WATERS, MAXINE (a Representative from California)

Amendments offered by, to

Appropriations: line-item veto (H.R. 2), H1071 [1FE], H1235 [6FE], H2894 [8MR]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), H410 [19JA]

———making supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 1158), H3086 [13MR]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2127), H8068 [31JY]

Employment: consolidate Federal job training programs (H.R. 1617), H9135 [18SE]

National security: revitalize (H.R. 7), H1761 [14FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Children and youth: provide grants to improve the quality and availability of comprehensive education, health, and social services (see H.R. 1284), H3416 [21MR]

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.: earthquake insurance requirements (see H.R. 2317), H8806 [12SE]

Financial institutions: community support requirements for mortgage banks (see H.R. 1313), H3732 [23MR]

———freeze on bank fees (see H.R. 1312), H3732 [23MR]

———issue guarantee debt securities issued by the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (see H.R. 722), H839 [27JA]

Fuhrman, Mark: investigation relative to perjury and possible criminal wrong doing committed by the former Los Angeles police detective (see H. Res. 243), H10726 [24OC]

Housing: encourage gainful employment of residents of public housing (see H.R. 921), H1688 [13FE]

———establish a national property reinsurance program directed at underserved areas (see H.R. 1517), H4432 [7AP]

———extend certain veterans housing programs (see H.R. 1632), H4915 [12MY]

Public works: provide employment opportunities during repair and renovation of community facilities (see H.R. 1282), H3416 [21MR]

Taxation: allow credit for construction and renovation of nonresidential buildings in distressed areas (see H.R. 1519), H4432 [7AP]

———provide an investment tax credit to assist defense contractors converting to nondefense operations (see H.R. 1518), H4432 [7AP]

Urban areas: provide grants to establish teen resource and education centers (see H.R. 1283), H3416 [21MR]

Veterans: increase monthly payments for veterans in certain education programs (see H.R. 1634), H4915 [12MY]

———medical information sharing between the Social Security Administration and the Dept. of Veterans Affairs for the determination of disability status (see H.R. 1609), H4795 [10MY]

———technical corrections to training and employment programs (see H.R. 1633), H4915 [12MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Abortion: protection of reproductive rights and access to reproductive health care clinics (see H.R. 1952), H6699 [30JN]

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

Armed Forces: clarify employment and reemployment rights and responsibilities (see H.R. 1941), H6480 [28JN]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 53), H593 [24JA]

Children and youth: establish comprehensive early childhood education and staff development programs (see H.R. 968), H1850 [15FE]

Civil rights: prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (see H.R. 1863), H6045 [15JN]

Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act: revise and extend (see H.R. 1872), H8806 [12SE]

Courts: equalize remedies available to victims of intentional employment discrimination (see H.R. 96), H166 [9JA]

Credit: accuracy of consumer information maintained by credit reporting agencies (see H.R. 561), H325 [18JA]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: display of POW/MIA flag at medical centers relative to full accounting of Vietnam-era POW/MIA (see H.R. 2013), H6830 [11JY]

Ecology and environment: funding to States to implement national estuary conservation and management plans (see H.R. 1438, 1917), H4414 [6AP], H6269 [22JN]

Education: increase assistance relative to skills or specialties for which there are critical shortages (see H.R. 1116), H2584 [2MR]

Employment: job creation programs (see H.R. 805), H3276 [15MR]

Families and domestic relations: reduction of teenage pregnancy rates and encouragement of parental responsibility (see H.R. 1115), H2584 [2MR]

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

Financial institutions: provide consumer protections (see H. Res. 110), H2989 [9MR]

Firearms: gun control (see H. Con. Res. 65), H4618 [9MY]

———prohibit possession of nonsporting handguns (see H.R. 250), H890 [30JA]

Forests: repeal emergency salvage timber sale program (see H.R. 2745), H14238 [7DE]

Fort Ord, CA: convey certain real property to the city of Seaside, CA (see H.R. 731), H3975 [29MR]

FRS: defer additional increases in interest rates (see H. Res. 54), H969 [31JA]

Health: authorizing appropriations for programs relative to the health of individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds (see H.R. 1341), H3879 [28MR]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 1200), H2989 [9MR]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mothers and newborn infants following birth (see H.R. 1950, 1955), H6831 [11JY], H6913 [12JY]

House of Representatives: ratification of constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights relative to States' ratification (see H. Res. 39), H6913 [12JY]

Insurance: prohibit denial of health coverage based on status as victim of domestic violence (see H.R. 2654), H14173 [6DE]

———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 2748), H14238 [7DE]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: authorize the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternal organization to establish a memorial (see H.J. Res. 70), H3073 [13MR]

Medicare: oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 2600), H11939 [8NO]

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

Military assistance: prohibit to governments that are undemocratic, engaged in armed aggression, or in violation of human rights or arms control standards (see H.R. 772), H1050 [1FE]

Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 940), H8063 [31JY]

National Voter Registration Act: affirmation (see H. Con. Res. 96), H8536 [4AU]

Nigeria: impose economic sanctions (see H.R. 2697), H13869 [30NO]

Patents: restore term (see H.R. 359), H1052 [1FE]

Pensions: revise effective date for cost-of-living adjustments for military retirees (see H.R. 2664), H13731 [28NO]

Public welfare programs: reform (see H.R. 1250), H3276 [15MR]

Public works: national program to create jobs and restore infrastructure (see H.R. 1405), H4335 [5AP]

———provide incentives for the creation of jobs and restoration of infrastructure (see H.R. 1591), H4618 [9MY]

Recycling: management standards and requirements for spent lead-acid batteries (see H.R. 1522), H4432 [7AP]

———require producers and importers of newsprint to recycle a certain percentage (see H.R. 1523), H4432 [7AP]

———require producers and importers of tires to recycle a certain percentage (see H.R. 1524), H4432 [7AP]

———require the EPA to establish a recycling credit system for used oil (see H.R. 1525), H4432 [7AP]

Refuse disposal: solid and hazardous waste incinerator requirements (see H.R. 2211), H10485 [19OC]

Rivers, Ruben: posthumous awarding of Medal of Honor (see H.R. 2228), H8534 [4AU]

SBA: increase the guarantee fee on general business loans (see H.R. 1258), H3975 [29MR]

Smithsonian Institution: establish National African-American Museum (see H.R. 786), H1051 [1FE]

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

States: Federal recognition of any coastal moratorium on leasing, exploration, and development of the Outer Continental Shelf (see H.R. 1898), H6656 [29JN]

Taxation: extend the veterans' adjustable rate mortgage demonstration project (see H.R. 2370), H9451 [21SE]

———require burden of proof to be on the Dept. of the Treasury in all tax cases (see H.R. 390), H468 [20JA]

———treatment of individuals benefiting from renouncement of citizenship and treatment of assets of naturalized citizens or residents (H.R. 1535), consideration (see H. Res. 160), H5608 [25MY]

Trails: designate the voting rights march route from Selma, AL, to Montgomery, AL, as a National Historic Trail (see H.R. 1129), H2651 [3MR]

Transportation: permit tax-exempt financing of certain transportation facilities (see H.R. 1790), H5752 [8JN]

U.N. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 220), H8806 [12SE]

U.N. World Conference on Women: support U.S. commitments (see H. Con. Res. 119), H14764 [13DE]

Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1500), H12506 [15NO]

Veterans: housing, training and employment programs (see H.R. 2289), H8725 [8SE]

Water pollution: Federal facilities pollution control (see H.R. 363), H970 [31JA]

Weapons: eliminate use of antipersonnel landmines (see H.R. 1876), H6656 [29JN]

Women: availability of information on reproductive health services (see H. Res. 118), H7257 [19JY]

———prohibit practice of female genital mutilation or female circumcision (see H.R. 941), H2393 [28FE]

Remarks by, on

Appropriations: line-item veto (H.R. 2), H1235, H1236, H1237 [6FE]

———making continuing, H15264 [20DE]

BATF: merit-based salary upgrades, H7231 [19JY]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), H552 [24JA], H717, H748 [26JA]

———making supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 1158), consideration (H. Res. 115), H3179 [15MR]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution, H15264 [20DE]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2491), conference report, H13177 [17NO]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1996-2002 (H. Con. Res. 122), H15138 [19DE]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1996-2002 (H. Con. Res. 67), H5138 [17MY], H5295 [18MY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1996-2002 (H. Con. Res. 67), motion to instruct conferees, H5705 [8JN]

———use CBO economic assumptions to achieve a balanced Federal budget (H.J. Res. 132), H14991 [18DE]

Contracts: Federal bidding procedures, H8875 [13SE]

———revise and streamline Federal procurement and acquisition laws (H.R. 1670), H8875 [13SE]

Courts: disapprove certain sentencing guideline amendments (H.R. 2259), H10275, H10277 [18OC]

———disapprove certain sentencing guideline amendments (H.R. 2259), consideration (H. Res. 237), H10261, H10262 [18OC]

———limit the application of the exclusionary rule (H.R. 666), H1336 [7FE]

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

Dept. of HHS: restore funding to family planning programs, H8260 [2AU]

Dept. of State: consolidate foreign affairs agencies (H.R. 1561), H5522 [24MY]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2020), H7231 [19JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: making continuing appropriations (H.J. Res. 134), H15299 [20DE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2127), H8211, H8260 [2AU], H8322 [3AU]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2099), H7826, H7876, H7878, H7887, H7890 [27JY]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2099), conference report, H14190 [7DE]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2099), consideration (H. Res. 201), H7815 [27JY]

Domestic Violence Awareness Month: observance, H10723 [24OC]

Drugs: eliminate certain mandatory minimum penalties for crack cocaine offenses, H10275, H10277 [18OC]

Education: Head Start Program funding, H1143 [2FE], H8211 [2AU], H8322 [3AU]

Employment: consolidate Federal job training programs (H.R. 1617), H9189 [19SE]

———State educational programs for women, H9189 [19SE]

Families and domestic relations: child support enforcement, H3632 [23MR]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (H.J. Res. 79), H6427 [28JN]

Foreign aid: military assistance relative to conduct of foreign countries, H5522 [24MY]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 1868), H6473, H6474, H6475, H6486, H6487 [28JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 1868), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 249), H11516 [31OC]

Gingrich, Representative: signing of book contract, H416 [20JA]

———status of Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House) ethics investigation and appointment of independent counsel, H14181 [7DE]

Government: eliminate and modify reporting requirements by Federal departments and agencies (S. 790), H12232 [14NO]

———shutdown relative to budget process, H15552 [21DE]

Haiti: allocation of foreign aid, H6473, H6474, H6475, H6486, H6487 [28JN]

House of Representatives: legislative tactics, H3432 [22MR]

———preserve constitutional role to originate revenue measures (H. Res. 131), H4381 [6AP]

House Rules: reform the House of Representatives (H. Res. 6), H63, H65 [4JA]

———require a three-fifths majority on the passage of legislation increasing revenue, H65 [4JA]

Housing: drug elimination grants for low income housing, H7876 [27JY]

———funding for low-income housing, H7826 [27JY]

Insurance: enforcement of fair pricing and approval practices for housing insurance for minorities, H7887, H7890 [27JY]

Labor: allow cooperative efforts between management and labor to improve economic competitiveness (H.R. 743), H9543 [27SE]

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 1854), H6176 [21JN]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (H.J. Res. 73), H3944 [29MR]

Mexico: economic assistance relative to instability of economy and currency, H416 [20JA]

Murdoch, Rupert: targeted business tax benefits, H4117, H4142 [4AP]

Oklahoma City, OK: bombing of Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building (H. Res. 135), H4463 [2MY]

Parliamentary inquiry, H63 [4JA], H4142 [4AP], H4381 [6AP]

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

Public welfare programs: reform (H.R. 4), H3426, H3432, H3543 [22MR], H3578, H3632 [23MR], H3772 [24MR]

———reform (H.R. 4), conference report, H15513 [21DE]

Taxation: earned income tax credit, H5705 [8JN]

———extend deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC (H.R. 831), H1927 [21FE]

———extend deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC (H.R. 831), conference report, H4381 [6AP]

———extend deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC (H.R. 831), return enrolled bill (H. Con. Res. 55), H4117 [4AP]

———rates, H5705 [8JN]

———rates (H.R. 1215), H4252 [5AP]

Telecommunications: promote competition and deregulation of Bell Telephone Cos.' entrance into long distance telephone service, H8467 [4AU]

———promote competition and reduce regulation (H.R. 1555), H8467 [4AU]

Veterans: housing, training and employment programs (H.R. 2289), H14339 [12DE]

Votes: position on missed, H5734 [8JN], H7599 [25JY], E1064 [17MY]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H15573 [21DE]

Special order: granted, H1155 [2FE], H3557 [22MR], H3730 [23MR], H15235 [20DE]

Schedules

Committee on Banking and Financial Services (House): Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit: reform financial institution regulatory process and paperwork requirements, D661 [24MY]

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

———constitutional amendment to limit terms, D324 [9MR]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced budget, D72 [23JA]

———Personal Responsibility Act, D368 [16MR]

Tributes

Jackson, Representative, H14901 [14DE]