OBEY, DAVID R. (a Representative from Wisconsin)
Amendments offered by, to
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2622), H4590 [18JN]
Foreign aid: improve and authorize appropriations for military assistance programs (H.R. 2508), H4291 [11JN]
Appointments
Committee on Economics (Joint), H1460 [7MR]
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. 2698, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies appropriations, H6730 [24SE]
———H.R. 2707, Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations, H6758 [24SE]
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Agriculture: price supports for milk (see H.R. 1075, H1136 [21FE])
Earth Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 144, H1137 [21FE])
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (see H.R. 2621, H4437 [12JN])
Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 3907, H11287 [25NO])
House of Representatives: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 2225, H2768 [2MY])
Robert W. Kastenmeier U.S. Courthouse, Madison, WI: designate (see H.R. 948, H992 [6FE])
Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental Policy Foundation: establish (see H.R. 3268, H6383 [2AU])
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Agriculture: price supports for milk (see H.R. 1890, H2373 [17AP]; H.R. 2628, H4437 [12JN])
Armed Forces: establish a commemorative medal for members serving in a combat zone during the Persian Gulf conflict (see H.R. 1107, H1475 [7MR])
Arts and humanities: recognition of ``An Artistic Discovery,'' the congressional high school art competition (see H. Res. 201, H7200 [1OC])
Basketball Centennial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 372, H11115 [23NO])
Boy Scouts of America: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 207, H3038 [14MY])
Budget: discretionary spending limits (see H.R. 3732, H10544 [19NO])
Business and industry: tax treatment of employer deductions for payments of excessive compensation (see H.R. 3056, H6387 [2AU])
China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status dependent on not supporting coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization (see H.R. 2759, H5049 [25JN])
Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act: waive application to certain farm vehicles (see H.R. 1516, H6798 [24SE])
Country Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 305, H6540 [12SE])
Diseases: research associated with exposure to dioxin and other chemicals in herbicides (see H.R. 556, H782 [29JA])
Education: alternative methods for qualifying ability-to-benefit students for Federal financial aid (see H.R. 907, H2086 [22MR])
Education Day, U.S.A.: designate (see H.J. Res. 104, H1282 [27FE])
El Salvador: peace process (see H.R. 3782, H10268 [14NO])
Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 109, H2181 [11AP])
FDIC: determine deposit insurance premium payments relative to foreign deposits and certain nondeposit liabilities (see H.R. 2207, H2767 [2MY])
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: tribute for contributions to Persian Gulf Conflict (see H. Con. Res. 147, H6388 [2AU])
———voluntary participation in the political process (see H.R. 20, H2136 [10AP])
Federal Open Market Advisory Committee: establish (see H.R. 3176, H6316 [1AU])
Financial institutions: limit liability on holdings in violation of certain environmental laws (see H.R. 1450, H1774 [14MR])
Foreign trade: procedures for implementing trade agreements (see H.R. 1231, H1414 [5MR]; H. Res. 101, H1456 [6MR])
———relation of agreements to health, safety, labor, and environmental laws of the U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 246, H10842 [21NO])
FRS: modernize (see H.R. 1130, H2109 [9AP])
Korean War Veterans Remembrance Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 255, H5516 [16JY])
Labor: prevent discrimination based on participation in disputes (see H.R. 5, H488 [12JA])
Medicare: home care and extended care services coverages (see H.R. 1200, H10269 [14NO])
———payment for interpretation of electrocardiograms (see H.R. 3373, H10366 [18NO])
Middle East: transfer of Persian Gulf conflict military equipment to other countries (see H.R. 1428, H1758 [13MR])
Monuments and memorials: establish memorial for Japanese American veterans (see H.J. Res. 271, H6879 [25SE])
Motor vehicles: safety requirements for vehicles used to remove snow or ice from roadways (see H.R. 2833, H6602 [16SE])
National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 198, H9043 [1NO])
National Arbor Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 66, H1081 [20FE])
National Collegiate Athletic Association: regulatory activities relative to sports interstate commerce (see H.R. 2157, H6386 [2AU])
National Down's Syndrome Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 228, H7863 [15OC])
National Hero Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 185, H3150 [15MY])
National Hospice Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 153, H6690 [19SE])
National Law Enforcement Training Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 191, H6458 [11SE])
National Parks Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 276, H6194 [31JY])
National Physical Fitness and Sports Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 120, H2602 [30AP])
National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 233, H3150 [15MY])
National Radon Action Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 67, H1081 [20FE])
National School Breakfast Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 98, H1281 [27FE])
National Trauma Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 300, H8663 [29OC])
Occupational health and safety: reduce illness and death of workers who are at high risk of occupational disease (see H.R. 1190, H1324 [28FE])
Polish American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 227, H6676 [17SE])
Prices: computation of class I milk prices (see H.R. 1494, H1915 [20MR])
Roads and highways: funding for construction and safety programs (see H.R. 2566, H5515 [16JY])
Social Security: payment for physicians' services (see H.R. 3070, H8335 [23OC])
Solid waste: application of certain requirements and sanctions to Federal facilities (see H.R. 2194, H2767 [2MY])
Syria: emigration and free travel for Jews (see H. Con. Res. 188, H7382 [3OC])
Taxation: credit for a portion of the employees' share of Social Security taxes (see H.R. 3730, H9579 [7NO])
———deductions for adoption expenses (see H.R. 1515, H10842 [21NO])
———health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 784, H1417 [5MR])
———penalty-free withdrawals from retirement plans by displaced workers (see H.R. 2303, H6457 [11SE])
———permanently extend qualified mortgage bonds (see H.R. 1067, H7199 [1OC])
———refundable credit in lieu of deductions for children and increased earned income credit (see H.R. 2242, H2811 [7MY])
———rollover proceeds from sale of farm to an individual retirement account (see H.R. 2333, H6457 [11SE])
———shareholder income of controlled foreign corporations derived from imports into U.S. (see H.R. 2889, H5450 [15JY])
———treatment of interest incurred on junk bonds used in hostile business takeovers (see H.R. 1554, H5979 [29JY])
United Arab Emirates: proposed sale of AH-64 Apache attack helicopters (see H.J. Res. 270, H4437 [12JN])
Veterans: disability compensation for service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 3, H640 [22JA])
———eligibility for mortgage revenue bond financing (see H.R. 1250, H1671 [12MR])
———furnish outpatient medical services for any POW disabilities (see H.R. 1598, H5211 [26JN])
Wetlands: environmental research (see H.R. 3578, H9581 [7NO])
World War II: contributions of Federal civilian employees during the attack on Pearl Harbor (see H.J. Res. 368, H11893 [26NO])
Letters
Middle East arms control initiative: by, E2121 [7JN]
Remarks by, on
ABC Evening News: reporting by White House correspondents, H10282 [18NO]
Abortion: counseling at federally funded family planning clinics, H10493 [19NO]
———pro choice versus right to life, H5130 [26JN]
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2698), conference report, H7581 [8OC]
Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 360), H8362 [23OC]
———technical and enrollment error corrections in acts (H.J. Res. 157), waiving all points of order against conference report (H. Res. 309), H11470, H11474 [26NO]
Bush, President: use of veto power, H10848 [22NO]
Committee on Economics (Joint): funding increase, H3977 [5JN]
Committee on Printing (Joint): funding increase, H3977 [5JN]
Cuomo, Mario M.: Presidential candidacy, H8467 [24OC]
Dept. of Commerce: authorizing appropriations for the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Technology Administration (H.R. 1989), H5485 [16JY]
Dept. of Defense: making supplemental appropriations for personnel expenditures relative to Operation Desert Shield and other urgent domestic programs (H.R. 1281), H1492, H1493, H1501, H1502 [7MR]
Dept. of State: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1415), H3103, H3104 [15MY]
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2622), H4590, H4591, H4592, H4595 [18JN]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2622), waiving certain points of order during consideration (H. Res. 176), H4575 [18JN]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2608), H4478, H4482 [13JN]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2707), H5075, H5130 [26JN]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2707), conference report, H9425 [6NO]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2707), conference report—amendments in disagreement, H9454, H9457, H9459 [6NO]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2707), veto, H10493 [19NO]
———making appropriations (H.R. 3839), H10897 [22NO]
Earth Day: designate (H.J. Res. 144), E552
———designate (S.J. Res. 119), H2338 [17AP]
Economic assistance: require countries receiving cash aid to to be encouraged to purchase U.S. agricultural products and employ U.S. flag vessels, H4347, H4353 [12JN]
Economy: national objectives priority assignments, H8059, H8065 [17OC]
Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 3750), consideration (H. Res. 299), H11125 [25NO]
Financial institutions: prohibit certain highly leveraged transactions involving a buyout, acquisition, or recapitalization of an existing business, H9079 [4NO]
———recapitalize the Federal deposit insurance fund and reform the regulatory and service systems (H.R. 6), H9079 [4NO]
Foreign aid: economic assistance, H11298 [26NO]
———improve and authorize appropriations for military assistance programs (H.R. 2508), H4347, H4353 [12JN]
Foreign trade: procedures for implementing trade agreements (H. Res. 101), H3529 [23MY]
Health: childhood disease immunization, H5075 [26JN]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3907), E4042
House of Representatives: privileges (H. Res. 268), H9411 [6NO]
Iraq: authorizing appropriations for humanitarian assistance and peacekeeping activities (H.R. 2251), H2914, H2915 [9MY]
IRS: inspection of tax returns of high-income taxpayers, H4591, H4592, H4595 [18JN]
Israel: authorize supplemental assistance for costs incurred relative to the Persian Gulf conflict (H.R. 1284), H1492, H1493, H1501, H1502 [7MR]
Labor unions: prevent discrimination based on participation in disputes (H.R. 5), H5567 [17JY]
Legislative branch: making appropriations (H.R. 2506), H3967, H3977 [5JN]
———use of unexpended funds to reduce Federal deficit, H3967 [5JN]
Members of Congress: facts, fictions, and solutions relative to congressional perks, privileges, and practices, H9377, H9383 [5NO]
Middle East: congressional approval of military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq pending failure of economic sanctions (H. Con. Res. 33), H420 [12JA]
———military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq, H160 [10JA]
National Endowment for Democracy: funding, H3103, H3104 [15MY], H4478, H4482 [13JN]
NIH: funding for research, H9457, H9459 [6NO]
Parliamentary inquiry, H9457 [6NO]
Power resources: making appropriations for energy and water development (H.R. 2427), H3667 [29MY]
Research: superconducting supercollider funding, H3667 [29MY]
Robert W. Kastenmeier U.S. Courthouse, Madison, WI: designate (H.R. 948), E500
Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental Policy Foundation: establish (H.R. 3268), E2886
Special order: granted, H2534 [24AP]
Taxation: refundable credit in lieu of deductions for children and increased earned income credit (H.R. 2242), H5825 [25JY]
———refundable credit in lieu of deductions for children and increased earned income credit (S. 995), H5825 [25JY]
Transportation: establish a national comprehensive surface transportation system (H.R. 2950), H8241 [23OC]
Unemployment: emergency compensation, H8376, H8388, H8389, H8390, H8391, H8392 [23OC], H9401 [6NO]
———emergency compensation (H.R. 3201), consideration (H. Res. 210), H6330 [2AU]
———emergency compensation (S. 1722), H6804 [25SE]
———emergency compensation (S. 1722), veto, H7818 [15OC]
———emergency compensation (S. 1722), waiving points of order against conference report (H. Res. 230), H7132, H7133 [1OC]
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H7799 [10OC], H8186 [22OC], H11883 [26NO]
Reports filed
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and Independent Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (H.R. 2622) (H. Rept. 102-109), H4420 [12JN]
Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs, Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (H.R. 2621) (H. Rept. 102-108), H4420, H4437 [12JN]
Statements
Campaign Ethics Reform and Contribution Limits: by, H11149 [25NO]
Congressional Ethics: Otis Pike, H9382 [5NO]
Earth Day: Gaylord Nelson, E552
Supply-Side and Trickle-Down Economics: David A. Stockman, H8391 [23OC]
Testimonies
Committee on Agriculture: Dairy Inventory Management Proposals, D774 [18JN]
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Eximbank and the Financing of Military Sales, D521 [2MY]
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Foreign Assistance, D439 [18AP]
Committee on House Administration: Campaign Finance Reform, D633 [21MY]
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Smithsonian Institution Budget, D491 [25AP]
Committee on Rules: Campaign Ethics Reform and Contribution Limits (H.R. 3750), D1508 [23NO]
———Consideration of H.R. 2622, Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and Independent Agencies Appropriations, D754 [13JN]
———Federal Supplemental Compensation Act (H.R. 3575), D1422 [13NO]
———Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs (H.R. 2621), Debate Procedure, D775 [18JN]
Committee on Ways and Means: American Jobs and Manufacturing Preservation Act (H.R. 2889), D1208 [3OC]
Tributes
Bolling, Richard, H2884, H2885 [8MY]
Udall, Morris K., H2741 [2MY]
Whitten, Representative, H9153 [5NO]