THOMAS, WILLIAM M. (a Representative from California)

Amendments offered by, to

Capitol Building and Grounds: use of the rotunda for a ceremony to honor victims of the Holocaust (H. Con. Res. 20), H2086, H2087 [23FE]

House of Representatives: payment of lump sum for accrued annual leave to eligible former employees (H. Res. 35), H251 [17JA]

Michel, Robert H.: naming of certain rooms in the Capitol in honor (H. Res. 65), H4008 [30MR]

Appointments

Commission on Congressional Mailing Standards, H3817 [28MR]

Committee on Ways and Means (House), H182 [11JA]

———advisors to U.S. delegations to international conferences, H247 [17JA]

Conferee: H.R. 483, permit medicare select policies to be offered in all States, H5586 [25MY]

———H.R. 831, extend tax deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC, H3851 [28MR]

———H.R. 1530, Dept. of Defense appropriations, H9403 [21SE]

———H.R. 2491, reconciliation of the concurrent budget resolution, H11422 [30OC]

———S. 395, sale of Alaska Power Administration hydroelectric projects and export of Alaska North Slope crude oil, H7587 [25JY]

Office of Fair Employment Practices Review Panel, H2813 [8MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Armed Forces: provide for the jurisdiction, apprehension, and detention of members and certain civilians accompanying the Armed Forces abroad (see H.R. 808), H1157 [2FE]

California: prevent preemption of State fluid milk standards (see H.R. 1298), H3572 [22MR]

Committee on House Oversight (House): authorizing expenditures (see H. Res. 87), H1908 [16FE]

Committees of the House: appointments to the Committee on Printing (Joint) and the Committee on the Library (Joint) (see H. Res. 86), H1850 [15FE]

———authorizing expenditures (see H. Res. 107), H2716 [6MR]

Congress: provide for the issuance and approval of employment regulations and practices (see H. Con. Res. 123), H15135 [19DE]

Dept. of HUD: permit rent reductions for certain public housing projects receiving assistance (see H.R. 624), H467 [20JA]

Elections: improve electoral process through use of electronic filing (see H.R. 2527), H10726 [24OC]

FEC: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1372), H4031 [30MR]

Federal Election Commission: preservation of reports (see H.R. 2527), H10726 [24OC]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 1234), H3156 [14MR]

House of Representatives: payment of lump sum for accrued annual leave to eligible former employees (see H. Res. 35), H296 [17JA]

———provide for official allowance that represents administrative reforms (see H.R. 2739), H14238 [7DE]

———provide for the issuance and approval of employment regulations and practices (see H. Res. 311), H15136 [19DE]

———treatment of references in statutes to any committee or officer whose name or jurisdiction has been changed (see H.R. 1421), H4413 [6AP]

Insurance: provide tax incentives to encourage health insurance coverage continuity and portability and discourage preexisting condition exclusions (see H.R. 1610), H4872 [11MY]

Medicare: clarify scope of coverage and payment amounts for the use of medical devices approved for investigational use (see H.R. 1744), H5622 [6JN]

———combat waste, fraud and abuse (see H.R. 2389), H9452 [21SE]

———extend certain savings provisions (see H.R. 1134), H2716 [6MR]

———payment for services furnished by a facility in which the referring physician has an ownership interest (see H.R. 2390), H9452 [21SE]

Medicare and Medicaid Coverage Data Bank: repeal (see H.R. 2685), H13803 [29NO]

Petroleum: exports of certain domestically produced crude oil (see H.R. 70), H165 [9JA]

Small business: increase deductions for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 697), H801 [26JA]

Taxation: double the maximum benefit under the special estate tax valuation rules for certain property (see H.R. 520), H242 [13JA]

———individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 682), H691 [25JA]

———treatment of charitable risk pools (see H.R. 1299), H3572 [22MR]

———treatment of small property and casualty insurance companies (see H.R. 1515), H4432 [7AP]

———treatment of tar sands relative to production of fuels from nonconventional sources and minimum tax preference for intangible drilling costs (see H.R. 379), H174 [9JA]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Agriculture: kiwifruit research and marketing (see H.R. 1486), H4430 [7AP]

Angeles National Forest: prohibit transfer of lands for use as a solid waste landfill (see H.R. 924), H1689 [13FE]

Central Valley Project Improvement Act: amend (see H.R. 1906), H6200 [21JN]

China, People's Republic of: U.S. policy (see H.R. 2053), H7179 [18JY]

Clean Air Act: State implementation plans (see H.R. 304), H468 [20JA]

Courts: State referendum challenges (see H.R. 1170), H2892 [8MR]

Employment: relationship between workers' compensation benefits and certain benefits available to migrant and seasonal workers (see H.R. 1715), H6270 [22JN]

Endangered Species Act: determination of threatened species relative to reauthorization (see H.R. 571), H1461 [8FE]

———reauthorize (see H.R. 2275), H8683 [7SE]

English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see H.R. 123), H9245 [19SE]

EPA: rescind implementation plan for the South Coast, Ventura, and Sacramento areas of California (see H.R. 1025), H2176 [23FE]

ERISA: restrict Government promotion of economically targeted investments for employee benefit plans (see H.R. 1594), H6159 [20JN]

Families and domestic relations: require States to disclose the AIDS status of infants to legal guardians (see H.R. 1289), H3571 [22MR]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 79), H3416 [21MR]

Graham, Billy and Ruth: award congressional gold medal (see H.R. 2657), H13273 [17NO]

Immigration: reform admission policies, treatment of criminal aliens and alien smuggling, documentation requirements, and border security (see H.R. 1018), H2175 [23FE]

Insurance: provide tax incentives to encourage health insurance coverage continuity and portability and discourage preexisting condition exclusions (see H.R. 1604), H4795 [10MY]

Investments: facilitate asset security through certain investment trusts (see H.R. 1967), H6656 [29JN]

Medicare: permit select policies to be offered in all States (see H.R. 483, 1391), H229 [11JA], H4336 [5AP]

———reform (see H.R. 2425, 2485), H9737 [29SE], H10146 [17OC]

———reporting requirement of trust fund trustees on projected financial imbalances (see H.R. 1590), H4618 [9MY]

Motor vehicles: average fuel economy standards for automobiles (see H.R. 2200), H11686 [1NO]

Patents: limit issuance on medical procedures (see H.R. 1127), H6656 [29JN]

Pesticides: definition and regulation of the minor use of pesticides (see H.R. 1627), H5983 [14JN]

Public lands: domestic livestock grazing fees (see H.R. 1713), H8309 [2AU]

Public welfare programs: reform (see H.R. 4), H159 [9JA]

San Bernardino County, CA: land conveyance for radioactive waste disposal facility (see H.R. 2334), H8994 [14SE]

Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of 150th anniversary (see H.R. 2627), H13658 [20NO]

Social Security: establish a health information network for medicare and medicaid (see H.R. 1766), H8309 [2AU]

———increase earnings limit (see H.R. 2668, 2684), H13658 [20NO], H13803 [29NO]

———increase earnings limit, repeal increase of taxation of benefits, and provide incentives to purchase long-term care insurance (see H.R. 8), H160 [9JA]

Southern Pacific Transportation Co.: validate certain conveyances made in Reno, NV, and Tulare, CA (see H.R. 1784), H5691 [7JN]

States: tax treatment of certain pension income (see H.R. 394), H231 [11JA]

Surplus Government property: authorize donation of surplus Federal law enforcement canines to their handlers (see H.R. 704), H5623 [6JN]

———provide authority for the transfer of Dept. of Defense equipment to law enforcement agencies (see H.R. 2495), H10306 [18OC]

Taxation: deny Federal tax return information to States which impose pension taxes on non-residents (see H.R. 1762), H7917 [27JY]

———depreciation of certain leasehold improvements (see H.R. 1171), H2892 [8MR]

———extend deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC (see H.R. 831), H1281 [6FE]

———inflation adjustments for maximum benefits under special estate tax valuation rules for certain property (see H.R. 532), H1850 [15FE]

———make permanent the credit for increasing research activities (see H.R. 803), H3417 [21MR]

———prevent reclassification of certain dues paid to tax-exempt agricultural and horticultural organizations (see H.R. 783), H1051 [1FE]

———provide credits for families and reform the marriage penalty (see H.R. 6), H160 [9JA]

———qualification and eligibility requirements for S corporations and shareholders (see H.R. 2039), H7011 [13JY]

———standards for determining employment status of independent contractors (see H.R. 1972), H6697 [30JN]

———treatment of capital gains and losses on the sale of a principal residence (see H.R. 56), H164 [9JA]

———treatment of contributions in aid of construction to a water or wastewater utility (see H.R. 957), H3417 [21MR]

———treatment of estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 1099), H6656 [29JN]

———treatment of medical savings accounts (see H.R. 1818), H5904 [13JN]

———treatment of real estate investment trusts (see H.R. 2121), H7801 [26JY]

———treatment of United Mine Workers of America combined benefit fund premiums (see H.R. 1370), H4031 [30MR]

Treaties and agreements: make regulatory correction relative to methyl bromide and the Montreal Protocol (see H.R. 2230), H8534 [4AU]

Letters

Comprehensive audit of the House of Representatives: by, H73 [4JA]

———John W. Lainhart IV, H73 [4JA]

Issuance and approval of employment regulations and practices for the House of Representatives and its employees: Representative Hoyer, H15115 [19DE]

———Robin H. Carle, H15113, H15115 [19DE]

Restructuring of House operations: by, H3821 [28MR]

Notices

Congressional Record: submission of extensions of remarks during House adjournment, H8425 [4AU], E1645 [5AU]

Remarks by, on

Agriculture: limitation on subsidies for certain income levels, H7363 [20JY]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1976), H7360, H7361, H7363 [20JY], H7426 [21JY]

Alaska Power Administration: sale of hydroelectric projects (S. 395), conference report, H11870, H11879 [8NO]

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 115), H11898, H11900 [8NO], H12121 [10NO]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 115), consideration (H. Res. 257), H11886 [8NO]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 115), motion to postpone consideration of veto, H12241, H12242 [14NO]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 122), H13373 [20NO]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 123), H13331 [18NO]

Armenia: anniversary of genocide (H. Con. Res. 47), H4505 [2MY]

Baker, Howard H., Jr.: appointment to the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution (H.J. Res. 110), H11792 [7NO]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), H777 [26JA]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution, H15542 [21DE]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2491), H10897 [26OC]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2491), conference report, H13164 [17NO], H13361 [20NO]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1996-2002 (H. Con. Res. 122), H15138, H15145 [19DE]

Capitol Building and Grounds: use of the rotunda for a ceremony to honor victims of the Holocaust (H. Con. Res. 106), H15157 [19DE]

———use of the rotunda for a ceremony to honor victims of the Holocaust (H. Con. Res. 20), H2086 [23FE]

CCC: funding to promote and market corporate products overseas, H7426 [21JY]

China, Republic of: visit of President Lee Teng-hui (S. Con. Res. 9), S7133 [22MY]

Committees of the House: appointments to the Committee on Printing (Joint) and the Committee on the Library (Joint) (H. Res. 86), H2087 [23FE]

———authorizing expenditures (H. Res. 107), H3163, H3165, H3168 [15MR]

———decrease number of committees, subcommittees and staff, H47 [4JA]

Congress: provide for the issuance and approval of employment regulations and practices (H. Con. Res. 123), H15155, H15156 [19DE]

Courts: maximum award of noneconomic damages in medical liability claims, H2961 [9MR]

———product liability reform (H.R. 956), H2961 [9MR]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1530), conference report, H14959 [15DE]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1530), consideration (H. Res. 164), H5766, H5767 [13JN]

Dept. of Energy: funding for the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, H6852 [12JY]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2020), H7233, H7235 [19JY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State and the Judiciary: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2076), consideration (H. Res. 198), H7612 [25JY]

D'Harnoncourt, Anne: appointment to the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution (H.J. Res. 111), H11792 [7NO]

Elections: improve electoral process through use of electronic filing (H.R. 2527), H12139, H12140, H12141, H12142 [13NO]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 1905), H6852 [12JY]

FEC: preservation of reports (H.R. 2527), H12139, H12140, H12141, H12142 [13NO]

Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (H.R. 5), H562 [24JA]

Gerstner, Louis: appointment to the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution (H.J. Res. 112), H11793 [7NO]

Gingrich, Representative: signing of book contract, H304, H305 [18JA]

Government: shutdown relative to budget process, H15542 [21DE]

Government regulations: moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions (H.R. 450), motion to recommit, H2208 [24FE]

House of Representatives: audit by Inspector General (H. Res. 192), H7151 [18JY]

———firing of employees in Clerk's office, H14885 [14DE]

———legislative program, H104, H105 [4JA], H238 [13JA], H4317 [5AP], H4855 [11MY]

———legislative tactics, H304, H305 [18JA]

———official mail allowance, H6187 [21JN]

———payment of lump sum for accrued annual leave to eligible former employees (H. Res. 35), H250 [17JA]

———prohibit unsolicited mass mailings within 90 days of an election, H6191 [21JN]

———provide for the issuance and approval of employment regulations and practices (H. Res. 311), H15111, H15113, H15114, H15116 [19DE]

———recesses subject to the call of the Chair (H. Res. 320), H15542 [21DE]

———return of excess amounts from official allowances to the Dept. of the Treasury for deficit reduction, H6224 [22JN]

———treatment of references in statutes to any committee or officer whose name or jurisdiction has been changed (H.R. 1421), H4378 [6AP]

House Rules: comprehensive House of Representatives audit, H73 [4JA]

———excess Member administrative operations funds, H48 [4JA]

———openness of committee meetings, H60 [4JA]

———reform the House of Representatives (H. Res. 6), H47, H48, H60, H73 [4JA]

International trade: illegal timber trade over the Thailand-Cambodian border, S10489 [21JY]

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of: nuclear reactor framework agreement, S3814 [10MR]

Laughlin, Representative: election to Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H. Res. 183), H6721 [10JY]

Legislative Branch of the Government: application of certain laws (S. 2), H252, H263, H269, H272, H274 [17JA]

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 1854), H6173, H6187, H6191 [21JN], H6220, H6224 [22JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 1854), conference report, H8575 [6SE]

———reduce funding for the Botanic Garden and apply savings to the Federal depository library program, H6220 [22JN]

Medicaid: reform, H15138 [19DE]

Medicare: clarify scope of coverage and payment amounts for the use of medical devices approved for investigational use (H.R. 1744), E1161 [6JN]

———combat waste, fraud and abuse, H10332 [19OC]

———permit select policies to be offered in all States (H.R. 483), conference report, H6670 [30JN]

———permit select policies to be offered in all States (H.R. 483), consideration (H. Res. 130), H4370, H4373 [6AP]

———permit select policies to be offered in all States (H.R. 483), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 180), H6663 [30JN]

———permit select policies to be offered in all States (H.R. 483), motion to instruct conferees, H5579, H5584 [25MY]

———reform, S17455 [18NO], H8938 [14SE], H15138 [19DE]

———reform (H.R. 2425), H10331, H10332, H10360, H10456, H10457 [19OC]

———reporting requirement of trust fund trustees on projected financial imbalances (H.R. 1590), H4968, H4969, H4970 [16MY]

Michel, Robert H.: naming of certain rooms in the Capitol in honor (H. Res. 65), H4005, H4008 [30MR]

Neal, Homer A.: appointment to the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution (H.J. Res. 69), H11790, H11791 [7NO]

Parliamentary inquiry, H302 [18JA], H3193 [15MR], H10336, H10354, H10455 [19OC]

Petroleum: export of Alaska North Slope crude oil (H.R. 70), H7488, H7492, H7498, H7499, H7501, H7503, H7504 [24JY]

———export of Alaska North Slope crude oil (S. 395), conference report, H11870, H11879 [8NO]

———production of oil and gas resources in the Gulf of Mexico, H11870, H11879 [8NO]

———require ships exporting Alaskan oil to be U.S.-flagged vessels, H7499 [24JY]

Point of order, H60 [4JA], H7361 [20JY]

Real property: compensation to owners of private property relative to regulatory restrictions (H.R. 925), H2517, H2518, H2519 [2MR]

Robinson, Julia: Kern County, CA, Nurse of the Year award recipient, E922 [2MY]

Securities: reform Federal litigation procedures (H.R. 1058), conference report, H15156 [19DE]

Senate: appointment and compensation of consultants (S. 273), H806 [27JA]

Taxation: extend deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC (H.R. 831), H1929, H1940 [21FE], H3850 [28MR]

———extend deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC (H.R. 831), conference report, H3999 [30MR]

———extend deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC (H.R. 831), consideration (H. Res. 88), H1919 [21FE]

———extend deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC (H.R. 831), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 121), H3990, H3991 [30MR]

———individual retirement accounts (H.R. 682), E182 [26JA]

———rates (H.R. 1215), H4303, H4316 [5AP]

———treatment of individuals benefiting from renouncement of citizenship, H4303 [5AP], H7233, H7235 [19JY]

White, George M.: tribute (S. Con. Res. 33), H13681 [28NO]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: striking of words, H12242 [14NO]

Reports filed

Committees of the House Appropriations: Committee on House Oversight (House) (H. Res. 107) (H. Rept. 104-74), H3048 [10MR]

Rules

Committee on House Oversight (House), H464-H466 [20JA]

Committee on Printing (Joint), H2986 [9MR]

Schedules

Committee on Appropriations (House): Subcommittee on Legislative Branch: Committee on Printing (Joint) and the GPO, D224 [22FE]

—————Library of Congress, D224 [22FE]

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate): Alaska Power Administration sale of hydroelectric projects and export of Alaska North Slope crude oil, D264 [1MR]

Committee on National Security (House): Subcommittee on Military Readiness: Naval Petroleum Reserves, D395 [22MR]

Committee on Resources (House): export of Alaska North Slope crude oil, D569 [9MY]

———Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Lands: public lands legislation, D894 [20JY]

———Subcommittee on Water and Power Resources: Central Valley Project Improvement Act, D894 [20JY]

Committee on Rules (House): Dept. of Defense appropriations, D696 [7JN]

———export of Alaska North Slope crude oil, D901 [21JY]

Tributes

Campbell, Representative, H14932 [15DE]