HAYES, JAMES A. (a Representative from Louisiana)

Amendments offered by, to

Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (H.R. 5), H403 [19JA], H941 [31JA]

Fishery Conservation and Management Act: reauthorizing (H.R. 39), H10243, H10244 [18OC]

Government regulations: moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions (H.R. 450), H2144 [23FE]

———reform regulatory process (H.R. 1022), H2308 [27FE], H2356 [28FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Courts: treatment of certain transportation and subsistence expenses of retired judges (see H.R. 816), H1207 [3FE]

Dept. of Labor: consultation with State officials by employers relative to compliance with occupational safety and health requirements (see H.R. 1433), H4413 [6AP]

Ecology and environment: financial responsibility requirements for offshore facilities (see H.R. 633), H537 [23JA]

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

Mining and mineral resources: provide tax credit for the production of oil and gas from marginal and new wells (see H.R. 577), H399 [19JA]

Occupational safety and health: establish voluntary programs to protect employees from hazards (see H.R. 1824), H5904 [13JN]

Power resources: tax credit for fuels produced by offshore deep-water projects (see H.R. 576), H399 [19JA]

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

———treatment of geological, geophysical, and surface casing costs similar to intangible drilling and development costs (see H.R. 578), H399 [19JA]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 1833), H7179 [18JY]

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

Air pollution: reduction of work-related vehicle trips in ozone nonattainment areas (see H.R. 325), H2393 [28FE]

Airlines: percentage of voting interests of air carriers required to be owned or controlled by U.S. citizens (see H.R. 951), H5471 [23MY]

Appropriations: line-item veto (see H.R. 27), H296 [17JA]

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

Armed Forces: organization and management of reserve components (see H.R. 1646), H5071 [16MY]

Aviation: repeal increase in transportation fuels tax applicable to commercial aviation (see H.R. 752), H4546 [3MY]

Budget: automatic adjustments of discretionary spending limits and reduction of obligation limits (see H.R. 700), H1208 [3FE]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1, 28), H175 [9JA], H296 [17JA]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (see H.R. 2530), H10848 [25OC]

———reform process (see H.R. 2599), H11939 [8NO]

Children and youth: child labor provisions relative to loading of materials into balers and compacters (see H.R. 1114), H4032 [30MR]

Citizenship: status of children born in U.S. to parents who are not citizens or permanent resident aliens (see H.R. 1363), H4031 [30MR]

Coins: issue one dollar coin (see H.R. 534), H3733 [23MR]

———mint coins recommended by the Citizens Commemorative Coin Advisory Committee (see H.R. 1753), H7012 [13JY]

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

Consumers: establish a toll-free telephone number in the Dept. of Commerce to assist consumers in identifying domestically-produced merchandise (see H.R. 447), H1371 [7FE]

Crime: increase penalties for armed violent criminals (see H.R. 1488), H9363 [20SE]

Dept. of Energy: authorizing appropriations for civilian research, development, demonstration, and commercial application activities (see H.R. 1816), H5904 [13JN]

Disasters: provide for hazard mitigation, relief, and insurance against natural disasters (see H.R. 1856), H6045 [15JN]

Diseases: payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted human immunodeficiency virus due to contaminated blood products (see H.R. 1023), H9738 [29SE]

Education: student loan reform (see H.R. 530), H5691 [7JN]

Endangered Species Act: determination of threatened species relative to reauthorization (see H.R. 571), H1461 [8FE]

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

EPA: authorizing appropriations for environmental research, development, and demonstration activities (see H.R. 1814), H5904 [13JN]

———State grants to finance the construction or improvement of water supply systems (see H.R. 2747), H14238 [7DE]

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]

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: amend relative to minor use of pesticides (see H.R. 1352), H5191 [17MY]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: amend (see H.R. 961), H1849 [15FE]

Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (see H.R. 5), H231 [11JA]

Firearms: protect and enforce the right to obtain and use firearms for security, self-defense, and other legitimate purposes (see H.R. 78), H165 [9JA]

———repeal ban on assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices (see H.R. 125, 464), H167 [9JA], H400 [19JA]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 79), H4415 [6AP]

Foreign trade: expand authority for the export of drugs or medical devices (see H.R. 1300), H8309 [2AU]

Government regulations: analysis on the impact on small businesses and State and local government (see H.R. 58), H165 [9JA]

———cumulative cost/benefit accounting statement for regulatory programs (see H.R. 1636), H9671 [28SE]

———moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions (see H.R. 450), H1556 [9FE]

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

Gulf of Mexico: production of oil and gas resources (see H.R. 2106), H7699 [25JY]

Hazardous substances: nuclear waste disposal (see H.R. 1020), H4433 [7AP]

———require one-call notification system to protect against chemical spills (see H.R. 2440), H9738 [29SE]

Health: designate obstetrician-gynecologists as primary care providers for women under Federal health care regulations (see H. Res. 30), H4415 [6AP]

———include organ donation forms and information in individual income tax refund payments (see H.R. 1889), H6699 [30JN]

Health care professionals: exempt physician office laboratories from clinical laboratory requirements (see H.R. 1386), H8904 [13SE]

House of Representatives: official mail allowance (see H.R. 847), H1371 [7FE]

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

House Rules: reform gift rules (see H. Res. 264), H12127 [10NO]

Immigration: moratorium on aliens except for relatives of U.S. citizens, certain highly skilled workers, and refugees (see H.R. 373), H4915 [12MY]

———reform admission policies, treatment of criminal aliens and alien smuggling, documentation requirements, and border security (see H.R. 1915, 2202), H6269 [22JN], H8533 [4AU]

Insurance: compliance by sellers and underwriters with State consumer protection requirements (see H.R. 1317), H3807 [24MR]

Labor: allow cooperative efforts between management and labor to improve economic competitiveness (see H.R. 743), H889 [30JA]

Medicare: chiropractic services (see H.R. 997), H10146 [17OC]

———colorectal screening (see H.R. 922), H8684 [7SE]

———screening mammography (see H.R. 958), H3808 [24MR]

Medicare and Medicaid Coverage Data Bank: repeal (see H.R. 952), H5905 [13JN]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (see H.J. Res. 2, 5), H593 [24JA]

Mississippi: transfer lands for Jamie L. Whitten Wilderness Area (see H.R. 2552), H10994 [26OC]

Motor vehicles: average fuel economy standards for automobiles (see H.R. 2200), H9592 [27SE]

———delay implementation of enhanced vehicle inspection and maintenance programs (see H.R. 46), H6046 [15JN]

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

National Gambling Impact and Policy Commission: establish (see H.R. 497), H10994 [26OC]

National security: revitalize (see H.R. 872), H1554 [9FE]

National Wildlife Refuge System: improve management (see H.R. 1675), H5366 [18MY]

Natural gas: enhance safety, training, research, and development in the propane gas industry (see H.R. 1514), H9738 [29SE]

NIH: funding for diabetes-related research (see H.R. 1656), H8537 [4AU]

NOAA: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1815), H5904 [13JN]

Oil Pollution Act: require Federal agencies to differentiate between organic oils and petroleum-based oils (see H.R. 436), H6830 [11JY]

Oklahoma City, OK: bombing of Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building (see H. Res. 135), H4512 [2MY]

Patents: restore term (see H.R. 359), H231 [11JA]

Pesticides: definition and regulation of the minor use of pesticides (see H.R. 1627), H5191 [17MY]

Petroleum: export of Alaska North Slope crude oil (see H.R. 70), H5367 [18MY]

———management of royalties from Federal and Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas leases (see H.R. 1975), H8725 [8SE]

Pharmaceuticals: guarantee practice of pharmacy compounding and ensure supply of bulk drug products (see H.R. 598), H4512 [2MY]

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

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

———reform (see H.R. 982), H1907 [16FE]

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

Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of 150th anniversary (see H.R. 2627), H13274 [17NO]

Social Security: ensure integrity of trust funds (see H.R. 491), H593 [24JA]

———maintain earnings test correlation between disability insurance benefits for the blind and retirement age benefits (see H. Con. Res. 23), H1908 [16FE]

———medicare reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see H.R. 580), H4619 [9MY]

Solid waste: exemption for recoverable materials re-used during industrial process (see H.R. 2335), H8994 [14SE]

Surplus Government property: State priority for transfer of Dept. of Defense nonlethal excess supplies (see H.R. 1259), H4336 [5AP]

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

———deductibility of business meal expenses for individuals who are subject to Federal limitations on hours of service (see H.R. 1003), H2651 [3MR]

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

———exemptions for health risk pools (see H.R. 539), H8361 [3AU]

———increase the unified estate and gift tax credit (see H.R. 62), H400 [19JA]

———individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 682), H2584 [2MR]

———modify application of passive loss limitations to timber activities (see H.R. 902), H1688 [13FE]

———require burden of proof to be on the Dept. of the Treasury in all tax cases (see H.R. 390), H468 [20JA]

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

———treatment of individual investment accounts (see H.R. 328), H2393 [28FE]

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

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

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

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), H5691 [7JN]

———revise effective dates for discontinuance of compensation and pension benefits (see H.R. 109), H803 [26JA]

Water pollution: standards for constructed water conveyances (see H.R. 2567), H14927 [14DE]

Wetlands: agricultural conversion of certain wetlands (see H.R. 198), H169 [9JA]

Letters

Resignation from the House of Representatives' Democratic Caucus: Representative Fazio, H14273 [12DE]

Remarks by, on

Alaska Power Administration: sale of hydroelectric projects (S. 395), H7582 [25JY]

Babbitt, Sec. of the Interior: article on property rights ownership, H809 [27JA]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), H708 [26JA]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2491), H11361 [26OC]

CBO: analysis of legislation to determine impact of Federal mandates, H369 [19JA]

Courts: judicial authority in cases involving Federal regulatory rulemaking actions, H2111 [23FE]

Dept. of Commerce: abolish, E2180 [14NO]

Dept. of Labor: consultation with State officials by employers relative to compliance with occupational safety and health requirements (H.R. 1433), E829 [7AP]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2020), H7235 [19JY]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2099), H7941 [28JY]

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

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

EPA: enforcement of certain environmental laws, H7941 [28JY]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: amend (H.R. 961), H4707, H4756 [10MY], H4880, H4888, H4889 [12MY], H4953, H4954, H4955 [15MY], H4984, H4989 [16MY], E380 [16FE]

Federal-State relations: Federal agency preparation of analysis on industry job losses relative to unfunded Federal mandates, H941, H942 [31JA]

———reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (H.R. 5), H347, H369 [19JA], H941, H942 [31JA], E285 [7FE]

Fish and fishing: require industry use of fish-exclusion devices for the importation of fish, H10243, H10244 [18OC]

Fishery Conservation and Management Act: reauthorizing (H.R. 39), H10243, H10244 [18OC]

Government regulations: analysis on the impact on small businesses and State and local government (H.R. 58), E285 [7FE]

———moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions (H.R. 450), H2111, H2144, H2145, H2146 [23FE], H2206 [24FE]

———moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions designating endangered species or critical habitat, H2206 [24FE]

———reform regulatory process (H.R. 1022), H2356, H2362 [28FE], E525 [6MR]

Hunting and trapping: exempt recreational and subsistence activities from moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions, H2144, H2145, H2146 [23FE]

ICC: eliminate and reform certain transportation regulations (H.R. 2539), H12260 [14NO]

National Sea Grant College Program: reauthorization, H9811 [11OC]

National security: revitalize (H.R. 7), H1877 [16FE]

NATO: mandatory military and foreign aid programs in Eastern European countries, H1877 [16FE]

Occupational safety and health: establish voluntary programs to protect employees from hazards (H.R. 1824), E1238 [14JN]

Petroleum: export of Alaska North Slope crude oil (S. 395), H7582 [25JY]

Public debt: ceiling (H.R. 2586), E2180 [14NO]

Real property: compensation to owners of private property relative to regulatory restrictions (H.R. 925), H2525 [2MR]

Science: authorizing appropriations for Federal civilian science activities (H.R. 2405), H9811 [11OC]

Sewage disposal: funding for State sewage treatment plant construction, H4880 [12MY]

Taxation: treatment of individuals benefiting from renouncement of citizenship, H7235 [19JY]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: opening of migratory bird hunting season relative to moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions, E525 [6MR]

University of Maryland: tribute to men's basketball team, H1437 [8FE]

Water pollution: clean water standards, H2356 [28FE]

Wetlands: restoration and conservation programs, H4953, H4954, H4955 [15MY], H4984, H4989 [16MY]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H1906 [16FE]

Resignations

Committee on Science (House), H14273 [12DE]

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H14273 [12DE]

Schedules

Committee on Rules (House): Federal Water Pollution Control Act amendments, D569 [9MY]