HOLDEN, TIM (a Representative from Pennsylvania)

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Black Lung Benefits Act: improve (see H.R. 754), H969 [31JA]

House of Representatives: official mail allowance (see H.R. 755), H969 [31JA]

Tamaqua, PA: conversion of Tamaqua Highrise housing project (see H.R. 654), H592 [24JA]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

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

Agriculture: establish marketing loans and total acreage base for upland cotton, feed grains, rice, oilseeds, and wheat (see H.R. 2532), H10848 [25OC]

———price supports for peanuts (see H.R. 2008), H9671 [28SE]

———provide incentives for the maintenance of farmland in production capacity (see H.R. 2429), H9737 [29SE]

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

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 automatic continuing (see H.R. 2006), H8806 [12SE]

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

Armed Forces: assist INS and Customs Service personnel in performing border protection functions (see H.R. 387), H2224 [24FE]

———procedures for determining status of certain missing members (see H.R. 945), H4619 [9MY]

Aviation: repeal increase in transportation fuels tax applicable to commercial aviation (see H.R. 752), H8361 [3AU]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: U.S. military enforcement of peace agreement between Serbian, Croatian, and Muslim forces (see H. Con. Res. 118), H14311 [12DE]

———U.S. military intervention (see H. Res. 247), H11441 [30OC]

Budget: deficit (see H. Res. 94), H3156 [14MR]

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

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorizing use of grounds for display of steel home building materials (see H. Con. Res. 85), H7378 [20JY]

CERCLA: clarify liability for certain recycling transactions (see H.R. 820), H4546 [3MY]

Coins: issue one dollar coin (see H.R. 534), H8174 [1AU]

———mint coins recommended by the Citizens Commemorative Coin Advisory Committee (see H.R. 1753), H6270 [22JN]

Consumers: establish a toll-free telephone number in the Dept. of Commerce to assist consumers in identifying domestically-produced merchandise (see H.R. 447), H1371 [7FE]

Correctional institutions: exemption from Fair Labor Standards Act for inmates in certain programs (see H.R. 868), H5983 [14JN]

———prevent luxurious prison conditions (see H.R. 663), H1281 [6FE]

Courts: prevent jury tampering (see H.R. 1145), H6159 [20JN]

———prevent witness retaliation (see H.R. 1143), H6159 [20JN]

———prevent witness tampering (see H.R. 1144), H6159 [20JN]

———reorganize administrative law judiciary (see H.R. 1802), H7379 [20JY]

Crime: consumer fraud (see H.R. 1499), H4431 [7AP]

———increase penalties for armed violent criminals (see H.R. 1488), H6481 [28JN]

———protection from sexual predators (see H.R. 713), H4546 [3MY]

Cyprus: dispute resolution (see H. Con. Res. 42), H4958 [15MY]

Davis-Bacon Act: revise (see H.R. 2472), H13870 [30NO]

Dept. of HHS: verification of employee Social Security information (see H.R. 502), H242 [13JA]

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]

———extend benefits to certain merchant mariners who served during World War II (see H.R. 44), H2224 [24FE]

Diseases: payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted human immunodeficiency virus due to contaminated blood products (see H.R. 1023), H4441 [1MY]

Education: funding for higher education financial aid programs (see H. Res. 122), H4415 [6AP]

Employment: relationship between workers' compensation benefits and certain benefits available to migrant and seasonal workers (see H.R. 1715), H6270 [22JN]

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

———interstate enforcement of child support and parentage court orders (see H.R. 95), H3975 [29MR]

———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 firefighters: hourly and overtime pay rates and pay equity with public sector firefighters (see H.R. 858), H9671 [28SE]

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: amend relative to minor use of pesticides (see H.R. 1352), H4512 [2MY]

Firearms: eliminate the administrative authority to prohibit transfer or sale of certain assault weapons (see H.R. 793), H1281 [6FE]

———protect and enforce the right to obtain and use firearms for security, self-defense, and other legitimate purposes (see H.R. 78), H3417 [21MR]

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

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 79), H3416 [21MR]

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

Foreign Agents Regstration Act: strengthen (see H.R. 452), H243 [13JA]

Foreign trade: develop criteria for market access in foreign countries (see H.R. 1560), H7461 [21JY]

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

Government: continuance of pay and authority to make certain expenditures and obligations when there is a lapse in appropriations (see H.R. 2007), H8806 [12SE]

Guam: establish commonwealth (see H.R. 1056), H2224 [24FE]

H. John Heinz III, Dept. of Veterans Affairs Nursing Care Center, Aspinwall, PA: designate (see H.R. 2760), H14310 [12DE]

Hazardous substances: nuclear waste disposal (see H.R. 1020), H4433 [7AP]

Health: designate obstetrician-gynecologists as primary care providers for women under Federal health care regulations (see H. Res. 30), H4512 [2MY]

Health care professionals: training for the identification and referral of victims of domestic violence (see H.R. 1521), H14765 [13DE]

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

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

House Rules: reform gift rules (see H. Res. 214, 250), H10994 [26OC], H11441 [30OC]

Immigration: reform admission policies, treatment of criminal aliens and alien smuggling, documentation requirements, and border security (see H.R. 1018), H2175 [23FE]

Insurance: prohibit denial of health coverage based on status as victim of domestic violence (see H.R. 1920, 2654), H9452 [21SE], H14003 [5DE]

International Fund for Ireland: require certain entities receiving U.S. funds to comply with the MacBride Principles (see H.R. 244), H3327 [16MR]

Law enforcement officers: exemption from State laws prohibiting carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H169 [9JA]

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

Max Rosenn U.S. Courthouse, Wilkes-Barre, PA: designate (see H.R. 1718), H14003 [5DE]

Medicaid: screening mammography (see H.R. 777), H3572 [22MR]

Medicare: reform (see H.R. 2476), H10307 [18OC]

———screening mammography (see H.R. 778), H3572 [22MR]

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

Mexico: reporting requirements on economic assistance relative to instability of economy and currency (see H. Res. 80), H2307 [27FE]

Mining and mineral resources: locatable minerals on public domain lands (see H.R. 357), H4511 [2MY]

Motor vehicles: delay implementation of enhanced vehicle inspection and maintenance programs (see H.R. 46), H400 [19JA]

Music: licensing (see H.R. 789), H14311 [12DE]

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

Northern Ireland: adherence with the MacBride Principles by U.S. persons doing business (see H.R. 470), H6270 [22JN]

Oil Pollution Act: require Federal agencies to differentiate between organic oils and petroleum-based oils (see H.R. 436), H296 [17JA]

Patents: restore term (see H.R. 359), H2176 [23FE]

Pensions: revise effective date for cost-of-living adjustments for military retirees (see H.R. 2664), H13870 [30NO]

Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act: amend (see H.R. 1103), H3156 [14MR]

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

Public health: establish standards for long-term care insurance policies (see H.R. 1221), H5691 [7JN]

Public welfare programs: eliminate benefits relative to probation and parole violators and fugitive felons (see H.R. 118), H468 [20JA]

———prohibit financial assistance to persons delinquent in child support payments (see H.R. 104), H14003 [5DE]

———reform (see H.R. 982), H1907 [16FE]

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

Refuse disposal: State control of municipal solid waste transportation and disposal (see H.R. 1249), H3276 [15MR]

Small business: increase deductions for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 52), H970 [31JA]

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), H12349 [14NO]

———medicare reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see H.R. 580), H4177 [4AP]

———require States to permit a chronically-ill parent to appoint a standby guardian for a minor without surrendering parental rights (see H.R. 709), H9505 [25SE]

Solid waste: State control over transportation of municipal solid waste (see H.R. 24), H803 [26JA]

SSI: restriction on benefits to prisoners (see H.R. 2320), H8903 [13SE]

States: tax treatment of certain pension income (see H.R. 394), H243 [13JA]

Taxation: benefits for foreign corporations (see H.R. 1278), H3416 [21MR]

———deduction for interest paid on debt secured by a first or second home (see H. Con. Res. 10), H6913 [12JY]

———depreciable life of semiconductor manufacturing equipment (see H.R. 1061), H9452 [21SE]

———election of taxable fiscal year for partnerships and S corporations (see H.R. 1661), H8725 [8SE]

———eliminate marriage penalty relative to one-time exclusion of gain on the sale of a principle residence (see H.R. 1660), H5609 [25MY]

———exclusion of employer-provided educational assistance (see H.R. 127), H468 [20JA]

———prevent reclassification of certain dues paid to tax-exempt agricultural and horticultural organizations (see H.R. 783), H4619 [9MY]

———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), H468 [20JA]

———treatment of capital gains and losses on the sale of a principal residence (see H.R. 56), H1908 [16FE]

———treatment of capital gains and losses on the sale of a principal residence (H.R. 56), cosponsorship withdrawn, H2864 [8MR]

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

———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: dissemination of indecent material on cable television (see H.R. 1540), H5191 [17MY]

Terrorism: improve U.S. ability to respond to terrorist threats (see H.R. 896), H2224 [24FE]

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

Turkey: protection and continued livelihood of the Eastern Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarchate (see H. Con. Res. 50), H4958 [15MY]

Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1500), H9738 [29SE]

Veterans: change the date for the beginning of the Vietnam era for benefit eligibility purposes (see H.R. 1513), H6699 [30JN]

———eliminate disparity between civilian and military retiree cost-of-living adjustments (see H.R. 38), H1850 [15FE]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 65, 303), H6698 [30JN]

———revise effective dates for discontinuance of compensation and pension benefits (see H.R. 109), H296 [17JA]

Vietnam: funding for diplomatic and economic relations relative to cooperation with efforts to account for POW/MIA (see H.J. Res. 89), H6482 [28JN]

Volunteer workers: grant immunity from personal civil liability during work on behalf of governmental entities or nonprofit organizations (see H.R. 911), H4619 [9MY]

World War II: mint coins in commemoration of 50th anniversary of the Marshall Plan and of George C. Marshall (see H.R. 1406), H6159 [20JN]

Remarks by, on

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1530), H6012 [15JN]

———energy acquisition policy, H6012 [15JN]

Food stamps: electronic transfer system relative to photograph requirements, H3602 [23MR]

House of Representatives: official mail allowance (H.R. 755), E228 [31JA]

Law enforcement: provide block grants (H.R. 728), H1618 [13FE]

Medicare: reform (H.R. 2425), H10359 [19OC]

Public welfare programs: reform (H.R. 4), H3367 [21MR], H3602 [23MR]

Rabin, Yitzhak: tribute (S. Con. Res. 31), H11847 [8NO]

Telecommunications: promote competition and reduce regulation (H.R. 1555), consideration (H. Res. 207), H8276 [2AU]

World War II: closing of commemorations for the Fiftieth Anniversary of World War II, E1920 [11OC]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H3414 [21MR]

Tributes

Shade, William J., H3399 [21MR]