CHAPMAN, JIM (a Representative from Texas)

Amendments offered by, to

Dept. of Defense: making supplemental appropriations for personnel expenditures relative to Operation Desert Shield and other urgent domestic programs (H.R. 1281), H1534 [7MR]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs, HUD, and independent agencies, commissions, corporations, and offices: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2519), H4051, H4052 [6JN]

Appointments

Committee To Attend Funeral of Silvio O. Conte, H1043 [20FE]

Conferee: H.R. 2427, energy and water development appropriations, H5888 [25JY]

———H.R. 2519, Depts. of Veterans Affairs, HUD, and independent agencies, commissions, corporations, and offices appropriations, H6758 [24SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Taxation: treatment of compensation of Federal employees serving in the Persian Gulf combat zone (see H.R. 1432, H1758 [13MR])

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Agricultural Act: amend (see H.R. 980, H2262 [16AP])

Agriculture: prevention of crimes against farmers, researchers, and other livestock-related professions (see H.R. 2407, H3279 [20MY])

———price supports for milk (see H.R. 1075, H1456 [6MR])

Air Force Association: establish a memorial in the District of Columbia area (see H.R. 3627, H11894 [26NO])

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: lease lands for oil and gas exploration and development (see H.R. 759, H824 [30JA])

Armed Forces: detail members as instructors at State and local military-style boot camp correctional facilities (see H.R. 3395, H10842 [21NO])

———establish a commemorative medal for members serving in a combat zone during the Persian Gulf conflict (see H.R. 1107, H1475 [7MR])

———exempt certain members from duty assignments that require separation from minor children (see H.R. 537, H1025 [19FE])

———retirement pay to former spouses of retired members (see H.R. 2200, H6457 [11SE])

———tax exclusion of certain military pay from gross income (see H.R. 696, H1475 [7MR])

Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 173, H2538 [24AP])

Boats: fees for recreational vessels (see H.R. 534, H1914 [20MR])

Boy Scouts of America: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 207, H4438 [12JN])

Boys & Girls Clubs of America: grant charter (see H.R. 525, H825 [30JA])

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 290, H5298 [9JY])

Buy American Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 299, H5819 [24JY])

Capital punishment: imposition for certain killings of Federal law enforcement officers (see H.R. 1421, H1757 [13MR])

Children and youth: State health and education programs (see H.R. 2974, H6540 [12SE])

Coins: mint commemorative coin for 200th anniversary of White House (see H.R. 3337, H11892 [26NO])

Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act: waive application to certain farm vehicles (see H.R. 1516, H2902 [8MY])

Communications: development of broadband infrastructure and availability of emergency technologies (see H.R. 2546, H4015 [5JN])

Congress: amend the definition of the type of adjournment that prevents the return of a bill by the President (see H.R. 849, H2108 [9AP])

Copyrights: digital audio recordings (see H.R. 3204, H11891 [26NO])

———enable satellite distributors to sue satellite carriers for unlawful discrimination (see H.R. 3864, H10932 [22NO])

Country Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 305, H5819 [24JY])

Crime: registration of all convicted child abusers with the National Crime Information Center (see H.R. 2553, H5341 [10JY])

———witness fees relative to incarcerated individuals (see H.R. 1648, H2570 [29AP])

Day care: tax credit for on-site facilities (see H.R. 1569, H2262 [16AP])

Defense Production Act: authorities of the President concerning mergers, acquisitions, and takeovers by or with foreign persons (see H.R. 2386, H3739 [30MY])

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: prices of drugs procured (see H.R. 2890, H10544 [19NO])

Economy: encourage commercial financial liquidity (see H.J. Res. 369, H11894 [26NO])

Education: enhance literacy and basic skills of adults (see H.R. 751, H1670 [12MR])

———establish summer science academies for certain talented students (see H.R. 775, H5211 [26JN])

———financial assistance to rural agencies (see H.R. 2819, H5596 [17JY])

———improve counseling services for elementary school students (see H.R. 840, H7725 [9OC])

———postsecondary education assistance to disadvantaged children (see H.R. 2943, H6540 [12SE])

———repeal testing requirements for students receiving benefits (see H.R. 553, H2108 [9AP])

———student loans of resident physicians (see H.R. 1482, H1848 [19MR])

Education Day, U.S.A.: designate (see H.J. Res. 104, H1418 [5MR])

FAA: publish flight charts for visual flight routes (see H.R. 3243, H6382 [2AU])

Fair Labor Standards Act: clarify application (see H.R. 1237, H2180 [11AP])

Family and domestic relations: protection of rights of persons in guardianship proceedings (see H.R. 800, H5050 [25JN])

FCC: prevent the loss of existing spectrum to the amateur radio service (see H.R. 73, H1474 [7MR])

Federal employees: early retirement requirements (see H.R. 1820, H2260 [16AP])

———restore the 3-year basis recovery rule relative to certain annuities for income tax purposes (see H.R. 576, H2136 [10AP])

———tribute for contributions to Persian Gulf Conflict (see H. Con. Res. 147, H6388 [2AU])

———written notice before being released due to a reduction in force (see H.R. 1341, H1787 [18MR])

Financial institutions: Federal deposit insurance coverage restrictions (see H. Con. Res. 136, H3163 [17MY])

———limit liability on holdings in violation of certain environmental laws (see H.R. 1450, H1774 [14MR])

Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act: extend the phase-in period under title XI (see H.R. 2115, H6457 [11SE])

Fire fighters: enact a fire service bill of rights (see H.R. 2448, H3806 [3JN])

Food: remove certain pesticides from supply and establish EPA negligible risk standard (see H.R. 3216, H7200 [1OC])

Foreign policy: recommittal to U.S. support of universal human rights and democracy (see H. Res. 284, H10365 [18NO])

Foreign trade: import of meat products from the EEC relative to the removal of certain trade barriers (see H.R. 3454, H11892 [26NO])

———import quotas for Eastern European cheese (see H. Con. Res. 198, H6540 [12SE])

———review the extent to which foreign countries are in compliance with bilateral agreements with the U.S. (see H.R. 1115, H2470 [23AP])

———tariff treatment of products from countries relative to their contributions to Operation Desert Shield (see H.R. 317, H488 [12JA])

———voluntary restraint agreements (see H. Res. 297, H12063 [3JA])

Forests: protection and management in Washington, Oregon, and California (see H.R. 2463, H6675 [17SE])

Franklin, Benjamin: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2448, H3806 [3JN])

GATT: oilseeds panel ruling against the European Community (see H. Res. 257, H9581 [7NO])

Government: elimination of waste (see H.R. 3816, H10543 [19NO])

———increase use of alternative fuel vehicles (see H.R. 1593, H2686 [1MY])

Government regulation: procedures for assessment of impact on seizure of private property (see H.R. 1572, H2812 [7MY])

GSA: availability of nonlethal surplus property for humanitarian relief purposes (see H.R. 919, H1081 [20FE])

Guaranteed Student Loan Program: reduced interest rates for individuals entering the teaching profession (see H.R. 709, H781 [29JA])

Health: reauthorize and expand area health education centers (see H.R. 3312, H6455 [11SE])

———rural medical education projects (see H.R. 2233, H3037 [14MY])

Health care professionals: incentives for physicians to practice in rural areas (see H.R. 2230, H3371 [21MY])

———increase number of individuals serving in clinical laboratories serving rural areas (see H.R. 2405, H3279 [20MY])

———requirements relative to training in family medicine (see H.R. 2231, H3625 [23MY])

Hussein, Saddam: prosecution for war crimes (see H.J. Res. 88, H1081 [20FE]; H. Con. Res. 81, H1418 [5MR])

Immigration: exclusion of immigrants infected with the HIV virus (see H.R. 2049, H2535 [24AP])

Income: treatment of telephone and electric cooperative pension plans (see H.R. 2031, H3280 [20MY])

Infant Mortality Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 194, H2181 [11AP])

Interstate compacts: consent of Congress to amend a compact between Louisiana and Texas relative to the Sabine River (see H.R. 2005, H2468 [23AP])

Japan: defense of airspace and sea lanes (see H. Con. Res. 67, H1026 [19FE])

Kuwait: involvement of U.S. workers, firms, and products in rebuilding (see H. Res. 167, H4284 [11JN])

Marine mammals: detrimental impact due to purse seine fishing for tuna (see H.R. 261, H6385 [2AU])

Maritime industry: commend for cooperation with Armed Forces involved in Operation Desert Shield (see H. Res. 38, H1282 [27FE])

Medicaid: regulations relative to certain contributions, taxes, and transfers toward State expenditures (see H.R. 3550, H8662 [29OC])

———State matching payments through voluntary contributions (see H.R. 1457, H1786 [18MR])

Medicare: additional payment for the operating costs of hospitals with a high proportion of medicare patients (see H.R. 827, H1475 [7MR])

———coverage for colerectal screening examinations and certain immunizations (see H.R. 2565, H6602 [16SE])

———due process protections to institutions subject to State certifications (see H.R. 2240, H5910 [25JY])

———home care and extended care services coverages (see H.R. 1200, H1787 [18MR])

———outpatient physical therapy and occupational therapy services payment cap (see H.R. 3277, H10932 [22NO])

———payment for interpretation of electrocardiograms (see H.R. 3373, H9701 [12NO])

Motion pictures: observe anniversary of moviemaking and the contributions of the American Film Institute (see H. Con. Res. 161, H6195 [31JY])

National Accessible Housing Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 326, H10269 [14NO])

National Adoption Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 364, H9393 [5NO])

National Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 272, H10932 [22NO])

National Arbor Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 66, H2016 [21MR])

National Children's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 183, H2017 [21MR])

National Collegiate Athletic Association: regulatory activities relative to sports interstate commerce (see H.R. 2157, H2769 [2MY])

National Crime Victims' Rights Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 171, H1457 [6MR])

National DARE Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 217, H5451 [15JY])

National Desert Storm Reservists Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 231, H2469 [23AP])

National Down's Syndrome Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 228, H7863 [15OC])

National Education First Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 197, H2181 [11AP])

National Family Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 23, H2686 [1MY])

National Firefighters Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 189, H1758 [13MR])

National forests: protect persons involved in a lawful hunt (see H.R. 371, H512 [15JA])

National Foster Care Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 154, H2109 [9AP])

National Historically Black Colleges Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 102, H1915 [20MR])

National Home Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 175, H7649 [8OC])

National Institute of Nursing Research: designate (see H.R. 2447, H5650 [18JY])

National Job Skills Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 291, H9581 [7NO])

National Law Enforcement Training Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 191, H6458 [11SE])

National Literacy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 259, H3494 [22MY])

National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 218, H2179 [11AP])

National Physical Fitness and Sports Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 120, H2570 [29AP])

National Red Ribbon Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 312, H7801 [10OC])

National Red Ribbon Week for a Drug-Free America: designate (see H.J. Res. 340, H8102 [17OC])

National Sarcoidosis Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 309, H5650 [18JY])

National Scleroderma Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 219, H3710 [29MY])

National Senior Citizens Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 181, H4187 [7JN])

National Trauma Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 300, H8663 [29OC])

National Visiting Nurse Associations Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 212, H10269 [14NO])

National Women in Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 293, H5818 [24JY])

Nuclear energy: standardize plant designs and improve the licensing and regulatory process (see H.R. 1184, H2953 [9MY])

Paine, Thomas: establish monument in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 1628, H5432 [11JY])

Pensions: civil service retirement credit relative to work performed under certain Federal-State cooperative programs (see H.R. 1653, H2085 [22MR])

Pornography: protection of children and other victims (see H.R. 1768, H2188 [15AP])

Postal Service: establish commission to investigate (see H. Res. 194, H5911 [25JY])

———issue stamps commemorating veterans who served during armed conflicts (see H. Con. Res. 182, H6388 [2AU])

POW/MIA: disclosure of information concerning U.S. personnel classified after 1940 (see H.R. 1147, H3805 [3JN])

President's Committee on Mental Retardation: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 307, H9759 [13NO])

Public Health Service: establish a Substance Abuse Treatment Corps (see H.R. 2027, H2469 [23AP])

Public Pension Equity Restoration Act: enact (see H.R. 1348, H2375 [17AP])

Real property: tax treatment under the limitations on losses from passive activities (see H.R. 1414, H1757 [13MR])

Recycled materials: promote research (see H.R. 300, H5514 [16JY])

Recycling: treatment of used oil (see H.R. 872, H5451 [15JY])

Refugee Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 323, H8496 [24OC])

Refuse disposal: protect the used oil recycling system and establish used oil management standards (see H.R. 1411, H1670 [12MR])

Religious Freedom Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 325, H6601 [16SE])

Rural areas: crime and drug control (see H.R. 2959, H8189 [22OC])

Rural Small Business Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 108, H1081 [20FE])

Safety: require Federal, State, and local governments to permit certain emergency response personnel to conduct pre-incident planning activities (see H.R. 1424, H5514 [16JY])

Schwarzkopf, H. Norman, Jr.: award a Congressional Gold Medal and produce bronze duplicates for public sale (see H.R. 1296, H1475 [7MR])

Ships and vessels: remedy injury to shipbuilding and repair industry (see H.R. 2709, H4866 [20JN])

Social Security: assistance to States to support informal caregivers of individuals with functional limitations (see H.R. 2106, H10723 [20NO])

———benefit formula computation rules (see H.R. 917, H990 [6FE])

———earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 967, H1023 [19FE])

———establish as an independent agency (see H.R. 2838, H6387 [2AU])

———expand tax exemption for certain election officials and workers (see H.R. 1771, H4550 [13JN])

———payment for physicians' services (see H.R. 3070, H7649 [8OC])

———reduction in payments to spouses and surviving spouses who are receiving certain Government pensions (see H.R. 53, H2769 [2MY])

Solid waste: State regulation of treatment, disposal, and other disposition (see H.R. 724, H1080 [20FE])

South Africa: steel products (see H. Con. Res. 184, H5911 [25JY])

Soviet Union: political reform in the Baltic States (see H.J. Res. 179, H1916 [20MR])

States: taxation of nonresidents pension income (see H.R. 431, H7801 [10OC]; H.R. 1655, H7801 [10OC]

Student aid programs: legal and technical issues relative to Federal postsecondary programs (see H.R. 1285, H1671 [12MR])

Student loans: deferral during professional internships (see H.R. 179, H713 [28JA])

Taxation: allow employers a credit for hiring displaced homemakers (see H.R. 1536, H6456 [11SE])

———application of employer Social Security taxes to employees' cash tips (see H.R. 1472, H3710 [29MY])

———clarify that customer based, market share, and any similar intangible items are amortizable (see H.R. 1456, H2181 [11AP])

———credits for increasing research activities (see H.R. 1618, H8787 [30OC])

———deductibility of State and local income and sales taxes exceeding 1% of adjusted gross income (see H.R. 346, H488 [12JA])

———deductions for adoption expenses (see H.R. 1515, H6602 [16SE])

———deductions for contributions to education savings accounts (see H.R. 810, H1915 [20MR])

———deductions for decommissioning costs of nuclear powerplants (see H.R. 2012, H2468 [23AP])

———encourage parity giving to increase prices to farmers and assist the hungry (see H.R. 3944, H11885 [26NO])

———exclude small transactions from broker reporting requirements (see H.R. 200, H5210 [26JN])

———exclusion for employee educational assistance (see H.R. 127, H825 [30JA])

———Federal treatment of State and local government bonds (see H. Res. 139, H2602 [30AP])

———gains and losses of non-exempt farmer cooperatives (see H.R. 2361, H3149 [15MY])

———health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 784, H854 [4FE])

———income from frozen Iraqi assets (see H.R. 135, H825 [30JA])

———increase amount of the exemption for children under age 18 (see H.R. 1277, H5596 [17JY])

———individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1406, H2087 [22MR])

———low-income housing credit (see H.R. 413, H9700 [12NO])

———modify the application of the passive loss limitations to farming activities (see H.R. 835, H891 [5FE])

———permanently extend qualified mortgage bonds (see H.R. 1067, H5267 [27JN])

———rate on child's income spent on education (see H.R. 86, H386 [11JA])

———repeal excise tax on luxury items (see H.R. 2598, H7801 [10OC])

———repeal the luxury tax on boats (see H.R. 951, H3624 [23MY])

———small issue bonds (see H.R. 602, H782 [29JA]; H.R. 673, H1138 [21FE]; H.R. 710, H5049 [25JN])

———targeted jobs credit (see H.R. 565, H4556 [17JN])

———treatment of a charitable organization operating an amateur athletic event (see H.R. 2464, H6386 [2AU])

———treatment of amounts received by cooperative telephone companies indirectly from their members (see H.R. 1860, H3371 [21MY])

———treatment of church pension benefit plans (see H.R. 1570, H6386 [2AU])

———treatment of combat pay (see H.R. 3166, H8496 [24OC])

———treatment of educational loans and scholarships (see H.R. 394, H1326 [28FE])

———treatment of employment performed by certain educational institution employees (see H.R. 516, H825 [30JA])

———treatment of forestry activities (see H.R. 3841, H10841 [21NO])

Television: access of home satellite antenna users to video programming (see H.R. 3420, H6940 [26SE])

———local regulation of cable programming and signal distribution (see H.R. 3380, H9043 [1NO])

Terrorism: prevent and punish terrorist acts (see H.R. 769, H1080 [20FE])

Tourist trade: assist growth of U.S. travel industry (see H.R. 418, H7725 [9OC])

Unemployment: Federal supplemental compensation (see H.R. 1367, H3805 [3JN])

Veterans: allow disability compensation concurrently with retirement pay (see H.R. 303, H2375 [17AP]; H.R. 304, H6456 [11SE])

———award Purple Heart to former prisoners of war of World War I, World War II, and the Korean war for injuries received during captivity (see H.R. 2248, H6879 [25SE])

———benefit eligibility for incompetent veterans relative to dependent status (see H.R. 1473, H2375 [17AP])

———disability compensation for service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 3, H53 [3JA])

———enhance the dignity and personal freedom of patients in medical centers and nursing homes (see H.R. 3198, H8787 [30OC])

———furnish outpatient medical services for any POW disabilities (see H.R. 1598, H7381 [3OC])

———period for educational assistance for Vietnam Veterans (see H.R. 3187, H6676 [17SE])

———permit acceptance of military retirement pay concurrently with disability compensation (see H.R. 3164, H6457 [11SE])

Wetlands: conservation and management (see H.R. 1330, H1472 [7MR])

World Food Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 230, H7314 [2OC])

World Population Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 261, H8102 [17OC])

Year of the Gulf of Mexico: designate (see H.J. Res. 327, H7801 [10OC])

Youth: encourage college students to serve as mentors for disadvantaged youths (see H.R. 1144, H1759 [13MR])

Yugoslavia: recognize independence of Croatia and Slovenia (see H. Con. Res. 224, H10724 [20NO])

Letters

Shift of public housing subsidies to NASA space station funding: Jack Kemp, Sec. of HUD, H4056 [6JN]

Oaths of office

House of Representatives, H113 [10JA]

Remarks by, on

Appropriations: technical and enrollment error corrections in acts (H.J. Res. 157), conference report, H11482 [26NO]

Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3371), H7969 [16OC]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3371), conference report, H11749 [26NO]

Dept. of Defense: making supplemental appropriations for personnel expenditures relative to Operation Desert Shield and other urgent domestic programs (H.R. 1281), H1534, H1537 [7MR]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs, HUD, and independent agencies, commissions, corporations, and offices: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2519), H4052, H4053, H4054, H4055, H4056, H4076, H4091 [6JN]

Disasters: making supplemental appropriations for relief (H.R. 3543), H8605 [29OC]

Middle East: allies' contribution to Operation Desert Shield, H1534, H1537 [7MR]

———community support for troops in the Persian Gulf, H1166 [27FE]

———military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq (H.J. Res. 77), H453 [12JA]

NASA: space station development, H4052, H4053, H4054, H4055, H4056, H4076, H4091 [6JN]

Operation Desert Shield: making appropriations for incremental costs (H.R. 3543), H8605 [29OC]

Power resources: making appropriations for energy and water development (H.R. 2427), H3673, H3677 [29MY]

Research: superconducting supercollider funding, H3673, H3677 [29MY]

Unemployment: emergency compensation, H9706 [13NO]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H384 [11JA]

Special order: granted, H1846 [19MR]

Testimonies

Committee on Agriculture: Dairy Inventory Management Proposals, D774 [18JN]

Committee on Armed Services (House): Military Construction Authorization Act (H.R. 1208), D360 [21MR]

———Operations and Maintenance Portion of the National Defense Authorization, D490 [25AP]

Committee on Rules: Depts. of Veterans Affairs, HUD, and Independent Agencies Appropriations (H.R. 2519), D699 [5JN]

———Supplemental Appropriations for Operational Expenditures Relative to Operation Desert Shield (H.R. 1282), D243 [6MR]

Tributes

Freeman, Herbert G., E125 [11JA]