McCRERY, JIM (a Representative from Louisiana)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 4, Personal Responsibility Act, H9710 [29SE]

———H.R. 2491, reconciliation of the concurrent budget resolution, H11422 [30OC]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Budget: balance (see H.R. 1131), H2651 [3MR]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 35), H176 [9JA]

FTC: regulation of State lottery advertising (see H.R. 327), H172 [9JA]

Jive Devil (vessel): certificate of documentation (see H.R. 2702), H13870 [30NO]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (see H.J. Res. 34), H176 [9JA]

Taxation: treatment of estates and trusts using similar rates applicable to married individuals filing separate returns (see H.R. 329), H172 [9JA]

———treatment of family-owned businesses relative to estate tax (see H.R. 2190), H8360 [3AU]

———treatment of fuel excise tax refunds (see H.R. 1947), H6481 [28JN]

———treatment of individual investment accounts (see H.R. 328), H172 [9JA]

Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 2660), H13274 [17NO]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 1833), H8684 [7SE]

Agriculture: permit unimpeded use of privately owned farm land (see H.R. 800), H1372 [7FE]

———price supports (see H.R. 2330), H8993 [14SE]

Appropriations: constitutional amendment on line-item veto (see H.J. Res. 4), H297 [17JA]

———line-item veto (see H.R. 27), H163 [9JA]

Aviation: repeal increase in transportation fuels tax applicable to commercial aviation (see H.R. 752), H6159 [20JN]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1, 28), H161, H175 [9JA]

Children and youth: child labor provisions relative to loading of materials into balers and compacters (see H.R. 1114), H8537 [4AU]

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

Courts: treatment of certain transportation and subsistence expenses of retired judges (see H.R. 816), H6397 [27JN]

Davis-Bacon Act: repeal (see H.R. 500), H5571 [24MY]

Dept. of Defense: prohibit Federal grants or contracts to educational institutions that prevent campus access for recruiting purposes (see H.R. 1118), H4958 [15MY]

Dept. of Education: abolish (see H.R. 1883), H6082 [16JN]

Ecology and environment: financial responsibility requirements for offshore facilities (see H.R. 633), H4105 [3AP]

Education: low-income school choice demonstration program (see H.R. 1640), H5753 [8JN]

Endangered Species Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2275), H8683 [7SE]

English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see H.R. 123), H4873 [11MY]

Families and domestic relations: protect parental rights (see H.R. 1946), H10848 [25OC]

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

Federal employees: establish additional Thrift Savings Plan investment funds (see H.R. 2306), H8805 [12SE]

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

Financial institutions: clarify due process protections applicable to directors and officers of insured depository institutions (see H.R. 316), H172 [9JA]

Firearms: repeal ban on assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices (see H.R. 125, 698), H167 [9JA], H1281 [6FE]

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

Freedom of religion: constitutional amendment on protection (see H.J. Res. 127), H13730 [28NO]

Government regulations: analysis on the impact on small businesses and State and local government (see H.R. 58), H4619 [9MY]

Graham, Billy and Ruth: award congressional gold medal (see H.R. 2657), H14964 [15DE]

Hazardous substances: nuclear waste disposal (see H.R. 1020), H4177 [4AP]

Health: designate obstetrician-gynecologists as primary care providers for women under Federal health care regulations (see H. Res. 30), H1689 [13FE]

———develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth defects (see H.R. 1010), H5609 [25MY]

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

———promote portability of health insurance by limiting discrimination in health coverage (see H.R. 439), H179 [9JA]

Health care professionals: exempt physician office laboratories from clinical laboratory requirements (see H.R. 1386), H4433 [7AP]

Human rights: protect the right to life of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 1625), H8309 [2AU]

Immigration: reform admission policies, treatment of criminal aliens and alien smuggling, documentation requirements, and border security (see H.R. 1915, 2202), H7990 [28JY], H8533 [4AU]

Insurance: 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), H6831 [11JY]

Labor unions: repeal certain provisions of law requiring employees to pay union dues or fees as a condition of employment (see H.R. 1279), H4177 [4AP]

Medicaid: Federal funding of abortions (see H.R. 222), H12085 [9NO]

Medicare: colorectal screening (see H.R. 922), H1689 [13FE]

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

———reform (see H.R. 2425, 2485), H9737 [29SE], H10146 [17OC]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (see H.J. Res. 3), H1052 [1FE]

Mining and mineral resources: provide tax credit for the production of oil and gas from marginal and new wells (see H.R. 577, 985, 987), H4105 [3AP], H4336 [5AP], H4546 [3MY]

Motor vehicles: average fuel economy standards for automobiles (see H.R. 2200), H9671 [28SE]

———regulation of motorcycle helmet use (see H.R. 899), H4958 [15MY]

National Blue Ribbon Commission To Eliminate Waste in Government: establish (see H.R. 217), H1371 [7FE]

National Education Standards and Improvement Council: eliminate (see H.R. 1045), H2223 [24FE]

National Voter Registration Act: repeal (see H.R. 370), H692 [25JA]

———voluntary compliance by States (see H.R. 60), H5905 [13JN]

Natural gas: authorize associations of independent producers (see H.R. 2342), H10848 [25OC]

———enhance safety, training, research, and development in the propane gas industry (see H.R. 1514), H4916 [12MY]

NIH: establish an Office for Rare Disease Research (see H.R. 2027), H7011 [13JY]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: amend (see H.R. 1834), H6312 [26JN]

Pensions: revise effective date for cost-of-living adjustments for military retirees (see H.R. 2664), H13731 [28NO]

Pesticides: definition and regulation of the minor use of pesticides (see H.R. 1627), H4915 [12MY]

Petroleum: exports of certain domestically produced crude oil (see H.R. 70), H231 [11JA]

Political action committees: influence restrictions and in-State contribution percentage requirements (see H.R. 2148), H8174 [1AU]

Power resources: tax credit for fuels produced by offshore deep-water projects (see H.R. 576), H4105 [3AP]

Public welfare programs: eliminate benefits relative to probation and parole violators and fugitive felons (see H.R. 118), H231 [11JA]

———reform (see H.R. 4), H159 [9JA]

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

Small business: increase deductions for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 697), 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]

———medicare reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see H.R. 580), H2393 [28FE]

Solid waste: exemption for recoverable materials re-used during industrial process (see H.R. 2335), H11829 [7NO]

SSI: restriction on benefits to prisoners (see H.R. 2320), H10485 [19OC]

Taxation: allow individuals to designate percentage of their tax liability to reduce the national debt (see H.R. 13), H163 [9JA]

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

———constitutional amendment on retroactive taxation (see H.J. Res. 48), H243 [13JA]

———credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic home for use as principal residence (see H.R. 1662), H5190 [17MY]

———earned income tax credits relative to illegal aliens and fraudulent claims (see H.R. 438), H179 [9JA]

———encourage investment in low-income housing (see H.R. 931), H1751 [14FE]

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

———exclude certain business taxable income relative to sponsorship payments (see H.R. 1161), H6913 [12JY]

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

———exemptions for health risk pools (see H.R. 539), H2584 [2MR]

———income tax credit for property used to control environmental pollution and for soil and water conservation expenditures (see H.R. 41), H164 [9JA]

———increase the unified estate and gift tax credit (see H.R. 62), H468 [20JA]

———individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 682), H970 [31JA]

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

———modify application of passive loss limitations to timber activities (see H.R. 902), H3073 [13MR]

———modify pension plan rules for State judicial retirement plans (see H.R. 1314), H5983 [14JN]

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

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

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

———permit tax-free rollover of certain payments made by employers to separated employees (see H.R. 1251), H10484 [19OC]

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

———provide that overpayments shall be reduced by the amount of past-due enforceable State tax obligations (see H.R. 757), H969 [31JA]

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

———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see H.R. 784), H4619 [9MY]

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

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

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

———treatment of estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 1099), H4619 [9MY]

———treatment of geological, geophysical, and surface casing costs similar to intangible drilling and development costs (see H.R. 578), H4105 [3AP]

———treatment of homemakers' individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 708, 1040), H802 [26JA], H2223 [24FE]

———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 qualified historic properties relative to estate taxes (see H.R. 1945), H6481 [28JN]

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

Veterans: eliminate disparity between civilian and military retiree cost-of-living adjustments (see H.R. 38), H1850 [15FE]

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

Vietnam: funding for diplomatic and economic relations relative to cooperation with efforts to account for POW/MIA (see H.J. Res. 89), H6270 [22JN]

Volunteer workers: grant immunity from personal civil liability during work on behalf of governmental entities or nonprofit organizations (see H.R. 911), H5072 [16MY]

Wetlands: conservation and management (see H.R. 1330), H4546 [3MY]

Remarks by, on

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 115), H11899, H11900 [8NO]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 115), motion to postpone consideration of veto, H12243, H12244, H12246 [14NO]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), H767 [26JA]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2491), conference report, H13164 [17NO]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1996-2002 (H. Con. Res. 122), H15140 [19DE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1530), H5943 [14JN]

Families and domestic relations: child support enforcement, H3623, H3632 [23MR]

House Rules: require a three-fifths majority on the passage of legislation increasing revenue, H767 [26JA]

Medicare: reform (H.R. 2425), H10333, H10337 [19OC]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (H.J. Res. 73), H3907 [29MR]

National security: national missile defense systems, H5943 [14JN]

Parliamentary inquiry, H3500 [22MR]

Public debt: ceiling (H.R. 2586), H12007, H12008 [9NO]

———ceiling (H.R. 2586), veto—motion to postpone consideration, H12153 [13NO]

———enforce debt limit and protect obligated trust funds (H.R. 2621), H12235, H12236, H12237, H12238 [14NO]

Public welfare programs: conditional assistance to teenage unwed mothers, H3516, H3520, H3521 [22MR]

———reform (H.R. 4), H3357 [21MR], H3494, H3516, H3520, H3521 [22MR], H3623, H3632, H3684 [23MR]

———reform (H.R. 4), conference report, H15520, H15521 [21DE]

Taxation: encourage investment in low-income housing (H.R. 931), E337 [14FE]

———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), H1928 [21FE]

———rates (H.R. 1215), H4219 [5AP]

Treaties and agreements: Antiballistic Missile Treaty, H5943 [14JN]

Schedules

Committee on Ways and Means (House): Subcommittee on Health: saving medicare and budget reconciliations, D895 [20JY]

———Subcommittee on Human Resources: public welfare programs reform relative to SSI, D103 [27JA]

———Subcommittee on Social Security: Social Security Disability Insurance Program, D662 [24MY]