MEYERS, JAN (a Representative from Kansas)
Amendments offered by, to
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State and the Judiciary: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2076), H7551 [24JY], H7775, H7790 [26JY]
Executive departments: reduce Federal paperwork burden (H.R. 830), H2024 [22FE]
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 1868), H6451 [28JN]
Appointments
Conferee: S. 244, Paperwork Reduction Act, H3015 [10MR]
———S. 895, Small Business Lending Enhancement Act, H8777 [12SE]
North Atlantic Assembly, H1763 [15FE]
Bills and resolutions introduced by
AFDC: replace with State block grant programs (see H.R. 513), H242 [13JA]
Aviation: remove air carrier departure and destination restrictions on Dallas Love Field Airport (see H.R. 774), H1050 [1FE]
Committee on Small Business (House): authorizing expenditures (see H. Res. 74), H1555 [9FE]
Courts: modify the judicial review of regulatory flexibility analyses (see H.R. 937), H1751 [14FE]
National Park Service: reform concessions policies (see H.R. 773), H1050 [1FE]
NIH: establish an Office for Rare Disease Research (see H.R. 2027), H7011 [13JY]
SBA: reduce level of participation in certain guaranteed loans (see H.R. 1570), H4545 [3MY]
Small business: reduce costs of Government loan guarantees (see H.R. 2150), H8174 [1AU]
Taxation: deduction for health insurance premiums (see H.R. 442), H179 [9JA]
———extend deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 1034), H2176 [23FE]
———requirements for tax exempt trust status relative to multiple employer health benefits arrangements (see H.R. 1035), H2176 [23FE]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Agriculture: ensure contract sanctity (see H.R. 2557), H13804 [29NO]
Air pollution: reduction of work-related vehicle trips in ozone nonattainment areas (see H.R. 325), H840 [27JA]
Aliens: treatment of criminal aliens (see H.R. 592), H1556 [9FE]
Animals: prohibit export of American black bear viscera (see H.R. 353), H593 [24JA]
———prohibit import, export, sale or possession of bear viscera (see H.R. 2240), H10147 [17OC]
———prohibit interstate commerce relative to exotic animals (see H.R. 1202), H9784 [10OC]
Appropriations: line-item veto (see H.R. 2, 27), H159, H163 [9JA]
Armed Forces: procedures for determining status of certain missing members (see H.R. 945), H4619 [9MY]
Aviation: repeal increase in transportation fuels tax applicable to commercial aviation (see H.R. 752), H5983 [14JN]
Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare: establish (see H.R. 1739), H6200 [21JN]
Bosnia and Herzegovina: require congressional approval prior to U.S. military intervention (see H.R. 2550, 2606), H10994 [26OC], H12084 [9NO]
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1, 28), H161, H175 [9JA]
———limit rate of growth (see H.R. 1110), H8994 [14SE]
China, Republic of: U.N. participation (see H. Con. Res. 12), H1689 [13FE]
Citizenship: constitutional amendment restricting citizenship by virtue of birth in U.S. (see H.J. Res. 93), H5608 [25MY]
———status of children born in U.S. to parents who are not citizens or permanent resident aliens (see H.R. 1363), H4512 [2MY]
Committees of the House: require legislation to transfer certain functions of the GPO (see H. Res. 24), H1612 [10FE]
Congress: employee forfeiture of retirement benefits relative to certain criminal convictions (see H.R. 2244), H8994 [14SE]
Consumers: establish a toll-free telephone number in the Dept. of Commerce to assist consumers in identifying domestically-produced merchandise (see H.R. 447), H5367 [18MY]
Correctional institutions: exemption from Fair Labor Standards Act for inmates in certain programs (see H.R. 868), H6736 [10JY]
Courts: product liability reform (see H.R. 10), H161 [9JA]
———reform civil assets forfeiture (see H.R. 1916), H9364 [20SE]
Credit: define payment postmark date as payment date for purposes of grace periods (see H.R. 1963), H8684 [7SE]
Crime: consumer fraud (see H.R. 1499), H9897 [11OC]
———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (see H.R. 3), H159 [9JA]
———restitution for victims (see H.R. 711), H802 [26JA]
Dept. of Energy: gas turbine modular helium reactor program (see H.R. 311), H5905 [13JN]
Dept. of HHS: verification of employee Social Security information (see H.R. 502), H2393 [28FE]
Dept. of the Treasury: management of cash positions whenever the Government is unable to borrow funds to meet its needs (see H.R. 2098), H9671 [28SE]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish mammography quality standards (see H.R. 882), H6083 [16JN]
———extend benefits to certain merchant mariners who served during World War II (see H.R. 44), H2224 [24FE]
Economy: national objectives priority assignments (see H.R. 9), H161 [9JA]
Education: student loan reform (see H.R. 530), H2584 [2MR]
Employment: age discrimination regulations relative to hiring and retirement plans for State and local law enforcement officers and firefighters (see H.R. 849), H1371 [7FE]
———clarify exemption of houseparents from minimum wage and maximum hour requirements (see H.R. 2531), H10848 [25OC]
———consolidate Federal job training programs (see H.R. 511, 1617), H242 [13JA], H4873 [11MY]
———make uniform the application overtime exemption for inside sales personnel (see H.R. 1226), H11829 [7NO]
———payment of wages to individuals who use employer-owned vehicles (see H.R. 1227), H9132 [18SE]
———relationship between workers' compensation benefits and certain benefits available to migrant and seasonal workers (see H.R. 1715), H7068 [17JY]
English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see H.R. 123, 739, 1005), H167 [9JA], H4415 [6AP], H8806 [12SE]
ERISA: restrict Government promotion of economically targeted investments for employee benefit plans (see H.R. 1594), H4618 [9MY]
Explosives: Federal permit requirements for distribution or receipt of explosives (see H.R. 488), H468 [20JA]
Families and domestic relations: strengthen rights of parents (see H.R. 11), H161 [9JA]
Federal employees: protection of congressional staff (see H.R. 628), H1850 [15FE]
———reduce number of political appointees (see H.R. 2090), H8904 [13SE]
———retirement provisions for certain INS, Customs Service, and IRS employees (see H.R. 1124), H5905 [13JN]
Firearms: repeal ban on assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices (see H.R. 125), H468 [20JA]
Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 79), H3416 [21MR]
Foreign policy: encourage North-South dialogue on Korean Peninsula (see H. Con. Res. 19), H4032 [30MR]
Forest Service: assure operations are free of racial, sexual, and ethnic discrimination (see H.R. 1716), H5983 [14JN]
Government: status of Federal contractors that hire permanent replacements for striking employees (see H.R. 1176), H2892 [8MR]
Government regulations: reduce Federal paperwork burden (see H.R. 2715), H14002 [5DE]
Graham, Billy and Ruth: award congressional gold medal (see H.R. 2657), H13273 [17NO]
Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: reduce tax (see H.R. 1138), H5905 [13JN]
Hazardous substances: nuclear waste disposal (see H.R. 1020), H4433 [7AP]
Health: designate obstetrician-gynecologists as primary care providers for women under Federal health care regulations (see H. Res. 30), H1689 [13FE]
———ensure pregnant women receiving Public Health Service assistance are provided with pregnancy information and counseling (see H.R. 833), H9363 [20SE]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 995, 996), H1967 [21FE]
Historic buildings and sites: study battlefields of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 (see H.R. 810), H1461 [8FE]
House of Representatives: require use of official allowance to purchase copies of the U.S. Code (see H. Res. 58), H1372 [7FE]
———return of excess amounts from official allowances to the Treasury for deficit reduction (see H.R. 77), H165 [9JA]
Housing: residency requirements for aliens relative to occupancy in public housing (see H.R. 605), H2306 [27FE]
Human rights: trafficking of Burmese women and girls into Thailand for forced prostitution (see H. Con. Res. 21), H1752 [14FE]
Immigration: asylum reform and prohibition of Federal benefits to certain aliens (see H.R. 375), H4511 [2MY]
———moratorium on aliens except for relatives of U.S. citizens, certain highly skilled workers, and refugees (see H.R. 373), H1371 [7FE]
———reform admission policies, treatment of criminal aliens and alien smuggling, documentation requirements, and border security (see H.R. 560, 1018, 1915, 2202), H1611 [10FE], H2175 [23FE], H6269 [22JN], H8533 [4AU]
India: U.S. policy (see H. Con. Res. 48), H4795 [10MY]
Insurance: coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (see H.R. 2011), H10848 [25OC]
———prohibit denial of health coverage based on status as victim of domestic violence (see H.R. 1920), H10726 [24OC]
Israel: relocate U.S. embassy to Jerusalem (see H.R. 1595), H9452 [21SE]
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of: restrict congressional travel (see H.R. 1987), H6831 [11JY]
Labor: allow cooperative efforts between management and labor to improve economic competitiveness (see H.R. 743), H1612 [10FE]
Legislative Branch of the Government: application of certain laws (see H.R. 1), H158 [9JA]
Medicare: require health maintenance organizations to disclose certain information to enrollees (see H.R. 2249), H10848 [25OC]
Medicare and Medicaid Coverage Data Bank: repeal (see H.R. 952), H1849 [15FE]
Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (see H.J. Res. 2), H593 [24JA]
Motor vehicles: remove limitations on maximum driving and on-duty time of utility vehicle operators and drivers (see H.R. 2144), H8597 [6SE]
Music: licensing (see H.R. 789), H3879 [28MR]
National security: revitalize (see H.R. 7), H160 [9JA]
National Tourism Organization: establish (see H.R. 2579), H12190 [13NO]
Natural gas: enhance safety, training, research, and development in the propane gas industry (see H.R. 1514), H5692 [7JN]
Occupational Safety and Health Act: amend (see H.R. 1834), H5982 [14JN]
Oil Pollution Act: require Federal agencies to differentiate between organic oils and petroleum-based oils (see H.R. 436), H296 [17JA]
Oklahoma City, OK: bombing of Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building (see H. Res. 135), H4512 [2MY]
Panama: negotiation of a new agreement relative to the presence of U.S. Armed Forces and the Panama Canal (see H. Con. Res. 4), H1372 [7FE]
Patents: biotechnology process protection (see H.R. 587), H1968 [21FE]
———limit issuance on medical procedures (see H.R. 1127), H8684 [7SE]
———restore term (see H.R. 359), H296 [17JA]
Postal Service: acceptance of change-of-address orders from commercial mail receiving agencies (see H.R. 1464), H11441 [30OC]
Public welfare programs: eliminate benefits relative to probation and parole violators and fugitive felons (see H.R. 118), H1850 [15FE]
———prohibit financial assistance to persons delinquent in child support payments (see H.R. 104), H8994 [14SE]
Recycling: improve the collection and dissemination of information that will promote the recycling of municipal solid waste (see H.R. 1153), H4512 [2MY]
Roads and highways: repeal requirement to use asphalt containing recycled crumb rubber for paving (see H.R. 1242), H6083 [16JN]
Russia: protection of freedom of the press and freedom of expression (see H. Con. Res. 95), H10147 [17OC]
Small business: increase deductions for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 2435), H9737 [29SE]
Social Security: increase earnings limit (see H.R. 2668), H13731 [28NO]
———increase earnings limit, repeal increase of taxation of benefits, and provide incentives to purchase long-term care insurance (see H.R. 8), H160 [9JA]
———medicare reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see H.R. 580), H4511 [2MY]
Sports: headgear requirements for professional boxers (see H.R. 1150), H4512 [2MY]
States: tax treatment of certain pension income (see H.R. 394), H11441 [30OC]
Surplus Government property: authorize donation of surplus Federal law enforcement canines to their handlers (see H.R. 704), H5905 [13JN]
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve: establish (see H.R. 1449), H4414 [6AP]
Tariff: tamoxifen citrate (see H.R. 1261), H3326 [16MR]
Taxation: allow individuals to designate percentage of their tax overpayments or to make contributions for deficit reduction (see H.R. 1442), H4414 [6AP]
———church pension benefit plans (see H.R. 528), H10484 [19OC]
———deduction for interest paid on debt secured by a first or second home (see H. Con. Res. 10), H1208 [3FE]
———earned income tax credits relative to illegal aliens and fraudulent claims (see H.R. 438), H1908 [16FE]
———exclusion of employer-provided educational assistance (see H.R. 127), H6159 [20JN]
———increase the unified estate and gift tax credit (see H.R. 62), H692 [25JA]
———prevent reclassification of certain dues paid to tax-exempt agricultural and horticultural organizations (see H.R. 783), H1051 [1FE]
———provide credits for families and reform the marriage penalty (see H.R. 6), H160 [9JA]
———qualification and eligibility requirements for S corporations and shareholders (see H.R. 2039), H7011 [13JY]
———require burden of proof to be on the Dept. of the Treasury in all tax cases (see H.R. 390), H1968 [21FE]
———standards for determining employment status of independent contractors (see H.R. 1972), H6697 [30JN]
———treatment of accelerated death benefits under life insurance contracts (see H.R. 99), H1371 [7FE]
———treatment of capital gains and losses on the sale of a principal residence (see H.R. 56), H164 [9JA]
———treatment of charitable risk pools (see H.R. 1299), H8806 [12SE]
———treatment of family-owned businesses relative to estate tax (see H.R. 2190), H8360 [3AU]
———treatment of group legal services plans (see H.R. 540), H11441 [30OC]
———treatment of homemakers' individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 708, 1040), H802 [26JA], H2223 [24FE]
———treatment of medical savings accounts (see H.R. 1818), H8904 [13SE]
———treatment of military income derived from services performed during a contingency operation (see H.R. 2778), H15136 [19DE]
Terrorism: improve U.S. ability to respond to terrorist threats (see H.R. 896), H4512 [2MY]
Trucking industry: regulation of nonconsensual tow truck operations (see H.R. 866), H1908 [16FE]
Volunteer workers: grant immunity from personal civil liability during work on behalf of governmental entities or nonprofit organizations (see H.R. 911), H1688 [13FE]
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), H15136 [19DE]
Water pollution: Federal facilities pollution control (see H.R. 364), H3733 [23MR]
Women: availability of information on reproductive health services (see H. Res. 118), H9784 [10OC]
———prohibit practice of female genital mutilation or female circumcision (see H.R. 941), H10726 [24OC]
Conference reports
Small Business Lending Enhancement Act (S. 895), H9638 [28SE]
Motions offered by
Small business: redesign small business programs on loan guarantees, counseling and management, and Government contracting (S. 895), H8777 [12SE]
Remarks by, on
Abortion: prohibit funding for international population assistance activities, H6451, H6452, H6453, H6458, H6460, H6461 [28JN]
———prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1833), H11614 [1NO]
———State discretion in deciding on funding for victims of rape and incest, H8375 [3AU]
AFDC: program reform, H3762 [24MR]
Bosnia and Herzegovina: require congressional approval prior to U.S. military intervention (H.R. 2606), H13233 [17NO]
———require congressional approval prior to U.S. military intervention (H.R. 2770), H14827 [13DE]
———U.S. military intervention (H. Res. 247), H11405
Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2491), H10908
Children and youth: expand child care block grant programs, H3586 [23MR]
Committees of the House: permission to meet while the House is in session, H8733 [12SE]
Contracts: Federal bidding procedures, H8859, H8871, H8874, H8876, H8878 [13SE]
———revise and streamline Federal procurement and acquisition laws, H5930, H5936 [14JN]
———revise and streamline Federal procurement and acquisition laws (H.R. 1670), H8859, H8871, H8874, H8876, H8878 [13SE]
DAR: tribute to work on Constitution Week observance, E1813
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1530), H5930, H5936 [14JN]
Dept. of HHS: restore funding to family planning programs, H8257 [2AU]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State and the Judiciary: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2076), H7775 [26JY]
———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2076), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 289), H14080 [6DE]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2127), H8257 [2AU], H8375 [3AU]
ERISA: restrict Government promotion of economically targeted investments for employee benefit plans (H.R. 1594), H8744 [12SE]
Executive departments: recordkeeping requirements, H2024 [22FE]
———reduce Federal paperwork burden (H.R. 830), H2014
———reduce Federal paperwork burden (S. 244), conference report, H4376 [6AP]
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 1868), H6451, H6452, H6453, H6458, H6460, H6461 [28JN]
———making appropriations (H.R. 1868), conference report—amendments in disagreement, H11540 [31OC], H12360 [15NO]
Foreign trade: impact of Japanese trade practices on automobile industry, H4519 [3MY]
Government regulations: reform regulatory process (H.R. 926), H2409, H2410, H2412 [1MR]
House of Representatives: legislative program, H3771 [24MR]
Labor: allow cooperative efforts between management and labor to improve economic competitiveness (H.R. 743), H9528 [27SE]
League of Women Voters: anniversary, H1701 [14FE]
Population: funding for international family planning programs, H11540 [31OC], H12360 [15NO]
Public debt: ceiling (H.R. 2586), H12059 [9NO]
Public welfare programs: reform (H.R. 4), H3363 [21MR], H3586 [23MR], H3762, H3765, H3768 [24MR]
———reform (H.R. 4), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 319), H15505 [21DE]
SBA: funding, H14080 [6DE]
———funding for the Office of Advocacy, H7775 [26JY]
Small business: redesign small business programs on loan guarantees, counseling and management, and Government contracting (S. 895), H8776 [12SE]
———redesign small business programs on loan guarantees, counseling and management, and Government contracting (S. 895), conference report, H9711, H9712 [29SE]
———reduce costs of Government loan guarantees (H.R. 2150), H8733, H8734, H8736 [12SE]
———tax incentives, H15577 [22DE]
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), H1925 [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, H3998 [30MR]
———rates (H.R. 1215), H4220 [5AP]
U.N. Population Fund: funding, H12360 [15NO]
Votes: correction, H4827 [11MY], H8658 [7SE], E2147
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H5606 [25MY], H8172 [1AU]
Tribute, E2235 [28NO]
Remarks in Senate relative to
Tribute, S18013 [5DE]
Reports filed
Judicial Review of Regulatory Flexibility Analyses: Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 937) (H. Rept. 104-49), H2175 [23FE]
Small Business Credit Efficiency Act: Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 2150) (H. Rept. 104-238), H8596 [6SE]
Small Business Lending Enhancement Act: Committee of Conference (S. 895) (H. Rept. 104-269), H9670 [28SE]
Rules
Committee on Small Business (House), H1608-H1610 [10FE]
Schedules
Committee on Agriculture (House): Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities: Federal tax code relative to farmers, ranchers, and rural communities, D232 [23FE]
Committee on Resources (House): Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Lands: public lands legislation, D919 [25JY]
Committee on Rules (House): revise and streamline Federal acquisition laws, D1079 [12SE]
Committee on Ways and Means (House): Subcommittee on Health: health insurance tax deduction for the self-employed, D103 [27JA]
Subpoena Notices
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, H6146 [20JN]
Tributes
Becker, Rich, E871