LIVINGSTON, BOB (a Representative from Louisiana)
Addresses
POW/MIA Recognition Day: by, E1877
Presence of U.S. Armed Forces in Haiti: by, E1880
Amendments offered by, to
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4539), H4502 [15JN]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4603), H5142 [27JN]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 3759, making supplemental appropriations, H458 [10FE]
———H.R. 4426, foreign operations, export financing, and related programs appropriations, H6393 [28JY]
———H.R. 4650, Dept. of Defense appropriations, H9115 [13SE]
Articles and editorials
Aristide Opposes Blanket Amnesty—Cedras Says He Sees Civil War Possibility, H10355 [29SE]
Big U.S. Contracts Won in Pakistan Help Mend Fences, Farhan Bokhari, Christian Science Monitor, E2161
Clinton Personal Loans Partly Repaid by Donors, Susan Schmidt and Charles R. Babcock, Washington (DC) Post, H5742 [14JY]
Congress' Representative To Election Commission Has Six-Figure Salary, Big Office and Little to Do, Rick Wartzman, Wall Street Journal, H4503 [15JN]
Entergy Cuts Foreign Deals, James Welsh, Christian Science Monitor, E2161
Gore Sees Cynicism Endangering Reform, Stephen Barr, Washington (DC) Post, H5741 [14JY]
If Past Comments Are Prologue, Donald Lambro, Washington (DC) Times, H10354 [29SE]
Out of Haiti—Fast, Henry A. Kissinger, H10353 [29SE]
Pakistan Prepares for Next Round of Energy Projects, Ahmed Rashid, Far Eastern Economic Review (publication), E2161 [6OC]
Slouching Toward Dystopia, Michael Barone, U.S. News & World Report (publication), E256
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Courts: provide for the awarding of attorney's fee for prevailing plaintiffs in Federal civil actions (see H.R. 5101, 5189), H9761 [26SE], H11000 [5OC]
FEC: abolish ex officio positions (see H.R. 3764), H203 [2FE]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Agriculture: national objectives to keep industry competitive (see H.R. 4675), H5349 [29JN]
———tribute to U.S. rice industry (see H.J. Res. 405), H10538 [3OC]
Air pollution: reduction of work-related vehicle trips in ozone nonattainment areas (see H.R. 4589), H9569 [22SE]
Armed Forces: computation of retirement pay of enlisted members (see H.R. 566), H6482 [29JY]
Armstrong, Louis (Satchmo): issue commemorative postage stamp (see H.J. Res. 15), H4166 [26MY]
Bankruptcy: debt adjustment of individuals with regular income (see H.R. 2326), H2218 [12AP]
BLM: transfer administration of lands to individual States (see H.R. 4157), H1995 [24MR]
Budget: caps on defense and nondefense discretionary spending (see H.R. 4259), H2581 [20AP]
Capital punishment: use of racially based quotas to determine sentencing (see H. Con. Res. 270), H6483 [29JY]
China, Republic of: U.N. membership (see H. Con. Res. 148, 166), H559 [22FE], H4780 [21JN]
Christiani, Alfredo: tribute to efforts toward peace and national reconciliation in El Salvador (see H. Con. Res. 286), H10007 [28SE]
Coins: mint in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the World War II peace accords (see H.R. 3820), H3056 [4MY]
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]
Constitution Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 390), H5870 [19JY]
Cost of Government Day: designate (see H. Res. 480), H8505 [16AU]
Courts: awarding of attorneys' fees under civil actions relative to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (see H.R. 2882), H866 [24FE]
———civil asset forfeiture (see H.R. 2417), H5547 [12JY]
———product liability law uniformity (see H.R. 1910), H3223 [10MY]
Crime: antiracketeering laws (see H.R. 4824), H6200 [25JY]
———deny Federal benefits to persons convicted of fraudulent representation of residency in more than one State (see H.R. 4883), H9087 [12SE]
———mandatory life imprisonment for individuals convicted of a third violent felony (see H.R. 3981), H1087 [8MR]
———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (see H.R. 5008, 5134), H9008 [21AU], H10372 [29SE]
———prevention and punishment of sexual and domestic violence (see H.R. 688), H6200 [25JY]
———restitution to victims (see H.R. 3367), H2219 [12AP]
———sentencing for Social Security fraud relative to illegal immigration (see H.R. 3795), H6984 [4AU]
———treatment of hardcore juvenile offenders (see H.R. 4491), H4090 [25MY]
Crime Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 363), H3055 [4MY]
Cuba: economic assistance upon government transition (see H.R. 2758), H2994 [3MY]
D-Day National Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 303), H2398 [18AP]
Dept. of Defense: postpone certain scheduled base closures (see H.R. 4311), H2913 [28AP]
Dept. of Education: reduce increase in grants to State and local education agencies (see H.R. 3725), H5871 [19JY]
Dept. of Justice: interpretation of child protection statutes (see H. Res. 481), H5761 [14JY]
Disasters: provide for disaster avoidance and response plans and development of relief and reinsurance plans (see H.R. 2873), H1781 [21MR]
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), H9903 [27SE]
Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 2556), H5170 [27JN]
Employment: consolidation of Federal assistance programs (see H.R. 4861), H6482 [29JY]
Federal employees: privacy rights (see H. Con. Res. 227), H9441 [21SE]
Federal-State relations: constitutional amendment relative to unfunded Federal mandates (see H.J. Res. 282), H9087 [12SE]
Firearms: eliminate administrative authority to prohibit transfer or sale of assault weapons (see H.R. 5033), H11001 [5OC]
Foreign trade: promote U.S. industry and technology in competition with Japan (see H.R. 4458), H3754 [19MY]
General Bernardo de Galvez Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 347), H5872 [19JY]
Government: reduce power and reach of Federal Government (see H.R. 4585), H7992 [11AU]
Haiti: establish congressional commission to assess U.S. policy options (see H. Con. Res. 264), H5462 [30JN]
———presence of U.S. Armed Forces (see H. Con. Res. 269), H5871 [19JY]
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), H9088 [12SE]
———application of antitrust laws for certain activities of providers of health care services (see H.R. 3486), H3755 [19MY]
———budgetary treatment of national health care reform (see H. Con. Res. 201), H204 [2FE]
———Federal standards for malpractice claims (see H.R. 4791), H5951 [20JY]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 3955, 4202), H2251, H2252 [13AP]
House of Representatives: administrative oversight of House functions (see H. Res. 419), H3155 [5MY]
———reform (see H.R. 3633), H1541 [17MR]
House Rules: amend to require a three-fifths majority on the passage of any legislation increasing revenues (see H. Res. 381), H1087 [8MR]
———consideration of health care reform legislation under an open rule (see H. Res. 270), H6201 [25JY]
———prohibit voting by proxy in committees and subcommittees (see H. Res. 425), H7507 [10AU]
Immigration: prevent Federal financial and unemployment benefits for aliens who are not legal permanent residents (see H.R. 1080), H6454 [28JY]
Irish-American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 401), H9161 [16SE]
IRS: liability of employees in court cases (see H.R. 3261), H3055 [4MY]
Japan: purchase of rice from U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 274), H8755 [19AU]
Jewish War Veterans: issue commemorative postage stamp honoring anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 199), H681 [23FE]
Legislative Branch of the Government: improve operation and administration (H.R. 3801), consideration (see H. Res. 472), H5872 [19JY]
Let's Stop Kids Killing Kids Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 360), H2639 [21AP]
Medicaid: coverage of nonemergency medical transportation (see H.R. 4350), H4220 [8JN]
———Federal funding of abortions (see H.R. 3880), H996 [2MR]
Medicare: coverage of certain chiropractic services (see H.R. 2889), H3345 [12MY]
———eliminate peer review system (see H.R. 173), H865 [24FE]
———extend issuance period for select policies (see H.R. 5082), H11201 [6OC]
Medicare and medicaid coverage data bank: repeal employer requirement to file certain reports (see H.R. 4365), H5655 [13JY]
Members of Congress: require participation in health care reform package (see H. Res. 255), H296 [7FE]
National Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 317), H1323 [11MR]
National Apollo Anniversary Observance: designate (see H.J. Res. 353), H4553 [15JN]
National Children's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 389), H9762 [26SE]
National Crime Victims' Rights Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 342), H2583 [20AP]
National Earthquake Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 325), H1441 [16MR]
National Elevator and Escalator Safety Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 231), H11201 [6OC]
National Endowment for the Arts: distribution of funds (see H.R. 3488), H4780 [21JN]
National Family Caregivers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 90), H3682 [18MY]
National Family Literacy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 413), H11201 [6OC]
National Flag Celebration Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 286), H4166 [26MY]
National Flood Insurance Program: improve (see H.R. 4052), H1439 [16MR]
National Good Teen Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 326), H9569 [22SE]
National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 332), H9441 [21SE]
National League of Families POW/MIA: display of flag (see H.J. Res. 369), H6381 [27JY]
National Mammography Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 418), H10373 [29SE]
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 Savings Month: designate (see H. Res. 403), H2640 [21AP]
National Sewing Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 337), H5762 [14JY]
National U.S. Seafood Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 387), H5951 [20JY]
National Walking Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 276), H2937 [2MY]
NATO: assist transition of certain countries to NATO membership (see H.R. 4210), H3522 [17MY]
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]
Parents Day: designate (see H. Res. 236), H44 [25JA]
Pesticides: safety training programs (see H.R. 3969), H1087 [8MR]
Postal Service: reemployment of retirees in temporary positions relative to offset of annuity (see H.R. 3246), H1997 [24MR]
Prayer: constitutional amendment on voluntary school prayer (see H.J. Res. 22, 424), H866 [24FE], H11200 [6OC]
Program on Social Ethics and Community Service: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 4464), H4391 [13JN]
Public housing: exclude drug or alcohol abusers from occupancy of units designated for senior citizens (see H.R. 3943), H2219 [12AP]
Public Service Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 253), H1440 [16MR]
Public welfare programs: reform (see H. Res. 525), H10446 [30SE]
Radio: advertisement disclosures for consumer leases, loans, and savings accounts (see H.R. 3102), H44 [25JA]
Radioactive substances: clarify Federal obligation to take title and possession of high-level radioactive waste and establish an interim spent nuclear fuel storage facility (see H.R. 5061), H11429 [7OC]
Real property: private property owner rights (see H.R. 3875), H1254 [10MR]
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]
Securities: reform private enforcement of Federal securities laws (see H.R. 417), H1058 [3MR]
Service academies: imposition of additional charges or attendance fees (see H.R. 3293), H2914 [28AP]
Servicemen's Readjustment Act: commemorate 50th anniversary (see H.J. Res. 378), H5316 [28JN]
Ships and vessels: equitable treatment of U.S. ocean freight forwarders by ocean carrier conferences (see H.R. 56), H1540 [17MR]
Small-Town Sunday: designate (see H.J. Res. 184), H7075 [5AU]
Social Security: payments to individuals convicted of a felony (see H.R. 3251), H1541 [17MR]
———provide disability insurance benefits based on substance abuse and relative to representative payees (see H.R. 3814), H501 [10FE]
———taxation of benefits (see H.R. 2959), H6549 [1AU]
———treatment of benefits of spouses who are receiving certain Government pensions (see H.R. 1897), H2252 [13AP]
States: immunity from personal civil liability for certain volunteers working for nonprofit organizations and government entities (see H.R. 911), H5655 [13JY]
———tax treatment of certain pension income (see H.R. 702), H2218 [12AP]
Taxation: 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), H3156 [5MY]
———computation of the deduction for depreciation (see H.R. 539), H9158 [13SE]
———eliminate fees associated with changes in marital status (see H.R. 3851), H500 [10FE]
———incentives to encourage small investors (see H.R. 4792), H5870 [19JY]
———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), H3345 [12MY]
———repeal excise tax on luxury passenger vehicles (see H.R. 3039), H2398 [18AP]
———rollover treatment of certain separation payments by employers (see H.R. 3903), H3356 [16MY]
———substantiation requirements of charitable contributions (see H.R. 3871), H2507 [19AP]
———treatment of builders' sale of residential real property (see H.R. 4702), H5872 [19JY]
———treatment of contributions to individual investment accounts (see H.R. 3179), H2218 [12AP]
———treatment of education savings account (see H.R. 3449), H1541 [17MR]
———treatment of health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 5062), H10446 [30SE]
———treatment of homemakers' individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 3523), H4343 [10JN]
———treatment of retirement savings deductions and individual retirement account deductions for nonemployed spouses (see H.R. 4215), H2366 [14AP]
Texas: control of southern pine beetles in wilderness areas (see H.R. 3233), H9351 [20SE]
Time for the National Observance of the Fiftieth Anniversary of World War II: designate (see H.J. Res. 315), H2219 [12AP]
U.S. Armed Forces History Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 343), H4391 [13JN]
U.S. Botanic Garden: mint coins in commemoration of 175th anniversary (see H.R. 4135), H2640 [21AP]
U.S. Military Academy: mint commemorative coins recognizing the bicentennial (see H.R. 3492), H4958 [23JN]
Veterans: permit retirement pay concurrently with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 65), H4553 [15JN]
Washington, George: mint coins in commemoration of boyhood home (see H.R. 5049), H9223 [19SE]
Year of the Grandparent: designate (see H.J. Res. 355), H3964 [24MY]
Biographies
Wisdom, John Minor, H3203 [10MY]
Letters
Campaign ethics reform and contribution limits: by, H2403 [19AP]
———Representative Michel, H2704 [26AP]
Global Environment Facility funding: Lloyd Bentsen, Sec. of the Treasury, H4062 [25MY]
President and Hillary Rodham Clinton's investments in health care industry transactions of ValuePartners I hedge fund: several Representatives, E772
Lists
Treaty proposals to restrict theater missile defenses, H9081 [12SE]
Motions offered by
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 103), consideration (H. Res. 331), H862 [24FE]
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4426), H6392 [28JY]
Papers
More Steps on the Slippery Slope Toward Terminating U.S. Theater Missile Defense Options: Center for Security Policy, H9080 [12SE]
Remarks by, on
Appropriations: making supplemental (H.R. 3759), H240 [3FE]
Bolivia: military assistance, H4064 [25MY]
Clinton, President: evaluation of administration, H5741 [14JY]
Clinton, President and Hillary Rodham: investigation of involvement in Whitewater Estates development and Madison Guaranty, H1093 [9MR], H1811 [22MR], H7032 [5AU]
Colombia: military assistance, H4064 [25MY]
Congress: constitutional obligation to oversee matters relative to the operation of Government (H. Res. 394), H1811 [22MR]
Courts: provide for the awarding of attorney's fee for prevailing plaintiffs in Federal civil actions (H.R. 5189), E2160
Crime: life imprisonment for third violent felony conviction, and conversion of military installations to Federal prison facilities, H2317
———mandatory life imprisonment for third conviction of individuals for certain felonies (H.R. 93), H46 [26JA]
———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3355), conference report, H6770 [4AU], H8952, H8973 [21AU]
———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 4092), H2317
Cuba: U.S. policy, H8700 [19AU]
Cutler, Lloyd: redaction of documents supplied to congressional committees relative to investigation of Whitewater Estates development and Madison Guaranty, H6985 [5AU]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4301), H3950, H3951, H3952 [24MY]
———funding for humanitarian assistance and peacekeeping activities, H240 [3FE]
———making appropriations (H.R. 4650), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 554), H10258, H10259 [29SE]
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4539), H4502 [15JN]
Dept. of Transportation: transit discretionary grants appropriations, H4590 [16JN]
Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4556), H4590 [16JN]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4603), H4927 [23JN], H5133, H5141, H5142, H5167 [27JN]
———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4603), consideration (H. Res. 461), H4918 [23JN]
Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits, H2703 [26AP], H6736 [3AU]
FEC: funding, H4502 [15JN]
Foreign countries: purchase of U.S. equipment and products with economic assistance, H4075 [25MY]
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4426), H4033, H4040, H4055, H4060, H4062, H4064, H4068
———making appropriations (H.R. 4426), conference report, H6805, H6812 [4AU]
———making appropriations (H.R. 4426), consideration (H. Res. 443), H4026 [25MY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 4426), motion to instruct conferees, H6392 [28JY]
Global Environment Facility: funding, H4062 [25MY]
Haiti: presence of U.S. Armed Forces, H4918 [23JN], H5141, H5167 [27JN], H10353 [29SE]
———presence of U.S. Armed Forces (H.J. Res. 416), H11107 [6OC]
———tribute to special peace delegation and support for U.S. Armed Forces (H. Con. Res. 290), H9210 [19SE]
Iraq: adjudication of claims (H.R. 3221), H2862 [28AP]
John Minor Wisdom U.S. Courthouse, New Orleans, LA: designate (H.R. 2868), H3203 [10MY]
Legislative Branch of the Government: application of certain laws (H.R. 4822), consideration (H. Res. 514), H7334 [10AU]
Lobbyists: disclosure of activities to influence the Federal Government (S. 349), H1985
———disclosure of activities to influence the Federal Government (S. 349), conference report, H10280 [29SE]
———disclosure of activities to influence the Federal Government (S. 349), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 550), H10272 [29SE]
National Endowment for Democracy: funding, H5133 [27JN]
National security: effectiveness of missile defense systems, H9079 [12SE]
Pakistan: U.S. policy on suspected involvement with terrorism, drug trafficking, and nuclear weapons, E2161
Parliamentary inquiry, H2912 [28AP]
Population: voluntary family planning assistance, H4072 [25MY]
Refugees: prohibit entry of Iraqi veterans of the Persian Gulf Conflict, H2862 [28AP]
Republican Party: national agenda, H9775 [27SE]
Russia: allocation of foreign aid, H4055 [25MY]
South Africa: allocation of foreign aid, H4068
U.N.: U.S. role in peacekeeping operations, H3950, H3951, H3952 [24MY]
Votes: position on missed, H2450 [19AP]
William H. Natcher Bridge: designate (H.R. 4980), H9519 [22SE]
World Bank: funding, H4060 [25MY]
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H862 [24FE], H2761 [26AP], H9350 [20SE]
Special order: granted, H7073 [5AU], H9084 [12SE], H10371 [29SE]
Schedules
Committee on Public Works and Transportation (House): Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment: Army Corps of Engineers Civil Works Program, D882 [26JY]
—————Water Resources Development Act, D882 [26JY]
Committee on Rules (House): Dept. of Defense budget, D561 [17MY]
———Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies appropriations, D719 [22JN]
———foreign operations, export financing, and related programs, D931 [3AU]
———foreign operations, export financing, and related programs appropriations, D603 [24MY]
———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures, D332 [24MR]
———Subcommittee on Rules of the House: Legislative Reorganization Act, D266 [16MR]
Committee on the Judiciary (House): Subcommittee on Crime and Criminal Justice: Correcting Revolving Door Justice—New Approaches to Recidivism, D173 [1MR]
Tables
Audit reports issued by FEC 1985-93, H4503 [15JN]
House recipients of political action committee contributions, H6736 [3AU]
Tributes
Whitten, Representative, E2236