GEKAS, GEORGE W. (a Representative from Pennsylvania)
Addresses
Birth Defects: James L. Mills, E1743
Amendments offered by, to
Courts: product liability reform (H.R. 956), H3015, H3016 [10MR]
Government regulations: reform regulatory process (H.R. 926), H2428 [1MR]
Science: authorizing appropriations for Federal civilian science activities (H.R. 2405), H9940 [12OC]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 956, Common Sense Legal Standards Reform Act, H11989 [9NO]
———H.R. 1530, Dept. of Defense appropriations, H9403 [21SE]
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Administrative Conference of the U.S.: extend (see H.R. 2291), H8725 [8SE]
Appropriations: continuance of pay and authority to make certain expenditures and obligations during lapses (see H.R. 2007), H6829 [11JY]
———making automatic continuing (see H.R. 2006), H6829 [11JY]
Babs (vessel): certificate of documentation (see H.R. 2048), H7067 [17JY]
Courts: appointment of bankruptcy judges (see H.R. 2604), H12084 [9NO]
———reorganize administrative law judiciary (see H.R. 1802), H5753 [8JN]
Government regulations: reform regulatory process (see H.R. 926), H1751 [14FE]
Health: liability of raw material and component suppliers to medical device manufacturers (see H.R. 753), H969 [31JA]
Immigration and Nationality Act: amend by substituting ``children born out of wedlock'' for ``illegitimate children'' references (see H.R. 1204), H3048 [10MR]
LSC: abolish (see H.R. 2277), H8683 [7SE]
Merit Systems Protection Board: performance of certain hearings functions only by administrative law judges (see H.R. 1983), H6697 [30JN]
Motor vehicles: delay implementation of enhanced vehicle inspection and maintenance programs (see H.R. 46), H164 [9JA]
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), H840 [27JA]
Armed Forces: procedures for determining status of certain missing members (see H.R. 945), H4619 [9MY]
Bosnia and Herzegovina: require congressional approval prior to U.S. military intervention (see H.R. 2550, 2606), H10994 [26OC], H12084 [9NO]
Budget: automatic adjustments of discretionary spending limits and reduction of obligation limits (see H.R. 700), H3417 [21MR]
———constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1), H161 [9JA]
Charities: clarify exemptions from securities and antitrust laws relative to charitable gift annuities (see H.R. 2525), H10726 [24OC]
Children and youth: health research (see H.R. 1735), H5608 [25MY]
China, Republic of: U.N. participation (see H. Con. Res. 12), H1281 [6FE]
Copyrights: duration of protection (see H.R. 989), H1907 [16FE]
Correctional institutions: criminal penalties for escaping from Federal prison (see H.R. 1533), H4620 [9MY]
Courts: State referendum challenges (see H.R. 1170), H2892 [8MR]
Crime: increase penalties for armed violent criminals (see H.R. 1488), H10994 [26OC]
———restitution for victims (see H.R. 711), H802 [26JA]
Cyprus: dispute resolution (see H. Con. Res. 42), H3327 [16MR]
Diseases: payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted human immunodeficiency virus due to contaminated blood products (see H.R. 1023), H5571 [24MY]
Education: student loan reform (see H.R. 530), H4433 [7AP]
Endangered Species Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2275), H8994 [14SE]
English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see H.R. 123), H2892 [8MR]
ERISA: restrict Government promotion of economically targeted investments for employee benefit plans (see H.R. 1594), H4618 [9MY]
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: amend relative to minor use of pesticides (see H.R. 1352), H4512 [2MY]
Federal Water Pollution Control Act: amend (see H.R. 961), H4441 [1MY]
Firearms: 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), H4546 [3MY]
Government regulations: moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions (see H.R. 450), H1371 [7FE]
Graham, Billy and Ruth: award congressional gold medal (see H.R. 2657), H14927 [14DE]
H. John Heinz III, Dept. of Veterans Affairs Nursing Care Center, Aspinwall, PA: designate (see H.R. 2760), H14310 [12DE]
Hazardous substances: nuclear waste disposal (see H.R. 1020), H5753 [8JN]
House of Representatives: prohibit travel by Members, officers and employees at lobbyist expense (see H.R. 75), H3156 [14MR]
———return of excess amounts from official allowances to the Treasury for deficit reduction (see H.R. 77), H165 [9JA]
Immigration: reform admission policies, treatment of criminal aliens and alien smuggling, documentation requirements, and border security (see H.R. 1915, 2202), H6269 [22JN], H8533 [4AU]
Intellectual property: application of antitrust laws (see H.R. 2674), H13658 [20NO]
Labor: allow cooperative efforts between management and labor to improve economic competitiveness (see H.R. 743), H8994 [14SE]
Law enforcement officers: exemption from State laws prohibiting carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H5609 [25MY]
Max Rosenn U.S. Courthouse, Wilkes-Barre, PA: designate (see H.R. 1718), H14003 [5DE]
Medicare: reform (see H.R. 2152), H8806 [12SE]
Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (see H.J. Res. 2), H162 [9JA]
Money: control and prevent commercial counterfeiting (see H.R. 2511), H10484 [19OC]
Motor vehicles: school bus safety (see H.R. 1884), H7257 [19JY]
National Tourism Organization: establish (see H.R. 2579), H12128 [10NO]
National Voter Registration Act: repeal (see H.R. 370), H803 [26JA]
Occupational Safety and Health Act: amend (see H.R. 1834), H12085 [9NO]
Patents: biotechnology process protection (see H.R. 587), H399 [19JA]
———restore term (see H.R. 359), H231 [11JA]
———restore the proper term of patent protection, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 359), H8708, H8725 [8SE]
Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act: amend (see H.R. 1103), H5374 [22MY]
Pesticides: definition and regulation of the minor use of pesticides (see H.R. 1627), H5609 [25MY]
Real property: private property owner rights (see H.R. 790), H1051 [1FE]
Ronald Reagan (U.S.S.): designate the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier known as CVN-76 (see H.J. Res. 61), H2224 [24FE]
Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of 150th anniversary (see H.R. 2627), H13930 [4DE]
Solid waste: State control over transportation of municipal solid waste (see H.R. 2323), H13870 [30NO]
Sound recording and reproducing: copyright laws relative to the public performance of sound recordings by means of digital transmission (see H.R. 1506), H4431 [7AP]
Taxation: allow individuals to designate percentage of their tax liability to reduce the national debt (see H.R. 13), H163 [9JA]
———income tax credit for property used to control environmental pollution and for soil and water conservation expenditures (see H.R. 41), H164 [9JA]
———prohibit retroactive taxation (see H.R. 788), H1051 [1FE]
———require burden of proof to be on the Dept. of the Treasury in all tax cases (see H.R. 390), H692 [25JA]
Terrorism: improve U.S. ability to respond to terrorist threats (see H.R. 1710), H5607 [25MY]
Tourist trade: promote (see H.R. 1083), H7699 [25JY]
Transportation: provide off-budget treatment for certain transportation trust funds (see H.R. 842), H2177 [23FE]
Turkey: protection and continued livelihood of the Eastern Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarchate (see H. Con. Res. 50), H3879 [28MR]
Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 65), H1752 [14FE]
———revise effective dates for discontinuance of compensation and pension benefits (see H.R. 109), H231 [11JA]
Volunteer workers: grant immunity from personal civil liability during work on behalf of governmental entities or nonprofit organizations (see H.R. 911), H1688 [13FE]
Washington, George: mint coins in commemoration of 200th anniversary of death (see H.R. 2026), H15136 [19DE]
World War II: mint coins in commemoration of 50th anniversary of the Marshall Plan and of George C. Marshall (see H.R. 1406), H8537 [4AU]
Explanations
State Tax Treatment of Certain Pension Income (H.R. 394), H14974 [18DE]
Letters
Substitute ``children born out of wedlock'' for ``illegitimate children'' references in the Immigration and Nationality Act: Doris Meissner and Mary A. Ryan, Dept. of State, H11386 [30OC]
———Wendy R. Sherman, Dept. of State, H11386 [30OC]
Remarks by, on
Appropriations: making automatic continuing (H.R. 2006), H9252 [20SE]
———making continuing (H.J. Res. 108), consideration (H. Res. 230), H9604 [28SE]
———making continuing (H.J. Res. 115), H11899 [8NO]
———making continuing (H.J. Res. 122), consideration (H. Res. 270), H12411 [15NO]
Bosnia and Herzegovina: lift U.S. arms embargo (S. 21), H8093 [1AU]
———require congressional approval prior to U.S. military intervention (H.R. 2770), consideration (H. Res. 304), H14822 [13DE]
———U.S. military enforcement of peace agreement between Serbian, Croatian, and Muslim forces (H. Res. 302), consideration (H. Res. 304), H14822 [13DE]
———U.S. military intervention (H. Res. 247), H11405 [30OC]
———U.S. military intervention (H. Res. 306), consideration (H. Res. 304), H14822 [13DE]
Budget: balance, H15554 [21DE]
———constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), H632, H652 [25JA]
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2491), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 272), H13152 [17NO]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 1996-2002 (H. Con. Res. 67), H5272 [18MY]
Capital punishment: establish effective procedures (H.R. 729), H1428, H1429 [8FE]
Courts: admissibility of evidence of collateral source payments in medical liability actions, H3016, H3017, H3018, H3019 [10MR]
———limit the application of the exclusionary rule (H.R. 666), H1329 [7FE]
———product liability reform (H.R. 956), H2875 [8MR], H3016, H3017, H3018, H3019, H3024
———reform civil justice system (H.R. 988), H2665, H2666, H2667, H2668, H2683, H2684 [6MR]
Crime: mandatory victim restitution (H.R. 665), H1309 [7FE]
Cyprus: dispute resolution (H. Con. Res. 42), H9044
———Turkish occupation, H7164 [18JY]
Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission: recommendations (H.J. Res. 102), H8700 [8SE]
Dept. of State: consolidate foreign affairs agencies (H.R. 1561), H5402 [23MY]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2099), H7838
———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2099), conference report, H11668 [1NO]
———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2099), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 291), H14186 [7DE]
———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2099), motion to instruct conferees, H11696 [2NO]
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 1905), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 248), H11502 [31OC]
EPA: enforcement of certain environmental laws, H7939 [28JY], H11696 [2NO]
Federal Water Pollution Control Act: amend (H.R. 961), consideration (H. Res. 140), H4688 [10MY]
Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (H.R. 5), H911 [31JA]
———reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (S. 1), conference report, H3310 [16MR]
Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (H.J. Res. 79), H6422 [28JN]
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 1868), H6526 [28JN]
———making appropriations (H.R. 1868), consideration (H. Res. 170), H6238 [22JN]
Government: continuance of pay and authority to make certain expenditures and obligations when there is a lapse in appropriations (H.R. 2007), H8582 [6SE]
Government regulations: collection of revenue from foreign-owned businesses, H2428 [1MR]
———exempt Federal banking agencies from regulatory process reform, H2425, H2426 [1MR]
———exempt sanctioning for illegal foreign trade activities from regulatory process reform, H2429 [1MR]
———judicial review rulemaking process, H2415, H2416, H2417, H2421, H2424, H2425, H2427, H2442, H2443 [1MR]
———moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions (S. 219), insert language of H.R. 450 in lieu, H5098, H5102 [17MY]
———record and make public all Federal agency contacts during major rulemaking processes, H2440 [1MR]
———reform regulatory process (H.R. 926), H2402, H2407, H2408, H2409, H2415, H2416, H2417, H2421, H2424, H2425, H2426, H2427, H2428, H2429, H2430, H2431, H2433, H2434, H2435, H2436, H2438, H2440, H2441, H2442, H2443 [1MR]
———reform regulatory process (H.R. 926), consideration (H. Res. 100), H2376 [28FE]
Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: observance, H3797 [24MR]
Health: liability of raw material and component suppliers to medical device manufacturers (H.R. 753), H3024
House Rules: proxy votes in committees or subcommittees, H58 [4JA]
———reform the House of Representatives (H. Res. 6), H58 [4JA]
Immigration: classification of children relative to international adoptions (S. 457), H11386 [30OC]
Immigration and Nationality Act: amend by substituting ``children born out of wedlock'' for ``illegitimate children'' references, H11386 [30OC]
Lancaster County, PA: Denver & Ephrata Telephone & Telegraph Co. efforts at developing communications networks in Hungary, E1228
Law enforcement: provide block grants (H.R. 728), H1705 [14FE]
———transfer block grant funds to community policing programs, H1705 [14FE]
Legal Services Corp.: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1806), H5612 [6JN]
LSC: funding, H4448 [2MY], H6095 [20JN]
Medicare: reform, H7158, H7159, H7160 [18JY]
Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (H.J. Res. 73), H3820 [28MR], H3942 [29MR]
Motor vehicles: delay implementation of enhanced vehicle inspection and maintenance programs (H.R. 46), E43
National Weather Service: use of FAA Terminal Doppler Weather Radars to provide data to nearby weather forecast offices, H9940 [12OC]
NIH: birth defects research, E1743
Oklahoma City, OK: bombing of Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, H4515 [3MY]
Parliamentary inquiry, H911 [31JA], H2428 [1MR]
Petroleum: export of Alaska North Slope crude oil (H.R. 70), H7495 [24JY]
Public debt: ceiling, H11665 [1NO]
———ceiling (H.R. 2586), H12059 [9NO]
Public welfare programs: reform (H.R. 4), H3368 [21MR]
Real property: compensation to owners of private property relative to regulatory restrictions (H.R. 925), H2498 [2MR]
Science: authorizing appropriations for Federal civilian science activities (H.R. 2405), H9940 [12OC]
Space policy: space station program funding, H7838
States: tax treatment of certain pension income (H.R. 394), H14972, H14974 [18DE]
Taxation: capital gains rates, H4253 [5AP]
———rates, H15554 [21DE]
———rates (H.R. 1215), H4110 [4AP], H4253 [5AP]
Turkey: allocation of foreign aid, H6526 [28JN]
Votes: position on missed, E125
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H15573 [21DE]
Special order: granted, H8593 [6SE], H11685 [1NO], H15235 [20DE]
Reports filed
Debts Relative to Death or Injury Caused by Debtor's Operation of Watercraft While Intoxicated: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 234) (H. Rept. 104-356), H13657 [20NO]
LSC Abolishment: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 2277.) (H. Rept. 104-255), H9451 [21SE]
State Tax Treatment of Certain Pension Income: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 394) (H. Rept. 104-389), H14237 [7DE]
Schedules
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight (House): Subcommittee on National Economic Growth, National Resources and Regulatory Affairs: regulatory rulemaking actions, D60 [19JA]
Committee on Labor and Human Resources (Senate): LSC budget, D781 [23JN]
Committee on Rules (House): Common Sense Legal Standards Reform Act, D304 [7MR]
———continuing appropriations, D1155 [27SE]
———regulatory process reform, D249 [27FE]
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House): Subcommittee on Railroads: Amtrak fiscal crisis, D176 [10FE]
Committee on Ways and Means (House): Subcommittee on Social Security: Social Security Disability Insurance Program, D662 [24MY]
Tributes
Mills, James L., E1743