SCHUETTE, BILL (a Representative from Michigan)
Amendments offered by, to
Food and Agricultural Resources Act: enact (H.R. 3950), 18576 [20JY]
Appointments
Committee To Escort Nelson Mandela to Joint Meeting of Congress, 15632 [26JN]
Conferee: S. 2830, Food and Agricultural Resources Act, 25156 [19SE]
International Parliamentary Conference on Global Environment, 4325 [14MR]
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Agriculture: disaster assistance for orchard loss (see H.R. 5398), 20243 [27JY]
Budget: reform process (see H.R. 5349), 18789 [23JY]
Courtesy is Contagious Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 563), 9329 [3MY]
Crime and criminals: improve laws relative to illicit drugs and crime (see H.R. 4820), 10474 [15MY]
Dept. of Defense: application of spending reduction funds towards budget deficit and taxpayer relief (see H. Res. 359), 4377 [14MR]
Firearms: require dealers to use national hotline for a background check before transfer (see H.R. 4883), 11596 [22MY]
Individual retirement accounts: increase limitations on deduction (see H.R. 4104), 2501 [26FE]
Lithuania: recognize independence (see H. Res. 397), 10925 [17MY]
Nuclear energy: prohibit siting of low-level radioactive waste disposal facilities in heavy rainfall areas (see H.R. 4752), 9704 [8MY]
Panama: invitation to President Guillermo Endara to address a joint meeting of Congress (see H. Con. Res. 253), 909 [31JA]
Power resources: conservation by farmers, ranchers, forest industry, and utilizers of wood for energy (see H.R. 5621), 24328 [13SE]
Taxation: capital gains (see H.R. 4105), 2501 [26FE]
———ensure fair payment by foreign corporations (see H.J. Res. 629), 18547 [20JY]
———increase amount of standard deduction (see H.R. 4103), 2501 [26FE]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Aeronautics: promote and strengthen security (see H.R. 5200, 5732), 26312, 26313 [27SE]
Armed Forces: retaining certain information in personnel files of individuals in a missing status or deceased (see H.R. 1730), 13263 [6JN]
———tax treatment of certain deductions of National Guard and Reserve personnel (see H.R. 1875), 13523 [11JN]
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act: amend relative to Member salaries (see H.R. 5585), 25177 [19SE]
Baltic Freedom Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 493), 12249 [24MY]
Banks and banking: encourage independent counsel investigation relative to Federal officials involved in the savings and loan scandal (see H. Res. 407), 14705 [19JN]
Be Kind to Animals and National Pet Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 458), 9093 [1MY]
Brazil: U.S. policy to encourage conservation of Amazon forest (see H.J. Res. 431), 17963 [18JY]
Budget: Presidential authority to reduce (see H.R. 3271), 9092 [1MY]
Calumet National Historical Park, MI: establish (see H.R. 1241), 8304 [25AP]
Children: penalties for international parental abduction (see H.R. 3623), 465 [24JA]
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act: limit liability of lending institutions acquiring facilities through foreclosure (see H.R. 4494), 13263 [6JN]
Congress: limit number of consecutive terms a Member may serve (see H.J. Res. 87), 27152 [2OC]
Courts: clarify the remedial jurisdiction of inferior Federal districts (see H.R. 4683), 9091 [1MY]
Crime and criminals: cause of action for certain victims against producers and distributors of pornography (see H.R. 3785), 13346 [7JN]
———combat violent crime and strengthen antidrug efforts (see H.R. 5055), 14109 [14JN]
———protect the rights of victims (see H.R. 3958), 11597 [22MY]
Crime Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 557), 20244 [27JY]
Deaf: providing for House of Representatives acquisition of telecommunications devices (see H. Res. 358), 4377 [14MR]
Dept. of Agriculture: coordination of ground water policy (see H.R. 3574), 1197 [5FE]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: procedural rights for claims for benefits (see H.R. 3343), 15715 [26JN]
Disney, Walt: tribute (see H. Res. 419), 16897 [11JY]
Drug abuse: illegal drugs and narcotics control (see H. Res. 176), 13347 [7JN]
———sentencing for traffickers and perpetrators of violent acts (see H.R. 4079), 2306 [22FE]
Ecology: impact of Federal actions on oceans, Great Lakes, atmosphere, and global environment (see H.R. 1003), 10010 [10MY]
Education: establish a commission examining the teaching of values (see H.R. 733), 18380 [19JY]
———establish program for educational performance agreements for school restructuring (see H.R. 5218), 17841 [17JY]
———improved collection of defaulted student loans (see H.R. 2043), 15715 [26JN]
Education Day, U.S.A.: designate (see H.J. Res. 500), 5033 [22MR]
Fair Labor Standards Act: coverage of employees of commerce-related enterprises exclusively (see H.R. 5340), 18547 [20JY]
Federal employees: method for establishing pay raises for Members of Congress, the Judiciary, and senior Government officials (see H.R. 5416), 24329 [13SE]
Federal Prison Industries Competition in Contracting Act: enact (see H.R. 4743), 9704 [8MY]
Fire fighters: lump-sum disability payment (see H.R. 2870), 2124 [21FE]
Fire prevention: cigarette and cigar safety (see H.R. 673), 13346 [7JN]
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]
Forests and forestry: international cooperation on preservation (see H.R. 3420), 7983 [24AP]
———salvage and sanitation harvesting of timber stands on National Forest System lands (see H.R. 3112), 9705 [8MY]
Franklin, Benjamin: minting of commemorative coins and enacting fire service bill of rights (see H.R. 4098), 2307 [22FE]
Geography Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 512), 13347 [7JN]
Gerald R. Ford House of Representatives Office Building, Washington, DC: designate (see H. Res. 402), 12247 [24MY]
German-American Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 469), 5536 [27MR]
Ghost Squadron of the Confederate Air Force: designate as U.S. Ambassador for the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of World War II (see H.J. Res. 285), 16187 [28JN]
Great Lakes: control the influx of exotic species (see H.R. 1497), 10475 [15MY]
Handicapped: tax credits for small businesses for costs of public accommodations for the disabled (see H.R. 3500), 1289 [6FE]
Hazardous substances: refundable tax credit for recycling wastes (see H.R. 3516), 10475 [15MY]
Helsinki Human Rights Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 620), 16896 [11JY]
Housing: expand the capacity of resident management corporations to purchase public housing (see H.R. 1181), 2124 [21FE]
———reform community and neighborhood development programs (see H.R. 4245), 15715 [26JN]
Hunting and trapping: protection of individuals in national forests or other public lands (see H.R. 3768), 10475 [15MY]
Idaho Centennial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 466), 13346 [7JN]
India: status of development assistance programs relative to the monitoring of human rights (see H.R. 4641), 8402 [26AP]
International Visitors' Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 459), 17589 [16JY]
Irish-American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 482), 9705 [8MY]
Israel: support unified status of Jerusalem (see H. Con. Res. 290), 4789 [21MR]
Italian-American Heritage and Culture Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 631), 18923 [24JY]
Jewish Heritage Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 501), 7984 [24AP]
Korean War: commemorative silver dollar coin (see H.R. 5053), 16896 [11JY]
Korean War Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 575), 13993 [13JN]
Law enforcement officers: lump-sum disability payment (see H.R. 2870), 2124 [21FE]
Lithuania: bring matter of Soviet occupation before the U.N. (see H. Res. 376), 9094 [1MY]
———support of freedom of the press (see H. Con. Res. 313), 10476 [15MY]
Local government: exempt from certain verification requirements relative to computer matching programs (see H.R. 4367), 8304 [25AP]
Lyme Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 528), 13993 [13JN]
Medicare: requirements for extended care service (see H.R. 4627), 10680 [16MY]
Members of Congress: deny annuity benefits for convicted felons (see H.R. 4292), 22087 [2AU]
Middle East: national day of prayer for members of the Armed Forces and U.S. citizens held in Iraq and Kuwait (see H.J. Res. 673), 33168 [23OC]
Namibia: status under the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act (see H. Con. Res. 285), 5781 [28MR]
National Agricultural Research Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 548), 6672 [4AP]
National Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 474), 4276 [13MR]
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month (see H.J. Res. 570), 24037 [12SE]
National Burn Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 426), 752 [30JA]
National Children's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 481), 3475 [6MR]
National Correctional Officers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 514), 9271 [2MY]
National County Government Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 613), 23679 [10SE]
National Crime Victims' Rights Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 464), 4461 [15MR]
National D.A.R.E. Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 535), 7442 [19AP]
National Day of Remembrance of the 75th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide of 1915-23: designate (see H.J. Res. 417), 15339 [21JN]
National Drinking Water Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 460), 8405 [26AP]
National Drive for Life Weekend: designate (see H.J. Res. 627), 21677 [1AU]
National Drug-Free Schools and Communities Education and Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 639), 27669 [4OC]
National Ducks and Wetlands Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 599), 16187 [28JN]
National Family Caregivers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 525), 4572 [20MR]
National Federation of the Blind Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 667), 30251 [17OC]
National forests: lawful hunting (see H.R. 3187), 12671 [5JN]
National Former POW Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 364), 4378 [14MR]
National Guard: civil service retirement credit for technicians (see H.R. 1400), 7339 [18AP]
National Health Care Food Service Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 526), 7341 [18AP]
National Historically Black Colleges Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 552), 18924 [24JY]
National Hostage Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 628), 23925 [11SE]
National Job Skills Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 608), 15039 [20JN]
National Law Enforcement Training Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 554), 15716 [26JN]
National Medal of Honor Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 652), 35448 [26OC]
National Philanthropy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 513), 17841 [17JY]
National Physical Fitness and Sports Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 517), 9094 [1MY]
National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 467), 11597 [22MY]
National Prevent-a-Litter Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 441), 4276 [13MR]
National Radon Action Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 583), 29471 [15OC]
National Recycling Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 475), 5780 [28MR]
National Rehabilitation Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 616), 20940 [31JY]
National Rice Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 637), 27395 [3OC]
National Sarcoidosis Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 519), 7442 [19AP]
National Scleroderma Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 516), 12100 [23MY]
National Sheriffs' Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 497), 7340 [18AP]
National Tax Freedom Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 558), 9092 [1MY]
National Week of Recognition and Remembrance for Those Who Served in the Korean War: designate (see H.J. Res. 502), 9271 [2MY]
National Wild Turkey Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 615), 25276 [21SE]
National Wild Turkey Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 615), 25276 [21SE]
National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 543), 6671 [4AP]
Nicaragua: U.S. policy (see H.J. Res. 246), 13264 [6JN]
Older Americans Act: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 276), 3101 [1MR]
Olympic games: commemorative coins to support the training of U.S. athletes (see H.R. 4962), 12670 [5JN]
Pensions: cost-of-living adjustments for certain Government retirement programs (see H.R. 3914), 12671 [5JN]
Physician Regulatory Relief and Improvement Act: enact (see H.R. 4475), 11597 [22MY]
Polish American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 604), 20940 [31JY]
Pornography Victims Protection Act: enact (see H.R. 3472), 2933 [28FE]
Postal Rate Commission: proposed rate increase (see H. Res. 351), 10927 [17MY]
POW/MIA: disclosure of information by executive departments on certain individuals (see H.R. 3603), 20243 [27JY]
Professional Constructors Day: designate (see H.R. 283), 39 [23JA]
Real property: settlement agreements relative to marriage separation or divorce decree (see H.R. 5203), 18923 [24JY]
Religious Freedom Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 638), 24756 [17SE]
Retired Enlisted Association, Inc.: charter (see H.R. 3986), 13346 [7JN]
Robert McClory Post Office, Carpentersville, IL: designate (see H.R. 5007), 18789 [23JY]
Rural areas: improve the economic, social, and environmental well-being through economic diversification (see H.R. 3997), 2717 [27FE]
Savings and loan associations: activity of the Attorney General relative to investigation of pending cases of criminal activity (see H.R. 4990), 14111 [14JN]
———bailout (see H. Con. Res. 350), 20244 [27JY]
———increase penalties for violations of certain law (see H.R. 5180), 15849 [27JN]
Securities: continue provisions permitting certain small issues of tax-exempt bonds (see H.R. 4408), 15850 [27JN]
Shipping industry: oppose consideration of maritime transportation as an area for GATT negotiation (see H. Con. Res. 151), 2125 [21FE]
Small Business Act: amend (see H.R. 4793), 12249 [24MY]
Social Security: benefit computation rules (see H.R. 2707), 24328 [13SE]
———computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 917), 25523 [24SE]
———exempt from earnings test income earned for child care by persons of retirement age (see H.R. 3079), 465 [24JA]
———payment of benefits by Dept. of the Treasury in case of congressional failure to increase public debt limit (see H.R. 3547), 20549 [30JY]
Solid Waste Disposal Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 3735), 12671 [5JN]
Southeast Asia: account for persons still missing and secure the return of citizens who may still be held captive (see H. Con. Res. 291), 11597 [22MY]
Soviet Union: anti-Semitism (see H. Con. Res. 264), 4573 [20MR]
———commemorate Ukrainian famine and policies of russification to suppress Ukrainian identity (see H.J. Res. 567), 21676 [1AU]
States: payment of certain thrift deposit insurance premiums as a condition for future Federal deposit insurance coverage (see H.R. 5323), 20244 [27JY]
State-Supported Homes for Veterans Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 452), 6358 [3AP]
Synthetic fuels: extend tax incentives, establish standards, and studies on ethanol fuel use (see H.R. 3906), 1022 [1FE]
Taxation: allow nonexempt farmer cooperatives to elect patronage-sourced treatment for certain gains and losses (see H.R. 2353), 13263 [6JN]
———charitable contribution deduction for nonitemizers (see H.R. 4761), 16690 [10JY]
———credit treatment of fuel produced from a nonconventional source and gas produced from a tight formation (see H.R. 5351), 24329 [13SE]
———deduction of State and local income and property taxes (see H. Res. 459), 28800 [12OC]
———determination of funding limits for pension plans (see H.R. 5379), 19769 [26JY]
———oppose Federal excise tax increase (see H. Res. 134), 17324 [12JY]
———permit private and community foundations to establish tax-exempt cooperative service organizations (see H.R. 2608), 465 [24JA]
———simplify the definitions of highly compensated employee and compensation for pension plan purposes (see H.R. 4508), 9093 [1MY]
———tax relief for employers and investors in economically distressed areas (see H.R. 4993), 17493 [13JY]
———treatment of certain real estate activities (see H.R. 3732), 3475 [6MR]
Tax-exempt organizations: establish qualified cash or deferred arrangements for employees (see H.R. 4287), 11597 [22MY]
Television: carriage of noncommercial educational services on cable (see H.R. 4415), 14111 [14JN]
Tennessee: anniversary of law which established the territorial government (see H.J. Res. 555), 12100 [23MY]
Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr. House of Representatives Office Building, Washington, DC: designate (see H. Res. 402), 12247 [24MY]
U.S. Naval Reserve Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 413), 2124 [21FE]
Veterans: presumption of service connection between certain diseases and active duty during the Vietnamese conflict (see H.R. 3004), 16896 [11JY]
Victims of Crime Bill of Rights: adopt (see H. Con. Res. 330), 13264 [6JN]
Week for the National Observance of the 50th Anniversary of World War II: designate (see H.J. Res. 574), 13993 [13JN]
Wetlands: conserve ecosystems (see H.R. 2322), 10010 [10MY]
White House Conference on Aging: convene (see H. Con. Res. 333), 12099 [23MY]
Wyoming Centennial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 510), 16187 [28JN]
Yellowstone National Park: restoration of gray wolves (see H.R. 2786), 1551 [7FE]
Yugoslavia: respect for civil liberties (see H. Res. 240), 10011 [10MY]
———support democracy (see H. Con. Res. 321), 13994 [13JN]
Zebra mussels: prevent and control water infestations (see H.R. 4214), 3667 [7MR]
Essays
America and Me: Julie Barst, 15522
How Can a Communist Society Become Free?: William D. Leahy, 13280
Eulogies
L. Nicholas Ruwe: by, 9923
Motions offered by
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 268), consideration (H. Res. 391), 14702 [19JN]
Remarks by, on
Agriculture: assistance program eligibility, 19262
———disaster assistance for orchard loss (H.R. 5398), 20257
———extend and revise Federal programs (S. 2830), 25155
———extend and revise Federal programs (S. 2830), conference report, 32698 [23OC], 32705
———special reports on fruits and vegetables, 21516
———sugar program, 18844 [24JY]
Air pollution: clean air standards (H.R. 3030), 11375 [21MY], 11993 [23MY]
Appropriations: making further continuing (H.J. Res. 681), 33738 [24OC]
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act: amend relative to Member salaries, 27901 [6OC]
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 268), 17794
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 5835), conference report, 35220 [26OC]
———reform process (H.R. 5349), 18811
———setting forth congressional budget for 1991-95 (H. Con. Res. 310), 8292 [25AP]
Cadillac High School: tribute to girls ski team, 8117
Charles J. Strosacker Center for Human Services: tribute, 27877
Dept. of Defense: application of spending reduction funds towards budget deficit and taxpayer relief (H. Res. 359), 4404
———authorizing appropriations and prescribing military personnel levels (H.R. 4739), 24962
DeWitt Community Church, MI: anniversary, 9908
Drug abuse: funding for resistance education programs by local educational agencies (H.R. 5064), 16667 [10JY]
Employment: entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (H.R. 770), 9965
Ferris State University, MI: dedication of Abigail S. Timme Library, 7391
Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (H.J. Res. 350), 15266 [21JN]
Food and Agricultural Resources Act: enact (H.R. 3950), 15065
Gladwin, MI: tribute to Gladwin Masonic Lodge, 6602
Great Lakes region: conservative priority area, 21515
Housing: amend provisions relative to community and neighborhood development (H.R. 1180), 20858
Individual retirement accounts: increase limitations on deduction (H.R. 4104), 2621
Israel: U.S. policy relative to unification of Jerusalem, 4374
Kirtland Community College: tribute to Volunteer Incentive Service Credit Account Program, 8113
Lithuania: political reform, 6061
Mesick, MI: anniversary, 22107
Michigan: tribute to Head Start program, 28708
Michigan Vietnam Veterans Memorial: dedication, 17508
National Police Week: observance, 10821
Nuclear energy: prohibit siting of low-level radioactive waste disposal facilities in heavy rainfall areas (H.R. 4752), 9731
Nuclear warfare: strategic defense initiative, 24962
Owosso, MI: tribute to First Congregational Church, 2087
Power resources: conservation by farmers, ranchers, forest industry, and utilizers of wood for energy (H.R. 5621), 24526
Public debt: increase limit (H.R. 5355), 20721
Rural Economic Development Act: enact (H.R. 3581), 4346
Social Security: computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982, 14014
Taxation: capital gains (H.R. 4105), 2621
———increase amount of standard deduction (H.R. 4103), 2621
Traverse City, MI: tribute to Traverse City High School Odyssey of the Mind competition championship, 13999
Youth: tribute to Robert C. Byrd scholarship recipients, 13298
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 1893 [20FE], 2500 [26FE], 4375 [14MR], 4784 [21MR], 6056 [29MR], 6355 [3AP], 7334 [18AP], 7981 [24AP], 9703 [8MY], 9901 [9MY], 10008 [10MY], 12243 [24MY], 13260 [6JN], 13989 [13JN], 15037 [20JN], 15336 [21JN], 18787 [23JY], 20242 [27JY], 22084 [2AU], 23471 [5SE], 24035 [12SE], 24327 [13SE], 28447 [10OC], 28696 [11OC]
Reports
Foreign Travel Expenditures, 22516 [3AU]
Testimonies
Committee on Agriculture: Food and Agricultural Resources Act (H.R. 3950), D132 [15MR]
Committee on Rules: Congressional Budget for Fiscal Years 1991-95 (H. Con. Res. 310), D240 [24AP]
Committee on the Judiciary (House): Capital Punishment, D129 [14MR]
Tributes
Alick, Frank, 25540
Baird, Willard, 12539 [24MY]
Boyer, Raymond F., 13996
Cadle, Mike, 24491
Church, John A., 6067
Clute, George W., 2080
Converse, Brooke, 28451
Dean, Walter L., 12545
Hughes, Bob, 6064
Jacobi, Roger and Mary J., 12549
Kelley, Jake, 15373
Kneblewski, Mary E., 23490
Leslie, Pam S., 28457
McGuire, Jim, 2095
Penny, Edward and Clara, 22092
Praski, Walter W., 25530
Pugsley, David, 8122
Rossman, Frances, 2092
Ruwe, L. Nicholas, 9923
Terwillegar, Raymond and Jean, 22104
Vacik, James, 25533