SCHIFF, STEVEN (a Representative from New Mexico)

Amendments offered by, to

Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3371), H8134 [22OC]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 2100, authorizing appropriations for Dept. of Defense military functions and to prescribe military personnel levels, H6586 [16SE]

———H.R. 3371, national policy to control crime and reform court procedures, H10748 [21NO]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Bankruptcy: treatment of debtor's income-producing real property (see H.R. 2867, H5340 [10JY])

Crime: penalties for unlawful shipment or receipt of firearms (see H.R. 2795, H5210 [26JN])

———prevent payment of proceeds of U.S. savings bonds to any individual who kills the individual otherwise entitled to such payment (see H.R. 2796, H5210 [26JN])

Disabled: taxation of certain equipment, parts, or accessories installed on passenger vehicles (see H.R. 974, H1024 [19FE])

Local government: Federal payments in lieu of taxes (see H.R. 1584, H2015 [21MR])

National Atomic Museum: establish (see H.R. 1207, H1324 [28FE])

Pueblo of Isleta Indian Tribe: land claims (see H.R. 1206, H1324 [28FE])

Taxation: use of amounts in individual retirement accounts for certain housing purposes (see H.R. 4033, H11888 [26NO])

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Abortion: physician-patient relationship relative to counseling (see H.R. 2786, H5300 [9JY])

Africa: protection of human rights and economic development in the Horn of Africa (see H.R. 1454, H4284 [11JN])

Airport and Airway Trust Fund: receipts and disbursements relative to Federal budget totals (see H.R. 2693, H5211 [26JN])

Appropriations: constitutional amendment on line-item veto (see H.J. Res. 5, H1671 [12MR])

Armed Forces: payment of health care expenses for certain members relative to entitlement to medicare benefits (see H.R. 467, H6539 [12SE])

———penalty-free withdrawals from retirement plans by members called to active duty during Operation Desert Shield (see H.R. 1016, H1326 [28FE])

Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 173, H2376 [17AP])

Baltic States: economic assistance (see H.R. 3296, H9043 [1NO])

Bankruptcy: priority for the payment of claims for retiree health benefits in liquidation cases (see H.R. 3619, H9043 [1NO])

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

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

———financial impact on State and local governments of unexpected Federal funding provisions (see H.R. 1546, H7648 [8OC])

———Presidential power to reduce authority (see H.R. 78, H1080 [20FE])

Capital punishment: constitutional procedures for imposition (see H.R. 639, H1162 [26FE]; H.R. 1400, H1669 [12MR])

CHAMPUS: eligibility of certain members of the Armed Forces relative to medicare coverage of hospital insurance (see H.R. 1124, H6539 [12SE])

Cheney, Sec. of Defense: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2672, H7381 [3OC])

China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (see H.R. 2212, H4284 [11JN])

Civil Rights Act: restore and strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (see H.R. 1375, H1668 [12MR])

Claims: liability indemnification for design professionals (see H.R. 1474, H7380 [3OC])

Colleges and universities: sexual assaults on campuses (see H.R. 2363, H3149 [15MY])

Committee on Appropriations: establish a Subcommittee on Veterans' Affairs (see H. Res. 204, H8336 [23OC])

Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (Select): establish (see H. Res. 12, H713 [28JA])

Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control (House): establish as a standing committee (see H. Res. 80, H1079 [20FE])

Committee on the Organization of Congress (Joint): establish (see H. Con. Res. 192, H7649 [8OC])

Commodore John Barry Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 166, H6194 [31JY])

Computers: coordinated Federal research program to ensure U.S. leadership in high-performance computing (see H.R. 656, H2537 [24AP])

Congress: applicability of laws relative to employment conditions and rights of employees (see H.R. 3734, H10723 [20NO])

Conservation of energy: regional energy efficient lighting education centers (see H.R. 3285, H7200 [1OC])

Constitution: bicentennial of Bill of Rights (see H.J. Res. 375, H10365 [18NO])

Contracts: arbitration of disputes (see H.R. 3122, H6192 [31JY])

Courts: child custody litigation (see H.R. 1253, H9580 [7NO])

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

Crime: life imprisonment for certain criminals convicted a third time (see H.R. 3891, H10931 [22NO])

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (see H.R. 1400, H1669 [12MR])

———penalties for credit and debit card fraud (see H.R. 2924, H6457 [11SE])

———sentences for convicts who commit a violent felony while under a justice sentence (see H.R. 3985, H11887 [26NO])

Crime Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 303, H5746 [23JY])

Customs Service: settlement of certain claims against law enforcement officers (see H.R. 2731, H4944 [24JN])

Dept. of Energy: private sector participation in refuse disposal missions (see H.R. 1636, H2084 [22MR])

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: prices of drugs procured (see H.R. 2890, H7200 [1OC])

Developing countries: promote development of microenterprises (see H.R. 1608, H5050 [25JN])

Diseases: ovarian cancer research (see H.R. 148, H2469 [23AP])

Economy: incentives for work, savings, and investments (see H.R. 3130, H7381 [3OC])

Eddy County, NM: withdraw certain public lands surrounding a waste isolation pilot plant (see H.R. 3692, H8919 [31OC])

Education: establish loan program with repayment guidelines based on income level and borrowing history (see H.R. 2336, H5979 [29JY])

———improve counseling services for elementary school students (see H.R. 840, H2470 [23AP])

Elections: contributions by foreign nationals to campaigns (see H.R. 3592, H10366 [18NO])

Employment: establish a Glass Ceiling Commission and an annual award for promoting a more diverse skilled work force at the management level (see H.R. 3353, H7200 [1OC])

ERISA: protect single-employer plan termination insurance program (see H.R. 3843, H10841 [21NO])

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

Families and domestic relations: grandparent visitation privileges (see H. Con. Res. 255, H11890 [26NO])

———grant programs for pregnant women and adoption of children (see H.R. 1753, H2178 [11AP])

FCC: prevent the loss of existing spectrum to the amateur radio service (see H.R. 73, H8101 [17OC])

Federal employees: early retirement requirements (see H.R. 1820, H6386 [2AU])

———extend certain civil service retirement benefits to certain INS, Customs Service, and IRS employees (see H.R. 793, H7648 [8OC])

Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act: authorizing appropriations for activities (see H.R. 2042, H2535 [24AP])

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 94, H2137 [10AP])

Foreign aid: assistance for transition from communism to democracy (see H.R. 1080, H1915 [20MR])

Foreign trade: reports on foreign boycotts against countries friendly with the U.S. or U.S. persons (see H.R. 1453, H1774 [14MR])

———review the extent to which foreign countries are in compliance with bilateral agreements with the U.S. (see H.R. 1115, H2470 [23AP])

Franklin, Benjamin: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2448, H6194 [31JY])

Freedom of religion: protect (see H.R. 2797, H5210 [26JN])

FRS: modernize (see H.R. 1130, H2537 [24AP])

German-American Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 180, H1916 [20MR])

Girl Scouts of the United States of America 80th Anniversary Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 343, H7802 [10OC])

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, H2812 [7MY])

Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see H.J. Res. 58, H1476 [7MR])

Guaranteed Student Loan Program: reduced interest rates for individuals entering the teaching profession (see H.R. 709, H7801 [10OC])

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 3991, H11887 [26NO])

———sharing of medical care resources between the Dept. of Veterans Affairs and other Federal medical care providers (see H.R. 2824, H6387 [2AU])

House of Representatives: abolish the franking privilege and establish a spending allowance for postage (see H.R. 771, H1417 [5MR])

———establish Commission on Congressional Reform (see H. Res. 26, H1672 [12MR])

———expense payments of former Speakers (see H.R. 3561, H11892 [26NO])

Housing: rental assistance for families affected by violence (see H.R. 1251, H9580 [7NO])

Hussein, Saddam: prosecution for war crimes (see H. Con. Res. 81, H1672 [12MR])

Immigration: employer sanctions and unfair employment practices relative to certain immigration laws (see H.R. 3366, H6690 [19SE])

INS: assign Dept. of Defense personnel for border protection assistance (see H.R. 1092, H1671 [12MR])

Insurance: long-term care coverage (see H.R. 1205, H3371 [21MY])

International Red Cross: inclusion of Magen David Adam as a legitimate national society (see H. Con. Res. 223, H9044 [1NO])

Iran: emancipation of the Bahai community (see H. Con. Res. 156, H9759 [13NO])

Iraq: payment of reparations to Israel following the conclusion of Operation Desert Shield (see H. Con. Res. 91, H2017 [21MR])

———terminate most-favored-nation status (see H.R. 684, H2086 [22MR])

Japan: semiconductor trade with the U.S. (see H. Res. 133, H2812 [7MY])

Latin America: cooperation with U.S. in science and technology (see H.R. 3215, H6381 [2AU])

Law enforcement officers: educational assistance (see H.R. 3172, H6799 [24SE])

———reduce certain assistance to agencies relative to the existence of a law enforcement officers' bill of rights (see H.R. 642, H1281 [27FE])

Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights: establish (see H.R. 2946, H5649 [18JY])

Local government: Federal payments in lieu of taxes (see H.R. 1495, H3805 [3JN])

———reduce growing budget costs imposed by unfunded Federal mandates (see H.R. 1547, H7648 [8OC])

Medicare: coverage for colerectal screening examinations and certain immunizations (see H.R. 2565, H6602 [16SE])

———home care and extended care services coverages (see H.R. 1200, H2016 [21MR])

———penalty for late enrollment (see H.R. 1335, H3805 [3JN])

Merchant marine: fair implementation of cargo preference laws (see H.R. 44, H7199 [1OC])

———provide that certain service during World War II constitutes active military service (see H.R. 44, H7199 [1OC])

Middle East: demonstrations of community support for troops in the Persian Gulf (see H.J. Res. 174, H1457 [6MR])

———Iraqi environmental terrorism of crude oil dumping in the Persian Gulf (see H. Con. Res. 57, H994 [6FE])

———success of multinational military action against Iraq (see H. Res. 95, H1326 [28FE])

Middle East Peace Conference: commend participants (see H. Con. Res. 226, H8920 [31OC])

Motor vehicles: safety requirements for vehicles used to remove snow or ice from roadways (see H.R. 2833, H5910 [25JY])

National Adoption Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 364, H9393 [5NO])

National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 198, H9043 [1NO])

National Campus Crime and Security Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 142, H5979 [29JY])

National Crime Victims' Rights Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 171, H2110 [9AP])

National Desert Storm Reservists Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 231, H2770 [2MY])

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

National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 87, H1476 [7MR])

National Institute of Nursing Research: designate (see H.R. 2447, H5650 [18JY])

National Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 252, H5818 [24JY])

National observances: establish a commission to advise the President (see H.R. 68, H1162 [26FE])

National Parks Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 276, H6194 [31JY])

National Polio Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 211, H2770 [2MY])

National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 233, H6194 [31JY])

National Radon Action Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 67, H5515 [16JY])

New Mexico: Sec. of the Interior study of historic military forts (see H.R. 1710, H2135 [10AP])

Nobel Prize: recognition of Aung San Suu Kyi for peace, and invite to address Congress (see H. Con. Res. 221, H9044 [1NO])

NSF: adjust authorizations (see H.R. 2282, H2952 [9MY])

———establish technical education and training programs (see H.R. 2936, H10932 [22NO])

Operation Homefront: supporting families of members of the Armed Forces (see H. Res. 99, H1416 [5MR])

Patents: extend term of certain products (see H.R. 2255, H2900 [8MY])

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

Postal Service: establish commission to investigate (see H. Res. 194, H7200 [1OC])

———mail delivery standards (see H.R. 676, H1670 [12MR])

POW/MIA: disclosure of information concerning U.S. personnel classified after 1940 (see H.R. 1147, H3037 [14MY])

Presidents: line-item veto (see H. Res. 152, H3149 [15MY])

Public Health Service: response to shortage of health care providers as a result of the Persian Gulf conflict (see H.J. Res. 128, H1163 [26FE])

Public Health Service Act: family planning counseling (see H.R. 392, H1080 [20FE])

Public Pension Equity Restoration Act: enact (see H.R. 1348, H5050 [25JN])

Radio: broadcasts to Asia (see H.R. 1049, H5514 [16JY])

Radioactive substances: health benefits to employees of Dept. of Energy nuclear facilities for certain injuries (see H.R. 3908, H11287 [25NO])

Real property: tax treatment under the limitations on losses from passive activities (see H.R. 1414, H1757 [13MR])

Religious Freedom Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 325, H6799 [24SE])

Retired Enlisted Association, Inc.: grant charter (see H.R. 1509, H1912 [20MR])

Savings and loan associations: investigation and prosecution of criminal activity (see H. Res. 107, H6540 [12SE])

Schwarzkopf, H. Norman, Jr.: award a Congressional Gold Medal and produce bronze duplicates for public sale (see H.R. 1296, H1671 [12MR])

Senior citizens: claims of discrimination in Federal employment (see H.R. 1134, H5596 [17JY])

Ships and vessels: equity of revenue availability and regulation of gambling (see H.R. 3282, H6879 [25SE])

Social Security: earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 967, H1023 [19FE])

———exempt from earnings test income earned for home health care services or respite services provided in the recipient's home (see H.R. 2305, H4867 [20JN])

———payment for physicians' services (see H.R. 3070, H7649 [8OC])

———reduction in payments to spouses and surviving spouses who are receiving certain Government pensions (see H.R. 53, H5745 [23JY])

Social Security Notch Fairness Investigatory Commission: establish (see H.R. 3825, H10932 [22NO])

Solid waste: application of certain requirements and sanctions to Federal facilities (see H.R. 2194, H2767 [2MY])

———extend certain public land orders relative to the waste isolation pilot plant (see H.R. 526, H506 [14JA])

South America: provide special benefits for the Andean nations (see H.R. 661, H9144 [4NO])

Soviet Union: revoke U.S. taxpayer subsidies relative to military action in Baltic States (see H.J. Res. 80, H605 [18JA])

States: prohibit imposition of income tax on pensions of nonresident individuals (see H.R. 431, H83 [4JA])

———reduce growing budget costs imposed by unfunded Federal mandates (see H.R. 1547, H7648 [8OC])

———regulation of surface transportation rates by certain motor and air carriers (see H.R. 3221, H7314 [2OC])

———taxation of nonresidents pension income (see H.R. 1531, H5745 [23JY])

Student loans: deferral during professional internships (see H.R. 179, H2016 [21MR])

Syria: emigration and free travel for Jews (see H. Con. Res. 188, H7726 [9OC])

Tariff: semiconductors (see H.R. 1930, H11894 [26NO])

Taxation: allow first-time home buyers to make withdrawals from personal individual retirement accounts without penalty (see H.R. 519, H1281 [27FE]; H.R. 1074, H1787 [18MR])

———allow penalty-free distributions for participants in Operation Desert Shield (see H.R. 796, H1456 [6MR])

———application of employer Social Security taxes to employees' cash tips (see H.R. 1472, H5341 [10JY])

———capital gains (see H.R. 2958, H6192 [31JY]; H.R. 3128, H7801 [10OC])

———capital losses (see H.R. 2286, H5341 [10JY])

———cash or deferred arrangements for employees of tax-exempt organizations (see H.R. 2327, H10365 [18NO])

———clarify that customer based, market share, and any similar intangible items are amortizable (see H.R. 1456, H2953 [9MY])

———credits for increasing research activities (see H.R. 1618, H12063 [3JA])

———deduction for interest on educational loans (see H.R. 747, H3624 [23MY])

———deductions for adoption expenses (see H.R. 1515, H5650 [18JY])

———dependent care credit (see H.R. 3506, H9043 [1NO])

———energy investment credit for solar and geothermal energy (see H.R. 1652, H7199 [1OC])

———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, H1415 [5MR])

———Federal treatment of State and local government bonds (see H. Res. 139, H2602 [30AP])

———health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 784, H2769 [2MY])

———income from frozen Iraqi assets (see H.R. 135, H782 [29JA])

———increase amount of the exemption for children under age 18 (see H.R. 1277, H2812 [7MY])

———index the basis of capital assets (see H.R. 606, H5341 [10JY])

———indexing of certain assets (see H.R. 246, H993 [6FE])

———indexing of the basis of certain assets (see H.R. 2863, H7801 [10OC])

———individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 77, H1280 [27FE]; H.R. 1406, H2180 [11AP])

———low-income housing credit (see H.R. 413, H8496 [24OC])

———make permanent the limited deduction of health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 1248, H1759 [13MR])

———permanently extend qualified mortgage bonds (see H.R. 1067, H2086 [22MR])

———rates for principal campaign committees of any candidate for public office (see H.R. 2493, H4550 [13JN])

———repeal excise tax on luxury items (see H.R. 2598, H10932 [22NO])

———small issue bonds (see H.R. 602, H1138 [21FE]; H.R. 673, H2962 [13MY]; H.R. 1186, H6138 [30JY])

———targeted jobs credit (see H.R. 565, H4556 [17JN])

———treatment of amounts received by cooperative telephone companies indirectly from their members (see H.R. 1860, H2570 [29AP])

———treatment of bonds used to finance correctional facilities (see H.R. 1001, H1326 [28FE])

———treatment of contributions to education savings accounts (see H.R. 34, H993 [6FE])

———treatment of deduction for interest paid on debt secured by a first or second home (see H. Con. Res. 8, H1418 [5MR])

———treatment of gains from sale of principal residence by persons over 55 years of age (see H.R. 3822, H12063 [3JA])

———withholding of income tax from wages paid for agricultural labor (see H.R. 924, H2686 [1MY])

Technology: enhance transfer for works prepared under certain cooperative research and development agreements (see H.R. 191, H8188 [22OC])

———regulation of audiotext (see H.R. 328, H1025 [19FE])

Telecommunications: research, design, and manufacturing of equipment (see H.R. 1527, H7648 [8OC])

Terrorism: prevent and punish terrorist acts (see H.R. 769, H1080 [20FE])

Trails: use of tax revenues collected on recreational fuels to maintain recreational trails (see H.R. 1155, H1279 [27FE])

Vermont Bicentennial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 132, H1024 [19FE])

Veterans: allow disability compensation concurrently with retirement pay (see H.R. 303, H556 [17JA])

———benefit eligibility for incompetent veterans relative to dependent status (see H.R. 1473, H2188 [15AP])

———disability compensation for service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 3, H53 [3JA])

———furnish outpatient medical services for any POW disabilities (see H.R. 1598, H3739 [30MY])

———grave marker allowance (see H.R. 1992, H7199 [1OC])

———permit acceptance of military retirement pay concurrently with disability compensation (see H.R. 3164, H7200 [1OC])

Water: rural domestic and municipal water supply projects (see H.R. 255, H6539 [12SE])

Water pollution: use of biomonitoring and toxicity testing in publicly owned treatment works (see H.R. 735, H6385 [2AU])

White Sands Missile Range: compensation for individuals who lost land during establishment (see H.R. 1954, H2393 [18AP])

World Food Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 230, H6676 [17SE])

World Summit for Children: implementation (see H.R. 1633, H2538 [24AP])

World War II: 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])

Pledge of Allegianc

, H1674 [13MR]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H1674 [13MR], H8191 [23OC]

Remarks by, on

Appropriations: technical and enrollment error corrections in acts (H.J. Res. 157), waiving all points of order against conference report (H. Res. 309), H11475, H11476 [26NO]

Budget: impact of deficit reduction agreement, H10610 [20NO]

———tax rates on certain upper income brackets, H10610 [20NO]

Bundy, E. Wayne: Corp. for Public Broadcasting's Edward R. Murrow Award recipient, E2127 [7JN]

Bush, President: national objectives, H4299 [12JN]

Civil Rights Act: restore and strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (H.R. 1), H4430-H4435 [12JN]

Crime: good-faith exception to the exclusionary rule, H7818 [15OC]

———gun control, H8025 [17OC]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures, H4131 [6JN]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 1400), H1585 [12MR]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3371), H7818 [15OC], H7908 [16OC], H8025 [17OC], H8134, H8135, H8136 [22OC]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3371), conference report, H11752 [26NO]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3371), consideration (H. Res. 247), H7889 [16OC]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3371), motion to instruct conferees, H10743 [21NO]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3371), waiving points of order against conference report (H. Res. 301), H11679 [26NO]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military functions and to prescribe military personnel levels (H.R. 2100), E1985 [30MY]

Firearms: establish national hotline to check on prospective handgun buyers, H2834 [8MY]

———waiting period before the purchase of a handgun (H.R. 7), H2593 [30AP], H2834 [8MY], H2906 [9MY], H3030 [14MY], H4131 [6JN]

Journal: question of approval, H1673 [13MR]

Law enforcement: matching Federal/local assistance grants for antidrug efforts, H8134, H8135, H8136 [22OC]

Lujan, Sec. of Interior: birthday, H2968 [14MY]

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), H344 [11JA]

———military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq, H344 [11JA]

———peace conference, H8673 [30OC]

National Telecommunications and Information Administration: grant charter and authorize appropriations (H.R. 3031), H11042 [23NO]

Savings and loan associations: economic impact of defaults, H1676 [13MR]

Special order: granted, H2600 [30AP]

Unemployment: emergency compensation, H8194 [23OC]

———emergency compensation (S. 1722), veto, H7988 [17OC]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H2176 [11AP], H4185 [7JN]

Special order: granted, H3034 [14MY], H4435 [12JN]

Testimonies

Committee on Rules: National Policy to Control Crime and Reform Court Procedures (H.R. 3371), D1237 [10OC]

Tributes

Calhoun, James R., E1206 [11AP]

Kimery, James L., E1208 [11AP]