HEFNER, W.G. (BILL) (a Representative from North Carolina)

Appointments

Committee To Attend Funeral of Silvio O. Conte, H1043 [20FE]

Conferee: H.J. Res. 157, technical and enrollment error corrections in appropriations acts, H11123 [25NO]

———H.R. 1282, making Dept. of Defense supplemental appropriations for operational expenditures relative to Operation Desert Shield, H1953 [21MR]

———H.R. 2251, making appropriations for humanitarian assistance and peacekeeping activities in Iraq, H3286 [21MY]

———H.R. 2426, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military construction, H6730 [24SE]

———H.R. 2521, Dept. of Defense appropriations, H7970 [16OC]

Military Academy Board of Visitors, H641 [23JA]

Articles and editorials

Old-Time Officer—Lt. Hurley About to Hang Up Gun, Badge, Martha Yates, Salisbury (NC) Post, E1520 [1MY]

Torch Is Passing, Salisbury (NC) Post, E3203 [1OC]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations for military construction (see H.R. 2426, H3494 [22MY])

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

African Americans: capital financing for historically black colleges and universities (see H.R. 1503, H7380 [3OC])

Agriculture: prevention of crimes against farmers, researchers, and other livestock-related professions (see H.R. 2407, H6457 [11SE])

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

Armed Forces: assistance to communities affected by deployment to Middle East (see H.R. 1018, H1078 [20FE])

———establish a commemorative medal for members serving in a combat zone during the Persian Gulf conflict (see H.R. 1107, H1849 [19MR])

———reemployment rights (see H.R. 1578, H2602 [30AP])

———reports on rehabilitative services for members in the Persian Gulf suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (see H.R. 644, H1025 [19FE])

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

Baltic Freedom Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 167, H1341 [4MR])

Basketball Centennial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 372, H11115 [23NO])

Boats: fees for recreational vessels (see H.R. 534, H6456 [11SE])

Braille Literacy Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 353, H8497 [24OC])

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 290, H5298 [9JY])

Buy American Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 299, H6139 [30JY])

Centennial of Concrete Paving in America Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 324, H7649 [8OC])

CHAMPUS: eligibility of certain members of the Armed Forces relative to medicare coverage of hospital insurance (see H.R. 1124, H2962 [13MY])

Children: Federal funding for food for low-income children in day care (see H.R. 1460, H2538 [24AP])

China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (see H.R. 2212, H3280 [20MY])

———prohibit importation of goods made with forced labor (see H. Con. Res. 216, H8189 [22OC])

Coins: mint and circulate $1 coin (see H.R. 1245, H3495 [22MY])

———mint commemorative coin for 200th anniversary of White House (see H.R. 3337, H11892 [26NO])

———mint in commemoration of James Madison (see H.R. 2673, H4611 [18JN])

———mint in commemoration of Operation Desert Shield (see H.R. 1658, H2769 [2MY])

———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, H3856 [4JN])

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

Conservation of energy: regional energy efficient lighting education centers (see H.R. 3285, H7200 [1OC])

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

Country Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 305, H6540 [12SE])

Courts: standards for product liability actions (see H.R. 3030, H5908 [25JY])

Crime Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 303, H5746 [23JY])

Democracy Day: designate election day as a legal public holiday (see H.R. 3681, H8919 [31OC])

Dept. of Education: establish an Office of Community Colleges (see H.R. 1048, H2962 [13MY])

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: designate a Chief Minority Affairs Officer (see H.R. 3327, H9758 [13NO])

———designate Hugh Davis Memorial Wing at the medical center in Salem, VA (see H.R. 175, H5910 [25JY])

———prices of drugs procured (see H.R. 2890, H9758 [13NO])

Diseases: research associated with exposure to dioxin and other chemicals in herbicides (see H.R. 556, H556 [17JA])

Earth Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 144, H1671 [12MR])

Education: alternative methods for qualifying ability-to-benefit students for Federal financial aid (see H.R. 907, H1670 [12MR])

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])

Employment: assistance to employees subject to layoff because their work is transferred to another country (see H.R. 3878, H10930 [22NO])

———protection of pension plan benefits (see H.R. 3210, H6457 [11SE])

Fair Labor Standards Act: clarify application (see H.R. 1237, H2902 [8MY])

FCC: prevent the loss of existing spectrum to the amateur radio service (see H.R. 73, H1474 [7MR])

Federal Aviation Act: amend relative to bankruptcy transportation plans (see H.R. 66, H1025 [19FE])

Federal Deposit Insurance Act: require States receiving large share of thrift resolution costs to pay thrift deposit insurance premium (see H.R. 1171, H1279 [27FE])

Federal employees: voluntary participation in the political process (see H.R. 20, H1138 [21FE])

Federal Employees Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 97, H994 [6FE])

Financial institutions: limit liability on holdings in violation of certain environmental laws (see H.R. 1450, H1774 [14MR])

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 83, H4187 [7JN])

Food: remove certain pesticides from supply and establish EPA negligible risk standard (see H.R. 3216, H7726 [9OC])

Foreign policy: recommittal to U.S. support of universal human rights and democracy (see H. Res. 284, H11219 [25NO])

Foreign trade: procedures for implementing trade agreements (see H. Res. 101, H2539 [24AP])

Gambling: prohibit sports gambling under State law (see H.R. 74, H2086 [22MR])

Geography Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 201, H4550 [13JN])

Girl Scouts of the United States of America 80th Anniversary Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 343, H8920 [31OC])

Go Camping America Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 90, H1759 [13MR])

Government: elimination of waste (see H.R. 3816, H10723 [20NO])

Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see H.J. Res. 58, H1476 [7MR])

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

Health: establish medical research alliance between Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs (see H.R. 111, H1162 [26FE])

Health care professionals: excessive physician regulations under medicare (see H.R. 2695, H5651 [18JY])

Herbert C. Bonner Bridge: emergency repairs (see H.R. 898, H990 [6FE])

Hire a Veteran Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 280, H8496 [24OC])

Infant Mortality Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 194, H2087 [22MR])

Italian-American Heritage and Culture Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 260, H7551 [7OC])

Jewish Heritage Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 134, H1759 [13MR])

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

Kuwait: involvement of U.S. small businesses in rebuilding (see H. Con. Res. 95, H1916 [20MR])

———involvement of U.S. workers, firms, and products in rebuilding (see H. Res. 106, H2017 [21MR])

Labor: repeal Davis-Bacon Act (see H.R. 1755, H2178 [11AP])

Local government: Federal payments in lieu of taxes (see H.R. 1495, H6539 [12SE])

Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act: authorize seizure of vessels in violation (see H.R. 1239, H2016 [21MR])

Medicare: home care and extended care services coverages (see H.R. 1200, H8335 [23OC])

———prevention of fraud by suppliers of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 2534, H7648 [8OC])

Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 156, H6387 [2AU])

Middle East: demonstrations of community support for troops in the Persian Gulf (see H.J. Res. 174, H1457 [6MR])

National Accessible Housing Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 326, H7981 [16OC])

National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 198, H3038 [14MY])

National Arbor Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 66, H2109 [9AP])

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 257, H3856 [4JN])

National Children's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 183, H1473 [7MR])

National Crime Victims' Rights Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 171, H1416 [5MR])

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

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

National dividend plan: establish (see H.R. 430, H6385 [2AU])

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 241, H6387 [2AU])

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 Employ the Older Worker Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 133, H1024 [19FE])

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

National Family Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 23, H1671 [12MR])

National Firefighters Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 189, H4868 [20JN])

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, H1476 [7MR])

National Foster Care Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 154, H1280 [27FE])

National Girls and Women in Sports Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 30, H782 [29JA])

National Historically Black Colleges Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 102, H1081 [20FE])

National Home Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 175, H5342 [10JY])

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

National Huntington's Disease Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 56, H2903 [8MY])

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

National Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 252, H5516 [16JY])

National Law Enforcement Training Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 191, H6458 [11SE])

National Military Families Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 215, H2178 [11AP])

National observances: establish a commission to advise the President (see H.R. 68, H1080 [20FE]; H.R. 1882, H5650 [18JY])

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

National Parks Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 276, H6194 [31JY])

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 72, H855 [4FE]), H2770 [2MY]

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 Public Safety Telecommunicators Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 284, H5516 [16JY])

National Radon Action Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 67, H6602 [16SE])

National Red Ribbon Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 312, H7200 [1OC])

National Red Ribbon Week for a Drug-Free America: designate (see H.J. Res. 340, H7815 [11OC])

National Rehabilitation Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 95, H6139 [30JY])

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

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

National Stay in School Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 362, H8663 [29OC])

National Tourism Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 103, H1081 [20FE])

National Trauma Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 300, H6139 [30JY])

National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 242, H6458 [11SE])

Native Americans: recognize Lumbee Tribe of Cheraw Indians (see H.R. 1426, H1758 [13MR])

North Carolina: designate wilderness areas (see H.R. 35, H1474 [7MR])

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

``Our American Government'': print a revised edition as a House Document (see H. Con. Res. 172, H4867 [20JN])

Pensions: civil service retirement credit relative to work performed under certain Federal-State cooperative programs (see H.R. 1653, H6386 [2AU])

Petroleum: anticompetitive pricing practices by refiners (see H.R. 2966, H12063 [3JA])

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

Polish American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 227, H5342 [10JY])

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, H2769 [2MY])

Religious Freedom Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 325, H6601 [16SE])

Resolution Trust Corp.: convey Nags Head Woods, NC to a Government agency or qualified organization (see H.R. 2131, H2601 [30AP])

Retired Enlisted Association, Inc.: grant charter (see H.R. 1509, H1912 [20MR])

Roads and highways: funding for construction and safety programs (see H.R. 2566, H5515 [16JY])

Rural areas: establish development investment zones (see H.R. 1445, H2109 [9AP])

Rural Small Business Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 108, H891 [5FE])

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

Social Security: benefit formula computation rules (see H.R. 917, H990 [6FE])

———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, H9758 [13NO])

———payment for physicians' services (see H.R. 3070, H7981 [16OC])

Tariff: footwear (see H.R. 1385, H3805 [3JN])

Taxation: application of employer Social Security taxes to employees' cash tips (see H.R. 1472, H2902 [8MY])

———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, H5211 [26JN])

———exclusion for employee educational assistance (see H.R. 127, H825 [30JA])

———Federal treatment of State and local government bonds (see H. Res. 139, H2602 [30AP])

———health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 784, H854 [4FE])

———increase amount of the exemption for children under age 18 (see H.R. 1277, H2812 [7MY])

———individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1406, H2087 [22MR])

———low-income housing credit (see H.R. 413, H8496 [24OC])

———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, H4550 [13JN])

———small issue bonds (see H.R. 1186, H4867 [20JN])

———targeted jobs credit (see H.R. 565, H3280 [20MY])

———treatment of amounts received by cooperative telephone companies indirectly from their members (see H.R. 1860, H3037 [14MY])

———treatment of deduction for interest paid on debt secured by a first or second home (see H. Con. Res. 8, H2182 [11AP])

———treatment of educational loans and scholarships (see H.R. 394, H782 [29JA])

Textile industry and fabrics: use tariff revenues from imports of machinery to support modernization of textile machinery industry (see H.R. 713, H823 [30JA])

Travel: resume normal business and tourist travel (see H. Con. Res. 129, H2374 [17AP])

Veterans: allow disability compensation concurrently with retirement pay (see H.R. 303, H196 [10JA]; H.R. 304, H8188 [22OC])

———amend regulations relative to education and employment programs (see H.R. 180, H854 [4FE])

———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, H8335 [23OC])

———health care programs (see H.R. 2280, H3806 [3JN])

———housing and memorial affairs programs (see H.R. 232, H891 [5FE])

———improvements in compensation and pension programs (see H.R. 1047, H2136 [10AP])

———permit acceptance of military retirement pay concurrently with disability compensation (see H.R. 3164, H8189 [22OC])

Volunteer workers: immunity from civil liability for certain individuals working for nonprofit organizations and governmental entities (see H.R. 911, H8101 [17OC])

Wallenberg, Raoul: release of prison records by the Soviet Union (see H. Con. Res. 58, H1139 [21FE])

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

———designation of stewardship trusts (see H.R. 2594, H4186 [7JN])

———stewardship (see H.R. 2400, H3279 [20MY])

World AIDS Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 376, H10843 [21NO])

World Food Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 230, H6799 [24SE])

World Population Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 261, H7200 [1OC])

World War I: transfer existing American Legion, Inc. memorial to the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (see H.R. 154, H854 [4FE])

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, H4187 [7JN])

———Federal retirement credit for Cadet Nurse Corps service (see H.R. 1752, H4612 [18JN])

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

Year of the American Indian: designate (see H.J. Res. 342, H10545 [19NO])

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

Comparisons

Military construction appropriations, H7598 [8OC]

Lists

Military construction projects no longer required due to base closures, H7596 [8OC]

Motions offered by

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations for military construction (H.R. 2426), conference report—amendments in disagreement, H7602, H7603, H7604, H7605 [8OC]

Remarks by, on

Abortion: counseling at federally funded family planning clinics, H10918 [22NO]

Children and youth: emergency funding for aid programs, H8618 [29OC]

Congress: exemptions to certain laws, H9502 [7NO]

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H3714 [30MY], H7596 [8OC]

Democratic Party: responsibility for medicare, Social Security and job security, H9402 [6NO]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations for military construction (H.R. 2426), H3714, H3722 [30MY]

———making appropriations for military construction (H.R. 2426), conference report, H7595, H7596, H7601 [8OC]

———making appropriations for military construction (H.R. 2426), conference report—amendments in disagreement, H7603 [8OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2521), conference report, H10619 [20NO]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2608), conference report, H7351, H7352 [3OC]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3839), H10918 [22NO]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs, HUD, and independent agencies, commissions, corporations, and offices: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2519), conference report—amendments in disagreement, H7240 [2OC]

Disasters: making supplemental appropriations for relief (H.R. 3543), H8618 [29OC]

Ellerbe, NC: tribute to Ellerbe Jaycees, E3199 [1OC]

Employment: entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (H.R. 2), consideration (H. Res. 275), H9716 [13NO]

House of Representatives: Members' check cashing at House bank, H9711 [13NO]

Labor unions: prevent discrimination based on participation in disputes (H.R. 5), H5581 [17JY]

Native Americans: recognize Lumbee Tribe of Cheraw Indians (H.R. 1426), H6902 [26SE]

Operation Desert Shield: making appropriations for incremental costs (H.R. 3543), H8618 [29OC]

Slattery, Representative: recipient of the L. Mendel Rivers Award of the Noncommissioned Officers Association, E3122 [24SE]

Unemployment: emergency compensation (S. 1722), H6883 [26SE]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H6796 [24SE]

Leave of absence: granted, H5977 [29JY]

Reports by conference committees

Dept. of Defense Military Construction Appropriations (H.R. 2426), H7424-H7460 [3OC]

Reports filed

Dept. of Defense Appropriations for Military Construction: Committee on Appropriations (H.R. 2426) (H. Rept. 102-74), H3494 [22MY]

———committee of conference (H.R. 2426) (H. Rept. 102-236), H7379 [3OC]

Testimonies

Committee on Rules: Waiver of Rule for H.R. 2426, Military Construction Appropriations, D658 [23MY]

Tributes

Evans, Lawrence C., E3206 [1OC]

Goodman, Raymond W., E2317 [20JN]

Hurley, James L., E1520 [1MY]

Johnson, Samuel R., E3203 [1OC]