VOLKMER, HAROLD L. (a Representative from Missouri)
Amendments offered by, to
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), H475 [20JA]
———making supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 1158), H3049, H3050 [10MR]
Courts: limit the application of the exclusionary rule (H.R. 666), H1386 [8FE]
Crime: incarceration of violent criminals (H.R. 667), H1464 [8FE]
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 1905), H6482 [28JN], H6850 [12JY]
Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (H.R. 5), H328 [18JA], H859 [30JA], H986 [1FE]
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 1868), H6544 [28JN], H6761 [11JY]
Government regulations: moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions (H.R. 450), H2066 [22FE], H2200 [24FE]
———reform regulatory process (H.R. 926), H2420, H2441 [1MR]
Law enforcement: provide block grants (H.R. 728), H1734 [14FE]
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Abortion: constitutional amendment on right to life (see H.J. Res. 23), H175 [9JA]
AFDC: reform (see H.R. 741), H889 [30JA]
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 22), H175 [9JA]
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House): abolish and establish an Independent Commission on Congressional Ethics (see H.R. 2797), H14963 [15DE]
———minority party appointments (see H. Res. 42), H468 [20JA]
Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (see H.R. 920), H1688 [13FE]
FRS: authorize GAO to audit divisions, boards, committees, banks, and branches (see H.R. 809), H1157 [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), H6396 [27JN]
———prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 1833), H6397 [27JN]
Animals: improve animal drug approval process (see H.R. 2508), H10994 [26OC]
Appropriations: line-item veto (S. 4), application to 1996 appropriations bills (see H. Res. 212), H8536 [4AU]
Aviation: repeal increase in transportation fuels tax applicable to commercial aviation (see H.R. 752), H4873 [11MY]
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 28), H175 [9JA]
Charles J. Coyle Post Office Building, St. Louis, MO: designate (see H.R. 1398), H7257 [19JY]
Coins: mint coins recommended by the Citizens Commemorative Coin Advisory Committee (see H.R. 1753), H8537 [4AU]
Crime: false identification documents (see H.R. 1552), H4916 [12MY]
———increase penalties for armed violent criminals (see H.R. 1488), H4430 [7AP]
Dept. of Defense: outline congressional response to the possibility of reduction or elimination of the commissary and exchange networks (see H. Con. Res. 45), H3417 [21MR]
Disasters: provide for hazard mitigation, relief, and insurance against natural disasters (see H.R. 1856), H6045 [15JN]
Families and domestic relations: child support enforcement (see H.R. 801), H2989 [9MR]
———require States to disclose the AIDS status of infants to legal guardians (see H.R. 1289), H3571 [22MR]
Firearms: repeal ban on assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices (see H.R. 125), H167 [9JA]
Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 79), H3416 [21MR]
House of Representatives: return of excess amounts from official allowances to the Treasury for deficit reduction (see H.R. 26), H970 [31JA]
Immigration: moratorium on aliens except for relatives of U.S. citizens, certain highly skilled workers, and refugees (see H.R. 373), H4915 [12MY]
Medicaid: osteopathic services (see H.R. 1791), H7461 [21JY]
Medicare: diabetes outpatient self-management training services (see H.R. 1073), H5609 [25MY]
Medicare/Medicaid: public examination of any changes in existing law relative to budget reconciliation (see H. Res. 221), H8904 [13SE]
Missouri River: control of water relative to navigation and flood control (see H.R. 1351), H3974 [29MR]
Motor vehicles: average fuel economy standards for automobiles (see H.R. 2200), H10307 [18OC]
———regulation of motorcycle helmet use (see H.R. 899), H3049 [10MR]
———remove limitations on maximum driving and on-duty time of utility vehicle operators and drivers (see H.R. 2144), H8063 [31JY]
Music: licensing (see H.R. 789), H5471 [23MY]
NAFTA: withdrawal (see H.R. 499), H5609 [25MY]
National Voter Registration Act: affirmation (see H. Con. Res. 96), H8536 [4AU]
Natural gas: enhance safety, training, research, and development in the propane gas industry (see H.R. 1514), H4795 [10MY]
Patents: limit issuance on medical procedures (see H.R. 1127), H7379 [20JY]
Pensions: exclude the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund from the Federal budget (see H.R. 103), H3327 [16MR]
———revise effective date for cost-of-living adjustments for military retirees (see H.R. 2664), H13658 [20NO]
Pesticides: definition and regulation of the minor use of pesticides (see H.R. 1627), H7990 [28JY]
Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of 150th anniversary (see H.R. 2627), H13274 [17NO]
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]
———medicare reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see H.R. 580), H3879 [28MR]
Taxation: church pension benefit plans (see H.R. 528), H10484 [19OC]
———exclude length of service awards for firefighters and emergency medical service personnel from limitations on deferred compensation plans (see H.R. 1893), H6158 [20JN]
———exclusion of employer-provided educational assistance (see H.R. 127), H4336 [5AP]
———require burden of proof to be on the Dept. of the Treasury in all tax cases (see H.R. 390), H468 [20JA]
———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]
Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge: transfer management to Oklahoma (see H.R. 1112), H2584 [2MR]
Transportation: provide off-budget treatment for certain transportation trust funds (see H.R. 842), H3572 [22MR]
Veterans: eliminate disparity between civilian and military retiree cost-of-living adjustments (see H.R. 38), H1850 [15FE]
Documents
House Rules for Debate Procedures, H456 [20JA]
Essays: Voice of Democracy
Willis, Heather, E1036
Letters
Payment of furloughed Federal employees during Government shutdown: Speaker Gingrich and Senator Dole, H15276 [20DE]
Motions offered by
Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (H.R. 5), H855 [30JA]
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 1868), H6486, H6491 [28JN]
Gingrich, Representative: signing of book contract, H301 [18JA]
House of Representatives: adjournment, H1779 [15FE], H3163 [15MR], H6894 [12JY]
Pledge of Allegiance
House of Representatives, H2395 [1MR], H4875 [12MY]
Remarks by, on
Abortion: performance of privately funded abortions at overseas military hospitals, H6003 [15JN]
———pro choice versus right to life, H3158 [15MR]
———prohibit funding for international population assistance activities, H6451 [28JN]
———use of law enforcement block grants to protect family planning clinics, H1734, H1735 [14FE]
AFDC: reform (H.R. 741), H847 [30JA]
Appropriations: line-item veto (H.R. 2), H1119 [2FE], H1173, H1194 [3FE]
———line-item veto (H.R. 2), consideration (H. Res. 55), H1083 [2FE]
———making continuing (H.J. Res. 115), motion to recommit, H11903 [8NO]
———making continuing (H.J. Res. 123), H13331 [18NO]
Army: rescind funding for museum land acquisition, H6067, H6068, H6069, H6070 [16JN]
Bosnia and Herzegovina: lift U.S. arms embargo, H5714 [8JN]
Budget: balance, H4966 [16MY]
———comparison between congressional and Clinton administration proposals, H5987 [15JN]
———constitutional amendment to require balanced, H312 [18JA]
———constitutional amendment to require balanced (H. Con. Res. 17), consideration (H. Res. 44), H597 [25JA]
———constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), H551 [24JA], H638 [25JA]
———constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), consideration (H. Res. 44), H597 [25JA]
———making supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 1158), H3158 [15MR], H3282, H3288 [16MR]
———making supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 1158), consideration (H. Res. 115), H3180 [15MR]
———making supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 1159), H3158 [15MR]
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution, H15267 [20DE], H15535, H15541 [21DE]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 1996-2002 (H. Con. Res. 122), consideration (H. Res. 309), H15120, H15122 [19DE]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 1996-2002 (H. Con. Res. 67), H5263 [18MY], H5630 [7JN], H5693 [8JN]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 1996-2002 (H. Con. Res. 67), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 175), H6568 [29JN]
Children and youth: funding for the Healthy Start Program through rescissions in Dept. of HHS, H3288 [16MR]
Commission on Unfunded Mandates: investigate and review unfunded State and local mandates, H422 [20JA]
Committee on Appropriations (House): rescissions, H2493 [2MR]
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House): abolish and establish an Independent Commission on Congressional Ethics (H.R. 2797), H14933 [15DE]
———minority party appointments (H. Res. 42), H455 [20JA]
Committees of the House: permission to meet while the House is in session, H6211 [22JN]
Congress: adjournment (S. Con. Res. 20), consideration (H. Res. 179), H6677 [30JN]
Courts: limit the application of the exclusionary rule (H.R. 666), H1321 [7FE], H1379, H1380, H1383, H1384, H1385, H1386, H1387, H1388 [8FE]
Crime: incarceration of violent criminals (H.R. 667), H1494, H1495, H1527 [9FE], H1583 [10FE]
———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 920), H1619 [13FE]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base closure and realignment (H.R. 1817), H6067, H6068, H6069, H6070 [16JN]
———authorizing appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base closure and realignment (H.R. 1817), consideration (H. Res. 167), H6053 [16JN]
———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1530), H6003 [15JN]
———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1530), consideration (H. Res. 164), H5772 [13JN]
Dept. of Energy: authorize hydrogen research, development, and demonstration programs (H.R. 655), H4470, H4471, H4472, H4480, H4481 [2MY]
———funding for the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, H6850, H6852, H6853 [12JY]
———reporting of travel expenses of the Sec. of Energy and staff, H6814, H6815 [11JY]
Dept. of State: consolidate foreign affairs agencies (H.R. 1561), H5499 [24MY], H5714 [8JN]
———consolidate foreign affairs agencies (H.R. 1561), consideration (H. Res. 155), H5393 [23MY]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1977), H6960 [13JY], H7123 [18JY]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: budget rescissions, H3111, H3112 [14MR]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2099), H8045
Economy: national objectives priority assignments, H15267 [20DE]
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 1905), H6814, H6815 [11JY], H6849, H6850, H6852, H6853, H6881 [12JY]
EPA: enforcement of certain environmental laws, H8045
Federal employees: ensure payment of furloughed employees during Government shutdown, H15276 [20DE]
Federal Water Pollution Control Act: amend (H.R. 961), H4833 [11MY]
Federal-State relations: exempt certain environmental laws from unfunded Federal mandates reform, H509 [23JA]
———exempt financial institution regulation from unfunded Federal mandates reform, H821, H822 [27JA]
———exempt school safety issues from unfunded Federal mandates reform, H865, H866 [30JA]
———include age among discrimination factors not covered by bans on unfunded Federal mandates, H559, H560 [24JA]
———reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (H.R. 5), H422, H444, H445 [20JA], H509 [23JA], H559, H560 [24JA], H811, H821, H822 [27JA], H856, H859, H863, H865, H866 [30JA], H986, H987, H988 [1FE]
———regulations that significantly impact the health or safety of residents of other States or locales, H444, H445 [20JA]
Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (H.J. Res. 79), H6428 [28JN]
Food stamps: eligibility relative to persons delinquent in child support payments, H3607, H3608 [23MR]
———replace with State block grants, H3614 [23MR]
Foreign aid: economic assistance to newly independent States of the former Soviet Union, H6550 [28JN]
———population assistance funding relative to abortions, H5499 [24MY]
———reduction of payment amounts, H6519 [28JN]
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 1868), H6335, H6336 [27JN], H6451, H6476, H6479, H6488, H6491, H6519, H6544, H6545, H6550, H6557 [28JN], H6761, H6764 [11JY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 1868), conference report—amendments in disagreement, H14794 [13DE]
———making appropriations (H.R. 1868), consideration (H. Res. 177), H6749, H6752 [11JY]
Foreign trade: exempt trade sanction provisions of GATT from moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions, H2118 [23FE]
———impact of Japanese trade practices on automobile industry, H5908 [14JN]
FRS: authorize GAO to audit divisions, boards, committees, banks, and branches (H.R. 809), H1076 [2FE]
Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve: land exchange (H.R. 400), consideration (H. Res. 52), H1014 [1FE]
Geological Survey: use of volunteers for resource research, H6960 [13JY]
Gingrich, Marianne: appointment to aid in establishment of a free trade zone in Israel, H2395 [1MR]
Gingrich, Representative: appoint independent counsel relative to GOPAC and book contract, H808 [27JA], H1193 [3FE], H1559 [10FE], H1764 [15FE], H2590 [3MR], H3032 [10MR], H4016 [30MR], H4902 [12MY], H5388 [23MY], H5777 [13JN]
———signing of book contract, H304, H312 [18JA], H455, H458, H459, H460 [20JA]
Government: shutdown relative to budget process, H15273, H15277 [20DE], H15535, H15541 [21DE]
Government regulations: judicial review rulemaking process, H2413, H2414, H2415, H2416, H2417, H2418, H2419, H2420, H2421 [1MR]
———moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions (H.R. 450), H2114, H2118, H2120, H2129, H2139, H2145, H2146 [23FE], H2200, H2201 [24FE]
———moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions (H.R. 450), consideration (H. Res. 93), H2080 [23FE]
———reform regulatory process (H.R. 926), H2406, H2413, H2414, H2415, H2416, H2417, H2418, H2419, H2420, H2421, H2431, H2441, H2442 [1MR]
———reform regulatory process (H.R. 1022), H2281 [27FE], H4833 [11MY]
———reform regulatory process (H.R. 1022), consideration (H. Res. 96), H2239 [27FE]
Guatemala: human rights violations, H6557 [28JN]
Haiti: allocation of foreign aid, H6476, H6479, H6488, H6491 [28JN]
Health: exempt water purity and food safety regulations from moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions, H2114 [23FE]
Hoke, Representative: motion to proceed in order, H3897 [29MR]
House of Representatives: amendment process for appropriations bills, H6022, H6023 [15JN]
———legislative program, H1159, H1189, H1197 [3FE], H3028, H3029, H3030 [10MR], H6559 [28JN], H6606 [29JN], H14961 [15DE]
———legislative tactics, H304, H307, H312 [18JA], H455, H458, H459, H460 [20JA], H3427, H3430 [22MR]
———recesses subject to the call of the Chair (H. Res. 320), H15535, H15541 [21DE]
House Rules: ban on the acceptance of gifts and lobbyist-sponsored perks, H6164 [21JN]
———open versus restrictive rules, H138, H139 [5JA]
———permit committee chairmen to schedule hearings (H. Res. 43), H817, H818 [27JA]
———reform the House of Representatives (H. Res. 6), consideration (H. Res. 5), H22 [4JA]
———require a three-fifths majority on the passage of legislation increasing revenue, H638 [25JA]
———service on subcommittees, H6400 [28JN]
Hunting and trapping: exempt recreational and subsistence activities from moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions, H2145, H2146 [23FE]
India: allocation of foreign aid relative to human rights violations, H6544, H6545 [28JN]
Journal: question of approval, H545 [24JA], H805 [27JA], H2069 [23FE]
Kenya: restrict U.S. assistance conditional to fair and free elections, H6761, H6764 [11JY]
Labeling: exempt poultry labeling regulations from moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions, H2120 [23FE]
Law enforcement: provide block grants (H.R. 728), H1642, H1643, H1646, H1655, H1656, H1657, H1666 [13FE], H1733, H1734, H1735, H1736, H1737 [14FE]
———provide block grants (H.R. 728), consideration (H. Res. 79), H1626, H1627 [13FE]
Legislative Branch of the Government: application of certain laws, H138, H139 [5JA]
Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 1854), H6022 [15JN]
Medicare: reform, H4673 [10MY], H5630 [7JN]
Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (H.J. Res. 73), H4016 [30MR]
Mexico: economic assistance relative to instability of economy and currency, H453 [20JA]
Mississippi River Heritage Corridor Commission: funding, H7123 [18JY]
National security: national missile defense systems funding, H1843 [15FE]
———revitalize (H.R. 7), H1820, H1843 [15FE], H1853 [16FE]
———revitalize (H.R. 7), consideration (H. Res. 83), H1777, H1779 [15FE]
OPIC: abolish, H6335, H6336 [27JN]
Parliamentary inquiry, H301, H306 [18JA], H546, H551 [24JA], H818 [27JA], H863 [30JA], H1848 [15FE], H2082, H2083 [23FE], H2182, H2197 [24FE], H2281 [27FE], H2489 [2MR], H2587 [3MR], H2991 [10MR], H3160 [15MR], H3591, H3607, H3618 [23MR], H3897 [29MR], H5697 [8JN], H6447, H6486 [28JN], H15122 [19DE], H15271 [20DE], H15540 [21DE]
Point of order, H306 [18JA], H419 [20JA], H598 [25JA], H1841 [15FE]
Political figures: signing of book contracts, H1198 [3FE]
Population: funding for international family planning programs, H14794 [13DE]
Public debt: ceiling (H.R. 2586), H12062 [9NO], H12110 [10NO]
Public welfare programs: funding for nutrition programs, H2972 [9MR], H3340 [21MR]
———reform, H3031 [10MR]
———reform (H.R. 4), H3331 [21MR], H3421, H3430 [22MR], H3576, H3607, H3608, H3614, H3619 [23MR], H3736 [24MR], H3815 [28MR]
Real property: compensation to owners of private property relative to regulatory restrictions (H.R. 925), H2508, H2549, H2550 [2MR], H2591 [3MR]
Republican Party: legislative tactics, H2239 [27FE]
———national agenda, H483 [23JA], H1193 [3FE], H1975 [22FE], H2660 [6MR], H6316 [27JN], H15550 [21DE]
Research: funding for sonoluminescence studies, H6849 [12JY]
Sheep Promotion, Research and Information Act: exempt from moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions, H2200, H2201 [24FE]
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), conference report, H3980 [30MR]
———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), consideration (H. Res. 88), H1917, H1918, H1919 [21FE]
———rates (H.R. 1215), H3980 [30MR], H4182 [5AP], H4338 [6AP]
Veterans: budget cuts in veterans' benefits, H2318 [28FE]
Votes: position on missed, H7062 [17JY], H7239 [19JY], H7307 [20JY], H7444 [21JY], H7576, H7609 [25JY], H7725, H7751 [26JY], H8405 [3AU], H8485 [4AU]
Weapons: deployment policy for antiballistic missile systems and advanced theater missile defense systems, H1820 [15FE]
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H7010 [13JY], H7377 [20JY], H7548 [24JY], H8724 [8SE], H9589 [27SE], H10305 [18OC], H12348 [14NO], H15573 [21DE]
Special order: granted, H321 [18JA], H838 [27JA], H1206 [3FE], H2222 [24FE], H2987 [9MR], H3048 [10MR], H3326 [16MR], H3557 [22MR], H3806 [24MR], H4030 [30MR], H4176 [4AP], H4334 [5AP], H5751 [8JN], H14926 [14DE], H15235 [20DE]
Schedules
Committee on Rules (House): constitutional amendment to require balanced budget, D72 [23JA]
———Personal Responsibility Act, D368 [16MR]
Tributes
Feuerstein, Aaron, H15263 [20DE]
Willis, Heather, E1036