ISTOOK, ERNEST J., JR. (a Representative from Oklahoma)

Amendments offered by, to

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4539), H4495, H4497, H4507 [15JN]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 4539, Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies appropriations, H8457 [16AU]

———H.R. 4649, District of Columbia appropriations, H6392 [28JY]

Articles and editorials

Investigation of Convenience, by, Washington (DC) Times, E270 [28FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Legislative Branch of the Government: application of certain laws (see H.R. 4850), H6453 [28JY]

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

Small business: participation in Federal health benefits program (see H.R. 4857), H6482 [29JY]

Taxation: eliminate fees associated with changes in marital status (see H.R. 3851), H500 [10FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

AFDC: establish block grants under State control (see H.R. 1293), H3155 [5MY]

Amateur Radio Service: facilitate utilization of volunteer resources (see H.R. 2623), H3755 [19MY]

Appropriations: line-item veto (see H.R. 493), H2913 [28AP]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require expenditures not exceed revenues and not exceed certain percentage of GNP (see H.J. Res. 61), H1345 [15MR]

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

———establish a Federal regulatory budget (see H.R. 3005), H501 [10FE]

———establish Federal mandate budget and impose cost controls (see H.R. 3421), H501 [10FE]

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

Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House): investigation of House Post Office (see H. Res. 436), H4293 [9JN]

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), H4220 [8JN]

Courts: remedial jurisdiction of inferior Federal courts (see H.R. 193), H8053 [12AU]

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

Ecology and environment: conservation and management of wetlands (see H.R. 1330), H3345 [12MY]

EEOC: guidelines relative to religious harassment in employment (see H. Res. 446), H4165 [26MY]

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

Endangered species: moratorium on endangered species determination and critical habitat designation until reauthorization of the Endangered Species Act (see H.R. 5144), H10445 [30SE]

English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see H.R. 123), H3055 [4MY]

Federal aid programs: prohibit community development grants to localities that fail to enforce laws that protect abortion rights (see H.R. 519), H11200 [6OC]

Financial institutions: clarify due process protections applicable to directors and officers of insured depository institutions (see H.R. 3661), H7506 [10AU]

Government: establish commission for disposal of property, closure and consolidation of Federal agencies and procurement of Federal agency functions (see H.R. 4433), H6253 [26JY]

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

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 4550), H5548 [12JY]

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]

———reform (see H.R. 3633), H2252 [13AP]

Legislative Branch of the Government: improve operation and administration (H.R. 3801), consideration (see H. Res. 472), H7075 [5AU]

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

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

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

Monuments and memorials: mint commemorative coins for the Vietnam Women's Memorial (see H.R. 2467), H680 [23FE]

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

Ozone: establish a commission to investigate damages and depletion (see H. Res. 291), H6455 [28JY]

Public welfare programs: reform (see H.R. 4473, 4566), H3887 [23MY], H4343 [10JN]

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

Religion: protect free exercise (see H. Res. 519), H11430 [7OC]

Securities: reform private enforcement of Federal securities laws (see H.R. 417), H11428 [7OC]

Social Security: taxation of benefits (see H.R. 2959), H996 [2MR]

SSI: modify (see H.R. 4419), H3344 [12MY]

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

———treatment of dues paid to tax-exempt agricultural or horticultural organizations (see H.R. 3951), H2583 [20AP]

Water: assure the safety of public water systems (see H.R. 3392), H1157 [9MR]

Letters

Courts proceedings determining the legality of closed meetings and nondisclosure of documents by the national health care reform task force: by, H6346 [27JY]

Motions offered by

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

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4539), conference report, H9477 [22SE]

Remarks by, on

Administrative Conference of the U.S.: appropriations level, H4495, H4497 [15JN]

Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations: appropriations level, H4497, H4498, H4501 [15JN]

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 (H. Res. 238), H508 [11FE], H562 [23FE], H894 [1MR]

———investigation of House Post Office activity relative to violations of House Rules or embezzlement of public funds by Members of Congress (H. Res. 375), H965 [2MR]

———investigation of House Post Office activity relative to violations of House Rules or embezzlement of public funds by Members of Congress (H. Res. 238), H968, H970, H971, H972, H973, H974, H975, H976 [2MR]

Courts: Federal courthouse construction appropriations, H4507, H4509, H4510, H4511 [15JN]

———proceedings determining the legality of closed meetings and nondisclosure of documents by the national health care reform task force, H6342, H6344, H6345, H6346 [27JY]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4539), H4459, H4482, H4495, H4497, H4498, H4501, H4507, H4509, H4510, H4511 [15JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4539), conference report, H9475, H9477 [22SE]

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

———making appropriations (H.R. 4539), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 537), H9467, H9468 [22SE]

District of Columbia: health care benefits for domestic partners of employees, H5604, H5607 [13JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4649), H5604, H5607 [13JY]

Economy: impact of Federal legislation and regulations on business and local government, H5751 [14JY]

Executive Office of the President: expenses of trip for D-Day ceremonies in Europe, H4482 [15JN]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H9291 [20SE]

House of Representatives: investigation of House Post Office, H301, H350, H351, H352, H354, H355 [8FE]

———legislative program, H562 [23FE], H894 [1MR]

Independent counsel: investigate allegations of criminal wrongdoing by Members of Congress, H427 [10FE]

———reauthorize (H.R. 811), H427 [10FE]

Legislative Branch of the Government: application of certain laws (H.R. 4822), consideration (H. Res. 514), H7336 [10AU]

Public welfare programs: reform, H9100 [13SE]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H285 [3FE], H356 [8FE], H490 [10FE], H8694 [18AU], H9350 [20SE]

Schedules

Committee on Rules (House): Community Development, Credit Enhancement, and Regulatory Improvement Act, D931 [3AU]

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

Statements

Character of the Congress: James Garfield, H355 [8FE]

Texts of

H. Res. 238, investigation of House Post Office activity relative to violations of House Rules or embezzlement of public funds, H968 [2MR]

Tributes

Largent, Representative, H11434 [29NO]