SKEEN, JOE(a Representative from New Mexico)

Amendments offered by, to

Mining and mineral resources: locatable minerals on public domain lands (H.R. 322), H9794, H9795 [16NO]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 2493, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, H5616 [2AU]

———H.R. 3116, Dept. of Defense appropriations, H8518 [27OC]

U.S. Naval Academy: Board of Visitors, H4511 [13JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Defense industries: establish a commission on the commercial application of defense-related facilities and processes (see H.R. 2040), H2341 [6MY]

Native Americans: jurisdiction over land claims of the Pueblo of Isleta Indian Tribes (see H.R. 2489), H3920 [22JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Agriculture: food safety protections relative to pesticide use (see H.R. 1627), H7360 [30SE]

Air Force Memorial Foundation: establish memorial in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 898), H2867 [26MY]

Air traffic controllers: retirement benefits of supervisors and managers (see H.R. 1174), H1993 [21AP]

Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 109), H5663 [2AU]

Appropriations: line-item veto (see H.R. 493), H8056 [15OC]

Armed Forces: policy regarding military service by homosexuals (see H.R. 667; H. Res. 16), H359, H360 [2FE]

———restore cost-of-living pay adjustment (see H.R. 1670), H2867 [26MY]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 9, 103), H85 [5JA], H589 [4FE]

———identification of yearly spending level increases (see H.R. 323), H8328 [20OC]

———reform process (see H.R. 2929), H9873 [17NO]

Business and industry: promote development and application of industrial technologies and support Dept. of Energy laboratories communications with private sector laboratories (see H.R. 2875), H6049 [4AU]

Childhood Cancer Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 185), H5554 [30JY]

Citizenship: constitutional amendment restricting citizenship by virtue of birth in U.S. (see H.J. Res. 129), H7543 [6OC]

———limit citizenship merely by virtue of birth in the U.S. (see H.R. 1191), H7542 [6OC]

Civil War History Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 147), H1994 [21AP]

Classical Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 239), H9704 [15NO]

Coins: mint in commemoration of the Women in Military Service American Memorial (see H.R. 1697), H2719 [24MY]

Colleges and universities: ensure freedom of speech at federally funded institutions (see H.R. 2220), 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), H5362 [27JY]

Congress: application of certain employment, health, and safety laws and rights (see H.R. 349), H2995 [27MY]

———constitutional amendment on liability for conduct retroactive to date of enactment or issuance of legislation (see H.J. Res. 256), H6513 [8SE]

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), H8938 [8NO]

———formula grants relative to prosecution of persons driving while intoxicated (see H.R. 1385), H4574 [13JY]

———mandatory life imprisonment for third violent felony conviction (see H.R. 93), H1413 [17MR]

———prevention and punishment of sexual and domestic violence (see H.R. 688), H6293 [5AU]

———require person convicted of State criminal offense against a minor to register current address with law enforcement officials (see H.R. 324), H260 [26JA]

Crime Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 252), H10990 [22NO]

Dept. of Commerce: establish toll free number to assist consumers in determining if products are American made (see H.R. 3342), H10301 [19NO]

Diseases: AIDS prevention (see H.R. 1538), H2598 [19MY]

Drugs: allow licensed veterinarians to order the extra-label use of drugs in animals (see H.R. 1423), H2302 [5MY]

Drunken driving: lower blood alcohol concentration limits (see H.R. 1386), H4574 [13JY]

Ecology and environment: conservation and management of wetlands (see H.R. 1330), H6382 [6AU]

Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 78), H1812 [31MR]

Endangered species: determinations and guidelines for listing a species as endangered (see H.R. 1992), H2301 [5MY]

———make determinations based on scientific, commercial, and other types of data available (see H.R. 1414), H1527 [18MR]

Endangered Species Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1490), H3374 [9JN]

EPA: establish an office near the Mexican border (see H.R. 118), H219 [25JA]

———exempt certain landfills from groundwater monitoring requirements (see H.R. 2654), H4756 [15JY]

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]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: reauthorize water pollution control programs (see H.R. 1544), H2867 [26MY]

Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (see H.R. 1295), H1164 [10MR]

FERC: postpone natural gas processing restructuring proceedings relative to economic impact study (see H.J. Res. 137), H3374 [9JN]

Financial institutions: reduce regulatory burden (see H.R. 962), H1528 [18MR]

Firearms: constitutional right of U.S. citizens to bear and keep arms (see H. Con. Res. 3), H7671 [7OC]

———right of U.S. citizens to bear and keep arms (see H.R. 1276), H6981 [23SE]

Food: U.S. commitment to end hunger and malnutrition (see H.J. Res. 193), H2302 [5MY]

Foreign trade: protection of U.S. copyright-based industries under certain agreements (see H. Res. 165), H7173 [28SE]

Fuels: excise taxes on gasoline, diesel fuel, and home heating fuel (see H. Res. 50), H726 [18FE]

Geography Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 197), H7452 [5OC]

German-American Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 155), H5663 [2AU]

Government: require certain agencies to procure private sector goods and services (see H.R. 163), H726 [18FE]

Government regulations: assessments relative to the taking of private property (see H.R. 561), H218 [25JA]

———judicial review of Federal agency compliance with regulatory flexibility analysis requirements (see H.R. 830), H878 [24FE]

Great American Beer Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 262), H7173 [28SE]

Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see H.J. Res. 10), H1011 [3MR]

Guam: mint coins in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands (see H.R. 3372), H10990 [22NO]

Health: composition and labeling of dietary supplements (see H.R. 509), H640 [16FE]

———designation of obstetrician-gynecologists as primary care providers for women in Federal health care programs (see H. Res. 234), H10470 [20NO]

———development of rural telemedicine (see H.R. 3070), H8938 [8NO]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 101, 3080), H181 [21JA], H6777 [15SE]

Health care facilities: cooperative agreements between hospitals to share equipment (see H.R. 286), H794 [23FE]

Highways: speed limit (see H.R. 139), H1812 [31MR]

House of Representatives: limit expense payments to former Speakers (see H.R. 513), H1528 [18MR]

———require open committee meetings and allow the broadcasting and still photography of proceedings (see H. Res. 237), H7707 [12OC]

House Rules: amend to require open committee meetings and allow broadcasting and photography of meetings and hearings (see H. Res. 175), H7707 [12OC]

———consideration of health care reform legislation under an open rule (see H. Res. 270), H7542 [6OC]

———point of order against consideration of any provision relative to a retroactive tax increase (see H. Res. 247), H6514 [8SE]

Immigration: prevent document fraud (see H.R. 1079), H7542 [6OC]

———prevent Federal financial and unemployment benefits for aliens who are not legal permanent residents (see H.R. 1080), H7542 [6OC]

———prohibition of AIDS infected individuals from entering U.S. (see H.R. 985), H724 [18FE]

Intergovernmental relations: clarify the application of Federal preemption of State and local laws (see H.R. 2327), H4682 [14JY]

Irish-American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 246), H7707 [12OC]

Italian-American Heritage and Culture Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 175), H8507 [26OC]

Kimmel, Husband E.: posthumous advance to rank of admiral (see H. Con. Res. 150), H6902 [22SE]

Local government: Federal payments in lieu of taxes (see H.R. 1181), H3920 [22JN]

Lyme Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 92), H1937 [20AP]

Medals: establish a congressional commemorative medal for organ donors and their families (see H.R. 1012), H3700 [16JN]

Medicaid: improve access to obstetric services in underserved areas (see H.R. 1814), H2022 [22AP]

———require State plans to cover screening mammography (see H.R. 425), H311 [27JA]

Medicare: coverage of annual screening mammography for women 65 or over (see H.R. 427), H311 [27JA]

———limit penalty for late enrollment (see H.R. 769), H8506 [26OC]

Members of Congress: cost-of-living pay adjustments relative to Federal debt (see H.R. 831), H587 [4FE]

Mental health: inclusion of benefits in comprehensive health care plan (see H. Con. Res. 52), H4508 [1JY]

Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 148), H6982 [23SE]

Monuments and memorials: mint commemorative coins for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (see H.R. 1608), H6981 [23SE]

———mint commemorative coins for the Vietnam Women's Memorial (see H.R. 2467), H8328 [20OC]

———provide for a National Native American Veterans' Memorial (see H.R. 2135), H9704 [15NO]

National Adoption Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 257), H7543 [6OC]

National Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 84), H1166 [10MR]

National American Indian Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 271), H7360 [30SE]

National Awareness Week for Life-Saving Techniques: designate (see H.J. Res. 162), H1937 [20AP]

National Barrier Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 266), H7173 [28SE]

National Biomedical Research Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 111), H2995 [27MY]

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 11), H6595 [9SE]

National Children's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 226), H6849 [21SE]

National Crime Victims' Rights Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 134), H1994 [21AP]

National Customer Service Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 234), H6849 [21SE]

National D.A.R.E. Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 214), H5362 [27JY]

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 178), H7263 [29SE]

National Down's Syndrome Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 206), H6849 [21SE]

National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 247), H7173 [28SE]

National Family Caregivers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 90), H10160 [18NO]

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), H8434 [22OC]

National Former POW Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 6), H1232 [11MR]

National Foster Care Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 122), H2687 [20MY]

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 Home Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 139), H8938 [8NO]

National Hospice Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 159), H8203 [19OC]

National Incest and Sexual Abuse Healing Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 243), H5452 [28JY]

National Law Enforcement Training Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 165), H9704 [15NO]

National League of Families POW/MIA: authorize display of flag (see H.J. Res. 219), H6294 [5AU]

National Mammography Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 265), H7707 [12OC]

National Military Families Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 188), H2182 [29AP]

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), H1010 [3MR]

National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 219), H6294 [5AU]

National Radon Action Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 242), H7828 [13OC]

National Rehabilitation Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 86), H4575 [13JY]

National Sportsmen's Instruction Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 198), H5527 [29JY]

National Trauma Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 135), H2183 [29AP]

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), H4013 [23JN]

National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 212), H5453 [28JY]

National Youth Sports Program Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 196), H4013 [23JN]

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), H10990 [22NO]

OSHA: regulations (see H. Con. Res. 14), H5362 [27JY]

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), H7172 [28SE]

POW: minting of commemorative coins (see H.R. 535), H1528 [18MR]

POW/MIA: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 91), H10990 [22NO]

Prayer: constitutional amendment on voluntary school prayer (see H.J. Res. 22), H726 [18FE]

———constitutional amendment relative to prayer at public institutions (see H.J. Res. 163), H3459 [10JN]

Public Health Service: traumatic brain injury study (see H.R. 3121), H8328 [20OC]

Public lands: domestic livestock grazing fees (see H.R. 1750), H1935 [20AP]

Public Service Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 108, 253), H639 [16FE], H6381 [6AU]

Public welfare programs: reform (see H.R. 3500), H9564 [10NO]

Public works: monitoring and testing of publicly owned water treatment facilities (see H.R. 3213), H7451 [5OC]

Radioactive substances: international ban on ocean dumping of low-level nuclear waste (see H. Con. Res. 177), H8937 [8NO]

Religious Freedom Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 216), H9080 [9NO]

Rural areas: grants to assist colonias relative to wastewater disposal (see H.R. 2736), H5107 [26JY]

———improve health care services (see H.R. 2529), H5361 [27JY]

———inclusion of rural health care in comprehensive health care plan (see H. Con. Res. 69), H1885 [5AP]

SBA: modify the small business and capital ownership development program (see H.R. 2662), H5527 [29JY]

Sewage disposal: wastewater treatment for unincorporated communities (see H.R. 3287), H8001 [14OC]

Short, Walter C.: posthumous advance to rank of lieutenant general (see H. Con. Res. 150), H6902 [22SE]

Small business: participation in business development programs by concerns controlled by individuals with disabilities (see H.R. 794), H4757 [15JY]

Small-Town Sunday: designate (see H.J. Res. 184), H5362 [27JY]

Social Security: computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 1883), H4080 [24JN]

———earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 300), H219 [25JA]

———level of benefit payment in the month of the beneficiary's death (see H.R. 634), H484 [3FE]

Somalia: U.S. military intervention relative to famine relief efforts (see H. Con. Res. 26), H1011 [3MR]

State and local governments: mandate relief assistance (see H.R. 886), H1592 [24MR]

States: immunity from personal civil liability for certain volunteers working for nonprofit organizations and government entities (see H.R. 911), H2995 [27MY]

———limit U.S. acquisition of public lands (see H.R. 2615), H4507 [1JY]

———non-compliance with Federal program requiring safety belt and motorcycle helmet use (see H.R. 799), H1936 [20AP]

———prohibit intentional creation of legislative districts based on the race, color, or language minority status of voters within such districts (see H.R. 2862), H6048 [4AU]

———tax treatment of certain pension income (see H.R. 702), H310 [27JA]

Taxation: computation of the deduction for depreciation (see H.R. 539), H179 [21JA]

———constitutional amendment on retroactive taxation (see H.J. Res. 248, 249), H6292 [5AU], H6383 [6AU]

———credits for small businesses for the cost of complying with Federal regulations (see H.R. 1108), H876 [24FE]

———economic impact of lowering the estate tax exemption (see H. Con. Res. 6), H87 [5JA]

———employee stock ownership plans (see H.R. 2088), H5452 [28JY]

———establish medical care savings benefits (see H.R. 3065), H10989 [22NO]

———exemption for dependent children (see H.R. 436), H111 [6JA]

———limit State taxation of pension income (see H.R. 546), H260 [26JA]

———mortgage revenue bonds (see H.R. 462), H1232 [11MR]

———retroactive tax increases (see H.R. 3024), H6513 [8SE]

———treatment of cooperative telephone companies (see H.R. 778), H748 [22FE]

———trustee-to-trustee transfers of eligible rollover distributions (see H.R. 94), H359 [2FE]

Telecommunications: infrastructure modernization, cable television competition, and video programming by telephone companies (see H.R. 1504), H2183 [29AP]

U.N.: anniversary of the Food and Agricultural Organization (see H.J. Res. 193), H2302 [5MY]

U.S. Military Academy: mint commemorative coins recognizing the bicentennial (see H.R. 3492), H9564 [10NO]

U.S.-Mexico Border Health Commission: establish (see H.R. 2305), H4757 [15JY]

Veterans: cost-of-living adjustments (see H.R. 3023), H9079 [9NO]

———outpatient medical services for any disability of a former POW (see H.R. 1442), H3458 [10JN]

———permit retirement pay concurrently with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 65, 303), H1992, H1993 [21AP]

———special pension rate for recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor (see H.R. 1796), H6902 [22SE]

Water pollution: Federal facilities pollution control (see H.R. 340), H963 [2MR]

Week for the National Observance of the 50th Anniversary of World War II: designate (see H.J. Res. 80), H2598 [19MY]

Wetlands: treatment of playa lakes, prairie potholes, vernal pools, pocosins, and other special wetlands (see H.R. 138), H1080 [9MR]

Women's History Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 143), H1292 [16MR]

Workers' Political Rights Act: enact (see H.R. 2307), H3700 [16JN]

World Food Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 218), H7361 [30SE]

World Population Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 268), H7035 [27SE]

World University Games: minting of commemorative coins (see H.R. 982), H3700 [16JN]

World War II: establish an Armed Forces memorial in Washington, DC (see H.R. 682), H309 [27JA]

Comparisons

National Forest System non-timber related funding in Southwest and Northwest regions, H4600 [14JY]

Letters

Jemez National Recreation Area: by, H1952 [21AP]

Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System funding: Daniel S. Goldin, NASA, H8135 [19OC]

Motions offered by

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2493), H5615 [2AU]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2493), conference report—amendments in disagreement, H6346 [6AU]

House of Representatives: publication of Members signing discharge motions (H. Res. 134), H6509 [8SE]

Remarks by, on

Agriculture: price supports for honey, H6346, H6347, H6350 [6AU]

———price supports for wool and mohair, H7249 [29SE], H7309 [30SE]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2493), H5615 [2AU], H7309, H7316 [30SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2493), conference report, H6338 [6AU]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2493), conference report—amendments in disagreement, H6343, H6346, H6347, H6350 [6AU]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2493), consideration (H. Res. 260), H7249 [29SE]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2264), conference report, H5751 [4AU]

Carlsbad Caverns National Park: protect Lechuguilla Cave and other resources (H.R. 698), H2377 [11MY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2520), H4599, H4600 [14JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2520), conference report, H8265 [20OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2520), motion to instruct conferees, H7194 [29SE]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2750), H6870 [22SE]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs, HUD, and certain independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2491), conference report, H8135 [19OC]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2445), conference report, H8447 [26OC]

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), H9757, H9794 [16NO]

NASA: Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System funding, H8135 [19OC]

North American Free Trade Agreement: ratification, H6787 [21SE]

———ratification (H.R. 3450), H9942 [17NO]

Public lands: domestic livestock grazing fees, H7194 [29SE]

———management, H3362 [9JN]

Radioactive substances: funding for monitored retrievable storage facilities for nuclear wastes, H8447 [26OC]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H466 [3FE], H1412 [17MR], H4572 [13JY], H7669 [7OC]

Leave of absence: granted, H4011 [23JN], H4180 [28JN]

Schedules

Committee on Natural Resources (House): Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands: domestic livestock grazing fees (H.R. 643), D369 [20AP]

—————management of grazing on public range lands (H.R. 1602), D369 [20AP]

—————miscellaneous interior legislation, D165 [2MR]

Committee on Public Works and Transportation (House): Subcommittee on Economic Development: infrastructure investing, D96 [3FE]

Committee on Rules (House): agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, D1051 [28SE]

———Dept. of the Interior and related agencies appropriations, D1159 [19OC]