EDWARDS, CHET (a Representative from Texas)
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Health: establish medical research alliance between Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs (see H.R. 111, H57 [3JA])
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Arab countries: recognition of Israel (see H. Con. Res. 88, H2087 [22MR])
Armed Forces: establish a commemorative medal for members serving in a combat zone during the Persian Gulf conflict (see H.R. 1107, H2016 [21MR])
Baltic Freedom Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 167, H1341 [4MR])
Boy Scouts of America: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 207, H4438 [12JN])
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 290, H5298 [9JY])
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 Children, Youth, and Families (Select): establish (see H. Res. 12, H713 [28JA])
Crime Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 303, H6388 [2AU])
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: designate Hugh Davis Memorial Wing at the medical center in Salem, VA (see H.R. 175, H5910 [25JY])
Diseases: research associated with exposure to dioxin and other chemicals in herbicides (see H.R. 556, H556 [17JA])
Economy: encourage commercial financial liquidity (see H.J. Res. 369, H11894 [26NO])
Food: remove certain pesticides from supply and establish EPA negligible risk standard (see H.R. 3216, H7726 [9OC])
German-American Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 180, H6458 [11SE])
Infant Mortality Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 194, H2565 [25AP])
Japan: treatment of U.S. rice (see H.R. 2002, H2468 [23AP])
Lyme Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 138, H3495 [22MY])
Medicaid: Federal payments relative to State expenditures made from revenues derived from provider-specific taxes (see H.R. 3595, H8787 [30OC])
———regulations relative to certain contributions, taxes, and transfers toward State expenditures (see H.R. 3550, H8787 [30OC])
Motion pictures: observe anniversary of moviemaking and the contributions of the American Film Institute (see H. Con. Res. 161, H7726 [9OC])
National Desert Storm Reservists Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 231, H2469 [23AP])
National Forest System Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 226, H5212 [26JN])
National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 87, H1915 [20MR])
National Hospice Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 153, H6690 [19SE])
National Invent America Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 287, H5746 [23JY])
National Law Enforcement Training Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 191, H6194 [31JY])
National Literacy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 259, H3494 [22MY])
National Military Families Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 215, H5818 [24JY])
National Sarcoidosis Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 309, H6195 [31JY])
National Scleroderma Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 219, H3856 [4JN])
POW/MIA: disclosure of information concerning U.S. personnel classified after 1940 (see H.R. 1147, H7199 [1OC])
Real property: tax treatment under the limitations on losses from passive activities (see H.R. 1414, H1757 [13MR])
Recycling: State opportunities for citizens' participation (see H.R. 945, H6940 [26SE])
Small business: assistance to loan recipients affected by military service in Operation Desert Shield (see H.R. 902, H1759 [13MR])
Social Security: payment for physicians' services (see H.R. 3070, H8919 [31OC])
Soviet Union: most-favored-nation status relative to independence of Baltic States (see H.R. 559, H825 [30JA])
States: taxation of nonresidents pension income (see H.R. 431, H2902 [8MY])
Taxation: individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1406, H5211 [26JN])
———treatment of a charitable organization operating an amateur athletic event (see H.R. 2464, H6386 [2AU])
Tax-exempt organizations: treatment of certain games of chance relative to unrelated trade or business of such organization (see H.R. 862, H6317 [1AU])
Veterans: 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, H6675 [17SE])
———disability compensation for service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 3, H53 [3JA]; H.R. 1046, H5910 [25JY])
———eligibility to members of the Selected Reserve for the Veterans Home Loan Program (see H.R. 939, H5910 [25JY])
———enhance the dignity and personal freedom of patients in medical centers and nursing homes (see H.R. 3198, H10842 [21NO])
———health care programs (see H.R. 2280, H3371 [21MY])
———hospice care pilot program (see H.R. 3222, H8787 [30OC])
———improve benefits and services for military personnel serving during the Persian Gulf war (see H.R. 908, H1326 [28FE])
Wetlands: conservation and management (see H.R. 1330, H6385 [2AU])
World War II: contributions of Federal civilian employees during the attack on Pearl Harbor (see H.J. Res. 368, H11893 [26NO])
———establish in the District of Columbia a memorial to veterans (see H.R. 1624, H6138 [30JY])
———issue 50th anniversary commemorative coin (see H.R. 1623, H4186 [7JN])
Year of the American Indian: designate (see H.J. Res. 342, H7380 [3OC])
Year of the Gulf of Mexico: designate (see H.J. Res. 327, H8121 [21OC])
Yugoslavia: recognize independence of Croatia and Slovenia (see H. Con. Res. 224, H10724 [20NO])
Letters
Medical research alliance between Depts. of Veterans Affairs and Defense: Representative Aspin, H1178 [27FE]
Remarks by, on
Armed Forces: designation of Operation Desert Shield benefits as emergency spending, H1711 [13MR]
Crime: gun control, H8025 [17OC]
———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3371), H8025 [17OC]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing supplemental appropriations for operational expenditures relative to Operation Desert Shield (H.R. 1175), H1698
———making appropriations for military construction (H.R. 2426), H3716 [30MY]
———making appropriations for military construction (H.R. 2426), conference report, H7602 [8OC]
Foreign trade: negotiation of trade agreements (H. Res. 146), H3605 [23MY]
Health: establish medical research alliance between Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs (H.R. 111), H1177 [27FE], E86
Iraq: treatment of U.N. inspection teams, H6802 [25SE]
Killeen, TX: gunman attack on citizens, H7970 [16OC]
Middle East: military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq, H338
Small business: assistance to loan recipients affected by military service in Operation Desert Shield (H.R. 902), H1823 [19MR]
Taxation: rates, H5053 [26JN]
Veterans: disability compensation for service-connected disabilities (H.R. 3), H617, H622
———tribute to the veterans transition franchise initiative, E4143
Votes: position on missed, H907
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H47 [3JA], H384 [11JA]
Tributes
Teague, Olin E., H1177 [27FE]