HEFNER, W.G. (BILL) (a Representative from North Carolina)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 889, Dept. of Defense supplemental appropriations and rescissions to enhance military readiness, H3844 [28MR]

———H.R. 1817, military construction, family housing, and base closure and realignment appropriations, H8665 [7SE]

———H.R. 2126, Dept. of Defense appropriations, H8887 [13SE], H8915 [14SE], H10255 [18OC]

U.S. Military Academy Board of Visitors, H5053 [16MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Agriculture: price supports for peanuts (see H.R. 2189), H8360 [3AU]

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

———transportation of farm commodities and supplies (see H.R. 526), H5691 [7JN]

Animals: require humane transport of horses en route to slaughtering facilities (see H.R. 2433), H10994 [26OC]

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

Aviation: develop information system on, and investigation of pilot aptitude (see H.R. 2772), H14764 [13DE]

———repeal increase in transportation fuels tax applicable to commercial aviation (see H.R. 752), H8174 [1AU]

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

CERCLA: clarify liability for certain recycling transactions (see H.R. 820), H4546 [3MY]

Coastal Zone Management Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1965), H8684 [7SE]

Consumers: establish a toll-free telephone number in the Dept. of Commerce to assist consumers in identifying domestically-produced merchandise (see H.R. 447), H1371 [7FE]

Crime: protection from sexual predators (see H.R. 713), H4546 [3MY]

Dept. of Defense: outline congressional response to the possibility of reduction or elimination of the commissary and exchange networks (see H. Con. Res. 45), H3573 [22MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: outpatient medical services for former POW (see H.R. 468), H5571 [24MY]

Diseases: payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted human immunodeficiency virus due to contaminated blood products (see H.R. 1023), H12085 [9NO]

Ecology and environment: provide assistance to rural and disadvantaged communities under the State water pollution control revolving loan program (see H.R. 692), H801 [26JA]

Employment: relationship between workers' compensation benefits and certain benefits available to migrant and seasonal workers (see H.R. 1715), H7068 [17JY]

Families and domestic relations: interstate enforcement of child support and parentage court orders (see H.R. 95), H400 [19JA]

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

Federal firefighters: hourly and overtime pay rates and pay equity with public sector firefighters (see H.R. 858), H7179 [18JY]

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

Foreign trade: expand authority for the export of drugs or medical devices (see H.R. 1300), H4874 [11MY]

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

Hazardous substances: nuclear waste disposal (see H.R. 1020), H4177 [4AP]

Health: designate obstetrician-gynecologists as primary care providers for women under Federal health care regulations (see H. Res. 30), H8725 [8SE]

House of Representatives: return of excess amounts from official allowances to the Treasury for deficit reduction (see H.R. 26), H1460 [8FE]

Lakes: treatment of the withdrawal of water from a lake situated between two States (see H.R. 2648), H15575 [21DE]

Medicare: chiropractic services (see H.R. 997), H5905 [13JN]

———colorectal screening (see H.R. 922), H12085 [9NO]

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

Metric system: conversion requirements (see H.R. 2779), H14927 [14DE]

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]

Mining and mineral resources: locatable minerals on public domain lands (see H.R. 357), H4031 [30MR]

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

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

Natural gas: enhance safety, training, research, and development in the propane gas industry (see H.R. 1514), H4512 [2MY]

Pensions: 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), H5983 [14JN]

Pharmaceuticals: guarantee practice of pharmacy compounding and ensure supply of bulk drug products (see H.R. 598), H9363 [20SE]

POW: authorize the awarding of the Purple Heart to individuals who were POW before certain date (see H.R. 1458), H4620 [9MY]

Railroads: preservation of infrastructure (see H.R. 2205), H8534 [4AU]

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

Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of 150th anniversary (see H.R. 2627), H13731 [28NO]

Social Security: maintain earnings test correlation between disability insurance benefits for the blind and retirement age benefits (see H. Con. Res. 23), H1908 [16FE]

———maintenance and protection of system (see H. Con. Res. 78), H8361 [3AU]

———medicare reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see H.R. 580), H3572 [22MR]

Taxation: church pension benefit plans (see H.R. 528), H9591 [27SE]

———clarify exclusion from gross income for veterans benefits (see H.R. 972), H4619 [9MY]

———credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (see H.R. 1662), H9363 [20SE]

———deduction for interest paid on debt secured by a first or second home (see H. Con. Res. 10), H5472 [23MY]

———election of taxable fiscal year for partnerships and S corporations (see H.R. 1661), H8725 [8SE]

———exclusion of employer-provided educational assistance (see H.R. 127), H8904 [13SE]

———income tax credit for property used to control environmental pollution and for soil and water conservation expenditures (see H.R. 41), H164 [9JA]

———prevent reclassification of certain dues paid to tax-exempt agricultural and horticultural organizations (see H.R. 783), H3733 [23MR]

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

———treatment of family-owned businesses relative to estate tax (see H.R. 2190), H13870 [30NO]

———treatment of gifts of public-traded stock to certain private foundations (see H.R. 733), H8684 [7SE]

———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), H5753 [8JN]

Tobacco products: prohibit regulation of tobacco industry (see H.R. 2283), H8684 [7SE]

———prohibit regulation of tobacco-sponsored advertising used by professional motor sports associations (see H.R. 2265), H9452 [21SE]

Veterans: eliminate disparity between civilian and military retiree cost-of-living adjustments (see H.R. 38), H400 [19JA]

———establish confidential database for the collection of medical information (see H.R. 798), H6159 [20JN]

———improve health care programs (see H.R. 1385, 1468), H4619, H4620 [9MY]

———improve programs and benefits (see H.R. 1482), H4620 [9MY]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 65, 303), H6656 [29JN]

———revise effective dates for discontinuance of compensation and pension benefits (see H.R. 109), H537 [23JA]

VFW: amend charter to allow membership to veterans who have served in South Korea (see H.R. 623), H4619 [9MY]

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), H15088 [18DE]

Remarks by, on

Agriculture: extension service program and tobacco crop insurance funding, H7348 [20JY]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1976), H7348 [20JY]

Appropriations: making continuing, H15280 [20DE]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 115), H12120 [10NO], H12168 [13NO]

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

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 136), H15612 [22DE]

Army: rescind funding for museum land acquisition, H6064, H6068 [16JN]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: lift U.S. arms embargo (S. 21), H8107 [1AU]

———lift U.S. arms embargo (S. 21), consideration (H. Res. 204), H8082 [1AU]

———require congressional approval prior to U.S. military intervention (H.R. 2770), consideration (H. Res. 304), H14822 [13DE]

———U.S. military enforcement of peace agreement between Serbian, Croatian, and Muslim forces (H. Res. 302), consideration (H. Res. 304), H14822 [13DE]

———U.S. military intervention (H. Res. 306), consideration (H. Res. 304), H14822 [13DE]

Budget: making supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 1158), H3198, H3223, H3226 [15MR]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution, H14935 [15DE], H15281, H15284, H15285 [20DE], H15536 [21DE]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2491), conference report, H13170 [17NO]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1996-2002 (H. Con. Res. 122), H15133 [19DE]

———use CBO economic assumptions to achieve a balanced Federal budget, H15281 [20DE]

Committee on Government Reform and Oversight (House): response to use of forged documents at a Subcommittee on National Economic Growth, Natural Resources and Regulatory Affairs hearing (H. Res. 244), H11368 [26OC]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base closure and realignment (H.R. 1817), H6059, H6064, H6068 [16JN], H6124, H6126, H6135, H6139, H6143, H6144 [20JN]

———authorizing appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base closure and realignment (H.R. 1817), conference report, H9324, H9326 [20SE]

———authorizing appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base closure and realignment (H.R. 1817), consideration (H. Res. 167), H6054 [16JN]

———Naval shipyard projects funding, H6124, H6126 [20JN]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2020), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 267), H12367 [15NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: making continuing appropriations (H.J. Res. 134), H15297 [20DE]

Families and domestic relations: child support enforcement, H3627 [23MR]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (H.J. Res. 79), H6437, H6438 [28JN]

Food stamps: electronic transfer system relative to allowable food items and security, H3605 [23MR]

Gingrich, Representative: signing of book contract, H304 [18JA]

Government: shutdown relative to budget process, H12168 [13NO], H13309, H13311 [18NO], H15536 [21DE]

House of Representatives: legislative tactics, H304 [18JA]

———recesses subject to the call of the Chair (H. Res. 320), H15536 [21DE]

House Rules: allow motions to suspend rules (H. Res. 275), H13309, H13311 [18NO]

Medicaid: reform, H14935 [15DE]

Medicare: reform, H9227, H9228, H9230 [19SE], H12169 [13NO], H14935 [15DE]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (H.J. Res. 73), H3909, H3935 [29MR]

National security: revitalize (H.R. 7), H1831, H1832 [15FE]

NATO Security Investment Program: funding, H6143, H6144 [20JN]

Nuclear weapons: inclusion of space based interceptors in national missile defense system, H1831, H1832 [15FE]

Parliamentary inquiry, H304 [18JA], H3509 [22MR], H4317 [5AP], H12120 [10NO]

Public debt: ceiling (H.R. 2586), consideration (H. Res. 262), H12103 [10NO]

Public welfare programs: conditional assistance to teenage unwed mothers, H3521 [22MR]

———reform (H.R. 4), H3493, H3496, H3507, H3521 [22MR], H3605, H3622, H3627, H3684 [23MR], H3787 [24MR]

Taxation: rates, H3507 [22MR], H15284 [20DE]

———rates (H.R. 1215), H4228, H4250 [5AP]

Telecommunications: promote competition and reduce regulation (H.R. 1555), H8489 [4AU]

Television: establish violent program ratings system, require new televisions to allow blocking of certain programming, and limit exposure of children to violent programming, H8489 [4AU]

University of North Carolina: tribute to Dialectic and Philanthropic Societies, E689 [24MR]

Veterans: funding for medical care and hospital construction through rescissions in the National and Community Service Program, H3223, H3226 [15MR]

Walter B. Jones Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Greenville, NC: designate (H.R. 840), H13957 [5DE]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H6912 [12JY], H7010 [13JY], H13729 [28NO], H13803 [29NO]

Special order: granted, H15235 [20DE]

Schedules

Committee on Rules (House): Dept. of Defense appropriations, D1155 [27SE]

———Dept. of Defense appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base closure and realignment, D1115 [19SE]

———military construction, family housing, and base closure and realignment appropriations, D742 [15JN]