HINCHEY, MAURICE D. (a Representative from New York)
Addresses
Always In My Heart: Lee Teng-hui, President, Republic of China, E1314
Amendments offered by, to
ERISA: restrict Government promotion of economically targeted investments for employee benefit plans (H.R. 1594), H8768 [12SE]
Appointments
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Commission, H15493 [21DE]
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Hudson River Valley American Heritage Area: establish (see H.R. 2266), H8596 [6SE]
Medicaid: improve Federal medical assistance percentage (see H.R. 818), H1207 [3FE]
Taxation: individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1389), H4177 [4AP]
———retain alternative minimum tax (see H. Con. Res. 110), H10848 [25OC]
Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1500), H4431 [7AP]
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]
Agriculture: labeling of milk products relative to bovine growth hormones, and development of residue test (see H.R. 2084, 2085), H7378 [20JY]
———price supports for milk (see H.R. 2000), H6735 [10JY]
———price supports for peanuts (see H.R. 2008), H6829 [11JY]
———price supports for sugar (see H.R. 1687), H8063 [31JY]
———prohibit transfer or marketing of nonambulatory cattle, sheep, swine, horses, mules, or goats (see H.R. 2143), H8063 [31JY]
———provide incentives for the maintenance of farmland in production capacity (see H.R. 2429), H11767 [2NO]
Air pollution: reduction in emissions of pollutants contributing to acid deposition in the Adirondacks (see H.R. 2682), H14311 [12DE]
Alaska: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1000), H1967 [21FE]
American Heritage Areas Partnership Program: establish (see H.R. 1301), H3572 [22MR]
Animals: improve animal drug approval process (see H.R. 2508), H11686 [1NO]
Appropriations: making continuing (see H.J. Res. 118, 120), H12506 [15NO]
Armenia: anniversary of genocide (see H. Con. Res. 47), H4874 [11MY]
Aviation: repeal increase in transportation fuels tax applicable to commercial aviation (see H.R. 752), H9245 [19SE]
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), consideration (see H. Res. 33), H692 [25JA]
———require an operating and a capital budget to distinguish between Federal funds and trust funds (see H.R. 1233), H3975 [29MR]
Business and industry: provide credit to businesses and facilitate the transfer and commercialization of Government-owned patents and technologies (see H.R. 80), H165 [9JA]
———use of community development block grant funds for employment relocation activities (see H.R. 463), H4916 [12MY]
———volunteer guidelines for socially responsible practices for U.S. businesses operating abroad (see H.R. 910), H2717 [6MR]
CERCLA: clarify liability for certain recycling transactions (see H.R. 820), H5691 [7JN]
Children and youth: require hearing loss testing for all newborns (see H.R. 396), H4105 [3AP]
China, People's Republic of: encourage liberty (see H.R. 1147), H4177 [4AP]
China, Republic of: permit U.S. visits by elected leaders and representatives (see H.R. 1460), H5471 [23MY]
———U.N. membership (see H. Con. Res. 63), H5623 [6JN]
———visit of President Lee Teng-hui (see H. Con. Res. 53), H4177 [4AP]
Civil rights: prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (see H.R. 1507), H4431 [7AP]
———prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (see H.R. 1863), H6045 [15JN]
Coastal Zone Management Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1965), H6656 [29JN]
Coins: issue one dollar coin (see H.R. 534), H3733 [23MR]
Commission on the Review of National Policies Toward Gambling: establish (see H.R. 462), H1208 [3FE]
Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 42), H537 [23JA]
———revise and extend (see H.R. 1872), H8597 [6SE]
Consumer Price Index: calculation (see H. Res. 45), H802 [26JA]
Courts: equalize remedies available to victims of intentional employment discrimination (see H.R. 96), H1556 [9FE]
Credit: accuracy of consumer information maintained by credit reporting agencies (see H.R. 561), H325 [18JA]
Crime: include peonage and slavery offenses as RICO predicates (see H.R. 305), H803 [26JA]
———protection from sexual predators (see H.R. 713), H4105 [3AP]
Cuban Democracy Act: repeal (see H.R. 367), H400 [19JA]
Dept. of Defense: reduce size of operational support aircraft fleet (see H.R. 1973), H7012 [13JY]
Dept. of the Interior: prohibit expenditures on mid-Atlantic coast offshore oil and gas lease sales (see H.R. 1778), H5691 [7JN]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: extend benefits to certain merchant mariners who served during World War II (see H.R. 44), H5623 [6JN]
———outpatient medical services for former POW (see H.R. 468), H8597 [6SE]
Diseases: payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted human immunodeficiency virus due to contaminated blood products (see H.R. 1023), H4105 [3AP]
———research programs for Parkinson's disease (see H.R. 1462), H4795 [10MY]
Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge: designate (see H.R. 1253), H4336 [5AP]
Drugs: eliminate certain mandatory minimum penalties for crack cocaine offenses (see H.R. 1264), H5571 [24MY]
Drunken driving: strengthen Federal laws to prevent (see H.R. 588), H803 [26JA]
Ecology and environment: funding to States to implement national estuary conservation and management plans (see H.R. 1438, 1917), H4414 [6AP], H6269 [22JN]
———strengthen protection of native biodiversity and place restraints on clearcutting of forests (see H.R. 2407), H14003 [5DE]
Economy: national objectives priority assignments (see H.R. 1050), H2224 [24FE]
Education: funding for higher education financial aid programs (see H. Res. 122), H4512 [2MY]
Employment: job creation programs (see H.R. 805), H1156 [2FE]
Explosives: Federal permit requirements for distribution or receipt of explosives (see H.R. 488), H840 [27JA]
Families and domestic relations: interstate enforcement of child support and parentage court orders (see H.R. 95), H803 [26JA]
———require States to disclose the AIDS status of infants to legal guardians (see H.R. 1289), H3571 [22MR]
Farm credit banks: reduce unnecessary regulatory burdens (see H.R. 2029), H14765 [13DE]
FDA: increase the voting consumer representation of the Blood Products Advisory Committee (see H.R. 1021), H7012 [13JY]
Federal employees: strengthen post-employment restrictions on certain executive and legislative branch officials (see H.R. 1576), H5623 [6JN]
Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: make available to general public (see H.R. 1084), H4795 [10MY]
Financial institutions: provide consumer protections (see H. Res. 110), H2989 [9MR]
———provide State credit union representation on the National Credit Union Administration Board (see H.R. 1998), H15136 [19DE]
———reform regulatory process and paperwork requirements (see H.R. 2158), H8174 [1AU]
———regulate the retail sale of nondeposit investment products by insured depository institutions (see H.R. 727), H4415 [6AP]
Firearms: repeal ban on assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices (see H.R. 125), H13142 [16NO]
Foreign aid: prohibit to countries that restrict the delivery of U.S. humanitarian assistance to other countries (see H.R. 942), H1752 [14FE]
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. Res. 174), H6913 [12JY]
FRS: defer additional increases in interest rates (see H. Res. 54), H969 [31JA]
———impact of interest rates on the housing industry (see H. Res. 98), H4336 [5AP]
———promote accountability and the public interest in operations (see H.R. 888), H1610 [10FE]
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]
Government: reform disclosure of lobbying activities to influence the Federal Government (see H.R. 2564), H12350 [14NO]
Grant's Tomb National Monument, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 1774), H6913 [12JY]
Guam: establish commonwealth (see H.R. 1056), H2224 [24FE]
Health: accessibility of alternative treatments and medicines (see H.R. 2019), H6913 [12JY]
———designate obstetrician-gynecologists as primary care providers for women under Federal health care regulations (see H. Res. 30), H2717 [6MR]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 1200, 2756), H2989 [9MR], H14253 [11DE]
———prohibit discrimination relative to exposure to hazardous substances (see H.R. 2691), H15633 [22DE]
House of Representatives: require that excess amounts from Members' official allowances be applied to deficit reduction (see H.R. 572), H399 [19JA]
———return of excess amounts from official allowances to the Treasury for deficit reduction (see H.R. 26), H803 [26JA]
Housing: creation of low-income housing trust fund relative to tax treatment of mortgage interest, property tax deductions, and inherited property (see H.R. 1016), H2063 [22FE]
Human rights: trafficking of Burmese women and girls into Thailand for forced prostitution (see H. Con. Res. 21), H2177 [23FE]
Insurance: prohibit denial of health coverage based on status as victim of domestic violence (see H.R. 2654), H13731 [28NO]
International Fund for Ireland: require certain entities receiving U.S. funds to comply with the MacBride Principles (see H.R. 244), H2989 [9MR]
Iran: human rights violations of Bahais (see H. Con. Res. 102), H11830 [7NO]
Lobbyists: limit access to the Hall of the House of Representatives (see H. Res. 286), H13804 [29NO]
Lower East Side Tenement Museum National Historic Site: establish (see H.R. 2344), H9671 [28SE]
Madison, James: mint coins in commemoration of 250th anniversary of birth (see H.R. 1684), H14311 [12DE]
Major League Baseball: application of antitrust laws (see H.R. 2022), H6913 [12JY]
Marine resources: reauthorization of programs (see H.R. 1175), H5691 [7JN]
Medicare: chiropractic services (see H.R. 997), H6830 [11JY]
———colorectal screening (see H.R. 922), H8684 [7SE]
———coverage of blood-testing strips for individuals with diabetes (see H.R. 1074), H6046 [15JN]
———coverage of paramedic intercept ambulance support services (see H.R. 1757), H15633 [22DE]
———diabetes outpatient self-management training services (see H.R. 1073), H6046 [15JN]
———medical nutrition therapy services (see H.R. 2247), H10485 [19OC]
———prostate cancer screening (see H.R. 1496), H10848 [25OC]
———reform (see H.R. 2422, 2476), H10307 [18OC]
———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: treatment of financial assets and strengthening of financial disclosure requirements (see H.R. 1356), H3974 [29MR]
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: deny employers a deduction for payments of excessive compensation (see H.R. 620), H1850 [15FE]
———level (see H.R. 619, 940), H1751 [14FE], H1850 [15FE]
Mining and mineral resources: locatable minerals on public domain lands (see H.R. 357), H2811 [7MR]
Motor vehicles: regulation of motorcycle helmet use (see H.R. 899), H2651 [3MR]
NAFTA: withdrawal (see H.R. 499, 2651), H241 [13JA], H13142 [16NO]
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 Park Service: reform concessions policies (see H.R. 773), H3417 [21MR]
National parks and recreation areas: enhance park system (see H.R. 2181), H8360 [3AU]
National Sea Grant College Program: reauthorization (see H.R. 1175), H5691 [7JN]
National Tourism Organization: establish (see H.R. 2579), H14311 [12DE]
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), H7379 [20JY]
Natural resources: recover fair market value for disposal of Federal natural assets (see H.R. 721), H839 [27JA]
Navy Combat Action Ribbon: retroactive awarding to certain individuals (see H.R. 895), H4336 [5AP]
Northern Forest Lands Council: implement recommendations (see H.R. 2421), H9670 [28SE]
Oscar Garcia Rivera Post Office Building, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 885), H9363 [20SE]
Palisades Interstate Park Commission: acquisition of lands along the New York-New Jersey border for the Sterling Forest (see H.R. 1256), H3276 [15MR]
Patents: early publication of patent applications (see H.R. 1733), H11587 [31OC]
———restore term (see H.R. 359), H803 [26JA]
Pensions: exclude the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund from the Federal budget (see H.R. 103), H970 [31JA]
———revise effective date for cost-of-living adjustments for military retirees (see H.R. 2664), H13658 [20NO]
Pharmaceuticals: guarantee practice of pharmacy compounding and ensure supply of bulk drug products (see H.R. 598), H4512 [2MY]
Police Athletic League: tribute (see H. Res. 163), H5691 [7JN]
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]
———support community food security projects relative to low-income individuals (see H.R. 2003), H10077 [13OC]
Real estate: homeowner participation in area planning likely to impact home values and compensation for certain area development (see H.R. 971), H2651 [3MR]
Refuse disposal: provide refunds for certain beverage containers and resources for State pollution prevention and recycling programs (see H.R. 1444), H7179 [18JY]
———solid and hazardous waste incinerator requirements (see H.R. 2211), H8534 [4AU]
———State control of municipal solid waste transportation and disposal (see H.R. 2443), H10307 [18OC]
Sinatra, Francis A.: award congressional gold medal (see H.R. 2310), H13341 [18NO]
Small business: increase deductions for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 52), H164 [9JA]
Smithsonian Institution: establish National African-American Museum (see H.R. 786), H1051 [1FE]
———mint coins in commemoration of 150th anniversary (see H.R. 2627), H13274 [17NO]
Social Security: maintain earnings test correlation between disability insurance benefits for the blind and retirement age benefits (see H. Con. Res. 23), H2651 [3MR]
———maintenance and protection of system (see H. Con. Res. 78), H7179 [18JY]
———medicare reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see H.R. 580), H5071 [16MY]
———reduction in benefits relative to certain Government pensions (see H.R. 2167), H10485 [19OC]
———require States to permit a chronically-ill parent to appoint a standby guardian for a minor without surrendering parental rights (see H.R. 709), H2892 [8MR]
Solid waste: State control over transportation of municipal solid waste (see H.R. 1080, 1085), H4336 [5AP], H4415 [6AP]
States: Federal recognition of any coastal moratorium on leasing, exploration, and development of the Outer Continental Shelf (see H.R. 1898), H7012 [13JY]
———tax treatment of certain pension income (see H.R. 394), H9591 [27SE]
Taxation: benefits for foreign corporations (see H.R. 1278), H3416 [21MR]
———capital gains rates (see H.R. 1322), H3807 [24MR]
———church pension benefit plans (see H.R. 528), H11767 [2NO]
———clarify exclusion from gross income for veterans benefits (see H.R. 972), H8806 [12SE]
———credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic home for use as principal residence (see H.R. 1662), H5190 [17MY]
———deduction for interest paid on debt secured by a first or second home (see H. Con. Res. 10), H14765 [13DE]
———employer credits for expenses of providing dependent care services to employees (see H.R. 881), H1555 [9FE]
———exclude certain business taxable income relative to sponsorship payments (see H.R. 1161), H7461 [21JY]
———exclude length of service awards for firefighters and emergency medical service personnel from limitations on deferred compensation plans (see H.R. 1893), H8725 [8SE]
———exclusion of employer-provided educational assistance (see H.R. 127), H4511 [2MY]
———exclusion of gross estate taxes of a decedent relative to certain land subject to qualified conservation easements (see H.R. 864), H4619 [9MY]
———exemption for certain common investment funds (see H.R. 734), H2717 [6MR]
———make permanent the credit for increasing research activities (see H.R. 803), H3808 [24MR]
———permit opponents of war to designate tax payments to a Peace Tax Fund (see H.R. 1402), H5571 [24MY]
———rate reduction in times of low economic growth (see H.R. 2083), H7378 [20JY]
———require burden of proof to be on the Dept. of the Treasury in all tax cases (see H.R. 390), H692 [25JA]
———treatment of corporations (see H.R. 2534), H10848 [25OC]
———treatment of gifts of public-traded stock to certain private foundations (see H.R. 733), H2717 [6MR]
———treatment of individuals benefiting from renouncement of citizenship and treatment of assets of naturalized citizens or residents (see H.R. 1535), H14927 [14DE]
———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]
———treatment of tenant-stockholders in cooperative housing corporations (see H.R. 1546), H5609 [25MY]
———treatment of unemployment compensation (see H.R. 1027, 2461), H2176 [23FE], H13142 [16NO]
Terrorism: improve U.S. ability to respond to terrorist threats (see H.R. 896), H2811 [7MR]
Trails: designate the voting rights march route from Selma, AL, to Montgomery, AL, as a National Historic Trail (see H.R. 1129), H2651 [3MR]
Transportation: funding for bicycle facilities and pedestrian walkways (see H.R. 1539), H6913 [12JY]
———provide off-budget treatment for certain transportation trust funds (see H.R. 842), H3572 [22MR]
U.N. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 220), H14964 [15DE]
Urban areas: provide grants to nonprofit organizations to develop open spaces (see H.R. 936), H1751 [14FE]
Veterans: eliminate disparity between civilian and military retiree cost-of-living adjustments (see H.R. 38), H3327 [16MR]
———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 65, 303), H5571 [24MY], H6396 [27JN]
Water pollution: eliminate certain discharges of chlorine compounds into navigable waters (see H.R. 1400), H4334 [5AP]
———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]
———eliminate use of antipersonnel landmines (see H.R. 1876), H6082 [16JN]
White House Conference on Trade and Investment in Ireland: endorse Irish-American agenda (see H. Con. Res. 43), H3327 [16MR]
Women: availability of information on reproductive health services (see H. Res. 118), H4441 [1MY]
———prohibit practice of female genital mutilation or female circumcision (see H.R. 941), H2892 [8MR]
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), H1849 [15FE]
Yellowstone Headwaters National Recreation Area: establish within the Gallatin and Custer National Forests (see H.R. 1846), H5983 [14JN]
Remarks by, on
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1976), H7324 [20JY]
Alaska Power Administration: sale of hydroelectric projects (S. 395), H7585 [25JY]
———sale of hydroelectric projects (S. 395), conference report, H11870 [8NO]
Bosnia and Herzegovina: require congressional approval prior to U.S. military intervention (H.R. 2770), H14840 [13DE]
Budget: allocation of funds, H8815 [13SE]
———constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), H698, H719 [26JA]
———establish a deficit reduction trust fund and reduce discretionary spending limits (H.R. 1162), H8841 [13SE]
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution, H15102 [19DE], H15540 [21DE]
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2491), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 272), H13153 [17NO]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 1996-2002 (H. Con. Res. 122), H15138 [19DE]
———treatment of Social Security under a constitutional amendment to require balanced, H698 [26JA]
China, People's Republic of: ballistic missile testing, E1835
China, Republic of: visit of President Lee Teng-hui, E1314
Clean Water Act: reauthorization, H14144 [6DE]
Courts: limitations on punitive damage awards, H2938 [9MR]
———product liability reform (H.R. 956), H2938 [9MR]
Democracy: examine U.S. system, H2386, H2387, H2388, H2389, H2390, H2391 [28FE]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1977), H6940 [13JY]
———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1977), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 253), H12386 [15NO]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2127), H8327 [3AU]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2099), conference report, H14144 [6DE]
———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2099), motion to instruct conferees, H11701 [2NO]
Economy: U.S. distribution of wealth, H4532, H4533 [3MY]
Education: program funding, H8327 [3AU]
EPA: enforcement of certain environmental laws, H11701 [2NO]
ERISA: restrict Government promotion of economically targeted investments for employee benefit plans (H.R. 1594), H8768, H8769, H8770 [12SE]
FRS: impact of interest rates on economic conditions, H1076 [2FE]
Government: shutdown relative to budget process, H15540 [21DE]
House of Representatives: recesses subject to the call of the Chair (H. Res. 320), H15540 [21DE]
Irish Northern Aid (organization): tribute, E277
Law enforcement: provide block grants (H.R. 728), H1716 [14FE]
———transfer block grant funds to community policing programs, H1716 [14FE]
Medicare: reform, H4965 [16MY]
Minimum wage: level, H1288 [7FE]
National parks and recreation areas: review management and reform process for consideration of additions to parks (H.R. 260), H9089 [18SE]
National security: revitalize (H.R. 7), H1834 [15FE]
Nuclear weapons: inclusion of space based interceptors in national missile defense system, H1834 [15FE]
Pensions: corporate use of pension plan funds, H11980 [9NO]
Petroleum: export of Alaska North Slope crude oil (S. 395), H7585 [25JY]
———export of Alaska North Slope crude oil (S. 395), conference report, H11870 [8NO]
———production of oil and gas resources in the Gulf of Mexico, H11870 [8NO]
Point of order, H8770 [12SE]
Public welfare programs: funding for nutrition programs, H2318 [28FE]
———reform (H.R. 4), H3506 [22MR]
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), H1947 [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), conference report, H4002 [30MR]
Telecommunications: promote competition and deregulation of Bell Telephone Cos.' entrance into long distance telephone service, H8468 [4AU]
———promote competition and reduce regulation (H.R. 1555), H8468 [4AU]
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H398 [19JA], H3730 [23MR], H6654 [29JN], H10305 [18OC], H15086 [18DE]
Tributes
Bates, Clayton, E1397
Fliegner, Laura, E287
Johnson, Bobby, Jr., E1400
Luciano, Ronald M., H373 [19JA]
Mesches, David N., E1203
Palladino, Edward A., E2098