GEKAS, GEORGE W. (a Representative from Pennsylvania)

Addresses

Birth Defects: James L. Mills, E1743 [8SE]

Amendments offered by, to

Courts: product liability reform (H.R. 956), H3015, H3016 [10MR]

Government regulations: reform regulatory process (H.R. 926), H2428 [1MR]

Science: authorizing appropriations for Federal civilian science activities (H.R. 2405), H9940 [12OC]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 956, Common Sense Legal Standards Reform Act, H11989 [9NO]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Administrative Conference of the U.S.: extend (see H.R. 2291), H8725 [8SE]

Appropriations: continuance of pay and authority to make certain expenditures and obligations during lapses (see H.R. 2007), H6829 [11JY]

———making automatic continuing (see H.R. 2006), H6829 [11JY]

Babs (vessel): certificate of documentation (see H.R. 2048), H7067 [17JY]

Courts: appointment of bankruptcy judges (see H.R. 2604), H12084 [9NO]

———reorganize administrative law judiciary (see H.R. 1802), H5753 [8JN]

Government regulations: reform regulatory process (see H.R. 926), H1751 [14FE]

Health: liability of raw material and component suppliers to medical device manufacturers (see H.R. 753), H969 [31JA]

Immigration and Nationality Act: amend by substituting ``children born out of wedlock'' for ``illegitimate children'' references (see H.R. 1204), H3048 [10MR]

LSC: abolish (see H.R. 2277), H8683 [7SE]

Merit Systems Protection Board: performance of certain hearings functions only by administrative law judges (see H.R. 1983), H6697 [30JN]

Motor vehicles: delay implementation of enhanced vehicle inspection and maintenance programs (see H.R. 46), H164 [9JA]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Agriculture: price supports for peanuts (see H.R. 2008), H6829 [11JY]

———price supports for sugar (see H.R. 1687), H5471 [23MY]

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

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

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

Budget: automatic adjustments of discretionary spending limits and reduction of obligation limits (see H.R. 700), H3417 [21MR]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1), H161 [9JA]

Charities: clarify exemptions from securities and antitrust laws relative to charitable gift annuities (see H.R. 2525), H10726 [24OC]

Children and youth: health research (see H.R. 1735), H5608 [25MY]

China, Republic of: U.N. participation (see H. Con. Res. 12), H1281 [6FE]

Copyrights: duration of protection (see H.R. 989), H1907 [16FE]

Correctional institutions: criminal penalties for escaping from Federal prison (see H.R. 1533), H4620 [9MY]

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

Crime: increase penalties for armed violent criminals (see H.R. 1488), H10994 [26OC]

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

Cyprus: dispute resolution (see H. Con. Res. 42), H3327 [16MR]

Diseases: payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted human immunodeficiency virus due to contaminated blood products (see H.R. 1023), H5571 [24MY]

Education: student loan reform (see H.R. 530), H4433 [7AP]

Endangered Species Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2275), H8994 [14SE]

English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see H.R. 123), H2892 [8MR]

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

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: amend relative to minor use of pesticides (see H.R. 1352), H4512 [2MY]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: amend (see H.R. 961), H4441 [1MY]

Firearms: protect and enforce the right to obtain and use firearms for security, self-defense, and other legitimate purposes (see H.R. 78), H165 [9JA]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 79), H4546 [3MY]

Government regulations: moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions (see H.R. 450), H1371 [7FE]

Graham, Billy and Ruth: award congressional gold medal (see H.R. 2657), H14927 [14DE]

H. John Heinz III, Dept. of Veterans Affairs Nursing Care Center, Aspinwall, PA: designate (see H.R. 2760), H14310 [12DE]

Hazardous substances: nuclear waste disposal (see H.R. 1020), H5753 [8JN]

House of Representatives: prohibit travel by Members, officers and employees at lobbyist expense (see H.R. 75), H3156 [14MR]

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

Immigration: reform admission policies, treatment of criminal aliens and alien smuggling, documentation requirements, and border security (see H.R. 1915, 2202), H6269 [22JN], H8533 [4AU]

Intellectual property: application of antitrust laws (see H.R. 2674), H13658 [20NO]

Labor: allow cooperative efforts between management and labor to improve economic competitiveness (see H.R. 743), H8994 [14SE]

Law enforcement officers: exemption from State laws prohibiting carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H5609 [25MY]

Max Rosenn U.S. Courthouse, Wilkes-Barre, PA: designate (see H.R. 1718), H14003 [5DE]

Medicare: reform (see H.R. 2152), H8806 [12SE]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (see H.J. Res. 2), H162 [9JA]

Money: control and prevent commercial counterfeiting (see H.R. 2511), H10484 [19OC]

Motor vehicles: school bus safety (see H.R. 1884), H7257 [19JY]

National Tourism Organization: establish (see H.R. 2579), H12128 [10NO]

National Voter Registration Act: repeal (see H.R. 370), H803 [26JA]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: amend (see H.R. 1834), H12085 [9NO]

Patents: biotechnology process protection (see H.R. 587), H399 [19JA]

———restore term (see H.R. 359), H231 [11JA]

———restore the proper term of patent protection, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 359), H8708, H8725 [8SE]

Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act: amend (see H.R. 1103), H5374 [22MY]

Pesticides: definition and regulation of the minor use of pesticides (see H.R. 1627), H5609 [25MY]

Real property: private property owner rights (see H.R. 790), H1051 [1FE]

Ronald Reagan (U.S.S.): designate the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier known as CVN-76 (see H.J. Res. 61), H2224 [24FE]

Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of 150th anniversary (see H.R. 2627), H13930 [4DE]

Solid waste: State control over transportation of municipal solid waste (see H.R. 2323), H13870 [30NO]

Sound recording and reproducing: copyright laws relative to the public performance of sound recordings by means of digital transmission (see H.R. 1506), H4431 [7AP]

Taxation: allow individuals to designate percentage of their tax liability to reduce the national debt (see H.R. 13), H163 [9JA]

———income tax credit for property used to control environmental pollution and for soil and water conservation expenditures (see H.R. 41), H164 [9JA]

———prohibit retroactive taxation (see H.R. 788), H1051 [1FE]

———require burden of proof to be on the Dept. of the Treasury in all tax cases (see H.R. 390), H692 [25JA]

Terrorism: improve U.S. ability to respond to terrorist threats (see H.R. 1710), H5607 [25MY]

Tourist trade: promote (see H.R. 1083), H7699 [25JY]

Transportation: provide off-budget treatment for certain transportation trust funds (see H.R. 842), H2177 [23FE]

Turkey: protection and continued livelihood of the Eastern Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarchate (see H. Con. Res. 50), H3879 [28MR]

Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 65), H1752 [14FE]

———revise effective dates for discontinuance of compensation and pension benefits (see H.R. 109), H231 [11JA]

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

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

World War II: mint coins in commemoration of 50th anniversary of the Marshall Plan and of George C. Marshall (see H.R. 1406), H8537 [4AU]

Explanations

State Tax Treatment of Certain Pension Income (H.R. 394), H14974 [18DE]

Letters

Substitute ``children born out of wedlock'' for ``illegitimate children'' references in the Immigration and Nationality Act: Doris Meissner and Mary A. Ryan, Dept. of State, H11386 [30OC]

———Wendy R. Sherman, Dept. of State, H11386 [30OC]

Remarks by, on

Appropriations: making automatic continuing (H.R. 2006), H9252 [20SE]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 108), consideration (H. Res. 230), H9604 [28SE]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 115), H11899 [8NO]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 122), consideration (H. Res. 270), H12411 [15NO]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: lift U.S. arms embargo (S. 21), H8093 [1AU]

———require congressional approval prior to U.S. military intervention (H.R. 2770), consideration (H. Res. 304), H14822 [13DE]

———U.S. military enforcement of peace agreement between Serbian, Croatian, and Muslim forces (H. Res. 302), consideration (H. Res. 304), H14822 [13DE]

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

———U.S. military intervention (H. Res. 306), consideration (H. Res. 304), H14822 [13DE]

Budget: balance, H15554 [21DE]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), H632, H652 [25JA]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2491), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 272), H13152 [17NO]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1996-2002 (H. Con. Res. 67), H5272 [18MY]

Capital punishment: establish effective procedures (H.R. 729), H1428, H1429 [8FE]

Courts: admissibility of evidence of collateral source payments in medical liability actions, H3016, H3017, H3018, H3019 [10MR]

———limit the application of the exclusionary rule (H.R. 666), H1329 [7FE]

———product liability reform (H.R. 956), H2875 [8MR], H3016, H3017, H3018, H3019, H3024 [10MR]

———reform civil justice system (H.R. 988), H2665, H2666, H2667, H2668, H2683, H2684 [6MR]

Crime: mandatory victim restitution (H.R. 665), H1309 [7FE]

Cyprus: dispute resolution (H. Con. Res. 42), H9044 [18SE]

———Turkish occupation, H7164 [18JY]

Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission: recommendations (H.J. Res. 102), H8700 [8SE]

Dept. of State: consolidate foreign affairs agencies (H.R. 1561), H5402 [23MY]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2099), H7838 [27JY], H7939 [28JY]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2099), conference report, H11668 [1NO]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2099), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 291), H14186 [7DE]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2099), motion to instruct conferees, H11696 [2NO]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 1905), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 248), H11502 [31OC]

EPA: enforcement of certain environmental laws, H7939 [28JY], H11696 [2NO]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: amend (H.R. 961), consideration (H. Res. 140), H4688 [10MY]

Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (H.R. 5), H911 [31JA]

———reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (S. 1), conference report, H3310 [16MR]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (H.J. Res. 79), H6422 [28JN]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 1868), H6526 [28JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 1868), consideration (H. Res. 170), H6238 [22JN]

Government: continuance of pay and authority to make certain expenditures and obligations when there is a lapse in appropriations (H.R. 2007), H8582 [6SE]

Government regulations: collection of revenue from foreign-owned businesses, H2428 [1MR]

———exempt Federal banking agencies from regulatory process reform, H2425, H2426 [1MR]

———exempt sanctioning for illegal foreign trade activities from regulatory process reform, H2429 [1MR]

———judicial review rulemaking process, H2415, H2416, H2417, H2421, H2424, H2425, H2427, H2442, H2443 [1MR]

———moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions (S. 219), insert language of H.R. 450 in lieu, H5098, H5102 [17MY]

———record and make public all Federal agency contacts during major rulemaking processes, H2440 [1MR]

———reform regulatory process (H.R. 926), H2402, H2407, H2408, H2409, H2415, H2416, H2417, H2421, H2424, H2425, H2426, H2427, H2428, H2429, H2430, H2431, H2433, H2434, H2435, H2436, H2438, H2440, H2441, H2442, H2443 [1MR]

———reform regulatory process (H.R. 926), consideration (H. Res. 100), H2376 [28FE]

Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: observance, H3797 [24MR]

Health: liability of raw material and component suppliers to medical device manufacturers (H.R. 753), H3024 [10MR]

House Rules: proxy votes in committees or subcommittees, H58 [4JA]

———reform the House of Representatives (H. Res. 6), H58 [4JA]

Immigration: classification of children relative to international adoptions (S. 457), H11386 [30OC]

Immigration and Nationality Act: amend by substituting ``children born out of wedlock'' for ``illegitimate children'' references, H11386 [30OC]

Lancaster County, PA: Denver & Ephrata Telephone & Telegraph Co. efforts at developing communications networks in Hungary, E1228 [13JN]

Law enforcement: provide block grants (H.R. 728), H1705 [14FE]

———transfer block grant funds to community policing programs, H1705 [14FE]

Legal Services Corp.: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1806), H5612 [6JN]

LSC: funding, H4448 [2MY], H6095 [20JN]

Medicare: reform, H7158, H7159, H7160 [18JY]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (H.J. Res. 73), H3820 [28MR], H3942 [29MR]

Motor vehicles: delay implementation of enhanced vehicle inspection and maintenance programs (H.R. 46), E43 [5JA]

National Weather Service: use of FAA Terminal Doppler Weather Radars to provide data to nearby weather forecast offices, H9940 [12OC]

NIH: birth defects research, E1743 [8SE]

Oklahoma City, OK: bombing of Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, H4515 [3MY]

Parliamentary inquiry, H911 [31JA], H2428 [1MR]

Petroleum: export of Alaska North Slope crude oil (H.R. 70), H7495 [24JY]

Public debt: ceiling, H11665 [1NO]

———ceiling (H.R. 2586), H12059 [9NO]

Public welfare programs: reform (H.R. 4), H3368 [21MR]

Real property: compensation to owners of private property relative to regulatory restrictions (H.R. 925), H2498 [2MR]

Science: authorizing appropriations for Federal civilian science activities (H.R. 2405), H9940 [12OC]

Space policy: space station program funding, H7838 [27JY]

States: tax treatment of certain pension income (H.R. 394), H14972, H14974 [18DE]

Taxation: capital gains rates, H4253 [5AP]

———rates, H15554 [21DE]

———rates (H.R. 1215), H4110 [4AP], H4253 [5AP]

Turkey: allocation of foreign aid, H6526 [28JN]

Votes: position on missed, E125 [18JA], E231 [31JA], E1386 [30JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H15573 [21DE]

Special order: granted, H8593 [6SE], H11685 [1NO], H15235 [20DE]

Reports filed

Debts Relative to Death or Injury Caused by Debtor's Operation of Watercraft While Intoxicated: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 234) (H. Rept. 104-356), H13657 [20NO]

LSC Abolishment: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 2277.) (H. Rept. 104-255), H9451 [21SE]

State Tax Treatment of Certain Pension Income: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 394) (H. Rept. 104-389), H14237 [7DE]

Schedules

Committee on Government Reform and Oversight (House): Subcommittee on National Economic Growth, National Resources and Regulatory Affairs: regulatory rulemaking actions, D60 [19JA]

Committee on Labor and Human Resources (Senate): LSC budget, D781 [23JN]

Committee on Rules (House): Common Sense Legal Standards Reform Act, D304 [7MR]

———continuing appropriations, D1155 [27SE]

———regulatory process reform, D249 [27FE]

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House): Subcommittee on Railroads: Amtrak fiscal crisis, D176 [10FE]

Committee on Ways and Means (House): Subcommittee on Social Security: Social Security Disability Insurance Program, D662 [24MY]

Tributes

Mills, James L., E1743 [8SE]