FIELDS, JACK (a Representative from Texas)
Amendments offered by, to
Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4422), H9494, H9513 [22SE]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4603), H4982, H4988 [24JN]
Analyses
Reconstitution of the Panama Canal Commission as an Independent Government Corporation (H.R. 5221), E2126
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 322, Mineral Exploration and Development Act, H3780 [20MY]
———H.R. 3355, national policy to control crime and reform court procedures, H3383 [17MY]
———H.R. 3474, Community Development, Credit Enhancement, and Regulatory Improvement Act, H2614 [21AP]
———S. 21, California Desert Protection Act, H10731 [4OC]
———S. 2182, Dept. of Defense and Dept. of Energy defense activities appropriations, H6182 [25JY]
Articles and editorials
Collective Parts of the LOST Machinery, Doug Bandow, Washington (DC) Times, E1811
Cutting Back on ``Me Too'' Drugs—Pharmaceutical Firms React to Health Care Changes, David S. Hilzenrath, Washington (DC) Post, H3274 [11MY]
Radio Icon Morris Propels KNUZ, Steven Long, Houston (TX) Chronicle, E894
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Animals: conservation of rhinoceros and tigers (see H.R. 3987, 4924), H1156 [9MR], H7299 [9AU]
Library of Congress: protection of books and materials (see H.R. 4248), H2506 [19AP]
Panama Canal Commission: reconstitute as an independent Government corporation (see H.R. 5221), H11199 [6OC]
Taxation: tax credit for purchase of child restraint systems for motor vehicles (see H.R. 5068), H9440 [21SE]
U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea: ratification relative to seabed mining agreement (see H. Con. Res. 268), H5871 [19JY]
Waterways: require immediate removal of sunken or grounded vessels obstructing navigable waterways (see H.R. 3812), H357 [8FE]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Agriculture: tribute to U.S. rice industry (see H.J. Res. 405), H9351 [20SE]
Air pollution: reduction of work-related vehicle trips in ozone nonattainment areas (see H.R. 4589), H4653 [16JN]
Airline industry: mandatory retirement age for pilots (see H.R. 1532), H2582 [20AP]
Antitrust policy: supersede modification of final judgment of U.S. v. Western Electric and regulate the manufacturing of Bell operating companies (see H.R. 3626), H4995 [24JN]
Boats: recreational boating safety requirements (see H.R. 3786), H286 [3FE]
Budget: discretionary spending limits (see H.R. 3266), H1781 [21MR]
Capital punishment: use of racially based quotas to determine sentencing (see H. Con. Res. 270), H6381 [27JY]
Civil Service Retirement System: count service in certain Federal-State cooperative agricultural programs (see H.R. 3490), H680 [23FE]
Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4422), H3344 [12MY]
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (House): expenses for investigations and studies (see H. Res. 339), H204 [2FE]
Courts: admissibility of certain evidence (see H.R. 4830), H7299 [9AU]
———remedial jurisdiction of inferior Federal courts (see H.R. 193), H7075 [5AU]
Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (see H.R. 5008, 5134), H9008 [21AU], H11429 [7OC]
———restitution to victims (see H.R. 3367), H2914 [28AP]
———sexual exploitation of children (see H.R. 3993), H1898 [22MR]
———treatment of hardcore juvenile offenders (see H.R. 4491), H11001 [5OC]
Crime Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 363), H5463 [30JN]
Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4722), H5546 [12JY]
Dept. of Education: reduce increase in grants to State and local education agencies (see H.R. 3725), H4883 [22JN]
Disasters: provide for disaster avoidance and response plans and development of relief and reinsurance plans (see H.R. 2873), H2368 [14AP]
Diseases: prostate cancer screening, treatment, and research programs for medicare, veterans, and the Public Health Service (see H.R. 4809), H6104 [21JY]
Ecology and environment: authorizing appropriations for conservation and management of wetlands (see H.R. 4308), H2913 [28AP]
———permit the conversion of wetlands that are under a certain acreage (see H.R. 4347), H3055 [4MY]
EEOC: guidelines relative to religious harassment in employment (see H. Res. 446), H4221 [8JN]
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), H4293 [9JN]
EPA: enhance scientific credibility of regulatory decisions and improve public disclosure of information (see H.R. 2910), H2218 [12AP]
Espionage: capital punishment for identifying an individual acting as an agent of the U.S. resulting in the death of the agent (see H.R. 4060), H1439 [16MR]
Executive departments: reduce Federal paperwork burden (see H.R. 2995), H205 [2FE]
FBI: allow certain former agents to carry concealed firearms (see H.R. 3971), H5761 [14JY]
FCC: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4522), H4164 [26MY]
Federal Maritime Commission: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4391), H3278 [11MY]
Firearms: eliminate administrative authority to prohibit transfer or sale of assault weapons (see H.R. 5033), H9157 [13SE]
———repeal semi-automatic assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices ban (see H.R. 5100), H10727 [4OC]
Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary: modify boundaries (see H.R. 3886), H1440 [16MR]
Foreign trade: negotiations to forbid practices which restrain or prevent U.S.-flag vessels from transporting motor vehicles into the U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 317), H11428 [7OC]
Haiti: presence of U.S. Armed Forces (see H. Con. Res. 269, 276), H8053 [12AU], H9224 [19SE]
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), H1254 [10MR]
———budgetary treatment of national health care reform (see H. Con. Res. 201), H204 [2FE]
———Federal standards for malpractice claims (see H.R. 4791), H8053 [12AU]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 3955), H1440 [16MR]
Immigration: curtail illegal and impose ceiling on legal immigration (see H.R. 4934), H9762 [26SE]
———moratorium on certain aliens (see H.R. 3862), H4721 [17JN]
Immigration and Nationality Act: deportation and exclusion of criminal aliens (see H.R. 723), H6983 [4AU]
IRS: liability of employees in court cases (see H.R. 3261), H3681 [18MY]
Japan: purchase of rice from U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 274), H8755 [19AU]
Law enforcement officers: exemption from State laws prohibiting carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 1277), H5761 [14JY]
Marine resources: reform of marine safety and environmental regulations (see H.R. 4959), H8052 [12AU]
Medicare: extend issuance period for select policies (see H.R. 5082), H9903 [27SE]
Merchant marine industry: authorize appropriations for certain maritime programs and revitalize U.S.-flag merchant marine (see H.R. 4003), H1253 [10MR]
Motor vehicles: traffic-safety programs (see H.R. 1719), H1781 [21MR]
National Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 317), H1254 [10MR]
National Apollo Anniversary Observance: designate (see H.J. Res. 353), H4995 [24JN]
National Character Counts Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 366), H6984 [4AU]
National Children's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 389), H9762 [26SE]
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 League of Families POW/MIA: display of flag (see H.J. Res. 369), H7195 [8AU]
National Mammography Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 418), H10446 [30SE]
National Men's Health Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 209), H2583 [20AP]
National Penny Charity Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 415), H10446 [30SE]
National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 138), H1067 [7MR]
National Sewing Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 337), H9903 [27SE]
National U.S. Seafood Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 387), H5951 [20JY]
NOAA: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4008), H1253 [10MR]
———establish National Undersea Research Program (see H.R. 4236), H2397 [18AP]
Panama: negotiation of a new agreement relative to the presence of U.S. Armed Forces and the Panama Canal (see H. Con. Res. 17), H4343 [10JN]
Panama Canal Commission: reconstitute as an independent Government corporation (see H.R. 5229), H11200 [6OC]
Parents Day: designate (see H. Res. 236), H44 [25JA]
Parents' Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 398), H9601 [23SE]
Petroleum: export of certain domestically produced crude oil (see H.R. 2670), H411 [9FE]
Postal Service: prohibit penalization for use of private express services for certain letters and packets (see H.R. 3796), H1541 [17MR]
Power resources: establish safety, development, and education programs for the propane gas industry (see H.R. 3546), H2219 [12AP]
Public welfare programs: reform (see H. Res. 525), H8696 [18AU]
Radioactive substances: prohibit ocean dumping of low-level nuclear waste (see H.R. 3982), H1323 [11MR]
Real property: private property owner rights (see H.R. 3875), H678 [23FE]
Refugees: prohibit entry of Iraqi veterans of the Persian Gulf Conflict (see H.R. 3173), H3279 [11MY]
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]
Sam B. Hall, Jr., Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Marshall, TX: designate (see H.R. 3840), H1254 [10MR]
Securities: promote capital formation for small businesses through exempted offerings (see H.R. 4858), H6482 [29JY]
———reform private enforcement of Federal securities laws (see H.R. 417), H4653 [16JN]
Shenandoah Valley National Battlefield Commission: establish (see H.R. 746), H8755 [19AU]
Ships and vessels: recreational boating safety programs (see H.R. 4477), H3963 [24MY]
Small-Town Sunday: designate (see H.J. Res. 184), H11201 [6OC]
States: immunity from personal civil liability for certain volunteers working for nonprofit organizations and government entities (see H.R. 911), H4780 [21JN]
———transportation of municipal solid waste (see H.R. 4643), H4958 [23JN]
Taxation: eliminate fees associated with changes in marital status (see H.R. 3851), H10372 [29SE]
———increase the unified estate and gift tax credit (see H.R. 1110), H865 [24FE]
———individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 5006), H8770 [20AU]
———treatment of dues paid to tax-exempt agricultural or horticultural organizations (see H.R. 3951), H1057 [3MR]
———treatment of families, investment, and savings and limitations on growth of spending (see H.R. 3645), H205 [2FE]
———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), H2219 [12AP]
U.S. Botanic Garden: mint coins in commemoration of 175th anniversary (see H.R. 4135), H4654 [16JN]
U.S. Military Academy: mint commemorative coins recognizing the bicentennial (see H.R. 3492), H5547 [12JY]
Veterans: eliminate disparity between civilian and military retiree cost-of-living adjustments (see H.R. 3023), H3345 [12MY]
Washington, George: mint coins in commemoration of boyhood home (see H.R. 5049), H9223 [19SE]
Water: assure the safety of public water systems (see H.R. 3392), H3156 [5MY]
Wildlife refuges: affirm tradition of hunting and wildlife refuges (see H. Res. 529), H9008 [21AU]
Year of Gospel Music: designate (see H.J. Res. 297), H5350 [29JN]
Yugoslavia: U.S. military intervention in Macedonia (see H. Con. Res. 122), H358 [8FE]
———U.S. recognition of Macedonia (see H. Con. Res. 210), H3791 [20MY]
Letters
Global Learning and Observation to Benefit the Environment Program: Vice President Gore, H9681 [26SE]
Motions offered by
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 103), consideration (H. Res. 331), H862 [24FE]
Remarks by, on
Animals: conservation of rhinoceros and tigers (H.R. 3987), E390
———conservation of rhinoceros and tigers (H.R. 4924), H9869 [27SE]
Antitrust policy: supersede modification of final judgment of U.S. v. Western Electric and regulate the manufacturing of Bell operating companies (H.R. 3626), H5205 [28JN]
———supersede modification of final judgment of U.S. v. Western Electric and regulate the manufacturing of Bell operating companies (H.R. 3626), permission to file reports, H4990 [24JN]
Arkansas: conveyance of the Corning National Fish Hatchery (H.R. 4253), H5478
Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act: amend (H.R. 4504), H5479
Boats: recreational boating safety requirements (H.R. 3786), H1608 [21MR]
Buy American Act: compliance, H6585 [2AU], H9514 [22SE]
California: designate certain desert lands as wilderness (H.R. 518), H5688 [14JY]
———establish Death Valley and Joshua Tree National Parks and Mojave National Monument (H.R. 518), H5688 [14JY]
Cargo preference: competitiveness of U.S. flag carriers, H9496 [22SE]
Chesapeake Bay: Coast Guard passenger rescue plans, H9516 [22SE]
China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (H.R. 4590), H7265 [9AU]
Coast Guard: anniversary, E1649
———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4422), H9480, H9489, H9491, H9493, H9494, H9496, H9510, H9514, H9515, H9516 [22SE]
———interim final rule requiring certificates of financial responsibility for vessels, E2341
Coastal Barrier Resources System: technical corrections to map system (H.R. 4598), H5474
Communications: promote a national infrastructure to encourage deployment of advanced services through competition (H.R. 3636), H5234, H5236, H5241, H5242, H5246 [28JN]
———promote a national infrastructure to encourage deployment of advanced services through competition (H.R. 3636), permission to file reports, H4990 [24JN]
Communications Act: award of licenses by pioneer preferences (H.R. 4700), E2095
Correctional institutions: Pell grant eligibility of prisoners, H2545, H2548 [20AP]
Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3355), conference report, H8983 [21AU]
———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 4092), H2545, H2548 [20AP]
Dept. of the Interior: negotiate agreements for the use of Outer Continental Shelf sand, gravel, and shell resources (H.R. 3678), H10593
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve organization and procedures of the Board of Veterans Appeals (S. 1904), H4354
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4603), H4982, H4983, H4985, H4987 [24JN]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs, HUD, and sundry independent agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4624), H5394 [29JN]
Diseases: prostate cancer screening, treatment, and research programs for medicare, veterans, and the Public Health Service (H.R. 4809), H5957 [21JY]
Ecology and environment: authorizing appropriations for conservation and management of wetlands (H.R. 4308), H9036 [12SE]
Energy BioSystems Corp.: tribute, E1047
FCC: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4522), H11301 [7OC]
Federal Maritime Commission: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4391), H9034 [12SE]
Financial institutions: administrative requirements of insured depository institutions (H.R. 3474), conference report, H6796
Firearms: prohibit transfer or sale of assault weapons (H.R. 4296), H3092 [5MY]
Fish and fishing: Atlantic bluefin tuna conservation (H. Con. Res. 295), H10929 [5OC]
———conservaton efforts relative to Pacific salmon, H9678 [26SE]
Fish and Wildlife Service: authorize appropriations for the Junior Duck Stamp Conservation Program (H.R. 3679), H3806
Fishermen's Protective Act: amend (H.R. 3817), H5477
Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary: modify boundaries (H.R. 3886), H1609 [21MR]
Foreign trade: negotiations to forbid practices which restrain or prevent U.S.-flag vessels from transporting motor vehicles into the U.S. (H. Con. Res. 317), E2165
GATT: ratification (H.R. 5110), H11505
Haiti: report on cost of Coast Guard operations, H9514 [22SE]
Health: education program to reduce and prevent illnesses and death relative to consumption of raw shellfish, H9678 [26SE]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H3273 [11MY]
Houston Rockets (basketball team): tribute, H4888 [23JN]
Imperial Beach, CA: convey land from the Tijuana Slough National Wildlife Refuge (H.R. 4647), H5475
Klein, TX: tribute to Klein High School choir, E775
Krebs, Tania M.: Presidential Scholarship recipient, E1468
Kurlekar, Amit A.: Presidential Scholarship recipient, E1468
Law enforcement: wiretap capability relative to digital transmissions and other emerging telecommunication technologies (H.R. 4922), H10781 [4OC]
Law of the Sea Treaty: ratification, E1811
Marine Mammal Protection Act: authorizing appropriations (S. 1636), H1850, H1851 [22MR]
———authorizing appropriations (S. 1636), Senate amendments (H. Res. 412), H2724 [26AP]
———reauthorize (H.R. 2760), H1601 [21MR]
Marine Plastic Pollution Research and Control Act: improve implementation, H9493 [22SE]
Merchant marine industry: authorize appropriations for certain maritime programs and revitalize U.S.-flag merchant marine (H.R. 4003), H6574, H6579, H6585, H6589, H6591 [2AU]
———veterans benefits for service during World War II, H9494 [22SE]
Military installations: fish, wildlife, and natural resources management (H.R. 3300), H9039 [12SE]
Minnesota: convey the New London National Fish Hatchery production facility (H.R. 3664), H1613 [21MR], H11234 [7OC]
Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary: funding for enforcement vessel, H9679 [26SE]
National Coastal Resources Research and Development Institute: reauthorize (H.R. 2063), H1611 [21MR]
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act: reauthorizing (S. 476), H1615 [21MR]
National Marine Fisheries Service Laboratory: architecture and engineering studies appropriations, H9679 [26SE]
National Maritime Heritage Program: establish (H.R. 3059), H10792 [4OC]
NOAA: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4008), H9677, H9678, H9679, H9680, H9681 [26SE]
———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4008), consideration, H9680
———conversion of off-shore gas production platform, H9677 [26SE]
———coordination of Great Lakes activities (H.R. 1394), H1610 [21MR]
———GLOBE program, H4982, H4983, H4985, H4987 [24JN]
Panama Canal Commission: reconstitute as an independent Government corporation (H.R. 5221), E2126
Parliamentary inquiry, H2546 [20AP]
Pipelines: mandatory one-call system to protect underground facilities from damage by any excavation (H.R. 4394), H10573
Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge: construct and operate the Walter B. Jones Center for the Sounds, H1615 [21MR]
Point of order, H4981 [24JN]
Public utilities: impact of routine railroad maintenance on underground pipelines and telecommunications facilities, H10573
Radioactive substances: disclosure requirements relative to radon testing when selling or renting property, H6406 [28JY]
———improve and increase radon testing products and services (H.R. 2448), H6406 [28JY]
———prohibit ocean dumping of low-level nuclear waste (H.R. 3982), H3808
Real property: compensation to property owners relative to Federal decisions, H5688 [14JY]
———private property owner rights (H.R. 3875), E224
Refuse disposal: restrictions on local government flow control authority, H10314 [29SE]
———State control of municipal solid waste transportation and disposal (H.R. 4683), H10314 [29SE]
Ross Seal (vessel): certificate of documentation (H.R. 5238), H11241 [7OC]
SEC: increase the number of examiners who oversee investment advisers and financial planners (S. 423), H10953 [5OC]
Securities: unlisted trading privileges for corporate securities (H.R. 4535), H6508, H6509 [1AU]
Service academies: imposition of additional charges or attendance fees (H.R. 3293), E729
Ships and vessels: ballast water management technology and practices (H.R. 3360), H1606 [21MR]
———limit authority of States to regulate gambling devices on vessels, H9491 [22SE]
Space policy: space station program funding, H5394 [29JN]
Szymczak, Lisa: James Madison Fellowship recipient, E1279
Tariff: tonnage duty imposed on vessels arriving or leaving U.S. ports, H6589, H6591 [2AU]
Taxation: tax credit for purchase of child restraint systems for motor vehicles (H.R. 5068), E1900
Treaties and agreements: Governing International Fishery Agreement approval (H.R. 4852), H11238, H11239, H11317 [7OC]
U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea: ratification relative to seabed mining agreement (H. Con. Res. 268), E1497
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy: tuition reform, E729
U.S.-Mexico Border Health Commission: establish (S. 1225), H10826 [4OC]
Votes: position on missed, E1369
Waterways: require immediate removal of sunken or grounded vessels obstructing navigable waterways (H.R. 3812), E125 [8FE]
World War II: tribute to merchant marine, E1148
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H203 [2FE], H356 [8FE], H677 [23FE], H1156 [9MR], H2581 [20AP], H2761 [26AP], H3277 [11MY], H3963 [24MY], H4216 [8JN], H4882 [22JN], H5348 [29JN], H5759 [14JY], H5869 [19JY], H6379 [27JY], H6481 [29JY], H6982 [4AU], H9084 [12SE], H9350 [20SE], H9440 [21SE]
Leave of absence: granted, H1318 [11MR]
Resolutions by organizations
Polar bear hunting guidelines: Safari Club International (organization), E2133
Schedules
Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate): Convention on the Law of the Sea status, D984 [11AU]
Committee on Rules (House): authorize appropriations for certain maritime programs and revitalize U.S.-flag merchant marine, D915 [1AU]
Texts of
H.R. 5068, tax credit for purchase of child restraint systems for motor vehicles, E1900
Tributes
Beauchamp, Alfred, E1609
Bentley, Representative, E2196
Cones, Clarence, E1881
Giblin, Gail, E1104
Gilmore, Vanessa D., E1573
Lyons, Everett A. (Squatty), E888
Morris, Dave, E894
Orton, Wanda, E86