STENHOLM, CHARLES W. (a Representative from Texas)

Amendments offered by, to

Appropriations: line-item veto (H.R. 2), H1053, H1056, H1058, H1061, H1062, H1065, H1067, H1070 [1FE], H1208 [3FE], H1242 [6FE]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State and the Judiciary: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2076), H7463 [21JY]

Appointments

Conferee: H. Con. Res. 67, setting forth the Federal budget for 1996-2002, H5710 [8JN]

———H.R. 2491, reconciliation of the concurrent budget resolution, H11422 [30OC]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

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

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 1833), H6397 [27JN]

Agriculture: price supports for peanuts (see H.R. 2189, 2794), H8360 [3AU], H14963 [15DE]

———use of integrated, site-specific farm management plans (see H.R. 2339), H10147 [17OC]

Air pollution: reduction of work-related vehicle trips in ozone nonattainment areas (see H.R. 325), H1689 [13FE]

Amos F. Longoria Post Office Building, Elmendorf, TX: designate (see H.R. 2700), H15575 [21DE]

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: 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]

———reduce discretionary spending limits (see H.R. 1162), H2891 [8MR]

Budget: balance (see H.R. 822, 1516), H1207 [3FE], H4432 [7AP]

———deficit (see H. Res. 94), H2176 [23FE]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (see H.R. 2530), H10848 [25OC]

———reform process (see H.R. 2599), H11939 [8NO]

CERCLA: amend (see H.R. 2500), H15136 [19DE]

Children and youth: child labor provisions relative to loading of materials into balers and compacters (see H.R. 1114), H4032 [30MR]

Citizenship: status of children born in U.S. to parents who are not citizens or permanent resident aliens (see H.R. 1363), H4031 [30MR]

Coins: issue one dollar coin (see H.R. 534), H3733 [23MR]

Correctional institutions: reform process for lawsuits relative to prison conditions and treatment (see H.R. 2468), H10147 [17OC]

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

Crime: increase penalties for armed violent criminals (see H.R. 1488), H8537 [4AU]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (see H.R. 920), H1688 [13FE]

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

Dept. of Education: abolish (see H.R. 1883), H6831 [11JY]

———eliminate (see H.R. 1318), H6830 [11JY]

Disasters: clarify primary responsibility of States for disaster relief, establish private corporations to insure against risks and costs, and provide for reimbursable Federal assistance activities (see H.R. 824), H1207 [3FE]

Education: student loan reform (see H.R. 530), H295 [17JA]

Employment: make uniform the application overtime exemption for inside sales personnel (see H.R. 1226), H14173 [6DE]

———relationship between workers' compensation benefits and certain benefits available to migrant and seasonal workers (see H.R. 1715), H5607 [25MY]

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

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

Families and domestic relations: protect parental rights (see H.R. 1946), H10048 [12OC]

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

Farm credit banks: reduce unnecessary regulatory burdens (see H.R. 2029), H8537 [4AU]

Federal employees: access to hearing care services by audiologists (see H.R. 1057), H7257 [19JY]

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: amend relative to minor use of pesticides (see H.R. 1352), H3974 [29MR]

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

Financial institutions: reform regulatory process and paperwork requirements (see H.R. 1362), H5692 [7JN]

Firearms: repeal ban on assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices (see H.R. 125), H167 [9JA]

Food stamps: program integrity (see H.R. 1093), H2486 [1MR]

Foreign trade: expand authority for the export of drugs or medical devices (see H.R. 1300), H4415 [6AP]

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

Government: status of Federal contractors that hire permanent replacements for striking employees (see H.R. 1176), H2892 [8MR]

Government regulations: cumulative cost/benefit accounting statement for regulatory programs (see H.R. 1636), H4958 [15MY]

———moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions (see H.R. 450), H1556 [9FE]

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

Hazardous substances: nuclear waste disposal (see H.R. 1020), H7801 [26JY]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 1234, 2071), H4433 [7AP], H7256 [19JY]

Health care facilities: improve health programs and services available to rural populations (see H.R. 2411), H9591 [27SE]

House of Representatives: official mail allowance (see H.R. 923, 1755), H1689 [13FE], H5689 [7JN]

———return of excess amounts from official allowances to the Treasury for deficit reduction (see H.R. 26), H970 [31JA]

Housing: prohibit certain rental housing managers from banning household pets for elderly residents (see H.R. 1619), H6200 [21JN]

Immigration: moratorium on aliens except for relatives of U.S. citizens, certain highly skilled workers, and refugees (see H.R. 373), H4915 [12MY]

———reform admission policies, treatment of criminal aliens and alien smuggling, documentation requirements, and border security (see H.R. 1915, 2202), H6269 [22JN], H8533 [4AU]

Immigration and Nationality Act: amend by substituting ``children born out of wedlock'' for ``illegitimate children'' references (see H.R. 1204), H8537 [4AU]

Labor: allow cooperative efforts between management and labor to improve economic competitiveness (see H.R. 743), H889 [30JA]

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

Medicare: permit select policies to be offered in all States (see H.R. 483), H2224 [24FE]

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

National Committee on Telemedicine: establish (see H.R. 426), H8725 [8SE]

National Gambling Impact and Policy Commission: establish (see H.R. 497), H5374 [22MY]

National Voter Registration Act: repeal (see H.R. 370), H803 [26JA]

Natural gas: authorize associations of independent producers (see H.R. 2342), H9897 [11OC]

———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. 1834), H5982 [14JN]

Oil Pollution Act: require Federal agencies to differentiate between organic oils and petroleum-based oils (see H.R. 436), H2306 [27FE]

Patents: early publication of patent applications (see H.R. 1733), H14173 [6DE]

———restore term (see H.R. 359), H4958 [15MY]

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

Petroleum: export of Alaska North Slope crude oil (see H.R. 70), H2716 [6MR]

———royalty payments for crude oil production on public lands (see H.R. 699), H2892 [8MR]

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

Public debt: establish a deficit reduction trust fund (see H.R. 1162), H2891 [8MR]

Public Health Service: extend and clarify malpractice coverage for health centers (see H.R. 1747), H10307 [18OC]

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

———support community food security projects relative to low-income individuals (see H.R. 2003), H6829 [11JY]

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

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

Small business: increase deductions for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 697), H1208 [3FE]

Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of 150th anniversary (see H.R. 2627), H13731 [28NO]

Social Security: medicare reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see H.R. 580), H12085 [9NO]

Taxation: capital gains rate on stock of certain farmers' cooperatives (see H.R. 2676), H13658 [20NO]

———church pension benefit plans (see H.R. 528), H7990 [28JY]

———deductibility of business meal expenses for individuals who are subject to Federal limitations on hours of service (see H.R. 1003), H6698 [30JN]

———exclusion of gross estate taxes of a decedent relative to certain land subject to qualified conservation easements (see H.R. 864), H5609 [25MY]

———prevent reclassification of certain dues paid to tax-exempt agricultural and horticultural organizations (see H.R. 783), H4958 [15MY]

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

———treatment of family-owned businesses relative to estate tax (see H.R. 2190), H8360 [3AU]

———treatment of livestock sold on account of weather conditions (see H.R. 1588), H5623 [6JN]

———treatment of United Mine Workers of America combined benefit fund premiums (see H.R. 1370), H6830 [11JY]

Texas: purchase of Bureau of Reclamation water supply projects (see H.R. 2609), H14765 [13DE]

Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact: consent (see H.R. 558), H1461 [8FE]

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

Treaties and agreements: make regulatory correction relative to methyl bromide and the Montreal Protocol (see H.R. 2230), H8534 [4AU]

Wetlands: agricultural conversion of certain wetlands (see H.R. 198), H169 [9JA]

———conservation and management (see H.R. 1330), H4546 [3MY]

Descriptions

U.S. Naval Academy mural, E1980 [19OC]

Documents

Republican Support for Expedited Rescissions, H1250 [6FE]

Letters

Rural health care program funding: Archie D. Knight, Texas State Grange, H8327 [3AU]

———Gail R. Bellamy, Texas Rural Health Association, H8327 [3AU]

Memorandums

Presidential Rescission Authority: George Costello, Congressional Research Service, H1253 [6FE]

———Morton Rosenberg, Congressional Research Service, H1253 [6FE]

Questions and answers

Presidential rescission authority, H1251-H1253 [6FE]

Remarks by, on

Agriculture: limitation on subsidies for certain income levels, H7364 [20JY]

———reform of Federal farm subsidy programs, H13625 [20NO]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1976), H7313, H7317, H7320, H7364 [20JY], H7424 [21JY]

Appropriations: line-item veto (H.R. 2), H1100, H1136 [2FE], H1176 [3FE], H1228, H1229, H1245, H1246, H1247, H1248, H1249 [6FE], E269 [3FE]

———line-item veto (S. 4), motion to instruct conferees, H10777 [25OC]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 115), H12119 [10NO], H12167 [13NO]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 115), motion to postpone consideration of veto, H12243 [14NO]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), H633 [25JA], H709, H718, H728, H737, H747, H759, H769 [26JA]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), consideration (H. Res. 44), H613 [25JA]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 28), H496 [23JA], E148 [20JA]

———establish a deficit reduction trust fund and reduce discretionary spending limits (H.R. 1162), H8849 [13SE]

———making supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 1158), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 151), H5315 [18MY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2491), H10797 [25OC], H10877, H10895, H11358 [26OC]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2491), conference report, H13158 [17NO], H13625 [20NO]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2530), consideration (H. Res. 321), H15606 [22DE]

———reduction in outyear discretionary spending caps relative to deficit reduction trust fund, H8849 [13SE]

———require savings made in appropriations legislation to be used for deficit reduction, H8246 [2AU]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1996-2002 (H. Con. Res. 122), H15151 [19DE]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1996-2002 (H. Con. Res. 122), consideration (H. Res. 309), H15123 [19DE]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1996-2002 (H. Con. Res. 67), H5155 [17MY], H5263 [18MY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1996-2002 (H. Con. Res. 67), conference report, H6574 [29JN]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1996-2002 (H. Con. Res. 67), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 175), H6566 [29JN]

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

———treatment of Social Security under a constitutional amendment to require balanced (H. Con. Res. 17), consideration (H. Res. 44), H613 [25JA]

Capital punishment: establish effective procedures (H.R. 729), H1403 [8FE]

CCC: funding to promote and market corporate products overseas, H7424 [21JY]

Children and youth: child labor provisions relative to loading of materials into balers and compacters (H.R. 1114), H10666 [24OC]

———expand child care block grant programs, H3585 [23MR]

Courts: liability of drugs or medical devices approved by the FDA, H2944 [9MR]

———maximum award of noneconomic damages in medical liability claims, H2963 [9MR]

———product liability reform (H.R. 956), H2944, H2963 [9MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: Federal meat inspection funding, H7313 [20JY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base closure and realignment (H.R. 1817), H6061 [16JN]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1530), H5866 [13JN]

———B-1B aircraft capabilities, E1363 [29JN]

———funding for Cooperative Threat Reduction programs relative to Russian biological weapons production, H5866 [13JN]

———line-item veto authority, H1136 [2FE]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1977), H6980, H6981 [13JY], H7040 [17JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2127), H8246 [2AU], H8326 [3AU]

Endangered species: privatize funding for the protection of the African elephants, tigers and rhinoceroses, H6980, H6981 [13JY]

Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (H.R. 5), H360 [19JA]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (H.J. Res. 79), H6425 [28JN]

Food stamps: replace with State block grants, H3616 [23MR]

Foreign policy: exchange program between congressional and German Bundestag staff members, E132 [19JA]

Government: shutdown relative to budget process, H12167 [13NO]

Government regulations: moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions (H.R. 450), H2107 [23FE]

———moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions designating endangered species or critical habitat, H2107 [23FE]

———reform regulatory process (H.R. 1022), H2318, H2352 [28FE]

Labor: allow cooperative efforts between management and labor to improve economic competitiveness (H.R. 743), H9525 [27SE]

Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie: establish (H.R. 714), H8297 [2AU]

Public debt: ceiling (H.R. 2586), H12109, H12110 [10NO]

———ceiling (H.R. 2586), veto—motion to postpone consideration, H12153 [13NO]

Public welfare programs: funding for nutrition programs, H2572 [2MR]

———reform (H.R. 4), H3381 [21MR], H3494 [22MR], H3585, H3616, H3684 [23MR], H3788 [24MR]

———reform (H.R. 4), consideration (H. Res. 119), H3443 [22MR]

Real property: compensation to owners of private property relative to regulatory restrictions (H.R. 925), H2521 [2MR]

Republican Party: political methods used to influence congressional decision-making, H9651 [28SE]

Rural areas: funding for health care programs, H8326 [3AU]

———Rural Housing Insurance Fund, H7320 [20JY]

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

———rates, H5705 [8JN]

———rates (H.R. 1215), H4237 [5AP]

———rates (H.R. 1215), consideration (H. Res. 128), H4206 [5AP]

U.S. Naval Academy: dedication of mural, E1980 [19OC]

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars: funding, H7040 [17JY]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H2582 [2MR], H3557 [22MR], H10305 [18OC], H12188 [13NO]

Reports

Presidential Rescission Requests: Virginia A. McMurtry, Congressional Research Service, H1249 [6FE]

Resolutions by organizations

Clyde McMahon, Sr.: Texas State Senate, E1374 [30JN]

John L. Taylor: Texas State Senate, E1374 [30JN]

Joseph Pickle: Texas State Senate, E1373 [30JN]

Owen H. Ivie: Texas State Senate, E1373 [30JN]

Schedules

Committee on Labor and Human Resources (Senate): LSC budget, D781 [23JN]

Committee on Resources (House): Task Force on Endangered Species: Endangered Species Act, D579 [10MY]

Committee on Rules (House): constitutional amendment to require balanced budget, D72 [23JA]

———Federal budget, D616 [16MY]

———Subcommittee on Legislative and Budget Process: budget process, D883 [19JY]

———Subcommittee on Rules and Organization of the House: budget process, D883 [19JY]

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

———Subcommittee on the Constitution: constitutional amendment to require balanced budget, D28 [10JA]

Committee on Ways and Means (House): Subcommittee on Health: saving medicare and budget reconciliations, D895 [20JY]

Texts of

H.J. Res. 28, constitutional amendment to require balanced budget, E148 [20JA]

Tributes

Ivie, Owen H., E1373 [30JN]

Madigan, Edward R., E211 [30JA]

McMahon, Clyde, Sr., E1373 [30JN]

Pickle, Joseph, E1373 [30JN]

Taylor, John L., E1373 [30JN]