TAYLOR, GENE (a Representative from Mississippi)
Amendments offered by, to
Foreign aid: improve and authorize appropriations for military assistance programs (H.R. 2508), H4293 [11JN], H4440 [12JN], H4530 [13JN]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 2100, authorizing appropriations for Dept. of Defense military functions and to prescribe military personnel levels, H6586 [16SE]
———H.R. 3371, national policy to control crime and reform court procedures, H10748 [21NO]
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Ships and vessels: equity of revenue availability and regulation of gambling (see H.R. 3282, H6384 [2AU])
Tariff: mandelic acid (see H.R. 1962, H2393 [18AP])
———phenyl hydrazine (see H.R. 1961, H2393 [18AP])
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Agriculture: disaster assistance (see H.R. 2893, H5745 [23JY])
———protection for veal calves (see H.R. 252, H3370 [21MY])
———shifting of crop acreage bases between farms in the case of natural disasters (see H.R. 2477, H4284 [11JN])
Air Force Association: establish a memorial in the District of Columbia area (see H.R. 3627, H10842 [21NO])
Armed Forces: 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])
———credit for tuition payments made during period of call to active duty (see H.R. 1165, H1787 [18MR])
———establish a commemorative medal for members serving in a combat zone during the Persian Gulf conflict (see H.R. 1107, H1475 [7MR])
———retention of certain information in personnel files on missing or deceased members (see H.R. 1730, H2177 [11AP])
———telephone rates and procedures for Operation Desert Shield personnel (see H.J. Res. 147, H1672 [12MR])
Basketball Centennial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 372, H11115 [23NO])
Boats: fees for recreational vessels (see H.R. 534, H1914 [20MR])
Boy Scouts of America: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 207, H3038 [14MY])
Braille Literacy Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 353, H9494 [6NO])
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 143, H2901 [8MY]; H.J. Res. 248, H3625 [23MY]; H.J. Res. 290, H5298 [9JY])
Capital punishment: constitutional procedures for imposition (see H.R. 826, H2180 [11AP])
CHAMPUS: eligibility of certain members of the Armed Forces relative to medicare coverage of hospital insurance (see H.R. 1124, H2086 [22MR])
China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (see H.R. 2212, H4284 [11JN])
Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation: establish (see H.R. 500, H1025 [19FE])
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 Operation Desert Shield (see H.R. 1658, H2085 [22MR])
———mint in commemoration of the Bill of Rights (see H.R. 2673, H4611 [18JN])
Coins and coinage: mint in commemoration of the quincentenary of the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus (see H.R. 500, H1025 [19FE])
Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act: waive application to certain farm vehicles (see H.R. 1516, H3280 [20MY])
Commission on Defense Base Closure and Realignment: recommendations relative to installations outside the U.S. (see H.J. Res. 313, H5978 [29JY])
Country Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 305, H5595 [17JY])
Courts: extraterritorial jurisdiction over terrorist acts abroad against U.S. nationals (see H.R. 2222, H3150 [15MY])
Crime: life imprisonment relative to drug traffickers and violent criminals convicted of a third offense (see H.R. 2904, H6799 [24SE])
———mandatory prison sentences for drug crimes involving minors (see H.R. 2903, H6799 [24SE])
———penalties for drive-by shootings (see H.R. 2902, H6799 [24SE])
———provide restitution to victims (see H.R. 1809, H3150 [15MY])
———registration of all convicted child abusers with the National Crime Information Center (see H.R. 2553, H6675 [17SE])
Crime Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 303, H6195 [31JY])
Customs and duties: temporary import surcharges to compensate for disproportionate cost to U.S. of the Persian Gulf war (see H.R. 1187, H2394 [18AP])
Dept. of Education: establish an Office of Community Colleges (see H.R. 1048, H3037 [14MY])
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: prices of drugs procured (see H.R. 2890, H6799 [24SE])
Disaster Assistance Act: enact (see H.R. 2536, H3855 [4JN])
Earth Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 144, H2181 [11AP])
Education: authorize grant to the national writing project (see H.R. 667, H994 [6FE])
———improve counseling services for elementary school students (see H.R. 840, H3280 [20MY])
Education Day, U.S.A.: designate (see H.J. Res. 104, H1282 [27FE])
Elections: constitutional amendment relative to contributions and expenditures of congressional, Presidential, State, and local (see H.J. Res. 224, H11115 [23NO])
Employment: entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (see H.R. 1270, H5910 [25JY])
FAA: publish flight charts for visual flight routes (see H.R. 3243, H6382 [2AU])
Fair Labor Standards Act: clarify application (see H.R. 1237, H5211 [26JN])
FCC: prevent the loss of existing spectrum to the amateur radio service (see H.R. 73, H8101 [17OC])
Federal employees: age requirements for Federal law enforcement officers and fire fighters (see H.R. 961, H2108 [9AP])
———prohibit representation of foreign persons for a certain time period after leaving the Government (see H.R. 809, H2394 [18AP])
Financial institutions: limit liability on holdings in violation of certain environmental laws (see H.R. 1450, H1774 [14MR])
Fire fighters: enact a fire service bill of rights (see H.R. 2448, H3739 [30MY])
Firearms: establish national hotline to check on prospective handgun buyers (see H.R. 1412, H1915 [20MR])
———mandatory minimum sentences unlawful possession by convicted felons and illegal drug users (see H.R. 1719, H3150 [15MY])
Fish: relief for shrimp fishermen required to use turtle excluder devices (see H.R. 1478, H1848 [19MR])
Flag—U.S.: display by U.S. citizens in support of Armed Forces in the Persian Gulf (see H. Con. Res. 44, H605 [18JA])
Food: remove certain pesticides from supply and establish EPA negligible risk standard (see H.R. 3216, H6879 [25SE])
Foreign trade: improve sanctions against foreign persons exporting items to countries violating U.N. Security Council resolutions (see H.R. 652, H1914 [20MR])
———procedures for implementing trade agreements (see H. Res. 101, H2565 [25AP])
———strengthen U.S. ability to respond to practices that threaten U.S. commerce (see H.R. 2455, H5211 [26JN])
———tariff treatment of products from countries relative to their contributions to Operation Desert Shield (see H.R. 317, H3624 [23MY])
Franklin, Benjamin: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2448, H3739 [30MY])
Go Camping America Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 90, H2470 [23AP])
Government: elimination of waste (see H.R. 3816, H10543 [19NO])
———greater accountability for foreign travel (see H.R. 461, H3624 [23MY])
GSA: availability of nonlethal surplus property for humanitarian relief purposes (see H.R. 919, H991 [6FE])
Harbors: program to improve commerce and competitiveness (see H.R. 2135, H3160 [16MY])
Hire a Veteran Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 280, H8496 [24OC])
House Rules: amend relative to economic impact statements for legislation increasing taxes or fees on the maritime industry (see H. Res. 315, H11890 [26NO])
Hussein, Saddam: prosecution for war crimes (see H.J. Res. 88, H1081 [20FE]; H. Con. Res. 81, H1418 [5MR])
Income: exclusion of congressional salaries from executive and judicial adjustments (see H.R. 999, H3855 [4JN])
Infant Mortality Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 194, H2181 [11AP])
INS: assign Dept. of Defense personnel for border protection assistance (see H.R. 1092, H2109 [9AP])
International Air Transportation Competition Act: amend (see H.R. 858, H988 [6FE])
IRS: time extension for certain acts for individuals performing services under Operation Desert Shield (see H.R. 4, H684 [23JA])
Italian-American Heritage and Culture Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 260, H7551 [7OC])
Jewish Heritage Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 134, H1759 [13MR])
Korean War Veterans Remembrance Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 255, H5342 [10JY])
Kuwait: involvement of U.S. workers, firms, and products in rebuilding (see H. Res. 167, H4015 [5JN])
Language and languages: recognize English as official U.S. language (see H.R. 123, H1281 [27FE])
Margaret Walker Alexander National African-American Research Center: establish (see H.R. 1254, H1415 [5MR])
Maritime industry: commend for cooperation with Armed Forces involved in Operation Desert Shield (see H. Res. 38, H1282 [27FE])
Medicaid: Federal payments relative to State expenditures made from revenues derived from provider-specific taxes (see H. Con. Res. 208, H7382 [3OC])
———State matching payments through voluntary contributions (see H.R. 1457, H6675 [17SE])
Members of Congress: pay rate adjustments (see H.R. 811, H2136 [10AP])
———repeal and prohibit all exemptions, privileges, and gratuities (see H.R. 3555, H9614 [8NO])
Military Order of the World Wars: grant charter (see H.R. 3071, H8662 [29OC])
Motor vehicles: require new standards for corporate average fuel economy (see H.R. 612, H2180 [11AP])
National Accessible Housing Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 326, H9044 [1NO])
National Adoption Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 364, H10366 [18NO])
National American Indian Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 182, H2087 [22MR])
National Campus Crime and Security Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 142, H5211 [26JN])
National Children's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 183, H4613 [18JN])
National Correctional Officers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 232, H3625 [23MY])
National Desert Storm Reservists Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 231, H2770 [2MY])
National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 241, H3625 [23MY])
National Education First Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 197, H2181 [11AP])
National Family Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 23, H4284 [11JN])
National Firefighters Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 189, H2394 [18AP])
National Forest System Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 226, H4945 [24JN])
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, H2376 [17AP])
National Guard: retention rights of certain civilian technicians involuntarily separated from membership (see H.R. 1188, H3855 [4JN])
National Hero Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 185, H2137 [10AP])
National Historically Black Colleges Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 102, H5515 [16JY])
National Invent America Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 287, H5911 [25JY])
National Law Enforcement Memorial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 123, H2109 [9AP])
National Law Enforcement Training Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 191, H3038 [14MY])
National Military Families Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 215, H2178 [11AP])
National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 72, H386 [11JA])
National Physical Fitness and Sports Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 120, H2470 [23AP])
National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 233, H3806 [3JN])
National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 284, H7107 [30SE])
National Radon Action Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 67, H5979 [29JY])
National Recycling Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 169, H2109 [9AP])
National Sarcoidosis Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 309, H5819 [24JY])
National Senior Citizens Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 181, H2181 [11AP])
National Tourism Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 103, H2470 [23AP])
National Walk For Health and Fitness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 170, H2263 [16AP])
National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 242, H2768 [2MY])
Older Americans Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 51, H1456 [6MR])
Pensions: civil service retirement credit relative to work performed under certain Federal-State cooperative programs (see H.R. 1653, H2085 [22MR])
Postal Service: mail delivery standards (see H.R. 676, H1670 [12MR])
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, H1915 [20MR])
Real property: tax treatment under the limitations on losses from passive activities (see H.R. 1414, H2570 [29AP])
Recycling: State opportunities for citizens' participation (see H.R. 945, H6602 [16SE])
Refuse disposal: protect the used oil recycling system and establish used oil management standards (see H.R. 1411, H6798 [24SE])
Religious Freedom Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 325, H6879 [25SE])
Rural areas: crime and drug control (see H.R. 2959, H6602 [16SE])
Schwarzkopf, H. Norman, Jr.: award a Congressional Gold Medal and produce bronze duplicates for public sale (see H.R. 1296, H1475 [7MR])
Ships and vessels: fees for a person engaged in carriage of goods or passengers by vessel for hire (see H.R. 4032, H11888 [26NO])
———remedy injury to shipbuilding and repair industry (see H.R. 2709, H4866 [20JN])
———reporting of foreign passenger vessel casualties (see H.R. 1191, H1324 [28FE])
Social Security: benefit formula computation rules (see H.R. 917, H2086 [22MR])
———earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 217, H1025 [19FE]; H.R. 967, H1671 [12MR])
———payment for physicians' services (see H.R. 3070, H6387 [2AU])
———reduction in payments to spouses and surviving spouses who are receiving certain Government pensions (see H.R. 53, H2136 [10AP])
Solid waste: State regulation of treatment, disposal, and other disposition (see H.R. 739, H2393 [18AP])
Southeast Asia: grant asylum to nationals assisting in the return of living POW/MIA (see H.R. 1900, H3856 [4JN])
States: regulation of surface transportation rates by certain motor and air carriers (see H.R. 3221, H6457 [11SE])
———taxation of nonresidents pension income (see H.R. 431, H6798 [24SE]; H.R. 1655, H6798 [24SE]
Tariff: footwear (see H.R. 1385, H7380 [3OC])
———motor vehicles for transport of goods (see H.R. 3250, H7381 [3OC])
Taxation: allow individuals to transfer separation pay from the Armed Forces into an eligible retirement plan (see H.R. 1549, H7725 [9OC])
———application of employer Social Security taxes to employees' cash tips (see H.R. 1472, H3280 [20MY])
———contribution of $1 of individual income tax refund to local antidrug programs (see H.R. 357, H1138 [21FE])
———contribution of individual income tax refunds for drug abuse education programs (see H.R. 2765, H5049 [25JN])
———exclude from gross estate value of certain land subject to a qualified conservation easement (see H.R. 2149, H5818 [24JY])
———Federal treatment of State and local government bonds (see H. Res. 139, H2602 [30AP])
———increase amount of the exemption for children under age 18 (see H.R. 1277, H4437 [12JN])
———individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1406, H5650 [18JY])
———low-income housing credit (see H.R. 413, H2769 [2MY])
———permanently extend qualified mortgage bonds (see H.R. 1067, H1417 [5MR])
———shareholder income of controlled foreign corporations derived from imports into U.S. (see H.R. 2889, H7551 [7OC])
———small issue bonds (see H.R. 710, H1323 [28FE]; H.R. 1186, H4437 [12JN])
———targeted jobs credit (see H.R. 565, H6539 [12SE])
Telecommunications: research, design, and manufacturing of equipment (see H.R. 1527, H3495 [22MY])
Unemployment: Federal supplemental compensation (see H.R. 1367, H4945 [24JN]; H.R. 2839, H5339 [10JY])
Veterans: allow disability compensation concurrently with retirement pay (see H.R. 303, H713 [28JA])
———bill of rights (see H.R. 3311, H9758 [13NO])
———disability compensation for service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 3, H111 [9JA])
———expand services for post-traumatic stress disorder patients (see H.R. 841, H1475 [7MR])
Volunteer workers: immunity from civil liability for certain individuals working for nonprofit organizations and governmental entities (see H.R. 911, H8101 [17OC])
Welk, Lawrence: repeal authority to use appropriations for rural development grants for the restoration of birthplace (see H.R. 772, H892 [5FE])
Whistle blowing: protect employees who report violations of Federal laws (see H.R. 1664, H5979 [29JY])
World War II: contributions of Federal civilian employees during the attack on Pearl Harbor (see H.J. Res. 368, H11893 [26NO])
———contributions of the people of Guam and Hawaii (see H. Res. 293, H11894 [26NO])
———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])
Year of the American Indian: designate (see H.J. Res. 342, H7380 [3OC])
Year of the Gulf of Mexico: designate (see H.J. Res. 327, H7801 [10OC])
Yugoslavia: cease use of force and engage in good faith negotiations relative to civil conflict (see H. Con. Res. 211, H11893 [26NO])
Remarks by, on
Depts. of Veterans Affairs, HUD, and independent agencies, commissions, corporations, and offices: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2519), conference report—amendments in disagreement, H7238 [2OC]
Economy: national objectives priority assignments, H6887 [26SE]
Farm Credit System: financial safety and soundness (H.R. 3298), H9345
Foreign aid: export of military construction equipment, H4531 [13JN]
———improve and authorize appropriations for military assistance programs (H.R. 2508), H4531, H4533 [13JN]
———improve and authorize appropriations for military assistance programs (H.R. 2508), waiving all points of order against the conference report (H. Res. 232), H8687, H8688 [30OC]
Foreign trade: extension of Presidential fast-track negotiating authority, H3360, H3362, H3364 [21MY]
———lost revenues from tariffs relative to the North American Free Trade Agreement, H7972 [16OC]
———procedures for implementing trade agreements (H. Res. 101), H3546 [23MY]
———reciprocal responses to foreign practices that deny national treatment to U.S. investment, H3360, H3362, H3364 [21MY]
Middle East: military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq, H340 [11JA]
North American Free Trade Agreement: impact on employment issues, H6876, H6877 [25SE]
Ships and vessels: equity of revenue availability and regulation of gambling (H.R. 3282), H11022, H11023, H11026 [23NO]
Votes: position on missed, H3300 [21MY], H9799 [13NO]
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H9391 [5NO]
Special order: granted, H3369 [21MY], H7979 [16OC]
Testimonies
Committee on the Budget (House): Community Development Issues, D1163 [26SE]
Tributes
Whitten, Representative, H9148 [5NO]