LEWIS, TOM (a Representative from Florida)

Appointments

British-American Interparliamentary Group, H3150 [5MY]

Conferee: H.R. 820, National Competitiveness Act, H5814 [19JY]

———H.R. 2739, Airport and Airway Improvement Act appropriations, H6243 [26JY]

Articles and editorials

Questions of Options—How the Clinton Administration Has Painted Itself Into a Corner on Haiti, Brian Duffy, U.S. News & World Report (publication), H3667-H3669 [18MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

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

———national objectives to keep industry competitive, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 4675), H6381 [27JY]

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

Broward County, FL: authorizing appropriations for ecosystem protection research facility (see H.R. 4804), H5950 [20JY]

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

———deficit (see H.R. 4057), H4721 [17JN]

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

———establish a reserve account for expenditures relative to emergencies (see H.R. 4189), H3522 [17MY]

———establish Federal mandate budget and impose cost controls (see H.R. 3421), H2398 [18AP]

———outlay reduction process (see H.R. 4000), H6550 [1AU]

China, Republic of: U.N. membership (see H. Con. Res. 148, 166), H3888 [23MY], H9224 [19SE]

Coastal Barrier Resources System: map adjustments (see H.R. 4219), H2367 [14AP]

———technical corrections to map system (see H.R. 4598), H4721 [17JN]

Coins: mint in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the World War II peace accords (see H.R. 3820), H2398 [18AP]

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]

Correctional institutions: prison overcrowding remedies (see H.R. 3895), H864 [24FE]

Courts: death penalty sentencing for kidnappings which result in the death of a minor (see H.R. 3936), H3279 [11MY]

———medical malpractice liability claim requirements (see H.R. 2433), H3155 [5MY]

Crime: deny Federal benefits to persons convicted of fraudulent representation of residency in more than one State (see H.R. 4883), H7299 [9AU]

———Federal reimbursement to State and local governments for the cost of incarcerating aliens (see H.R. 3872), H1157 [9MR]

———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), H5871 [19JY]

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

Dept. of HHS: funding of Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund (see H.J. Res. 319), H1254 [10MR]

Diseases: disclosure of HIV status of newborn infants to the legal guardians (see H.R. 4507), H5548 [12JY]

Education: prevent the awarding of Pell Grants to prisoners (see H.R. 1168), H205 [2FE]

Employment: establish workforce preparation and development system (see H.R. 4407), H3344 [12MY]

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]

Fair Labor Standards Act: exemptions for inmates of penal or other correctional institutions relative to certain programs (see H.R. 3705), H4343 [10JN]

Families and domestic relations: improve the interstate enforcement of child support and parentage court orders (see H.R. 4188), H2914 [28AP]

Federal aid programs: termination relative to reauthorization by Congress (see H.R. 3789), H411 [9FE]

Federal employees: garnishment of retirement annuities to satisfy a judgment against an annuitant for child abuse (see H.R. 3694), H5871 [19JY]

Federal Employees' Compensation Act: eliminate benefits to individuals convicted of defrauding the workers' compensation program (see H.R. 3491), H2914 [28AP]

Food industry: interstate commerce in meat and meat products relative to State and Federal inspection requirements (see H.R. 3646), H5350 [29JN]

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

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

Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see H.J. Res. 310), H156 [1FE]

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

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

———Federal standards for malpractice claims (see H.R. 4791), H5870 [19JY]

———inclusion of medical technology advancement in health care reform legislation (see H. Res. 485), H8596 [17AU]

———inclusion of osteopathic services under national health care benefits package (see H. Con. Res. 173), H10728 [4OC]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 3698, 3955, 4550), H1254 [10MR], H2994 [3MY], H4219 [8JN]

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

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

Hunting and trapping: prohibit steel jaw leghold traps (see H.R. 3526), H680 [23FE]

Immigration and Nationality Act: improve immigration laws (see H.R. 3860), H500 [10FE]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: treatment of disabled children charged with firearms possession (see H.R. 4574), H4390 [13JN]

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

Lawyers: prohibit State discrimination against lawyers on basis of graduation from accredited and certified law schools (see H.R. 4285), H4293 [9JN]

Leyte Landing Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 400), H11001 [5OC]

Medicaid: allow State payments for osteopathic services to children and pregnant women by physicians certified by the American Osteopathic Association medical specialty board (see H.R. 3906), H3791 [20MY]

———improve the Federal medical assistance percentage (see H.R. 4047), H1438 [16MR]

Medicare: extend issuance period for select policies (see H.R. 5082), H11001 [5OC]

Medicare and medicaid coverage data bank: repeal (see H.R. 4095), H2368 [14AP]

Members of Congress: formula for determining the official mail allowance (see H.R. 549), H2507 [19AP]

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

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

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

National Foster Care Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 122), H44 [25JA]

National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 332), H1441 [16MR]

National Men's Health Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 209), H2937 [2MY]

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 131), H3964 [24MY]

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

National Slovak-American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 287), H3755 [19MY]

National Walking Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 276), H2640 [21AP]

NIH: establish research centers for movement disorders (see H.R. 3596), H6253 [26JY]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: revise regulations and programs (see H.R. 4597), H4721 [17JN]

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

Parents' Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 398), H10007 [28SE]

Pensions: increase the adequacy and efficiency of the private pension system (see H.R. 1874), H287 [3FE]

Persian Gulf Conflict: compensation for veterans and increased research relative to illnesses attributed to service during conflict (see H.R. 4386), H4722 [17JN]

Plants: assist producers in replanting commercially grown trees and plants that are destroyed by damaging weather (see H.R. 4133), H1995 [24MR]

Postal Service: prohibit penalization for use of private express services for certain letters and packets (see H.R. 3796), H286 [3FE]

———reemployment of retirees in temporary positions relative to offset of annuity (see H.R. 3246), H3791 [20MY]

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

Public housing: exclude drug or alcohol abusers from occupancy of units designated for senior citizens (see H.R. 3943), H9224 [19SE]

Public Service Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 253), H2253 [13AP]

Radio: recognize the achievements of radio amateurs and establish support for radio amateurs as national policy (see H.J. Res. 199), H84 [26JA]

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]

Russia: requirements relative to economic assistance (see H.R. 3992), H2252 [13AP]

Schneerson, Menachem Mendel: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4497), H7195 [8AU]

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

Smokey Bear's 50th Anniversary: designate (see H.J. Res. 395), H6482 [29JY]

Social Security: age limit eligibility for SSI and medicaid disability benefits for children (see H.R. 3913), H1440 [16MR]

———determination of disability benefits relative to drug trafficking enterprises and ability to engage in gainful activities (see H.R. 3929), H1157 [9MR]

———establish procedures for verification of employee information (see H.R. 4557), H4292 [9JN]

———payments to individuals convicted of a felony (see H.R. 3251), H996 [2MR]

———permit State medicaid coverage of room and board furnished by a relative under the home and community waivers if such coverage is budget-neutral (see H.R. 3439), H4293 [9JN]

———provision of disability insurance benefits for substance abuse treatment (see H.R. 3814, 4136), H996 [2MR], H1995 [24MR]

———restrictions on benefits to certain prisoners (see H.R. 979), H43 [25JA]

Taxation: deductibility of expenses incurred in connection with the business use of the home (see H.R. 3407), H2398 [18AP]

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

———prevent fraudulent claims for the earned income credit (see H.R. 4225), H11429 [7OC]

———treatment of aviation gasoline (see H.R. 4588), H4653 [16JN]

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

Telephones: treatment of 800 numbers (see H.R. 4802), H6454 [28JY]

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

Virginia: designate national scenic areas (see H.R. 2942), H1997 [24MR]

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), H1323 [11MR]

World War II: commendation to individuals exposed to mustard agents (see H.R. 1055), H410 [9FE]

———treatment of Cadet Nurse Corps training periods relative to Federal retirement credit (see H.R. 1968), H2368 [14AP]

Year of Gospel Music: designate (see H.J. Res. 297), H5548 [12JY]

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

Letters

Headwaters Forest Act: Stan Dixon, Humboldt, CA, Board of Supervisors, H9400 [21SE]

Motions offered by

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

Remarks by, on

Airport and Airway Improvement Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2739), conference report, H7120 [8AU]

Budget: establish direct spending targets (H.R. 4604), H5975 [21JY]

Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3355), motion to instruct conferees, E1403 [1JY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4301), H3940 [24MY]

GATT: ratification (H.R. 5110), H11500 [29NO]

Haiti: U.S. policy, H3667 [18MY]

———U.S. policy relative to refugees, military presence, and restoration of government, H3940 [24MY]

Lobbyists: disclosure of activities to influence the Federal Government (S. 349), E586 [24MR]

NASA: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4489), H7106 [8AU]

———tribute to astronauts involved in exploration of the Moon (H. Con. Res. 261), H5784 [19JY]

National Highway System: designate (H.R. 4385), E1124 [26MY]

Six Rivers National Forest: protection and management of Redwood forest areas and addition of certain lands and waters (H.R. 2866), H9394, H9397, H9400, H9412 [21SE]

———protection and management of Redwood forest areas and addition of certain lands and waters (H.R. 2866), consideration (H. Res. 536), H9386 [21SE]

Veterans: compensation rate for veterans with service-connected disabilities and survivors' dependency and indemnity compensation (H.R. 4088), H7095 [8AU]

Virginia: designate Mount Pleasant National Scenic Area (H.R. 2942), H7154 [8AU]

Votes: position on missed, H3780 [20MY], H4110, H4136 [26MY], H9939 [28SE]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H3790 [20MY], H7505 [10AU], H8594 [17AU]

Leave of absence: granted, H1993 [24MR]

Tribute, H11184, H11185 [6OC], H11548-H11550 [29NO], E2218, E2279 [8OC], E2285 [29NO], E2369 [30NO]

Schedules

Committee on Government Operations (House): Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security: budget process reform, D941 [4AU]

Committee on Rules (House): Environmental Technologies Act, D845 [20JY]

———Headwaters Forest Act, D1087 [20SE]

Committee on the Judiciary (House): Subcommittee on International Law, Immigration, and Refugees: immigration legislation, D143 [23FE]

Committee on Veterans Affairs (House): Subcommittee on Compensation, Pension, and Insurance: veterans legislation, D457 [28AP]

Tributes

Brunhard, Vincent, Sr., E1752 [17AU]

Yoder, Steve, E2349 [30NO]