MILLER, GEORGE (a Representative from California)

Addresses

Tribute to Nancy Daly: by, E916 [2MY]

Amendments offered by, to

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1976), H7012, H7013 [13JY], H7068 [17JY], H7180 [18JY], H7257 [19JY]

Arkansas: conveyance of the Corning National Fish Hatchery (H.R. 535), H5638 [7JN]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1977), H6832 [11JY], H6970 [13JY]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: amend (H.R. 961), H4646 [9MY]

Fishery Conservation and Management Act: reauthorizing (H.R. 39), H10222, H10242 [18OC]

Iowa: conveyance of Fairport National Fish Hatchery (H.R. 584), H5643 [7JN]

National Highway System: designate (H.R. 2274), H9246 [19SE], H9307, H9364 [20SE]

Petroleum: export of Alaska North Slope crude oil (H.R. 70), H7462 [21JY], H7500 [24JY]

Real property: compensation to owners of private property relative to regulatory restrictions (H.R. 925), H2487 [1MR]

Analyses

Recover Fair Market Value for Disposal of Federal Natural Assets (H.R. 721), E204 [27JA]

Appointments

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

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

———S. 395, sale of Alaska Power Administration hydroelectric projects and export of Alaska North Slope crude oil, H7587 [25JY]

———S. 440, National Highway System designation, H9678 [29SE]

Mexico-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, H4541 [3MY]

Articles and editorials

Bid for Better Life Led to Long Union Career, Sam Richards, Jackson (CA) Ledger-Dispatch, E2034 [26OC]

Big Agriculture Also Drains the Federal Till, Jim Gogek, San Diego (CA) Union-Tribune, E769 [4AP]

Breaking the Peace in the Water Wars, San Francisco (CA) Chronicle, E1397 [10JY]

Bury This in Grant's Tomb, Mortimer B. Zuckerman, U.S. News & World Report (publication), E587 [14MR]

Crib Death for National Service, Mary McGrory, Washington (DC) Post, E683 [24MR]

He Might Have the Cure for Medicine's Ills, Bettijane Levine, Los Angeles (CA) Times, E1685 [5AU]

Myth About Public Servants, Dan Beard, San Francisco (CA) Chronicle, E1361 [29JN]

Push To Expand Property Rights Stirs Both Hopes and Fears, Charles McCoy, Wall Street Journal, E823-E825 [7AP]

Redistribute State's Water, San Diego (CA) Union-Tribune, E766 [4AP]

Rising to the Defense of Federal Land Agents, Seattle (WA) Post-Intelligencer, E1480 [20JY]

Rummage Sale on the Environment, San Francisco (CA) Chronicle, E1331 [27JN]

Transcendent Life of Edward Roberts, San Francisco (CA) Chronicle, E648 [21MR]

Whacked Out on Waco—The Only Conspiracy House Republicans Will Find in Hearings on the Branch Davidian Siege Is Their Own—To Get the President, San Francisco (CA) Examiner and Chronicle, E1480 [20JY]

Workfare Wimp-Out, Mickey Kaus, New Republic (publication), E445 [27FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Employment: require employers to post information on sexual harassment (see H.R. 1859), H6045 [15JN]

Francis J. Hagel Building, Richmond, CA: designate (see H.R. 2111), H7699 [25JY]

FRS: defer additional increases in interest rates (see H. Res. 54), H969 [31JA]

Health: require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mothers and newborn infants following birth (see H.R. 1936, 1948), H6396 [27JN], H6481 [28JN]

House Rules: disclosure of source of amendments, measures, and committee reports (see H. Res. 132), H4415 [6AP]

Natural resources: recover fair market value for disposal of Federal natural assets (see H.R. 721), H839 [27JA]

Police Athletic League: tribute (see H. Res. 163), H5691 [7JN]

Red Oak Victory (vessel): convey to Richmond Museum Association, Inc., for use as a monument (see H.R. 1860), H6045 [15JN]

Rivers, Ruben: posthumous awarding of Medal of Honor (see H.R. 2228), H8534 [4AU]

States: Federal recognition of any coastal moratorium on leasing, exploration, and development of the Outer Continental Shelf (see H.R. 1898), H6158 [20JN]

Vallejo, CA: allow sharing of Federal water delivery canal space of the Solano Project (see H.R. 2229), H8534 [4AU]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Abortion: killings at abortion clinics in Brookline, MA (see H. Con. Res. 13), H1208 [3FE]

———protection of reproductive rights and access to reproductive health care clinics (see H.R. 1952), H6481 [28JN]

Admiralty Island National Monument: provide for land exchange (see H.R. 1266), H3327 [16MR]

Agriculture: provide incentives for the maintenance of farmland in production capacity (see H.R. 2429), H14964 [15DE]

AIDS Cure Project: establish (see H.R. 761), H969 [31JA]

Angeles National Forest: prohibit transfer of lands for use as a solid waste landfill (see H.R. 924), H1689 [13FE]

Animals: prohibit import, export, sale or possession of bear viscera (see H.R. 2240), H13142 [16NO]

———prohibit interstate commerce relative to exotic animals (see H.R. 1202), H3048 [10MR]

———require humane transport of horses en route to slaughtering facilities (see H.R. 2433), H10485 [19OC]

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

Armenia: anniversary of genocide (see H. Con. Res. 47), H6083 [16JN]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), consideration (see H. Res. 33), H230 [11JA]

Business and industry: volunteer guidelines for socially responsible practices for U.S. businesses operating abroad (see H.R. 910), H5753 [8JN]

California Urban Environmental Research and Education Center: continuation of operations (see H.R. 1781), H5691 [7JN]

Children and youth: guidelines for school lunch and breakfast programs (see H.R. 2066), H7461 [21JY]

———guidelines for school lunch and breakfast programs, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 2066), H10111, H10147 [17OC]

———health research (see H.R. 1735), H5608 [25MY]

———provide child care through public-private partnerships (see H.R. 986), H1907 [16FE]

———reform child labor laws (see H.R. 1049), H2224 [24FE]

Civil rights: prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (see H.R. 1507), H5983 [14JN]

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

Civil Rights Act: applications (see H.R. 658), H1850 [15FE]

———availability of information on reproductive health services at federally or State funded family planning clinics (see H.R. 641), H4031 [30MR]

Coastal Zone Management Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1965), H6656 [29JN]

Coins: mint coins recommended by the Citizens Commemorative Coin Advisory Committee (see H.R. 1753), H6270 [22JN]

Contracts: simplify labor laws applicable to Federal contracts (see H.R. 967), H1850 [15FE]

Cuba: exception to trade embargo for medicines and medical supplies, instruments, or equipment (see H.R. 1700), H6270 [22JN]

Cuban Democracy Act: repeal (see H.R. 367), H400 [19JA]

Dept. of Defense: eliminate promotion of civilian marksmanship (see H.R. 638), H1372 [7FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: extend benefits to certain merchant mariners who served during World War II (see H.R. 44), H2224 [24FE]

Disasters: provide for hazard mitigation, relief, and insurance against natural disasters (see H.R. 1856), H8537 [4AU]

Diseases: payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted human immunodeficiency virus due to contaminated blood products (see H.R. 1023), H10146 [17OC]

———research programs for Parkinson's disease (see H.R. 1462), H4414 [6AP]

Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge: designate (see H.R. 1253), H3276 [15MR]

Ecology and environment: financial responsibility requirements for offshore facilities (see H.R. 1002), H3049 [10MR]

———funding to States to implement national estuary conservation and management plans (see H.R. 1438, 1917), H4414 [6AP], H6269 [22JN]

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

English language: encourage status as primary language and recognize importance of multilingualism (see H. Con. Res. 83), H7011 [13JY]

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

Firearms: ban the manufacture, importation, and sale of ammunition that can penetrate police body armor (see H.R. 444), H890 [30JA]

———gun control (see H. Con. Res. 65), H6397 [27JN]

———prohibit possession of nonsporting handguns (see H.R. 250), H7699 [25JY]

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

Food stamps: reduce fraud (see H.R. 1094), H10048 [12OC]

Foreign trade: develop criteria for market access in foreign countries (see H.R. 1560), H4545 [3MY]

———ensure protection of worker rights and environmental standards in any trade agreement (see H.R. 2714), H14002 [5DE]

———prohibit the importation of goods produced abroad with child labor (see H.R. 2065), H7256 [19JY]

Forests: repeal emergency salvage timber sale program (see H.R. 2745), H14238 [7DE]

France: actions relative to moratorium on testing of nuclear weapons (see H. Con. Res. 80; H. Res. 174), H6913 [12JY], H8806 [12SE]

FRS: reform (see H.R. 1498), H8537 [4AU]

FTC: prescriptions for contact lenses (see H.R. 1454), H5623 [6JN]

Fuhrman, Mark: investigation relative to perjury and possible criminal wrong doing committed by the former Los Angeles police detective (see H. Res. 243), H10726 [24OC]

Graham, Billy and Ruth: award congressional gold medal (see H.R. 2657), H14927 [14DE]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 1200), H2989 [9MR]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mothers and newborn infants following birth (see H.R. 1955; H. Con. Res. 79), H6396 [27JN], H6655 [29JN]

House Rules: ban on the acceptance of gifts and lobbyist-sponsored perks (see H. Res. 40), H399 [19JA]

———require that committee reports on legislation contain analysis of impact on children (see H. Res. 184), H6735 [10JY]

Human rights: trafficking of Burmese women and girls into Thailand for forced prostitution (see H. Con. Res. 21), H1752 [14FE]

Hunting and trapping: prohibit steel jaw leghold traps (see H.R. 1404), H4335 [5AP]

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

Iran: human rights violations of Bahais (see H. Con. Res. 102), H10307 [18OC]

Law enforcement officers: establish a bill of rights (see H.R. 878), H5609 [25MY]

Lobbyists: limit access to the Hall of the House of Representatives (see H. Res. 286), H13804 [29NO]

Marine resources: reauthorization of programs (see H.R. 1175), H5691 [7JN]

Medicare: bone mass measurements (see H.R. 2185), H11767 [2NO]

———colorectal screening (see H.R. 922), H2224 [24FE]

———prostate cancer screening (see H.R. 1496), H5757 [9JN]

———reform (see H.R. 2422), H9784 [10OC]

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), H9671 [28SE]

Mexico: economic assistance relative to instability of economy and currency (see H. Con. Res. 18), H593 [24JA]

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), H1751 [14FE]

Mining and mineral resources: locatable minerals on public domain lands (see H.R. 357), H173 [9JA]

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

Montgomery, AL: anniversary of bus boycott (see H. Res. 285), H14927 [14DE]

Monuments and memorials: recognize opening of Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial (see H. Res. 59), H2892 [8MR]

NAFTA: withdrawal (see H.R. 499, 2651), H241 [13JA], H13274 [17NO]

National Association of Radio Talk Show Hosts: honoring of G. Gordon Liddy relative to characterization of Federal law enforcement officials (see H. Res. 153), H6159 [20JN]

National Commission on Gay and Lesbian Youth Suicide Prevention: establish (see H.R. 609), H467 [20JA]

National Gambling Impact and Policy Commission: establish (see H.R. 497), H10047 [12OC]

National Sea Grant College Program: reauthorization (see H.R. 1175), H5691 [7JN]

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

Native Americans: extend Federal recognition to certain Indian groups (see H.R. 671), H691 [25JA]

Oceans: establish a California ocean protection zone (see H.R. 1890), H6158 [20JN]

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

Postal Service: qualifications for rates reserved for institutions of higher education (see H.R. 2578), H14173 [6DE]

Public health: establish standards for long-term care insurance policies (see H.R. 1221), H7801 [26JY]

Public welfare programs: reform (see H.R. 1250), H3276 [15MR]

Puerto Rico: transfer of certain lands on the Island of Vieques (see H.R. 2159), H8308 [2AU]

Recycling: management standards and requirements for spent lead-acid batteries (see H.R. 1522), H4432 [7AP]

———require producers and importers of newsprint to recycle a certain percentage (see H.R. 1523), H4432 [7AP]

———require producers and importers of tires to recycle a certain percentage (see H.R. 1524), H4432 [7AP]

———require the EPA to establish a recycling credit system for used oil (see H.R. 1525), H4432 [7AP]

Sinatra, Francis A.: award congressional gold medal (see H.R. 2310), H13341 [18NO]

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

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds (see H.R. 2628), H12349 [14NO]

———maintain earnings test correlation between disability insurance benefits for the blind and retirement age benefits (see H. Con. Res. 23), H1372 [7FE]

———require States to permit a chronically-ill parent to appoint a standby guardian for a minor without surrendering parental rights (see H.R. 709), H802 [26JA]

Surplus Government property: distribution to nonprofit organizations providing assistance to the hungry or indigent (see H.R. 863), H6913 [12JY]

Taxation: capital gains rates (see H.R. 1322), H3807 [24MR]

———exclusion of employer-provided educational assistance (see H.R. 127), H4511 [2MY]

———make permanent the credit for increasing research activities (see H.R. 803), H4512 [2MY]

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

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

———retain alternative minimum tax (see H. Con. Res. 110), H10848 [25OC]

———treatment of accelerated death benefits under life insurance contracts (see H.R. 99), H166 [9JA]

———treatment of charitable risk pools (see H.R. 1299), H6830 [11JY]

———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]

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, 2030), H5753 [8JN], H7011 [13JY]

Tobacco products: increase excise taxes and use revenue for tobacco crop substitution (see H.R. 1455), H4512 [2MY]

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

U.N. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 220), H14964 [15DE]

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

U.S. Academy for Democracy and Civil-Military Relations: establish (see H.R. 2652), H13142 [16NO]

Veterans: benefit eligibility for certain service in the military forces of the Philippines (see H.R. 1136), H9363 [20SE]

———revise effective dates for discontinuance of compensation and pension benefits (see H.R. 109), H5691 [7JN]

Water pollution: enforcement and compliance with regulations (see H.R. 1262), H4105 [3AP]

———Federal facilities pollution control (see H.R. 363), H970 [31JA]

Water Resources Research Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1743), H8684 [7SE]

Waterways: restoration projects to control flooding, erosion, and pollution runoff and improve water quality (see H.R. 1331), H3878 [28MR]

Weapons: deployment policy for ballistic missile systems (see H.R. 983), H1907 [16FE]

Women: availability of information on reproductive health services (see H. Res. 118), H4441 [1MY]

———establish offices of women's health within certain Federal agencies (see H.R. 1736), H6482 [28JN]

———prohibit practice of female genital mutilation or female circumcision (see H.R. 941), H2393 [28FE]

Women's Rights National Historical Park: improve and expand (see H.R. 970), H1850 [15FE]

World Summit for Children: implementation of plan of action (see H.R. 966), H2393 [28FE]

Wounded Knee National Tribal Park: establish (see H.R. 877), H1555 [9FE]

Yellowstone Headwaters National Recreation Area: establish within the Gallatin and Custer National Forests (see H.R. 1846), H8597 [6SE]

Letters

Mining patent claim moratorium: by, H12384 [15NO]

Lists

Companies paying no taxes and the number of years, H3032 [10MR]

Memorandums

Alternatives to Restrictive Rules on Appropriations Bills: Representative Solomon, H7024 [17JY]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: Clean Water Task Force, H4696 [10MY]

Motions offered by

Alaska Power Administration: sale of hydroelectric projects (S. 395), H7579 [25JY]

———sale of hydroelectric projects (S. 395), conference report, H11880 [8NO]

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 1854), H6230 [22JN]

Petroleum: export of Alaska North Slope crude oil (S. 395), H7579 [25JY]

———export of Alaska North Slope crude oil (S. 395), conference report, H11880 [8NO]

Public welfare programs: reform (H.R. 4), H14136 [6DE]

Remarks by, on

Agriculture: fair payment for use of Bureau of Reclamation water, E766 [4AP]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1976), H7376 [20JY]

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: amend (H.R. 402), corrections in enrollment (S. Con. Res. 27), H9710 [29SE]

Alaska Power Administration: sale of hydroelectric projects (S. 395), H7579, H7586 [25JY]

———sale of hydroelectric projects (S. 395), conference report, H11868, H11871, H11873, H11875 [8NO]

———sale of hydroelectric projects (S. 395), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 256), H11857, H11858 [8NO]

Angeles National Forest: prohibit transfer of lands for use as a solid waste landfill (H.R. 924), H12144 [13NO]

Appropriations: line-item veto (H.R. 2), consideration (H. Res. 55), H1086 [2FE]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 115), H12134 [13NO]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 115), consideration (H. Res. 261), H12097 [10NO]

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

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: anniversary, E2299 [6DE]

Arkansas: conveyance of the Corning National Fish Hatchery (H.R. 535), H5637, H5638 [7JN]

Arts and humanities: characterization of sex and violence in the entertainment industry, H5744 [8JN]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: require congressional approval prior to U.S. military intervention (H.R. 2606), H13237 [17NO]

Budget: allocation of funds, H5057 [16MY]

———balance, H15169 [19DE]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced, H201, H202, H205 [11JA]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), H604 [25JA], H696 [26JA]

———deficit, E769 [4AP]

———making supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 1158), H3203, H3233 [15MR]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution, H15259 [20DE]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2491), H10803, H10828 [25OC]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2491), conference report, H13174, H13200 [17NO], H13355 [20NO]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1996-2002 (H. Con. Res. 122), consideration (H. Res. 309), H15122 [19DE]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1996-2002 (H. Con. Res. 67), H5278 [18MY]

———treatment of Social Security under a constitutional amendment to require balanced, H696 [26JA]

Business and industry: corporate tax breaks, H15169 [19DE]

———tax rates, H3031 [10MR]

California: management of the Presidio facilities (H.R. 1296), H9104 [18SE]

Central Valley Project Improvement Act: amend (H.R. 1906), E1397 [10JY]

Children and youth: foster care and orphanage funding, H3502 [22MR]

———guidelines for school lunch and breakfast programs (H.R. 2066), E1490 [21JY]

Colleges and universities: eligibility for Pell Grant funding relative to student loan default rate, H8406 [3AU]

Committees of the House: permission to meet while the House is in session, H4976 [16MY]

Congress: reform lobbying disclosure and gift rules, H10759 [25OC], H11470 [31OC]

Corp. for National Service: tribute, E682 [24MR]

Corp. for Public Broadcasting: funding, H8368 [3AU]

Correctional institutions: prison construction funding, H1582 [10FE]

———reimbursement for incarceration of criminal aliens, H1517 [9FE]

Courts: assignment of judges in State referendum challenge cases, H9622, H9623, H9624 [28SE]

———disapprove certain sentencing guideline amendments (H.R. 2259), H10269 [18OC]

———limitations on punitive damage awards relative to senior citizens, women, and children, H11986 [9NO]

———product liability reform (H.R. 956), motion to instruct conferees, H11986 [9NO]

———State referendum challenges (H.R. 1170), H9622, H9623, H9624 [28SE]

Crime: incarceration of violent criminals (H.R. 667), H1517 [9FE], H1582 [10FE]

Cuba: TV Marti funding, H7769 [26JY]

Daly, Nancy: Service to Children Lifetime Service Award recipient, E916 [2MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1530), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 307), H14940 [15DE]

Dept. of State: consolidate foreign affairs agencies (H.R. 1561), H5522 [24MY]

Dept. of the Interior: allow State employees to perform certain work during a Federal Government shutdown (H.R. 2677), H14287 [12DE]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1977), H6951, H6953, H6954, H6959, H6967, H6970, H6972, H6974, H6975, H6977, H6983, H6985, H6999 [13JY], H7119, H7126, H7127, H7129, H7133 [18JY]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1977), conference report, H12398, H12401 [15NO], H14814 [13DE]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1977), consideration (H. Res. 185), H6890, H6893 [12JY]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1977), consideration (H. Res. 187), H6923, H6924, H6925 [13JY]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1977), consideration (H. Res. 189), H7023, H7029 [17JY]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1977), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 231), H9641 [28SE], H9692 [29SE]

Dept. of the Treasury: obligation or expenditure of funds relative to the exchange stabilization fund, H7222 [19JY]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2020), H7222 [19JY]

Dept. of Transportation: licensing of launch vehicle or site operator relative to National Environmental Policy Act, H9826 [11OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: making continuing appropriations (H.J. Res. 134), H15298 [20DE]

———making continuing appropriations (H.J. Res. 134), consideration (H. Res. 317), H15291 [20DE]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State and the Judiciary: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2076), H7769 [26JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2127), H8004 [31JY], H8138 [1AU], H8223, H8236 [2AU], H8316, H8336, H8368, H8393, H8406 [3AU], H13779 [29NO], E1695 [7AU]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2099), conference report, H13762 [29NO]

Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge: designate (H.R. 1253), H14280, H14281 [12DE]

Drugs: eliminate certain mandatory minimum penalties for crack cocaine offenses, H10269 [18OC]

Education: Indian education program funding, H6967 [13JY]

———national policy to improve system, H13779 [29NO]

———program funding, H8336 [3AU]

———student loan reform, H4082 [3AP]

Edward Madigan Post Office Building, Lincoln, IL: designate (H.R. 1880), H15160 [19DE]

Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits, H6838 [12JY]

Employment: relationship between workers' compensation benefits and certain benefits available to migrant and seasonal workers (H.R. 1715), H10091 [17OC]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 1905), H6780 [11JY]

EPA: funding, H13762 [29NO]

Executive departments: compensation relative to private property impact analysis, H2539 [2MR]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: amend (H.R. 961), H4696 [10MY], H4834 [11MY]

Federal-State relations: exempt existing water pollution laws from unfunded Federal mandates reform, H431 [20JA]

———reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (H.R. 5), H278, H281, H282, H283, H284 [17JA], H355 [19JA], H419, H431, H440, H441 [20JA]

———regulations that significantly impact the health or safety of residents of other States or locales, H440, H441 [20JA]

Federal-state relations: require fair market value for Federal assets conveyed to States, H5638, H5642, H5644, H5645 [7JN]

Fish and fishing: collection of fees for triploid grass carp certification inspections (S. 268), H10112 [17OC]

———treatment of local fleets and communities relative to fishery management plans, H10223 [18OC]

Fishery Conservation and Management Act: reauthorizing (H.R. 39), H9074, H9121 [18SE], H10223, H10242 [18OC]

Foreign aid: military assistance relative to conduct of foreign countries, H5522 [24MY]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 1868), H6484 [28JN]

Forest Service: road construction and timber sales funding, H7126, H7127, H7129 [18JY]

Forests: endangered species protection, H6923, H6924, H6925 [13JY]

———mandate specified level of timber salvage sales on Federal lands, H3233 [15MR]

Francis J. Hagel Building, Richmond, CA: designate (H.R. 2111), H14978 [18DE], E1509 [25JY]

FRS: impact of interest rates on economic conditions, H1076 [2FE]

Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve: land exchange (H.R. 400), H1017 [1FE]

Geological Survey: use of volunteers for resource research, H6951, H6953, H6954, H6959 [13JY]

Gingrich, Representative: appoint independent counsel relative to GOPAC and book contract, H481 [23JA], H1293 [7FE], H3577 [23MR], H5385 [23MY], H9676 [29SE], H10638 [24OC]

———signing of book contract, H234 [13JA], H248 [17JA]

———status of Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House) ethics investigation and appointment of independent counsel (H. Res. 288), H13809 [30NO]

———treatment on Air Force One relative to budget negotiations, H13041 [16NO]

Government: shutdown relative to budget process, H15259 [20DE]

Guam: financial impact of compact of free association on education and social services relative to unrestricted immigration, H6983 [13JY]

Gulf of Mexico: production of oil and gas resources (S. 158), E741 [30MR]

Haiti: allocation of foreign aid, H6484 [28JN]

Health: require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mothers and newborn infants following birth (H.R. 1936), H6317 [27JN]

House of Representatives: actions taken against senior citizens demonstrating against medicare reform, H9901 [12OC]

———constitutional protection of floor statements, H2899 [9MR]

———elimination of legislative language in appropriation bills, H8236 [2AU]

House Rules: ban on the acceptance of gifts and lobbyist-sponsored perks, H6230 [22JN]

———disclosure of source of amendments, measures, and committee reports (H. Res. 132), E838 [7AP]

———permit committee chairmen to schedule hearings (H. Res. 43), H818, H819, H820 [27JA]

———reform gift rules, H14940 [15DE]

———reform gift rules (H. Res. 250), consideration (H. Res. 268), H13069 [16NO]

———reform the House of Representatives (H. Res. 6), consideration (H. Res. 5), H16 [4JA]

———treatment of outside earned income (H. Res. 299), H15596 [22DE]

Iowa: conveyance of Fairport National Fish Hatchery (H.R. 584), H5642, H5644, H5645 [7JN]

Jones, Donald: employment status in Representative Gingrich's office relative to telecommunications legislation, H12090 [10NO]

Labor: allow cooperative efforts between management and labor to improve economic competitiveness (H.R. 743), H9526 [27SE]

Law enforcement officers: disarming of National Park and BLM rangers, H5627 [7JN]

———tribute, H7478, H7479, H7480 [24JY]

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 1854), motion to recommit, H6230 [22JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2492), consideration (H. Res. 239), H11470 [31OC]

Lobbyists: limit amount of private funds that Federal grantees can use for lobbying purposes, H8004 [31JY], H8236 [2AU], H8393 [3AU]

Local government: reduce local costs due to unfunded State mandates, H419 [20JA]

Marine resources: economic impact of regulations on fishery management councils relative to coastal communities, H10242 [18OC]

Medicaid: reform, H15094, H15122 [19DE]

Medicare: reform, H4514, H4527, H4528 [3MY], H5990 [15JN], H8181 [2AU], H8603 [7SE], H8939 [14SE], H9129, H9130 [18SE], H9141 [19SE], H9901 [12OC], H10213 [18OC], H11833 [8NO], H12097 [10NO], H15122 [19DE]

———reform (H.R. 2425), H10313, H10357 [19OC]

Mexico: economic assistance relative to instability of economy and currency, H276 [17JA], H834 [27JA]

Minimum wage: level, H1214 [6FE]

Mining and mineral resources: locatable minerals on public domain lands (H.R. 357), E587 [14MR]

———moratorium on mining patent claims, H9692 [29SE]

———moratorium on mining patents claims, H9641 [28SE], H12398, H12401 [15NO]

Minnesota: conveyance of New London National Fish Hatchery (H.R. 614), H5646 [7JN]

Murdoch, Rupert: targeted business tax benefits, H4079, H4080, H4088, H4089, H4090 [3AP]

National Highway System: designate (H.R. 2274), H9301, H9307, H9308 [20SE]

National parks and recreation areas: review management and reform process for consideration of additions to parks (H.R. 260), H9089 [18SE]

National Trust for Historic Preservation: funding, H6985 [13JY]

Native Americans: Indian reservation food programs, H7376 [20JY]

Natural resources: recover fair market value for disposal of Federal natural assets (H.R. 721), E204 [27JA], E769 [4AP]

NLRB: funding, H8223 [2AU]

———labor ruling on employment practices of Overnight Transportation Co., H8138 [1AU]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: amend (H.R. 1834), H6384 [27JN]

OSHA: funding, H8004 [31JY]

Parliamentary inquiry, H3498 [22MR], H8406 [3AU], H12119 [10NO]

Petroleum: export of Alaska North Slope crude oil (H.R. 70), H7487, H7491, H7498, H7500 [24JY]

———export of Alaska North Slope crude oil (H.R. 70), consideration (H. Res. 197), H7485 [24JY]

———export of Alaska North Slope crude oil (S. 395), H7579, H7586 [25JY]

———export of Alaska North Slope crude oil (S. 395), conference report, H11868, H11871, H11873, H11875 [8NO]

———export of Alaska North Slope crude oil (S. 395), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 256), H11857, H11858 [8NO]

———production of oil and gas resources in the Gulf of Mexico, H11868, H11871, H11873, H11875 [8NO]

———require ships exporting Alaskan oil to be U.S.-flagged vessels, H7498, H7500 [24JY]

Point of order, H6230 [22JN], H9826 [11OC]

Police Athletic League: tribute (H. Res. 163), E1195 [8JN]

Public debt: ceiling (H.R. 2586), H12134 [13NO]

———ceiling (H.R. 2586), consideration (H. Res. 262), H12102 [10NO]

Public employees: tribute, E1361 [29JN]

Public lands: attacks on Federal land managers and law enforcement officers, E1480 [20JY]

Public welfare programs: funding for nutrition programs, H664 [25JA], H2397 [1MR], H3033 [10MR], H3067, H3068, H3069, H3070 [13MR], H3125 [14MR], H3531, H3532 [22MR]

———reform, H664 [25JA], H1910 [21FE], E445 [27FE]

———reform (H.R. 4), H3378 [21MR], H3502, H3526, H3531, H3532 [22MR], H3737, H3765 [24MR], H12069 [9NO], H14136 [6DE], E718 [29MR]

Real property: compensation to owners of private property relative to regulatory restrictions (H.R. 925), H2510, H2511, H2512, H2513, H2539 [2MR]

———compensation to owners of private property relative to regulatory restrictions (S. 605), E823 [7AP]

Republican Party: national agenda, H2311 [28FE], H11833 [8NO]

Rivers, Ruben: posthumous awarding of Medal of Honor (H.R. 2228), E1689 [5AU]

Roads and highways: prohibit use of Highway Trust Fund for the payment of bonuses to contractors, H9307, H9308 [20SE]

———treatment of Federal highway funds relative to drunken driving by minors, H9301 [20SE]

Rocky Mountain National Park: operation of visitor facilities (H.R. 629), H10110 [17OC]

Science: authorizing appropriations for Federal civilian science activities (H.R. 2405), H9826 [11OC]

Securities: reform Federal litigation procedures (H.R. 1058), H2838 [8MR]

———State and local government time limitations for filing of fraud lawsuits, H2838 [8MR]

States: Federal recognition of any coastal State moratorium on leasing, exploration, and development of the Outer Continental Shelf (H.R. 1898), E1298 [20JN]

Taxation: 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), H1946 [21FE]

———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), return enrolled bill (H. Con. Res. 55), H4079, H4080, H4088, H4089, H4090 [3AP]

———rates, H5990 [15JN], H11688 [2NO]

———rates (H.R. 1215), H4082, H4088, H4089, H4090 [3AP]

Telecommunications: promote competition and reduce regulation (H.R. 1555), H12090 [10NO]

Television: establish violent program ratings system, require new televisions to allow blocking of certain programming, and limit exposure of children to violent programming, H7469 [24JY]

Tongass National Forest: transfer to Alaska, H12398, H12401 [15NO]

Trinity River: restoration of fish and wildlife (H.R. 2243), H14278 [12DE]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: funding, H6999 [13JY]

Vallejo, CA: allow sharing of Federal water delivery canal space of the Solano Project (H.R. 2229), E1658 [5AU]

Votes: position on missed, H4596 [9MY]

Water Resources Research Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1743), H10111 [17OC]

WIC: funding, H2311 [28FE]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H690 [25JA], H838 [27JA], H2174 [23FE], H2485 [1MR], H3048 [10MR], H3154 [14MR], H3557 [22MR], H3730 [23MR], H4102 [3AP], H4542 [3MY], H5070 [16MY], H8062 [31JY], H8172 [1AU], H9131 [18SE], H9362 [20SE], H10305 [18OC], H10847 [25OC], H11685 [1NO], H11938 [8NO], H12504 [15NO], H13803 [29NO], H15134 [19DE]

Reports filed

Activities During the 103d Congress: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H. Rept. 103-890), H158 [9JA], H229 [11JA]

Tributes

Bristow, Lonnie, E1685 [5AU]

Feinstein, Stanley G., E1497 [21JY]

Freitas, Donald, E2180 [14NO]

Intintoli, Anthony J., Jr., E1855 [28SE]

Kennelly, Jim, H9860 [11OC]

Milano, Bill, E2034 [26OC]

Roberts, Edward V., E647 [21MR]

Scoville, Stanley, E1411 [11JY]