BOUCHER, RICK (a Representative from Virginia)

Appointments

Conferee: S. 652, Telecommunications Competition and Deregulation Act, H10002 [12OC]

Minority objectors for the private calendar, H11735 [2NO]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Flag—U.S.: prohibit desecration (see H.R. 1873), H6082 [16JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Abortion: killings at abortion clinics in Brookline, MA (see H. Con. Res. 13), H243 [13JA]

Agriculture: price supports for sugar (see H.R. 1687), H5471 [23MY]

American Heritage Areas Partnership Program: establish (see H.R. 1301), H3572 [22MR]

Bankruptcy: define single asset real estate (see H.R. 2815), H15237 [20DE]

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

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 49), H243 [13JA]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), consideration (see H. Res. 33), H538 [23JA]

———require an operating and a capital budget to distinguish between Federal funds and trust funds (see H.R. 1233), H3573 [22MR]

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

CERCLA: clarify liability for certain recycling transactions (see H.R. 820), H1207 [3FE]

———liability allocation process among potentially responsible parties (see H.R. 1616), H4873 [11MY]

Children and youth: health research (see H.R. 1735), H7699 [25JY]

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

Consumers: credit card fees (see H.R. 1169), H3276 [15MR]

Copyrights: registration and protection of trademarks (see H.R. 1270, 1295), H3415 [21MR], H3572 [22MR]

Crime: false identification documents (see H.R. 399), H5190 [17MY]

———increase penalties for armed violent criminals (see H.R. 1488), H9363 [20SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: prescribe by regulation the representation of ``Woodsy Owl'' (see H.R. 1269), H3415 [21MR]

Diseases: research programs for Parkinson's disease (see H.R. 1462), H4795 [10MY]

Ecology and environment: provide assistance to rural and disadvantaged communities under the State water pollution control revolving loan program (see H.R. 692), H1052 [1FE]

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

Firearms: protect and enforce the right to obtain and use firearms for security, self-defense, and other legitimate purposes (see H.R. 78; H. Con. Res. 5), H165 [9JA], H231 [11JA]

———repeal ban on assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices (see H.R. 125, 464), H167 [9JA], H243 [13JA]

Forests: repeal emergency salvage timber sale program (see H.R. 2745), H14765 [13DE]

Hazardous substances: nuclear waste disposal (see H.R. 1020), H5691 [7JN]

Health: designate obstetrician-gynecologists as primary care providers for women under Federal health care regulations (see H. Res. 30), H177 [9JA]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mothers and newborn infants following birth (see H. Con. Res. 79), H6831 [11JY]

———studies and programs relative to traumatic brain injuries (see H.R. 248), H6735 [10JY]

Health care professionals: increase practitioners in the field of primary health care (see H.R. 449), H243 [13JA]

House Rules: allow proxy voting in committee in limited circumstances (see H. Res. 142), H6736 [10JY]

Immigration: reform admission policies, treatment of criminal aliens and alien smuggling, documentation requirements, and border security (see H.R. 1915, 2202), H7990 [28JY], H8533 [4AU]

Insurance: provide tax incentives to encourage health insurance coverage continuity and portability and discourage preexisting condition exclusions (see H.R. 1610), H5692 [7JN]

Madison, James: mint coins in commemoration of 250th anniversary of birth (see H.R. 1684), H5470 [23MY]

Medicaid: prostate cancer screening (see H.R. 780), H1850 [15FE]

———screening mammography (see H.R. 777), H1850 [15FE]

Medicare: coverage of blood-testing strips for individuals with diabetes (see H.R. 1074), H7550 [24JY]

———diabetes outpatient self-management training services (see H.R. 1073), H7550 [24JY]

———permit a supplier of durable medical equipment to furnish an upgraded item of such equipment to medicare beneficiaries (see H.R. 1754), H7379 [20JY]

———permit select policies to be offered in all States (see H.R. 483), H970 [31JA]

———prostate cancer screening (see H.R. 779, 1496), H1850 [15FE], H4431 [7AP]

———screening mammography (see H.R. 778, 958), H1849, H1850 [15FE]

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

Mining and mineral resources: locatable minerals on public domain lands (see H.R. 357), H1908 [16FE]

National Gambling Impact and Policy Commission: establish (see H.R. 497), H9591 [27SE]

National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases: expand activities relative to lupus (see H.R. 835), H4512 [2MY]

NIH: funding for diabetes-related research (see H.R. 1656), H6656 [29JN]

Patents: biotechnology process protection (see H.R. 587), H399 [19JA]

———restore term (see H.R. 359), H970 [31JA]

Pensions: revise effective date for cost-of-living adjustments for military retirees (see H.R. 2664), H13731 [28NO]

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

Public utilities: permit registered holding companies to provide telecommunications services (see H.R. 912), H1688 [13FE]

Senior citizens: affirm the purpose and value of senior nutrition programs (see H. Con. Res. 22), H1612 [10FE]

Shenandoah Valley National Battlefields: establish (see H.R. 763), H2306 [27FE]

Small business: increase deductions for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 52), H164 [9JA]

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

Social Security: maintain earnings test correlation between disability insurance benefits for the blind and retirement age benefits (see H. Con. Res. 23), H1372 [7FE]

———maintenance and protection of system (see H. Con. Res. 78), H7179 [18JY]

———medicare reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see H.R. 580), H3879 [28MR]

Solid waste: State control over transportation of municipal solid waste (see H.R. 1180), H2988 [9MR]

States: tax treatment of certain pension income (see H.R. 394), H10994 [26OC]

Taxation: church pension benefit plans (see H.R. 528), H10484 [19OC]

———deduction for health insurance premiums (see H.R. 442), H243 [13JA]

———election of taxable fiscal year for partnerships and S corporations (see H.R. 1661), H9738 [29SE]

———exclusion of gross estate taxes of a decedent relative to certain land subject to qualified conservation easements (see H.R. 864), H4619 [9MY]

———prevent reclassification of certain dues paid to tax-exempt agricultural and horticultural organizations (see H.R. 783), H2584 [2MR]

———treatment of business meal and entertainment expenses (see H.R. 662), H2177 [23FE]

———treatment of family-owned businesses relative to estate tax (see H.R. 2190), H10147 [17OC]

———treatment of military income derived from services performed during a contingency operation (see H.R. 2778), H14964 [15DE]

———treatment of qualified historic properties relative to estate taxes (see H.R. 1945), H6481 [28JN]

Telecommunications: foreign ownership of licensed facilities (see H.R. 514), H242 [13JA]

———promote competition and reduce regulation (see H.R. 1555), H4545 [3MY]

Television: establish violent program ratings system, require new televisions to allow blocking of certain programming, and limit exposure of children to violent programming (see H.R. 1807), H6083 [16JN]

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

U.S. Academy for Democracy and Civil-Military Relations: establish (see H.R. 2652), H13142 [16NO]

Unemployment: extend emergency compensation (see H.R. 2572), H11686 [1NO]

Veterans: eliminate disparity between civilian and military retiree cost-of-living adjustments (see H.R. 38), H164 [9JA]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 65, 303), H1555, H1556 [9FE]

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

Virginia: improve National Park System (see H.R. 1091), H5471 [23MY]

———include additional counties as part of Appalachian region (see H.R. 1165), H2891 [8MR]

Washington, George: mint coins in commemoration of 200th anniversary of death (see H.R. 2026), H7011 [13JY]

Women: availability of information on reproductive health services (see H. Res. 118), H5472 [23MY]

World War II: mint coins in commemoration of 50th anniversary of the Marshall Plan and of George C. Marshall (see H.R. 1406), H8537 [4AU]

Remarks by, on

Appalachian Regional Commission: funding, H6864 [12JY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 1905), H6864 [12JY]

Patents: biotechnology process protection (H.R. 587), H10097 [17OC]

Telecommunications: promote competition and deregulation of Bell Telephone Cos.' entrance into long distance telephone service, H8454, H8459 [4AU]

———promote competition and reduce regulation (H.R. 1555), H8454, H8459 [4AU]