WARD, MIKE (a Representative from Kentucky)

Amendments offered by, to

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 1905), H6847 [12JY]

National Highway System: designate (H.R. 2274), H9308 [20SE]

Science: authorizing appropriations for Federal civilian science activities (H.R. 2405), H9786 [10OC]

Articles and editorials

Balance by Amendment? Wall Street Journal, E200 [27JA]

Decent Minimum Wage, Robert Kuttner, Washington (DC) Post, E286 [7FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Dept. of Defense: provide for continued retirement and leave benefits for certain former employees (see H.R. 2222), H8534 [4AU]

Taxation: 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]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

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

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

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]

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

Aviation: repeal increase in transportation fuels tax applicable to commercial aviation (see H.R. 752), H7379 [20JY]

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

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

Consumer Price Index: calculation (see H.R. 815), H1207 [3FE]

Convention Against Torture and Other Forms of Cruel, Inhuman, and Degrading Treatment or Punishment: implementation (see H.R. 1416), H9738 [29SE]

Crime: false identification documents (see H.R. 399, 1552), H4795 [10MY], H5753 [8JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: exempt certain full-time health care professionals from restrictions on outside professional activities (see H.R. 1384), H7461 [21JY]

Diseases: payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted human immunodeficiency virus due to contaminated blood products (see H.R. 1023), H4032 [30MR]

Economy: promote revitalization through Federal assistance for cleanup of abandoned or contaminated properties (see H.R. 2178), H13658 [20NO]

Explosives: regulation (see H.R. 43), H4958 [15MY]

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

Health: designate obstetrician-gynecologists as primary care providers for women under Federal health care regulations (see H. Res. 30), H5753 [8JN]

———ensure pregnant women receiving Public Health Service assistance are provided with pregnancy information and counseling (see H.R. 833), H5367 [18MY]

———prohibit discrimination in employer health benefit plans relative to neurobiological disorders (see H.R. 1797), H5752 [8JN]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mothers and newborn infants following birth (see H.R. 1950), H10848 [25OC]

House of Representatives: adjournment relative to budget impasse (see H. Res. 278), H13274 [17NO]

———ratification of constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights relative to States' ratification (see H. Res. 39), H3417 [21MR]

———return of excess amounts from official allowances to the Treasury for deficit reduction (see H.R. 26), H1850 [15FE]

House Rules: ban on the acceptance of gifts and lobbyist-sponsored perks (see H. Res. 40), H890 [30JA]

Housing: benefits relative to the purchase of residential cooperative apartment units (see H.R. 1006), H7801 [26JY]

Hunting and trapping: prohibit steel jaw leghold traps (see H.R. 1404), H6083 [16JN]

Insurance: prohibit denial of health coverage based on status as victim of domestic violence (see H.R. 1201), H7699 [25JY]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: authorize the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternal organization to establish a memorial (see H.J. Res. 70), H2811 [7MR]

Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1484), H5367 [18MY]

Lobbyists: limit access to the Hall of the House of Representatives (see H. Res. 286), H15238 [20DE]

Medicare: limit penalty for late enrollment and establish special enrollment for certain military retirees (see H.R. 2729), H14239 [7DE]

———medical nutrition therapy services (see H.R. 2247), H10485 [19OC]

———permit select policies to be offered in all States (see H.R. 483), H4336 [5AP]

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

Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 940), H1751 [14FE]

Montgomery, AL: anniversary of bus boycott (see H. Res. 285), H14003 [5DE]

Motor vehicles: average fuel economy standards for automobiles (see H.R. 2200), H10048 [12OC]

National Association of Radio Talk Show Hosts: honoring of G. Gordon Liddy relative to characterization of Federal law enforcement officials (see H. Res. 153), H6159 [20JN]

National Gambling Impact and Policy Commission: establish (see H.R. 497), H11829 [7NO]

National Institute for the Environment: establish (see H.R. 2827), H15574 [21DE]

Natural gas: enhance safety, training, research, and development in the propane gas industry (see H.R. 1514), H5983 [14JN]

Ohio River Corridor Study Commission: establish (see H.R. 1891), H7012 [13JY]

Patents: early publication of patent applications (see H.R. 1733), H13870 [30NO]

———limit issuance on medical procedures (see H.R. 1127), H12350 [14NO]

Pensions: exclude the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund from the Federal budget (see H.R. 103), H8904 [13SE]

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

Small business: increase deductions for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 2435), H9737 [29SE]

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

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), H2177 [23FE]

———medicare reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see H.R. 580), H4958 [15MY]

Taxation: church pension benefit plans (see H.R. 528), H13142 [16NO]

———credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic home for use as principal residence (see H.R. 1662), H6083 [16JN]

———election of taxable fiscal year for partnerships and S corporations (see H.R. 1661), H6482 [28JN]

———exclude certain business taxable income relative to sponsorship payments (see H.R. 1161), H7379 [20JY]

———exclusion of employer-provided educational assistance (see H.R. 127), H2584 [2MR]

———exemption for certain common investment funds (see H.R. 734), H6481 [28JN]

———modify application of passive loss limitations to equine activities (see H.R. 2199), H8533 [4AU]

———prevent avoidance through use of foreign trusts (see H.R. 2356), H9245 [19SE]

———prevent reclassification of certain dues paid to tax-exempt agricultural and horticultural organizations (see H.R. 783), H4546 [3MY]

———provide that overpayments shall be reduced by the amount of past-due enforceable State tax obligations (see H.R. 757), H5983 [14JN]

———require burden of proof to be on the Dept. of the Treasury in all tax cases (see H.R. 390), H3417 [21MR]

———treatment of gains on sale of small business stocks (see H.R. 645), H1461 [8FE]

Tobacco products: establish Federal authority to regulate tobacco and other nicotine containing products (see H.R. 2414), H9898 [11OC]

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

———prohibit regulation of tobacco-sponsored advertising used by professional motor sports associations (see H.R. 2265), H9452 [21SE]

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: provide off-budget treatment for certain transportation trust funds (see H.R. 842), H2177 [23FE]

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]

Veterans: eliminate disparity between civilian and military retiree cost-of-living adjustments (see H.R. 38), H3327 [16MR]

Volunteer workers: grant immunity from personal civil liability during work on behalf of governmental entities or nonprofit organizations (see H.R. 911), H14239 [7DE]

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), H2393 [28FE]

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

Papers

Why Bell Companies Need Federal Legislation, E1913 [11OC]

Poems

``Across the Road,'' Katie Godfrey, E1914 [11OC]

Remarks by, on

Abortion: performance at military medical facilities, H8627 [7SE]

———performance of privately funded abortions at overseas military hospitals, H6002 [15JN]

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

———market promotion program for sale or export of alcohol or alcoholic beverages, H7430 [21JY]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1976), H7354 [20JY], H7430 [21JY]

American Printing House for the Blind: funding, H7470 [24JY], H8342 [3AU]

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 115), H12137, H12168 [13NO]

Black History Month: observance, E355 [16FE]

Budget: balance, H12168 [13NO]

———comparison between congressional and Clinton administration proposals, H5910 [14JN]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), H737 [26JA], E200 [27JA]

———making supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 1158), H3286 [16MR]

———making supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 1158), consideration (H. Res. 115), H3177 [15MR]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution, H14936 [15DE], H15075 [18DE]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2491), H10851 [26OC]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2491), consideration (H. Res. 245), H10860 [26OC]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2491), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 272), H13155 [17NO]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1996-2002 (H. Con. Res. 67), H4967 [16MY], H5167 [17MY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1996-2002 (H. Con. Res. 67), conference report, H6585 [29JN]

Child Survival and Disease Fund: funding, H6352 [27JN]

Children and youth: tribute to Philip Morris Cos., Inc., for action against access program, H6705 [10JY]

Committees of the House: authorizing expenditures (H. Res. 107), H3169 [15MR]

Congress: reform gift rules (H.R. 2261), H8547 [6SE]

Corp. for National Service: funding, H554 [24JA]

Corp. for Public Broadcasting: funding, E1634 [4AU]

Courts: State referendum challenges (H.R. 1170), H9616, H9617 [28SE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1530), H6002 [15JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2126), H8627 [7SE]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1977), H7046 [17JY]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2020), H7232, H7234, H7236 [19JY]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2020), consideration (H. Res. 190), H7088 [18JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2127), H8224 [2AU], H8342 [3AU], E1634 [4AU]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2099), H7855 [27JY], H7927 [28JY]

Education: Earning By Learning Program financial structure, H7185 [19JY]

———Milken Family Foundation National Educator Award recipients, E1988 [20OC]

———program funding, H8787 [12SE]

———student loan programs, H8787 [12SE]

———student loan reform, H4150 [4AP]

———tax credits for payment of educational expenses, H4307 [5AP]

Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits, H13668 [28NO]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 1905), H6847, H6848, H6849 [12JY]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 1868), H6352 [27JN]

FRS: impact of interest rates on economic conditions, H1077 [2FE]

Gingrich, Representative: appoint independent counsel relative to GOPAC and book contract, H1295 [7FE], H5386 [23MY], H9252 [20SE], H9677 [29SE]

———status of Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House) ethics investigation and appointment of independent counsel (H. Res. 288), H13813 [30NO]

Health: repeal unnecessary medical device reporting requirements (H.R. 2366), H12209, H12210 [14NO]

House of Representatives: adjournment relative to budget impasse (H. Res. 278), H13278 [17NO]

———fairness in voting procedures, H6208 [22JN]

———legislative program, H6073 [16JN]

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

House Rules: ban on the acceptance of gifts and lobbyist-sponsored perks, H6230 [22JN]

———ban on the acceptance of gifts and lobbyist-sponsored perks (H. Res. 40), H901 [31JA]

Housing: Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS Program funding, H3286 [16MR]

Jefferson County, KY: tribute to the WHAS Crusade for Children, E1275 [16JN]

Kentucky Derby: tribute, E970 [9MY]

Laughlin, Representative: election to Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H. Res. 183), H6720 [10JY]

League of Women Voters: anniversary, E348 [14FE]

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 1854), motion to recommit, H6230 [22JN]

Louisville, KY: Hillerich and Bradsby (business) production of Louisville slugger baseball bats, E1979 [19OC]

———tribute to Ford Motor Co., E1087 [19MY]

———tribute to Male High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, E1193 [8JN]

———tribute to Mini Deaf Sports Festival, E1363 [29JN]

Medicaid: reform, H14936 [15DE]

Medicare: reform, H4516 [3MY], H4555 [9MY], H8544 [6SE], H10303 [18OC], H11923 [8NO], H14936 [15DE], E1982 [19OC]

———reform (H.R. 2425), E1982 [19OC]

———reform (H.R. 2425), consideration (H. Res. 238), H10324 [19OC]

Mine Safety Administration: funding, H8224 [2AU]

Minimum wage: level, H1166 [3FE], H1220 [6FE]

Motor vehicles: eliminate penalties on State noncompliance with Federal motorcycle helmet laws, H9308 [20SE]

Murdoch, Rupert: targeted business tax benefits, H4150 [4AP]

National Business Women's Week: observance, E1937 [12OC]

National Council of Jewish Women: anniversary, E2322 [8DE]

National Highway System: designate (H.R. 2274), H9302, H9308 [20SE]

Oklahoma City, OK: bombing of Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, H4448 [2MY]

Parliamentary inquiry, H5308 [18MY]

Patton, Paul: tribute to Governor-elect of Kentucky, H11923 [8NO]

Peace Corps: tribute, H6818 [11JY]

Petroleum: fossil energy research and development funding, H7046 [17JY]

Public debt: ceiling (H.R. 2586), H12137, H12168 [13NO]

Public welfare programs: funding for nutrition programs, H2232 [27FE], H2661 [6MR], H2734 [7MR], H3095 [14MR]

———reform (H.R. 4), H3503 [22MR], H3788 [24MR]

Rabin, Yitzhak: tribute (S. Con. Res. 31), H11851 [8NO]

Republican Party: national agenda, H1977 [22FE], H6093 [20JN], H11835 [8NO]

Research: funding for sonoluminescence studies, H6847, H6848, H6849 [12JY], H9855 [11OC]

Roads and highways: treatment of Federal highway funds relative to drunken driving by minors, H9302 [20SE]

Romano L. Mazzoli Federal Building, Louisville, KY: designate (H.R. 965), H13960 [5DE]

Science: authorizing appropriations for Federal civilian science activities (H.R. 2405), H9855 [11OC]

Sheldon, Louis P.: invocation before House of Representatives, E2103 [2NO]

Social Security: increase earnings limit (H. Con. Res. 109), consideration (H. Res. 245), H10860 [26OC]

Space policy: space station program funding, H7855 [27JY], H7927 [28JY]

Spalding University: tribute to Model U.N., E2050 [26OC]

Taxation: 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), H4115, H4150 [4AP]

———offsetting capital gains tax cuts by student loan programs rescissions, H3818 [28MR]

———rates, H5089 [17MY]

———rates (H.R. 1215), H4150 [4AP], H4307 [5AP]

———treatment of individuals benefiting from renouncement of citizenship, H6034, H6035 [15JN], H7232, H7234, H7236 [19JY], H8731 [12SE]

Telecommunications: promote competition and reduce regulation (H.R. 1555), E1913 [11OC]

Votes: position on missed, E245 [1FE], E295 [8FE], E505 [3MR], E1446 [17JY]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H2391 [28FE]

Special order: granted, H1906 [16FE], H4176 [4AP], H5070 [16MY], H7548 [24JY], H8593 [6SE], H8993 [14SE], H10305 [18OC], H11938 [8NO], H13272 [17NO]

Tributes

Bingham, Mary Caperton, E1158 [6JN]

Brown, J. Graham, E1985 [20OC]

Godfrey, Katie, E1914 [11OC]

O'Leary, Sec. of Energy, E2220 [20NO]

Ray, David F., E2391 [19DE]

Simons, Thomas, E1985 [20OC]

Winstead, Marion, E2078 [31OC]