GIBBONS, SAM (a Representative from Florida)
Addresses
Plans for the Republic of Georgia: Temur Gamtsemlidze, E3962
Appointments
Canada-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, H2407 [23AP]
Committee To Welcome H. Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr., H2814 [8MY]
Conferee: H.R. 991, extend expiration date of Defense Production Act, H1954 [21MR]
———H.R. 1415, authorizing Dept. of State appropriations, H6512 [12SE]
———H.R. 1724, termination of application of certain provisions of the Trade Act to the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic and Hungary, H10739 [21NO]
———H.R. 2212, most-favored-nation status for the People's Republic of China, H8467 [24OC]
———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]
———S. 347, revitalize the defense industrial base, H7776 [10OC]
Delegations to international conferences, meetings, and negotiation sessions relative to trade agreements, H841 [4FE]
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Baltic States: most-favored-nation status for Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania (see H.R. 3313, H6538 [12SE])
Bankruptcy: exclude certain pension plans from an individual's estate (see H.R. 3804, H10543 [19NO])
Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act: repeal provisions exempting certain articles from duty-free treatment (see H.R. 1283, H1454 [6MR])
Customs Service: modernize and simplify the administration of customs laws (see H.R. 3935, H11885 [26NO])
Eastern European nations: termination of application of certain provisions of the Trade Act to Czechoslovakia and Hungary (see H.R. 1724, H2177 [11AP])
ERISA: expand pension coverage and increase retirement savings (see H.R. 2390, H3279 [20MY])
Firearms: prohibit import of certain assault weapons (see H.R. 1559, H2014 [21MR])
Medicare: coverage of general population (see H.R. 1777, H2259 [16AP])
National Wildlife Refuge System: management (see H.R. 3688, H8919 [31OC])
Ships and vessels: subsidy information and trade remedies against certain foreign-built ships (see H.R. 2056, H2535 [24AP])
Soviet Union: repeal prohibition on importation of gold coins (see H.R. 3347, H6674 [17SE])
Taxation: estate tax rules on estates of noncitizen international organization employees (see H.R. 3087, H6137 [30JY])
———treatment of charitable beneficiaries (see H.R. 2645, H4549 [13JN])
———treatment of charitable beneficiaries of remainder trusts (see H.R. 1132, H1278 [27FE])
———treatment of U.S. owned businesses operating in the EEC (see H.R. 2277, H2952 [9MY])
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Agriculture: protection for veal calves (see H.R. 252, H1849 [19MR])
Alaska: designate wilderness areas (see H.R. 39, H1280 [27FE])
Alcoholic beverages: regulation of open containers and consumption in the passenger areas of motor vehicles (see H.R. 540, H2375 [17AP])
Appropriations: constitutional amendment on line-item veto (see H.J. Res. 5, H1671 [12MR])
Armed Forces: payment of health care expenses for certain members relative to entitlement to medicare benefits (see H.R. 467, H1281 [27FE])
Baltic States: most-favored-nation status for Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania (see H.J. Res. 319, H6384 [2AU])
Bankruptcy: priority for the payment of claims for retiree health benefits in liquidation cases (see H.R. 3619, H9043 [1NO])
Bicentennial of the District of Columbia Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 356, H11893 [26NO])
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 290, H5298 [9JY])
CHAMPUS: eligibility of certain members of the Armed Forces relative to medicare coverage of hospital insurance (see H.R. 1124, H2962 [13MY])
Civil Rights Act: restore and strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (see H.R. 1, H1474 [7MR])
Coins: mint in commemoration of Operation Desert Shield (see H.R. 1658, H2085 [22MR])
Commodore John Barry Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 166, H5910 [25JY])
Continental shelf: restrict activities off Florida coast (see H.R. 1667, H2107 [9AP])
Country Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 305, H6540 [12SE])
Ecology and environment: include melaleuca quinquenervia as a noxious weed (see H.R. 3753, H9700 [12NO])
Education: improve counseling services for elementary school students (see H.R. 840, H3280 [20MY])
Endangered species: Florida panther (see H.R. 367, H81 [4JA])
Federal employees: restore the 3-year basis recovery rule relative to certain annuities for income tax purposes (see H.R. 576, H2769 [2MY])
———tribute for contributions to Persian Gulf Conflict (see H. Con. Res. 147, H6388 [2AU])
Federal Reserve System: GAO audit (see H.R. 1468, H2394 [18AP])
Financial institutions: check cashing procedures at the Sergeant at Arms Bank of the House of Representatives (see H. Res. 224, H6799 [24SE])
———limit liability on holdings in violation of certain environmental laws (see H.R. 1450, H5267 [27JN])
Firearms: waiting period before the purchase of a handgun (see H.R. 7, H684 [23JA])
Fishing: international moratorium on large-scale driftnets (see H. Con. Res. 113, H2394 [18AP])
Foreign policy: recommittal to U.S. support of universal human rights and democracy (see H. Res. 284, H10365 [18NO])
Foreign trade: establish free trade areas with certain Pacific rim countries (see H.R. 2569, H4097 [6JN])
———impact of Arab boycotts on U.S. businesses (see H.R. 4002, H11887 [26NO])
FRS: modernize (see H.R. 1130, H2399 [22AP])
Gambling: prohibit sports gambling under State law (see H.R. 74, H1758 [13MR])
Gulf of Mexico: protection of environment (see H.R. 3777, H10268 [14NO])
Hunting and trapping: eliminate the use of steel jaw leghold traps on animals (see H.R. 1354, H1473 [7MR])
IRS: time extension for certain acts for individuals performing services under Operation Desert Shield (see H.R. 4, H53 [3JA])
Marine mammals: maintain and strengthen current international protections for whales, dolphins, and porpoises (see H. Con. Res. 105, H2400 [22AP])
———moratorium on commercial killing of whales and conservation of dolphins and porpoises (see H. Con. Res. 177, H8663 [29OC])
———protection in State waters (see H.R. 3132, H6799 [24SE])
———protection of manatees by the Coast Guard (see H.R. 2041, H6539 [12SE])
Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act: authorize seizure of vessels in violation (see H.R. 1239, H1414 [5MR])
Mary McLeod Bethune Memorial Fine Arts Center: authorizing appropriations for construction and maintenance (see H.R. 2290, H5211 [26JN])
Medicare: coverage for colerectal screening examinations and certain immunizations (see H.R. 2565, H4097 [6JN])
———home care and extended care services coverages (see H.R. 1200, H5299 [9JY])
Motor vehicles: grandfather clause for the vehicle weight limitations for the Interstate System (see H.R. 1226, H4556 [17JN])
———national safety belt and motorcycle helmet use requirements (see H.R. 1782, H3625 [23MY])
National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 198, H8788 [30OC])
National American Indian Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 182, H3038 [14MY])
National dividend plan: establish (see H.R. 430, H8919 [31OC])
National health plan: establish (see H.R. 650, H4944 [24JN])
National Hospice Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 153, H5433 [11JY])
National observances: establish a commission to advise the President (see H.R. 68, H195 [10JA]; H.R. 1882, H2373 [17AP])
National Sarcoidosis Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 309, H6195 [31JY])
National School Breakfast Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 98, H1162 [26FE])
National Trauma Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 300, H9581 [7NO])
Nuclear weapons: moratorium on testing (see H.R. 3636, H11892 [26NO])
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act: amend (see H.R. 1745, H2178 [11AP])
———cancellation of leases (see H.R. 1712, H4187 [7JN])
POW/MIA: disclosure of information concerning U.S. personnel classified after 1940 (see H.R. 1147, H5596 [17JY])
Public Pension Equity Restoration Act: enact (see H.R. 1348, H1473 [7MR])
Recycled materials: promote research (see H.R. 300, H512 [15JA])
Refugee Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 323, H8496 [24OC])
Refuse disposal: reduce use of toxic chemicals (see H.R. 2880, H5745 [23JY])
———requirements for solid waste and hazardous waste incinerators (see H.R. 3253, H9144 [4NO])
Roads and highways: funding for construction and safety programs (see H.R. 2566, H4097 [6JN])
Savings and loan associations: investigation and prosecution of criminal activity (see H. Res. 107, H6139 [30JY])
Schwarzkopf, H. Norman, Jr.: award a Congressional Gold Medal and produce bronze duplicates for public sale (see H.R. 1296, H1671 [12MR])
Social Security: earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 967, H1023 [19FE])
———establish as an independent agency (see H.R. 2838, H6387 [2AU])
———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, H195 [10JA])
Solid waste: application of certain requirements and sanctions to Federal facilities (see H.R. 2194, H3806 [3JN])
Soviet Union: most-favored-nation status (see H.J. Res. 346, H7725 [9OC])
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])
St. Johns River: give priority pollution control consideration under the National Estuary Program (see H.R. 64, H1456 [6MR])
States: regulation of disposal of certain low-level radioactive waste (see H.R. 645, H697 [24JA])
———taxation of domestic and foreign corporations (see H.R. 2913, H5513 [16JY])
Stetson University: library facilities construction grant (see H.R. 1083, H1136 [21FE])
Taxation: clarify treatment of certain Federal financial assistance provided to savings and loan institutions (see H.R. 1135, H1278 [27FE])
———deductions for decommissioning costs of nuclear powerplants (see H.R. 2012, H4099 [6JN])
———individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1406, H2087 [22MR])
———limit ability of taxpayers to deduct costs of cleaning up oil and hazardous substances spills (see H.R. 1561, H2014 [21MR])
———permit deferred compensation plans for States, local governments, and tax-exempt organizations (see H.R. 2906, H6139 [30JY])
———provide certain taxpayers representation by certified public accountants (see H.R. 1485, H5818 [24JY])
———refundable credit in lieu of deductions for children and increased earned income credit (see H.R. 2242, H3806 [3JN])
———simplify the application of earned income credit (see H.R. 3828, H10722 [20NO])
———treatment of church pension benefit plans (see H.R. 1570, H6940 [26SE])
———treatment of oil and hazardous substance cleanup costs (see H.R. 1726, H2177 [11AP])
———treatment of spaceports relative to tax exempt facility bond rules (see H.R. 1358, H6385 [2AU])
Trucking: regulation of commercial motor vehicle weights and combination lengths (see H.R. 2515, H4613 [18JN])
Veterans: disability compensation for service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 3, H53 [3JA])
———improve compensation and pension programs (see H.R. 426, H488 [12JA])
Wetlands: environmental research (see H.R. 3578, H9581 [7NO])
Women: reproduction rights (see H.R. 25, H1914 [20MR])
World AIDS Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 376, H10843 [21NO])
World Food Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 230, H7314 [2OC])
World War II: contributions of Federal civilian employees during the attack on Pearl Harbor (see H.J. Res. 368, H11893 [26NO])
———contributions of the people of Guam and Hawaii (see H. Res. 293, H11894 [26NO])
———establish in the District of Columbia a memorial to veterans (see H.R. 1624, H6675 [17SE])
———issue 50th anniversary commemorative coin (see H.R. 1623, H6675 [17SE])
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])
Letters
Committee on Taxation (Joint) membership, H841 [4FE]
Lists
Hillsborough County, FL, schools having achieved above State average on test scores in reading and mathematics, E852
Remarks by, on
Baltic States: most-favored-nation status for Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania (H.R. 3313), H6464 [12SE]
Bankruptcy: exclude certain pension plans from an individual's estate (H.R. 3804), E3904
Bulgaria: most-favored-nation status (H.J. Res. 282), H8587 [29OC]
Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act: repeal provisions exempting certain articles from duty-free treatment (H.R. 1283), E816
China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (H.J. Res. 263), H5316, H5336 [10JY]
———most-favored-nation status (H.R. 2212), H5316 [10JY]
Crime: gun control, H8034 [17OC]
———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3371), H8034 [17OC]
Dept. of Commerce: export items of technology on Commodity Control List, H8754 [30OC]
Dept. of Defense: review of any license to any country relative to U.S.-exported technology which could increase foreign military potential, H8739 [30OC]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2608), conference report, H7367 [3OC]
Eastern European countries: termination of application of certain provisions of the Trade Act to the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic and Hungary (H.R. 1724), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 287), H10652 [20NO]
Eastern European nations: termination of application of certain provisions of the Trade Act to the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic and Hungary (H.R. 1724), H7607 [8OC]
ERISA: expand pension coverage and increase retirement savings (H.R. 2390), E1847
Export Administration Act: reauthorize (H.R. 3489), H8739, H8749, H8754 [30OC]
Firearms: prohibit export of certain assault weapons (H.R. 1559), E1093
Florida: Federal highway projects, H8254 [23OC]
Foreign trade: procedures for implementing trade agreements (H. Res. 101), H3517, H3566 [23MY]
———procedures for implementing trade agreements (H. Res. 101, 146), consideration (H. Res. 158), H3503 [23MY]
Hillsborough County, FL: tribute to schools' test score achievements, E852
Medicare: coverage of general population (H.R. 1777), E1261
Middle East: military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq, H119, H159 [10JA], H221, H224 [11JA]
———military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq (H.J. Res. 77), H454 [12JA]
———U.S. military presence, H101 [9JA]
National Wildlife Refuge System: management (H.R. 3688), E3661
Petroleum: prohibit sale of Alaskan crude oil outside the U.S., H8749 [30OC]
Ships and vessels: subsidy information and trade remedies against certain foreign-built ships (H.R. 2056), E1431
Soviet Union: military action against Baltic States, H490 [14JA]
———most-favored-nation status (H.J. Res. 346), H10636 [20NO]
Taxation: estate tax rules on estates of noncitizen international organization employees (H.R. 3087), E2783
———treatment of charitable beneficiaries of remainder trusts (H.R. 1132), E675
———treatment of U.S. owned businesses operating in the EEC (H.R. 2277), E1702
Transportation: establish a national comprehensive surface transportation system (H.R. 2950), H8254 [23OC]
Unemployment: emergency compensation, H10652 [20NO]
Summaries
Medicare Universal Coverage Expansion Act (H.R. 1777), E1261
Testimonies
Committee on Economics (Joint): Health Care Reform, D1344 [30OC]
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Health Benefits Systems Reform, D999 [29JY]
Committee on Rules: Fast-Track Trade Procedures and Trade Agreements, D584 [14MY], D647 [22MY]
———People's Republic of China's Most-Favored-Nation Trade Status (H. Con. Res. 174), D869 [9JY]
Committee on Ways and Means: Comprehensive Health Insurance (H.R. 3205), D1227 [8OC]
———Long-Term Strategies for Health Care, D468 [23AP]
Texts of
H.R. 2056, Shipbuilding Trade Reform Act, E1432