THOMAS, WILLIAM M. (a Representative from California)

Appointments

Conferee: H. Con. Res. 121, revising 1991 and setting forth the Federal budget for 1992-96, H2928 [9MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Agriculture: extend and remove certain limitations on emergency crop loss and livestock feed assistance (see H.R. 1451, H1774 [14MR])

Naval petroleum reserve: lease certain reserves to assure production of resources at that property (see H.R. 701, H781 [29JA])

Taxation: allow first-time home buyers to make withdrawals from personal individual retirement accounts without penalty (see H.R. 519, H386 [11JA])

———energy investment credit for solar and geothermal energy (see H.R. 1652, H2085 [22MR])

———expand the one-time exclusion of capital gains from the sale of a principal residence (see H.R. 3465, H7199 [1OC])

———treatment of small property and casualty insurance companies (see H.R. 2768, H5049 [25JN])

———treatment of the deduction for State and local income and franchise taxes (see H.R. 1429, H1758 [13MR])

Umbrellas—Joint Project for Japan and U.S.A. Corp.: relief (see H.R. 3434, H6940 [26SE])

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Agriculture: prevention of crimes against farmers, researchers, and other livestock-related professions (see H.R. 2407, H6457 [11SE])

———relieve economic hardships to producers suffering from drought conditions (see H.R. 1550, H2109 [9AP])

Air Force Association: establish a memorial in the District of Columbia area (see H.R. 3627, H10842 [21NO])

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: lease lands for oil and gas exploration and development (see H.R. 759, H824 [30JA])

Armed Forces: delay increase in deductibles for certain health care until the end of the Persian Gulf conflict (see H.R. 781, H1326 [28FE])

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 290, H5298 [9JY])

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

California: designate wilderness areas (see H.R. 3066, H5978 [29JY])

Capitol Police: civilian support positions for functions relative to the House of Representatives (see H. Res. 199, H5744 [23JY])

Cheney, Dick: award a congressional gold medal (see H.R. 2672, H5818 [24JY])

Coins: mint commemorative coin for 200th anniversary of White House (see H.R. 3337, H10932 [22NO])

Committee on the Organization of Congress (Joint): establish (see H. Con. Res. 192, H6880 [25SE])

Courts: termination of office of independent counsel (see H.R. 444, H6385 [2AU])

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

Disasters: donation of agricultural commodities for international hunger relief programs financed by Japan (see H. Con. Res. 179, H5432 [11JY])

———prepare and implement drought contingency plans (see H.R. 920, H991 [6FE])

Dutch-American Heritage Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 177, H6318 [1AU])

Education: alternative methods for qualifying ability-to-benefit students for Federal financial aid (see H.R. 907, H1670 [12MR])

———authorize grant to the national writing project (see H.R. 667, H1138 [21FE])

———improve (see H.R. 2460, H4284 [11JN])

———repeal testing requirements for students receiving benefits (see H.R. 553, H1475 [7MR])

Education Day, U.S.A.: designate (see H.J. Res. 104, H1282 [27FE])

Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 3770, H10268 [14NO])

Employment: restore certain political rights to workers (see H.R. 2915, H6799 [24SE])

Federal employees: voluntary participation in the political process (see H.R. 20, H2136 [10AP])

Financial institutions: limit liability on holdings in violation of certain environmental laws (see H.R. 1450, H3495 [22MY])

Flag—U.S.: 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])

GATT: oilseeds panel ruling against the EEC (see H. Res. 257, H8335 [23OC])

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

Government: elimination of waste (see H.R. 3816, H10543 [19NO])

Government regulation: procedures for assessment of impact on seizure of private property (see H.R. 1572, H2375 [17AP])

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 3037, H5908 [25JY])

Hussein, Saddam: prosecution for war crimes (see H. Con. Res. 81, H1672 [12MR])

Income: exclusion of congressional salaries from executive and judicial adjustments (see H.R. 999, H1077 [20FE])

———treatment of Federal pay relative to garnishment and similar legal fees (see H.R. 643, H2902 [8MY])

Iraq: humanitarian assistance for displaced persons (see H. Con. Res. 131, H2393 [18AP])

IRS: time extension for certain acts for individuals performing services under Operation Desert Shield (see H.R. 4, H53 [3JA])

Languages: constitutional amendment to establish English as the official language of the U.S. (see H.J. Res. 81, H3163 [17MY])

Los Padres National Forest: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 2556, H4015 [5JN])

Manzanar National Historic Site: establish (see H.R. 543, H529 [16JA])

Medicare: coverage for colerectal screening examinations and certain immunizations (see H.R. 2565, H4097 [6JN])

———improve administration (see H.R. 3837, H10841 [21NO])

Middle East: congressional approval of military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq (see H. Con. Res. 13, H84 [4JA])

———demonstrations of community support for troops in the Persian Gulf (see H.J. Res. 174, H1457 [6MR])

National Accessible Housing Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 326, H9044 [1NO])

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, H5979 [29JY])

National Desert Storm Reservists Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 231, H2603 [30AP])

National Down Syndrome Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 228, H4945 [24JN])

National forests: relinquishment of rights, title, and interest by the U.S. in certain lands (see H.R. 1514, H4016 [5JN])

National Huntington's Disease Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 56, H2016 [21MR])

National Invent America Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 287, H6139 [30JY])

National Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 252, H5516 [16JY])

National observances: establish a commission to advise the President (see H.R. 68, H4867 [20JN])

National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 233, H6194 [31JY])

National Red Ribbon Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 312, H8920 [31OC])

Paine, Thomas: establish monument in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 1628, H7981 [16OC])

Postal Service: establish commission to investigate (see H. Res. 194, H5911 [25JY])

Powell, Colin L.: authorize appointment to the grade of General of the Army (see H.R. 1225, H1759 [13MR])

Power resources: encourage cost effective energy conservation and efficiency (see H.R. 1543, H2013 [21MR])

Public lands: domestic livestock grazing fees (see H.R. 1292, H2180 [11AP])

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])

Religious Freedom Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 325, H6879 [25SE])

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

Social Security: expand tax exemption for certain election officials and workers (see H.R. 1771, H3856 [4JN])

States: prohibit imposition of income tax on pensions of nonresident individuals (see H.R. 431, H1670 [12MR])

Taxation: application of employer Social Security taxes to employees' cash tips (see H.R. 1472, H2016 [21MR])

———clarify that customer based, market share, and any similar intangible items are amortizable (see H.R. 1456, H2399 [22AP])

———clarify treatment of certain Federal financial assistance provided to savings and loan institutions (see H.R. 1135, H1278 [27FE])

———credits for increasing research activities (see H.R. 1618, H2083 [22MR])

———deductions for decommissioning costs of nuclear powerplants (see H.R. 2012, H2468 [23AP])

———exclude from gross estate value of certain land subject to a qualified conservation easement (see H.R. 2149, H2903 [8MY])

———gross income limitation applicability to regulated investment companies (see H.R. 2735, H4944 [24JN])

———health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 784, H1417 [5MR])

———improve U.S. competitiveness, employment, and investment, and reduce the budget deficit (see H.R. 3170, H6316 [1AU])

———income from frozen Iraqi assets (see H.R. 135, H891 [5FE])

———increase amount of the exemption for children under age 18 (see H.R. 1277, H4437 [12JN])

———indexing of certain assets (see H.R. 246, H993 [6FE])

———individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1406, H1669 [12MR])

———permanently extend qualified mortgage bonds (see H.R. 1067, H1136 [21FE])

———protection of taxpayers' rights (see H.R. 3838, H11894 [26NO])

———provide exceptions from certain rules for determining contributions in aid of construction (see H.R. 118, H6940 [26SE])

———repeal certain limitations on the one-time exclusion of gain on the sale of principal residence (see H.R. 1287, H1455 [6MR])

———repeal the 30% gross income limitation applicable to regulated investment companies (see H.R. 1597, H4867 [20JN])

———research and experimental expenditures (see H.R. 1663, H2107 [9AP])

———small issue bonds (see H.R. 1186, H1323 [28FE])

———treatment of certain bonds (see H.R. 150, H1281 [27FE])

———treatment of intermodal containers (see H.R. 1986, H6457 [11SE])

Thatcher, Margaret: award the Presidential Medal of Freedom (see H. Res. 35, H529 [16JA])

Veterans: disability compensation for service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 3, H53 [3JA])

Volunteer workers: immunity from civil liability for certain individuals working for nonprofit organizations and governmental entities (see H.R. 911, H3805 [3JN])

Wetlands: conservation and management (see H.R. 1330, H5745 [23JY])

Wilderness areas: criteria for State determination of establishment (see H.R. 767, H839 [31JA])

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

World War II: contributions of the people of Guam and Hawaii (see H. Res. 293, H10931 [22NO])

Letters

Taxpayer financing of congressional campaigns: Task Force on Campaign Finance Reform, H8583 [29OC]

Motions offered by

Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 3750), H11168 [25NO]

Remarks by, on

Budget: comparison between congressional and Bush administration proposals, H2143 [11AP]

———deficit, H11034 [23NO]

———revising 1991 and setting forth the Federal budget for 1992-96 (H. Con. Res. 121), H2313 [17AP]

California: designate certain desert lands as wilderness (H.R. 2929), H10959, H10960, H10976 [22NO], H11397 [26NO]

———designate certain desert lands as wilderness (H.R. 2929), consideration (H. Res. 279), H10938, H10941, H10943, H10944 [22NO]

Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: review of operation of House bank (H. Res. 236), H7407, H7408 [3OC]

Committees of the House: expenses for investigations and studies (H. Res. 92), H1862 [20MR]

Congressional Record: correction, E1818 [16MY]

Cyprus: Turkish occupation, E2897 [2AU]

Death Valley, Joshua Tree, and Mojave National Parks: establish (H.R. 2929), H10959, H10960, H10976 [22NO], H11397 [26NO]

———establish (H.R. 2929), consideration (H. Res. 279), H10938, H10941, H10943, H10944 [22NO]

Disasters: making supplemental appropriations for relief (H.R. 3543), H8634, H8636 [29OC]

———making supplemental appropriations for relief (H.R. 3543), consideration (H. Res. 256), H8593 [29OC]

Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits, H8583 [29OC]

———campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 3750), H11140, H11141, H11142, H11164, H11166 [25NO]

———campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 3750), consideration (H. Res. 299), H11126, H11131 [25NO]

Executive departments: overpayments, E2897 [2AU]

Federal aid programs: drought assistance (H.R. 355), H1930 [21MR]

———drought assistance (H.R. 355), concurrence of the House with the Senate amendment (H. Res. 282), H10333, H10336, H10338 [18NO]

Financial institutions: reform deposit insurance system (S. 543), H11034 [23NO]

GAO: budget, H3994, H3994 [5JN]

House Rules: waiving requirement clause against consideration of certain resolutions (H. Res. 294), H11017 [23NO]

Legislative branch: making appropriations (H.R. 2506), H3994, H3994 [5JN]

Manzanar National Historic Site: establish (H.R. 543), H4893 [24JN]

Middle East: military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq (H.J. Res. 77), H457 [12JA]

Operation Desert Shield: making appropriations for incremental costs (H.R. 3543), H8634, H8636 [29OC]

———making appropriations for incremental costs (H.R. 3543), consideration (H. Res. 256), H8593 [29OC]

Parliamentary inquiry, H10943 [22NO], H11020 [23NO], H11856 [26NO]

Point of order, H10946 [22NO]

Political campaigns: Presidential election campaign fund, H8593, H8634, H8636 [29OC]

Real property: tax treatment under the limitations on losses from passive activities (H.R. 1414), E945 [14MR]

Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 3909), H11333 [26NO]

———treatment of small property and casualty insurance companies (H.R. 2768), E2360 [25JN]

———treatment of the deduction for State and local income and franchise taxes (H.R. 1429), E943 [14MR]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H1756 [13MR], H2766 [2MY], H2899 [8MY], H4865 [20JN], H5047 [25JN], H8100 [17OC]

Testimonies

Committee on Agriculture: Damage to Agricultural Production by Natural Disasters, D707 [6JN]

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Manzanar National Historic Site Establishment (H.R. 543) and Authorizing the Study of Historically Significant Japanese American Places (H.R. 2351), D633 [21MY]

Committee on Rules: Campaign Ethics Reform and Contribution Limits (H.R. 3750), D1508 [23NO]

Tributes

Bradley, W.R., E3434 [17OC]

Ferguson, Glenn C., E3502 [22OC]

Guthrie, Carol W., E1601 [2MY]

Robbins, Al C., E4193 [26NO]

Schoeppner, John P., Jr., E2316 [20JN]

Thomas, Elroy, E3437 [17OC]