EDWARDS, CHET (a Representative from Texas)

Amendments offered by, to

Appropriations: line-item veto (H.R. 2), H1052 [1FE]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 2126), H8175 [1AU]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2127), H8310 [2AU]

National security: revitalize (H.R. 7), H1689 [13FE], H1825, H1829 [15FE]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 1530, Dept. of Defense appropriations, H9403 [21SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Golden, Jung Ja: relief (see H.R. 498), H231 [11JA]

McNamara, Michael P.: relief (see H.R. 1740), H5608 [25MY]

McNamara, Thomas P., Jr.: relief (see H.R. 1740), H5608 [25MY]

Veterans: improve health care programs (see H.R. 1385, 1468), H4177 [4AP], H4430 [7AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Amos F. Longoria Post Office Building, Elmendorf, TX: designate (see H.R. 2700), H15575 [21DE]

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]

———reduce discretionary spending limits (see H.R. 1162), H2891 [8MR]

Aviation: repeal increase in transportation fuels tax applicable to commercial aviation (see H.R. 752), H5691 [7JN]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 28), H175 [9JA]

———deficit (see H. Res. 94), H3808 [24MR]

CERCLA: clarify liability for certain recycling transactions (see H.R. 820), H6270 [22JN]

Charities: clarify exemptions from securities and antitrust laws relative to charitable gift annuities (see H.R. 2519), H10726 [24OC]

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

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorizing appropriations for medical facilities projects and leases (see H.R. 2814), H15237 [20DE]

———exempt certain full-time health care professionals from restrictions on outside professional activities (see H.R. 1384), H4177 [4AP]

———extend certain authorities (see H.R. 2219, 2353), H8534 [4AU], H9245 [19SE]

Education: student loan reform (see H.R. 530), H3417 [21MR]

Employment: clarify exemption of houseparents from minimum wage and maximum hour requirements (see H.R. 2531), H10848 [25OC]

Endangered Species Act: determination of threatened species relative to reauthorization (see H.R. 571), H398 [19JA]

———reauthorize (see H.R. 2275), H8683 [7SE]

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

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 79), H3880 [28MR]

FRS: defer additional increases in interest rates (see H. Res. 54), H969 [31JA]

Government regulations: reform (see H.R. 994), H6656 [29JN]

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

House of Representatives: return of excess amounts from official allowances to the Treasury for deficit reduction (see H.R. 26), H163 [9JA]

Medicare: permit select policies to be offered in all States (see H.R. 483), H1611 [10FE]

———reimbursement for services provided to eligible individuals by military or veterans hospitals (see H.R. 1767), H5690 [7JN]

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

Miller, Doris: posthumous awarding of Medal of Honor (see H.R. 1677), H5366 [18MY]

National security: policy (see H. Con. Res. 100), H8597 [6SE]

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

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

Petroleum: exports of certain domestically produced crude oil (see H.R. 70), H1281 [6FE]

Public debt: establish a deficit reduction trust fund (see H.R. 1162), H2891 [8MR]

Real property: private property owner rights (see H.R. 790), H1051 [1FE]

Securities: reform Federal litigation procedures (see H.R. 1058), H2651 [3MR]

Small business: liability requirements for remediation of dry cleaning solvents (see H.R. 2522), H12506 [15NO]

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), H2177 [23FE]

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

States: tax treatment of certain pension income (see H.R. 394), H231 [11JA]

Taxation: clarify exclusion from gross income for veterans benefits (see H.R. 972), H1907 [16FE]

———eligibility of veterans for mortgage revenue bond financing (see H.R. 2193), H9592 [27SE]

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

———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]

———treatment of United Mine Workers of America combined benefit fund premiums (see H.R. 1370), H6830 [11JY]

Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge: transfer management to Oklahoma (see H.R. 1112), H2584 [2MR]

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

———extend eligibility period for priority health care to those exposed to toxic substances, radiation, or environmental hazards (see H.R. 1565), H4545 [3MY]

World War II: recognize and commend U.S. airmen held as prisoners at the Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany (see H. Con. Res. 73), H5608 [25MY]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H1159 [3FE]

Remarks by, on

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1833), consideration (H. Res. 251), H11597 [1NO]

Appropriations: line-item veto (H.R. 2), H1135 [2FE], H1227 [6FE]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 115), H12118 [10NO]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 122), H12495 [15NO], H13368 [20NO]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 122), consideration (H. Res. 270), H12411 [15NO]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 123), H13326, H13328 [18NO]

Army: rescind funding for museum land acquisition, H6062 [16JN]

Bell County, TX: tribute to police, fire, and emergency service workers, E1914 [11OC]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: U.S. military intervention (H. Res. 306), H14867 [13DE], H14875 [14DE]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), H187 [11JA]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 28), H494 [23JA]

———establish a deficit reduction trust fund and reduce discretionary spending limits (H.R. 1162), H8843 [13SE]

———making supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 1158), conference report, H5338 [18MY]

———making supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 1944), motion to recommit, H6642 [29JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution, H14935 [15DE]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2491), conference report, H13812 [30NO]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1996-2002 (H. Con. Res. 67), H5275, H5276 [18MY]

Coryell County, TX: tribute to police, fire, and emergency service workers, E1914 [11OC]

Crime: incarceration of violent criminals (H.R. 667), H1501 [9FE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base closure and realignment (H.R. 1817), H6062 [16JN]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1530), H5947 [14JN]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1530), conference report, H14950 [15DE]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1530), consideration (H. Res. 164), H5772 [13JN]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1530), motion to recommit, H6018 [15JN]

———educational impact aid funding for school-aged dependents of military personnel, H6018 [15JN]

———line-item veto authority, H1135 [2FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: determine locality salaries for certain nurse anesthetist positions (H.R. 1536), H9762 [10OC]

———exempt certain full-time health care professionals from restrictions on outside professional activities (H.R. 1384), H9760 [10OC]

———extend certain authorities (H.R. 2353), H10115, H10116 [17OC]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State and the Judiciary: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2076), H7727 [26JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2127), H8357, H8358, H8397, H8398 [3AU]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2099), conference report, H14191 [7DE]

Education: Impact Aid Program funding for school-aged dependents of military personnel, H8357, H8358, H8397, H8398 [3AU]

EEOC: funding, H7727 [26JY]

Goldthwaite, TX: tribute to Goldthwaite High School football team, E118 [18JA]

Government: shutdown relative to budget process, H13315 [18NO]

Government regulations: moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions (H.R. 450), H2107 [23FE]

———moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions designating endangered species or critical habitat, H2107 [23FE]

House of Representatives: legislative program, H12125 [10NO]

———legislative tactics, H309 [18JA]

House Rules: allow motions to suspend rules (H. Res. 275), H13315 [18NO]

———open versus restrictive rules, H128 [5JA]

Local Heroes Week: observance, E1914 [11OC]

Medicare: reform, H14935 [15DE]

———reform (H.R. 2425), H10359, H10373 [19OC]

National security: national missile defense systems, H5947 [14JN]

———revitalize (H.R. 7), H1819, H1825, H1826, H1827, H1829, H1830, H1834, H1836, H1838 [15FE]

———revitalize (H.R. 7), consideration (H. Res. 83), H1675 [13FE]

Nuclear weapons: inclusion of space based interceptors in national missile defense system, H1825, H1826, H1827, H1829, H1830, H1834, H1836, H1838 [15FE]

Parliamentary inquiry, H1828 [15FE], H13326 [18NO]

Patterson, Charles: Texas Association of School Boards Superintendent of the Year award recipient, E2057 [26OC]

Public debt: ceiling (H.R. 2586), consideration (H. Res. 262), H12101 [10NO]

Republican Party: national agenda, H4119 [4AP]

Salado, TX: tribute to ``Salado Legends'' stage play, E644 [21MR]

Thorndale, TX: tribute to Thorndale High School football team, E115 [18JA]

Treaties and agreements: Antiballistic Missile Treaty, H5947 [14JN]

Veterans: extend eligibility period for priority health care to those exposed to toxic substances, radiation, or environmental hazards (H.R. 1565), H6321 [27JN]

———improve health care programs, H6642 [29JN]

———improve health care programs (H.R. 1385), H4148 [4AP]

Weapons: deployment policy for antiballistic missile systems and advanced theater missile defense systems, H1819 [15FE]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H3557 [22MR], H15086 [18DE], H15134 [19DE], H15235 [20DE], H15573 [21DE], H15632 [22DE]

Special order: granted, H4176 [4AP]

Schedules

Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities (House): Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families: military connected children and impact aid, D882 [19JY]

Committee on Resources (House): Task Force on Endangered Species: Endangered Species Act, D579 [10MY]

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

———emergency supplemental appropriations for additional disaster assistance, D347 [14MR]

Tributes

Massey, Ken, H1159 [3FE]

Miller, Robert T., E1358 [28JN]