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
Letters
Railroad unemployment insurance: by, 4707 [3MR], 9698
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
———deceptive mailings, 26768 [7OC]
Imported Vehicle Safety Compliance Act: enact (H.R. 2628), 14931
Medicare: catastrophic illness coverage (H.R. 1245), 4131
Northeast corridor: safety of railroad passenger service, 3161
Pensions: railroad retirement benefits are exempt from sequestration (H. Con. Res. 227), 34652
Railroad Safety Reauthorization and Improvement Act: enact (H.R. 1712), 6247
Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act: ensure payment of benefits (H.R. 2167), 9691
Railroads: automatic train control systems (H.R. 976), 3161
———grade crossing safety demonstration projects (H.R. 1712), 6247
———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
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