DURBIN, RICHARD J.(a Representative from Illinois)
Amendments offered by, to
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2493), H4244 [29JN]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 2118, making supplemental appropriations, H4165 [28JN]
———H.R. 2492, District of Columbia appropriations, H7027 [27SE], H8218 [20OC]
———H.R. 2493, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, H5616 [2AU]
———H.R. 2750, Dept. of Transportation and related agencies appropriations, H7573 [7OC]
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Abraham Lincoln Research and Interpretive Center: establish (see H.R. 2496), H4012 [23JN]
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (see H.R. 2493), H4011 [23JN]
Flood control: shoreline projects on the Mississippi and Iowa Rivers (see H.R. 2450), H3783 [17JN]
———study adequacy of current measures for upper Mississippi River (see H.R. 2931), H6378 [6AU]
Health: protect children from environmental tobacco smoke (see H.R. 710), H357 [2FE]
Health Care Fraud and Abuse Commission: establish (see H.R. 671), H309 [27JA]
Income tax: inclusion of organ donation information with individual refund payments (see H.R. 3637), H10984 [22NO]
Prescription Drug Price Review Board: establish (see H.R. 1434), H1550 [23MR]
Printing: use of vegetable-based inks for Federal lithographic printing (see H.R. 1595), H1856 [1AP]
Television: FCC evaluation and report on violence (see H.R. 2159), H2596 [19MY]
Yugoslavia: U.S. military intervention in Bosnia and Herzegovina (see H. Con. Res. 95), H2342 [6MY]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Agriculture: food safety protections relative to pesticide use (see H.R. 1627), H8203 [19OC]
Airline industry: international aviation agreements and agreements between air carriers of the U.S. and the United Kingdom (see H. Con. Res. 70), H1994 [21AP]
Airlines: issuance of certificate of public convenience and necessity relative to previous petitions for bankruptcy (see H.R. 2641), H10989 [22NO]
Alaska: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 39), H681 [17FE]
Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 109), H5108 [26JY]
Armed Forces: congressional consent for employment of retired members by newly democratic nations (see H.R. 3066), H6757 [14SE]
Armenia: U.S. policy relative to settlement of disputes with Azerbaijan (see H. Res. 86), H2034 [26AP]
Arms control: moratorium on the sale, transfer, or export of anti-personnel landmines (see H.R. 2706), H5041 [22JY]
Arts and humanities: labor treatment of employers and performers in the live performing arts (see H.R. 226), H6049 [4AU]
Black Lung Benefits Act: benefit eligibility determination (see H.R. 266), H682 [17FE]
Black Revolutionary War Patriots Foundation: extend authorization (see H.R. 2947), H6378 [6AU]
Charles E. Bennett Federal Building, Jacksonville, FL: designate (see H.R. 2431), H6382 [6AU]
China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (see H.R. 1835, 1890), H2023 [22AP], H2126 [28AP]
Classical Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 239), H9704 [15NO]
Coins: issue one dollar coin (see H.R. 1322), H2024 [22AP]
———mint in commemoration of the Women in Military Service American Memorial (see H.R. 1697), H3921 [22JN]
Colleges and universities: disclosure of participation rates and program support expenditures in athletic programs (see H.R. 921), H1055 [8MR]
Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 23), H88 [5JA]
Commodore John Barry Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 157), H5074 [23JY]
Corp. for National Service: establish (see H.R. 2010), H2598 [19MY]
Country Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 106), H7173 [28SE]
Courts: establish time limitation on civil actions against aircraft manufacturers (see H.R. 3087), H6777 [15SE]
———product liability law uniformity (see H.R. 1910), H2127 [28AP]
Crime: require person convicted of State criminal offense against a minor to register current address with law enforcement officials (see H.R. 324), H260 [26JA]
———treatment of health care services provisions or payment receipt fraud (see H.R. 1884), H2126 [28AP]
Cyprus: investigation of missing U.S. citizens (see H.R. 2826), H10989 [22NO]
Dept. of Commerce: establish toll free number to assist consumers in determining if products are American made (see H.R. 3342), H10301 [19NO]
Dept. of Justice: investigation relative to kidnapping of Polly Klaas (see H. Res. 285), H8659 [28OC]
Dept. of Labor: remove tobacco products from Consumer Price Index calculations relative to payment of Government benefits (see H.R. 3457), H9704 [15NO]
Drugs: penalties for distribution of controlled substances at truck stops and rest areas (see H.R. 762), H482 [3FE]
Education: authorizing appropriations for certain programs (see H.R. 6), H2687 [20MY]
———establish support services for at-risk youth (see H.R. 520), H4408 [30JN]
———school lunch requirements relative to provision of specific types of fluid milk (see H.R. 280), H2597 [19MY]
———student loan repayment process (see H.R. 2073), H2427 [11MY]
ERISA: improve pension plan funding (see H.R. 298), H5073 [23JY]
———prevent preemption of certain State laws (see H.R. 1036), H1936 [20AP]
Families and domestic relations: entitle family and medical leave under certain circumstances (see H.R. 1), H181 [21JA]
Federal employees: allow for garnishment of pay (see H.R. 214), H6676 [13SE]
———voluntary participation in political processes (see H.R. 20), H484 [3FE]
Financial institutions: claiming of certain distributions of unknown or unreachable owners (see H.R. 2443), H6595 [9SE]
———reduce regulatory burden (see H.R. 962), H5108 [26JY]
Firearms: waiting period before the purchase of a handgun (see H.R. 1025), H748 [22FE]
Floods: improve hazard mitigation and relocation assistance (see H.R. 3445), H8874 [4NO]
———reduce interest rates on SBA loans for losses resulting from the floods in Midwest States (see H.R. 2742), H6849 [21SE]
Food: importing of meat from European Community (see H.R. 1488), H1641 [25MR]
Foreign trade: increase fee for enforcement of the Tea Importation Act (see H.R. 2818), H5554 [30JY]
———protection of U.S. copyright-based industries under certain agreements (see H. Res. 165), H3921 [22JN]
German-American Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 155), H6515 [8SE]
Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see H.J. Res. 10), H181 [21JA]
Haiti: immigration status for certain children (see H.R. 3364), H9854 [16NO]
Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 3600), H10469 [20NO]
Health care facilities: grants to rural hospitals that establish consortia with other local providers (see H.R. 1773), H1991 [21AP]
———improve access to health care services by pregnant women (see H.R. 1771), H1991 [21AP]
Health care professionals: provide incentives for physicians to practice in rural medically underserved areas (see H.R. 1770), H1991 [21AP]
Hines, IL: construction of facility at the Hines Veterans Hospital (see H.R. 1617), H4990 [21JY]
Homeless: remove requirement that funds be expressly provided for homeless veterans assistance (see H.R. 2140), H4682 [14JY]
Illinois and Michigan Canal Heritage Corridor: authorize appropriations for capital improvement projects (see H.R. 1828), H2023 [22AP]
Italian-American Heritage and Culture Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 175), H10302 [19NO]
Jefferson, Thomas: mint coins in commemoration of 250th anniversary of birth (see H.R. 789), H3593 [15JN]
Jewish Heritage Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 126), H1592 [24MR]
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of: withdrawal from Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (see H. Con. Res. 66), H2183 [29AP]
Labor unions: prevent discrimination based on participation in labor disputes (see H.R. 5), H359 [2FE]
Lincoln Legacy Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 189), H5740 [3AU]
Lyme Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 92), H2342 [6MY]
Mass transit: development of high-speed rail transportation (see H.R. 1919), H2181 [29AP]
Medicare: coverage of self-management training services for individuals with diabetes (see H.R. 1194), H6677 [13SE]
———extend period of alternative reimbursement methodologies for the operating costs of inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 1764), H2128 [28AP]
———regional referral center rules (see H.R. 1761), H2034 [26AP]
Members of Congress: require participation in health care reform package (see H. Con. Res. 156), H8002 [14OC]
Mining and mineral resources: locatable minerals on public domain lands (see H.R. 322), H7360 [30SE]
Monuments and memorials: mint commemorative coins for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (see H.R. 1608), H8506 [26OC]
———mint commemorative coins for the Vietnam Women's Memorial (see H.R. 2467), H9079 [9NO]
National Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 84), H911 [1MR]
National American Indian Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 271), H7360 [30SE]
National Arbor Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 127), H1994 [21AP]
National Awareness Week for Life-Saving Techniques: designate (see H.J. Res. 162), H4508 [1JY]
National Biomedical Research Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 111), H4278 [29JN]
National Burn Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 69), H1292 [16MR]
National commemorative events: establish a commission to advise the President on proposals (see H.R. 624), H1591 [24MR]
National Community Development Administration: establish (see H.R. 2250), H2815 [25MY]
National Correctional Officers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 119), H3594 [15JN]
National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 178), H1905 [19AP]
National Down Syndrome Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 206), H6294 [5AU]
National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 247), H7173 [28SE]
National FFA Organization Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 101), H589 [4FE]
National Firefighters Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 272), H8057 [15OC]
National Foster Care Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 122), H2817 [25MY]
National Good Teen Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 75), H8875 [4NO]
National Health Information Management Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 205), H4757 [15JY]
National Historically Black Colleges Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 194), H6982 [23SE]
National Home Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 139), H10160 [18NO]
National Hospice Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 159), H9854 [16NO]
National Law Enforcement Training Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 165), H4575 [13JY]
National Literacy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 213), H3921 [22JN]
National Mammography Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 265), H7828 [13OC]
National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 94), H483 [3FE]
National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 131), H1740 [30MR]
National Radon Action Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 242), H6515 [8SE]
National Week of Recognition and Remembrance for Those Who Served in the Korean War: designate (see H.J. Res. 204), H5362 [27JY]
National Wildlife Refuge System: improve management (see H.R. 833), H1165 [10MR]
National Writing Project: reauthorize (see H.R. 521), H2183 [29AP]
Natural resources: conservation, management, or study of certain rivers, parks, trails, and historic sites (see H.R. 3252), H8875 [4NO]
Nuclear weapons: test ban (see H. Con. Res. 37), H1937 [20AP]
OSHA: regulations (see H. Con. Res. 14), H5362 [27JY]
Persian Gulf Conflict: veterans' health care (see H.R. 2535), H5527 [29JY]
Postal Service: prevent disclosure of names or addresses of postal patrons (see H.R. 1344), H1858 [1AP]
POW: minting of commemorative coins (see H.R. 535), H1292 [16MR]
President and Vice President: constitutional amendment on direct popular election (see H.J. Res. 60), H114 [7JA]
Privacy: prevent abuses of electronic monitoring in the workplace (see H.R. 1900), H2995 [27MY]
Public buildings: prohibit smoking in Federal buildings (see H.R. 881), H1881 [2AP]
Public welfare programs: establish midnight basketball league training and partnership programs for public housing residents (see H.R. 2230), H2686 [20MY]
Public works: treatment of the Centennial Bridge, Rock Island, IL (see H.R. 3118), H6982 [23SE]
Railroads: transfer revenues attributable to the taxation of certain retirement benefits to the Railroad Retirement Account (see H.R. 977), H3458 [10JN]
Recycling: grants for innovative techniques (see H.R. 1135), H877 [24FE]
Rural areas: access to and delivery of health services (see H.R. 1774), H2128 [28AP]
Schools: library media resources, technology enhancement, training, and improvement (see H.R. 1151), H2687 [20MY]
———State gun control programs relative to eligibility for Federal assistance (see H.R. 987), H1642 [25MR]
Securities: reform private enforcement of Federal securities laws (see H.R. 417), H2816 [25MY]
Skelton, Richard (Red): award the Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2012), H4508 [1JY]
Small business: extend deductions for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 162), H311 [27JA]
———payment and prepayment of debentures issued by State and local development companies (see H.R. 2130), H2493 [17MY]
Space policy: space station program funding (see H.R. 3687), H10986 [22NO]
States: immunity from personal civil liability for certain volunteers working for nonprofit organizations and government entities (see H.R. 911), H639 [16FE]
Strategic materials: U.S. policy on plutonium use (see H.R. 3076), H6757 [14SE]
Taxation: advertising deductions for tobacco products (see H.R. 1969), H3458 [10JN]
———averaging requirements of public pensions (see H.R. 2109), H2462 [12MY]
———capital gains exclusion relative to eminent domain conversions (see H.R. 142), H311 [27JA]
———clarify exclusion from gross income for veterans' benefits (see H.R. 786), H5361 [27JY]
———employer-provided educational assistance (see H.R. 127), H1046 [4MR]
———exclusion for amounts received under group legal services (see H.R. 326), H7542 [6OC]
———increase excise taxes on smokeless tobacco, and establish trust fund for education programs to reduce use of smokeless tobacco products (see H.R. 3026), H6513 [8SE]
———interest on certain educational loans (see H.R. 82), H84 [5JA]
———permit farmers to rollover into an individual retirement account the proceeds from the sale of a farm (see H.R. 1142), H2302 [5MY]
———treatment of cooperative telephone companies (see H.R. 778), H1993 [21AP]
———treatment of educational loans, scholarships, and fellowships (see H.R. 959), H681 [17FE]
Telecommunications: afford opportunity by broadcasters for the discussion of conflicting views on certain issues (see H.R. 1985), H2301 [5MY]
Tobacco products: disallow advertising deduction relative to sales promotion (see H.R. 2534), H4181 [28JN]
———labeling for packaging and restrictions on advertising (see H.R. 3614), H10983 [22NO]
———labeling of cigarettes and cigarette advertising relative to the addictive quality of nicotine (see H.R. 1966), H3458 [10JN]
———prohibit distribution of free samples of smokeless tobacco products (see H.R. 3025), H6513 [8SE]
———prohibit smoking in buildings open to the public (see H.R. 3434), H8794 [3NO]
———regulate the manufacture, labeling, sale, distribution, and advertising and promotion (see H.R. 2147), H2523 [18MY]
Trails: designate the route from Selma, AL, to Montgomery, AL, as a national historic trail (see H.R. 2966), H6379 [6AU]
U.S.-Mexico Border Health Commission: establish (see H.R. 2305), H4757 [15JY]
Voting: establish national voter registration (see H.R. 2), H82 [5JA]
Women: protection from violent crime (see H.R. 1133), H1592 [24MR]
World Food Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 218), H7361 [30SE]
World Population Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 268), H7035 [27SE]
World War II: establish an Armed Forces memorial in Washington, DC (see H.R. 682), H309 [27JA]
Yugoslavia: war-crime rape in Bosnia and Herzegovina (see H. Res. 32), H181 [21JA]
Motions offered by
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2493), H7313, H7316 [30SE]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2493), conference report—amendments in disagreement, H6343, H6345 [6AU]
Remarks by, on
Agriculture: crop insurance policies, H4215 [29JN]
———elimination of certain research programs, H4204, H4209 [29JN]
———price supports for honey, H6346, H6348, H6350 [6AU], H7248 [29SE], H7313 [30SE]
———price supports for wool and mohair, H7248 [29SE], H7309, H7310 [30SE]
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2493), H4189, H4197, H4198, H4203, H4204, H4209, H4210, H4213, H4215, H4217, H4218, H4221, H4224, H4233, H4234, H4235, H4237, H4238, H4241, H4243, H4244, H4252, H4253, H4254, H4258, H4260 [29JN], H5615 [2AU], H5665 [3AU], H7308, H7309, H7310, H7313, H7314, H7315, H7316, H7317 [30SE]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2493), conference report, H6337, H6340 [6AU]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2493), conference report—amendments in disagreement, H6342, H6344, H6346, H6348, H6350, H6351 [6AU]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2493), consideration (H. Res. 260), H7248 [29SE]
Appropriations: making emergency supplemental (H.R. 1335), H1320 [17MR], H2038 [27AP]
———making emergency supplemental (H.R. 1335), consideration (H. Res. 130), H1310, H1311 [17MR]
———supplemental (H.R. 2118), H2837 [26MY]
———supplemental (H.R. 2118), conference report, H4471 [1JY]
Baltic States: removal of Russian troops, H6635
Budget: allocation of funds, H689 [18FE]
———deficit reduction efforts, H10776 [22NO]
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2264), conference report, H5459 [29JY], H5669 [3AU], H6237 [5AU]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 1994-98 (H. Con. Res. 64), H1446 [18MR]
Business and industry: Dept. of Agriculture Market Promotion Program advertising subsidies, H4244, H4252 [29JN]
Buy American Act: compliance, H4243 [29JN]
Clinton, President: economic plan, H689 [18FE]
———evaluation of first 100 days, H2067 [28AP]
———reinventing Government initiative, H6521 [9SE]
———State of the Union Message, H689 [18FE]
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H4189 [29JN], H6337 [6AU], H7309 [30SE]
Dept. of Commerce: authorizing appropriations for the Technology Administration and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (H.R. 820), H2551 [19MY]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2401), H6635
Dept. of Energy: fossil energy research and development funding, H4700 [15JY]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2520), H4630 [14JY], H4700 [15JY]
Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2490), waiving certain points of order (H. Res. 221), H5010 [22JY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2750), H6946 [23SE]
District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 2492), waiving points of order against conference report (H. Res. 283), H8523 [27OC]
———statehood (H.R. 51), H10567 [21NO]
Domestic policy: strengthened national objectives on issues of economy, banking, education, health care, environment, employment, workfare, drug abuse and violent crime control issues, H128 [21JA]
Families and domestic relations: entitle family and medical leave under certain circumstances (H.R. 1), H223 [26JA], H315 [2FE], H408 [3FE]
Floods: disaster assistance to Midwest States, H4630 [14JY], H5010 [22JY], H5044 [23JY], H5078 [26JY]
———disaster assistance to Midwest States (H.R. 2667), H5067 [23JY], H5113, H5136 [27JY]
———disaster assistance to Midwest States (H.R. 2667), consideration (H. Res. 220), H5005, H5006 [22JY]
———disaster assistance to Midwest States (H.R. 2667), consideration (H. Res. 226), H5128 [27JY]
———disaster assistance to Midwest States (H.R. 2667), disposition of Senate amendments (H. Res. 245), H6311 [6AU]
———flooding of Midwest States, H4517 [13JY], H4783 [20JY]
———improve hazard mitigation and relocation assistance (H.R. 3445), H9592 [15NO]
Food: availability of fluid whole milk through the school lunch program, H4233, H4234, H4235, H4237, H4238 [29JN]
Foreign aid: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2404), H3627
———impact of starvation relief efforts and inexpensive food exports on local economies, H4241 [29JN]
Freedom (space station): funding, H3947 [23JN]
Government: improve (H.R. 3400), H10776 [22NO]
House of Representatives: legislative program, H5067 [23JY]
Lithuania: independence anniversary, H666 [17FE]
Medicaid: Federal funding of abortions, H8523 [27OC]
NASA: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2200), H3947 [23JN]
National Center for Agricultural Law Research and Information: funding, H6344 [6AU]
North American Free Trade Agreement: ratification (H.R. 3450), H9716 [16NO], H9939 [17NO]
Parliamentary inquiry, H1482 [18MR], H4255 [29JN]
Point of order, H4213 [29JN]
Public buildings: prohibit smoking in Federal buildings (H.R. 881), H9585, H9586 [15NO]
Rural Development Administration: funding, H4218 [29JN]
Technology: enhance manufacturing technology (H.R. 820), H2551 [19MY]
Voting: establish national voter registration (H.R. 2), consideration (H. Res. 59), H503 [4FE]
Women: pregnancy counseling services (H.R. 670), H1610
Yugoslavia: U.S. military intervention in Bosnia and Herzegovina, H2199 [4MY]
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H306 [27JA], H355 [2FE], H637 [16FE], H874 [24FE], H1162 [10MR], H1933 [20AP], H1989 [21AP], H2594 [19MY], H3453 [10JN], H6376 [6AU], H6508 [8SE], H8201 [19OC], H9872 [17NO]
Special order: granted, H637 [16FE], H3919 [22JN], H4011 [23JN], H5104, H5106 [26JY]
Reports by conference committees
Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Appropriations (H.R. 2493), H5728-H5738 [3AU]
Reports filed
Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Programs Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 2493) (H. Rept. 103-153), H4011 [23JN]
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Programs Appropriations: committee of conference (H.R. 2493) (H. Rept. 103-212), H5739 [3AU]
Schedules
Committee on Agriculture (House): Subcommittee on Environment, Credit, and Rural Development: agricultural land damaged by the Midwest flood, D1351 [19NO]
———Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities: agricultural land damaged by the Midwest flood, D1351 [19NO]
Committee on Energy and Commerce (House): Subcommittee on Health and the Environment: health effects of environmental tobacco smoke, D821 [21JY]
Committee on Public Works and Transportation (House): Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Grounds: prohibit smoking in Federal buildings (H.R. 881), D215 [11MR]
———Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment: flood control and flood plan policy relative to the Midwest floods, D1207 [27OC]
Committee on Rules (House): agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, D1051 [28SE]
———disaster assistance to Midwest States (H.R. 2667), D821 [21JY], D837 [23JY]
———foreign operations, export financing, and related programs appropriations (H.R. 2295), D667 [16JN]
Committee on Ways and Means (House): administration's health care reform proposals, D1340 [18NO]
Tables
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies appropriations funding (H.R. 2493), H7318-H7325 [30SE]
Tributes
Michel, Representative, H7459 [6OC]
Roebuck, Raymon, H7459 [6OC]