McCANDLESS, ALFRED A. (AL)(a Representative from California)
Amendments offered by, to
Airport and Airway Improvement Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2739), H7587 [7OC]
Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2264), H2877 [26MY]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 2010, National Service Trust Act, H5783 [4AU]
———H.R. 2264, reconciliation of concurrent resolution on the budget, H4689 [15JY], H4831 [20JY]
———H.R. 2401, Dept. of Defense appropriations, H8160 [19OC]
———S. 714, Thrift Depositor Protection Act, H6729 [14SE]
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Armed Forces: assist INS and Customs Service in border patrol (see H.R. 245), H106 [6JA]
Commission to Eliminate Waste in Government: establish (see H.R. 247), H106 [6JA]
Congress: employment laws (see H.R. 246), H106 [6JA]
Credit: accuracy of consumer information maintained by credit reporting agencies (see H.R. 619), H258 [26JA]
Dept. of Defense: use and sale of military medals and decorations (see H.R. 1629), H1857 [1AP]
Elections: prohibit campaign contributions by multicandidate political committees controlled by foreign-owned corporations (see H.R. 248), H106 [6JA]
———prohibit contributions by foreign nationals in all U.S. elections (see H.R. 1628), H1857 [1AP]
Foreign trade: foreign treatment of U.S. investment (see H.R. 249), H106 [6JA]
Immigration and Nationality Act: identification of certain deceased individuals (see H.R. 620), H258 [26JA]
Law enforcement officers: punishment for fleeing Federal personnel during the execution of their duties (see H.R. 621), H258 [26JA]
Social Security: earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 622), H258 [26JA]
Social Security Administration: establish as an independent agency (see H.R. 623), H258 [26JA]
Taxation: deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 264), H107 [6JA]
———employer credit for providing mammography screening for employees (see H.R. 250), H106 [6JA]
———exclusion for employer-provided educational assistance (see H.R. 265), H107 [6JA]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
AFDC: establish block grants under State control (see H.R. 1293), H9565 [10NO]
———weekly benefits relative to employment and attendance at courses at educational institutions (see H.R. 944), H680 [17FE]
Agriculture: food safety protections relative to pesticide use (see H.R. 1627), H7360 [30SE]
Aliens: education assistance eligibility (see H.R. 2738), H8703 [2NO]
Appropriations: constitutional amendment on line-item veto (see H.J. Res. 4), H85 [5JA]
———line-item veto (see H.R. 24, 493), H82 [5JA], H1165 [10MR]
Armed Forces: assist INS and Customs Service personnel in performing border protection functions (see H.R. 1082), H875 [24FE]
———entitle certain tax benefits to soldiers deployed for relief efforts in Somalia (see H.R. 494), H311 [27JA]
———policy regarding military service by homosexuals (see H.R. 667), H1881 [2AP]
———procedure for change in policy regarding homosexuals (see H. Res. 16), H485 [3FE]
Armenia: U.S. policy relative to settlement of disputes with Azerbaijan (see H. Res. 86), H1906 [19AP]
Bankruptcy: treatment of condominium or cooperative ownership unit membership association fees (see H.R. 1583), H6758 [14SE]
Budget: balance and provide for zero-based budgeting (see H.R. 883), H1550 [23MR]
———constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 103), H589 [4FE]
———constitutional amendment to require expenditures not exceed revenues and not exceed certain percentage of GNP (see H.J. Res. 61), H3783 [17JN]
———discretionary spending limits (see H.R. 3266), H10989 [22NO]
———establish discretionary spending limits (see H.R. 301), H359 [2FE]
———reform process (see H.R. 2929), H6378 [6AU]
Bureau of Reclamation: revise paperwork reporting requirements (see H.R. 2575), H4777 [19JY]
California: designate wilderness lands (see H.R. 2379), H3456 [10JN]
CERCLA: establish demonstration project for cleanup of ground water pollution in the San Gabriel Basin (see H.R. 2853), H6048 [4AU]
Citizenship: constitutional amendment restricting citizenship by virtue of birth in U.S. (see H.J. Res. 129), H1010 [3MR]
———limit citizenship merely by virtue of birth in the U.S. (see H.R. 1191), H1009 [3MR]
Colleges and universities: participation in certain grant programs relative to default rates (see H.R. 1167), H1936 [20AP]
Commission on Information Technology and Paperwork Reduction: establish (see H.R. 2995), H6380 [6AU]
Committees of the House: rescind funds for select committees (see H.R. 1428), H1527 [18MR]
Commodore John Barry Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 157), H5453 [28JY]
Congress: application of certain employment, health, and safety laws and rights (see H.R. 349), H109 [6JA]
Congressional Budget Act: require a three-fifths vote in the House of Representatives to waive any point of order (see H.R. 1105), H2487 [13MY]
Contracts: reform Government procurement practices (see H.R. 2393), H3457 [10JN]
Corp. for Public Broadcasting: repeal statutory authority (see H.R. 147), H1993 [21AP]
Courts: establish time limitation on civil actions against aircraft manufacturers (see H.R. 3087), H6777 [15SE]
Crime: create remedies for child victims of sexual exploitation (see H. Res. 281), H8796 [3NO]
———mandatory sentences for violent felonies committed against individuals age 65 and over (see H.R. 388), H726 [18FE]
———penalties for damaging Federal property by arson (see H.R. 3520), H9853 [16NO]
Depository institutions: reduce regulatory burden to increase the amount of available credit (see H.R. 59), H311 [27JA]
Dept. of Agriculture: permit agreements with Federal agencies to acquire goods and services to improve the firefighting capability of the Forest Service (see H.R. 3440), H8795 [3NO]
Dept. of Commerce: publication of data relative to the incidence of poverty (see H.R. 1645), H2128 [28AP]
Dept. of Environmental Protection: establish (see H.R. 824), H587 [4FE]
Dept. of the Interior: sale of certain real and personal property (see H.R. 1552), H1936 [20AP]
Ecology and environment: conservation and management of wetlands (see H.R. 1330), H6382 [6AU]
Economic Development Administration: abolish (see H.R. 895), H2024 [22AP]
Education: prevent the awarding of Pell Grants to prisoners (see H.R. 1168), H1936 [20AP]
Endangered Species Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1490), H6382 [6AU]
English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see H.R. 123), H219 [25JA]
Executive departments: require use of recycled paper (see H.R. 2319), H10989 [22NO]
Executive Office of the President: establish an Office of the Inspector General and a Chief Financial Officer (see H.R. 3038), H6594 [9SE]
Federal aid programs: job opportunity and training programs relative to independence from welfare system (see H.R. 741), H1292 [16MR]
Federal employees: allow for garnishment of pay (see H.R. 214), H484 [3FE]
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: amend relative to minor use pesticides (see H.R. 967), H1812 [31MR]
Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (see H.R. 140), H8875 [4NO]
Financial institutions: claiming of certain distributions of unknown or unreachable owners (see H.R. 2443), H6294 [5AU]
———clarify due process protections applicable to directors and officers of insured depository institutions (see H.R. 3661), H10985 [22NO]
———promote community development in economically depressed areas (see H.R. 238), H3920 [22JN]
Forest Service: modular airborne fire fighting system (see H.R. 3224), H8796 [3NO]
Government: establishment, testing, and evaluation of strategic planning and performance measurement (see H.R. 826), H1232 [11MR]
Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 3080), H10301 [19NO]
———protect children from environmental tobacco smoke (see H.R. 710), H1011 [3MR]
House of Representatives: limit expense payments to former Speakers (see H.R. 513), H878 [24FE]
———mandatory drug testing for Members (see H. Res. 12), H3783 [17JN]
———prohibit final passage of a measure until copies have been available to Members for at least 1 day (see H. Res. 26), H6050 [4AU]
———prohibit lobbyist-financed travel by Members, officers, and employees of the House (see H.R. 3357), H8938 [8NO]
House Rules: amend to require a rollcall vote on all appropriations measures (see H. Res. 53), H726 [18FE]
Immigration: confinement of illegal aliens sentenced to imprisonment and authorize deportation before the completion of the sentence (see H.R. 2438), H4013 [23JN]
———FBI report on the criminal record of certain aliens applying to immigrate to the U.S. (see H.R. 1067), H964 [2MR]
———improve inspection procedures and exclude for admissions fraud (see H.R. 1355), H1740 [30MR]
———improve law enforcement (see H.R. 1078), H875 [24FE]
———prevent document fraud (see H.R. 1079), H875 [24FE]
———prevent Federal financial and unemployment benefits for aliens who are not legal permanent residents (see H.R. 1080), H875 [24FE]
———prohibit Federal financial assistance to localities who refuse to cooperate in dealing with illegal aliens (see H.R. 1083), H875 [24FE]
———prohibit transportation of illegal aliens for purposes of employment (see H.R. 1081), H875 [24FE]
Income: congressional, executive, and judicial salaries and pensions (see H.R. 212), H1936 [20AP]
Law enforcement: authorizing appropriations to increase border patrol personnel (see H.R. 852), H911 [1MR]
Medicaid: require State plans to cover screening mammography (see H.R. 425), H963 [2MR]
Medicare: coverage of annual screening mammography for women 65 or over (see H.R. 427), H963 [2MR]
———enforcement of standards relative to the rights of patients in certain medical facilities (see H.R. 1044), H1740 [30MR]
NASA: prohibit funds for advanced solid rocket motor program (see H.R. 961, 999), H1993 [21AP], H2302 [5MY]
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 11), H5362 [27JY]
National commemorative events: establish a commission to advise the President on proposals (see H.R. 624), H1165 [10MR]
National Council on the Arts: abolish (see H.R. 146), H1936 [20AP]
National Down's Syndrome Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 206), H7173 [28SE]
National League of Families POW/MIA: authorize display of flag (see H.J. Res. 219), H6294 [5AU]
National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 131), H1010 [3MR]
National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 219), H6294 [5AU]
National Veterans Golden Age Games Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 190), H4508 [1JY]
Postal Service: limit expenditures on new logo (see H.R. 3328), H9565 [10NO]
———rescind appropriations relative to design and implementation of new corporate logo (see H.R. 3629), H10984 [22NO]
Prayer: constitutional amendment on voluntary school prayer (see H.J. Res. 22, 173), H795 [23FE], H3594 [15JN]
President and Vice President: constitutional amendment on direct popular election (see H.J. Res. 28), H682 [17FE]
Public lands: domestic livestock grazing fees (see H.R. 1750), H2128 [28AP]
Public welfare programs: reform (see H.R. 3500), H9564 [10NO]
Refugees: prohibit entry of Iraqi veterans of the Persian Gulf Conflict (see H.R. 3021), H7543 [6OC]
Religious Freedom Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 216), H8507 [26OC]
Research: superconducting supercollider funding (see H.R. 70), H2024 [22AP]
Robert J. Lagomarsino Visitors Center: designate (see H.J. Res. 67), H180 [21JA]
Skelton, Richard (Red): award the Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2012), H4508 [1JY]
Small business: availability of credit and the facilitation of loans (see H.R. 1086), H875 [24FE]
Social Security: cost-of-living adjustments (see H. Res. 120), H1080 [9MR]
———earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 37, 300), H108 [6JA], H359 [2FE]
———level of benefit payment in the month of the beneficiary's death (see H.R. 634), H484 [3FE]
———taxation of benefits (see H.R. 2959), H7360 [30SE]
Southeast Asia: granting of asylum to nationals assisting in the return of living POW/MIA (see H.R. 551), H1165 [10MR]
State and local governments: mandate relief assistance (see H.R. 886), H638 [16FE]
States: immunity from personal civil liability for certain volunteers working for nonprofit organizations and government entities (see H.R. 911), H639 [16FE]
———tax treatment of certain pension income (see H.R. 702), H310 [27JA]
Taxation: allow individuals to designate percentage of their tax liability to reduce the national debt and require spending cuts to match (see H.R. 429), H794 [23FE]
———computation of the deduction for depreciation (see H.R. 539), H484 [3FE]
———constitutional amendment on retroactive taxation (see H.J. Res. 248), H6383 [6AU]
———deductions for home health care, day care, and respite care for households with an Alzheimer's disease patient (see H.R. 633), H1011 [3MR]
———eligibility of dislocated defense workers for the targeted jobs credit (see H.R. 673), H1011 [3MR]
———eliminate certain retroactive tax increases (see H.R. 2913), H6902 [22SE]
———exemption for dependent children (see H.R. 436), H1010 [3MR]
———individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 822), H1881 [2AP]
———investment tax credit for manufacturing and production property (see H.R. 1686), H1880 [2AP]
———repeal luxury tax (see H.R. 1841), H2023 [22AP]
———require a supermajority in Congress to pass tax-increasing legislation (see H.R. 1131), H877 [24FE]
———treatment of gains from sale of a principal residence, estate and gift tax, and capital gains (see H.R. 567), H311 [27JA]
———treatment of transportation fuels (see H.R. 3030), H7828 [13OC]
Veterans: special pension rate for recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor (see H.R. 1796), H4408 [30JN]
Vietnam: economic sanctions pending full account of American POW/MIA (see H.R. 2521), H5108 [26JY]
VOA: radio broadcasts to Asia (see H.R. 54), H484 [3FE]
Week for the National Observance of the 50th Anniversary of World War II: designate (see H.J. Res. 80), H2598 [19MY]
World Food Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 218), H7361 [30SE]
Yugoslavia: civil war and ethnic violence (see H. Con. Res. 24), H879 [24FE]
———international tribunal for war crimes committed (see H. Con. Res. 16), H485 [3FE]
Motions offered by
House of Representatives: publication of Members signing discharge motions (H. Res. 134), H6509 [8SE]
Remarks by, on
Airlines, airports, and aeronautics: transfer of land at Palm Springs, CA, airport, H7587 [7OC]
Airport and Airway Improvement Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2739), H7587 [7OC]
Appropriations: line-item veto (H.R. 1578), H2089 [28AP]
Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2264), H3299
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2264), conference report, H6152 [5AU]
Coins: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversary of Thomas Jefferson's birth, POW, and certain veterans memorials (H.R. 3548), H10530 [21NO]
———mint coins in commemoration of the anniversary of Thomas Jefferson's birth, POW, and certain veterans memorials (H.R. 3616), H10915 [22NO]
Dept. of the Interior: Biological Survey activities on private and other non-Federal lands, H7508
———establish Biological Survey (H.R. 1845), H7508
Depts. of Veterans Affairs, HUD, and certain independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2491), H4135 [28JN]
Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates, H8577 [27OC]
North American Free Trade Agreement: impact on employment issues, H8581 [27OC]
———impact on environmental issues, H8582 [27OC]
———ratification, H8578, H8579, H8580, H8581, H8582, H8583 [27OC]
Office of National Drug Control Policy: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1926), H10535 [21NO]
Women: pregnancy counseling services (H.R. 670), H1608
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H722 [18FE], H3781 [17JN], H5106 [26JY]
Special order: granted, H8001 [14OC], H8504 [26OC]
Schedules
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate): Subcommittee on Public Lands, National Parks and Forests: California Desert Protection Act (S. 21), D405 [27AP]
Committee on Government Operations (House): Subcommittee on Information, Justice, Transportation, and Agriculture: Mexican border and U.S. law enforcement, D1279 [9NO]
Committee on Natural Resources (House): Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands: establish Death Valley and Joshua Tree National Parks and Mojave National Monument (H.R. 518), D654 [15JN]
—————withdraw certain Federal lands for military purposes (H.R. 880), D654 [15JN]
Committee on Rules (House): Government Reform and Savings Act, D1352 [19NO]
———reconciliation of the concurrent budget resolution (H.R. 2264), D589 [26MY]