RAMSTAD, JIM (a Representative from Minnesota)

Amendments offered by, to

Independent counsel: reauthorize (H.R. 811), H420 [10FE]

Articles and editorials

``Clinton Recovery'' Is a Study in Self-Contradictions, Representative Saxton, Washington (DC) Times, H7974 [11AU]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Crime: sexual exploitation of children (see H.R. 3993), H1156 [9MR]

Ghasemimehr, Saeed: relief (see H.R. 5138), H10372 [29SE]

Health: inclusion of medical technology advancement in health care reform legislation (see H. Res. 485), H5950 [20JY]

Salas-Velazquez, Oscar: relief (see H.R. 5160), H10538 [3OC]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

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

Amateur Radio Service: facilitate utilization of volunteer resources (see H.R. 2623), H1067 [7MR]

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

Arson Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 328), H4293 [9JN]

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

Budget: deficit (see H.R. 4057), H1997 [24MR]

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

Children and youth: protect from certain parent-child visitation experiences (see H.R. 2573), H995 [2MR]

———support for adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse (see H. Con. Res. 200), H5548 [12JY]

China, Republic of: U.N. membership (see H. Con. Res. 148, 166), H1998 [24MR]

Coins: mint in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the World War II peace accords (see H.R. 3820), H4653 [16JN]

Committee on Foreign Affairs (House): hearing to determine foreign policy implications of proposed U.S.-Russian space station (see H. Res. 389), H1439 [16MR]

Committee on Intelligence (Joint): establish (see H.J. Res. 145), H4780 [21JN]

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

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

———provide postage for information mailings of active abduction investigations (see H.R. 3940), H1345 [15MR]

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

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

Dept. of Defense: limitations on development and costs for the Seawolf submarine program (see H.R. 4100), H2219 [12AP]

Dept. of Energy: terminate the gas turbine-modular helium reactor program (see H.R. 3513), H1781 [21MR]

Dept. of Justice: independent counsel reauthorization (see H.R. 3545), H411 [9FE]

———interpretation of child protection statutes (see H. Res. 481), H5951 [20JY]

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]

English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see H.R. 123), H3279 [11MY]

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

FAA: foreign repair station rules (see H.R. 3309), H2368 [14AP]

Federal employees: garnishment of retirement annuities to satisfy a judgment against an annuitant for child abuse (see H.R. 3694), H3279 [11MY]

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

Fish and fishing: long-term sustainability of marine fisheries (see H.R. 4404), H10372 [29SE]

Foreign trade: offset of lost revenues relative to lowering of tariffs in trade agreements (see H.R. 4198), H2251 [13AP]

———policy on Saudi Arabia and GATT (see H. Con. Res. 138), H559 [22FE]

Haiti: presence of U.S. Armed Forces (see H. Con. Res. 269; H. Res. 546), H6105 [21JY], H9600 [23SE]

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), H2252 [13AP]

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

———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), H5951 [20JY]

House of Representatives: reform (see H.R. 3633), H3681 [18MY]

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

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

Human rights: trafficking of Burmese women and girls into Thailand for forced prostitution (see H. Con. Res. 254), H5350 [29JN]

International Fund for Ireland: prohibit U.S. contributions (see H.R. 4559), H4292 [9JN]

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

Israel: anniversary of the reunification of Jerusalem (see H. Con. Res. 239), H3345 [12MY]

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of: prevent the development, acquisition, or use of nuclear weapons (see H.J. Res. 292), H288 [3FE]

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

LIHEAP: full expenditure of appropriated funds (see H. Con. Res. 202), H1556 [18MR]

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

Medicare and medicaid coverage data bank: repeal (see H.R. 4095), H1997 [24MR]

Members of Congress: establish a national advisory referendum on limiting of terms (see H.R. 3835), H1541 [17MR]

NASA: termination of International Space Station Alpha program (see H.R. 4451), H3681 [18MY]

National Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 317), H1440 [16MR]

National Character Counts Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 366), H6454 [28JY]

National Crime Victims' Rights Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 342), H1556 [18MR]

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 Firefighters Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 411), H11201 [6OC], H11430 [7OC]

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

National Incest and Sexual Abuse Healing Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 403), H9158 [13SE]

National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 332), H6156 [22JY]

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 4074), H3279 [11MY]

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

National Long-Term Care Administrators Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 278), H44 [25JA]

National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 374), H5951 [20JY]

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 Radon Action Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 242), H157 [1FE]

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

National Women and Girls in Sports Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 385), H10538 [3OC]

Nuclear energy: safe disposal of spent fuel (see H.R. 4887), H8755 [19AU]

Parents' Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 398), H9224 [19SE]

Power resources: funding for energy research, development, demonstration, and commercialization relative to the economy and environmental protection (see H. Con. Res. 188), H1088 [8MR]

Refuse disposal: encourage the President and State Governors to carry out on-site composting at their residences (see H.R. 2292), H9087 [12SE]

Religion: condemn speech by a senior representative of the Nation of Islam (see H. Res. 343), H358 [8FE]

———protect free exercise (see H. Res. 519), H9224 [19SE]

Schneerson, Menachem Mendel: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4497), H5547 [12JY]

Social Security: earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 300), H2218 [12AP]

States: immunity from personal civil liability for certain volunteers working for nonprofit organizations and government entities (see H.R. 911), H2913 [28AP]

———tax treatment of certain pension income (see H.R. 702), H4220 [8JN]

Taxation: availability of the earned income tax credit and the repeal of the temporary Federal unemployment tax (see H.R. 4861), H8505 [16AU]

———business meal and entertainment expense deductions (see H.R. 3031), H680 [23FE]

———capital gains rates and indexing of certain assets (see H.R. 3739), H2914 [28AP]

———gifts of publicly traded stock to private foundations (see H.R. 2418), H7075 [5AU]

———individual income rates (see H.R. 5306), H11564 [29NO]

———repeal excise tax on luxury passenger vehicles (see H.R. 3039), H205 [2FE]

———treatment of health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 5062), H10373 [29SE]

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

U.N.: placement of U.S. Armed Forces under control of foreign national (see H.R. 3334), H11200 [6OC]

U.S. Trade Representative: establish position of Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Small Business (see H. Con. Res. 184), H1059 [3MR]

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

Vietnam Human Rights Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 333), H2914 [28AP]

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), H996 [2MR]

Year of Gospel Music: designate (see H.J. Res. 297), H866 [24FE]

Motions offered by

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

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H5554 [13JY]

Press releases

Dept. of Justice seeks improved public access to court rulings, H9084 [12SE]

Remarks by, on

Budget: 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), H7932 [11AU]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1995-99 (H. Con. Res. 218), H1175 [10MR], H1267 [11MR]

Clinton, President and Hillary Rodham: investigation of involvement in Whitewater Estates development and Madison Guaranty, H7208 [9AU]

Congress: limit consideration of nonemergency matters in emergency legislation (H.R. 4906), H8529 [17AU]

Crime: capital punishment for certain offenses, H2409 [19AP]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures, H18 [25JA]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3355), conference report, H8576 [17AU], H8993 [21AU]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3355), motion to instruct conferees, H5614 [13JY]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 4092), H1918 [23MR], H2409 [19AP], H2510, H2527 [20AP]

Dept. of Defense: allied burden sharing for maintenance and operation of military personnel and installations in foreign countries, H3741 [19MY]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4301), H3741 [19MY]

Dept. of Energy: Energy Supply, Research and Development Activities account funding, H4423 [14JN]

———terminate use of liquid metal reactors in disposal of high-level radioactive waste, H6537 [1AU]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4602), H4905 [23JN]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4556), H4604 [16JN]

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

Depts. of Veterans Affairs, HUD, and sundry independent agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4624), H5393 [29JN]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments, H7973 [11AU]

Education: authorizing appropriations for certain programs (H.R. 6), H837 [24FE]

———regulation of private schools and home-schooling parents, H837 [24FE]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4506), H4423 [14JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4506), motion to instruct conferees, H6537 [1AU]

Haiti: presence of U.S. Armed Forces, H5555 [13JY]

———presence of U.S. Armed Forces (H.J. Res. 416), H11031 [6OC]

Health: effect on small business of mandated benefits coverage, H5470 [12JY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H18 [25JA], H4867 [22JN]

House Rules: point of order against consideration of any provision relative to a retroactive tax increase (H. Res. 247), H49 [26JA], H4398 [14JN]

ICC: transfer function to the Dept. of Transportation, H4604 [16JN]

Independent counsel: grounds for removal, H420, H421 [10FE]

———reauthorize (H.R. 811), H420, H421 [10FE]

Information services: establish legal databases for public and Government access, H9083 [12SE]

Legislative Branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 4454), H4138 [26MY]

Mississippi River Stewardship Month: observance, E1127 [8JN]

Motor vehicles: protect personal privacy and safety of licensed drivers, H2527 [20AP]

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

Power resources: funding for coal research in fossil energy research and development programs, H4905 [23JN]

Republican Party: national agenda, H9773 [27SE]

Safe Boating Week: observance, E1129 [8JN]

Social Security: earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 300), H3233 [11MY]

Space policy: space station program funding, H5393 [29JN]

States: establish registration, tracking, and community notification procedures relative to released convicted sex offenders, H5614 [13JY]

Taxation: rates, H7908 [11AU]

Votes: position on missed, E1567 [26JY]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H34 [25JA], H4216 [8JN], H6251 [26JY], H7991 [11AU]

Special order: granted, H4882 [22JN], H8594 [17AU], H9084 [12SE]

Schedules

Committee on Rules (House): Independent Counsel Reauthorization Act, D97 [8FE]

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

Tributes

Mullon, Thomas P., E12 [25JA]

Simonson, Sondra, E1706 [11AU]