HAYES, JAMES A. (a Representative from Louisiana)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 2508, International Cooperation Act, H6646 [17SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act: cash flow rules for borrowers (see H.R. 4071, H11890 [26NO])

Economy: encourage commercial financial liquidity (see H.J. Res. 369, H9493 [6NO])

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

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Agriculture: acreage reduction program (see H.R. 2895, H11894 [26NO])

———prevention of crimes against farmers, researchers, and other livestock-related professions (see H.R. 2407, H3856 [4JN])

Air Force Association: establish a memorial in the District of Columbia area (see H.R. 3627, H11894 [26NO])

Air traffic controllers: recruitment and retention (see H.R. 2419, H3370 [21MY])

Aquaculture: establish national policy (see H.R. 2798, H6941 [26SE])

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

Armed Forces: payment of health care expenses for certain members relative to entitlement to medicare benefits (see H.R. 467, H5211 [26JN])

Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 173, H2538 [24AP])

Big Brothers/Big Sisters Appreciation Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 199, H2188 [15AP]; H.J. Res. 243, H3739 [30MY])

Birds: conservation of exotic wild species (see H.R. 2540, H9758 [13NO])

Boats: fees for recreational vessels (see H.R. 534, H825 [30JA])

Braille Literacy Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 353, H10932 [22NO])

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 143, H2901 [8MY]; H.J. Res. 248, H4099 [6JN]; H.J. Res. 290, H5298 [9JY])

———reduction of overhead expenditures (see H. Con. Res. 96, H3625 [23MY])

Business and industry: establish national standards for the manufacture and labeling of plumbing products relative to conservation of water resources (see H.R. 843, H10544 [19NO])

CHAMPUS: eligibility of certain members of the Armed Forces relative to medicare coverage of hospital insurance (see H.R. 1124, H10544 [19NO])

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

China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (see H.R. 2188, H4016 [5JN]; H.R. 2212, H4550 [13JN])

Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation: establish (see H.R. 500, H385 [11JA])

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

Coins: mint and circulate $1 coin (see H.R. 1245, H1414 [5MR])

———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])

Coins and coinage: mint in commemoration of the quincentenary of the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus (see H.R. 500, H385 [11JA])

Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act: waive application to certain farm vehicles (see H.R. 1516, H3150 [15MY])

Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (Select): establish (see H. Res. 12, H697 [24JA])

Congress: applicability of laws relative to employment conditions and rights of employees (see H.R. 3734, H9579 [7NO])

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

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

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

———termination of office of independent counsel (see H.R. 444, H6940 [26SE])

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

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: prices of drugs procured (see H.R. 2890, H10544 [19NO])

Disaster Assistance Act: enact (see H.R. 2536, H3855 [4JN])

Disasters: donation of agricultural commodities for international hunger relief programs financed by Japan (see H. Con. Res. 179, H5432 [11JY])

Dutch-American Heritage Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 177, H6318 [1AU])

Ecology and environment: conservation of biological diversity (see H.R. 585, H1670 [12MR])

Education: authorize grant to the national writing project (see H.R. 667, H2086 [22MR])

Elections: constitutional amendment relative to contributions and expenditures of congressional, Presidential, State, and local (see H.J. Res. 224, H11115 [23NO])

Electric power: health effects of electric and magnetic fields (see H.R. 1483, H1848 [19MR])

Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 109, H1915 [20MR])

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

Fair Labor Standards Act: clarify application (see H.R. 1237, H2180 [11AP])

FCC: prevent the loss of existing spectrum to the amateur radio service (see H.R. 73, H2261 [16AP])

Federal employees: allow time off from duty to serve as bone marrow donors (see H.R. 658, H1025 [19FE])

———early retirement requirements (see H.R. 1820, H6386 [2AU])

———tribute for contributions to Persian Gulf Conflict (see H. Con. Res. 147, H6388 [2AU])

Financial institutions: Federal deposit insurance coverage restrictions (see H. Con. Res. 136, H3806 [3JN])

———improve the qualified thrift lender test (see H.R. 1718, H3710 [29MY])

———limit liability on holdings in violation of certain environmental laws (see H.R. 1450, H2137 [10AP])

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])

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

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

Foreign policy: recommittal to U.S. support of universal human rights and democracy (see H. Res. 284, H10365 [18NO])

Foreign trade: procedures for implementing trade agreements (see H. Res. 101, H3150 [15MY])

FRS: modernize (see H.R. 1130, H5979 [29JY])

GATT: support efforts to protect world environment (see H. Con. Res. 227, H9759 [13NO])

Geography Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 201, H9044 [1NO])

Geological Survey: enhance geologic mapping (see H.R. 2763, H8189 [22OC])

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

———greater accountability for foreign travel (see H.R. 461, H7551 [7OC])

GSA: availability of nonlethal surplus property for humanitarian relief purposes (see H.R. 919, H1281 [27FE])

Guam, Commonwealth of: establish (see H.R. 98, H2953 [9MY])

Gulf of Mexico: protection of environment (see H.R. 3777, H11892 [26NO])

Health: access to telecommunications systems used to provide medical information to rural care providers (see H.R. 2232, H11891 [26NO])

———assess paperwork burden imposed on providers and beneficiaries of health care services (see H.R. 2625, H11891 [26NO])

Hire a Veteran Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 280, H7381 [3OC])

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

Hunting and trapping: eliminate the use of steel jaw leghold traps on animals (see H.R. 1354, H4867 [20JN])

Hussein, Saddam: prosecution for war crimes (see H. Con. Res. 81, H6388 [2AU])

Infant Mortality Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 194, H2181 [11AP])

Interstate compacts: consent of Congress to amend a compact between Louisiana and Texas relative to the Sabine River (see H.R. 2005, H2468 [23AP])

Japan: treatment of U.S. rice (see H.R. 2002, H11894 [26NO])

Korean War Veterans Remembrance Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 255, H4945 [24JN])

Lower Mississippi Delta Development Center: authorizing grants (see H.R. 2572, H4097 [6JN])

Marine mammals: detrimental impact due to purse seine fishing for tuna (see H.R. 261, H12063 [3JA])

Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act: authorize seizure of vessels in violation (see H.R. 1239, H11891 [26NO])

Medicare: additional payment for the operating costs of hospitals with a high proportion of medicare patients (see H.R. 827, H5650 [18JY])

———payment for interpretation of electrocardiograms (see H.R. 3373, H7815 [11OC])

Middle East: 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])

Motor vehicles: national safety belt and motorcycle helmet use requirements (see H.R. 1782, H2903 [8MY])

National Accessible Housing Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 326, H8788 [30OC])

National Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 272, H10932 [22NO])

National American Indian Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 182, H3038 [14MY])

National Arbor Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 66, H2016 [21MR])

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 257, H6691 [19SE])

National Campus Crime and Security Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 142, H5651 [18JY])

National Children's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 183, H2565 [25AP])

National Crime Victims' Rights Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 171, H1457 [6MR])

National DARE Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 217, H2812 [7MY])

National Desert Storm Reservists Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 231, H2469 [23AP])

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

National Education First Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 197, H2181 [11AP])

National Ellis Island Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 130, H3037 [14MY])

National Family Caregivers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 125, H992 [6FE])

National Family Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 23, H4284 [11JN])

National forests: protect persons involved in a lawful hunt (see H.R. 371, H81 [4JA])

National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 87, H1915 [20MR])

National Foster Care Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 154, H2376 [17AP])

National Guard: retention rights of certain civilian technicians involuntarily separated from membership (see H.R. 1188, H1759 [13MR])

National Hospice Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 153, H6690 [19SE])

National Huntington's Disease Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 56, H3037 [14MY])

National Job Skills Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 291, H7981 [16OC])

National Minority Organ Donor Encouragement Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 229, H2393 [18AP])

National observances: establish a commission to advise the President (see H.R. 68, H3163 [17MY]; H.R. 1882, H4284 [11JN])

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

National Philanthropy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 140, H4438 [12JN])

National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 284, H6540 [12SE])

National Radon Action Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 67, H5515 [16JY])

National Recycling Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 169, H2109 [9AP])

National Recycling Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 188, H2603 [30AP])

National Red Ribbon Week for a Drug-Free America: designate (see H.J. Res. 340, H8102 [17OC])

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, H2261 [16AP])

National Sea Grant College Program: reauthorize (see H.R. 1370, H2262 [16AP])

National Senior Citizens Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 181, H2181 [11AP])

National Senior Nutrition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 141, H2109 [9AP])

National Tax Freedom Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 220, H2812 [7MY])

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

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

National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 242, H2768 [2MY])

Native Americans: Federal relationship with the Jena Band of Choctaws (see H.R. 3607, H8187 [22OC])

NSF: adjust authorizations (see H.R. 2282, H2952 [9MY])

Nuclear energy: standardize plant designs and improve the licensing and regulatory process (see H.R. 1184, H4612 [18JN])

Older Americans Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 51, H606 [18JA])

Pediatric AIDS Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 91, H2953 [9MY])

Powell, Colin L.: authorize appointment to the grade of General of the Army (see H.R. 1225, H1759 [13MR])

POW/MIA: disclosure of information concerning U.S. personnel classified after 1940 (see H.R. 1147, H2537 [24AP])

President's Committee on Mental Retardation: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 307, H7726 [9OC])

Printing: use of ink pigments made with soybean oil in Federal products (see H.R. 1736, H2262 [16AP])

Public Health Service: employment of officials at Gillis W. Long Hansen's Disease Center (see H.R. 2462, H3623 [23MY])

Public lands: acquisition and disposition of Federal lands (see H.R. 3038, H5909 [25JY])

Real property: compensate owners for diminution of value resulting from Federal action (see H.R. 2185, H8188 [22OC])

———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, H992 [6FE])

Red River Waterway: designate lock and dam 1 as the Lindy Claiborne Boggs lock and dam (see H.R. 508, H825 [30JA])

Refuse disposal: protect the used oil recycling system and establish used oil management standards (see H.R. 1411, H1670 [12MR])

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

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: equity of revenue availability and regulation of gambling (see H.R. 3282, H7381 [3OC])

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

Social Security: administration of the Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance Program (see H.R. 2898, H6139 [30JY])

———benefit formula computation rules (see H.R. 917, H5451 [15JY])

———coverage of services performed by election officials and workers (see H.R. 1691, H7862 [15OC])

———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, H6539 [12SE])

———payment for physicians' services (see H.R. 3070, H7815 [11OC])

———reduction in payments to spouses and surviving spouses who are receiving certain Government pensions (see H.R. 53, H6385 [2AU])

Space policy: development of commercial space activities (see H.R. 3848, H10841 [21NO])

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: regulation of surface transportation rates by certain motor and air carriers (see H.R. 3221, H8189 [22OC])

Taxation: application of employer Social Security taxes to employees' cash tips (see H.R. 1472, H4016 [5JN])

———cash or deferred arrangements for employees of tax-exempt organizations (see H.R. 2327, H9700 [12NO])

———clarify that customer based, market share, and any similar intangible items are amortizable (see H.R. 1456, H3280 [20MY])

———contribution of $1 of individual income tax refund to local antidrug programs (see H.R. 357, H1138 [21FE])

———credits for increasing research activities (see H.R. 1618, H8188 [22OC])

———deduction for interest on educational loans (see H.R. 747, H7199 [1OC])

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

———exclude small transactions from broker reporting requirements (see H.R. 200, H1281 [27FE])

———exclusion for employee educational assistance (see H.R. 127, H7648 [8OC])

———increase amount of the exemption for children under age 18 (see H.R. 1277, H4437 [12JN])

———individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1406, H4438 [12JN])

———low-income housing credit (see H.R. 413, H5341 [10JY])

———modify the application of the passive loss limitations to farming activities (see H.R. 835, H891 [5FE])

———passbook savings accounts interest income (see H.R. 4067, H11889 [26NO])

———permanently extend qualified mortgage bonds (see H.R. 1067, H5267 [27JN])

———repeal excise tax on luxury items (see H.R. 2598, H5910 [25JY])

———small issue bonds (see H.R. 710, H3037 [14MY]; H.R. 1186, H5299 [9JY])

———treatment of a charitable organization operating an amateur athletic event (see H.R. 2464, H4099 [6JN])

———treatment of certain amounts received by policyholders because of the insolvency of an insurance company (see H.R. 2664, H6457 [11SE])

———treatment of certain common investment funds (see H.R. 1733, H6317 [1AU])

———treatment of long-term real property relative to eminent domain laws (see H.R. 2811, H5596 [17JY])

———withholding of income tax from wages paid for agricultural labor (see H.R. 924, H2470 [23AP])

Trucking: regulation of commercial motor vehicle weights and combination lengths (see H.R. 2515, H7107 [30SE])

Veterans: allow disability compensation concurrently with retirement pay (see H.R. 303, H4612 [18JN])

———expand services for post-traumatic stress disorder patients (see H.R. 841, H10544 [19NO])

———improve benefits and services for military personnel serving during the Persian Gulf war (see H.R. 908, H1787 [18MR])

Welk, Lawrence: repeal authority to use appropriations for rural development grants for the restoration of birthplace (see H.R. 772, H1080 [20FE])

World War II: establish in the District of Columbia a memorial to veterans (see H.R. 1624, H4187 [7JN])

———issue 50th anniversary commemorative coin (see H.R. 1623, H4186 [7JN])

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])

Remarks by, on

Disasters: making supplemental appropriations for relief (H.R. 3543), H8614, H8631 [29OC]

Ecology and environment: study wetlands relative to fish and wildlife conservation, H8631 [29OC]

Economy: encourage commercial financial liquidity (H.J. Res. 369), E3988 [22NO]

Financial institutions: bank fees, H9068 [4NO]

———recapitalize the Federal deposit insurance fund and reform the regulatory and service systems (H.R. 6), H9068 [4NO]

Middle East: allies' contribution to Operation Desert Shield, H299 [11JA]

———military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq, H299 [11JA]

Operation Desert Shield: making appropriations for incremental costs (H.R. 3543), H8614, H8631 [29OC]

Point of order, H8614 [29OC]

Recycling: State opportunities for citizens' participation (H.R. 945), E485 [7FE]

Transportation: establish a national comprehensive surface transportation system (H.R. 2950), H8266 [23OC]

Votes: position on missed, E275 [23JA]

Wetlands: conservation and management (H.R. 1330), E843 [8MR]

———regulation, H8614 [29OC]

Testimonies

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Wetlands Protection, D1489 [21NO]

Committee on Rules: Financial Institutions Safety and Choice Act (H.R. 6), D1331 [29OC]

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Wetlands Environmental Research (H.R. 3578), D1413 [12NO]

Committee on Small Business: Effects of Wetlands Protection Measures on the Small Business Community, D111 [30JA]