HERGER, WALLY (a Representative from California)
Appointments
Delegation for the funeral of the late Richard M. Nixon, H2841 [28AP]
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Aliens: identification of undocumented aliens receiving health care services (see H.R. 3930), H911 [1MR]
California: declare state of emergency on Federal lands due to wildfires (see H.R. 4742), H5655 [13JY]
Dept. of the Interior: convey certain lands (see H.R. 4715), H5462 [30JN]
Forest Service: distribution of timber sales receipts relative to forests affected by protection of the California spotted owl (see H.R. 3928), H911 [1MR]
National Register of Historic Places: prohibit inclusion of certain sites (see H.R. 5185), H11000 [5OC]
Social Security: determination of disability benefits relative to drug trafficking enterprises and ability to engage in gainful activities (see H.R. 3929), H911 [1MR]
———provision of disability insurance benefits for substance abuse treatment (see H.R. 4136), H1995 [24MR]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Agriculture: tribute to U.S. rice industry (see H.J. Res. 405), H9351 [20SE]
Alcohol Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 335), H2220 [12AP]
Appropriations: rescind unauthorized funds contained in California earthquake relief legislation (see H.R. 3986), H1156 [9MR]
Armed Forces: procedures for determination and classification of missing or deceased status (see H.R. 291), H3279 [11MY]
Budget: balance and provide for zero-based budgeting (see H.R. 883), H43 [25JA]
———deficit (see H.R. 4057), H1997 [24MR]
———outlay reduction process (see H.R. 4000), H7992 [11AU]
Business and industry: extension of the transition rule for certain publicly traded partnerships (see H.R. 3619), H10372 [29SE]
California: health and productivity of National Forest System lands and the use of ecosystem management practices (see H.R. 4068), H4995 [24JN]
———indeterminate sentencing system for violent crimes (see H. Res. 391), H1540 [17MR]
Capital punishment: use of racially based quotas to determine sentencing (see H. Con. Res. 270), H6104 [21JY]
China, Republic of: U.N. membership (see H. Con. Res. 148), H8755 [19AU]
Christiani, Alfredo: tribute to efforts toward peace and national reconciliation in El Salvador (see H. Con. Res. 286), H8755 [19AU]
Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund: exclude from U.S. budget (see H.R. 1056), H2367 [14AP]
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]
Correctional institutions: judicial role in management and guidelines for the incarceration of certain inmates (see H.R. 2354), H410 [9FE]
Courts: State truth-in-sentencing laws and funding for additional spaces in State correctional programs (see H.R. 3584), H84 [26JA]
Credit: Federal subsidy rates and administrative costs of direct loans and loan guarantees (see H.R. 4178), H2398 [18AP]
Crime: deny Federal benefits to persons convicted of fraudulent representation of residency in more than one State (see H.R. 4883), H7299 [9AU]
———Federal reimbursement to State and local governments for the cost of incarcerating aliens (see H.R. 3872), H1781 [21MR]
———inclusion of peonage and slavery offenses as Racketeer-Influenced and Corrupt Organization predicates (see H.R. 2720), H2368 [14AP]
———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (see H.R. 2872, 5008), H205 [2FE], H9008 [21AU]
———protection from sexual predators (see H.R. 3990), H7075 [5AU]
Dept. of HHS: study use of biometric devices to verify identity of AFDC applicants (see H.R. 3727), H205 [2FE]
Dept. of the Interior: transfer certain administrative functions relative to U.S. territories to the Dept. of Commerce (see H.R. 3797), H2640 [21AP]
Disasters: provide for disaster avoidance and response plans and development of relief and reinsurance plans (see H.R. 2873), H2937 [2MY]
Ecology and environment: 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), H4165 [26MY]
Elders, Joycelyn: call for resignation as Surgeon General (see H. Res. 545), H9903 [27SE]
Employment: consolidation of Federal assistance programs (see H.R. 4861), H6482 [29JY]
Endangered species: conservation of threatened and endangered species (see H.R. 3978), H2368 [14AP]
———moratorium on endangered species determination and critical habitat designation until reauthorization of the Endangered Species Act (see H.R. 5144), H10445 [30SE]
———strengthen protections for fishing, hunting, trapping, and wildlife conservation (see H.R. 2207), H4883 [22JN]
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), H2252 [13AP]
Federal aid programs: termination relative to reauthorization by Congress (see H.R. 3789), H2252 [13AP]
Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (see H.R. 140), H287 [3FE]
Financial Accounting Standards Board: accounting standards (see H. Con. Res. 98), H1254 [10MR]
Foreign trade: restrictions on trade agreements reducing tariffs (see H.R. 4509), H4164 [26MY]
Haiti: presence of U.S. Armed Forces (see H. Con. Res. 269, 276), H5871 [19JY], H9161 [16SE]
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. 3955), H2583 [20AP]
Housing: exemption from certain familial status discrimination prohibitions granted to housing for older persons (see H.R. 1843), H4780 [21JN]
———prohibit regulations in federally assisted rental housing restricting elderly residents from owning pets (see H.R. 2145), H2252 [13AP]
Immigration and Nationality Act: improve immigration laws (see H.R. 3860), H4654 [16JN]
IRS: liability of employees in court cases (see H.R. 3261), H1058 [3MR]
Japan: purchase of rice from U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 274), H6380 [27JY]
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of: prevent the development, acquisition, or use of nuclear weapons (see H.J. Res. 292), H288 [3FE]
Legislative Branch of the Government: improve operation and administration (H.R. 3801), consideration (see H. Res. 472), H7075 [5AU]
Medicaid: Federal funding of abortions (see H.R. 3880), H2583 [20AP]
Medicare: extend issuance period for select policies (see H.R. 5082), H9903 [27SE]
Members of Congress: ensure equal coverage and benefits as private citizens under national health care system (see H. Res. 434), H4447 [14JN]
———require participation in health care reform package (see H. Res. 255), H296 [7FE]
Mitchell, John: relief (see H.R. 3017), H2252 [13AP]
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 commemorative events: establish a commission to advise the President on proposals (see H.R. 624), H1157 [9MR]
National Earthquake Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 325), H1957 [23MR]
National Endowment for the Arts: distribution of funds (see H.R. 3488), H2507 [19AP]
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), H4654 [16JN]
National Mammography Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 418), H10373 [29SE]
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 Random Acts of Kindness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 357), H2506 [19AP]
National Weather Service: independent review of modernization activities at certain sites (see H.R. 4998), H9158 [13SE]
Parents' Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 398), H10007 [28SE]
Parks and recreation areas: rescind fees at lakes and reservoirs under Corps of Engineers jurisdiction (see H.R. 4403), H5350 [29JN]
Prayer: constitutional amendment on voluntary school prayer (see H.J. Res. 424), H11200 [6OC]
Public housing: exclude drug or alcohol abusers from occupancy of units designated for senior citizens (see H.R. 3943), H7992 [11AU]
Public welfare programs: eliminate benefits for fugitive felons, probation and parole violators, and share information with law enforcement officers (see H.R. 4657), H5170 [27JN]
Real property: private property owner rights (see H.R. 3875), H3156 [5MY]
Religion: protect free exercise (see H. Res. 519), H10728 [4OC]
Roads and highways: conversion of signs to metric units (see H.R. 3766), H3964 [24MY]
Russia: requirements relative to economic assistance (see H.R. 3992), H2252 [13AP]
Social Security: taxation of benefits (see H.R. 2959), H996 [2MR]
Social Security Administration: establish as independent agency (see H.R. 4277), H3345 [12MY]
SSI: modify (see H.R. 4419), H3344 [12MY]
Taxation: allow corporations to issue performance stock options to employees (see H.R. 2759), H1997 [24MR]
———availability of the earned income tax credit and the repeal of the temporary Federal unemployment tax (see H.R. 4861), H6482 [29JY]
———capital gains rates and indexing of certain assets (see H.R. 3739), H82 [26JA]
———deduction for earthquake insurance premiums (see H.R. 3756), H11200 [6OC]
———deduction of charitable contributions (see H.R. 4356), H3155 [5MY]
———gifts of publicly traded stock to private foundations (see H.R. 2418), H287 [3FE]
———individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 5006), H8770 [20AU]
———penalty-free withdrawals from certain retirement plans for repair or replacement of disaster-damaged property (see H.R. 4027), H2219 [12AP]
———reform rules relative to subchapter S corporations (see H.R. 4056), H4293 [9JN]
———treatment of aviation gasoline (see H.R. 4588), H4653 [16JN]
———treatment of contributions to individual investment accounts (see H.R. 3179), H6698 [2AU]
———treatment of dues paid to tax-exempt agricultural or horticultural organizations (see H.R. 3951), H1057 [3MR]
———treatment of Federal estate and gift taxes and the tax on generation-skipping transfers (see H.R. 2717), H4883 [22JN]
———treatment of homemakers' individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 3523), H1323 [11MR]
———treatment of tax-exempt interest relative to Social Security benefits and income determination (see H.R. 4421), H5655 [13JY]
Time for the National Observance of the Fiftieth Anniversary of World War II: designate (see H.J. Res. 315), H3280 [11MY]
Veterans: eliminate disparity between civilian and military retiree cost-of-living adjustments (see H.R. 3023), H912 [1MR]
Vietnam: normalization of diplomatic and economic relations conditional on complete accounting of POW/MIA (see H. Con. Res. 104), H205 [2FE]
Water: assure the safety of public water systems (see H.R. 3392), H1323 [11MR]
Wildlife refuges: affirm tradition of hunting and wildlife refuges (see H. Res. 529), H9008 [21AU]
Yugoslavia: U.S. military intervention in Macedonia (see H. Con. Res. 120), H157 [1FE]
Letters
Quincy Library Group proposals on ecosystem protection of California forests: by, E1964
Treatment of Hmong refugees in Thailand, E1150 [9JN]
Motions offered by
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 103), consideration (H. Res. 331), H862 [24FE]
Remarks by, on
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 103), H1379 [16MR]
———discretionary spending limits (H.R. 3266), H3378 [17MY]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 1995-99 (H. Con. Res. 218), H1265 [11MR]
California: declare state of emergency on Federal lands due to wildfires (H.R. 4742), H7210 [9AU]
———designate certain desert lands as wilderness (H.R. 518), H6281 [27JY]
———establish Death Valley and Joshua Tree National Parks and Mojave National Monument (H.R. 518), H6281 [27JY]
Clinton, President and Hillary Rodham: investigation of involvement in Whitewater Estates development and Madison Guaranty, H1450 [17MR]
Crow Indian Reservation: boundary resolution (S. 1216), return to Senate (H. Res. 577), H11212 [7OC]
Dept. of Environmental Protection: analysis of Federal regulations and mandates imposed on State and local governments, H178 [2FE]
———establish (H.R. 3425), consideration (H. Res. 312), H178 [2FE]
Dept. of the Interior: establish an American Heritage Areas Partnership Program (H.R. 5044), H9867 [27SE], H10875 [5OC]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4602), H4826 [22JN]
Education: authorizing appropriations for certain programs (H.R. 6), H1805 [22MR]
———sex education instruction, H1805 [22MR]
Federal-State relations: increase payments to units of general local government for entitlement lands (S. 455), H11260 [7OC]
Forests: tribute to Quincy Library Group proposals on ecosystem protection, E1966
GATT: ratification (H.R. 5110), H11470 [29NO]
Haiti: presence of U.S. Armed Forces, H9100 [13SE]
Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H1071 [8MR], H1963 [24MR], H2181 [12AP], H5782 [19JY], H6462 [29JY], H6565 [2AU]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3955), H5183 [28JN]
National Biological Survey: funding, H4826 [22JN]
National Park Service: reduce backlog of land acquisitions, construction and park operations, H6281 [27JY]
Six Rivers National Forest: protection and management of Redwood forest areas and addition of certain lands and waters (H.R. 2866), H9397 [21SE]
———protection and management of Redwood forest areas and addition of certain lands and waters (H.R. 2866), consideration (H. Res. 536), H9390 [21SE]
Social Security: domestic service employment taxes collection, Federal disability insurance trust fund allocations, and denial of certain benefits to incarcerated individuals (H.R. 4278), conference report, H11017 [6OC]
———earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 300), H3233 [11MY]
Social Security Administration: establish as independent agency (H.R. 4277), H3450 [17MY]
———establish as independent agency (H.R. 4277), conference report, H7920 [11AU]
SSI: payment of Social Security disability benefits to drug addicts and alcoholics, H1004 [3MR]
Votes: position on missed, H4689 [17JN], H9005 [21AU]
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H9901 [27SE]
Leave of absence: granted, H9599 [23SE]
Schedules
Committee on Natural Resources (House): Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands: restraints relative to clearcutting of forests, D498 [5MY]
Tributes
Baker, Gerald A., E1962