HASTINGS, DOC (a Representative from Washington)
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Bonneville Power Administration: debt refinancing agreement at prevailing interest rates and payment of refinancing fee to U.S. Treasury (see H.R. 799), H1156 [2FE]
Columbia River: preserve and protect Hanford Reach area (see H.R. 2292), H8725 [8SE]
Defense Nuclear Facilities: waste management and environmental restoration efforts (see H.R. 2110), H7699 [25JY]
Dept. of Energy: privatization of defense nuclear facilities (see H.R. 1526), H4432 [7AP]
———return Fast Flux Test Facility to operational status (see H.R. 2569), H11686 [1NO]
FERC: extension of deadline for construction of hydroelectric projects in Washington (see H.R. 1014), H2063 [22FE]
Nuclear energy: management and disposition of the Hanford Reservation (see H.R. 2110), H7699 [25JY]
Public welfare programs: reform (see H.R. 1146), H2810 [7MR]
Wenatachee National Forest: land exchange with Chelan County, WA (see H.R. 2518), H10520 [20OC]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Abortion: prevent governmental discrimination against health care providers who refuse to perform or provide training in performing abortions (see H.R. 1932), H7068 [17JY]
———prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 1833), H7179 [18JY]
Amtrak: eliminate special support for, or burdens on operations as a passenger rail carrier (see H.R. 259), H1461 [8FE]
Appropriations: line-item veto (see H.R. 2), H159 [9JA]
Aviation: repeal increase in transportation fuels tax applicable to commercial aviation (see H.R. 752), H6397 [27JN]
Bonneville Power Administration: debt refinancing agreement at prevailing interest rates and payment of refinancing fee to U.S. Treasury (see H.R. 599), H803 [26JA]
Bosnia and Herzegovina: lift U.S. arms embargo (see H.R. 1172), H4619 [9MY]
———require congressional approval prior to U.S. military intervention (see H.R. 2550, 2606), H10994 [26OC], H12084 [9NO]
———U.S. military intervention (see H. Res. 247), H11441 [30OC]
Budget: automatic adjustments of discretionary spending limits and reduction of obligation limits (see H.R. 700), H2177 [23FE]
———constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1), H161 [9JA]
———treatment of Social Security under a constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H. Con. Res. 17), H537 [23JA]
Children and youth: child labor provisions relative to loading of materials into balers and compacters (see H.R. 1114), H4032 [30MR]
———child labor provisions relative to the operation of automobiles and trucks (see H.R. 2089), H9592 [27SE]
China, Republic of: U.N. participation (see H. Con. Res. 12), H2064 [22FE]
———visit of President Lee Teng-hui (see H. Con. Res. 53), H4032 [30MR]
Congress: constitutional amendment to require a three-fifths majority on the passage of legislation increasing revenue (see H.J. Res. 106), H8308 [2AU]
Correctional institutions: prevent luxurious prison conditions (see H.R. 663), H1461 [8FE]
———reform process for lawsuits relative to prison conditions and treatment (see H.R. 2468), H12128 [10NO]
Courts: funding for death penalty resource centers (see H.R. 1984), H6697 [30JN]
———product liability reform (see H.R. 10), H161 [9JA]
Crime: increase penalties for armed violent criminals (see H.R. 1488), H8725 [8SE]
———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (see H.R. 3), H159 [9JA]
———require release of relevant information on violent sex offenders (see H.R. 2137), H9245 [19SE]
Dept. of Commerce: abolish (see H.R. 1756), H5690 [7JN]
Dept. of Education: abolish (see H.R. 1883), H6082 [16JN]
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), H14927 [14DE]
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]
Disasters: provide for hazard mitigation, relief, and insurance against natural disasters (see H.R. 1856), H12350 [14NO]
Economy: national objectives priority assignments (see H.R. 9), H161 [9JA]
Employment: relationship between workers' compensation benefits and certain benefits available to migrant and seasonal workers (see H.R. 1715), H9132 [18SE]
Endangered Species Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2275), H8683 [7SE]
English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see H.R. 123), H1157 [2FE]
ERISA: restrict Government promotion of economically targeted investments for employee benefit plans (see H.R. 1594), H4618 [9MY]
Families and domestic relations: protect parental rights (see H.R. 1946), H6481 [28JN]
———strengthen rights of parents (see H.R. 11), H161 [9JA]
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: amend relative to minor use of pesticides (see H.R. 1352), H5191 [17MY]
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. 125), H1850 [15FE]
Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 79), H3416 [21MR]
Forest Service: assure operations are free of racial, sexual, and ethnic discrimination (see H.R. 1716), H5983 [14JN]
Freedom of religion: constitutional amendment on protection (see H.J. Res. 127), H15136 [19DE]
Government: improve information dissemination and printing procedures (see H.R. 1024), H2176 [23FE]
Government regulations: moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions on small business (see H.R. 839), H1281 [6FE]
———reform (see H.R. 994), H6656 [29JN]
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), H9363 [20SE]
Helium Act: sale of Federal real and personal property (see H.R. 873), H1554 [9FE]
House of Representatives: official mail allowance (see H.R. 1383), H4177 [4AP]
Immigration: reform admission policies, treatment of criminal aliens and alien smuggling, documentation requirements, and border security (see H.R. 1915, 2202), H6831 [11JY], H8533 [4AU]
India: suspend developmental assistance relative to human rights violations (see H.R. 1425), H4413 [6AP]
Israel: relocate U.S. embassy to Jerusalem (see H.R. 1595), H6270 [22JN]
Jonathan M. Wainwright Memorial VA Medical Center, Walla Walla, WA: designate (see H.R. 2322), H8903 [13SE]
Labor: allow cooperative efforts between management and labor to improve economic competitiveness (see H.R. 743), H7699 [25JY]
Law enforcement officers: exemption from State laws prohibiting carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H2716 [6MR]
Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (see H.J. Res. 2), H162 [9JA]
Mining and mineral resources: provide for royalty payments and specify reclamation requirements for mining activities on Federal lands (see H.R. 1580), H7012 [13JY]
Motor vehicles: average fuel economy standards for automobiles (see H.R. 2200), H9245 [19SE]
———regulation of motorcycle helmet use (see H.R. 899), H1611 [10FE]
Music: licensing (see H.R. 789), H8806 [12SE]
National forests: clarify regulations for ski area permit issuance and the suspension of mineral leasing laws in ski areas (see H.R. 1527), H14311 [12DE]
National security: revitalize (see H.R. 7), H160 [9JA]
National Voter Registration Act: repeal (see H.R. 370), H1611 [10FE]
National Wildlife Refuge System: improve management (see H.R. 1675), H6397 [27JN]
Occupational Safety and Health Act: amend (see H.R. 1834), H6397 [27JN]
Patents: limit issuance on medical procedures (see H.R. 1127), H9738 [29SE]
———restore the proper term of patent protection (see H.R. 359), H7916 [27JY]
Pensions: revise effective date for cost-of-living adjustments for military retirees (see H.R. 2664), H13340 [18NO]
Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act: amend (see H.R. 1103), H3879 [28MR]
Pesticides: definition and regulation of the minor use of pesticides (see H.R. 1627), H4915 [12MY]
Petroleum: exports of certain domestically produced crude oil (see H.R. 70), H2306 [27FE]
Public lands: convey certain reclamation project lands to beneficiaries of the projects and devise a distribution scheme for such revenues (see H.R. 1232), H4177 [4AP]
———domestic livestock grazing fees (see H.R. 1713), H5692 [7JN]
Public welfare programs: reform (see H.R. 4), H159 [9JA]
Real property: private property owner rights (see H.R. 489, 790), H1051 [1FE], H2306 [27FE]
Roads and highways: repeal requirement to use asphalt containing recycled crumb rubber for paving (see H.R. 1242), H4874 [11MY]
Roosevelt, Theodore: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 2285), H12085 [9NO]
Small business: increase deductions for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 697), H1461 [8FE]
Social Security: increase earnings limit (see H.R. 2668), H13658 [20NO]
———increase earnings limit, repeal increase of taxation of benefits, and provide incentives to purchase long-term care insurance (see H.R. 8), H160 [9JA]
———maintain earnings test correlation between disability insurance benefits for the blind and retirement age benefits (see H. Con. Res. 23), H4177 [4AP]
———medicare reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see H.R. 580), H9591 [27SE]
Solid waste: exemption for recoverable materials re-used during industrial process (see H.R. 2335), H14964 [15DE]
SSI: deny disability benefits based on alcohol or drug addiction (see H.R. 791), H1908 [16FE]
———restriction on benefits to prisoners (see H.R. 2320), H13870 [30NO]
States: tax treatment of certain pension income (see H.R. 394), H4619 [9MY]
Taxation: deny Federal tax return information to States which impose pension taxes on non-residents (see H.R. 1762), H5690 [7JN]
———earned income tax credits relative to illegal aliens and fraudulent claims (see H.R. 438), H1752 [14FE]
———election of taxable fiscal year for partnerships and S corporations (see H.R. 1661), H9738 [29SE]
———incentives for the conservation of endangered species (see H.R. 2286), H11686 [1NO]
———prohibit retroactive taxation (see H.R. 788), H1051 [1FE]
———provide credits for families and reform the marriage penalty (see H.R. 6), H160 [9JA]
———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see H.R. 784), H9132 [18SE]
———require burden of proof to be on the Dept. of the Treasury in all tax cases (see H.R. 390), H8597 [6SE]
———standards for determining employment status of independent contractors (see H.R. 1972), H6913 [12JY]
———treatment of family-owned businesses relative to estate tax (see H.R. 2190), H8360 [3AU]
———treatment of medical savings accounts (see H.R. 1818), H8904 [13SE]
Transportation: provide off-budget treatment for certain transportation trust funds (see H.R. 842), H5071 [16MY]
Treaties and agreements: make regulatory correction relative to methyl bromide and the Montreal Protocol (see H.R. 2230), H14765 [13DE]
Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1745), H6699 [30JN]
———land exchange at Snowbasin Ski Area (see H.R. 2402), H9898 [11OC]
Veterans: eliminate disparity between civilian and military retiree cost-of-living adjustments (see H.R. 38), H1850 [15FE]
Voting: eliminate bilingual voting requirements (see H.R. 351), H7257 [19JY]
Washington, George: mint coins in commemoration of 200th anniversary of death (see H.R. 2026), H10048 [12OC]
Water: State sovereignty over water within borders (see H.R. 2555), H13731 [28NO]
Designated Speaker pro tempore
House of Representatives, H4033 [3AP]
Remarks by, on
Abortion: performance at military medical facilities, E1887
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1976), H7333 [20JY]
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), H776
———making supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 1158), H3241
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2491), H11203
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2491), conference report, H13196
Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 2126), conference report, E1887
Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (H.R. 5), H367
———reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (H.R. 5), consideration (H. Res. 38), H342 [19JA]
FERC: extension of deadline for construction of hydroelectric project in Washington (H.R. 1014), H12147 [13NO]
Forests: mandate specified level of timber salvage sales on Federal lands, H3241
Public welfare programs: reform (H.R. 4), conference report, H15527