COMBEST, LARRY (a Representative from Texas)

Amendments offered by, to

Farmers: provide greater planting flexibility (H.R. 3900), H8583 [26JY]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3259), H5289 [16MY], H5380 [21MY], H5398, H5411, H5415, H5416 [22MY]

Appointments

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

———H.R. 3259, intelligence services appropriations, H10531 [18SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Consolidated Farm Service Agency: provide grace period for lending to delinquent borrowers (see H.R. 3236), H3386 [15AP]

Farmers: provide greater planting flexibility (see H.R. 3900), H8556 [25JY]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 3259), H3580 [17AP]

———reorganize and reform management of intelligence community (see H.R. 3237), H3386 [15AP]

Trucking industry: limit the applicability of hazardous material transportation registration and fee requirements relative to the transport of crude oil and condensate (see H.R. 3188), H3170 [28MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Agriculture: Federal assistance to livestock producers adversely affected by drought conditions (see H. Con. Res. 181), H5754 [30MY]

———improve operation of certain programs (see H.R. 2854), H330 [5JA]

———increase emphasis on and disseminate results of agricultural research projects relative to precision agriculture (see H.R. 3795), H7474 [11JY]

———provide livestock feed assistance for certain producers (see H.R. 3449), H5380 [21MY]

Amos F. Longoria Post Office Building, Elmendorf, TX: designate (see H.R. 2700), H331 [5JA]

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

Business and industry: ensure competitiveness of textile and apparel industry (see H.R. 3654), H6915 [26JN]

———ensure congressional approval of compliance costs relative to Government regulations (see H.R. 3277), H3649 [18AP]

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

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 Agriculture: conduct census of agriculture (see H.R. 3665), H6508 [18JN]

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

Diseases: efforts to prevent transmission of HIV (see H.R. 3937), H10174 [10SE]

Education: express disapproval of the National Center for History in the Schools standards for teaching U.S. and world history (see H. Res. 348), H913 [25JA]

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

FDA: approval process and development of new drugs and biological products (see H.R. 3199), H6117 [10JN]

———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), H4397 [1MY]

Foreign trade: substitute the term ``standard trade relations'' in lieu of ``nondiscriminatory treatment'' and ``most-favored-nation treatment'' (see H.R. 3622), H6691 [20JN]

George Bush School of Government and Public Service: funding (see H.R. 3803), H7532 [12JY]

Hazardous substances: exempt transportation by certain vehicles from Government regulations (see H.R. 3153), H2713 [22MR]

———transportation regulations relative to agriculture and small businesses (see H.R. 4102), H10601 [18SE]

Health: application of antitrust laws to health care providers networks (see H.R. 2925), H2123 [12MR]

Health care professionals: exempt physician office laboratories from clinical laboratory requirements (see H.R. 1386), H5570 [23MY]

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

Medicare: hospice care reforms (see H.R. 3714), H10602 [18SE]

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

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

Occupational Safety and Health Act: amend (see H.R. 3234), H4303 [30AP]

Pensions: exclude the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund from the Federal budget (see H.R. 103), H1716 [5MR]

Postal Service: limit commercial nonpostal services (see H.R. 3690), H10386 [12SE]

Roads and highways: construction funding (see H.R. 3775), H7533 [12JY]

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

Social Security: medicare reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see H.R. 580, 3142), H1986 [7MR], H6415 [13JN]

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

———clarify exclusion from gross income for veterans benefits (see H.R. 972), H10040 [4SE]

———eligibility of veterans for mortgage revenue bond financing (see H.R. 2193), H3731 [23AP]

———tax credit for investment in the revitalization of communities (see H.R. 2138), H1507 [28FE]

———treatment of lobbying expenses for State legislation (see H.R. 2434), H11230 [25SE]

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

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

Television: reservation of time for family-oriented programming (see H. Res. 484), H8029 [18JY]

Transportation: increase use of natural gas as a fuel (see H.R. 4288), H12173 [28SE]

Volunteer workers: grant immunity from personal civil liability during work on behalf of governmental entities or nonprofit organizations (see H.R. 911), H9706 [1AU]

Conference reports

Intelligence Services Appropriations (H.R. 3259), H10937-H10951 [24SE]

Letters

CIA involvement in crack cocaine sales to fund Contras: by, Committee on Intelligence (House, Select), H11058, H11059 [25SE]

———Representative Waters, H11058 [25SE]

———Speaker Gingrich, H11058 [25SE]

Disclosure of information on certain individuals relative to Nazi war crimes during World War II: by, H10819 [24SE]

Use of media correspondents as intelligence agents: John M. Deutch, CIA, H5402 [22MY]

Remarks by, on

Agriculture: eliminate marketing loan program for cotton producers and require payment of outstanding loans, H1455, H1457 [28FE]

———improve operation of certain programs (H.R. 2854), H1455, H1457 [28FE]

Brown, Jack: Permian Basin Petroleum Association Top Hand Award recipient, E1451 [1AU]

Buy American Act: compliance, H5410 [22MY]

CIA: investigate involvement in crack cocaine sales to fund Contras, H11058, H11060 [25SE]

———National Reconnaissance Office funding, H5427, H5428 [22MY]

Classified information: declassification of national security information, H5399 [22MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: conduct census of agriculture (H.R. 3665), H8052, H8053 [22JY]

Dept. of Defense: endurance unmanned aerial vehicle funding, H5398 [22MY]

Environmental Intelligence and Applications Program: funding, H5399 [22MY]

Farmers: provide greater planting flexibility (H.R. 3900), H8582 [26JY]

Intelligence services: authority for CIA to execute multiyear leasing, H5415 [22MY]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3259), H5060 [15MY], H5389, H5391, H5397, H5398, H5402, H5404, H5405, H5410, H5411, H5412, H5413, H5414, H5415, H5416, H5418, H5422, H5427, H5428, H5431 [22MY]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3259), conference report, H11056, H11057, H11058, H11060, H11063, H11071 [25SE]

———eliminate double surcharge on CIA relative to retiring employees, H5415 [22MY]

———protection of identities of undercover intelligence officers, H5397 [22MY]

———reorganize and reform management of intelligence community (H.R. 3237), E527 [16AP]

———require separate, unclassified statements of the aggregate amount of budget outlays for intelligence activities, H5414 [22MY]

———restrict information sharing with U.N., H5411, H5412, H5413 [22MY]

———use of media correspondents as intelligence agents, H5402 [22MY]

Midland, TX: anniversary of Boy Scout Troop 232, E378 [19MR]

National Foreign Intelligence Program: authority to transfer funds, H5416 [22MY]

Petroleum: floor price, regulatory relief, and tax incentives relative to development of domestic crude oil, H2668 [22MR]

Public lands: recovery and disposal of helium (H.R. 3008), H4150, H4151 [30AP]

Wagner, Cy: Permian Basin Petroleum Association Top Hand Award recipient, E1451 [1AU]

Reports filed

Intelligence Services Appropriations: Committee of Conference (H.R. 3259) (H. Rept. 104-832), H11046 [24SE]

Texts of

H.R. 3665, conduct census of agriculture, H8052 [22JY]

Tributes

Isham, Joanne O'Rourke, E453 [26MR]

Nichols, William J., E479 [28MR]