JAMES, CRAIG T. (a Representative from Florida)

Appointments

Committee on Aging (Select), H1088 [21FE]

Articles and editorials

National Waiting Period Needed to Prevent Handgun Violence, Daytona Beach (FL) News-Journal, E1670 [9MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Foreign countries: Presidential authority to grant debt forgiveness (see H.R. 3668, H8786 [30OC])

Mary McLeod Bethune Memorial Fine Arts Center: authorizing appropriations for construction and maintenance (see H.R. 2290, H2952 [9MY])

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

African Americans: capital financing for historically black colleges and universities (see H.R. 1503, H6386 [2AU])

Armed Forces: inpatient mental health services (see H.R. 846, H1759 [13MR])

———payment of health care expenses for certain members relative to entitlement to medicare benefits (see H.R. 467, H2537 [24AP])

———penalty-free withdrawals from retirement plans by members called to active duty during Operation Desert Shield (see H.R. 1016, H1475 [7MR])

Bankruptcy: priority for the payment of claims for retiree health benefits in liquidation cases (see H.R. 3619, H9494 [6NO])

Boats: fees for recreational vessels (see H.R. 534, H3036 [14MY])

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

———Presidential power to reduce authority (see H.R. 78, H2902 [8MY])

———reform process (see H.R. 298, H78 [4JA])

———spending level increase guidelines (see H.R. 2241, H2811 [7MY])

Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation: establish (see H.R. 500, H1281 [27FE])

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

Coins: mint and circulate $1 coin (see H.R. 1245, H2538 [24AP])

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

———mint in commemoration of Operation Desert Shield (see H.R. 1658, H2085 [22MR])

———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, H1281 [27FE])

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

Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control (House): establish as a standing committee (see H. Res. 80, H1079 [20FE])

Commodore John Barry Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 166, H6194 [31JY])

Copyrights: digital audio recordings (see H.R. 3204, H11891 [26NO])

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

Credit: clarify certain consumer protections relative to credit reporting (see H.R. 670, H7801 [10OC])

Crime: registration of all convicted child abusers with the National Crime Information Center (see H.R. 2553, H5979 [29JY])

Dept. of the Treasury: anniversary of Savings Bond Program (see H. Con. Res. 140, H2962 [13MY])

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

Disabled: extend the independent living services program for older blind individuals (see H.R. 2437, H6798 [24SE])

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

Drug abuse: tax return designation of $1 for drug treatment and rehabilitation (see H.R. 942, H991 [6FE])

Ecology and environment: include melaleuca quinquenervia as a noxious weed (see H.R. 3753, H9700 [12NO])

Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 3770, H11114 [23NO])

Employment: restore certain political rights to workers (see H.R. 2915, H6675 [17SE])

Endangered species: Florida panther (see H.R. 367, H81 [4JA])

Federal Aviation Act: amend relative to bankruptcy transportation plans (see H.R. 66, H1416 [5MR])

Federal employees: credit for service of air traffic second-level supervisors relative to retirement (see H.R. 815, H2262 [16AP])

Federal Reserve System: GAO audit (see H.R. 1468, H3037 [14MY])

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

Fire fighters: enact a fire service bill of rights (see H.R. 2448, H3622 [23MY])

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 83, H892 [5FE])

Franklin, Benjamin: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2448, H3622 [23MY])

Freedom of religion: protect (see H.R. 2797, H5210 [26JN])

Gambling: prohibit sports gambling under State law (see H.R. 74, H6602 [16SE])

Government: elimination of waste (see H.R. 3816, H10932 [22NO])

Health care professionals: excessive physician regulations under medicare (see H.R. 2695, H8335 [23OC])

Immigration: exclusion of immigrants infected with the HIV virus (see H.R. 2049, H3710 [29MY])

International Air Transportation Competition Act: amend (see H.R. 858, H6456 [11SE])

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

———establish Comprehensive Preventive Health Program (see H.R. 1746, H2812 [7MY])

Middle East: 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, H1418 [5MR])

National Campus Crime and Security Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 142, H5979 [29JY])

National observances: establish a commission to advise the President (see H.R. 68, H195 [10JA])

National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 233, H6318 [1AU])

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

Newspapers: establish tax credits for using recycled newsprint (see H.R. 507, H386 [11JA])

Operation Homefront: supporting families of members of the Armed Forces (see H. Res. 99, H1416 [5MR])

Patents: certain processes (see H.R. 1417, H6385 [2AU])

Pornography: protection of children and other victims (see H.R. 1768, H3371 [21MY])

Presidents: line-item veto (see H. Res. 152, H6458 [11SE])

Real property: tax treatment under the limitations on losses from passive activities (see H.R. 1414, H2769 [2MY])

Roads and highways: funding for construction and safety programs (see H.R. 2566, H4097 [6JN])

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

Senior citizens: designate planning and service areas within States relative to population (see H.R. 1533, H6456 [11SE])

Ships and vessels: equity of revenue availability and regulation of gambling (see H.R. 3282, H7107 [30SE])

Social Security: benefit formula computation rules (see H.R. 917, H2086 [22MR])

———earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 105, H386 [11JA]; H.R. 967, H1023 [19FE])

———payment for physicians' services (see H.R. 3070, H10366 [18NO])

South America: provide special benefits for the Andean nations (see H.R. 661, H2783 [6MY])

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: taxation of nonresidents pension income (see H.R. 431, H2902 [8MY]; H.R. 1531, H2953 [9MY])

Stetson University: library facilities construction grant (see H.R. 1083, H1136 [21FE])

Taxation: deduction for the amount of premiums paid on life insurance contracts for which the beneficiaries are disabled (see H.R. 668, H6456 [11SE])

———employer credits for the cost of providing employee mammography screening (see H.R. 112, H7199 [1OC])

———increase amount of the exemption for children under age 18 (see H.R. 1277, H3037 [14MY])

———individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 77, H2602 [30AP]; H.R. 1406, H3160 [16MY])

———low-income housing credit (see H.R. 413, H7380 [3OC])

———permanently extend qualified mortgage bonds (see H.R. 1067, H7199 [1OC])

———repeal the luxury tax on boats (see H.R. 951, H3280 [20MY])

———small issue bonds (see H.R. 1186, H7380 [3OC])

———targeted jobs credit (see H.R. 565, H6539 [12SE])

———treatment of bonds used to finance correctional facilities (see H.R. 1001, H1077 [20FE])

———treatment of charitable contributions (see H.R. 310, H2769 [2MY])

———treatment of long-term care (see H.R. 415, H697 [24JA])

Veterans: award Purple Heart to former POW of World War I, World War II, and the Korean War for injuries received during captivity (see H.R. 2248, H8102 [17OC])

———bill of rights (see H.R. 3311, H8662 [29OC])

———disability compensation concurrently with retirement pay (see H.R. 303, H1474 [7MR])

———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])

———health care programs (see H.R. 2280, H3495 [22MY])

———improve compensation and pension programs (see H.R. 426, H488 [12JA])

———permit acceptance of military retirement pay concurrently with disability compensation (see H.R. 3164, H7981 [16OC])

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])

Remarks by, on

Boy Scouts: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1559, E1569 [2MY]

Budget: revising 1991 and setting forth the Federal budget for 1992-96 (H. Con. Res. 121), H2300 [17AP]

Bush, President: domestic agenda, H10205 [14NO]

Capital punishment: racial discrimination in imposing, H8139, H8151 [22OC]

Chief Financial Officers Act: use of funds to implement, H4639 [18JN]

China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status, consideration of H.J. Res. 263, H.R. 2212, H. Con. Res. 174 (H. Res. 189), H5312 [10JY]

Civil Rights Act: restore and strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (H.R. 1), H3844 [4JN]

Courts: exclusionary rule relative to admissible evidence, H8043 [17OC]

Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3371), H8043 [17OC], H8139, H8151 [22OC]

Dept. of Defense: F-14 aircraft program, H3167 [20MY], E1857 [20MY]

Dept. of the Interior: making appropriations (H.R. 2686), H4916 [24JN]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2622), H4639 [18JN]

Diseases: research associated with exposure to dioxin and other chemicals in herbicides (H.R. 556), H732 [29JA]

Earth Day: observance, E1370 [22AP]

Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 3750), H11134 [25NO]

Firearms: establish national hotline to check on prospective handgun buyers, H2858 [8MY]

———waiting period before the purchase of a handgun (H.R. 7), H2858 [8MY]

Flagler County, FL: anniversary, E3960 [22NO]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration, H788 [30JA]

Foreign countries: Presidential authority to grant debt forgiveness (H.R. 3668), H8670 [30OC]

Gabrielle, Charles: Military Order of World Wars' Patrick Henry Patriotic Achievement Award recipient, E2501 [11JY]

House of Representatives: Members' check cashing at House bank, H7659 [9OC], H10731 [21NO]

Interlachen, FL: C.H. Price Middle School named blue ribbon school by Dept. of Education, E1758 [14MY]

Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site: authorize National Park Service to acquire and manage (H.R. 690), H2484 [24AP], H11243 [25NO]

Mary McLeod Bethune Memorial Fine Arts Center: authorizing appropriations for construction and maintenance (H.R. 2290), E1701 [9MY]

McLester, Sid: named Historian of the Year by Volusia County Historical Commission, E1567 [2MY]

Middle East: military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq, H303 [11JA]

Penney, Phyllis A.: Cable in the Classroom Educator Award recipient, E1565 [2MY]

Pierson, FL: tribute to Taylor High School students, E2504 [11JY]

Power resources: making appropriations for energy and water development (H.R. 2427), H3680 [29MY]

Research: superconducting supercollider funding, H3680 [29MY]

Social Security: earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 967), H3375 [22MY]

Taxation: capital gains, H10283 [18NO]

———savings accounts, H10283 [18NO]

Unemployment: emergency compensation (H.R. 3201), H6323 [2AU]

Veterans: bill of rights (H.R. 3311), H9501 [7NO]

———disability compensation for service-connected disabilities (H.R. 3), H34 [3JA], H644 [23JA]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H2398 [22AP], H2766 [2MY], H2899 [8MY], H2940 [9MY], H3034 [14MY], H3278 [20MY], H5431 [11JY], H10840 [21NO]

Leave of absence: granted, H5648 [18JY]

Tributes

Beckwith, S. Paul, E1569 [2MY]

Garrett, Christopher, E1559 [2MY]

Lloyd, J. Saxton, E3957 [21NO]

Sanborn, Russell, H1419 [6MR]

Schaffer, Carl, E2506 [11JY]

Smith, Bill, H788 [30JA]

Speicher, Michael, H558 [18JA]