FURSE, ELIZABETH (a Representative from Oregon)

Amendments offered by, to

Budget: making supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 1158), H3084 [13MR]

———making supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 1159), H3073 [13MR]

Courts: product liability reform (H.R. 956), H2935 [9MR]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 2126), H8059 [31JY]

Law enforcement: provide block grants (H.R. 728), H1612 [10FE]

National Highway System: designate (H.R. 2274), H9304 [20SE]

Science: authorizing appropriations for Federal civilian science activities (H.R. 2405), H9851 [11OC]

Articles and editorials

Losing Control—Defense Department—Billions Go Astray, Often Without a Trace, Dana Priest, Washington (DC) Post, H4925 [15MY]

Northrop Grumman's '95 Contributions Seem Timed for B-2 Action, Tony Capaccio, Defense Week (publication), H8619 [7SE]

Our Overstuffed Armed Forces, Lawrence F. Korb, Foreign Affairs (publication), H13191-H13193 [17NO]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Dept. of Defense: terminate C-17 Airlifter program and use nondevelopmental aircrafts to meet strategic airlift requirements (see H.R. 703), H802 [26JA]

———terminate certain programs (see H.R. 1673), H5366 [18MY]

Dept. of Energy: reduce funding and scope of the stockpile stewardship program (see H.R. 1672), H5366 [18MY]

———reduce funding for the nuclear energy research and development activities (see H.R. 1674), H5366 [18MY]

Drunken driving: reporting of blood alcohol levels exceeding State permissible levels after vehicular accidents (see H.R. 1982), H6697 [30JN]

Education: establish a Science and Mathematics Early Start Grant Program (see H.R. 1669), H5366 [18MY]

Federal employees: reduce number of political appointees (see H.R. 1671), H5366 [18MY]

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

Medicare: coverage of blood-testing strips for individuals with diabetes (see H.R. 1074), H2392 [28FE]

———diabetes outpatient self-management training services (see H.R. 1073), H2392 [28FE]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (see H.J. Res. 29), H176 [9JA]

NIH: funding for diabetes-related research (see H.R. 1656), H5190 [17MY]

Taxation: capital gains rates for investments in small businesses (see H.R. 2095), H7461 [21JY]

Waterways: restoration projects to control flooding, erosion, and pollution runoff and improve water quality (see H.R. 1331), H3878 [28MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Abortion: killings at abortion clinics in Brookline, MA (see H. Con. Res. 13), H1208 [3FE]

———protection of reproductive rights and access to reproductive health care clinics (see H.R. 1952), H6481 [28JN]

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

———prohibit transfer or marketing of nonambulatory cattle, sheep, swine, horses, mules, or goats (see H.R. 2143), H8063 [31JY]

———provide incentives for the maintenance of farmland in production capacity (see H.R. 2429), H12350 [14NO]

———use of humane methods in the slaughter of poultry (see H.R. 264), H14927 [14DE]

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

Animals: improve animal drug approval process (see H.R. 2508), H12506 [15NO]

———prohibit export of American black bear viscera (see H.R. 353), H890 [30JA]

———prohibit import, export, sale or possession of bear viscera (see H.R. 2240), H10147 [17OC]

———prohibit interstate commerce relative to exotic animals (see H.R. 1202), H4105 [3AP]

———require humane transport of horses en route to slaughtering facilities (see H.R. 2433), H10485 [19OC]

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

Armed Forces: procedures for determining status of certain missing members (see H.R. 945), H5072 [16MY]

———prohibit accrual of pay and allowances to members confined pending dishonorable dismissal charges (see H.R. 585), H1281 [6FE]

Armenia: anniversary of genocide (see H. Con. Res. 47), H9245 [19SE]

Bonneville Power Administration: debt refinancing agreement at prevailing interest rates and payment of refinancing fee to U.S. Treasury (see H.R. 599), H538 [23JA]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: investigation of war crimes (see H. Res. 282), H15136 [19DE]

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

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 49, 55), H179 [9JA], H325 [18JA]

———deficit (see H. Res. 94), H3808 [24MR]

———require an operating and a capital budget to distinguish between Federal funds and trust funds (see H.R. 1233), H3975 [29MR]

Business and industry: volunteer guidelines for socially responsible practices for U.S. businesses operating abroad (see H.R. 910), H3733 [23MR]

Capital Budget Commission: establish (see H.R. 1302), H3975 [29MR]

CERCLA: clarify liability for certain recycling transactions (see H.R. 820), H6698 [30JN]

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

Civil Rights Act: availability of information on reproductive health services at federally or State funded family planning clinics (see H.R. 641), H4031 [30MR]

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

Coins: issue one dollar coin (see H.R. 534), H4958 [15MY]

———mint coins recommended by the Citizens Commemorative Coin Advisory Committee (see H.R. 1753), H9363 [20SE]

Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act: revise and extend (see H.R. 1872), H6082 [16JN]

Consumer Price Index: calculation of rate of inflation (see H. Res. 99), H4796 [10MY]

Contracts: simplify labor laws applicable to Federal contracts (see H.R. 967), H4441 [1MY]

Convention Against Torture and Other Forms of Cruel, Inhuman, and Degrading Treatment or Punishment: implementation (see H.R. 1416), H6200 [21JN]

Crime: include peonage and slavery offenses as RICO predicates (see H.R. 305), H1556 [9FE]

———protection from sexual predators (see H.R. 713), H3417 [21MR]

Cyprus: dispute resolution (see H. Con. Res. 42), H6397 [27JN]

Davis-Bacon Act: revise (see H.R. 2472), H14239 [7DE]

Dept. of Defense: reduce size of operational support aircraft fleet (see H.R. 1973), H6697 [30JN]

Dept. of Energy: gas turbine modular helium reactor program (see H.R. 311), H6830 [11JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish mammography quality standards (see H.R. 882), H2892 [8MR]

———extend benefits to certain merchant mariners who served during World War II (see H.R. 44), H4031 [30MR]

Disasters: provide for hazard mitigation, relief, and insurance against natural disasters (see H.R. 1856), H6045 [15JN]

Diseases: payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted human immunodeficiency virus due to contaminated blood products (see H.R. 1023), H2176 [23FE]

Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge: designate (see H.R. 1253), H8361 [3AU]

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

Economy: promote revitalization through Federal assistance for cleanup of abandoned or contaminated properties (see H.R. 2178), H8360 [3AU]

Elections: protect constitutional rights of citizens to choose Senators and Representatives (see H.R. 1104), H4177 [4AP]

Families and domestic relations: child support enforcement (see H.R. 785, 801), H2989 [9MR], H3417 [21MR]

———interstate enforcement of child support and parentage court orders (see H.R. 95), H179 [9JA]

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

FDA: increase the voting consumer representation of the Blood Products Advisory Committee (see H.R. 1021), H2176 [23FE]

Federal employees: reduce number of political appointees (see H.R. 2090), H9739 [29SE]

Federal firefighters: hourly and overtime pay rates and pay equity with public sector firefighters (see H.R. 858), H4031 [30MR]

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: amend relative to minor use of pesticides (see H.R. 1352), H7068 [17JY]

FERC: extension of deadline for construction of hydroelectric project in Oregon (see H.R. 1835), H5982 [14JN]

Financial institutions: reform regulatory process and paperwork requirements (see H.R. 1362), H4619 [9MY]

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

———regulate sale, import, and manufacture of polymer plastic ammunition (see H.R. 221), H325 [18JA]

Foreign aid: prohibit to countries that restrict the delivery of U.S. humanitarian assistance to other countries (see H.R. 942), H1752 [14FE]

Foreign policy: negotiations between Greece and Macedonia (see H. Con. Res. 31), H2717 [6MR]

France: actions relative to moratorium on testing of nuclear weapons (see H. Con. Res. 80; H. Res. 174), H8063 [31JY], H9898 [11OC]

FRS: impact of interest rates on the housing industry (see H. Res. 98), H4796 [10MY]

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]

Government: ensure stoppage of payment for the President, Vice President, and Members of Congress during Government shutdown (see H.R. 2671), H13804 [29NO]

Health: accessibility of alternative treatments and medicines (see H.R. 2019), H6913 [12JY]

———designate obstetrician-gynecologists as primary care providers for women under Federal health care regulations (see H. Res. 30), H400 [19JA]

———develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth defects (see H.R. 1010), H6046 [15JN]

———prohibit discrimination relative to exposure to hazardous substances (see H.R. 2691), H15633 [22DE]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mothers and newborn infants following birth (see H.R. 1955), H6655 [29JN]

Helium Act: sale of Federal real and personal property (see H.R. 873), H2064 [22FE]

House of Representatives: declare vacant the office of a Member who announces a change in political party affiliation (see H. Res. 203), H7699 [25JY]

———official mail allowance (see H.R. 1755), H5689 [7JN]

———ratification of constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights relative to States' ratification (see H. Res. 39), H4032 [30MR]

———require Members who change political parties to repay certain funds to their former party (see H. Res. 202), H7699 [25JY]

———require use of official allowance to purchase copies of the U.S. Code (see H. Res. 58), H2224 [24FE]

———return of excess amounts from official allowances to the Treasury for deficit reduction (see H.R. 26), H163 [9JA]

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

Human rights: trafficking of Burmese women and girls into Thailand for forced prostitution (see H. Con. Res. 21), H3573 [22MR]

Hunting and trapping: prohibit steel jaw leghold traps (see H.R. 1404), H9897 [11OC]

Immigration and Nationality Act: amend by substituting ``children born out of wedlock'' for ``illegitimate children'' references (see H.R. 1204), H5471 [23MY]

Insurance: coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (see H.R. 2011), H9671 [28SE]

———prohibit denial of health coverage based on status as victim of domestic violence (see H.R. 1201, 1920, 2654), H7257 [19JY], H7699 [25JY], H14964 [15DE]

Iran: human rights violations of Bahais (see H. Con. Res. 102), H11830 [7NO]

Jewish War Veterans: issue commemorative postage stamp honoring anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 26), H8598 [6SE]

Korea, Republic of: inclusion in the Visa Waiver Pilot Program (see H.R. 2582), H13731 [28NO]

Madison, James: mint coins in commemoration of 250th anniversary of birth (see H.R. 1684), H15136 [19DE]

Medicaid: screening mammography (see H.R. 777), H5691 [7JN]

Medicare: limit penalty for late enrollment (see H.R. 559), H11829 [7NO]

———multiple sclerosis drug treatments (see H.R. 1078), H9671 [28SE]

———screening mammography (see H.R. 778, 958), H1908 [16FE], H5691 [7JN]

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

Members of Congress: annuity computation (see H.R. 575), H4873 [11MY]

———constitutional amendment to limit terms (see H.J. Res. 76), H3880 [28MR]

———stoppage of payment during Government shutdown (see H.R. 2281), H9671 [28SE]

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]

Mining and mineral resources: locatable minerals on public domain lands (see H.R. 357), H890 [30JA]

Motor vehicles: regulation of motorcycle helmet use (see H.R. 899), H3049 [10MR]

NASA: termination of International Space Station program (see H.R. 1701), H10146 [17OC]

National Park Service: reform concessions policies (see H.R. 773), H4177 [4AP]

National parks and recreation areas: enhance park system (see H.R. 2181), H10485 [19OC]

National Tourism Organization: establish (see H.R. 2579), H13274 [17NO]

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

Native Americans: clarify Federal relationship with the Burt Lake Band of Michigan (see H.R. 377), H2306 [27FE]

Natural gas: enhance safety, training, research, and development in the propane gas industry (see H.R. 1514), H7379 [20JY]

Natural resources: recover fair market value for disposal of Federal natural assets (see H.R. 721), H2177 [23FE]

Nigeria: impose economic sanctions (see H.R. 2697), H14765 [13DE]

Oceans: prohibit dumping of radioactive waste (see H.R. 1154), H4512 [2MY]

Patents: early publication of patent applications (see H.R. 1733), H10077 [13OC]

———limit issuance on medical procedures (see H.R. 1127), H9738 [29SE]

Pensions: exclude the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund from the Federal budget (see H.R. 103), H11939 [8NO]

———revise effective date for cost-of-living adjustments for military retirees (see H.R. 2664), H13930 [4DE]

Police Athletic League: tribute (see H. Res. 163), H5691 [7JN]

Public welfare programs: prohibit financial assistance to persons delinquent in child support payments (see H.R. 104), H2716 [6MR]

———reform (see H.R. 1250), H3276 [15MR]

Radio: permit recreational radio operations without licenses (see H.R. 963), H4032 [30MR]

Radioactive substances: provide payments to individuals who were subjects of Federal radiation experiments (see H.R. 2463), H13731 [28NO]

Real estate: allow a credit against the estate tax for transfers of certain property for conservation purposes (see H.R. 522), H840 [27JA]

———homeowner participation in area planning likely to impact home values and compensation for certain area development (see H.R. 971), H2487 [1MR]

Selective Service System: suspend registration requirement and activities except during national emergencies (see H.R. 1709), H6699 [30JN]

Small business: increase deductions for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 52), H243 [13JA]

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

Social Security: maintain earnings test correlation between disability insurance benefits for the blind and retirement age benefits (see H. Con. Res. 23), H2892 [8MR]

———medicare reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see H.R. 580), H4441 [1MY]

———reduction in benefits relative to certain Government pensions (see H.R. 2167), H13274 [17NO]

States: Federal recognition of any coastal moratorium on leasing, exploration, and development of the Outer Continental Shelf (see H.R. 1898), H7012 [13JY]

———tax treatment of certain pension income (see H.R. 394), H2892 [8MR]

Surplus Government property: distribution to nonprofit organizations providing assistance to the hungry or indigent (see H.R. 863), H6736 [10JY]

Tariff: French beaujolais wine (see H.R. 2529), H12190 [13NO]

Taxation: allow individuals to designate percentage of their tax overpayments or to make contributions for deficit reduction (see H.R. 1442), H6046 [15JN]

———church pension benefit plans (see H.R. 528), H14003 [5DE]

———deduction for interest paid on debt secured by a first or second home (see H. Con. Res. 10), H5472 [23MY]

———election of taxable fiscal year for partnerships and S corporations (see H.R. 1661), H12350 [14NO]

———eligibility of veterans for mortgage revenue bond financing (see H.R. 2193), H9592 [27SE]

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

———permit opponents of war to designate tax payments to a Peace Tax Fund (see H.R. 1402), H4335 [5AP]

———qualification and eligibility requirements for S corporations and shareholders (see H.R. 2039), H7917 [27JY]

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

———standards for determining employment status of independent contractors (see H.R. 1972), H13731 [28NO]

———treatment of certain bargain sales (see H.R. 523), H840 [27JA]

———treatment of gains on sale of small business stocks (see H.R. 645), H1208 [3FE]

Turkey: invasion of Northern Iraq (see H. Res. 124), H4031 [30MR]

———protection and continued livelihood of the Eastern Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarchate (see H. Con. Res. 50), H11587 [31OC]

———restrict foreign and military assistance conditional to human rights standards (see H.R. 1274), H3879 [28MR]

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), H4431 [7AP]

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

———establish confidential database for the collection of medical information (see H.R. 798), H4795 [10MY]

———Government employment preference for active duty service veterans of Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm (see H.R. 2510), H10484 [19OC]

———revise effective dates for discontinuance of compensation and pension benefits (see H.R. 109), H8536 [4AU]

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: establish a national clean water trust fund (see H.R. 1152), H4619 [9MY]

Weapons: deployment policy for ballistic missile systems (see H.R. 983), H1907 [16FE]

———eliminate use of antipersonnel landmines (see H.R. 1876), H6913 [12JY]

———production of Trident II missiles (see H.R. 991), H3417 [21MR]

Women: availability of information on reproductive health services (see H. Res. 118), H4441 [1MY]

———prohibit practice of female genital mutilation or female circumcision (see H.R. 941), H2892 [8MR]

World Summit for Children: implementation of plan of action (see H.R. 966), H1849 [15FE]

Yellowstone Headwaters National Recreation Area: establish within the Gallatin and Custer National Forests (see H.R. 1846), H9784 [10OC]

Histories

Cyprus Dispute Resolution: Institute for Multi-Track Diplomacy, H9045 [18SE]

Letters

Nuclear weapons reduction: several Representatives, E982 [9MY]

Opinion polls

Nuclear Weapons Issues, E110 [17JA]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H3051 [13MR]

Proclamations

World Population Awareness Week: John A. Kitzhaber, Governor of Oregon, E2030 [25OC]

Remarks by, on

Abortion: coverage of abortion procedures through the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, H7196 [19JY]

———killings at abortion clinics in Brookline, MA, H129 [5JA]

———killings at abortion clinics in Brookline, MA (H. Con. Res. 13), H485 [23JA]

———performance at military medical facilities, H8626 [7SE]

———performance of privately funded abortions at overseas military hospitals, H6005 [15JN]

———State discretion in deciding on funding for victims of rape and incest, H8374 [3AU]

———use of law enforcement block grants to protect family planning clinics, H1729 [14FE]

ACDA: abolish, E1142 [26MY]

Agriculture: extension service program and tobacco crop insurance funding, H7354 [20JY]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1976), H7354 [20JY]

Appropriations: line-item veto (H.R. 2), H1133 [2FE]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 115), H12204 [14NO]

Arms control: reduction of nuclear weapons, H6014 [15JN], E110 [17JA], E982 [9MY]

Budget: allocation of funds, H8143 [1AU]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), H724, H761 [26JA]

———making supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 1158), H3236 [15MR]

———making supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 1944), H6639, H6640 [29JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution, H15541 [21DE]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2491), H10905, H10906, H10907, H11357 [26OC]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2491), conference report, H13180, H13191 [17NO], H13619 [20NO]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1996-2002 (H. Con. Res. 67), H4925 [15MY], H5264 [18MY]

———treatment of Social Security under a constitutional amendment to require balanced, H248 [17JA]

———treatment of Social Security under a constitutional amendment to require balanced (H. Con. Res. 17), H624 [25JA]

CBO: assess health care and environmental cost savings that result from Federal mandates, H983 [1FE]

Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1361), H4568, H4591 [9MY]

Committees of the House: authorizing expenditures (H. Res. 107), H3171 [15MR]

Congress: reform lobbying disclosure and gift rules, H808 [27JA]

Courts: limit the application of the exclusionary rule (H.R. 666), H1339 [7FE]

———limitations on punitive damage awards, H2935 [9MR]

———product liability reform (H.R. 956), H2935 [9MR]

Cyprus: dispute resolution (H. Con. Res. 42), H9045 [18SE]

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), H6138 [20JN]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1530), H5957 [14JN], H6005, H6014 [15JN]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1530), consideration (H. Res. 164), H5768 [13JN]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1530), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 307), H14945 [15DE]

———B-2 stealth bomber development, H8618 [7SE]

———C-17 Airlifter program, H8660 [7SE]

———line-item veto authority, H1133 [2FE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2126), H8060 [31JY], H8618, H8626, H8657, H8660 [7SE]

———terminate C-17 Airlifter program and use nondevelopmental aircrafts to meet strategic airlift requirements (H.R. 703), E190 [26JA]

Dept. of Energy: Oregon Health Sciences University Biomedical Information Communications Center funding, H9851 [11OC]

Dept. of State: consolidate foreign affairs agencies (H.R. 1561), H5500, H5527 [24MY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1977), H6943, H6967, H6973 [13JY], H7016 [17JY], E1452 [18JY]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1977), conference report, H12400, H12400 [15NO]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1977), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 231), H9688 [29SE]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2020), H7196 [19JY]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2002), H7605 [25JY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State and the Judiciary: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2076), H7627, H7645 [25JY]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2076), conference report, H14102 [6DE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2127), H8374 [3AU], E1643 [4AU]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2099), H7942 [28JY]

Drunken driving: reporting of blood alcohol levels exceeding State permissible levels after vehicular accidents, H9304 [20SE]

Ecology and environment: endangered species protection, H6943 [13JY]

———enforcement of regulations, H7182 [19JY]

Education: Indian education program funding, H6967 [13JY]

EPA: enforcement of certain environmental laws, H7942 [28JY]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: amend (H.R. 961), H4779 [10MY], H4836, H4843 [11MY], H4989 [16MY]

Federal-State relations: exempt existing water pollution laws from unfunded Federal mandates reform, H858 [30JA]

———reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (H.R. 5), H858 [30JA], H983 [1FE]

Fish and fishing: management, research, and conservation funding, H7627 [25JY]

———protection of salmon runs, H12400 [15NO]

———require use of target-specific devices for commercial shrimp harvesting, H10237, H10239 [18OC]

———treatment of fishery quotas relative to local communities, H10227 [18OC]

Fishery Conservation and Management Act: reauthorizing (H.R. 39), H10227, H10232, H10233, H10237, H10239, H10243 [18OC]

Foreign aid: military assistance relative to conduct of foreign countries, H5527 [24MY]

———population assistance funding relative to abortions, H5500 [24MY]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 1868), H6484, H6491 [28JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 1868), conference report—amendments in disagreement, H14790 [13DE]

Forests: mandate specified level of timber salvage sales on Federal lands, H3236 [15MR], H6639, H6640 [29JN]

Government: shutdown relative to budget process, H12204 [14NO], H15541 [21DE]

Government regulations: moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions (H.R. 450), H2125 [23FE]

Haiti: allocation of foreign aid, H6484, H6491 [28JN]

House of Representatives: fairness in voting procedures, H6209 [22JN]

———recesses subject to the call of the Chair (H. Res. 320), H15541 [21DE]

House Rules: reform gift rules (H. Res. 250), H13083 [16NO]

Law enforcement: funding for public safety and community policing programs, H7645 [25JY]

———provide block grants (H.R. 728), H1618 [13FE], H1707, H1729 [14FE]

———transfer block grant funds to community policing programs, H1707 [14FE]

Marine resources: economic impact of regulations on fishery management councils relative to coastal communities, H10243 [18OC]

———prohibit excess harvesting of fisheries for social or economic reasons, H10232, H10233 [18OC]

Medicaid: reform, H10035 [12OC]

Medicare: reform, H4675 [10MY], H10035 [12OC], H10906 [26OC]

———reform (H.R. 2425), H10335, H10458 [19OC]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (H.J. Res. 73), H3894 [29MR]

———limit terms, H3052, H3065 [13MR]

Mining and mineral resources: moratorium on mining patents claims, H12400 [15NO]

National Highway System: designate (H.R. 2274), H9304 [20SE]

National objectives: prevention of violence, H235 [13JA]

National security: revitalize (H.R. 7), H1794, H1795 [15FE]

NIH: funding for diabetes-related research (H.R. 1656), E1062 [17MY]

Nuclear weapons: strategic defense initiative, H1794, H1795 [15FE]

Population: funding for international family planning programs, H14790 [13DE]

Public welfare programs: funding for nutrition programs, H2994 [10MR]

———reform, H2397 [1MR]

———reform (H.R. 4), H3695 [23MR], H3739 [24MR]

Rabin, Yitzhak: tribute (S. Con. Res. 31), H11849 [8NO]

Real property: compensation to owners of private property relative to regulatory restrictions (H.R. 925), H2520 [2MR]

Republican Party: national agenda, H3065 [13MR], H3088 [14MR], H3811 [28MR], H7465 [24JY]

Safety: application of endangerment test to both private property and health issues, H2125 [23FE]

Science: authorizing appropriations for Federal civilian science activities (H.R. 2405), H9851 [11OC]

Ships and vessels: revitalize U.S.-flag merchant marine (H.R. 1350), H14064 [6DE]

Taxation: earned income tax credit, H4249 [5AP]

———rates (H.R. 1215), H4245, H4249 [5AP]

Veterans: increase service-connected disability benefits (H.R. 2394), H9763 [10OC]

Votes: correction, H4842 [11MY]

———position on missed, H5873 [13JN]

Water pollution: exempt naval facilities from water quality standards, H4836 [11MY]

———industrial discharge standards, H4779 [10MY]

———State nonpoint source management in coastal zones, H4843 [11MY]

Wetlands: restoration and conservation programs, H4989 [16MY]

World Population Awareness Week: observance, E2029 [25OC]

Yamhill County, OR: tribute to Community Action Teams Program, E2268 [30NO]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H3072 [13MR], H3730 [23MR], H8172 [1AU], H10992 [26OC]

Schedules

Committee on Agriculture (House): Subcommittee on Resource Conservation, Research, and Forestry: farm conservation, D660 [24MY]

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

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

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

———Dept. of Defense appropriations, D696 [7JN]

———permit medicare select policies to be offered in all States, D486 [5AP]

Tributes

Briggs, Benjamin P., E728 [29MR]

Hays, Bonnie L., H11423 [30OC]

Kitzhaber, Sharon, E1185 [8JN]