STEARNS, CLIFF (a Representative from Florida)

Amendments offered by, to

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4602), H4894 [23JN]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4603), H5118 [27JN]

Education: authorizing appropriations for certain programs (H.R. 6), H790 [23FE]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3600), H7903 [10AU]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 965, Child Safety Protection Act, H2247 [13AP]

———H.R. 2333, Dept. of State, USIA, and related agencies appropriations, H2386 [18AP]

———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]

Delegation for the funeral of the late Richard M. Nixon, H2841 [28AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Dept. of Defense: grant recognition for meritorious service to aviators who meet the qualification standards of the Air Forces Escape and Evasion Society (see H. Res. 548), H9762 [26SE]

Elders, Joycelyn: call for resignation as Surgeon General (see H. Con. Res. 297), H9762 [26SE]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 4550), H4219 [8JN]

India: independence anniversary (see H. Res. 430), H3681 [18MY]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: treatment of disabled children charged with firearms possession (see H.R. 4574), H4390 [13JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

African-American Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 364), H6550 [1AU]

Agriculture: price supports for wool and mohair (see H.R. 1604), H5950 [20JY]

Appropriations: rescind unauthorized (see H.R. 1392), H5950 [20JY]

———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), H7506 [10AU]

Broward County, FL: authorizing appropriations for ecosystem protection research facility (see H.R. 4804), H5950 [20JY]

Budget: balance (see H.R. 998), H5950 [20JY]

———balance and provide for zero-based budgeting (see H.R. 883), H6104 [21JY]

———deficit (see H.R. 4057), H6698 [2AU]

———establish a Federal regulatory budget (see H.R. 3005), H1957 [23MR]

———establish Federal mandate budget and impose cost controls (see H.R. 3421), H1957 [23MR]

———outlay reduction process (see H.R. 4000), H1253 [10MR]

———reform baseline budgeting, consideration of rescissions, use of spending cuts for deficit reduction, and treatment of emergency designation in legislation (see H.R. 4434), H4166 [26MY]

———submission relative to activities and aggregates within the unified budget (see H.R. 4520), H6104 [21JY]

Capital punishment: use of racially based quotas to determine sentencing (see H. Con. Res. 270), H6381 [27JY]

Classified information: establish a uniform system for classifying and declassifying information (see H.R. 4137), H4166 [26MY]

Coastal Barrier Resources System: map adjustments (see H.R. 4219), H2367 [14AP]

Committee on Intelligence (Joint): establish (see H.J. Res. 145), H4220 [8JN]

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]

Correctional institutions: prison overcrowding remedies (see H.R. 3895), H864 [24FE]

Courts: State truth-in-sentencing laws and funding for additional spaces in State correctional programs (see H.R. 3584), H1957 [23MR]

Crime: antiracketeering laws (see H.R. 4824), H6200 [25JY]

———mandatory life imprisonment for third conviction of individuals for certain felonies (see H.R. 93), H204 [2FE]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (see H.R. 2872, 5008), H2913 [28AP], H9008 [21AU]

———restitution to victims (see H.R. 3367), H1957 [23MR]

———treatment of hardcore juvenile offenders (see H.R. 4491), H6253 [26JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: consolidation of agricultural research and extension activities (see H.R. 1122), H5950 [20JY]

Dept. of Commerce: establish toll free number to assist consumers in determining if products are American made (see H.R. 3342), H2583 [20AP]

Dept. of Education: reduce increase in grants to State and local education agencies (see H.R. 3725), H6253 [26JY]

Dept. of HHS: study use of biometric devices to verify identity of AFDC applicants (see H.R. 3727), H157 [1FE]

Dept. of HUD: assistance program eligibility for organizations that promote prejudice or bias based on race, religion, or ethnicity (see H.R. 4036), H6253 [26JY]

Dept. of Justice: interpretation of child protection statutes (see H. Res. 481), H5761 [14JY]

Dept. of the Treasury: procure services to locate dormant Federal accounts in financial institutions (see H.R. 465), H6104 [21JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: staffing guidelines for the Veterans Health Administration and establish health care delivery programs (see H.R. 4013), H2219 [12AP]

Disasters: provide for disaster avoidance and response plans and development of relief and reinsurance plans (see H.R. 2873), H2937 [2MY]

Drugs: allow licensed veterinarians to order the extra-label use of drugs in animals (see H.R. 1423), H680 [23FE]

Ecology and environment: conservation and management of wetlands (see H.R. 1330), H2252 [13AP]

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), H9600 [23SE]

English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see H.R. 123), H3887 [23MY]

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]

Fair Labor Standards Act: exemptions for inmates of penal or other correctional institutions relative to certain programs (see H.R. 3705), H5951 [20JY]

Federal employees: allow for garnishment of pay (see H.R. 214), H6253 [26JY]

Federal Employees' Compensation Act: eliminate benefits to individuals convicted of defrauding the workers' compensation program (see H.R. 3491), H2368 [14AP]

Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (see H.R. 140), H2507 [19AP]

Firearms: constitutional right of U.S. citizens to bear and keep arms (see H. Con. Res. 3), H358 [8FE]

———right of U.S. citizens to bear and keep arms (see H.R. 1276), H1157 [9MR]

Firefighters: exempt firefighters and rescue squad workers from certain provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act relative to volunteer work in a professional capacity (see H.R. 3949), H6156 [22JY]

Food industry: interstate commerce in meat and meat products relative to State and Federal inspection requirements (see H.R. 3646), H8696 [18AU]

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]

———reduce administrative expenses (see H.R. 3250), H6253 [26JY]

———require Federal agencies to apply value engineering (see H.R. 133), H6549 [1AU]

Haiti: presence of U.S. Armed Forces (see H. Con. Res. 269; H. Res. 546), H5871 [19JY], H9600 [23SE]

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), H3223 [10MY]

———budgetary treatment of national health care reform (see H. Con. Res. 201), H204 [2FE]

———designation of obstetrician-gynecologists as primary care providers for women in Federal health care programs (see H. Res. 234), H3056 [4MY]

———employment impact of national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 3882), H3791 [20MY]

———Federal standards for malpractice claims (see H.R. 4791), H5870 [19JY]

———inclusion of medical technology advancement in health care reform legislation (see H. Res. 485), H6381 [27JY]

———inclusion of poison control services in health care reform (see H. Con. Res. 243), H5316 [28JN]

———managed care system reform proposal (see H.R. 4527), H5872 [19JY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 3955), H2583 [20AP]

Immigration: moratorium on certain aliens (see H.R. 3862), H544 [11FE]

Immigration and Nationality Act: improve immigration laws (see H.R. 3860), H500 [10FE]

IRS: liability of employees in court cases (see H.R. 3261), H1058 [3MR]

Jewish War Veterans: issue commemorative postage stamp honoring anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 199), H1088 [8MR]

Law enforcement officers: exemption from State laws prohibiting carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 1277), H6253 [26JY]

Medicaid: improve the Federal medical assistance percentage (see H.R. 4047), H1438 [16MR]

Medicare: extend issuance period for select policies (see H.R. 5082), H11001 [5OC]

———reduction of waste and fraud (see H.R. 1130), H5950 [20JY]

Members of Congress: require participation in health care reform package (see H. Res. 255), H6201 [25JY]

———restrictions on franked mass mailings by a Member who is a candidate for such office (see H.R. 1349), H2368 [14AP]

Metric system: prohibit Federal funding for highway sign conversions (see H.R. 502), H5950 [20JY]

Monuments and memorials: mint commemorative coins for the Vietnam Women's Memorial (see H.R. 2467), H4165 [26MY]

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 311), H1440 [16MR]

National Children's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 389), H9903 [27SE]

National Council on the Arts: abolish (see H.R. 146), H5950 [20JY]

National Crime Victims' Rights Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 342), H1556 [18MR]

National Family Caregivers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 90), H2219 [12AP]

National Flood Insurance Program: improve (see H.R. 4052), H1439 [16MR]

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), H10007 [28SE]

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]

North American Free Trade Agreement: withdrawal (see H.R. 3635), H5951 [20JY]

Nuclear energy: safe disposal of spent fuel (see H.R. 4887), H6984 [4AU]

Persian Gulf Conflict: compensation for veterans and increased research relative to illnesses attributed to service during conflict (see H.R. 4386), H3278 [11MY]

Police Athletic League: tribute (see H. Res. 557), H10446 [30SE]

Postal Service: limit expenditures on new logo (see H.R. 3328), H357 [8FE]

Power resources: establish safety, development, and education programs for the propane gas industry (see H.R. 3546), H1556 [18MR]

Prayer: constitutional amendment on voluntary school prayer (see H.J. Res. 424), H11200 [6OC]

Program on Social Ethics and Community Service: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 4464), H4166 [26MY]

Public welfare programs: reform (see H.R. 4473, 4566), H3887 [23MY], H4343 [10JN]

Radio: recognize the achievements of radio amateurs and establish support for radio amateurs as national policy (see H.J. Res. 199), H3964 [24MY]

Refuse disposal: encourage the President and State Governors to carry out on-site composting at their residences (see H.R. 2292), H5655 [13JY]

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]

Russia: requirements relative to economic assistance (see H.R. 3992), H2252 [13AP]

Schneerson, Menachem Mendel: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4497), H4391 [13JN]

Securities: reform private enforcement of Federal securities laws (see H.R. 417), H5761 [14JY]

Service Contract Act: repeal (see H.R. 1518), H6482 [29JY]

Small Family Farm Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 291), H1781 [21MR]

Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of 150th anniversary (see H.R. 4912), H9224 [19SE]

Social Security: taxation of benefits (see H.R. 2959), H6200 [25JY]

States: immunity from personal civil liability for certain volunteers working for nonprofit organizations and government entities (see H.R. 911), H1897 [22MR]

Taxation: business meal and entertainment expense deductions (see H.R. 3031), H4090 [25MY]

———deductibility of expenses incurred in connection with the business use of the home (see H.R. 3407), H205 [2FE]

———deduction of charitable contributions (see H.R. 4356), H3155 [5MY]

———treatment of dues paid to tax-exempt agricultural or horticultural organizations (see H.R. 3951), H2398 [18AP]

———treatment of health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 5062), H9350 [20SE]

———treatment of motor boat diesel fuel sales (see H.R. 4371), H6550 [1AU]

U.N.: limit U.S. contributions (see H.R. 662), H5950 [20JY]

Veterans: cost-of-living adjustments (see H.R. 3023), H43 [25JA]

———reform and simplify health care system (see H.R. 4788), H5870 [19JY]

Washington, George: mint coins in commemoration of boyhood home (see H.R. 5049), H9223 [19SE]

Documents

Who Now Speaks for the Spirit of this University?—J. Wayne Reitz (1908-1993), John Lombardi, H98 [1FE]

Eulogies

Eulogy for Dad: Ed Holder, E2113 [6OC]

Lists

Points on a good life: J. Wayne Reitz, H98 [1FE]

Motions offered by

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 103), consideration (H. Res. 331), H862 [24FE]

Remarks by, on

Appropriations: rescind unauthorized funds contained in California earthquake relief legislation (H.R. 3986), H1092 [9MR]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 103), H1396 [16MR]

———discretionary spending limits (H.R. 3266), H2945 [3MY]

———foreign aid versus social programs, H3759 [20MY]

California: designate certain desert lands as wilderness (H.R. 518), H5513 [12JY]

———establish Death Valley and Joshua Tree National Parks and Mojave National Monument (H.R. 518), H5513 [12JY]

———hunting in the Mojave National Monument, H5513 [12JY]

Citrus Springs, FL: dedication of the Ted Williams Retrospective Museum and Library, H298 [8FE]

Climate: global warming, H1002 [3MR]

Clinton, President: State of the Union Message, H47 [26JA]

Clinton, President and Hillary Rodham: investigation of involvement in Whitewater Estates development and Madison Guaranty, H92, H93 [1FE], H209 [3FE]

Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House): investigation of House Post Office activity relative to violations of House Rules or embezzlement of public funds by Members of Congress (H. Res. 238), H564 [23FE], H972 [2MR]

Courts: prosecution of violent juveniles as adults, H4887 [23JN]

Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures, H19 [25JA]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3355), conference report, H6702 [3AU], H7211 [9AU], H7307 [10AU], H7909 [11AU], H8000 [12AU], H8946, H8982 [21AU]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3355), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 517), H7941 [11AU]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 4092), H2411 [19AP]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4602), H4836 [22JN], H4894, H4895, H4899 [23JN]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4603), H5117, H5118, H5119, H5161 [27JN]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs, HUD, and sundry independent agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4624), H5402 [29JN]

District of Columbia: health care benefits for domestic partners of employees, H5603 [13JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4649), H5603 [13JY]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments, H5667 [14JY]

Education: authorizing appropriations for certain programs (H.R. 6), H836 [24FE], H1743 [21MR], H1797, H1798, H1799 [22MR], H2027, H2054, H2055 [24MR]

———authorizing appropriations for certain programs (H.R. 6), conference report, H10382 [30SE]

———Federal funding for schools with programs promoting homosexuality as a positive alternative lifestyle, H2027 [24MR]

———national policy to improve system (H.R. 1804), conference report, H1929 [23MR]

———national policy to improve system (H.R. 1804), motion to instruct conferees, H649 [23FE]

———prohibit benefits for illegal aliens, H1797, H1798, H1799 [22MR]

———regulation of private schools and home-schooling parents, H836 [24FE]

EEOC: guidelines relative to religious harassment in employment, H5161 [27JN]

Elders, Joycelyn: call for resignation as Surgeon General, H4861 [22JN], H9099 [13SE]

Espionage: capital punishment for identifying an individual acting as an agent of the U.S. resulting in the death of the agent (H.R. 4060), H2225 [13AP]

Firearms: prohibit transfer or sale of assault weapons (H.R. 4296), H3018 [4MY]

———prohibit transfer or sale of assault weapons (H.R. 4296), consideration (H. Res. 416), H3072 [5MY]

Haiti: presence of U.S. Armed Forces (H.J. Res. 416), consideration (H. Res. 570), H11064 [6OC]

Health: effect on small business of mandated benefits coverage, H4450 [15JN], H8703 [19AU]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H1160 [10MR], H4647, H4650 [16JN], H5450 [30JN], H5779 [19JY], H6108 [22JY], H6767 [4AU], H7211 [9AU], H8585, H8587, H8590 [17AU], H8603 [18AU]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3698), H797 [24FE], H916 [2MR], H1448 [17MR]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 4550), H4298 [10JN]

Immigration: refugee policy relative to homosexuals, H4656 [17JN]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: treatment of disabled children charged with firearms possession (H.R. 4574), H6460 [29JY]

Insurance: disclosure of reasons for policy denials or non-renewals, H5923 [20JY]

International Mathematical Olympiad: tribute to U.S. team, H6259 [27JY]

Interstate commerce: insurance disclosures (H.R. 1188), H5896, H5900, H5901, H5907, H5909, H5914, H5923 [20JY]

———legislative and executive branch jurisdiction over insurance disclosures, H5907, H5909 [20JY]

Keystone Heights, FL: tribute, E1389 [30JN]

Legislative Branch of the Government: application of certain laws (H.R. 4822), H7341 [10AU]

National Endowment for the Arts: funding, H4734 [21JN], H4894, H4895, H4899 [23JN]

———funding of obscene or indecent materials, H3381 [17MY]

Ocala, FL: tribute to Florida Center for the Blind, E956 [18MY]

Parliamentary inquiry, H4898 [23JN]

Point of order, H5119 [27JN], H5908 [20JY]

Prayer: Federal funding for schools relative to voluntary school prayer, H1743 [21MR], H1929 [23MR]

Public welfare programs: reform, H19 [25JA], H1793 [22MR]

Refugees: resettlement of Iraqi veterans of the Persian Gulf Conflict, H5118, H5119 [27JN]

Republican Party: national agenda, H9578 [23SE], H11211 [7OC]

San Francisco, CA: funding for the Presidio military facility, H4836 [22JN]

Social Security Administration: bonus performance awards for employees, H3233 [11MY]

Space policy: space station program funding, H5402 [29JN]

Stephanopoulos, George: purchase of commercial real estate, H6565 [2AU]

Taxation: rates, H3285 [12MY]

Toys: safety (H.R. 965), H1138, H1139 [9MR]

Union County, FL: construction of prison solely through donations and volunteer work, H91 [1FE]

Veterans: bill of rights (H.R. 408), H895 [1MR]

Votes: position on missed, H9690 [26SE]

Weapons: advanced cruise missile program, H4401 [14JN]

Williams, Ted: American Sportsfishing Association Man of the Year award recipient, H4171 [8JN]

World War II: anniversary of D-Day, H4101 [26MY]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H3510 [17MY]

Special order: granted, H78 [26JA], H107 [1FE], H4652 [16JN], H4882 [22JN], H5460 [30JN]

Schedules

Committee on Education and Labor (House): Subcommittee on Select Education and Civil Rights: Individuals With Disabilities Education Act, D382 [14AP]

Committee on Energy and Commerce (House): Subcommittee on Health and the Environment: health care reform, D63 [2FE]

Committee on Rules (House): Community Development, Credit Enhancement, and Regulatory Improvement Act, D931 [3AU]

———health care reform, D994 [12AU]

———insurance disclosures relative to interstate commerce, D798 [12JY]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures, D332 [24MR]

Committee on Ways and Means (House): Subcommittee on Health: health care reform, D123 [10FE]

Tables

CBO cost estimates for H.R. 1188 and title II of H.R. 1257, H5897 [20JY]

Tributes

Bentley, Representative, E2194 [8OC]

Gibbons, Representative, H4180 [8JN]

Lewis, Representative Tom, E2218 [8OC]

Machtley, Representative, H11414 [7OC]

Reitz, J. Wayne, H98 [1FE]