STAGGERS, HARLEY O., JR. (a Representative from West Virginia)

Amendments offered by, to

Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3371), H7950 [16OC]

Firearms: waiting period before the purchase of a handgun (H.R. 7), H2855 [8MY]

Appointments

Committee on Aging (Select), H1088 [21FE]

Conferee: H.R. 707, CFTC appropriations, H7202 [2OC]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Armed Forces: exclude certain military pay from gross income (see H.R. 696, H780 [29JA])

Firearms: establish national hotline to check on prospective handgun buyers (see H.R. 1412, H1757 [13MR])

Flags—U.S.: prohibit import of foreign-made flags (see H.R. 2634, H4549 [13JN])

Hasbani, Ghassan: relief (see H.R. 3117, H6138 [30JY])

Health care professionals: prohibit certain use of the terms ``Visiting Nurse Association,'' ``Visiting Nurse Service,'' ``VNA,'' and ``VNS'' (see H.R. 3716, H9493 [6NO])

Law enforcement: establish the authority of criminal investigators in Inspectors General offices (see H.R. 1361, H1473 [7MR])

Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act: reduce the amount of non-Federal funding necessary to obtain Federal funding (see H.R. 1682, H2134 [10AP])

Rural areas: highway programs (see H. Con. Res. 164, H4186 [7JN])

Veterans: eligibility to members of the Selected Reserve for the Veterans Home Loan Program (see H.R. 939, H991 [6FE])

———housing and memorial affairs programs (see H.R. 232, H60 [3JA])

———payment of attorney fees relative to collection of indebtedness to the U.S. on certain housing loans (see H.R. 2771, H5209 [26JN])

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

African Americans: capital financing for historically black colleges and universities (see H.R. 1503, H6138 [30JY])

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, H3856 [4JN])

Air traffic controllers: recruitment and retention (see H.R. 2419, H3370 [21MY])

Antitrust policy: evidentiary standards for Federal civil claims based on resale price fixing (see H.R. 1470, H6385 [2AU])

Armed Forces: establish a commemorative medal for members serving in a combat zone during the Persian Gulf conflict (see H.R. 1107, H1849 [19MR])

———exempt certain members from duty assignments that require separation from minor children (see H.R. 537, H1281 [27FE])

———payment of health care expenses for certain members relative to entitlement to medicare benefits (see H.R. 467, H2537 [24AP])

Arts and humanities: recognition of ``An Artistic Discovery,'' the congressional high school art competition (see H. Res. 201, H5744 [23JY])

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

Black Lung Benefits Act: eligibility guidelines (see H.R. 451, H713 [28JA])

———improve (see H.R. 1637, H2084 [22MR])

Boy Scouts of America: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 207, H4016 [5JN])

Buy American Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 299, H5819 [24JY])

Census: ensure accuracy of population counts (see H.R. 90, H386 [11JA])

CHAMPUS: eligibility of certain members of the Armed Forces relative to medicare coverage of hospital insurance (see H.R. 1124, H2602 [30AP])

Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation: establish (see H.R. 500, H1670 [12MR])

Civil Rights Act: restore and strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (see H.R. 1, H2086 [22MR])

Coins: 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, H1670 [12MR])

Copyrights: digital audio recordings (see H.R. 3204, H11891 [26NO])

———enable satellite distributors to sue satellite carriers for unlawful discrimination (see H.R. 3864, H10842 [21NO])

Country Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 305, H6540 [12SE])

Courts: specialized corps of judges necessary for certain Federal proceedings (see H.R. 3910, H11288 [25NO])

Crime: national policy to control crime against women (see H.R. 1502, H1912 [20MR])

———penalties for flight to avoid child support arrearages (see H.R. 1241, H6602 [16SE])

Crime Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 303, H6318 [1AU])

Democracy Day: designate election day as a legal public holiday (see H.R. 3681, H8919 [31OC])

Dept. of the Treasury: anniversary of Savings Bond Program (see H. Con. Res. 140, H2962 [13MY])

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, H6799 [24SE])

Diseases: research associated with exposure to dioxin and other chemicals in herbicides (see H.R. 556, H556 [17JA])

Earth Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 144, H2181 [11AP])

Education: authorize grant to the national writing project (see H.R. 667, H4437 [12JN])

———financial assistance to rural agencies (see H.R. 2819, H6387 [2AU])

———grant program for support services to at-risk youth (see H.R. 812, H2565 [25AP])

———guarantee students from certain high schools a chance to go to college (see H.R. 763, H1914 [20MR])

———improve counseling services for elementary school students (see H.R. 840, H2086 [22MR])

———promote the teaching of civics and character values in elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 2125, H2570 [29AP])

———student loans of resident physicians (see H.R. 1482, H2953 [9MY])

Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 1177, H5910 [25JY]; H.R. 3750, H11289 [25NO])

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: amend relative to grant amounts (see H.R. 1573, H2686 [1MY])

Employment: family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (see H.R. 2, H488 [12JA])

Ending Hunger Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 321, H8335 [23OC])

EPA: grants to groups for technical assistance to oppose issuance of permits for disposal of solid waste (see H.R. 178, H556 [17JA])

———regulation of permits for hazardous waste facilities (see H.R. 177, H556 [17JA])

Equal rights: constitutional amendment to ensure (see H.J. Res. 1, H1915 [20MR])

Families and domestic relations: State efforts to prevent family violence and provide immediate shelter and related assistance to battered women and their children (see H.R. 2334, H6798 [24SE])

FCC: prevent the loss of existing spectrum to the amateur radio service (see H.R. 73, H2261 [16AP])

Federal employees: extend certain civil service retirement benefits to certain INS, Customs Service, and IRS employees (see H.R. 793, H854 [4FE])

———health benefits (see H.R. 1774, H3856 [4JN])

———honoraria (see H.R. 325, H387 [11JA])

———restore the 3-year basis recovery rule relative to certain annuities for income tax purposes (see H.R. 576, H5745 [23JY])

———tribute for contributions to Persian Gulf Conflict (see H. Con. Res. 147, H6388 [2AU])

———voluntary participation in the political process (see H.R. 20, H3805 [3JN])

Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act: extend the phase-in period under title XI (see H.R. 2115, H4284 [11JN])

Foreign trade: procedures for implementing trade agreements (see H. Res. 101, H2770 [2MY])

———tariff treatment of products from countries relative to their contributions to Operation Desert Shield (see H.R. 317, H79 [4JA])

Gambling: prohibit sports gambling under State law (see H.R. 74, H6385 [2AU])

Geography Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 201, H9044 [1NO])

Health: establish medical research alliance between Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs (see H.R. 111, H1162 [26FE])

———reauthorize and expand area health education centers (see H.R. 3312, H8662 [29OC])

———sharing of medical care resources between the Dept. of Veterans Affairs and other Federal medical care providers (see H.R. 2824, H5910 [25JY])

Higher Education Act: amend (see H.R. 3553, H9494 [6NO])

———comprehensive study of the TRIO Programs (see H.R. 3136, H8189 [22OC])

Hire a Veteran Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 280, H8496 [24OC])

Hunger: alleviate conditions (see H.R. 2258, H5432 [11JY])

———ensure adequate diet for all Americans (see H.R. 1202, H1324 [28FE])

Income: wage adjustments for prevailing rate employees (see H.R. 786, H9700 [12NO])

Infant Mortality Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 194, H2538 [24AP])

Irish-American Heritage Month: establish (see H.J. Res. 350, H9144 [4NO])

Iron and steel industry: extend the application of the steel trade liberalization program (see H.R. 4051, H11889 [26NO])

Jewish Heritage Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 134, H1759 [13MR])

Korean War Veterans Remembrance Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 255, H3149 [15MY])

Kuwait: involvement of U.S. workers, firms, and products in rebuilding (see H. Res. 167, H4015 [5JN])

Labor: prevent discrimination based on participation in disputes (see H.R. 5, H488 [12JA])

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, H5514 [16JY])

Lyme Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 138, H1759 [13MR])

Medicaid: Federal payments relative to State expenditures made from revenues derived from provider-specific taxes (see H.R. 3595, H9144 [4NO])

Medicare: coverage of bone mass measurements (see H.R. 1213, H1325 [28FE])

———prevention of fraud by suppliers of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 2534, H6540 [12SE])

Mental health: State services for children (see H.R. 1197, H3739 [30MY])

Merchant seamen: include service during World War II as military service relative to the civil service retirement system (see H.R. 1512, H1913 [20MR])

———provide that certain service during World War II constitutes active military service (see H.R. 44, H55 [3JA])

Middle East: congressional approval of military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq (see H. Con. Res. 1, H111 [9JA]; H. Con. Res. 32, H487 [12JA])

Motion pictures: observe anniversary of moviemaking and the contributions of the American Film Institute (see H. Con. Res. 161, H6195 [31JY])

National Accessible Housing Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 326, H10269 [14NO])

National Adoption Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 364, H8495 [24OC])

National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center: construct national training center (see H.R. 1960, H8102 [17OC])

National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 198, H8189 [22OC])

National American Indian Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 182, H3038 [14MY])

National Arbor Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 66, H2188 [15AP])

National Cancer Institute: breast cancer research funding (see H.R. 381, H196 [10JA])

National Center on Elder Abuse: establish (see H.R. 385, H196 [10JA])

National Children's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 183, H4613 [18JN])

National DARE Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 217, H2686 [1MY])

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

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 241, H5050 [25JN])

National Education First Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 197, H2181 [11AP])

National Ellis Island Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 130, H4016 [5JN])

National Family Caregivers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 125, H992 [6FE])

National Family Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 23, H4284 [11JN])

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, H1280 [27FE])

National health plan: establish (see H.R. 8, H195 [10JA])

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, H2770 [2MY])

National Job Skills Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 291, H7981 [16OC])

National Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 252, H5746 [23JY])

National Labor Relations Act: coverage of employers and performers in the live performing arts (see H.R. 2223, H6138 [30JY])

National Law Enforcement Memorial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 123, H6690 [19SE])

National Law Enforcement Training Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 191, H6194 [31JY])

National Literacy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 259, H3494 [22MY])

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, H6676 [17SE])

National Physical Fitness and Sports Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 120, H1787 [18MR])

National Pornography Victims Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 349, H9044 [1NO])

National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 284, H5818 [24JY])

National Radon Action Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 67, H7200 [1OC])

National Recycling Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 169, H2109 [9AP])

National Recycling Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 188, H3150 [15MY])

National Sarcoidosis Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 309, H5650 [18JY])

National Scleroderma Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 219, H3710 [29MY])

National Senior Citizens Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 181, H3710 [29MY])

National Senior Nutrition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 141, H1476 [7MR])

National Tourism Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 103, H2087 [22MR])

National Trauma Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 300, H7863 [15OC])

National Women in Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 293, H5516 [16JY])

National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 242, H6458 [11SE])

Nuclear weapons: moratorium on testing (see H.R. 3636, H8494 [24OC])

Older Americans Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 51, H1456 [6MR])

Osteoporosis: research programs for and related bone disorders (see H.R. 1212, H1325 [28FE])

``Our American Government'': print a revised edition as a House Document (see H. Con. Res. 172, H4867 [20JN])

Pediatric AIDS Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 91, H3710 [29MY])

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

Petroleum: anticompetitive pricing practices by refiners (see H.R. 2966, H12063 [3JA])

Postal Service: mail delivery standards (see H.R. 676, H712 [28JA])

Public Health Service: legal liability protections for health care professionals (see H.R. 3591, H11892 [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, H8787 [30OC])

Rural areas: crime and drug control (see H.R. 2959, H6387 [2AU])

Rural Small Business Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 108, H891 [5FE])

Schwarzkopf, H. Norman, Jr.: award a Congressional Gold Medal and produce bronze duplicates for public sale (see H.R. 1296, H1475 [7MR])

Shipping industry: fair implementation of cargo preference laws (see H.R. 44, H55 [3JA])

Social Security: assistance to States to support informal caregivers of individuals with functional limitations (see H.R. 2106, H6386 [2AU])

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

———earnings test for part-time service in public schools (see H.R. 1084, H2565 [25AP])

———earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 105, H386 [11JA]; H.R. 967, H1023 [19FE])

———reduction in payments to spouses and surviving spouses who are receiving certain Government pensions (see H.R. 53, H195 [10JA])

South Africa: steel products (see H. Con. Res. 184, H6388 [2AU])

States: taxation of nonresidents pension income (see H.R. 431, H5596 [17JY])

Student loans: deferral during professional internships (see H.R. 179, H782 [29JA])

Tariff: footwear (see H.R. 1385, H4098 [6JN])

Taxation: application of employer Social Security taxes to employees' cash tips (see H.R. 1472, H5665 [22JY])

———credits for increasing research activities (see H.R. 1618, H6386 [2AU])

———deduction for interest on educational loans (see H.R. 747, H2537 [24AP])

———deductions for contributions to education savings accounts (see H.R. 810, H1915 [20MR])

———employer credits for the cost of providing employee mammography screening (see H.R. 112, H713 [28JA])

———exclusion for employee educational assistance (see H.R. 127, H6385 [2AU])

———health care for coal industry retirees (see H.R. 4013, H11887 [26NO])

———individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1406, H5050 [25JN])

———low-income housing credit (see H.R. 413, H6385 [2AU])

———refundable credit in lieu of deductions for children and increased earned income credit (see H.R. 2242, H3806 [3JN])

———small issue bonds (see H.R. 1186, H2086 [22MR])

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

———treatment of amounts received by cooperative telephone companies indirectly from their members (see H.R. 1860, H3371 [21MY])

———treatment of educational loans and scholarships (see H.R. 394, H782 [29JA])

———treatment of gain from sale of principal residence by certain disabled individuals (see H.R. 1076, H6539 [12SE])

Television: local regulation of cable programming and signal distribution (see H.R. 3380, H9043 [1NO])

Transportation: mass transit program funding (see H.R. 1079, H2180 [11AP])

———study special services to health care facilities in rural areas (see H.R. 2928, H5595 [17JY])

Unemployment: Federal supplemental compensation (see H.R. 2839, H5339 [10JY])

Vermont Bicentennial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 132, H1282 [27FE])

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

———disability compensation for service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 3, H195 [10JA]; H.R. 1046, H5910 [25JY])

———enhance the dignity and personal freedom of patients in medical centers and nursing homes (see H.R. 3198, H6317 [1AU])

———establish and maintain homeless programs (see H.R. 2648, H4549 [13JN])

———expand services for post-traumatic stress disorder patients (see H.R. 841, H987 [6FE])

———furnish outpatient medical services for any POW disabilities (see H.R. 1598, H6386 [2AU])

———health care programs (see H.R. 2280, H3806 [3JN])

———hospice care pilot program (see H.R. 3222, H6381 [2AU])

———improve benefits and services for military personnel serving during the Persian Gulf war (see H.R. 908, H1417 [5MR])

———improvements in compensation and pension programs (see H.R. 1047, H2136 [10AP])

———permit acceptance of military retirement pay concurrently with disability compensation (see H.R. 3164, H6457 [11SE])

———service pension for World War I veterans (see H.R. 1918, H2467 [23AP]; H.R. 1991, H2534 [24AP])

Women: equity in health care services (see H.R. 1161, H6456 [11SE])

World AIDS Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 376, H10843 [21NO])

World Food Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 230, H6799 [24SE])

World Population Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 261, H8335 [23OC])

World Summit for Children: implementation (see H.R. 1633, H5432 [11JY])

World War II: contributions of Federal civilian employees during the attack on Pearl Harbor (see H.J. Res. 368, H11893 [26NO])

———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, H3280 [20MY])

———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])

Poems

``Pray That It Turns Out Okay,'' Kimberly Gray, H644 [23JA]

Remarks by, on

Antitrust policy: evidentiary standards for Federal civil claims based on resale price fixing (H.R. 1470), H7737 [10OC]

Armed Forces: exclude certain military pay from gross income (H.R. 696), E338 [29JA]

Budget: setting forth congressional budget, H2112 [10AP]

Capital punishment: eliminate for certain crimes and replace with life imprisonment without parole, H7950, H7953 [16OC]

Civil Rights Act: restore and strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (H.R. 1), H3376 [22MY], H3848 [4JN]

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H1552 [7MR], H6303 [1AU]

Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3371), H7950, H7953 [16OC]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing supplemental appropriations for operational expenditures relative to Operation Desert Shield (H.R. 1175), H1701 [13MR]

Diseases: research associated with exposure to dioxin and other chemicals in herbicides (H.R. 556), H733 [29JA]

Firearms: establish national hotline to check on prospective handgun buyers, H2829, H2856 [8MY]

———establish national hotline to check on prospective handgun buyers (H.R. 1412), H2611, H2668, H2670, H2671, H2672, H2673, H2674, H2675 [1MY]

———waiting period before the purchase of a handgun (H.R. 7), H2668, H2670, H2671, H2672, H2673, H2674, H2675 [1MY], H2829, H2856 [8MY], H2906 [9MY]

———waiting period before the purchase of a handgun (H.R. 7), consideration (H. Res. 144), H2829 [8MY]

Flags—U.S.: prohibit import of foreign-made flags (H.R. 2634), E2210 [13JN]

House of Representatives: legislative program, H3779 [3JN]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2038), motion to instruct conferees, H8476 [24OC]

Law enforcement: establish the authority of criminal investigators in Inspectors General offices (H.R. 1361), E866 [8MR]

Middle East: community support for troops in the Persian Gulf, H3779 [3JN]

———congressional approval of military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq pending failure of economic sanctions, H280 [11JA]

———military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq, H280 [11JA]

National Memorial Cemetery, AZ: operation and maintenance appropriations (S. 1823), H8124 [22OC]

Real property: tax treatment under the limitations on losses from passive activities (H.R. 1414), H7556 [8OC]

Romney, WV: public demonstration in support of Armed Forces in Operation Desert Shield, H644 [23JA]

Special order: vacate time, H6302 [1AU]

Staggers, Harley O.: birthday, H6302 [1AU]

Taxation: refundable credit in lieu of deductions for children and increased earned income credit (H.R. 2242), H3040 [15MY]

Veterans: housing and memorial affairs programs (H.R. 232), H902, H906 [6FE]

———national cemetery system funding, H1462 [7MR]

———payment of attorney fees relative to collection of indebtedness to the U.S. on certain housing loans (H.R. 2771), E2388 [27JN]

West Virginia: community support for troops in the Persian Gulf, H3779 [3JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H1412 [5MR], H2683 [1MY], H3802 [3JN], H4865 [20JN], H6314 [1AU], H7197 [1OC], H10542 [19NO], H11883 [26NO]

Songs

``Thank You,'' Robert Nicholas, H3779 [3JN]

Testimonies

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]

Committee on the Budget (House): Investments in U.S. Hometowns, D799 [20JN]

Tributes

Nicholas, Robert, H3779 [3JN]

Randolph, Jennings, H1552, H1553 [7MR]