RIGGS, FRANK (a Representative from California)

Amendments offered by, to

Employment: payment of wages to individuals who use employer-owned vehicles (H.R. 1227), H5511 [23MY]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 3019, continuing appropriations, H2654 [21MR]

———H.R. 3448, Small Business Job Protection Act, H8581 [26JY]

———H.R. 3603, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, H8671 [30JY]

———H.R. 3675, Dept. of Transportation and related agencies appropriations, H10048 [5SE]

Articles and editorials

Coast Guard Backs Away From Faceoff With Fisherman, Eureka (CA) Times Standard, H7073 [27JN]

Local Fishermen Say Coast Guard Pesters Them in Inspections, David Anderson, Eureka (CA) Times Standard, H7073 [27JN]

Saluting the Real Heroes in the Drive for a VA Hospital, Jeffrey L. Jewell, Vacaville (CA) Reporter, H6862 [26JN]

What Can Government Do? James K. Glassman, Washington (DC) Post, H7347 [11JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

California: promote balance between natural resources, economic development and job retention (see H.R. 4032), H10107 [5SE]

Courts: constitutional amendment to provide that Federal judges be reconfirmed by the Senate every 8 years (see H.J. Res. 164), H2466 [19MR]

Employment: determination of tip credits relative to State and local government laws (see H.R. 4031), H10107 [5SE]

Medicaid: county-operated health insurance programs qualifications and requirements (see H.R. 3056), H1985 [7MR]

Members of Congress: adjust pay relative to congressional performance (see H.R. 3276), H3649 [18AP]

Redwood National Park: increase management efficiency through cooperative agreements with California (see H.R. 3500), H5379 [21MY]

Taxation: reduce rates for certain wines (see H.R. 3889), H8374 [24JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Air pollution: application of State regulations relative to reformulated gasoline in certain areas (see H.R. 3518), H9706 [1AU]

American Revolution: mint coins in commemoration of black revolutionary war patriots (see H.R. 1776), H4503 [7MY]

Armed Forces: discharge of military personnel relative to positive HIV test (see H.R. 2959), H2124 [12MR]

Armenia: anniversary of genocide (see H. Con. Res. 47), H6532 [19JN]

California: enhance water quality and supply (see H.R. 4048), H10235 [11SE]

California-Federal Bay-Delta Program: development of a solution to ecological problems of the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Watershed (see H.R. 4126), H10721 [19SE]

Children and youth: guidelines for school lunch and breakfast programs (see H.R. 2066), H2713 [22MR]

Civil rights: affirmative action policies (see H.R. 2128), H6415 [13JN]

Congress: constitutional amendment to require a three-fifths majority on the passage of legislation increasing revenue (see H.J. Res. 159), H1225 [1FE]

———specify source of constitutional authority for the enactment of legislation (see H.R. 2270), H5934 [5JN]

Consumers: require additional disclosures of the terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 2820), H6184 [11JN]

Customs Service: treatment of customs fees and duties relative to communities where fees and duties are collected (see H.R. 2250), H3231 [29MR]

Davis-Bacon Act: revise, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 2472), H3650 [18AP]

Dept. of Defense: restore missing person status to certain civilian and contractor employees (see H.R. 4000), H9923 [2AU]

Drugs: control access to chemicals used in manufacturing methamphetamine (see H.R. 3067), H2123 [12MR]

Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 3760, 3820), H7533 [12JY], H7657 [16JY]

Employment: overtime requirements of certain law enforcement employees working at police training facilities (see H.R. 4172), H11229 [25SE]

Endangered species: protect private property rights relative to economic losses from critical habitat designations (see H.R. 3862), H8094 [22JY]

Executive Office of the President: applicability of certain laws (see H.R. 3452), H5052 [14MY]

FAA: essential air service funding (see H.R. 3037), H6532 [19JN]

Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: improve administration (see H.R. 1711), H6006 [6JN]

Families and domestic relations: protect parental rights (see H.R. 1946), H1507 [28FE]

FDA: approval process and development of new drugs and biological products (see H.R. 3199), H4424 [2MY]

———facilitate the development and approval process for medical devices (see H.R. 3201), H4503 [7MY]

Federal aid programs: deny community development block grants to States that allow recovery of damages for injuries suffered in the commission of a felony (see H.R. 3736), H7106 [27JN]

Federal firefighters: hourly and overtime pay rates and pay equity with public sector firefighters (see H.R. 858), H7107 [27JN]

Food: increase access to nutritional information and increase availability of safe food products (see H.R. 3200), H5501 [22MY]

Foreign trade: imposition of duty on certain Canadian wood and lumber products (see H.R. 2802), H1775 [6MR]

———substitute the term ``standard trade relations'' in lieu of ``nondiscriminatory treatment'' and ``most-favored-nation treatment'' (see H.R. 3622), H6285 [12JN]

Government: transfer certain surplus property to State and local governments (see H.R. 3731), H7106 [27JN]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: reauthorization (see H.R. 3268), H4430 [6MY]

International Dolphin Conservation Program: implement (see H.R. 2823), H3231 [29MR]

Law enforcement officers: exemption from State laws prohibiting carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H973 [30JA]

Marine resources: authorizing National Marine Sanctuary Program appropriations (see H.R. 3090), H2315 [14MR]

Marriage: define and protect institution (see H.R. 3396), H6915 [26JN]

Members of Congress: deny Federal retirement annuities to Members convicted of felonies (see H.R. 3447), H6184 [11JN]

Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 3265), H3581 [17AP]

Missouri (U.S.S.): transfer to U.S.S. Missouri Allied Forces Memorial, San Francisco, CA (see H.R. 4066), H10525 [17SE]

Motor vehicles: establish national requirements for the titling and registration of salvage of certain rebuilt vehicles (see H.R. 2900), H6509 [18JN]

Music: licensing, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 789), H3650 [18AP]

National Marine Sanctuaries Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3487), H7780 [17JY]

National security: national missile defense system (see H.R. 3144), H5174 [15MY]

Pesticides: definition and regulation of the minor use of pesticides (H.R. 1627), consideration (see H. Res. 443), H5647 [29MY]

Petroleum: gasoline tax (see H.R. 3415), H4646 [8MY]

Postal Service: limit commercial nonpostal services (see H.R. 3690), H6690 [20JN]

Refuse disposal: funding for dredged material disposal relative to wetlands (see H.R. 3152), H3231 [29MR]

Roads and highways: funding for roads classified as local or rural minor collectors (see H.R. 3165), H3388 [15AP]

———modify the minimum allocation formula for Federal aid highway program (see H.R. 3195), H4902 [10MY]

Small business: reform regulatory process (see H.R. 3798), H7474 [11JY]

Social Security: computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 2930), H4503 [7MY]

———investment of surplus from trust funds and protection from public debt limit (see H.R. 3636), H6413 [13JN]

———investment of trust funds surplus (see H.R. 2928), H4503 [7MY]

———medicare reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see H.R. 3142), H3388 [15AP]

———submit Board of Trustees report to Congress on Federal hospital insurance trust fund (see H. Con. Res. 169), H4397 [1MY]

States: reimburse for costs of educating certain illegal alien students (see H.R. 4062), H10385 [12SE]

Tariff: treatment of fresh cut Colombian flowers (see H. Res. 452), H6285 [12JN]

Taxation: exempt status for State agencies created to provide earthquake insurance for homeowners (see H.R. 3605), H6915 [26JN]

———extend the veterans' adjustable rate mortgage demonstration project (see H.R. 3939), H9705 [1AU]

———provide incentives for investment in renewal communities (see H.R. 3467), H5287 [16MY]

———treatment of crops destroyed by casualty (see H.R. 3749), H7106 [27JN]

———treatment of distilled spirits (see H.R. 2333), H6415 [13JN]

———treatment of military income derived from services performed during a contingency operation (see H.R. 2778), H914 [25JA]

———treatment of small businesses (see H.R. 2911), H6415 [13JN]

———use of income averaging for farmers (see H.R. 3783), H8248 [23JY]

Veterans: revise certain authorities on the management and contracting of provision of health care services (see H.R. 2798), H1986 [7MR]

Letters

Comprehensive Methamphetamine Control Act: James Tuso, H11121 [25SE]

———Jim Maready, H11121 [25SE]

Critical habitat designation for marbled murrelet in northern California: by, H6584 [19JN]

Remarks by, on

AFL-CIO: reference to Members of Congress in advertising, H10167 [10SE]

Agriculture: citrus tristeza virus research funding, E1126 [20JN]

———Market Access Program funding, H6215 [12JN]

———remove tobacco from crop insurance programs, H6231 [12JN]

———use of Market Access Program for export or sale of alcoholic beverages, H6199, H6201 [12JN]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3603), H6199, H6201, H6215, H6231 [12JN]

Appropriations: making continuing (H.R. 3019), conference report, H3842, H4085 [25AP]

Budget: balance, H1690 [5MR]

———discretionary spending levels, H8369, H8370 [24JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 3734), conference report, H9411 [31JY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1997-2002 (H. Con. Res. 178), H5042, H5043, H5044, H5045, H5046, H5047, H5048 [14MY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1997-2002 (H. Con. Res. 178), conference report, H6188 [12JN]

California: conveyance of land to the Del Norte County Unified School District (H.R. 2709), H9968 [4SE]

———conveyance of land to the Hoopa Valley Tribe (H.R. 2710), H10153 [10SE]

———designation of critical habitats, H6546 [19JN]

Coast Guard: regulations, H7073 [27JN]

Committees of the House: permission to meet while the House is in session, H6189 [12JN]

Dept. of Education: education and job retraining programs funding, H7311, H7312 [11JY]

Dept. of Energy: Fusion Energy Sciences Program funding, H8315 [24JY]

Dept. of HHS: family planning programs funding, H7351 [11JY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3662), H6546, H6547, H6567, H6569, H6571, H6572, H6573, H6578, H6580, H6581, H6582, H6583, H6585, H6603, H6604, H6612, H6613, H6616, H6617, H6618, H6619 [19JN], H6658, H6662 [20JN]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3675), H7073 [27JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3755), H7311, H7312, H7337, H7347, H7351 [11JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3755), consideration (H. Res. 472), H7225 [10JY]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3666), H6862 [26JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3666), conference report, H10954, H10955 [24SE]

District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 2546), conference report, H1074, H1075 [31JA], H1687 [5MR]

———school system reform, H1074 [31JA]

———voucher program to provide school choice, H1075 [31JA], H1687 [5MR]

Drug abuse: national drug control policy, H1778 [7MR], H10115 [10SE]

Drugs: prevent manufacturing and use of methamphetamine (H.R. 3852), H11120 [25SE]

Ecology and environment: national objectives priority assignments, H3798-H3803 [24AP]

Education: deny public education to illegal aliens, H2493 [20MR]

———permit financial institutions under the Federal Family Education Loan Program to pay origination fees of borrowers (H.R. 3863), H10122 [10SE]

Employment: payment of wages to individuals who use employer-owned vehicles (H.R. 1227), H5509, H5512, H5513, H5514, H5515, H5521, H5522, H5528, H5539 [23MY]

———provide compensatory time for all employees (H.R. 2391), H8783 [30JY]

Endangered species: critical habitat designation for marbled murrelet in northern California, H6567, H6569, H6571, H6572, H6573, H6578, H6580, H6581, H6582, H6583, H6585 [19JN]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 3816), H8313, H8314, H8315, H8369, H8370 [24JY]

Families and domestic relations: child abuse prevention (S. 919), E1738 [27SE]

Federal employees: use of certain trust funds to pay union activities of Social Security Administration employees, H7347 [11JY]

Fishery Conservation and Management Act: reauthorizing (S. 39), H11445 [27SE]

Forest Service: road construction funding, H6603, H6604, H6612, H6613, H6616, H6617, H6618, H6619 [19JN]

Forests: emergency salvage timber sale program, H6658, H6662 [20JN]

———repeal emergency salvage timber sale program (H.R. 2745), H3798-H3803 [24AP]

Geyserville, CA: funding for visitor and small business centers, E1128 [20JN]

Gingrich, Representative: release of independent counsel report relative to GOPAC, H10978 [24SE]

Government: provide tax relief for small businesses, protect jobs, increase net pay, and create job opportunities (H.R. 3448), conference report, H9851 [2AU]

———provide tax relief for small businesses, protect jobs, increase net pay, and create job opportunities (H.R. 3448), motion to instruct conferees, H8578 [26JY]

Hazardous substances: nuclear waste disposal, H8313, H8315 [24JY]

Hurwitz, Charles: logging practices in the Headwaters Forest relative to savings and loan failure, H6572 [19JN]

Immigration: access of illegal immigrants to public education (H.R. 4134), H11099, H11104 [25SE]

———admission policies reform, treatment of criminal aliens, alien smuggling, documentation requirements, and border security (H.R. 2202), H2493 [20MR]

———admission policies reform, treatment of criminal aliens, alien smuggling, documentation requirements, and border security (H.R. 2202), conference report, H11069 [25SE]

———public health assistance to illegal aliens for communicable diseases, H7337 [11JY]

Journal: question of approval, H6190 [12JN]

Klamath, CA: anniversary of ``trees of mystery'', E1199 [27JN]

Labor unions: ensure that employees paying mandatory dues may object to the use of their dues for noncollective-bargaining activities, H7516 [12JY]

———national agenda, H7516 [12JY]

Medicaid: county-operated health insurance programs qualifications and requirements (H.R. 3056), H10116 [10SE]

———reform, H5042 [14MY]

Medicare: hospital insurance trust fund, H4134 [30AP]

———reform, H1296 [27FE], H3798, H3804 [24AP], H3842 [25AP], H5042, H5043, H5044, H5045, H5046, H5047 [14MY]

Members of Congress: deny Federal retirement annuities to Members convicted of felonies (H.R. 4011), H10978 [24SE], H11285 [26SE]

Minimum wage: level, H3663 [23AP], H3798-H3803 [24AP], H4043 [25AP], H4402 [2MY], H5512, H5513, H5515, H5521, H5522, H5528, H5539 [23MY], H8578 [26JY], H9851 [2AU]

National forests: provide for the substitution of timber for the cancelled Elkhorn Ridge timber sale (H.R. 2711), H9969 [4SE]

National Gambling Impact and Policy Commission: establish (H.R. 497), H1681 [5MR]

National Park Service: funding, H6603, H6604 [19JN]

Parliamentary inquiry, H2493, H2495 [20MR], H5515 [23MY]

Petroleum: gasoline tax, H5045 [14MY]

———gasoline tax (H.R. 3415), H5345, H5348 [21MY]

Point of order, H6570 [19JN]

Public welfare programs: approval of waivers submitted by Wisconsin to conduct Wisconsin Works project, H7243 [10JY]

———approval of waivers submitted by Wisconsin to conduct Wisconsin Works project (H.R. 3562), H5968 [6JN]

———reform, H1691, H1692 [5MR], H3798-H3803 [24AP], H4402 [2MY], H7243, H7245 [10JY], H7647 [16JY]

———reform (H.R. 4), veto, H1144 [1FE]

———reform (H.R. 3734), conference report, H9411 [31JY]

Republican Party: national agenda, H3798, H3804 [24AP]

Taxation: rates, H4442 [7MY], H5048 [14MY]

Travis AFB, CA: construction projects funding, H6862 [26JN]

Votes: position on missed, H2137 [13MR], H3746 [24AP], H4550 [8MY], H7280 [11JY], H8257, H8258 [24JY], H9725 [1AU], E1596 [12SE]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H10168 [10SE], H10228 [11SE]

Special order: granted, H1323 [27FE], H1634 [29FE], H1982 [7MR], H2314 [14MR], H2712 [22MR], H3384 [15AP], H3580 [17AP], H3728 [23AP], H4299 [30AP], H4501 [7MY], H4900 [10MY], H5149 [15MY], H5378 [21MY], H5499 [22MY], H5563 [23MY], H5644 [29MY], H6004 [6JN], H6114 [10JN], H6182 [11JN], H6530 [19JN], H7103 [27JN], H7257 [10JY], H7530 [12JY], H7655 [16JY], H8245 [23JY], H8980 [30JY], H9564 [31JY], H9918 [2AU], H10103 [5SE], H11044 [24SE], H11226 [25SE], H11392 [26SE]

Statements

Gasoline Tax: ARCO, H5345 [21MY]

———Chevron Corp., H5345 [21MY]

———Texaco Inc., H5345 [21MY]

Tributes

Hartzell, Robert P., E484 [28MR]

Lewis, Arthur E., E480 [28MR]

Murray, Gilbert, H3798-H3803 [24AP]