COOPER, JIM(a Representative from Tennessee)

Amendments offered by, to

Television: consumer protection and competition in cable television (H.R. 4850), H6527 [23JY]

Appointments

Conferee: S. 2532, economic assistance and support of open markets in former Soviet Republics, H7933 [11AU]

Articles and editorials

For This Christmas-in-July, You Could Be Footing the Bill, Robert Kuttner, Business Week (publication), H5957 [2JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 5936), H8575 [15SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Air Force Association: establish a memorial in the District of Columbia area (see H.R. 3627), H8734 [17SE]

American Wine Appreciation Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 489), H6147 [8JY]

Budget: balance (see H.R. 5676), H6582 [23JY]

Buffalo Soldiers Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 237), H6627 [24JY]

Chuck Taylor Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 434), H2259 [1AP]

Coins: mint in commemoration of the 1996 Atlanta Centennial Olympic Games (see H.R. 3654), H142 [29JA]

Commodore John Barry Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 413), H8220 [9SE]

Country Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 520), H5622 [30JN]

Ecology and environment: stabilize emissions of carbon dioxide (see H.R. 4750), H2290 [2AP]

Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act: Federal facilities compliance (see H.R. 4986), H2672 [9AP]

FCC: telecommunications network reliability standards (see H.R. 4789), H2406 [7AP]

Foreign trade: relation of agreements to health, safety, labor, and environmental laws of the U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 246), H4158 [4JN]

Gillespie, John Birks (Dizzy): award the Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 5842), H10101 [1OC]

Girl Scouts of the United States of America 80th Anniversary Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 343), H122 [28JA]

Health: State policies to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 5812), H12606 [9OC]

Hire a Veteran Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 542), H9537 [25SE]

Infant Mortality Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 425), H674 [26FE]

Investments: supervision of investment advisers (see H.R. 5726), H7060 [30JY]

Irish-American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 500), H8966 [22SE]

Lyme Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 459), H4855 [17JN]

Medicare: payment of new physicians (see H.R. 4507), H3964 [2JN]

Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 476), H8647 [16SE]

Monuments and memorials: establish memorial for Japanese American veterans (see H.J. Res. 271), H4448 [9JN]

National Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 272), H330 [5FE]

National Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 407), H499 [20FE]

National Awareness Week for Life-Saving Techniques: designate (see H.J. Res. 442), H3452 [19MY]

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 393), H3964 [2JN]

National Credit Education Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 431), H2677 [9AP]

National Education First Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 543), H8576 [15SE]

National Foster Care Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 388), H2713 [28AP]

National Law Enforcement Training Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 530), H12592 [5OC]

National Literacy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 499), H5324 [25JN]

National Medical Staff Services Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 399), H8220 [9SE]

National Occupational Therapy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 471), H12592 [5OC]

National Polio Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 404), H2259 [1AP]

National Recycling Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 396), H1347 [18MR]

National Red Ribbon Week for a Drug-Free America: designate (see H.J. Res. 467), H8149 [12AU]

National Senior Nutrition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 444), H3020 [6MY]

National Walking Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 547), H9867 [29SE]

National Women in Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 293), H873 [2MR]

National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 495), H4755 [16JN]

Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 422), H3644 [20MY]

New York Stock Exchange: bicentennial (see H.J. Res. 441), H1321 [17MR]

Nuclear energy: combine construction permit and operating license for nuclear reactors (see H.R. 4488), H3170 [12MY]

Ozone: phase-out of ozone-destroying substances (see H. Res. 350), H329 [5FE]

Petroleum Marketing Practices Act: amend (see H.R. 5000), H2712 [28AP]

Refuse disposal: local government authorization for out-of-State waste disposal (see H.R. 3952), H1321 [17MR]

———preparation of rural community impact statements prior to construction permits (see H.R. 4212), H674 [26FE]

Taxation: clarify that customer based, market share, and any similar intangible items are amortizable (see H.R. 3035), H3019 [6MY]

———health care for coal industry retirees (see H.R. 4013), H588 [25FE]

Telecommunications: enhance video marketplace competition (see H.R. 4525), H1598 [20MR]

U.N. Conference on Environment and Development: U.S. participation (see H.J. Res. 394), H198 [30JA]

Wetlands: stewardship (see H.R. 2400), H9294 [23SE]

World Population Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 458), H2201 [31MR]

Year of American Craft—A Celebration of the Creative Work of the Hand: designate (see H.J. Res. 380), H3964 [2JN]

Year of Reconciliation Between American Indians and Non-Indians: designate (see H.J. Res. 358), H2676 [9AP]

Descriptions

National policy on health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 5936), H8630 [16SE]

Letters

Clarify that customer based, market share, and any similar intangible items are amortizable: Committee on Taxation (Joint), H5957 [2JY]

Remarks by, on

Conservation of energy: promote (H.R. 776), conference report, E3043• [4OC]

Graham, Emily D.: Amateur Athletic Union/Mars Milky Way All-American Award recipient, E466• [27FE]

Health: national policy on health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 5936), H8630 [16SE]

Taxation: clarify that customer based, market share, and any similar intangible items are amortizable, H5957 [2JY]

———establish enterprise zones (H.R. 11), H5957 [2JY]

Television: consumer protection and competition in cable television (H.R. 4850), H6501, H6525, H6526, H6527, H6530, H6541 [23JY]

———consumer protection and competition in cable television (H.R. 4850), consideration (H. Res. 523), H6493 [23JY]

———local regulation of cable programming and rates (S. 12), conference report, H8677 [17SE]

———local regulation of cable programming and rates (S. 12), veto, H11483 [5OC]

———State regulation of cable television services not subject to competition, H6525 [23JY]

Testimonies

Committee on Finance: Comprehensive Health Care Reform, D748 [18JN]

Committee on Rules: Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act (H.R. 4850), D900 [22JY]

———Establish Tax Enterprise Zones (H.R. 11), D825 [30JN]