BASS, CHARLES (a Representative from New Hampshire)

Amendments offered by, to

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1977), H6914 [12JY], H7030 [17JY]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 1530, Dept. of Defense appropriations, H9403 [21SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Northern Forest Lands Council: implement recommendations (see H.R. 2421), H9670 [28SE]

SSI: require periodic reapplication and modify administrative criteria relative to mental impairments (see H.R. 1974), H6697 [30JN]

Taxation: allow corporations to elect the pooling method for determining foreign tax credits (see H.R. 2355), H9245 [19SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Agriculture: price supports for peanuts (see H.R. 2008), H6829 [11JY]

———price supports for sugar (see H.R. 1687), H5471 [23MY]

Armed Forces: procedures for determining status of certain missing members (see H.R. 945), H4619 [9MY]

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

Children and youth: child labor provisions relative to loading of materials into balers and compacters (see H.R. 1114), H8904 [13SE]

Civil rights: affirmative action policies (see H.R. 2128), H7916 [27JY]

Contracts: revise and streamline Federal procurement and acquisition laws (see H.R. 1670), H5366 [18MY]

Crime: increase penalties for armed violent criminals (see H.R. 1488), H6481 [28JN]

Davis-Bacon Act: repeal (see H.R. 500), H242 [13JA]

Dept. of Commerce: abolish (see H.R. 1756), H5690 [7JN]

Dept. of Defense: reform acquisition procedures (see H.R. 1368), H4031 [30MR]

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

Dept. of Energy: abolish (see H.R. 1993), H6698 [30JN]

Dept. of HUD: abolish (see H.R. 2198), H8533 [4AU]

Dept. of the Treasury: management of cash positions whenever the Government is unable to borrow funds to meet its needs (see H.R. 2098), H9739 [29SE]

Education: student loan programs (see H.R. 1501), H7461 [21JY]

Employment: consolidate Federal job training programs (see H.R. 1120), H2584 [2MR]

———make uniform the application overtime exemption for inside sales personnel (see H.R. 1226), H6397 [27JN]

English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see H.R. 123), H6830 [11JY]

ERISA: restrict Government promotion of economically targeted investments for employee benefit plans (see H.R. 1594), H6083 [16JN]

Families and domestic relations: provide protection for family protection (see H.R. 1271), H3416 [21MR]

Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (see H.R. 5), H242 [13JA]

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

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

Government: improve information dissemination and printing procedures (see H.R. 1024), H5905 [13JN]

———status of Federal contractors that hire permanent replacements for striking employees (see H.R. 1176), H3879 [28MR]

Government regulations: moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions (see H.R. 450), H803 [26JA]

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

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

Helium Act: sale of Federal real and personal property (see H.R. 873), H7916 [27JY]

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

House Rules: statutory limit on the public debt (see H. Res. 138), H4511 [2MY]

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), H6656 [29JN]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (see H.J. Res. 2, 3, 76), H162 [9JA], H2892 [8MR]

Motor vehicles: delay implementation of enhanced vehicle inspection and maintenance programs (see H.R. 46), H1611 [10FE]

———limit regulation of light and medium duty commercial vehicles (see H.R. 1885), H6736 [10JY]

———regulation of motorcycle helmet use (see H.R. 899), H6312 [26JN]

National Education Standards and Improvement Council: eliminate (see H.R. 1045), H3049 [10MR]

National Voter Registration Act: repeal (see H.R. 370), H296 [17JA]

Natural gas: enhance safety, training, research, and development in the propane gas industry (see H.R. 1514), H15658 [3JA]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: amend (see H.R. 1834), H7012 [13JY]

O'Leary, Sec. of Energy: investigation of funds used to analyze media coverage of Dept. of Energy (see H. Res. 283), H13731 [28NO]

Patents: limit issuance on medical procedures (see H.R. 1127), H7179 [18JY]

———restore the proper term of patent protection (see H.R. 359), H7550 [24JY]

Pesticides: definition and regulation of the minor use of pesticides (see H.R. 1627), H9671 [28SE]

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

Service Contract Act: repeal (see H.R. 246), H2393 [28FE]

Social Security: increase earnings limit (see H.R. 2668, 2684), H13658 [20NO], H13803 [29NO]

SSI: restriction on benefits to prisoners (see H.R. 2320), H13870 [30NO]

States: eliminate noncompliance penalties relative to safety belt, motorcycle helmet, speed limit, and drinking age laws (see H.R. 607), H1968 [21FE]

———tax treatment of certain pension income (see H.R. 394), H7699 [25JY]

Taxation: church pension benefit plans (see H.R. 528), H13274 [17NO]

———clarify exclusion from gross income for veterans benefits (see H.R. 972), H14173 [6DE]

———election of taxable fiscal year for partnerships and S corporations (see H.R. 1661), H8537 [4AU]

———treatment of capital gains and losses on the sale of a principal residence (see H.R. 56), H1908 [16FE]

———treatment of capital gains and losses on the sale of a principal residence (H.R. 56), cosponsorship withdrawn, H2864 [8MR]

Tobacco products: prohibit regulation of tobacco-sponsored advertising used by professional motor sports associations (see H.R. 2265), H8684 [7SE]

Vermont-New Hampshire Interstate Public Water Supply Compact: congressional consent (see H.J. Res. 129), H13870 [30NO]

Veterans: eliminate disparity between civilian and military retiree cost-of-living adjustments (see H.R. 38), H9363 [20SE]

Washington, George: mint coins in commemoration of 200th anniversary of death (see H.R. 2026), H9592 [27SE]

World War II: mint coins in commemoration of 50th anniversary of the Marshall Plan and of George C. Marshall (see H.R. 1406), H12127 [10NO]

Letters

White Mountain National Forest land acquisition: Gordon H. Small, Forest Service, H7031 [17JY]

Remarks by, on

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 122), H12496 [15NO]

Budget: balance, H2900 [9MR]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), H696, H708 [26JA]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 28), H1162 [3FE]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution, H15099 [19DE]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2491), H10787 [25OC]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2491), conference report, H13166 [17NO], H13621 [20NO], H13811 [30NO]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1996-2002 (H. Con. Res. 67), H5156 [17MY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1996-2002 (H. Con. Res. 67), conference report, H6581 [29JN]

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

Contracts: revise and streamline Federal procurement and acquisition laws, H5933 [14JN]

———revise and streamline Federal procurement and acquisition laws (H.R. 1670), H8862 [13SE]

Daniel Webster College: anniversary, E2248 [28NO]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1530), H5877 [13JN], H5933 [14JN]

———B-2 stealth bomber development, H5877 [13JN]

Dept. of HHS: restore funding to family planning programs, H8258 [2AU]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1977), H7030 [17JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2127), H8258 [2AU]

Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits, H8150, H8151 [1AU]

Federal employees: pension contributions, H4017, H4019, H4021, H4022 [30MR]

Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (H.R. 5), H361 [19JA]

Government regulations: moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions (H.R. 450), H2092 [23FE]

Medicare: reform, H5236 [18MY], H7554 [25JY]

Mexico: economic assistance relative to instability of economy and currency, H696 [26JA]

New Hampshire: Amoskeag Veterans' George Washington's birthday meeting, H1974 [22FE]

Republican Party: national agenda, H8542 [6SE]

Rindge, NH: anniversary of Cathedral of the Pines, E1856 [28SE]

Social Security: increase earnings limit (H.R. 2684), H13872 [4DE]

Taxation: rates (H.R. 1215), H4231 [5AP]

White Mountain National Forest: land acquisition, H7030 [17JY]

Schedules

Committee on Rules (House): Contract With America Tax Relief Act, D440 [29MR]

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House): Subcommittee on Railroads: Amtrak fiscal crisis, D176 [10FE]

Committee on Ways and Means (House): Subcommittee on Social Security: Social Security Disability Insurance Program, D662 [24MY]

Tributes

Cleveland, James C., H13871 [4DE]

Walchak, David G., E2040 [26OC]