fishing Vessel Liability and Safety Act: enact (H.R. 5013), 18819
Comprehensive Campaign Finance Reform Act: enact (H.R. 5382), 20750
Dept. of Defense: making appropriations for military construction (H.R. 5052), 15501 [25JN]
Dept. of the Treasury: establish military auxiliary revolving fund (H.R. 4136), 13181
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5161), 16950 [17JY]
Elections: balance political action committees with individual participation (H.R. 5382), 20750
———establish regional poll closing time in Presidential general (H.R. 3525), 676 [29JA]
Federal Firearms Law Reform Act: enact (H.R. 4332), 7081, 7083
Federal Power Marketing Administration: use of funds for sale or transfer of facilities, 10197 [8MY]
Firearms: manufacture and importation of plastic, 7083
———restrictions on sale (H.R. 4332), 7081, 7083
Firearms Owners' Protection Act: enact (H.R. 945), 7081, 7083
Fishing industry: establish guidelines for damage awards for personal injury and require additional safety regulations (H.R. 5013), 18819
Foreign trade: textile industry, 19365 [6AU]
Jews: efforts to emigrate from Soviet Union, 2485
Maritime transportation: negotiation of agreements for carriage of waterborne trade (H.R. 3662), 13181
National Endowment for Democracy: funding, 16950 [17JY]
Navy: strategic homeporting, 15501 [25JN]
Nicaragua: military assistance to Contras (H.J. Res. 540), 5745
Personal explanation, 20757
Political action committees: balance with individual participation in general elections (H.R. 5382), 20750
Power resources: sale of power marketing authorities, 25385 [23SE]
SALT II Treaty: adherence to numerical sublimits (H. Con. Res. 350), 14689 [19JN]
Saudi Arabia: prohibiting sale of certain missiles (H.J. Res. 589), 9728 [7MY]
Scharansky, Anatoly: emigration from Soviet Union, 2485
Seattle, WA: Art Museum exhibition, Jacob Lawrence, American Painter, 16278
Social Security Minor and Technical Changes Act: enact (H.R. 2005), conference report, 29766 [8OC]
South Africa: economic sanctions, 14254 [18JN], 23141 [12SE], 27081 [29SE]
Soviet Union: compliance with SALT II Treaty, 14689 [19JN]
———efforts of Jews to emigrate, 2485
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act: enact (H.R. 2005), conference report, 29766 [8OC]
Tax Reform Act: enact (H.R. 3838), conference report, 26194, 26231 [25SE]
Textile and Apparel Trade Enforcement Act: enact (H.R. 1562), veto, 19365 [6AU]
Votes: position on missed, 20757
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 5745 [20MR], 7124 [10AP], 9728 [7MY], 10197 [8MY], 13072 [10JN], 14254 [18JN], 14689 [19JN], 15501 [25JN], 15765 [26JN], 16950 [17JY], 18417 [31JY], 19365 [6AU], 20741 [11AU], 21034, 21129 [12AU], 23141 [12SE], 25385 [23SE], 26194, 26231 [25SE], 27081 [29SE], 29766 [8OC], 32196 [16OC]
Leave of absence: granted, 19743 [7AU]
Reports
Delegation to Canada-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, 15767 [26JN]
Foreign Travel Expenditures, 15767 [26JN]
Tributes
Lawrence, Jacob, 16278