COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY (House)

Bills and resolutions

Investigations and studies: expenses (see H. Res. 326)

Hearings

Abuse of steroids in amateur and professional athletics: (testimony), D159 [22MR]

Amend bankruptcy provisions relative to forward contracts (H.R. 1754): (testimony), D32 [6FE]

Anti-Drug Abuse Act: (testimony), D14 [30JA]

Appropriations for Administrative Conference of the U.S. (H.R. 3897): (testimony), D54 [21FE]

Architectural design protection: (testimony), D129 [14MR]

Attorney General's report to Congress on the option selected for identifying felons who purchase firearms: (testimony), D10 [25JA]

Bankruptcy legislation on criminal fines and liabilities arising out of a debtor's operation of a motor vehicle while legally intoxicated (testimony), D409 [21JN]

Biological Weapons Act (H.R. 237) and implementation of the Inter-American Convention on International Commercial Arbitration (H.R. 4314): (testimony), D266 [1MY]

Capital punishment: (testimony), D129 [14MR], D338 [23MY]

Capital punishment legislation (H.R. 105, 380, 596, 1197, 1464, 1477, 2196, 2709, 3119): (testimony), D293 [9MY]

Child custody determination in spouse abuse cases (H. Con. Res. 172): (testimony), D308 [15MY]

Comprehensive Violent Crime Control Act: (testimony), D102 [6MR]

Computer Software Rental Act amendments (S. 198, H.R. 2740): (testimony), D518 [30JY]

Computers and intellectual property: (testimony), D109 [7MR]

Consent of Congress to amendments to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Regulation Compact (H.J. Res. 520): (testimony), D245 [25AP]

Consent of Congress to the Quad Cities Interstate Metropolitan Authority Compact between Illinois and Iowa (S. 1485), D178 [28MR]

Constitutional amendment on a balanced budget: (testimony), D441 [10JY], D448 [11JY]

Correctional Options Incentives Act amendment (H.R. 4158): (testimony), D187 [29MR]

Correctional Options Incentives Act amendments (H.R. 4258): (testimony), D151 [21MR]

Courts legislation (H.R. 335, 865, 1065, 3163, 3438, 3492, 3707, 4399): (testimony), D376 [13JN]

Criminal justice issues: (testimony), D227 [19AP]

Criminal justice issues, drug-dependent offenders, sentencing options and alternatives: (testimony), D487 [23JY]

Debt collection amendments (H.R. 4535): (testimony), D299 [10MY]

Define the type of House adjournment preventing the Presidential return of a bill (H.R. 849), D331 [22MY]

Dept. of Justice appropriations: (testimony), D314 [16MY]

Dept. of Justice Civil and Lands Division and the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission: (testimony), D80 [28FE]

Dept. of Justice's Community Relations Service: (testimony), D209 [4AP]

Design Protection Act (H.R. 3499): (testimony), D648 [27SE]

Drug interdiction: (testimony), D228 [19AP]

Drug use and pretrial population: (testimony), D169 [27MR]

Ethics in Government Act amendments (H.R. 4525): (testimony), D227 [19AP]

Executive departments' labor dispute resolutions (H.R. 2497): (testimony), D18 [31JA]

Extension of contracts for government collection services (H.R. 4384): (testimony), D299 [10MY]

False Claims Act: (testimony), D209 [4AP]

Family Unity and Employment Opportunity Immigration Act (H.R. 4300), D151 [21MR], D201 [3AP], D209 [4AP]

FBI affirmative action and equal opportunity practices: (testimony), D159 [22MR], D187 [29MR]

FBI compliance with the Freedom of Information Act: (testimony), D89 [1MR]

FBI identification division: (testimony), D346 [24MY]

FBI programs and budget requests: (testimony), D216 [5AP]

Federal contracting crime penalties (H.R. 4795): (testimony), D717 [11OC]

Federal debt collection procedures: (testimony), D384 [14JN]

Federal Judgeship Act (H.R. 5316): (testimony), D518 [30JY]

Federal prisons: (testimony), D299 [10MY]

Federal Tort Claims Act: (testimony), D631 [25SE]

Filing patent suits against State offices and their employees for infringement (H.R. 3886): (testimony), D32 [6FE]

Foreign Communications Free Trade Act (H.R. 2689): (testimony), D187 [29MR]

Foreign corporations' anticompetitive practices: (testimony), D278 [3MY]

Freedom of Choice Act (H.R. 3700): (testimony), D669 [2OC], D678 [3OC]

Grants to State and local governments for alternatives modes of incarceration (H.R. 4158): (testimony), D346 [24MY]

Ground Transportation Consumer Protection Act (H.R. 3325): (testimony), D438 [28JN]

Gun-Free School Zone Act (H.R. 3757): (testimony), D570 [6SE]

Habeas Corpus Reform Acts (H.R. 1090, 1953, 2709, 3119, 3584, 4737): (testimony), D356 [6JN]

Habeas corpus reform and miscellaneous anticrime measures (H.R. 1090, 1953, 2709, 3119, 3584, 4737): (testimony), D346 [24MY]

Handgun Violence Prevention Act (H.R. 993): (testimony), D254 [26AP]

Immigration and Nationality Act (S. 358): (testimony), D54 [21FE]

Immigration legal numerical limitation and preference amendments (H.R. 2448): (testimony), D54 [21FE]

Implementation of certain proposals of the Federal Courts Study Committee (H.R. 5381) and Civil Justice Reform Act (H.R. 3898): (testimony), D570 [6SE]

Incarcerated Veterans Rehabilitation and Readjustment Act (H.R. 3453): (testimony), D240 [24AP]

Industrial Design Anti-Piracy Act (H.R. 3017): (testimony), D648 [27SE]

Industrial Innovation and Technology Act (H.R. 902): (testimony), D648 [27SE]

Insurance Competitive Pricing Act (H.R. 1663): (testimony), D240 [24AP]

Insurance industry's antitrust exemptions (H.R. 1663), D402 [20JN]

Intellectual Property Antitrust Protection Act (H.R. 469): (testimony), D43 [8FE]

International Parental Child Abduction Act (H.R. 3759): (testimony), D648 [27SE]

Judicial Discipline and Impeachment Reform Act (H.R. 1620), D178 [28MR]

Judicial Discipline and Impeachment Reform Act (H.R. 1620), Multiparty, Multiforum Jurisdiction Act (H.R. 3406), and Visual Artists Rights Act (H.R. 2690), D80 [28FE]

Labor relations' contract for processed food (H.R. 4500), D560 [3AU]

Legal Immigration Reform Act: (testimony), D54 [21FE], D89 [1MR], D109 [7MR], D125 [13MR], D130 [14MR]

Legal Immigration Reform Act (H.R. 672): (testimony), D54 [21FE]

Leverage buyouts and bankruptcy—Campeau chapter 11 filing: (testimony), D15 [30JA]

Leveraged buy-outs and bankruptcy: (testimony), D321 [17MY]

Leveraged buyouts and bankruptcy: (testimony), D89 [1MR]

Licit importation of opium: (testimony), D72 [27FE]

LSC: (testimony), D337 [23MY]

LSC oversight: (testimony), D293 [9MY]

Miscellaneous measures (H.R. 5652; H.J. Res. 657): (testimony), D669 [2OC]

Multiparty, Multiforum Jurisdiction Act (H.R. 3406), D178 [28MR]

National Child Search Assistance Act (H.R. 4407): (testimony), D566 [5SE]

Negotiated Rulemaking Act (H.R. 743), D178 [28MR]

———(testimony), D38 [7FE]

Pocket veto (H.R. 849): (testimony), D293 [9MY]

Preventing employment discrimination against ethnic minorities (H.R. 4421): (testimony), D421 [27JN]

Process patent amendments (H.R. 5664) (testimony), D631 [25SE]

Prosecuting fraud in thrift industry—impact of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act, D301 [11MY]

Protection of industrial designs of useful articles (H.R. 902, 3017, 3499) (testimony), D402 [20JN]

Quad Cities Interstate Metropolitan Authority Compact (S. 1485): (testimony), D38 [7FE]

Racial Justice Act (H.R. 4618): (testimony), D278 [3MY]

Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (H.R. 2372), D178 [28MR]

———(testimony), D38 [7FE]

Religious Freedom Restoration Act (H.R. 5377): (testimony), D648 [27SE]

Remedies of copyright infringement (H.R. 671): (testimony), D216 [5AP]

Restricted Weapons Act (H.R. 4225), D151 [21MR]

Retirement pay of convicted Armed Forces members (H.R. 3595): (testimony), D483 [20JY]

Right to privacy and reproductive freedom: (testimony), D134 [15MR]

Savings and loan associations measures (H.R. 4990, 5044, 5050, 5098, 5101; H. Res. 407): (testimony), D448 [11JY]

Sentencing guidelines for corporate crime: (testimony), D346 [24MY]

Shock Incarceration Act (H.R. 3446), D178 [28MR]

Special Immigration Protection Act (H.R. 2646): (testimony), D54 [21FE]

Statutory interpretation and uses of legislative history: (testimony), D227 [19AP]

Supreme Court police permanent authority (H.R. 4757): (testimony), D308 [15MY]

Swap bankruptcy agreements (H.R. 2057): (testimony), D32 [6FE]

Tariff Act amendment relative to certain processes (H.R. 3957) (testimony), D631 [25SE]

Telephone Privacy Act (H.R. 4340): (testimony), D615 [19SE]

U.S. Sentencing Commission: (testimony), D109 [7MR]

Unlicensed viewing of videos under certain conditions (H.R. 3158): (testimony), D216 [5AP]

Visual Artists Right Act (H.R. 2690), D178 [28MR]

White Sands Missile Range compensation for mining claims (H.R. 3408): (testimony), D376 [13JN]

Letters

Silverado Savings and Loan failure: several members, 17496 [13JY]

Meetings

Administrative Conference of the U.S. appropriations (H.R. 3897), D331 [22MY]

Administrative Dispute Resolution Act (H.R. 2497), D245 [25AP]

Amend Immigration and Nationality Act to extend the requirement for an annual GAO report on impact of employer sanctions and to improve enforcement of antidiscrimination provisions, D615 [19SE]

Amending the Ethics in Government Act (H.R. 4525), D245 [25AP]

Americans With Disabilities Act (H.R. 2273), D246 [25AP], D266 [1MY], D273 [2MY]

Authorizing appropriations for the Administrative Conference of the United States (H.R. 3897), D245 [25AP]

Civil Rights Act amendment (H.R. 4000), D500 [25JY]

Civil Rights Act (H.R. 4000) and Racial Justice Act (H.R. 4618), D454 [12JY]

Commission To Study Reparation Proposals for African Americans Act (H.R. 3745), D771 [24OC]

Comprehensive Crime Control Act, D421 [27JN]

Comprehensive Crime Control Act (H.R. 5269), D466 [17JY], D487 [23JY]

Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological and Toxin Weapons (H.R. 237), D273 [2MY]

Crime control (H.R. 5269), D472 [18JY], D479 [19JY]

Define the type of House adjournment preventing the Presidential return of a bill (H.R. 849), D321 [17MY]

Determination of custody in spouse abuse cases (H. Con. Res. 172), D607 [18SE]

Environmental Crimes Act (H.R. 3641), D187 [29MR]

Family Unity and Employment Opportunity Immigration Act (H.R. 4300), D221 [18AP], D528 [31JY]

Federal Courts Study Committee implementation of proposals (H.R. 5381), D607 [18SE]

Federal Debt Collection Procedures Act (H.R. 5640), D607 [18SE]

Federal Debt Procedures Act, D585 [12SE]

Federal Judgeship Act (H.R. 5316), D585 [12SE], D607 [18SE]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act (H.R. 4875), D466 [17JY]

For purposes of determining child custody, evidence of spousal abuse should create a statutory presumption detrimental to child to be placed in custody of abusive parent (H. Con. Res. 172): (testimony), D547 [2AU]

Habeas Corpus Revision Act (H.R. 4737) and session of U.S. District Court for Northern District of New York in Watertown, NY (H.R. 865), D421 [27JN]

Incarceration Act (H.R. 3446), National Cooperative Research Act amendments (H.R. 4611), swap agreements and forward contracts (H.R. 4612), and Interlocking Directorate Act (H.R. 29), D266 [1MY]

Indian Arts and Crafts Board authority (H.R. 2006), D607 [18SE]

Intellectual Property Antitrust Act (H.R. 469), D585 [12SE]

Inter-American Convention on International Commercial Arbitration (H.R. 4314), D331 [22MY]

LSC appropriations (H.R. 5271), D559 [3AU]

LSC appropriations (H.R. 5272), D547 [2AU]

Miscellaneous measures (H.R. 5652; H.J. Res. 657), D669 [2OC]

Miscellaneous measures (H.R. 2006, 3898, 5381, 5498, 5598), D596 [14SE]

National Child Search Assistance Act (H.R. 4407), D648 [27SE]

National Cooperative Research Act amendments (H.R. 4611), swap agreements and forward contracts (H.R. 4612), and Interlocking Directorates Act (H.R. 29), D254 [26AP]

Office of Government Ethics appropriations (H.R. 4525), D331 [22MY]

Patents Competitiveness and Technological Innovative Act (H.R. 5598), D607 [18SE]

Permanent authority for police in the Supreme Court (H.R. 4757), D331 [22MY]

Private claims, D591 [13SE]

Private claims bills, D409 [21JN]

Procedural changes in district courts to promote just and speedy determination of civil actions (H.R. 3898), D607 [18SE]

Prompt and informal resolution of labor disputes (H.R. 2497), D331 [22MY]

Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act amendments (H.R. 5111), D607 [18SE]

Report of the oversight investigation of 1985 Gander, NF, airplane disaster, D802 [27OC]

Rico Act amendments (H.R. 5111) and Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act amendments (H.R. 467), D416 [26JN]

U.S. flag desecration, D395 [19JN]

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Regulation Compact (H.J. Res. 520), D331 [22MY]

Remarks in House

Meetings: during sessions, 9210 [2MY], 10918 [17MY], 17819, 17820 [17JY], 18729 [23JY], 19704 [26JY], 20724 [31JY], 24943 [18SE]

Reports: permission to file, 10221 [14MY], 12136 [24MY]

Reports

Foreign Travel Expenditures, 3665 [7MR], 8401 [26AP], 22518 [3AU]

Reports filed

Appointment of Additional Federal Circuit and District Judges (H.R. 5316) (H. Rept. 101-733), 25275 [21SE]

Appropriations for the Administrative Conference of the U.S.: Committee (H.R. 3897) (H. Rept. 101-500), 12669 [5JN]

Bankruptcy's Swap Agreements and Forward Contracts (H.R. 4612) (H. Rept. 101-484), 10233 [14MY]

Consent of Congress to Amendments to Delaware-New Jersey Compact (H.J. Res. 657) (H. Rept. 101-905), 31178 [19OC]

Consideration of H.R. 3893, Relief of Banfi Products Corp. and Referral to U.S. Claims Court (H. Res. 308) (H. Rept. 101-722), 25176 [19SE]

Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and Their Destruction (H.R. 237) (H. Rept. 101-476), 9498 [7MY]

Corporate Interlocking Directorates and Officers (H.R. 29) (H. Rept. 101-483), 10233 [14MY]

Crime Control (H.R. 5269) (H. Rept. 101-681), 23477 [5SE]

Determination of Child Custody in Spouse Abuse Cases (H. Con. Res. 172) (H. Rept. 101-737), 25275 [21SE]

Eligibility for Membership in the American Legion (H.R. 5652) (H. Rept. 101-866), 29469 [15OC]

Enhance U.S. Industry Through Application of Federal Research and Development (H.R. 4329) (H. Rept. 101-481), 14108 [14JN]

Executive Departments Prompt and Informal Resolution of Labor Disputes (H.R. 2497) (H. Rept. 101-513), 12670 [5JN]

Expand Powers of Indian Arts and Crafts Board (H.R. 2006) (H. Rept. 101-400), 25275 [21SE]

Federal Civil Claims Based on Resale Price Fixing: (H.R. 1236) (H. Rept. 101-438), 6057 [29MR]

Federal Courts Jurisdiction Over Certain Multiparty, Multiforum Civil Actions (H.R. 3406) (H. Rept. 101-515), 12670 [5JN]

Federal Debt Collection Civil Procedures (H.R. 5640) (H. Rept. 101-736), 25275 [21SE]

House of Representatives' Type of Adjournment That Prevents the Presidential Return of a Bill (H.R. 849) (H. Rept. 101-417), 23476 [5SE]

Implementation of Proposals of Federal Courts Study Committee (H.R. 5381) (H. Rept. 101-734), 25275 [21SE]

Inter-American Convention on International Commercial Arbitration Implementation (H.R. 4314) (H. Rept. 101-501), 12669 [5JN]

Judicial Discipline: (H.R. 1620) (H. Rept. 101-512), 12669 [5JN]

Liability for Joint Ventures Entered Into for the Purpose of Producing a Product (H.R. 4611) (H. Rept. 101-516), 12670 [5JN]

Modify Antitrust Exemption Applicable to Business of Insurance (H.R. 1663) (H. Rept. 101-976), 37088 [27OC]

National Child Search Assistance Act (H.R. 4407) (H. Rept. 101-872), 29469 [15OC]

Negotiated Rulemaking By Federal Agencies (H.R. 743) (H. Rept. 101-461), 8302 [25AP]

Office of Government Ethics Increase in Appropriations (H.R. 4525) (H. Rept. 101-502), 12669 [5JN]

Patent Law Improvements (H.R. 5598) (H. Rept. 101-960), 35446 [26OC]

Payment Claims for Injuries Due to Exposure to Radiation From Nuclear Testing (H.R. 2372) (H. Rept. 101-463), 8302 [25AP]

Procedural Changes in District Courts To Promote Just and Speedy Determination of Civil Actions (H.R. 3898) (H. Rept. 101-732), 25275 [21SE]

Prohibit Discrimination on the Basis of Disability (H.R. 2273) (H. Rept. 101-485), 10474 [15MY]

Quad Cities Interstate Metropolitan Compact (S. 1485) (H. Rept. 101-462), 8302 [25AP]

Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (H.R. 5111) (H. Rept. 101-975), 37088 [27OC]

Relief of Benjamin H. Fonorow (H.R. 3298) (H. Rept. 101-506), 12670 [5JN]

Relief of Beulah C. Shifflett (H.R. 3791) (H. Rept. 101-508), 12670 [5JN]

Relief of Catherine A. Bardole and Family (H.R. 2071) (H. Rept. 101-645), 20548 [30JY]

Relief of Eunice E. Choate (H.R. 4327) (H. Rept. 101-509), 12670 [5JN]

Relief of Fiona L. DuVal (H.R. 3920) (H. Rept. 101-623), 18922 [24JY]

Relief of Izzydor Shever (H.R. 3642) (H. Rept. 101-507), 12670 [5JN]

Relief of Janice and Leslie Sedore and Ruth Hillman (S. 3016) (H. Rept. 101-864), 29470 [15OC]

Relief of Joan R. Daronco (H.R. 3134) (H. Rept. 101-715), 24755 [17SE]

Relief of Jocelyne and Marie Carayannis (H.R. 1230) (H. Rept. 101-865), 29470 [15OC]

Relief of John Barren (H.R. 4356) (H. Rept. 101-721), 25176 [19SE]

Relief of Maria L. Anderson (S. 1229) (H. Rept. 101-627), 18922 [24JY]

Relief of Merrill L. Johnson-Lannen (H.R. 1862) (H. Rept. 101-505), 12670 [5JN]

Relief of Michael Wu (H.R. 2863) (H. Rept. 101-624), 18922 [24JY]

Relief of Nebraska Aluminum Castings, Inc. (S. 3043) (H. Rept. 101-863), 29470 [15OC]

Relief of Norman R. Ricks (H.R. 5001) (H. Rept. 101-716), 24755 [17SE]

Relief of Paula Grzyb (S. 1683) (H. Rept. 101-626), 18922 [24JY]

Relief of Rebecca T. Zagraniski (H.R. 4378) (H. Rept. 101-510), 12670 [5JN]

Relief of Rodney E. Hoover (H.R. 2937) (H. Rept. 101-720), 25176 [19SE]

Relief of Sonanong Poonpipat (H.R. 2961) (H. Rept. 101-625), 18922 [24JY]

Relief of Wilson J. Sherrouse (S. 1814) (H. Rept. 101-622), 18922 [24JY]

Restrictions on Silencers, Bayonets, or Large-Capacity Ammunition Feeding Devices on Firearms (H.R. 4225) (H. Rept. 101-621), 18922 [24JY]

Revise, Codify, and Enact Certain General and Permanent Laws Relative to Transportation (H.R. 4956) (H. Rept. 101-868), 29469 [15OC]

Revise Admission System for Aliens Relative to Family Reunification and Identified Labor Shortages (H.R. 4300) (H. Rept. 101-723), 25176 [19SE]

Shock Incarceration Program for Criminals (H.R. 3446) (H. Rept. 101-541), 14109 [14JN]

Strengthen Civil Rights Laws That Ban Discrimination in Employment (H.R. 4000) (H. Rept. 101-644), 20938 [31JY]

Supreme Court Police Permanent Authority (H.R. 4757) (H. Rept. 101-503), 12669 [5JN]

Treatment of Copyrights for Computer Software, Fair Use, and Architectural Works (H.R. 5498) (H. Rept. 101-735), 25275 [21SE]

Waiting Period Before Purchase of Handgun (H.R. 467) (H. Rept. 101-691), 23677 [10SE]

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Regulation Compact Amendment (H.J. Res. 520) (H. Rept. 101-504), 12669 [5JN]

Roll call votes

Amendment on access to information on ethical violations of Members of Congress, 19263 [25JY]