SAWYER, THOMAS C. (a Representative from Ohio)

Amendments offered by, to

Dept. of State: consolidate foreign affairs agencies (H.R. 1561), H5481 [23MY]

Employment: consolidate Federal job training programs (H.R. 1617), H9191 [19SE]

Labor: allow cooperative efforts between management and labor to improve economic competitiveness (H.R. 743), H9505 [25SE], H9536 [27SE]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 1617, consolidate Federal job training programs, H10693 [24OC]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

FERC: extension of deadline for construction of hydroelectric projects in Ohio (see H.R. 1011), H2063 [22FE]

Poverty: publication of data (see H.R. 919), H1688 [13FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

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

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

Budget: amend the budget process to require joint budget resolutions and the inclusion of public debt limit extension (see H.R. 2622), H13274 [17NO]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 49, 53), H179 [9JA], H593 [24JA]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), consideration (see H. Res. 33), H468 [20JA]

———require an operating and a capital budget to distinguish between Federal funds and trust funds (see H.R. 1233), H3327 [16MR]

Capital Budget Commission: establish (see H.R. 1302), H4336 [5AP]

CERCLA: clarify liability for certain recycling transactions (see H.R. 820), H4916 [12MY]

Civil rights: prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (see H.R. 1863), H6045 [15JN]

Coins: issue one dollar coin (see H.R. 534), H10307 [18OC]

Congress: reform lobbying disclosure and gift rules (see H.R. 2686), H13804 [29NO]

Disasters: provide for hazard mitigation, relief, and insurance against natural disasters (see H.R. 1856), H9897 [11OC]

Education: low-income school choice demonstration program (see H.R. 1640), H6397 [27JN]

———provide State and local assistance to improve adult education and family literacy (see H.R. 1605), H4795 [10MY]

Employment: age discrimination regulations relative to hiring and retirement plans for State and local law enforcement officers and firefighters (see H.R. 849), H1371 [7FE]

Families and domestic relations: child support enforcement (see H.R. 801), H2989 [9MR]

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

Firearms: regulate sale, import, and manufacture of polymer plastic ammunition (see H.R. 221), H325 [18JA]

Forests: repeal emergency salvage timber sale program (see H.R. 2745), H15633 [22DE]

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

———treatment of outside earned income (see H. Res. 299), H14310 [12DE]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1986), H6698 [30JN]

Insurance: coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (see H.R. 2011), H9671 [28SE]

Medicare: diabetes outpatient self-management training services (see H.R. 1073), H7379 [20JY]

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

Members of Congress: stoppage of payment during Government shutdown (see H.R. 2281), H13658 [20NO]

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), H1050 [1FE]

Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 940), H4619 [9MY]

Motor vehicles: regulation of motorcycle helmet use (see H.R. 899), H1968 [21FE]

Music: licensing (see H.R. 789), H6397 [27JN]

National Gambling Impact and Policy Commission: establish (see H.R. 497), H13658 [20NO]

National Park Service: reform concessions policies (see H.R. 773), H1050 [1FE]

Ohio & Erie Canal Corridor National Heritage Corridor: establish (see H.R. 2186), H8360 [3AU]

Patents: limit issuance on medical procedures (see H.R. 1127), H12350 [14NO]

Pensions: exclude the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund from the Federal budget (see H.R. 103), H4415 [6AP]

Small business: increase deductions for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 335), H400 [19JA]

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

Social Security: establish a health information network for medicare and medicaid (see H.R. 1766), H5690 [7JN]

———improve information provided in account statements and distribute statements annually to beneficiaries (see H.R. 1319), H5753 [8JN]

———maintain earnings test correlation between disability insurance benefits for the blind and retirement age benefits (see H. Con. Res. 23), H3808 [24MR]

Taxation: church pension benefit plans (see H.R. 528), H10726 [24OC]

———exclude certain business taxable income relative to sponsorship payments (see H.R. 1161), H8684 [7SE]

———exclusion of employer-provided educational assistance (see H.R. 127), H537 [23JA]

———exemption for certain common investment funds (see H.R. 734), H4415 [6AP]

———require burden of proof to be on the Dept. of the Treasury in all tax cases (see H.R. 390), H692 [25JA]

———treatment of gifts of public-traded stock to certain private foundations (see H.R. 733), H4415 [6AP]

Tax-exempt organizations: authorize receipt of Federal loans, grants, or contracts to organizations engaging in lobbying activities (see H.R. 2785), H15238 [20DE]

U.N. World Conference on Women: support U.S. commitments (see H. Con. Res. 119), H14764 [13DE]

Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1500), H7917 [27JY]

Remarks by, on

Arms control: treatment of light weaponry, H5654 [7JN]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), H727 [26JA], H2585 [3MR]

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

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2491), H11359 [26OC]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1996-2002 (H. Con. Res. 67), conference report, H6574 [29JN]

Children and youth: parental consent for participation in certain federally funded surveys and questionnaires, H4134 [4AP]

China, People's Republic of: exclusion of groups representing Tibetan women from Conference on Women, H5654 [7JN]

Dept. of Education: funding for programs for educationally disadvantaged children, H8248 [2AU]

Dept. of State: consolidate foreign affairs agencies (H.R. 1561), H5654 [7JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2127), H8211, H8248 [2AU], H8335, H8344 [3AU]

District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 2546), H11727 [2NO]

———school system reform, H11727 [2NO]

Education: program funding, H8335 [3AU]

———student loan reform, H4156 [4AP]

Employment: consolidate Federal job training programs (H.R. 1617), H9191 [19SE]

ERISA: restrict Government promotion of economically targeted investments for employee benefit plans (H.R. 1594), H8746 [12SE]

Families and domestic relations: provide protection for family privacy (H.R. 1271), H4134 [4AP]

FERC: extension of deadline for construction of hydroelectric project in Ohio (H.R. 1011), H12147 [13NO]

House Rules: treatment of outside earned income (H. Res. 299), H15597 [22DE]

Labor: allow cooperative efforts between management and labor to improve economic competitiveness (H.R. 743), H9527, H9537, H9538, H9540, H9541, H9545 [27SE]

Medicare: reform (H.R. 2425), H10349 [19OC]

National Institute for Literacy: funding, H3298 [16MR], H8344 [3AU]

National security: revitalize (H.R. 7), H1838 [15FE], H1869 [16FE]

Nuclear weapons: inclusion of space based interceptors in national missile defense system, H1838 [15FE]

Poverty: publication of data (H.R. 919), E324 [13FE]

Public welfare programs: reform (H.R. 4), H3378 [21MR]

Taxation: rates (H.R. 1215), H4156 [4AP]

U.N.: U.S. role in peacekeeping operations, H1869 [16FE]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H4176 [4AP]

Schedules

Committee on Resources (House): Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Lands: public lands legislation, D1051 [7SE]

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

Tributes

Odom, Sadie H., E25 [4JA]