FIELDS, JACK (a Representative from Texas)

Amendments offered by, to

Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4422), H9494, H9513 [22SE]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4603), H4982, H4988 [24JN]

Analyses

Reconstitution of the Panama Canal Commission as an Independent Government Corporation (H.R. 5221), E2126 [6OC]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 322, Mineral Exploration and Development Act, H3780 [20MY]

———H.R. 3355, national policy to control crime and reform court procedures, H3383 [17MY]

———H.R. 3474, Community Development, Credit Enhancement, and Regulatory Improvement Act, H2614 [21AP]

———S. 21, California Desert Protection Act, H10731 [4OC]

———S. 2182, Dept. of Defense and Dept. of Energy defense activities appropriations, H6182 [25JY]

Articles and editorials

Collective Parts of the LOST Machinery, Doug Bandow, Washington (DC) Times, E1811 [12SE]

Cutting Back on ``Me Too'' Drugs—Pharmaceutical Firms React to Health Care Changes, David S. Hilzenrath, Washington (DC) Post, H3274 [11MY]

Radio Icon Morris Propels KNUZ, Steven Long, Houston (TX) Chronicle, E894 [11MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Animals: conservation of rhinoceros and tigers (see H.R. 3987, 4924), H1156 [9MR], H7299 [9AU]

Library of Congress: protection of books and materials (see H.R. 4248), H2506 [19AP]

Panama Canal Commission: reconstitute as an independent Government corporation (see H.R. 5221), H11199 [6OC]

Taxation: tax credit for purchase of child restraint systems for motor vehicles (see H.R. 5068), H9440 [21SE]

U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea: ratification relative to seabed mining agreement (see H. Con. Res. 268), H5871 [19JY]

Waterways: require immediate removal of sunken or grounded vessels obstructing navigable waterways (see H.R. 3812), H357 [8FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Agriculture: tribute to U.S. rice industry (see H.J. Res. 405), H9351 [20SE]

Air pollution: reduction of work-related vehicle trips in ozone nonattainment areas (see H.R. 4589), H4653 [16JN]

Airline industry: mandatory retirement age for pilots (see H.R. 1532), H2582 [20AP]

Antitrust policy: supersede modification of final judgment of U.S. v. Western Electric and regulate the manufacturing of Bell operating companies (see H.R. 3626), H4995 [24JN]

Boats: recreational boating safety requirements (see H.R. 3786), H286 [3FE]

Budget: discretionary spending limits (see H.R. 3266), H1781 [21MR]

Capital punishment: use of racially based quotas to determine sentencing (see H. Con. Res. 270), H6381 [27JY]

Civil Service Retirement System: count service in certain Federal-State cooperative agricultural programs (see H.R. 3490), H680 [23FE]

Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4422), H3344 [12MY]

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (House): expenses for investigations and studies (see H. Res. 339), H204 [2FE]

Courts: admissibility of certain evidence (see H.R. 4830), H7299 [9AU]

———remedial jurisdiction of inferior Federal courts (see H.R. 193), H7075 [5AU]

Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (see H.R. 5008, 5134), H9008 [21AU], H11429 [7OC]

———restitution to victims (see H.R. 3367), H2914 [28AP]

———sexual exploitation of children (see H.R. 3993), H1898 [22MR]

———treatment of hardcore juvenile offenders (see H.R. 4491), H11001 [5OC]

Crime Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 363), H5463 [30JN]

Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4722), H5546 [12JY]

Dept. of Education: reduce increase in grants to State and local education agencies (see H.R. 3725), H4883 [22JN]

Disasters: provide for disaster avoidance and response plans and development of relief and reinsurance plans (see H.R. 2873), H2368 [14AP]

Diseases: prostate cancer screening, treatment, and research programs for medicare, veterans, and the Public Health Service (see H.R. 4809), H6104 [21JY]

Ecology and environment: authorizing appropriations for conservation and management of wetlands (see H.R. 4308), H2913 [28AP]

———permit the conversion of wetlands that are under a certain acreage (see H.R. 4347), H3055 [4MY]

EEOC: guidelines relative to religious harassment in employment (see H. Res. 446), H4221 [8JN]

Endangered species: moratorium on endangered species determination and critical habitat designation until reauthorization of the Endangered Species Act (see H.R. 5144), H10445 [30SE]

English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see H.R. 123), H4293 [9JN]

EPA: enhance scientific credibility of regulatory decisions and improve public disclosure of information (see H.R. 2910), H2218 [12AP]

Espionage: capital punishment for identifying an individual acting as an agent of the U.S. resulting in the death of the agent (see H.R. 4060), H1439 [16MR]

Executive departments: reduce Federal paperwork burden (see H.R. 2995), H205 [2FE]

FBI: allow certain former agents to carry concealed firearms (see H.R. 3971), H5761 [14JY]

FCC: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4522), H4164 [26MY]

Federal Maritime Commission: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4391), H3278 [11MY]

Firearms: eliminate administrative authority to prohibit transfer or sale of assault weapons (see H.R. 5033), H9157 [13SE]

———repeal semi-automatic assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices ban (see H.R. 5100), H10727 [4OC]

Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary: modify boundaries (see H.R. 3886), H1440 [16MR]

Foreign trade: negotiations to forbid practices which restrain or prevent U.S.-flag vessels from transporting motor vehicles into the U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 317), H11428 [7OC]

Haiti: presence of U.S. Armed Forces (see H. Con. Res. 269, 276), H8053 [12AU], H9224 [19SE]

Health: ability of Members to strike employer mandates from health care reform legislation (see H. Res. 424), H6550 [1AU]

———application of antitrust laws for certain activities of providers of health care services (see H.R. 3486), H1254 [10MR]

———budgetary treatment of national health care reform (see H. Con. Res. 201), H204 [2FE]

———Federal standards for malpractice claims (see H.R. 4791), H8053 [12AU]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 3955), H1440 [16MR]

Immigration: curtail illegal and impose ceiling on legal immigration (see H.R. 4934), H9762 [26SE]

———moratorium on certain aliens (see H.R. 3862), H4721 [17JN]

Immigration and Nationality Act: deportation and exclusion of criminal aliens (see H.R. 723), H6983 [4AU]

IRS: liability of employees in court cases (see H.R. 3261), H3681 [18MY]

Japan: purchase of rice from U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 274), H8755 [19AU]

Law enforcement officers: exemption from State laws prohibiting carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 1277), H5761 [14JY]

Marine resources: reform of marine safety and environmental regulations (see H.R. 4959), H8052 [12AU]

Medicare: extend issuance period for select policies (see H.R. 5082), H9903 [27SE]

Merchant marine industry: authorize appropriations for certain maritime programs and revitalize U.S.-flag merchant marine (see H.R. 4003), H1253 [10MR]

Motor vehicles: traffic-safety programs (see H.R. 1719), H1781 [21MR]

National Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 317), H1254 [10MR]

National Apollo Anniversary Observance: designate (see H.J. Res. 353), H4995 [24JN]

National Character Counts Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 366), H6984 [4AU]

National Children's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 389), H9762 [26SE]

National Family Literacy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 413), H11201 [6OC]

National Good Teen Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 326), H9569 [22SE]

National League of Families POW/MIA: display of flag (see H.J. Res. 369), H7195 [8AU]

National Mammography Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 418), H10446 [30SE]

National Men's Health Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 209), H2583 [20AP]

National Penny Charity Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 415), H10446 [30SE]

National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 138), H1067 [7MR]

National Sewing Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 337), H9903 [27SE]

National U.S. Seafood Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 387), H5951 [20JY]

NOAA: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4008), H1253 [10MR]

———establish National Undersea Research Program (see H.R. 4236), H2397 [18AP]

Panama: negotiation of a new agreement relative to the presence of U.S. Armed Forces and the Panama Canal (see H. Con. Res. 17), H4343 [10JN]

Panama Canal Commission: reconstitute as an independent Government corporation (see H.R. 5229), H11200 [6OC]

Parents Day: designate (see H. Res. 236), H44 [25JA]

Parents' Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 398), H9601 [23SE]

Petroleum: export of certain domestically produced crude oil (see H.R. 2670), H411 [9FE]

Postal Service: prohibit penalization for use of private express services for certain letters and packets (see H.R. 3796), H1541 [17MR]

Power resources: establish safety, development, and education programs for the propane gas industry (see H.R. 3546), H2219 [12AP]

Public welfare programs: reform (see H. Res. 525), H8696 [18AU]

Radioactive substances: prohibit ocean dumping of low-level nuclear waste (see H.R. 3982), H1323 [11MR]

Real property: private property owner rights (see H.R. 3875), H678 [23FE]

Refugees: prohibit entry of Iraqi veterans of the Persian Gulf Conflict (see H.R. 3173), H3279 [11MY]

Religion: protect free exercise (see H. Res. 519), H8052 [12AU]

Roads and highways: conversion of signs to metric units (see H.R. 3766), H3964 [24MY]

Sam B. Hall, Jr., Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Marshall, TX: designate (see H.R. 3840), H1254 [10MR]

Securities: promote capital formation for small businesses through exempted offerings (see H.R. 4858), H6482 [29JY]

———reform private enforcement of Federal securities laws (see H.R. 417), H4653 [16JN]

Shenandoah Valley National Battlefield Commission: establish (see H.R. 746), H8755 [19AU]

Ships and vessels: recreational boating safety programs (see H.R. 4477), H3963 [24MY]

Small-Town Sunday: designate (see H.J. Res. 184), H11201 [6OC]

States: immunity from personal civil liability for certain volunteers working for nonprofit organizations and government entities (see H.R. 911), H4780 [21JN]

———transportation of municipal solid waste (see H.R. 4643), H4958 [23JN]

Taxation: eliminate fees associated with changes in marital status (see H.R. 3851), H10372 [29SE]

———increase the unified estate and gift tax credit (see H.R. 1110), H865 [24FE]

———individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 5006), H8770 [20AU]

———treatment of dues paid to tax-exempt agricultural or horticultural organizations (see H.R. 3951), H1057 [3MR]

———treatment of families, investment, and savings and limitations on growth of spending (see H.R. 3645), H205 [2FE]

———use of individual retirement accounts as security for certain business loans (see H.R. 3761), H3681 [18MY]

Time for the National Observance of the Fiftieth Anniversary of World War II: designate (see H.J. Res. 315), H2219 [12AP]

U.S. Botanic Garden: mint coins in commemoration of 175th anniversary (see H.R. 4135), H4654 [16JN]

U.S. Military Academy: mint commemorative coins recognizing the bicentennial (see H.R. 3492), H5547 [12JY]

Veterans: eliminate disparity between civilian and military retiree cost-of-living adjustments (see H.R. 3023), H3345 [12MY]

Washington, George: mint coins in commemoration of boyhood home (see H.R. 5049), H9223 [19SE]

Water: assure the safety of public water systems (see H.R. 3392), H3156 [5MY]

Wildlife refuges: affirm tradition of hunting and wildlife refuges (see H. Res. 529), H9008 [21AU]

Year of Gospel Music: designate (see H.J. Res. 297), H5350 [29JN]

Yugoslavia: U.S. military intervention in Macedonia (see H. Con. Res. 122), H358 [8FE]

———U.S. recognition of Macedonia (see H. Con. Res. 210), H3791 [20MY]

Letters

Global Learning and Observation to Benefit the Environment Program: Vice President Gore, H9681 [26SE]

Motions offered by

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 103), consideration (H. Res. 331), H862 [24FE]

Remarks by, on

Animals: conservation of rhinoceros and tigers (H.R. 3987), E390 [9MR]

———conservation of rhinoceros and tigers (H.R. 4924), H9869 [27SE]

Antitrust policy: supersede modification of final judgment of U.S. v. Western Electric and regulate the manufacturing of Bell operating companies (H.R. 3626), H5205 [28JN]

———supersede modification of final judgment of U.S. v. Western Electric and regulate the manufacturing of Bell operating companies (H.R. 3626), permission to file reports, H4990 [24JN]

Arkansas: conveyance of the Corning National Fish Hatchery (H.R. 4253), H5478 [12JY]

Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act: amend (H.R. 4504), H5479 [12JY]

Boats: recreational boating safety requirements (H.R. 3786), H1608 [21MR]

Buy American Act: compliance, H6585 [2AU], H9514 [22SE]

California: designate certain desert lands as wilderness (H.R. 518), H5688 [14JY]

———establish Death Valley and Joshua Tree National Parks and Mojave National Monument (H.R. 518), H5688 [14JY]

Cargo preference: competitiveness of U.S. flag carriers, H9496 [22SE]

Chesapeake Bay: Coast Guard passenger rescue plans, H9516 [22SE]

China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (H.R. 4590), H7265 [9AU]

Coast Guard: anniversary, E1649 [4AU]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4422), H9480, H9489, H9491, H9493, H9494, H9496, H9510, H9514, H9515, H9516 [22SE]

———interim final rule requiring certificates of financial responsibility for vessels, E2341 [30NO]

Coastal Barrier Resources System: technical corrections to map system (H.R. 4598), H5474 [12JY]

Communications: promote a national infrastructure to encourage deployment of advanced services through competition (H.R. 3636), H5234, H5236, H5241, H5242, H5246 [28JN]

———promote a national infrastructure to encourage deployment of advanced services through competition (H.R. 3636), permission to file reports, H4990 [24JN]

Communications Act: award of licenses by pioneer preferences (H.R. 4700), E2095 [6OC]

Correctional institutions: Pell grant eligibility of prisoners, H2545, H2548 [20AP]

Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3355), conference report, H8983 [21AU]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 4092), H2545, H2548 [20AP]

Dept. of the Interior: negotiate agreements for the use of Outer Continental Shelf sand, gravel, and shell resources (H.R. 3678), H10593 [3OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve organization and procedures of the Board of Veterans Appeals (S. 1904), H4354 [13JN]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4603), H4982, H4983, H4985, H4987 [24JN]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs, HUD, and sundry independent agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4624), H5394 [29JN]

Diseases: prostate cancer screening, treatment, and research programs for medicare, veterans, and the Public Health Service (H.R. 4809), H5957 [21JY]

Ecology and environment: authorizing appropriations for conservation and management of wetlands (H.R. 4308), H9036 [12SE]

Energy BioSystems Corp.: tribute, E1047 [24MY]

FCC: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4522), H11301 [7OC]

Federal Maritime Commission: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4391), H9034 [12SE]

Financial institutions: administrative requirements of insured depository institutions (H.R. 3474), conference report, H6796 [4AU]

Firearms: prohibit transfer or sale of assault weapons (H.R. 4296), H3092 [5MY]

Fish and fishing: Atlantic bluefin tuna conservation (H. Con. Res. 295), H10929 [5OC]

———conservaton efforts relative to Pacific salmon, H9678 [26SE]

Fish and Wildlife Service: authorize appropriations for the Junior Duck Stamp Conservation Program (H.R. 3679), H3806 [23MY]

Fishermen's Protective Act: amend (H.R. 3817), H5477 [12JY]

Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary: modify boundaries (H.R. 3886), H1609 [21MR]

Foreign trade: negotiations to forbid practices which restrain or prevent U.S.-flag vessels from transporting motor vehicles into the U.S. (H. Con. Res. 317), E2165 [7OC]

GATT: ratification (H.R. 5110), H11505 [29NO]

Haiti: report on cost of Coast Guard operations, H9514 [22SE]

Health: education program to reduce and prevent illnesses and death relative to consumption of raw shellfish, H9678 [26SE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H3273 [11MY]

Houston Rockets (basketball team): tribute, H4888 [23JN]

Imperial Beach, CA: convey land from the Tijuana Slough National Wildlife Refuge (H.R. 4647), H5475 [12JY]

Klein, TX: tribute to Klein High School choir, E775 [26AP]

Krebs, Tania M.: Presidential Scholarship recipient, E1468 [14JY]

Kurlekar, Amit A.: Presidential Scholarship recipient, E1468 [14JY]

Law enforcement: wiretap capability relative to digital transmissions and other emerging telecommunication technologies (H.R. 4922), H10781 [4OC]

Law of the Sea Treaty: ratification, E1811 [12SE]

Marine Mammal Protection Act: authorizing appropriations (S. 1636), H1850, H1851 [22MR]

———authorizing appropriations (S. 1636), Senate amendments (H. Res. 412), H2724 [26AP]

———reauthorize (H.R. 2760), H1601 [21MR]

Marine Plastic Pollution Research and Control Act: improve implementation, H9493 [22SE]

Merchant marine industry: authorize appropriations for certain maritime programs and revitalize U.S.-flag merchant marine (H.R. 4003), H6574, H6579, H6585, H6589, H6591 [2AU]

———veterans benefits for service during World War II, H9494 [22SE]

Military installations: fish, wildlife, and natural resources management (H.R. 3300), H9039 [12SE]

Minnesota: convey the New London National Fish Hatchery production facility (H.R. 3664), H1613 [21MR], H11234 [7OC]

Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary: funding for enforcement vessel, H9679 [26SE]

National Coastal Resources Research and Development Institute: reauthorize (H.R. 2063), H1611 [21MR]

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act: reauthorizing (S. 476), H1615 [21MR]

National Marine Fisheries Service Laboratory: architecture and engineering studies appropriations, H9679 [26SE]

National Maritime Heritage Program: establish (H.R. 3059), H10792 [4OC]

NOAA: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4008), H9677, H9678, H9679, H9680, H9681 [26SE]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4008), consideration, H9680 [26SE]

———conversion of off-shore gas production platform, H9677 [26SE]

———coordination of Great Lakes activities (H.R. 1394), H1610 [21MR]

———GLOBE program, H4982, H4983, H4985, H4987 [24JN]

Panama Canal Commission: reconstitute as an independent Government corporation (H.R. 5221), E2126 [6OC]

Parliamentary inquiry, H2546 [20AP]

Pipelines: mandatory one-call system to protect underground facilities from damage by any excavation (H.R. 4394), H10573 [3OC]

Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge: construct and operate the Walter B. Jones Center for the Sounds, H1615 [21MR]

Point of order, H4981 [24JN]

Public utilities: impact of routine railroad maintenance on underground pipelines and telecommunications facilities, H10573 [3OC]

Radioactive substances: disclosure requirements relative to radon testing when selling or renting property, H6406 [28JY]

———improve and increase radon testing products and services (H.R. 2448), H6406 [28JY]

———prohibit ocean dumping of low-level nuclear waste (H.R. 3982), H3808 [23MY]

Real property: compensation to property owners relative to Federal decisions, H5688 [14JY]

———private property owner rights (H.R. 3875), E224 [23FE]

Refuse disposal: restrictions on local government flow control authority, H10314 [29SE]

———State control of municipal solid waste transportation and disposal (H.R. 4683), H10314 [29SE]

Ross Seal (vessel): certificate of documentation (H.R. 5238), H11241 [7OC]

SEC: increase the number of examiners who oversee investment advisers and financial planners (S. 423), H10953 [5OC]

Securities: unlisted trading privileges for corporate securities (H.R. 4535), H6508, H6509 [1AU]

Service academies: imposition of additional charges or attendance fees (H.R. 3293), E729 [20AP]

Ships and vessels: ballast water management technology and practices (H.R. 3360), H1606 [21MR]

———limit authority of States to regulate gambling devices on vessels, H9491 [22SE]

Space policy: space station program funding, H5394 [29JN]

Szymczak, Lisa: James Madison Fellowship recipient, E1279 [22JN]

Tariff: tonnage duty imposed on vessels arriving or leaving U.S. ports, H6589, H6591 [2AU]

Taxation: tax credit for purchase of child restraint systems for motor vehicles (H.R. 5068), E1900 [21SE]

Treaties and agreements: Governing International Fishery Agreement approval (H.R. 4852), H11238, H11239, H11317 [7OC]

U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea: ratification relative to seabed mining agreement (H. Con. Res. 268), E1497 [19JY]

U.S. Merchant Marine Academy: tuition reform, E729 [20AP]

U.S.-Mexico Border Health Commission: establish (S. 1225), H10826 [4OC]

Votes: position on missed, E1369 [29JN], E1489 [19JY]

Waterways: require immediate removal of sunken or grounded vessels obstructing navigable waterways (H.R. 3812), E125 [8FE]

World War II: tribute to merchant marine, E1148 [9JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H203 [2FE], H356 [8FE], H677 [23FE], H1156 [9MR], H2581 [20AP], H2761 [26AP], H3277 [11MY], H3963 [24MY], H4216 [8JN], H4882 [22JN], H5348 [29JN], H5759 [14JY], H5869 [19JY], H6379 [27JY], H6481 [29JY], H6982 [4AU], H9084 [12SE], H9350 [20SE], H9440 [21SE]

Leave of absence: granted, H1318 [11MR]

Resolutions by organizations

Polar bear hunting guidelines: Safari Club International (organization), E2133 [6OC]

Schedules

Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate): Convention on the Law of the Sea status, D984 [11AU]

Committee on Rules (House): authorize appropriations for certain maritime programs and revitalize U.S.-flag merchant marine, D915 [1AU]

Texts of

H.R. 5068, tax credit for purchase of child restraint systems for motor vehicles, E1900 [21SE]

Tributes

Beauchamp, Alfred, E1609 [29JY]

Bentley, Representative, E2196 [8OC]

Cones, Clarence, E1881 [20SE]

Giblin, Gail, E1104 [26MY]

Gilmore, Vanessa D., E1573 [27JY]

Lyons, Everett A. (Squatty), E888 [11MY]

Morris, Dave, E894 [11MY]

Orton, Wanda, E86 [2FE]