CHAPMAN, JIM (a Representative from Texas)

Amendments offered by, to

Crime: incarceration of violent criminals (H.R. 667), H1462 [8FE], H1489 [9FE], H1575 [10FE]

Government regulations: reform regulatory process (H.R. 926), H2431 [1MR]

Law enforcement: provide block grants (H.R. 728), H1702 [14FE]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 1905, energy and water development appropriations, H8664 [7SE]

———H.R. 2099, Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies appropriations, H11704 [2NO]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Ecology and environment: provide assistance to rural and disadvantaged communities under the State water pollution control revolving loan program (see H.R. 692), H801 [26JA]

Firearms: repeal ban on assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices (see H.R. 125), H167 [9JA]

Government regulations: reform (see H.R. 994), H1967 [21FE]

Regulatory Sunset Commission: establish (see H.R. 122), H167 [9JA]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Agriculture: transportation of farm commodities and supplies (see H.R. 526), H1908 [16FE]

Air pollution: reduction of work-related vehicle trips in ozone nonattainment areas (see H.R. 325), H12085 [9NO]

Appropriations: line-item veto (S. 4), application to 1996 appropriations bills (see H. Res. 212), H8536 [4AU]

———making continuing (see H.J. Res. 118, 120), H12506 [15NO]

Armed Forces: assist INS and Customs Service personnel in performing border protection functions (see H.R. 387), H890 [30JA]

Aviation: repeal increase in transportation fuels tax applicable to commercial aviation (see H.R. 752), H4546 [3MY]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 28, 53), H175 [9JA], H325 [18JA]

———deficit (see H. Res. 94), H5692 [7JN]

Coins: mint coins recommended by the Citizens Commemorative Coin Advisory Committee (see H.R. 1753), H7990 [28JY]

Consumers: establish a toll-free telephone number in the Dept. of Commerce to assist consumers in identifying domestically-produced merchandise (see H.R. 447), H593 [24JA]

Crime: false identification documents (see H.R. 1552), H6699 [30JN]

———increase penalties for armed violent criminals (see H.R. 1488), H6481 [28JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: extend benefits to certain merchant mariners who served during World War II (see H.R. 44), H164 [9JA]

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

Explosives: Federal permit requirements for distribution or receipt of explosives (see H.R. 488), H4619 [9MY]

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

Firearms: repeal ban on assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices (see H.R. 698), H801 [26JA]

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

Food stamps: reduce fraud (see H.R. 1094), H9671 [28SE]

Foreign countries: border-crossing fees for vehicles or pedestrians entering the U.S. from Canada or Mexico (see H. Con. Res. 28), H1968 [21FE]

Foreign trade: develop criteria for market access in foreign countries (see H.R. 1560), H4620 [9MY]

Government regulations: cumulative cost/benefit accounting statement for regulatory programs (see H.R. 1636), H8597 [6SE]

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

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), H1372 [7FE]

———operation of laboratories along Mexican border relative to public health functions (see H.R. 574), H2177 [23FE]

Health care professionals: exempt physician office laboratories from clinical laboratory requirements (see H.R. 1386), H7917 [27JY]

Immigration: asylum reform and prohibition of Federal benefits to certain aliens (see H.R. 375), H4916 [12MY]

———moratorium on aliens except for relatives of U.S. citizens, certain highly skilled workers, and refugees (see H.R. 373), H4915 [12MY]

Medicare: chiropractic services (see H.R. 997), H6270 [22JN]

Medicare/Medicaid: public examination of any changes in existing law relative to budget reconciliation (see H. Res. 221), H8904 [13SE]

Members of Congress: stoppage of payment during Government shutdown (see H.R. 2281), H14927 [14DE]

Motor vehicles: regulation of motorcycle helmet use (see H.R. 899), H4415 [6AP]

Natural gas: authorize associations of independent producers (see H.R. 2342), H9739 [29SE]

Oil Pollution Act: require Federal agencies to differentiate between organic oils and petroleum-based oils (see H.R. 436), H970 [31JA]

Patents: restore the proper term of patent protection (see H.R. 359), H6481 [28JN]

Pensions: exclude the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund from the Federal budget (see H.R. 103), H3327 [16MR]

———revise effective date for cost-of-living adjustments for military retirees (see H.R. 2664), H14239 [7DE]

Pesticides: definition and regulation of the minor use of pesticides (see H.R. 1627), H7990 [28JY]

Petroleum: exports of certain domestically produced crude oil (see H.R. 70), H1281 [6FE]

Prayer: constitutional amendment on voluntary school prayer (see H.J. Res. 16), H7801 [26JY]

Rural areas: grants to assist colonias relative to wastewater disposal (see H.R. 556, 557), H1461 [8FE]

Russia: requirements relative to economic assistance (see H.R. 1418), H4795 [10MY]

Shenandoah Valley National Battlefields: establish (see H.R. 763), H5983 [14JN]

Small business: increase deductions for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 52), H164 [9JA]

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

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds (see H.R. 2628), H12349 [14NO]

———maintenance and protection of system (see H. Con. Res. 78), H8598 [6SE]

———medicare reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see H.R. 580), H3879 [28MR]

Solid waste: exemption for recoverable materials re-used during industrial process (see H.R. 2335), H8994 [14SE]

States: tax treatment of certain pension income (see H.R. 394), H2393 [28FE]

Taxation: church pension benefit plans (see H.R. 528), H9671 [28SE]

———exclusion of employer-provided educational assistance (see H.R. 127), H890 [30JA]

———make permanent the credit for increasing research activities (see H.R. 803), H5691 [7JN]

———modify application of passive loss limitations to timber activities (see H.R. 902), H1688 [13FE]

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

———standards for determining employment status of independent contractors (see H.R. 1972), H9245 [19SE]

———treatment of distilled spirits (see H.R. 2333), H11829 [7NO]

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

———treatment of United Mine Workers of America combined benefit fund premiums (see H.R. 1370), H4916 [12MY]

Transportation: provide off-budget treatment for certain transportation trust funds (see H.R. 842), H3572 [22MR]

Veterans: eliminate disparity between civilian and military retiree cost-of-living adjustments (see H.R. 38), H164 [9JA]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 65, 303), H400 [19JA]

Remarks by, on

Correctional institutions: prison construction funding, H1575, H1576, H1578 [10FE]

Crime: incarceration of violent criminals (H.R. 667), H1489, H1490, H1500, H1505, H1519, H1520 [9FE], H1575, H1576, H1578 [10FE]

———mandatory victim restitution (H.R. 665), H1268 [6FE]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2099), H7855 [27JY], H7943, H7959, H7960, H7961 [28JY]

Ecology and environment: provide assistance to rural and disadvantaged communities under the State water pollution control revolving loan program (H.R. 692), E193 [26JA]

EPA: enforcement of certain environmental laws, H7943, H7959, H7960, H7961 [28JY]

Firearms: repeal ban on assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices (H.R. 125), E50 [5JA]

Government regulations: reform regulatory process (H.R. 926), H2432, H2433 [1MR]

Law enforcement: community policing programs, H1268 [6FE]

———provide block grants (H.R. 728), H1708, H1714 [14FE]

———transfer block grant funds to community policing programs, H1708, H1714 [14FE]

Parliamentary inquiry, H1576 [10FE]

Public debt: ceiling (H.R. 2586), consideration (H. Res. 262), H12101 [10NO]

Regulatory Sunset Commission: establish (H.R. 122), E50 [5JA]

Space policy: space station program funding, H7855 [27JY]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H1280 [6FE]

Schedules

Committee on Government Reform and Oversight (House): Subcommittee on National Economic Growth, Natural Resources and Regulatory Affairs: reform of government regulations, D428 [28MR]