BACHUS, SPENCER (a Representative from Alabama)

Appointments

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

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Clinton, President: pardoning of individuals convicted in Whitewater Estates development and Madison Guaranty investigation (see H. Con. Res. 218), H11229 [25SE]

Currency: establish interagency task force relative to the holding and counterfeiting of U.S. currency in foreign countries (see H.R. 3007), H1715 [5MR]

Financial institutions: prohibit removal of certain members of the National Credit Union Administration Board and the Board of Directors of the FDIC (see H.R. 3976), H9922 [2AU]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Animals: improve animal drug approval process (see H.R. 2508), H4397 [1MY]

Armed Forces: prohibit uniform requirements involving the display of U.N. insignia (see H.R. 2540), H1226 [1FE]

Auburn, CA: prohibit Federal funding for dam construction on American River (see H.R. 2951), H5052 [14MY]

———prohibit Federal funding for dam construction on American River, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 2951), H6286 [12JN]

Aviation: 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]

Children and youth: establish community-based youth development block grant program (see H.R. 2807), H7533 [12JY]

Civil rights: affirmative action policies (see H.R. 2128), H774 [23JA]

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), H737 [22JA]

Crime: treatment of the production, sale, transportation, or possession of fictitious financial instruments (see H.R. 2986), H1507 [28FE]

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

Dept. of HUD: terminate the property disposition program providing single-family properties for use for the homeless (see H.R. 4085), H10524 [17SE]

Disasters: provide for hazard mitigation, relief, and insurance against natural disasters (see H.R. 1856), H1138 [31JA]

Diseases: research programs for Parkinson's disease (see H.R. 3514), H10386 [12SE]

Education: exempt certain lenders from audit requirements of student loan programs (see H.R. 3002), H5570 [23MY]

———express disapproval of the National Center for History in the Schools standards for teaching U.S. and world history (see H. Res. 348), H1139 [31JA]

Employment: protect employer rights (see H.R. 3211), H5647 [29MY]

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

Families and domestic relations: payment of settlements to individuals relative to child support and alimony obligations (see H.R. 3895), H10602 [18SE]

FDA: approval process and development of new drugs and biological products (see H.R. 3199), H7475 [11JY]

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), H11230 [25SE]

Federal Home Loan Bank System: reform and modernize (see H.R. 3167), H2949 [27MR]

Financial institutions: provide State credit union representation on the National Credit Union Administration Board (see H.R. 1998), H10236 [11SE]

G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center, Jackson, MS: designate (see H.R. 3253), H4902 [10MY]

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

Health: include organ donation forms and information in individual income tax refund payments (see H.R. 1889), H5501 [22MY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 2893), H2665 [21MR]

Health care professionals: exempt from liability for negligence relative to services performed for low-income individuals (see H.R. 2938), H4503 [7MY]

———exempt physician office laboratories from clinical laboratory requirements (see H.R. 1386), H5288 [16MY]

House of Representatives: establish disclosure requirements relative to franked mail (see H.R. 3772), H7260 [10JY]

———official mail allowance (see H.R. 3771), H7259 [10JY]

———prevent mass mailings during an election year (see H.R. 3773), H7260 [10JY]

———reduce number of pieces of mail constituting a mass mailing (see H.R. 3774), H7260 [10JY]

———terminate certain entitlements of former Speakers of the House (see H.R. 2536), H5052 [14MY]

House Rules: require drug testing of Members (see H. Res. 510), H9924 [2AU]

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

Law enforcement officers: exemption from State laws prohibiting carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H6184 [11JN]

Lobbyists: prohibit use of funds by Federal agencies to lobby for or against any legislative proposal (see H.R. 3078), H2224 [13MR]

Madison, James: mint coins in commemoration of 250th anniversary of birth (see H.R. 1684), H2713 [22MR]

Marriage: define and protect institution (see H.R. 3396), H5053 [14MY]

Medicare: reform (see H.R. 2152), H12175 [28SE]

———reimbursement for services provided to eligible individuals by military or veterans hospitals (see H.R. 1767), H1325 [27FE]

———require health maintenance organizations to provide out-of-network services to enrollees (see H.R. 2757), H7474 [11JY]

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

Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 3265), H3820 [24AP]

Money: use of tactile currency for the blind and visually impaired (see H. Res. 385), H2316 [14MR]

Motor vehicles: establish national requirements for the titling and registration of salvage of certain rebuilt vehicles (see H.R. 2900), H2665 [21MR]

National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases: expand activities relative to lupus (see H.R. 835), H5299 [20MY]

National Tourism Board: establish (see H.R. 2579), H1507 [28FE]

National Tourism Organization: establish (see H.R. 2579), H1507 [28FE]

New, Michael: reverse court-martial relative to refusal to wear U.N. uniform insignia (see H. Con. Res. 134), H1241 [13FE]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: amend (see H.R. 3234), H5380 [21MY]

Persian Gulf Conflict: establish a commission to investigate exposure to chemical and biological warfare agents (see H.R. 4131), H11048 [24SE]

Pharmaceuticals: guarantee practice of pharmacy compounding and ensure supply of bulk drug products (see H.R. 598), H5501 [22MY]

Public buildings: calculation of transactions (see H.R. 1325), H8982 [30JY]

Roads and highways: modify the minimum allocation formula for Federal aid highway program (see H.R. 3195), H7658 [16JY]

Roosevelt, Theodore: award the Congressional Medal of Honor (see H.R. 3966), H9922 [2AU]

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), H5052 [14MY], H11048 [24SE]

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

Taxation: establish flat tax rates for individuals and businesses (see H.R. 2060), H2713 [22MR]

———establish intercity passenger rail service trust fund (see H.R. 4106), H10601 [18SE]

———extend the veterans' adjustable rate mortgage demonstration project (see H.R. 3939), H10386 [12SE]

———provide incentives for investment in renewal communities (see H.R. 3467), H7533 [12JY]

———treatment of State tuition programs (see H.R. 3842), H7780 [17JY]

U.N.: prohibit U.S. contributions relative to U.N. attempts at taxing or charging fees to U.S. citizens (see H.R. 2867), H973 [30JA]

Veterans: authorize financial assistance for legal representation in Court of Veterans Appeals proceedings (see H.R. 3506), H5500 [22MY]

———priority health care to individuals who served in Israel or Turkey during the Persian Gulf Conflict (see H.R. 3418), H4646 [8MY]

———reform and improve eligibility for medical care and services (see H.R. 3118), H4902 [10MY]

Volunteer workers: grant immunity from personal civil liability during work on behalf of governmental entities or nonprofit organizations (see H.R. 911), H7154 [9JY]

Washington, George: mint coins in commemoration of 200th anniversary of death (see H.R. 2026), H5173 [15MY]

Remarks by, on

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1833), veto, H10634 [19SE]

Appropriations: making continuing (H.R. 3019), H1870 [7MR]

Charles-Russell International (business): anniversary, E607 [24AP]

Clinton, President: pardoning of individuals convicted in Whitewater Estates development and Madison Guaranty investigation (H. Con. Res. 218), H11052 [25SE], H11574 [27SE]

Currency: establish interagency task force relative to the holding and counterfeiting of U.S. currency in foreign countries, H2178 [13MR]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations, H1870 [7MR]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3666), conference report, E1711 [26SE]

Employment: payment of wages to individuals who use employer-owned vehicles (H.R. 1227), E946 [29MY]

House of Representatives: legislative program, H11543 [27SE]

Minimum wage: level, E946 [29MY]

Terrorism: improve U.S. ability to respond to terrorist threats (H.R. 2703), H2178 [13MR]

Transportation: provide off-budget treatment for certain transportation trust funds (H.R. 842), H3544 [17AP]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H11524 [27SE]

Tributes

Berte, Neal R., E607 [24AP]

Bevill, Representative, H10585 [18SE], H10668 [19SE]

Browder, Representative, H10585, H10586 [18SE], H10668, H10669 [19SE]

Myers, Representative, H12191 [30SE]