CRAMER, ROBERT E. (BUD), JR. (a Representative from Alabama)

Amendments offered by, to

Science: authorizing appropriations for Federal civilian science activities (H.R. 2405), H9784 [10OC], H9931 [12OC]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

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]

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

———procedures for determining status of certain missing members (see H.R. 945), H7801 [26JY]

Aviation: repeal increase in transportation fuels tax applicable to commercial aviation (see H.R. 752), H7012 [13JY]

Award, medals, prizes: establish congressional commemorative medal for organ donors (see H.R. 2551), H13804 [29NO]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: U.S. military intervention (see H. Res. 247), H11441 [30OC]

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

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

———reform process (see H.R. 2599), H13341 [18NO]

CERCLA: clarify liability for certain recycling transactions (see H.R. 820), H2651 [3MR]

Charities: clarify exemptions from securities and antitrust laws relative to charitable gift annuities (see H.R. 2519, 2525), H12128 [10NO], H12350 [14NO]

Children and youth: child labor provisions relative to loading of materials into balers and compacters (see H.R. 1114), H8725 [8SE]

Coins: mint coins recommended by the Citizens Commemorative Coin Advisory Committee (see H.R. 1753), H6699 [30JN]

Courts: prevent jury tampering (see H.R. 1145), H6736 [10JY]

———prevent witness retaliation (see H.R. 1143), H6736 [10JY]

———prevent witness tampering (see H.R. 1144), H6736 [10JY]

———reorganize administrative law judiciary (see H.R. 1802), H9505 [25SE]

Crime: false identification documents (see H.R. 1552), H6083 [16JN]

———increase penalties for armed violent criminals (see H.R. 1488), H8537 [4AU]

Dept. of Defense: grant recognition for meritorious service to aviators who meet the qualification standards of the Air Forces Escape and Evasion Society (see H. Res. 37), H7068 [17JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: display of POW/MIA flag at medical centers relative to full accounting of Vietnam-era POW/MIA (see H.R. 2013), H6830 [11JY]

———extend benefits to certain merchant mariners who served during World War II (see H.R. 44), H2584 [2MR]

———outpatient medical services for former POW (see H.R. 468), H8904 [13SE]

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

Endangered Species Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2275), H13731 [28NO]

English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see H.R. 123), H1752 [14FE]

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

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

Federal employees: establish additional Thrift Savings Plan investment funds (see H.R. 2306), H15633 [22DE]

Firearms: repeal ban on assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices (see H.R. 125), H4336 [5AP]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 14, 79), H3416, H3417 [21MR]

Government: continuance of pay and authority to make certain expenditures and obligations when there is a lapse in appropriations (see H.R. 2007), H8806 [12SE]

———continuance of pay when there is a lapse in appropriations (see H.R. 2184), H8994 [14SE]

———ensure stoppage of payment for the President, Vice President, and Members of Congress during Government shutdown (see H.R. 2671), H13804 [29NO]

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

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

Health: designate obstetrician-gynecologists as primary care providers for women under Federal health care regulations (see H. Res. 30), H1968 [21FE]

———develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth defects (see H.R. 1010), H4512 [2MY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 2071), H8537 [4AU]

Health care professionals: exempt physician office laboratories from clinical laboratory requirements (see H.R. 1386), H6656 [29JN]

Historic buildings and sites: study battlefields of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 (see H.R. 810), H6159 [20JN]

Holk Post Office Building, Foley, AL: designate (see H.R. 2262), H8596 [6SE]

House of Representatives: return of excess amounts from official allowances to the Treasury for deficit reduction (see H.R. 26), H3276 [15MR]

Housing: homeownership opportunities and extension of the rural rental housing program (see H.R. 1691), H7801 [26JY]

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

Immigration: reform admission policies, treatment of criminal aliens and alien smuggling, documentation requirements, and border security (see H.R. 2202), H8904 [13SE]

India: independence anniversary (see H. Res. 36), H8309 [2AU]

Interstate compacts: consent of Congress to amend the Historic Chattahoochee Compact between Alabama and Georgia (see H.R. 2064), H7256 [19JY]

Medicare: chiropractic services (see H.R. 997), H5691 [7JN]

———coverage of blood-testing strips for individuals with diabetes (see H.R. 1074), H4795 [10MY]

———diabetes outpatient self-management training services (see H.R. 1073), H4795 [10MY]

———multiple sclerosis drug treatments (see H.R. 1078), H5623 [6JN]

———prostate cancer screening (see H.R. 1496), H6270 [22JN]

———screening mammography (see H.R. 958), H11587 [31OC]

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), H13142 [16NO]

Mining and mineral resources: provide States with exclusive jurisdiction over regulation of surface coal mining within their borders (see H.R. 2372), H11939 [8NO]

Motor vehicles: average fuel economy standards for automobiles (see H.R. 2200), H8806 [12SE]

National security: policy (see H. Con. Res. 100), H14003 [5DE]

National Tourism Organization: establish (see H.R. 2579), H12190 [13NO]

National Voter Registration Act: repeal (see H.R. 370), H1208 [3FE]

National Weather Service: eliminate certain activities and functions (see H.R. 1450), H5623 [6JN]

Natural gas: enhance safety, training, research, and development in the propane gas industry (see H.R. 1514), H4432 [7AP]

NIH: establish an Office for Rare Disease Research (see H.R. 2027), H9784 [10OC]

Patents: restore term (see H.R. 359), H179 [9JA]

Pensions: exclude the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund from the Federal budget (see H.R. 103), H4619 [9MY]

———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), H7990 [28JY]

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

POW: authorize the awarding of the Purple Heart to individuals who were POW before certain date (see H.R. 1458), H8904 [13SE]

Prayer: constitutional amendment on voluntary school prayer (see H.J. Res. 16), H1752 [14FE]

Research: increase supply of minority scientists and help the public and private sectors in research and development needs (see H.R. 1459), H6913 [12JY]

Roads and highways: repeal requirement to use asphalt containing recycled crumb rubber for paving (see H.R. 1242), H5191 [17MY]

Small business: increase deductions for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 34, 697), H1281 [6FE], H1371 [7FE]

Smithsonian Institution: establish National African-American Museum (see H.R. 786), H3049 [10MR]

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

Social Security: medicare reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see H.R. 580), H3417 [21MR]

States: tax treatment of certain pension income (see H.R. 371, 394), H2306 [27FE], H4619 [9MY]

Taxation: business meal and entertainment expense deductions (see H.R. 974), H9738 [29SE]

———church pension benefit plans (see H.R. 528), H7257 [19JY]

———election of taxable fiscal year for partnerships and S corporations (see H.R. 1661), H6482 [28JN]

———exclusion of employer-provided educational assistance (see H.R. 127), H1281 [6FE]

———inapplicability of the look-back method on construction contracts requiring the percentage of completion accounting method (see H.R. 2722), H14239 [7DE]

———make permanent the credit for increasing research activities (see H.R. 803), H4336 [5AP]

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

———prevent reclassification of certain dues paid to tax-exempt agricultural and horticultural organizations (see H.R. 783), H3156 [14MR]

———repeal Federal estate and gift taxes and the tax on generation-skipping transfers (see H.R. 784), H1051 [1FE]

———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 dyed diesel fuel relative to recreational boaters (see H.R. 1821), H8806 [12SE]

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

———treatment of homemakers' individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 708), H1208 [3FE]

Television: establish violent program ratings system, require new televisions to allow blocking of certain programming, and limit exposure of children to violent programming (see H.R. 1807), H6083 [16JN]

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

Tobacco products: prohibit regulation of tobacco-sponsored advertising used by professional motor sports associations (see H.R. 2265), H10307 [18OC]

Trails: designate the voting rights march route from Selma, AL, to Montgomery, AL, as a National Historic Trail (see H.R. 1129), H2651 [3MR]

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]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 65, 303), H2487 [1MR]

———revise effective dates for discontinuance of compensation and pension benefits (see H.R. 109), H11829 [7NO]

Vietnam: funding for diplomatic and economic relations relative to cooperation with efforts to account for POW/MIA (see H.J. Res. 89), H6699 [30JN]

World War II: mint coins in commemoration of 50th anniversary of the Marshall Plan and of George C. Marshall (see H.R. 1406), H9738 [29SE]

Certificates of election

House of Representatives, H1 [4JA]

Remarks by, on

Appalachian Regional Commission: funding, H6857 [12JY]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), H766 [26JA]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2491), H10794 [25OC], H11357 [26OC]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1996-2002 (H. Con. Res. 122), H15152 [19DE]

Crime: incarceration of violent criminals (H.R. 667), H1490, H1499, H1508 [9FE]

Dept. of Commerce: abolish the Economic Development Administration, H7746 [26JY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1530), H5947 [14JN]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1977), H7111 [18JY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State and the Judiciary: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2076), H7746 [26JY]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2099), H7854 [27JY], H7927 [28JY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 1905), H6857, H6876 [12JY]

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

National Weather Service: requirements for office closings, H9931, H9932, H9935 [12OC], H10143 [17OC], H10794 [25OC]

Public welfare programs: reform (H.R. 4), H3687 [23MR]

Science: authorizing appropriations for Federal civilian science activities (H.R. 2405), H9931, H9932, H9935 [12OC], H10143 [17OC]

Space policy: development, assembly, and operation of the international space station (H.R. 1601), H9564 [27SE]

———space station program funding, H7854 [27JY], H7927 [28JY]

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

TVA: funding, H6876 [12JY]