SPENCE, FLOYD (a Representative from South Carolina)
Appointments
Committee on Aging (Select), H1088 [21FE]
Conferee: H.R. 2100, authorizing appropriations for Dept. of Defense military functions and to prescribe military personnel levels, H6586 [16SE]
Articles and editorials
Orangeburg Social Security Office Receives Regional Award for Service, Susan C. Larkin, Orangeburg (SC) Times and Democrat, E1037
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 176, H1416 [5MR])
International law: prosecution of murder of U.S. nationals abroad (see H.R. 2273, H2901 [8MY])
National Guard: Federal support of State defense forces (see H.R. 2081, H2536 [24AP])
National Historically Black Colleges Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 102, H825 [30JA])
Veterans: increase rate of special pension to Congressional Medal of Honor recipients (see H.R. 1541, H1913 [20MR])
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
African Americans: capital financing for historically black colleges and universities (see H.R. 1503, H5341 [10JY])
Agriculture: prevention of crimes against farmers, researchers, and other livestock-related professions (see H.R. 2407, H8188 [22OC])
Air Force Association: establish a memorial in the District of Columbia area (see H.R. 3627, H11892 [26NO])
American Magazine Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 253, H5451 [15JY])
Appropriations: constitutional amendment on line-item veto (see H.J. Res. 5, H684 [23JA])
Armed Forces: appointment of chiropractors as commissioned officers (see H.R. 608, H7648 [8OC])
———Bronze Star to Navy and Marine Corps personnel who served in the defense of Corregidor Island in the Philippines (see H.J. Res. 367, H9144 [4NO])
———eligibility of Reserve components and protections for members relative to certain housing benefits (see H.R. 620, H1080 [20FE])
———enhance protections of active duty members (see H.R. 102, H713 [28JA])
———establish a commemorative medal for members serving in a combat zone during the Persian Gulf conflict (see H.R. 1107, H1849 [19MR])
———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])
———reimbursement of Medicare or Civilian Health and Medical Program expenses for providing veterans or Armed Forces care (see H.R. 3349, H10366 [18NO])
———tribute to Reserve components called to active duty during the Persian Gulf conflict (see H. Res. 184, H5300 [9JY])
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: support independence of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia (see H.R. 1603, H2470 [23AP])
Bicentennial of the District of Columbia Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 356, H11893 [26NO])
Big Brothers/Big Sisters Appreciation Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 199, H2188 [15AP])
Boats: fees for recreational vessels (see H.R. 534, H1914 [20MR])
Boy Scouts of America: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 207, H2471 [23AP])
Boys & Girls Clubs of America: grant charter (see H.R. 525, H825 [30JA])
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 143, H3625 [23MY]; H.J. Res. 248, H5298 [9JY]; H.J. Res. 290, H7801 [10OC])
———Presidential power to reduce authority (see H.R. 78, H2016 [21MR])
Centennial of Concrete Paving in America Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 324, H7200 [1OC])
Cheney, Dick: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2672, H5342 [10JY])
China, People's Republic of: release of Wang Juntao and Chen Ziming from prison (see H. Res. 228, H6798 [24SE])
Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation: establish (see H.R. 500, H1281 [27FE])
Coast Guard: role in Persian Gulf conflict (see H. Con. Res. 163, H4015 [5JN])
Coins: mint and circulate $1 coin (see H.R. 1245, H2902 [8MY])
———mint commemorative coin for 200th anniversary of White House (see H.R. 3337, H10932 [22NO])
———mint in commemoration of Operation Desert Shield (see H.R. 1658, H2085 [22MR])
Coins and coinage: mint in commemoration of the quincentenary of the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus (see H.R. 500, H1281 [27FE])
Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act: waive application to certain farm vehicles (see H.R. 1516, H8102 [17OC])
Committee on Appropriations: establish a Subcommittee on Veterans' Affairs (see H. Res. 204, H8336 [23OC])
Committee on Ways and Means: require relief bill committee reports to include the sponsor and revenue cost (see H. Res. 108, H1474 [7MR])
Congress: require three-fifths majority vote in both houses to increase taxes (see H.R. 3146, H6193 [31JY])
Copyrights: protection of industrial designs (see H.R. 1790, H2259 [16AP])
Country Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 305, H5595 [17JY])
Courts: clarify remedial jurisdiction of inferior Federal courts (see H.R. 640, H696 [24JA])
Crime Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 303, H5746 [23JY])
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: designate Hugh Davis Memorial Wing at the medical center in Salem, VA (see H.R. 175, H5910 [25JY])
———prices of drugs procured (see H.R. 2890, H9758 [13NO])
Dutch-American Heritage Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 177, H5665 [22JY])
Economy: incentives for work, savings, and investment (see H.R. 3678, H10366 [18NO])
Edwards, Ralph: relief (see H.R. 1918, H2769 [2MY])
Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 109, H1476 [7MR])
Ending Hunger Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 321, H8335 [23OC])
FAA: publish flight charts for visual flight routes (see H.R. 3243, H6382 [2AU])
Fair Labor Standards Act: clarify application (see H.R. 1237, H2180 [11AP])
Financial institutions: limit liability on holdings in violation of certain environmental laws (see H.R. 1450, H5341 [10JY])
Fire fighters: enact a fire service bill of rights (see H.R. 2448, H3739 [30MY])
Flags—U.S.: prohibit import of foreign-made flags (see H.R. 2634, H4549 [13JN])
Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 83, H892 [5FE]; H.J. Res. 94, H2137 [10AP])
———display by U.S. citizens in support of Armed Forces in the Persian Gulf (see H. Con. Res. 44, H1026 [19FE])
Food: remove certain pesticides from supply and establish EPA negligible risk standard (see H.R. 3216, H6879 [25SE])
Foreign trade: procedures for implementing trade agreements (see H. Res. 101, H2539 [24AP])
Franklin, Benjamin: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2448, H3739 [30MY])
GATT: oilseeds panel ruling against the European Community (see H. Res. 257, H8788 [30OC])
Geography Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 201, H6387 [2AU])
German-American Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 180, H1760 [13MR])
Girl Scouts of the United States of America 80th Anniversary Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 343, H10545 [19NO])
Government: elimination of waste (see H.R. 3816, H10723 [20NO])
GSA: availability of nonlethal surplus property for humanitarian relief purposes (see H.R. 919, H1139 [21FE])
Guam, Commonwealth of: establish (see H.R. 98, H2953 [9MY])
Health: establish medical research alliance between Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs (see H.R. 111, H1162 [26FE])
Health care professionals: excessive physician regulations under medicare (see H.R. 2695, H5651 [18JY])
Hire a Veteran Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 280, H5818 [24JY])
House of Representatives: require three-fifths majority vote on passage of legislation increasing revenues (see H. Res. 141, H2903 [8MY])
———voter registration lists (see H. Res. 276, H10724 [20NO])
Hussein, Saddam: prosecution for war crimes (see H.J. Res. 88, H1915 [20MR]; H. Con. Res. 81, H2400 [22AP])
Income tax: include organ donation information with individual return payments (see H.R. 993, H1077 [20FE])
Infant Mortality Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 194, H2376 [17AP])
Iraq: terminate most-favored-nation status (see H.R. 684, H2086 [22MR])
———U.S. policy relative to assassinations (see H. Con. Res. 39, H1163 [26FE])
Jewish Heritage Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 134, H2016 [21MR])
Korean War Veterans Remembrance Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 255, H3149 [15MY])
Labor: repeal Davis-Bacon Act (see H.R. 1755, H2178 [11AP])
Language and languages: recognize English as official U.S. language (see H.R. 123, H57 [3JA])
Languages: constitutional amendment to establish English as the official language of the U.S. (see H.J. Res. 81, H605 [18JA])
Maritime industry: commend for cooperation with Armed Forces involved in Operation Desert Shield (see H. Res. 38, H826 [30JA])
Medals: fine for sale or trade of military decorations or medals (see H.R. 3067, H10366 [18NO])
Medicare: coverage of respiratory therapy as part of extended care services in a skilled nursing facility (see H.R. 1120, H11891 [26NO])
———establish Comprehensive Preventive Health Program (see H.R. 1746, H2178 [11AP])
———payment for interpretation of electrocardiograms (see H.R. 3373, H8189 [22OC])
Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 156, H3281 [20MY])
Merchant marine: fair implementation of cargo preference laws (see H.R. 44, H11891 [26NO])
———provide that certain service during World War II constitutes active military service (see H.R. 44, H11891 [26NO])
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]; H. Res. 97, H1916 [20MR])
Military Order of the World Wars: grant charter (see H.R. 3071, H6941 [26SE])
Motorcycle Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 107, H2263 [16AP])
National Adoption Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 364, H10366 [18NO])
National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 198, H7649 [8OC])
National Arbor Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 66, H1081 [20FE])
National Biomedical Research Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 316, H6676 [17SE])
National Campus Crime and Security Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 142, H5910 [25JY])
National Children's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 183, H3710 [29MY])
National Crime Victims' Rights Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 171, H2017 [21MR])
National Desert Storm Reservists Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 231, H2603 [30AP])
National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 241, H6387 [2AU])
National Down's Syndrome Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 228, H7801 [10OC])
National Education First Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 197, H2181 [11AP])
National Employ the Older Worker Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 133, H1418 [5MR])
National Family Caregivers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 125, H7863 [15OC])
National Family Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 23, H1026 [19FE])
National Firefighters Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 189, H2394 [18AP])
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, H1081 [20FE])
National Foster Care Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 154, H1672 [12MR])
National Guard: Federal support of State defense forces (see H.R. 2001, H2903 [8MY])
National Hero Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 185, H2110 [9AP])
National Home Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 175, H7381 [3OC])
National Hospice Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 153, H6690 [19SE])
National Huntington's Disease Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 56, H1476 [7MR])
National Invent America Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 287, H5911 [25JY])
National Job Skills Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 291, H11289 [25NO])
National Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 252, H5212 [26JN])
National Law Enforcement Memorial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 123, H7200 [1OC])
National Law Enforcement Training Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 191, H5342 [10JY])
National Military Families Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 215, H2178 [11AP])
National Minority Organ Donor Encouragement Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 229, H2393 [18AP])
National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 218, H2179 [11AP])
National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 72, H386 [11JA])
National Philanthropy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 140, H5211 [26JN])
National Physical Fitness and Sports Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 120, H2570 [29AP])
National Polio Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 211, H2770 [2MY])
National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 233, H6318 [1AU])
National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 284, H6458 [11SE])
National Radon Action Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 67, H1579 [11MR])
National Red Ribbon Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 312, H7200 [1OC])
National Red Ribbon Week for a Drug-Free America: designate (see H.J. Res. 340, H7815 [11OC])
National Rehabilitation Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 95, H994 [6FE])
National Sarcoidosis Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 309, H5650 [18JY])
National School Breakfast Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 98, H1281 [27FE])
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 Senior Nutrition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 141, H2109 [9AP])
National Tax Freedom Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 220, H2261 [16AP])
National Tourism Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 103, H1081 [20FE])
National Trauma Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 300, H6602 [16SE])
National Women in Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 293, H6318 [1AU])
National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 242, H3150 [15MY])
Older Americans Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 51, H2181 [11AP])
Operation Homefront: supporting families of members of the Armed Forces (see H. Res. 99, H1476 [7MR])
Panama: encourage negotiations toward a military base rights agreement (see H. Con. Res. 103, H2015 [21MR])
Pediatric AIDS Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 91, H2262 [16AP])
Pensions: civil service retirement credit relative to work performed under certain Federal-State cooperative programs (see H.R. 1653, H2085 [22MR])
Pledge of Allegiance: mint coins for 100th anniversary (see H.R. 2385, H11114 [23NO])
Polish American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 227, H6676 [17SE])
Postal Service: establish commission to investigate (see H. Res. 194, H5911 [25JY])
———issue stamps commemorating veterans who served during armed conflicts (see H. Con. Res. 182, H10269 [14NO])
———mail delivery standards (see H.R. 676, H3805 [3JN])
President's Committee on Mental Retardation: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 307, H6799 [24SE])
Prices: computation of class I milk prices (see H.R. 1088, H1136 [21FE])
Public Pension Equity Restoration Act: enact (see H.R. 1348, H2375 [17AP])
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])
Refugee Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 323, H8496 [24OC])
Refuse disposal: protect the used oil recycling system and establish used oil management standards (see H.R. 1411, H2602 [30AP])
Religious Freedom Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 325, H6799 [24SE])
Retired Enlisted Association, Inc.: grant charter (see H.R. 1509, H10931 [22NO])
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, H7107 [30SE])
———remedy injury to shipbuilding and repair industry (see H.R. 2709, H4866 [20JN])
Social Security: benefit formula computation rules (see H.R. 917, H2262 [16AP])
———earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 105, H386 [11JA]; H.R. 967, H1023 [19FE])
———payment for physicians' services (see H.R. 3070, H7649 [8OC])
Solid waste: require executive departments and agencies to separate waste for recycling (see H.R. 2095, H2563 [25AP])
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])
States: regulation of surface transportation rates by certain motor and air carriers (see H.R. 3221, H7649 [8OC])
Strategic materials: dispose of certain and improve management of stockpile (see H.R. 2599, H4215 [10JN])
———national defense stockpile levels (see H.R. 4074, H12062 [3JA])
Syria: extradition of fugitive Nazi war criminal Alois Brunner (see H. Res. 129, H7726 [9OC])
Taxation: capital gains (see H.R. 3128, H6192 [31JY])
———clarify that customer based, market share, and any similar intangible items are amortizable (see H.R. 1456, H6317 [1AU])
———credits for increasing research activities (see H.R. 1618, H3495 [22MY])
———deduction for interest on educational loans (see H.R. 747, H6194 [31JY])
———deductions for decommissioning costs of nuclear powerplants (see H.R. 2012, H6879 [25SE])
———deductions for removal of architectural barriers to the disabled and senior citizens in principal residences (see H.R. 603, H7725 [9OC])
———exclusion for employee educational assistance (see H.R. 127, H1138 [21FE])
———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, H1281 [27FE])
———increase amount of the exemption for children under age 18 (see H.R. 1277, H2137 [10AP])
———indexing of certain assets (see H.R. 246, H993 [6FE])
———individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1406, H5267 [27JN])
———low-income housing credit (see H.R. 413, H2375 [17AP])
———permanently extend qualified mortgage bonds (see H.R. 1067, H2086 [22MR])
———repeal excise tax on luxury items (see H.R. 2598, H9580 [7NO])
———repeal the luxury tax on boats (see H.R. 951, H2375 [17AP])
———research and experimental expenditures (see H.R. 1663, H5300 [9JY])
———small issue bonds (see H.R. 1186, H11891 [26NO])
———targeted jobs credit (see H.R. 565, H1138 [21FE])
———treatment of amounts received by cooperative telephone companies indirectly from their members (see H.R. 1860, H5211 [26JN])
———treatment of charitable contributions of appreciated property (see H.R. 1557, H7815 [11OC])
———treatment of combat pay (see H.R. 3166, H10269 [14NO])
———treatment of gains from sale of principal residence by persons over 55 years of age (see H.R. 3822, H10544 [19NO])
———treatment of payments made by electric utilities to customers to subsidize energy conservation services (see H.R. 1007, H5267 [27JN])
Television: access of home satellite antenna users to video programming (see H.R. 3420, H11892 [26NO])
Terrorism: prevent and punish terrorist acts (H.R. 731) (see H.R. 769, H1326 [28FE])
Textile industry and fabrics: use tariff revenues from imports of machinery to support modernization of textile machinery industry (see H.R. 713, H823 [30JA])
Veterans: 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, H6879 [25SE])
———benefits eligibility for World War II service in Philippines (see H.R. 104, H713 [28JA])
———disability compensation for service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 3, H53 [3JA]; H.R. 1046, H5910 [25JY])
———eligibility to members of the Selected Reserve for the Veterans Home Loan Program (see H.R. 939, H5910 [25JY])
———enhance the dignity and personal freedom of patients in medical centers and nursing homes (see H.R. 3198, H10842 [21NO])
———grave marker allowance (see H.R. 1992, H7862 [15OC])
———health care programs (see H.R. 2280, H3806 [3JN])
———hospice care pilot program (see H.R. 3222, H8787 [30OC])
———improvements in compensation and pension programs (see H.R. 1047, H2136 [10AP])
———restore reductions in benefits by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (see H.R. 3740, H10366 [18NO])
———service pensions for World War I veterans (see H.R. 1918, H2769 [2MY])
Week for the National Observance of the 50th Anniversary of World War II: designate (see H.J. Res. 371, H9580 [7NO])
Wetlands: conservation and management (see H.R. 1330, H5745 [23JY])
World Food Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 230, H6676 [17SE])
World Summit for Children: implementation (see H.R. 1633, H2812 [7MY])
World War II: contributions of the people of Guam and Hawaii (see H. Res. 293, H10931 [22NO])
———establish in the District of Columbia a memorial to veterans (see H.R. 1624, H4187 [7JN])
———Federal retirement credit for Cadet Nurse Corps service (see H.R. 1752, H8496 [24OC])
———issue 50th anniversary commemorative coin (see H.R. 1623, H4186 [7JN])
Year of the Gulf of Mexico: designate (see H.J. Res. 327, H8121 [21OC])
Citation
Dept. of the Interior Distinguished Service Award to Rodney N. Cherry: Manuel Lujan, Jr., Sec. of the Interior, E1701
Letters
Defense Production Act reauthorization: Terrence O'Donnell, Dept. of Defense, H7261 [2OC]
Use of sodium nitrate to cure buffalo meat: by, S10765 [24JY]
Remarks by, on
Armed Forces: drawdown of National Guard and Reserve personnel levels, H3296 [21MY]
Biomedical Electronics Equipment Technician Awareness Week: observance, E2624
Cherry, Rodney N.: Dept. of the Interior Distinguished Service Award recipient, E1701
Defense Production Act: reauthorize (H.R. 3039), H7260 [2OC]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military functions and to prescribe military personnel levels (H.R. 2100), H3185, H3240 [20MY], H3296 [21MY]
———authorizing appropriations for military functions and to prescribe military personnel levels (H.R. 2100), conference report, H10380 [18NO]
———authorizing appropriations for military functions and to prescribe military personnel levels (H.R. 2100), waiving all points of order against the conference report (H. Res. 281), H10369 [18NO]
Joe DiMaggio Day: observance, H3129
Middle East: military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq, H323
———military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq (H.J. Res. 77), H459 [12JA]
———success of multinational military action against Iraq (H. Res. 95), H1375 [5MR]
———U.S. military presence (S. Con. Res. 2), H580 [18JA]
National Historically Black Colleges Week: designate (S.J. Res. 40), H5804 [24JY]
National Library Week: observance, H2351
Navy: funding, H10380 [18NO]
———funding reduction, E3921
———ship procurement, H3185 [20MY]
Nuclear warfare: strategic defense initiative, H3240 [20MY]
Orangeburg, SC: Balance Is Best award to Social Security Administration regional office, E1037
Social Security: earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 967), H3464
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H1908 [20MR], H2782 [6MY], H2940 [9MY], H5649 [18JY], H10840 [21NO]
Statements
Reauthorize Defense Production Act (H.R. 3039), H7260 [2OC]
Testimonies
Committee on Rules: Consideration of H.R. 3039, Defense Production Act, D1186 [1OC]
Committee on the Judiciary (Senate): Nomination of Henry M. Herlong To Be District Judge, D476 [24AP]
Tributes
Conte, Silvio O., H1239
Duffie, Mary L., E1612
Ray, Charles E., E4250
Slaughter, D. French, Jr., E3987