DUNCAN, JOHN J., JR. (a Representative from Tennessee)
Amendments offered by, to
California: designate certain desert lands as wilderness (H.R. 518), H3359 [16MY], H5584 [13JY]
———establish Death Valley and Joshua Tree National Parks and Mojave National Monument (H.R. 518), H3359 [16MY], H5584 [13JY]
Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 4092), H2322 [14AP]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4602), H4831 [22JN]
Education: authorizing appropriations for certain programs (H.R. 6), H684 [23FE]
Appointments
Conferee: S. 2182, Dept. of Defense and Dept. of Energy defense activities appropriations, H6182 [25JY]
Delegation for the funeral of the late Richard M. Nixon, H2841 [28AP]
Articles and editorials
Anchor, Don Williams, Knoxville (TN) News-Sentinel, E630
Clinton Plan Not Good for What Ails Us, Paul Craig Roberts, Knoxville (TN) News-Sentinel, H88 [1FE]
Dug In To Fight Radical Expansion of Government Into Health Care, George F. Will, H8669
Duncan Losing Key Member of Fiscal Team, Richard Powelson, Knoxville (TN) News-Sentinel, E1564
Economic Opportunity Needs a Moral Dimension, Lawrence W. Reed, Friedman (publication), H4384 [13JN]
Funeral for a Friend Just Says No to Elders, Frank Trexler, Maryville (TN) Times, E650
Gang That Couldn't Give Shots Straight, Robert Goldberg, Wall Street Journal, E1356
Haitians Not Alone in Needing Our Help, B.J. Cutler, H9881 [27SE]
How a Device To Aid in Breast Self-Exams Is Kept Off the Market, Brent Bowers, Wall Street Journal, H2359 [14AP]
Just When You Thought the Deficit Was Under Control, Paul Tsongas and Jonathan Karl, Christian Science Monitor, H9523 [22SE]
Mixed Blessing of Bureaucracy—Inconsistent, Seemingly Illogical Rules Leave Many Confused, Few Satisfied, Dan Morgan, Washington (DC) Post, H169 [2FE]
Political Parties and Religious Views, Charles Cook, Roll Call (publication), H4948 [23JN]
Rationing—Just Wait, Charles Krauthammer, Washington (DC) Post, H8668
Remains of the Culture, Washington (DC) Times, H7965 [11AU]
U.S. Policy on Haiti, Pat Buchanan, Washington (DC) Post, H5634 [13JY]
Unhealthy Choice—Who Better To Be the Government's New Health Care Czar Than a Lawyer? Mike Royko, Knoxville (TN) News-Sentinel, E81
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Claims: awards limitation on false claims actions (see H.R. 3849), H500 [10FE]
Courts: death penalty sentencing for kidnappings which result in the death of a minor (see H.R. 3936), H995 [2MR]
Golden Gate National Recreation Area: management of the Presidio military facility (see H.R. 4078), H1539 [17MR]
Government: listing of telephone numbers on stationary of Federal agencies (see H.R. 4352), H3155 [5MY]
Monuments and memorials: authorizing the Davy Crockett Memorial Foundation (see H.R. 4339), H3055 [4MY]
Small business: restrictions on financial assistance to media-related industries (see H.R. 3881), H679 [23FE]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
African-American Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 364), H6550 [1AU]
Agriculture: tribute to U.S. rice industry (see H.J. Res. 405), H10727 [4OC]
Alcohol Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 335), H2220 [12AP]
Alderson, Wayne T.: award Medal of Honor for World War II service (see H. Con. Res. 127), H84 [26JA]
Aliens: reduce criminal activity, unfair labor competition, and public welfare by strengthening border security (see H.R. 3320), H357 [8FE]
Armed Forces: procedures for determination and classification of missing or deceased status (see H.R. 291), H43 [25JA]
Bankruptcy: debt adjustment of individuals with regular income (see H.R. 2326), H1323 [11MR]
BLM: transfer administration of lands to individual States (see H.R. 4157), H1995 [24MR]
California: declare state of emergency on Federal lands due to wildfires (see H.R. 4742), H9087 [12SE]
Capital punishment: use of racially based quotas to determine sentencing (see H. Con. Res. 270), H6483 [29JY]
Center City Church Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 419), H11201 [6OC]
CERCLA: assignment of shares of liability at Superfund sites (see H.R. 3624), H411 [9FE]
Christian Heritage Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 113), H44 [25JA]
Civil Service Retirement System: count service in certain Federal-State cooperative agricultural programs (see H.R. 3490), H1254 [10MR]
Coins: mint in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the World War II peace accords (see H.R. 3820), H4653 [16JN]
Courts: admissibility of certain evidence (see H.R. 4830), H6454 [28JY]
———remedial jurisdiction of inferior Federal courts (see H.R. 193), H4293 [9JN]
Crime: benefit eligibility of chaplains killed in the line of duty (see H.R. 3660), H1345 [15MR]
———identify and curtail food stamp fraud (see H.R. 1887), H357 [8FE]
———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (see H.R. 5008, 5134), H9008 [21AU], H10372 [29SE]
———treatment of hardcore juvenile offenders (see H.R. 4491), H11001 [5OC]
Dept. of HHS: study use of biometric devices to verify identity of AFDC applicants (see H.R. 3727), H42 [25JA]
Dept. of Justice: interpretation of child protection statutes (see H. Res. 481), H5761 [14JY]
Dept. of the Interior: transfer certain administrative functions relative to U.S. territories to the Dept. of Commerce (see H.R. 3797), H1058 [3MR]
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. Con. Res. 297; H. Res. 545), H9903 [27SE], H10446 [30SE]
Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 2556), H4553 [15JN]
Endangered species: conservation of threatened and endangered species (see H.R. 3978), H6550 [1AU]
Fair Labor Standards Act: exemptions for inmates of penal or other correctional institutions relative to certain programs (see H.R. 3705), H1323 [11MR]
FBI: allow certain former agents to carry concealed firearms (see H.R. 3971), H10007 [28SE]
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]
———termination relative to reauthorization by Congress (see H.R. 3789), H286 [3FE]
Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (see H.R. 140), H2507 [19AP]
Firearms: constitutional right of U.S. citizens to bear and keep arms (see H. Con. Res. 3), H6550 [1AU]
———eliminate administrative authority to prohibit transfer or sale of assault weapons (see H.R. 5033), H9351 [20SE]
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), H3791 [20MY]
Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 44), H11565 [29NO]
Government regulations: require regulatory impact analysis on rules (see H.R. 4949), H11429 [7OC]
Haiti: presence of U.S. Armed Forces (see H. Con. Res. 269; H. Res. 546), H9224 [19SE], H9600 [23SE]
Health: ability of Members to strike employer mandates from health care reform legislation (see H. Res. 424), H6550 [1AU]
———application of antitrust laws for certain activities of providers of health care services (see H.R. 3486), H866 [24FE]
———budgetary treatment of national health care reform (see H. Con. Res. 201), H204 [2FE]
———managed care system reform proposal (see H.R. 4527), H6698 [2AU]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 3918, 3955, 4550), H889 [28FE], H1057 [3MR], H4219 [8JN]
Helium: prohibit Bureau of Mines from refining and selling of helium, and dispose of helium reserve (see H.R. 3967), H2252 [13AP]
Immigration: curtail illegal and impose ceiling on legal immigration (see H.R. 4934), H9762 [26SE]
———moratorium on certain aliens (see H.R. 3862), H866 [24FE]
INS: prohibit citizenship swearing-in ceremonies in languages other than English (see H.R. 2859), H43 [25JA]
Irish-American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 246, 401), H44 [25JA], H9570 [22SE]
IRS: liability of employees in court cases (see H.R. 3261), H3681 [18MY]
Labor: application of overtime exemptions for inside sales personnel (see H.R. 4150), H4780 [21JN]
Languages: constitutional amendment on establishing English as the official language of the U.S. (see H.J. Res. 171), H2368 [14AP]
Let's Stop Kids Killing Kids Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 360), H2639 [21AP]
Lobbyists: regulations relative to grassroots organizations (see H. Res. 569), H11202 [6OC]
Medicare: coverage of betaseron treatment for multiple sclerosis (see H.R. 4610), H10372 [29SE]
———extend issuance period for select policies (see H.R. 5082), H11201 [6OC]
Members of Congress: require participation in health care reform package (see H. Res. 255), H296 [7FE]
Mitchell, John: relief (see H.R. 3017), H2914 [28AP]
National Character Counts Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 366), H6454 [28JY]
National Decorative Painting Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 338), H2839 [26AP]
National Endowment for the Arts: distribution of funds (see H.R. 3488), H1254 [10MR]
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 Inventors Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 384), H5462 [30JN]
National League of Families POW/MIA: display of flag (see H.J. Res. 369), H7299 [9AU]
National Mammography Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 418), H10007 [28SE]
National Men's Health Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 209), H3223 [10MY]
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 Sewing Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 337), H5762 [14JY]
National Walking Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 276), H2995 [3MY]
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. Res. 236), H44 [25JA]
Persian Gulf Conflict: compensation for veterans and increased research relative to illnesses attributed to service during conflict (see H.R. 4386), H5350 [29JN]
Postal Service: limit expenditures on new logo (see H.R. 3328), H544 [11FE]
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), H4166 [26MY]
Public Health Service: require informed consent from human research subjects (see H.R. 3878), H679 [23FE]
Public Service Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 253), H1781 [21MR]
Real property: private property owner rights (see H.R. 3875), H3156 [5MY]
Religion: protect free exercise (see H. Res. 519), H8052 [12AU]
Roads and highways: conversion of signs to metric units (see H.R. 3766), H3964 [24MY]
Robert H. Michel Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Peoria, IL: designate (see H.R. 4989), H8695 [18AU]
Russia: requirements relative to economic assistance (see H.R. 3992), H1781 [21MR]
Schneerson, Menachem Mendel: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4497), H5547 [12JY]
Securities: reform private enforcement of Federal securities laws (see H.R. 417), H4958 [23JN]
Small-Town Sunday: designate (see H.J. Res. 184), H11201 [6OC]
Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of 150th anniversary (see H.R. 4912), H9224 [19SE]
Social Security: age limit eligibility for SSI and medicaid disability benefits for children (see H.R. 3913), H865 [24FE]
———level of benefit payment in the month of the beneficiary's death (see H.R. 1541), H205 [2FE]
Social Security Administration: establish as independent agency (see H.R. 1864), H2368 [14AP]
States: tax treatment of certain pension income (see H.R. 702), H1957 [23MR]
Taxation: capital gains rates and indexing of certain assets (see H.R. 3739), H2368 [14AP]
———deductibility of expenses incurred in connection with the business use of the home (see H.R. 3407), H3791 [20MY]
———eliminate fees associated with changes in marital status (see H.R. 3851), H6984 [4AU]
———home office expenses (see H.R. 2444), H4090 [25MY]
———individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 5006), H11429 [7OC]
———limit State taxation of pension income (see H.R. 546), H3279 [11MY]
———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), H4958 [23JN]
———treatment of dues paid to tax-exempt agricultural or horticultural organizations (see H.R. 3951), H1254 [10MR]
———treatment of families, investment, and savings and limitations on growth of spending (see H.R. 3645), H2640 [21AP]
———treatment of health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 5062), H9600 [23SE]
———use of individual retirement accounts as security for certain business loans (see H.R. 3761), H3681 [18MY]
Time for the National Observance of the Fiftieth Anniversary of World War II: designate (see H.J. Res. 315), H3280 [11MY]
U.S. Military Academy: mint commemorative coins recognizing the bicentennial (see H.R. 3492), H1957 [23MR]
Veterans: burial allowance benefits (see H.R. 34), H287 [3FE]
———eliminate disparity between civilian and military retiree cost-of-living adjustments (see H.R. 3023), H1781 [21MR]
Walt Disney Co.: proposed theme park in Virginia (see H. Con. Res. 255), H8596 [17AU]
Water: assure the safety of public water systems (see H.R. 3392), H44 [25JA]
Year of Gospel Music: designate (see H.J. Res. 297), H3156 [5MY]
Years of the Girl Child: designate (see H.J. Res. 302), H2914 [28AP]
Essays: Voice of Democracy
Allmon, Brett B., E729
Letters
Constitutional amendment to require balanced budget: Robert J. Myers, H1386 [16MR]
Motions offered by
Education: national policy to improve system (H.R. 1804), H648 [23FE]
———national policy to improve system (H.R. 1804), conference report, H1935 [23MR]
Obituaries
Irene Bailey Baker, Knoxville (TN) News-Sentinel, H2223 [13AP]
Remarks by, on
Ames, Aldrich H.: arrest of CIA officer and wife for espionage, H798 [24FE]
Appropriations: making supplemental (H.R. 3759), H265 [3FE]
Budget: consideration of budget authority rescission proposals (H.R. 4600), H5704 [14JY]
———constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 103), H1386 [16MR]
———rescission authority, H265 [3FE]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 1995-99 (H. Con. Res. 218), H1237 [10MR]
Buy American Act: compliance, H2543 [20AP]
Byron White U.S. Courthouse, Denver, CO: designate (H.R. 3693), H2184 [12AP]
California: designate certain desert lands as wilderness (H.R. 518), H5584 [13JY]
———establish Death Valley and Joshua Tree National Parks and Mojave National Monument (H.R. 518), H5584 [13JY]
———management of the Presidio military facility (H.R. 3433), H8645 [18AU]
Capitol Building and Grounds: authorize Special Olympics torch relay (H. Con. Res. 236), H3665 [18MY]
———use of the grounds for the National Peace Officers' Memorial Service (H. Con. Res. 237), H2757 [26AP]
Children and youth: funding for midnight youth basketball leagues, H8760 [20AU]
CIA: construction of National Reconnaissance Office headquarters, H7211 [9AU]
Cleveland, TN: tribute to Myles Howard & The Songmasters, E444
Clinton, President: State of the Union Message, H49 [26JA]
Crime: capital punishment for certain offenses, H2322 [14AP]
———influence of family on criminals, H7965 [11AU]
———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3355), conference report, H8460 [16AU], H8760 [20AU]
———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 4092), H2322 [14AP], H2543 [20AP]
Cuba: emergence of capitalism, H300 [8FE]
Dept. of Defense: helicopter travel by officials, H2945 [3MY]
Dept. of HUD: GAO report on federally subsidized apartment buildings, H6385 [28JY]
Dept. of the Interior: establish an American Heritage Areas Partnership Program (H.R. 5044), H10876, H10877 [5OC]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4602), H4817, H4831 [22JN]
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4539), H4515 [15JN]
———making appropriations (H.R. 4539), consideration (H. Res. 447), H4265 [9JN]
———making appropriations (H.R. 4539), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 537), H9468 [22SE]
Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4556), H4602 [16JN]
Drugs: legalization, E650
Economic development: reauthorize programs (H.R. 5243), H11311 [7OC]
Economy: impact of environmental, employer, and consumer government regulations and subsidies, H550 [22FE]
Education: authorizing appropriations for certain programs (H.R. 6), H1746 [21MR], H2028 [24MR]
———authorizing appropriations for certain programs (H.R. 6), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 556), H10389 [30SE]
———authorizing appropriations for certain programs (H.R. 6), motion to instruct conferees, H9251 [20SE]
———Federal funding for schools with programs promoting homosexuality as a positive alternative lifestyle, H2028 [24MR]
———national policy to improve system (H.R. 1804), conference report, H1931 [23MR]
———national policy to improve system (H.R. 1804), motion to instruct conferees, H648, H649
———national policy to improve system (H.R. 1804), waiving points of order against conference report (H. Res. 393), H1922 [23MR]
Edward J. Schwartz Courthouse and Federal Building, San Diego, CA: designate (H.R. 3770), H2185 [12AP]
Employment: company layoffs, H3897 [24MY]
Executive Office of the President: resignation of White House Office of Administration director relative to use of military aircraft, H4099 [26MY]
FAA: expense account practices for employees in Puerto Rico, H7997 [12AU]
FDA: approval process for drugs and medical devices, H2358 [14AP]
Fish and Wildlife Service: resource management appropriations, H4817 [22JN]
Foreign aid: economic assistance for former Soviet republics, H895 [1MR]
Frederick C. Murphy Federal Center, Waltham, MA: designate (S. 1206), H2186 [12AP]
Golden Gate National Recreation Area: management of the Presidio military facility (H.R. 4078), E483
Government: listing of telephone numbers on stationary of Federal agencies (H.R. 4352), E848
———size and functions, H6437 [28JY]
Haiti: presence of U.S. Armed Forces, H5321 [29JN], H9881 [27SE]
———U.S. policy, H5634 [13JY]
Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H88 [1FE], H169 [2FE], H404, H405 [9FE], H567 [23FE], H4384 [13JN], H6817 [4AU], H8668
ICC: transfer function to the Dept. of Transportation, H4602 [16JN]
Jamie L. Whitten Federal Building, Washington, DC: designate (H.R. 4576), H5090 [27JN]
Jean Mayer Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Boston, MA: designate (H.R. 4204), H2756 [26AP]
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts: transfer operating responsibilities to the Board of Trustees (H.R. 3567), H5188 [28JN]
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of: nuclear weapons proliferation, H4296 [10JN]
Members of Congress: term limits, H4642 [16JN]
National Day of Prayer: observance, H3062 [5MY]
Political parties: partisan views relative to religion, H4947 [23JN]
Prayer: Federal funding for schools relative to voluntary school prayer, H1746 [21MR], H1922 [23MR], H9251 [20SE]
Public buildings: funding for certain construction projects, H4515 [15JN]
Public welfare programs: reform, H416 [10FE]
Refugees: U.S. leasing of foreign vessel relative to Haitians, H3666 [18MY]
Religion: governmental policy, H19 [25JA]
Richard Bolling Federal Building, Kansas City, MO: designate (H.R. 2559), H5088 [27JN]
Russia: reevaluation of U.S. foreign policy relative to espionage situation, H798 [24FE]
Rwanda: U.S. policy on humanitarian and political plight, H6564 [2AU]
San Francisco, CA: funding for the Presidio military facility, H4831 [22JN]
Social conditions: impact of Federal taxation on the family unit, H9522 [22SE]
Taxation: rates, H2260 [14AP], H4383 [13JN]
———restructure and simplify tax code, H5185 [28JN]
Theodore Levin Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Detroit, MI: designate (S. 2395), H11316 [7OC]
Uniformed Services University of the Health Services: proposed closing, H1350 [16MR]
William H. Natcher Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Bowling Green, KY: designate (H.R. 4577), H5092, H5093 [27JN]
Woodrow Wilson Plaza, Washington, DC: designate (S. 832), H5850 [19JY]
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H203 [2FE], H1436 [16MR], H1539 [17MR], H2214 [12AP], H2249 [13AP], H2581 [20AP], H3054 [4MY], H3153 [5MY], H5315 [28JN], H6251 [26JY]
Special order: granted, H356 [8FE], H2366 [14AP], H4389 [13JN], H4652 [16JN], H4957 [23JN], H5654 [13JY], H6452 [28JY], H6982 [4AU], H7990 [11AU], H8503 [16AU], H8594 [17AU], H9568 [22SE], H9901 [27SE]
Schedules
Committee on Rules (House): national policy to control crime and reform court procedures, D332 [24MR]
Texts of
H.R. 4352, Federal Agency Access Act, E848
Tributes
Baker, Irene Bailey, H2222 [13AP]
Coon, David L., E1397
Easton, Jim, E1564
Machtley, Representative, E2225
Williams, Carl, E630