BACHUS, SPENCER T., III (a Representative from Alabama)

Amendments offered by, to

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4602), H4890, H4900 [23JN]

Housing and community development programs: reauthorize (H.R. 3838), H6125 [22JY]

Articles and editorials

Claude Harris, RIP, Tuscaloosa (AL) News, H10743 [4OC]

Sneaking Up on Policy, Washington (DC) Post, H2567 [20AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Claude Harris, Jr., Veterans' Medical Center Building, Tuscaloosa, AL: designate (see H.R. 4948), H8052 [12AU]

Consumers: include notification of taxpayer financing in Federal consumer information publications (see H.R. 5010), H9008 [21AU]

Dept. of HHS: funding of Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund (see H.J. Res. 319), H357 [8FE]

RTC: require competitive procedures for procuring property and services (see H.R. 5251), H11427 [7OC]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

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

———relief (see H.R. 2745), H83 [26JA]

Amateur Radio Service: facilitate utilization of volunteer resources (see H.R. 2623), H1088 [8MR]

Appropriations: line-item veto (see H.R. 493), H995 [2MR]

Armed Forces: assist INS and Customs Service personnel in performing border protection functions (see H.R. 1082), H9012 [23AU]

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

Bryant, Paul (Bear): issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 259), H4958 [23JN]

Budget: 2-year cycle (see H.R. 2221), H357 [8FE]

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

———identification of yearly spending level increases (see H.R. 323), H9087 [12SE]

———rescissions (see H.R. 1785), H3055 [4MY]

Child support: improve collection system (see H.R. 4570), H8770 [20AU]

Children and youth: interstate enforcement of child support and parentage court orders (see H.R. 1600), H357 [8FE]

China, Republic of: U.N. membership (see H. Con. Res. 148, 166), H1059 [3MR], H3156 [5MY]

Civilian Facilities Closure and Realignment Commission: establish (see H.R. 2954), H3791 [20MY]

Coins: mint in commemoration of anniversary of Apollo 11 Moon landing (see H.R. 3480), H4220 [8JN]

Committee on Intelligence (Joint): establish (see H.J. Res. 145), H2398 [18AP]

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), H681 [23FE]

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]

Congress: constitutional amendment on liability for conduct retroactive to date of enactment or issuance of legislation (see H.J. Res. 256), H411 [9FE]

Consumers: rental-purchase transaction regulation (see H.R. 2803), H43 [25JA]

Courts: product liability law uniformity (see H.R. 1910), H1323 [11MR]

Crime: 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), H912 [1MR]

———treatment of hardcore juvenile offenders (see H.R. 4491), H8696 [18AU]

Davey Allison Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 309), H1440 [16MR]

D-Day National Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 303), H411 [9FE]

Dept. of HHS: study use of biometric devices to identify AFDC applicants (see H.R. 3727), H84 [26JA]

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

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: revise and improve long-term care programs (see H.R. 3122), H1253 [10MR]

Ecology and environment: conservation and management of wetlands (see H.R. 1330), H2252 [13AP]

Education: prevent the awarding of Pell Grants to prisoners (see H.R. 1168), H995 [2MR]

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), H9600 [23SE], H10446 [30SE]

Employment: leave policies relative to minimum wage and overtime exemptions (see H.R. 1309), H2218 [12AP]

———summer youth jobs progam (see H.R. 2271), H680 [23FE]

Endangered species: protection of private property rights and compensation for economic loss due to critical habitat designation (see H.R. 5073), H11201 [6OC]

English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see H.R. 739), H43 [25JA]

Explosives: Federal permit requirements for distribution or receipt of explosives (see H.R. 4345), H3755 [19MY]

Federal employees: establish business accounts for Government air travel to maximize cost savings (see H.R. 4565), H5548 [12JY]

———reduce size of Federal civilian work force (see H.R. 3086), H287 [3FE]

Financial institutions: interstate banking and branching (see H.R. 3841), H500 [10FE]

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

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]

Food industry: interstate commerce in meat and meat products relative to State and Federal inspection requirements (see H.R. 3646), H8696 [18AU]

Foreign trade: offset of lost revenues relative to lowering of tariffs in trade agreements (see H.R. 4198), H7299 [9AU]

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

Government: limit travel expenses for officers and employees (see H.R. 1487), H3755 [19MY]

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

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

Harris, Claude: tribute (see H. Res. 567), H10727 [4OC]

Health: 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), H996 [2MR]

———composition and labeling of dietary supplements (see H.R. 509), H9569 [22SE]

———designation of obstetrician-gynecologists as primary care providers for women in Federal health care programs (see H. Res. 234), H44 [25JA]

Homeless: require assistance funds contain an apportionment for homeless veterans (see H. Res. 503), H6549 [1AU]

House of Representatives: official travel requirements (see H. Res. 451), H5548 [12JY]

———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]

———point of order against consideration of any provision relative to a retroactive tax increase (see H. Res. 247), H411 [9FE]

Immigration: moratorium on certain aliens (see H.R. 3862), H680 [23FE]

———prevent Federal financial and unemployment benefits for aliens who are not legal permanent residents (see H.R. 1080), H5350 [29JN]

———prohibit Federal financial assistance to localities that refuse to cooperate in dealing with illegal aliens (see H.R. 1083), H9012 [23AU]

———prohibit transportation of illegal aliens for purposes of employment (see H.R. 1081), H9012 [23AU]

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

Jewish War Veterans: issue commemorative postage stamp honoring anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 199), H501 [10FE]

Legislative Branch of the Government: improve operation and administration (H.R. 3801), consideration (see H. Res. 472), H9158 [13SE]

Mandatory Spending Control Commission: establish (see H.R. 3483), H2994 [3MY]

Marinas: treatment as offshore facilities (see H. Con. Res. 262), H9088 [12SE]

Medicaid: designation of certain children's hospital clinics as qualified health care centers (see H.R. 3947), H1057 [3MR]

———Federal funding of abortions (see H.R. 3880), H679 [23FE]

Medicare: coverage of betaseron treatment for multiple sclerosis (see H.R. 4610), H8053 [12AU]

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

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

———repeal employer requirement to file certain reports (see H.R. 4365), H5655 [13JY]

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

———determination of official mail allowance and regulation of mass mailings and franking privilege (see H.R. 3787), H286 [3FE]

———require participation in health care reform package (see H. Con. Res. 147), H358 [8FE]

———restrictions on franked mass mailings by a Member who is a candidate for such office (see H.R. 1349), H43 [25JA]

Metric system: prohibit Federal funding for highway sign conversions (see H.R. 412), H1781 [21MR]

Middle East: Israeli/Palestinian peace agreement signing in Cairo, Egypt (see H. Con. Res. 245), H3755 [19MY]

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

Monuments and memorials: mint commemorative coins for the Vietnam Women's Memorial (see H.R. 2467), H9351 [20SE]

National Apollo Anniversary Observance: designate (see H.J. Res. 353), H5171 [27JN]

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

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), H4654 [16JN]

National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 138), H1067 [7MR]

North/South Center (organization): cancel Federal funding (see H.R. 4893), H7299 [9AU]

Occhipinti, Joseph: conviction of former INS agent for civil rights violations (see H. Con. Res. 179), H4391 [13JN]

Ozone: establish a commission to investigate damages and depletion (see H. Res. 291), H3345 [12MY]

Persian Gulf Conflict: compensation for veterans and increased research relative to illnesses attributed to service during conflict (see H.R. 4386), H4220 [8JN]

Petroleum: delay imposition of taxes on diesel fuel and gasoline (see H.R. 3386), H3887 [23MY]

Postal Service: limit expenditures on new logo (see H.R. 3328), H1323 [11MR]

———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), H4390 [13JN]

POW: medical care for former civilian POW (see H.R. 4118), H11429 [7OC]

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), H4391 [13JN]

Public housing: exclude drug or alcohol abusers from occupancy of units designated for senior citizens (see H.R. 3943), H5655 [13JY]

Public welfare programs: reform (see H.R. 4566; H. Res. 525), H9903 [27SE]

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

Refuse disposal: encourage the President and State Governors to carry out on-site composting at their residences (see H.R. 2292), H1440 [16MR]

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

Rural areas: cost share assistance to construct reservoir structures for the storage of water (see H.R. 2460), H1058 [3MR]

Schneerson, Menachem Mendel: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4497), H4391 [13JN]

Securities: reform private enforcement of Federal securities laws (see H.R. 417), H83 [26JA]

Shenandoah Valley National Battlefield Commission: establish (see H.R. 746), H10007 [28SE]

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

Social Security: earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 300), H1957 [23MR]

———improve exchange of health care information and measurement of health care quality (see H.R. 3137), H11200 [6OC]

———provision of disability insurance benefits for substance abuse treatment (see H.R. 4136), H4343 [10JN]

Social Security Administration: establish as independent agency (see H.R. 4277), H3345 [12MY]

State and local governments: unfunded Federal mandates (see H. Res. 277), H288 [3FE]

States: prohibit imposition of income tax on pensions of nonresident individuals (see H.R. 411), H43 [25JA]

———tax treatment of certain pension income (see H.R. 702), H43 [25JA]

Taxation: business meal and entertainment expense deductions (see H.R. 3031), H357 [8FE]

———deduction for contribution to a Medisave account (see H.R. 3333), H1067 [7MR]

———deduction of charitable contributions (see H.R. 4356), H9087 [12SE]

———employer-provided educational assistance (see H.R. 127), H9087 [12SE]

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

———increase the unified estate and gift tax credit (see H.R. 1110), H9158 [13SE]

———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), H8053 [12AU]

———repeal excise tax on luxury passenger vehicles (see H.R. 3039), H5462 [30JN]

———retroactive tax increases (see H.R. 3024), H411 [9FE]

———substantiation requirements of charitable contributions (see H.R. 3871), H559 [22FE]

———treatment of business meals and entertainment deductions (see H.R. 3227), H11429 [7OC]

———treatment of certain education savings accounts (see H.R. 3722), H9600 [23SE]

———treatment of dues paid to tax-exempt agricultural or horticultural organizations (see H.R. 3951), H5655 [13JY]

———treatment of Federal estate and gift taxes and the tax on generation-skipping transfers (see H.R. 2717), H11429 [7OC]

———treatment of health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 5062), H9762 [26SE]

———treatment of transportation fuels (see H.R. 3030), H357 [8FE]

Veterans: reform and simplify health care system (see H.R. 4788), H5870 [19JY]

Waterways: require immediate removal of sunken or grounded vessels obstructing navigable waterways (see H.R. 3812), H8696 [18AU]

Weapons: prohibit arms sales to countries that are participating in the boycott of Israel (see H.R. 3656), H2219 [12AP]

World War II: commendation to individuals exposed to mustard agents (see H.R. 1055), H43 [25JA]

Letters

Bureau of Mines reorganization: several Representatives, H4840 [22JN]

Motions offered by

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

Remarks by, on

Belize: independence, E2205 [8OC]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 103), H1400 [16MR]

Bureau of Mines: reorganization, H4840 [22JN]

Claude Harris, Jr., Veterans' Medical Center Building, Tuscaloosa, AL: designate (H.R. 4948), H10742 [4OC]

Consumers: fair credit reporting (S. 783), H9812, H9813 [27SE]

Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3355), conference report, H8732 [19AU], H8760 [20AU]

Dept. of HHS: funding of Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund (H.J. Res. 319), H348 [8FE], H2566 [20AP], H2622 [21AP]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4602), H4840 [22JN], H4890, H4891, H4892 [23JN]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4539), H4460, H4535 [15JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4539), consideration (H. Res. 447), H4266 [9JN]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4603), H5163 [27JN]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs, HUD, and sundry independent agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4624), conference report, H9055 [12SE]

Education: authorizing appropriations for certain programs (H.R. 6), H842 [24FE]

———regulation of private schools and home-schooling parents, H842 [24FE]

EEOC: guidelines relative to religious harassment in employment, H5163 [27JN]

Financial institutions: interstate banking and branching (H.R. 3841), H1864 [22MR]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3600), H167 [2FE]

Housing and community development programs: reauthorize (H.R. 3838), H6125, H6126, H6127 [22JY]

Interstate commerce: insurance disclosures (H.R. 1188), H5920 [20JY]

National Endowment for the Arts: funding, H4890, H4891, H4892 [23JN]

Parliamentary inquiry, H4901 [23JN]

RTC: accounting of expenditures, H6125, H6126, H6127 [22JY]

———oversight hearings, H401 [9FE]

Social Security Administration: establish as independent agency (H.R. 4277), H3449 [17MY]

University of Alabama: anniversary of School of Health Related Professions, H9523 [22SE]

Votes: position on missed, H10920 [5OC]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H10998 [5OC]

Special order: granted, H107 [1FE], H202 [2FE], H356 [8FE], H1993 [24MR], H2249 [13AP], H2396 [18AP], H2505 [19AP], H2581 [20AP], H2637 [21AP], H8753 [19AU], H9222 [19SE], H9568 [22SE]

Schedules

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

———Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies appropriations, D640 [8JN]

———Housing and Community Development Act, D845 [20JY]

Tables

Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund, H350 [8FE]

Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund, H350 [8FE]