DARDEN, GEORGE (BUDDY)(a Representative from Georgia)
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 2403, making appropriations for the Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies, H6576 [9SE]
———H.R. 3116, Dept. of Defense appropriations, H8518 [27OC]
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Commission, H2008 [22AP]
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Armed Forces: payment of servicemen's group life insurance to certain members killed in an aircraft accident on November 30, 1992 (see H.R. 2373), H3456 [10JN]
Budget: constitutional amendment relative to Federal budget procedures (see H.J. Res. 17), H86 [5JA]
FDIC: inclusion of foreign deposits in the assessment base (see H.R. 501), H178 [21JA]
Federal employees: payment by electronic transfer (see H.R. 3060), H6756 [14SE]
Metric system: prohibit Federal funding for highway sign conversions (see H.R. 502), H178 [21JA]
Social Security: earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 505), H178 [21JA]
Taxation: penalty-free withdrawals from individual retirement accounts for the purchase of a first home (see H.R. 504), H178 [21JA]
———repeal mandatory income tax withholding on eligible individual retirement accounts rollover distributions (see H.R. 503), H178 [21JA]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Agriculture: food safety protections relative to pesticide use (see H.R. 1627), H1994 [21AP]
Airline industry: eligibility of licensing applicants relative to previous bankruptcy filings within the industry (see H.R. 943), H680 [17FE]
———international aviation agreements and agreements between air carriers of the U.S. and the United Kingdom (see H. Con. Res. 70), H1687 [29MR]
Airlines: issuance of certificate of public convenience and necessity relative to previous petitions for bankruptcy (see H.R. 2641), H6515 [8SE]
Amateur Radio Service: facilitate utilization of volunteer resources (see H.R. 2623), H7172 [28SE]
Amtrak: operation of rail passenger service between Chicago, IL, and Jacksonville, FL (see H.R. 1090), H876 [24FE]
Armed Forces: award the Purple Heart to persons wounded in action by friendly fire (see H.R. 558), H1881 [2AP]
———establish separate Reserve component commands within each branch (see H.R. 1827), H5452 [28JY]
Bankruptcy: debt adjustment of individuals with regular income (see H.R. 2326), H5527 [29JY]
BATF: tribute to special agents killed in Waco, TX (see H. Con. Res. 57), H1010 [3MR]
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 103), H589 [4FE]
Census: administration of Federal benefit programs (see H.R. 787), H482 [3FE]
Charles E. Bennett Federal Building, Jacksonville, FL: designate (see H.R. 2431), H6382 [6AU]
Child support: establish committee for auditing of State programs (see H.R. 2241), H6595 [9SE]
Civil rights: protection of employees at the Wards Cove Packing Co., from discrimination (see H.R. 1172), H1081 [9MR]
Classical Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 239), H9704 [15NO]
Coins: issue one dollar coin (see H.R. 1322), H10988 [22NO]
———mint in commemoration of the Women in Military Service American Memorial (see H.R. 1697), H4182 [28JN]
Collins, Robert F.: impeachment (see H. Res. 174), H2867 [26MY]
Commission on Information Technology and Paperwork Reduction: establish (see H.R. 2995), H6380 [6AU]
Commodore John Barry Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 157), H5740 [3AU]
Congress: application of certain employment, health, and safety laws and rights (see H.R. 349), H2597 [19MY]
Congress of the Interallied Confederation of Reserve Officers: tribute to organizers (see H. Con. Res. 67), H1550 [23MR]
Corp. for National Service: establish (see H.R. 2010), H2340 [6MY]
Country Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 106), H7173 [28SE]
Courts: actuate certain rules of civil procedure (see H.R. 2814), H6383 [6AU]
———establish time limitation on civil actions against aircraft manufacturers (see H.R. 3087), H6777 [15SE]
Crime: identify and curtail food stamp fraud (see H.R. 1887), H3700 [16JN]
———mandatory life imprisonment for third violent felony conviction (see H.R. 93), H9854 [16NO]
———restitution to victims (see H.R. 3367), H9565 [10NO]
Crime Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 252), H10990 [22NO]
Dept. of Commerce: publication of data relative to the incidence of poverty (see H.R. 1645), H6049 [4AU]
Dept. of the Interior: sale of certain real and personal property (see H.R. 1552), H10988 [22NO]
Drugs: allow licensed veterinarians to order the extra-label use of drugs in animals (see H.R. 1423), H1993 [21AP]
Education: counseling services for elementary school children (see H.R. 2571), H8590 [27OC]
———establish an optional universal school lunch and breakfast program (see H.R. 11), H1641 [25MR]
———prevent the awarding of Pell Grants to prisoners (see H.R. 1168), H1993 [21AP]
ERISA: clarify the treatment of a qualified football coaches plan (see H.R. 1981), H8590 [27OC]
Federal employees: allow for garnishment of pay (see H.R. 214), H3836 [18JN]
———voluntary participation in political processes (see H.R. 20), H726 [18FE]
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: amend relative to minor use pesticides (see H.R. 967), H2463 [12MY]
Federal Prison Industries: partnership with private industry to produce items otherwise provided by foreign labor (see H.R. 703), H3836 [18JN]
Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (see H.R. 1295), H2598 [19MY]
Financial institutions: claiming of certain distributions of unknown or unreachable owners (see H.R. 2443), H9079 [9NO]
———reduce regulatory burden (see H.R. 962), H1812 [31MR]
Foreign loans: collection of debts owed U.S. (see H.R. 3163), H10989 [22NO]
Foreign trade: protection of U.S. copyright-based industries under certain agreements (see H. Res. 165), H2996 [27MY]
Geography Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 197), H8433 [22OC]
Giant Sequoia National Forest Preserve: designate (see H.R. 2153), H7827 [13OC]
Government: require Federal agencies to apply value engineering (see H.R. 133), H1992 [21AP]
Government regulations: judicial review of Federal agency compliance with regulatory flexibility analysis requirements (see H.R. 830), H3836 [18JN]
Health: composition and labeling of dietary supplements (see H.R. 1709), H7035 [27SE]
———designation of obstetrician-gynecologists as primary care providers for women in Federal health care programs (see H. Res. 234), H6515 [8SE]
———expand studies and programs relative to traumatic brain injury (see H.R. 2606), H6515 [8SE]
House of Representatives: campaign contribution limitations relative to qualifying and nonqualifying candidates (see H.R. 2154), H4013 [23JN]
———limit official mail allowance (see H. Res. 117), H2463 [12MY]
House Rules: amend special order rules relative to televising of speeches (see H. Res. 184), H3921 [22JN]
Immigration: prevent Federal financial and unemployment benefits for aliens who are not legal permanent residents (see H.R. 1080), H2024 [22AP]
Income tax: inclusion of organ donation information with individual refund payments (see H.R. 3637), H10984 [22NO]
Italian-American Heritage and Culture Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 175), H10999 [23NO]
Jefferson, Thomas: mint coins in commemoration of 250th anniversary of birth (see H.R. 789), H3373 [9JN]
Labeling: identifying country of origin for merchandise and parts (see H.R. 3041), H7379 [4OC]
Law enforcement officers: exemption from State laws prohibiting carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 1277), H5554 [30JY]
Lyme Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 92), H2342 [6MY]
Mental health: inclusion of benefits in comprehensive health care plan (see H. Con. Res. 52), H2599 [19MY]
Monuments and memorials: mint commemorative coins for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (see H.R. 1608), H4681 [14JY]
National American Indian Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 271), H8659 [28OC]
National Arbor Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 127), H1994 [21AP]
National Awareness Week for Life-Saving Techniques: designate (see H.J. Res. 162), H3342 [8JN]
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 11), H6677 [13SE]
National cemeteries: prohibit political demonstrations (see H. Con. Res. 77), H2867 [26MY]
National Correctional Officers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 119), H2183 [29AP]
National Crime Victims' Rights Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 134), H1994 [21AP]
National D.A.R.E. Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 214), H5042 [22JY]
National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 178), H6902 [22SE]
National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 247), H9854 [16NO]
National Family Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 79), H8203 [19OC]
National FFA Organization Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 101), H589 [4FE]
National Firefighters Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 272), H9874 [17NO]
National Former POW Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 6), H1740 [30MR]
National Good Teen Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 75), H8875 [4NO]
National Historically Black Colleges Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 194), H6595 [9SE]
National Home Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 139), H4080 [24JN]
National Hospice Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 159), H8203 [19OC]
National Law Enforcement Training Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 165), H4757 [15JY]
National League of Families POW/MIA: authorize display of flag (see H.J. Res. 219), H6515 [8SE]
National Literacy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 213), H3921 [22JN]
National Mammography Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 265), H7828 [13OC]
National Military Families Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 188), H6778 [15SE]
National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 94), H1592 [24MR]
National Park Service: reform concessions policies (see H.R. 743), H1993 [21AP]
National parks and recreation areas: highway relocation assistance relative to the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park in Georgia (see H.R. 3516), H9853 [16NO]
National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 219), H6515 [8SE]
National Rehabilitation Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 86), H4859 [20JY]
National Trauma Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 135), H2817 [25MY]
National Veterans Golden Age Games Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 190), H4508 [1JY]
Northern Mariana Islands: mint coins in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands (see H.R. 3372), H8659 [28OC]
Nuclear weapons: payment by foreign countries of costs resulting from tests conducted in the U.S. (see H.R. 1146), H1993 [21AP]
OSHA: regulations (see H. Con. Res. 14), H5362 [27JY]
Parents Day: designate (see H. Res. 236), H10990 [22NO]
POW: minting of commemorative coins (see H.R. 535), H1528 [18MR]
Prisons: establish military-style boot camp prisons (see H.R. 1957), H5740 [3AU]
Privacy: prevent abuses of electronic monitoring in the workplace (see H.R. 1900), H2995 [27MY]
Public lands: domestic livestock grazing fees (see H.R. 643), H1993 [21AP]
———management of grazing on public range lands (see H.R. 1602), H1856 [1AP]
Public Service Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 108), H879 [24FE]
Radio: advertisement disclosures for consumer leases, loans, and savings accounts (see H.R. 3102), H7671 [7OC]
———recognize the achievements of radio amateurs and establish support for radio amateurs as national policy (see H.J. Res. 199), H8002 [14OC]
Refuse disposal: citizen participation in State recycling programs (see H.R. 2286), H6382 [6AU]
———encourage the President and State Governors to carry out on-site composting at their residences (see H.R. 2292), H6382 [6AU]
Religious Freedom Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 216), H3700 [16JN]
Roosevelt, Franklin D.: mint coins in commemoration of 50th anniversary of death (see H.R. 3270), H7827 [13OC]
SBA: modify the small business and capital ownership development program (see H.R. 2662), H7172 [28SE]
Schools: library media resources, technology enhancement, training, and improvement (see H.R. 1151), H6514 [8SE]
Skelton, Richard (Red): award the Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2012), H4508 [1JY]
Social Security: earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 300), H108 [6JA]
Solid waste: municipal landfill regulation (see H.R. 767), H4681 [14JY]
State and local governments: unfunded Federal mandates (see H.R. 140), H2995 [27MY]
Tariff: footwear (see H.R. 795), H483 [3FE]
———piston engines (see H.R. 2101), H4278 [29JN]
———use of revenues from tariffs on textile machinery imports to modernize the textile machinery industry (see H.R. 2004), H2340 [6MY]
Taxation: credits for a portion of employer Social Security taxes paid relative to employee cash tips (see H.R. 1141), H4013 [23JN]
———designation of income tax refund to a trust fund dedicated to hunger relief (see H.R. 81), H2867 [26MY]
———economic impact of lowering the estate tax exemption (see H. Con. Res. 6), H87 [5JA]
———exclusion for amounts received under group legal services (see H.R. 326), H6293 [5AU]
———exemption for dependent children (see H.R. 436), H10159 [18NO]
———increase the amount of bonds eligible for financial institution purchase under small issuer exception (see H.R. 2171), H5042 [22JY]
———limit State taxation of pension income (see H.R. 546), H3920 [22JN]
———minimum tax on corporations importing products at artificially inflated prices (see H.R. 500), H4080 [24JN]
———mortgage revenue bonds (see H.R. 462), H2342 [6MY]
———recovery of certain military disability severance tax overpayments (see H.R. 2971), H6379 [6AU]
———sponsorship payments by businesses (see H.R. 1551), H8590 [27OC]
———treatment of cooperative telephone companies (see H.R. 778), H10988 [22NO]
———treatment of early withdrawals from individual retirement accounts by unemployed individuals (see H.R. 1096), H3342 [8JN]
———treatment of real estate investments (see H.R. 749), H1528 [18MR]
———trustee-to-trustee transfers of eligible rollover distributions (see H.R. 94), H85 [5JA]
Terrorism: immigration policy relative to the Islamic Resistance Movement (see H.R. 1279), H4182 [28JN]
Transportation: provide Federal funds for value-engineered projects which cost $2,000,000 or more and result in certain minimum project cost savings (see H.R. 2014), H10988 [22NO]
———resolving claims of negotiated transportation rates (see H.R. 2121), H3458 [10JN]
Trucking industry: maintain U.S. truck safety standards after North American Free Trade Agreement implementation (see H. Con. Res. 107), H4575 [13JY]
Veterans: effective date of Servicemen's Group Life Insurance benefits changes (see H.R. 2647), H5108 [26JY]
Water: assure the safety of public water systems (see H.R. 3392), H9080 [9NO]
World Food Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 218), H7828 [13OC]
World Population Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 268), H8667 [1NO]
Remarks by, on
Appropriations: supplemental (H.R. 2118), H2857 [26MY]
Chattahoochee River National Recreational Area: land acquisition, H4728
Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 3116), H7300 [30SE]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2520), H4728
———making appropriations (H.R. 2520), motion to instruct conferees, H7191 [29SE]
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2403), H3769 [17JN]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2403), conference report, H7246
Executive Office of the President: transfer of funds relative to transition expenses, H2857 [26MY]
Fort Benning, GA: close School of the Americas, H7300 [30SE]
Labor unions: prevent discrimination based on participation in labor disputes (H.R. 5), H3557 [15JN]
Public lands: domestic livestock grazing fees, H7191 [29SE]
Public welfare programs: reform system, H8332 [21OC]
Veterans: effective date of Servicemen's Group Life Insurance benefits changes (H.R. 2647), H5561 [2AU]
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H466 [3FE], H1933 [20AP], H4857 [20JY], H5106 [26JY], H6753 [14SE]
Tributes
Duncan, Terry, H7547 [7OC]
Ingram, Robert, H4737 [15JY]