SCHAEFER, DAN (a Representative from Colorado)

Amendments offered by, to

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 3816), H8362, H8379 [24JY]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 3005, Securities Investment Promotion Act, H8330 [24JY]

———H.R. 3230, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities and personnel strengths, H7762 [17JY]

Articles and editorials

Beginning of the End Is Finally Here for Missionary, Dawn Crouch, Houma (LA) Courier, H3619 [18AP]

Charles Songe Returns Home—Ordeal Ends for Houma Missionary, Dawn Crouch, Houma (LA) Courier, H3620 [18AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Energy Policy and Conservation Act: extend certain programs (see H.R. 3670, 3868, 4083), H6508 [18JN], H8247 [23JY], H10524 [17SE]

EPA: distribution of funds to States for cooperative agreements relative to underground storage tanks (see H.R. 3391), H4423 [2MY]

Public utilities: provide for competition in electric power industry (see H.R. 3790), H7474 [11JY]

Taxation: repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax (see H.R. 3039), H1775 [6MR]

Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 2967), H1251 [23FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Airlines and airports: provide protection for airline employees who provide certain air safety information (see H.R. 3187), H6415 [13JN]

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), H2224 [13MR]

Armed Forces: permit certain beneficiaries to enroll in the Federal Employees Health Program (see H.R. 3012), H9925 [2AU]

Aviation: regulation of scheduled passenger air service at reliever airports (see H.R. 3141), H2664 [21MR]

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

Business and industry: ensure congressional approval of compliance costs relative to Government regulations (see H.R. 3277), H6532 [19JN]

California: conveyance of certain property (see H.R. 3083), H2315 [14MR]

Children and youth: establish community-based youth development block grant program (see H.R. 2807), H8030 [18JY]

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

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

Dept. of Education: abolish (see H.R. 1883), H4110 [25AP]

Diseases: payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted human immunodeficiency virus due to contaminated blood products (see H.R. 1023), H3658 [22AP]

Education: express disapproval of the National Center for History in the Schools standards for teaching U.S. and world history (see H. Res. 348), H1775 [6MR]

Employment: clarify exemption of houseparents from minimum wage and maximum hour requirements (see H.R. 2531), H3171 [28MR]

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

FAA: regulations relative to recirculation of fresh air in commercial aircraft (see H.R. 3626), H6285 [12JN]

FDA: approval process and development of new drugs and biological products (see H.R. 3199), H3229 [29MR]

———facilitate the development and approval process for medical devices (see H.R. 3201), H3229 [29MR]

Federal employees: establish additional Thrift Savings Plan investment funds (see H.R. 2306), H4902 [10MY]

———reduce number of political appointees (see H.R. 2090), H1775 [6MR]

Food: increase access to nutritional information and increase availability of safe food products (see H.R. 3200), H3229 [29MR]

Foreign trade: impose sanctions on foreign persons exporting petroleum products, natural gas, or related technology to Iran (see H.R. 3107), H5288 [16MY]

Government: improve information dissemination and printing procedures (see H.R. 1024), H5501 [22MY]

———procure from the private sector the goods and services necessary to operate and manage certain agencies (see H.R. 28), H3231 [29MR]

Hazardous substances: clarify listing of unique chemical substances (see H.R. 3849), H8029 [18JY]

Health: designate obstetrician-gynecologists as primary care providers for women under Federal health care regulations (see H. Res. 30), H3231 [29MR]

———liability of raw material and component suppliers to medical device manufacturers (see H.R. 3468), H5570 [23MY]

Health care professionals: exempt from liability for negligence relative to services performed for low-income individuals (see H.R. 2938), H1636 [29FE]

———exempt physician office laboratories from clinical laboratory requirements (see H.R. 1386), H3231 [29MR]

James H. Quillen VA Medical Center, Johnson City, TN: designate (see H.R. 3320), H4108 [25AP]

Lobbyists: prohibit use of funds by Federal agencies to lobby for or against any legislative proposal (see H.R. 3078), H5817 [4JN]

Medicare: coverage of blood-testing strips for individuals with diabetes (see H.R. 1074), H8557 [25JY]

———diabetes outpatient self-management training services (see H.R. 1073), H8557 [25JY]

———treatment of surveys of home health agencies and providers (see H.R. 3004), H1986 [7MR]

Metric system: conversion requirements (see H.R. 2779), H1325 [27FE]

Motor vehicles: average fuel economy standards for automobiles (see H.R. 2200), H2224 [13MR]

———establish national requirements for the titling and registration of salvage of certain rebuilt vehicles (see H.R. 2900), H913 [25JA]

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

National Environmental Education Act: extend programs (see H.R. 3645), H10602 [18SE]

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

National Tourism Board: establish (see H.R. 2579), H4397 [1MY]

National Tourism Organization: establish (see H.R. 2579), H4397 [1MY]

New, Michael: reverse court-martial relative to refusal to wear U.N. uniform insignia (see H. Con. Res. 134), H1508 [28FE]

Old Spanish Trail and Northern Branch Trail: inclusion in the National Trails System (see H.R. 2728), H914 [25JA]

Public broadcasting: promote financial self-sufficiency (see H.R. 2979), H1507 [28FE]

Safe Drinking Water Act: amend (see H.R. 3604), H6117 [10JN]

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

Social Security: medicare reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see H.R. 3142, 4068), H3650 [18AP], H11048 [24SE]

———submit Board of Trustees report to Congress on Federal hospital insurance trust fund (see H. Con. Res. 169), H4801 [9MY]

SSI: restriction on benefits to prisoners (see H.R. 2320), H4303 [30AP]

Taxation: allow individuals to designate percentage of their tax overpayments or to make contributions for units of the National Park System (see H.R. 2548), H1636 [29FE]

———constitutional amendment to abolish Federal income tax (see H.J. Res. 176), H4424 [2MY]

———excise exemption for air transportation relative to medical care (see H.R. 635), H5052 [14MY]

U.S. Soccer Federation: support efforts to bring 1999 Women's World Cup tournament to the U.S. (see H. Res. 359), H1226 [1FE]

Veterans: authorize financial assistance for legal representation in Court of Veterans Appeals proceedings (see H.R. 3506), H5570 [23MY]

Essays: Voice of Democracy

Perkins, Kelsey, E1499 [2AU], E1569 [11SE]

Letters

Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Land Withdrawal Act amendments: Mary D. Nichols, EPA, H9812 [1AU]

Remarks by, on

Balcomb, J. Douglas: Dept. of Energy John Ericcson Award in Renewable Energy recipient, E506 [29MR]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 1997-2002 (H. Con. Res. 178), H5255 [16MY]

Colorado: anniversary of Arapahoe Library District, E897 [24MY]

Committees of the House: permission to meet while the House is in session, H8671 [30JY]

Congress: constitutional amendment to require a three-fifths majority on the passage of legislation increasing revenue (H.J. Res. 159), H3293 [15AP]

———decorum on the floor, H4373 [1MY]

Courts: product liability reform (H.R. 956), conference report, H3199 [29MR]

———product liability reform relative to the raw materials used to make certain medical devices, H3199 [29MR]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing military activities appropriations and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3230), conference report, H9820 [1AU]

———authorizing military activities appropriations and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3230), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 498), H9811 [1AU]

Dept. of Energy: photovoltaic energy research funding, H8351 [24JY]

———renewable energy programs funding, H8362, H8365 [24JY]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3666), H6840 [25JN]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 3816), H8351, H8362, H8365 [24JY]

Energy Policy and Conservation Act: extend certain programs (H.R. 3868), H8671 [30JY]

———extend certain programs (H.R. 4083), H10909 [24SE]

EPA: distribution of funds to States for cooperative agreements relative to underground storage tanks (H.R. 3391), H11203 [25SE]

———leaking underground storage tank program funding, H6840 [25JN]

FERC: extension of deadline for construction of hydroelectric project in Illinois (H.R. 2630), H3416 [16AP]

———extension of deadline for construction of hydroelectric project in Kentucky (H.R. 2501), H3415 [16AP]

———extension of deadline for construction of hydroelectric project in Kentucky (H.R. 2869), H3418 [16AP]

———extension of deadline for construction of hydroelectric project in North Carolina (H.R. 2773), H3417 [16AP]

———extension of deadline for construction of hydroelectric project in Ohio (H.R. 2816), H3418 [16AP]

———extension of deadline for construction of hydroelectric project in Pennsylvania (H.R. 2695), H3417 [16AP]

National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week: observance, E1769 [28SE]

Natural gas: enhance safety, training, research, and development in the propane gas industry (H.R. 1514), H9933, H9935, H9936 [4SE]

Petroleum: dependence on foreign sources, E1860 [30SE]

Point of order, H6611 [19JN]

Power resources: national energy policy, E323 [12MR]

———natural gas and hazardous liquid pipeline safety (S. 1505), H11536 [27SE]

———solar, wind, and renewable energy programs funding, H5255 [16MY]

———tribute to the Renewable Energy Expo, H3736 [24AP]

Recycling: phase out the use of mercury in batteries and remove Federal barriers to the recycling of rechargeable batteries (H.R. 2024), H3676 [23AP]

Roads and highways: exempt traffic signal synchronization projects from certain Clean Air Act provisions (H.R. 2988), H10779 [24SE]

Safe Drinking Water Act: amend (H.R. 3604), H6759 [25JN]

Strategic petroleum reserve: sale of oil, E1860 [30SE]

Telecommunications: reform policies regulating competition (S. 652), conference report, H1162 [1FE]

Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2967), H4920 [14MY]

Votes: position on missed, E1050 [11JN]

Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Land Withdrawal Act: amend, H9811 [1AU]

Texts of

H.R. 3868, Energy Policy and Conservation Act program extension, H8671 [30JY]

Tributes

Moran, Dana, E179 [5FE]

Perkins, Kelsey, E1569 [11SE]

Tauzin, Representative, H3619 [18AP]