FIELDS, JACK (a Representative from Texas)

Amendments offered by, to

Securities: reform Federal litigation procedures (H.R. 1058), H2779 [7MR]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 1058, Securities Litigation Reform Act, H10690 [24OC]

———S. 652, Telecommunications Competition and Deregulation Act, H10002 [12OC]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Charities: clarify exemptions from securities and antitrust laws relative to charitable gift annuities (see H.R. 2519), H10726 [24OC]

Courts: constitutional amendment to provide that Federal judges be reconfirmed by the Senate every 10 years (see H.J. Res. 63), H593 [24JA]

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

FCC: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1869), H6082 [16JN]

Investments: regulation and management of mutual funds (see H.R. 1495), H4431 [7AP]

Maritime academies: reimbursement of fees for examinations and licenses (see H.R. 247), H170 [9JA]

Medicare: prostate cancer screening (see H.R. 1496), H4431 [7AP]

Securities: promote capital formation in financial markets (see H.R. 2131), H7916 [27JY]

Ships and vessels: recreational boating safety (see H.R. 672), H691 [25JA]

Taxation: allow individuals to designate a portion of their tax overpayment to the U.S. Olympic Committee (see H.R. 1996), H6698 [30JN]

Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact: consent (see H.R. 558), H325 [18JA]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Air pollution: deadline extension for certain sanctions and reclassification of carbon monoxide nonattainment areas (see H.R. 1255), H4433 [7AP]

———reduction of work-related vehicle trips in ozone nonattainment areas (see H.R. 325), H1611 [10FE]

Armed Forces: organization and management of reserve components (see H.R. 1646), H5071 [16MY]

———prohibit uniform requirements involving the display of U.N. insignia (see H.R. 2540), H10993 [26OC]

Arts and humanities: abolish the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities (see H.R. 209), H6396 [27JN]

Aviation: remove air carrier departure and destination restrictions on Dallas Love Field Airport (see H.R. 774), H2393 [28FE]

———repeal increase in transportation fuels tax applicable to commercial aviation (see H.R. 752), H5691 [7JN]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: U.S. military intervention (see H. Res. 247), H11441 [30OC]

Broadcasting: reduce restrictions on ownership of stations (see H.R. 1556), H4545 [3MY]

Budget: automatic adjustments of discretionary spending limits and reduction of obligation limits (see H.R. 700), H1208 [3FE]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1), H296 [17JA]

———treatment of receipts and disbursements of Federal trust funds (see H.R. 564), H4105 [3AP]

CERCLA: amend (see H.R. 2500), H11442 [30OC]

Children and youth: treatment of abandoned infants relative to foster care (see H.R. 1044), H4415 [6AP]

Civil rights: affirmative action policies (see H.R. 2128), H11939 [8NO]

Correctional institutions: reform process for lawsuits relative to prison conditions and treatment (see H.R. 2468), H9897 [11OC]

Courts: funding for death penalty resource centers (see H.R. 1984), H6697 [30JN]

———product liability reform (see H.R. 10), H1968 [21FE]

Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (see H.R. 3), H1371 [7FE]

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

Dept. of Defense: prohibit Federal grants or contracts to educational institutions that prevent campus access for recruiting purposes (see H.R. 142, 1118), H325 [18JA], H3049 [10MR]

Dept. of HHS: verification of employee Social Security information (see H.R. 502), H970 [31JA]

Dept. of HUD: abolish (see H.R. 1098), H2486 [1MR]

Disasters: provide for hazard mitigation, relief, and insurance against natural disasters (see H.R. 1856), H6045 [15JN]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments (see H.R. 9), H1052 [1FE]

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

Endangered species: protect private property rights relative to economic losses from critical habitat designations (see H.R. 490), H1556 [9FE]

Endangered Species Act: determination of threatened species relative to reauthorization (see H.R. 571), H398 [19JA]

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

English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see H.R. 123), H1157 [2FE]

ERISA: restrict Government promotion of economically targeted investments for employee benefit plans (see H.R. 1594), H6699 [30JN]

Families and domestic relations: protect parental rights (see H.R. 1946), H14765 [13DE]

———strengthen rights of parents (see H.R. 11), H1052 [1FE]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: amend (see H.R. 961), H4031 [30MR]

Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (see H.R. 5), H242 [13JA]

Firearms: protect and enforce the right to obtain and use firearms for security, self-defense, and other legitimate purposes (see H.R. 78), H400 [19JA]

———repeal ban on assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices (see H.R. 125), H296 [17JA]

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

Government regulations: moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions (see H.R. 450), H1157 [2FE]

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

Gulf of Mexico: production of oil and gas resources (see H.R. 2106), H7699 [25JY]

Health: designate obstetrician-gynecologists as primary care providers for women under Federal health care regulations (see H. Res. 30), H692 [25JA]

———develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth defects (see H.R. 1010), H2063 [22FE]

Helium Act: sale of Federal real and personal property (see H.R. 873), H2064 [22FE]

House Rules: reform gift rules (see H. Res. 264), H12506 [15NO]

Housing: prevent persons with drug or alcohol problems from occupying units in housing projects for elderly families (see H.R. 117), H1850 [15FE]

Immigration: reform admission policies, treatment of criminal aliens and alien smuggling, documentation requirements, and border security (see H.R. 560, 1915, 2202), H1611 [10FE], H7990 [28JY], H8533 [4AU]

India: self-determination for the independence of the Sikh nation homeland, Punjab, Khalistan (see H. Con. Res. 32), H3327 [16MR]

———suspend developmental assistance relative to human rights violations (see H.R. 1425), H4413 [6AP]

Law enforcement officers: exemption from State laws prohibiting carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H296 [17JA]

Marine resources: reauthorization of programs (see H.R. 1175), H5691 [7JN]

Medicare: permit select policies to be offered in all States (see H.R. 483), H537 [23JA]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (see H.J. Res. 2, 3, 8, 76), H162 [9JA], H970 [31JA], H1612 [10FE], H3327 [16MR]

Motor vehicles: average fuel economy standards for automobiles (see H.R. 2200), H8904 [13SE]

———delay implementation of enhanced vehicle inspection and maintenance programs (see H.R. 46), H1611 [10FE]

———improve traffic safety performance of high risk drivers (see H.R. 1866), H6913 [12JY]

National Education Standards and Improvement Council: abolish (see H.R. 977), H4105 [3AP]

National Register of Historic Places: prohibit inclusion of certain sites (see H.R. 563), H1752 [14FE]

National Sea Grant College Program: reauthorization (see H.R. 1175), H5691 [7JN]

National Voter Registration Act: repeal (see H.R. 370), H468 [20JA]

———voluntary compliance by States (see H.R. 326), H1611 [10FE]

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. 707, 1834), H1461 [8FE], H7012 [13JY]

Oceans: prohibit dumping of radioactive waste (see H.R. 1154), H2811 [7MR]

Patents: fairness in compensating owners (see H.R. 632), H9132 [18SE]

———limit issuance on medical procedures (see H.R. 1127), H8174 [1AU]

Pensions: exclude the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund from the Federal budget (see H.R. 103), H2811 [7MR]

———revise effective date for cost-of-living adjustments for military retirees (see H.R. 2664), H13870 [30NO]

Pesticides: definition and regulation of the minor use of pesticides (see H.R. 1627), H4915 [12MY]

Petroleum: exports of certain domestically produced crude oil (see H.R. 70), H692 [25JA]

Pharmaceuticals: guarantee practice of pharmacy compounding and ensure supply of bulk drug products (see H.R. 598), H467 [20JA]

Public utilities: permit registered holding companies to provide telecommunications services (see H.R. 912), H1688 [13FE]

Public welfare programs: prohibit financial assistance to persons delinquent in child support payments (see H.R. 104), H593 [24JA]

Radio: permit recreational radio operations without licenses (see H.R. 963), H1849 [15FE]

Railroads: abolish the Local Rail Freight Assistance Program (see H.R. 2216), H10726 [24OC]

Real property: private property owner rights (see H.R. 489, 790), H1051 [1FE], H1752 [14FE]

Recycling: phase out the use of mercury in batteries and remove Federal barriers to the recycling of rechargeable batteries (see H.R. 2024), H6913 [12JY]

Roads and highways: maximum speed limit (see H.R. 427), H2393 [28FE]

Securities: reform Federal litigation procedures (see H.R. 1058), H2306 [27FE]

Shenandoah Valley National Battlefields: establish (see H.R. 763), H2306 [27FE]

Small business: increase deductions for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 335, 697), H1611 [10FE], H1908 [16FE]

Social Security: 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), H970 [31JA]

———medicare reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see H.R. 580), H4619 [9MY]

States: tax treatment of certain pension income (see H.R. 394), H2176 [23FE]

Surgeon General: terminate the Office of Surgeon General of the Public Health Service (see H.R. 860), H2177 [23FE]

Surplus Government property: authorize donation of surplus Federal law enforcement canines to their handlers (see H.R. 704), H4619 [9MY]

Taxation: church pension benefit plans (see H.R. 528), H10146 [17OC]

———deductions for business use of the home (see H.R. 40), H2393 [28FE]

———exclude certain business taxable income relative to sponsorship payments (see H.R. 1161), H7257 [19JY]

———individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 682), H1689 [13FE]

———make permanent the credit for increasing research activities (see H.R. 803), H6200 [21JN]

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

———provide credits for families and reform the marriage penalty (see H.R. 6), H1052 [1FE]

———repeal Federal estate and gift taxes and the tax on generation-skipping transfers (see H.R. 784), H2064 [22FE]

———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), H12350 [14NO]

———treatment of accelerated death benefits under life insurance contracts (see H.R. 99), H4511 [2MY]

———treatment of business meal and entertainment expenses (see H.R. 662), H6830 [11JY]

———treatment of capital gains, estate and gift taxes, and exclusion of gain from the sale of certain principal residences (see H.R. 593), H1611 [10FE]

———treatment of certain education savings accounts (see H.R. 769), H3572 [22MR]

———treatment of family-owned businesses relative to estate tax (see H.R. 2190), H8904 [13SE]

———treatment of homemakers' individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 708, 1040), H1611 [10FE], H2223 [24FE]

———treatment of individual investment accounts (see H.R. 328), H1611 [10FE]

———treatment of lobbying expenses for State legislation (see H.R. 2434), H11686 [1NO]

———treatment of medical savings accounts (see H.R. 1818), H6046 [15JN]

———treatment of tax-exempt interest relative to Social Security benefits and income determination (see H.R. 159), H1908 [16FE]

Telecommunications: foreign ownership of licensed facilities (see H.R. 514), H242 [13JA]

———promote competition and reduce regulation (see H.R. 1555), H4545 [3MY]

Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge: transfer management to Oklahoma (see H.R. 1112), H2584 [2MR]

Transportation: provide off-budget treatment for certain transportation trust funds (see H.R. 842), H4512 [2MY]

U.N.: U.S. withdrawal (see H.R. 2535), H12085 [9NO]

Veterans: eliminate disparity between civilian and military retiree cost-of-living adjustments (see H.R. 38, 1994), H7917 [27JY], H8994 [14SE]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 65, 303), H1555, H1556 [9FE]

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

Wetlands: conservation and management (see H.R. 1330), H3878 [28MR]

Remarks by, on

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), H712 [26JA]

———making supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 1158), H3266 [15MR]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution, H15083 [18DE]

———vocational education program funding through Corp. for Public Broadcasting rescissions, H3266 [15MR]

Business and industry: exempt projections of future events or earnings from fraud liability, H2841, H2845 [8MR]

Charities: clarify exemptions from securities and antitrust laws relative to charitable gift annuities (H.R. 2519), H13674 [28NO]

———clarify exemptions from securities and antitrust laws relative to charitable gift annuities (S. 978), E2006 [24OC]

Courts: constitutional amendment to provide that Federal judges be reconfirmed by the Senate every 10 years (H.J. Res. 63), E167 [24JA]

Dept. of Education: tribute to Drug Free Schools Award recipients, E1049 [16MY]

Executive departments: compensation relative to private property impact analysis, H2540, H2541, H2542, H2543 [2MR]

FCC: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1869), E1283 [16JN]

Government regulations: reform regulatory process (H.R. 1022), H2279 [27FE]

Harris, Thomas J.: Westinghouse Science Talent Search finalist, E553 [8MR]

Houston, TX: tribute to Westfield High School concert band, E771 [4AP]

Investments: regulation and management of mutual funds (H.R. 1495), E868 [7AP]

Maritime academies: reimbursement of fees for examinations and licenses (H.R. 247), E17, E22 [4JA]

McKay, Haden E., Jr.: Masonic Temple (fraternal order) Grand Lodge 50-Year Masonic Service Award recipient, E1588 [2AU]

Medicare: prostate cancer screening (H.R. 1496), H4339 [6AP]

———reform (H.R. 2425), H10357 [19OC]

National Day of Prayer: observance, E885 [1MY]

Real property: compensation to owners of private property relative to regulatory restrictions (H.R. 925), H2472 [1MR], H2505, H2506, H2510, H2513, H2540, H2541, H2542, H2543, H2551, H2559, H2560, H2561, H2564 [2MR], H2601 [3MR]

———private property owner rights (H.R. 790), E254 [2FE]

RICO: reform relative to securities litigation, H2775, H2777 [7MR]

Rosehill, TX: tribute to congregation of Salem Lutheran Church, E2269 [30NO]

Sealy, TX: tribute to Sealy High School football team, H547 [24JA]

Securities: exempt fraud cases relative to derivatives in Federal litigation reform, H2827, H2828, H2829, H2830 [8MR]

———payment of legal expenses by losing party in lawsuits deemed to be frivolous, H2854, H2855 [8MR]

———reform Federal litigation procedures (H.R. 1058), H2761, H2767, H2775, H2777, H2779 [7MR], H2819, H2822, H2825, H2827, H2828, H2829, H2830, H2832, H2835, H2836, H2837, H2841, H2845, H2847, H2848, H2849, H2851, H2854, H2855 [8MR]

———reform Federal litigation procedures (H.R. 1058), conference report, H14040 [6DE]

———reform Federal litigation procedures (H.R. 1058), consideration (H. Res. 105), H2752 [7MR]

———reform Federal litigation procedures (H.R. 1058), corrections in engrossment, H2864 [8MR]

———reform Federal litigation procedures (H.R. 1058), motion to recommit, H2862 [8MR]

———reform Federal litigation procedures (H.R. 1058), veto, H15216 [20DE]

———State and local government time limitations for filing of fraud lawsuits, H2832, H2835, H2836, H2837 [8MR]

Ships and vessels: recreational boating safety (H.R. 672), E184 [26JA]

Telecommunications: promote competition and deregulation of Bell Telephone Cos.' entrance into long distance telephone service, H8456, H8457, H8464 [4AU]

———promote competition and reduce regulation (H.R. 1555), H4520 [3MY], H8284 [2AU], H8456, H8457, H8461, H8464, H8471, H8476, H8483 [4AU]

———promote competition and reduce regulation (H.R. 1555), consideration (H. Res. 207), H8277 [2AU]

———provide means of restricting access to unwanted materials in interactive telecommunications systems, H8471 [4AU]

———reform policies regulating competition (S. 652), motion to instruct conferees, H10001 [12OC]

———removal of State and local regulations that may prohibit competition of interstate and intrastate telecommunications services, H8461 [4AU]

Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact: consent (H.R. 558), H9113, H9115 [18SE], E120 [18JA]

———consent (H.R. 558), consideration (H. Res. 313), H15250, H15251, H15252, H15255 [20DE]

United Chios Societies of America: tribute, E1592 [2AU]

Votes: position on missed, E275 [6FE], E1516 [26JY]

Walter B. Jones Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Greenville, NC: designate (H.R. 840), H13956 [5DE]

World War II: tribute to veterans, E1617 [3AU]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H5981 [14JN], H7010 [13JY], H9244 [19SE]

Special order: granted, H4176 [4AP], H4542 [3MY], H5688 [7JN]

Schedules

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate): telecommunication reform issues, D22 [9JA]

Committee on Commerce (House): Subcommittee on Energy and Power: Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact, D589 [11MY]

Committee on Rules (House): Communications Act, D956 [31JY]

———Federal litigation procedures reform, D284 [3MR]

Tributes

Bowes, Kathleen S., E675 [23MR]

Brown, Mildred Cheek, E2195 [16NO]

Camp, Claudia J., E1368 [30JN]

Carter, Bill and Ellen, E319 [10FE]

Kuflom, Tewolde T. (Ted), E1743 [8SE]

Lee, William J. (Woody), E767 [4AP]

Mattingley, George M., Jr., E158 [23JA]

McKay, Haden E., E1216 [9JN]

Quello, James H., E1942 [12OC]

Ugbazghi-Adkeme, Tsehainesh, E1743 [8SE]

Wilburn, Mark B., E675 [23MR]

Zak, Bill, E2367 [14DE]