COPPERSMITH, SAM (a Representative from Arizona)
Amendments offered by, to
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4539), H4466 [15JN]
Articles and editorials
Cambria Mourns Sudden Death of Longtime Judge, Kathy Mellott, Johnstown (PA) Tribune-Democrat, E1216
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Taxation: deductibility of expenses incurred from the business use of the home (see H.R. 4258), H2506 [19AP]
Water: authorizing appropriations for U.S.-Mexico wastewater treatment works (see H.R. 4478, 4479), H3963 [24MY]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
African-American Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 364), H6550 [1AU]
Agriculture: price supports for honey (see H.R. 814), H6549 [1AU]
———price supports for wool and mohair (see H.R. 1852), H6380 [27JY]
Airline industry: collective bargaining agreements relative to international air service (see H.R. 4957), H8052 [12AU]
Appropriations: rescind unauthorized funds contained in California earthquake relief legislation (see H.R. 3986), H1997 [24MR]
Belleville, NJ: recognize as birthplace of industrial revolution (see H. Con. Res. 35), H1323 [11MR]
Budget: deficit (see H.R. 4057), H1957 [23MR]
———discretionary spending limits (H.R. 3266), consideration (see H. Res. 445), H4165 [26MY]
———reform baseline budgeting, consideration of rescissions, use of spending cuts for deficit reduction, and treatment of emergency designation in legislation (see H.R. 4434), H4654 [16JN]
Child support: improve collection system (see H.R. 4570), H9158 [13SE]
Children of Alcoholics Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 230), H411 [9FE]
Contracts: simplification of Federal construction procurement and prevailing wage protection for construction workers (see H.R. 1231), H6549 [1AU]
Crime: ban possession or transfer of assault weapons (see H.R. 3527), H157 [1FE]
Crime Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 363), H3055 [4MY]
Dept. of Agriculture: permit agreements with Federal agencies to acquire goods and services to improve the firefighting capability of the Forest Service (see H.R. 3440), H6549 [1AU]
Dept. of Defense: dispose of obsolete or excess materials in National Defense Stockpile (see H.R. 1483), H6380 [27JY]
———terminate production of the Trident II missile (see H.R. 790), H6454 [28JY]
———use of golf courses by general public (see H.R. 3283), H6380 [27JY]
Dept. of Education: acceptance of applications submitted by the educational agency serving the Window Rock Unified School District (see H.R. 5220), H11199 [6OC]
Dept. of Energy: terminate the gas turbine-modular helium reactor program (see H.R. 3513), H1440 [16MR]
Dept. of HUD: assistance program eligibility for organizations that promote prejudice or bias based on race, religion, or ethnicity (see H.R. 4036), H6380 [27JY]
Ecology and environment: research and development of environmental technology (see H.R. 3870), H559 [22FE]
Education: participation of proprietary institutions of higher education in student financial aid programs (see H.R. 4468), H4166 [26MY]
———prevent the awarding of Pell Grants to prisoners (see H.R. 1168), H6454 [28JY]
Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A.: designate (see H.J. Res. 329), H1541 [17MR]
Employment: prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation (see H.R. 4636), H4958 [23JN]
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]
Federal employees: allow for garnishment of pay (see H.R. 214), H6482 [29JY]
———payment by electronic transfer (see H.R. 3060), H6549 [1AU]
Firearms: prohibit transfer or sale of assault weapons (see H.R. 4296), H2698 [25AP]
Forest Service: modular airborne fire fighting system (see H.R. 3224), H6549 [1AU]
Freedom Summer Remembrance Day: designate (see H. Res. 457), H4721 [17JN]
Giant Sequoia National Forest Preserve: designate (see H.R. 2153), H43 [25JA]
Government: require Federal agencies to apply value engineering (see H.R. 133), H6549 [1AU]
Grand Canyon National Park: commemorate 75th anniversary (see H.J. Res. 412), H9351 [20SE]
Haiti: presence of U.S. Armed Forces (see H. Con. Res. 276), H7075 [5AU]
Hall, James N.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 215), H3682 [18MY]
Health: coverage of reproductive health service for women in any national health care plan (see H. Con. Res. 229), H1998 [24MR]
———designation of obstetrician-gynecologists as primary care providers for women in Federal health care programs (see H. Res. 234), H44 [25JA]
———funding for WIC food programs in any national health care plan (see H. Con. Res. 233), H4654 [16JN]
———inclusion of osteopathic services under national health care benefits package (see H. Con. Res. 173), H5762 [14JY]
Health care facilities: assistance for AIDS patients treatment (see H.R. 5141), H11201 [6OC]
Helium: prohibit Bureau of Mines from refining and selling of helium, and dispose of helium reserve (see H.R. 3967), H6253 [26JY]
House of Representatives: limit official mail allowance (see H. Res. 117), H6455 [28JY]
———official travel requirements (see H. Res. 451), H4343 [10JN]
———purchase of House calendars (see H.R. 3779), H6380 [27JY]
Housing: energy conservation standards in public housing (see H.R. 122), H6549 [1AU]
Information services: require availability of LEGIS and TLS on the Internet (see H. Res. 463), H5548 [12JY]
Israel: anniversary of the reunification of Jerusalem (see H. Con. Res. 239), H3345 [12MY]
———relocation of U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem (see H. Con. Res. 281), H9570 [22SE]
Legislative Branch of the Government: application of OSHA laws (see H.R. 4739), H6156 [22JY]
Medals: establish a congressional commemorative medal for organ donors and their families (see H.R. 1012), H559 [22FE]
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), H3356 [16MY]
Medicare: coverage of certain chiropractic services (see H.R. 2889), H3345 [12MY]
———extend issuance period for select policies (see H.R. 5082), H10373 [29SE]
Medicare and Medicaid Coverage Data Bank: repeal employer requirement to file certain reports (see H.R. 4365), H3155 [5MY]
Medicare and medicaid coverage data bank: repeal (see H.R. 4095), H2914 [28AP]
Members of Congress: eliminate cost-of-living adjustments (see H.R. 166), H6454 [28JY]
———establish a national advisory referendum on limiting of terms (see H.R. 3835), H2398 [18AP]
———formula for determining the official mail allowance (see H.R. 549), H2507 [19AP]
———require participation in health care reform package (see H. Res. 255), H4391 [13JN]
NASA: prohibit funds for advanced solid rocket motor program (see H.R. 961), H6253 [26JY]
National Character Counts Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 366), H5463 [30JN]
National Children's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 389), H9224 [19SE]
National Firefighters Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 411), H11001 [5OC]
National Good Teen Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 326), H9569 [22SE]
National Hispanic Business Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 397), H8596 [17AU]
National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 4074), H10727 [4OC]
National Mammography Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 418), H10373 [29SE]
National Men's Health Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 209), H3682 [18MY]
National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 374), H5951 [20JY]
National Park Service: reform concessions policies (see H.R. 743), H6454 [28JY]
National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 138), H1067 [7MR]
National Random Acts of Kindness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 357), H2506 [19AP]
National Savings Month: designate (see H. Res. 403), H2640 [21AP]
National Walking Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 276), H2995 [3MY]
National Women and Girls in Sports Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 385), H10373 [29SE]
Nuclear weapons: payment by foreign countries of costs resulting from tests conducted in the U.S. (see H.R. 1146), H6380 [27JY]
Opal Creek Forest Preserve: establish (see H.R. 3905), H1067 [7MR]
OSHA: reform (see H.R. 1280), H6984 [4AU]
Parents' Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 398), H9601 [23SE]
Power resources: funding for energy research, development, demonstration, and commercialization relative to the economy and environmental protection (see H. Con. Res. 188), H2220 [12AP]
Program on Social Ethics and Community Service: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 4464), H4883 [22JN]
Public buildings: calculation of transactions (see H.R. 2680), H6454 [28JY]
Public Service Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 253), H2507 [19AP]
Railroads: employee protection benefits (see H.R. 3866), H2219 [12AP]
Refuse disposal: regulation of out-of-State solid waste (see H.R. 963), H7075 [5AU]
Research: superconducting supercollider funding (see H.R. 70, 1859), H6200 [25JY], H6380 [27JY]
Roads and highways: funding for emergency road repairs of damage due to severe winter storms (see H.R. 3926), H6550 [1AU]
Roosevelt, Franklin D.: mint coins in commemoration of 50th anniversary of death (see H.R. 3270), H5462 [30JN]
Schneerson, Menachem Mendel: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4497), H7195 [8AU]
Schools: protection of school districts and the Dept. of Agriculture from anti-competitive activities by food suppliers relative to school food programs (see H.R. 2956), H8505 [16AU]
Selective Service System: terminate the registration requirement and activities of certain local boards and agencies (see H.R. 3634), H6454 [28JY]
Small business: extend deductions for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 162), H10446 [30SE]
Small Family Farm Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 291), H1781 [21MR]
Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of 150th anniversary (see H.R. 4912), H9087 [12SE]
Space policy: space station program funding (see H.R. 3687), H6200 [25JY]
Special Olympics World Games: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 3879), H679 [23FE]
States: tax treatment of certain pension income (see H.R. 702), H3279 [11MY]
Taxation: employer-provided educational assistance (see H.R. 127), H8596 [17AU]
———treatment of cooperative telephone companies (see H.R. 778), H8505 [16AU]
———treatment of homemakers' individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 3523), H11000 [5OC]
Telephones: treatment of 800 numbers (see H.R. 4802), H7075 [5AU]
Tobacco: eliminate price support program (see H.R. 1482), H6380 [27JY]
Tobacco products: regulate the manufacture, labeling, sale, distribution, and advertising and promotion (see H.R. 2147), H5170 [27JN]
U.S.-Mexico Border Health Commission: establish (see H.R. 2305), H10007 [28SE]
Vietnam Human Rights Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 333), H3056 [4MY]
Walnut Canyon National Monument: boundaries (see H.R. 4697), H6699 [2AU]
Weapons: prohibit arms sales to countries that are participating in the boycott of Israel (see H.R. 3656), H544 [11FE]
———prohibit flight testing of missiles where debris would not be contained within a test range area (see H.R. 4349), H3055 [4MY]
Year of Gospel Music: designate (see H.J. Res. 297), H5350 [29JN]
Remarks by, on
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4554), H4637 [16JN]
Arizona State University: tribute to research programs, E708
Ballesteros, Frank T.: SBA Minority Small Business Advocate of the Year recipient, E899
Budget: consideration of budget authority rescission proposals (H.R. 4600), H5704 [14JY]
Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3355), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 517), H7948 [11AU]
———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3355), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 526), H8965 [21AU]
Dept. of Energy: Advanced Liquid Metal Reactor Program funding, H4413 [14JN]
———terminate use of liquid metal reactors in disposal of high-level radioactive waste, H6535, H6540 [1AU]
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4539), H4466 [15JN]
———making appropriations (H.R. 4539), conference report, H9784
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4603), consideration (H. Res. 461), H4918 [23JN]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs, HUD, and sundry independent agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4624), H5397 [29JN]
Economy: national objectives priority assignments, H4560 [16JN]
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4506), H4413 [14JN]
———making appropriations (H.R. 4506), motion to instruct conferees, H6535, H6540 [1AU]
Firearms: prohibit transfer or sale of assault weapons (H.R. 4296), H3078 [5MY]
Foreign trade: administration of export controls (H.R. 3937), E2070
Harvard University: anniversary of band, E2216
Health care facilities: access to clinic entrances (S. 636), request conference with the Senate (H. Res. 374), H1503 [17MR]
Junior Achievement of America (organization): tribute to volunteer educational programs, E812
Kurn, Bobbi: Jewish National Fund Tree of Life Award recipient, E1931
Kurn, Neal: Jewish National Fund Tree of Life Award recipient, E1931 [23SE]
Lobbyists: disclosure of activities to influence the Federal Government (S. 349), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 550), H10275 [29SE]
Middle East: Israeli/Jordanian peace initiatives, H6243 [26JY]
National Highway System: designate (H.R. 4385), H3982 [25MY]
Phoenix, AZ: tribute to the Senior Summer Corps `Summer of Safety Program', E1379
Postal Service: funding relative to design and implementation of new corporate logo, H4466 [15JN]
Public works: eligibility of certain non-Federal levees for assistance under the Federal levee rehabilitation program (H.R. 3583), E8
Roads and highways: use of recycled materials in road construction, E291
Scottsdale, AZ: anti-Semitic hate crimes, H6243 [26JY]
Space policy: space station program funding, H5397 [29JN]
Taxation: deductibility of expenses incurred from the business use of the home (H.R. 4258), E715
Tempe, AZ: tribute to Corona Del Sol High School for We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, E780
Votes: position on missed, H4443 [14JN], H5850 [19JY], E1914
WIC: funding, H4637 [16JN]
Wojcich, Joseph: Arizona Small Business Person of the Year award recipient, E842
World War II: disregard certain foreign payments to Holocaust survivors in determining eligibility for other benefits (H.R. 1873), H5530 [12JY]
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H34 [25JA], H910 [1MR], H1318 [11MR], H2505 [19AP], H2761 [26AP], H2912 [28AP], H3054 [4MY], H3277 [11MY], H4446 [14JN], H5348 [29JN], H9568 [22SE], H9599 [23SE]
Special order: granted, H6251 [26JY]
Schedules
Committee on Natural Resources (House): Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands: public lands legislation, D942 [4AU]
Committee on Rules (House): legislative branch appropriations, D616 [25MY]
Statements
Recycled Paving Materials Used in Road Construction: several environmental organizations, E291
Tributes
Fry, Donald W., E429
McWilliams, H. Clifton, Jr., E1216