JEFFERSON, WILLIAM J. (a Representative from Louisiana)

Appointments

Office of Fair Employment Practices, H3343 [21MR]

Articles and editorials

Flag Amendment Is the People's Will, by, American Legion (publication), E1343 [27JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Dept. of HHS: establish Physical Therapy Advisory Council (see H.R. 1746), H5622 [6JN]

Social Security: permit coverage of outpatient physical therapy services under medicare and medicaid without a physician's referral (see H.R. 1746), H5622 [6JN]

———reduction in benefits relative to certain Government pensions (see H.R. 2167), H8308 [2AU]

Surplus Government property: State priority for transfer of Dept. of Defense nonlethal excess supplies (see H.R. 1259), H3326 [16MR]

Taxation: encourage investment in low-income housing (see H.R. 931), H1751 [14FE]

———permit tax-free rollover of certain payments made by employers to separated employees (see H.R. 1251, 2221), H3276 [15MR], H8534 [4AU]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

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

Animals: prohibit import, export, sale or possession of bear viscera (see H.R. 2240), H9897 [11OC]

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

Armed Forces: organization and management of reserve components (see H.R. 1646), H5071 [16MY]

———procedures for determining status of certain missing members (see H.R. 945), H9452 [21SE]

Award, medals, prizes: establish congressional commemorative medal for organ donors (see H.R. 2551), H11782 [6NO]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 53), H325 [18JA]

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

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

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

Coins: mint coins recommended by the Citizens Commemorative Coin Advisory Committee (see H.R. 1753), H7990 [28JY]

———redesign $1 coin to commemorate Martin Luther King, Jr. (see H.R. 616), H4415 [6AP]

Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 42), H537 [23JA]

Cuba: grant waiver to allow Cuban nationals to play professional baseball in the U.S. (see H.R. 2311), H13341 [18NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: extend benefits to certain merchant mariners who served during World War II (see H.R. 44), H4441 [1MY]

Disasters: provide for hazard mitigation, relief, and insurance against natural disasters (see H.R. 1856), H6699 [30JN]

Diseases: payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted human immunodeficiency virus due to contaminated blood products (see H.R. 1023), H10146 [17OC]

———pediatric and adolescent AIDS (see H. Con. Res. 62), H4432 [7AP]

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

Federal firefighters: hourly and overtime pay rates and pay equity with public sector firefighters (see H.R. 858), H7179 [18JY]

Firearms: permanent ban on possession of firearms by persons convicted of certain felonies (see H.R. 2101), H13658 [20NO]

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

Fort Ord, CA: convey certain real property to the city of Seaside, CA (see H.R. 731), H3975 [29MR]

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]

Graham, Billy and Ruth: award congressional gold medal (see H.R. 2657), H14927 [14DE]

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

Hazardous substances: nuclear waste disposal (see H.R. 1020), H3572 [22MR]

Health: authorizing appropriations for programs relative to the health of individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds (see H.R. 1341), H3879 [28MR]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 2071), H11767 [2NO]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mothers and newborn infants following birth (see H.R. 1950, 1970), H12085 [9NO], H14963 [15DE]

Health care facilities: improve health programs and services available to rural populations (see H.R. 2411), H13658 [20NO]

Housing: benefits relative to the purchase of residential cooperative apartment units (see H.R. 1006), H6656 [29JN]

Human rights: trafficking of Burmese women and girls into Thailand for forced prostitution (see H. Con. Res. 21), H2177 [23FE]

India: self-determination for the independence of the Sikh nation homeland, Punjab, Khalistan (see H. Con. Res. 32), H3327 [16MR]

———suspend developmental assistance relative to human rights violations (see H.R. 1425), H4413 [6AP]

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

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

Medicaid: require HMOs and other managed care plans to make payments relative to assistance provided by school-based health centers (see H.R. 2420), H12128 [10NO]

Medicare: bone mass measurements (see H.R. 2185), H11767 [2NO]

———prostate cancer screening (see H.R. 1496), H4431 [7AP]

———reform (see H.R. 2422), H11686 [1NO]

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), H8536 [4AU]

Motor vehicles: regulation of motorcycle helmet use (see H.R. 899), H5609 [25MY]

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 Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases: expand activities relative to lupus (see H.R. 835), H3808 [24MR]

National Tourism Organization: establish (see H.R. 2579), H14311 [12DE]

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

Native Americans: status of Indian children (see H.R. 1448), H4620 [9MY]

Natural gas: authorize associations of independent producers (see H.R. 2342), H14765 [13DE]

———enhance safety, training, research, and development in the propane gas industry (see H.R. 1514), H4432 [7AP]

Nigeria: efforts towards democracy (see H. Con. Res. 40), H4795 [10MY]

Pensions: revise effective date for cost-of-living adjustments for military retirees (see H.R. 2664), H13340 [18NO]

Public welfare programs: reform (see H.R. 1250), H3276 [15MR]

Radioactive substances: provide payments to individuals who were subjects of Federal radiation experiments (see H.R. 2463), H14311 [12DE]

Research: increase supply of minority scientists and help the public and private sectors in research and development needs (see H.R. 1459), H4414 [6AP]

Rivers, Ruben: posthumous awarding of Medal of Honor (see H.R. 2228), H8534 [4AU]

Roads and highways: repeal requirement to use asphalt containing recycled crumb rubber for paving (see H.R. 1242), H5191 [17MY]

Small business: increase deductions for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 2435), H11830 [7NO]

Smithsonian Institution: establish National African-American Museum (see H.R. 786), H1051 [1FE]

———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), H1908 [16FE]

———require States to permit a chronically-ill parent to appoint a standby guardian for a minor without surrendering parental rights (see H.R. 709), H3879 [28MR]

———treatment of long-term health care insurance (see H.R. 2571), H11686 [1NO]

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

———deductibility of business meal expenses for individuals who are subject to Federal limitations on hours of service (see H.R. 1003), H1967 [21FE]

———depreciable life of semiconductor manufacturing equipment (see H.R. 1061), H5691 [7JN]

———require burden of proof to be on the Dept. of the Treasury in all tax cases (see H.R. 390), H692 [25JA]

———treatment of accelerated death benefits under life insurance contracts (see H.R. 99), H166 [9JA]

———treatment of business meal and entertainment expenses (see H.R. 662), H4177 [4AP]

———treatment of contributions in aid of construction to a water or wastewater utility (see H.R. 957), H1849 [15FE]

———treatment of individual investment accounts (see H.R. 328), H2487 [1MR]

———treatment of individual training accounts (see H.R. 2338), H11767 [2NO]

———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]

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), H4512 [2MY]

Veterans: benefit eligibility for certain service in the military forces of the Philippines (see H.R. 1136), H9363 [20SE]

———eliminate disparity between civilian and military retiree cost-of-living adjustments (see H.R. 38), H4915 [12MY]

———establish confidential database for the collection of medical information (see H.R. 798), H4415 [6AP]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 65), H1555 [9FE]

———provide additional points on entrance examinations into the competitive civil service (see H.R. 1648), H5071 [16MY]

———revise effective dates for discontinuance of compensation and pension benefits (see H.R. 109), H14765 [13DE]

Remarks by, on

Black History Month: observance, H2058 [22FE]

Congressional Black Caucus: tribute, H2058 [22FE]

Public welfare programs: funding for nutrition programs, H2661 [6MR]

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), H1928 [21FE]

———rates (H.R. 1215), H4305 [5AP]

Votes: correction, H5299 [18MY]

———position on missed, H14137 [6DE]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H3806 [24MR]

Schedules

Committee on Ways and Means (House): tax reforms, D846 [12JY]

Tributes

Robinson, Eddie G., E2212 [17NO]