SENSENBRENNER, F. JAMES, JR. (a Representative from Wisconsin)

Appointments

Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control (Select), H1088 [21FE]

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

Articles and editorials

Bush's Quota Bill—(Dubious) Politics Trumps Legal Principle, L. Gordon Crovitz, Wall Street Journal (publication), H9536 [7NO]

Change Tax Code, Stop Hurting Farmers, S9413 [10JY]

Last, Best Hope for Yugoslavia, Stephen S. Rosenfeld, Washington (DC) Post, H10853 [22NO]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Armed Forces: mortgage revenue bond financing for members serving in Persian Gulf (see H.R. 1163, H1279 [27FE]; H.R. 1164, H1279 [27FE]

Budget: 2-year cycle (see H.R. 1676, H2108 [9AP])

Courts: constitutional amendment to permit Congress to grant power to the Supreme Court to remove judges (see H.J. Res. 74, H386 [11JA])

———revise Federal rules of evidence relative to sexual assault and child molestation cases (see H.R. 3463, H7199 [1OC])

Financial institutions: risk-based premiums for deposit insurance (see H.R. 1526, H1913 [20MR])

Firearms: waiting period before the purchase of a handgun (see H.R. 4035, H11888 [26NO])

House Rules: amend relative to requiring signatures on discharge petitions be made public (see H. Res. 250, H8101 [17OC])

Motion pictures: parental notification guidelines (see H. Con. Res. 69, H1025 [19FE])

Tariff: plastic flat goods (see H.R. 3332, H6538 [12SE])

Taxation: rollover of gain from sale of farm assets into individual retirement account (see H.R. 2470, H3623 [23MY])

———treatment of certain self-employment income received by insurance salesmen after retirement (see H.R. 2766, H5049 [25JN])

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Abortion: constitutional amendment on right to life (see H.J. Res. 122, H992 [6FE])

Agriculture: prevention of crimes against farmers, researchers, and other livestock-related professions (see H.R. 2407, H5515 [16JY])

Appropriations: constitutional amendment on line-item veto (see H.J. Res. 5, H6139 [30JY])

———rescind certain unauthorized funds (see H.R. 2643, H10723 [20NO])

Arab countries: recognition of Israel (see H. Con. Res. 88, H2087 [22MR])

Armed Forces: assistance in border patrol-related activities (see H.R. 1481, H3805 [3JN])

———duty assignments for married and single parents (see H.R. 1081, H1136 [21FE])

———payment of health care expenses for certain members relative to entitlement to medicare benefits (see H.R. 467, H9580 [7NO])

———retention of certain information in personnel files on missing or deceased members (see H.R. 1730, H2686 [1MY])

Armenia: recognition as independent republic (see H. Con. Res. 235, H9580 [7NO])

———tribute to national independence and democratic elections (see H. Con. Res. 262, H12063 [3JA])

Arms control: regulate transfer of arms to countries threatening world peace (see H.R. 868, H2470 [23AP])

Baltic States: most-favored-nation trade status to Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania (see H.R. 3314, H6602 [16SE])

———provide special temporary protected status for certain nationals (see H.R. 637, H1759 [13MR])

Boats: fees for recreational vessels (see H.R. 534, H1025 [19FE])

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 2, H2087 [22MR]; H.J. Res. 143, H2137 [10AP]; H.J. Res. 248, H2901 [8MY]; H.J. Res. 290, H5298 [9JY])

———Presidential power to reduce authority (see H.R. 78, H2602 [30AP])

———reduce Federal deficit and control entitlement spending (see H. Con. Res. 218, H8788 [30OC])

———reduction of overhead expenditures (see H. Con. Res. 96, H1474 [7MR])

———reform process (see H.R. 298, H78 [4JA])

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

———impose on individuals convicted of certain crimes in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 596, H684 [23JA])

China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (see H.R. 2188, H4550 [13JN]; H.J. Res. 263, H4550 [13JN]

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

Coins: mint commemorative coin for 200th anniversary of White House (see H.R. 3337, H10932 [22NO])

———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])

Colleges and universities: admission of minority students (see H. Con. Res. 102, H1914 [20MR])

———sexual assaults on campuses (see H.R. 2363, H3149 [15MY])

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

———require three-fifths majority vote in both houses to increase taxes (see H.R. 3146, H6193 [31JY])

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

———public disclosure of settlements of civil actions involving the U.S. (see H.R. 3803, H10365 [18NO])

Crime: amend provisions of law relative to racketeer influenced and corrupt organizations (see H.R. 1717, H2177 [11AP])

———improve law enforcement and criminal justice systems (see H.R. 3326, H8189 [22OC])

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

———monetary awards for persons providing information leading to the arrest of certain drug suspects (see H.R. 1356, H1473 [7MR])

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

———prohibit the paying of witness fees to convicted persons (see H.R. 504, H1417 [5MR])

———registration of all convicted child abusers with the National Crime Information Center (see H.R. 2553, H5596 [17JY])

Disasters: donation of agricultural commodities for international hunger relief programs financed by Japan (see H. Con. Res. 179, H5432 [11JY])

Drugs: expand narcotic abuse prevention and treatment programs (see H.R. 2810, H5266 [27JN])

Economy: incentives for work, savings, and investments (see H.R. 3130, H6675 [17SE])

Education: establish loan program with repayment guidelines based on income level and borrowing history (see H.R. 2336, H3856 [4JN])

———improve (see H.R. 2460, H3623 [23MY])

Employment: entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (see H.R. 1270, H3280 [20MY])

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

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])

Fire fighters: fire service bill of rights (see H.R. 2448, H5515 [16JY])

Firearms: waiting period before the purchase of a handgun (see H.R. 7, H53 [3JA])

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 83, H892 [5FE]; H.J. Res. 84, H1081 [20FE])

———display by U.S. citizens in support of Armed Forces in the Persian Gulf (see H. Con. Res. 44, H713 [28JA])

Foreign aid: assistance for transition from communism to democracy (see H.R. 1080, H4437 [12JN])

Foreign countries: restrict exports of nuclear items to nonnuclear weapon states (see H.R. 2755, H7381 [3OC])

Foreign trade: import quotas for Eastern European cheese (see H. Con. Res. 198, H6384 [2AU])

———voluntary restraint agreements (see H. Res. 297, H10931 [22NO])

Franklin, Benjamin: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2448, H5515 [16JY])

Gambling: prohibit sports gambling under State law (see H.R. 74, H1758 [13MR])

Government: elimination of waste (see H.R. 3816, H10723 [20NO])

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 3037, H8189 [22OC])

Health care professionals: excessive physician regulations under medicare (see H.R. 2695, H10269 [14NO])

House of Representatives: require three-fifths majority vote on passage of legislation increasing revenues (see H. Res. 141, H2954 [9MY])

Immigration: document fraud (see H.R. 3438, H7198 [1OC])

———enforcement of employer sanctions (see H.R. 3440, H7198 [1OC])

———exclusion of immigrants infected with the HIV virus (see H.R. 2049, H2535 [24AP])

———Federal financial benefits and unemployment benefits for illegal aliens (see H.R. 3441, H7198 [1OC])

———law enforcement (see H.R. 3439, H7198 [1OC])

———transport of illegal aliens for the purpose of employment (see H.R. 3442, H7198 [1OC])

Income: treatment of Federal pay relative to garnishment and similar legal fees (see H.R. 643, H994 [6FE])

Labor unions: repeal Davis-Bacon Act (see H.R. 1755, H2375 [17AP])

Language and languages: recognize English as official U.S. language (see H.R. 123, H2962 [13MY])

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

Law enforcement officers: authorizing appropriations for additional border patrol personnel (see H.R. 2071, H5818 [24JY])

Medicaid: Federal payments relative to State expenditures made from revenues derived from provider-specific taxes (see H. Con. Res. 208, H7314 [2OC])

Members of Congress: deny annuity benefits relative to individuals convicted of a felony (see H.R. 1077, H1136 [21FE])

Middle East: 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])

Monuments and memorials: establish memorial for Japanese American veterans (see H.J. Res. 271, H7981 [16OC])

NASA: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1988, H2467 [23AP])

National Council on the Arts: abolish (see H.R. 299, H3036 [14MY])

National Endowment for the Arts: abolish (see H.R. 299, H3036 [14MY])

National observances: establish a commission to advise the President (see H.R. 68, H1080 [20FE])

Patents: certain processes (see H.R. 1417, H2180 [11AP])

Postal Service: establish commission to investigate (see H. Res. 194, H5911 [25JY])

POW/MIA: disclosure of information concerning U.S. personnel classified after 1940 (see H.R. 1147, H2686 [1MY])

Puerto Rico: phase out of possessions tax credit program (see H.R. 1427, H5514 [16JY])

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

Recreation areas: taxation of fuels relative to maintenance and improvement of trails (see H.R. 3585, H9393 [5NO])

Recycling: promote research (see H.R. 300, H79 [4JA])

Research: high temperature superconductivity electric power technologies (see H.R. 3498, H8662 [29OC])

Rivers: restoration of fishery resources (see H.R. 2289, H2952 [9MY])

Roads and highways: funding for construction and safety programs (see H.R. 2566, H4097 [6JN])

Robert W. Kastenmeier U.S. Courthouse, Madison, WI: designate (see H.R. 948, H992 [6FE])

Savings and loan associations: investigation and prosecution of criminal activity (see H. Res. 107, H6139 [30JY])

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

Social Security: benefit formula computation rules (see H.R. 917, H990 [6FE])

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

Soviet Union: most-favored-nation status relative to independence of Baltic States (see H.R. 559, H1281 [27FE])

Space policy: biomedical research (see H.R. 3922, H11288 [25NO])

———development of commercial space activities (see H.R. 3848, H10841 [21NO])

Sports: authorize minting of coins commemorating 1994 World Cup and provide a financial legacy to youth and amateur soccer (see H.R. 2801, H5515 [16JY])

Taxation: application of employer Social Security taxes to employees' cash tips (see H.R. 1472, H4098 [6JN])

———capital gains (see H.R. 369, H2180 [11AP]; H.R. 2958, H6192 [31JY]; H.R. 3128, H6675 [17SE]; H.R. 3741, H9580 [7NO])

———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, H2565 [25AP])

———credits for increasing research activities (see H.R. 1618, H8787 [30OC])

———deduction for interest on educational loans (see H.R. 747, H10544 [19NO])

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

———employee stock ownership plans (see H.R. 2410, H7314 [2OC])

———exclusion for employee educational assistance (see H.R. 127, H9700 [12NO])

———health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 784, H4098 [6JN])

———incentives for coverage of senior citizens by private long-term care insurance (see H.R. 2528, H6879 [25SE])

———income tax credit for amounts contributed to a health care savings account (see H.R. 702, H1138 [21FE])

———increase amount of the exemption for children under age 18 (see H.R. 1277, H2686 [1MY])

———indexing of the basis of certain assets (see H.R. 2863, H6675 [17SE])

———individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 77, H2016 [21MR]; H.R. 1406, H5341 [10JY])

———permanently extend qualified mortgage bonds (see H.R. 1067, H3855 [4JN])

———reduce social security and capital gains taxes (see H.R. 960, H3280 [20MY])

———relief for families and incentives for economic growth (see H.R. 3744, H9580 [7NO])

———repeal excise tax on luxury items (see H.R. 2598, H7381 [3OC])

———repeal the luxury tax on boats (see H.R. 951, H2086 [22MR])

———small issue bonds (see H.R. 710, H2537 [24AP])

———targeted jobs credit (see H.R. 565, H1281 [27FE])

———treatment of charitable contributions (see H.R. 310, H2375 [17AP])

———treatment of combat pay (see H.R. 3166, H8496 [24OC])

———treatment of contributions to education savings accounts (see H.R. 34, H1416 [5MR])

———treatment of gain from sale of principal residence by certain disabled individuals (see H.R. 1076, H5211 [26JN])

———treatment of small property and casualty insurance companies (see H.R. 2768, H7314 [2OC])

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

Veterans: benefit eligibility for incompetent veterans relative to dependent status (see H.R. 1473, H8496 [24OC])

———disability compensation for service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 3, H98 [7JA])

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

Yugoslavia: dispatch of U.N. forces to Croatia (see H. Con. Res. 200, H9393 [5NO])

———recognize independence of Croatia and Slovenia (see H. Con. Res. 224, H8497 [24OC])

———repression of self-determination (see H. Res. 205, H6458 [11SE])

———restrict assistance for Serbia (see H.R. 3518, H7647 [8OC])

———U.S. policy (see H. Res. 296, H10931 [22NO])

Financial statements

Personal, E1593 [2MY]

Motions offered by

Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3371), H10740 [21NO]

House of Representatives: precedents of the House on discussion of Senate proceedings, H7559 [8OC]

Remarks by, on

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 360), H8484 [24OC]

Capital punishment: eliminate for certain crimes and replace with life imprisonment without parole, H7952 [16OC]

———racial discrimination in imposing, H8141 [22OC]

Civil Rights Act: restore and strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (H.R. 1), H3847 [4JN]

———restore and strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (S. 1745), H9536 [7NO]

———restore and strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (S. 1745), consideration (H. Res. 270), H9508, H9515 [7NO]

Commission on Civil Rights: extend (H.R. 3350), H7089, H7090 [30SE], H9161, H9162, H9163 [5NO]

Congress: exemptions to certain laws, H9515 [7NO]

———national issues, policies, and leadership, H8459 [23OC]

Courts: exclusionary rule relative to admissible evidence, H8042 [17OC]

———habeas corpus reform, H7909 [16OC]

Crime: gun control, H8033 [17OC]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures, H4441 [13JN]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 1400), H2690 [2MY]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3371), H7865, H7900, H7907, H7909, H7952, H7968 [16OC], H8010, H8012, H8013, H8033, H8042 [17OC], H8141 [22OC]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3371), conference report, H11747 [26NO]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3371), consideration (H. Res. 247), H7888 [16OC]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3371), motion to instruct conferees, H10740, H10741, H10742, H10743, H10745, H10747 [21NO]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3371), waiving points of order against conference report (H. Res. 301), H11684 [26NO]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs, HUD, and independent agencies, commissions, corporations, and offices: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2519), H4044, H4059 [6JN]

Eastern European countries: termination of application of certain provisions of the Trade Act to the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic and Hungary (H.R. 1724), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 287), H10652 [20NO]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments, H10206 [14NO]

Firearms: establish national hotline to check on prospective handgun buyers, H2826, H2832, H2840, H2841, H2870 [8MY]

———waiting period before the purchase of a handgun (H.R. 7), H2826, H2832, H2840, H2841, H2870, H2878 [8MY]

———waiting period before the purchase of a handgun (H.R. 7), consideration (H. Res. 144), H2826 [8MY]

Flag—U.S.: display by U.S. citizens in support of Armed Forces in the Persian Gulf (H. Con. Res. 44), H999, H1001, H1002 [19FE]

House of Representatives: precedents of the House on discussion of Senate proceedings, H7558, H7559, H7560 [8OC]

Lithuania: political reform, H1050 [20FE]

NASA: authorizing appropriations, H4044 [6JN]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1988), H2703, H2707, H2717 [2MY]

———space station development, H4059 [6JN]

National objectives: domestic policy concerns versus foreign policy concerns, H9502 [7NO]

NATO: summit in Rome, H9502 [7NO]

Parliamentary inquiry, H7950 [16OC], H8009 [17OC]

Point of order, H8010 [17OC]

Resolution Trust Corp.: funding (H.R. 1221), H1637 [12MR]

———funding (H.R. 1315), H1637 [12MR]

Space policy: launching of Government satellites, H2717 [2MY]

Unemployment: emergency compensation, H10652 [20NO]

———emergency compensation (H.R. 3575), consideration (H. Res. 280), H10214 [14NO]

University of Wisconsin: scientific contribution to space program, E85 [3JA]

Yugoslavia: repression of self-determination in Croatia, H10853 [22NO], E3820 [13NO]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H47 [3JA], H2766 [2MY], H10928 [22NO]

House of Representatives: Republican objectors for consent and private calendars, H7110 [1OC]

Leave of absence: granted, H1470 [7MR]

Special order: granted, H47 [3JA]

Testimonies

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Progress of Census Adjustment Related Activities, D846 [27JN]

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

———Waiting Period Before the Purchase of a Handgun (H.R. 7), D541 [7MY]

Tributes

Conte, Silvio O., H1242 [27FE]

Heinz, John, H2463 [23AP]

Slaughter, D. French, Jr., E4023 [22NO]