OXLEY, MICHAEL G. (a Representative from Ohio)
Amendments offered by, to
Radioactive substances: improve and increase radon testing products and services (H.R. 2448), H6402 [28JY]
Appointments
Conferee: 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. 2182, Dept. of Defense and Dept. of Energy defense activities appropriations, H6182 [25JY]
Articles and editorials
GATT and the Undertow of a Free-Trade Utopia, Donald Lambro, Washington (DC) Times, E2322
Litigation Crisis Imperils Accounting Profession, Richard I. Miller, Accounting Today (publication), E1510
Lobbying Reform—Gift Horse Looks Back at Members, Norman J. Ornstein, Roll Call (publication), E923
New Book Bolsters Clinton Complaints on Cynical Media, Morton Kondracke, Roll Call (publication), E1475
Talk Isn't Cheap—and Neither Is Journalistic Credibility, James K. Glassman, Washington (DC) Post, E986
Who's Worse—60 Minutes or Representative Gutierrez? Norman J. Ornstein, Roll Call (publication), E207
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Aeronautics: establish a commission to commemorate the first powered-airplane flight by Wilbur and Orville Wright (see H.R. 5077), H9569 [22SE]
Agriculture: conservation plan compliance deadlines for certain croplands damaged by weather conditions (see H.R. 3794), H286 [3FE]
———price supports for peanuts (see H.R. 3846), H4166 [26MY]
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]
Budget: discretionary spending limits (see H.R. 3266), H680 [23FE]
———establish a reserve account for expenditures relative to emergencies (see H.R. 4189), H3755 [19MY]
Chemical Weapons Convention: implementation (see H.R. 4849), H6453 [28JY]
China, Republic of: U.N. membership (see H. Con. Res. 148, 166), H3223 [10MY], H5548 [12JY]
Constitution Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 390), H5870 [19JY]
Courts: State truth-in-sentencing laws and funding for additional spaces in State correctional programs (see H.R. 3584), H84 [26JA]
Crime: treatment of hardcore juvenile offenders (see H.R. 4491), H4090 [25MY]
D-Day National Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 303), H544 [11FE]
Dept. of the Interior: transfer certain administrative functions relative to U.S. territories to the Dept. of Commerce (see H.R. 3797), H6156 [22JY]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: revise and improve long-term care programs (see H.R. 3122), H1440 [16MR]
Ecology and environment: regulatory differentiation between agricultural oils and toxic oils (see H.R. 4412), H4883 [22JN]
EEOC: guidelines relative to religious harassment in employment (see H. Res. 446), H4165 [26MY]
Explosives: Federal permit requirements for distribution or receipt of explosives (see H.R. 4345), H4995 [24JN]
FBI: allow certain former agents to carry concealed firearms (see H.R. 3971), H9569 [22SE]
———use of volunteers for tours at training facilities and main building (see H.R. 4942), H9351 [20SE]
Food industry: interstate commerce in meat and meat products relative to State and Federal inspection requirements (see H.R. 3646), H4447 [14JN]
FTC: termination of orders in effect for more than 10 years (see H.R. 4518), H4164 [26MY]
Golden Gate National Recreation Area: management of the Presidio military facility (see H.R. 4078), H1539 [17MR]
Government: establish commission for disposal of property, closure and consolidation of Federal agencies and procurement of Federal agency functions (see H.R. 4433), H3521 [17MY]
Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see H.J. Res. 310), H1158 [9MR]
Health: application of antitrust laws for certain activities of providers of health care services (see H.R. 3486), H3056 [4MY]
———budgetary treatment of national health care reform (see H. Con. Res. 201), H204 [2FE]
Historic buildings: mint coins in commemoration of Federal acceptance of responsibility of care and maintenance (see H.R. 1671), H4653 [16JN]
Japan: purchase of rice from U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 274), H8755 [19AU]
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of: prevent the development, acquisition, or use of nuclear weapons (see H.J. Res. 292), H288 [3FE]
Law enforcement: inclusion of street gang activities as a basis for determining reasonable suspicion (see H.R. 4441), H4447 [14JN]
Medicaid: allow State payments for osteopathic services to children and pregnant women by physicians certified by the American Osteopathic Association medical specialty board (see H.R. 3906), H6380 [27JY]
Medicare: extend issuance period for select policies (see H.R. 5082), H11001 [5OC]
Mitchell, John: relief (see H.R. 3017), H2583 [20AP]
National Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 317), H1088 [8MR]
National Apollo Anniversary Observance: designate (see H.J. Res. 353), H2367 [14AP]
National Arbor Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 322), H2914 [28AP]
National Character Counts Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 366), H6454 [28JY]
National Children's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 389), H10007 [28SE]
National Crime Victims' Rights Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 342), H2220 [12AP]
National Decorative Painting Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 338), H1997 [24MR]
National Elevator and Escalator Safety Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 231), H44 [25JA]
National Family Caregivers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 90), H4553 [15JN]
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), H6381 [27JY]
National Manufacturing Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 402), H10727 [4OC]
National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 374), H6104 [21JY]
National Parkinson's Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 359), H3345 [12MY]
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 Trails Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 327), H2368 [14AP]
Parents' Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 398), H10373 [29SE]
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), H1058 [3MR]
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), H9350 [20SE]
Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act: reduce waiting period for benefits (see H.R. 4868), H6549 [1AU]
Railroads: extension of certain Railway Labor Act provisions relative to the Soo Line Railroad Co. labor dispute (see H.J. Res. 417), H10007 [28SE]
Real property: private property owner rights (see H.R. 3875), H1058 [3MR]
Skelton, Richard (Red): award the Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2012), H2218 [12AP]
Small business: participation in business development programs by concerns controlled by individuals with disabilities (see H.R. 794), H501 [10FE]
Small-Town Sunday: designate (see H.J. Res. 184), H11429 [7OC]
Social Security: determination of disability benefits relative to drug trafficking enterprises and ability to engage in gainful activities (see H.R. 3929), H1157 [9MR]
———improve exchange of health care information and measurement of health care quality (see H.R. 3137), H5547 [12JY]
———provision of disability insurance benefits for substance abuse treatment (see H.R. 4136), H1995 [24MR]
States: immunity from personal civil liability for certain volunteers working for nonprofit organizations and government entities (see H.R. 911), H4390 [13JN]
Taxation: gifts of publicly traded stock to private foundations (see H.R. 2418), H2368 [14AP]
———home office expenses (see H.R. 2444), H4090 [25MY]
———individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 5006), H11429 [7OC]
———treatment of health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 5062), H9600 [23SE]
———treatment of long-term care insurance policies (see H.R. 3651), H2368 [14AP]
Time for the National Observance of the Fiftieth Anniversary of World War II: designate (see H.J. Res. 315), H3280 [11MY]
Trucking industry: effective date of trucking deregulation (see H.R. 5071), H11001 [5OC]
U.S. Botanic Garden: mint coins in commemoration of 175th anniversary (see H.R. 4135), H4166 [26MY]
Veterans: outpatient medical services for any disability of a former POW (see H.R. 1442), H4780 [21JN]
———permit retirement pay concurrently with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 65), H1440 [16MR]
Water: assure the safety of public water systems (see H.R. 3392), H157 [1FE]
Year of the Grandparent: designate (see H.J. Res. 355), H7299 [9AU]
Letters
Antitrust and Communications Reform Act: Michael Kantor, U.S. Trade Representative, H5208 [28JN]
Law enforcement wiretap capability relative to digital transmissions and other emerging telecommunication technologies: Louis J. Freeh, FBI, H10782 [4OC]
Lists
Opponents of Oxley amendment to H.R. 2448, information about radon testing when selling or renting property, H6405 [28JY]
Motions offered by
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 103), consideration (H. Res. 331), H862 [24FE]
Remarks by, on
Amtrak: funding, H4614
Antitrust policy: supersede modification of final judgment of U.S. v. Western Electric and regulate the manufacturing of Bell operating companies (H.R. 3626), H5208 [28JN]
Boy Scouts: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1982
Buy American Act: compliance, H6409 [28JY]
China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (H.R. 4590), H7243 [9AU]
Communications: promote a national infrastructure to encourage deployment of advanced services through competition (H.R. 3636), H5236 [28JN], H6561 [2AU]
Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3355), conference report, H8978 [21AU]
———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3355), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 517), H7945 [11AU]
Dept. of Environmental Protection: analysis of Federal regulations and mandates imposed on State and local governments, H179 [2FE]
———establish (H.R. 3425), consideration (H. Res. 312), H179 [2FE]
Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4556), H4572, H4599, H4614
———making appropriations (H.R. 4556), motion to instruct conferees, H9240
Federal Railroad Safety Act: amend (H.R. 4545), H7138 [8AU]
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4426), conference report, H6811 [4AU]
———making appropriations (H.R. 4426), consideration (H. Res. 443), H4029 [25MY]
FTC: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2243), conference report, H6165
———consumer protection in telephone sales (H.R. 868), Senate amendment (H. Res. 488), H6162
GATT: ratification (H.R. 5110), H11459 [29NO], E2322
Hazardous substances: authorizing appropriations for transportation safety enforcement (H.R. 2178), H8448
ICC: transfer function to the Dept. of Transportation, H4599 [16JN]
Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4299), H5883, H5884 [20JY]
———funding for counternarcotics and drug interdiction, H5883, H5884 [20JY]
Law enforcement: wiretap capability relative to digital transmissions and other emerging telecommunication technologies (H.R. 4922), H10782 [4OC]
Lima-Allen County, OH: tribute to local NAACP chapter, E105
Lobbyists: disclosure of activities to influence the Federal Government (S. 349), H1988 [24MR]
———disclosure of activities to influence the Federal Government (S. 349), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 550), H10273 [29SE]
New Jersey: solid waste disposal, H9935 [28SE]
NTSB: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2440), concur in Senate amendment with an amendment (H. Res. 558), H10568
Offenbaker, Tyler, A.: American Automobile Association School Safety Patrol Lifesaving Medal Citation recipient, E1963
Radioactive substances: disclosure requirements relative to radon testing when selling or renting property, H6402, H6403, H6405, H6406, H6408 [28JY]
———improve and increase radon testing products and services (H.R. 2448), H6396, H6402, H6403, H6404, H6405, H6406, H6408, H6409 [28JY]
———improve and increase radon testing products and services (H.R. 2448), consideration (H. Res. 491), H6394 [28JY]
Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act: reduce waiting period for benefits (H.R. 4868), H8434
Railroads: authorizing appropriations for development of high-speed rail transportation (H.R. 4867), H8432
———extension of certain Railway Labor Act provisions relative to the Soo Line Railroad Co. labor dispute (H.J. Res. 417), H10574, H10575 [3OC]
Refuse disposal: restrictions on local government flow control authority, H10317 [29SE]
———State control of municipal solid waste transportation and disposal (H.R. 4683), H10299, H10317 [29SE]
Securities: litigation reform relative to plaintiff control, fraud detection, proportionate liability, and auditing standards (S. 1976), E1510
———reform private enforcement of Federal securities laws (H.R. 417), E1510
States: limit out-of-State solid waste disposal (H.R. 4779), H9923, H9929, H9935 [28SE]
———limit out-of-State solid waste disposal (H.R. 4779), consideration (H. Res. 551), H9921 [28SE]
Votes: position on missed, E1174
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H285 [3FE], H558 [22FE], H3343 [12MY], H3753 [19MY], H4290 [9JN], H5759 [14JY], H5949 [20JY], H9901 [27SE], H10005 [28SE]
Leave of absence: granted, H6761 [3AU]
Schedules
Committee on Rules (House): foreign operations, export financing, and related programs appropriations, D603 [24MY]
———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures, D332 [24MR]
———Radon Awareness and Disclosure Act, D889 [27JY]
———selection process and cleanup standards of CERCLA, D1062 [13SE]
Tributes
Garver, Phil, E1982
Rowland, Representative, H11184