SENSENBRENNER, F. JAMES, JR. (a Representative from Wisconsin)
Agreements
Private calendar: several Representatives, H13939 [5DE]
Amendments offered by, to
Immigration: facilitate the apprehension, detention, and deportation of criminal aliens (H.R. 668), H1373 [7FE]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 956, Common Sense Legal Standards Reform Act, H11989 [9NO]
———H.R. 1530, Dept. of Defense appropriations, H9403 [21SE]
Majority objectors for the private calendar, H11735 [2NO]
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Civil courts: attorneys' fees relative to tort actions (see H.R. 93), H166 [9JA]
Crime: appropriate two percent of Federal individual income tax revenues to the States to fight crime (see H.R. 90), H166 [9JA]
EPA: waiver of reformulated gasoline rules during non-ozone season (see H.R. 2327), H8903 [13SE]
Impoundment Control Act: repeal (see H.R. 1064), H2306 [27FE]
Legislative Reorganization Act: waiving provisions relative to adjournment (see H. Con. Res. 89), H8063 [31JY]
Music: licensing (see H.R. 789), H1051 [1FE]
National wildlife refuges: revenue sharing payments (see H.R. 91), H166 [9JA]
Tariff: plastic flat goods (see H.R. 1779), H5691 [7JN]
Taxation: allow certain corporations and trusts to be shareholders of subchapter S corporations (see H.R. 92), H166 [9JA]
———treatment of rollover gain from the sale of farm assets into an individual retirement account (see H.R. 89), H166 [9JA]
Tucker, Representative: Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House) vote on expulsion from the House of Representatives (see H. Res. 300), H14310 [12DE]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Agriculture: price supports for peanuts (see H.R. 2008), H6829 [11JY]
———price supports for sugar (see H.R. 1687), H5471 [23MY]
Air pollution: reduction of work-related vehicle trips in ozone nonattainment areas (see H.R. 325), H400 [19JA]
———repeal certain Clean Air Act stratospheric ozone protection provisions (see H.R. 475), H6397 [27JN]
Appalachian Regional Commission: funding (see H.R. 312), H2306 [27FE]
Appropriations: constitutional amendment on line-item veto (see H.J. Res. 4), H162 [9JA]
———line-item veto (see H.R. 2, 27), H159, H163 [9JA]
Armed Forces: assist INS and Customs Service personnel in performing border protection functions (see H.R. 387), H11767 [2NO]
———prohibit uniform requirements involving the display of U.N. insignia (see H.R. 2540), H11939 [8NO]
Aviation: repeal increase in transportation fuels tax applicable to commercial aviation (see H.R. 752), H8536 [4AU]
Bosnia and Herzegovina: 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), H1208 [3FE]
———constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1, 28), H161, H175 [9JA]
———reform process (see H.R. 2599), H11939 [8NO]
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), H3975 [29MR]
Charities: clarify exemptions from securities and antitrust laws relative to charitable gift annuities (see H.R. 2525), H10726 [24OC]
Children and youth: child labor provisions relative to loading of materials into balers and compacters (see H.R. 1114), H10048 [12OC]
———child labor provisions relative to the operation of automobiles and trucks (see H.R. 2089), H13731 [28NO]
China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (see H.J. Res. 96), H6083 [16JN]
China, Republic of: U.N. membership (see H. Con. Res. 63), H6083 [16JN]
———U.N. participation (see H. Con. Res. 12), H1372 [7FE]
Civil rights: affirmative action policies (see H.R. 2128), H7916 [27JY]
Clean Air Act: repeal reformulated gasoline and work-related vehicle trip reduction provisions (see H.R. 1052), H2224 [24FE]
Commission on the Review of National Policies Toward Gambling: establish (see H.R. 462), H1208 [3FE]
Congress: constitutional amendment to require a three-fifths majority on the passage of legislation increasing revenue (see H.J. Res. 106), H8308 [2AU]
———employee forfeiture of retirement benefits relative to certain criminal convictions (see H.R. 2244), H10048 [12OC]
Copyrights: registration and protection of trademarks (see H.R. 1270, 1295), H3415 [21MR], H3572 [22MR]
Correctional institutions: criminal penalties for escaping from Federal prison (see H.R. 1533), H4620 [9MY]
Courts: authorize voluntary alternative dispute resolutions systems (see H.R. 1443), H4414 [6AP]
———denial of certain Federal benefits upon conviction of certain drug offenses (see H.R. 141), H1157 [2FE]
———disapprove certain sentencing guideline amendments (see H.R. 2507), H12506 [15NO]
———notification to employers of convicted persons relative to drug offenses (see H.R. 138), H1157 [2FE]
———product liability reform (see H.R. 10), H161 [9JA]
———promote equity and fairness in lawsuits brought against State and local law enforcement officers (see H.R. 1446), H11939 [8NO]
———State referendum challenges (see H.R. 1170), H2892 [8MR]
Credit: define payment postmark date as payment date for purposes of grace periods (see H.R. 1963), H7179 [18JY]
Crime: consumer fraud (see H.R. 1499), H4431 [7AP]
———false identification documents (see H.R. 1552), H4916 [12MY]
———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]
Cyprus: dispute resolution (see H. Con. Res. 42), H5753 [8JN]
Dept. of Agriculture: prescribe by regulation the representation of ``Woodsy Owl'' (see H.R. 1269), H3415 [21MR]
Dept. of Education: abolish (see H.R. 1883), H15088 [18DE]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: exempt certain full-time health care professionals from restrictions on outside professional activities (see H.R. 1384), H4177 [4AP]
Drugs: prohibit federally sponsored research pertaining to the legalization of drugs (see H.R. 135), H1157 [2FE]
Economy: national objectives priority assignments (see H.R. 9), H161 [9JA]
Education: student loan reform (see H.R. 530), H4916 [12MY]
———substitute educational quality evaluations for cohort default rates in eligibility determinations for student assistance programs (see H.R. 903), H10484 [19OC]
Employment: consolidate Federal job training programs (see H.R. 1617), H6159 [20JN]
———exempt from minimum wage and overtime requirements individuals who volunteer their time for occupational opportunity (see H.R. 1589), H10146 [17OC]
English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see H.R. 123, 739), H468 [20JA], H889 [30JA]
EPA: temporary suspension of reformulated gasoline rules (see H.R. 1015), H2063 [22FE]
ERISA: restrict Government promotion of economically targeted investments for employee benefit plans (see H.R. 1594), H5623 [6JN]
Executive departments: use of unobligated funds to pay bonuses to certain personnel and for deficit reduction (see H.R. 29), H2224 [24FE]
Families and domestic relations: child support enforcement (see H.R. 801), H3808 [24MR]
———protect parental rights (see H.R. 1946), H6481 [28JN]
———strengthen rights of parents (see H.R. 11), H161 [9JA]
Federal employees: allow contributions to medical savings accounts under Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (see H.R. 2341), H11830 [7NO]
———protection of congressional staff (see H.R. 628), H537 [23JA]
Federal Power Marketing Administration: privatization (see H.R. 310), H839 [27JA]
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: restore stenographic preference for depositions (see H.R. 1445), H4916 [12MY]
Federal-State relations: constitutional amendment to bar unfunded Federal mandates to States and local governments (see H.J. Res. 27), H231 [11JA]
———reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (see H.R. 5), H296 [17JA]
Firearms: eliminate the administrative authority to prohibit transfer or sale of certain assault weapons (see H.R. 793), H1281 [6FE]
———permit Federal licensees to conduct business at out-of-State gun shows (see H.R. 659), H4873 [11MY]
———repeal ban on assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices (see H.R. 464, 698), H296 [17JA], H2487 [1MR]
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), H3880 [28MR]
FTC: prescriptions for contact lenses (see H.R. 1454), H4512 [2MY]
Government: procure from the private sector the goods and services necessary to operate and manage certain agencies (see H.R. 28), H296 [17JA]
———reform disclosure of lobbying activities to influence the Federal Government (see H.R. 2564), H12190 [13NO]
———status of Federal contractors that hire permanent replacements for striking employees (see H.R. 1176), H3879 [28MR]
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), H13273 [17NO]
Hazardous substances: nuclear waste disposal (see H.R. 1020, 1032), H2176 [23FE], H4177 [4AP]
Helium Act: sale of Federal real and personal property (see H.R. 873), H1554 [9FE]
House of Representatives: return of excess amounts from official allowances to the Treasury for deficit reduction (see H.R. 26, 77), H165 [9JA], H243 [13JA]
Housing: prevent persons with drug or alcohol problems from occupying units in housing projects for elderly families (see H.R. 117), H593 [24JA]
Immigration: asylum reform (see H.R. 2182), H8360 [3AU]
———asylum reform and prohibition of Federal benefits to certain aliens (see H.R. 375), H803 [26JA]
———moratorium on aliens except for relatives of U.S. citizens, certain highly skilled workers, and refugees (see H.R. 373), H803 [26JA]
———public charge status of aliens and financial responsibility of sponsors (see H.R. 372), H803 [26JA]
———reform admission policies, treatment of criminal aliens and alien smuggling, documentation requirements, and border security (see H.R. 1915, 2202), H6699 [30JN], H8533 [4AU]
———status of public education benefits relative to States (see H.R. 1377), H4104 [3AP]
Intellectual property: application of antitrust laws (see H.R. 2674), H13658 [20NO]
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), H7461 [21JY]
———diabetes outpatient self-management training services (see H.R. 1073), H10520 [20OC]
———permit select policies to be offered in all States (see H.R. 483), H537 [23JA]
Medicare and Medicaid Coverage Data Bank: repeal (see H.R. 952), H2306 [27FE]
Motor vehicles: delay implementation of enhanced vehicle inspection and maintenance programs (see H.R. 46, 495), H468 [20JA], H6046 [15JN]
———regulation of motorcycle helmet use (see H.R. 899), H1611 [10FE]
NASA: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 2043), H7067 [17JY]
National Education Standards and Improvement Council: eliminate (see H.R. 1045), H3417 [21MR]
National Park Service: reform concessions policies (see H.R. 773), H3417 [21MR]
National Voter Registration Act: repeal (see H.R. 370), H296 [17JA]
Natural gas: enhance safety, training, research, and development in the propane gas industry (see H.R. 1514), H4795 [10MY]
Panama: negotiation of a new agreement relative to the presence of U.S. Armed Forces and the Panama Canal (see H. Con. Res. 4), H176 [9JA]
Patents: biotechnology process protection (see H.R. 587), H399 [19JA]
———limit issuance on medical procedures (see H.R. 1127), H6656 [29JN]
———restore term (see H.R. 359), H173 [9JA]
Pensions: revise effective date for cost-of-living adjustments for military retirees (see H.R. 2664), H13340 [18NO]
Pesticides: definition and regulation of the minor use of pesticides (see H.R. 1627), H4915 [12MY]
Presidents of the U.S.: repeal 22d amendment to the Constitution relative to term restrictions (see H.J. Res. 81), H3974 [29MR]
Public welfare programs: eliminate benefits relative to probation and parole violators and fugitive felons (see H.R. 118), H231 [11JA]
———prohibit financial assistance to persons delinquent in child support payments (see H.R. 104), H537 [23JA]
———reform (see H.R. 4), H159 [9JA]
Radio: permit recreational radio operations without licenses (see H.R. 963), H2306 [27FE]
Railroads: abolish the Local Rail Freight Assistance Program (see H.R. 2216), H11767 [2NO]
Real property: private property owner rights (see H.R. 489, 790), H803 [26JA], H1051 [1FE]
Recycling: phase out the use of mercury in batteries and remove Federal barriers to the recycling of rechargeable batteries (see H.R. 2024), H10147 [17OC]
Roads and highways: maximum speed limit (see H.R. 427), H4958 [15MY]
Science: authorizing appropriations for Federal civilian science activities (see H.R. 2405), H9591 [27SE]
Selective Service System: suspend registration requirement and activities except during national emergencies (see H.R. 1709), H5607 [25MY]
Small business: extend deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 76), H231 [11JA]
———increase deductions for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 52), H231 [11JA]
Social Security: increase earnings limit, repeal increase of taxation of benefits, and provide incentives to purchase long-term care insurance (see H.R. 8), H160 [9JA]
———maintain earnings test correlation between disability insurance benefits for the blind and retirement age benefits (see H. Con. Res. 23), H2651 [3MR]
———medicare reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see H.R. 580), H3808 [24MR]
Space policy: development, assembly, and operation of the international space station (see H.R. 1601), H4795 [10MY]
———encourage the development of a commercial space industry (see H.R. 1953), H6481 [28JN]
SSI: deny disability benefits based on alcohol or drug addiction (see H.R. 791), H1612 [10FE]
———require benefits in the form of vouchers (see H.R. 612), H2224 [24FE]
———restriction on benefits to prisoners (see H.R. 2320), H13870 [30NO]
States: tax treatment of certain pension income (see H.R. 394), H231 [11JA]
Surgeon General: terminate the Office of Surgeon General of the Public Health Service (see H.R. 860), H2393 [28FE]
Surplus Government property: authorize donation of surplus Federal law enforcement canines to their handlers (see H.R. 704), H4512 [2MY]
Taxation: allow individuals to designate percentage of their tax liability to reduce the national debt (see H.R. 13), H163 [9JA]
———business meal and entertainment expense deductions (see H.R. 408), H5623 [6JN]
———computation of the deduction for depreciation (see H.R. 199), H1281 [6FE]
———deductibility of certain home office expenses (see H.R. 40), H296 [17JA]
———deduction for interest paid on debt secured by a first or second home (see H. Con. Res. 10), H7257 [19JY]
———determination of employment status of individuals as employees or independent contractors (see H.R. 582), H890 [30JA]
———earned income tax credits relative to illegal aliens and fraudulent claims (see H.R. 438), H1908 [16FE]
———exclusion of gross estate taxes of a decedent relative to certain land subject to qualified conservation easements (see H.R. 864), H6083 [16JN]
———increase the unified estate and gift tax credit (see H.R. 62), H468 [20JA]
———individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 682), H1689 [13FE]
———make permanent the credit for increasing research activities (see H.R. 803), H1612 [10FE]
———prevent reclassification of certain dues paid to tax-exempt agricultural and horticultural organizations (see H.R. 783), H5691 [7JN]
———prohibit retroactive taxation (see H.R. 788), H1051 [1FE]
———provide assistance to first-time homebuyers (see H.R. 726), H2306 [27FE]
———provide credits for families and reform the marriage penalty (see H.R. 6), H160 [9JA]
———repeal Federal estate and gift taxes and the tax on generation-skipping transfers (see H.R. 784), H1051 [1FE]
———treatment of capital gains, estate and gift taxes, and exclusion of gain from the sale of certain principal residences (see H.R. 593), H399 [19JA]
———treatment of certain education savings accounts (see H.R. 769), H1050 [1FE]
———treatment of homemakers' individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 708), H1611 [10FE]
———treatment of medical savings accounts (see H.R. 1818), H6046 [15JN]
———treatment of tax-exempt interest relative to Social Security benefits and income determination (see H.R. 159), H1460 [8FE]
TVA: transfer property, facilities, and equipment to public and private entities (see H.R. 313), H840 [27JA]
U.N.: U.S. role in peacekeeping operations (see H.R. 631), H537 [23JA]
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), H10047 [12OC]
Water pollution: capitalization grants to States (see H.R. 1102), H2486 [1MR]
———improve stormwater management (see H.R. 1252), H4415 [6AP]
Wetlands: conservation and management (see H.R. 1268), H6159 [20JN]
World Conference on Women: meeting (see H.R. 2047), H8361 [3AU]
Designated Speaker pro tempore
House of Representatives, H127 [5JA]
Financial statements
Personal, E1031
Remarks by, on
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), H631 [25JA], H724, H738, H752 [26JA]
Cisneros, Sec. of HUD: appointment of independent counsel relative to FBI background check, H3738 [24MR]
Courts: establish a statute of repose for product liability litigation, H2926 [9MR]
———establish standards of proof in product liability litigation, H2934 [9MR]
———limitations on punitive damage awards, H2920, H2940 [9MR]
———make public all records in product liability litigation, H2928 [9MR]
———product liability reform (H.R. 956), H2887
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: exempt certain full-time health care professionals from restrictions on outside professional activities (H.R. 1384), H9760 [10OC]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2099), H7851 [27JY], H7925 [28JY]
Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (H.J. Res. 79), H6418 [28JN]
———constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (H.J. Res. 79), consideration (H. Res. 173), H6409 [28JN]
House of Representatives: legislative tactics, H309 [18JA]
House Rules: require a three-fifths majority on the passage of legislation increasing revenue, H631 [25JA]
Law enforcement: provide block grants (H.R. 728), H1633 [13FE]
Legislative Reorganization Act: waiving provisions relative to adjournment (H. Con. Res. 89), H8060 [31JY]
Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (H.J. Res. 73), H3893 [29MR]
NASA: advanced subsonic technology funding, H9823, H9824 [11OC]
———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2043), E1452
———continuation of microgravity aircraft research after FAA certification of private contractor, H9832 [11OC]
———conversion of abandoned and underutilized sites in depressed communities into NASA facilities, H9822 [11OC]
———High Performance Computing and Communications Program and information infrastructure technology applications funding, H9827 [11OC]
———priority of safety in reviewing proposals for a single prime operator of the space shuttle program, H9830 [11OC]
———use of microgravity sciences funding for breast and ovarian cancer research and early detection systems, H9822 [11OC]
Point of order, H741 [26JA], H9825 [11OC]
Science: authorizing appropriations for Federal civilian science activities (H.R. 2405), H9804, H9822, H9823, H9824, H9827, H9830, H9832 [11OC]
Sound recording and reproducing: copyright laws relative to the public performance of sound recordings by means of digital transmission (H.R. 1506), H10103 [17OC]
Space policy: development, assembly, and operation of the international space station (H.R. 1601), H9560 [27SE]
———development, assembly, and operation of the international space station (H.R. 1601), consideration (H. Res. 228), H9560
———space station program funding, H7851 [27JY], H7925 [28JY]
Tucker, Representative: Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House) vote on expulsion from the House of Representatives (H. Res. 300), H14263 [12DE]
Texts of
H. Res. 300, Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House) vote on expulsion of Representative Tucker from the House of Representatives, H14263 [12DE]
Tributes
Dingell, Representative, H15198