ORTON, BILL (a Representative from Utah)
Addresses
Peace in the Middle East: Representative Fascell, E967
Amendments offered by, to
Export Administration Act: reauthorize (H.R. 3489), H8746 [30OC]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Agriculture: prevention of crimes against farmers, researchers, and other livestock-related professions (see H.R. 2407, H6457 [11SE])
Alcoholic beverages: health warnings in advertisements (see H.R. 1443, H1773 [14MR])
American Discovery Trail: study to designate as a national trail (see H.R. 3011, H6675 [17SE])
American Hispanic Literature Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 244, H10932 [22NO])
Armed Forces: compensate decrease in pay of Federal employees in Reserve during Middle East service (see H.R. 1234, H1915 [20MR])
———establish a commemorative medal for members serving in a combat zone during the Persian Gulf conflict (see H.R. 1107, H4016 [5JN])
Arts and humanities: recognition of ``An Artistic Discovery,'' the congressional high school art competition (see H. Res. 201, H5744 [23JY])
Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 173, H2376 [17AP])
Baltic Freedom Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 167, H1341 [4MR])
Baltic States: most-favored-nation status for Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania (see H.J. Res. 319, H9614 [8NO])
Basketball Centennial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 372, H11115 [23NO])
Birds: conservation of exotic wild species (see H.R. 2541, H9758 [13NO])
Bonneville Salt Flats, UT: determination of salt loss and preservation of threatened resources (see H.R. 1727, H2177 [11AP])
Boy Scouts of America: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 207, H4016 [5JN])
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 290, H5298 [9JY])
Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation: establish (see H.R. 500, H1025 [19FE])
Coins: mint and circulate $1 coin (see H.R. 1245, H11114 [23NO])
———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 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, H1025 [19FE])
Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (Select): establish (see H. Res. 12, H697 [24JA])
Committee on the Organization of Congress (Joint): establish (see H. Con. Res. 192, H8497 [24OC])
Developing countries: promote development of microenterprises (see H.R. 1608, H2083 [22MR])
Earth Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 144, H2181 [11AP])
Education: authorize grant to the national writing project (see H.R. 667, H2086 [22MR])
Elections: constitutional amendment relative to contributions and expenditures of congressional, Presidential, State, and local (see H.J. Res. 224, H11115 [23NO])
Elementary and Secondary Education Act: amend relative to grant amounts (see H.R. 1573, H2014 [21MR])
Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 109, H2470 [23AP])
Enterprise for the Americas Initiative: foreign assistance provisions (see H.R. 964, H1023 [19FE])
Export Administration Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3489, H7379 [3OC])
Fair Labor Standards Act: clarify application (see H.R. 1237, H2902 [8MY])
Families and domestic relations: improve child welfare, foster care, and adoption services (see H.R. 2571, H6457 [11SE])
———State efforts to prevent family violence and provide immediate shelter and related assistance to battered women and their children (see H.R. 2334, H8188 [22OC])
Federal Aviation Act: amend relative to bankruptcy transportation plans (see H.R. 66, H2685 [1MY])
Federal employees: voluntary participation in the political process (see H.R. 20, H6456 [11SE])
Financial institutions: limit liability on holdings in violation of certain environmental laws (see H.R. 1450, H3037 [14MY])
———locations in distressed neighborhoods (see H.R. 2909, H5513 [16JY])
Food: nutritional labeling in advertising (see H.R. 1662, H6539 [12SE])
German-American Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 180, H6194 [31JY])
Greece: anniversary of the establishment of democracy in Athens (see H. Con. Res. 209, H7199 [1OC])
GSA: availability of nonlethal surplus property for humanitarian relief purposes (see H.R. 919, H1281 [27FE])
Haiti: support democracy (see H. Res. 235, H7313 [2OC])
Helsinki Human Rights Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 264, H5050 [25JN])
Housing: modular home construction regulation (see H.R. 1235, H2375 [17AP])
International Parental Child Abduction Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 266, H5746 [23JY])
International relations: unfair practices in international trade resulting from differing national environmental policies (see H. Res. 161, H9494 [6NO])
Iraq: humanitarian assistance for the Kurds (see H.R. 2122, H2570 [29AP])
Kuwait: involvement of U.S. small businesses in rebuilding (see H. Con. Res. 95, H1474 [7MR])
———involvement of U.S. workers, firms, and products in rebuilding (see H. Res. 167, H4015 [5JN])
Local government: Federal payments in lieu of taxes (see H.R. 1495, H2470 [23AP])
Medicare: coverage for colerectal screening examinations and certain immunizations (see H.R. 2565, H6602 [16SE])
———deadlines for claim submission (see H.R. 1467, H2686 [1MY])
———prevention of fraud by suppliers of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 2534, H6540 [12SE])
Motion pictures: observe anniversary of moviemaking and the contributions of the American Film Institute (see H. Con. Res. 161, H7726 [9OC])
National Adoption Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 364, H10366 [18NO])
National Air and Space Museum Expansion Site Advisory Panel: establish (see H.R. 3281, H6384 [2AU])
National American Indian Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 182, H3038 [14MY])
National Arbor Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 66, H2016 [21MR])
National Children's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 183, H4613 [18JN])
National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 241, H6540 [12SE])
National Education First Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 197, H2181 [11AP])
National Firefighters Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 189, H2954 [9MY])
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, H12063 [3JA])
National Home Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 175, H5342 [10JY])
National Hospice Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 153, H6690 [19SE])
National Invent America Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 287, H9701 [12NO])
National Lock-In-Safety Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 238, H7551 [7OC])
National parks: concessions policy (see H.R. 4063, H11889 [26NO])
National Parks Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 276, H6194 [31JY])
National Red Ribbon Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 312, H9144 [4NO])
National Senior Nutrition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 141, H2137 [10AP])
National Trails System: designate California National Historic Trail and Pony Express National Historic Trail (see H.R. 1229, H1413 [5MR])
Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 205, H2399 [22AP])
NSF: establish technical education and training programs (see H.R. 2936, H6602 [16SE])
Olympic Games: support Salt Lake City, UT, as site for 1998 winter games (see H. Con. Res. 142, H2685 [1MY])
OSHA: establish an Office of Construction Safety, Health, and Education (see H.R. 1063, H6539 [12SE])
Peace and Prosperity Commission: establish (see H.R. 3852, H10841 [21NO])
Polish American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 227, H6676 [17SE])
President's Committee on Mental Retardation: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 307, H7726 [9OC])
Public lands: domestic livestock grazing fees (see H.R. 1292, H2180 [11AP])
———payments to local government for certain lands acquired from States (see H.R. 3054, H5909 [25JY])
Real property: tax treatment under the limitations on losses from passive activities (see H.R. 1414, H2570 [29AP])
Refugee Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 323, H8496 [24OC])
Religious Freedom Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 325, H6799 [24SE])
Rural areas: crime and drug control (see H.R. 2959, H6602 [16SE])
Rural Small Business Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 108, H1081 [20FE])
Social Security: benefit formula computation rules (see H.R. 917, H5451 [15JY])
———earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 967, H6456 [11SE])
———payment for physicians' services (see H.R. 3070, H7981 [16OC])
Taxation: application of employer Social Security taxes to employees' cash tips (see H.R. 1472, H2538 [24AP])
———deductions for adoption expenses (see H.R. 1515, H2565 [25AP])
———designation of Federal refund to nongame fish and wildlife programs (see H.R. 2177, H2685 [1MY])
———exclusion for employee educational assistance (see H.R. 127, H6539 [12SE])
———increase amount of the exemption for children under age 18 (see H.R. 1277, H9043 [1NO])
———individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1406, H2180 [11AP])
———private retirement incentive employer matching plans (see H.R. 2294, H2952 [9MY])
———rollover proceeds from sale of farm to an individual retirement account (see H.R. 2333, H4550 [13JN])
Technology: regulation of audiotext (see H.R. 328, H3709 [29MY])
Telecommunications: research, design, and manufacturing of equipment (see H.R. 1527, H4284 [11JN])
Trails: use of tax revenues collected on recreational fuels to maintain recreational trails (see H.R. 1155, H1787 [18MR])
Up With People Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 345, H7815 [11OC])
Weapons: prevent biological and chemical weapon proliferation (see H.R. 3409, H7981 [16OC])
Wetlands: conservation and management (see H.R. 1330, H4612 [18JN])
World Summit for Children: implementation (see H.R. 1633, H2084 [22MR])
World War II: contributions of Federal civilian employees during the attack on Pearl Harbor (see H.J. Res. 368, H11893 [26NO])
Letters
Public lands grazing fees: Lawry Alder, Utah Bankers Association, H5698 [23JY]
Remarks by, on
Boy Scouts: National Medal of Merit recipients, E2736
Budget: balance, E1408
Buffalo Bill Dam and Reservoir, Shoshone Project, and Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program: authorizing additional construction appropriations (H.R. 429), H4804 [20JN]
Bush, President: restriction of technology items for export on U.S. Munitions List, H8744 [30OC]
California: designate certain desert lands as wilderness (H.R. 2929), H11381 [26NO]
China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (H.R. 2212), H5358 [10JY]
Civil Rights Act: restore and strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (H.R. 1), H3871 [4JN]
———restore and strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (S. 1745), H9550 [7NO]
Death Valley, Joshua Tree, and Mojave National Parks: establish (H.R. 2929), H11381 [26NO]
Dept. of the Interior: authorizing appropriations for BLM and improving public lands management (H.R. 1096), H5697 [23JY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2686), H5001
———making appropriations (H.R. 2686), conference report, H8509
Export Administration Act: reauthorize (H.R. 3489), H8744, H8746 [30OC]
Financial institutions: creation of core banks, H8889 [31OC]
———interstate branching system, H9063 [4NO]
———recapitalize the Federal deposit insurance fund and reform the regulatory and service systems (H.R. 6), H8889 [31OC], H9063 [4NO]
Firearms: establish national hotline to check on prospective handgun buyers, H2845 [8MY]
———waiting period before the purchase of a handgun (H.R. 7), H2845 [8MY], E1697
Middle East: community support for troops in the Persian Gulf, H1855 [20MR]
———congressional approval of military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq, E967
———military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq, H339 [11JA]
———multinational diplomatic solution to conflict with Iraq, H810 [30JA]
———U.S. military presence (S. Con. Res. 2), H584 [18JA]
Olympic games: support Salt Lake City, UT, as site for 1998 winter games (H. Con. Res. 142), H4278 [11JN]
Public lands: grazing fees, H5001
Public welfare programs: unemployment compensation (H.R. 3040), H6619 [17SE]
Resolution Trust Corp.: funding and restructuring of Oversight Board (H.R. 3435), H11842, H11853, H11854 [26NO]
———funding (H.R. 1315), H1615 [12MR]
Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 3909), H11333 [26NO]
Technology: application of term in seizure-of-goods action, H8746 [30OC]
Transportation: establish a national comprehensive surface transportation system (H.R. 2950), H8266
Utah: community support for troops in the Persian Gulf, H1855 [20MR]
———Federal highway projects, H8266
Water: rights for the Colorado River relative to the designation of adjacent wilderness areas, H11381 [26NO]
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H2467 [23AP]
Special order: granted, H822 [30JA]
Testimonies
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Federal Payments on Public Lands in Lieu of Taxes to Units of General Local Government, D950 [23JY]
Committee on Finance: Asset Disposition by the Resolution Trust Corp. (S. 1787), D1287 [22OC]
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Appropriations for BLM and Provision for Certain Fees for Grazing of Livestock (H.R. 481, 944, 1096, 1292), D282 [12MR]
———Bureau of Reclamation Projects and Activities, D255 [7MR]
Tributes
Conte, Silvio O., H1241
Craig, Jared W., E2736
Moyes, James D., E2736
Moyes, Mark P., E2736