SARPALIUS, BILL (a Representative from Texas)
Appointments
Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (Select), H1088 [21FE]
Conferee: H.R. 707, CFTC appropriations, H7202 [2OC]
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Lake Meredith Salinity Control Project: authorize construction and testing (see H.R. 1159, H1279 [27FE])
Medicaid: regulations relative to certain contributions, taxes, and transfers toward State expenditures (see H.R. 3550, H7800 [10OC])
Refuse disposal: exempt rural communities from EPA landfill requirements (see H.R. 3502, H7379 [3OC])
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Abortion: availability of services under federally funded programs (see H.R. 1490, H5514 [16JY])
Agricultural Act: clarify status of certain refunds (see H.R. 2189, H2685 [1MY])
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])
Arab countries: recognition of Israel (see H. Con. Res. 88, H3371 [21MY])
Armed Forces: enhance protections of active duty members (see H.R. 102, H2108 [9AP])
———establish a commemorative medal for members serving in a combat zone during the Persian Gulf conflict (see H.R. 1107, H4016 [5JN])
———protections regarding housing leases for deployed individuals (see H.R. 1093, H2375 [17AP])
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, H2538 [24AP])
Baltic Freedom Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 167, H1341 [4MR])
Baltic States: economic assistance (see H.R. 3296, H6602 [16SE])
———most-favored-nation status for Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania (see H.R. 3314, H6538 [12SE])
———support independence of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia (see H.R. 1603, H2083 [22MR])
Basketball Centennial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 372, H11115 [23NO])
Boats: fees for recreational vessels (see H.R. 534, H5267 [27JN])
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]; H.J. Res. 386, H11890 [26NO])
China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (see H.R. 2212, H4016 [5JN])
Coins: mint and circulate $1 coin (see H.R. 1245, H6317 [1AU])
———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, H2016 [21MR])
Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act: waive application to certain farm vehicles (see H.R. 1516, H3280 [20MY])
Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (Select): establish (see H. Res. 12, H62 [3JA])
Country Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 305, H6540 [12SE])
Crime: national policy to control crime against women (see H.R. 1502, H10269 [14NO])
Crime Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 303, H6195 [31JY])
Drug abuse: use of certain grants for treatment of intravenous drug abuse (see H.R. 2235, H2953 [9MY])
Economy: encourage commercial financial liquidity (see H.J. Res. 369, H11894 [26NO])
Education: financial assistance to rural agencies (see H.R. 2819, H6387 [2AU])
Executive Departments: options for shared services in Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HHS (see H. Con. Res. 146, H2903 [8MY])
Export Enhancement Program: restore effectiveness (see H.R. 805, H994 [6FE])
Fair Labor Standards Act: clarify application (see H.R. 1237, H2902 [8MY])
Families and domestic relations: grant programs for pregnant women and adoption of children (see H.R. 1753, H6138 [30JY])
———improve child welfare, foster care, and adoption services (see H.R. 2571, H11891 [26NO])
Federal employees: constitutional amendment to limit years of service in certain positions (see H.J. Res. 382, H11288 [25NO])
———extend certain civil service retirement benefits to certain INS, Customs Service, and IRS employees (see H.R. 793, H6539 [12SE])
———prohibit representation of foreign persons for a certain time period after leaving the Government (see H.R. 809, H2902 [8MY])
———voluntary participation in the political process (see H.R. 20, H2902 [8MY])
Federal-State Pesticide Regulation Partnership Act: enact (see H.R. 3850, H10841 [21NO])
Financial institutions: limit liability on holdings in violation of certain environmental laws (see H.R. 1450, H2137 [10AP])
Fire prevention: use of automatic sprinklers or equivalent level of fire safety (see H.R. 3360, H9493 [6NO])
Firearms: establish national hotline to check on prospective handgun buyers (see H.R. 1412, H2137 [10AP])
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, H7863 [15OC])
GATT: oilseeds panel ruling against the European Community (see H. Res. 257, H9494 [6NO])
Government: elimination of waste (see H.R. 3816, H10932 [22NO])
Government regulation: procedures for assessment of impact on seizure of private property (see H.R. 1572, H4284 [11JN])
Health: access to telecommunications systems used to provide medical information to rural care providers (see H.R. 2232, H3625 [23MY])
———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])
———assess paperwork burden imposed on providers and beneficiaries of health care services (see H.R. 2625, H11891 [26NO])
———reauthorize and expand area health education centers (see H.R. 3312, H6455 [11SE])
———reduce infant mortality by improving services to pregnant women in rural areas (see H.R. 2229, H3371 [21MY])
———rural medical education projects (see H.R. 2233, H3037 [14MY]; H.R. 2236, H3625 [23MY])
Health care facilities: exempt from antitrust laws, certain activities entered into by hospitals in low population areas (see H.R. 2406, H3279 [20MY])
Health care professionals: excessive physician regulations under medicare (see H.R. 2695, H7199 [1OC])
———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])
———requirements relative to training in family medicine (see H.R. 2231, H3625 [23MY])
House of Representatives: commend Architect of the Capitol for recycling program (see H. Res. 128, H6691 [19SE])
Hussein, Saddam: prosecution for war crimes (see H. Con. Res. 47, H684 [23JA])
Infant Mortality Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 194, H2538 [24AP])
Insurance: unfair claims practices (see H.R. 1602, H6879 [25SE])
International Parental Child Abduction Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 266, H5746 [23JY])
Italian-American Heritage and Culture Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 260, H7551 [7OC])
Japan: treatment of U.S. rice (see H.R. 2002, H2468 [23AP])
Jewish Heritage Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 134, H1850 [19MR])
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])
Lithuania: political reform (see H. Con. Res. 239, H9700 [12NO])
Lithuanian Independence Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 296, H5432 [11JY])
Medicare: acquisition of certain durable medical equipment by beneficiaries (see H.R. 2513, H7107 [30SE])
———due process protections to institutions subject to State certifications (see H.R. 2240, H4284 [11JN])
———home care and extended care services coverages (see H.R. 1200, H5299 [9JY])
———payment for interpretation of electrocardiograms (see H.R. 3373, H7649 [8OC])
———prevention of fraud by suppliers of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 2534, H7648 [8OC])
National Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 272, H10932 [22NO])
National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 198, H7815 [11OC])
National American Indian Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 182, H3038 [14MY])
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 257, H6691 [19SE])
National Children's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 183, H4613 [18JN])
National Crime Victims' Rights Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 171, H2376 [17AP])
National Desert Storm Reservists Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 231, H2469 [23AP])
National Education First Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 197, H2181 [11AP])
National Ellis Island Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 130, H1024 [19FE])
National Fallen Firefighters Foundation: establish (see H.R. 3808, H10543 [19NO])
National Firefighters Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 189, H6879 [25SE])
National Forest System Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 226, H5212 [26JN])
National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 87, H1915 [20MR])
National Foster Care Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 154, H2376 [17AP])
National Hero Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 185, H3150 [15MY])
National Home Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 175, H8335 [23OC])
National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 72, H2770 [2MY])
National Physical Fitness and Sports Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 120, H2470 [23AP])
National Polio Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 211, H3710 [29MY])
National Red Ribbon Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 312, H8102 [17OC])
National Tourism Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 103, H2538 [24AP])
National Walk For Health and Fitness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 170, H2263 [16AP])
National Women in Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 293, H5340 [10JY])
Paine, Thomas: establish monument in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 1628, H5650 [18JY])
Pensions: civil service retirement credit relative to work performed under certain Federal-State cooperative programs (see H.R. 1653, H2085 [22MR])
Pharmaceuticals: penalties for illegal activities relative to the approval of abbreviated drug applications (see H.R. 2454, H8496 [24OC])
Public Health Service: establish Office of Rural Mental Health (see H.R. 2237, H3371 [21MY])
———legal liability protections for health care professionals (see H.R. 3591, H11892 [26NO])
Public Pension Equity Restoration Act: enact (see H.R. 1348, H2016 [21MR])
Public welfare programs: coordination of services and removal of access restrictions of pregnant women, children, and families (see H.R. 4046, H11889 [26NO])
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, H2769 [2MY])
Refuse disposal: protect the used oil recycling system and establish used oil management standards (see H.R. 1411, H1670 [12MR])
Schwarzkopf, H. Norman, Jr.: award a Congressional Gold Medal and produce bronze duplicates for public sale (see H.R. 1296, H1671 [12MR])
Ships and vessels: equity of revenue availability and regulation of gambling (see H.R. 3282, H9614 [8NO])
Social Security: benefit formula computation rules (see H.R. 917, H2262 [16AP])
———earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 967, H2375 [17AP])
———payment for physicians' services (see H.R. 3070, H7981 [16OC])
Soviet Union: political reform in the Baltic States (see H.J. Res. 179, H1456 [6MR])
———revoke U.S. taxpayer subsidies relative to military action in Baltic States (see H.J. Res. 80, H605 [18JA])
States: taxation of nonresidents pension income (see H.R. 431, H2470 [23AP])
Tariff: footwear (see H.R. 1385, H10544 [19NO])
Taxation: allow individuals to transfer separation pay from the Armed Forces into an eligible retirement plan (see H.R. 1549, H2394 [18AP])
———credits for increasing research activities (see H.R. 1618, H12063 [3JA])
———encourage parity giving to increase prices to farmers and assist the hungry (see H.R. 3944, H11885 [26NO])
———exclude small transactions from broker reporting requirements (see H.R. 200, H5514 [16JY])
———exempt certain agricultural workers from the withholding of income taxes from wages (see H.R. 2879, H5745 [23JY])
———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, H9392 [5NO])
———importation of crude oil and refined petroleum products (see H.R. 706, H6675 [17SE])
———increase amount of the exemption for children under age 18 (see H.R. 1277, H3037 [14MY])
———individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1406, H2087 [22MR])
———investment tax credit for vehicles fueled by clean-burning substances (see H.R. 1497, H6456 [11SE])
———permanently extend qualified mortgage bonds (see H.R. 1067, H6138 [30JY])
———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, H4550 [13JN])
———treatment of educational loans and scholarships (see H.R. 394, H4867 [20JN])
Telecommunications: competition in electronic information sources and services (see H.R. 3515, H10842 [21NO])
———research, design, and manufacturing of equipment (see H.R. 1527, H5745 [23JY])
Trucking: regulation of commercial motor vehicle weights and combination lengths (see H.R. 2515, H5818 [24JY])
U.S. Commercial Centers: establish a pilot program to promote U.S. goods and services (see H.R. 3981, H11886 [26NO])
Vermont Bicentennial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 132, H1024 [19FE])
Veterans: allow disability compensation concurrently with retirement pay (see H.R. 304, H5341 [10JY])
———copayment requirements for certain medications (see H.R. 3779, H11892 [26NO])
———improve benefits and services for military personnel serving during the Persian Gulf war (see H.R. 908, H2108 [9AP])
Wetlands: conservation and management (see H.R. 1330, H3710 [29MY])
World AIDS Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 376, H10843 [21NO])
World Food Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 230, H7314 [2OC])
World War II: contributions of Federal civilian employees during the attack on Pearl Harbor (see H.J. Res. 368, H11893 [26NO])
———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, H10545 [19NO])
Year of the Gulf of Mexico: designate (see H.J. Res. 327, H7801 [10OC])
Yugoslavia: recognize independence of Croatia and Slovenia (see H. Con. Res. 224, H9581 [7NO])
Remarks by, on
Boys and Girls Clubs of America: Greater Washington congressional dinner honorees, E1723
Children and youth: emergency funding for aid programs, H8619 [29OC]
China, Republic of: plebiscite, H7318 [3OC]
Civil Rights Act: restore and strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (H.R. 1), H3936 [5JN]
———restore and strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (S. 1745), H9549 [7NO]
Crime: gun control, H8030 [17OC]
———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures, H7986 [17OC]
———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3371), H8030 [17OC]
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board: jurisdiction of Pantex nuclear weapons assembly facility, H3409 [22MY]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military functions and to prescribe military personnel levels (H.R. 2100), H3409 [22MY]
Dept. of State: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1415), H3111 [15MY]
Dickens County, TX: anniversary, E1120
Disasters: making supplemental appropriations for relief (H.R. 3543), H8619 [29OC]
Economy: national objectives priority assignments, H8583 [29OC], H8670 [30OC], H8793 [31OC]
Employment: quotas, H3936 [5JN]
———sexual harassment, H7867 [16OC]
Financial institutions: interstate branching system, H9059 [4NO]
———least-cost resolution of insured depository institutions (H.R. 2094), H10243 [14NO]
———recapitalize the Federal deposit insurance fund and reform the regulatory and service systems (H.R. 6), H9059 [4NO]
Firearms: right to bear arms, H7822 [15OC]
Foard County, TX: anniversary, E1111
Foreign aid: improve and authorize appropriations for military assistance programs (H.R. 2508), H4363 [12JN], H4563 [18JN]
———preference of democratic over communist countries as recipients, H4363 [12JN]
Foreign trade: negotiation of trade agreements (H. Res. 146), H3606 [23MY]
Gene Howe Elementary School, TX: tribute to students, parents, faculty and administration, E1801
Holliday, TX: anniversary, E1104
Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge, AK: protection of the bear habitat, E4207
Lithuania: political reform, H2968 [14MY], H6143 [31JY]
Medicaid: Federal payments relative to State expenditures made from revenues derived from provider-specific taxes (H.R. 3595), consideration (H. Res. 283), H10515 [19NO]
Medicare: reductions in funding, H9399 [6NO]
Middle East: community support for troops in the Persian Gulf, H1167 [27FE]
———military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq, H296 [11JA]
Motley County, TX: anniversary, E1107
National Small Business Week: observance, E1667
NOAA: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2130), H10666 [20NO]
Operation Desert Shield: making appropriations for incremental costs (H.R. 3543), H8619 [29OC]
Petroleum: dependence on foreign sources, H8927 [1NO]
Power resources: comprehensive energy security policy, H7657 [9OC], H10734 [21NO]
———development of alternative sources, H787 [30JA]
———making appropriations for energy and water development (H.R. 2427), H3672 [29MY]
Research: superconducting supercollider funding, H3672 [29MY]
Sarpalius, David: birthday tribute, H3613 [23MY]
Sheppard Air Force Base, TX: anniversary, E3238
Soviet Union: military action against Baltic States, H566 [18JA], H647 [23JA]
Stinnett, TX: fire, H1677 [13MR]
Taxation: rates, H8469 [24OC], H10486 [19NO]
Texas: Baumgardner family farm anniversary, E2658
———tribute to performers at Texas Festival at the Kennedy Center, E2216
Wichita Falls, TX: tribute to Notre Dame schools, E3527
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H2961 [13MY], H4547 [13JN], H6939 [26SE]
Testimonies
Committee on Rules: Consideration of H.R. 2950, Establishing a National Comprehensive Surface Transportation System, D1291 [22OC]
———Financial Institutions Safety and Choice Act (H.R. 6), D1331 [29OC]
Tributes
Butler, Tommy D., E1465
Gutierrez, Ramon G., E3182
Hawthorne, James D., E1462
Hull, James, H5398 [11JY]
Miller, William W., E2738