DUNCAN, JOHN J., JR. (a Representative from Tennessee)

Amendments offered by, to

California: designate certain desert lands as wilderness (H.R. 518), H3359 [16MY], H5584 [13JY]

———establish Death Valley and Joshua Tree National Parks and Mojave National Monument (H.R. 518), H3359 [16MY], H5584 [13JY]

Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 4092), H2322 [14AP]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4602), H4831 [22JN]

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

Appointments

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

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

Articles and editorials

Anchor, Don Williams, Knoxville (TN) News-Sentinel, E630 [12AP]

Clinton Plan Not Good for What Ails Us, Paul Craig Roberts, Knoxville (TN) News-Sentinel, H88 [1FE]

Dug In To Fight Radical Expansion of Government Into Health Care, George F. Will, H8669 [18AU]

Duncan Losing Key Member of Fiscal Team, Richard Powelson, Knoxville (TN) News-Sentinel, E1564 [26JY]

Economic Opportunity Needs a Moral Dimension, Lawrence W. Reed, Friedman (publication), H4384 [13JN]

Funeral for a Friend Just Says No to Elders, Frank Trexler, Maryville (TN) Times, E650 [13AP]

Gang That Couldn't Give Shots Straight, Robert Goldberg, Wall Street Journal, E1356 [29JN]

Haitians Not Alone in Needing Our Help, B.J. Cutler, H9881 [27SE]

How a Device To Aid in Breast Self-Exams Is Kept Off the Market, Brent Bowers, Wall Street Journal, H2359 [14AP]

Just When You Thought the Deficit Was Under Control, Paul Tsongas and Jonathan Karl, Christian Science Monitor, H9523 [22SE]

Mixed Blessing of Bureaucracy—Inconsistent, Seemingly Illogical Rules Leave Many Confused, Few Satisfied, Dan Morgan, Washington (DC) Post, H169 [2FE]

Political Parties and Religious Views, Charles Cook, Roll Call (publication), H4948 [23JN]

Rationing—Just Wait, Charles Krauthammer, Washington (DC) Post, H8668 [18AU]

Remains of the Culture, Washington (DC) Times, H7965 [11AU]

U.S. Policy on Haiti, Pat Buchanan, Washington (DC) Post, H5634 [13JY]

Unhealthy Choice—Who Better To Be the Government's New Health Care Czar Than a Lawyer? Mike Royko, Knoxville (TN) News-Sentinel, E81 [2FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Claims: awards limitation on false claims actions (see H.R. 3849), H500 [10FE]

Courts: death penalty sentencing for kidnappings which result in the death of a minor (see H.R. 3936), H995 [2MR]

Golden Gate National Recreation Area: management of the Presidio military facility (see H.R. 4078), H1539 [17MR]

Government: listing of telephone numbers on stationary of Federal agencies (see H.R. 4352), H3155 [5MY]

Monuments and memorials: authorizing the Davy Crockett Memorial Foundation (see H.R. 4339), H3055 [4MY]

Small business: restrictions on financial assistance to media-related industries (see H.R. 3881), H679 [23FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

African-American Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 364), H6550 [1AU]

Agriculture: tribute to U.S. rice industry (see H.J. Res. 405), H10727 [4OC]

Alcohol Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 335), H2220 [12AP]

Alderson, Wayne T.: award Medal of Honor for World War II service (see H. Con. Res. 127), H84 [26JA]

Aliens: reduce criminal activity, unfair labor competition, and public welfare by strengthening border security (see H.R. 3320), H357 [8FE]

Armed Forces: procedures for determination and classification of missing or deceased status (see H.R. 291), H43 [25JA]

Bankruptcy: debt adjustment of individuals with regular income (see H.R. 2326), H1323 [11MR]

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

California: declare state of emergency on Federal lands due to wildfires (see H.R. 4742), H9087 [12SE]

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

Center City Church Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 419), H11201 [6OC]

CERCLA: assignment of shares of liability at Superfund sites (see H.R. 3624), H411 [9FE]

Christian Heritage Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 113), H44 [25JA]

Civil Service Retirement System: count service in certain Federal-State cooperative agricultural programs (see H.R. 3490), H1254 [10MR]

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

Courts: admissibility of certain evidence (see H.R. 4830), H6454 [28JY]

———remedial jurisdiction of inferior Federal courts (see H.R. 193), H4293 [9JN]

Crime: benefit eligibility of chaplains killed in the line of duty (see H.R. 3660), H1345 [15MR]

———identify and curtail food stamp fraud (see H.R. 1887), H357 [8FE]

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

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

Dept. of HHS: study use of biometric devices to verify identity of AFDC applicants (see H.R. 3727), H42 [25JA]

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

Dept. of the Interior: transfer certain administrative functions relative to U.S. territories to the Dept. of Commerce (see H.R. 3797), H1058 [3MR]

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. Con. Res. 297; H. Res. 545), H9903 [27SE], H10446 [30SE]

Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 2556), H4553 [15JN]

Endangered species: conservation of threatened and endangered species (see H.R. 3978), H6550 [1AU]

Fair Labor Standards Act: exemptions for inmates of penal or other correctional institutions relative to certain programs (see H.R. 3705), H1323 [11MR]

FBI: allow certain former agents to carry concealed firearms (see H.R. 3971), H10007 [28SE]

Federal aid programs: remove tobacco products and distilled spirits from Consumer Price Index calculations relative to payment of Government benefits (see H.R. 3802), H358 [8FE]

———termination relative to reauthorization by Congress (see H.R. 3789), H286 [3FE]

Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (see H.R. 140), H2507 [19AP]

Firearms: constitutional right of U.S. citizens to bear and keep arms (see H. Con. Res. 3), H6550 [1AU]

———eliminate administrative authority to prohibit transfer or sale of assault weapons (see H.R. 5033), H9351 [20SE]

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), H3791 [20MY]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 44), H11565 [29NO]

Government regulations: require regulatory impact analysis on rules (see H.R. 4949), H11429 [7OC]

Haiti: presence of U.S. Armed Forces (see H. Con. Res. 269; H. Res. 546), H9224 [19SE], 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), H866 [24FE]

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

———managed care system reform proposal (see H.R. 4527), H6698 [2AU]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 3918, 3955, 4550), H889 [28FE], H1057 [3MR], H4219 [8JN]

Helium: prohibit Bureau of Mines from refining and selling of helium, and dispose of helium reserve (see H.R. 3967), H2252 [13AP]

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

———moratorium on certain aliens (see H.R. 3862), H866 [24FE]

INS: prohibit citizenship swearing-in ceremonies in languages other than English (see H.R. 2859), H43 [25JA]

Irish-American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 246, 401), H44 [25JA], H9570 [22SE]

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

Labor: application of overtime exemptions for inside sales personnel (see H.R. 4150), H4780 [21JN]

Languages: constitutional amendment on establishing English as the official language of the U.S. (see H.J. Res. 171), H2368 [14AP]

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

Lobbyists: regulations relative to grassroots organizations (see H. Res. 569), H11202 [6OC]

Medicare: coverage of betaseron treatment for multiple sclerosis (see H.R. 4610), H10372 [29SE]

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

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

Mitchell, John: relief (see H.R. 3017), H2914 [28AP]

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

National Decorative Painting Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 338), H2839 [26AP]

National Endowment for the Arts: distribution of funds (see H.R. 3488), H1254 [10MR]

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 Inventors Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 384), H5462 [30JN]

National League of Families POW/MIA: display of flag (see H.J. Res. 369), H7299 [9AU]

National Mammography Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 418), H10007 [28SE]

National Men's Health Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 209), H3223 [10MY]

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

National Walking Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 276), H2995 [3MY]

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. Res. 236), H44 [25JA]

Persian Gulf Conflict: compensation for veterans and increased research relative to illnesses attributed to service during conflict (see H.R. 4386), H5350 [29JN]

Postal Service: limit expenditures on new logo (see H.R. 3328), H544 [11FE]

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

Program on Social Ethics and Community Service: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 4464), H4166 [26MY]

Public Health Service: require informed consent from human research subjects (see H.R. 3878), H679 [23FE]

Public Service Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 253), H1781 [21MR]

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

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]

Robert H. Michel Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Peoria, IL: designate (see H.R. 4989), H8695 [18AU]

Russia: requirements relative to economic assistance (see H.R. 3992), H1781 [21MR]

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

Securities: reform private enforcement of Federal securities laws (see H.R. 417), H4958 [23JN]

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

Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of 150th anniversary (see H.R. 4912), H9224 [19SE]

Social Security: age limit eligibility for SSI and medicaid disability benefits for children (see H.R. 3913), H865 [24FE]

———level of benefit payment in the month of the beneficiary's death (see H.R. 1541), H205 [2FE]

Social Security Administration: establish as independent agency (see H.R. 1864), H2368 [14AP]

States: tax treatment of certain pension income (see H.R. 702), H1957 [23MR]

Taxation: capital gains rates and indexing of certain assets (see H.R. 3739), H2368 [14AP]

———deductibility of expenses incurred in connection with the business use of the home (see H.R. 3407), H3791 [20MY]

———eliminate fees associated with changes in marital status (see H.R. 3851), H6984 [4AU]

———home office expenses (see H.R. 2444), H4090 [25MY]

———individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 5006), H11429 [7OC]

———limit State taxation of pension income (see H.R. 546), H3279 [11MY]

———phase out occupational taxes relative to alcoholic beverages (see H.R. 2525), H3681 [18MY]

———reform rules relative to subchapter S corporations (see H.R. 4056), H4958 [23JN]

———treatment of dues paid to tax-exempt agricultural or horticultural organizations (see H.R. 3951), H1254 [10MR]

———treatment of families, investment, and savings and limitations on growth of spending (see H.R. 3645), H2640 [21AP]

———treatment of health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 5062), H9600 [23SE]

———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), H3280 [11MY]

U.S. Military Academy: mint commemorative coins recognizing the bicentennial (see H.R. 3492), H1957 [23MR]

Veterans: burial allowance benefits (see H.R. 34), H287 [3FE]

———eliminate disparity between civilian and military retiree cost-of-living adjustments (see H.R. 3023), H1781 [21MR]

Walt Disney Co.: proposed theme park in Virginia (see H. Con. Res. 255), H8596 [17AU]

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

Year of Gospel Music: designate (see H.J. Res. 297), H3156 [5MY]

Years of the Girl Child: designate (see H.J. Res. 302), H2914 [28AP]

Essays: Voice of Democracy

Allmon, Brett B., E729 [20AP]

Letters

Constitutional amendment to require balanced budget: Robert J. Myers, H1386 [16MR]

Motions offered by

Education: national policy to improve system (H.R. 1804), H648 [23FE]

———national policy to improve system (H.R. 1804), conference report, H1935 [23MR]

Obituaries

Irene Bailey Baker, Knoxville (TN) News-Sentinel, H2223 [13AP]

Remarks by, on

Ames, Aldrich H.: arrest of CIA officer and wife for espionage, H798 [24FE]

Appropriations: making supplemental (H.R. 3759), H265 [3FE]

Budget: consideration of budget authority rescission proposals (H.R. 4600), H5704 [14JY]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 103), H1386 [16MR]

———rescission authority, H265 [3FE]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1995-99 (H. Con. Res. 218), H1237 [10MR]

Buy American Act: compliance, H2543 [20AP]

Byron White U.S. Courthouse, Denver, CO: designate (H.R. 3693), H2184 [12AP]

California: designate certain desert lands as wilderness (H.R. 518), H5584 [13JY]

———establish Death Valley and Joshua Tree National Parks and Mojave National Monument (H.R. 518), H5584 [13JY]

———management of the Presidio military facility (H.R. 3433), H8645 [18AU]

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorize Special Olympics torch relay (H. Con. Res. 236), H3665 [18MY]

———use of the grounds for the National Peace Officers' Memorial Service (H. Con. Res. 237), H2757 [26AP]

Children and youth: funding for midnight youth basketball leagues, H8760 [20AU]

CIA: construction of National Reconnaissance Office headquarters, H7211 [9AU]

Cleveland, TN: tribute to Myles Howard & The Songmasters, E444 [16MR]

Clinton, President: State of the Union Message, H49 [26JA]

Crime: capital punishment for certain offenses, H2322 [14AP]

———influence of family on criminals, H7965 [11AU]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3355), conference report, H8460 [16AU], H8760 [20AU]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 4092), H2322 [14AP], H2543 [20AP]

Cuba: emergence of capitalism, H300 [8FE]

Dept. of Defense: helicopter travel by officials, H2945 [3MY]

Dept. of HUD: GAO report on federally subsidized apartment buildings, H6385 [28JY]

Dept. of the Interior: establish an American Heritage Areas Partnership Program (H.R. 5044), H10876, H10877 [5OC]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4602), H4817, H4831 [22JN]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4539), H4515 [15JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4539), consideration (H. Res. 447), H4265 [9JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4539), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 537), H9468 [22SE]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4556), H4602 [16JN]

Drugs: legalization, E650 [13AP]

Economic development: reauthorize programs (H.R. 5243), H11311 [7OC]

Economy: impact of environmental, employer, and consumer government regulations and subsidies, H550 [22FE]

Education: authorizing appropriations for certain programs (H.R. 6), H1746 [21MR], H2028 [24MR]

———authorizing appropriations for certain programs (H.R. 6), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 556), H10389 [30SE]

———authorizing appropriations for certain programs (H.R. 6), motion to instruct conferees, H9251 [20SE]

———Federal funding for schools with programs promoting homosexuality as a positive alternative lifestyle, H2028 [24MR]

———national policy to improve system (H.R. 1804), conference report, H1931 [23MR]

———national policy to improve system (H.R. 1804), motion to instruct conferees, H648, H649, H650 [23FE]

———national policy to improve system (H.R. 1804), waiving points of order against conference report (H. Res. 393), H1922 [23MR]

Edward J. Schwartz Courthouse and Federal Building, San Diego, CA: designate (H.R. 3770), H2185 [12AP]

Employment: company layoffs, H3897 [24MY]

Executive Office of the President: resignation of White House Office of Administration director relative to use of military aircraft, H4099 [26MY]

FAA: expense account practices for employees in Puerto Rico, H7997 [12AU]

FDA: approval process for drugs and medical devices, H2358 [14AP]

Fish and Wildlife Service: resource management appropriations, H4817 [22JN]

Foreign aid: economic assistance for former Soviet republics, H895 [1MR]

Frederick C. Murphy Federal Center, Waltham, MA: designate (S. 1206), H2186 [12AP]

Golden Gate National Recreation Area: management of the Presidio military facility (H.R. 4078), E483 [17MR]

Government: listing of telephone numbers on stationary of Federal agencies (H.R. 4352), E848 [4MY], E867 [5MY]

———size and functions, H6437 [28JY]

Haiti: presence of U.S. Armed Forces, H5321 [29JN], H9881 [27SE]

———U.S. policy, H5634 [13JY]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H88 [1FE], H169 [2FE], H404, H405 [9FE], H567 [23FE], H4384 [13JN], H6817 [4AU], H8668 [18AU], E80 [2FE]

ICC: transfer function to the Dept. of Transportation, H4602 [16JN]

Jamie L. Whitten Federal Building, Washington, DC: designate (H.R. 4576), H5090 [27JN]

Jean Mayer Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Boston, MA: designate (H.R. 4204), H2756 [26AP]

Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts: transfer operating responsibilities to the Board of Trustees (H.R. 3567), H5188 [28JN]

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of: nuclear weapons proliferation, H4296 [10JN]

Members of Congress: term limits, H4642 [16JN]

National Day of Prayer: observance, H3062 [5MY]

Political parties: partisan views relative to religion, H4947 [23JN]

Prayer: Federal funding for schools relative to voluntary school prayer, H1746 [21MR], H1922 [23MR], H9251 [20SE]

Public buildings: funding for certain construction projects, H4515 [15JN]

Public welfare programs: reform, H416 [10FE]

Refugees: U.S. leasing of foreign vessel relative to Haitians, H3666 [18MY]

Religion: governmental policy, H19 [25JA]

Richard Bolling Federal Building, Kansas City, MO: designate (H.R. 2559), H5088 [27JN]

Russia: reevaluation of U.S. foreign policy relative to espionage situation, H798 [24FE]

Rwanda: U.S. policy on humanitarian and political plight, H6564 [2AU]

San Francisco, CA: funding for the Presidio military facility, H4831 [22JN]

Social conditions: impact of Federal taxation on the family unit, H9522 [22SE]

Taxation: rates, H2260 [14AP], H4383 [13JN]

———restructure and simplify tax code, H5185 [28JN]

Theodore Levin Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Detroit, MI: designate (S. 2395), H11316 [7OC]

Uniformed Services University of the Health Services: proposed closing, H1350 [16MR]

William H. Natcher Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Bowling Green, KY: designate (H.R. 4577), H5092, H5093 [27JN]

Woodrow Wilson Plaza, Washington, DC: designate (S. 832), H5850 [19JY]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H203 [2FE], H1436 [16MR], H1539 [17MR], H2214 [12AP], H2249 [13AP], H2581 [20AP], H3054 [4MY], H3153 [5MY], H5315 [28JN], H6251 [26JY]

Special order: granted, H356 [8FE], H2366 [14AP], H4389 [13JN], H4652 [16JN], H4957 [23JN], H5654 [13JY], H6452 [28JY], H6982 [4AU], H7990 [11AU], H8503 [16AU], H8594 [17AU], H9568 [22SE], H9901 [27SE]

Schedules

Committee on Rules (House): national policy to control crime and reform court procedures, D332 [24MR]

Texts of

H.R. 4352, Federal Agency Access Act, E848 [4MY]

Tributes

Baker, Irene Bailey, H2222 [13AP]

Coon, David L., E1397 [30JN]

Easton, Jim, E1564 [26JY]

Machtley, Representative, E2225 [8OC]

Williams, Carl, E630 [12AP]