LAUGHLIN, GREG (a Representative from Texas)

Appointments

Military Academy Board of Visitors, H641 [23JA]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Agriculture: acreage reduction program (see H.R. 2895, H5513 [16JY])

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

Japan: treatment of U.S. rice (see H.R. 2002, H2468 [23AP])

Matagorda Island, TX: management of wildlife refuge (see H.R. 2466, H3623 [23MY])

Myrtle Foester Whitmire National Wildlife Refuge: designate (see H.R. 2105, H2564 [25AP])

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

Year of the Gulf of Mexico: designate (see H.J. Res. 327, H6675 [17SE])

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

African Americans: capital financing for historically black colleges and universities (see H.R. 1503, H6138 [30JY])

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

Air Force Association: establish a memorial in the District of Columbia area (see H.R. 3627, H10842 [21NO])

Aquaculture: establish national policy (see H.R. 2798, H5210 [26JN])

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: establish a commemorative medal for members serving in a combat zone during the Persian Gulf conflict (see H.R. 1107, H1475 [7MR])

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

Baltic States: most-favored-nation status for Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania (see H.R. 3314, H6538 [12SE])

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

Boats: fees for recreational vessels (see H.R. 534, H1914 [20MR])

Boy Scouts of America: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 207, H4438 [12JN])

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

Centennial of Concrete Paving in America Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 324, H6879 [25SE])

Cheney, Dick: award a congressional gold medal (see H.R. 2672, H5818 [24JY])

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

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

Coastal zones: authorize use of apportionments for pumpout stations for marine sanitation devices (see H.R. 1297, H1915 [20MR])

Coins: 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])

Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act: waive application to certain farm vehicles (see H.R. 1516, H10723 [20NO])

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

Copyrights: enable satellite distributors to sue satellite carriers for unlawful discrimination (see H.R. 3864, H11893 [26NO])

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

Dept. of Transportation: establish an advisory committee on civil tiltrotor development (see H.R. 3537, H7725 [9OC])

Eastern European nations: reform bilateral economic assistance programs to promote democracy and privatization (see H.R. 2137, H3150 [15MY])

Education: financial assistance to urban areas (see H.R. 1669, H2107 [9AP])

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

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

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, H3806 [3JN])

Firearms: establish national hotline to check on prospective handgun buyers (see H.R. 1412, H1915 [20MR])

Foreign aid: require President to submit an integrated justification for programs (see H.R. 3571, H7980 [16OC])

Franklin, Benjamin: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2448, H3806 [3JN])

Geography Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 201, H7726 [9OC])

Government regulation: procedures for assessment of impact on seizure of private property (see H.R. 1572, H5211 [26JN])

Gulf of Mexico: protection of environment (see H.R. 3777, H10268 [14NO])

Health: air transport of rural victims of medical emergencies (see H.R. 2234, H3710 [29MY])

———analysis of urban and rural area statistics (see H.R. 2238, H3625 [23MY])

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

———reauthorize and expand area health education centers (see H.R. 3312, H7314 [2OC])

———rural medical education projects (see H.R. 2233, H3037 [14MY])

Health care professionals: incentives for physicians to practice in rural areas (see H.R. 2230, H3371 [21MY])

———increase number of individuals serving in clinical laboratories serving rural areas (see H.R. 2405, H3279 [20MY])

House of Representatives: recycling program (see H. Res. 96, H4868 [20JN])

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

Infant Mortality Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 194, H1849 [19MR])

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

Law enforcement officers: educational assistance (see H.R. 3172, H6316 [1AU])

———increase numbers (see H.R. 3172, H6316 [1AU])

Margaret Walker Alexander National African-American Research Center: establish (see H.R. 1254, H1415 [5MR])

Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 156, H2109 [9AP])

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

Middle East: congressional approval of military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq (see H.J. Res. 77, H487 [12JA])

———military action by Iraq against Israel (see H. Con. Res. 41, H685 [23JA])

———military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq (see H.J. Res. 62, H195 [10JA])

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 Campus Crime and Security Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 142, H5910 [25JY])

National Defense Reserve Fleet: disposal of certain vessels (see H.R. 3512, H9144 [4NO])

National Ellis Island Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 130, H3856 [4JN])

National energy policy: establish (see H.R. 647, H1417 [5MR])

National Firefighters Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 189, H6879 [25SE])

National Forest System Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 226, H5212 [26JN])

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

National Historically Black Colleges Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 102, H3371 [21MY])

National Military Families Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 215, H5818 [24JY])

National Physical Fitness and Sports Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 120, H2602 [30AP])

National Radon Action Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 67, H6721 [23SE])

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 Sea Grant College Program: reauthorize (see H.R. 1370, H2470 [23AP])

National Trauma Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 300, H7200 [1OC])

National Visiting Nurse Associations Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 212, H6458 [11SE])

National Women in Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 293, H7801 [10OC])

Pensions: civil service retirement credit relative to work performed under certain Federal-State cooperative programs (see H.R. 1653, H2085 [22MR])

Polish American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 227, H6676 [17SE])

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, H992 [6FE])

Schwarzkopf, H. Norman, Jr.: award a Congressional Gold Medal and produce bronze duplicates for public sale (see H.R. 1296, H1475 [7MR])

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

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

———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, H11288 [25NO])

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

Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area: establish (see H.R. 2141, H6194 [31JY])

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

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

Solid waste: require executive departments and agencies to separate waste for recycling (see H.R. 2095, H2563 [25AP])

States: regulation of surface transportation rates by certain motor and air carriers (see H.R. 3221, H11892 [26NO])

Taxation: application of employer Social Security taxes to employees' cash tips (see H.R. 1472, H2769 [2MY])

———gains and losses of non-exempt farmer cooperatives (see H.R. 2361, H3149 [15MY])

———importation of crude oil and refined petroleum products (see H.R. 706, H1475 [7MR])

———increase amount of the exemption for children under age 18 (see H.R. 1277, H5050 [25JN])

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

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

———repeal the luxury tax on boats (see H.R. 951, H4284 [11JN])

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

———treatment of amounts received by cooperative telephone companies indirectly from their members (see H.R. 1860, H3710 [29MY])

Telecommunications: research, design, and manufacturing of equipment (see H.R. 1527, H6386 [2AU])

Transportation: mass transit program funding (see H.R. 1079, H1849 [19MR])

Veterans: disability compensation for service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 3, H684 [23JA])

———grave marker allowance (see H.R. 1992, H7862 [15OC])

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

Wildlife refuges: enhance fish and wildlife resources (see H.R. 1320, H1472 [7MR])

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])

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

Year of the American Indian: designate (see H.J. Res. 342, H7380 [3OC])

Year of the Wetlands: designate (see H.J. Res. 352, H7980 [16OC])

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H531 [17JA]

Remarks by, on

Aeronautics: assure airworthiness of aging aircraft (H.R. 172), H2439 [23AP]

Brazoria (TX) County News: tribute, E2359 [25JN]

Civil Rights Act: restore and strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (H.R. 1), H3941 [5JN]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs, HUD, and independent agencies, commissions, corporations, and offices: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2519), H4069 [6JN]

Employment: quotas, H3941 [5JN]

Firearms: establish national hotline to check on prospective handgun buyers, H2843 [8MY]

———waiting period before the purchase of a handgun (H.R. 7), H2843 [8MY]

Fish: relief for shrimp fishermen required to use turtle excluder devices (H.R. 1478), H1793 [19MR]

Hutto, TX: 100th anniversary of Hutto Lutheran Church, E3557 [25OC]

Japan: treatment of U.S. rice (H.R. 2002), E1410 [23AP]

Middle East: community support for troops in the Persian Gulf, H1881 [20MR]

Myrtle Foester Whitmire National Wildlife Refuge: designate (H.R. 2105), H7826 [15OC]

NASA: space station development, H4069 [6JN]

National Desert Storm Reservists Day: designate (H.J. Res. 231), H2405 [23AP]

———designate (S.J. Res. 134), H3120 [15MY]

National Sea Grant College Program: reauthorize (H.R. 1370), H2987 [14MY]

Prairie View A&M University: National Alumni Convention, E2602 [18JY]

Special order: granted, H2466 [23AP]

Texas A&M University: tribute to graduates serving in Operation Desert Storm, H2443 [23AP]

Transportation: establish a national comprehensive surface transportation system (H.R. 2950), H8244 [23OC]

Turkey: U.S. strategic partnership, E3599 [30OC]

Year of the Gulf of Mexico: designate (H.J. Res. 327), H8176, H8177 [22OC], E3080 [18SE]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H10928 [22NO]

Resolutions by organizations

Tributes to graduates serving in Operation Desert Storm: Texas A&M University, H2444 [23AP]

Tributes

Boutwell, Jim, H2576 [30AP]

Lott, William, H2576 [30AP]

Trevino, Beatrice B., E3995 [22NO]

Wadler, Marjorie, E4005 [22NO]