CHRYSLER, DICK (a Representative from Michigan)

Amendments offered by, to

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3755), H7236, H7261 [10JY]

Immigration: admission policies reform, treatment of criminal aliens, alien smuggling, documentation requirements, and border security (H.R. 2202), H2589 [21MR]

Articles and editorials

Audit Cites Travel Costs of Commerce Secretary, Sara Fritz, Los Angeles (CA) Times, H869 [25JA]

Saying Pledge of Allegiance Is an Important Sign of Respect, Anya Bonine, Ann Arbor (MI) News, E1717 [26SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Capitol Building and Grounds: use of grounds for Specialty Equipment Market Association events (see H. Con. Res. 150), H1986 [7MR]

Crime: increase penalties relative to crimes against senior citizens and children (see H.R. 2974), H1324 [27FE]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Agriculture: improve operation of certain programs (see H.R. 2854), H914 [25JA]

American Revolution: mint coins in commemoration of black revolutionary war patriots (see H.R. 1776), H5501 [22MY]

Animals: improve animal drug approval process (see H.R. 2508), H2558 [20MR]

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

Children and youth: establish community-based youth development block grant program (see H.R. 2807), H4110 [25AP]

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

Citizenship: status of children born in U.S. to parents who are not citizens or permanent resident aliens (see H.R. 1363), H2950 [27MR]

Clinton, President: pardoning of individuals convicted in Whitewater Estates development and Madison Guaranty investigation (see H. Con. Res. 218), H11396 [26SE]

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

———restore integrity, goodwill, honesty, and trust (see H.R. 3792), H7474 [11JY]

———specify source of constitutional authority for the enactment of legislation (see H.R. 2270), H4902 [10MY]

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

Crime: increase penalties for armed violent criminals (see H.R. 3085), H2315 [14MR]

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

Diseases: payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted human immunodeficiency virus due to contaminated blood products (see H.R. 1023), H2950 [27MR]

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]

———State funding for drug and violence prevention programs (see H.R. 4016), H11527 [27SE]

Executive departments: ban acceptance of gifts by employees (see H.R. 3797), H7474 [11JY]

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

Families and domestic relations: child support enforcement (see H.R. 801), H7474 [11JY]

FDA: approval process and development of new drugs and biological products (see H.R. 3199), H4303 [30AP]

———facilitate the development and approval process for medical devices (see H.R. 3201), H4303 [30AP]

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

Food: increase access to nutritional information and increase availability of safe food products (see H.R. 3200), H4397 [1MY]

Health: application of antitrust laws to health care providers networks (see H.R. 2925), H3488 [16AP]

———designate obstetrician-gynecologists as primary care providers for women under Federal health care regulations (see H. Res. 30), H10525 [17SE]

Health care professionals: exempt physician office laboratories from clinical laboratory requirements (see H.R. 1386), H6184 [11JN]

Marriage: define and protect institution (see H.R. 3396), H5501 [22MY]

Medicare: coverage of blood-testing strips for individuals with diabetes (see H.R. 1074), H9566 [31JY]

———diabetes outpatient self-management training services (see H.R. 1073), H9566 [31JY]

———reform (see H.R. 2152), H8375 [24JY]

Members of Congress: deny Federal retirement annuities to Members convicted of felonies (see H.R. 3310, 4011), H5053 [14MY], H9924 [2AU]

Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 3481), H5287 [16MY]

———level, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 3481), H8982 [30JY]

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

National security: national missile defense system (see H.R. 3144), H4303 [30AP]

New, Michael: reverse court-martial relative to refusal to wear U.N. uniform insignia (see H. Con. Res. 134), H1986 [7MR]

Power resources: privatize the Federal Power Marketing Administration and certain TVA facilities (see H.R. 3878), H8557 [25JY]

Public welfare programs: approval of waivers submitted by Michigan to conduct ``To Strengthen Michigan Families'' project (see H.R. 3732), H7106 [27JN]

Russia: removal of troops from Kaliningrad (see H. Con. Res. 51), H8248 [23JY]

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

Social Security: 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), H1775 [6MR]

———submit Board of Trustees report to Congress on Federal hospital insurance trust fund (see H. Con. Res. 169), H4503 [7MY]

Taxation: constitutional amendment to abolish Federal income tax (see H.J. Res. 176), H3819 [24AP]

———credits for employers for costs incurred to combat violence against women (see H.R. 3584), H9925 [2AU]

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

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

———treatment of military income derived from services performed during a contingency operation (see H.R. 2778), H1508 [28FE]

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

Transportation: transfer authority over highway programs and mass transit programs to States (see H.R. 3840), H7779 [17JY]

Remarks by, on

Balcer, Leo A.: Michigan Polka Music Hall of Fame inductee, E1690 [25SE]

Brighton, MI: anniversary of Rotary Club, E1033 [7JN]

Brown, Sec. of Commerce: travel expenditures, H868 [25JA]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution, H857 [25JA]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 3734), conference report, H9380 [31JY]

Capitol Building and Grounds: use of Grounds for Specialty Equipment Market Association events (H. Con. Res. 150), H4445 [7MY]

Congress: constitutional amendment to require a three-fifths majority on the passage of legislation increasing revenue (H.J. Res. 159), H3294, H3295 [15AP]

Courts: Federal jurisdiction and sentencing relative to rape and sexual assault, H4478, H4480 [7MY]

———sentencing for crimes against child or elderly victims (H.R. 1794), H1778 [7MR]

Crime: increase penalties relative to crimes against senior citizens and children (H.R. 2974), H4470, H4471, H4472, H4473, H4478, H4480, H4491 [7MY]

Dept. of Commerce: abolish (H.R. 1756), H869, H871, H872, H873 [25JA]

Dept. of HHS: Battered Women's Shelter Program funding, H7236 [10JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3755), H7236 [10JY]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments, H10333 [12SE]

Education: national policy to improve system, H4440 [7MY]

Employment: payment of wages to individuals who use employer-owned vehicles (H.R. 1227), H5514 [23MY]

Executive Office of the President: acquisition of FBI background reports on former Republican officials, H6634 [20JN]

Government: eliminate duplication of programs, H1722 [6MR]

———shutdown relative to budget process, H856, H872 [25JA]

Health: medical savings account programs, H6517 [19JN]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3103), H6517 [19JN]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3103), conference report, H9709 [1AU]

House Rules: discussion of matters before the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House) on the House floor, H11052, H11053, H11054 [25SE]

Housing: deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs (H.R. 2406), H4577 [8MY]

Immigration: admission policies reform, treatment of criminal aliens, alien smuggling, documentation requirements, and border security (H.R. 2202), H2503 [20MR], H2589, H2591, H2592, H2593, H2594, H2595, H2597, H2599, H2600 [21MR]

———limits on admission of legal immigrants, H2589, H2591, H2592, H2593, H2594, H2595, H2597, H2599, H2600 [21MR]

INS: Investigations Division staffing positions, H2503 [20MR]

Lansing, MI: anniversary of Sparrow Hospital, H2110 [12MR]

Minimum wage: level, H5514 [23MY]

Okemos, MI: tribute to St. Martha's Elementary School International School CyberFair, H5744 [30MY]

Petroleum: gasoline tax, H4440 [7MY]

Point of order, H11052, H11053, H11054 [25SE]

Public welfare programs: reform (H.R. 3734), conference report, H9380 [31JY]

U.S. Sentencing Commission: review of sentencing guidelines, H4491 [7MY]

Votes: position on missed, H2378 [19MR], E1620 [17SE]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H2121 [12MR], H5750 [30MY]

Tributes

Bonine, Anya, E1717 [26SE]

Czarnota, Stanley, E1695 [25SE]

Duderstadt, James J., E1095 [17JN]

McConnell, Robert, H10438 [17SE]

Riggins, Ricky N., E1688 [25SE]

Rogers, James E., E1306 [17JY]