MEYERS, JAN (a Representative from Kansas)

Amendments offered by, to

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State and the Judiciary: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2076), H7551 [24JY], H7775, H7790 [26JY]

Executive departments: reduce Federal paperwork burden (H.R. 830), H2024 [22FE]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 1868), H6451 [28JN]

Appointments

Conferee: S. 244, Paperwork Reduction Act, H3015 [10MR]

———S. 895, Small Business Lending Enhancement Act, H8777 [12SE]

North Atlantic Assembly, H1763 [15FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

AFDC: replace with State block grant programs (see H.R. 513), H242 [13JA]

Aviation: remove air carrier departure and destination restrictions on Dallas Love Field Airport (see H.R. 774), H1050 [1FE]

Committee on Small Business (House): authorizing expenditures (see H. Res. 74), H1555 [9FE]

Courts: modify the judicial review of regulatory flexibility analyses (see H.R. 937), H1751 [14FE]

National Park Service: reform concessions policies (see H.R. 773), H1050 [1FE]

NIH: establish an Office for Rare Disease Research (see H.R. 2027), H7011 [13JY]

SBA: reduce level of participation in certain guaranteed loans (see H.R. 1570), H4545 [3MY]

Small business: reduce costs of Government loan guarantees (see H.R. 2150), H8174 [1AU]

Taxation: deduction for health insurance premiums (see H.R. 442), H179 [9JA]

———extend deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 1034), H2176 [23FE]

———requirements for tax exempt trust status relative to multiple employer health benefits arrangements (see H.R. 1035), H2176 [23FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Agriculture: ensure contract sanctity (see H.R. 2557), H13804 [29NO]

Air pollution: reduction of work-related vehicle trips in ozone nonattainment areas (see H.R. 325), H840 [27JA]

Aliens: treatment of criminal aliens (see H.R. 592), H1556 [9FE]

Animals: prohibit export of American black bear viscera (see H.R. 353), H593 [24JA]

———prohibit import, export, sale or possession of bear viscera (see H.R. 2240), H10147 [17OC]

———prohibit interstate commerce relative to exotic animals (see H.R. 1202), H9784 [10OC]

Appropriations: line-item veto (see H.R. 2, 27), H159, H163 [9JA]

Armed Forces: procedures for determining status of certain missing members (see H.R. 945), H4619 [9MY]

Aviation: repeal increase in transportation fuels tax applicable to commercial aviation (see H.R. 752), H5983 [14JN]

Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare: establish (see H.R. 1739), H6200 [21JN]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: require congressional approval prior to U.S. military intervention (see H.R. 2550, 2606), H10994 [26OC], H12084 [9NO]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1, 28), H161, H175 [9JA]

———limit rate of growth (see H.R. 1110), H8994 [14SE]

China, Republic of: U.N. participation (see H. Con. Res. 12), H1689 [13FE]

Citizenship: constitutional amendment restricting citizenship by virtue of birth in U.S. (see H.J. Res. 93), H5608 [25MY]

———status of children born in U.S. to parents who are not citizens or permanent resident aliens (see H.R. 1363), H4512 [2MY]

Committees of the House: require legislation to transfer certain functions of the GPO (see H. Res. 24), H1612 [10FE]

Congress: employee forfeiture of retirement benefits relative to certain criminal convictions (see H.R. 2244), H8994 [14SE]

Consumers: establish a toll-free telephone number in the Dept. of Commerce to assist consumers in identifying domestically-produced merchandise (see H.R. 447), H5367 [18MY]

Correctional institutions: exemption from Fair Labor Standards Act for inmates in certain programs (see H.R. 868), H6736 [10JY]

Courts: product liability reform (see H.R. 10), H161 [9JA]

———reform civil assets forfeiture (see H.R. 1916), H9364 [20SE]

Credit: define payment postmark date as payment date for purposes of grace periods (see H.R. 1963), H8684 [7SE]

Crime: consumer fraud (see H.R. 1499), H9897 [11OC]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (see H.R. 3), H159 [9JA]

———restitution for victims (see H.R. 711), H802 [26JA]

Dept. of Energy: gas turbine modular helium reactor program (see H.R. 311), H5905 [13JN]

Dept. of HHS: verification of employee Social Security information (see H.R. 502), H2393 [28FE]

Dept. of the Treasury: management of cash positions whenever the Government is unable to borrow funds to meet its needs (see H.R. 2098), H9671 [28SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish mammography quality standards (see H.R. 882), H6083 [16JN]

———extend benefits to certain merchant mariners who served during World War II (see H.R. 44), H2224 [24FE]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments (see H.R. 9), H161 [9JA]

Education: student loan reform (see H.R. 530), H2584 [2MR]

Employment: age discrimination regulations relative to hiring and retirement plans for State and local law enforcement officers and firefighters (see H.R. 849), H1371 [7FE]

———clarify exemption of houseparents from minimum wage and maximum hour requirements (see H.R. 2531), H10848 [25OC]

———consolidate Federal job training programs (see H.R. 511, 1617), H242 [13JA], H4873 [11MY]

———make uniform the application overtime exemption for inside sales personnel (see H.R. 1226), H11829 [7NO]

———payment of wages to individuals who use employer-owned vehicles (see H.R. 1227), H9132 [18SE]

———relationship between workers' compensation benefits and certain benefits available to migrant and seasonal workers (see H.R. 1715), H7068 [17JY]

English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see H.R. 123, 739, 1005), H167 [9JA], H4415 [6AP], H8806 [12SE]

ERISA: restrict Government promotion of economically targeted investments for employee benefit plans (see H.R. 1594), H4618 [9MY]

Explosives: Federal permit requirements for distribution or receipt of explosives (see H.R. 488), H468 [20JA]

Families and domestic relations: strengthen rights of parents (see H.R. 11), H161 [9JA]

Federal employees: protection of congressional staff (see H.R. 628), H1850 [15FE]

———reduce number of political appointees (see H.R. 2090), H8904 [13SE]

———retirement provisions for certain INS, Customs Service, and IRS employees (see H.R. 1124), H5905 [13JN]

Firearms: repeal ban on assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices (see H.R. 125), H468 [20JA]

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

Foreign policy: encourage North-South dialogue on Korean Peninsula (see H. Con. Res. 19), H4032 [30MR]

Forest Service: assure operations are free of racial, sexual, and ethnic discrimination (see H.R. 1716), H5983 [14JN]

Government: status of Federal contractors that hire permanent replacements for striking employees (see H.R. 1176), H2892 [8MR]

Government regulations: reduce Federal paperwork burden (see H.R. 2715), H14002 [5DE]

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

Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: reduce tax (see H.R. 1138), H5905 [13JN]

Hazardous substances: nuclear waste disposal (see H.R. 1020), H4433 [7AP]

Health: designate obstetrician-gynecologists as primary care providers for women under Federal health care regulations (see H. Res. 30), H1689 [13FE]

———ensure pregnant women receiving Public Health Service assistance are provided with pregnancy information and counseling (see H.R. 833), H9363 [20SE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 995, 996), H1967 [21FE]

Historic buildings and sites: study battlefields of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 (see H.R. 810), H1461 [8FE]

House of Representatives: require use of official allowance to purchase copies of the U.S. Code (see H. Res. 58), H1372 [7FE]

———return of excess amounts from official allowances to the Treasury for deficit reduction (see H.R. 77), H165 [9JA]

Housing: residency requirements for aliens relative to occupancy in public housing (see H.R. 605), H2306 [27FE]

Human rights: trafficking of Burmese women and girls into Thailand for forced prostitution (see H. Con. Res. 21), H1752 [14FE]

Immigration: asylum reform and prohibition of Federal benefits to certain aliens (see H.R. 375), H4511 [2MY]

———moratorium on aliens except for relatives of U.S. citizens, certain highly skilled workers, and refugees (see H.R. 373), H1371 [7FE]

———reform admission policies, treatment of criminal aliens and alien smuggling, documentation requirements, and border security (see H.R. 560, 1018, 1915, 2202), H1611 [10FE], H2175 [23FE], H6269 [22JN], H8533 [4AU]

India: U.S. policy (see H. Con. Res. 48), H4795 [10MY]

Insurance: coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (see H.R. 2011), H10848 [25OC]

———prohibit denial of health coverage based on status as victim of domestic violence (see H.R. 1920), H10726 [24OC]

Israel: relocate U.S. embassy to Jerusalem (see H.R. 1595), H9452 [21SE]

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of: restrict congressional travel (see H.R. 1987), H6831 [11JY]

Labor: allow cooperative efforts between management and labor to improve economic competitiveness (see H.R. 743), H1612 [10FE]

Legislative Branch of the Government: application of certain laws (see H.R. 1), H158 [9JA]

Medicare: require health maintenance organizations to disclose certain information to enrollees (see H.R. 2249), H10848 [25OC]

Medicare and Medicaid Coverage Data Bank: repeal (see H.R. 952), H1849 [15FE]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (see H.J. Res. 2), H593 [24JA]

Motor vehicles: remove limitations on maximum driving and on-duty time of utility vehicle operators and drivers (see H.R. 2144), H8597 [6SE]

Music: licensing (see H.R. 789), H3879 [28MR]

National security: revitalize (see H.R. 7), H160 [9JA]

National Tourism Organization: establish (see H.R. 2579), H12190 [13NO]

Natural gas: enhance safety, training, research, and development in the propane gas industry (see H.R. 1514), H5692 [7JN]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: amend (see H.R. 1834), H5982 [14JN]

Oil Pollution Act: require Federal agencies to differentiate between organic oils and petroleum-based oils (see H.R. 436), H296 [17JA]

Oklahoma City, OK: bombing of Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building (see H. Res. 135), H4512 [2MY]

Panama: negotiation of a new agreement relative to the presence of U.S. Armed Forces and the Panama Canal (see H. Con. Res. 4), H1372 [7FE]

Patents: biotechnology process protection (see H.R. 587), H1968 [21FE]

———limit issuance on medical procedures (see H.R. 1127), H8684 [7SE]

———restore term (see H.R. 359), H296 [17JA]

Postal Service: acceptance of change-of-address orders from commercial mail receiving agencies (see H.R. 1464), H11441 [30OC]

Public welfare programs: eliminate benefits relative to probation and parole violators and fugitive felons (see H.R. 118), H1850 [15FE]

———prohibit financial assistance to persons delinquent in child support payments (see H.R. 104), H8994 [14SE]

Recycling: improve the collection and dissemination of information that will promote the recycling of municipal solid waste (see H.R. 1153), H4512 [2MY]

Roads and highways: repeal requirement to use asphalt containing recycled crumb rubber for paving (see H.R. 1242), H6083 [16JN]

Russia: protection of freedom of the press and freedom of expression (see H. Con. Res. 95), H10147 [17OC]

Small business: increase deductions for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 2435), H9737 [29SE]

Social Security: increase earnings limit (see H.R. 2668), H13731 [28NO]

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

———medicare reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see H.R. 580), H4511 [2MY]

Sports: headgear requirements for professional boxers (see H.R. 1150), H4512 [2MY]

States: tax treatment of certain pension income (see H.R. 394), H11441 [30OC]

Surplus Government property: authorize donation of surplus Federal law enforcement canines to their handlers (see H.R. 704), H5905 [13JN]

Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve: establish (see H.R. 1449), H4414 [6AP]

Tariff: tamoxifen citrate (see H.R. 1261), H3326 [16MR]

Taxation: allow individuals to designate percentage of their tax overpayments or to make contributions for deficit reduction (see H.R. 1442), H4414 [6AP]

———church pension benefit plans (see H.R. 528), H10484 [19OC]

———deduction for interest paid on debt secured by a first or second home (see H. Con. Res. 10), H1208 [3FE]

———earned income tax credits relative to illegal aliens and fraudulent claims (see H.R. 438), H1908 [16FE]

———exclusion of employer-provided educational assistance (see H.R. 127), H6159 [20JN]

———increase the unified estate and gift tax credit (see H.R. 62), H692 [25JA]

———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]

———require burden of proof to be on the Dept. of the Treasury in all tax cases (see H.R. 390), H1968 [21FE]

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

———treatment of accelerated death benefits under life insurance contracts (see H.R. 99), H1371 [7FE]

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

———treatment of charitable risk pools (see H.R. 1299), H8806 [12SE]

———treatment of family-owned businesses relative to estate tax (see H.R. 2190), H8360 [3AU]

———treatment of group legal services plans (see H.R. 540), H11441 [30OC]

———treatment of homemakers' individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 708, 1040), H802 [26JA], H2223 [24FE]

———treatment of medical savings accounts (see H.R. 1818), H8904 [13SE]

———treatment of military income derived from services performed during a contingency operation (see H.R. 2778), H15136 [19DE]

Terrorism: improve U.S. ability to respond to terrorist threats (see H.R. 896), H4512 [2MY]

Trucking industry: regulation of nonconsensual tow truck operations (see H.R. 866), H1908 [16FE]

Volunteer workers: grant immunity from personal civil liability during work on behalf of governmental entities or nonprofit organizations (see H.R. 911), H1688 [13FE]

Voting: eliminate bilingual voting requirements (see H.R. 351), H7257 [19JY]

Washington, George: mint coins in commemoration of 200th anniversary of death (see H.R. 2026), H15136 [19DE]

Water pollution: Federal facilities pollution control (see H.R. 364), H3733 [23MR]

Women: availability of information on reproductive health services (see H. Res. 118), H9784 [10OC]

———prohibit practice of female genital mutilation or female circumcision (see H.R. 941), H10726 [24OC]

Conference reports

Small Business Lending Enhancement Act (S. 895), H9638 [28SE]

Motions offered by

Small business: redesign small business programs on loan guarantees, counseling and management, and Government contracting (S. 895), H8777 [12SE]

Remarks by, on

Abortion: prohibit funding for international population assistance activities, H6451, H6452, H6453, H6458, H6460, H6461 [28JN]

———prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1833), H11614 [1NO]

———State discretion in deciding on funding for victims of rape and incest, H8375 [3AU]

AFDC: program reform, H3762 [24MR]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: require congressional approval prior to U.S. military intervention (H.R. 2606), H13233 [17NO]

———require congressional approval prior to U.S. military intervention (H.R. 2770), H14827 [13DE]

———U.S. military intervention (H. Res. 247), H11405 [30OC]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2491), H10908 [26OC]

Children and youth: expand child care block grant programs, H3586 [23MR]

Committees of the House: permission to meet while the House is in session, H8733 [12SE]

Contracts: Federal bidding procedures, H8859, H8871, H8874, H8876, H8878 [13SE]

———revise and streamline Federal procurement and acquisition laws, H5930, H5936 [14JN]

———revise and streamline Federal procurement and acquisition laws (H.R. 1670), H8859, H8871, H8874, H8876, H8878 [13SE]

DAR: tribute to work on Constitution Week observance, E1813 [20SE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1530), H5930, H5936 [14JN]

Dept. of HHS: restore funding to family planning programs, H8257 [2AU]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State and the Judiciary: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2076), H7775 [26JY]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2076), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 289), H14080 [6DE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2127), H8257 [2AU], H8375 [3AU]

ERISA: restrict Government promotion of economically targeted investments for employee benefit plans (H.R. 1594), H8744 [12SE]

Executive departments: recordkeeping requirements, H2024 [22FE]

———reduce Federal paperwork burden (H.R. 830), H2014, H2024 [22FE]

———reduce Federal paperwork burden (S. 244), conference report, H4376 [6AP]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 1868), H6451, H6452, H6453, H6458, H6460, H6461 [28JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 1868), conference report—amendments in disagreement, H11540 [31OC], H12360 [15NO]

Foreign trade: impact of Japanese trade practices on automobile industry, H4519 [3MY]

Government regulations: reform regulatory process (H.R. 926), H2409, H2410, H2412 [1MR]

House of Representatives: legislative program, H3771 [24MR]

Labor: allow cooperative efforts between management and labor to improve economic competitiveness (H.R. 743), H9528 [27SE]

League of Women Voters: anniversary, H1701 [14FE]

Population: funding for international family planning programs, H11540 [31OC], H12360 [15NO]

Public debt: ceiling (H.R. 2586), H12059 [9NO]

Public welfare programs: reform (H.R. 4), H3363 [21MR], H3586 [23MR], H3762, H3765, H3768 [24MR]

———reform (H.R. 4), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 319), H15505 [21DE]

SBA: funding, H14080 [6DE]

———funding for the Office of Advocacy, H7775 [26JY]

Small business: redesign small business programs on loan guarantees, counseling and management, and Government contracting (S. 895), H8776 [12SE]

———redesign small business programs on loan guarantees, counseling and management, and Government contracting (S. 895), conference report, H9711, H9712 [29SE]

———reduce costs of Government loan guarantees (H.R. 2150), H8733, H8734, H8736 [12SE]

———tax incentives, H15577 [22DE]

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), H1925 [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), conference report, H3998 [30MR]

———rates (H.R. 1215), H4220 [5AP]

U.N. Population Fund: funding, H12360 [15NO]

Votes: correction, H4827 [11MY], H8658 [7SE], E2147 [9NO]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H5606 [25MY], H8172 [1AU]

Tribute, E2235 [28NO]

Remarks in Senate relative to

Tribute, S18013 [5DE]

Reports filed

Judicial Review of Regulatory Flexibility Analyses: Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 937) (H. Rept. 104-49), H2175 [23FE]

Small Business Credit Efficiency Act: Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 2150) (H. Rept. 104-238), H8596 [6SE]

Small Business Lending Enhancement Act: Committee of Conference (S. 895) (H. Rept. 104-269), H9670 [28SE]

Rules

Committee on Small Business (House), H1608-H1610 [10FE]

Schedules

Committee on Agriculture (House): Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities: Federal tax code relative to farmers, ranchers, and rural communities, D232 [23FE]

Committee on Resources (House): Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Lands: public lands legislation, D919 [25JY]

Committee on Rules (House): revise and streamline Federal acquisition laws, D1079 [12SE]

Committee on Ways and Means (House): Subcommittee on Health: health insurance tax deduction for the self-employed, D103 [27JA]

Subpoena Notices

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, H6146 [20JN]

Tributes

Becker, Rich, E871 [7AP]