COBLE, HOWARD (a Representative from North Carolina)

Articles and editorials

Beliefs and Behavior—The Men Who Laid This Country's Foundation Were Clearly Influenced by Their Faith, Hugh M. Miller, Presbyterian Survey (publication), 31791 [21NO]

New Presbyterian, Ervin Roorda, John McCollister, Presbyterian Survey (publication), 31792 [21NO]

Presbyterian Bicentennial—What Does Our Past Say to Our Future? Ben Emmons, Presbyterian Survey (publication), 31791 [21NO]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

International Tropical Timber Organization: maintain U.S. membership (see H.R. 842), 1685 [6FE]

Members of Congress: amend terms of office (see H.J. Res. 125), 1687 [6FE]

Social Security: phase out earnings test for retirees (see H.R. 841), 1685 [6FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Advertising: mailing of sexually oriented material (see H.R. 1210), 3099 [1MR]

Afghanistan: Soviet violations of civil liberties (see H. Res. 43), 268 [19JA]

Air pollution: clean air standards (see H.R. 3030), 16563 [27JY]

Alabama (C.S.S.): preserve U.S. title and encourage preservation (see H.R. 1563), 5170 [22MR]

Alcoholic beverages: State regulation (see H. Con. Res. 161), 14992 [18JY]

Aliens: exclusion and departure of those engaged in terrorist activities (see H.R. 1451), 9408 [16MY]

Animals: transfer of certain monkeys (see H.R. 2596), 12284 [19JN]

Appropriations: line-item veto (see H.J. Res. 110), 3102 [1MR]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: land lease (see H.R. 49), 2071 [9FE]

Armed Forces: retaining certain information in personnel files of individuals in a missing status or deceased (see H.R. 1730), 20774 [19SE]

———tax treatment of certain deductions of National Guard and Reserve personnel (see H.R. 1875), 16818 [28JY]

Banks and banking: control export of capital relative to supporting terrorism and prohibit ownership of U.S. banks by Warsaw Pact countries (see H.R. 1475), 10503 [1JN]

———extend period for issuing mortgage bonds and credit certificates (see H.R. 1200), 6806 [17AP]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 34, 268), 208 [4JA], 8915 [11MY]

———expeditious consideration by Congress of Presidential proposals rescinding budget authority (see H.R. 962), 2618 [23FE]

———rescission of Presidential authority (see H.R. 1757), 5894 [10AP]

———use of current spending levels in preparation for each new fiscal year (see H.R. 1613), 5271 [23MR]

Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner Day: designate (see H. Con. Res. 141), 12494 [20JN]

Children: penalties for international parental abduction (see H.R. 3623), 30035 [17NO]

Coast Guard: bicentennial (see H.J. Res. 265), 8845 [10MY]

———bicentennial medals (see H.R. 509), 22875 [3OC]

———oil and hazardous materials discharge response planning, equipment, and national contingency plan (see H.R. 3124), 18671 [3AU]

Coast Guard Auxiliary Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 111), 11301 [8JN]

Coins and coinage: modernize (see H.R. 505), 265 [19JA]

Committee on Ways and Means: report single-taxpayer relief bills with identity, sponsor, and revenue cost (see H. Res. 121), 5515 [5AP]

Computers: penalties for interfering with operations by use of hidden commands (see H.R. 55), 2071 [9FE]

Congress: procedure for expedited consideration of legislation submitted by the President (see H. Con. Res. 45), 8209 [4MY]

Contracts: Federal construction and small business participation in Federal contracting (see H.R. 2259), 8207 [4MY]

Copyright: protect certain computer programs (see H.R. 2740), 26590 [31OC]

———rights of attribution and integrity to authors of works of visual art (see H.R. 2690), 25239 [19OC]

Copyrights: protection of industrial designs of useful articles (see H.R. 3017), 16428 [26JY]

Country Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 401), 20442 [14SE]

Courts: constitutional amendment on automatic removal of Federal judges upon conviction of serious crimes (see H.J. Res. 294), 11602 [13JN]

———immunity from personal civil liability relative to volunteers working on behalf of nonprofit organizations and Government entities (see H.R. 911), 10050 [23MY]

Crime and criminals: improve justice system and reduce crime (see H.R. 3119), 18671 [3AU]

———penalties for certain mail-related offenses involving anabolic steroids (see H.R. 995), 2069 [9FE]

———Shock Incarceration Program (see H.R. 3446), 24130 [11OC]

Crime Victims Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 208), 5895 [10AP]

Cuba: condemn civil liberties violations (see H. Con. Res. 176), 16564 [27JY]

———plebiscite (see H. Con. Res. 75), 4200 [15MR]

Dept. of the Treasury: issuance of Drug War Bonds (see H.R. 2972), 19963 [11SE]

Drug Free America Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 228), 6884 [18AP]

Education Day, U.S.A.: designate (see H.J. Res. 173), 5339 [3AP]

Employee stock ownership plans: tax-free interest on certain loans (see H.R. 3364), 22291 [28SE]

Employment: extend targeted jobs credit (see H.R. 2098), 11604 [13JN]

Enterprise Zone Improvements Act: enact (see H.R. 6), 11603 [13JN]

Family Living Wage Act: enact (see H.R. 1104), 2800 [27FE]

Firefighters: bill of rights (see H.R. 3587), 26962 [2NO]

Fire prevention: cigarette and cigar safety (see H.R. 673), 3692 [8MR]

Fire Safety at Home Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 346), 20404 [13SE]

Fish and fisheries: cease drift-net fishing in the South Pacific (see H. Con. Res. 214), 25239 [19OC]

Foreign flagships: extend coverage of Federal labor laws (see H.R. 3283), 20647 [18SE]

Foreign relations: assessments of U.S. economic assistance to foreign countries (see H.R. 1437), 24130 [11OC]

Franklin, Benjamin: commemorative coin (see H.R. 3587), 26962 [2NO]

Gaucher's Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 224), 25146 [18OC]

General Aviation Standards Act: enact (see H.R. 1307), 3690 [8MR]

Geography Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 142), 21217 [21SE]

Guam: establish as a Commonwealth (see H.R. 98), 30034 [17NO]

Handicapped: tax credits for small businesses for costs of public accommodations for the disabled (see H.R. 3500), 25917 [25OC]

Hazardous substances: improve transportation safety (see H.R. 2584), 21499 [25SE]

———transportation in crude oil pipelines (see H.R. 2417), 10790 [5JN]

Health: permit certain emergency personnel to conduct pre-incident planning activities (see H.R. 2186), 13846 [28JN]

Holidays: commission to advise President on proposals for national observances (see H.R. 746), 1204 [31JA]

Honeybee: designate as national insect (see H.J. Res. 127), 3102 [1MR]

Hotels and motels: fire sprinkler systems (see H.R. 94), 4112 [14MR]

House of Representatives: amend rules on resolutions making continuing appropriations (see H. Res. 18), 32449 [2MR]

———amend rules relative to votes on Members' pay adjustments (see H. Res. 24), 1153 [27JA]

———amend rules to make legislative process more responsible, representative and deliberative (see H. Res. 61), 1397 [2FE]

———prevent distortions in reapportionment (see H.R. 744), 1204 [31JA]

———reapportionment of seats relative to alien residents (see H.J. Res. 199), 4112 [14MR]

Housing: transition period relative to qualifying as suitable for older persons (see H.R. 646), 1206 [31JA]

Immigration: employment verification (see H.R. 1318), 10503 [1JN]

Income: adjust minimum wage and increase earned income tax credit (see H.R. 2637), 11817 [14JN]

———congressional, executive, and judicial salaries and pensions (see H.R. 401; H.J. Res. 109), 208 [4JA], 1398 [2FE]

INS: expand arrest authority of officers and employees (see H.R. 3333), 30035 [17NO]

Insurance: deduction for health insurance of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 694), 11603 [13JN]

International Year of Bible Reading: designate (see H.J. Res. 275), 13963 [29JN]

Interstitial Cystitis Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 291), 28336 [9NO]

Korean War: authorize national medal in honor of members of Armed Forces (see H.R. 437), 3692 [8MR]

Labor: restore certain political rights to workers (see H.R. 2589), 11300 [8JN]

Lake Gaston, NC: Sec. of the Army environmental impact statement for water pipeline project with Virginia Beach, VA (see H.R. 1551), 5084 [21MR]

Law enforcement officers: capital punishment for killing certain Federal officers (see H.R. 1197), 3099 [1MR]

LSC: replace with a Legal Services Administration (see H.R. 2884), 20205 [12SE]

Lyme Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 138), 14695 [13JY]

Medicare: geographical variations in the physician reimbursement system (see H. Con. Res. 116), 30409 [20NO]

———supplemental premium and additional benefits (see H.R. 2770), 19333 [4AU]

———supplemental premium and additional benefits (H.R. 2770), consideration (see H. Res. 231), 19331 [4AU]

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act: restore provisions in effect before enactment (see H.R. 169), 20403 [13SE]

Members of Congress: compensation (see H.J. Res. 26), 7437 [25AP]

———constitutional amendment on terms of office (see H.J. Res. 300), 17097 [31JY]

———defer adjustments to rates of pay (see H.R. 330), 1152 [27JA]

———defer rates of pay (see H.R. 329), 1152 [27JA]

———disapprove pay increases (see H.J. Res. 62), 1153 [27JA]

———elimination of exceptions that permit personal use of excess campaign funds (see H.R. 40), 327 [20JA]

———nullify recent pay increase (see H.R. 328), 1152 [27JA]

———official expenses allowance available for drug testing of Members and their clerk hire employees (see H. Res. 280), 26962 [2NO]

———pay adjustment (see H.R. 271; H.J. Res. 88), 326 [20JA], 2901 [28FE]

Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 164), 14906 [17JY]

Merchant marine: nonprofit funding for memorials (see H.R. 668), 1149 [27JA]

Montana Centennial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 106), 27808 [7NO]

National Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 117), 3858 [9MR]

National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 185), 25917 [25OC]

National Arab American Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 241), 19558 [6SE]

National Check-Up Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 227), 12936 [22JN]

National Child Care Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 182), 5172 [22MR]

National Cities Fight Back Against Drugs Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 416), 31245 [21NO]

National Culinary Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 121), 24744 [16OC]

National D.A.R.E. Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 276), 9650 [18MY]

National Day To Commemorate the Bastille Day Bicentennial: designate (see H.J. Res. 298), 12283 [19JN]

National Diabetes Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 210), 7545 [26AP]

National Drive for Life Weekend: designate (see H.J. Res. 257), 14906 [17JY]

National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 429), 30035 [17NO]

National Duckling Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 153), 6458 [13AP]

National Family Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 126), 9409 [16MY]

National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 94), 1151 [27JA]

National Health Care Food Service Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 141), 22292 [28SE]

National Historically Black Colleges Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 399), 19964 [11SE]

National Home Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 122), 21004 [20SE]

National Hospice Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 194), 8916 [11MY]

National Hostage Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 400), 20442 [14SE]

National Korean War Veterans Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 130), 14992 [18JY]

National Minority Health Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 327), 14906 [17JY]

National Morgan Horse Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 388), 22293 [28SE]

National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 293), 16429 [26JY]

National Pledge of Allegiance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 253), 15160 [19JY]

National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 178), 13962 [29JN]

National Quality Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 204), 19333 [4AU]

National Quarter Horse Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 345), 24235 [12OC]

National Red Ribbon Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 373), 19333 [4AU]

National Scleroderma Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 274), 10870 [6JN]

National Stroke Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 68), 7437 [25AP]

Nuclear Decommissioning Reserve Fund Act: enact (see H.R. 1317), 12181 [15JN]

Nuclear energy: standardized plant designs and improve the licensing and regulatory process (see H.R. 2078), 10869 [6JN]

Occupational health and safety: U.S. obligation in workplaces (see H.R. 1095), 9408 [16MY]

Petroleum: excise taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel (see H. Res. 41), 2073 [9FE]

———suspend enforcement of certain regulations relative to underground storage tanks (see H.R. 3321), 25498 [23OC]

PLO: prohibit negotiations with any representative who has directly participated in terrorism against a U.S. citizen (see H.R. 3005), 20205 [12SE]

Political campaigns: contributions by national banks, corporations, and labor unions (see H.R. 3798), 31242 [21NO]

Pollution: limitations on liability for damages from oil (see H.R. 1465), 4487 [16MR]

Postal Service: budget treatment (see H.R. 982), 5085 [21MR]

Presidential Commission on the Medicare Program: establish (see H.R. 169), 20403 [13SE]

Prisons: assistance to States in construction (see H.R. 1644), 5272 [23MR]

Radio: reform broadcast license renewal process (see H.R. 1136), 11243 [7JN]

Raoul Wallenberg Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 47), 10869 [6JN]

Real property: allow withdrawal from individual retirement account for first-time purchase of principal residence (see H.R. 243), 1397 [2FE]

Reciprocity of Foreign Investment Act: enact (see H.R. 3699), 31245 [21NO]

Rehabilitation Act: classification of drug abusers as handicapped (see H.R. 3815), 31243 [21NO]

Religion: constitutional amendment relative to voluntary school prayer (see H.J. Res. 297), 12180 [15JN]

Religious Freedom Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 238), 20648 [18SE]

Research: tax incentive (see H.R. 1416), 14475 [12JY]

Rural areas: business assistance and emergency water project grants (see H.R. 3382), 22292 [28SE]

Social Security: eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 2460), 10158 [24MY]

———payment reductions to hospitals under medicare part A (see H. Con. Res. 40), 3693 [8MR]

———repeal tax on cash tips (see H.R. 446), 6332 [12AP]

———work incentives relative to disability benefits (see H.R. 8), 347 [24JA]

Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact: congressional consent to amendments (see H.R. 2642), 11818 [14JN]

States: equality of taxation of domestic and foreign corporations (see H.R. 1390), 4111 [14MR]

Steel Import Stabilization Act: extend (see H.R. 904), 8073 [3MY]

Take Pride in the Flag Day: designate (see H. Res. 189), 13622 [27JN]

Taxation: child care services (see H.R. 575), 325 [20JA]

———deduction for interest on educational loans (see H.R. 747), 2554 [22FE]

———deductions relative to contributions to education savings accounts (see H.R. 70), 7436 [25AP]

———deductions relative to interest paid on debt secured by a home (see H. Con. Res. 37), 1151 [27JA]

———delay implementation of certain reforms relative to employer benefit plans (see H.R. 518), 2554 [22FE]

———permanent exclusion of funding for employee educational assistance (see H.R. 2037), 6881 [18AP]

———refundable credit to parents with dependents under age 6 (see H.R. 2008), 6805 [17AP]

———repeal nondiscrimination rules relative to employee benefit plans (see H.R. 634), 1748 [7FE]

———treatment of estate tax inclusion related to valuation freezes (see H.R. 60), 10160 [24MY]

———treatment of parsonage allowances (see H.R. 809), 5085 [21MR]

Textile industry and fabrics: use of tariff revenues to support research for modernization (see H.R. 1461), 4487 [16MR]

United Airlines: tribute to volunteers assisting in rescue operations for flight 232 (see H.J. Res. 379), 16564 [27JY]

U.S. flag: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 337, 350), 13622 [27JN], 15851 [24JY]

———prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 304; H. Res. 185), 12935 [22JN], 14077 [11JY]

Valladares, Armando: Presidential Medal of Freedom award (see H. Con. Res. 176), 16564 [27JY]

Veterans: dire emergency appropriations for medical care (see H.J. Res. 272), 9482 [17MY]

———receive compensation concurrently with retired pay and without deductions from either (see H.R. 303), 10443 [31MY]

Vocational Education Act: grants for technical education (see H.R. 22), 4033 [13MR]

Wilderness Act: observe anniversary of National Wilderness Preservation System (see H.J. Res. 163), 19333 [4AU]

World War II: congressional commemorative medal for Armed Forces members present at Pearl Harbor attack (see H.R. 2575), 19558 [6SE]

Essays

History of Electoral College, 16445 [26JY]

Remarks by, on

Crime and criminals: data on crimes manifesting prejudice based on race, religion, homosexuality, or heterosexuality (H.R. 1048), 13544 [27JN]

Dept. of Transportation: making appropriations (H.R. 3015), 18618 [3AU]

Electoral college: history of establishment, 16445 [26JY]

Greensboro, NC: vandalism at Guilford Courthouse National Military Park, 14030 [11JY]

———YMCA anniversary, 4146 [14MR]

Guilford College, NC: tribute to golf team, 11634 [13JN]

Income: congressional, executive, and judicial salaries and pensions, 1197 [31JA], 1680 [6FE]

International Tropical Timber Organization: maintain U.S. membership (H.R. 842), 1870 [7FE]

Nicaragua: assessment of political situation, 22736, 22737 [2OC]

North Carolina: tribute to Thomasville and Cummings High Schools football teams, 2201 [9FE]

Parker, W.C.: Carolina Peacemaker Award, 6342 [12AP]

Presbyterian Church in the U.S.: bicentennial, 31791 [21NO]

Social Security: earnings test, 11585 [13JN]

Task, Arnold: Carolina Peacemaker Award, 6342 [12AP]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 1744 [7FE], 5512 [5AP], 6328 [12AP], 11600 [13JN], 13958 [29JN], 16427 [26JY]

Special order: granted, 343 [24JA]

Reports

Foreign Travel Expenditures, 28008 [8NO]

Testimonies

Committee on Ways and Means: Liberalizing Social Security Retirement Test and Repealing Certain Social Security Benefits, D302 [25MY]

Tributes

Brody, David A., 26578 [31OC]

Fortress, Fred and Ethel, 5648 [5AP]

O'Connor, James, 14010 [29JN]

Smallwood, Irwin, 2601 [22FE]

Sparks, Bennett S., 19494 [4AU]

Summers, Dion, 1865 [7FE]

Youmans, Scott, 1865 [7FE]