KLECZKA, GERALD D. (a Representative from Wisconsin)

Amendments offered by, to

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), H328 [18JA]

———making supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 1158), H3049 [10MR]

———making supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 1159), H3050 [10MR]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1977), H6832 [11JY], H7041 [17JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2127), H8414 [3AU]

Public welfare programs: reform (H.R. 4), H3514 [22MR]

Science: authorizing appropriations for Federal civilian science activities (H.R. 2405), H9785 [10OC], H9855 [11OC]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 55), H325 [18JA]

EPA: temporary suspension of reformulated gasoline rules (see H.R. 1015), H2063 [22FE]

Taxation: eligibility of veterans for mortgage revenue bond financing (see H.R. 2193), H8533 [4AU]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Agriculture: labeling of milk products relative to bovine growth hormones, and development of residue test (see H.R. 2084, 2085), H7378 [20JY]

———prohibit transfer or marketing of nonambulatory cattle, sheep, swine, horses, mules, or goats (see H.R. 2143), H8063 [31JY]

Air pollution: reduction of work-related vehicle trips in ozone nonattainment areas (see H.R. 325), H1371 [7FE]

Alaska: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1000), H13142 [16NO]

Animals: improve animal drug approval process (see H.R. 2508), H10484 [19OC]

———reporting requirements for research facilities conducting experimentation and testing (see H.R. 1547), H4511 [2MY]

———require humane transport of horses en route to slaughtering facilities (see H.R. 2433), H14003 [5DE]

Appropriations: line-item veto (S. 4), application to 1996 appropriations bills (see H. Res. 212), H8536 [4AU]

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

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

Award, medals, prizes: establish congressional commemorative medal for organ donors (see H.R. 2551), H10994 [26OC]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: 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]

Business and industry: use of community development block grant funds for employment relocation activities (see H.R. 463), H229 [11JA]

CERCLA: clarify liability for certain recycling transactions (see H.R. 820), H7916 [27JY]

Charles A. Hayes Post Office Building, Chicago, IL: designate (see H.R. 2704), H15136 [19DE]

China, Republic of: U.N. membership (see H. Con. Res. 63), H13341 [18NO]

———U.N. participation (see H. Con. Res. 12), H1157 [2FE]

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

———revise and extend (see H.R. 1872), H7990 [28JY]

Connecticut: mint coins in commemoration of the bicentennial of the Old State House (see H.R. 1933), H9738 [29SE]

Courts: reorganize administrative law judiciary (see H.R. 1802), H5753 [8JN]

Credit: define payment postmark date as payment date for purposes of grace periods (see H.R. 1963), H6655 [29JN]

———define payment postmark date as payment date for purposes of grace periods, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 1963), H14055, H14173 [6DE]

Crime: include peonage and slavery offenses as RICO predicates (see H.R. 305), H1556 [9FE]

———protection against code grabbers (see H.R. 338), H468 [20JA]

———protection from sexual predators (see H.R. 713), H3417 [21MR]

Cyprus: dispute resolution (see H. Con. Res. 42), H6159 [20JN]

Dept. of Energy: gas turbine modular helium reactor program (see H.R. 311), H4177 [4AP]

Dept. of State: publication of names of U.S. citizens who renounce their citizenship (see H.R. 1378), H4415 [6AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: exempt certain full-time health care professionals from restrictions on outside professional activities (see H.R. 1384), H4512 [2MY]

———extend benefits to certain merchant mariners who served during World War II (see H.R. 44), H8806 [12SE]

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

Diseases: research programs for Parkinson's disease (see H.R. 1462), H4414 [6AP]

Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge: designate (see H.R. 1253), H4336 [5AP]

Employment: improve employment and training assistance for dislocated workers (see H.R. 1422), H4916 [12MY]

———require employers to notify workers before health care or retirement benefits are terminated (see H.R. 1305), H13274 [17NO]

EPA: waiver of reformulated gasoline rules during non-ozone season (see H.R. 2327), H8903 [13SE]

FAA: establish as an independent agency (see H.R. 2276), H10485 [19OC]

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

Foreign trade: develop criteria for market access in foreign countries (see H.R. 1560), H4545 [3MY]

Health: designate obstetrician-gynecologists as primary care providers for women under Federal health care regulations (see H. Res. 30), H1372 [7FE]

———include organ donation forms and information in individual income tax refund payments (see H.R. 1889), H7012 [13JY]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mothers and newborn infants following birth (see H.R. 1950), H7990 [28JY]

House of Representatives: official travel requirements (see H.R. 1222; H. Res. 15), H176 [9JA], H4916 [12MY]

Housing: prohibit certain rental housing managers from banning household pets for elderly residents (see H.R. 1619), H6200 [21JN]

Information services: prevent unfair billing and charging practices for services provided over 800 line phone numbers (see H.R. 1559), H4620 [9MY]

Insurance: coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (see H.R. 2011), H15088 [18DE]

———establish health plan standards for treatment of enrollees and health care providers (see H.R. 2400), H13658 [20NO]

———prohibit denial of health coverage based on status as victim of domestic violence (see H.R. 1201), H5983 [14JN]

———prohibit health insurance premium rate increases based on age (see H.R. 1614), H4873 [11MY]

———provide tax incentives to encourage health insurance coverage continuity and portability and discourage preexisting condition exclusions (see H.R. 1610), H4872 [11MY]

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

Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1484), H8904 [13SE]

———exemption from State laws prohibiting carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H4177 [4AP]

Medicare: clarify scope of coverage and payment amounts for the use of medical devices approved for investigational use (see H.R. 1744), H6270 [22JN]

———colorectal screening (see H.R. 922), H7012 [13JY]

———limit penalty for late enrollment (see H.R. 559), H3879 [28MR]

———oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 2600), H11939 [8NO]

———permit select policies to be offered in all States (see H.R. 483), H229 [11JA]

———protection of beneficiaries relative to enrollment in managed care plans and health maintenance organizations (see H.R. 1707), H7990 [28JY]

———reform (see H.R. 2422), H9670 [28SE]

Medicare/Medicaid: payment integrity (see H.R. 2280), H8684 [7SE]

Members of Congress: stoppage of payment during Government shutdown (see H.R. 2281), H12350 [14NO]

Military assistance: prohibit to governments that are undemocratic, engaged in armed aggression, or in violation of human rights or arms control standards (see H.R. 772), H4619 [9MY]

Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 940), H1751 [14FE]

Mining and mineral resources: locatable minerals on public domain lands (see H.R. 357), H173 [9JA]

Motor vehicles: delay implementation of enhanced vehicle inspection and maintenance programs (see H.R. 46), H4441 [1MY]

Music: licensing (see H.R. 789), H1208 [3FE]

NASA: termination of International Space Station program (see H.R. 1701), H5571 [24MY]

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

Pensions: revise effective date for cost-of-living adjustments for military retirees (see H.R. 2664), H14239 [7DE]

———treatment of Indian tribal governments and their employees (see H.R. 1966), H6656 [29JN]

Pharmaceuticals: guarantee practice of pharmacy compounding and ensure supply of bulk drug products (see H.R. 598), H2487 [1MR]

Police Athletic League: tribute (see H. Res. 163), H5691 [7JN]

Postal Service: acceptance of change-of-address orders from commercial mail receiving agencies (see H.R. 1464), H5623 [6JN]

Presidents of the U.S.: repeal 22d amendment to the Constitution relative to term restrictions (see H.J. Res. 68), H7917 [27JY]

Recycling: require producers and importers of newsprint to recycle a certain percentage (see H.R. 1523), H4432 [7AP]

———require the EPA to establish a recycling credit system for used oil (see H.R. 1525), H4432 [7AP]

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

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

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), H1208 [3FE]

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

States: expedite review of criminal records of applicants for security officer employment (see H.R. 2092), H9245 [19SE]

Taxation: awareness of charitable beneficiaries of their interests in certain charitable remainder trusts (see H.R. 32), H6396 [27JN]

———church pension benefit plans (see H.R. 528), H14173 [6DE]

———credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (see H.R. 1662), H6831 [11JY]

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

———election of taxable fiscal year for partnerships and S corporations (see H.R. 1661), H7461 [21JY]

———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), H1281 [6FE]

———extend nonconventional fuel tax credit (see H.R. 2146), H10307 [18OC]

———individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 682), H5374 [22MY]

———make permanent the credit for increasing research activities (see H.R. 803), H4795 [10MY]

———permanent extension of the transition rule for certain publicly traded partnerships (see H.R. 1686), H5471 [23MY]

———prevent avoidance through use of foreign trusts (see H.R. 2356), H9245 [19SE]

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

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

———treatment of charitable risk pools (see H.R. 1299), H5191 [17MY]

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

———treatment of deferred compensation plans of State, local government, and tax-exempt organizations (see H.R. 1119), H6481 [28JN]

———treatment of estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 1099), H6656 [29JN]

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

———treatment of Indian tribal governments relative to employee pension plans (see H.R. 2040), H7011 [13JY]

———treatment of individuals benefiting from renouncement of citizenship and treatment of assets of naturalized citizens or residents (see H.R. 1535), H4511 [2MY]

———treatment of lobbying expenses for State legislation (see H.R. 2434), H14765 [13DE]

———treatment of long-term health care insurance (see H.R. 1457), H4414 [6AP]

———treatment of military income derived from services performed during a contingency operation (see H.R. 2778), H15136 [19DE]

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

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

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

Water pollution: capitalization grants to States (see H.R. 1102), H2486 [1MR]

Weapons: deployment policy for ballistic missile systems (see H.R. 983), H2811 [7MR]

Women: prohibit practice of female genital mutilation or female circumcision (see H.R. 941), H9452 [21SE]

Remarks by, on

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

Appropriations: line-item veto (H.R. 2), H1127, H1133 [2FE]

———line-item veto (H.R. 2), consideration (H. Res. 55), H1085 [2FE]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 115), H12158 [13NO]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 122), consideration (H. Res. 270), H12410 [15NO]

Banach, Janet: Polish National Alliance—Milwaukee Society Polish Woman of the Year award recipient, E887 [1MY]

BLS: prohibit use of funds to implement change in the consumer price index except for congressionally authorized changes, H8414 [3AU]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: require congressional approval prior to U.S. military intervention (H.R. 2770), H14837 [13DE]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), H300 [18JA], H596 [25JA], H771 [26JA]

———deficit, H4257 [5AP]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2491), H10788 [25OC]

———treatment of Social Security under a constitutional amendment to require balanced, H596 [25JA]

———treatment of Social Security under a constitutional amendment to require balanced (H. Con. Res. 17), H625 [25JA]

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

Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act: revise and extend (H.R. 1872), E1803 [19SE]

Crime: incarceration of violent criminals (H.R. 667), H1503 [9FE]

Crivello, Bill: Allied Veterans Council of Cudahy, WI, Veteran of the Year award recipient, E1994 [20OC]

Dept. of Defense: line-item veto authority, H1133 [2FE]

Dept. of HUD: community development grants funding relative to employment, H8045 [31JY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1977), H7043 [17JY]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2002), H7594 [25JY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State and the Judiciary: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2076), H7789 [26JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2127), H8414, H8415 [3AU]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2099), H7840 [27JY], H8045 [31JY]

District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 2546), H11652 [1NO]

———revoke National Education Association exemption from property taxes, H11652 [1NO]

EPA: temporary suspension of reformulated gasoline rules (H.R. 1015), H1973 [22FE]

Felician Order of Sisters (organization): Polish National Alliance Polish Americans of the Year award recipient, E1741 [8SE]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (H.J. Res. 79), H6435 [28JN]

Government regulations: moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions (H.R. 450), H2146 [23FE]

Hales Corners, WI: tribute to St. Mary's Parish School for efforts in the National Engineers Week Future City Competition, E394 [21FE]

Housing: funding for services coordinators to assist elderly and disabled residents, H7840 [27JY]

Hunting and trapping: exempt recreational and subsistence activities from moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions, H2146 [23FE]

Jaskulski, Sandy: St. Francis, WI, Citizen of the Year award recipient, E55 [5JA]

Jelic, Violet: Croatian Civic Club of Milwaukee Croatian of the Year award recipient, E716 [29MR]

Kowalkowski, William: Milwaukee Council of Southside Advancement Association Person of the Year recipient, E227 [31JA]

Labor unions: collective bargaining rights of mass transit employees, H7594 [25JY]

Medicaid: reform, H12158 [13NO]

Medicare: reform, H9795 [11OC], H12158 [13NO]

———reform (H.R. 2425), H10339, H10351, H10382, H10459 [19OC]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (H.J. Res. 73), E733 [29MR]

Mikolajczyk, Sue: Pulaski Council of Milwaukee Polish Heritage Award recipient, E885 [1MY]

Milwaukee, WI: anniversary of Christ Church, E1815 [20SE]

———anniversary of Christian Center Neighborhood Improvement Project, E2259 [29NO]

———anniversary of Pio Nono College and High School and Don Bosco High School, E1099 [23MY]

Moore, Gwendolynne S.: Wisconsin National Organization for Women Feminist of the Year, E96 [13JA]

National Institute for Petroleum and Energy Research: oil technology programs funding, H9855 [11OC]

Pensions: corporate use of pension plan funds, H10788 [25OC], H11979 [9NO]

Petroleum: fossil energy research and development funding, H7043 [17JY]

Public welfare programs: funding for nutrition programs, H3784 [24MR]

———reform (H.R. 4), H3514 [22MR], H3784 [24MR]

———reform (H.R. 4), conference report, H15530 [21DE]

SBA: restructure, H7789 [26JY]

Science: authorizing appropriations for Federal civilian science activities (H.R. 2405), H9855 [11OC]

Social Security: increase earnings limit (H.R. 2684), H13966, H13969 [5DE]

———maintain link between senior citizen and blind persons earnings test limit, H13966, H13969 [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), H1932 [21FE]

———rates (H.R. 1215), H4257 [5AP]

Telecommunications: promote competition and reduce regulation (H.R. 1555), H8501 [4AU]

Votes: position on missed, E1297 [20JN]

Ziolkowski, Leonard: Milwaukee, WI, South Side Business Club's Man of the Year award recipient, E1839 [27SE]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H5070 [16MY], H5570 [24MY], H5688 [7JN], H6043 [15JN]

Special order: granted, H321 [18JA]

Schedules

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

———Personal Responsibility Act, D368 [16MR]

Committee on Ways and Means (House): Subcommittee on Human Resources: public welfare programs reform relative to SSI, D103 [27JA]

Statements

Old Glory: Charlie Allen, H6435 [28JN]

Tributes

Artison, Richard E., E1841 [27SE]

Fularczyk, Raymond (Red), E473 [1MR]

Lee, Michael R., E1413 [12JY]

Urban, George R., E329 [13FE]

Zeidler, Frank P., E1585 [2AU]