KLECZKA, GERALD D. (a Representative from Wisconsin)
Amendments offered by, to
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), H328 [18JA]
———making supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 1158), H3049 [10MR]
———making supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 1159), H3050 [10MR]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1977), H6832 [11JY], H7041 [17JY]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2127), H8414 [3AU]
Public welfare programs: reform (H.R. 4), H3514 [22MR]
Science: authorizing appropriations for Federal civilian science activities (H.R. 2405), H9785 [10OC], H9855 [11OC]
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 55), H325 [18JA]
EPA: temporary suspension of reformulated gasoline rules (see H.R. 1015), H2063 [22FE]
Taxation: eligibility of veterans for mortgage revenue bond financing (see H.R. 2193), H8533 [4AU]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Agriculture: labeling of milk products relative to bovine growth hormones, and development of residue test (see H.R. 2084, 2085), H7378 [20JY]
———prohibit transfer or marketing of nonambulatory cattle, sheep, swine, horses, mules, or goats (see H.R. 2143), H8063 [31JY]
Air pollution: reduction of work-related vehicle trips in ozone nonattainment areas (see H.R. 325), H1371 [7FE]
Alaska: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1000), H13142 [16NO]
Animals: improve animal drug approval process (see H.R. 2508), H10484 [19OC]
———reporting requirements for research facilities conducting experimentation and testing (see H.R. 1547), H4511 [2MY]
———require humane transport of horses en route to slaughtering facilities (see H.R. 2433), H14003 [5DE]
Appropriations: line-item veto (S. 4), application to 1996 appropriations bills (see H. Res. 212), H8536 [4AU]
———making continuing (see H.J. Res. 118, 120), H12506 [15NO]
Aviation: repeal increase in transportation fuels tax applicable to commercial aviation (see H.R. 752), H8361 [3AU]
Award, medals, prizes: establish congressional commemorative medal for organ donors (see H.R. 2551), H10994 [26OC]
Bosnia and Herzegovina: require congressional approval prior to U.S. military intervention (see H.R. 2550, 2606), H10994 [26OC], H12084 [9NO]
———U.S. military intervention (see H.R. 2417), H9898 [11OC]
Business and industry: use of community development block grant funds for employment relocation activities (see H.R. 463), H229 [11JA]
CERCLA: clarify liability for certain recycling transactions (see H.R. 820), H7916 [27JY]
Charles A. Hayes Post Office Building, Chicago, IL: designate (see H.R. 2704), H15136 [19DE]
China, Republic of: U.N. membership (see H. Con. Res. 63), H13341 [18NO]
———U.N. participation (see H. Con. Res. 12), H1157 [2FE]
Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 42), H537 [23JA]
———revise and extend (see H.R. 1872), H7990 [28JY]
Connecticut: mint coins in commemoration of the bicentennial of the Old State House (see H.R. 1933), H9738 [29SE]
Courts: reorganize administrative law judiciary (see H.R. 1802), H5753 [8JN]
Credit: define payment postmark date as payment date for purposes of grace periods (see H.R. 1963), H6655 [29JN]
———define payment postmark date as payment date for purposes of grace periods, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 1963), H14055, H14173 [6DE]
Crime: include peonage and slavery offenses as RICO predicates (see H.R. 305), H1556 [9FE]
———protection against code grabbers (see H.R. 338), H468 [20JA]
———protection from sexual predators (see H.R. 713), H3417 [21MR]
Cyprus: dispute resolution (see H. Con. Res. 42), H6159 [20JN]
Dept. of Energy: gas turbine modular helium reactor program (see H.R. 311), H4177 [4AP]
Dept. of State: publication of names of U.S. citizens who renounce their citizenship (see H.R. 1378), H4415 [6AP]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: exempt certain full-time health care professionals from restrictions on outside professional activities (see H.R. 1384), H4512 [2MY]
———extend benefits to certain merchant mariners who served during World War II (see H.R. 44), H8806 [12SE]
Disasters: provide for hazard mitigation, relief, and insurance against natural disasters (see H.R. 1856), H6699 [30JN]
Diseases: research programs for Parkinson's disease (see H.R. 1462), H4414 [6AP]
Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge: designate (see H.R. 1253), H4336 [5AP]
Employment: improve employment and training assistance for dislocated workers (see H.R. 1422), H4916 [12MY]
———require employers to notify workers before health care or retirement benefits are terminated (see H.R. 1305), H13274 [17NO]
EPA: waiver of reformulated gasoline rules during non-ozone season (see H.R. 2327), H8903 [13SE]
FAA: establish as an independent agency (see H.R. 2276), H10485 [19OC]
Families and domestic relations: require States to disclose the AIDS status of infants to legal guardians (see H.R. 1289), H3571 [22MR]
Foreign trade: develop criteria for market access in foreign countries (see H.R. 1560), H4545 [3MY]
Health: designate obstetrician-gynecologists as primary care providers for women under Federal health care regulations (see H. Res. 30), H1372 [7FE]
———include organ donation forms and information in individual income tax refund payments (see H.R. 1889), H7012 [13JY]
———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mothers and newborn infants following birth (see H.R. 1950), H7990 [28JY]
House of Representatives: official travel requirements (see H.R. 1222; H. Res. 15), H176 [9JA], H4916 [12MY]
Housing: prohibit certain rental housing managers from banning household pets for elderly residents (see H.R. 1619), H6200 [21JN]
Information services: prevent unfair billing and charging practices for services provided over 800 line phone numbers (see H.R. 1559), H4620 [9MY]
Insurance: coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (see H.R. 2011), H15088 [18DE]
———establish health plan standards for treatment of enrollees and health care providers (see H.R. 2400), H13658 [20NO]
———prohibit denial of health coverage based on status as victim of domestic violence (see H.R. 1201), H5983 [14JN]
———prohibit health insurance premium rate increases based on age (see H.R. 1614), H4873 [11MY]
———provide tax incentives to encourage health insurance coverage continuity and portability and discourage preexisting condition exclusions (see H.R. 1610), H4872 [11MY]
Investments: facilitate asset security through certain investment trusts (see H.R. 1967), H6656 [29JN]
Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1484), H8904 [13SE]
———exemption from State laws prohibiting carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H4177 [4AP]
Medicare: clarify scope of coverage and payment amounts for the use of medical devices approved for investigational use (see H.R. 1744), H6270 [22JN]
———colorectal screening (see H.R. 922), H7012 [13JY]
———limit penalty for late enrollment (see H.R. 559), H3879 [28MR]
———oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 2600), H11939 [8NO]
———permit select policies to be offered in all States (see H.R. 483), H229 [11JA]
———protection of beneficiaries relative to enrollment in managed care plans and health maintenance organizations (see H.R. 1707), H7990 [28JY]
———reform (see H.R. 2422), H9670 [28SE]
Medicare/Medicaid: payment integrity (see H.R. 2280), H8684 [7SE]
Members of Congress: stoppage of payment during Government shutdown (see H.R. 2281), H12350 [14NO]
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), H4619 [9MY]
Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 940), H1751 [14FE]
Mining and mineral resources: locatable minerals on public domain lands (see H.R. 357), H173 [9JA]
Motor vehicles: delay implementation of enhanced vehicle inspection and maintenance programs (see H.R. 46), H4441 [1MY]
Music: licensing (see H.R. 789), H1208 [3FE]
NASA: termination of International Space Station program (see H.R. 1701), H5571 [24MY]
National Voter Registration Act: affirmation (see H. Con. Res. 96), H8536 [4AU]
Pensions: revise effective date for cost-of-living adjustments for military retirees (see H.R. 2664), H14239 [7DE]
———treatment of Indian tribal governments and their employees (see H.R. 1966), H6656 [29JN]
Pharmaceuticals: guarantee practice of pharmacy compounding and ensure supply of bulk drug products (see H.R. 598), H2487 [1MR]
Police Athletic League: tribute (see H. Res. 163), H5691 [7JN]
Postal Service: acceptance of change-of-address orders from commercial mail receiving agencies (see H.R. 1464), H5623 [6JN]
Presidents of the U.S.: repeal 22d amendment to the Constitution relative to term restrictions (see H.J. Res. 68), H7917 [27JY]
Recycling: require producers and importers of newsprint to recycle a certain percentage (see H.R. 1523), H4432 [7AP]
———require the EPA to establish a recycling credit system for used oil (see H.R. 1525), H4432 [7AP]
Senior citizens: affirm the purpose and value of senior nutrition programs (see H. Con. Res. 22), H1612 [10FE]
Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of 150th anniversary (see H.R. 2627), H13930 [4DE]
Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds (see H.R. 2628), H12349 [14NO]
———maintain earnings test correlation between disability insurance benefits for the blind and retirement age benefits (see H. Con. Res. 23), H1208 [3FE]
SSI: restriction on benefits to prisoners (see H.R. 2320), H8903 [13SE]
States: expedite review of criminal records of applicants for security officer employment (see H.R. 2092), H9245 [19SE]
Taxation: awareness of charitable beneficiaries of their interests in certain charitable remainder trusts (see H.R. 32), H6396 [27JN]
———church pension benefit plans (see H.R. 528), H14173 [6DE]
———credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (see H.R. 1662), H6831 [11JY]
———deduction for interest paid on debt secured by a first or second home (see H. Con. Res. 10), H6913 [12JY]
———election of taxable fiscal year for partnerships and S corporations (see H.R. 1661), H7461 [21JY]
———excise exemption for air transportation relative to medical care (see H.R. 635), H7012 [13JY]
———exclusion of employer-provided educational assistance (see H.R. 127), H1281 [6FE]
———extend nonconventional fuel tax credit (see H.R. 2146), H10307 [18OC]
———individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 682), H5374 [22MY]
———make permanent the credit for increasing research activities (see H.R. 803), H4795 [10MY]
———permanent extension of the transition rule for certain publicly traded partnerships (see H.R. 1686), H5471 [23MY]
———prevent avoidance through use of foreign trusts (see H.R. 2356), H9245 [19SE]
———qualification and eligibility requirements for S corporations and shareholders (see H.R. 2039), H7011 [13JY]
———treatment of accelerated death benefits under life insurance contracts (see H.R. 99), H1371 [7FE]
———treatment of charitable risk pools (see H.R. 1299), H5191 [17MY]
———treatment of charitable risk pools, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 1299), H5905 [13JN]
———treatment of deferred compensation plans of State, local government, and tax-exempt organizations (see H.R. 1119), H6481 [28JN]
———treatment of estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 1099), H6656 [29JN]
———treatment of governmental plans under the rules governing retirement plans (see H.R. 1504), H4431 [7AP]
———treatment of Indian tribal governments relative to employee pension plans (see H.R. 2040), H7011 [13JY]
———treatment of individuals benefiting from renouncement of citizenship and treatment of assets of naturalized citizens or residents (see H.R. 1535), H4511 [2MY]
———treatment of lobbying expenses for State legislation (see H.R. 2434), H14765 [13DE]
———treatment of long-term health care insurance (see H.R. 1457), H4414 [6AP]
———treatment of military income derived from services performed during a contingency operation (see H.R. 2778), H15136 [19DE]
Transportation: provide off-budget treatment for certain transportation trust funds (see H.R. 842), H2177 [23FE]
Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1500), H9738 [29SE]
Volunteer workers: grant immunity from personal civil liability during work on behalf of governmental entities or nonprofit organizations (see H.R. 911), H1688 [13FE]
Water pollution: capitalization grants to States (see H.R. 1102), H2486 [1MR]
Weapons: deployment policy for ballistic missile systems (see H.R. 983), H2811 [7MR]
Women: prohibit practice of female genital mutilation or female circumcision (see H.R. 941), H9452 [21SE]
Remarks by, on
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1976), H7423 [21JY]
Appropriations: line-item veto (H.R. 2), H1127, H1133 [2FE]
———line-item veto (H.R. 2), consideration (H. Res. 55), H1085 [2FE]
———making continuing (H.J. Res. 115), H12158 [13NO]
———making continuing (H.J. Res. 122), consideration (H. Res. 270), H12410 [15NO]
Banach, Janet: Polish National Alliance—Milwaukee Society Polish Woman of the Year award recipient, E887
BLS: prohibit use of funds to implement change in the consumer price index except for congressionally authorized changes, H8414 [3AU]
Bosnia and Herzegovina: require congressional approval prior to U.S. military intervention (H.R. 2770), H14837
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), H300 [18JA], H596 [25JA], H771 [26JA]
———deficit, H4257
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2491), H10788 [25OC]
———treatment of Social Security under a constitutional amendment to require balanced, H596 [25JA]
———treatment of Social Security under a constitutional amendment to require balanced (H. Con. Res. 17), H625 [25JA]
CCC: funding to promote and market corporate products overseas, H7423 [21JY]
Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act: revise and extend (H.R. 1872), E1803
Crime: incarceration of violent criminals (H.R. 667), H1503 [9FE]
Crivello, Bill: Allied Veterans Council of Cudahy, WI, Veteran of the Year award recipient, E1994
Dept. of Defense: line-item veto authority, H1133 [2FE]
Dept. of HUD: community development grants funding relative to employment, H8045 [31JY]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1977), H7043 [17JY]
Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2002), H7594 [25JY]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State and the Judiciary: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2076), H7789
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2127), H8414, H8415 [3AU]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2099), H7840
District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 2546), H11652 [1NO]
———revoke National Education Association exemption from property taxes, H11652 [1NO]
EPA: temporary suspension of reformulated gasoline rules (H.R. 1015), H1973 [22FE]
Felician Order of Sisters (organization): Polish National Alliance Polish Americans of the Year award recipient, E1741
Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (H.J. Res. 79), H6435
Government regulations: moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions (H.R. 450), H2146 [23FE]
Hales Corners, WI: tribute to St. Mary's Parish School for efforts in the National Engineers Week Future City Competition, E394
Housing: funding for services coordinators to assist elderly and disabled residents, H7840
Hunting and trapping: exempt recreational and subsistence activities from moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions, H2146 [23FE]
Jaskulski, Sandy: St. Francis, WI, Citizen of the Year award recipient, E55
Jelic, Violet: Croatian Civic Club of Milwaukee Croatian of the Year award recipient, E716
Kowalkowski, William: Milwaukee Council of Southside Advancement Association Person of the Year recipient, E227
Labor unions: collective bargaining rights of mass transit employees, H7594 [25JY]
Medicaid: reform, H12158 [13NO]
Medicare: reform, H9795 [11OC], H12158 [13NO]
———reform (H.R. 2425), H10339, H10351, H10382
Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (H.J. Res. 73), E733
Mikolajczyk, Sue: Pulaski Council of Milwaukee Polish Heritage Award recipient, E885
Milwaukee, WI: anniversary of Christ Church, E1815
———anniversary of Christian Center Neighborhood Improvement Project, E2259
———anniversary of Pio Nono College and High School and Don Bosco High School, E1099
Moore, Gwendolynne S.: Wisconsin National Organization for Women Feminist of the Year, E96
National Institute for Petroleum and Energy Research: oil technology programs funding, H9855 [11OC]
Pensions: corporate use of pension plan funds, H10788 [25OC], H11979 [9NO]
Petroleum: fossil energy research and development funding, H7043 [17JY]
Public welfare programs: funding for nutrition programs, H3784 [24MR]
———reform (H.R. 4), H3514 [22MR], H3784 [24MR]
———reform (H.R. 4), conference report, H15530
SBA: restructure, H7789
Science: authorizing appropriations for Federal civilian science activities (H.R. 2405), H9855 [11OC]
Social Security: increase earnings limit (H.R. 2684), H13966, H13969 [5DE]
———maintain link between senior citizen and blind persons earnings test limit, H13966, H13969 [5DE]
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), H1932
———rates (H.R. 1215), H4257
Telecommunications: promote competition and reduce regulation (H.R. 1555), H8501
Votes: position on missed, E1297
Ziolkowski, Leonard: Milwaukee, WI, South Side Business Club's Man of the Year award recipient, E1839
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H5070 [16MY], H5570 [24MY], H5688 [7JN], H6043 [15JN]
Special order: granted, H321 [18JA]
Schedules
Committee on Rules (House): constitutional amendment to require balanced budget, D72 [23JA]
———Personal Responsibility Act, D368 [16MR]
Committee on Ways and Means (House): Subcommittee on Human Resources: public welfare programs reform relative to SSI, D103 [27JA]
Statements
Old Glory: Charlie Allen, H6435
Tributes
Artison, Richard E., E1841
Fularczyk, Raymond (Red), E473
Lee, Michael R., E1413
Urban, George R., E329
Zeidler, Frank P., E1585