WHITTAKER, BOB (a Representative from Kansas)

Appointments

Committee on Energy and Commerce (H. Res. 45), 1760 [21JA]

Conferee: H.R. 3051, aeronautics standards relative to air carrier passenger service, 32627 [18NO]

———H.R. 3545, budget reconciliation, 35049 [11DE]

———S. 677, authorizing appropriations for the FTC, 27961 [15OC]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Agricultural Act: amend (see H.R. 814), 2069 [28JA]

Agriculture: prohibit county committees from reducing farm program payments (see H.R. 1045), 2991 [5FE]

Budget: exclude receipts and disbursement of the airport and airway trust fund (see H.R. 1763), 6521 [23MR]

Farmers Home Administration: interest rates (see H.R. 710), 1793 [21JA]

Federal Railroad Safety Act: amend (see H.R. 1774), 6632 [24MR]

Imported Vehicle Safety Compliance Act: enact (see H.R. 2628), 14918 [8JN]

Inoue, Miyuki: relief (see H.R. 2196), 10274 [28AP]

Pensions: railroad retirement benefits are exempt from sequestration (see H. Con. Res. 227), 34630 [9DE]

Railroads: grade crossing safety demonstration projects (see H.R. 1712), 6209 [18MR]

———improve safety (see H.R. 1713), 6209 [18MR]

Social Security: extended care through swing-beds in certain rural hospitals (see H.R. 2115), 9323 [22AP]

Tobacco industry: ban promotion of tobacco products (see H.R. 1532), 5258 [10MR]

———regulate sale and distribution of certain products (see H.R. 3294), 24135 [16SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome: reporting requirements (see H.R. 2272), 11263 [5MY]

Aeronautics: drug testing of aircraft operators (see H.R. 693), 1793 [21JA]

AFDC: State workfare program (see H.R. 916), 2394 [2FE]

Afghanistan Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 188), 5864 [17MR]

Aged: correct Social Security benefit disparity (see H. Con. Res. 15), 2741 [4FE]

Agricultural Act: deficiency payments for wheat and feed grains (see H.R. 1935), 7780 [2AP]

Agriculture: dislocation assistance (see H.R. 1913), 7728 [1AP]

———guaranteed pools of qualified mortgage loans (see H.R. 575), 2520 [3FE]

———qualified loans by agricultural banks (see H.R. 1310), 4160 [26FE]

Airlines: accidents (see H.R. 2238), 10837 [30AP]

———prohibit smoking on board passenger-carrying domestic flights (see H.R. 432), 10586 [29AP]

———prohibit smoking on domestic commercial flights (see H.R. 3377), 30912 [4NO]

———tax treatment of certain air transportation expenses (see H.R. 45), 3225 [9FE]

Airport and airway trust fund: use of excise tax revenues (see H.R. 1293), 5559 [12MR]

Appropriations: constitutional amendment relative to item veto in bills (see H.J. Res. 8), 14059 [28MY]

———require majority vote of both Houses making continuing (see H.R. 3199), 25482 [29SE]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: leasing of lands for oil and gas exploration (see H.R. 1082), 13433 [21MY]

Armed Forces: compensation for disabled veterans concurrent with retirement pension (see H.R. 303), 14058 [28MY]

Benign Essential Blepharospasm Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 224), 23081 [7AU]

Budget: balanced (see H.J. Res. 321), 16568 [17JN]

———constitutional amendment on Federal procedures (see H.J. Res. 9), 1837 [22JA]

Capital punishment: encourage States to prescribe for willful killing of a law enforcement officer (see H.R. 2392), 16776 [18JN]

Census: distortions in the reapportionment (see H.R. 3639), 31634 [10NO]

Challenger (space shuttle): tribute to crew (see H.J. Res. 113), 4011 [24FE]

Charitable organizations: encourage States to grant liability to certain volunteer workers (see H.R. 911), 28842 [22OC]

Child support: penalty for flight to avoid payment of arrearages (see H.R. 3390), 28620 [21OC]

Children: protect the rights of victims of child abuse (see H.R. 1437), 4916 [5MR]

Cigarettes: fire safety standards (see H.R. 3440), 26813 [7OC]

Committee on Intelligence (Joint): establish (see H.J. Res. 48), 7429 [31MR]

Computer Learning Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 206), 14579 [3JN]

Congregate Housing Services Program: reauthorization and funding (see H. Con. Res. 101), 14261 [2JN]

Consumer Product Safety Act: establish uniform safety standards (see H.R. 1115), 9647 [23AP]

Continental Scientific Drilling Program: implementation (see H.R. 2737), 30240 [29OC]

Contracts: require use within Government (see H.R. 1606), 11865 [8MY]

Corporations: excise tax on profits realized from takeovers (see H.R. 1178), 3516 [19FE]

Courts: death penalty for certain serious crimes (see H.R. 1095), 9325 [22AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: maintain Soil Conservation Service funding in budget (see H. Res. 68), 5865 [17MR]

———making supplemental appropriations (see H.J. Res. 323), 17211 [24JN]

———redesignate as Dept. of Agriculture and Rural Development (see H.R. 2026), 8665 [9AP]

Dept. of Education: demonstration programs to assist students in education and career planning (see H.R. 2027), 8665 [9AP]

Dept. of Energy: authorizing appropriations for superconducting supercollider program (see H.R. 3228), 23078 [7AU]

Disasters: response (see H.R. 2707), 16568 [17JN]

Drug abuse: test operators of railroads and aircraft (see H.R. 693), 1793 [21JA]

EEC: meat inspection and certification directive (see H. Con. Res. 153), 18368 [30JN]

———U.S. countermeasures for proposed tax on vegetable and marine fats and oils (see H. Con. Res. 51), 3517 [19FE]

———wheat gluten export subsidies (see H. Con. Res. 182), 23080 [7AU]

Eisenhower, Dwight D.: coin in commemoration of 100th anniversary of birth (see H.R. 3654), 33776 [2DE]

Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 134), 13827 [27MY]

EPA: asbestos regulations (see H.R. 2693), 16289 [16JN]

FAA: development of collision avoidance systems (see H.R. 1517), 8670 [9AP]

Fairness for Adopting Families Act: enact (see H.R. 3374), 33776 [2DE]

Food: labeling of products containing tropical fats (see H.R. 2148), 9645 [23AP]

FTC Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 2897), 19054 [8JY]

Government contracts: amend rules (see H.R. 2328), 11720 [7MY]

Hazardous substances: radon exposure (see H.R. 2837), 18097 [29JN]

Health: care in rural areas (see H.R. 2113), 9323 [22AP]

House of Representatives: distortions in the reapportionment (see H.R. 3639), 31634 [10NO]

———require committee reports on legislation requiring new employee benefits to include analysis of impact on employment and world competitiveness (see H. Res. 188), 17698 [26JN]

Housing: deduction of prepaid interest when refinancing mortgage (see H.R. 544), 3518 [19FE]

International Special Olympics Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 248), 19056 [8JY]

Item veto: allow in appropriations legislation (see H.J. Res. 8), 14059 [28MY]

Japan: defense expenditures (see H.J. Res. 327), 25750 [30SE]

Job Training Partnership Act: improve delivery of services to rural areas, particularly to dislocated farmers and ranchers (see H.R. 1853), 7238 [30MR]

Just Say No to Drugs Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 108), 7429 [31MR]

Local government: grant discretion to assign mailing addresses to sites within their jurisdictions (see H.R. 1742), 11264 [5MY]

Medicare: catastrophic illness coverage (see H.R. 1245), 4087 [25FE]

———costs of inpatient services to rural hospitals (see H.R. 2708), 16568 [17JN]

———influenza vaccine (see H.R. 514), 2395 [2FE]

———retain payment methodology for physicians' services (see H. Con. Res. 30), 4551 [3MR]

———rural hospitals (see H. Con. Res. 108), 9324 [22AP]

Motor bus lines: abandonment (see H.R. 934), 2519 [3FE]

Narcotics: death penalty for certain serious crimes (see H.R. 1095), 9325 [22AP]

National Academies of Practice: recognition (see H.R. 3562), 29737 [28OC]

National Advisory Commission on the Future of Rural America: establish (see H.R. 726), 2741 [4FE]

National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 52), 4551 [3MR]

National Arts Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 336), 26814 [7OC]

National Asparagus Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 137), 13827 [27MY]

National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 158), 8124 [7AP]

National Cancer Institute Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 54), 2992 [5FE]

National Commission on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome: establish (see H.R. 758), 5098 [9MR]

National Community Education Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 24), 16958 [22JN]

National CPR Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 208), 14779 [4JN]

National Day of Excellence: designate (see H.J. Res. 92), 22314 [4AU]

National Day of Peace: designate (see H.J. Res. 152), 3461 [18FE]

National Diabetes Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 254), 13433 [21MY]

National Digestive Diseases Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 150), 9326 [22AP]

National Family Bread-Baking Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 297), 28518 [20OC]

National Family Caregivers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 130), 2519 [3FE]

National Family Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 34), 22314 [4AU]

National Fishing Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 121), 6777 [25MR]

National Home Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 257), 31635 [10NO]

National Hospice Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 234), 8386 [8AP]

National Housing Act: amend to provide the Sec. of HUD with permanent authority to insure mortgages on single-family and multifamily dwellings (see H.R. 1228), 8388 [8AP]

National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 189), 5864 [17MR]

National Philanthropy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 308), 27930 [14OC]

National Podiatric Medicine Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 114), 13130 [20MY]

National Quality First Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 365), 27175 [9OC]

National Reye's Syndrome Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 335), 19563 [13JY]

National Women in Sports Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 399), 34631 [9DE]

National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 43), 28010 [15OC]

Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act: amend relative to set-aside targets for rural areas (see H.R. 2029), 8665 [9AP]

Ohio State University: observe 300th commencement exercise (see H.J. Res. 280), 13434 [21MY]

Omnibus Taxpayers' Bill of Rights Act: enact (see H.R. 3470), 33064 [20NO]

Patents: trademark protection of industrial designs (see H.R. 379), 4450 [2MR]

Petroleum: excise tax on gasoline and diesel fuel (see H. Res. 225), 21379 [28JY]

Population: decennial censuses (see H.R. 3815), 36481 [18DE]

Postal Service: limited circulation second-class rates for certain periodicals (see H.R. 1413), 4779 [4MR]

Power resources: express support for Federal power marketing administrations and certain Federal power policies (see H. Res. 43), 2742 [4FE]

———U.S. energy security (see H.R. 1960), 8122 [7AP]

Public buildings: restriction on smoking (see H.R. 1008), 3518 [19FE]

Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act: amend to ensure payment of benefits (see H.R. 2167), 9646 [23AP]

Railroads: automatic train control systems (see H.R. 976), 2737 [4FE]

———drug testing of operators (see H.R. 693), 1793 [21JA]

———safety (see H.R. 3743), 34784 [10DE]

Religion: criminal penalties for damages to property and obstruction of persons in exercise of beliefs (see H.R. 3258), 24957 [23SE]

Roads and highways: increase 55-mile-per-hour speed limit (see H.R. 665), 4550 [3MR]

———speed limit (see H.R. 3178), 28518 [20OC]

Rural areas: economic development (see H.R. 2028), 8665 [9AP]

Securities Exchange Act: amend (see H.R. 2668), 15583 [11JN]

Small Business Act: amend (see H.R. 1607), 17438 [25JN]

Smoking: prohibit on board passenger-carrying domestic flights (see H.R. 432), 10586 [29AP]

———use of radio and television broadcasters to educate public about cigarette health hazards (see H.J. Res. 271), 11720 [7MY]

Snow White Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 122), 4920 [5MR]

Social Security: correct benefit disparity (see H. Con. Res. 15), 2741 [4FE]

———due process and equity under Peer Review Program (see H.R. 2116), 9323 [22AP]

———improve child support enforcement program and require States to establish work programs for AFDC families (see H.R. 3200), 23077 [7AU]

———influenza vaccine under medicare (see H.R. 514), 2395 [2FE]

———make permanent provisions which permit or require disregarding of in-kind assistance to AFDC and SSI recipients (see H.R. 3512), 30390 [2NO]

———payment for inpatient services in rural hospitals (see H.R. 2114), 9323 [22AP]

———payment of widow's, widower's, mother's, or father's insurance benefits (see H.R. 1025), 4780 [4MR]

———proportional benefits for month of death (see H.R. 551), 2395 [2FE]

———protect beneficiaries from unfit health care practitioners (see H.R. 1444), 4917 [5MR]

———treatment of adopted child (see H.R. 190), 32552 [17NO]

Soviet Union: challenge status of Berlin Wall (see H. Con. Res. 148), 21379 [28JY]

Syndicated Television Music Copyright Act: enact (see H.R. 1195), 9325 [22AP]

Taxation: allow certain associations of football coaches to have qualified pension plan (see H.R. 1093), 28619 [21OC]

———allow designation of tax refund to reduce public debt (see H.R. 2936), 33776 [2DE]

———deduction of prepaid interest when refinancing mortgage (see H.R. 544), 3518 [19FE]

———delay for 1 year effective date for increase in current year liability test for estimated tax payments by individuals (see H.R. 3517), 30240 [29OC]

———disallow advertising expense for tobacco products (see H.R. 1563), 10274 [28AP]

———election of taxable year (see H.R. 2977), 23081 [7AU]

———exclude certain payments from abandoned mine reclamation fund (see H.R. 630), 3518 [19FE]

———extend period of issuance for qualified mortgage bonds (see H.R. 2640), 32552 [17NO]

———installment obligations relative to sales of property by nondealers (see H.R. 567), 6777 [25MR]

———interest on educational loans (see H.R. 592, 603), 6285 [19MR], 14059 [28MY]

———partnerships, S corporations, and personal service corporations (see H.R. 789), 2741 [4FE]

———profits realized from corporate takeovers (see H.R. 1178), 3516 [19FE]

———small issuers of tax-exempt bonds (see H.R. 3561), 31425 [9NO]

———treatment of certain air transportation expenses (see H.R. 45), 3225 [9FE]

———treatment of residential lot and second home interest expenses (see H.R. 1779), 14261 [2JN]

Telephone: restrict obscene and indecent communications (see H.R. 1786), 6774 [25MR]

Tobacco industry: remove special treatment accorded products under the Consumer Product Safety Act (see H.R. 2376), 12134 [12MY]

Trade, Employment, and Productivity Act: enact (see H.R. 1155), 4450 [2MR]

VA: establish as an executive department (see H.R. 1707), 17103 [23JN]

———establish as executive department (see H.R. 3471), 31424 [9NO]

Veterans: eligibility for beneficiary travel benefits to VA medical facilities (see H.R. 2327), 11720 [7MY]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: display U.S. flag at apex (see H.R. 1600), 31963 [16NO]

Water resources development: research activities of Geological Survey (see H.R. 791), 2068 [28JA]

World Food Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 194), 25750 [30SE]

Wyeth, Andrew: gold medal (see H.R. 593), 13827 [27MY]

Eulogies

McDill Boyd: Representative Roberts, 1817 [21JA]

Letters

Railroad unemployment insurance: by, 4707 [3MR], 9698 [23AP]

Stratospheric ozone: Representatives Dingell and Lent, 18002 [29JN]

Oaths of office

House of Representatives, 1421 [20JA]

Remarks by, on

Agriculture: acreage diversion pilot program applicable to Wheat Program (H.R. 1157), 5773 [17MR]

———assistance to wheat producers (H.R. 814), 2030 [28JA]

Air pollution: encourage international negotiations on setting standards for protection of the stratosphere (H. Con. Res. 50), 18001 [29JN]

Appropriations: making supplemental (H.R. 1827), 9550 [23AP]

Bus Deregulation Act: enact (H.R. 934), 2500 [3FE]

Elections: establish single poll closing time for Presidential (H.R. 435), 31599 [10NO]

EPA: funding for asbestos abatement programs in schools (H.J. Res. 153), 3976 [24FE]

Farm Disaster Assistance Act: enact (H.R. 1157), 5773 [17MR]

FTC: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2897), 19078 [8JY], 26750, 26768 [7OC]

———deceptive mailings, 26768 [7OC]

Imported Vehicle Safety Compliance Act: enact (H.R. 2628), 14931 [8JN], 35524, 35525, 35527 [14DE]

Medicare: catastrophic illness coverage (H.R. 1245), 4131 [25FE]

Northeast corridor: safety of railroad passenger service, 3161 [5FE]

Pensions: railroad retirement benefits are exempt from sequestration (H. Con. Res. 227), 34652 [9DE]

Railroad Safety Reauthorization and Improvement Act: enact (H.R. 1712), 6247 [18MR]

Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act: ensure payment of benefits (H.R. 2167), 9691 [23AP]

Railroads: automatic train control systems (H.R. 976), 3161 [5FE]

———grade crossing safety demonstration projects (H.R. 1712), 6247 [18MR]

———safety (H.R. 3743), 36334 [18DE]

Tobacco industry: advertising tobacco products (H.R. 1272), removal from cosponsorship, 5197 [10MR]

Transportation: drug testing for certain employees, 1824 [21JA]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 2030 [28JA], 2735 [4FE], 6207 [18MR], 9644 [23AP], 14776 [4JN], 14917 [8JN], 18095 [29JN], 24889 [22SE], 34629 [9DE]

Rules

Committee on Appropriations, 2211-2214 [29JA]

Testimonies

Committee on Agriculture: Emergency Disaster Assistance, D59 [11FE]

Committee on Energy and Commerce: General Aviation Standards Act (H.R. 2238), D501 [9JY]

———Remove Special Treatment Accorded Tobacco Products Under the Consumer Product Safety Act (H.R. 2376), D623 [16SE]

Committee on Rules: FTC Appropriations (H.R. 2897), D677 [1OC]

Committee on the Judiciary (House): Constitutional Amendment on a Balanced Budget and for Greater Accountability in the Enactment of Tax Legislation (H.J. Res. 321), D819 [17NO]

Tributes

Carlson, Frank, 14763 [4JN]

Dole, Sec. of Transportation, 24914 [22SE]