HOSTETTLER, JOHN (a Representative from Indiana)

Amendments offered by, to

District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 2546), H11457 [30OC], H11656 [1NO]

Public welfare programs: reform (H.R. 4), H3609 [23MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Agriculture: permit unimpeded use of privately owned farm land (see H.R. 800), H1156 [2FE]

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), H8806 [12SE]

———prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 1833), H6397 [27JN]

Agriculture: price supports (see H.R. 2195), H8533 [4AU]

———price supports for peanuts (see H.R. 2008), H8994 [14SE]

———price supports for sugar (see H.R. 1687), H8904 [13SE]

Air pollution: reduction of work-related vehicle trips in ozone nonattainment areas (see H.R. 325), H537 [23JA]

Animals: improve animal drug approval process (see H.R. 2508), H10484 [19OC]

Appropriations: line-item veto (see H.R. 2), H159 [9JA]

Armed Forces: procedures for determining status of certain missing members (see H.R. 945), H9452 [21SE]

———prohibit uniform requirements involving the display of U.N. insignia (see H.R. 2540), H12190 [13NO]

Arts and humanities: abolish the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities (see H.R. 209), H1052 [1FE]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: require congressional approval prior to U.S. military intervention (see H.R. 2770), H14764 [13DE]

———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), H4415 [6AP]

———balance (see H.R. 1923), H9591 [27SE]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1996-2002 (see H. Con. Res. 66), H4873 [11MY]

———treatment of Social Security under a constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H. Con. Res. 17), H537 [23JA]

CCC: limit farm and export expenditures (see H.R. 2195), H8533 [4AU]

CERCLA: amend (see H.R. 2500), H12128 [10NO]

Children and youth: child labor provisions relative to loading of materials into balers and compacters (see H.R. 1114), H3327 [16MR]

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

Committees of the House: reporting of legislation relative to streamlining Government rules and regulations (see H. Res. 97), H2224 [24FE]

Congress: specify source of constitutional authority for the enactment of legislation (see H.R. 2270), H9364 [20SE]

Correctional institutions: reform process for lawsuits relative to prison conditions and treatment (see H.R. 2468), H9897 [11OC]

Courts: product liability reform (see H.R. 10), H161 [9JA]

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

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (see H.R. 3), H159 [9JA]

Dept. of Commerce: abolish (see H.R. 1756), H5983 [14JN]

Dept. of Defense: prohibit Federal grants or contracts to educational institutions that prevent campus access for recruiting purposes (see H.R. 142, 1118), H5471 [23MY], H12085 [9NO]

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), H9592 [27SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: extend benefits to certain merchant mariners who served during World War II (see H.R. 44), H9245 [19SE]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments (see H.R. 9), H161 [9JA]

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

Employment: clarify exemption of houseparents from minimum wage and maximum hour requirements (see H.R. 2531), H14311 [12DE]

———consolidate Federal job training programs (see H.R. 1120), H4441 [1MY]

Endangered species: protect private property rights relative to economic losses from critical habitat designations (see H.R. 490), H400 [19JA]

Endangered Species Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2275), H8683 [7SE]

English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see H.R. 123, 739), H7012 [13JY], H9245 [19SE]

ERISA: restrict Government promotion of economically targeted investments for employee benefit plans (see H.R. 1594), H5905 [13JN]

Families and domestic relations: protect parental rights (see H.R. 1946), H6481 [28JN]

———strengthen rights of parents (see H.R. 11), H161 [9JA]

Federal aid programs: termination dates (see H.R. 216), H1850 [15FE]

Federal employees: allow contributions to medical savings accounts under Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (see H.R. 2341), H8994 [14SE]

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

Firearms: allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in all States (see H.R. 2634), H12349 [14NO]

———constitutional amendment to clarify right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 2393), H9505 [25SE]

———protect and enforce the right to obtain and use firearms for security, self-defense, and other legitimate purposes (see H.R. 2470; H. Con. Res. 5), H2651 [3MR], H9897 [11OC]

———repeal ban on assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices (see H.R. 125, 464, 698), H167 [9JA], H593 [24JA], H1556 [9FE]

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

Government: review all departments and agencies and their programs (see H.R. 1763), H5690 [7JN]

Government regulations: moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions (see H.R. 450), H468 [20JA]

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

Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: reduce tax (see H.R. 1138), H4336 [5AP]

Helium Act: sale of Federal real and personal property (see H.R. 873), H1850 [15FE]

House of Representatives: return of excess amounts from official allowances to the Treasury for deficit reduction (see H.R. 26, 77), H1460 [8FE], H1689 [13FE]

———transfer certain administrative and maintenance functions to the private sector (see H. Res. 102), H2487 [1MR]

House Rules: ban on the acceptance of gifts and lobbyist-sponsored perks (see H. Res. 66), H1460 [8FE]

———discourage arbitrary or inconsequential ethics complaints (see H. Res. 314), H15136 [19DE]

Israel: relocate U.S. embassy to Jerusalem (see H.R. 1595), H5572 [24MY]

Legislative Branch of the Government: application of certain laws (see H.R. 1), H158 [9JA]

Medicare: clarify scope of coverage and payment amounts for the use of medical devices approved for investigational use (see H.R. 1744), H6699 [30JN]

———require health maintenance organizations to provided out-of-network services to enrollees (see H.R. 2757), H14310 [12DE]

Mining and mineral resources: provide States with exclusive jurisdiction over regulation of surface coal mining within their borders (see H.R. 2372), H10485 [19OC]

Motor vehicles: regulation of motorcycle helmet use (see H.R. 899), H2651 [3MR]

———remove limitations on maximum driving and on-duty time of utility vehicle operators and drivers (see H.R. 2144), H8597 [6SE]

National Education Association: repeal Federal charter (see H.R. 2180), H10848 [25OC]

National security: revitalize (see H.R. 7), H160 [9JA]

National Voter Registration Act: repeal (see H.R. 370), H1371 [7FE]

Oil Pollution Act: require Federal agencies to differentiate between organic oils and petroleum-based oils (see H.R. 436), H1461 [8FE]

Panama: negotiation of a new agreement relative to the presence of U.S. Armed Forces and the Panama Canal (see H. Con. Res. 4), H4433 [7AP]

Pensions: revise effective date for cost-of-living adjustments for military retirees (see H.R. 2664), H13930 [4DE]

Pesticides: definition and regulation of the minor use of pesticides (see H.R. 1627), H4915 [12MY]

PLO: enforce compliance with standards of international conduct relative to U.S. foreign aid (see H.R. 1960), H9364 [20SE]

Public welfare programs: reform (see H.R. 4), H159 [9JA]

Roads and highways: maximum speed limit (see H.R. 427), H2717 [6MR]

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

———increase earnings limit, repeal increase of taxation of benefits, and provide incentives to purchase long-term care insurance (see H.R. 8), H160 [9JA]

Solid waste: limit disposal of out-of-State municipal waste (see H.R. 1288), H4415 [6AP]

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

———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]

Surgeon General: terminate the Office of Surgeon General of the Public Health Service (see H.R. 860), H1850 [15FE]

Taxation: deductions for business use of the home (see H.R. 40), H2393 [28FE]

———double the maximum benefit under the special estate tax valuation rules for certain property (see H.R. 520), H4619 [9MY]

———exclude length of service awards for firefighters and emergency medical service personnel from limitations on deferred compensation plans (see H.R. 1893), H8537 [4AU]

———extend deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 1034), H4916 [12MY]

———increase the unified estate and gift tax credit (see H.R. 62), H4873 [11MY]

———individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 682), H5190 [17MY]

———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), H4619 [9MY]

———require burden of proof to be on the Dept. of the Treasury in all tax cases (see H.R. 2450), H12085 [9NO]

———standards for determining employment status of independent contractors (see H.R. 1972), H6697 [30JN]

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

———treatment of cash rents relative to special estate tax valuation rules (see H.R. 501), H4795 [10MY]

———treatment of family-owned businesses relative to estate tax (see H.R. 2190), H8360 [3AU]

———treatment of homemakers' individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1040), H2223 [24FE]

———treatment of livestock sold on account of weather conditions (see H.R. 1588), H5572 [24MY]

———treatment of military income derived from services performed during a contingency operation (see H.R. 2778), H14964 [15DE]

———treatment of rollover gain from the sale of farm assets into an individual retirement account (see H.R. 89), H4619 [9MY]

———treatment of tax-exempt interest relative to Social Security benefits and income determination (see H.R. 159), H2487 [1MR]

Tobacco products: prohibit regulation of tobacco-sponsored advertising used by professional motor sports associations (see H.R. 2265), H8596 [6SE]

Transportation: provide off-budget treatment for certain transportation trust funds (see H.R. 842), H9897 [11OC]

Wetlands: moratorium on certain policies relative to the determination of wetlands status (see H.R. 1220), H3733 [23MR]

Remarks by, on

Abortion: coverage of abortion procedures through the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, H7193 [19JY]

———performance at military medical facilities, H8627 [7SE]

———performance of privately funded abortions at overseas military hospitals, H6004 [15JN]

———prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1833), H11592 [1NO]

Agriculture: permit unimpeded use of privately owned farm land (H.R. 800), E259 [2FE]

Appropriations: line-item veto (H.R. 2), H1179, H1180 [3FE], H1213 [6FE]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: require congressional approval prior to U.S. military intervention (H.R. 2606), H13236 [17NO]

———require congressional approval prior to U.S. military intervention (H.R. 2770), H14844 [13DE]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2491), H10883 [26OC]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1996-2002 (H. Con. Res. 67), H5276 [18MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1530), H5952 [14JN], H6004 [15JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2126), H8627 [7SE]

———reduction of missile defense systems and application of savings to military personnel, H5952 [14JN]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2020), H7193 [19JY]

District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 2546), H11656, H11660 [1NO]

———repeal expansion of city employee health benefits based on domestic partnership, H11656, H11660 [1NO]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: amend (H.R. 961), H4677 [10MY]

Food stamps: replace with State block grants, H3315, H3317, H3318 [16MR], H3612, H3615, H3616 [23MR]

Government regulations: moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions (H.R. 450), H2072, H2106 [23FE]

———moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions designating endangered species or critical habitat, H2106 [23FE]

National Engineers Week: observance, E423 [24FE]

Public welfare programs: reform (H.R. 4), H3612, H3615, H3616 [23MR]

Taxation: rates (H.R. 1215), H4143 [4AP]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H13868 [30NO]

Special order: granted, H4102 [3AP]

Schedules

Committee on Rules (House): Personal Responsibility Act, D368 [16MR]

Statements

President Clinton's State of the Union Message: by, E187 [26JA]