YATES, SIDNEY R. (a Representative from Illinois)

Amendments offered by, to

Budget: making supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 1158), H3230 [15MR]

———making supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 1159), H3074 [13MR]

Appointments

Committee To Escort Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres Into the House Chamber, H14255 [12DE]

Conferee: H.R. 889, Dept. of Defense supplemental appropriations and rescissions to enhance military readiness, H3844 [28MR]

———H.R. 1158, supplemental appropriations and rescissions, H4457 [2MY]

———H.R. 1868, foreign operations, export financing, and related programs appropriations, H9954 [12OC]

———H.R. 1977, Dept. of the Interior and related agencies appropriations, H8709 [8SE]

U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council, H3419 [22MR]

Articles and editorials

$21-Million-a-Year Boost—LBJ Signs Aid-to-Arts Bill, Norman Runnion, Wilmington (DE) Morning News, H9693 [29SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Capitol Building and Grounds: use of the rotunda for a ceremony to honor victims of the Holocaust (see H. Con. Res. 20, 106), H692 [25JA], H9897 [11OC]

Holocaust: German reparations for survivors living in the U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 115), H13274 [17NO]

Monuments and memorials: recognize opening of Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial (see H. Res. 59), H1208 [3FE]

Museum Service Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 100), H166 [9JA]

National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 100), H166 [9JA]

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: humane living conditions for calves raised for the production of veal (see H.R. 263), H8684 [7SE]

———labeling of milk products relative to bovine growth hormones, and development of residue test (see H.R. 2084, 2085), H7378 [20JY]

———price supports for sugar (see H.R. 1687), H5471 [23MY]

———prohibit transfer or marketing of nonambulatory cattle, sheep, swine, horses, mules, or goats (see H.R. 2143), H8063 [31JY]

———use of humane methods in the slaughter of poultry (see H.R. 264), H8684 [7SE]

AIDS Cure Project: establish (see H.R. 761), H969 [31JA]

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

———require use of child safety restraint systems (see H.R. 1309), H11686 [1NO]

Alaska: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1000), H1967 [21FE]

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), H8535 [4AU]

———prohibit interstate commerce relative to exotic animals (see H.R. 1202), H3048 [10MR]

———reporting requirements for research facilities conducting experimentation and testing (see H.R. 1547), H13930 [4DE]

Appropriations: making continuing (see H.J. Res. 118, 120), H12506 [15NO]

Armed Forces: procedures for determining status of certain missing members (see H.R. 945), H4619 [9MY]

Armenia: anniversary of genocide (see H. Con. Res. 47), H9245 [19SE]

Aviation: repeal increase in transportation fuels tax applicable to commercial aviation (see H.R. 752), H8597 [6SE]

Award, medals, prizes: establish congressional commemorative medal for organ donors (see H.R. 2551), H13731 [28NO]

BATF: regulation of firearms and ammunition (see H.R. 915), H4336 [5AP]

Budget: require an operating and a capital budget to distinguish between Federal funds and trust funds (see H.R. 1233), H3573 [22MR]

Business and industry: volunteer guidelines for socially responsible practices for U.S. businesses operating abroad (see H.R. 910), H3733 [23MR]

Capital Budget Commission: establish (see H.R. 1302), H3572 [22MR]

Charles A. Hayes Post Office Building, Chicago, IL: designate (see H.R. 2704), H14239 [7DE]

Children and youth: reform child labor laws (see H.R. 1049), H2224 [24FE]

China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (see H.J. Res. 96), H6699 [30JN]

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]

Coins: mint coins recommended by the Citizens Commemorative Coin Advisory Committee (see H.R. 1753), H5689 [7JN]

Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act: revise and extend (see H.R. 1872), H8597 [6SE]

Consumers: credit card fees (see H.R. 1169), H3276 [15MR]

Convention Against Torture and Other Forms of Cruel, Inhuman, and Degrading Treatment or Punishment: implementation (see H.R. 1416), H4335 [5AP]

Crime: include peonage and slavery offenses as RICO predicates (see H.R. 305), H803 [26JA]

Dept. of Defense: eliminate promotion of civilian marksmanship (see H.R. 638), H537 [23JA]

———reduce size of operational support aircraft fleet (see H.R. 1973), H8537 [4AU]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish mammography quality standards (see H.R. 882), H6270 [22JN]

Disasters: provide for hazard mitigation, relief, and insurance against natural disasters (see H.R. 1856), H6699 [30JN]

Diseases: payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted human immunodeficiency virus due to contaminated blood products (see H.R. 1023), H3572 [22MR]

———pediatric and adolescent AIDS (see H. Con. Res. 62), H4432 [7AP]

———research programs for Parkinson's disease (see H.R. 1462), H7257 [19JY]

Ecology and environment: funding to States to implement national estuary conservation and management plans (see H.R. 1438, 1917), H4414 [6AP], H6269 [22JN]

———strengthen protection of native biodiversity and place restraints on clearcutting of forests (see H.R. 2407), H13731 [28NO]

Edward Madigan Post Office Building, Lincoln, IL: designate (see H.R. 1880), H6082 [16JN]

ERISA: allow victims of child abuse to collect monetary awards from an abuser's pension (see H.R. 2140), H7990 [28JY]

Families and domestic relations: child support enforcement (see H.R. 785), H1689 [13FE]

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

Firearms: ban the manufacture, importation, and sale of ammunition that can penetrate police body armor (see H.R. 444), H890 [30JA]

———gun control (see H. Con. Res. 65), H4618 [9MY]

———prohibit possession of nonsporting handguns (see H.R. 250), H5471 [23MY]

———regulate sale, import, and manufacture of polymer plastic ammunition (see H.R. 221), H325 [18JA]

Food: meat and poultry inspection programs (see H.R. 1423), H12506 [15NO]

Foreign aid: prohibit to countries that restrict the delivery of U.S. humanitarian assistance to other countries (see H.R. 942), H2651 [3MR]

Foreign trade: ensure protection of worker rights and environmental standards in any trade agreement (see H.R. 2714), H14002 [5DE]

Forests: repeal emergency salvage timber sale program (see H.R. 2745), H14238 [7DE]

France: actions relative to moratorium on testing of nuclear weapons (see H. Con. Res. 80; H. Res. 174), H7461 [21JY], H8806 [12SE]

Guam: establish commonwealth (see H.R. 1056), H2224 [24FE]

Health: designate obstetrician-gynecologists as primary care providers for women under Federal health care regulations (see H. Res. 30), H400 [19JA]

———develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth defects (see H.R. 1010), H5609 [25MY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 1200), H2989 [9MR]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mothers and newborn infants following birth (see H.R. 1950, 1955), H6699 [30JN], H8597 [6SE]

Holocaust: condemn efforts to distort historical reality of the Holocaust and recognize work of U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum (see H. Res. 316), H15237 [20DE]

House of Representatives: ratification of constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights relative to States' ratification (see H. Res. 39), H6699 [30JN]

House Rules: disclosure of source of amendments, measures, and committee reports (see H. Res. 132), H6699 [30JN]

Housing: prohibit certain rental housing managers from banning household pets for elderly residents (see H.R. 1619), H8597 [6SE]

Human rights: trafficking of Burmese women and girls into Thailand for forced prostitution (see H. Con. Res. 21), H2224 [24FE]

Hunting and trapping: prohibit steel jaw leghold traps (see H.R. 1404), H4335 [5AP]

Insurance: coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (see H.R. 2011), H8174 [1AU]

———prohibit denial of health coverage based on status as victim of domestic violence (see H.R. 2654), H13731 [28NO]

———prohibit health insurance premium rate increases based on age (see H.R. 1614), H4873 [11MY]

Israel: secondary boycott by Arab countries (see H.R. 1193), H13731 [28NO]

Jewish War Veterans: issue commemorative postage stamp honoring anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 26), H3417 [21MR]

Medicaid: prostate cancer screening (see H.R. 780), H1850 [15FE]

———screening mammography (see H.R. 777), H1850 [15FE]

Medicare: bone mass measurements (see H.R. 2185), H8360 [3AU]

———colorectal screening (see H.R. 922), H1689 [13FE]

———diabetes outpatient self-management training services (see H.R. 1073), H6312 [26JN]

———prostate cancer screening (see H.R. 779, 1496), H1850 [15FE], H4431 [7AP]

———reform (see H.R. 2422), H9670 [28SE]

———screening mammography (see H.R. 778, 958), H1849, H1850 [15FE]

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

Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie: establish (see H.R. 714), H2177 [23FE]

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), H4619 [9MY]

Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 940), H5471 [23MY]

Mining and mineral resources: locatable minerals on public domain lands (see H.R. 357), H1461 [8FE]

Montgomery, AL: anniversary of bus boycott (see H. Res. 285), H13870 [30NO]

Motion pictures: identification of author for purposes of noneconomic interests (see H.R. 1244), H4512 [2MY]

———require disclosures of materially altered films (see H.R. 1248), H4441 [1MY]

Motor vehicles: regulation of motorcycle helmet use (see H.R. 899), H8597 [6SE]

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

National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice: abolish (see H.R. 638), H537 [23JA]

National Institute for the Environment: establish (see H.R. 2827), H15574 [21DE]

National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases: expand activities relative to lupus (see H.R. 835), H3808 [24MR]

National Park Service: reform concessions policies (see H.R. 773), H1050 [1FE]

National Rifle Association: characterization of Federal law enforcement (see H. Con. Res. 69), H5623 [6JN]

Natural resources: recover fair market value for disposal of Federal natural assets (see H.R. 721), H839 [27JA]

NIH: funding for diabetes-related research (see H.R. 1656), H13804 [29NO]

Patents: restore term (see H.R. 359), H3572 [22MR]

Pensions: exclude the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund from the Federal budget (see H.R. 103), H3049 [10MR]

———revise effective date for cost-of-living adjustments for military retirees (see H.R. 2664), H13804 [29NO]

Public welfare programs: reform (see H.R. 1250), H3276 [15MR]

Recycling: management standards and requirements for spent lead-acid batteries (see H.R. 1522), H4432 [7AP]

———require producers and importers of newsprint to recycle a certain percentage (see H.R. 1523), H4432 [7AP]

———require producers and importers of tires to recycle a certain percentage (see H.R. 1524), H4432 [7AP]

———require the EPA to establish a recycling credit system for used oil (see H.R. 1525), H4432 [7AP]

Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of 150th anniversary (see H.R. 1079, 2627), H4415 [6AP], 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), H2177 [23FE]

———maintenance and protection of system (see H. Con. Res. 78), H7990 [28JY]

Surplus Government property: authorize donation of surplus Federal law enforcement canines to their handlers (see H.R. 704), H13731 [28NO]

Taxation: benefits for foreign corporations (see H.R. 1278), H4512 [2MY]

———exclude length of service awards for firefighters and emergency medical service personnel from limitations on deferred compensation plans (see H.R. 1893), H8725 [8SE]

———exclusion of employer-provided educational assistance (see H.R. 127), H8904 [13SE]

———permit opponents of war to designate tax payments to a Peace Tax Fund (see H.R. 1402), H4335 [5AP]

———treatment of accelerated death benefits under life insurance contracts (see H.R. 99), H1371 [7FE]

———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]

Terrorism: improve U.S. ability to respond to terrorist threats (see H.R. 896), H2224 [24FE], H6657 [29JN]

U.N. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 220), H8806 [12SE]

U.N. World Conference on Women: support U.S. commitments (see H. Con. Res. 119), H14764 [13DE]

Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1500), H5571 [24MY]

Veterans: benefit eligibility for certain service in the military forces of the Philippines (see H.R. 1136), H2716 [6MR]

Water pollution: eliminate certain discharges of chlorine compounds into navigable waters (see H.R. 1400), H4334 [5AP]

———Federal facilities pollution control (see H.R. 363), H970 [31JA]

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), H4619 [9MY]

———eliminate use of antipersonnel landmines (see H.R. 1876), H7257 [19JY]

Women: availability of information on reproductive health services (see H. Res. 118), H5983 [14JN]

———prohibit practice of female genital mutilation or female circumcision (see H.R. 941), H2393 [28FE]

Yellowstone Headwaters National Recreation Area: establish within the Gallatin and Custer National Forests (see H.R. 1846), H5983 [14JN]

Letters

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies appropriations: Norman Rice, U.S. Conference of Mayors, H7026 [17JY]

Mining patent claim moratorium: by, H12384 [15NO]

Motions offered by

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1977), H8708 [8SE], H9694 [29SE]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1977), conference report, H12403 [15NO], H14815 [13DE]

Remarks by, on

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 115), consideration (H. Res. 257), H11890 [8NO]

BIA: funding, H9684, H9690 [29SE], H12385 [15NO]

Budget: making supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 1158), H3230 [15MR], H3290, H3293 [16MR]

———making supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 1158), consideration (H. Res. 115), H3178 [15MR]

———making supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 1158), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 151), H5313 [18MY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1996-2002 (H. Con. Res. 67), H5288 [18MY]

Capitol Building and Grounds: use of the rotunda for a ceremony to honor victims of the Holocaust (H. Con. Res. 20), H2086 [23FE]

Dept. of Energy: Strategic Petroleum Reserve funding, H7053 [17JY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: authorizing appropriations, H12388 [15NO]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1977), H6935, H6950, H6951, H6955, H6958, H6962, H6964, H6969, H6970, H6982, H6991 [13JY], H7031, H7032, H7033, H7039, H7040, H7053, H7055 [17JY], H7103, H7108, H7109, H7115 [18JY]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1977), conference report, H12390, H12392, H12397, H12402, H12403 [15NO], H14808, H14812 [13DE]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1977), consideration (H. Res. 185), H6890, H6891 [12JY]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1977), consideration (H. Res. 187), H6923, H6927 [13JY]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1977), consideration (H. Res. 189), H7026 [17JY]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1977), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 231), H9684, H9690, H9691, H9692, H9693 [29SE]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1977), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 253), H12382, H12385, H12386 [15NO]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1977), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 301), H14800 [13DE]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1977), motion to instruct conferees, H8708 [8SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2127), H8389 [3AU]

Education: Indian education program funding, H6964 [13JY], H7031, H7032 [17JY]

Forests: mandate specified level of timber salvage sales on Federal lands, H3230 [15MR]

Geological Survey: conduct of natural resources research surveys on private lands when authorized by owners, H6950 [13JY]

———use of volunteers for resource research, H6951, H6955, H6958 [13JY]

Lobbyists: limit amount of private funds that Federal grantees can use for lobbying purposes, H8389 [3AU]

Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie: establish (H.R. 714), H7997 [31JY], H8296 [2AU]

Mining and mineral resources: moratorium on mining patent claims, H9685, H9691 [29SE]

———moratorium on mining patents claims, H8708 [8SE], H12397 [15NO]

Mississippi River Heritage Corridor Commission: funding, H7108 [18JY]

National Endowment for the Arts: funding, H7033 [17JY]

———rescind unobligated funds, H3290, H3293 [16MR]

National Endowment for the Humanities: abolish, H7055 [17JY]

———funding, H7103 [18JY]

National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities: anniversary, H9693 [29SE]

Nevada: Pyramid Lake water rights settlement funding, H6970 [13JY]

Northwestern University: tribute to football team, E2291 [5DE]

Petroleum: sale of oil from the strategic petroleum reserve, H7103 [18JY]

Power resources: weatherization assistance program funding, H7055 [17JY]

Rabin, Yitzhak: tribute (S. Con. Res. 31), H11843 [8NO]

Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of 150th anniversary (H.R. 2627), H15109 [19DE]

Social Compact (community development coalition): Outstanding Community Investment Award recipients, E1399 [10JY]

Tongass National Forest: changes in land management planning process, H14808 [13DE]

———transfer to Alaska, H12390, H12397, H12403 [15NO]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: retain refuge entrance fee collections, H6962 [13JY]

Votes: correction, H1775 [15FE], H8507 [4AU]

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars: funding, H7039, H7040 [17JY]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H321 [18JA], H398 [19JA], H466 [20JA], H1369 [7FE], H5751 [8JN], H5903 [13JN], H5981 [14JN], H6043 [15JN], H6081 [16JN], H6394 [27JN], H6560 [28JN], H6654 [29JN], H6828 [11JY], H7915 [27JY], H7989 [28JY], H8172 [1AU], H8360 [3AU], H12348 [14NO], H12504 [15NO], H15134 [19DE], H15235 [20DE]

Schedules

Committee on Rules (House): emergency supplemental appropriations for additional disaster assistance, D347 [14MR]

Statements

Dept. of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations (H.R. 1977): OMB, H14812 [13DE]

Tributes

Jackson, Representative, H14900 [14DE]