HASTERT, J. DENNIS (a Representative from Illinois)

Addresses

Infrastructure on the Front Burner—Why Rebuilding Can't Wait: James R. Thompson, Governor of Illinois, 31762 [21NO]

Amendments offered by, to

Budget: reconciliation (H.R. 3299), 21005 [20SE]

Appointments

Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (Select), 5360 [4AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Ecology: savings in the compilation and distribution of Federal environmental impact statements (see H.R. 3643), 28595 [13NO]

Hazardous substances: assistance to small communities with groundwater radium contamination (see H.R. 978), 2068 [9FE]

National Health Care Food Service Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 141), 2071 [9FE]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Abortion: right to life (see H.J. Res. 103), 6333 [12AP]

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

Aeronautics: liability for emergency medical care by licensed physicians on commercial aircraft (see H.R. 676), 1149 [27JA]

———national aviation policy (see H. Con. Res. 162), 13845 [28JN]

Agriculture: estate tax increases impact on family-owned farms (see H. Res. 139), 19783 [7SE]

Appropriations: line-item veto (see H.J. Res. 110), 1205 [31JA]

———Presidential reduction after enactment of bill (see H.R. 2703), 12808 [21JN]

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), 6806 [17AP]

Baltic Freedom Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 184), 9409 [16MY]

Bankruptcy: amend code relative to railroad reorganization (see H.R. 3324), 21217 [21SE]

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), 17096 [31JY]

———deposit fee (see H. Con. Res. 41), 4202 [15MR]

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

Bastille Day: commemorate bicentennial (see H. Con. Res. 43), 9483 [17MY]

Broadcasting stations: license renewal requirements (see H.R. 2682), 13962 [29JN]

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

———exclude Social Security trust fund from calculations of deficit and study redirection of FICA and SECA taxes to retirement accounts (see H.R. 3083), 18188 [2AU]

———exclude transactions of the Social Security Trust Fund from computation of the Federal deficit (see H.R. 860), 9408 [16MY]

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

———improve financial management information (see H.R. 2669), 12180 [15JN]

———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), 7437 [25AP]

Census: count relative to congressional apportionment (see H.R. 1468), 23300 [4OC]

———exclusion of illegal aliens for purposes of congressional reapportionment (see H. Con. Res. 195), 23301 [4OC]

Centers for Metal Casting Competitiveness Research: establish (see H.R. 1243), 14475 [12JY]

China, People's Republic of: populace efforts toward democracy (see H. Con. Res. 134), 10050 [23MY]

———readjust immigration status of certain nationals (see H.R. 2712), 13624 [27JN]

Clean Water Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 369), 15159 [19JY]

Coins and coinage: minting $1 coins (see H.R. 1068), 11819 [14JN]

Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (Select): establish (see H. Res. 33), 210 [4JA]

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

Country Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 401), 22745 [2OC]

Courts: immunity from personal civil liability relative to volunteers working on behalf of nonprofit organizations and Government entities (see H.R. 911), 14076 [11JY]

Crime and criminals: racketeer influenced and corrupt organizations (see H.R. 1046), 7544 [26AP]

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

Deaf Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 140), 30117 [19NO]

Decade of the Brain: designate (see H.J. Res. 174), 13279 [23JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: issuance of Drug War Bonds (see H.R. 2972), 15762 [21JY]

District of Columbia: limit the time of incarceration for civil contempt in a child custody case (see H.R. 2136), 11819 [14JN]

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

Education: congressional scholarships for science, mathematics, and engineering (see H.R. 996), 5683 [6AP]

———national priority for science, mathematics, and technology (see H. Con. Res. 57), 8711 [9MY]

Education Day, U.S.A.: designate (see H.J. Res. 173), 5086 [21MR]

EEC: opposing ban on imports of U.S. meat products (see H. Con. Res. 26), 1206 [31JA]

82d Airborne Division Association, Inc.: charter (see H.R. 82), 9996 [22MY]

Elections: contributions by foreign nationals (see H.R. 1540), 5275 [23MR]

Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 133), 20442 [14SE]

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

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

Exxon Corp.: compensate affected parties of Exxon Valdez oil spill (see H. Res. 157), 10051 [23MY]

FAA: limit age restrictions imposed upon aircraft pilots (see H.R. 3498), 25238 [19OC]

Federal employees: coverage under retirement system (see H.R. 2538), 16429 [26JY]

———participation in political process (see H.R. 20), 5274 [23MR]

———Social Security Government pension offset (see H.R. 2538), 16429 [26JY]

———treatment of income for garnishment and legal processes (see H.R. 2418), 26589 [31OC]

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

Fire Safety at Home Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 346), 23414 [5OC]

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

Foreign relations: assessments of U.S. economic assistance to foreign countries (see H.R. 1437), 25917 [25OC]

Foreign trade: control the international ivory market to protect elephants (see H.R. 2172), 25917 [25OC]

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

General Aviation Standards Act: enact (see H.R. 1307), 6883 [18AP]

Geography Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 142), 24131 [11OC]

German-American Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 104), 8916 [11MY]

Government trust funds: receipts and disbursements of highway, inland waterway, and airport excluded in budget totals (see H.R. 286), 1152 [27JA]

Groundwater: authorizing research activities (see H.R. 37), 5274 [23MR]

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

Hazardous substances: Sec. of Agriculture study of effects of reclassification of anhydrous ammonia (see H.R. 371), 3692 [8MR]

———transportation in crude oil pipelines (see H.R. 2417), 12181 [15JN]

Health: grants to States relative to maternal and child health (see H.R. 2881), 30117 [19NO]

———penalties for certain mail-related offenses involving anabolic steroids (see H.R. 995), 12181 [15JN]

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

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

———recycling paper used in operation (see H. Res. 104), 6884 [18AP]

Housing: expand the capacity of resident management corporations to purchase public housing (see H.R. 1181), 7436 [25AP]

Hungary: opening of border (see H. Con. Res. 196), 25917 [25OC]

Income: congressional, executive, and judicial salaries and pensions (see H.R. 401), 269 [19JA]

Insurance: deduction for health insurance of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 694), 1150 [27JA]

———private long-term care coverage (see H.R. 3621), 28017 [8NO]

International Year of Bible Reading: designate (see H.J. Res. 275), 9650 [18MY]

Interstate commerce: destruction or injury of property (see H.R. 1515), 8073 [3MY]

Italian-American Heritage and Culture Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 392), 22876 [3OC]

Jewish Heritage Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 136), 5945 [11AP]

Law enforcement officers: adjust administratively uncontrollable overtime pay of Federal officers and agents (see H.R. 215), 7544 [26AP]

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

Lithuanian Independence Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 149), 10162 [24MY]

Medicare: amend provisions relative to terminology used in notices of nonpayment to certain physicians (see H.R. 3272), 30117 [19NO]

———delay certain premiums and establish a review commission for the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act (see H.R. 63), 347 [24JA]

———supplemental premium and added benefits (see H.R. 2055), 12494 [20JN], 13492 [23JN]

———supplemental premium and additional benefits (see H.R. 2770), 13844 [28JN]

———supplemental premium and additional benefits (H.R. 2770), consideration (see H. Res. 191, 231), 13845 [28JN], 19331 [4AU]

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act: repeal (see H.R. 332), 1153 [27JA]

———restore provisions in effect before enactment (see H.R. 169), 1152 [27JA]

Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 164), 7545 [26AP]

Mississippi River National Heritage Corridor: commission to prepare a feasibility report (see H.R. 2174), 7753 [2MY]

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

Mount Rushmore National Memorial: commemorative coins (see H.R. 1028), 14475 [12JY]

National Academies of Practice: recognize (see H.R. 1047), 6332 [12AP]

National Adoption Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 278), 9650 [18MY]

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

National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 185), 26877 [1NO]

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

National Children's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 132), 7545 [26AP]

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

National Day of Remembrance for Victims of the U.S.S. Iowa: designate (see H.J. Res. 247), 7755 [2MY]

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

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 320), 20775 [19SE]

National Down's Syndrome Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 209), 22744 [2OC]

National Drinking Water Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 134), 7437 [25AP]

National Drive for Life Weekend: designate (see H.J. Res. 257), 16203 [25JY]

National Family Caregivers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 282), 28595 [13NO]

National Family Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 126), 11819 [14JN]

National Former POW Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 94), 2554 [22FE]

National Guard: civil service retirement credit for technicians (see H.R. 1400), 25146 [18OC]

National Hospice Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 194), 15850 [24JY]

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

National Job Skills Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 195), 16429 [26JY]

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

National League of Families of POW/MIA: flag be displayed at U.S. diplomatic or consular posts and military installation (see H.R. 742), 6332 [12AP]

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 Public Works Corp.: establish (see H.R. 113), 1206 [31JA]

National Quality Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 204), 15437 [20JY]

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

National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution Centennial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 150), 6883 [18AP]

National Spina Bifida Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 286), 26345 [26OC]

National Stroke Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 68), 5275 [23MR]

NATO: negotiations to reduce U.S. global defense burden (see H. Res. 21), 1688 [6FE]

Oil Pipeline Regulatory Reform Act: enact (see H.R. 3092), 18188 [2AU]

Panama Canal: delay transfer of authority to Panama (see H. Con. Res. 127), 14077 [11JY]

———repeal act and abrogate treaties (see H. Con. Res. 47), 1747 [7FE]

Partnerships in Education Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 151), 2617 [23FE]

Petroleum: excise taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel (see H. Res. 41), 268 [19JA]

———protect the used oil recycling system (see H.R. 1593), 5270 [23MR]

Plastics: promote development of degradable products (see H.R. 683), 3244 [2MR]

Polish-American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 347), 13961 [29JN]

Postal Service: budget treatment (see H.R. 982, 1082), 3101, 3102 [1MR]

Power resources: tax incentives for oil and natural gas exploration (see H.R. 664), 4033 [13MR]

Presidential Commission on the Medicare Program: establish (see H.R. 169), 1152 [27JA]

Presidents of the U.S.: constitutional amendment to repeal limit on number of terms (see H.J. Res. 264), 8845 [10MY]

Prisons: special privileges in purchase of goods (see H.R. 1215), 6332 [12AP]

Product Liability Reform Act: enact (see H.R. 2700), 19332 [4AU]

Professional Constructors Day: designate (see H.R. 283), 11603 [13JN]

Public works: study local financing practices and more lenient treatment for small issuers of tax-exempt bonds (see H.R. 1867), 6883 [18AP]

Radio: reform broadcast license renewal process (see H.R. 1136), 15436 [20JY]

Real property: allow withdrawal from individual retirement account for first-time purchase of principal residence (see H.R. 243), 1206 [31JA]

———application of passive loss limitation relative to tax deductions on rental properties (see H.R. 642), 16428 [26JY]

Recycling of waste products: collection, analysis, and dissemination of information to promote recycling of municipal solid waste (see H.R. 1652), 5273 [23MR]

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

Rescue squads: donations of Federal surplus property (see H.R. 377), 1153 [27JA]

Research: tax incentive (see H.R. 1416), 19558 [6SE]

Roads and highways: program for additional assistance for systems in urbanized areas (see H.R. 3523), 25916 [25OC]

Sec. of Defense: conduct study of Missing Persons Act (see H.R. 3401), 26963 [2NO]

Shipping industry: oppose consideration of maritime transportation as an area for GATT negotiation (see H. Con. Res. 151), 11602 [13JN]

———require double hulls on all tank vessels (see H.R. 2609), 11602 [13JN]

Social Security: exclude receipts and disbursements of trust funds from calculation of budget deficits (see H.R. 378), 348 [24JA]

———payment reductions to hospitals under medicare part A (see H. Con. Res. 40), 1205 [31JA]

———repeal tax on cash tips (see H.R. 446), 8073 [3MY]

———study on computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H. Con. Res. 7), 2269 [21FE]

———work incentives relative to disability benefits (see H.R. 8), 6882 [18AP]

Statehood: 100th anniversary commemorative coins for certain (see H.R. 1553), 18672 [3AU]

Taft Institute: extend authorization (see H.R. 3315), 30035 [17NO]

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

Taxation: benefits under educational assistance programs (see H.R. 1165), 5172 [22MR]

———capital gains (see H.R. 1599, 1601), 11604 [13JN]

———certain amounts used to pay long-term care insurance premiums (see H.R. 2132), 11819 [14JN]

———certain credits will not be subject to the passive activity rules (see H.R. 796), 8208 [4MY]

———charitable contributions of appreciated property (see H.R. 173), 27808 [7NO]

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

———contribution of income tax refunds and liability to drug rehabilitation and treatment (see H.R. 3783), 30407 [20NO]

———credit contributions to candidates for Congress (see H.R. 19), 8710 [9MY]

———deduction for educational loans (see H.R. 747), 1204 [31JA]

———deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 2121), 12494 [20JN]

———deduction for individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 956), 10789 [5JN]

———deduction of contributions to first-home savings accounts (see H.R. 1079), 8710 [9MY]

———deduction of contributions to education savings accounts (see H.R. 70), 198 [4JA]

———deduction of 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), 3857 [9MR]

———exceptions from rules on contributions of assistance (see H.R. 118), 14905 [17JY]

———extension of the exclusion for education assistance programs (see H.R. 270), 24235 [12OC]

———indexing of certain assets (see H.R. 719), 11604 [13JN]

———indexing of certain assets and for a 15-percent maximum rate of tax on net capital (see H.R. 499), 327 [20JA]

———indexing of the basis of certain assets (see H.R. 504), 327 [20JA]

———limit ability of taxpayers to deduct cost of oil cleanups and hazardous substance spills (see H.R. 2532), 20205 [12SE]

———mechanism to donate overpayment of income tax to the U.S. Olympic Committee (see H.R. 654), 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), 346 [24JA]

———restore deductions for certain retirement savings (see H.R. 1499), 7545 [26AP]

———treatment of estate tax inclusion related to valuation freezes (see H.R. 60), 6882 [18AP]

———withdrawals from individual retirement plans for long-term care insurance premiums (see H.R. 2133), 11819 [14JN]

Television: improve competition and services relative to programming and prohibit discrimination (see H.R. 2437), 12810 [21JN]

Terrorism: preblast detection taggant on explosives to determine the country of origin (see H. Con. Res. 191), 19331 [4AU]

Thrift industry: deposit fee (see H. Con. Res. 41), 4202 [15MR]

Trademark Act: amend relative to gray market goods (see H.R. 3484), 25145 [18OC]

U.N.: limit U.S. contributions (see H.R. 1148), 2899 [28FE]

U.S. flag: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 324, 337, 350), 13622 [27JN], 14906 [17JY], 14992 [18JY]

———flagrant and malicious desecration (see H. Con. Res. 35), 6333 [12AP]

———importation of foreign-made flags (see H.R. 1036), 8073 [3MY]

———prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 318, 322; H. Res. 185), 12934, 12935 [22JN], 14077 [11JY]

———proper display (see H.R. 1295), 3690 [8MR]

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

Veterans: presumption of service connection between certain diseases and active duty during the Vietnamese conflict (see H.R. 3004), 24131 [11OC]

———receive compensation concurrently with retired pay and without deductions from either (see H.R. 303), 327 [20JA]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: display U.S. flag at apex (see H.R. 850), 5085 [21MR]

Virginia Smith Dam and Reservoir: designate (see H.R. 3073), 19333 [4AU]

Vocational-Technical Education Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 367), 26963 [2NO]

Volunteer fire departments: donations of Federal surplus property (see H.R. 377), 1153 [27JA]

World War II Remembrance Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 221), 9997 [22MY]

Year of Clean Water: designate (see H.J. Res. 369), 15159 [19JY]

Yosemite National Park: anniversary (see H.R. 3182; H.J. Res. 398), 25615 [24OC]

Yugoslavia: deteriorating condition of ethnic Albanians (see H. Con. Res. 70), 7437 [25AP]

Commentaries

Telecommunication industry competitiveness: Paul Harvey, 7726 [2MY]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, 2610 [23FE]

Remarks by, on

Budget: reconciliation (H.R. 3299), 22227 [28SE], 23218 [4OC]

Congressional budget: setting forth for 1990-92 (H. Con. Res. 106), Frenzel motion to instruct conferees, 8612 [9MY]

Dept. of Transportation: making appropriations (H.R. 3015), 18602 [3AU]

Ecology: savings in the compilation and distribution of Federal impact statements (H.R. 3643), 28472 [13NO]

El Salvador: civil war, 29885 [17NO]

———investigation of murder of religious missionaries, 29885 [17NO]

Groundwater: assistance to small communities with radium contamination (H.R. 978), 2195 [9FE]

Individual retirement accounts: expansion of deduction, 22227 [28SE]

Medicare: catastrophic illness coverage, 23218 [4OC]

———supplemental premium and additional benefits (H.R. 2770), consideration (H. Res. 191), 14980 [18JY]

National Health Care Food Service Week: designate (S.J. Res. 81), 22280 [28SE]

Public debt: reduction, 3674 [8MR]

Social Security: eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 2460), 10087 [24MY], 11584-11590 [13JN]

Soviet Union: People to People exchange program, 11631 [13JN]

Taxation: capital gains, 22227 [28SE]

Telecommunications: increase industry competitiveness, 7726 [2MY]

U.S. flag: Supreme Court ruling on desecration, 13501 [27JN], 13796, 13798, 13799, 13801 [28JN]

———treatment and display, 3845 [9MR]

Warrenville, IL: Kiwanis Club's check for reduction of public debt, 3674 [8MR]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 11600 [13JN]

Special order: granted, 9404 [16MY], 10048 [23MY], 10787 [5JN], 13840 [28JN]

Testimonies

Committee on Government Operations: Reauthorization of the Paperwork Reduction Act, D505 [1AU]

Committee on Governmental Affairs: Reauthorization of the OMB Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, D505 [1AU]

Committee on Rules: Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (H.R. 3299), D587 [21SE]

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