DAVIS, ROBERT W. (a Representative from Michigan)
Amendments offered by, to
Coast Guard: budget (H.R. 1776), H5615 [18JY]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 355, Reclamation States Emergency Drought Assistance Act, H10732 [21NO]
———H.R. 2100, authorizing appropriations for Dept. of Defense military functions and to prescribe military personnel levels, H6586 [16SE]
———H.R. 2508, International Cooperation Act, H6646 [17SE]
———H.R. 2950, Surface Transportation Efficiency Act, H9470 [6NO]
———H.R. 3371, national policy to control crime and reform court procedures, H10748 [21NO]
Articles and editorials
B-2 Test Program Remains on Track to Meet Aero-Structural Milestones, William B. Scott, Aviation Week (publication), E3929
Zero Incidents Goal, Waterways Journal (publication), E715
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Boats: fees for recreational vessels (see H.R. 534, H512 [15JA])
Coast Guard: improve management and law enforcement capabilities (see H.R. 2166, H2684 [1MY])
———Selected Reserve personnel levels (see H.R. 959, H1023 [19FE])
Keweenaw National Historical Park: establish (see H.R. 3227, H6382 [2AU])
Merchant seamen: reemployment rights for people employed on certain vessels during periods of national defense needs (see H.R. 1471, H1848 [19MR])
Military installations: effects on local communities caused by closures (see H.R. 2831, H5299 [9JY])
Native Americans: recognize Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians and the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians (see H.R. 3958, H11886 [26NO])
Ships and vessels: clear certain impediments to licensing for employment in coastwise trade and fisheries (see H.R. 3086, H5979 [29JY])
———equalize inspection charges for Great Lakes vessels (see H.R. 3378, H6797 [24SE])
———uniform definition for the term U.S. vessel (see H.R. 2165, H2684 [1MY])
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Agriculture: prevention of crimes against farmers, researchers, and other livestock-related professions (see H.R. 2407, H3279 [20MY])
Airports: essential air service relative to high-density airports (see H.R. 3620, H11892 [26NO])
Arab Americans: discrimination due to Persian Gulf conflict (see H. Con. Res. 56, H2376 [17AP])
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: lease lands for oil and gas exploration and development (see H.R. 759, H824 [30JA])
Armed Forces: establish a commemorative medal for members serving in a combat zone during the Persian Gulf conflict (see H.R. 1107, H2016 [21MR])
———retention of certain information in personnel files on missing or deceased members (see H.R. 1730, H2686 [1MY])
Baltic Freedom Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 167, H1341 [4MR])
Basketball Centennial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 372, H11115 [23NO])
Birds: conservation of exotic wild species (see H.R. 2540, H7381 [3OC]; H.R. 2541, H7381 [3OC]
Boy Scouts of America: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 207, H4016 [5JN])
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 290, H5298 [9JY])
Coast Guard: budget (see H.R. 1776, H2259 [16AP])
———role in Persian Gulf conflict (see H. Con. Res. 163, H4015 [5JN])
Coastal zones: authorize use of apportionments for pumpout stations for marine sanitation devices (see H.R. 1297, H1455 [6MR])
———extend the territorial sea and the contiguous zone of the U.S. (see H.R. 3842, H10841 [21NO])
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 Merchant Marine and Fisheries: expenses for investigations and studies (see H. Res. 62, H993 [6FE])
Crime: monetary awards for persons providing information leading to the arrest of certain drug suspects (see H.R. 1356, H4612 [18JN])
———national policy to control crime against women (see H.R. 1502, H12063 [3JA])
Crime Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 303, H5651 [18JY])
Dept. of the Environment: establish (see H.R. 3121, H6192 [31JY])
Drug abuse: treatment plan block grants (see H.R. 680, H1579 [11MR])
Drugs: expand narcotic abuse prevention and treatment programs (see H.R. 2810, H5266 [27JN])
Dutch-American Heritage Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 177, H2571 [29AP])
Earth Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 144, H2181 [11AP])
Ecology and environment: protection of fish and wildlife resources on lands located on closed military bases (see H.R. 3199, H6317 [1AU])
Education: establish loan program with repayment guidelines based on income level and borrowing history (see H.R. 2336, H11891 [26NO])
———financial assistance to rural agencies (see H.R. 2819, H7648 [8OC])
———grant program for support services to at-risk youth (see H.R. 812, H2565 [25AP])
Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 109, H1081 [20FE])
Employment: electronic monitoring in the workplace (see H.R. 1218, H6385 [2AU])
———family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (see H.R. 2, H488 [12JA])
Ending Hunger Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 321, H8102 [17OC])
Families and domestic relations: improve child welfare, foster care, and adoption services (see H.R. 2571, H8188 [22OC])
Federal employees: early retirement requirements (see H.R. 1820, H5432 [11JY])
———extend certain civil service retirement benefits to certain INS, Customs Service, and IRS employees (see H.R. 793, H9144 [4NO])
———restore the 3-year basis recovery rule relative to certain annuities for income tax purposes (see H.R. 576, H6675 [17SE])
———voluntary participation in the political process (see H.R. 20, H1670 [12MR])
Federal Employees Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 97, H1026 [19FE])
Federal Maritime Commission: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1006, H1078 [20FE])
Financial institutions: improve the qualified thrift lender test (see H.R. 1718, H3710 [29MY])
Fire fighters: enact a fire service bill of rights (see H.R. 2448, H3739 [30MY])
Firearms: establish national hotline to check on prospective handgun buyers (see H.R. 1412, H1915 [20MR])
Food: restore benefits under the dependent care program to adolescent youth (see H.R. 544, H2086 [22MR])
Foreign trade: voluntary restraint agreements (see H. Res. 297, H10931 [22NO])
Foundation for Ocean and Coastal Conservation in the U.S.: establish (see H.R. 3694, H8919 [31OC])
Franklin, Benjamin: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2448, H3739 [30MY])
Government: elimination of waste (see H.R. 3816, H10543 [19NO])
Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see H.J. Res. 58, H1139 [21FE])
Health care professionals: excessive physician regulations under medicare (see H.R. 2695, H6540 [12SE])
Hire a Veteran Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 280, H7381 [3OC])
House Rules: amend relative to economic impact statements for legislation increasing taxes or fees on the maritime industry (see H. Res. 315, H11890 [26NO])
Iron and steel industry: extend the application of the steel trade liberalization program (see H.R. 4051, H11889 [26NO])
Korean War Veterans Remembrance Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 255, H4438 [12JN])
Kuwait: involvement of U.S. workers, firms, and products in rebuilding (see H. Res. 167, H4015 [5JN])
Labor: prevent discrimination based on participation in disputes (see H.R. 5, H488 [12JA])
Local government: Federal payments in lieu of taxes (see H.R. 1495, H2953 [9MY])
Maritime Administration: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1464, H1847 [19MR])
Maritime industry: commend for cooperation with Armed Forces involved in Operation Desert Shield (see H. Res. 38, H1282 [27FE])
Medicare: benefit requirements for medicaid beneficiaries (see H.R. 2855, H6602 [16SE])
———payment for certain chiropractor services (see H.R. 213, H5341 [10JY])
Merchant marine: fair implementation of cargo preference laws (see H.R. 44, H7199 [1OC])
———provide that certain service during World War II constitutes active military service (see H.R. 44, H7199 [1OC])
Middle East: 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, H1326 [28FE])
Mining: establish a commission to study existing laws and procedures relative to mining, other than coal mining (see H.R. 2635, H4549 [13JN])
National Adoption Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 364, H10366 [18NO])
National American Indian Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 182, H3038 [14MY])
National Arbor Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 66, H2109 [9AP])
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 257, H6387 [2AU])
National Children's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 183, H3710 [29MY])
National Correctional Officers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 232, H2536 [24AP])
National Crime Victims' Rights Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 171, H2263 [16AP])
National DARE Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 217, H2686 [1MY])
National Defense Reserve Fleet: disposal of certain vessels (see H.R. 3512, H7647 [8OC])
National dividend plan: establish (see H.R. 430, H10269 [14NO])
National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 241, H6139 [30JY])
National Ellis Island Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 130, H1024 [19FE])
National Employ the Older Worker Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 133, H1418 [5MR])
National Family Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 23, H4284 [11JN])
National Forest System Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 226, H5212 [26JN])
National Foster Care Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 154, H1280 [27FE])
National Historically Black Colleges Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 102, H4438 [12JN])
National Home Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 175, H7381 [3OC])
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 Law Enforcement Training Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 191, H4613 [18JN])
National Military Families Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 215, H5818 [24JY])
National parks: contract awards process (see H. Con. Res. 14, H606 [18JA])
National Parks Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 276, H6194 [31JY])
National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 72, H3037 [14MY])
National Philanthropy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 140, H5211 [26JN])
National Physical Fitness and Sports Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 120, H2470 [23AP])
National Pornography Victims Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 349, H9044 [1NO])
National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 233, H6318 [1AU])
National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 284, H6879 [25SE])
National Radon Action Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 67, H5211 [26JN])
National Sarcoidosis Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 309, H5650 [18JY])
National School Breakfast Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 98, H1281 [27FE])
National Scleroderma Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 219, H3710 [29MY])
National Sea Grant College Program: reauthorize (see H.R. 1370, H1668 [12MR])
National Senior Citizens Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 181, H2954 [9MY])
National Senior Nutrition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 141, H2109 [9AP])
National Trauma Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 300, H7863 [15OC])
National Women in Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 293, H10843 [21NO])
NOAA: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 2130, H2601 [30AP])
Office of Environmental Quality: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1271, H1415 [5MR])
Older Americans Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 51, H2783 [6MY])
Patents: extend term of certain products (see H.R. 2255, H2900 [8MY])
Power resources: encourage energy conservation among farmers, ranchers, forest industry, and utilizers of wood (see H.R. 1418, H1757 [13MR])
POW/MIA: disclosure of information concerning U.S. personnel classified after 1940 (see H.R. 1147, H2686 [1MY])
Real property: tax treatment under the limitations on losses from passive activities (see H.R. 1414, H1757 [13MR])
Recreational vehicles: fees and charges for vessels (see H.R. 2905, H5513 [16JY])
Recycling: improve collection of information that promotes the recycling of municipal solid waste (see H.R. 755, H1759 [13MR])
———State opportunities for citizens' participation (see H.R. 945, H3280 [20MY])
———treatment of newsprint (see H.R. 873, H1342 [4MR])
———treatment of scrap tires (see H.R. 871, H1342 [4MR])
———treatment of spent lead-acid batteries (see H.R. 870, H1342 [4MR])
———treatment of used oil (see H.R. 872, H1342 [4MR])
Roads and highways: increase the minimum allocation for highway funding projects (see H.R. 1599, H3625 [23MY])
Rural areas: crime and drug control (see H.R. 2959, H7725 [9OC])
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, H6879 [25SE])
———extend coverage of certain Federal labor laws to foreign flagships (see H.R. 1126, H2136 [10AP])
———fees for a person engaged in carriage of goods or passengers by vessel for hire (see H.R. 4032, H11888 [26NO])
———recreational boating safety programs (see H.R. 3778, H10268 [14NO])
———remedy injury to shipbuilding and repair industry (see H.R. 2709, H4866 [20JN])
———reporting of foreign passenger vessel casualties (see H.R. 1191, H1324 [28FE])
Social Security: benefit formula computation rules (see H.R. 917, H990 [6FE])
———disability determination procedures under titles II and XVI (see H.R. 3774, H11892 [26NO])
———earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 967, H1023 [19FE])
———expand tax exemption for certain election officials and workers (see H.R. 1771, H7381 [3OC])
———payment for physicians' services (see H.R. 3070, H8335 [23OC])
———reduction in payments to spouses and surviving spouses who are receiving certain Government pensions (see H.R. 53, H7199 [1OC])
Solid waste: application of certain requirements and sanctions to Federal facilities (see H.R. 2194, H2767 [2MY])
———require executive departments and agencies to separate waste for recycling (see H.R. 2095, H2563 [25AP])
South America: provide special benefits for the Andean nations (see H.R. 661, H2375 [17AP])
Southeast Asia: grant asylum to nationals assisting in the return of living POW/MIA (see H.R. 1900, H2686 [1MY])
Sports: authorize minting of coins commemorating 1994 World Cup and provide a financial legacy to youth and amateur soccer (see H.R. 2801, H6139 [30JY])
States: prohibit imposition of income tax on pensions of nonresident individuals (see H.R. 431, H2136 [10AP])
Taxation: cash or deferred arrangements for employees of tax-exempt organizations (see H.R. 2327, H3806 [3JN])
———clarify that customer based, market share, and any similar intangible items are amortizable (see H.R. 1456, H2188 [15AP])
———credits for increasing research activities (see H.R. 1618, H8787 [30OC])
———employer credits for the cost of providing employee mammography screening (see H.R. 112, H2783 [6MY])
———exclusion for employee educational assistance (see H.R. 127, H4098 [6JN])
———Federal treatment of State and local government bonds (see H. Res. 139, H4438 [12JN])
———gains and losses of non-exempt farmer cooperatives (see H.R. 2361, H5211 [26JN])
———health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 784, H1759 [13MR])
———increase amount of the exemption for children under age 18 (see H.R. 1277, H4437 [12JN])
———individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1406, H2087 [22MR])
———low-income housing credit (see H.R. 413, H1759 [13MR])
———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, H1475 [7MR])
———repeal the luxury tax on boats (see H.R. 951, H1281 [27FE])
———small issue bonds (see H.R. 673, H2262 [16AP])
———treatment of certain governmental pensions relative to certain Social Security benefits (see H.R. 2086, H3856 [4JN])
———treatment of deduction for interest paid on debt secured by a first or second home (see H. Con. Res. 8, H782 [29JA])
———treatment of employment performed by certain educational institution employees (see H.R. 516, H1670 [12MR])
———treatment of residences sold at reduced value due to military base closings (see H.R. 3319, H8787 [30OC])
Telecommunications: research, design, and manufacturing of equipment (see H.R. 1527, H4284 [11JN])
Trails: use of tax revenues collected on recreational fuels to maintain recreational trails (see H.R. 1155, H2812 [7MY])
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: conservation of fish and wildlife species (see H.R. 3195, H6317 [1AU])
Upper Sacramento River: establish a fishery resources restoration program (see H.R. 1563, H2014 [21MR]; H.R. 1728, H2177 [11AP])
Urban Mass Transportation Act: allocation to rural areas (see H.R. 1325, H4612 [18JN])
Vermont Bicentennial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 132, H1024 [19FE])
Veterans: allow disability compensation concurrently with retirement pay (see H.R. 303, H556 [17JA])
———disability compensation for service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 3, H53 [3JA])
———permit acceptance of military retirement pay concurrently with disability compensation (see H.R. 3164, H10269 [14NO])
Vietnam: withhold normalization of diplomatic and economic relations pending report on missing American servicemen in Southeast Asia (see H. Con. Res. 233, H11894 [26NO])
Volunteer workers: immunity from civil liability for certain individuals working for nonprofit organizations and governmental entities (see H.R. 911, H5432 [11JY])
Wildlife refuges: enhance fish and wildlife resources (see H.R. 1320, H1472 [7MR])
Year of the Gulf of Mexico: designate (see H.J. Res. 327, H7801 [10OC])
Homilies
Bishop Baraga Day Celebration: James Hickey, E3021
Letters
Antarctic environmental protection agreement: by, E3267
Remarks by, on
B-2 stealth bomber: development, H10381 [18NO]
Bishop Baraga Day: observance, E3021
Boats: fees for recreational vessels (H.R. 534), E3989
Coast Guard: anniversary, H1003 [19FE]
———budget (H.R. 1776), H5608, H5615, H5617, H5629, H5630 [18JY]
———improve management and law enforcement capabilities (H.R. 2166), E1528
———Selected Reserve personnel levels (H.R. 959), E523
Commission on Defense Base Closure and Realignment: disapprove recommendations (H.J. Res. 308), H6027 [30JY]
Connecticut River National Fish and Wildlife Refuge: establish (H.R. 794), H2984
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military functions and to prescribe military personnel levels (H.R. 2100), H3190 [20MY], H3383, H3384 [22MY], E3929
———authorizing appropriations for military functions and to prescribe military personnel levels (H.R. 2100), conference report, H10381 [18NO]
———B-2 stealth bomber development, H3190 [20MY], E3910 [19NO], E3929
———making appropriations (H.R. 2521), E2150
———Midgetman missile program, H3383, H3384 [22MY]
Dept. of Transportation: making appropriations (H.R. 2942), conference report, H7674
Horton Bay, MI: designate as 51st State, H5053 [26JN]
Joe DiMaggio Day: observance, H3132
Michigan: designate certain rivers as components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System (H.R. 476), H3751
Middle East: military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq, H154 [10JA]
National Sea Grant College Program: authorizing appropriations (S. 1563), H9353
NOAA: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2130), H10667
Northern Michigan University: tribute on NCAA Division I National Hockey Championship, E1548
Nuclear warfare: strategic defense initiative, H3190 [20MY]
Point of order, H5630 [18JY]
POW: treatment relative to violations of Geneva Convention, H609 [22JA]
Ships and vessels: recreational boat user fees, H5615, H5617, H5629, H5630 [18JY]
———uniform definition for the term U.S. vessel (H.R. 2165), E1528
Treaties: Antiballistic Missile Treaty compliance, H10381 [18NO]
Votes: personal explanation, E2183
———position on missed, E1987
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H1020 [19FE], H1322 [28FE], H2683 [1MY], H3147 [15MY], H3369 [21MY], H3737 [30MY], H4436 [12JN], H4547 [13JN], H4943 [24JN], H6537 [12SE], H10542 [19NO], H10721 [20NO], H10840 [21NO]
Leave of absence: granted, H4943 [24JN]
Testimonies
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Designate Certain Rivers in Michigan and Pennsylvania as Components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System (H.R. 476, 1323), D440 [18AP]
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Recreational Vessel User Fee, D481 [24AP]
Tributes
Cavas, Barbara L., E2206
Heard, Richard, E1882
Hill, Zella, E3716