COBLE, HOWARD (a Representative from North Carolina)

Appointments

Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control (Select), H1088 [21FE]

Articles and editorials

Six Pathways to the Future for Israel, Ralph D. Nurnberger, Greensboro (NC) News & Record, E3877 [15NO]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

House of Representatives: election of American Indian delegates (see H.R. 1996, H2468 [23AP])

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment on terms of office (see H.J. Res. 112, H992 [6FE])

North Carolina: change places of holding court for the Eastern District (see H.R. 3686, H8919 [31OC])

Social Security: earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 851, H988 [6FE])

Tariff: baseballs (see H.R. 3579, H8101 [17OC])

———blank raw material baseballs (see H.R. 3445, H7198 [1OC])

———m-toluic acid (see H.R. 2044, H2535 [24AP])

Taxation: aggregation of certain spouses income (see H.R. 1055, H1135 [21FE])

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Agriculture: prevention of crimes against farmers, researchers, and other livestock-related professions (see H.R. 2407, H6457 [11SE])

American Magazine Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 253, H6318 [1AU])

Appropriations: constitutional amendment on line-item veto (see H.J. Res. 5, H1671 [12MR])

Baltic Freedom Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 167, H1341 [4MR])

Basketball Centennial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 372, H10545 [19NO])

Bicentennial of the District of Columbia Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 356, H8663 [29OC])

Boats: fees for recreational vessels (see H.R. 534, H5267 [27JN])

Braille Literacy Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 353, H8497 [24OC])

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 143, H2137 [10AP]; H.J. Res. 248, H2901 [8MY]; H.J. Res. 290, H5298 [9JY])

———Presidential power to reduce authority (see H.R. 78, H1025 [19FE])

———reduction of overhead expenditures (see H. Con. Res. 96, H1474 [7MR])

———reform process (see H.R. 298, H78 [4JA])

———spending level increase guidelines (see H.R. 2241, H2811 [7MY])

Capital punishment: constitutional procedures for imposition (see H.R. 826, H890 [5FE])

———establish constitutional procedures for imposition (see H.R. 639, H713 [28JA])

Civil Rights Act: restore and strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (see H.R. 1375, H1668 [12MR])

Coast Guard: reimbursement for response to Middle East oilspills (see H. Con. Res. 229, H10366 [18NO])

Coins: mint in commemoration of James Madison (see H.R. 2673, H4611 [18JN])

———mint in commemoration of the Bill of Rights (see H.R. 2673, H4611 [18JN])

Committee on Ways and Means: require relief bill committee reports to include the sponsor and revenue cost (see H. Res. 108, H1474 [7MR])

Commodore John Barry Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 166, H6318 [1AU])

Congress: applicability of laws relative to employment conditions and rights of employees (see H.R. 3734, H9759 [13NO])

———purchase of recycled paper and paper products (see H.R. 242, H2564 [25AP])

———require three-fifths majority vote in both houses to increase taxes (see H.R. 3146, H6193 [31JY])

Contracts: arbitration of disputes (see H.R. 3122, H6192 [31JY])

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

———protection of industrial designs (see H.R. 1790, H2259 [16AP])

Country Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 305, H5595 [17JY])

Courts: extraterritorial jurisdiction over terrorist acts abroad against U.S. nationals (see H.R. 2222, H2768 [2MY])

Crime: life imprisonment for certain criminals convicted a third time (see H.R. 3891, H10931 [22NO])

———penalties for flight to avoid child support arrearages (see H.R. 1241, H2016 [21MR])

Crime Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 303, H6195 [31JY])

Dept. of the Treasury: anniversary of Savings Bond Program (see H. Con. Res. 140, H2962 [13MY])

Disabled: civil liberty guarantees dependent on trained animals other than seeing-eye dogs (see H.R. 2245, H6386 [2AU])

Dutch-American Heritage Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 177, H8496 [24OC])

Ecology and environment: protection of fish and wildlife resources on lands located on closed military bases (see H.R. 3199, H6317 [1AU])

Economy: incentives for work, savings, and investments (see H.R. 3130, H7381 [3OC])

Education: improve counseling services for elementary school students (see H.R. 840, H1849 [19MR])

———postsecondary education assistance to disadvantaged children (see H.R. 2943, H6387 [2AU])

Education Day, U.S.A.: designate (see H.J. Res. 104, H1282 [27FE])

Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 3770, H11114 [23NO])

Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 109, H2686 [1MY])

Employment: restore certain political rights to workers (see H.R. 2915, H5513 [16JY])

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

Fair Labor Standards Act: clarify application (see H.R. 1237, H2902 [8MY])

Federal Prison Industries: participation in Federal procurements (see H.R. 3662, H8662 [29OC])

Financial institutions: check cashing procedures at the Sergeant at Arms Bank of the House of Representatives (see H. Res. 224, H6880 [25SE])

Fire fighters: enact a fire service bill of rights (see H.R. 2448, H3622 [23MY])

Firearms: establish national hotline to check on prospective handgun buyers (see H.R. 1412, H2137 [10AP])

Flag—U.S.: display by U.S. citizens in support of Armed Forces in the Persian Gulf (see H. Con. Res. 44, H605 [18JA])

Food: remove certain pesticides from supply and establish EPA negligible risk standard (see H.R. 3216, H6879 [25SE])

Franklin, Benjamin: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2448, H3622 [23MY])

Gambling: prohibit sports gambling under State law (see H.R. 74, H5210 [26JN])

Girl Scouts of the United States of America 80th Anniversary Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 343, H10545 [19NO])

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

———greater accountability for foreign travel (see H.R. 461, H855 [4FE])

Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see H.J. Res. 58, H1162 [26FE])

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

Herbert C. Bonner Bridge: emergency repairs (see H.R. 898, H990 [6FE])

Honeybee: designate as national insect (see H.J. Res. 27, H2109 [9AP])

House of Representatives: commend Architect of the Capitol for recycling program (see H. Res. 128, H6691 [19SE])

———mandatory drug testing for Members (see H. Res. 17, H7802 [10OC])

———require three-fifths majority vote on passage of legislation increasing revenues (see H. Res. 141, H2903 [8MY])

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

International Parental Child Abduction Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 266, H5433 [11JY])

Japan: operation and regulation of capital and securities markets (see H.R. 3283, H11892 [26NO])

Korean War Veterans Remembrance Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 255, H4438 [12JN])

Labor: repeal Davis-Bacon Act (see H.R. 1755, H2178 [11AP])

Languages: recognize English as official U.S. language (see H.R. 123, H10544 [19NO])

Law enforcement officers: financial assistance for personnel seeking to advance their professional education (see H.R. 323, H4186 [7JN])

Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights: establish (see H.R. 2946, H5649 [18JY])

Lyme Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 138, H3495 [22MY])

Marine mammals: detrimental impact due to purse seine fishing for tuna (see H.R. 261, H5432 [11JY])

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

Members of Congress: deny annuity benefits relative to individuals convicted of a felony (see H.R. 1077, H1136 [21FE])

Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 156, H6318 [1AU])

Middle East: congressional approval of military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq (see H. Con. Res. 13, H84 [4JA])

———demonstrations of community support for troops in the Persian Gulf (see H.J. Res. 174, H1457 [6MR])

———success of multinational military action against Iraq (see H. Res. 95, H1418 [5MR])

Motion pictures: observe anniversary of moviemaking and the contributions of the American Film Institute (see H. Con. Res. 161, H3804 [3JN])

National Accessible Housing Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 326, H7107 [30SE])

National American Indian Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 182, H2565 [25AP])

National Arbor Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 66, H2262 [16AP])

National Ballroom Dance Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 274, H6540 [12SE])

National Campus Crime and Security Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 142, H4867 [20JN])

National Correctional Officers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 232, H2536 [24AP])

National Crime Victims' Rights Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 171, H1416 [5MR])

National DARE Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 217, H2686 [1MY])

National Desert Storm Reservists Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 231, H2770 [2MY])

National Down's Syndrome Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 228, H7801 [10OC])

National Employ the Older Worker Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 133, H1418 [5MR])

National Firefighters Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 189, H6676 [17SE])

National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 87, H1476 [7MR])

National Guard: Federal support of State defense forces (see H.R. 2001, H4612 [18JN])

National Historically Black Colleges Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 102, H4438 [12JN])

National Home Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 175, H5342 [10JY])

National Hospice Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 153, H5433 [11JY])

National Institute of Nursing Research: designate (see H.R. 2447, H3622 [23MY])

National Institutes for the Environment: establish (see H. Res. 153, H3149 [15MY])

National Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 252, H5212 [26JN])

National Law Enforcement Memorial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 123, H2109 [9AP])

National Military Families Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 215, H5818 [24JY])

National Philanthropy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 140, H8662 [29OC])

National Physical Fitness and Sports Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 120, H2602 [30AP])

National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 233, H6318 [1AU])

National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 284, H6458 [11SE])

National Recycling Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 188, H2181 [11AP])

National Red Ribbon Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 312, H7200 [1OC])

National Rehabilitation Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 95, H2109 [9AP])

National Sarcoidosis Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 309, H5819 [24JY])

National Stay in School Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 362, H8663 [29OC])

National Tax Freedom Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 220, H2261 [16AP])

National Tourism Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 103, H2538 [24AP])

National Trauma Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 300, H9581 [7NO])

National Walk For Health and Fitness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 170, H2087 [22MR])

Native Americans: recognize Lumbee Tribe of Cheraw Indians (see H.R. 1426, H4186 [7JN])

North Carolina: designate wilderness areas (see H.R. 35, H1474 [7MR])

Nuclear energy: standardize plant designs and improve the licensing and regulatory process (see H.R. 1184, H2769 [2MY])

Older Americans Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 51, H2783 [6MY])

Paine, Thomas: establish monument in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 1628, H11891 [26NO])

Patents: certain processes (see H.R. 1417, H1757 [13MR])

———extend term of certain products (see H.R. 2255, H2900 [8MY])

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

Petroleum: anticompetitive pricing practices by refiners (see H.R. 2966, H7981 [16OC])

Postal Service: establish commission to investigate (see H. Res. 194, H6195 [31JY])

POW/MIA: disclosure of information concerning U.S. personnel classified after 1940 (see H.R. 1147, H3037 [14MY])

Prices: computation of class I milk prices (see H.R. 1088, H3037 [14MY])

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

Public welfare programs: coordination of services and removal of access restrictions of pregnant women, children, and families (see H.R. 4046, H11889 [26NO])

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

Refuse disposal: protect the used oil recycling system and establish used oil management standards (see H.R. 1411, H3805 [3JN])

Resolution Trust Corp.: convey Nags Head Woods, NC to a Government agency or qualified organization (see H.R. 2131, H2601 [30AP])

Retired Enlisted Association, Inc.: grant charter (see H.R. 1509, H10931 [22NO])

Roads and highways: funding for construction and safety programs (see H.R. 2566, H5596 [17JY])

———motor carrier transportation (see H.R. 1064, H2602 [30AP])

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: equity of revenue availability and regulation of gambling (see H.R. 3282, H7726 [9OC])

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

Social Security: coverage of services performed by election officials and workers (see H.R. 1691, H2602 [30AP])

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

———payment for physicians' services (see H.R. 3070, H7200 [1OC])

Sports: authorize minting of coins commemorating 1994 World Cup and provide a financial legacy to youth and amateur soccer (see H.R. 2801, H5515 [16JY])

States: prohibit imposition of income tax on pensions of nonresident individuals (see H.R. 431, H83 [4JA])

———taxation of domestic and foreign corporations (see H.R. 2913, H5513 [16JY])

Tariff: fluomenturon and IBIF (see H.R. 996, H1077 [20FE])

———fluometuron and IBTF (see H.R. 1869, H2373 [17AP])

Taxation: allow first-time home buyers to make withdrawals from personal individual retirement accounts without penalty (see H.R. 352, H2537 [24AP])

———application of employer Social Security taxes to employees' cash tips (see H.R. 1472, H2109 [9AP])

———clarify that customer based, market share, and any similar intangible items are amortizable (see H.R. 1456, H2137 [10AP])

———credits for increasing research activities (see H.R. 1618, H4098 [6JN])

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

———employee stock ownership plans (see H.R. 2410, H3370 [21MY])

———exclusion for employee educational assistance (see H.R. 127, H2180 [11AP])

———fuel tax (see H. Res. 212, H6384 [2AU])

———health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 784, H2399 [22AP])

———increase amount of the exemption for children under age 18 (see H.R. 1277, H5050 [25JN])

———individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 77, H2602 [30AP]; H.R. 1406, H3160 [16MY])

———low-income housing credit (see H.R. 413, H6539 [12SE])

———permanently extend qualified mortgage bonds (see H.R. 1067, H1417 [5MR])

———reinstate investment tax credit and reduce capital gains taxes (see H.R. 2359, H11891 [26NO])

———repeal excise tax on luxury items (see H.R. 2598, H7199 [1OC])

———repeal the luxury tax on boats (see H.R. 951, H2180 [11AP])

———treatment of contributions to education savings accounts (see H.R. 34, H993 [6FE])

———treatment of payments made by electric utilities to customers to subsidize energy conservation services (see H.R. 1007, H5267 [27JN])

———U.S. investment tax credit (see H.R. 142, H2686 [1MY])

Textile industry and fabrics: use tariff revenues from imports of machinery to support modernization of textile machinery industry (see H.R. 713, H823 [30JA])

Thatcher, Margaret: award the Presidential Medal of Freedom (see H. Res. 35, H529 [16JA])

Trees: designate the oak as the national arboreal emblem (see H.J. Res. 69, H2262 [16AP])

Unemployment: emergency compensation (see H.R. 3588, H8189 [22OC])

Veterans: 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, H8335 [23OC])

Volunteer workers: immunity from civil liability for certain individuals working for nonprofit organizations and governmental entities (see H.R. 911, H2262 [16AP])

Wetlands: conservation and management (see H.R. 1330, H2902 [8MY])

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

World Population Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 261, H8189 [22OC])

World War II: contributions of the people of Guam and Hawaii (see H. Res. 293, H10931 [22NO])

Year of the Gulf of Mexico: designate (see H.J. Res. 327, H8121 [21OC])

Letters

Social Security earnings test, E440 [6FE]

Remarks by, on

Budget: deficit, H1762 [14MR]

Burlington, NC: tribute to Hugh M. Cummings High School's football team, E131 [11JA]

Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits, H8470 [24OC]

Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate, H1890 [20MR]

Greensboro, NC: National Civic League All America City Award recipient, E2561 [16JY]

House of Representatives: Members' check cashing at House bank, H7087 [30SE]

Mebane, NC: Eastern Alamance High School state basketball champions, E1327 [18AP]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment on terms of office (H.J. Res. 112), E431 [6FE]

Middle East: military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq, H204 [11JA]

———peace conference, E3877 [15NO]

Native Americans: recognize Lumbee Tribe of Cheraw Indians (H.R. 1426), H6903 [26SE]

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical University: anniversary, E865 [8MR]

Pinkelton, Louise W.: American Textile Manufacturers Institute's National Textile Citizen of the Year Award recipient, E4116 [26NO]

Social Security: earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 851), E440 [6FE]

Taxation: aggregation of certain spouses income (H.R. 1055), E579 [22FE]

Thomasville, NC: tribute to Ledford High School girls softball team, E2481 [11JY]

———tribute to Thomasville High School's football team, E131 [11JA]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H384 [11JA], H978 [6FE], H1470 [7MR], H5337 [10JY], H5511 [16JY], H5742 [23JY], H10928 [22NO]

House of Representatives: Republican objectors for consent and private calendars, H7110 [1OC]

Tributes

Irwin, Bill, E2657 [23JY]

Russell, George L., H7732 [10OC]

Slaughter, D. French, Jr., E4015 [22NO]