ENGLISH, PHIL (a Representative from Pennsylvania)

Amendments offered by, to

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: amend (H.R. 961), H4645 [9MY]

Government: reform disclosure of lobbying activities to influence the Federal Government (H.R. 2564), H12350 [14NO], H13125 [16NO], H13689 [28NO]

Appointments

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Commission, H15493 [21DE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Canada: eliminate tolls and encourage trade along the St. Lawrence Seaway (see H. Con. Res. 127), H15633 [22DE]

CERCLA: redevelopment of marginal brownfield sites (see H.R. 2742), H14238 [7DE]

Crime: penalties for health care fraud (see H.R. 2151), H8174 [1AU]

Elections: limit out-of-State individual contributions (see H.R. 2830), H15633 [22DE]

Federal employees: strengthen post-employment restrictions on certain executive and legislative branch officials (see H.R. 2031), H7011 [13JY]

Medicare: reform (see H.R. 2152), H8174 [1AU]

Members of Congress: eliminate automatic salary adjustments (see H.R. 2462), H9897 [11OC]

Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 1583), H4618 [9MY]

Taxation: allow credit for cleaup of contaminated industrial sites (see H.R. 1799), H5752 [8JN]

———repeal alternative minimum tax (see H.R. 1142), H2810 [7MR]

———repeal special deduction for living expenses of Members of Congress (see H.R. 1644), H5071 [16MY]

———repeal special limitations on tax-exempt bond issues (see H.R. 2617), H12127 [10NO]

———tax credit for investment in the revitalization of communities (see H.R. 2138), H7990 [28JY]

———treatment of ethanol production by cooperatives (see H.R. 2647), H13142 [16NO]

———treatment of hard apple cider (see H.R. 2078), H7378 [20JY]

———treatment of State prepaid college tuition programs (see H.R. 1328), H3878 [28MR]

———treatment of unemployment compensation (see H.R. 2461), H9897 [11OC]

Vincent, Strong: posthumous awarding of Medal of Honor (see H.R. 1326), H3878 [28MR]

Wetlands: conservation and management (see H.R. 1268), H3415 [21MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Agriculture: permit unimpeded use of privately owned farm land (see H.R. 800), H2651 [3MR]

———price supports for milk (see H.R. 2597), H11938 [8NO]

———price supports for peanuts (see H.R. 2008), H6829 [11JY]

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

———purchase of catastrophic risk protection and clarify the prevented planting rule (see H.R. 2147), H9671 [28SE]

———transportation of farm commodities and supplies (see H.R. 526), H1908 [16FE]

Air pollution: reduction of work-related vehicle trips in ozone nonattainment areas (see H.R. 325), H1968 [21FE]

Amtrak: timely closure and realignment of routes with low economic performance (see H.R. 841), H1281 [6FE]

Appropriations: constitutional amendment on line-item veto (see H.J. Res. 6), H468 [20JA]

———line-item veto (see H.R. 2), H159 [9JA]

Armed Forces: procedures for determining status of certain missing members (see H.R. 945), H7012 [13JY]

———provide benefits under the survivor benefit plan to surviving spouses of certain retired members (see H.R. 107), H400 [19JA]

Aviation: repeal increase in transportation fuels tax applicable to commercial aviation (see H.R. 752), H969 [31JA]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: lift U.S. arms embargo (see H.R. 1172), H3808 [24MR]

———require congressional approval prior to U.S. military intervention (see H.R. 2550, 2606), H10994 [26OC], H12084 [9NO]

———U.S. military intervention (see H.R. 2417), H9898 [11OC]

Budget: automatic adjustments of discretionary spending limits and reduction of obligation limits (see H.R. 700), H4415 [6AP]

———balance (see H.R. 822), H1207 [3FE]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1, 28), H161 [9JA], H231 [11JA]

———treatment of Social Security under a constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H. Con. Res. 17), H537 [23JA]

Capital punishment: establish effective procedures (see H.R. 729), H1281 [6FE]

CERCLA: amend (see H.R. 200), H4177 [4AP]

———clarify liability for certain recycling transactions (see H.R. 820), H5691 [7JN]

Children and youth: treatment of abandoned infants relative to foster care (see H.R. 1044), H3572 [22MR]

China, People's Republic of: U.S. policy (see H.R. 2053), H7179 [18JY]

China, Republic of: visit of President Lee Teng-hui (see H. Con. Res. 53), H4032 [30MR]

Coastal Zone Management Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1965), H6656 [29JN]

Committees of the House: require legislation to transfer certain functions of the GPO (see H. Res. 24), H2717 [6MR]

Congress: constitutional amendment to require a three-fifths majority on the passage of legislation increasing revenue (see H.J. Res. 106), H8308 [2AU]

Congressional Record: require payment from House Members' official expense account relative to matter printed in the Extensions of Remarks (see H. Res. 18), H3156 [14MR]

Consumers: establish a toll-free telephone number in the Dept. of Commerce to assist consumers in identifying domestically-produced merchandise (see H.R. 447), H593 [24JA]

Correctional institutions: criminal penalties for escaping from Federal prison (see H.R. 1533), H6699 [30JN]

———privatization of health care services (see H.R. 1810), H6046 [15JN]

Courts: prevent jury tampering (see H.R. 1145), H2892 [8MR]

———prevent witness retaliation (see H.R. 1143), H6736 [10JY]

———prevent witness tampering (see H.R. 1144), H6736 [10JY]

Crime: incarceration of violent criminals (see H.R. 667), H1281 [6FE]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (see H.R. 3), H159 [9JA]

———penalties for taking a firearm from a Federal law enforcement officer (see H.R. 1573), H4545 [3MY]

———require release of relevant information on violent sex offenders (see H.R. 2137), H13658 [20NO]

Cuba: strengthen international economic sanctions and support transition to democratically elected government (see H.R. 927), H7179 [18JY]

Davis-Bacon Act: revise (see H.R. 2472), H10047 [12OC]

Dept. of HHS: establish a schedule of preventive health care services under private insurance plans and programs (see H.R. 23), H1052 [1FE]

———establish domestic violence community response teams (see H.R. 2665), H13341 [18NO]

Dept. of Justice: establish rapid deployment force (see H.R. 97), H325 [18JA]

———establish rapid deployment force, cosponorship withdrawn (see H.R. 97), H4512 [2MY]

Dept. of the Treasury: management of cash positions whenever the Government is unable to borrow funds to meet its needs (see H.R. 2098), H11587 [31OC]

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]

———establish mammography quality standards (see H.R. 882), H2177 [23FE]

Disasters: provide for hazard mitigation, relief, and insurance against natural disasters (see H.R. 1856), H10307 [18OC]

Diseases: payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted human immunodeficiency virus due to contaminated blood products (see H.R. 1023), H2176 [23FE]

———research programs for Parkinson's disease (see H.R. 1462), H8537 [4AU]

Drugs: treatment of sentences relative to powdered cocaine (see H.R. 2598), H12128 [10NO]

Drunken driving: strengthen Federal laws to prevent (see H.R. 588), H593 [24JA]

Ecology and environment: establish revolving loan funds for cleanup of distressed areas with investment potential (see H.R. 1620), H4873 [11MY]

———financial responsibility requirements for offshore facilities (see H.R. 1002), H3417 [21MR]

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

———State certification of voluntary cleanup programs for low and medium priority sites (see H.R. 1621), H4873 [11MY]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments (see H.R. 9), H161 [9JA]

ERISA: restrict Government promotion of economically targeted investments for employee benefit plans (see H.R. 1594), H4958 [15MY]

Families and domestic relations: interstate enforcement of child support and parentage court orders (see H.R. 95), H400 [19JA]

———State use of automated data retrieval system for child and spousal support enforcement (see H.R. 2288), H8725 [8SE]

———strengthen rights of parents (see H.R. 11), H161 [9JA]

FDA: increase the voting consumer representation of the Blood Products Advisory Committee (see H.R. 1021), H2176 [23FE]

Federal employees: allow contributions to medical savings accounts under Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (see H.R. 2341), H8994 [14SE]

———protection of congressional staff (see H.R. 628), H537 [23JA]

———strengthen post-employment restrictions on certain executive and legislative branch officials (see H.R. 1576), H5623 [6JN]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: amend medical device provisions (see H.R. 2290), H9592 [27SE]

Federal Mortgage Insurance Corp.: establish (see H.R. 1708), H5571 [24MY]

Federal Power Marketing Administration: privatization (see H.R. 310), H1157 [2FE]

———privatization, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 310), H6657 [29JN]

Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (see H.R. 5), H325 [18JA]

Fire prevention: encourage State and local fire safety and prevention education programs (see H.R. 771), H3049 [10MR]

Firearms: protect and enforce the right to obtain and use firearms for security, self-defense, and other legitimate purposes (see H. Con. Res. 5), H3975 [29MR]

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

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

Foreign aid: prohibit to countries that restrict the delivery of U.S. humanitarian assistance to other countries (see H.R. 942), H2651 [3MR]

Foreign trade: expand authority for the export of drugs or medical devices (see H.R. 1300), H4874 [11MY]

———impose sanctions on foreign persons exporting petroleum products, natural gas, or related technology to Iran (see H.R. 2458), H11939 [8NO]

———imposition of duty on certain Canadian wood and lumber products (see H.R. 2802), H15087 [18DE]

Government: awarding of competitive contracts in acquiring and operating Federal motor vehicle fleets (see H.R. 1981), H6697 [30JN]

———ensure stoppage of payment for the President, Vice President, and Members of Congress during Government shutdown (see H.R. 2671; H. Con. Res. 113), H12506 [15NO], H14311 [12DE]

———improve information dissemination and printing procedures (see H.R. 1024), H5471 [23MY]

———review all departments and agencies and their programs (see H.R. 1763), H5690 [7JN]

Government regulations: cumulative cost/benefit accounting statement for regulatory programs (see H.R. 1636), H8597 [6SE]

Graham, Billy and Ruth: award congressional gold medal (see H.R. 2657), H13273 [17NO]

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

Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: reduce tax (see H.R. 1138), H5191 [17MY]

Health: designate obstetrician-gynecologists as primary care providers for women under Federal health care regulations (see H. Res. 30), H890 [30JA]

———liability of raw material and component suppliers to medical device manufacturers (see H.R. 753), H1556 [9FE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 995, 996, 1234), H3156 [14MR], H3733 [23MR]

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

Health care professionals: exempt physician office laboratories from clinical laboratory requirements (see H.R. 1386), H4512 [2MY]

Health care programs: combat waste, fraud and abuse (see H.R. 2326), H9452 [21SE]

Helium Act: sale of Federal real and personal property (see H.R. 873), H2064 [22FE]

Historic buildings and sites: study battlefields of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 (see H.R. 810), H1157 [2FE]

House of Representatives: official mail allowance (see H.R. 71, 1755), H3156 [14MR], H5689 [7JN]

———official travel requirements (see H. Res. 15), H468 [20JA]

———reform (see H.R. 215), H169 [9JA]

———return of excess amounts from official allowances to the Treasury for deficit reduction (see H.R. 77), H231 [11JA]

House Rules: ban on the acceptance of gifts and lobbyist-sponsored perks (see H. Res. 134), H9452 [21SE]

Housing: guarantee the repayment of loans made by private lenders for costs of certain rural rental housing (see H.R. 66), H243 [13JA]

———homeownership opportunities and extension of the rural rental housing program (see H.R. 1691), H7801 [26JY]

Immigration: facilitate the apprehension, detention, and deportation of criminal aliens (see H.R. 668), H1281 [6FE]

Immigration and Nationality Act: amend by substituting ``children born out of wedlock'' for ``illegitimate children'' references (see H.R. 1204), H6083 [16JN]

Insurance: prohibit denial of health coverage based on status as victim of domestic violence (see H.R. 1920), H6269 [22JN]

———provide tax incentives to encourage health insurance coverage continuity and portability and discourage preexisting condition exclusions (see H.R. 1604), H6046 [15JN]

Investments: facilitate asset security through certain investment trusts (see H.R. 1967), H6656 [29JN]

Iran: economic sanctions (see H.R. 1541), H6397 [27JN]

IRS: safeguard taxpayer rights (see H.R. 661), H5983 [14JN]

Land use: withdraw certain proposed regulations concerning rights-of-way (see H. Res. 25), H1372 [7FE]

Law enforcement officers: exemption from State laws prohibiting carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H839 [27JA]

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

Medicare: chiropractic services (see H.R. 997), H6270 [22JN]

———clarify scope of coverage and payment amounts for the use of medical devices approved for investigational use (see H.R. 1744), H5905 [13JN]

———colorectal screening (see H.R. 922), H6046 [15JN]

———develop percentage increases to assure quality services in dependent hospitals and other beneficiary facilities (see H.R. 1651), H6397 [27JN]

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

Members of Congress: adjust basic pay relative to degree of success in deficit reduction (see H.R. 2771), H14764 [13DE]

———annuity computation (see H.R. 575), H2651 [3MR]

———constitutional amendment to limit terms (see H.J. Res. 2, 66, 76, 91), H162 [9JA], H1372 [7FE], H3276 [15MR], H5692 [7JN]

———limit participation in Federal Employees' Retirement System and Civil Service Retirement System (see H.R. 1618), H4873 [11MY]

———limit period of service for annuity computation (see H.R. 804), H1156 [2FE]

———make pay subject to annual appropriations (see H.R. 2351), H9897 [11OC]

———prohibit representation of foreign governments after leaving office (see H.R. 459), H3156 [14MR]

Mining and mineral resources: locatable minerals on public domain lands (see H.R. 357), H890 [30JA]

———provide States with exclusive jurisdiction over regulation of surface coal mining within their borders (see H.R. 2372), H15633 [22DE]

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

National Voter Registration Act: repeal (see H.R. 370), H1689 [13FE]

———repeal, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 370), H4512 [2MY]

Oil Pollution Act: require Federal agencies to differentiate between organic oils and petroleum-based oils (see H.R. 436), H8806 [12SE]

Patents: limit issuance on medical procedures (see H.R. 1127), H6656 [29JN]

———restore term (see H.R. 359), H243 [13JA]

Pensions: exclude the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund from the Federal budget (see H.R. 103), H5691 [7JN]

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

Pesticides: definition and regulation of the minor use of pesticides (see H.R. 1627), H9671 [28SE]

Petroleum: exports of certain domestically produced crude oil (see H.R. 70), H468 [20JA]

POW/MIA: granting of asylum to certain foreign nationals assisting in the return of living POW/MIA (see H.R. 460), H10047 [12OC]

Public utilities: deregulation of the electric power industry (see H.R. 2562), H11586 [31OC]

Public welfare programs: prohibit financial assistance to persons delinquent in child support payments (see H.R. 104), H3572 [22MR]

———reform (see H.R. 4), H159 [9JA]

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

Ronald Reagan (U.S.S.): designate the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier known as CVN-76 (see H.J. Res. 61), H2224 [24FE]

Russia: requirements relative to economic assistance (see H.R. 1418), H4512 [2MY]

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. 34, 52, 697), H243 [13JA], H801 [26JA]

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

Social Security: increase earnings limit (see H.R. 2668, 2684), H13658 [20NO], H13803 [29NO]

———increase earnings limit, repeal increase of taxation of benefits, and provide incentives to purchase long-term care insurance (see H.R. 8), H160 [9JA]

———medicare reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see H.R. 580), H5905 [13JN]

Space policy: encourage the development of a commercial space industry (see H.R. 1953), H6481 [28JN]

States: eliminate noncompliance penalties relative to safety belt, motorcycle helmet, speed limit, and drinking age laws (see H.R. 607), H1968 [21FE]

Surplus Government property: authorize donation of surplus Federal law enforcement canines to their handlers (see H.R. 704), H1157 [2FE]

———consolidate control and utilization (see H.R. 1882), H7257 [19JY]

Taxation: allow individuals to designate percentage of their tax overpayments or to make contributions for deficit reduction (see H.R. 1442), H6046 [15JN]

———allow installment method of reporting income from the sale of certain residential real property (see H.R. 1076), H7801 [26JY]

———allow nonitemizers a deduction for a portion of their charitable contributions (see H.R. 1493, 1575), H4545 [3MY], H5905 [13JN]

———business meal and entertainment expense deductions (see H.R. 408), H5623 [6JN]

———church pension benefit plans (see H.R. 528), H10047 [12OC]

———computation of the deduction for depreciation (see H.R. 199), H1281 [6FE]

———constitutional amendment on retroactive taxation (see H.J. Res. 48), H840 [27JA]

———credit for business investments in economically distressed areas (see H.R. 2713), H14002 [5DE]

———credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (see H.R. 1662), H6482 [28JN]

———deductibility of business meal expenses for individuals who are subject to Federal limitations on hours of service (see H.R. 1003), H4512 [2MY]

———deductibility of certain home office expenses (see H.R. 40), H296 [17JA]

———deduction of partnership investment expenses under the minimum tax (see H.R. 747), H5571 [24MY]

———depreciation of certain leasehold improvements (see H.R. 1171), H2892 [8MR]

———determination of employment status of individuals as employees or independent contractors (see H.R. 582), H3975 [29MR]

———election of taxable fiscal year for partnerships and S corporations (see H.R. 1661), H10307 [18OC]

———eliminate marriage penalty relative to one-time exclusion of gain on the sale of a principle residence (see H.R. 1660), H6270 [22JN]

———employer credits for expenses of providing dependent care services to employees (see H.R. 881), H4031 [30MR]

———encourage investment in low-income housing (see H.R. 931), H10484 [19OC]

———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), H8309 [2AU]

———exclusion of gross estate taxes of a decedent relative to certain land subject to qualified conservation easements (see H.R. 864), H1460 [8FE]

———exemption for certain common investment funds (see H.R. 734), H6083 [16JN]

———increase the unified estate and gift tax credit (see H.R. 62), H692 [25JA]

———individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 682), H2177 [23FE]

———inflation adjustments for maximum benefits under special estate tax valuation rules for certain property (see H.R. 532), H1850 [15FE]

———make permanent the credit for increasing research activities (see H.R. 803), H1612 [10FE]

———modify the exclusion of gain on certain small business stock (see H.R. 1918), H6269 [22JN]

———nonrecognition of gain on sale of a principal residence by unemployed individuals (see H.R. 1149), H2811 [7MR]

———one-time exclusion of gain from the sale of farmland to a beginning farmer (see H.R. 441), H2651 [3MR]

———permit penalty-free withdrawals from certain retirement accounts by unemployed individuals (see H.R. 1148), H2811 [7MR]

———prevent reclassification of certain dues paid to tax-exempt agricultural and horticultural organizations (see H.R. 783), H1051 [1FE]

———provide credits for families and reform the marriage penalty (see H.R. 6), H160 [9JA]

———provide exemption to market discount rules for tax-exempt obligations (see H.R. 843), H3975 [29MR]

———qualification and eligibility requirements for S corporations and shareholders (see H.R. 2039), H7011 [13JY]

———repeal gross income limitation applicable to regulated investment companies (see H.R. 1431), H5905 [13JN]

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

———standards for determining employment status of independent contractors (see H.R. 1972), H6697 [30JN]

———treatment of accelerated death benefits under life insurance contracts (see H.R. 99), H1371 [7FE]

———treatment of business meal and entertainment expenses (see H.R. 662), H6698 [30JN]

———treatment of businesses operating abroad (see H.R. 1690), H11587 [31OC]

———treatment of capital gains, estate and gift taxes, and exclusion of gain from the sale of certain principal residences (see H.R. 593), H2224 [24FE]

———treatment of capital gains and losses on the sale of a principal residence (see H.R. 56), H164 [9JA]

———treatment of charitable risk pools (see H.R. 1299), H5905 [13JN]

———treatment of contributions in aid of construction to a water or wastewater utility (see H.R. 957), H3808 [24MR]

———treatment of deduction for payments to nuclear decommissioning reserve funds (see H.R. 1637), H6830 [11JY]

———treatment of estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 1099), H6083 [16JN]

———treatment of estates and trusts using similar rates applicable to married individuals filing separate returns (see H.R. 329), H4795 [10MY]

———treatment of foreign source income of U.S.-owned multinational insurance companies (see H.R. 2201), H8533 [4AU]

———treatment of fuel excise tax refunds (see H.R. 1947), H6736 [10JY]

———treatment of gifts of public-traded stock to certain private foundations (see H.R. 733), H6083 [16JN]

———treatment of governmental plans under the rules governing retirement plans (see H.R. 1504), H4431 [7AP]

———treatment of homemakers' individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 708, 1040), H2223, H2224 [24FE]

———treatment of individual investment accounts (see H.R. 328), H2176 [23FE]

———treatment of medical savings accounts (see H.R. 1818), H5904 [13JN]

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

———treatment of real estate investment trusts (see H.R. 2121), H11442 [30OC]

———treatment of United Mine Workers of America combined benefit fund premiums (see H.R. 1370), H4031 [30MR]

Tax-exempt organizations: authorize receipt of Federal loans, grants, or contracts to organizations engaging in lobbying activities (see H.R. 2785), H15633 [22DE]

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

TVA: transfer property, facilities, and equipment to public and private entities (see H.R. 313), H1157 [2FE]

———transfer property, facilities, and equipment to public and private entities, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 313), H6657 [29JN]

U.N.: U.S. role in peacekeeping operations (see H.R. 631), H537 [23JA]

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

———ensure payment of benefits regardless of Government financial status (see H.R. 2813), H15237 [20DE]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 65, 303), H400 [19JA]

———revise effective dates for discontinuance of compensation and pension benefits (see H.R. 109), H11829 [7NO]

Volunteer workers: grant immunity from personal civil liability during work on behalf of governmental entities or nonprofit organizations (see H.R. 911), H1688 [13FE]

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

Wetlands: conservation and management (see H.R. 1330), H3878 [28MR]

World War II: mint coins in commemoration of 50th anniversary of the Marshall Plan and of George C. Marshall (see H.R. 1406), H6397 [27JN]

Yellowstone Headwaters National Recreation Area: establish within the Gallatin and Custer National Forests (see H.R. 1846), H11441 [30OC]

Remarks by, on

Abraham, Abie: Butler County, PA, Veteran of the Year award recipient, E2125 [8NO]

Agriculture: price supports for milk, H12157 [13NO]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 1996-2002 (H. Con. Res. 122), H15141 [19DE]

———treatment of Social Security under a constitutional amendment to require balanced (H. Con. Res. 17), H626 [25JA]

Congress: reform gift rules, H13117 [16NO]

Dept. of Commerce: abolish the Economic Development Administration, H7745 [26JY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1977), H7001 [13JY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State and the Judiciary: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2076), H7745 [26JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2127), H8384 [3AU]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2099), H7876, H7877 [27JY]

Government: prohibit representation of foreign entities by the Sec. of Commerce or members of the ITC after leaving office, H13125, H13127 [16NO], H13684 [28NO]

———reform disclosure of lobbying activities to influence the Federal Government (H.R. 2564), H13117, H13125, H13127 [16NO], H13684 [28NO], H13743 [29NO]

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

LIHEAP: funding, H8384 [3AU]

Lobbyists: require registration of representatives of foreign entities and impose civil penalties for failure to file, H13743 [29NO]

Medicare: reform, H8143 [1AU]

———reform (H.R. 2425), H10453 [19OC]

———reporting requirement of trust fund trustees on projected financial imbalances (H.R. 1590), H4971 [16MY]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (H.J. Res. 73), H3884, H3946 [29MR]

National Trust for Historic Preservation: funding, H7001 [13JY]

Public debt: ceiling (H.R. 2586), H12107 [10NO]

———ceiling (H.R. 2586), veto—motion to postpone consideration, H12152 [13NO]

———enforce debt limit and protect obligated trust funds (H.R. 2621), H14887 [14DE]

Public welfare programs: reform (H.R. 4), H3362 [21MR], H3686 [23MR]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H4115 [4AP]

———increase earnings limit (H.R. 2684), H13966 [5DE]

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), H1926 [21FE]

———rates (H.R. 1215), H4043 [3AP], H4115 [4AP], H4184, H4221 [5AP]

———repeal alternative minimum tax (H.R. 1142), H2733 [7MR]

———treatment of State prepaid college tuition programs (H.R. 1328), H3819 [28MR], E708 [28MR]

Vincent, Strong: posthumous awarding of Medal of Honor (H.R. 1326), E704 [28MR]

Votes: position on missed, H14899 [14DE], H15533 [21DE]

Wetlands: conservation and management (H.R. 1268), H3340 [21MR]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H15573 [21DE]

Special order: granted, H4030 [30MR], H8172 [1AU], H11827 [7NO], H11938 [8NO], H12188 [13NO]

Schedules

Committee on Agriculture (House): Subcommittee on Risk Management and Specialty Crops: sugar, D661 [24MY]

Committee on Government Reform and Oversight (House): Subcommittee on Civil Service: Federal Retirement System, D330 [10MR]

Committee on Labor and Human Resources (Senate): domestic violence relative to health insurance, D945 [28JY]

Committee on Rules (House): Dept. of Defense appropriations, D696 [7JN]

Tributes

Howe, David W., E1218 [9JN]

Olson, Gerald W., E1435 [13JY]