WISE, ROBERT E., JR. (a Representative from West Virginia)

Amendments offered by, to

Appropriations: line-item veto (H.R. 2), H970, H972 [31JA], H1071 [1FE], H1171 [3FE]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), H243 [13JA], H722 [26JA]

Government regulations: moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions (H.R. 450), H2067 [22FE], H2187 [24FE]

Law enforcement: provide block grants (H.R. 728), H1614 [10FE], H1656 [13FE]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 2539, Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act, H14351 [12DE]

———S. 244, Paperwork Reduction Act, H3027 [10MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

AFDC: reform (see H.R. 886), H1555 [9FE]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 49), H179 [9JA]

———require an operating and a capital budget to distinguish between Federal funds and trust funds (see H.R. 1233), H3156 [14MR]

Capital Budget Commission: establish (see H.R. 1302), H3572 [22MR]

Holland, Bruce L.: relief (see H.R. 1832), H5905 [13JN]

President and Vice President: constitutional amendment on direct popular election (see H.J. Res. 117), H11829 [7NO]

Shickle, Robert and Dorothy: relief (see H.R. 1600), H4619 [9MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Agriculture: provide incentives for the maintenance of farmland in production capacity (see H.R. 2429), H14964 [15DE]

Appalachian Regional Commission: funding (see H.R. 2145), H8063 [31JY]

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), H4619 [9MY]

Aviation: repeal increase in transportation fuels tax applicable to commercial aviation (see H.R. 752), H6270 [22JN]

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

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 53), H230 [11JA]

———require an operating and a capital budget to distinguish between Federal funds and trust funds (see H.R. 767), H1050 [1FE]

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

China, Republic of: U.N. participation (see H. Con. Res. 12), H2651 [3MR]

Crime: false identification documents (see H.R. 1552), H5571 [24MY]

Davis-Bacon Act: revise (see H.R. 2472), H13658 [20NO]

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

Diseases: research programs for Parkinson's disease (see H.R. 1462), H5471 [23MY]

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

EPA: State grants to finance the construction or improvement of water supply systems (see H.R. 2747), H14238 [7DE]

FAA: establish as an independent agency (see H.R. 2276), H8683 [7SE]

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

Firearms: repeal ban on assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices (see H.R. 125, 464, 698), H167 [9JA], H243 [13JA], H1611 [10FE]

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

Health: designate obstetrician-gynecologists as primary care providers for women under Federal health care regulations (see H. Res. 30), H692 [25JA]

———include organ donation forms and information in individual income tax refund payments (see H.R. 1889), H9671 [28SE]

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

Insurance: coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (see H.R. 2011), H6830 [11JY]

Medicare: reform (see H.R. 2422), H9784 [10OC]

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]

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]

Pensions: revise effective date for cost-of-living adjustments for military retirees (see H.R. 2664), H14173 [6DE]

Public works: economic development programs (see H.R. 2145), H8063 [31JY]

Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act: reduce waiting period for benefits (see H.R. 2594), H11938 [8NO]

Railway Labor Act: applicability to U.S. air carriers and flight crews during operations outside the U.S. (see H.R. 1210), H5471 [23MY]

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: budget treatment of trust funds (see H.R. 2628), H12349 [14NO]

———maintain earnings test correlation between disability insurance benefits for the blind and retirement age benefits (see H. Con. Res. 23), H2651 [3MR]

Taxation: church pension benefit plans (see H.R. 528), H13804 [29NO]

———eligibility of veterans for mortgage revenue bond financing (see H.R. 2193), H13870 [30NO]

———excise exemption for air transportation relative to medical care (see H.R. 635), H7012 [13JY]

———exclusion of employer-provided educational assistance (see H.R. 127), H10994 [26OC]

———require burden of proof to be on the Dept. of the Treasury in all tax cases (see H.R. 390), H400 [19JA]

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

Unemployment: extend emergency compensation (see H.R. 2572), H11767 [2NO]

Veterans: eliminate disparity between civilian and military retiree cost-of-living adjustments (see H.R. 38), H5471 [23MY]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 65, 303), H3327 [16MR]

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

Motions offered by

Appropriations: line-item veto (S. 4), H8605 [7SE]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 1868), H6490 [28JN]

House of Representatives: adjournment, H1768 [15FE]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H11769 [6NO]

Remarks by, on

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1976), H7423 [21JY]

Amtrak: authorizing appropriations and management reform (H.R. 1788), H13818 [30NO]

Appalachian Regional Commission: funding, H6862 [12JY]

Appropriations: line-item veto (H.R. 2), H1148 [2FE], H1172, H1173, H1175, H1184, H1186 [3FE]

———line-item veto (S. 4), consideration (H. Res. 147), H5090, H5091, H5093 [17MY]

———line-item veto (S. 4), motion to instruct conferees, H8605 [7SE]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 115), H12159 [13NO], H12199 [14NO]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: require congressional approval prior to U.S. military intervention (H.R. 2606), consideration (H. Res. 273), H13212, H13220 [17NO]

———U.S. military intervention, H15269 [20DE]

Budget: allocation of funds, H1219 [6FE]

———balance, H5762 [13JN]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), H651, H652, H671 [25JA], H705, H723, H724, H730 [26JA]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 49), H479 [23JA]

———making supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 1158), H3298 [16MR]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution, H15540 [21DE]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2491), H10798 [25OC], H11411 [30OC], H12199 [14NO]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2491), conference report, H13349 [20NO]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2491), consideration (H. Res. 245), H10861 [26OC]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1996-2002 (H. Con. Res. 67), H4800 [11MY], H4911-H4914 [12MY], H4966 [16MY], H5089 [17MY], H5631 [7JN]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1996-2002 (H. Con. Res. 67), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 175), H6563 [29JN]

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorizing use of grounds for Special Olympics torch relay (H. Con. Res. 64), H4562, H4563 [9MY]

CCC: funding to promote and market corporate products overseas, H7423 [21JY]

Committees of the House: permission to meet while the House is in session, H5632 [7JN], H6378 [27JN], H9256 [20SE], H13813 [30NO]

Congress: reform gift rules (S. 1061), H8549 [6SE]

———reform lobbying disclosure and gift rules, H807 [27JA]

Contracts: revise and streamline Federal procurement and acquisition laws (H.R. 1670), H8924, H8925 [14SE]

Courts: limit the application of the exclusionary rule (H.R. 666), H1392 [8FE]

———product liability reform (H.R. 956), H3033 [10MR]

———reform civil justice system (H.R. 988), H2679, H2680 [6MR], H3033 [10MR]

Dept. of Commerce: abolish, H11999 [9NO]

———abolish the Economic Development Administration, H7744 [26JY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State and the Judiciary: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2076), H7744 [26JY]

Economic Development Administration: funding, H10798 [25OC]

Education: student loan programs, H5055 [16MY], H8892, H8893 [13SE]

———student loan reform, H3814 [28MR]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 1905), H6862 [12JY]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: amend (H.R. 961), H4745 [10MY], H4887 [12MY]

Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (H.R. 5), H246 [17JA], H562 [24JA], H790 [26JA]

Fire Prevention Week: observance, H9864 [11OC]

Gingrich, Representative: appoint independent counsel relative to GOPAC and book contract, H1296 [7FE], H5696 [8JN], H9597, H9598 [28SE]

———signing of book contract, H303, H309 [18JA]

———status of Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House) ethics investigation and appointment of independent counsel (H. Res. 288), H13811 [30NO]

Government: shutdown relative to budget process, H12090 [10NO], H15269 [20DE], H15540 [21DE]

Government regulations: moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions (H.R. 450), H2187, H2189, H2192 [24FE]

GSA: purchase of goods and services by State and local governments, H8924, H8925 [14SE]

House of Representatives: legislative program, H1170, H1193 [3FE], H1954 [21FE], H2640 [3MR], H3030 [10MR], H4557 [9MY], H5701 [8JN]

———legislative tactics, H303, H309 [18JA], H556 [24JA], H790, H791, H792 [26JA], H3429, H3433 [22MR]

———recesses subject to the call of the Chair (H. Res. 320), H15540 [21DE]

House Rules: reform the House of Representatives (H. Res. 6), H53, H54 [4JA]

———reform the House of Representatives (H. Res. 6), consideration (H. Res. 5), H16 [4JA]

———term limits for the Speaker and committee and subcommittee chairmen, H53, H54 [4JA]

ICC: eliminate and reform certain transportation regulations (H.R. 2539), H12255, H12266, H12298, H12299, H12300 [14NO]

———eliminate and reform certain transportation regulations (H.R. 2539), conference report, H15603 [22DE]

———eliminate and reform certain transportation regulations (H.R. 2539), consideration (H. Res. 259), H12252 [14NO]

———eliminate and reform certain transportation regulations (H.R. 2539), corrections in enrollment of conference report (S. Con. Res. 37), H15603 [22DE]

Labor: allow cooperative efforts between management and labor to improve economic competitiveness (H.R. 743), H9550 [27SE]

———require that employee representatives participating in involvement groups be elected, H9550 [27SE]

Law enforcement: provide block grants (H.R. 728), H1656 [13FE], H1698 [14FE]

Legislative Branch of the Government: application of certain laws (S. 2), H271 [17JA]

LIHEAP: funding, H9722 [29SE]

Medicaid: reform, H9253 [20SE], H9722 [29SE]

Medicare: permit select policies to be offered in all States (H.R. 483), motion to instruct conferees, H5579 [25MY]

———reform, H4556 [9MY], H4903, H4910, H4911-H4914 [12MY], H5780 [13JN], H8942 [14SE], H9253, H9262 [20SE], H9722 [29SE], H10304 [18OC]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (H.J. Res. 73), H3970 [29MR]

Mexico: economic assistance relative to instability of economy and currency, H249, H275 [17JA]

Minimum wage: level, H1192 [3FE]

Morgan County, WV: reimbursement by Air Force for expenditures relative to aircraft crash, H897 [31JA]

———resumption of military flights, H2490 [2MR]

National Highway System: designate (H.R. 2274), consideration (H. Res. 224), H9262 [20SE]

National Institute for Literacy: funding, H3298 [16MR]

National security: revitalize (H.R. 7), consideration (H. Res. 83), H1674 [13FE]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: amend (H.R. 1834), H6386, H6387 [27JN]

———combine the functions of OSHA and the Mine Safety Health Administration, H6386, H6387 [27JN]

Parliamentary inquiry, H303 [18JA], H1125 [2FE], H5697, H5698 [8JN], H9256 [20SE], H15580 [22DE]

Point of order, H2192 [24FE], H4333 [5AP]

President and Vice President: constitutional amendment on direct popular election (H.J. Res. 117), H11809 [7NO]

Public debt: ceiling (H.R. 2586), consideration (H. Res. 258), H11999 [9NO]

———ceiling (H.R. 2586), consideration (H. Res. 262), H12103 [10NO]

Public welfare programs: funding for nutrition programs, H2215 [24FE], H2398 [1MR]

———reform (H.R. 4), H3429, H3433 [22MR], H3794 [24MR]

Railroads: increase labor protections afforded to employees of small and midsize railroads during acquisitions or mergers, H12298, H12299, H12300 [14NO]

———regulation of rail lines and rates, H12266 [14NO]

Republican Party: leadership strategies, H1077 [2FE]

———national agenda, H246 [17JA], H1975 [22FE], H8549 [6SE]

Safety: exempt aircraft, mines, and nuclear waste disposal from moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions, H2187, H2189, H2192 [24FE]

Securities: reform Federal litigation procedures (H.R. 1058), consideration (H. Res. 105), H2757, H2758 [7MR]

Senate: legislative program, H2864 [8MR]

Social Security: increase earnings limit (H. Con. Res. 109), consideration (H. Res. 245), H10861 [26OC]

Taxation: rates, H9864 [11OC]

———rates (H.R. 1215), H4004 [30MR], H4331, H4333 [5AP]

Telecommunications: promote competition and reduce regulation (H.R. 1555), H8516 [4AU]

Transportation: national policy for infrastructure, H452 [20JA]

Votes: correction, H7724 [26JY]

West Virginia: economic conditions, H249 [17JA]

———highway corridor project, H6683 [30JN], H8942 [14SE]

WIC: funding, H2398 [1MR]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H141 [5JA], H466 [20JA], H690 [25JA], H1155 [2FE], H2222 [24FE], H3048 [10MR], H3557 [22MR], H3806 [24MR], H3973 [29MR], H4412 [6AP], H4914 [12MY], H5070 [16MY], H6654 [29JN], H6695 [30JN], H7255 [19JY], H7989 [28JY], H8527 [4AU], H8593 [6SE], H8902 [13SE], H8993 [14SE], H9669 [28SE], H9895 [11OC], H10046 [12OC], H10076 [13OC], H10305 [18OC], H10847 [25OC], H10992 [26OC], H11685 [1NO], H11766 [2NO], H11781 [6NO], H11827 [7NO], H12188 [13NO], H13649 [20NO]

Schedules

Committee on Rules (House): constitutional amendment to require balanced budget, D72 [23JA]

———line-item veto legislation, D125 [1FE]

———Subcommittee on Legislative and Budget Process: budget process, D883 [19JY]

———Subcommittee on Rules and Organization of the House: budget process, D883 [19JY]

Committee on the Judiciary (House): Subcommittee on the Constitution: constitutional amendment to require balanced budget, D28 [10JA]

Tributes

Rabin, Yitzhak, H11769, H11771 [6NO]