COMBEST, LARRY g009(a Representative from Texas)
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 4739, Dept. of Defense appropriations and prescribing military personnel levels, 29123 [15OC]
———S. 2830, Food and Agricultural Resources Act, 25156 [19SE]
———S. 2834, authorizing intelligence services appropriations, 30240 [17OC]
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Agriculture: increase Federal crop insurance coverage for producers (see H.R. 4642), 8403 [26AP]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Agriculture: establish a flexible system for farm and crop acreage yields for wheat, feed grain, upland cotton, and rice (see H.R. 4189), 3473 [6MR]
———establish price support programs for cotton, rice, and sugar (see H.R. 4388), 5535 [27MR]
Banks and banking: encourage independent counsel investigation relative to Federal officials involved in the savings and loan scandal (see H. Res. 407), 14705 [19JN]
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act: limit liability of lending institutions acquiring facilities through foreclosure (see H.R. 4494), 15850 [27JN]
Courts: clarify the remedial jurisdiction of inferior Federal districts (see H.R. 4683), 10010 [10MY]
Crime and criminals: penalties for demonstrators who throw blood on the Capitol or White House (see H. Con. Res. 267), 2718 [27FE]
Disney, Walt: tribute (see H. Res. 419), 16691 [10JY]
Federal employees: cost of living adjustments for civil service retirees (see H. Con. Res. 252), 3475 [6MR]
Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 559), 9092 [1MY]
Foreign trade: imports of textiles, apparel, and footwear (see H.R. 4496), 6670 [4AP]
Government: continuance of essential services for citizens (see H.R. 5722), 26175 [26SE]
Government trust funds: receipts and disbursements of highway, inland waterway, and airport excluded in budget totals (see H.R. 286), 9498 [7MY]
Health: organ procurement and transplantation services (see H.R. 4336), 4788 [21MR]
Judicial Taxation Prohibition Act: enact (see H.R. 4683), 10010 [10MY]
Medicaid: permit State matching payments through voluntary contributions and State taxes (see H.R. 4181), 16689 [10JY]
Medicare: coverage of nurse practitioner and clinical nurse specialist services in rural areas (see H.R. 4483), 9093 [1MY]
———coverage of screening mammography (see H.R. 3701), 3668 [7MR]
———coverage of screening mammography and colon-rectal screening examinations (see H.R. 4109), 3669 [7MR]
———equalize the standardized amounts paid to hospitals in rural and urban areas (see H.R. 4481), 9093 [1MY]
Motor vehicles: State waivers of certain regulations on farming transport and harvesting vehicles (see H.R. 4997), 26313 [27SE]
National Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 474), 4276 [13MR]
National Guard: civil service retirement credit for technicians (see H.R. 1400), 8404 [26AP]
Nuclear Decommissioning Reserve Fund Act: enact (see H.R. 1317), 22530 [3AU]
Pensions: cost-of-living adjustments for certain Government retirement programs (see H.R. 3914), 3475 [6MR]
———cost-of-living adjustments for persons under civil service and military retirement plans (see H.R. 3922), 4275 [13MR]
Pesticides: export (see H.R. 5013), 16690 [10JY]
Physician Regulatory Relief and Improvement Act: enact (see H.R. 4475), 12248 [24MY]
Pollution: taxation of fuels based on their carbon content or their carbon emissions (see H. Res. 438), 21677 [1AU]
Public Health Service Act: amend provisions relative to State offices of rural health (see H.R. 4482), 6669 [4AP]
———amend provisions relative to State offices of rural health and extend the National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 4487), 12099 [23MY]
Reciprocity of Foreign Investment Act: enact (see H.R. 3699), 2501 [26FE]
Savings and loan associations: investigation and prosecution of criminal activity (see H.R. 5353), 20244 [27JY]
States: taxation of pension income of nonresidents (see H.R. 1227), 1551 [7FE]
Taxation: credit treatment of fuel produced from a nonconventional source and gas produced from a tight formation (see H.R. 5351), 24329 [13SE]
———extension of temporary surtax component of Federal unemployment tax (see H. Res. 342), 15716 [26JN]
———incentives for savings and investments to stimulate economic growth (see H.R. 3972), 1548 [7FE]
———oppose Federal excise tax increase (see H. Res. 134), 15851 [27JN]
———sale of principal residence (see H.R. 1287), 7339 [18AP]
———treatment of certain real estate activities (see H.R. 3732), 6357 [3AP]
———treatment of Federal annuities (see H.R. 214), 3474 [6MR]
Television: improve competition and services relative to programming and prohibit discrimination (see H.R. 2437), 752 [30JA]
U.S. Naval Reserve Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 413), 4243 [12MR]
Letters
Farm income subsidy limitation: Clayton Yeutter, Sec. of Agriculture, 19194 [25JY]
Motions offered by
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 268), consideration (H. Res. 391), 14702 [19JN]
Pledge of Allegiance
House of Representatives, 2885 [28FE]
Remarks by, on
Agriculture: farm income subsidy limitation, 19194, 19195, 19198 [25JY]
———limits on farm payments, 21431, 21434 [1AU]
———oilseed crop production, 19149, 19150 [25JY]
Angola: military assistance, 30209 [17OC]
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 268), 17781
Buffalo Bill Dam and Reservoir, WY: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2567), 13974 [13JN]
Earth Day: observance, 7400 [19AP]
Employment: entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (H.R. 770), 9823 [9MY]
Food and Agricultural Resources Act: enact (H.R. 3950), 18832 [24JY], 19149, 19150, 19194, 19195, 19198 [25JY], 21431, 21434 [1AU]
Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 5422), 30167, 30209 [17OC]
Odessa, TX: Crockett Junior High School's drug-free program, 13596 [12JN]
Parliamentary inquiry, 21430 [1AU]
Texas Tech University: tribute to Center for the Study of Addiction, 2886 [28FE]
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, 16183 [28JN]
Reports
Foreign Travel Expenditures, 24621 [14SE]