STEARNS, CLIFF (a Representative from Florida)

Amendments offered by, to

Dept. of the Interior: making appropriations (H.R. 2686), H4984 [25JN]

Appointments

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

Articles and editorials

Fetal Tissue Research—Right or Wrong? Redbook (publication), H5842 [25JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Congress: defer pay adjustments (see H.R. 700, H781 [29JA])

Drug abuse: tax return designation of $1 for drug treatment and rehabilitation (see H.R. 942, H991 [6FE])

National Pornography Victims Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 349, H7862 [15OC])

National Stay in School Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 362, H8334 [23OC])

Resolution Trust Corp.: asset disposition procedures (see H. Con. Res. 137, H2537 [24AP])

Soviet Union: commend citizens and leaders for democratic reforms (see H. Con. Res. 199, H6455 [11SE]; H. Con. Res. 207, H6720 [23SE])

Veterans: bill of rights (see H.R. 3311, H6455 [11SE])

———improve compensation and pension programs (see H.R. 426, H83 [4JA])

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Agriculture: prevention of crimes against farmers, researchers, and other livestock-related professions (see H.R. 2407, H3279 [20MY])

Appropriations: constitutional amendment on line-item veto (see H.J. Res. 5, H684 [23JA])

———rescind certain unauthorized funds (see H.R. 2643, H5979 [29JY])

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

Armed Forces: payment of health care expenses for certain members relative to entitlement to medicare benefits (see H.R. 467, H2375 [17AP])

Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 173, H2538 [24AP])

Bankruptcy: priority for the payment of claims for retiree health benefits in liquidation cases (see H.R. 3619, H11892 [26NO])

Basketball Centennial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 372, H10723 [20NO])

Boats: fees for recreational vessels (see H.R. 534, H1914 [20MR])

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see 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, H1326 [28FE])

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

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

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

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])

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

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: Presidential recommendations relative to ratification (see H. Res. 261, H8495 [24OC])

Copyrights: protection of industrial designs (see H.R. 1790, H2259 [16AP])

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

———standards for product liability actions (see H.R. 3030, H10269 [14NO])

Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 1400) (see H.R. 1400, H4945 [24JN])

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: designate Hugh Davis Memorial Wing at the medical center in Salem, VA (see H.R. 175, H5910 [25JY])

Diseases: ovarian cancer research (see H.R. 148, H891 [5FE])

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

Drug abuse: establish model treatment programs (see H.R. 462, H5211 [26JN])

Ecology and environment: include melaleuca quinquenervia as a noxious weed (see H.R. 3753, H10280 [15NO])

Economy: incentives for work, savings, and investments (see H.R. 3130, H9493 [6NO])

Education: establish loan program with repayment guidelines based on income level and borrowing history (see H.R. 2336, H11891 [26NO])

———improve counseling services for elementary school students (see H.R. 840, H1849 [19MR])

Endangered species: Florida panther (see H.R. 367, H81 [4JA])

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

Fair Housing Act: modify exemption for familial status of older persons (see H.R. 1025, H8188 [22OC])

Families and domestic relations: grant programs for pregnant women and adoption of children (see H.R. 1753, H2399 [22AP])

FCC: prevent the loss of existing spectrum to the amateur radio service (see H.R. 73, H5596 [17JY])

Federal employees: age requirements for Federal law enforcement officers and fire fighters (see H.R. 961, H1670 [12MR])

Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund: exempt receipts from the calculation of the budget (see H.R. 1528, H2538 [24AP])

Federal Reserve System: GAO audit (see H.R. 1468, H2375 [17AP])

Financial institutions: limit liability on holdings in violation of certain environmental laws (see H.R. 1450, H2137 [10AP])

Fire fighters: enact a fire service bill of rights (see H.R. 2448, H3739 [30MY])

Flag—U.S.: display by U.S. citizens in support of Armed Forces in the Persian Gulf (see H. Con. Res. 44, H892 [5FE])

Foreign aid: assistance for transition from communism to democracy (see H.R. 1080, H2470 [23AP])

Franklin, Benjamin: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2448, H3739 [30MY])

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

Government: elimination of waste (see H.R. 3816, H10932 [22NO])

Guaranteed Student Loan Program: reduced interest rates for individuals entering the teaching profession (see H.R. 709, H781 [29JA])

Gulf of Mexico: protection of environment (see H.R. 3777, H10268 [14NO])

Haiti: support democracy (see H. Res. 235, H7313 [2OC])

Health: establish medical research alliance between Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs (see H.R. 111, H1280 [27FE])

———reauthorize and expand area health education centers (see H.R. 3312, H7314 [2OC])

———report on national medical care systems of industrialized countries (see H.R. 1534, H6456 [11SE])

———research programs for osteoporosis and related bone disorders (see H.R. 1212, H1915 [20MR])

Health care facilities: exempt from antitrust laws, certain activities entered into by hospitals in low population areas (see H.R. 2406, H8496 [24OC])

Health care professionals: excessive physician regulations under medicare (see H.R. 2695, H6387 [2AU])

House of Representatives: require three-fifths majority vote on passage of legislation increasing revenues (see H. Res. 141, H2903 [8MY])

Hungary: political reform (see H.J. Res. 292, H5267 [27JN])

Hussein, Saddam: prosecution for war crimes (see H. Con. Res. 81, H1418 [5MR])

Immigration: document fraud (see H.R. 3438, H7649 [8OC])

———exclusion of immigrants infected with the HIV virus (see H.R. 2049, H2903 [8MY])

———Federal financial benefits and unemployment benefits for illegal aliens (see H.R. 3441, H7649 [8OC])

Income: congressional, executive, and judicial salaries and pensions (see H.R. 2830, H5299 [9JY])

Income tax: include organ donation information with individual return payments (see H.R. 993, H2537 [24AP])

Insurance: life insurance contracts of terminally ill individuals (see H.R. 134, H6193 [31JY])

International law: establish a military tribunal to prosecute war crimes arising from the Persian Gulf conflict (see H. Res. 100, H1416 [5MR])

Iraq: maintenance of sanctions (see H. Res. 217, H6385 [2AU])

IRS: time extension for certain acts for individuals performing services under Operation Desert Shield (see H.R. 4, H556 [17JA]; H.R. 469, H684 [23JA])

Jordan: restrict economic and military assistance (see H.R. 1317, H2109 [9AP])

Korean War Memorial Act: amend (see H.R. 1744, H2178 [11AP])

Law enforcement officers: authorizing appropriations for additional border patrol personnel (see H.R. 2071, H11114 [23NO])

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

Mary McLeod Bethune Memorial Fine Arts Center: authorizing appropriations for construction and maintenance (see H.R. 2290, H5211 [26JN])

Medicare: additional payment for the operating costs of hospitals with a high proportion of medicare patients (see H.R. 827, H1475 [7MR])

———coverage of bone mass measurements (see H.R. 1213, H1915 [20MR])

———improve State systems for compensating individuals injured in the course of provision of health care services (see H.R. 1004, H6798 [24SE])

———payment for interpretation of electrocardiograms (see H.R. 3373, H9701 [12NO])

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment on terms of office (see H.J. Res. 21, H61 [3JA]; H.J. Res. 22, H61 [3JA]

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])

Motion pictures: parental notification guidelines (see H. Con. Res. 69, H1418 [5MR])

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

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 257, H6387 [2AU])

National Cancer Institute: breast cancer research funding (see H.R. 381, H782 [29JA])

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 Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 87, H1081 [20FE])

National Foster Care Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 154, H2538 [24AP])

National health plan: establish (see H.R. 1565, H11114 [23NO])

National Home Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 175, H2017 [21MR])

National Hospice Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 153, H6690 [19SE])

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

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 72, H3037 [14MY])

National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 233, H6318 [1AU])

National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 284, H7382 [3OC])

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, H5596 [17JY])

National Sea Grant College Program: reauthorize (see H.R. 1370, H2953 [9MY])

National Trauma Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 300, H9581 [7NO])

Newspapers: establish tax credits for using recycled newsprint (see H.R. 507, H1138 [21FE])

Office of Research on Women's Health: establish (see H.R. 1263, H1415 [5MR])

Office of Research on Women's Health and Mental Health: establish (see H.R. 1264, H1415 [5MR])

Older Americans Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 51, H2783 [6MY])

Patents: certain processes (see H.R. 1417, H5596 [17JY])

Petersburg, VA: community development block grant activities (see H.R. 3753, H10280 [15NO])

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

———excise taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel (see H. Res. 173, H5342 [10JY])

Postal Service: disclosure of certain information relative to the solicitation of charitable contributions by mail (see H.R. 580, H8335 [23OC])

———establish commission to investigate (see H. Res. 194, H6195 [31JY])

———mail delivery standards (see H.R. 676, H2783 [6MY])

POW: investigation and prosecution of individuals responsible for Iraqi war crimes (see H. Res. 42, H1476 [7MR])

POW/MIA: disclosure of information concerning U.S. personnel classified after 1940 (see H.R. 1147, H5650 [18JY])

Prayer: constitutional amendment on voluntary school prayer (see H.J. Res. 240, H5515 [16JY])

Public Pension Equity Restoration Act: enact (see H.R. 1348, H3624 [23MY])

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

Recycled materials: promote research (see H.R. 300, H512 [15JA])

Recycling: State opportunities for citizens' participation (see H.R. 945, H6940 [26SE])

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

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

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

Small business: health benefit plans (see H.R. 2453, H5211 [26JN])

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

———earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 249, H77 [4JA]; H.R. 967, H1023 [19FE])

———payment for physicians' services (see H.R. 3070, H11891 [26NO])

———State and local taxation of benefits (see H.R. 2971, H6720 [23SE])

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

———regulation of surface transportation rates by certain motor and air carriers (see H.R. 3221, H7815 [11OC])

Stetson University: library facilities construction grant (see H.R. 1083, H1136 [21FE])

Student loans: deferral during professional internships (see H.R. 179, H2375 [17AP])

Taxation: allow charitable contributions to private businesses in Eastern Europe (see H.R. 2649, H6139 [30JY])

———allow first-time home buyers to make withdrawals from personal individual retirement accounts without penalty (see H.R. 352, H855 [4FE])

———application of employer Social Security taxes to employees' cash tips (see H.R. 1472, H5979 [29JY])

———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, H4098 [6JN])

———educational assistance programs for undergraduates (see H.R. 1257, H6539 [12SE])

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

———establish enterprise zones (see H.R. 11, H2953 [9MY])

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

———extension of small business tax provisions (see H.R. 3487, H8919 [31OC])

———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, H2016 [21MR]; H.R. 1629, H2084 [22MR])

———income tax credit for amounts contributed to a health care savings account (see H.R. 702, H2180 [11AP])

———increase amount of the exemption for children under age 18 (see H.R. 1277, H1787 [18MR])

———individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 77, H1416 [5MR]; H.R. 1406, H2087 [22MR])

———investment and employment credits relative to enterprise zones (see H.R. 23, H9700 [12NO])

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

———purchase of health insurance (see H.R. 3084, H10932 [22NO])

———refundable credits for qualified cancer screening tests (see H.R. 3464, H7199 [1OC])

———reinstate investment tax credit and reduce capital gains taxes (see H.R. 2359, H8496 [24OC])

———repeal excise tax on luxury items (see H.R. 2598, H4613 [18JN])

———repeal the luxury tax on boats (see H.R. 951, H1475 [7MR])

———small issue bonds (see H.R. 602, H1138 [21FE]; H.R. 1186, H7380 [3OC])

———treatment of a charitable organization operating an amateur athletic event (see H.R. 2464, H6386 [2AU])

———treatment of amounts withdrawn from individual retirement plans to pay for long-term health insurance (see H.R. 704, H2180 [11AP])

———treatment of deduction for interest paid on debt secured by a first or second home (see H. Con. Res. 8, H782 [29JA])

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

———treatment of small builders' income from the sale of certain residential real property (see H.R. 1864, H6386 [2AU])

Veterans: burial plot allowances (see H.R. 103, H3036 [14MY])

———clarify protections relative to reemployment and reinstatement of health insurance (see H.R. 555, H782 [29JA])

———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, H2537 [24AP])

———permit acceptance of military retirement pay concurrently with disability compensation (see H.R. 3164, H10723 [20NO])

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])

Yugoslavia: restrict assistance for Serbia (see H.R. 3518, H10842 [21NO])

Letters

Economic sanctions against Iraq: William H. Webster, Director of CIA, H330 [11JA]

Lists

Banking regulatory laws, H6310 [1AU]

Largest 25 banks, 1969, H6310 [1AU]

Largest 25 banks, 1989, H6310 [1AU]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H5821 [25JY]

Remarks by, on

Abortion: distinction from family planning method, H5748 [24JY]

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 332), H6886 [26SE]

Budget: constitutional amendment to balance, H1347 [5MR]

———deficit, H7322 [3OC], H9154 [5NO]

China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (H.J. Res. 263), H5336 [10JY]

Civil Rights Act: restore and strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (H.R. 1), H3728 [30MY], H3809 [4JN]

Congress: require three-fifths majority vote in both houses to increase taxes (H.R. 3146), H6146 [31JY]

Cottage Education Corp.: tribute, H3631 [29MY]

CSX Corp.: tribute to safety record, H2141 [11AP]

Dept. of Defense: making supplemental appropriations for personnel expenditures relative to Operation Desert Shield and other urgent domestic programs (H.R. 1281), H1538 [7MR]

Dept. of the Interior: making appropriations (H.R. 2686), H4983, H4984 [25JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2686), motion to instruct conferees, H7879 [16OC]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs, HUD, and independent agencies, commissions, corporations, and offices: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2519), conference report, H7206 [2OC]

District of Columbia: minimum wage increase, H11296 [26NO]

Drug abuse: tax return designation of $1 for drug treatment and rehabilitation (H.R. 942), H896 [6FE]

Economy: impact of Republican policies, H5983 [30JY]

———job growth and economic expansion, H1676 [13MR]

———national objectives priority assignments, H7154, H7155, H7156 [1OC], H8930 [1NO], H10731 [21NO]

Education: national policy to reduce illiteracy and improve mathematics and science skills, H10484 [19NO]

Financial institutions: discrimination against minorities in lending, H8954 [1NO]

———recapitalize the Federal deposit insurance fund and reform the regulatory and service systems (H.R. 1505), H6310-H6314 [1AU]

———recapitalize the Federal deposit insurance fund and reform the regulatory and service systems (H.R. 3768), H10768 [21NO]

———recapitalize the Federal deposit insurance fund and reform the regulatory and service systems (H.R. 6), H8954 [1NO]

———role of stimulating and sustaining economic growth, H4444 [13JN]

Florida: tribute to Santa Fe HealthCare, Inc. preventive health care system, H9624 [12NO]

Foreign aid: funding, H4566 [18JN]

———improve and authorize appropriations for military assistance programs (H.R. 2508), H4527, H4529 [13JN]

———reduce levels, H4527, H4529 [13JN]

Government: domestic agenda, H5600 [18JY]

Hussein, Saddam: prosecution for war crimes, H6321 [2AU]

Iran: arms sales, House investigation, H7983 [17OC]

Iraq: trade embargo, H7872 [16OC]

Lake County, FL: tribute to Au Clair school program, H6728 [24SE]

Legislative branch: making appropriations (H.R. 2506), H3966, H3967 [5JN]

———use of unexpended funds to reduce Federal deficit, H3966, H3967 [5JN]

Middle East: military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq, H329 [11JA]

———multinational military action against Iraq, H1172 [27FE]

———success of multinational military action against Iraq (H. Res. 95), H1375 [5MR]

National Endowment for the Arts: funding, H4983, H4984 [25JN], H7879 [16OC]

National Pornography Victims Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 349), H7821 [15OC]

NIH: revise and extend programs (H.R. 2507), H5842 [25JY]

North, Oliver L.: acquittal of charges in Iran-Contra allegations, H6804 [25SE]

Ocala, FL: fire disaster of First Baptist Church of Ocala, E3624 [31OC]

Real property: tax treatment under the limitations on losses from passive activities (H.R. 1414), H8127 [22OC]

Research: representation of women, minorities, and senior citizens in disease treatment and prevention studies, H5842 [25JY]

———use of fetal tissue in disease treatment, H5842 [25JY]

Resolution Trust Corp.: asset disposition procedures (H. Con. Res. 137), H2477 [24AP]

———funding (H.R. 1315), H1602 [12MR]

———reform (S. 1943), H10731 [21NO]

Social Security: earnings limit, H9711 [13NO]

Soviet Union: commend citizens and leaders for democratic reforms (H. Con. Res. 199), H6462 [12SE], H6700 [23SE]

States: taxation of nonresidents pension income (H.R. 431), H1854 [20MR]

Stay in School Awareness Day: observance, H8472 [24OC]

Taxation: boat user fee, H8582 [29OC]

———impact on economy, H5825 [25JY]

Transportation: establish a national comprehensive surface transportation system (H.R. 2950), consideration (H. Res. 252), H8210 [23OC]

University of Florida: tribute to football team, H10483 [19NO]

Veterans: bill of rights (H.R. 3311), H6395 [11SE], H9503 [7NO]

———disability compensation for service-connected disabilities (H.R. 3), H643 [23JA]

———improve compensation and pension programs (H.R. 426), H34 [3JA]

Votes: position on missed, H3116 [15MY]

Weapons: application/adjustment of strategic defense initiative technology, E278 [23JA]

Welk, Lawrence: repeal authority to use appropriations for rural development grants for the restoration of birthplace, H1538 [7MR]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H6314 [1AU]

Reports

Iraqi Methods of Torture and Ill-Treatment: Amnesty International, H330 [11JA]

Tables

Expanded scope of deposit insurance coverage, H6312 [1AU]

Testimonies

Committee on Rules: Consideration of H.R. 2950, Establishing a National Comprehensive Surface Transportation System, D1291 [22OC]

Committee on the Budget (House): Budget Proposals, D294 [13MR]

Tributes

Custer, Bill, E3399 [15OC]

Williams, Ted, H7163 [1OC]