CLINGER, WILLIAM F., JR. (a Representative from Pennsylvania)
Amendments offered by, to
California: management of the Presidio military facility (H.R. 3433), H8660 [18AU]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 820, National Competitiveness Act, H5814 [19JY]
———H.R. 2333, Dept. of State, USIA, and related agencies appropriations, H2386 [18AP]
———H.R. 2739, Airport and Airway Improvement Act appropriations, H6243 [26JY]
———H.R. 3345, Federal Workforce Restructuring Act, H1302 [11MR]
———H.R. 3355, national policy to control crime and reform court procedures, H3383 [17MY]
———H.R. 4299, intelligence services appropriations, H9103 [13SE]
———S. 1587, Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act, H6816 [4AU]
———S. 2182, Dept. of Defense and Dept. of Energy defense activities appropriations, H6182 [25JY]
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Health care professionals: incentives for service in rural areas (see H.R. 4377), H3222 [10MY]
Medicare: payments to hospitals for inpatient services (see H.R. 4378), H3222 [10MY]
Public Health Service: rural hospital services (see H.R. 4378), H3222 [10MY]
Railroads: recommend dismantlement of Railroad Retirement System (see H. Res. 582), H11428 [7OC]
Telephones: inclusion of natural disaster survival techniques and information in directories (see H. Con. Res. 213), H889 [28FE]
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]
Animals: protection of individuals who work with animals (see H.R. 3064), H2937 [2MY]
Budget: caps on defense and nondefense discretionary spending (see H.R. 4259), H4780 [21JN]
———discretionary spending limits (see H.R. 3266), H1781 [21MR]
CERCLA: amend relative to liability, State implementation, remedy selection, and funding (see H.R. 4161), H4166 [26MY]
Coins: issue one dollar coin (see H.R. 1322), H410 [9FE]
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]
Constitution Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 390), H5870 [19JY]
Crime: create remedies for child victims of sexual exploitation (see H. Res. 281), H44 [25JA]
———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (see H.R. 5134), H10372 [29SE]
———sentencing for Social Security fraud relative to illegal immigration (see H.R. 3795), H3279 [11MY]
Crime Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 363), H3055 [4MY]
D-Day National Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 303), H2995 [3MY]
Dept. of Defense: postpone certain scheduled base closures (see H.R. 4311), H3056 [4MY]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: adjudication of claims for veterans benefits (see H.R. 3269), H4220 [8JN]
Disabled: SSI benefits for substance abuse (see H.R. 1712), H2913 [28AP]
Education: national policy to improve system (see H.R. 1872), H205 [2FE]
Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A.: designate (see H.J. Res. 329), H1541 [17MR]
Endangered Species Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1490), H3155 [5MY]
EPA: infrastructure projects funding under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (see H.R. 4475), H3887 [23MY]
Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (see H.R. 140, 5128), H1253 [10MR], H10372 [29SE]
———reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (H.R. 140), consideration (see H. Res. 489), H6200 [25JY]
Firearms: eliminate administrative authority to prohibit transfer or sale of assault weapons (see H.R. 5033), H11001 [5OC]
———repeal semi-automatic assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices ban (see H.R. 5100), H9761 [26SE]
Government: payment of recurring Federal payments by electronic funds transfer (see H.R. 4130), H2914 [28AP]
———reform Federal acquisition management and procedures (see H.R. 4328), H2994 [3MY]
Head Start Program: quality and performance standards (see H.R. 1528), H287 [3FE]
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. 3704), H1957 [23MR]
Health care professionals: incentives for service in rural areas (see H.R. 4555), H4292 [9JN]
Historic buildings: mint coins in commemoration of Federal acceptance of responsibility of care and maintenance (see H.R. 1671), H2583 [20AP]
House Rules: committee staff (see H. Res. 383), H1898 [22MR]
ICC: modify trucking industry regulatory responsibilities (see H.R. 2860), H43 [25JA]
Irish-American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 401), H9351 [20SE]
IRS: liability of employees in court cases (see H.R. 3261), H3681 [18MY]
Kennedy, John F.: assassination investigation records (see H.R. 4569), H4390 [13JN]
Let's Stop Kids Killing Kids Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 360), H2639 [21AP]
Medicare: extend issuance period for select policies (see H.R. 5082), H11429 [7OC]
Members of Congress: require participation in health care reform package (see H. Res. 255), H3156 [5MY]
National Earthquake Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 325), H1957 [23MR]
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 Korean War Veterans Armistice Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 332), H1441 [16MR]
National parks: concessions policies (see H.R. 1493), H157 [1FE]
National Penny Charity Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 415), H10446 [30SE]
National Trails Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 327), H2914 [28AP]
National Walking Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 276), H2914 [28AP]
Petroleum: delay imposition of taxes on diesel fuel and gasoline (see H.R. 3386), H411 [9FE]
Postal Service: prohibit penalization for use of private express services for certain letters and packets (see H.R. 3796), H2914 [28AP]
———reemployment of retirees in temporary positions relative to offset of annuity (see H.R. 3246), H2914 [28AP]
Public Health Service: traumatic brain injury study (see H.R. 3121), H5316 [28JN]
Public housing: exclude drug or alcohol abusers from occupancy of units designated for senior citizens (see H.R. 3943), H2937 [2MY]
Public welfare programs: improve education and job training programs and strengthen support services and case management (see H.R. 4318), H7992 [11AU]
Radio: recognize the achievements of radio amateurs and establish support for radio amateurs as national policy (see H.J. Res. 199), H3964 [24MY]
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]
Rural areas: credit and financial services to residents, public services, and businesses (see H.R. 4129), H2994 [3MY]
Skelton, Richard (Red): award the Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2012), H2218 [12AP]
Social Security: improve exchange of health care information and measurement of health care quality (see H.R. 3137), H5547 [12JY]
———payments to individuals convicted of a felony (see H.R. 3251), H2914 [28AP]
Social Security Administration: establish as an independent agency (see H.R. 647), H2639 [21AP]
States: limit out-of-State solid waste disposal (see H.R. 4073), H1539 [17MR]
———tax treatment of certain pension income (see H.R. 702), H2639 [21AP]
Taxation: 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]
———treatment of tax-exempt bonds (see H.R. 3630), H1997 [24MR]
———use of individual retirement accounts as security for certain business loans (see H.R. 3761), H3681 [18MY]
U.S. Botanic Garden: mint coins in commemoration of 175th anniversary (see H.R. 4135), H4166 [26MY]
Van Meter, Victoria: designate as an honorary goodwill ambassador for the U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 224), H1439 [16MR]
Veterans: eliminate disparity between civilian and military retiree cost-of-living adjustments (see H.R. 3023), H2994 [3MY]
Vietnam Human Rights Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 333), H3280 [11MY]
Water: assure the safety of public water systems (see H.R. 3392), H6253 [26JY]
Year of the Grandparent: designate (see H.J. Res. 355), H5548 [12JY]
Letters
Budget authority rescission proposals: several Representatives, H5707 [14JY]
Exemption for commercial aviation from the transportation fuels tax: by, S15431 [1DE]
Government entitlements: by, H10859 [5OC]
USAIR Group, Inc., code sharing agreement with British Airways: Robert P. Casey, Governor of Pennsylvania, E450
Motions offered by
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 103), consideration (H. Res. 331), H862 [24FE]
Proclamations
Groundhog Day, E71
Remarks by, on
Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations: appropriations level, H4499 [15JN]
Airlines: discourage the practice in foreign countries of disinsection of aircraft while passengers are aboard (S. Con. Res. 77), H10922, H10923 [5OC]
———prohibit smoking on all flights (H.R. 4495), H10564 [3OC]
Airport and Airway Improvement Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2739), conference report, H7117, H7119 [8AU]
Appalachian Regional Commission: abolish, H3265 [11MY]
Bellefonte, PA: Bellefonte Area Middle School National Energy Education School of the Year award recipient, E1183
Bradford, PA, Regional Medical Center Auxiliary: Exchange Club's Golden Deeds Award recipient, E783
Brown, Sec. of Commerce: grand jury investigation relative to U.S. trade embargo, H11415, H11416, H11417, H11418 [7OC]
Bruce R. Thompson U.S. Courthouse and Federal Building, Reno, NV: designate (H.R. 3110), H7109 [8AU]
Budget: consideration of budget authority rescission proposals (H.R. 4600), H5707, H5710 [14JY]
———establish direct spending targets (H.R. 4604), H5971 [21JY]
———reform of baseline budgeting, consideration of rescissions, use of spending cuts for deficit reduction, and treatment of emergency designation in legislation (H.R. 4907), H8003 [12AU]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 1995-99 (H. Con. Res. 218), H1295
California: management of the Presidio military facility (H.R. 3433), H8661 [18AU]
Clinton, President: appointment process, H62 [26JA], E19
Clinton, President and Hillary Rodham: investigation of involvement in Whitewater Estates development and Madison Guaranty, H1811 [22MR]
Congress: constitutional obligation to oversee matters relative to the operation of Government (H. Res. 394), H1811 [22MR]
Contracts: revise and streamline Federal procurement and acquisition laws (S. 1587), conference report, H9241, H9242, H9246 [20SE]
Courts: establish time limitation on civil actions against aircraft manufacturers (S. 1458), H5000 [27JN]
Dept. of Defense: creation of inspectors general within the DIA and National Security Administration, H5841 [19JY]
Dept. of Environmental Protection: analysis of Federal regulations and mandates imposed on State and local governments, H162 [2FE]
———establish (H.R. 3425), H162 [2FE], E796
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4602), H4801, H4802 [22JN], H9795
———making appropriations (H.R. 4602), consideration (H. Res. 458), H4788 [22JN]
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4539), H4499 [15JN]
———making appropriations (H.R. 4539), consideration (H. Res. 447), H4265 [9JN]
Dept. of Transportation: Chief Financial Officers Act implementation appropriations, H4594, H4596
Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4556), H4594, H4596
Drug abuse: national drug control policy, H89 [1FE]
Earth Day: observance, E796
Economic Development Administration: abolish, H3288 [12MY]
Education: authorizing appropriations for certain programs (H.R. 6), H823
Executive Office of the President: dismissal of White House travel office personnel, H3693 [19MY]
FAA: temporary obligational authority for the airport improvement program (S. 2024), H2948 [3MY], H3494 [17MY]
Federal employees: transportation benefits for family members of official who dies after transferring to place of service (H.R. 4549), H5527 [12JY]
Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates, E179
Foster, Vincent W., Jr.: investigation into death of White House staff member, H2177 [12AP]
———investigation of death of White House staff member, H797 [24FE]
GAO: funding, H4134 [26MY]
GATT: ratification (H.R. 5110), H11530
———ratification (H.R. 5110), consideration (H. Res. 564), H10964 [5OC]
Government: improve (S. 2170), H10498 [3OC]
Government procurement: improve process (H.R. 2238), H2592 [21AP], H5041 [27JN]
Haiti: presence of U.S. Armed Forces (H.J. Res. 416), E2278
Hazardous substances: authorizing appropriations for transportation safety enforcement (H.R. 2178), E1756
Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H1966 [24MR]
Health care professionals: incentives for service in rural areas (H.R. 4377), H3194 [10MY]
House Rules: open versus restrictive rules, H370 [9FE]
Independent counsel: reauthorize (H.R. 811), consideration (H. Res. 352), H370 [9FE]
Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4299), H5841 [19JY]
Johnson, James W.: Pennsylvania Wildlife Federation Achievement Program Conservation Educator of the Year Award recipient, E558
Kennedy, John F.: assassination investigation records (H.R. 4569), H5526 [12JY]
Legislative Branch of the Government: application of certain laws (H.R. 4822), H7347
———making appropriations (H.R. 4454), H4134 [26MY]
Lewis Run, PA: Boy Scout Troop 495 receipt of Pennsylvania Wildlife Federation Achievement Program Conservation Youth Group of the Year Award, E558
Lobbyists: disclosure of activities to influence the Federal Government (S. 349), H1985
Lorenzo, Matthew: Pennsylvania Federal Junior Duck Stamp Design Contest award recipient, E1018
Matthew J. Perry, Jr., U.S. Courthouse, Columbia, SC: designate (H.R. 4543), H7111 [8AU]
Medicare: payments to hospitals for inpatient services (H.R. 4378), H3194 [10MY]
National Highway System: designate (H.R. 4385), H3979 [25MY]
NTSB: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2440), concur in Senate amendment with an amendment (H. Res. 558), H10567 [3OC]
Pennsylvania State University: anniversary of Upward Bound Program, E57
Public Health Service: rural hospital services (H.R. 4378), H3194 [10MY]
Public Works and Economic Development Act: reauthorizing appropriations (H.R. 2442), H3265 [11MY], H3288 [12MY]
Punxsutawney, PA: Groundhog Day observance, E70
Railroads: recommend dismantlement of Railroad Retirement System (H. Res. 582), E2279
Safe Food Transportation Act: enforcement, H4611 [16JN]
San Francisco, CA: acquisition of the Old U.S. Mint (H.R. 4812), H7115, H7116 [8AU]
States: limit out-of-State solid waste disposal (H.R. 4073), E463
———limit out-of-State solid waste disposal (H.R. 4779), H9926 [28SE]
Telephones: inclusion of natural disaster survival techniques and information in directories (H. Con. Res. 213), E285
Thomas D. Lambros Federal Building, Youngstown, OH: designate (H.R. 4727), H7113 [8AU]
Thomas F. Eagleton U.S. Courthouse, St. Louis, MO: designate (H.R. 4790), H7111 [8AU]
USAIR Group, Inc.: code sharing agreement with British Airways, E450
Votes: position on missed, E1187
Walter B. Jones Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Greenville, NC: designate (H.R. 4772), H7114 [8AU]
Warren, PA: tribute to Warren Area High School Junior Engineering and Technical Society, E1120
Water: conservation and development of resources, and river and harbor improvement projects (H.R. 4460), E2052
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H34 [25JA], H107 [1FE], H203 [2FE], H409 [9FE], H491 [10FE], H862 [24FE], H910 [1MR], H1436 [16MR], H1539 [17MR], H2912 [28AP], H3886 [23MY], H4342 [10JN], H4652 [16JN], H6103 [21JY], H10726 [4OC]
Leave of absence: granted, H3886 [23MY]
Schedules
Committee on Government Operations (House): Subcommittee on Human Resources and Intergovernmental Relations: unfunded Federal mandates, D570 [18MY]
———Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security: budget process reform, D941 [4AU]
Committee on Rules (House): limit out-of-State solid waste disposal, D1142 [27SE]
———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures, D332 [24MR]
———Subcommittee on Rules of the House: improve operation and administration of the Legislative Branch of Government (H.R. 3801), D236 [10MR]
Tables
Top ten most expensive unfunded Federal mandates for cities, E179
Unfilled full-time civilian positions requiring Senate confirmation, H62 [26JA]
Texts of
H.R. 4073, Interstate Municipal Solid Waste Control Act, E463
Tributes
McCandless, Representative, H9713 [26SE]
Metzgar, Robert D., E1520