COX, CHRISTOPHER (a Representative from California)
Amendments offered by, to
Education: authorizing appropriations for certain programs (H.R. 6), H684 [23FE]
Analyses
Davis-Bacon Wages Boost Rebuilding Cost: W. Snow Hume, E928
Appointments
Delegation for the funeral of the late Richard M. Nixon, H2841 [28AP]
Articles and editorials
Blood Tests, Peter Huber, Forbes (publication), E1576
Christian Arrested for Association With Union Movement, Andrew Wark, News Network International (news service), E1865
Fangcheng House Church Leaders Flee City, Andrew Wark, News Network International (news service), E1865
MCI's Alliance With British Telecom Clears Hurdle—Sprint Deal Faces Fight, Mary Lu Carnecale and Richard L. Hudson, Wall Street Journal, H4974 [24JN]
Police Harass Wife of Murdered House Church Christian, Andrew Wark, News Network International (news service), E1866
Six Big Airlines Settle U.S. Suit on Price Fixing—Scheme Using Data System May Have Cost Public $2 Billion in 4 Years, Joe Davidson, Wall Street Journal, H4974 [24JN]
Starr, Fiske Meet as Democrats Continue To Protest Appointment, Ruth Marcus, Washington (DC) Post, H8567 [17AU]
Subsidizing Welfare, Santa Ana (CA) Register, E371
Three Guilin Church Workers Arrested—Religious Tensions Escalate, Andrew Wark, News Network International (news service), E1866
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Cleveland National Forest: land exchange and boundary adjustment (see H.R. 4966), H8505 [16AU]
Dept. of the Interior: sale of certain real and personal property (see H.R. 4919), H7195 [8AU]
Economy: impact of Federal legislation and regulations on business and local government (see H.R. 4006), H1253 [10MR]
FBI: allow certain former agents to carry concealed firearms (see H.R. 3971), H1087 [8MR]
Iraq: condemn governmental campaign against Marsh Arabs of southern Iraq (see H. Res. 583), H11428 [7OC]
Postal Service: repeal prohibition on private-industry competition for the delivery of first-class mail (see H.R. 5080), H9569 [22SE]
Taxation: deduction for earthquake insurance premiums (see H.R. 3756), H156 [1FE]
Try American Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 392), H6155 [22JY]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Agriculture: price supports for honey (see H.R. 1853), H6549 [1AU]
———price supports for peanuts (see H.R. 3846), H1157 [9MR]
———tribute to U.S. rice industry (see H.J. Res. 405), H11429 [7OC]
AID: spending for development assistance (see H.R. 3775), H6550 [1AU]
Air pollution: reduction of work-related vehicle trips in ozone nonattainment areas (see H.R. 4589), H5768 [18JY]
Algeria: foreign assistance relative to democratization efforts (see H. Con. Res. 196), H3345 [12MY]
Amateur Radio Service: facilitate utilization of volunteer resources (see H.R. 2623), H11429 [7OC]
Appropriations: rescind unauthorized funds contained in California earthquake relief legislation (see H.R. 3986), H1156 [9MR]
Armenia: conflict with Azerbaijan relating to the Nagorno Karabagh area (see H. Con. Res. 247), H9009 [21AU]
Bankruptcy: debtor obligations under unexpired leases of personal property (see H.R. 4474), H8053 [12AU]
BLM: establish certain requirements relative to the transfer or disposal of public lands (see H.R. 3560), H6549 [1AU]
Budget: deficit (see H.R. 4057), H2219 [12AP]
———discretionary spending limits (see H.R. 3266), H680 [23FE]
———moderate growth in mandatory spending (see H.R. 3717), H6549 [1AU]
———submission relative to activities and aggregates within the unified budget (see H.R. 4520), H4164 [26MY]
California: provide flexibility to depository institutions and regulators to facilitate recovery from earthquake damages (see H.R. 3799), H287 [3FE]
China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (see H.R. 4590), H6381 [27JY]
China, Republic of: U.N. membership (see H. Con. Res. 148, 168), H2507 [19AP], H6763 [3AU]
Christiani, Alfredo: tribute to efforts toward peace and national reconciliation in El Salvador (see H. Con. Res. 286), H8755 [19AU]
Classified information: establish a uniform system for classifying and declassifying information (see H.R. 4137), H9351 [20SE]
Coins: mint in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the World War II peace accords (see H.R. 3820), H4091 [25MY]
Colleges and universities: guidelines for overtime compensation for certain community college employees (see H.R. 3658), H44 [25JA]
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), H411 [9FE]
Committees of the House: making appropriations (see H.R. 1485), H6549 [1AU]
Congress: abolish requirement that appropriations be authorized by laws, and eliminate duplication in standing committee functions (see H. Con. Res. 90), H6550 [1AU]
Congressional employees: funding for parking attendants and implementation of charges for parking (see H.R. 3778), H6550 [1AU]
Constitution Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 390), H5870 [19JY]
Courts: admissibility of certain evidence (see H.R. 4830), H9087 [12SE]
———awarding of attorneys' fees under civil actions relative to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (see H.R. 2882), H6380 [27JY]
———remedial jurisdiction of inferior Federal courts (see H.R. 193), H6380 [27JY]
Credit: Federal subsidy rates and administrative costs of direct loans and loan guarantees (see H.R. 4178), H2217 [12AP]
Crime: identify and curtail food stamp fraud (see H.R. 1887), H6549 [1AU]
———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), H9161 [16SE]
Davis-Bacon Act: repeal (see H.R. 3774), H6550 [1AU]
Dept. of Defense: dispose of obsolete or excess materials in National Defense Stockpile (see H.R. 1483), H6549 [1AU]
Dept. of Education: reduce increase in grants to State and local education agencies (see H.R. 3725), H501 [10FE]
Dept. of HHS: study use of biometric devices to verify identity of AFDC applicants (see H.R. 3727), H501 [10FE]
Dept. of Science, Space, Energy, and Technology: establish (see H.R. 1300), H6763 [3AU]
Dept. of State: restrictions on travel and the use of U.S. passports in Lebanon (see H. Con. Res. 282), H8052 [12AU]
Dept. of the Interior: participation in construction of the Orange County Regional Water Reclamation Project (see H.R. 4987), H8695 [18AU]
District of Columbia: retrocession to the State of Maryland (see H.R. 1205), H6763 [3AU]
Economy: national objectives priority assignments (see H.R. 372), H1087 [8MR]
Education: exempt Federal family education loans from FTC holder rule (see H.R. 2886), H1323 [11MR]
Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A.: designate (see H.J. Res. 329), H1541 [17MR]
EEOC: guidelines relative to religious harassment in employment (see H. Res. 446), H4165 [26MY]
Elders, Joycelyn: call for resignation as Surgeon General (see H. Res. 545), H11430 [7OC]
Employment: child labor laws relative to operation of motor vehicles (see H.R. 4303), H11429 [7OC]
———consolidation of Federal assistance programs (see H.R. 4861), H6482 [29JY]
ERISA: fiduciary duties relative to external benefits, social investing, and economically targeted investments (see H.R. 5135), H11201 [6OC]
Executive departments: limitation on amounts agencies obligate for office furniture and decorating (see H.R. 3692), H6549 [1AU]
Federal aid programs: direct that certain benefits be provided only to citizens and U.S. nationals (see H.R. 2646), H6549 [1AU]
Federal employees: privacy rights (see H. Con. Res. 227), H9224 [19SE]
Federal Power Marketing Administration: transfer of property and equipment to public and private entities (see H.R. 3780), H6550 [1AU]
Financial Accounting Standards Board: accounting standards (see H. Con. Res. 98), H866 [24FE]
Financial institutions: self-regulating system of insuring deposits (see H.R. 5227), H11200 [6OC]
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]
Foreign aid: prohibit to countries that restrict the delivery of U.S. humanitarian assistance to other countries (see H.R. 4142), H9158 [13SE]
Government: cut administrative and overhead costs (see H.R. 3716), H6549 [1AU]
———establish commission for disposal of property, closure and consolidation of Federal agencies and procurement of Federal agency functions (see H.R. 4433), H3521 [17MY]
———reduce administrative expenses (see H.R. 3250), H6549 [1AU]
Haiti: presence of U.S. Armed Forces (see H. Res. 546), H10007 [28SE]
Hall, James N.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 215), H3682 [18MY]
Health: ability of Members to strike employer mandates from health care reform legislation (see H. Res. 424), H6550 [1AU]
———budgetary treatment of national health care reform (see H. Con. Res. 201), H204 [2FE]
———designation of obstetrician-gynecologists as primary care providers for women in Federal health care programs (see H. Res. 234), H11001 [5OC]
———employment impact of national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 3882), H3791 [20MY]
———Federal standards for malpractice claims (see H.R. 4791), H6454 [28JY]
———inclusion of medical technology advancement in health care reform legislation (see H. Res. 485), H6381 [27JY]
———inclusion of osteopathic services under national health care benefits package (see H. Con. Res. 173), H11202 [6OC]
———regulation of health plan premium caps and private health care expenditure limits in geographic areas (see H.R. 3911), H865 [24FE]
Helium: selling of reserve stockpiles (see H.R. 1857), H6549 [1AU]
House of Representatives: making appropriations for the Botanic Gardens (see H.R. 1854), H6549 [1AU]
———making appropriations for the Members' personal physician (see H.R. 1855), H6549 [1AU]
———prohibit consideration of health care legislation in violation of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act (see H. Res. 530), H9224 [19SE]
———prohibit use of frank for mass mailings (see H.R. 3455), H6763 [3AU]
———prohibit use of frank for unsolicited mailings (see H. Res. 191), H6763 [3AU]
———purchase of House calendars (see H.R. 3779), H6550 [1AU]
———transfer certain functions to private sector (see H. Res. 21), H6699 [2AU]
———transfer of functions to private sector entities and elimination of staff positions (see H. Res. 213), H6550 [1AU]
House Rules: amend to reform House (see H. Res. 190), H6699 [2AU]
———limit availability of appropriations for salaries and expenses of the House (see H.R. 885), H410 [9FE]
Housing: quantity of loans and amount of payments made under certain programs (see H.R. 2038), H6549 [1AU]
ICC: abolish (see H.R. 896), H3345 [12MY]
Illegal aliens: prohibit direct Federal financial benefits and unemployment benefits (see H.R. 3594), H6549 [1AU]
Immigration: moratorium on certain aliens (see H.R. 3862), H4721 [17JN]
Insurance: medical injury compensation reform for certain health care services (see H.R. 1989), H6698 [2AU]
Intelligence services: reorganize agencies in order to reduce inefficiency and personnel (see H.R. 1127), H6549 [1AU]
IRS: liability of employees in court cases (see H.R. 3261), H3681 [18MY]
Jewish War Veterans: issue commemorative postage stamp honoring anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 199), H1346 [15MR]
Legislative service organizations: terminate certain funding (see H. Res. 181), H6699 [2AU]
Marinas: treatment as offshore facilities (see H. Con. Res. 262), H5951 [20JY]
Medicare: eliminate peer review system (see H.R. 173), H6549 [1AU]
———extend issuance period for select policies (see H.R. 5082), H10373 [29SE]
———reduction of waste and fraud (see H.R. 1130), H6549 [1AU]
Medicare and medicaid coverage data bank: repeal (see H.R. 4095), H3156 [5MY]
Members of Congress: determination of official mail allowance (see H.R. 1286), H1157 [9MR]
———prohibit automatic income adjustment (see H.R. 391), H6549 [1AU]
———require participation in health care reform package (see H. Res. 255), H3156 [5MY]
———salary adjustments (see H.R. 1297), H6698 [2AU]
Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 349), H5463 [30JN]
Metric system: prohibit Federal funding for highway sign conversions (see H.R. 502), H6549 [1AU]
Monuments and memorials: mint commemorative coins for the Vietnam Women's Memorial (see H.R. 2467), H2398 [18AP]
National Character Counts Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 366), H5463 [30JN]
National Council on the Arts: abolish (see H.R. 146), H6549 [1AU]
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 League of Families POW/MIA: display of flag (see H.J. Res. 369), H4654 [16JN]
National Men's Health Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 209), H4166 [26MY]
National Parkinson's Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 359), H4553 [15JN]
National Penny Charity Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 415), H10446 [30SE]
National Police Survivors Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 344), H2914 [28AP]
National Silver-Haired Congress: convene (see H. Con. Res. 176), H44 [25JA]
National Wildlife Refuge System: improve management (see H.R. 833), H2507 [19AP]
North American Free Trade Agreement: withdrawal (see H.R. 3635), H6549 [1AU]
Office of Technology Assessment: funding (see H.R. 3777), H6550 [1AU]
Ozone: establish a commission to investigate damages and depletion (see H. Res. 291), H3755 [19MY]
Panama: negotiation of a new agreement relative to the presence of U.S. Armed Forces and the Panama Canal (see H. Con. Res. 17), H2583 [20AP]
Parents' Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 398), H7195 [8AU]
Petroleum: remove restrictions on the export of Alaskan North Slope oil (see H.R. 543), H410 [9FE]
Power resources: funding for energy research, development, demonstration, and commercialization relative to the economy and environmental protection (see H. Con. Res. 188), H3191 [9MY]
President of the U.S.: compensation (see H.R. 112), H6549 [1AU]
Public welfare programs: reform (see H.R. 4566), H4343 [10JN]
REA: credit for rural electric cooperatives (see H.R. 3773), H6549 [1AU]
———loans to electric generation and transmission cooperatives (see H.R. 1605), H6549 [1AU]
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]
Small-Town Sunday: designate (see H.J. Res. 184), H11429 [7OC]
Social Security: establish procedures for verification of employee information (see H.R. 4557), H4654 [16JN]
———improve information on account statements (see H.R. 4521), H4164 [26MY]
———treatment of benefits of spouses who are receiving certain Government pensions (see H.R. 1897), H3681 [18MY]
Taxation: allow corporations to issue performance stock options to employees (see H.R. 2759), H357 [8FE]
———availability of the earned income tax credit and the repeal of the temporary Federal unemployment tax (see H.R. 4861), H6482 [29JY]
———casualty loss deduction for disaster losses relative to adjusted gross income floor (see H.R. 3811), H3345 [12MY]
———clarify exclusion from gross income for veterans' benefits (see H.R. 786), H9087 [12SE]
———computation of the deduction for depreciation (see H.R. 539), H11428 [7OC]
———contributions to aid construction (see H.R. 846), H1996 [24MR]
———deduction for contribution to a Medisave account (see H.R. 3333), H2368 [14AP]
———deduction for defense contractor conversion to private industry services (see H.R. 2064), H889 [28FE]
———deduction of charitable contributions (see H.R. 4356), H3155 [5MY]
———eliminate fees associated with changes in marital status (see H.R. 3851), H3156 [5MY]
———employer-provided educational assistance (see H.R. 127), H6698 [2AU]
———penalty-free withdrawals from certain retirement plans for repair or replacement of disaster-damaged property (see H.R. 4027), H1323 [11MR]
———penalty-free withdrawals from retirement plans for disaster-related expenses (see H.R. 3762), H680 [23FE]
———substantiation requirements of charitable contributions (see H.R. 3871), H4553 [15JN]
———treatment of health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 5062), H9350 [20SE]
———treatment of retirement savings deductions and individual retirement account deductions for nonemployed spouses (see H.R. 4215), H2366 [14AP]
———use of individual retirement accounts as security for certain business loans (see H.R. 3761), H3681 [18MY]
Terrorism: condemn speech by PLO leader Yasser Arafat (see H. Con. Res. 287), H8754 [19AU]
Time for the National Observance of the Fiftieth Anniversary of World War II: designate (see H.J. Res. 315), H2640 [21AP]
Tobacco: eliminate price support program (see H.R. 1482), H6549 [1AU]
Veterans: designation of flag style used at burial (see H.R. 216), H7075 [5AU]
———eliminate disparity between civilian and military retiree cost-of-living adjustments (see H.R. 3023), H9223 [19SE]
Vietnam: U.S. policy to encourage liberty (see H.R. 4343), H3055 [4MY]
Vietnam Human Rights Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 333), H2640 [21AP]
Washington, George: mint coins in commemoration of boyhood home (see H.R. 5049), H9569 [22SE]
Water: assure the safety of public water systems (see H.R. 3392), H44 [25JA]
Year of the Grandparent: designate (see H.J. Res. 355), H7299 [9AU]
Documents
Proposed Privileged Resolution Relative to Presence of U.S. Armed Forces in Haiti: by, H9422 [21SE], H9595 [23SE]
Letters
Excise tax on beer: by, H4768 [21JN]
GATT ratification: Ginger Lew, Dept. of Commerce, H11523 [29NO]
———Leon E. Panetta, Executive Office of the President, H11523 [29NO]
Health care reform: Santa Fe Springs, CA, Chamber of Commerce and Industrial League, E1049
President and Hillary Rodham Clinton's investments in health care industry transactions of ValuePartners I hedge fund: several Representatives, E772
Price controls for pharmaceuticals: Earl Griffith, E956
Motions offered by
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 103), consideration (H. Res. 331), H862 [24FE]
Remarks by, on
Budget: allocation of funds, H2258 [14AP]
———consideration of budget authority rescission proposals (H.R. 4600), H5709 [14JY]
———constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 103), H1381, H1393, H1410 [16MR], H1458, H1470 [17MR]
———reform of baseline budgeting, consideration of rescissions, use of spending cuts for deficit reduction, and treatment of emergency designation in legislation (H.R. 4907), H8008, H8020 [12AU]
———reform of baseline budgeting, consideration of rescissions, use of spending cuts for deficit reduction, and treatment of emergency designation in legislation (H.R. 4907), consideration (H. Res. 512), H7930 [11AU]
China, People's Republic of: human rights violations, E1865
Clinton, President: economic plan, H2258 [14AP]
Contracts: simplification of Federal construction procurement and prevailing wage protection for construction workers, E928
Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3355), conference report, H7914 [11AU], H8666 [18AU], H8943 [21AU]
———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3355), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 526), H8963 [21AU]
———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3355), motion to instruct conferees, H5621, H5623 [13JY]
Cuba: U.S. policy, E2208
Dept. of Justice: budget, H4972, H4973 [24JN]
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4539), H4472, H4473, H4488, H4489 [15JN]
Dept. of Transportation: Chief Financial Officers Act implementation appropriations, H4595 [16JN]
Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4556), H4595, H4603 [16JN]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4603), H4972, H4973 [24JN]
Diseases: AIDS epidemic relative to home test kits, E1576
Education: authorizing appropriations for certain programs (H.R. 6), H821
———regulation of private schools and home-schooling parents, H821
Executive Office of the President: funding, H4472, H4473, H4488, H4489 [15JN]
GATT: ratification (H.R. 5110), H11523
Government: entitlements (H. Con. Res. 301), consideration (H. Res. 563), H10859 [5OC]
Haiti: presence of U.S. Armed Forces, H3021 [4MY], H9082, H9083 [12SE], H9098, H9117, H9148 [13SE], H9422 [21SE], H9595 [23SE], H9876 [27SE], H9986, H9987, H9988 [28SE], H10732 [4OC]
———presence of U.S. Armed Forces (H.J. Res. 416), H10978 [5OC], H11117, H11120
Health: effect on small business of mandated benefits coverage, E1049
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H6564 [2AU], H8574 [17AU], H8681, H8682, H8683, H8684 [18AU]
ICC: transfer function to the Dept. of Transportation, H4603 [16JN]
Illegal aliens: prohibit participation in certain Federal benefits programs, H5621, H5623 [13JY]
Kwikset Corp.: tribute to A Safer America (program), E1869
Parliamentary inquiry, H9117 [13SE], H9595 [23SE], H10732 [4OC]
Starr, Kenneth W.: appointment as independent counsel relative to investigation of Whitewater Estates development and Madison Guaranty, H8566 [17AU]
Votes: position on missed, E627
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H1086 [8MR], H2214 [12AP], H3343 [12MY], H3510 [17MY], H3963 [24MY], H6379 [27JY], H9222 [19SE], H9350 [20SE]
Leave of absence: granted, H3342 [12MY], H3753 [19MY], H4163 [26MY]
Special order: granted, H8594 [17AU], H9084 [12SE], H9156 [13SE]
Schedules
Committee on Government Operations (House): Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security: budget process reform, D772 [30JN]
Committee on Natural Resources (House): Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources: Bureau of Mines refining and selling of helium, D404 [19AP]
Committee on Rules (House): authorization for the use of forces and military operations in Haiti, D1218 [5OC]
———Subcommittee on the Legislative Process: improve operation and administration of the Legislative Branch of the Federal Government, D154 [24FE]
———Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act, D1031 [21AU]
Tributes
Harshbarger, David B., E1880