CLEMENT, BOB (a Representative from Tennessee)

Amendments offered by, to

Amtrak: authorizing appropriations and management reform (H.R. 1788), H13804 [29NO], H13827 [30NO]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Aviation: regulation of interstate transportation by common carriers engaged in civil aviation (see H.R. 2403), H9591 [27SE]

Historic buildings and sites: authorizing appropriations for the preservation and restoration at historically black colleges and universities (see H.R. 1179), H2988 [9MR]

Railroads: preservation of infrastructure (see H.R. 2205), H8534 [4AU]

Social Security: computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 573), H399 [19JA]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

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: procedures for determining status of certain missing members (see H.R. 945), H9452 [21SE]

Aviation: repeal increase in transportation fuels tax applicable to commercial aviation (see H.R. 752), H4177 [4AP]

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

Capitol Building and Grounds: establish a Capitol Visitor Center (see H.R. 1230), H3156 [14MR]

CERCLA: clarify liability for certain recycling transactions (see H.R. 820), H4546 [3MY]

Coins: mint coins recommended by the Citizens Commemorative Coin Advisory Committee (see H.R. 1753), H8537 [4AU]

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

Correctional institutions: exemption from Fair Labor Standards Act for inmates in certain programs (see H.R. 868), H6698 [30JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: extend certain authorities (see H.R. 2219, 2353), H8598 [6SE], H9452 [21SE]

Disasters: provide for hazard mitigation, relief, and insurance against natural disasters (see H.R. 1856), H6699 [30JN]

Diseases: payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted human immunodeficiency virus due to contaminated blood products (see H.R. 1023), H3733 [23MR]

———research programs for Parkinson's disease (see H.R. 1462), H8597 [6SE]

Drugs: revise drug approval process (see H.R. 1742), H6699 [30JN]

Education: funding for higher education financial aid programs (see H. Res. 122), H4512 [2MY]

———student loan reform (see H.R. 530), H4619 [9MY]

Employment: provide tax credit for compensation payments while an employee is serving as member of the Ready Reserve or National Guard (see H.R. 1532), H6656 [29JN]

English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see H.R. 123), H3417 [21MR]

Families and domestic relations: protect parental rights (see H.R. 1946), H6481 [28JN]

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

Federal firefighters: hourly and overtime pay rates and pay equity with public sector firefighters (see H.R. 858), H4441 [1MY]

Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (see H.R. 5), H231 [11JA]

Firearms: permit Federal licensees to conduct business at out-of-State gun shows (see H.R. 659), H4873 [11MY]

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

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

FTC: prescriptions for contact lenses (see H.R. 1454), H6830 [11JY]

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

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 2071), H7256 [19JY]

Health care programs: combat waste, fraud and abuse (see H.R. 2326), H9784 [10OC]

Helium Act: sale of Federal real and personal property (see H.R. 873), H2584 [2MR]

House of Representatives: return of excess amounts from official allowances to the Treasury for deficit reduction (see H.R. 26), H1460 [8FE]

House Rules: reform gift rules (see H. Res. 264), H12127 [10NO]

Howard H. Baker, Jr., U.S. Courthouse, Knoxville, TN: designate (see H.R. 2547), H14173 [6DE]

Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1484), H6481 [28JN]

Medicaid: improve the Federal medical assistance percentage (see H.R. 625), H7550 [24JY]

———screening mammography (see H.R. 777), H3572 [22MR]

Medicare: colorectal screening (see H.R. 1046), H11782 [6NO]

———coverage of blood-testing strips for individuals with diabetes (see H.R. 1074), H10520 [20OC]

———diabetes outpatient self-management training services (see H.R. 1073), H10520 [20OC]

———screening mammography (see H.R. 778, 958), H3572 [22MR], H5609 [25MY]

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

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

Mississippi: transfer lands for Jamie L. Whitten Wilderness Area (see H.R. 2552), H10994 [26OC]

Motor vehicles: regulation of motorcycle helmet use (see H.R. 899), H2224 [24FE]

National Tourism Board: establish (see H.R. 2579), H11767 [2NO]

National Tourism Organization: establish (see H.R. 2579), H11767 [2NO]

Natural gas: enhance safety, training, research, and development in the propane gas industry (see H.R. 1514), H10848 [25OC]

Pensions: exclude the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund from the Federal budget (see H.R. 103), H3572 [22MR]

———revise effective date for cost-of-living adjustments for military retirees (see H.R. 2664), H14003 [5DE]

Petroleum: export of Alaska North Slope crude oil (see H.R. 70), H2584 [2MR]

Pharmaceuticals: guarantee practice of pharmacy compounding and ensure supply of bulk drug products (see H.R. 598), H6830 [11JY]

Public welfare programs: reform (see H.R. 982, 1267), H1907 [16FE], H3415 [21MR]

Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of 150th anniversary (see H.R. 2627), H13274 [17NO]

Social Security: increase earnings limit (see H.R. 2684), H13803 [29NO]

———medicare reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see H.R. 580), H5905 [13JN]

SSI: restriction on benefits to prisoners (see H.R. 2320), H8903 [13SE]

States: tax treatment of certain pension income (see H.R. 394), H6830 [11JY]

Surplus Government property: distribution to nonprofit organizations providing assistance to the hungry or indigent (see H.R. 863), H6481 [28JN]

Taxation: business meal and entertainment expense deductions (see H.R. 974), H6698 [30JN]

———exclude certain business taxable income relative to sponsorship payments (see H.R. 1161), H9452 [21SE]

———exclusion of employer-provided educational assistance (see H.R. 127), H5983 [14JN]

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

———treatment of homemakers' individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 708), H5691 [7JN]

Television: dissemination of indecent material on cable television (see H.R. 1540), H5609 [25MY]

———establish violent program ratings system, require new televisions to allow blocking of certain programming, and limit exposure of children to violent programming (see H.R. 1807, 2030), H6831 [11JY], H7011 [13JY]

Tennessee Civil War Heritage Area: designate (see H.R. 1961), H6655 [29JN]

Tobacco products: prohibit regulation of tobacco industry (see H.R. 2283), H8684 [7SE]

Tourist trade: promote (see H.R. 1083), H9671 [28SE]

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

Veterans: housing, training and employment programs (see H.R. 2289), H9364 [20SE]

———revise effective dates for discontinuance of compensation and pension benefits (see H.R. 109), H11939 [8NO]

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

Women: prohibit practice of female genital mutilation or female circumcision (see H.R. 941), H3975 [29MR]

Biographies

McKellar, Kenneth D., E1933 [12OC]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H8911 [14SE]

Remarks by, on

Amtrak: authorizing appropriations and management reform (H.R. 1788), H13819, H13827, H13836 [30NO]

———competition for track rights between rail freight carriers, H13836 [30NO]

Appropriations: line-item veto (H.R. 2), H1177 [3FE]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: lift U.S. arms embargo (S. 21), H8109 [1AU]

———require congressional approval prior to U.S. military intervention (H.R. 2606), consideration (H. Res. 273), H13212 [17NO]

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

———U.S. military intervention (H. Res. 247), E2097 [2NO]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 28), H698 [26JA]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2491), H10873 [26OC]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1996-2002 (H. Con. Res. 122), H15146 [19DE]

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

China, People's Republic of: U.S. policy (H.R. 2058), H7300 [20JY]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2002), H7592 [25JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2127), H8335 [3AU]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2099), H7835 [27JY]

Education: program funding, H8335 [3AU]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 1905), H6871 [12JY]

Families and domestic relations: child support enforcement, H3625 [23MR]

FDA: authority relative to tobacco products, E1656 [5AU]

Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (H.R. 5), H981 [1FE]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (H.J. Res. 79), H6441 [28JN]

Foster, Henry, Jr.: nomination to be Surgeon General, H1535 [9FE]

ICC: eliminate and reform certain transportation regulations (H.R. 2539), H12257 [14NO]

Labor unions: collective bargaining rights of mass transit employees, H7592 [25JY]

Legislative branch of the Government: funding for elevator operators in House Office Buildings, H6222 [22JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 1854), H6222 [22JN]

Medicare: reform (H.R. 2425), H10337 [19OC]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (H.J. Res. 73), H3887 [29MR]

Mexico: economic assistance relative to instability of economy and currency, H900 [31JA]

Public welfare programs: reform (H.R. 4), H3315 [16MR], H3359 [21MR], H3586, H3625, H3680 [23MR]

———reform (H.R. 4), consideration (H. Res. 119), H3442 [22MR]

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

Pulitzer Prize: recognition of Morton Gould for music composition, E1213 [9JN]

Railroads: preservation of infrastructure (H.R. 2205), E1653 [5AU]

———reform of Railroad Loan Guarantee Program, H13827 [30NO]

Space policy: space station program funding, H7835 [27JY]

SSI: restriction on benefits to prisoners (H.R. 2320), H8912 [14SE]

Telecommunications: promote competition and reduce regulation (H.R. 1555), H8472 [4AU]

Thailand: tribute to Rama IX, E328 [13FE]

TVA: funding, H6871 [12JY]

Votes: position on missed, H6227 [22JN], H7507 [24JY], H7933 [28JY], H11704 [2NO]

Water: regard certain municipal treatment facilities as the equivalent of secondary treatment (H.R. 1943), H7566 [25JY]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H3326 [16MR], H3557 [22MR]

Tributes

Coles, John H., III, E2298 [6DE]

McKellar, Kenneth D., E1933 [12OC]