RIVERS, LYNN NANCY (a Representative from Michigan)
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Congress: reform lobbying disclosure and gift rules (see H. Res. 255), H11829 [7NO]
House Rules: treatment of expenses of special-order speeches (see H. Res. 263), H12084 [9NO]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Abortion: protection of reproductive rights and access to reproductive health care clinics (see H.R. 1952), H6481 [28JN]
Agriculture: eliminate the Market Promotion Program (see H.R. 1749), H7068 [17JY]
———price supports for honey (see H.R. 1235), H5367 [18MY]
———price supports for peanuts (see H.R. 2008), H6829 [11JY]
Airlines: prohibit smoking on all flights (see H.R. 969), H9784 [10OC]
Alaska: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1000), H1967 [21FE]
American Revolution: mint coins in commemoration of black revolutionary war patriots (see H.R. 1776), H14003 [5DE]
Animals: prohibit export of American black bear viscera (see H.R. 353), H1281 [6FE]
———prohibit import, export, sale or possession of bear viscera (see H.R. 2240), H8535 [4AU]
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]
Armenia: anniversary of genocide (see H. Con. Res. 47), H11939 [8NO]
Aviation: repeal increase in transportation fuels tax applicable to commercial aviation (see H.R. 752), H6830 [11JY]
Bosnia and Herzegovina: lift U.S. arms embargo (see H.R. 1172), H6830 [11JY]
Business and industry: volunteer guidelines for socially responsible practices for U.S. businesses operating abroad (see H.R. 910), H3733 [23MR]
Children and youth: establish comprehensive early childhood education and staff development programs (see H.R. 968), H1850 [15FE]
———health research (see H.R. 1735), H6831 [11JY]
Civil rights: prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (see H.R. 1863), H6045 [15JN]
Civil Rights Act: availability of information on reproductive health services at federally or State funded family planning clinics (see H.R. 641), H4031 [30MR]
Coastal Zone Management Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1965), H9591 [27SE]
Coins: issue one dollar coin (see H.R. 534), H1908 [16FE]
Computers: prevent harassment by computer or other electronic device (see H.R. 112), H3807 [24MR]
Congress: employee forfeiture of retirement benefits relative to certain criminal convictions (see H.R. 2244), H8535 [4AU]
Consumer Price Index: calculation (see H. Res. 45), H1968 [21FE]
Consumers: establish a toll-free telephone number in the Dept. of Commerce to assist consumers in identifying domestically-produced merchandise (see H.R. 447), H2224 [24FE]
Courts: prevent jury tampering (see H.R. 1145), H3572 [22MR]
———prevent witness retaliation (see H.R. 1143), H6736 [10JY]
———prevent witness tampering (see H.R. 1144), H6736 [10JY]
———reform civil assets forfeiture (see H.R. 1916), H9364 [20SE]
Crime: consumer fraud (see H.R. 1499), H9897 [11OC]
———prevention of fraud relative to provision of or receipt of payment for health care services (see H.R. 1758), H6699 [30JN]
Cyprus: dispute resolution (see H. Con. Res. 42), H6482 [28JN]
Dept. of Defense: eliminate promotion of civilian marksmanship (see H.R. 638), H1372 [7FE]
———outline congressional response to the possibility of reduction or elimination of the commissary and exchange networks (see H. Con. Res. 45), H3417 [21MR]
———reduce size of operational support aircraft fleet (see H.R. 1973), H7012 [13JY]
Dept. of Energy: gas turbine modular helium reactor program (see H.R. 311), H4415 [6AP]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish mammography quality standards (see H.R. 882), H2892 [8MR]
———exempt certain full-time health care professionals from restrictions on outside professional activities (see H.R. 1384), H7379 [20JY]
———extend benefits to certain merchant mariners who served during World War II (see H.R. 44), H4795 [10MY]
———outpatient medical services for former POW (see H.R. 468), H5190 [17MY]
Diseases: pediatric and adolescent AIDS (see H. Con. Res. 62), H5692 [7JN]
Drugs: treatment of sentences relative to powdered cocaine (see H.R. 2598), H12128 [10NO]
Economy: promote revitalization through Federal assistance for cleanup of abandoned or contaminated properties (see H.R. 2178), H9739 [29SE]
Edison, Thomas Alva: mint coins in commemoration of sesquicentennial of birth (see H.R. 893), H6481 [28JN]
Education: provide demonstration grants to secondary schools to extend the academic year (see H.R. 2252), H8535 [4AU]
Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 1100), H2486 [1MR]
Employment: improve employment and training assistance for dislocated workers (see H.R. 1422), H4619 [9MY]
———require employers to notify workers before health care or retirement benefits are terminated (see H.R. 1305), H14003 [5DE]
English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see H.R. 123), H10307 [18OC]
Explosives: Federal permit requirements for distribution or receipt of explosives (see H.R. 488), H6159 [20JN]
Families and domestic relations: child support enforcement (see H.R. 785, 801), H1051 [1FE], H2989 [9MR]
———reduction of teenage pregnancy rates and encouragement of parental responsibility (see H.R. 1115), H2811 [7MR]
———require States to disclose the AIDS status of infants to legal guardians (see H.R. 1289), H3571 [22MR]
Federal employees: military uniform requirements for civilian employees of the National Guard (see H.R. 2264), H10485 [19OC]
———protection of congressional staff (see H.R. 628), H1850 [15FE]
Federal firefighters: hourly and overtime pay rates and pay equity with public sector firefighters (see H.R. 858), H7179 [18JY]
Firearms: regulate sale, import, and manufacture of polymer plastic ammunition (see H.R. 221), H1157 [2FE]
Foreign policy: negotiations between Greece and Macedonia (see H. Con. Res. 31), H3327 [16MR]
Foreign trade: 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), H15136 [19DE]
France: actions relative to moratorium on testing of nuclear weapons (see H. Res. 174), H6831 [11JY]
FTC: prescriptions for contact lenses (see H.R. 1454), H5623 [6JN]
Government: ensure stoppage of payment for the President, Vice President, and Members of Congress during Government shutdown (see H.R. 2671), H14311 [12DE]
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), H7068 [17JY]
———include organ donation forms and information in individual income tax refund payments (see H.R. 1889), H6699 [30JN]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 1200), H2989 [9MR]
———prevention of fetal alcohol syndrome (see H.R. 1649), H5071 [16MY]
Helium Act: sale of Federal real and personal property (see H.R. 873), H7916 [27JY]
Higher Education Accumulation Program: establish to allow tax deductible donations (see H.R. 797), H3975 [29MR]
House of Representatives: adjournment relative to budget impasse (see H. Res. 278), H13274 [17NO]
———official mail allowance (see H.R. 755), H2989 [9MR]
———official travel requirements (see H. Res. 15), H297 [17JA]
———require use of official allowance to purchase copies of the U.S. Code (see H. Res. 58), H1208 [3FE]
———return of excess amounts from official allowances to the Treasury for deficit reduction (see H.R. 26, 77), H468 [20JA], H1281 [6FE]
House Rules: ban on the acceptance of gifts and lobbyist-sponsored perks (see H. Res. 40), H890 [30JA]
———disclosure of source of amendments, measures, and committee reports (see H. Res. 132), H6699 [30JN]
———reform gift rules (see H. Res. 250), H12085 [9NO]
———treat copyright royalties as honoraria (see H. Res. 20), H2064 [22FE]
Immigration and Nationality Act: amend by substituting ``children born out of wedlock'' for ``illegitimate children'' references (see H.R. 1204), H4619 [9MY]
Insurance: coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (see H.R. 2011), H6830 [11JY]
———prohibit denial of health coverage based on status as victim of domestic violence (see H.R. 2654), H14003 [5DE]
———prohibit health insurance premium rate increases based on age (see H.R. 1614), H5609 [25MY]
———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 2748), H14238 [7DE]
Jewish War Veterans: issue commemorative postage stamp honoring anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 26), H3417 [21MR]
King, Martin Luther, Jr.: authorize the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternal organization to establish a memorial (see H.J. Res. 70), H3880 [28MR]
Lobbyists: limit access to the Hall of the House of Representatives (see H. Res. 286), H14173 [6DE]
Marine resources: reauthorization of programs (see H.R. 1175), H6656 [29JN]
Medicaid: coverage of services provided by nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists (see H.R. 1339), H3879 [28MR]
———osteopathic services (see H.R. 1791), H5905 [13JN]
———screening mammography (see H.R. 777), H1850 [15FE]
Medicare: bone mass measurements (see H.R. 2185), H8360 [3AU]
———colorectal screening (see H.R. 922), H7801 [26JY]
———coverage of blood-testing strips for individuals with diabetes (see H.R. 1074), H3975 [29MR]
———diabetes outpatient self-management training services (see H.R. 1073), H3975 [29MR]
———multiple sclerosis drug treatments (see H.R. 1078), H5691 [7JN]
———prostate cancer screening (see H.R. 1496), H5905 [13JN]
———require health maintenance organizations to disclose certain information to enrollees (see H.R. 2249), H9132 [18SE]
———screening mammography (see H.R. 778, 958), H1850 [15FE], H4512 [2MY]
Medicare/Medicaid: public examination of any changes in existing law relative to budget reconciliation (see H. Res. 221), H8904 [13SE]
Members of Congress: eliminate certain benefits (see H.R. 2610), H12084 [9NO]
———stoppage of payment during Government shutdown (see H.R. 2281), H9671 [28SE]
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), H2811 [7MR]
Monuments and memorials: recognize opening of Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial (see H. Res. 59), H2892 [8MR]
Motor vehicles: average fuel economy standards for automobiles (see H.R. 2200), H9897 [11OC]
National Park Service: reform concessions policies (see H.R. 773), H2393 [28FE]
National Sea Grant College Program: reauthorization (see H.R. 1175), H6656 [29JN]
National Voter Registration Act: affirmation (see H. Con. Res. 96), H8536 [4AU]
Native Americans: clarify Federal relationship with the Burt Lake Band of Michigan (see H.R. 377), H12085 [9NO]
Natural resources: recover fair market value for disposal of Federal natural assets (see H.R. 721), H2177 [23FE]
Navy Combat Action Ribbon: retroactive awarding to certain individuals (see H.R. 895), H1611 [10FE]
NIH: establish an Office for Rare Disease Research (see H.R. 2027), H8537 [4AU]
Patents: limit issuance on medical procedures (see H.R. 1127), H14253 [11DE]
———restore the proper term of patent protection (see H.R. 359), H7461 [21JY]
Pensions: exclude the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund from the Federal budget (see H.R. 103), H8597 [6SE]
———revise effective date for cost-of-living adjustments for military retirees (see H.R. 2664), H13731 [28NO]
Police Athletic League: tribute (see H. Res. 163), H5691 [7JN]
Political campaigns: require disclosure of certain phone bank communications (see H.R. 324), H1908 [16FE]
Public lands: domestic livestock grazing fees (see H.R. 676), H2306 [27FE]
Public opinion polls: require certain disclosures and reports relative to polling by telephone or electronic device (see H.R. 2119), H8806 [12SE]
Public welfare programs: prohibit financial assistance to persons delinquent in child support payments (see H.R. 104), H1611 [10FE]
———reform (see H.R. 315), H1157 [2FE]
Radio: permit recreational radio operations without licenses (see H.R. 963), H8684 [7SE]
Refuse disposal: solid and hazardous waste incinerator requirements (see H.R. 2211), H10994 [26OC]
Rivers, Ruben: posthumous awarding of Medal of Honor (see H.R. 2228), H8534 [4AU]
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore: permit certain persons to continue to use and occupy certain areas (see H.R. 1666), H12350 [14NO]
Small business: increase deductions for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 52, 335), H400 [19JA], H1611 [10FE]
Smithsonian Institution: establish National African-American Museum (see H.R. 786), H1051 [1FE]
———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), H2892 [8MR]
———maintenance and protection of system (see H. Con. Res. 78), H6699 [30JN]
States: expedite review of criminal records of applicants for security officer employment (see H.R. 2092), H10048 [12OC]
Surplus Government property: authorize donation of surplus Federal law enforcement canines to their handlers (see H.R. 704), H1611 [10FE]
———distribution to nonprofit organizations providing assistance to the hungry or indigent (see H.R. 863), H6736 [10JY]
Taxation: allow individuals to designate percentage of their tax overpayments or to make contributions for units of the National Park System (see H.R. 2548), H14964 [15DE]
———benefits for foreign corporations (see H.R. 1278), H4512 [2MY]
———church pension benefit plans (see H.R. 528), H11767 [2NO]
———earned income tax credits relative to illegal aliens and fraudulent claims (see H.R. 438), H1908 [16FE]
———employer credits for expenses of providing dependent care services to employees (see H.R. 881), H1555 [9FE]
———exclude length of service awards for firefighters and emergency medical service personnel from limitations on deferred compensation plans (see H.R. 1893), H7461 [21JY]
———exclusion of employer-provided educational assistance (see H.R. 127), H6481 [28JN]
———exemption for certain common investment funds (see H.R. 734), H2717 [6MR]
———impose penalties on self-dealing between certain tax-exempt organizations and disqualified persons (see H.R. 613), H3733 [23MR]
———permit opponents of war to designate tax payments to a Peace Tax Fund (see H.R. 1402), H4335 [5AP]
———require burden of proof to be on the Dept. of the Treasury in all tax cases (see H.R. 390, 2450), H4511 [2MY], H12085 [9NO]
———treatment of gifts of public-traded stock to certain private foundations (see H.R. 733), H2717 [6MR]
———treatment of group legal services plans (see H.R. 540), H4433 [7AP]
———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 student loan interest (see H.R. 1229), H3808 [24MR]
Trails: designate the voting rights march route from Selma, AL, to Montgomery, AL, as a National Historic Trail (see H.R. 1129), H3049 [10MR]
Treaties and agreements: negotiation of bilateral prisoner transfer treaties (see H.R. 552), H7067 [17JY]
Turkey: protection and continued livelihood of the Eastern Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarchate (see H. Con. Res. 50), H6397 [27JN]
U.S. Academy for Democracy and Civil-Military Relations: establish (see H.R. 2652), H13142 [16NO]
Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1500), H7917 [27JY]
Veterans: benefit eligibility for certain service in the military forces of the Philippines (see H.R. 1136), H4619 [9MY]
———eliminate disparity between civilian and military retiree cost-of-living adjustments (see H.R. 38), H3327 [16MR]
———establish confidential database for the collection of medical information (see H.R. 798), H4415 [6AP]
———Government employment preference for active duty service veterans of Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm (see H.R. 2510), H10484 [19OC]
———minimum survivor annuities for surviving spouses who remain unmarried (see H.R. 1090), H5571 [24MY]
———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 65, 303), H5905 [13JN]
Washington, George: mint coins in commemoration of 200th anniversary of death (see H.R. 2026), H7990 [28JY]
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), H4032 [30MR]
———eliminate use of antipersonnel landmines (see H.R. 1876), H10146 [17OC]
———production of Trident II missiles (see H.R. 991), H4105 [3AP]
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), H1751 [14FE]
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), H8597 [6SE]
Remarks by, on
Abortion: coverage of abortion procedures through the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, H7194 [19JY]
———prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1833), H11614 [1NO]
Ann Arbor, MI: Jewish Federation of Washtenaw County, MI, Humanitarian Award recipients, E679
Appropriations: line-item veto (S. 4), motion to instruct conferees, H10776 [25OC]
Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 1996-2002 (H. Con. Res. 67), H5124, H5134 [17MY]
Committees of the House: authorizing expenditures (H. Res. 107), H3169 [15MR]
Community service: tribute to the Special People Program of Improved Benevolent Protective Order of the Elks of the World, E1502
Courts: maximum award of noneconomic damages in medical liability claims, H2962 [9MR]
———product liability reform (H.R. 956), H2962 [9MR]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1977), H6943 [13JY]
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2020), H7194 [19JY]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State and the Judiciary: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2076), H7738
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2127), H8353 [3AU]
Education: student loan programs, H8353 [3AU]
Government: treatment of federal employees, H4447 [2MY]
Government regulations: reform regulatory process (H.R. 1022), H2250, H2275, H2277 [27FE]
Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab: funding, H7738
Great Lakes Science Center: closure, H6943 [13JY]
House Rules: reform gift rules (H. Res. 250), H13088 [16NO]
———reform the House of Representatives (H. Res. 6), H78 [4JA]
Legislative Branch of the Government: application of certain laws, H78 [4JA]
Medicare: reform, H5085 [17MY], H15581 [22DE]
———reform (H.R. 2425), H10459 [19OC]
NOAA: funding, H7738
Northville, MI: anniversary of VFW Post 4012, E279
Parliamentary inquiry, H6196 [21JN]
Public debt: ceiling (H.R. 2586), H12059 [9NO]
Public welfare programs: reform (H.R. 4), H3493 [22MR]
University of Michigan: tribute to annual Conference on the Holocaust, E732
Votes in House: simultaneous voting in committees and on the floor, H6196 [21JN]
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H1906 [16FE]
Schedules
Committee on Rules (House): Personal Responsibility Act, D368 [16MR]
Tributes
Barns, Justine, E394
Thomas, Shaun-Keith P., E1502
Yomtoob, Youssef, E189