LIVINGSTON, BOB (a Representative from Louisiana)

Addresses

POW/MIA Recognition Day: by, E1877 [20SE]

Presence of U.S. Armed Forces in Haiti: by, E1880 [20SE]

Amendments offered by, to

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4539), H4502 [15JN]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4603), H5142 [27JN]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 3759, making supplemental appropriations, H458 [10FE]

———H.R. 4426, foreign operations, export financing, and related programs appropriations, H6393 [28JY]

———H.R. 4650, Dept. of Defense appropriations, H9115 [13SE]

Articles and editorials

Aristide Opposes Blanket Amnesty—Cedras Says He Sees Civil War Possibility, H10355 [29SE]

Big U.S. Contracts Won in Pakistan Help Mend Fences, Farhan Bokhari, Christian Science Monitor, E2161 [6OC]

Clinton Personal Loans Partly Repaid by Donors, Susan Schmidt and Charles R. Babcock, Washington (DC) Post, H5742 [14JY]

Congress' Representative To Election Commission Has Six-Figure Salary, Big Office and Little to Do, Rick Wartzman, Wall Street Journal, H4503 [15JN]

Entergy Cuts Foreign Deals, James Welsh, Christian Science Monitor, E2161 [6OC]

Gore Sees Cynicism Endangering Reform, Stephen Barr, Washington (DC) Post, H5741 [14JY]

If Past Comments Are Prologue, Donald Lambro, Washington (DC) Times, H10354 [29SE]

Out of Haiti—Fast, Henry A. Kissinger, H10353 [29SE]

Pakistan Prepares for Next Round of Energy Projects, Ahmed Rashid, Far Eastern Economic Review (publication), E2161 [6OC]

Slouching Toward Dystopia, Michael Barone, U.S. News & World Report (publication), E256 [24FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Courts: provide for the awarding of attorney's fee for prevailing plaintiffs in Federal civil actions (see H.R. 5101, 5189), H9761 [26SE], H11000 [5OC]

FEC: abolish ex officio positions (see H.R. 3764), H203 [2FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Agriculture: national objectives to keep industry competitive (see H.R. 4675), H5349 [29JN]

———tribute to U.S. rice industry (see H.J. Res. 405), H10538 [3OC]

Air pollution: reduction of work-related vehicle trips in ozone nonattainment areas (see H.R. 4589), H9569 [22SE]

Armed Forces: computation of retirement pay of enlisted members (see H.R. 566), H6482 [29JY]

Armstrong, Louis (Satchmo): issue commemorative postage stamp (see H.J. Res. 15), H4166 [26MY]

Bankruptcy: debt adjustment of individuals with regular income (see H.R. 2326), H2218 [12AP]

BLM: transfer administration of lands to individual States (see H.R. 4157), H1995 [24MR]

Budget: caps on defense and nondefense discretionary spending (see H.R. 4259), H2581 [20AP]

Capital punishment: use of racially based quotas to determine sentencing (see H. Con. Res. 270), H6483 [29JY]

China, Republic of: U.N. membership (see H. Con. Res. 148, 166), H559 [22FE], H4780 [21JN]

Christiani, Alfredo: tribute to efforts toward peace and national reconciliation in El Salvador (see H. Con. Res. 286), H10007 [28SE]

Coins: mint in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the World War II peace accords (see H.R. 3820), H3056 [4MY]

Committees of the House: commence hearings into President and Hillary Rodham Clinton's involvement in Whitewater Estates development and Madison Guaranty (see H. Res. 437), H3964 [24MY]

Constitution Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 390), H5870 [19JY]

Cost of Government Day: designate (see H. Res. 480), H8505 [16AU]

Courts: awarding of attorneys' fees under civil actions relative to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (see H.R. 2882), H866 [24FE]

———civil asset forfeiture (see H.R. 2417), H5547 [12JY]

———product liability law uniformity (see H.R. 1910), H3223 [10MY]

Crime: antiracketeering laws (see H.R. 4824), H6200 [25JY]

———deny Federal benefits to persons convicted of fraudulent representation of residency in more than one State (see H.R. 4883), H9087 [12SE]

———mandatory life imprisonment for individuals convicted of a third violent felony (see H.R. 3981), H1087 [8MR]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (see H.R. 5008, 5134), H9008 [21AU], H10372 [29SE]

———prevention and punishment of sexual and domestic violence (see H.R. 688), H6200 [25JY]

———restitution to victims (see H.R. 3367), H2219 [12AP]

———sentencing for Social Security fraud relative to illegal immigration (see H.R. 3795), H6984 [4AU]

———treatment of hardcore juvenile offenders (see H.R. 4491), H4090 [25MY]

Crime Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 363), H3055 [4MY]

Cuba: economic assistance upon government transition (see H.R. 2758), H2994 [3MY]

D-Day National Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 303), H2398 [18AP]

Dept. of Defense: postpone certain scheduled base closures (see H.R. 4311), H2913 [28AP]

Dept. of Education: reduce increase in grants to State and local education agencies (see H.R. 3725), H5871 [19JY]

Dept. of Justice: interpretation of child protection statutes (see H. Res. 481), H5761 [14JY]

Disasters: provide for disaster avoidance and response plans and development of relief and reinsurance plans (see H.R. 2873), H1781 [21MR]

Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A.: designate (see H.J. Res. 329), H1541 [17MR]

EEOC: guidelines relative to religious harassment in employment (see H. Res. 446), H4165 [26MY]

Elders, Joycelyn: call for resignation as Surgeon General (see H. Res. 545), H9903 [27SE]

Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 2556), H5170 [27JN]

Employment: consolidation of Federal assistance programs (see H.R. 4861), H6482 [29JY]

Federal employees: privacy rights (see H. Con. Res. 227), H9441 [21SE]

Federal-State relations: constitutional amendment relative to unfunded Federal mandates (see H.J. Res. 282), H9087 [12SE]

Firearms: eliminate administrative authority to prohibit transfer or sale of assault weapons (see H.R. 5033), H11001 [5OC]

Foreign trade: promote U.S. industry and technology in competition with Japan (see H.R. 4458), H3754 [19MY]

General Bernardo de Galvez Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 347), H5872 [19JY]

Government: reduce power and reach of Federal Government (see H.R. 4585), H7992 [11AU]

Haiti: establish congressional commission to assess U.S. policy options (see H. Con. Res. 264), H5462 [30JN]

———presence of U.S. Armed Forces (see H. Con. Res. 269), H5871 [19JY]

Hall, James N.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 215), H3682 [18MY]

Health: ability of Members to strike employer mandates from health care reform legislation (see H. Res. 424), H9088 [12SE]

———application of antitrust laws for certain activities of providers of health care services (see H.R. 3486), H3755 [19MY]

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

———Federal standards for malpractice claims (see H.R. 4791), H5951 [20JY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 3955, 4202), H2251, H2252 [13AP]

House of Representatives: administrative oversight of House functions (see H. Res. 419), H3155 [5MY]

———reform (see H.R. 3633), H1541 [17MR]

House Rules: amend to require a three-fifths majority on the passage of any legislation increasing revenues (see H. Res. 381), H1087 [8MR]

———consideration of health care reform legislation under an open rule (see H. Res. 270), H6201 [25JY]

———prohibit voting by proxy in committees and subcommittees (see H. Res. 425), H7507 [10AU]

Immigration: prevent Federal financial and unemployment benefits for aliens who are not legal permanent residents (see H.R. 1080), H6454 [28JY]

Irish-American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 401), H9161 [16SE]

IRS: liability of employees in court cases (see H.R. 3261), H3055 [4MY]

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

Jewish War Veterans: issue commemorative postage stamp honoring anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 199), H681 [23FE]

Legislative Branch of the Government: improve operation and administration (H.R. 3801), consideration (see H. Res. 472), H5872 [19JY]

Let's Stop Kids Killing Kids Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 360), H2639 [21AP]

Medicaid: coverage of nonemergency medical transportation (see H.R. 4350), H4220 [8JN]

———Federal funding of abortions (see H.R. 3880), H996 [2MR]

Medicare: coverage of certain chiropractic services (see H.R. 2889), H3345 [12MY]

———eliminate peer review system (see H.R. 173), H865 [24FE]

———extend issuance period for select policies (see H.R. 5082), H11201 [6OC]

Medicare and medicaid coverage data bank: repeal employer requirement to file certain reports (see H.R. 4365), H5655 [13JY]

Members of Congress: require participation in health care reform package (see H. Res. 255), H296 [7FE]

National Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 317), H1323 [11MR]

National Apollo Anniversary Observance: designate (see H.J. Res. 353), H4553 [15JN]

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

National Crime Victims' Rights Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 342), H2583 [20AP]

National Earthquake Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 325), H1441 [16MR]

National Elevator and Escalator Safety Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 231), H11201 [6OC]

National Endowment for the Arts: distribution of funds (see H.R. 3488), H4780 [21JN]

National Family Caregivers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 90), H3682 [18MY]

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

National Flag Celebration Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 286), H4166 [26MY]

National Flood Insurance Program: improve (see H.R. 4052), H1439 [16MR]

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

National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 332), H9441 [21SE]

National League of Families POW/MIA: display of flag (see H.J. Res. 369), H6381 [27JY]

National Mammography Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 418), H10373 [29SE]

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

National Police Survivors Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 344), H2914 [28AP]

National Savings Month: designate (see H. Res. 403), H2640 [21AP]

National Sewing Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 337), H5762 [14JY]

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

National Walking Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 276), H2937 [2MY]

NATO: assist transition of certain countries to NATO membership (see H.R. 4210), H3522 [17MY]

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]

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

Pesticides: safety training programs (see H.R. 3969), H1087 [8MR]

Postal Service: reemployment of retirees in temporary positions relative to offset of annuity (see H.R. 3246), H1997 [24MR]

Prayer: constitutional amendment on voluntary school prayer (see H.J. Res. 22, 424), H866 [24FE], H11200 [6OC]

Program on Social Ethics and Community Service: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 4464), H4391 [13JN]

Public housing: exclude drug or alcohol abusers from occupancy of units designated for senior citizens (see H.R. 3943), H2219 [12AP]

Public Service Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 253), H1440 [16MR]

Public welfare programs: reform (see H. Res. 525), H10446 [30SE]

Radio: advertisement disclosures for consumer leases, loans, and savings accounts (see H.R. 3102), H44 [25JA]

Radioactive substances: clarify Federal obligation to take title and possession of high-level radioactive waste and establish an interim spent nuclear fuel storage facility (see H.R. 5061), H11429 [7OC]

Real property: private property owner rights (see H.R. 3875), H1254 [10MR]

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]

Securities: reform private enforcement of Federal securities laws (see H.R. 417), H1058 [3MR]

Service academies: imposition of additional charges or attendance fees (see H.R. 3293), H2914 [28AP]

Servicemen's Readjustment Act: commemorate 50th anniversary (see H.J. Res. 378), H5316 [28JN]

Ships and vessels: equitable treatment of U.S. ocean freight forwarders by ocean carrier conferences (see H.R. 56), H1540 [17MR]

Small-Town Sunday: designate (see H.J. Res. 184), H7075 [5AU]

Social Security: payments to individuals convicted of a felony (see H.R. 3251), H1541 [17MR]

———provide disability insurance benefits based on substance abuse and relative to representative payees (see H.R. 3814), H501 [10FE]

———taxation of benefits (see H.R. 2959), H6549 [1AU]

———treatment of benefits of spouses who are receiving certain Government pensions (see H.R. 1897), H2252 [13AP]

States: immunity from personal civil liability for certain volunteers working for nonprofit organizations and government entities (see H.R. 911), H5655 [13JY]

———tax treatment of certain pension income (see H.R. 702), H2218 [12AP]

Taxation: availability of the earned income tax credit and the repeal of the temporary Federal unemployment tax (see H.R. 4861), H6482 [29JY]

———capital gains rates and indexing of certain assets (see H.R. 3739), H3156 [5MY]

———computation of the deduction for depreciation (see H.R. 539), H9158 [13SE]

———eliminate fees associated with changes in marital status (see H.R. 3851), H500 [10FE]

———incentives to encourage small investors (see H.R. 4792), H5870 [19JY]

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

———penalty-free withdrawals from certain retirement plans for repair or replacement of disaster-damaged property (see H.R. 4027), H2219 [12AP]

———reform rules relative to subchapter S corporations (see H.R. 4056), H3345 [12MY]

———repeal excise tax on luxury passenger vehicles (see H.R. 3039), H2398 [18AP]

———rollover treatment of certain separation payments by employers (see H.R. 3903), H3356 [16MY]

———substantiation requirements of charitable contributions (see H.R. 3871), H2507 [19AP]

———treatment of builders' sale of residential real property (see H.R. 4702), H5872 [19JY]

———treatment of contributions to individual investment accounts (see H.R. 3179), H2218 [12AP]

———treatment of education savings account (see H.R. 3449), H1541 [17MR]

———treatment of health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 5062), H10446 [30SE]

———treatment of homemakers' individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 3523), H4343 [10JN]

———treatment of retirement savings deductions and individual retirement account deductions for nonemployed spouses (see H.R. 4215), H2366 [14AP]

Texas: control of southern pine beetles in wilderness areas (see H.R. 3233), H9351 [20SE]

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

U.S. Armed Forces History Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 343), H4391 [13JN]

U.S. Botanic Garden: mint coins in commemoration of 175th anniversary (see H.R. 4135), H2640 [21AP]

U.S. Military Academy: mint commemorative coins recognizing the bicentennial (see H.R. 3492), H4958 [23JN]

Veterans: permit retirement pay concurrently with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 65), H4553 [15JN]

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

Year of the Grandparent: designate (see H.J. Res. 355), H3964 [24MY]

Biographies

Wisdom, John Minor, H3203 [10MY]

Letters

Campaign ethics reform and contribution limits: by, H2403 [19AP]

———Representative Michel, H2704 [26AP]

Global Environment Facility funding: Lloyd Bentsen, Sec. of the Treasury, H4062 [25MY]

President and Hillary Rodham Clinton's investments in health care industry transactions of ValuePartners I hedge fund: several Representatives, E772 [26AP]

Lists

Treaty proposals to restrict theater missile defenses, H9081 [12SE]

Motions offered by

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

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4426), H6392 [28JY]

Papers

More Steps on the Slippery Slope Toward Terminating U.S. Theater Missile Defense Options: Center for Security Policy, H9080 [12SE]

Remarks by, on

Appropriations: making supplemental (H.R. 3759), H240 [3FE]

Bolivia: military assistance, H4064 [25MY]

Clinton, President: evaluation of administration, H5741 [14JY]

Clinton, President and Hillary Rodham: investigation of involvement in Whitewater Estates development and Madison Guaranty, H1093 [9MR], H1811 [22MR], H7032 [5AU]

Colombia: military assistance, H4064 [25MY]

Congress: constitutional obligation to oversee matters relative to the operation of Government (H. Res. 394), H1811 [22MR]

Courts: provide for the awarding of attorney's fee for prevailing plaintiffs in Federal civil actions (H.R. 5189), E2160 [6OC]

Crime: life imprisonment for third violent felony conviction, and conversion of military installations to Federal prison facilities, H2317 [14AP]

———mandatory life imprisonment for third conviction of individuals for certain felonies (H.R. 93), H46 [26JA]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3355), conference report, H6770 [4AU], H8952, H8973 [21AU]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 4092), H2317 [14AP]

Cuba: U.S. policy, H8700 [19AU]

Cutler, Lloyd: redaction of documents supplied to congressional committees relative to investigation of Whitewater Estates development and Madison Guaranty, H6985 [5AU]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4301), H3950, H3951, H3952 [24MY]

———funding for humanitarian assistance and peacekeeping activities, H240 [3FE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4650), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 554), H10258, H10259 [29SE]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4539), H4502 [15JN]

Dept. of Transportation: transit discretionary grants appropriations, H4590 [16JN]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4556), H4590 [16JN]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4603), H4927 [23JN], H5133, H5141, H5142, H5167 [27JN]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4603), consideration (H. Res. 461), H4918 [23JN]

Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits, H2703 [26AP], H6736 [3AU]

FEC: funding, H4502 [15JN]

Foreign countries: purchase of U.S. equipment and products with economic assistance, H4075 [25MY]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4426), H4033, H4040, H4055, H4060, H4062, H4064, H4068, H4072, H4075, H4076 [25MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4426), conference report, H6805, H6812 [4AU]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4426), consideration (H. Res. 443), H4026 [25MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4426), motion to instruct conferees, H6392 [28JY]

Global Environment Facility: funding, H4062 [25MY]

Haiti: presence of U.S. Armed Forces, H4918 [23JN], H5141, H5167 [27JN], H10353 [29SE]

———presence of U.S. Armed Forces (H.J. Res. 416), H11107 [6OC]

———tribute to special peace delegation and support for U.S. Armed Forces (H. Con. Res. 290), H9210 [19SE]

Iraq: adjudication of claims (H.R. 3221), H2862 [28AP]

John Minor Wisdom U.S. Courthouse, New Orleans, LA: designate (H.R. 2868), H3203 [10MY]

Legislative Branch of the Government: application of certain laws (H.R. 4822), consideration (H. Res. 514), H7334 [10AU]

Lobbyists: disclosure of activities to influence the Federal Government (S. 349), H1985, H1986 [24MR]

———disclosure of activities to influence the Federal Government (S. 349), conference report, H10280 [29SE]

———disclosure of activities to influence the Federal Government (S. 349), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 550), H10272 [29SE]

National Endowment for Democracy: funding, H5133 [27JN]

National security: effectiveness of missile defense systems, H9079 [12SE]

Pakistan: U.S. policy on suspected involvement with terrorism, drug trafficking, and nuclear weapons, E2161 [6OC]

Parliamentary inquiry, H2912 [28AP]

Population: voluntary family planning assistance, H4072 [25MY]

Refugees: prohibit entry of Iraqi veterans of the Persian Gulf Conflict, H2862 [28AP]

Republican Party: national agenda, H9775 [27SE]

Russia: allocation of foreign aid, H4055 [25MY]

South Africa: allocation of foreign aid, H4068 [25MY]

U.N.: U.S. role in peacekeeping operations, H3950, H3951, H3952 [24MY]

Votes: position on missed, H2450 [19AP]

William H. Natcher Bridge: designate (H.R. 4980), H9519 [22SE]

World Bank: funding, H4060 [25MY]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H862 [24FE], H2761 [26AP], H9350 [20SE]

Special order: granted, H7073 [5AU], H9084 [12SE], H10371 [29SE]

Schedules

Committee on Public Works and Transportation (House): Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment: Army Corps of Engineers Civil Works Program, D882 [26JY]

—————Water Resources Development Act, D882 [26JY]

Committee on Rules (House): Dept. of Defense budget, D561 [17MY]

———Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies appropriations, D719 [22JN]

———foreign operations, export financing, and related programs, D931 [3AU]

———foreign operations, export financing, and related programs appropriations, D603 [24MY]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures, D332 [24MR]

———Subcommittee on Rules of the House: Legislative Reorganization Act, D266 [16MR]

Committee on the Judiciary (House): Subcommittee on Crime and Criminal Justice: Correcting Revolving Door Justice—New Approaches to Recidivism, D173 [1MR]

Tables

Audit reports issued by FEC 1985-93, H4503 [15JN]

House recipients of political action committee contributions, H6736 [3AU]

Tributes

Whitten, Representative, E2236 [8OC]