SPRATT, JOHN M., JR. (a Representative from South Carolina)

Addresses

Vocational Rehabilitation Program: Richard W. Riley, Sec. of Education, E1639 [4AU]

Amendments offered by, to

Appropriations: line-item veto (H.R. 2), H1053 [1FE], H1168 [3FE]

Contracts: revise and streamline Federal procurement and acquisition laws (H.R. 1670), H8915 [14SE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1530), H5946 [14JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2126), H8066 [31JY]

Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (H.R. 5), H406 [19JA], H525 [23JA]

Government regulations: moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions (H.R. 450), H2066 [22FE], H2120 [23FE]

National security: revitalize (H.R. 7), H1760, H1761 [14FE], H1816 [15FE]

Appointments

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

Articles and editorials

Patient's Story, Kenneth B. Schwartz, Boston (MA) Globe, E1654-E1656 [5AU]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Dept. of Defense: demonstration project to improve personnel policies relative to acquisition work force (see H.R. 2314), H8806 [12SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Alaska: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1000), H1967 [21FE]

American Heritage Areas Partnership Program: establish (see H.R. 1301), H4032 [30MR]

American Revolution: mint coins in commemoration of black revolutionary war patriots (see H.R. 1776), H5690 [7JN]

Animals: require humane transport of horses en route to slaughtering facilities (see H.R. 2433), H14003 [5DE]

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

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

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), consideration (see H. Res. 33), H230 [11JA]

CERCLA: clarify liability for certain recycling transactions (see H.R. 820), H3808 [24MR]

Coastal Zone Management Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1965), H6656 [29JN]

Employment: relationship between workers' compensation benefits and certain benefits available to migrant and seasonal workers (see H.R. 1715), H7068 [17JY]

Families and domestic relations: child support enforcement (see H.R. 801), H2989 [9MR]

Farm credit banks: reduce unnecessary regulatory burdens (see H.R. 2029), H11686 [1NO]

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: amend relative to minor use of pesticides (see H.R. 1352), H5571 [24MY]

Foreign trade: develop criteria for market access in foreign countries (see H.R. 1560), H4545 [3MY]

———ensure protection of worker rights and environmental standards in any trade agreement (see H.R. 2714), H14002 [5DE]

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

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

Hazardous substances: nuclear waste disposal (see H.R. 1020), H2989 [9MR]

Health: designate obstetrician-gynecologists as primary care providers for women under Federal health care regulations (see H. Res. 30), H7068 [17JY]

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

House of Representatives: official travel requirements (see H. Res. 15), H176 [9JA]

———return of excess amounts from official allowances to the Treasury for deficit reduction (see H.R. 26), H4336 [5AP]

House Rules: ban on the acceptance of gifts and lobbyist-sponsored perks (see H. Res. 40), H1281 [6FE]

Housing: guarantee the repayment of loans made by private lenders for costs of certain rural rental housing (see H.R. 66), H325 [18JA]

———homeownership opportunities and extension of the rural rental housing program (see H.R. 1691), H7801 [26JY]

Hunley (C.S.S.): conveyance to South Carolina (see H.R. 1741), H7012 [13JY]

Information services: prevent unfair billing and charging practices for services provided over 800 line phone numbers (see H.R. 1559), H4620 [9MY]

Iran: human rights violations of Bahais (see H. Con. Res. 102), H10307 [18OC]

IRS: safeguard taxpayer rights (see H.R. 2337), H9739 [29SE]

Medicare: reform (see H.R. 2422), H9670 [28SE]

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), H8994 [14SE]

Metric system: conversion requirements (see H.R. 2779), H14927 [14DE]

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

National Gambling Impact and Policy Commission: establish (see H.R. 497), H11441 [30OC]

Natural gas: enhance safety, training, research, and development in the propane gas industry (see H.R. 1514), H5692 [7JN]

Pensions: revise effective date for cost-of-living adjustments for military retirees (see H.R. 2664), H15136 [19DE]

Pesticides: definition and regulation of the minor use of pesticides (see H.R. 1627), H6656 [29JN]

Pharmaceuticals: guarantee practice of pharmacy compounding and ensure supply of bulk drug products (see H.R. 598), H4512 [2MY]

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

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds (see H.R. 2628), H13274 [17NO]

———maintain earnings test correlation between disability insurance benefits for the blind and retirement age benefits (see H. Con. Res. 23), H3417 [21MR]

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

South Carolina National Heritage Corridor: establish (see H.R. 1553), H4545 [3MY]

Taxation: capital gains rates (see H.R. 333), H1208 [3FE]

———church pension benefit plans (see H.R. 528), H9591 [27SE]

———clarify exclusion from gross income for veterans benefits (see H.R. 972), H6312 [26JN]

———deductibility of business meal expenses for individuals who are subject to Federal limitations on hours of service (see H.R. 1003), H5691 [7JN]

———exclude length of service awards for firefighters and emergency medical service personnel from limitations on deferred compensation plans (see H.R. 1893), H8725 [8SE]

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

———exclusion of gross estate taxes of a decedent relative to certain land subject to qualified conservation easements (see H.R. 864), H11767 [2NO]

———exemption for certain common investment funds (see H.R. 734), H6159 [20JN]

———individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 682), H3879 [28MR]

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

———prevent reclassification of certain dues paid to tax-exempt agricultural and horticultural organizations (see H.R. 783), H4031 [30MR]

———provide assistance to first-time homebuyers (see H.R. 726), H3049 [10MR]

———qualification and eligibility requirements for S corporations and shareholders (see H.R. 2039), H7011 [13JY]

———rate reductions relative to projected budget deficit targets (see H.R. 1160), H3417 [21MR]

———require burden of proof to be on the Dept. of the Treasury in all tax cases (see H.R. 390), H1052 [1FE]

———retain alternative minimum tax (see H. Con. Res. 110), H10848 [25OC]

———treatment of gains on sale of small business stocks (see H.R. 645), H592 [24JA]

———treatment of gifts of public-traded stock to certain private foundations (see H.R. 733), H6159 [20JN]

———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]

Television: 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), H5753 [8JN], H7011 [13JY]

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

Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1500), H4431 [7AP]

Volunteer workers: grant immunity from personal civil liability during work on behalf of governmental entities or nonprofit organizations (see H.R. 911), H3156 [14MR]

World Summit for Children: implementation of plan of action (see H.R. 966), H8536 [4AU]

Motions offered by

Economy: national objectives priority assignments (H.R. 9), H2636 [3MR]

Remarks by, on

Appropriations: line-item veto (H.R. 2), H1096, H1114 [2FE], H1168, H1185 [3FE], H1247, H1249 [6FE]

———line-item veto (S. 4), motion to instruct conferees, H8606 [7SE]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: require congressional approval prior to U.S. military intervention (H.R. 2606), H13230 [17NO]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2491), H11353 [26OC]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1996-2002 (H. Con. Res. 67), H5260 [18MY]

Business and industry: research and development recoupment fee for foreign sales of equipment developed for defense contracts, H8926 [14SE]

Churches and synagogues: anniversary of African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, E1651 [5AU]

Contracts: Federal bidding procedures, H8870, H8871 [13SE]

———revise and streamline Federal procurement and acquisition laws, H5932 [14JN]

———revise and streamline Federal procurement and acquisition laws (H.R. 1670), H8870, H8871 [13SE], H8916, H8926 [14SE]

Courts: line-item veto authority, H1114 [2FE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1530), H5867, H5869, H5872 [13JN], H5932, H5938, H5941, H5944, H5946, H5949, H5950 [14JN], H9400 [21SE]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1530), conference report, H14948 [15DE]

———funding for Cooperative Threat Reduction programs relative to Russian biological weapons production, H5867, H5869, H5872 [13JN]

———funding of environmental cleanup activities, H2003 [22FE]

———making supplemental appropriations and rescissions to enhance military readiness (H.R. 889), H2003 [22FE]

Disabled: tribute to vocational rehabilitation programs, E1639 [4AU]

Ecology and environment: standards for environmental cleanup activities, H2636 [3MR]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments (H.R. 9), motion to recommit, H2636 [3MR]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 1905), H6802 [11JY]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: amend (H.R. 961), H4757 [10MY]

Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (H.R. 5), H357 [19JA], H525, H527 [23JA]

Foreign trade: exempt trade sanction provisions of GATT from moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions, H2121 [23FE]

Government regulations: moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions (H.R. 450), H2090, H2116, H2121 [23FE], H2189, H2190, H2191 [24FE]

Hazardous substances: regulation of production, transportation, storage, and disposal, H525, H527 [23JA]

Health: exempt water purity and food safety regulations from moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions, H2116 [23FE]

House Rules: reform the House of Representatives (H. Res. 6), H31 [4JA]

———reform the House of Representatives (H. Res. 6), consideration (H. Res. 5), H21 [4JA]

ICC: eliminate and reform certain transportation regulations (H.R. 2539), H12306 [14NO]

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 1854), H6215 [22JN]

———reduce funding for the American Folklife Center and apply savings to the CBO, H6215 [22JN]

Medicare: reform (H.R. 2425), H10456 [19OC]

National security: national missile defense systems, H5938, H5941, H5944, H5946, H5949, H5950 [14JN]

———revitalize (H.R. 7), H1793, H1813, H1816, H1817, H1819, H1820, H1822 [15FE], H9400 [21SE]

Nuclear energy: gas turbine nuclear reactor project funding, H6802 [11JY]

Nuclear weapons: strategic defense initiative, H1793 [15FE]

Railroads: increase labor protections afforded to employees of small and midsize railroads during acquisitions or mergers, H12306 [14NO]

Republican Party: national agenda, H4400 [6AP]

Safety: exempt aircraft, mines, and nuclear waste disposal from moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions, H2189, H2190, H2191 [24FE]

South Carolina: anniversary of African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, E1772 [13SE]

Taxation: rates (H.R. 1215), H4236 [5AP], H4400 [6AP]

Telecommunications: promote competition and reduce regulation (H.R. 1555), H8487, H8494 [4AU]

Television: establish violent program ratings system, require new televisions to allow blocking of certain programming, and limit exposure of children to violent programming, H8487, H8494 [4AU]

———establish violent program ratings system, require new televisions to allow blocking of certain programming, and limit exposure of children to violent programming (H.R. 2030), H7468 [24JY]

Treaties and agreements: Antiballistic Missile Treaty, H5938, H5941, H5944, H5946, H5949, H5950 [14JN]

Weapons: deployment policy for antiballistic missile systems and advanced theater missile defense systems, H1813, H1816, H1817, H1819, H1820, H1822 [15FE]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H5688 [7JN]

Special order: granted, H4412 [6AP], H9131 [18SE]

Schedules

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate): television violence, D841 [12JY]

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

———Dept. of Transportation and related agencies appropriations, D883 [19JY]

Committee on the Judiciary (House): Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law: LSC budget, D614 [16MY]

Tributes

Schwartz, Kenneth B., E1654 [5AU]