McHALE, PAUL (a Representative from Pennsylvania)

Amendments offered by, to

Courts: reform civil justice system (H.R. 988), H2684, H2719 [6MR]

National security: revitalize (H.R. 7), H1851 [15FE], H1854 [16FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Employment: develop program making career opportunities information available on publicly accessible networks and other electronic media (see H.R. 2376), H9452 [21SE]

Executive departments: provide authority to issue rulings respecting application of laws under their jurisdiction (see H.R. 2377), H9452 [21SE]

Government: reform disclosure of lobbying activities to influence the Federal Government (see H.R. 2169, 2268), H8308 [2AU], H8596 [6SE]

House of Representatives: reduce number of Members (see H.R. 2068), H7256 [19JY]

House Rules: reduce time for recorded votes (see H. Res. 195), H7256 [19JY]

———require two-thirds vote to approve naming of Speaker Pro Tempore (see H. Res. 196), H7256 [19JY]

Major League Baseball: application of antitrust laws (see H.R. 2022), H6913 [12JY]

Small business: awarding of contracts to individuals considered economically disadvantaged (see H.R. 2379), H9452 [21SE]

———require White House Conference on Small Business to publish final report in the Federal Register and to distribute copies to SBA regional offices (see H.R. 2378), H9452 [21SE]

Taxation: credit for employee training expenses paid or incurred by the employer (see H.R. 2382), H9452 [21SE]

———increase the exclusion for gain from certain small business stock (see H.R. 2385), H9452 [21SE]

———issuance of tax-exempt bonds for air and water pollution control facilities (see H.R. 2380), H9452 [21SE]

———modify certain rules relating to subchapter S corporations BR deg.h2383, H9452 [21SE]

———treatment of regular investment tax credits (see H.R. 2384), H9452 [21SE]

———treatment of small issue bonds (see H.R. 2381), H9452 [21SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Agriculture: price supports for milk (see H.R. 2000), H6735 [10JY]

———price supports for peanuts (see H.R. 2008), H10726 [24OC]

———price supports for sugar (see H.R. 1687), H11686 [1NO]

Air pollution: reduction of work-related vehicle trips in ozone nonattainment areas (see H.R. 325), H840 [27JA]

Alaska: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1000), H8537 [4AU]

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

———reduce discretionary spending limits (see H.R. 1162), H3327 [16MR]

Armed Forces: procedures for determining status of certain missing members (see H.R. 945), H4031 [30MR]

Aviation: repeal increase in transportation fuels tax applicable to commercial aviation (see H.R. 752), H8361 [3AU]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: U.S. military enforcement of peace agreement between Serbian, Croatian, and Muslim forces (see H. Con. Res. 118), H14172 [6DE]

———U.S. military intervention (see H. Res. 247), H11441 [30OC]

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

———deficit (see H. Res. 94), H2176 [23FE]

Business and industry: volunteer guidelines for socially responsible practices for U.S. businesses operating abroad (see H.R. 910), H1688 [13FE]

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorizing use of grounds for display of steel home building materials (see H. Con. Res. 85), H7378 [20JY]

China, People's Republic of: prohibit entry of items produced, grown, or manufactured with forced labor (see H.R. 139), H970 [31JA]

Civil rights: prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (see H.R. 1863), H11829 [7NO]

Congress: treatment of Members and employees for retirement purposes (see H.R. 1353), H3974 [29MR]

Consumer Price Index: calculation (see H. Res. 45), H802 [26JA]

Correctional institutions: prevent luxurious prison conditions (see H.R. 663), H803 [26JA]

Crime: false identification documents (see H.R. 399), H4336 [5AP]

———require opening of campus security crime logs at institutions of higher education (see H.R. 2416), H14173 [6DE]

Dept. of HHS: establish domestic violence community response teams (see H.R. 2665), H13341 [18NO]

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 certain authorities (see H.R. 2219), H8994 [14SE]

Diseases: payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted human immunodeficiency virus due to contaminated blood products (see H.R. 1023), H2176 [23FE]

Elections: contribution limitations for multicandidate political committees (see H.R. 2141), H7990 [28JY]

Employment: tax credit for the hiring of displaced homemakers (see H.R. 110), H803 [26JA]

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

Explosives: Federal permit requirements for distribution or receipt of explosives (see H.R. 488), H468 [20JA]

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]

FDA: increase the voting consumer representation of the Blood Products Advisory Committee (see H.R. 1021), H6736 [10JY]

Federal employees: strengthen post-employment restrictions on certain executive and legislative branch officials (see H.R. 1576), H4545 [3MY]

Federal firefighters: hourly and overtime pay rates and pay equity with public sector firefighters (see H.R. 858), H3417 [21MR]

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: amend relative to minor use of pesticides (see H.R. 1352), H4512 [2MY]

Firefighters: exempt firefighters and rescue squad workers from certain Fair Labor Standards Act provisions relative to volunteer work in a professional capacity (see H.R. 94), H6481 [28JN]

Flag—U.S.: express respect and affection (see H. Con. Res. 76), H6159 [20JN]

Government: reform disclosure of lobbying activities to influence the Federal Government (see H.R. 2564), H11586 [31OC]

H. John Heinz III, Dept. of Veterans Affairs Nursing Care Center, Aspinwall, PA: designate (see H.R. 2760), H14310 [12DE]

Hazardous substances: nuclear waste disposal (see H.R. 1020), H4873 [11MY]

Health: designate obstetrician-gynecologists as primary care providers for women under Federal health care regulations (see H. Res. 30), H890 [30JA]

———prohibit discrimination in employer health benefit plans relative to neurobiological disorders (see H.R. 1797), H5752 [8JN]

House of Representatives: official mail allowance (see H.R. 1755), H5689 [7JN]

———official travel requirements (see H.R. 1222), H3155 [14MR]

———require that excess amounts from Members' official allowances be applied to deficit reduction (see H.R. 1333), H3879 [28MR]

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

House Rules: ban on the acceptance of gifts and lobbyist-sponsored perks (see H. Res. 134), H4415 [6AP]

———reform gift rules (see H. Res. 214, 250), H8597 [6SE], H12085 [9NO]

Israel: relocate U.S. embassy to Jerusalem (see H.R. 1595), H8597 [6SE]

Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1484), H5471 [23MY]

Legislative Branch of the Government: application of certain laws (see H.R. 1), H158 [9JA]

Max Rosenn U.S. Courthouse, Wilkes-Barre, PA: designate (see H.R. 1718), H14003 [5DE]

Medicaid: coverage of services provided by nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists (see H.R. 1339), H3879 [28MR]

Medicare: prostate cancer screening (see H.R. 1496), H4431 [7AP]

———reform (see H.R. 2152), H8174 [1AU]

———screening mammography (see H.R. 958), H5609 [25MY]

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

Members of Congress: ratify States' right to limit terms (see H.R. 850), H4031 [30MR]

Music: licensing (see H.R. 789), H3879 [28MR]

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

Native Americans: status of Indian children (see H.R. 1448), H4620 [9MY]

Patents: biotechnology process protection (see H.R. 587), H890 [30JA]

———early publication of patent applications (see H.R. 1733), H10726 [24OC]

———restore term (see H.R. 359), H4415 [6AP]

Pensions: revise effective date for cost-of-living adjustments for military retirees (see H.R. 2664), H13340 [18NO]

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

POW/MIA: granting of asylum to certain foreign nationals assisting in the return of living POW/MIA (see H.R. 460), H3156 [14MR]

Public utilities: deregulation of the electric power industry (see H.R. 2562), H11586 [31OC]

Public welfare programs: reform (see H.R. 982), H1907 [16FE]

Refuse disposal: State control of municipal solid waste transportation and disposal (see H.R. 1249), H3276 [15MR]

Small business: increase deductions for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 52), H164 [9JA]

———restore deductions for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 696), H890 [30JA]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds (see H.R. 2628), H13274 [17NO]

———medicare reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see H.R. 580), H9738 [29SE]

Taxation: church pension benefit plans (see H.R. 528), H9784 [10OC]

———clarify exclusion from gross income for veterans benefits (see H.R. 972), H6830 [11JY]

———credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (see H.R. 1662), H7917 [27JY]

———deduction for interest paid on debt secured by a first or second home (see H. Con. Res. 10), H1208 [3FE]

———employer credits for expenses of providing dependent care services to employees (see H.R. 881), H1555 [9FE]

———exclusion of employer-provided educational assistance (see H.R. 127), H1052 [1FE]

———increase the unified estate and gift tax credit (see H.R. 62), H970 [31JA]

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

———permit opponents of war to designate tax payments to a Peace Tax Fund (see H.R. 1402), H4335 [5AP]

———provide election for an overpayment when certain income taxes are secured by real estate (see H.R. 2761), H14310 [12DE]

———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), H5905 [13JN]

———treatment of military income derived from services performed during a contingency operation (see H.R. 2776), H14764 [13DE]

Tax-exempt organizations: authorize receipt of Federal loans, grants, or contracts to organizations engaging in lobbying activities (see H.R. 2785), H14963 [15DE]

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. 2030), H7011 [13JY]

Transportation: provide off-budget treatment for certain transportation trust funds (see H.R. 842), H8174 [1AU]

Veterans: eliminate disparity between civilian and military retiree cost-of-living adjustments (see H.R. 38), H8994 [14SE]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 65, 303), H6830 [11JY], H9897 [11OC]

———retroactive determination of military disability benefits eligibility (see H.R. 973), H6830 [11JY]

Volunteer workers: grant immunity from personal civil liability during work on behalf of governmental entities or nonprofit organizations (see H.R. 911), H1688 [13FE]

World War II: mint coins in commemoration of 50th anniversary of the Marshall Plan and of George C. Marshall (see H.R. 1406), H13274 [17NO]

Citations

Commiskey, Henry A.: awarding of Medal of Honor, H7797 [26JY]

Medal of Honor to Joseph J. McCarthy, H2154 [23FE]

Remarks by, on

Armed Forces: define the congressional and Presidential role in the use of troops overseas, H1863 [16FE]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: require congressional approval prior to U.S. military intervention (H.R. 2606), H13224 [17NO]

———U.S. military enforcement of peace agreement between Serbian, Croatian, and Muslim forces (H. Res. 302), H14857 [13DE]

———U.S. military intervention (H. Res. 247), H11399 [30OC]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2491), H11354 [26OC]

Congress: reform lobbying disclosure and gift rules, H11472 [31OC]

Courts: reform civil justice system (H.R. 988), H2685, H2686, H2687, H2688, H2689, H2690, H2691 [6MR]

Government: reform disclosure of lobbying activities to influence the Federal Government (H.R. 2564), H13104 [16NO]

———reform disclosure of lobbying activities to influence the Federal Government (H.R. 2564), consideration (H. Res. 269), H13097, H13098 [16NO]

House of Representatives: official mail allowance, H6187 [21JN]

Korean War Veterans Memorial: dedication, H7797, H7798 [26JY]

Korea/Vietnam Memorial National Educational Center: tribute, H1976 [22FE]

Legislative Branch of the Government: application of certain laws (H.R. 1), H97 [4JA]

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 1854), H6187 [21JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2492), consideration (H. Res. 239), H11472 [31OC]

National security: revitalize (H.R. 7), H1854, H1863 [16FE]

National Weather Service: requirements for office closings, H9934 [12OC]

Science: authorizing appropriations for Federal civilian science activities (H.R. 2405), H9934 [12OC]

World War II: anniversary of battle of Iwo Jima, H2154 [23FE]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H2174 [23FE]

Schedules

Committee on the Judiciary (House): Subcommittee on the Constitution: lobbying disclosure reform, D1051 [7SE]

—————reform of laws governing lobbying, D652 [23MY]