EHLERS, VERNON J. (a Representative from Michigan)

Amendments offered by, to

Science: authorizing appropriations for Federal civilian science activities (H.R. 3322), H5616 [29MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Agriculture: improve operation of certain programs (see H.R. 2854), H1226 [1FE]

American Discovery Trail: establish (see H.R. 3250), H3488 [16AP]

American Revolution: mint coins in commemoration of black revolutionary war patriots (see H.R. 1776), H2123 [12MR]

Antarctic Treaty: implement Protocol on Environmental Protection (see H.R. 3060), H2122 [12MR]

Appropriations: establish automatic continuing appropriations (see H.R. 4094), H10524 [17SE]

Armed Forces: discharge of military personnel relative to positive HIV test (see H.R. 2959), H2316 [14MR]

Armenia: anniversary of genocide (see H. Con. Res. 47), H4303 [30AP]

Auburn, CA: prohibit Federal funding for dam construction on American River (see H.R. 2951), H2467 [19MR]

Aviation: prohibit certain individuals from piloting aircraft relative to aeronautical records, competitions, or feats (see H.R. 3267), H5501 [22MY]

———requirements relative to families of passengers involved in aircraft accidents (see H.R. 3923), H9566 [31JY]

Budget: reform process (see H.R. 4285), H12173 [28SE]

California: conveyance of certain property (see H.R. 3083), H4397 [1MY]

Canada: eliminate tolls and encourage trade along the St. Lawrence Seaway (see H. Con. Res. 127), H1241 [13FE]

Children and youth: establish community-based youth development block grant program (see H.R. 2807), H10108 [5SE]

China, Republic of: tribute on the occasion of first Presidential election (see H. Con. Res. 154), H3650 [18AP]

Computers: use, sale, and export of encryption products for privacy and security (see H.R. 3011), H1715 [5MR]

Contracts: minimize unfair competition between Federal Prison Industries and private firms (see H.R. 3745), H7106 [27JN]

Convention Against Torture and Other Forms of Cruel, Inhuman, and Degrading Treatment or Punishment: implementation (see H.R. 1416), H1716 [5MR]

Dams: reduce hazards of dam failures (see H.R. 3602), H6005 [6JN]

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

Dept. of Energy: extension of Electric and Magnetic Fields Research and Public Information Dissemination Program (see H.R. 4013), H9924 [2AU]

Development Fund for Africa: reauthorize (see H.R. 3735), H8375 [24JY]

Diseases: research programs for Parkinson's disease (see H.R. 1462, 3514), H1232 [6FE], H6915 [26JN]

Economy: promote revitalization through Federal assistance for cleanup of abandoned or contaminated properties (see H.R. 2919), H1775 [6MR]

Edison, Thomas Alva: mint coins in commemoration of sesquicentennial of birth (see H.R. 893), H9925 [2AU]

Education: exempt certain lenders from audit requirements of student loan programs (see H.R. 3002), H2950 [27MR]

———permit financial institutions under the Federal Family Education Loan Program to pay origination fees of borrowers (see H.R. 3863), H9925 [2AU]

Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 3760, 3820), H7154 [9JY], H7657 [16JY]

Employment: provide compensatory time for all employees (see H.R. 2391), H7474 [11JY]

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

FDA: facilitate the development and approval process for medical devices (see H.R. 3201), H6532 [19JN]

Food: increase access to nutritional information and increase availability of safe food products (see H.R. 3200), H9925 [2AU]

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

Galesburg, IL: tribute to efforts to construct a National Railroad Hall of Fame (see H. Res. 172), H7658 [16JY]

Hazardous substances: transportation regulations relative to agriculture and small businesses (see H.R. 4102), H11396 [26SE]

Health: application of antitrust laws to health care providers networks (see H.R. 2925), H1325 [27FE]

———develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth defects (see H.R. 1010), H6117 [10JN]

———liability of raw material and component suppliers to medical device manufacturers (see H.R. 3468), H5287 [16MY]

———prohibit interference between health care providers and their patients (see H.R. 2976), H10174 [10SE]

Health care professionals: exempt from liability for negligence relative to services performed for low-income individuals (see H.R. 2938), H3171 [28MR]

Law enforcement officers: compensation of officers in canine units (see H.R. 2966), H1716 [5MR]

Major League Baseball: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary of league integration (see H.R. 4148), H11528 [27SE]

Medicare: chiropractic services (see H.R. 997), H7658 [16JY]

———coverage of blood-testing strips for individuals with diabetes (see H.R. 1074), H11048 [24SE]

———diabetes outpatient self-management training services (see H.R. 1073), H11048 [24SE]

———improve health services to rural areas (see H.R. 3753), H7107 [27JN]

———liability waiver for home health agencies, hospice programs, and skilled nursing facilities (see H.R. 3678), H6531 [19JN]

———protection of beneficiaries relative to enrollment in managed care plans and HMOs (see H.R. 2350), H774 [23JA]

———require health maintenance organizations to provided out-of-network services to enrollees (see H.R. 2757), H774 [23JA]

———treatment of surveys of home health agencies and providers (see H.R. 3004), H2950 [27MR]

Mississippi Interstate Cooperative Resource Agreement: conduct pilot test (see H.R. 2939), H3820 [24AP]

Motor vehicles: remove limitations on maximum driving and on-duty time of utility vehicle operators and drivers (see H.R. 3480), H6691 [20JN]

National Discovery Trails: establish (see H.R. 3250), H3488 [16AP]

National Environmental Education Act: extend programs (see H.R. 3645), H7108 [27JN]

Native Americans: exempt certain adoption and child custody proceedings from coverage under the Indian Child Welfare Act (see H.R. 3275), H4503 [7MY]

OMB: establish electronic data reporting standards (see H.R. 3869), H8247 [23JY]

OPM: require annual reports to Congress on changes to Federal retiree health benefits (see H.R. 3462), H5647 [29MY]

Pesticides: reform antimicrobial pesticide registration (see H.R. 3338), H8248 [23JY]

Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore: authorize improvements to a county road and prohibit construction of a scenic shoreline drive (see H.R. 2958), H4110 [25AP]

Public buildings: make certain Federal facilities available to organizations for use as temporary homeless shelters (see H.R. 3496), H6532 [19JN]

Public debt: ceiling (see H.R. 2896), H973 [30JA]

Public welfare programs: approval of waivers submitted by Michigan to conduct ``To Strengthen Michigan Families'' project (see H.R. 3732), H7533 [12JY]

———reform unemployment benefit system (see H.R. 3738), H8375 [24JY]

Radio: utilization of volunteer workers relative to amateur radio service (see H.R. 3207), H3230 [29MR]

Rivers, Ruben: posthumous awarding of Medal of Honor (see H.R. 2228), H1775 [6MR]

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore: permit certain persons to continue to use and occupy certain areas (see H.R. 1666, 4023), H4800 [9MY], H10040 [4SE]

Social Security: apply standards to outpatient physical therapy relative to certain physician services (see H.R. 3426), H11527 [27SE]

———submit Board of Trustees report to Congress on Federal hospital insurance trust fund (see H. Con. Res. 169), H5380 [21MY]

Solid waste: exemption for recoverable materials re-used during industrial process (see H.R. 2335), H4800 [9MY]

———State control over transportation of municipal solid waste (see H.R. 2323), H1636 [29FE]

SSI: restriction on benefits to prisoners (see H.R. 2320), H2224 [13MR]

Tariff: scientific instruments and apparatus (see H.R. 3952), H9921 [2AU]

Taxation: application of the alternative minimum tax to installment sales of farm property (see H.R. 4072), H11230 [25SE]

———church pension benefit plans (see H.R. 528), H2950 [27MR]

———extend certain expiring provisions (see H.R. 2994), H4110 [25AP]

———treatment of health insurance relative to health status of individual (see H.R. 3043), H4110 [25AP]

———treatment of transitional payments under the Agricultural Market Transition Act (see H.R. 3559), H10721 [19SE]

———treatment of transitional payments under the Agricultural Market Transition Act, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 3559), H11230 [25SE]

———use of income averaging for farmers (see H.R. 3783), H8375 [24JY]

Tobacco products: restrict advertising and promotion (see H.R. 3821), H8598 [26JY]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: implementation of Great Lakes Fishery Restoration Study Report (see H.R. 4028), H10386 [12SE]

Washington, George: mint coins in commemoration of 200th anniversary of death (see H.R. 2026), H6415 [13JN]

Water: adjust the maximum hour exemption for water delivery company employees (see H.R. 3326), H5380 [21MY]

Waterways: ballast water management plans relative to prevention of nonindigenous species introduction (see H.R. 3217), H3230 [29MR]

World War II: mint coins in commemoration of 50th anniversary of the Marshall Plan and of George C. Marshall (see H.R. 1406), H1507 [28FE]

Remarks by, on

Appropriations: making omnibus consolidated (H.R. 4278), H12099 [28SE]

Bankruptcy: debts relative to death or injury caused by debtor's operation of watercraft while intoxicated (H.R. 234), H5785 [4JN]

Business and industry: arrange for the recovery and disposal of helium on Federal lands (H.R. 4168), H11272 [26SE]

Committee on International Relations (House): funding for investigation of U.S. role in Iranian arms transfer to Croatia and Bosnia (H. Res. 417), H4557 [8MY]

Congress: comparison of the 103d and 104th Congresses, H2937, H2938, H2940, H2941 [27MR]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1977), veto, H111 [4JA]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3666), H6895 [26JN]

Ecology and environment: funding for environmental protection programs, H2937, H2938, H2940, H2941 [27MR]

Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 3820), H8478 [25JY]

———extend the period for receipt of certain absentee ballots (H.R. 3058), H4922 [14MY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 3816), H8368 [24JY]

Executive Office of the President: acquisition of FBI background reports on former Republican officials, H6980 [27JN]

Government: shutdown relative to budget process, H153 [4JA]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H8526 [25JY]

House of Representatives: provide for official allowance that represents administrative reforms (H.R. 2739), H2350, H2359, H2360, H2361 [19MR]

Housing: allow ownership of pets by senior citizens and the disabled in public housing, H4626 [8MY]

———deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs (H.R. 2406), H4626 [8MY]

Michigan: tribute to East Kentwood High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, E1137 [20JN]

NSF: change name to National Science and Engineering Foundation, H5616 [29MY]

———research funding, H6895 [26JN]

Nuclear energy: pyroprocessing and electrometallurgical treatment programs funding, H8368 [24JY]

Public lands: recovery and disposal of helium (H.R. 3008), H4144 [30AP]

Public welfare programs: reform, H5573 [29MY]

Science: authorizing appropriations for Federal civilian science activities (H.R. 3322), H5616 [29MY]

Transportation: provide off-budget treatment for certain transportation trust funds (H.R. 842), H3520 [17AP]

Votes: position on missed, H8560 [26JY]

Walkerville, MI: tribute to Camp Tall Turf, E582 [19AP]

Waterways: ballast water management plans relative to prevention of nonindigenous species introduction (H.R. 3217), H10926 [24SE]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H2314 [14MR], H2465 [19MR], H7151 [9JY], H8245 [23JY]

Tributes

Duderstadt, James J., E1095 [17JN]

Hanonu, Tina, E1386 [26JY]

Nash, Authur R., Jr., E222 [28FE]