COX, CHRISTOPHER (a Representative from California)

Amendments offered by, to

Education: authorizing appropriations for certain programs (H.R. 6), H684 [23FE]

Analyses

Davis-Bacon Wages Boost Rebuilding Cost: W. Snow Hume, E928 [13MY]

Appointments

Delegation for the funeral of the late Richard M. Nixon, H2841 [28AP]

Articles and editorials

Blood Tests, Peter Huber, Forbes (publication), E1576 [27JY]

Christian Arrested for Association With Union Movement, Andrew Wark, News Network International (news service), E1865 [19SE]

Fangcheng House Church Leaders Flee City, Andrew Wark, News Network International (news service), E1865 [19SE]

MCI's Alliance With British Telecom Clears Hurdle—Sprint Deal Faces Fight, Mary Lu Carnecale and Richard L. Hudson, Wall Street Journal, H4974 [24JN]

Police Harass Wife of Murdered House Church Christian, Andrew Wark, News Network International (news service), E1866 [19SE]

Six Big Airlines Settle U.S. Suit on Price Fixing—Scheme Using Data System May Have Cost Public $2 Billion in 4 Years, Joe Davidson, Wall Street Journal, H4974 [24JN]

Starr, Fiske Meet as Democrats Continue To Protest Appointment, Ruth Marcus, Washington (DC) Post, H8567 [17AU]

Subsidizing Welfare, Santa Ana (CA) Register, E371 [8MR]

Three Guilin Church Workers Arrested—Religious Tensions Escalate, Andrew Wark, News Network International (news service), E1866 [19SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Cleveland National Forest: land exchange and boundary adjustment (see H.R. 4966), H8505 [16AU]

Dept. of the Interior: sale of certain real and personal property (see H.R. 4919), H7195 [8AU]

Economy: impact of Federal legislation and regulations on business and local government (see H.R. 4006), H1253 [10MR]

FBI: allow certain former agents to carry concealed firearms (see H.R. 3971), H1087 [8MR]

Iraq: condemn governmental campaign against Marsh Arabs of southern Iraq (see H. Res. 583), H11428 [7OC]

Postal Service: repeal prohibition on private-industry competition for the delivery of first-class mail (see H.R. 5080), H9569 [22SE]

Taxation: deduction for earthquake insurance premiums (see H.R. 3756), H156 [1FE]

Try American Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 392), H6155 [22JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Agriculture: price supports for honey (see H.R. 1853), H6549 [1AU]

———price supports for peanuts (see H.R. 3846), H1157 [9MR]

———tribute to U.S. rice industry (see H.J. Res. 405), H11429 [7OC]

AID: spending for development assistance (see H.R. 3775), H6550 [1AU]

Air pollution: reduction of work-related vehicle trips in ozone nonattainment areas (see H.R. 4589), H5768 [18JY]

Algeria: foreign assistance relative to democratization efforts (see H. Con. Res. 196), H3345 [12MY]

Amateur Radio Service: facilitate utilization of volunteer resources (see H.R. 2623), H11429 [7OC]

Appropriations: rescind unauthorized funds contained in California earthquake relief legislation (see H.R. 3986), H1156 [9MR]

Armenia: conflict with Azerbaijan relating to the Nagorno Karabagh area (see H. Con. Res. 247), H9009 [21AU]

Bankruptcy: debtor obligations under unexpired leases of personal property (see H.R. 4474), H8053 [12AU]

BLM: establish certain requirements relative to the transfer or disposal of public lands (see H.R. 3560), H6549 [1AU]

Budget: deficit (see H.R. 4057), H2219 [12AP]

———discretionary spending limits (see H.R. 3266), H680 [23FE]

———moderate growth in mandatory spending (see H.R. 3717), H6549 [1AU]

———submission relative to activities and aggregates within the unified budget (see H.R. 4520), H4164 [26MY]

California: provide flexibility to depository institutions and regulators to facilitate recovery from earthquake damages (see H.R. 3799), H287 [3FE]

China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (see H.R. 4590), H6381 [27JY]

China, Republic of: U.N. membership (see H. Con. Res. 148, 168), H2507 [19AP], H6763 [3AU]

Christiani, Alfredo: tribute to efforts toward peace and national reconciliation in El Salvador (see H. Con. Res. 286), H8755 [19AU]

Classified information: establish a uniform system for classifying and declassifying information (see H.R. 4137), H9351 [20SE]

Coins: mint in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the World War II peace accords (see H.R. 3820), H4091 [25MY]

Colleges and universities: guidelines for overtime compensation for certain community college employees (see H.R. 3658), H44 [25JA]

Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House): investigation of House Post Office activity relative to violations of House Rules or embezzlement of public funds by Members of Congress (see H. Res. 238), H411 [9FE]

Committees of the House: making appropriations (see H.R. 1485), H6549 [1AU]

Congress: abolish requirement that appropriations be authorized by laws, and eliminate duplication in standing committee functions (see H. Con. Res. 90), H6550 [1AU]

Congressional employees: funding for parking attendants and implementation of charges for parking (see H.R. 3778), H6550 [1AU]

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

Courts: admissibility of certain evidence (see H.R. 4830), H9087 [12SE]

———awarding of attorneys' fees under civil actions relative to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (see H.R. 2882), H6380 [27JY]

———remedial jurisdiction of inferior Federal courts (see H.R. 193), H6380 [27JY]

Credit: Federal subsidy rates and administrative costs of direct loans and loan guarantees (see H.R. 4178), H2217 [12AP]

Crime: identify and curtail food stamp fraud (see H.R. 1887), H6549 [1AU]

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

———sentencing for Social Security fraud relative to illegal immigration (see H.R. 3795), H9161 [16SE]

Davis-Bacon Act: repeal (see H.R. 3774), H6550 [1AU]

Dept. of Defense: dispose of obsolete or excess materials in National Defense Stockpile (see H.R. 1483), H6549 [1AU]

Dept. of Education: reduce increase in grants to State and local education agencies (see H.R. 3725), H501 [10FE]

Dept. of HHS: study use of biometric devices to verify identity of AFDC applicants (see H.R. 3727), H501 [10FE]

Dept. of Science, Space, Energy, and Technology: establish (see H.R. 1300), H6763 [3AU]

Dept. of State: restrictions on travel and the use of U.S. passports in Lebanon (see H. Con. Res. 282), H8052 [12AU]

Dept. of the Interior: participation in construction of the Orange County Regional Water Reclamation Project (see H.R. 4987), H8695 [18AU]

District of Columbia: retrocession to the State of Maryland (see H.R. 1205), H6763 [3AU]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments (see H.R. 372), H1087 [8MR]

Education: exempt Federal family education loans from FTC holder rule (see H.R. 2886), H1323 [11MR]

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), H11430 [7OC]

Employment: child labor laws relative to operation of motor vehicles (see H.R. 4303), H11429 [7OC]

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

ERISA: fiduciary duties relative to external benefits, social investing, and economically targeted investments (see H.R. 5135), H11201 [6OC]

Executive departments: limitation on amounts agencies obligate for office furniture and decorating (see H.R. 3692), H6549 [1AU]

Federal aid programs: direct that certain benefits be provided only to citizens and U.S. nationals (see H.R. 2646), H6549 [1AU]

Federal employees: privacy rights (see H. Con. Res. 227), H9224 [19SE]

Federal Power Marketing Administration: transfer of property and equipment to public and private entities (see H.R. 3780), H6550 [1AU]

Financial Accounting Standards Board: accounting standards (see H. Con. Res. 98), H866 [24FE]

Financial institutions: self-regulating system of insuring deposits (see H.R. 5227), H11200 [6OC]

Firefighters: exempt firefighters and rescue squad workers from certain provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act relative to volunteer work in a professional capacity (see H.R. 3949), H4721 [17JN]

Foreign aid: prohibit to countries that restrict the delivery of U.S. humanitarian assistance to other countries (see H.R. 4142), H9158 [13SE]

Government: cut administrative and overhead costs (see H.R. 3716), H6549 [1AU]

———establish commission for disposal of property, closure and consolidation of Federal agencies and procurement of Federal agency functions (see H.R. 4433), H3521 [17MY]

———reduce administrative expenses (see H.R. 3250), H6549 [1AU]

Haiti: presence of U.S. Armed Forces (see H. Res. 546), H10007 [28SE]

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), H6550 [1AU]

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

———designation of obstetrician-gynecologists as primary care providers for women in Federal health care programs (see H. Res. 234), H11001 [5OC]

———employment impact of national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 3882), H3791 [20MY]

———Federal standards for malpractice claims (see H.R. 4791), H6454 [28JY]

———inclusion of medical technology advancement in health care reform legislation (see H. Res. 485), H6381 [27JY]

———inclusion of osteopathic services under national health care benefits package (see H. Con. Res. 173), H11202 [6OC]

———regulation of health plan premium caps and private health care expenditure limits in geographic areas (see H.R. 3911), H865 [24FE]

Helium: selling of reserve stockpiles (see H.R. 1857), H6549 [1AU]

House of Representatives: making appropriations for the Botanic Gardens (see H.R. 1854), H6549 [1AU]

———making appropriations for the Members' personal physician (see H.R. 1855), H6549 [1AU]

———prohibit consideration of health care legislation in violation of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act (see H. Res. 530), H9224 [19SE]

———prohibit use of frank for mass mailings (see H.R. 3455), H6763 [3AU]

———prohibit use of frank for unsolicited mailings (see H. Res. 191), H6763 [3AU]

———purchase of House calendars (see H.R. 3779), H6550 [1AU]

———transfer certain functions to private sector (see H. Res. 21), H6699 [2AU]

———transfer of functions to private sector entities and elimination of staff positions (see H. Res. 213), H6550 [1AU]

House Rules: amend to reform House (see H. Res. 190), H6699 [2AU]

———limit availability of appropriations for salaries and expenses of the House (see H.R. 885), H410 [9FE]

Housing: quantity of loans and amount of payments made under certain programs (see H.R. 2038), H6549 [1AU]

ICC: abolish (see H.R. 896), H3345 [12MY]

Illegal aliens: prohibit direct Federal financial benefits and unemployment benefits (see H.R. 3594), H6549 [1AU]

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

Insurance: medical injury compensation reform for certain health care services (see H.R. 1989), H6698 [2AU]

Intelligence services: reorganize agencies in order to reduce inefficiency and personnel (see H.R. 1127), H6549 [1AU]

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

Jewish War Veterans: issue commemorative postage stamp honoring anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 199), H1346 [15MR]

Legislative service organizations: terminate certain funding (see H. Res. 181), H6699 [2AU]

Marinas: treatment as offshore facilities (see H. Con. Res. 262), H5951 [20JY]

Medicare: eliminate peer review system (see H.R. 173), H6549 [1AU]

———extend issuance period for select policies (see H.R. 5082), H10373 [29SE]

———reduction of waste and fraud (see H.R. 1130), H6549 [1AU]

Medicare and medicaid coverage data bank: repeal (see H.R. 4095), H3156 [5MY]

Members of Congress: determination of official mail allowance (see H.R. 1286), H1157 [9MR]

———prohibit automatic income adjustment (see H.R. 391), H6549 [1AU]

———require participation in health care reform package (see H. Res. 255), H3156 [5MY]

———salary adjustments (see H.R. 1297), H6698 [2AU]

Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 349), H5463 [30JN]

Metric system: prohibit Federal funding for highway sign conversions (see H.R. 502), H6549 [1AU]

Monuments and memorials: mint commemorative coins for the Vietnam Women's Memorial (see H.R. 2467), H2398 [18AP]

National Character Counts Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 366), H5463 [30JN]

National Council on the Arts: abolish (see H.R. 146), H6549 [1AU]

National Family Caregivers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 90), H1997 [24MR]

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

National Flag Celebration Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 286), H2219 [12AP]

National League of Families POW/MIA: display of flag (see H.J. Res. 369), H4654 [16JN]

National Men's Health Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 209), H4166 [26MY]

National Parkinson's Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 359), H4553 [15JN]

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 Silver-Haired Congress: convene (see H. Con. Res. 176), H44 [25JA]

National Wildlife Refuge System: improve management (see H.R. 833), H2507 [19AP]

North American Free Trade Agreement: withdrawal (see H.R. 3635), H6549 [1AU]

Office of Technology Assessment: funding (see H.R. 3777), H6550 [1AU]

Ozone: establish a commission to investigate damages and depletion (see H. Res. 291), H3755 [19MY]

Panama: negotiation of a new agreement relative to the presence of U.S. Armed Forces and the Panama Canal (see H. Con. Res. 17), H2583 [20AP]

Parents' Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 398), H7195 [8AU]

Petroleum: remove restrictions on the export of Alaskan North Slope oil (see H.R. 543), H410 [9FE]

Power resources: funding for energy research, development, demonstration, and commercialization relative to the economy and environmental protection (see H. Con. Res. 188), H3191 [9MY]

President of the U.S.: compensation (see H.R. 112), H6549 [1AU]

Public welfare programs: reform (see H.R. 4566), H4343 [10JN]

REA: credit for rural electric cooperatives (see H.R. 3773), H6549 [1AU]

———loans to electric generation and transmission cooperatives (see H.R. 1605), H6549 [1AU]

Real property: private property owner rights (see H.R. 3875), H3156 [5MY]

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

Small-Town Sunday: designate (see H.J. Res. 184), H11429 [7OC]

Social Security: establish procedures for verification of employee information (see H.R. 4557), H4654 [16JN]

———improve information on account statements (see H.R. 4521), H4164 [26MY]

———treatment of benefits of spouses who are receiving certain Government pensions (see H.R. 1897), H3681 [18MY]

Taxation: allow corporations to issue performance stock options to employees (see H.R. 2759), H357 [8FE]

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

———casualty loss deduction for disaster losses relative to adjusted gross income floor (see H.R. 3811), H3345 [12MY]

———clarify exclusion from gross income for veterans' benefits (see H.R. 786), H9087 [12SE]

———computation of the deduction for depreciation (see H.R. 539), H11428 [7OC]

———contributions to aid construction (see H.R. 846), H1996 [24MR]

———deduction for contribution to a Medisave account (see H.R. 3333), H2368 [14AP]

———deduction for defense contractor conversion to private industry services (see H.R. 2064), H889 [28FE]

———deduction of charitable contributions (see H.R. 4356), H3155 [5MY]

———eliminate fees associated with changes in marital status (see H.R. 3851), H3156 [5MY]

———employer-provided educational assistance (see H.R. 127), H6698 [2AU]

———penalty-free withdrawals from certain retirement plans for repair or replacement of disaster-damaged property (see H.R. 4027), H1323 [11MR]

———penalty-free withdrawals from retirement plans for disaster-related expenses (see H.R. 3762), H680 [23FE]

———substantiation requirements of charitable contributions (see H.R. 3871), H4553 [15JN]

———treatment of health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 5062), H9350 [20SE]

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

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

Terrorism: condemn speech by PLO leader Yasser Arafat (see H. Con. Res. 287), H8754 [19AU]

Time for the National Observance of the Fiftieth Anniversary of World War II: designate (see H.J. Res. 315), H2640 [21AP]

Tobacco: eliminate price support program (see H.R. 1482), H6549 [1AU]

Veterans: designation of flag style used at burial (see H.R. 216), H7075 [5AU]

———eliminate disparity between civilian and military retiree cost-of-living adjustments (see H.R. 3023), H9223 [19SE]

Vietnam: U.S. policy to encourage liberty (see H.R. 4343), H3055 [4MY]

Vietnam Human Rights Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 333), H2640 [21AP]

Washington, George: mint coins in commemoration of boyhood home (see H.R. 5049), H9569 [22SE]

Water: assure the safety of public water systems (see H.R. 3392), H44 [25JA]

Year of the Grandparent: designate (see H.J. Res. 355), H7299 [9AU]

Documents

Proposed Privileged Resolution Relative to Presence of U.S. Armed Forces in Haiti: by, H9422 [21SE], H9595 [23SE]

Letters

Excise tax on beer: by, H4768 [21JN]

GATT ratification: Ginger Lew, Dept. of Commerce, H11523 [29NO]

———Leon E. Panetta, Executive Office of the President, H11523 [29NO]

Health care reform: Santa Fe Springs, CA, Chamber of Commerce and Industrial League, E1049 [24MY]

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

Price controls for pharmaceuticals: Earl Griffith, E956 [18MY]

Motions offered by

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

Remarks by, on

Budget: allocation of funds, H2258 [14AP]

———consideration of budget authority rescission proposals (H.R. 4600), H5709 [14JY]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 103), H1381, H1393, H1410 [16MR], H1458, H1470 [17MR]

———reform of baseline budgeting, consideration of rescissions, use of spending cuts for deficit reduction, and treatment of emergency designation in legislation (H.R. 4907), H8008, H8020 [12AU]

———reform of baseline budgeting, consideration of rescissions, use of spending cuts for deficit reduction, and treatment of emergency designation in legislation (H.R. 4907), consideration (H. Res. 512), H7930 [11AU]

China, People's Republic of: human rights violations, E1865 [19SE]

Clinton, President: economic plan, H2258 [14AP]

Contracts: simplification of Federal construction procurement and prevailing wage protection for construction workers, E928 [13MY]

Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3355), conference report, H7914 [11AU], H8666 [18AU], H8943 [21AU]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3355), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 526), H8963 [21AU]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3355), motion to instruct conferees, H5621, H5623 [13JY]

Cuba: U.S. policy, E2208 [8OC]

Dept. of Justice: budget, H4972, H4973 [24JN]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4539), H4472, H4473, H4488, H4489 [15JN]

Dept. of Transportation: Chief Financial Officers Act implementation appropriations, H4595 [16JN]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4556), H4595, H4603 [16JN]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4603), H4972, H4973 [24JN]

Diseases: AIDS epidemic relative to home test kits, E1576 [27JY]

Education: authorizing appropriations for certain programs (H.R. 6), H821 [24FE]

———regulation of private schools and home-schooling parents, H821 [24FE]

Executive Office of the President: funding, H4472, H4473, H4488, H4489 [15JN]

GATT: ratification (H.R. 5110), H11523 [29NO]

Government: entitlements (H. Con. Res. 301), consideration (H. Res. 563), H10859 [5OC]

Haiti: presence of U.S. Armed Forces, H3021 [4MY], H9082, H9083 [12SE], H9098, H9117, H9148 [13SE], H9422 [21SE], H9595 [23SE], H9876 [27SE], H9986, H9987, H9988 [28SE], H10732 [4OC]

———presence of U.S. Armed Forces (H.J. Res. 416), H10978 [5OC], H11117, H11120 [6OC]

Health: effect on small business of mandated benefits coverage, E1049 [24MY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H6564 [2AU], H8574 [17AU], H8681, H8682, H8683, H8684 [18AU]

ICC: transfer function to the Dept. of Transportation, H4603 [16JN]

Illegal aliens: prohibit participation in certain Federal benefits programs, H5621, H5623 [13JY]

Kwikset Corp.: tribute to A Safer America (program), E1869 [19SE]

Parliamentary inquiry, H9117 [13SE], H9595 [23SE], H10732 [4OC]

Starr, Kenneth W.: appointment as independent counsel relative to investigation of Whitewater Estates development and Madison Guaranty, H8566 [17AU]

Votes: position on missed, E627 [12AP]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H1086 [8MR], H2214 [12AP], H3343 [12MY], H3510 [17MY], H3963 [24MY], H6379 [27JY], H9222 [19SE], H9350 [20SE]

Leave of absence: granted, H3342 [12MY], H3753 [19MY], H4163 [26MY]

Special order: granted, H8594 [17AU], H9084 [12SE], H9156 [13SE]

Schedules

Committee on Government Operations (House): Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security: budget process reform, D772 [30JN]

Committee on Natural Resources (House): Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources: Bureau of Mines refining and selling of helium, D404 [19AP]

Committee on Rules (House): authorization for the use of forces and military operations in Haiti, D1218 [5OC]

———Subcommittee on the Legislative Process: improve operation and administration of the Legislative Branch of the Federal Government, D154 [24FE]

———Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act, D1031 [21AU]

Tributes

Harshbarger, David B., E1880 [20SE]