WYDEN, RON (a Representative from Oregon)

Amendments offered by, to

Crime: incarceration of violent criminals (H.R. 667), H1464 [8FE]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: amend (H.R. 961), H4672 [9MY], H4998 [16MY]

Public welfare programs: reform (H.R. 4), H3525 [22MR]

Real property: compensation to owners of private property relative to regulatory restrictions (H.R. 925), H2488 [1MR], H2556 [2MR]

Securities: reform Federal litigation procedures (H.R. 1058), H2718 [6MR], H2846 [8MR]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 956, Common Sense Legal Standards Reform Act, H11989 [9NO]

———H.R. 2491, reconciliation of the concurrent budget resolution, H11422 [30OC]

Articles and editorials

Utility Regulators Question Held Orders—Consolidation Link, Sandy Shore, Associated Press, H8287 [2AU]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Children and youth: treatment of adult relatives willing to provide care (see H.R. 2387), H9452 [21SE]

Consumer Price Index: calculation (see H.R. 815), H1207 [3FE]

Courts: evaluate the effectiveness of the juvenile justice system (see H.R. 1829), H5904 [13JN]

Crime: increase juvenile criminal penalties and improve youth correctional facilities (see H.R. 600), H467 [20JA]

Drugs: revise drug approval process (see H.R. 1742), H5622 [6JN]

Employment: self-employment assistance programs (see H.R. 1789), H5752 [8JN]

Food stamps: certification requirements for participating food stores and penalties for fraud (see H.R. 992), H1908 [16FE]

Hazardous substances: importation and shipment of spent nuclear fuel (see H.R. 2278), H8683 [7SE]

Health care professionals: training for the identification and referral of victims of domestic violence (see H.R. 1521), H4432 [7AP]

Insurance: prohibit denial of health coverage based on status as victim of domestic violence (see H.R. 1201), H3048 [10MR]

Markets and Trading Commission: establish to combine the functions of the SEC and the CFTC (see H.R. 718), H839 [27JA]

Public health: establish standards for long-term care insurance policies (see H.R. 1221), H3155 [14MR]

Real estate: homeowner participation in area planning likely to impact home values and compensation for certain area development (see H.R. 971), H1907 [16FE]

Securities: impose additional fraud detection and disclosure obligations on auditors of public companies (see H.R. 725), H889 [30JA]

Small business: establish incentives for employees under a performance-based reward plan (see H.R. 647), H592 [24JA]

———export assistance (see H.R. 648), H592 [24JA]

Taxation: capital gains rates and indexing of certain assets (see H.R. 646), H592 [24JA]

———modify application of passive loss limitations to timber activities (see H.R. 902), H1688 [13FE]

———treatment of gains on sale of small business stocks (see H.R. 645), H592 [24JA]

Women: availability of information on reproductive health services (see H. Res. 118), H3327 [16MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Abortion: protection of reproductive rights and access to reproductive health care clinics (see H.R. 1952), H8537 [4AU]

Airlines: prohibit smoking on all flights (see H.R. 969), H3073 [13MR]

Alaska: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1000), H9897 [11OC]

Animals: prohibit interstate commerce relative to exotic animals (see H.R. 1202), H13804 [29NO]

Appropriations: line-item veto (S. 4), application to 1996 appropriations bills (see H. Res. 212), H8536 [4AU]

Armenia: anniversary of genocide (see H. Con. Res. 47), H4512 [2MY]

Bonneville Power Administration: debt refinancing agreement at prevailing interest rates and payment of refinancing fee to U.S. Treasury (see H.R. 599), H4031 [30MR]

Budget: automatic adjustments of discretionary spending limits and reduction of obligation limits (see H.R. 700), H1208 [3FE]

Children and youth: child labor provisions relative to loading of materials into balers and compacters (see H.R. 1114), H2717 [6MR]

———child welfare services relative to foster care (see H.R. 586), H1689 [13FE]

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), H6913 [12JY]

Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act: revise and extend (see H.R. 1872), H6082 [16JN]

Computers: encourage and protect private sector initiatives that improve user control over information services (see H.R. 1978), H6697 [30JN]

Consumer Price Index: calculation (see H. Res. 45), H1208 [3FE]

Convention Against Torture and Other Forms of Cruel, Inhuman, and Degrading Treatment or Punishment: implementation (see H.R. 1416), H11686 [1NO]

Courts: grant a private right of action to individuals injured by reason of violation of antiboycott regulations (see H.R. 1192), H4795 [10MY]

Dept. of Defense: terminate C-17 Airlifter program and use nondevelopmental aircrafts to meet strategic airlift requirements (see H.R. 703), H1281 [6FE]

Dept. of Energy: gas turbine modular helium reactor program (see H.R. 311), H4415 [6AP]

Education: funding for higher education financial aid programs (see H. Res. 122), H4415 [6AP]

Elections: constitutional amendment relative to expenditure of money to elect public officials (see H.J. Res. 97), H15656 [30DE]

Families and domestic relations: adoption services (see H.R. 1166), H2891 [8MR]

———require States to disclose the AIDS status of infants to legal guardians (see H.R. 1289), H3571 [22MR]

FERC: extension of deadline for construction of hydroelectric project in Oregon (see H.R. 1835), H5982 [14JN]

Firearms: permanent ban on possession of firearms by persons convicted of certain felonies (see H.R. 2101), H11686 [1NO]

Foreign aid: prohibit to countries that restrict the delivery of U.S. humanitarian assistance to other countries (see H.R. 942), H4336 [5AP]

Foreign trade: impose sanctions on foreign persons exporting petroleum products, natural gas, or related technology to Iran (see H.R. 2458), H14311 [12DE]

FRS: defer additional increases in interest rates (see H. Res. 54), H969 [31JA]

Health: designate obstetrician-gynecologists as primary care providers for women under Federal health care regulations (see H. Res. 30), H177 [9JA]

———develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth defects (see H.R. 1010), H5691 [7JN]

———ensure pregnant women receiving Public Health Service assistance are provided with pregnancy information and counseling (see H.R. 833), H8904 [13SE]

Housing: benefits relative to the purchase of residential cooperative apartment units (see H.R. 1006), H7067 [17JY]

———prohibit certain rental housing managers from banning household pets for elderly residents (see H.R. 1619), H6200 [21JN]

Immigration and Nationality Act: amend by substituting ``children born out of wedlock'' for ``illegitimate children'' references (see H.R. 1204), H4619 [9MY]

Insurance: prohibit denial of health coverage based on status as victim of domestic violence (see H.R. 2654), H13142 [16NO]

Israel: secondary boycott by Arab countries (see H.R. 1193), H4795 [10MY]

Lobbyists: limit access to the Hall of the House of Representatives (see H. Res. 286), H13804 [29NO]

Major League Baseball: application of antitrust laws (see H.R. 2022), H6913 [12JY]

Medicaid: osteopathic services (see H.R. 1791), H8725 [8SE]

Medicare/Medicaid: public examination of any changes in existing law relative to budget reconciliation (see H. Res. 221), H8904 [13SE]

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]

Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 940), H1751 [14FE]

NASA: termination of International Space Station program (see H.R. 1701), H5571 [24MY]

NIH: establish an Office for Rare Disease Research (see H.R. 2027), H7011 [13JY]

Patents: limit issuance on medical procedures (see H.R. 1127), H2650 [3MR]

Public Health Service: extend and clarify malpractice coverage for health centers (see H.R. 1747), H5622 [6JN]

Social Security: maintain earnings test correlation between disability insurance benefits for the blind and retirement age benefits (see H. Con. Res. 23), H3417 [21MR]

Taxation: deduction for health insurance premiums (see H.R. 442), H1157 [2FE]

———eligibility of veterans for mortgage revenue bond financing (see H.R. 2193), H9592 [27SE]

———treatment of adoption expenses (see H.R. 1167), H2891 [8MR]

———treatment of group legal services plans (see H.R. 540), H6698 [30JN]

Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 65), H10994 [26OC]

Waterways: restoration projects to control flooding, erosion, and pollution runoff and improve water quality (see H.R. 1331), H3878 [28MR]

Weapons: eliminate use of antipersonnel landmines (see H.R. 1876), H6082 [16JN]

———production of Trident II missiles (see H.R. 991), H4873 [11MY]

Women: establish offices of women's health within certain Federal agencies (see H.R. 1736), H6482 [28JN]

Documents

Proposed Amendment to H.R. 1555, Communications Act, H8288 [2AU]

Letters

Communications Act: Joan H. Smith, Oregon Public Utilities Commission, H8288 [2AU]

Infant formula procurement: Michael E. Antalics, FTC, H3588 [23MR]

Medicaid reform: John A. Kitzhaber, Governor of Oregon, H10901 [26OC]

Remarks by, on

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1976), H7355, H7372 [20JY]

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 122), H12502 [15NO]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2491), H10900 [26OC]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2491), conference report, H13179 [17NO]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1996-2002 (H. Con. Res. 67), H5158 [17MY]

———treatment of Social Security under a constitutional amendment to require balanced (H. Con. Res. 17), H624 [25JA]

Courts: evaluate the effectiveness of the juvenile justice system (H.R. 1829), E1238 [14JN]

Crime: incarceration of violent criminals (H.R. 667), H1509, H1510 [9FE]

———increase juvenile criminal penalties and improve youth correctional facilities (H.R. 600), E149 [20JA]

Dept. of Energy: Oregon Health Sciences University Biomedical Information Communications Center funding, H9852, H9853, H9854 [11OC]

Dept. of HHS: restore funding to family planning programs, H8259 [2AU]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State and the Judiciary: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2076), E1542 [28JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2127), H8259 [2AU], H8328 [3AU]

Drugs: revise drug approval process (H.R. 1742), E1157 [6JN]

Economics: political influence on the the Consumer Price Index, H1216 [6FE]

Family Nutrition Block Grant Program: procurement of infant formula, H3588 [23MR]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: amend (H.R. 961), H4998, H4999 [16MY]

Food stamps: certification requirements for participating food stores and penalties for fraud (H.R. 992), E383 [16FE]

Government: reform disclosure of lobbying activities to influence the Federal Government (H.R. 2564), H13685 [28NO]

Government regulations: reform regulatory process (H.R. 926), H2408 [1MR]

Health care professionals: State physician licensing relative to interstate telemedicine, E1392 [30JN]

Medicaid: reform, H10900 [26OC]

Medicare: permit select policies to be offered in all States (H.R. 483), H4389 [6AP]

———permit select policies to be offered in all States (H.R. 483), consideration (H. Res. 130), H4372 [6AP]

———reform, H5158 [17MY], H12502 [15NO]

———reform (H.R. 2425), H10334 [19OC]

———reporting requirement of trust fund trustees on projected financial imbalances (H.R. 1590), H4971 [16MY]

Nuclear energy: cleanup costs for Hanford nuclear facility, H2220-H2222 [24FE]

Parliamentary inquiry, H5308 [18MY]

Public Health Service: extend and clarify malpractice coverage for health centers (H.R. 1747), H14276 [12DE]

Public welfare programs: reform (H.R. 4), H3525 [22MR], H3588 [23MR]

Real property: compensation to owners of private property relative to regulatory restrictions (H.R. 925), H2556, H2557, H2558, H2559, H2560, H2561 [2MR]

———compensation to owners of private property relative to regulatory restrictions (H.R. 925), consideration (H. Res. 101), H2464 [1MR]

Science: authorizing appropriations for Federal civilian science activities (H.R. 2405), H9852, H9853, H9854 [11OC]

Securities: reform Federal litigation procedures (H.R. 1058), H2846, H2847, H2848 [8MR]

———reform Federal litigation procedures (H.R. 1058), conference report, H14049 [6DE]

———reform Federal litigation procedures (H.R. 1058), consideration (H. Res. 105), H2757 [7MR]

Senior citizens: program funding, H8328 [3AU]

Small business: establish incentives for employees under a performance-based reward plan (H.R. 647), E164 [24JA]

———export assistance (H.R. 648), E165 [24JA]

Taxation: capital gains rates and indexing of certain assets (H.R. 646), E164 [24JA]

———modify application of passive loss limitations to timber activities (H.R. 902), E323 [13FE]

———treatment of gains on sale of small business stocks (H.R. 645), E164 [24JA]

Telecommunications: promote competition and reduce regulation (H.R. 1555), H8287 [2AU], H8469, H8470 [4AU], E1392 [30JN]

———provide means of restricting access to unwanted materials in interactive telecommunications systems, H8469, H8470 [4AU]

Tobacco products: regulation of tobacco industry to alleviate health risks to children, H7993 [31JY]

Wetlands: compensation for property value losses, H4998, H4999 [16MY]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H1906 [16FE]

Reports

Telemedicine and State Licensure: American Telemedicine Association, E1392 [30JN]

Schedules

Committee on Agriculture (House): enforcement and management of the food stamp program, D124 [1FE]

———Subcommittee on Dept. Operations, Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture: public welfare programs reform, D191 [14FE]

Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities (House): Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families: Older Americans Act, D802 [28JN]

Committee on Rules (House): Communications Act, D956 [31JY]

———Contract With America Tax Relief Act, D440 [29MR]

———Federal litigation procedures reform, D284 [3MR]

———Private Property Protection Act, D259 [28FE]

Committee on the Judiciary (House): Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law: LSC budget, D614 [16MY]

Committee on Ways and Means (House): legislative priorities relative to savings and investment, D88 [25JA]

Tributes

Kuhn, Margaret E., E1182 [8JN]