LIGHTFOOT, JIM (a Representative from Iowa)
Appointments
Committee on Aging (Select), H1088 [21FE]
Conferee: H.R. 2426, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military construction, H6730 [24SE]
———H.R. 2622, Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies appropriations, H6758 [24SE]
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Aeronautics: age restrictions on aircraft pilots (see H.R. 1943, H2393 [18AP])
———child safety restraint systems (see H.R. 2063, H2535 [24AP])
Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act: waive application to certain farm vehicles (see H.R. 1516, H1913 [20MR])
Henderson, Trevor: relief (see H.R. 2093, H2537 [24AP])
Missouri River System: Corps of Engineers management (see H. Res. 110, H1670 [12MR])
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Abortion: availability of services under federally funded programs (see H.R. 1490, H1848 [19MR])
———constitutional amendment on right to life (see H.J. Res. 106, H1282 [27FE])
———parental notification requirements (see H.R. 1397, H1850 [19MR])
Aeronautics: establish uniform liability standards for aviation accidents (see H.R. 2815, H5745 [23JY])
Agricultural Act: amend (see H.R. 980, H2262 [16AP])
Agriculture: prevention of crimes against farmers, researchers, and other livestock-related professions (see H.R. 2407, H3279 [20MY])
Airport and Airway Trust Fund: receipts and disbursements relative to Federal budget totals (see H.R. 2693, H8496 [24OC])
Arab countries: recognition of Israel (see H. Con. Res. 88, H1760 [13MR])
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: lease lands for oil and gas exploration and development (see H.R. 759, H824 [30JA])
Baltic Freedom Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 167, H1341 [4MR])
Boats: fees for recreational vessels (see H.R. 534, H5267 [27JN])
Bridges: Federal replacement and rehabilitation funds for railroad and transit bridges (see H.R. 958, H3624 [23MY])
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 143, H2901 [8MY]; H.J. Res. 248, H3371 [21MY]; H.J. Res. 290, H5298 [9JY])
———Presidential power to reduce authority (see H.R. 78, H993 [6FE])
———reform process (see H.R. 298, H78 [4JA])
Centennial of Concrete Paving in America Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 324, H7200 [1OC])
Colleges and universities: sexual assaults on campuses (see H.R. 2363, H4550 [13JN])
Congress: applicability of laws relative to employment conditions and rights of employees (see H.R. 3734, H9579 [7NO])
———defer pay adjustments (see H.R. 700, H1456 [6MR])
———require three-fifths majority vote in both houses to increase taxes (see H.R. 3146, H6193 [31JY])
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: Presidential recommendations relative to ratification (see H. Res. 261, H8495 [24OC])
Country Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 305, H6540 [12SE])
Courts: make incarcerated individuals ineligible for witness fees (see H.R. 783, H1670 [12MR])
———standards for product liability actions (see H.R. 3030, H11114 [23NO])
Crime: penalties for flight to avoid child support arrearages (see H.R. 1241, H2399 [22AP])
———provide restitution to victims (see H.R. 1809, H3856 [4JN])
Drug abuse: tax return designation of $1 for drug treatment and rehabilitation (see H.R. 942, H991 [6FE])
———use of certain grants for treatment of intravenous drug abuse (see H.R. 2235, H3163 [17MY])
Dutch-American Heritage Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 177, H8663 [29OC])
Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 3770, H11114 [23NO])
Employment: entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (see H.R. 1270, H8919 [31OC])
Executive Departments: options for shared services in Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HHS (see H. Con. Res. 146, H3371 [21MY])
FAA: publish flight charts for visual flight routes (see H.R. 3243, H6382 [2AU])
Fair Credit Reporting Act: disclosure by consumer reporting agency of adverse information (see H.R. 1751, H9580 [7NO])
Families and domestic relations: grant programs for pregnant women and adoption of children (see H.R. 1753, H2178 [11AP])
Federal employees: extend certain civil service retirement benefits to certain INS, Customs Service, and IRS employees (see H.R. 793, H2537 [24AP])
Federal Water Pollution Control Act: wetlands guidelines (see H.R. 404, H1281 [27FE])
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, H3739 [30MY])
Food: remove certain pesticides from supply and establish EPA negligible risk standard (see H.R. 3216, H6879 [25SE])
Foreign trade: import of meat products from the EEC relative to the removal of certain trade barriers (see H.R. 3454, H7726 [9OC])
Franklin, Benjamin: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2448, H3739 [30MY])
GATT: oilseeds panel ruling against the European Community (see H. Res. 257, H9494 [6NO])
Government: elimination of waste (see H.R. 3816, H10543 [19NO])
Government regulation: procedures for assessment of impact on seizure of private property (see H.R. 1572, H2014 [21MR])
Health: analysis of urban and rural area statistics (see H.R. 2238, H3625 [23MY])
Health care professionals: excessive physician regulations under medicare (see H.R. 2695, H6387 [2AU])
———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])
———require three-fifths majority vote on passage of legislation increasing revenues (see H. Res. 141, H2903 [8MY])
Immigration: exclusion of immigrants infected with the HIV virus (see H.R. 2049, H2535 [24AP])
Income tax: include organ donation information with individual return payments (see H.R. 993, H1077 [20FE])
Insurance: life insurance contracts of terminally ill individuals (see H.R. 134, H1138 [21FE])
Iraq: payment of reparations to Israel following the conclusion of Operation Desert Shield (see H. Con. Res. 91, H2017 [21MR])
Japan: operation and regulation of capital and securities markets (see H.R. 3283, H11892 [26NO])
Jewish Heritage Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 134, H1759 [13MR])
Jordan: restrict economic and military assistance (see H.R. 1317, H1759 [13MR])
Labor: repeal Davis-Bacon Act (see H.R. 1755, H2178 [11AP])
Medicare: improve State systems for compensating individuals injured in the course of provision of health care services (see H.R. 1004, H9144 [4NO])
———reimbursement for new physicians (see H.R. 1898, H10932 [22NO])
Members of Congress: constitutional amendment on terms of office (see H.J. Res. 21, H61 [3JA])
Middle East: congressional approval of military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq (see H. Con. Res. 13, H84 [4JA])
———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, H1326 [28FE])
Motorcycle Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 107, H5300 [9JY])
National Adoption Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 364, H8495 [24OC])
National Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 272, H10932 [22NO])
National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 198, H9043 [1NO])
National American Indian Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 182, H3038 [14MY])
National Arbor Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 66, H1081 [20FE])
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 257, H6387 [2AU])
National Campus Crime and Security Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 142, H5979 [29JY])
National Desert Storm Reservists Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 231, H2770 [2MY])
National dividend plan: establish (see H.R. 430, H2953 [9MY])
National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 241, H6458 [11SE])
National Forest System Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 226, H5212 [26JN])
National Home Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 175, H6721 [23SE])
National Hospice Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 153, H6690 [19SE])
National Invent America Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 287, H5746 [23JY])
National Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 252, H5746 [23JY])
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, H825 [30JA])
National Parks Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 276, H6194 [31JY])
National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 72, H2770 [2MY])
National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 233, H6318 [1AU])
National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 284, H6458 [11SE])
National Radon Action Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 67, H7200 [1OC])
National Red Ribbon Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 312, H9144 [4NO])
National Rehabilitation Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 95, H6139 [30JY])
National School Breakfast Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 98, H1281 [27FE])
National Scleroderma Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 219, H3806 [3JN])
National Women in Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 293, H6941 [26SE])
Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 205, H2399 [22AP])
Older Americans Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 51, H3150 [15MY])
Pensions: civil service retirement credit relative to work performed under certain Federal-State cooperative programs (see H.R. 1653, H2085 [22MR])
Pharmaceuticals: financial assistance to investigate RU-486 for Federal approval (see H.R. 798, H1281 [27FE])
———labeling of drugs derived from human fetal material (see H.R. 798, H1281 [27FE])
Pledge of Allegiance: mint coins for 100th anniversary (see H.R. 2385, H4867 [20JN])
Postal Service: establish commission to investigate (see H. Res. 194, H5911 [25JY])
Presidents: line-item veto (see H. Res. 152, H3149 [15MY])
Printing: use of ink pigments made with soybean oil in Federal products (see H.R. 1736, H2399 [22AP])
Railroads: prohibit certain railroad employees from leaving their post in the event of a train accident (see H.R. 3154, H6193 [31JY])
Real property: compensate owners for diminution of value resulting from Federal action (see H.R. 2185, H3625 [23MY])
———tax treatment under the limitations on losses from passive activities (see H.R. 1414, H2902 [8MY])
Religious Freedom Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 325, H6879 [25SE])
Roads and highways: determination of amounts of Federal-aid highway funds to States (see H.R. 2560, H5300 [9JY])
Rural areas: establish development investment zones (see H.R. 1445, H2262 [16AP])
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])
Senior citizens: promotion of certain volunteer programs that recruit older individuals (see H. Con. Res. 259, H11890 [26NO])
Small business: appointment of knowledgeable persons to executive department positions (see H. Con. Res. 70, H1163 [26FE])
———health benefit plans (see H.R. 2453, H10544 [19NO])
Social Security: benefit formula computation rules (see H.R. 917, H1417 [5MR])
———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, H6317 [1AU])
Soviet Union: commend citizens and leaders for democratic reforms (see H. Con. Res. 199, H6455 [11SE]; H. Con. Res. 207, H6720 [23SE])
States: regulation of surface transportation rates by certain motor and air carriers (see H.R. 3221, H9043 [1NO])
Student loans: deferral during professional internships (see H.R. 179, H684 [23JA])
Taxation: application of employer Social Security taxes to employees' cash tips (see H.R. 1472, H4945 [24JN])
———cash or deferred arrangements for employees of tax-exempt organizations (see H.R. 2327, H3035 [14MY])
———clarify that customer based, market share, and any similar intangible items are amortizable (see H.R. 1456, H5341 [10JY])
———credits for increasing research activities (see H.R. 1618, H5211 [26JN])
———deduction for interest on educational loans (see H.R. 747, H824 [30JA])
———deductions for adoption expenses (see H.R. 1515, H5050 [25JN])
———deductions for decommissioning costs of nuclear powerplants (see H.R. 2012, H5341 [10JY])
———employer credits for the cost of providing employee mammography screening (see H.R. 112, H713 [28JA])
———exclusion for employee educational assistance (see H.R. 127, H1138 [21FE])
———exempt from luxury tax passenger vehicle parts or accessories for disabled individuals (see H.R. 1259, H3371 [21MY])
———Federal treatment of State and local government bonds (see H. Res. 139, H3038 [14MY])
———gains and losses of non-exempt farmer cooperatives (see H.R. 2361, H3149 [15MY])
———health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 784, H2084 [22MR]; H.R. 1629, H2783 [6MY])
———increase amount of exemption for children under age 18 (see H.R. 1277, H1415 [5MR])
———individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 77, H2087 [22MR]; H.R. 1406, H2375 [17AP])
———low-income housing credit (see H.R. 413, H5211 [26JN])
———permanently extend qualified mortgage bonds (see H.R. 1067, H5267 [27JN])
———provide exceptions from certain rules for determining contributions in aid of construction (see H.R. 118, H2537 [24AP])
———relief for families and incentives for economic growth (see H.R. 3744, H10843 [21NO])
———repeal certain limitations on the one-time exclusion of gain on the sale of principal residence (see H.R. 1287, H1455 [6MR])
———repeal excise tax on luxury items (see H.R. 2598, H5910 [25JY])
———repeal the luxury tax on boats (see H.R. 951, H1281 [27FE])
———retail dealer's occupational tax assessment period (see H.R. 122, H854 [4FE])
———small issue bonds (see H.R. 602, H1138 [21FE])
———targeted jobs credit (see H.R. 565, H2953 [9MY])
———treatment of amounts received by cooperative telephone companies indirectly from their members (see H.R. 1860, H3280 [20MY])
———treatment of certain credits under the passive activity limitations (see H.R. 1566, H3856 [4JN])
———treatment of contributions to education savings accounts (see H.R. 34, H6193 [31JY])
———treatment of deduction for interest paid on debt secured by a first or second home (see H. Con. Res. 8, H782 [29JA])
———withholding of income tax from wages paid for agricultural labor (see H.R. 924, H1670 [12MR])
Thatcher, Margaret: award the Presidential Medal of Freedom (see H. Res. 35, H529 [16JA])
Transportation: authorize use of Federal-aid highway funds to relieve traffic congestion and improve air quality (see H.R. 1605, H3625 [23MY])
———drug abuse programs for recipients of Federal mass transit assistance (see H.R. 955, H3624 [23MY])
———expand definition of mass transit maintenance items (see H.R. 956, H3624 [23MY])
———State regulation of fixed guideway transit systems (see H.R. 954, H3624 [23MY])
Unemployment: emergency compensation program (see H.R. 3400, H6879 [25SE])
Urban Mass Transportation Act: allocation to rural areas (see H.R. 1325, H4612 [18JN])
Veterans: disability compensation for service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 3, H53 [3JA])
———improve compensation and pension programs (see H.R. 426, H1138 [21FE])
Volunteer workers: immunity from civil liability for certain individuals working for nonprofit organizations and governmental entities (see H.R. 911, H2262 [16AP])
Wallenberg, Raoul: release of prison records by the Soviet Union (see H. Con. Res. 58, H1327 [28FE])
Water pollution: use of biomonitoring and toxicity testing in publicly owned treatment works (see H.R. 735, H1162 [26FE])
Wetlands: conservation and management (see H.R. 1330, H2375 [17AP])
Wilderness areas: criteria for State determination of establishment (see H.R. 767, H1281 [27FE])
Women's History Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 149, H1916 [20MR])
World War II: 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, H4187 [7JN])
———issue 50th anniversary commemorative coin (see H.R. 1623, H4186 [7JN])
Year of the American Indian: designate (see H.J. Res. 342, H8497 [24OC])
Year of the Gulf of Mexico: designate (see H.J. Res. 327, H8121 [21OC])
Remarks by, on
Aeronautics: child safety restraint systems (H.R. 2063), E1454
China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (H.J. Res. 263), H5325
———most-favored-nation status (H.R. 2212), H5325
Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3371), H8167
Dept. of Defense: making appropriations for military construction (H.R. 2426), H3716 [30MY]
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2622), H4579 [18JN]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2622), conference report, H7387 [3OC]
Dept. of Transportation: making appropriations (H.R. 2942), H5763, H5764 [24JY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2942), conference report, H7670 [9OC]
Economic assistance: require countries receiving cash aid to to be encouraged to purchase U.S. agricultural products and employ U.S. flag vessels, H4348
Economy: national objectives priority assignments, H9705 [13NO]
Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 3750), H11138 [25NO]
Foreign aid: improve and authorize appropriations for military assistance programs (H.R. 2508), H4348
———improve and authorize appropriations for military assistance programs (H.R. 2508), conference report, H8705
Middle East: military action by Iraq against Israel (H. Con. Res. 41), H661
Transportation: establish a national comprehensive surface transportation system (H.R. 2950), H8236 [23OC]
———establish a national comprehensive surface transportation system (H.R. 2950), conference report, H11674
Remarks in House relative to
Committees of the House: designate minority membership (H. Res. 94), H1293 [28FE]
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H2534 [24AP], H5337 [10JY], H8186 [22OC], H8785 [30OC]
Resignations
Committee on Aging (House, Select), H1572 [11MR]
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, H1293 [28FE]
Committee on Public Works and Transportation, H1293 [28FE]
Testimonies
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Operation of Federal Reservoirs on the Missouri River Mainstem, D296 [13MR]