SHAW, E. CLAY, JR. (a Representative from Florida)
Amendments offered by, to
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2707), H5106 [26JN]
Appointments
Conferee: S. 1722, emergency unemployment compensation, H6870 [25SE]
Articles and editorials
Boat Exports Heading Toward Another Record, Richard Lawrence, Journal of Commerce (publication), E3306
Luxury Tax Sinks U.S. Boating Industry, James W. Taylor, Wall Street Journal (publication), E1381
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Armed Forces: credit for tuition payments made during period of call to active duty (see H.R. 1165, H1279 [27FE])
———exempt certain members from duty assignments that require separation from minor children (see H.R. 1024, H1078 [20FE])
Capital punishment: constitutional procedures for imposition (see H.R. 826, H890 [5FE])
Committees of the House: limit number of years Member may serve on a committee (see H. Res. 215, H6384 [2AU])
Ecology and environment: include melaleuca quinquenervia as a noxious weed (see H.R. 3753, H9700 [12NO])
Fair Credit Reporting Act: disclosure by consumer reporting agency of adverse information (see H.R. 1751, H2178 [11AP])
Fair Housing Act: modify exemption for familial status of older persons (see H.R. 1025, H1078 [20FE])
Flag—U.S.: display by U.S. citizens in support of Armed Forces in the Persian Gulf (see H. Con. Res. 44, H605 [18JA])
Fort Lauderdale, FL: tunnel construction to replace 17th Street Causeway Bridge (see H.R. 2183, H2685 [1MY])
Guaranteed Student Loan Program: reduced interest rates for individuals entering the teaching profession (see H.R. 709, H781 [29JA])
McNamara, Patricia A.: relief (see H.R. 712, H781 [29JA])
Medicare: additional payment for the operating costs of hospitals with a high proportion of medicare patients (see H.R. 827, H890 [5FE])
Stetson University: library facilities construction grant (see H.R. 1083, H1136 [21FE])
Taxation: at-risk rules for property acquired by foreclosure (see H.R. 3650, H8661 [29OC])
———income from discharge of qualified real property business indebtedness (see H.R. 3651, H8661 [29OC])
———real estate activities under the passive loss rules and capital gains preference (see H.R. 3652, H8661 [29OC])
———refundable credits for qualified cancer screening tests (see H.R. 3464, H7199 [1OC])
———repeal the luxury tax on boats (see H.R. 951, H1023 [19FE])
———treatment of siblings as one shareholder relative to S corporations (see H.R. 1817, H2260 [16AP])
———treatment of spaceports relative to tax exempt facility bond rules (see H.R. 1358, H1473 [7MR])
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Agriculture: protection for veal calves (see H.R. 252, H4612 [18JN])
Air Force Association: establish a memorial in the District of Columbia area (see H.R. 3627, H11894 [26NO])
Animals: prohibit use of live animals as visual lures in dog racing and training (see H.R. 318, H7380 [3OC])
Appropriations: constitutional amendment on line-item veto (see H.J. Res. 5, H1671 [12MR])
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: lease lands for oil and gas exploration and development (see H.R. 759, H824 [30JA])
Armed Forces: payment of health care expenses for certain members relative to entitlement to medicare benefits (see H.R. 467, H5514 [16JY])
———penalty-free withdrawals from retirement plans by members called to active duty during Operation Desert Shield (see H.R. 1016, H1475 [7MR])
Arts and humanities: recognition of ``An Artistic Discovery,'' the congressional high school art competition (see H. Res. 201, H7200 [1OC])
Baltic Freedom Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 167, H1341 [4MR])
Boats: fees for recreational vessels (see H.R. 534, H1417 [5MR])
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 290, H5298 [9JY])
———reform process (see H.R. 298, H78 [4JA])
Capital punishment: constitutional procedures for imposition (see H.R. 639, H892 [5FE])
Cheney, Sec. of Defense: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2672, H6139 [30JY])
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])
Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control (Select): establish (see H. Res. 14, H62 [3JA])
Committee on the Organization of Congress (Joint): establish (see H. Con. Res. 192, H11893 [26NO])
Commodore John Barry Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 166, H5651 [18JY])
Country Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 305, H6540 [12SE])
Courts: standards for product liability actions (see H.R. 3030, H5908 [25JY])
Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 1400) (see H.R. 1400, H2137 [10AP])
Crime Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 303, H6388 [2AU])
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: prices of drugs procured (see H.R. 2890, H7863 [15OC])
Developing countries: promote development of microenterprises (see H.R. 1608, H5050 [25JN])
Disabled: extend the independent living services program for older blind individuals (see H.R. 2437, H6798 [24SE])
Drugs: expand narcotic abuse prevention and treatment programs (see H.R. 2810, H5266 [27JN])
Dutch-American Heritage Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 177, H8102 [17OC])
Earth Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 144, H2263 [16AP])
Education: improve (see H.R. 2460, H3623 [23MY])
Education Day, U.S.A.: designate (see H.J. Res. 104, H1418 [5MR])
Edwards, Ralph: relief (see H.R. 1918, H2769 [2MY])
Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 3770, H11114 [23NO])
Endangered species: Florida panther (see H.R. 367, H81 [4JA])
Fair Labor Standards Act: clarify application (see H.R. 1237, H6798 [24SE])
Financial institutions: limit liability on holdings in violation of certain environmental laws (see H.R. 1450, H1774 [14MR])
Firearms: establish national hotline to check on prospective handgun buyers (see H.R. 1412, H2538 [24AP])
Gambling: prohibit sports gambling under State law (see H.R. 74, H1758 [13MR])
Government: elimination of waste (see H.R. 3816, H10543 [19NO])
Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see H.J. Res. 58, H1139 [21FE])
Gulf of Mexico: protection of environment (see H.R. 3777, H10268 [14NO])
Haiti: support democracy (see H. Res. 235, H7313 [2OC])
Health care professionals: excessive physician regulations under medicare (see H.R. 2695, H10269 [14NO])
Hire a Veteran Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 280, H8496 [24OC])
Hunting and trapping: eliminate the use of steel jaw leghold traps on animals (see H.R. 1354, H1473 [7MR])
Hussein, Saddam: prosecution for war crimes (see H. Con. Res. 81, H2137 [10AP])
Infant Mortality Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 194, H2565 [25AP])
Irish-American Heritage Month: establish (see H.J. Res. 350, H9144 [4NO])
IRS: time extension for certain acts for individuals performing services under Operation Desert Shield (see H.R. 4, H53 [3JA])
Jewish Heritage Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 134, H2137 [10AP])
Joe DiMaggio Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 235, H2812 [7MY])
Labor unions: repeal Davis-Bacon Act (see H.R. 1755, H2375 [17AP])
Lebanon: support efforts of President Bush to obtain release of hostages (see H. Con. Res. 107, H6880 [25SE])
LSC: improve certain requirements relative to provided funds (see H.R. 1345, H5818 [24JY])
Marine mammals: protection of manatees by the Coast Guard (see H.R. 2041, H2535 [24AP])
Mary McLeod Bethune Memorial Fine Arts Center: authorizing appropriations for construction and maintenance (see H.R. 2290, H5818 [24JY])
Medicare: improve administration (see H.R. 3837, H10841 [21NO])
———improve State systems for compensating individuals injured in the course of provision of health care services (see H.R. 1004, H2086 [22MR])
Merchant marine: fair implementation of cargo preference laws (see H.R. 44, H1849 [19MR])
———provide that certain service during World War II constitutes active military service (see H.R. 44, H1849 [19MR])
Middle East: congressional approval of military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq (see H. Con. Res. 13, H196 [10JA])
———demonstrations of community support for troops in the Persian Gulf (see H.J. Res. 174, H1457 [6MR])
———military action by Iraq against Israel (see H. Con. Res. 41, H685 [23JA])
———success of multinational military action against Iraq (see H. Res. 95, H1418 [5MR])
Motion pictures: observe anniversary of moviemaking and the contributions of the American Film Institute (see H. Con. Res. 161, H6195 [31JY])
National Adoption Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 364, H8495 [24OC])
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, H4867 [20JN])
National Children's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 183, H4613 [18JN])
National Crime Victims' Rights Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 171, H1457 [6MR])
National Desert Storm Reservists Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 231, H2770 [2MY])
National Down Syndrome Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 228, H5596 [17JY])
National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 87, H1915 [20MR])
National Hero Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 185, H2770 [2MY])
National Huntington's Disease Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 56, H2565 [25AP])
National Invent America Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 287, H5911 [25JY])
National observances: establish a commission to advise the President (see H.R. 1882, H2373 [17AP])
National Philanthropy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 140, H2017 [21MR])
National Physical Fitness and Sports Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 120, H2570 [29AP])
National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 233, H6194 [31JY])
National Radon Action Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 67, H6602 [16SE])
National Red Ribbon Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 312, H8920 [31OC])
National Red Ribbon Week for a Drug-Free America: designate (see H.J. Res. 340, H8102 [17OC])
National Rehabilitation Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 95, H1162 [26FE])
National Scleroderma Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 219, H2261 [16AP])
National Senior Citizens Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 181, H3710 [29MY])
National Stay in School Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 362, H9044 [1NO])
National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 242, H6676 [17SE])
Operation Homefront: supporting families of members of the Armed Forces (see H. Res. 99, H2137 [10AP])
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act: cancellation of leases (see H.R. 1712, H2135 [10AP])
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])
Public Pension Equity Restoration Act: enact (see H.R. 1348, H1473 [7MR])
Real property: tax treatment under the limitations on losses from passive activities (see H.R. 1414, H1757 [13MR])
Refuse disposal: protect the used oil recycling system and establish used oil management standards (see H.R. 1411, H6385 [2AU])
Roads and highways: funding for construction and safety programs (see H.R. 2566, H4097 [6JN])
———limit advertising adjacent to Interstate and Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 1344, H1472 [7MR])
Schwarzkopf, H. Norman, Jr.: award a Congressional Gold Medal and produce bronze duplicates for public sale (see H.R. 1296, H1475 [7MR])
Social Security: benefit formula computation rules (see H.R. 917, H990 [6FE])
———coverage of services performed by election officials and workers (see H.R. 1691, H4612 [18JN])
———earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 249, H77 [4JA]; H.R. 967, H1023 [19FE])
———expand tax exemption for certain election officials and workers (see H.R. 1771, H9758 [13NO])
South America: provide special benefits for the Andean nations (see H.R. 661, H5596 [17JY])
Soviet Union: commend citizens and leaders for democratic reforms (see H. Con. Res. 199, H6455 [11SE]; H. Con. Res. 207, H6720 [23SE])
———economic assistance (see H. Con. Res. 35, H606 [18JA])
———implementation of human rights standards in the Republics (see H. Con. Res. 232, H10932 [22NO])
———most-favored-nation status (see H.R. 3706, H9144 [4NO])
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])
St. Johns River: give priority pollution control consideration under the National Estuary Program (see H.R. 64, H2086 [22MR])
States: regulation of surface transportation rates by certain motor and air carriers (see H.R. 3221, H7981 [16OC])
———taxation of nonresidents pension income (see H.R. 431, H5211 [26JN])
Taxation: codifying the depreciable life of semiconductor manufacturing equipment (see H.R. 3273, H6384 [2AU])
———credits for increasing research activities (see H.R. 1618, H2083 [22MR])
———deduction for interest on educational loans (see H.R. 747, H2016 [21MR])
———deductions for decommissioning costs of nuclear powerplants (see H.R. 2012, H2903 [8MY])
———exclude from gross estate value of certain land subject to a qualified conservation easement (see H.R. 2149, H5818 [24JY])
———exclude small transactions from broker reporting requirements (see H.R. 200, H59 [3JA])
———exclusion for employee educational assistance (see H.R. 127, H1787 [18MR])
———extend certain expiring tax provisions (see H.R. 3752, H9700 [12NO])
———individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1406, H5050 [25JN])
———low-income housing credit (see H.R. 413, H8101 [17OC])
———passbook savings accounts interest income (see H.R. 4067, H11889 [26NO])
———permanently extend qualified mortgage bonds (see H.R. 1067, H1136 [21FE])
———protection of taxpayers' rights (see H.R. 3838, H10841 [21NO])
———repeal excise tax on luxury items (see H.R. 2598, H7199 [1OC])
———research and experimental expenditures (see H.R. 1663, H2107 [9AP])
———small issue bonds (see H.R. 710, H2812 [7MY]; H.R. 1186, H3037 [14MY])
———targeted jobs credit (see H.R. 565, H1281 [27FE])
———treatment of certain bonds (see H.R. 150, H5049 [25JN])
———treatment of charitable contributions of appreciated property (see H.R. 1557, H2014 [21MR])
———treatment of church pension benefit plans (see H.R. 1570, H9043 [1NO])
———volume cap on private activity bonds used to finance high-speed intercity rail facilities (see H.R. 3348, H6674 [17SE])
Veterans: allow disability compensation concurrently with retirement pay (see H.R. 303, H1080 [20FE])
———award Purple Heart to former prisoners of war of World War I, World War II, and the Korean war for injuries received during captivity (see H.R. 2248, H4187 [7JN])
———benefit eligibility for incompetent veterans relative to dependent status (see H.R. 1473, H8787 [30OC])
———bill of rights (see H.R. 3311, H7726 [9OC])
———disability compensation for service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 3, H53 [3JA])
———service pensions for World War I veterans (see H.R. 1918, H2769 [2MY])
Wallenberg, Raoul: release of prison records by the Soviet Union (see H. Con. Res. 58, H1916 [20MR])
Week for the National Observance of the 50th Anniversary of World War II: designate (see H.J. Res. 371, H10366 [18NO])
Welk, Lawrence: repeal authority to use appropriations for rural development grants for the restoration of birthplace (see H.R. 772, H1080 [20FE])
World Food Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 230, H6676 [17SE])
World War II: contributions of the people of Guam and Hawaii (see H. Res. 293, H11894 [26NO])
Year of the American Indian: designate (see H.J. Res. 342, H8497 [24OC])
Year of the Gulf of Mexico: designate (see H.J. Res. 327, H7801 [10OC])
Descriptions
Spaceport investments relative to tax exempt facility bond rules, E854
Explanations
Spaceport investments relative to tax exempt facility bond rules (H.R. 1358), E854
Letters
Policy to control crime and reform court procedures: Michael J. Salz, H7971 [16OC]
Remarks by, on
Appropriations: funding for the historic preservation fund, E1558
Boats: fees for recreational vessels (H.R. 534), E1388
Budget: revising 1991 and setting forth the Federal budget for 1992-96 (H. Con. Res. 121), H2312 [17AP]
Bush, President: domestic policy, H10730 [21NO]
Capital punishment: constitutional procedures for imposition (H.R. 826), H1086 [21FE]
Coast Guard: budget (H.R. 1776), H5618 [18JY]
Committees of the House: limit number of years Member may serve on a committee (H. Res. 215), E2892
Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3371), H7971 [16OC]
Dept. of Defense: making supplemental appropriations for personnel expenditures relative to Operation Desert Shield and other urgent domestic programs (H.R. 1281), H1487
Dept. of the Interior: making appropriations (H.R. 2686), E2397
Dept. of Transportation: making appropriations (H.R. 2942), H5767 [24JY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2942), conference report, H7670 [9OC]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2707), H5082, H5104, H5106, H5107 [26JN]
———making appropriations (H.R. 3839), H10922 [22NO]
Drug abuse: treatment and rehabilitation programs, H5082 [26JN]
Drug abuse, alcohol, and mental health programs: funding, H5106, H5107 [26JN]
Ecology and environment: include melaleuca quinquenervia as a noxious weed (H.R. 3753), E3803
Economy: national objectives priority assignments, H8672 [30OC], H10609 [20NO]
Education: national policy to reduce illiteracy and improve mathematics and science skills, H10482 [19NO], E2936
Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits, H8467 [24OC]
Fair Credit Reporting Act: disclosure by consumer reporting agency of adverse information (H.R. 1751), E1819
Financial institutions: credit crisis, H9089 [4NO]
———recapitalize the Federal deposit insurance fund and reform the regulatory and service systems (H.R. 6), H9089 [4NO]
Flag—U.S.: display by U.S. citizens in support of Armed Forces in the Persian Gulf (H. Con. Res. 44), H564 [18JA], H1000, H1001 [19FE]
Florida: American Red Cross anniversary, E4193
———issuance of oil and gas drilling permits and leases, E1566
Foreign trade: negotiation of trade agreements (H. Res. 146), H3595 [23MY]
Fort Lauderdale, FL: tunnel construction to replace 17th Street Causeway Bridge (H.R. 2183), E1537
House of Representatives: legislative program, H6170 [31JY], H10924 [22NO]
Iran: arms sales, H8582 [29OC]
Marine mammals: protection of manatees by the Coast Guard (H.R. 2041), E2787
Middle East: military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq, H265 [11JA]
———success of multinational military action against Iraq (H. Res. 95), H1381
———U.S. military presence (S. Con. Res. 2), H573 [18JA]
National Endowment for the Arts: funding, E2397
Power resources: making appropriations for energy and water development (H.R. 2427), H3653
Public welfare programs: unemployment compensation (H.R. 3040), H6569, H6570, H6574 [16SE]
Roads and highways: limit advertising adjacent to interstate and Federal-aid highways (H.R. 1344), E857
Sharpsburg, MD: congressional visit to Antietam National Battlefield, E2661
Ships and vessels: boat exports, E3306
———recreational boat user fees, H5618 [18JY]
Taxation: at-risk rules for property acquired by foreclosure (H.R. 3650), E3580
———impact of luxury taxes on boating and related industries (H.R. 951), E2178
———income from discharge of qualified real property business indebtedness (H.R. 3651), E3578
———real estate activities under the passive loss rules and capital gains preference (H.R. 3652), E3575
———refundable credits for qualified cancer screening tests (H.R. 3464), E3204
———repeal the luxury tax on boats (H.R. 951), H5456 [16JY], E1381
———treatment of spaceports relative to tax exempt facility bond rules (H.R. 1358), E854
Terrorism: constitutional procedures for the imposition of capital punishment for certain murders, H1086 [21FE]
Transportation: establish a national comprehensive surface transportation system (H.R. 2950), H8242 [23OC]
Unemployment: emergency compensation (H.R. 3201), H6339 [2AU]
———emergency compensation (H.R. 3575), H10223 [14NO]
———emergency compensation (S. 1722), waiving points of order against conference report (H. Res. 230), H7133, H7135, H7136 [1OC]
Year of the Gulf of Mexico: designate (H.J. Res. 327), H8177
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H1470 [7MR], H2683 [1MY], H3147 [15MY], H4436 [12JN], H5208 [26JN], H5337 [10JY], H5742 [23JY], H6379 [2AU], H7197 [1OC], H7646 [8OC]
Statements
Display of U.S. Flag: Charles Evans Hughes, H1000 [19FE]
Testimonies
Committee on Armed Services (House): Operation Desert Storm, D152 [19FE]
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Fair Credit Reporting Act Amendments (H.R. 194, 421, 670), D707 [6JN]
Committee on Education and Labor: Higher Education Act Reauthorization, D785 [19JN]
Committee on Finance: Special Tax Issue Legislation (S. 267, 284, 649, 913), D737 [12JN]
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Recreational Vessel User Fee, D481 [24AP]
Committee on Rules: Fast-Track Trade Procedures and Trade Agreements, D647 [22MY]
Committee on Ways and Means: U.S. International Competitiveness, D909 [16JY]
Texts of
H.R. 3650, at-risk rules in relation to property acquired by foreclosure, E3581
H.R. 3651, taxing income relating to discharge of business indebted real property, E3578
H.R. 3652, real estate activities in relation to passive loss rules and preferential capital gains, E3576
Tributes
Anderson, Phil, E1789
Anderson, Philip, E2369
Cook, Tony, E2371