COMBEST, LARRY (a Representative from Texas)

Amendments offered by, to

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1655), H8807 [12SE], H8823, H8825 [13SE]

Appointments

Committee on Intelligence (House, Select), H110 [4JA]

Conferee: H.R. 1530, Dept. of Defense appropriations, H9403 [21SE]

———H.R. 1655, intelligence services appropriations, H10098 [17OC]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Committee on Intelligence (House, Select): authorizing expenditures (see H. Res. 64), H1460 [8FE]

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

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1655), H5190 [17MY]

National Committee on Telemedicine: establish (see H.R. 426), H177 [9JA]

Roads and highways: maximum speed limit (see H.R. 427), H177 [9JA]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Agriculture: ensure contract sanctity (see H.R. 2557), H11939 [8NO]

———permit unimpeded use of privately owned farm land (see H.R. 800), H1156 [2FE]

———price supports (see H.R. 2330), H8993 [14SE]

———reauthorize the conservation reserve program (see H.R. 343), H173 [9JA]

Air pollution: reduction of work-related vehicle trips in ozone nonattainment areas (see H.R. 325), H1850 [15FE]

Amtrak: eliminate special support for or burdens on operations as a passenger rail carrier (see H.R. 259), H170 [9JA]

———establish limitations on wage continuation and severance benefits for employees displaced by a discontinuance of service (see H.R. 832), H1281 [6FE]

Animals: improve animal drug approval process (see H.R. 2508), H10484 [19OC]

Appropriations: constitutional amendment on line-item veto (see H.J. Res. 6), H175 [9JA]

———line-item veto (see H.R. 2), H159 [9JA]

Aviation: repeal increase in transportation fuels tax applicable to commercial aviation (see H.R. 752), H5753 [8JN]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: require congressional approval prior to U.S. military intervention (see H.R. 2550, 2606), H11442 [30OC], H12084 [9NO]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1), H161 [9JA]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1996-2002 (see H. Con. Res. 66), H4873 [11MY]

CERCLA: amend (see H.R. 200), H2176 [23FE]

———clarify liability for certain recycling transactions (see H.R. 820), H6698 [30JN]

Children and youth: child labor provisions relative to loading of materials into balers and compacters (see H.R. 1114), H2584 [2MR]

Civil rights: affirmative action policies (see H.R. 2128), H7916 [27JY]

Congress: constitutional amendment to require a three-fifths majority on the passage of legislation increasing revenue (see H.J. Res. 106), H8308 [2AU]

Corp. for Public Broadcasting: repeal statutory authority (see H.R. 208), H169 [9JA]

Courts: product liability reform (see H.R. 10), H161 [9JA]

Credit: disclosures by consumer reporting agencies to the FBI for counterintelligence purposes (see H.R. 68), H165 [9JA]

Crime: increase penalties for armed violent criminals (see H.R. 1488), H10307 [18OC]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (see H.R. 3), H159 [9JA]

Davis-Bacon Act: repeal (see H.R. 500), H3975 [29MR]

Ecology and environment: transition from use of halons and chlorofluorocarbons to substitute compounds (see H.R. 2367), H13658 [20NO]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments (see H.R. 9), H161 [9JA]

Education: student loan reform (see H.R. 530), H5691 [7JN]

Employment: relationship between workers' compensation benefits and certain benefits available to migrant and seasonal workers (see H.R. 1715), H6270 [22JN]

Endangered species: protect private property rights relative to economic losses from critical habitat designations (see H.R. 490), H243 [13JA]

Endangered Species Act: determination of threatened species relative to reauthorization (see H.R. 571), H398 [19JA]

———reauthorize (see H.R. 2275), H8683 [7SE]

English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see H.R. 123), H1752 [14FE]

Families and domestic relations: protect parental rights (see H.R. 1946), H6481 [28JN]

Federal employees: allow furloughed employees to work voluntarily during a Government shutdown (see H.R. 2769), H14764 [13DE]

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: amend relative to minor use of pesticides (see H.R. 1352), H4512 [2MY]

Financial institutions: reform regulatory process and paperwork requirements (see H.R. 1362), H5692 [7JN]

Firearms: permit Federal licensees to conduct business at out-of-State gun shows (see H.R. 659), H8536 [4AU]

———protect and enforce the right to obtain and use firearms for security, self-defense, and other legitimate purposes (see H.R. 78), H165 [9JA]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 79), H3416 [21MR]

Government regulations: moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions (see H.R. 450), H325 [18JA]

Immigration: moratorium on aliens except for relatives of U.S. citizens, certain highly skilled workers, and refugees (see H.R. 373), H4915 [12MY]

———reform admission policies, treatment of criminal aliens and alien smuggling, documentation requirements, and border security (see H.R. 1915, 2202), H6831 [11JY], H8533 [4AU]

Labor: allow cooperative efforts between management and labor to improve economic competitiveness (see H.R. 743), H6083 [16JN]

Labor unions: repeal certain provisions of law requiring employees to pay union dues or fees as a condition of employment (see H.R. 1279), H10048 [12OC]

Legislative Branch of the Government: application of certain laws (see H.R. 1), H158 [9JA]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (see H.J. Res. 73), H3808 [24MR]

Motor vehicles: delay implementation of enhanced vehicle inspection and maintenance programs (see H.R. 46), H890 [30JA]

Music: licensing (see H.R. 789), H6397 [27JN]

National security: revitalize (see H.R. 7), H160 [9JA]

National Voter Registration Act: repeal (see H.R. 370), H468 [20JA]

Natural gas: authorize associations of independent producers (see H.R. 2342), H9245 [19SE]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: amend (see H.R. 1834), H8537 [4AU]

Oil Pollution Act: require Federal agencies to differentiate between organic oils and petroleum-based oils (see H.R. 436), H296 [17JA]

Oklahoma City, OK: bombing of Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building (see H. Res. 135), H4512 [2MY]

Patents: restore term (see H.R. 359), H3156 [14MR]

Pesticides: definition and regulation of the minor use of pesticides (see H.R. 1627), H4915 [12MY]

Petroleum: exports of certain domestically produced crude oil (see H.R. 70), H1611 [10FE]

Public welfare programs: reform (see H.R. 4), H159 [9JA]

Real property: private property owner rights (see H.R. 489, 790), H400 [19JA], H1051 [1FE]

Refuse disposal: land disposal program regulations (see H.R. 2036), H15136 [19DE]

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]

Taxation: allow individuals to designate percentage of their tax liability to reduce the national debt (see H.R. 13), H163 [9JA]

———capital gains rate on stock of certain farmers' cooperatives (see H.R. 2676), H14003 [5DE]

———church pension benefit plans (see H.R. 528), H12190 [13NO]

———incentives for the conservation of endangered species (see H.R. 2286), H11686 [1NO]

———income tax credit for property used to control environmental pollution and for soil and water conservation expenditures (see H.R. 41), H164 [9JA]

———inflation adjustments for maximum benefits under special estate tax valuation rules for certain property (see H.R. 532), H1850 [15FE]

———prevent reclassification of certain dues paid to tax-exempt agricultural and horticultural organizations (see H.R. 783), H1051 [1FE]

———provide credits for families and reform the marriage penalty (see H.R. 6), H160 [9JA]

———require burden of proof to be on the Dept. of the Treasury in all tax cases (see H.R. 390), H692 [25JA]

———standards for determining employment status of independent contractors (see H.R. 1972), H11939 [8NO]

———treatment of family-owned businesses relative to estate tax (see H.R. 2190), H8360 [3AU]

Texas: purchase of Bureau of Reclamation water supply projects (see H.R. 2609), H12084 [9NO]

Transportation: provide off-budget treatment for certain transportation trust funds (see H.R. 842), H4512 [2MY]

Wetlands: moratorium on certain policies relative to the determination of wetlands status (see H.R. 1220), H4415 [6AP]

Conference reports

Intelligence Services Appropriations (H.R. 1655), H15224-H15235 [20DE]

Remarks by, on

Ames, Aldrich H.: conviction of CIA officer and wife for espionage, E1047 [16MY]

Arts and humanities: anniversary of musical drama ``Texas'', E1592 [2AU]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: lift U.S. arms embargo (S. 21), H8092 [1AU]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution, H15500 [21DE]

Buy American Act: compliance, H8828 [13SE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1530), conference report, H14952 [15DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2126), H8649 [7SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2127), H8234 [2AU]

Foreign policy: Presidential power to delay imposition of sanctions against a foreign country if they pose an intelligence danger, H8823, H8825, H8826 [13SE]

Gaines County, TX: anniversary, E496 [2MR]

Government regulations: moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions (H.R. 450), H2092, H2102, H2105 [23FE]

———moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions designating endangered species or critical habitat, H2102, H2105 [23FE]

Health: tribute to home health care industry, E2148 [9NO]

House of Representatives: elimination of legislative language in appropriation bills, H8234 [2AU]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1655), H8816, H8819, H8820, H8823, H8825, H8826, H8828, H8830, H8831, H8833 [13SE], H10098 [17OC]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1655), availability of classified materials, H6165 [21JN]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1655), conference report, H15130 [19DE]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1655), consideration (H. Res. 216), H8781 [12SE]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1655), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 318), H15494, H15500 [21DE]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1655), corrections in engrossment, H8834 [13SE]

———public disclosure of intelligence budget, H8833 [13SE]

Journal: question of approval, H6203 [22JN]

Lobbyists: limit amount of private funds that Federal grantees can use for lobbying purposes, H8234 [2AU]

Midland, TX: Petroleum Museum anniversary, H8814 [13SE]

National Eye Donor Month: observance, E241 [1FE]

National Foreign Intelligence Program: funding, H8649 [7SE]

National security: revitalize (H.R. 7), H1783 [15FE]

Parliamentary inquiry, H2104 [23FE]

Reports

Congressional Oversight of the Aldrich Ames Spy Case: Committee on Intelligence (House, Select), E1047 [16MY]

Reports filed

Intelligence Services Appropriations: Committee of Conference (H.R. 1655) (H. Rept. 104-427), H15237 [20DE]

———Committee on Intelligence (House, Select) (H.R. 1655) (H. Rept. 104-138), H5982 [14JN]

National Security Revitalization Act: Committee on Intelligence (House, Select) (H.R. 7) (H. Rept. 104-18), H1280 [6FE]

Resolutions by organizations

Tribute to R. James Woolsey: Committee on Intelligence (House, Select), E106 [17JA]

Rules

Committee on Intelligence (House, Select), H798-H800 [26JA]

Schedules

Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities (House): Subcommittee on Workforce Protections: Corrections Day legislation, D835 [11JY]

Committee on Rules (House): intelligence services appropriations, D1051 [7SE]

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House): Subcommittee on Surface Transportation: National Highway System reform, D268 [1MR]

Tributes

Carle, Ellora C., E2091 [1NO]

Moses, Mike, E563 [9MR]

Stumbo, Floyd I., E2002 [24OC]

Walbridge, John H., E1899 [6OC]

Woolsey, R. James, E106 [17JA]