RAHALL, NICK JOE, II(a Representative from West Virginia)
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 2010, National Service Trust Act, H5783 [4AU]
———H.R. 2264, reconciliation of concurrent resolution on the budget, H4658 [14JY]
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Airlines: issuance of certificate of public convenience and necessity relative to previous petitions for bankruptcy (see H.R. 2641), H4681 [14JY]
Black Lung Benefits Act: amend relative to claims due to pneumoconiosis (see H.R. 792), H483 [3FE]
Bramwell, WV: historical preservation (see H.R. 793), H483 [3FE]
Christian Heritage Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 113), H681 [17FE]
Federal Water Pollution Control Act: reauthorize water pollution control programs (see H.R. 1544), H1739 [30MR]
Hazardous Materials Transportation Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 3460), H8937 [8NO]
Hazardous substances: authorizing appropriations for transportation safety enforcement (see H.R. 2178), H2596 [19MY]
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act: technical corrections (see H.R. 3276), H7827 [13OC]
Mining and mineral resources: locatable minerals on public domain lands (see H.R. 322), H109 [6JA]
Mining and Mineral Resources Research Institute: reauthorize (see H.R. 1470), H1591 [24MR]
Prayer: constitutional amendment on voluntary school prayer (see H.J. Res. 89), H358 [2FE]
Taxation: treatment of benefits of retired military personnel serving as instructors or administrators in the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (see H.R. 736), H358 [2FE]
Veterans: accelerated payment of educational benefits for high-cost, short-term courses (see H.R. 1365), H1291 [16MR]
West Virginia: conservation of certain river segments (see H.R. 1584), H1856 [1AP]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Air traffic controllers: compensation differential and premium pay for Saturday work (see H.R. 2663), H9079 [9NO]
Airline industry: eligibility of licensing applicants relative to previous bankruptcy filings within the industry (see H.R. 943), H6595 [9SE]
Alaska: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 39), H1413 [17MR]
Amateur Radio Service: facilitate utilization of volunteer resources (see H.R. 2623), H7360 [30SE]
Armed Forces: procedures for determination and classification of missing or deceased status (see H.R. 291), H6293 [5AU]
Bosnia and Herzegovina: cutoff of natural gas pipeline by Serbia (see H. Con. Res. 183), H10301 [19NO]
Childhood Cancer Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 185), H5554 [30JY]
Classical Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 239), H9704 [15NO]
Coal: increase collective bargaining stability and preserve job opportunities in mining industry (see H.R. 2980), H6380 [6AU]
Coins: issue one dollar coin (see H.R. 1322), H1740 [30MR]
———mint in commemoration of the Women in Military Service American Memorial (see H.R. 1697), H2719 [24MY]
Colleges and universities: participation of historically black institutions in federally funded research activities (see H.R. 84), H7035 [27SE]
Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 23), H219 [25JA]
Commodore John Barry Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 157), H6050 [4AU]
Contracts: simplification of Federal construction procurement and prevailing wage protection for construction workers (see H.R. 1231), H2128 [28AP]
Country Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 106), H2348 [10MY]
Crime: create remedies for child victims of sexual exploitation (see H. Res. 281), H8327 [20OC]
———registration of persons convicted of sex offenses against children (see H.R. 3256), H8875 [4NO]
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 the Treasury: mint coins in commemoration of 200th anniversary of U.S. Mint (see H.R. 654), H5740 [3AU]
Disasters: provide for disaster avoidance and response plans and development of relief and reinsurance plans (see H.R. 2873), H8703 [2NO]
Drugs: allow licensed veterinarians to order the extra-label use of drugs in animals (see H.R. 1423), H4080 [24JN]
Education: counseling services for elementary school children (see H.R. 2571), H8590 [27OC]
Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 78), H682 [17FE]
Employment: assistance to laid-off workers whose work has been transferred to a foreign country (see H.R. 2345), H6382 [6AU]
English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see H.R. 123), H2247 [4MY]
ERISA: clarify the treatment of a qualified football coaches plan (see H.R. 1981), H3342 [8JN]
———prevent preemption of certain State laws (see H.R. 1036), H1993 [21AP]
Executive Office of the President: procurement of services by the White House Travel and Telegraph Office from the private sector (see H. Con. Res. 139), H8667 [1NO]
FAA: rehiring of certain former air traffic controllers (see H.R. 468), H2597 [19MY]
Families and domestic relations: entitle family and medical leave under certain circumstances (see H.R. 1), H181 [21JA]
FCC: action of Chairman (see H. Res. 135), H2129 [28AP]
Federal employees: restrictions on representing or advising foreign entities after leaving Government service (see H.R. 1224), H1858 [1AP]
———voluntary participation in political processes (see H.R. 20), H484 [3FE]
Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (see H.R. 1295), H1164 [10MR]
Financial institutions: claiming of certain distributions of unknown or unreachable owners (see H.R. 2443), H5361 [27JY]
———reduce regulatory burden (see H.R. 962), H3920 [22JN]
Firearms: right of U.S. citizens to bear and keep arms (see H.R. 1276), H2463 [12MY]
Flight attendants: limitations on duty time (see H.R. 14), H311 [27JA]
Food Stamp Act: amend relative to quality control (see H.R. 1195), H1009 [3MR]
Foreign aid: integrated justification report for assistance programs (see H.R. 1476), H1591 [24MR]
Foreign policy: resettlement of enemy POW (see H. Con. Res. 141), H6514 [8SE]
Forests: forest health improvement programs on Federal lands (see H.R. 229), H878 [24FE]
GATT: negotiations objectives (see H. Con. Res. 193), H10987 [22NO]
Geography Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 197), H7452 [5OC]
German-American Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 155), H6677 [13SE]
Government regulations: judicial review of Federal agency compliance with regulatory flexibility analysis requirements (see H.R. 830), H6848 [21SE]
Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see H.J. Res. 10), H641 [16FE]
Guam: mint coins in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands (see H.R. 3372), H8796 [3NO]
Gulf of Mexico: establish an economic and environmental protection program (see H.R. 1899), H2126 [28AP]
Health: care for pregnant women and children through State-based health plans (see H.R. 727), H963 [2MR]
———designation of obstetrician-gynecologists as primary care providers for women in Federal health care programs (see H. Res. 234), H6515 [8SE]
———establish National Women's Health Resource Center within Columbia Hospital for Women, Washington, DC (see H.R. 490), H640 [16FE]
———immunization of infants against vaccine-preventable diseases (see H.R. 940), H680 [17FE]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 1200, 3600), H6595 [9SE], H10469 [20NO]
Irish-American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 246), H7452 [5OC]
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), H591 [4FE]
Labor unions: prevent discrimination based on participation in labor disputes (see H.R. 5), H359 [2FE]
Lyme Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 92), H2687 [20MY]
Margaret Walker Alexander National African-American Research Center: establish (see H.R. 937), H3458 [10JN]
Medicaid: case-management services for individuals with traumatic brain injuries (see H.R. 2427), H6677 [13SE]
Members of Congress: prohibit pay adjustments from exceeding Social Security cost-of-living increases (see H.R. 772), H963 [2MR]
Mental health: inclusion of benefits in comprehensive health care plan (see H. Con. Res. 52), H2303 [5MY]
Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 148), H1165 [10MR]
Mining and mineral resources: improve the Black Lung Program (see H.R. 2108), H2462 [12MY]
Monuments and memorials: mint commemorative coins for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (see H.R. 1608), H2867 [26MY]
National Adoption Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 257), H10999 [23NO]
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), H4682 [14JY]
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 11), H4682 [14JY]
National Burn Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 69), H591 [4FE]
National Child Abuse Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 68), H1740 [30MR]
National Children's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 226), H8659 [28OC]
National Correctional Officers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 119), H3837 [18JN]
National D.A.R.E. Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 214), H4575 [13JY]
National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 178), H1905 [19AP]
National Down's Syndrome Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 206), H6515 [8SE]
National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 247), H5740 [3AU]
National Family Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 79), H4991 [21JY]
National FFA Organization Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 101), H589 [4FE]
National Firefighters Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 272), H10302 [19NO]
National Flag Celebration Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 179, 286), H1935 [20AP], H8795 [3NO]
National Former POW Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 6), H1232 [11MR]
National Foster Care Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 122), H2128 [28AP]
National Good Teen Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 75), H8875 [4NO]
National Health Information Management Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 205), H6383 [6AU]
National Historically Black Colleges Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 194), H6050 [4AU]
National Home Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 139), H8938 [8NO]
National Hospice Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 159), H8203 [19OC]
National Law Enforcement Training Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 165), H4575 [13JY]
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 Long-Term Care Administrators Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 278), H10302 [19NO]
National Military Families Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 188), H5554 [30JY]
National Polio Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 124), H1687 [29MR]
National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 219), H6515 [8SE]
National Radon Action Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 242), H6677 [13SE]
National Rehabilitation Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 86), H1292 [16MR]
National Sportsmen's Instruction Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 198), H5042 [22JY]
National Trauma Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 135), H1046 [4MR]
National Veterans Golden Age Games Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 190), H4508 [1JY]
National Week of Recognition and Remembrance for Those Who Served in the Korean War: designate (see H.J. Res. 204), H4080 [24JN]
National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 212), H7828 [13OC]
National Writing Project: reauthorize (see H.R. 521), H2597 [19MY]
National Youth Sports Program Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 196), H4013 [23JN]
Natural resources: conservation, management, or study of certain rivers, parks, trails, and historic sites (see H.R. 3252), H8875 [4NO]
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), H8796 [3NO]
OSHA: reform (see H.R. 1280), H2183 [29AP]
———regulations (see H. Con. Res. 14), H964 [2MR]
Parents Day: designate (see H. Res. 236), H10990 [22NO]
Peace Officers Memorial Day: display of U.S. flag on Federal buildings (see H.R. 302), H7827 [13OC]
POW: minting of commemorative coins (see H.R. 535), H1528 [18MR]
POW/MIA: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 91), H4682 [14JY]
Public buildings: calculation of transactions (see H.R. 2680), H8703 [2NO]
Public Health Service: traumatic brain injury study (see H.R. 3121), H8590 [27OC]
Public lands: designate certain as wilderness, wild and scenic rivers, national park and preserve study areas, wild land recovery areas, and biological connecting corridors (see H.R. 2638), H8938 [8NO]
———establish fees for communication sites (see H.R. 3657), H10985 [22NO]
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), H5074 [23JY]
Refuse disposal: regulation of out-of-State solid waste (see H.R. 1076), H1414 [17MR]
Revere Beach: feasibility of inclusion in the National Parks System (see H.R. 1739), H1935 [20AP]
Robert J. Lagomarsino Visitors Center: designate (see H.J. Res. 67), H180 [21JA]
Rural areas: inclusion of rural health care in comprehensive health care plan (see H. Con. Res. 69), H1885 [5AP]
———recognize economic importance (see H.J. Res. 133), H2428 [11MY]
SBA: modify the small business and capital ownership development program (see H.R. 2662), H7172 [28SE]
Schools: assist local school systems in establishing drug- and violence-free learning environments (see H.R. 2455), H5042 [22JY]
———library media resources, technology enhancement, training, and improvement (see H.R. 1151), H6514 [8SE]
Six Rivers National Forest: protection and management of Redwood forest areas and addition of certain lands and waters (see H.R. 2866), H6049 [4AU]
Skelton, Richard (Red): award the Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2012), H4508 [1JY]
Small-Town Sunday: designate (see H.J. Res. 184), H4682 [14JY]
Social Security: computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 1883), H2126 [28AP]
———cost-of-living adjustments (see H. Res. 83, 120), H640 [16FE], H1080 [9MR]
———earnings test for blind recipients (see H.R. 2157), H2719 [24MY]
———earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 300), H108 [6JA]
———tax exemption for election workers and officials (see H.R. 1332), H1592 [24MR]
———treatment of benefits of spouses who are receiving certain Government pensions (see H.R. 1897), H2126 [28AP]
Sudan: U.S. policy (see H. Con. Res. 131), H10302 [19NO]
Tariff: footwear (see H.R. 795), H483 [3FE]
Taxation: contributions to aid construction (see H.R. 846), H1011 [3MR]
———credits for a portion of employer Social Security taxes paid relative to employee cash tips (see H.R. 1141), H1936 [20AP]
———credits to employers who employ members of the Ready Reserve or National Guard (see H.R. 71), H681 [17FE]
———designation of income tax refund to a trust fund dedicated to hunger relief (see H.R. 81), H3373 [9JN]
———employer-provided educational assistance (see H.R. 127), H1936 [20AP]
———exclusion for amounts received under group legal services (see H.R. 326), H1993 [21AP]
———exemption for certain common investment funds (see H.R. 591), H2302 [5MY]
———exemption for dependent children (see H.R. 436), H6049 [4AU]
———inland waterway fuel tax (see H. Res. 146), H1812 [31MR]
———low-income housing credit (see H.R. 18), H359 [2FE]
———recovery of certain military disability severance tax overpayments (see H.R. 2971), H6849 [21SE]
———repeal luxury tax on boats (see H.R. 348), H260 [26JA]
———treatment of cooperative telephone companies (see H.R. 778), H8795 [3NO]
———treatment of governmental pension income which does not exceed certain Social Security benefits (see H.R. 972), H6514 [8SE]
Territories: constitutional amendment on Presidential election voting rights for residents (see H.J. Res. 195), H2462 [12MY]
Unemployment: extend emergency compensation (see H.R. 526), H726 [18FE]
Veterans: benefits (see H.R. 1791), H1992 [21AP]
———cost-of-living adjustments (see H.R. 3023), H6982 [23SE]
———designate certain service of members of the merchant marine during World War II as active service (see H.R. 44), H7542 [6OC]
———permit retirement pay concurrently with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 65), H2995 [27MY]
———special pension rate for recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor (see H.R. 1796), H3374 [9JN]
Week for the National Observance of the 50th Anniversary of World War II: designate (see H.J. Res. 80), H2598 [19MY]
White House Conference on Tourism: convene (see H. Con. Res. 110), H3457 [10JN]
Women: protection from violent crime (see H.R. 1133), H2816 [25MY]
Yugoslavia: civil war and ethnic violence (see H. Con. Res. 24), H1166 [10MR]
Letters
Travel restrictions against Lebanon: by, H1854
———Robert A. Bradtke, Dept. of State, H1854
Motions offered by
Trucking industry: collection of certain undercharge payments for shipments by carriers of property and nonhousehold goods freight forwarders (S. 412), H9659 [15NO]
Remarks by, on
Airport and Airway Improvement Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2739), H7733
Black History Month: observance, H851 [24FE]
Budget: allocation of funds, H646 [17FE], H1058 [9MR]
———deficit reduction efforts, H10856
Clinton, President: economic plan, H646 [17FE]
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H8896 [8NO], H9596 [15NO], H10538 [21NO]
Dept. of the Interior: determination of unsuitable land for mining, H9783 [16NO]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2520), H4602
Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2750), H6886 [22SE], H6936 [23SE]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2519), H4792
Economic Development Agency: funding, H4792
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2295), H3764 [17JN]
Government: improve (H.R. 3400), H10856
Hazardous substances: authorizing appropriations for transportation safety enforcement (H.R. 2178), H10536, H10538
ICC: funding, H6936 [23SE]
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act: technical corrections (H.R. 3276), H8887, H8896, H8897 [8NO]
Lebanon: Israeli occupation of territory, H5495 [29JY]
Mineral Exploration and Development Act: Dept. of the Interior waiver relative to national security, H9797 [16NO]
Mining and mineral resources: court ruling relative to compensation from the Abandoned Locatable Minerals Mine Reclamation Fund, H9794 [16NO]
———locatable minerals on public domain lands (H.R. 322), H9751, H9757, H9783, H9786, H9794, H9797, H9798 [16NO], H10060, H10062 [18NO]
———restoration of lands after mining, H9786 [16NO]
Natural resources: conservation, management, or study of certain rivers, parks, trails, and historic sites (H.R. 3252), H10925 [22NO]
Transportation: resolving claims of negotiated transportation rates (H.R. 2121), H9593, H9596, H9598, H9600, H9601 [15NO]
Trucking industry: collection of certain undercharge payments for shipments by carriers of property and nonhousehold goods freight forwarders (S. 412), H9658 [15NO]
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H78 [5JA], H1289 [16MR], H2594 [19MY], H3592 [15JN], H3781 [17JN], H3919 [22JN], H4011 [23JN], H4078 [24JN], H4180 [28JN], H4679 [14JY], H4755 [15JY], H6291 [5AU], H7822 [13OC], H9872 [17NO]
Leave of absence: granted, H1855 [1AP]
Special order: granted, H5359 [27JY]
Schedules
Committee on Rules (House): Dept. of Transportation and related agencies appropriations (H.R. 2490), D720 [24JN]
———mining of minerals on public domain lands, D1270 [8NO]
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (House): Subcommittee on Technology, Environment and Aviation: National Competitiveness Policy Act, D114 [17FE]
Tributes
Roebuck, Raymon, H7546 [7OC]