JEFFERSON, WILLIAM J. (a Representative from Louisiana)
Addresses
Nigeria Democracy: Bashorun M.K.O. Abiola, H4880, H4881 [22JN]
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Jazz Centennial Year: designate (see H.J. Res. 380), H4721 [17JN]
National Center for Sickle Cell Disease Research: establish (see H.R. 3745), H83 [26JA]
Public works: private usage and contracting requirements of water or wastewater facilities funded through tax-exempt municipal bonds (see H.R. 3904), H865 [24FE]
States: transfer of nonlethal excess defense articles from Dept. of Defense (see H.R. 4456), H3754 [19MY]
Taxation: deduction of business meal expenses subject to Federal hours of limitation (see H.R. 4986), H8695 [18AU]
———gas guzzler tax exemption for automobiles lengthened by certain small manufacturers (see H.R. 3791), H286 [3FE]
———treatment of certain separation payments by employers (see H.R. 3903), H865 [24FE]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Africa: authorizing assistance to promote peaceful resolution of conflicts (see H.R. 4541), H8596 [17AU]
African Americans: establish commission to examine slavery, subsequent racial and economic discrimination, and appropriate remedies (see H.R. 40), H1323 [11MR]
African-American Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 364), H3155 [5MY]
Agriculture: tribute to U.S. rice industry (see H.J. Res. 405), H10538 [3OC]
Alcoholic beverages: health warnings in advertisements (see H.R. 1823), H3681 [18MY]
Animals: prohibit export of American black bear viscera (see H.R. 55), H1996 [24MR]
Aquaculture: develop national policy (see H.R. 4744), H9087 [12SE]
Armed Forces: disability compensation rates relative to benefits paid under the Special Separation Benefits Program (see H.R. 3731), H4958 [23JN]
Arms control: moratorium on the sale, transfer, or export of anti-personnel landmines (see H.R. 4699), H6483 [29JY]
Armstrong, Louis (Satchmo): issue commemorative postage stamp (see H.J. Res. 15), H4166 [26MY]
Arson Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 328), H3056 [4MY]
Belleville, NJ: recognize as birthplace of industrial revolution (see H. Con. Res. 35), H3791 [20MY]
California: management of the Presidio military facility (see H.R. 3433), H2507 [19AP]
Child support: improve collection system (see H.R. 4570), H6454 [28JY]
Children and youth: establish youth development block grants for community-based organizations (see H.R. 4086), H4220 [8JN]
———improve child support system (see H.R. 4051), H6201 [25JY]
China, Republic of: U.N. membership (see H. Con. Res. 148, 166), H559 [22FE], H10728 [4OC]
Colleges and universities: extend the cohort default rate exemption for historically Black and Native American colleges (see H.R. 4025), H1323 [11MR]
Constitution Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 390), H5870 [19JY]
Credit: prompt disclosure by consumer reporting agencies of adverse information to consumers (see H.R. 630), H1058 [3MR]
Crime: grants for multijurisdictional gang task forces (see H.R. 3259), H205 [2FE]
———protection from sexual predators (see H.R. 3990), H3791 [20MY]
Crime Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 363), H5463 [30JN]
Cuba: trade embargo (see H.R. 2229), H11429 [7OC]
Diseases: prevention and treatment of eating disorders (see H.R. 3324), H5350 [29JN]
———prostate cancer screening, treatment, and research programs for medicare, veterans, and the Public Health Service (see H.R. 4809), H9903 [27SE]
District of Columbia: eligibility of blind individuals to serve as jurors (see H.R. 4205), H2251 [13AP]
———eliminate unfunded pension liabilities (see H.R. 3728), H42 [25JA]
Ecology and environment: research and development of environmental technology (see H.R. 3870), H2398 [18AP]
Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A.: designate (see H.J. Res. 329), H1541 [17MR]
Employment: establish a minority graduate mentor program (see H.R. 4366), H4091 [25MY]
———prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation (see H.R. 4636), H4958 [23JN]
Explosives: Federal permit requirements for distribution or receipt of explosives (see H.R. 4345), H7075 [5AU]
Export Administration Act: action for damages against those violating antiboycott provisions relative to discrimination or loss of business (see H.R. 2544), H4293 [9JN]
Fair Labor Standards Act: exemptions for inmates of penal or other correctional institutions relative to certain programs (see H.R. 3705), H5655 [13JY]
Families and domestic relations: entitle family and medical leave under certain circumstances (see H.R. 1417), H410 [9FE]
Federal employees: promote equitable pay practices (see H.R. 3738), H559 [22FE]
———provide additional points on the competitive service entrance examination for certain veterans (see H.R. 3830), H410 [9FE]
Federal firefighters: hourly and overtime pay rates and pay equity with public sector firefighters (see H.R. 4514), H7299 [9AU]
Firearms: assistance for State and local programs exchanging merchandise vouchers for firearms (see H.R. 3771), H2994 [3MY]
———regulation of jacketed hollow point ammunition (see H.R. 3720), H44 [25JA]
Foreign trade: negotiating objectives for future trade agreements (see H.R. 4737), H6156 [22JY]
Freedom Summer Remembrance Day: designate (see H. Res. 457), H4721 [17JN]
Gold Star Mothers Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 346), H9570 [22SE]
Haiti: impose sanctions and halt the interdiction and return of refugees (see H.R. 4114), H1956 [23MR]
Hall, James N.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 215), H3682 [18MY]
Health: application of antitrust laws for certain activities of providers of health care services (see H.R. 3486), H2507 [19AP]
———coverage of reproductive health service for women in any national health care plan (see H. Con. Res. 229), H2914 [28AP]
———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), H4166 [26MY]
———inclusion of annual lead poisoning screenings for children in a national health care plan (see H. Con. Res. 209), H679 [23FE]
———inclusion of poison control services in health care reform (see H. Con. Res. 243), H4221 [8JN]
———provide financial incentives for worksite health promotion programs (see H. Res. 372), H2507 [19AP]
———research funding (see H.R. 4260), H4390 [13JN]
Health care facilities: assistance for AIDS patients treatment (see H.R. 5141), H10727 [4OC]
Health care professionals: provide medical students with training for identification and referral of victims of domestic violence (see H.R. 3207), H9087 [12SE]
Human rights: trafficking of Burmese women and girls into Thailand for forced prostitution (see H. Con. Res. 254), H6699 [2AU]
International Women's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 316), H866 [24FE]
Ireland, Northern: peace efforts (see H. Con. Res. 303), H10445 [30SE]
Iron Overload Diseases Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 358), H9351 [20SE]
Jewish War Veterans: issue commemorative postage stamp honoring anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 199), H296 [7FE]
Labor: reform provisions of law relative to child labor (see H.R. 1106), H5950 [20JY]
Latimer, Lewis Howard: issuance of commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 252), H4090 [25MY]
Law enforcement: reform Asset Forfeiture Program (see H.R. 3347), H3522 [17MY]
Leyte Landing Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 400), H9601 [23SE]
Lower Mississippi Delta region: initiatives to address certain needs (see H.R. 4043, 4224), H2367 [14AP], H2994 [3MY]
Mays, Benjamin E.: award the Presidential Medal of Freedom (see H. Res. 527), H11430 [7OC]
———issuance of commemorative postage stamp (see H. Res. 528), H11430 [7OC]
Medicare: coverage of anesthesia services provided by certified registered nurse anesthetists (see H.R. 4291), H6381 [27JY]
———extend issuance period for select policies (see H.R. 5082), H9569 [22SE]
Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 349), H5463 [30JN]
Miller, Doris: waive certain time restrictions relative to awarding of the Medal of Honor (see H.R. 4851), H6453 [28JY]
Mississippi River Corridor Study Commission: extend term (see H.R. 4974), H8595 [17AU]
Monuments and memorials: mint commemorative coins for the Vietnam Women's Memorial (see H.R. 2467), H9158 [13SE]
National American Lacemaker Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 352), H6454 [28JY]
National Apollo Anniversary Observance: designate (see H.J. Res. 353), H4553 [15JN]
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 311), H2914 [28AP]
National Children's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 389), H5761 [14JY]
National Crime Victims' Rights Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 342), H2507 [19AP]
National Decorative Painting Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 338), H9570 [22SE]
National Earthquake Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 325), H866 [24FE]
National Family Literacy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 413), H11201 [6OC]
National Flood Insurance Program: improve (see H.R. 4052), H1439 [16MR]
National Good Teen Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 326), H9569 [22SE]
National Hispanic Business Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 397), H9030 [26AU]
National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 332), H9224 [19SE]
National League of Families POW/MIA: display of flag (see H.J. Res. 369), H7507 [10AU]
National Long-Term Care Administrators Week (see H.J. Res. 362), H9570 [22SE]
———designate (see H.J. Res. 278), H44 [25JA]
National Mammography Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 418), H10373 [29SE]
National Manufacturing Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 402), H9903 [27SE]
National Men's Health Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 209), H4166 [26MY]
National Neonatal Nurses Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 382), H4883 [22JN]
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 Public Safety Telecommunicators Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 138), H1067 [7MR]
National Radon Action Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 242), H157 [1FE]
National Random Acts of Kindness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 357), H2506 [19AP]
National Sarcoidosis Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 399), H11429 [7OC]
National Savings Month: designate (see H. Res. 403), H2640 [21AP]
National Sewing Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 337), H6483 [29JY]
National U.S. Seafood Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 387), H7075 [5AU]
National Walking Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 276), H2640 [21AP]
Native Americans: repair and rehabilitation of schools (see H.R. 2277), H287 [3FE]
Nuclear weapons: negotiations of testing limitations (see H. Con. Res. 235), H3280 [11MY]
Older Americans Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 304), H2398 [18AP]
O'Neill, Thomas P., Jr.: designate a year to honor the memory and leadership qualities (see H. Res. 329), H2220 [12AP]
OSHA: reform (see H.R. 1280), H865 [24FE]
Parents' Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 398), H7195 [8AU]
Parks and recreation areas: recreational camps health and safety reporting requirements and data system maintenance (see H.R. 2132), H6253 [26JY]
Pediatric and Adolescent AIDS Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 334), H3964 [24MY]
Persian Gulf Conflict: compensation for veterans and increased research relative to illnesses attributed to service during conflict (see H.R. 4386, 4540), H4219 [8JN], H6253 [26JY]
Pesticides: regulate chemical residues in food (see H.R. 4091), H6482 [29JY]
Postal Inspection Service: compensation for wrongful arrest on narcotics charges (see H.R. 4695), H6253 [26JY]
Public Service Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 253), H2219 [12AP]
Public welfare programs: assistance to recipients most likely to end welfare dependence (see H.R. 4498), H4090 [25MY]
Railroads: employee protection benefits (see H.R. 3866), H4091 [25MY]
Refuse disposal: encourage the President and State Governors to carry out on-site composting at their residences (see H.R. 2292), H10007 [28SE]
Rural areas: credit and financial services to residents, public services, and businesses (see H.R. 4129), H5872 [19JY]
Rwanda: grant temporary protected status to student nationals (see H.R. 4317), H2913 [28AP]
Saudi Arabia: resolution of commercial disputes with U.S. firms (see H.R. 4096), H4091 [25MY]
Schools: library media resources, technology enhancement, training, and improvement (see H.R. 1151), H2639 [21AP]
Service academies: imposition of additional charges or attendance fees (see H.R. 3293), H2368 [14AP]
Ships and vessels: exclude shipboard supervisory personnel from selection as employer representatives (see H.R. 859), H205 [2FE]
———recreational boating safety programs (see H.R. 4477), H5463 [30JN]
Six Rivers National Forest: protection and management of Redwood forest areas and addition of certain lands and waters (see H.R. 2866), H1088 [8MR]
Small business: authorize appropriations for loans to concerns detrimentally affected by defense reductions (see H.R. 4026), H6550 [1AU]
———participation in business development programs by concerns controlled by individuals with disabilities (see H.R. 794), H205 [2FE]
Small Family Farm Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 291), H358 [8FE]
Small-Town Sunday: designate (see H.J. Res. 184), H11001 [5OC]
Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of 150th anniversary (see H.R. 4912), H9087 [12SE]
Social Security: earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 300), consideration (see H. Res. 402), H9088 [12SE]
———establish a disability review account to cover expenditures for review procedures (see H.R. 3935), H1957 [23MR]
Social Security Administration: establish as independent agency (see H.R. 4277), H3345 [12MY]
Solid waste: prohibit international export and import (see H.R. 3706), H680 [23FE]
South Africa: U.S. policy (see H. Res. 560), H10538 [3OC]
Southern Rural Development Commission: establish (see H.R. 3901), H2398 [18AP]
Special Olympics World Games: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 3879), H1088 [8MR]
Taxation: capital gains (see H.R. 253), H357 [8FE]
———credits for employers providing dependent care services for employees (see H.R. 3472), H1058 [3MR]
———exclusion for amounts received under group legal services (see H.R. 326), H204 [2FE]
———increase the unified estate and gift tax credit (see H.R. 1110), H2218 [12AP]
———individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 5006), H8770 [20AU]
———modify the pension plan rules applicable to State judicial retirement plans (see H.R. 3684), H2507 [19AP]
———reform rules relative to subchapter S corporations (see H.R. 4056), H4166 [26MY]
———repeal excise tax on luxury passenger vehicles (see H.R. 3039), H3791 [20MY]
———treatment of contributions to individual investment accounts (see H.R. 3179), H9762 [26SE]
———treatment of dues paid to tax-exempt agricultural or horticultural organizations (see H.R. 3951), H2252 [13AP]
———treatment of national service educational awards (see H.R. 4106), H2839 [26AP]
Time for the National Observance of the Fiftieth Anniversary of World War II: designate (see H.J. Res. 315), H2995 [3MY]
Truman, Harry S: award Congressional Gold Medal in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of his inauguration (see H.R. 3712), H9600 [23SE]
U.S. Military Academy: mint commemorative coins recognizing the bicentennial (see H.R. 3492), H4958 [23JN]
Vietnam Human Rights Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 333), H3280 [11MY]
Washington, George: mint coins in commemoration of boyhood home (see H.R. 5049), H9223 [19SE]
Water: establish national urban watershed restoration program (see H.R. 3873), H559 [22FE]
Whittaker, Johnson C.: issuance of posthumous commission to second lieutenant in the Army (see H.R. 3925), H1058 [3MR]
Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H. Res. 432), H4884 [22JN]
Year of Gospel Music: designate (see H.J. Res. 297), H2507 [19AP]
Remarks by, on
Black History Month: observance, H675 [23FE]
China, Republic of: U.N. membership, E236
Diseases: inclusion of diabetes treatment in national health care reform, H6555 [2AU]
Nigeria: support democracy (H. Con. Res. 151), H4878 [22JN]
Public Health Service: revise and extend programs to improve the health of individuals of minority groups (H.R. 3869), H3827
Public works: private usage and contracting requirements of water or wastewater facilities funded through tax-exempt municipal bonds (H.R. 3904), E248
Taxation: deduction of business meal expenses subject to Federal hours of limitation (H.R. 4986), H8603 [18AU]
———gas guzzler tax exemption for automobiles lengthened by certain small manufacturers (H.R. 3791), E98
———treatment of certain separation payments by employers (H.R. 3903), E251
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H285 [3FE], H677 [23FE], H862 [24FE]
Leave of absence: granted, H4216 [8JN]
Schedules
Committee on Labor and Human Resources (Senate): National Center for Sickle Cell Disease Research, D896 [28JY]
Committee on Natural Resources (House): Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands: public lands legislation, D709 [21JN]