HEFLEY, JOEL (a Representative from Colorado)

Amendments offered by, to

Amtrak: authorizing appropriations and management reform (H.R. 1788), H13839 [30NO]

Appropriations: line-item veto (H.R. 2), H2894 [8MR]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2002), H7379 [20JY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State and the Judiciary: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2076), H7379 [20JY], H7742 [26JY]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2099), H7802 [26JY], H7879 [27JY]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 1868), H6160 [20JN], H6355 [27JN]

Government regulations: reform regulatory process (H.R. 926), H2394 [28FE]

National security: revitalize (H.R. 7), H1689 [13FE], H1854 [16FE]

Appointments

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

U.S. Air Force Academy Board of Visitors, H6319 [27JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Amtrak: eliminate special support for, or burdens on operations as a passenger rail carrier (see H.R. 259), H170 [9JA]

Arts and humanities: abolish the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Council on the Humanities (see H.R. 579), H399 [19JA]

BLM: establish certain requirements relative to the transfer or disposal of public lands (see H.R. 257), H170 [9JA]

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

———U.S. military intervention (see H.R. 2417), H9670 [28SE]

Business and industry: voluntary environmental self-evaluations (see H.R. 1047), H2223 [24FE]

Colorado: designate certain public lands and minerals for military use (see H.R. 256), H170 [9JA]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing military construction appropriations (see H.R. 1529), H4510 [2MY]

Dept. of Education: eliminate (see H.R. 1318), H3807 [24MR]

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

National Heritage Areas: establish guidelines for designation (see H.R. 1280), H3416 [21MR]

National parks and recreation areas: review management and reform process for consideration of additions to parks (see H.R. 260), H171 [9JA]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: amend (see H.R. 707), H802 [26JA]

Old Spanish Trail and Northern Branch Trail: inclusion in the National Trails System (see H.R. 2728), H14172 [6DE]

Petroleum: lease lands within the naval oil shale reserves to private entities for the development of oil and natural gas (see H.R. 817), H1207 [3FE]

Social Security: medicare reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see H.R. 580), H399 [19JA]

Space policy: establish Launch Services Corp. (see H.R. 258), H170 [9JA]

Water: biological monitoring and whole effluent toxicity testing relative to publicly owned treatment works (see H.R. 634), H537 [23JA]

Winfield Scott Stratton Post Office, Colorado Springs, CO: designate (see H.R. 1026), H2176 [23FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Abortion: prevent governmental discrimination against health care providers who refuse to perform or provide training in performing abortions (see H.R. 1932), H7068 [17JY]

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

———purchase of catastrophic risk protection and clarify the prevented planting rule (see H.R. 2147), H9671 [28SE]

Air pollution: reduction of work-related vehicle trips in ozone nonattainment areas (see H.R. 325), H1850 [15FE]

Aliens: treatment of criminal aliens (see H.R. 592), H4958 [15MY]

Amtrak: establish limitations on wage continuation and severance benefits for employees displaced by a discontinuance of service (see H.R. 832), H1281 [6FE]

Animals: improve animal drug approval process (see H.R. 2508), H10484 [19OC]

Appropriations: constitutional amendment on line-item veto (see H.J. Res. 4), H162 [9JA]

———line-item veto (see H.R. 27), H163 [9JA]

Armed Forces: award Purple Heart to individuals killed or wounded due to friendly fire during peacekeeping activities (see H.R. 1376), H4104 [3AP]

———encourage an extra place setting at holiday season tables as a reminder of U.S. peacekeeping forces in Bosnia and Herzegovina (see H. Res. 315), H15238 [20DE]

———prohibit uniform requirements involving the display of U.N. insignia (see H.R. 2540), H12190 [13NO]

Aviation: repeal increase in transportation fuels tax applicable to commercial aviation (see H.R. 752), H4873 [11MY]

BLM: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1077), H2392 [28FE]

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

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1, 28), H175 [9JA], H296 [17JA]

CERCLA: clarify liability for certain recycling transactions (see H.R. 820), H5905 [13JN]

Children and youth: child labor provisions relative to loading of materials into balers and compacters (see H.R. 1114), H3327 [16MR]

China, Republic of: permit U.S. visits by elected leaders and representatives (see H.R. 1460), H4620 [9MY]

Citizenship: status of children born in U.S. to parents who are not citizens or permanent resident aliens (see H.R. 1363), H4874 [11MY]

Congress: constitutional amendment to require a three-fifths majority on the passage of legislation increasing revenue (see H.J. Res. 106), H8308 [2AU]

Correctional institutions: criminal penalties for escaping from Federal prison (see H.R. 1533), H4958 [15MY]

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

Courts: product liability reform (see H.R. 10), H3572 [22MR]

Crime: increase penalties for armed violent criminals (see H.R. 1488), H9363 [20SE]

Davis-Bacon Act: repeal (see H.R. 500), H242 [13JA]

Dept. of Defense: prohibit Federal grants or contracts to educational institutions that prevent campus access for recruiting purposes (see H.R. 142, 1118), H3156 [14MR], H11829 [7NO]

Dept. of Education: abolish (see H.R. 1883), H6082 [16JN]

Dept. of HUD: abolish (see H.R. 2198), H8533 [4AU]

Disasters: provide for hazard mitigation, relief, and insurance against natural disasters (see H.R. 1856), H11829 [7NO]

Education: student loan reform (see H.R. 530), H5691 [7JN]

Employment: consolidate Federal job training programs (see H.R. 1120), H5471 [23MY]

———make uniform the application overtime exemption for inside sales personnel (see H.R. 1226), H6397 [27JN]

ERISA: restrict Government promotion of economically targeted investments for employee benefit plans (see H.R. 1594), H5572 [24MY]

Executive departments: prevent encroachment into legislative powers or unconstitutional actions (see H.R. 807), H4105 [3AP]

Executive Office of the President: establish Office of Small Business Advocacy (see H.R. 2125), H7916 [27JY]

Families and domestic relations: interstate enforcement of child support and parentage court orders (see H.R. 95), H803 [26JA]

———protect parental rights (see H.R. 1946), H6481 [28JN]

Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (see H.R. 5), H325 [18JA]

Financial institutions: provide State credit union representation on the National Credit Union Administration Board (see H.R. 1998), H14003 [5DE]

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

Freedom of religion: constitutional amendment on protection (see H.J. Res. 127), H13730 [28NO]

FRS: stabilization of the currency and public scrutiny of operations (see H.R. 949), H7067 [17JY]

Government: status of Federal contractors that hire permanent replacements for striking employees (see H.R. 1176), H6046 [15JN]

Government regulations: moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions (see H.R. 450), H179 [9JA]

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

Health: designate obstetrician-gynecologists as primary care providers for women under Federal health care regulations (see H. Res. 30), H8725 [8SE]

Helium Act: sale of Federal real and personal property (see H.R. 873), H1554 [9FE]

Immigration: asylum reform and prohibition of Federal benefits to certain aliens (see H.R. 375), H593 [24JA]

———moratorium on aliens except for relatives of U.S. citizens, certain highly skilled workers, and refugees (see H.R. 373), H593 [24JA]

———public charge status of aliens and financial responsibility of sponsors (see H.R. 372), H593 [24JA]

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

———status of public education benefits relative to States (see H.R. 1377), H4104 [3AP]

Independent counsel: reauthorize (see H.R. 892), H5190 [17MY]

Labor: allow cooperative efforts between management and labor to improve economic competitiveness (see H.R. 743), H6656 [29JN]

Labor unions: repeal certain provisions of law requiring employees to pay union dues or fees as a condition of employment (see H.R. 1279), H6270 [22JN]

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

Madison, James: mint coins in commemoration of 250th anniversary of birth (see H.R. 1684), H9897 [11OC]

Medicaid: Federal funding of abortions (see H.R. 222), H6481 [28JN]

Medicare and Medicaid Coverage Data Bank: repeal (see H.R. 952), H6830 [11JY]

Members of Congress: adjust basic pay relative to degree of success in deficit reduction (see H.R. 1133), H10994 [26OC]

Motor vehicles: regulation of motorcycle helmet use (see H.R. 899), H2651 [3MR]

National security: revitalize (see H.R. 7), H1555 [9FE]

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

———voluntary compliance by States (see H.R. 60), H5905 [13JN]

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

Patents: early publication of patent applications (see H.R. 1733), H10994 [26OC]

———restore term (see H.R. 359), H593 [24JA]

———restore the proper term of patent protection, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 359), H15575 [21DE]

Pensions: revise effective date for cost-of-living adjustments for military retirees (see H.R. 2664), H13340 [18NO]

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

Public lands: domestic livestock grazing fees (see H.R. 1713), H5607 [25MY]

Public welfare programs: direct that certain Federal benefits be provided only to U.S. citizens and nationals (see H.R. 482), H593 [24JA]

———eliminate benefits relative to probation and parole violators and fugitive felons (see H.R. 118), H839 [27JA]

Real property: private property owner rights (see H.R. 489, 790), H538 [23JA], H1051 [1FE]

Roads and highways: maximum speed limit (see H.R. 427), H6698 [30JN]

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

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

SBA: transfer to the Dept. of the Treasury (see H.R. 2125), H7916 [27JY]

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

States: eliminate noncompliance penalties relative to safety belt, motorcycle helmet, speed limit, and drinking age laws (see H.R. 607), H3327 [16MR]

———tax treatment of certain pension income (see H.R. 394), H231 [11JA]

Surgeon General: terminate the Office of Surgeon General of the Public Health Service (see H.R. 860), H2487 [1MR]

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

Taxation: allow individuals to designate percentage of tax overpayments or make contributions to units of the National Park System (see H.R. 2548), H10993 [26OC]

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

———allow individuals to designate percentage of their tax overpayments or to make contributions for deficit reduction (see H.R. 1442), H4916 [12MY]

———church pension benefit plans (see H.R. 528), H11441 [30OC]

———constitutional amendment on retroactive taxation (see H.J. Res. 48), H243 [13JA]

———depreciable life of semiconductor manufacturing equipment (see H.R. 1061), H6046 [15JN]

———exclude from gross income certain police officer and firefighter disability benefits (see H.R. 1630), H4915 [12MY]

———exclusion of employer-provided educational assistance (see H.R. 127), H8904 [13SE]

———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see H.R. 784), H10848 [25OC]

———require burden of proof to be on the Dept. of the Treasury in all tax cases (see H.R. 390, 2450), H400 [19JA], H12085 [9NO]

———standards for determining employment status of independent contractors (see H.R. 1972), H9592 [27SE]

———treatment of family-owned businesses relative to estate tax (see H.R. 2190), H10147 [17OC]

———treatment of military income derived from services performed during a contingency operation (see H.R. 2778), H14964 [15DE]

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

Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1745), H6699 [30JN]

Veterans: eliminate disparity between civilian and military retiree cost-of-living adjustments (see H.R. 38), H400 [19JA]

———ensure payment of benefits regardless of Government financial status (see H.R. 2813), H15237 [20DE]

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

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

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H9593 [28SE], H11589 [1NO]

Letters

Voluntary Environmental Audit Protection Act, S4272 [21MR]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H3279 [16MR], H5693 [8JN], H6163 [21JN]

Remarks by, on

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: amend (H.R. 402), H9072 [18SE]

Amtrak: authorizing appropriations and management reform (H.R. 1788), H13839 [30NO]

———eliminate special support for, or burdens on operations as a passenger rail carrier (H.R. 259), H5760 [13JN]

Appropriations: line-item veto (H.R. 2), H1164 [3FE], H1218 [6FE]

Army: rescind funding for museum land acquisition, H6070 [16JN]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: require congressional approval prior to U.S. military intervention (H.R. 2606), H13224, H13233, H13245 [17NO]

———require congressional approval prior to U.S. military intervention (H.R. 2606), consideration (H. Res. 273), H13217 [17NO]

———require congressional approval prior to U.S. military intervention (H.R. 2770), H14843 [13DE]

———U.S. military intervention, H11977 [9NO], H12088 [10NO], H13667 [28NO]

Budget: allocation of funds, H1292 [7FE]

———balance, H12204 [14NO]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), H638 [25JA], H764 [26JA]

———making supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 1158), H3251 [15MR], H3280 [16MR]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution, H14264 [12DE], H15210 [20DE], H15489 [21DE]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2491), conference report, H13145 [17NO]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1996-2002 (H. Con. Res. 67), H4802 [11MY]

Centers for Disease Control: National Immunization Program conference in Beverly Hills, CA, H6093 [20JN]

Clinton, President: evaluation of administration, H6836 [12JY]

Committees of the House: permission to meet while the House is in session, H9796 [11OC]

CPSC: report on snow boarding accidents, H977 [1FE]

Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures, H1560 [10FE]

Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission: recommendations (H.J. Res. 102), H8686, H8694, H8702 [8SE]

Dept. of Commerce: abolish the Economic Development Administration, H7742, H7746, H7748 [26JY]

———abolish the Technology Administration, H7740 [26JY]

Dept. of Defense: allied burden sharing for maintenance and operation of military personnel and installations in foreign countries, H5957 [14JN]

———authorizing appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base closure and realignment (H.R. 1817), H6047, H6059, H6070 [16JN], H6120, H6125, H6135, H6136 [20JN]

———authorizing appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base closure and realignment (H.R. 1817), conference report, H9324 [20SE]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1530), H5788 [13JN], H5938, H5957 [14JN]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1530), conference report, H14950 [15DE]

———Naval shipyard projects funding, H6125 [20JN]

Dept. of HUD: abolish (H.R. 1098), H2725 [7MR], E476 [1MR]

———reduce management and administration salaries and expenses, H7879, H7880 [27JY]

Dept. of State: consolidate foreign affairs agencies (H.R. 1561), H5628 [7JN]

Dept. of Transportation: funding to perform certain ICC functions, H7535 [24JY]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2002), H7535 [24JY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State and the Judiciary: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2076), H7740, H7742, H7746, H7748 [26JY]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2099), H7879, H7880 [27JY]

Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits, H6744 [11JY], H6836 [12JY]

ERISA: restrict Government promotion of economically targeted investments for employee benefit plans (H.R. 1594), H8750 [12SE]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: amend (H.R. 961), H4785 [10MY]

Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (H.R. 5), consideration (H. Res. 38), H339 [19JA]

Foreign aid: economic assistance to newly independent States of the former Soviet Union, H6355, H6357 [27JN]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 1868), H6316, H6355, H6357 [27JN]

Gingrich, Representative: appoint independent counsel relative to GOPAC and book contract, H5694 [8JN]

Government: shutdown relative to budget process, H13145 [17NO]

Government regulations: moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions (H.R. 450), H1972 [22FE]

———reform regulatory process (H.R. 926), H2409 [1MR]

House of Representatives: fairness in voting procedures, H6208 [22JN]

ICC: eliminate and reform certain transportation regulations (H.R. 2539), H12256, H12257 [14NO]

Journal: question of approval, H11977 [9NO]

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 1854), H6163 [21JN]

Medicare: reform, H7561 [25JY], H7806 [27JY], H9794 [11OC], H10088 [17OC]

———reform (H.R. 2425), H10311 [19OC]

National parks and recreation areas: review management and reform process for consideration of additions to parks (H.R. 260), H9086, H9090 [18SE], E46 [5JA]

National security: national missile defense systems, H5938 [14JN]

———national missile defense systems funding, H1844 [15FE]

———revitalize (H.R. 7), H1787, H1844 [15FE], H1854, H1855 [16FE]

New York, NY: funding for redevelopment of Pennsylvania Station, H13839 [30NO]

NIH: research grant to the University of Colorado, H7382 [21JY], E1562 [31JY]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: amend (H.R. 707), H898 [31JA]

OSHA: reform, H6739 [11JY]

———reform regulatory process, H3980 [30MR], H4107 [4AP]

———rescissions from salaries and expenses, H3251 [15MR]

Public welfare programs: reform, H2815 [8MR]

———reform (H.R. 4), H3341 [21MR]

Republican Party: national agenda, H3158 [15MR]

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act: revise guidelines and criteria, H8071 [1AU]

Taxation: earned income tax credit fraud, H9900 [12OC]

———rates, H9794 [11OC], H10645 [24OC]

———rates (H.R. 1215), H4042 [3AP]

Telecommunications: promote competition and reduce regulation (H.R. 1555), H8181 [2AU]

Treaties and agreements: Antiballistic Missile Treaty, H5938 [14JN]

Vietnam: normalization of relations, H6918 [13JY]

Water pollution: State nonpoint source management in coastal zones, H4785 [10MY]

Wilderness areas: improve the management of land and water for fish and wildlife purposes (H.R. 1141), H6712 [10JY]

Winfield Scott Stratton Post Office, Colorado Springs, CO: designate (H.R. 1026), H10094 [17OC], E432 [24FE]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H2485 [1MR]

Schedules

Committee on Appropriations (House): Subcommittee on Labor—HHS—Education: Corp. for Public Broadcasting, D60 [19JA]

Committee on Rules (House): constitutional amendment to limit terms, D324 [9MR]

Committee on the Judiciary (House): Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law: voluntary environmental self-evaluations, D811 [29JN]

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

———Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment: Federal Water Pollution Control Act reauthorization, D324 [9MR]

Statements

NIH Awards Research Grant to the University of Colorado, E1562 [31JY]

Texts of

H.R. 260, National Park System Reform Act, E47 [5JA]

Tributes

Ripken, Cal, Jr., H8541 [6SE]