FIELDS, JACK (a Representative from Texas)

Amendments offered by, to

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military functions and to prescribe military personnel levels (H.R. 2100), H3405 [22MY]

Appointments

Committee To Escort the President, H776 [29JA]

Conferee: H.R. 2100, authorizing appropriations for Dept. of Defense military functions and to prescribe military personnel levels, H6586 [16SE]

———H.R. 2950, Surface Transportation Efficiency Act, H9470 [6NO]

Articles and editorials

Forked Tongues Speak Against Arctic Oil Search, Michel T. Halbouty, Houston (TX) Chronicle, E2063 [6JN]

``Mr. Humble'' Going Strong at 83—Mayor and Doctor, He Still Has Plenty of Patients and Patience, Cindy Horswell, Houston (TX) Chronicle, E2396 [27JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Armed Forces: eligibility for military medical and dental care of certain minors under legal custody of members (see H.R. 2134, H2601 [30AP])

Courts: constitutional amendment requiring Federal judges be reconfirmed every 10 years by the Senate (see H.J. Res. 71, H386 [11JA])

Houston-Galveston Navigation Safety Advisory Committee: establish (see H.R. 324, H80 [4JA])

Iraq: reparations for cost of rebuilding Kuwait (see H. Con. Res. 108, H2085 [22MR])

Merchant seamen: provide that certain service during World War II constitutes active military service (see H.R. 44, H55 [3JA])

Outer Continental Shelf Revenue Sharing Fund: establish (see H.R. 94, H56 [3JA])

Panama Canal Commission: establish a Chairman of the Board (see H.R. 1558, H2014 [21MR])

Shipping industry: fair implementation of cargo preference laws (see H.R. 44, H55 [3JA])

Tariff: 2-phosphonobutane-1,2,4-tric rboxylic acid and sodium salts (see H.R. 2615, H4283 [11JN])

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Abortion: parental notification requirements (see H.R. 1397, H1669 [12MR])

Aeronautics: criminal penalties for failure to obey landing order from Federal law enforcement officer (see H.R. 681, H2811 [7MY])

———percentage of voting interests of air carriers which are required to be owned by U.S. citizens (see H.R. 782, H2902 [8MY])

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

American Magazine Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 253, H6540 [12SE])

Appropriations: constitutional amendment on line-item veto (see H.J. Res. 5, H684 [23JA])

Arab countries: recognition of Israel (see H. Con. Res. 88, H2137 [10AP])

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

Armed Forces: telephone rates and procedures for Operation Desert Shield personnel (see H.J. Res. 147, H1162 [26FE])

———withhold Federal assistance to State or local subdivisions providing sanctuary to members avoiding obligatory service (see H.R. 611, H994 [6FE])

Bankruptcy: settlement of liabilities relative to separation or divorce (see H.R. 1242, H2180 [11AP])

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

Boats: fees for recreational vessels (see H.R. 534, H1025 [19FE])

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])

———constitutional amendment to require balanced, accountability in tax legislation, and line-item veto of appropriations (see H.J. Res. 285, H5451 [15JY])

———Presidential power to reduce authority (see H.R. 78, H993 [6FE])

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

Cheney, Sec. of Defense: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2672, H7381 [3OC])

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

Coast Guard: budget (see H.R. 1776, H2259 [16AP])

———reimbursement for response to Middle East oilspills (see H. Con. Res. 229, H8787 [30OC])

———role in Persian Gulf conflict (see H. Con. Res. 163, H4015 [5JN])

Coastal Communities Impact Assistance Act: enact (see H.R. 4068, H11889 [26NO])

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])

Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act: waive application to certain farm vehicles (see H.R. 1516, H7725 [9OC])

Committee on the Organization of Congress (Joint): establish (see H. Con. Res. 192, H9581 [7NO])

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

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

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

Country Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 305, H6318 [1AU])

Courts: clarify remedial jurisdiction of inferior Federal courts (see H.R. 640, H696 [24JA])

Crime: improve law enforcement and criminal justice systems (see H.R. 3326, H11892 [26NO])

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

———notify employer of individuals convicted of drug offenses (see H.R. 2117, H4187 [7JN])

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

———provide restitution to victims (see H.R. 1809, H3856 [4JN])

Diseases: establish protections against certain communicable diseases for health care providers and their patients (see H.R. 2788, H8919 [31OC])

District of Columbia: approval of Assault Weapon Manufacturing Strict Liability Act (see H.J. Res. 79, H1081 [20FE])

Drug abuse: treatment plan block grants (see H.R. 680, H1579 [11MR])

Dutch-American Heritage Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 177, H8920 [31OC])

Economy: incentives for work, savings, and investments (see H.R. 3130, H6540 [12SE])

Education: suspend Federal benefits to individuals convicted of drug offenses (see H.R. 2116, H4187 [7JN])

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

Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 109, H2087 [22MR])

Endangered species: determining factors (see H.R. 3092, H6137 [30JY])

Fair Labor Standards Act: clarify application (see H.R. 1237, H5818 [24JY])

Federal aid programs: denial of certain benefits upon conviction of drug offenses (see H.R. 2118, H4187 [7JN])

Federal employees: age requirements for Federal law enforcement officers and fire fighters (see H.R. 961, H2016 [21MR])

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

———prohibit possession by a person convicted of a drug crime (see H.R. 1133, H1915 [20MR])

Fish: relief for shrimp fishermen required to use turtle excluder devices (see H.R. 1478, H1848 [19MR])

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 83, H5451 [15JY])

———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])

Forests: protection and management in Washington, Oregon, and California (see H.R. 2463, H8662 [29OC])

Franklin, Benjamin: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2448, H3856 [4JN])

Government: elimination of waste (see H.R. 3816, H10843 [21NO])

Government regulation: procedures for assessment of impact on seizure of private property (see H.R. 1572, H6386 [2AU])

GSA: availability of nonlethal surplus property for humanitarian relief purposes (see H.R. 919, H991 [6FE])

Health: maternal and child health State block grants (see H.R. 1968, H2398 [22AP])

———trauma research (see H.R. 2517, H3804 [3JN])

Health care professionals: excessive physician regulations under medicare (see H.R. 2695, H6387 [2AU])

House of Representatives: 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])

House Rules: amend relative to economic impact statements for legislation increasing taxes or fees on the maritime industry (see H. Res. 315, H11890 [26NO])

Immigration: document fraud (see H.R. 3438, H7198 [1OC])

———enforcement of employer sanctions (see H.R. 3440, H7198 [1OC])

———exclusion of immigrants infected with the HIV virus (see H.R. 2049, H5300 [9JY])

———Federal financial benefits and unemployment benefits for illegal aliens (see H.R. 3441, H7198 [1OC])

———law enforcement (see H.R. 3439, H7198 [1OC])

———transport of illegal aliens for the purpose of employment (see H.R. 3442, H7198 [1OC])

Income: exclusion of congressional salaries from executive and judicial adjustments (see H.R. 999, H1077 [20FE])

India: terminate foreign aid pending human rights organization monitoring (see H.R. 953, H1023 [19FE])

Infant Mortality Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 194, H2538 [24AP])

International Air Transportation Competition Act: amend (see H.R. 858, H5596 [17JY])

Labor unions: repeal Davis-Bacon Act (see H.R. 1755, H3150 [15MY])

Law enforcement officers: authorizing appropriations for additional border patrol personnel (see H.R. 2071, H11891 [26NO])

Local government: Federal payments in lieu of taxes (see H.R. 1495, H4098 [6JN])

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

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

Merchant seamen: reemployment rights for people employed on certain vessels during periods of national defense needs (see H.R. 1471, H1848 [19MR])

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, H1326 [28FE])

Motion pictures: observe anniversary of moviemaking and the contributions of the American Film Institute (see H. Con. Res. 161, H7726 [9OC])

National Adoption Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 364, H10366 [18NO])

National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 198, H8496 [24OC])

National Cancer Institute: breast cancer research funding (see H.R. 381, H9043 [1NO])

National Crime Victims' Rights Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 171, H2812 [7MY])

National Desert Storm Reservists Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 231, H2603 [30AP])

National Family Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 23, H1026 [19FE])

National forests: protect persons involved in a lawful hunt (see H.R. 371, H697 [24JA])

National Hunting and Fishing Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 225, H2374 [17AP])

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

National Law Enforcement Memorial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 123, H7314 [2OC])

National Minority Organ Donor Encouragement Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 229, H5267 [27JN])

National observances: establish a commission to advise the President (see H.R. 68, H782 [29JA])

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

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 72, H3037 [14MY])

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

National Physical Fitness and Sports Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 120, H2470 [23AP])

National Red Ribbon Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 312, H8189 [22OC])

National Sarcoidosis Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 309, H6195 [31JY])

National Stay in School Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 362, H9759 [13NO])

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

National Walk For Health and Fitness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 170, H1759 [13MR])

Nuclear energy: standardize plant designs and improve the licensing and regulatory process (see H.R. 1184, H1323 [28FE])

Paine, Thomas: establish monument in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 1628, H6386 [2AU])

Panama Canal: authorizing operation and maintenance expenditures (see H.R. 1775, H2259 [16AP])

Petroleum: export restrictions (see H.R. 677, H2016 [21MR])

Pharmaceuticals: penalties for illegal activities relative to the approval of abbreviated drug applications (see H.R. 2454, H3622 [23MY])

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

Power resources: encourage cost effective energy conservation and efficiency (see H.R. 1543, H2013 [21MR])

Prayer: constitutional amendment on voluntary school prayer (see H.J. Res. 240, H2685 [1MY])

Presidents: line-item veto (see H. Res. 152, H3149 [15MY])

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

Recycling: degradable plastics (see H.R. 1318, H1471 [7MR])

———State opportunities for citizens' participation (see H.R. 945, H2375 [17AP])

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])

Schwarzkopf, H. Norman, Jr.: award a Congressional Gold Medal and produce bronze duplicates for public sale (see H.R. 1296, H1671 [12MR])

Ships and vessels: extend coverage of certain Federal labor laws to foreign flagships (see H.R. 1126, H1278 [27FE])

———fees for a person engaged in carriage of goods or passengers by vessel for hire (see H.R. 4032, H11888 [26NO])

———provision of health and other humanitarian services to developing countries (see H.R. 2832, H9493 [6NO])

———reporting of foreign passenger vessel casualties (see H.R. 1191, H1324 [28FE])

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

———payment for physicians' services (see H.R. 3070, H8335 [23OC])

———remove limitation on amount of outside income individuals may earn while receiving benefits (see H.R. 249, H993 [6FE])

Sports: authorize minting of coins commemorating 1994 World Cup and provide a financial legacy to youth and amateur soccer (see H.R. 2801, H5979 [29JY])

States: regulation of surface transportation rates by certain motor and air carriers (see H.R. 3221, H9043 [1NO])

———taxation of nonresidents pension income (see H.R. 431, H5211 [26JN])

Student aid programs: use of certain grants by prisoners (see H.R. 3437, H8662 [29OC])

Syria: emigration and free travel for Jews (see H. Con. Res. 188, H10366 [18NO])

Taxation: clarify that customer based, market share, and any similar intangible items are amortizable (see H.R. 1456, H2565 [25AP])

———deduction for interest on educational loans (see H.R. 747, H824 [30JA])

———exclude from gross estate value of certain land subject to a qualified conservation easement (see H.R. 2149, H3625 [23MY])

———exclusion for employee educational assistance (see H.R. 127, H1281 [27FE])

———Federal treatment of State and local government bonds (see H. Res. 139, H4438 [12JN])

———health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 784, H1025 [19FE])

———income from frozen Iraqi assets (see H.R. 135, H1080 [20FE])

———increase amount of the exemption for children under age 18 (see H.R. 1277, H1787 [18MR])

———indexing of certain assets (see H.R. 246, H993 [6FE])

———individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 77, H1280 [27FE]; H.R. 1406, H2375 [17AP])

———permanently extend qualified mortgage bonds (see H.R. 1067, H10842 [21NO])

———refundable credits for qualified cancer screening tests (see H.R. 3464, H9581 [7NO])

———repeal excise tax on luxury items (see H.R. 2598, H4284 [11JN])

———treatment of a charitable organization operating an amateur athletic event (see H.R. 2464, H12063 [3JA])

———treatment of bonds used to finance correctional facilities (see H.R. 1001, H1326 [28FE])

———treatment of certain self-employment income received by insurance salesmen after retirement (see H.R. 2766, H8189 [22OC])

———treatment of charitable contributions of appreciated property (see H.R. 1557, H5514 [16JY])

———treatment of church pension benefit plans (see H.R. 1570, H2538 [24AP])

———treatment of contributions to education savings accounts (see H.R. 34, H1416 [5MR])

———treatment of deduction for interest paid on debt secured by a first or second home (see H. Con. Res. 8, H782 [29JA])

———treatment of gains from sale of principal residence by persons over 55 years of age (see H.R. 3822, H10843 [21NO])

Television: local regulation of cable programming and signal distribution (see H.R. 3380, H6797 [24SE])

Tourist trade: assist growth of U.S. travel industry (see H.R. 418, H2537 [24AP])

Transportation: tax treatment of employer subsidies for mass transit and van pooling (see H.R. 193, H993 [6FE])

Vehicular Natural Gas Act: enact (see H.R. 2545, H4015 [5JN])

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

Week for the National Observance of the 50th Anniversary of World War II: designate (see H.J. Res. 371, H9580 [7NO])

Welk, Lawrence: repeal authority to use appropriations for rural development grants for the restoration of birthplace (see H.R. 772, H1417 [5MR])

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

Women: protection from sexual harassment and violence and promote equal opportunity (see H.R. 1149, H4186 [7JN])

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

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

Year of the Wetlands: designate (see H.J. Res. 352, H10932 [22NO])

Lists

Houston, TX, Youth Advisory Board, E3909 [19NO]

Youth Advisory Board, E373 [31JA]

Proclamations

Multinational Military Action Against Iraq: Harris County, TX, Mayors' and Councils' Association, E426 [5FE]

Remarks by, on

Armed Forces: eligibility for military medical and dental care of certain minors under legal custody of members (H.R. 2134), E1508 [30AP]

China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status, E2531 [15JY]

Coast Guard: budget (H.R. 1776), H5607, H5614, H5616, H5625, H5628, H5629, H5636, H5637 [18JY], H11194 [25NO]

———drug testing for employees, H5625 [18JY]

———investigation of casualties on passenger vessels carrying U.S. citizens, H5614 [18JY]

———role in Persian Gulf Conflict, H5636 [18JY]

———transfer control of certain lighthouses to Oregon, H5637 [18JY]

Connecticut River National Fish and Wildlife Refuge: establish (H.R. 794), H2984 [14MY]

Courts: constitutional amendment requiring Federal judges be reconfirmed every 10 years by the Senate (H.J. Res. 71), E133 [11JA]

Crime: gun control, H8027 [17OC]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3371), H8027 [17OC], H8165 [22OC]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3371), consideration (H. Res. 247), H7890 [16OC]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs, HUD, and independent agencies, commissions, corporations, and offices: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2519), H4081 [6JN]

Education: tribute to Youth Advisory Board, E372 [31JA]

Export Administration Act: reauthorize (H.R. 3489), E3650 [1NO]

Firearms: establish national hotline to check on prospective handgun buyers, H2829, H2861 [8MY]

———establish national hotline to check on prospective handgun buyers (H.R. 1412), H2669, H2676, H2677, H2678, H2679, H2680, H2681 [1MY]

———waiting period before the purchase of a handgun (H.R. 7), H2574 [30AP], H2608, H2669, H2676, H2677, H2678, H2679, H2680, H2681 [1MY], H2818, H2829, H2861 [8MY]

———waiting period before the purchase of a handgun (H.R. 7), consideration (H. Res. 144), H2829 [8MY]

———waiting period before the purchase of a handgun (S. 257), H2608 [1MY]

Foreign trade: negotiation of trade agreements (H. Res. 146), H3594 [23MY]

Houston, TX: recognition of activities of Youth Advisory Board, E3908 [19NO]

International Trade Administration: funding, E3650 [1NO]

Iraq: reparations for cost of rebuilding Kuwait (H. Con. Res. 108), E1126 [22MR]

Journal: question of approval, H2605 [1MY]

Medicaid: Federal payments relative to State expenditures made from revenues derived from provider-specific taxes (H.R. 3595), H10522 [19NO]

Merchant seamen: provide that certain service during World War II constitutes active military service (H.R. 44), E4-E6 [3JA]

Middle East: military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq (H.J. Res. 77), H179 [10JA], H475 [12JA]

———multinational military action against Iraq, E426 [5FE]

Mobil Corp.: scholarship program, E685 [28FE]

NASA: space station development, H4081 [6JN]

Nicaragua: property rights disputes, E2551 [16JY]

NIH: revise and extend programs (H.R. 2507), E2658 [23JY]

NOAA: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2130), H10662 [20NO]

Outer Continental Shelf Revenue Sharing Fund: establish (H.R. 94), E43 [3JA]

Panama Canal: authorizing operation and maintenance expenditures (H.R. 1775), H5038 [25JN]

Panama Canal Commission: establish a Chairman of the Board (H.R. 1558), E1084 [22MR]

Parliamentary inquiry, H5613 [18JY]

Personal explanation, E2658 [23JY]

Railroads: labor-management settlement between National Railway Labor Conference and employees (H.J. Res. 222), H2364, H2369 [17AP]

Sacramento River: bridge construction, H5628 [18JY]

Shipping industry: fair implementation of cargo preference laws (H.R. 44), E4-E6 [3JA]

Ships and vessels: recreational boat user fees, H5616, H5629 [18JY]

Special order: granted, H2600 [30AP]

Television: local regulation of cable programming and rates, E779 [6MR]

Veterans: clarify protections relative to reemployment and reinstatement of health insurance (H.R. 555), E501 [7FE]

Virginia: gun purchase verification check, H2608 [1MY]

Votes: position on missed, H8165 [22OC], E2048 [5JN], E3659 [1NO]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H47 [3JA], H384 [11JA], H839 [31JA], H978 [6FE], H1266 [27FE], H1412 [5MR], H2013 [21MR], H2258 [16AP], H3369 [21MY], H3853 [4JN], H4014 [5JN], H5208 [26JN], H5742 [23JY], H6379 [2AU], H7646 [8OC], H7799 [10OC], H8186 [22OC], H8918 [31OC], H10542 [19NO]

Leave of absence: granted, H8186 [22OC]

Special order: granted, H174, H194 [10JA]

Statements

National Institutes of Health Revitalization Amendment: by, E2658 [23JY]

Testimonies

Committee on Rules: Coast Guard Authorization Act (H.R. 1776), D909 [16JY]

———National Policy to Control Crime and Reform Court Procedures (H.R. 3371), D1237 [10OC]

———Waiting Period Before the Purchase of a Handgun (H.R. 7), D541 [7MY]

Tributes

Bailey, A. William, Jr., E3082 [18SE]

Barrientes, Henry, E1879 [22MY]

Baugh, John F., E3307 [8OC]

Brown, Horace F., Sr. (Buddy), E3375 [10OC]

Hartman, Fred, E2890 [2AU]

McKay, Haden E., III, E2396 [27JN]

Neatherlin, Alton, E3484 [22OC]

Scarlett, Harold, E146 [12JA]

Tower, John, E1278 [17AP]