BROOKS, JACK (a Representative from Texas)
Amendments offered by, to
Civil Rights Act: restore and strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (H.R. 1), H3922 [5JN]
Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3371), H7968 [16OC], H8005 [17OC]
Appointments
Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control (Select), H1088 [21FE]
Committee To Escort the President, H776 [29JA]
Conferee: H.R. 991, extend expiration date of Defense Production Act, H1954 [21MR]
———H.R. 1415, authorizing Dept. of State appropriations, H6512 [12SE]
———H.R. 2100, authorizing appropriations for Dept. of Defense military functions and to prescribe military personnel levels, H6586 [16SE]
———H.R. 2508, International Cooperation Act, H6646 [17SE]
———H.R. 2950, Surface Transportation Efficiency Act, H9470 [6NO]
———H.R. 3371, national policy to control crime and reform court procedures, H10748 [21NO]
———S. 347, revitalize the defense industrial base, H7776 [10OC]
———S. 429, Consumer Protection Against Price-Fixing Act, H7757 [10OC]
Articles and editorials
More Racism From the G.O.P, Representative Don Edwards, New York (NY) Times, E2021
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Antitrust policy: evidentiary standards for Federal civil claims based on resale price fixing (see H.R. 1470, H1848 [19MR])
Business and industry: reduce product liability for joint business ventures (see H.R. 1604, H2083 [22MR])
Civil Rights Act: restore and strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (see H.R. 1, H53 [3JA])
Clear Creek, TX: modify the flood control project by removing a railroad bridge (see H.R. 1223, H1341 [4MR]; H.R. 2196, H2767 [2MY])
Committee on the Judiciary: expenses for investigations and studies (see H. Res. 70, H1025 [19FE])
Constitution: printing (see H. Con. Res. 206, H6720 [23SE])
Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (see H.R. 3371, H6720 [23SE])
Insurance: modify antitrust exemption applicable to business (see H.R. 9, H54 [3JA])
Pelican Island, TX: declare certain portions nonnavigable (see H.R. 1104, H1146 [25FE])
Sound recording and reproducing: protections regarding digital audio recording (see H.R. 3204, H6381 [2AU])
Texas: additional place of holding court for the Eastern District (see H.R. 3666, H8786 [30OC])
Transportation: revise and make technical improvements to certain general and permanent laws (see H.R. 1537, H1913 [20MR])
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Armed Forces: establish a commemorative medal for members serving in a combat zone during the Persian Gulf conflict (see H.R. 1107, H1475 [7MR])
Boats: fees for recreational vessels (see H.R. 534, H2261 [16AP])
Coins: mint in commemoration of James Madison (see H.R. 2673, H4611 [18JN])
———mint in commemoration of the Bill of Rights (see H.R. 2673, H4611 [18JN])
Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control (Select): establish (see H. Res. 14, H62 [3JA])
Country Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 305, H5595 [17JY])
Courts: restore authority to naturalize persons as citizens (see H.R. 3049, H5909 [25JY])
Crime: insurance fraud (see H.R. 3171, H6316 [1AU])
Dept. of the Treasury: anniversary of Savings Bond Program (see H. Con. Res. 140, H2962 [13MY])
Diseases: authorizing appropriations for breast cancer research (see H.R. 2210, H9043 [1NO])
Energy Policy and Conservation Act: amend (see H.R. 777, H1915 [20MR])
Equal rights: constitutional amendment to ensure (see H.J. Res. 1, H60 [3JA])
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, H1026 [19FE])
GSA: availability of nonlethal surplus property for humanitarian relief purposes (see H.R. 919, H991 [6FE])
Gulf of Mexico: protection of environment (see H.R. 3777, H10268 [14NO])
Infant Mortality Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 194, H2376 [17AP])
Interstate compacts: consent of Congress to amend a compact between Louisiana and Texas relative to the Sabine River (see H.R. 2005, H2468 [23AP])
Labor unions: prevent discrimination based on participation in disputes (see H.R. 5, H1474 [7MR])
Lyme Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 138, H1759 [13MR])
National Adoption Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 364, H10366 [18NO])
National Arbor Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 66, H2262 [16AP])
National Crime Victims' Rights Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 171, H1760 [13MR])
National Forest System Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 226, H4945 [24JN])
National Hunting and Fishing Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 225, H2374 [17AP])
National Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 252, H5516 [16JY])
National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 218, H2179 [11AP])
National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 284, H7314 [2OC])
National Sarcoidosis Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 309, H5650 [18JY])
National security: congressional oversight of Presidential directives (see H.R. 2524, H3854 [4JN])
National Senior Citizens Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 181, H5342 [10JY])
Raye, Martha: support awarding of Presidential Medal of Freedom (see H. Con. Res. 100, H1849 [19MR])
Real property: tax treatment under the limitations on losses from passive activities (see H.R. 1414, H1757 [13MR])
Robert W. Kastenmeier U.S. Courthouse, Madison, WI: designate (see H.R. 948, H992 [6FE])
Schwarzkopf, H. Norman, Jr.: award a Congressional Gold Medal and produce bronze duplicates for public sale (see H.R. 1296, H1671 [12MR])
Social Security: payment for physicians' services (see H.R. 3070, H6720 [23SE])
Taxation: exclusion for employee educational assistance (see H.R. 127, H7648 [8OC])
———individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1406, H2087 [22MR])
———low-income housing credit (see H.R. 413, H9043 [1NO])
———permanently extend qualified mortgage bonds (see H.R. 1067, H5267 [27JN])
Veterans: disability compensation for service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 3, H640 [22JA])
Wetlands: conservation and management (see H.R. 1330, H1472 [7MR])
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])
———issue 50th anniversary commemorative coin (see H.R. 1623, H4186 [7JN])
Year of the Gulf of Mexico: designate (see H.J. Res. 327, H7801 [10OC])
Letters
Extend expiration date of Defense Production Act: by, H1434 [6MR]
GAO budget: by, H3985 [5JN]
Habeas corpus reform: Jim Mattox, H7909 [16OC]
Motions offered by
Antitrust policy: evidentiary standards for Federal civil claims based on resale price fixing (S. 429), H7757 [10OC]
Monopolies: consumer protection from price-fixing (S. 429), H7756 [10OC]
Remarks by, on
American Legion: redefine membership eligibility (S. 1568), H10293 [18NO]
AMVETS: amend charter (H.R. 1760), H10292 [18NO]
Antitrust policy: circumstances for obtaining a jury trial in a price-fixing action, H7746 [10OC]
———evidentiary standards for Federal civil claims based on resale price fixing (H.R. 1470), H7736, H7741, H7746, H7751 [10OC], E996
———use of lack of market power as a viable defense in price-fixing actions, H7751 [10OC]
Boys & Girls Clubs of America: grant charter (H.R. 525), H10291 [18NO]
Business and industry: reduce product liability for joint business ventures (H.R. 1604), E1116
Capital punishment: eliminate for certain crimes and replace with life imprisonment without parole, H7952 [16OC]
Civil Rights Act: restore and strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (H.R. 1), H3834, H3838, H3845, H3884, H3906
———restore and strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (H.R. 1), consideration (H. Res. 162), H3826 [4JN]
———restore and strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (H.R. 1375), H3838 [4JN]
———restore and strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (S. 1745), H9517, H9525, H9532, H9540 [7NO]
———restore and strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (S. 1745), consideration (H. Res. 270), H9513 [7NO]
———unlimited compensation for certain violations relative to discrimination in employment, H3884 [4JN]
Clear Creek, TX: modify the flood control project by removing a railroad bridge (H.R. 1223), E749
Commission on Civil Rights: extend (H.R. 3350), H7088, H7089, H7090 [30SE], H9161, H9162, H9163 [5NO]
Committee on the Judiciary: meetings during sessions, H6752 [24SE]
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H3959 [5JN], H5018 [25JN], H7090 [30SE], H8173 [22OC], H9558 [7NO], H9628 [12NO], H10293 [18NO], H11757 [26NO]
Copyrights: semiconductor chip products of foreign entities (H.R. 1998), H5016, H5017 [25JN]
———semiconductor chip products of foreign entities (S. 909), H5018 [25JN]
Courts: compensation of immigration judges (H.R. 2630), re-referral to the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, H6185 [31JY]
———exclusionary rule relative to admissible evidence, H8042 [17OC]
———habeas corpus reform, H7909 [16OC], H7998, H7999, H8039 [17OC]
———habeas corpus reform, unanimous-consent agreement, H7994 [17OC]
———restore authority to naturalize persons as citizens (H.R. 3049), H9624, H9625 [12NO]
———witness fees (H.R. 2324), H10289 [18NO]
Crime: gun control, H8033 [17OC]
———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3371), H7892, H7909, H7952, H7966, H7967, H7968, H7969, H7970 [16OC], H7994, H7998, H7999, H8011, H8013, H8033, H8039, H8042 [17OC], H8135, H8146, H8147, H8148 [22OC], H10286 [18NO]
———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3371), conference report, H11744, H11747, H11752, H11757 [26NO]
———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3371), consideration (H. Res. 247), H7889 [16OC]
———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3371), corrections in engrossment, H8173 [22OC]
———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3371), motion to recommit, H8171, H8172 [22OC]
———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3371), waiving points of order against conference report (H. Res. 301), H11679, H11682 [26NO]
———penalties for distribution of controlled substances at truck stops and rest areas, H8147, H8148 [22OC]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs, HUD, and independent agencies, commissions, corporations, and offices: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2519), H4057 [6JN]
Employment: quotas, H3931, H3936, H3938, H3941, H3942, H3948
Firearms: establish national hotline to check on prospective handgun buyers, H2831, H2857 [8MY]
———waiting period before the purchase of a handgun (H.R. 7), H2831, H2857, H2878 [8MY]
Flag—U.S.: display by U.S. citizens in support of Armed Forces in the Persian Gulf (H. Con. Res. 44), H998, H999, H1001 [19FE]
Immigration: application deadline for special temporary protected status for Salvadorans (H.R. 2332), H5014 [25JN]
———special status for aliens serving in the Armed Forces (S. 296), H6549 [16SE], H6908, H6909 [26SE]
Insurance: modify antitrust exemption applicable to business (H.R. 9), E38
Law enforcement: matching Federal/local assistance grants for antidrug efforts, H8135 [22OC]
Libraries: eliminate the reproduction reporting requirement (H.R. 1612), H10288 [18NO]
Monopolies: consumer protection from price-fixing (S. 429), H7756 [10OC]
NASA: space station development, H4057 [6JN]
Pelican Island, TX: declare certain portions nonnavigable (H.R. 1104), H11061, H11062 [23NO], E615
Resolution Trust Corp.: funding and restructuring of Oversight Board (H.R. 3435), H11841 [26NO]
Sound recording and reproducing: protections regarding digital audio recording (H.R. 3204), H6263
States: drug testing for certain individuals within criminal justice system, H8146, H8147 [22OC]
Texas: additional place of holding court for the Eastern District (H.R. 3666), H11265
Transportation: revise and make technical improvements to certain general and permanent laws (H.R. 1537), H9163, H9336 [5NO], E1038
Wright, Jim: unveiling of portrait, H5302 [10JY]
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H47 [3JA], H1145 [25FE], H3853 [4JN]
Special order: granted, H1020 [19FE]
Reports
Committee on the Judiciary (House): Legislative Summaries for 101st Congress, 2d Session (H. Rept. 101-1015), H52 [3JA]
Reports filed
Admission of Certain Nonimmigrants: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 3048) (H. Rept. 102-380), H11287 [25NO]
Amending Provisions of Law Relative to Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 1717) (H. Rept. 102-312), H9757 [13NO]
Authority for the Administrative Conference: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 3379) (H. Rept. 102-371), H11287 [25NO]
Change in Places of Holding Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 3686) (H. Rept. 102-369), H11287 [25NO]
Changes in the Composition of the Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 829) (H. Rept. 102-370), H11287 [25NO]
Copyright Protection Extended to Semiconductor Chip Products of Foreign Entities: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 1998) (H. Rept. 102-122), H4944 [24JN]
Deficiencies in the Dept. of Justice Award and Management of Its Project Eagle ADP Procurement: Committee on the Judiciary (H. Rept. 102-393), H11884 [26NO]
Delay of Granting of O and P Status Visas to Nonimmigrants: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 3294) (H. Rept. 102-304), H9699 [12NO]
Elimination of Library Reproduction Reporting Requirement: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 1612) (H. Rept. 102-196), H6381 [2AU]
Evidentiary Standards for Federal Civil Antitrust Claims Based on Resale Price Fixing: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 1470) (H. Rept. 102-237), H7379 [3OC]
Extension of the Terms of Office for Members of the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 3237) (H. Rept. 102-375), H11287 [25NO]
Fair Use and Renewal of Copyrights and Reauthorization of the National Film Registry Board: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 2372) (H. Rept. 102-379), H11287 [25NO]
Federal Jurisdiction of Certain Multiparty, Multiforum Civil Actions: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 2450) (H. Rept. 102-373), H11287 [25NO]
Grant Charter to Boys and Girls Clubs of America: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 525) (H. Rept. 102-197), H6381 [2AU]
International Protection of Human Rights by Establishing a Civil Action for Recovery of Damages From Persons Who Engage in Terror: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 2092) (H. Rept. 102-367), H11287 [25NO]
Judicial Improvements Act Technical Corrections: Committee on the Judiciary (S. 1284) (H. Rept. 102-322), H10364 [18NO]
National Policy To Control Crime and Reform Court Procedures: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 3371) (H. Rept. 102-242), H7551 [7OC]
———committee on conference (H.R. 3371) (H. Rept. 102-405), H11885 [26NO]
Patent and Trademark Office Appropriations: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 3531) (H. Rept. 102-382), H11287 [25NO]
Provision for an Additional Place of Holding Court for the Eastern District of Texas: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 3666) (H. Rept. 102-368), H11287 [25NO]
Recapitalization of the Federal Deposit Insurance Fund and Reform the Regulatory and Service Systems: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 6) (H. Rept. 102-157), H7551 [7OC]
Relief of Abby Cooke: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 635) (H. Rept. 102-306), H9700 [12NO]
Relief of Bruce C. Veit: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 454) (H. Rept. 102-189), H6381 [2AU]
Relief of Charlotte S. Neal: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 1279) (S. Rept. 102-193), H6381 [2AU]
Relief of Craig A. Klein: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 238) (H. Rept. 102-188), H6381 [2AU]
Relief of Edgardo Roman and Family: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 590) (H. Rept. 102-191), H6381 [2AU]
Relief of Juan L. Ramirez and Family: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 655) (H. Rept. 102-192), H6381 [2AU]
Relief of Maria E. Bartski: Committee on the Judiciary (S. 159) (S. Rept. 102-308), H9700 [12NO]
Relief of Michael Wu: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 1917) (H. Rept. 102-307), H9700 [12NO]
Relief of Norman R. Ricks: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 478) (H. Rept. 102-190), H6381 [2AU]
Relief of Pilar M. Weiss: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 458) (H. Rept. 102-305), H9700 [12NO]
Restoration of Authority in Courts To Naturalize Persons as Citizens: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 3049) (H. Rept. 102-287), H9392 [5NO]
Restore and Strengthen Civil Rights Laws That Ban Discrimination in Employment: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 1) (H. Rept. 102-40), H3162 [17MY]
Revision and Technical Improvements to Certain General and Permanent Laws Relating to Transportation: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 1536) (H. Rept. 102-280), H8786 [30OC]
Special Immigrant Status for Aliens Serving in the Armed Forces: Committee on the Judiciary (S. 296) (S. Rept. 102-195), H6381 [2AU]
Technical Corrections in U.S. Code Provisions Relative to Administrative Procedure: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 2549) (H. Rept. 102-372), H11287 [25NO]
Technical Corrections to Certain Immigration Laws: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 3670) (H. Rept. 102-383), H11287 [25NO]
Time Period Extension for Salvadoran Temporary Protected Status Immigration Program: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 2332) (H. Rept. 102-123), H4944 [24JN]
Treatment of Honoraria: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 3341) (H. Rept. 102-385), H11287 [25NO]
Waiting Period Before the Purchase of a Handgun: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 7) (H. Rept. 102-47), H2767 [2MY]
Witness Fees: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 2324) (H. Rept. 102-194), H6380 [2AU]
Rules
Committee on the Judiciary, H1007
Statements
Civil Rights Employment Quotas: by, and Representative Fish, H3931 [5JN]
Testimonies
Committee on Government Operations: GSA Implementation of FTS 2000—Efficiency, Equity, and Compliance with Congressional Intent, D439 [18AP]
Committee on Rules: Consideration of Price-Fixing Legislation, D1226 [8OC]
———National Policy to Control Crime and Reform Court Procedures (H.R. 3371), D1237 [10OC]
———Omnibus Crime Control Act Conference Report (H.R. 3371), D1518 [25NO]
———Restore and Strengthen Laws That Ban Discrimination in Employment (H.R. 1), D668 [29MY]
———Restore and Strengthen Laws That Ban Discrimination in Employment (S. 1745), D1386 [6NO]
———Restore and Strengthen Laws that Ban Discrimination in Employment (H.R. 1), D674 [30MY]
———Waiting Period Before the Purchase of a Handgun (H.R. 7), D541 [7MY]
Tributes
Burleson, Omar T., H3111 [15MY]
Conte, Silvio O., H1238
Ikard, Frank, H2606 [1MY]
Whitten, Representative, H9152 [5NO]