SHAYS, CHRISTOPHER (a Representative from Connecticut)

Amendments offered by, to

Agriculture: improve operation of certain programs (H.R. 2854), H1460 [28FE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing military activities appropriations and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3230), H5022 [14MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3610), H6287 [12JN], H6370 [13JN]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3666), H6534 [19JN], H6832 [25JN], H6857 [26JN]

Appointments

Conferee: H. Con. Res. 178, setting forth the Federal budget for 1997-2002, H5732 [30MY]

Articles and editorials

International Welshers, New Canaan (CT) Advertiser, E1700 [26SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Drugs: treatment of sentences relative to powdered cocaine (see H.R. 3196), H3170 [28MR]

House Rules: time limits on questioning of witnesses by Members of certain standing and subcommittees (see H. Res. 550), H11527 [27SE]

Medicare: expedite payment adjustments for durable medical equipment (see H.R. 3225), H3230 [29MR]

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

States: participation in approval process of airport development projects in neighboring States (see H.R. 3131), H2558 [20MR]

U.N.: authorize payment of U.S. arrearages and contributions for U.N. peacekeeping activities (see H.R. 3609), H6117 [10JN]

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), H5754 [30MY]

American Revolution: mint coins in commemoration of black revolutionary war patriots (see H.R. 1776), H3387 [15AP]

Animals: prevent pet theft (see H.R. 3393), H4647 [8MY]

———require humane transport of horses en route to slaughtering facilities (see H.R. 2433), H187 [4JA]

Armed Forces: discharge of military personnel relative to positive HIV test (see H.R. 2959), H1225 [1FE]

Auburn, CA: prohibit Federal funding for dam construction on American River (see H.R. 2951), H1508 [28FE]

Aviation: standards relative to foreign repair stations (see H.R. 3839), H11527 [27SE]

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

———require use of generational accounting information on Presidential and CBO budget submissions (see H.R. 3076), H2223 [13MR]

CERCLA: clarify liability for certain recycling transactions (see H.R. 820), H2950 [27MR]

Children and youth: establish community-based youth development block grant program (see H.R. 2807), H4902 [10MY]

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

Construction industries: use of inspectors that meet standards established by the Dept. of Labor (see H.R. 3216), H3230 [29MR]

Courts: repeal requirements on adjustments to judicial salaries (see H.R. 2701), H914 [25JA]

Credit: define payment postmark date as payment date for purposes of grace periods, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 1963), H3489 [16AP]

Crime: condemn acts of arson against churches and enhance law enforcement and prosecution of arsonists (see H. Con. Res. 183, 186, 187), H6183 [11JN], H6414 [13JN]

———penalties for fraud and related activity involving work authorization documents relative to Social Security cards (see H.R. 3724), H6914 [26JN]

———require opening of campus security crime logs at institutions of higher education (see H.R. 2416), H7260 [10JY]

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

Dept. of Energy: suspend reprocessing activities for spent nuclear fuel and radioactive target materials (see H. Con. Res. 197), H7260 [10JY]

Diseases: establish estrogenic substance screening programs (see H.R. 3293), H4503 [7MY]

———research programs for Parkinson's disease (see H.R. 1462), H9706 [1AU]

Edison, Thomas Alva: mint coins in commemoration of sesquicentennial of birth (see H.R. 893), H7474 [11JY]

Education: 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]

Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2566), consideration (see H. Res. 373), H1775 [6MR]

Employment: provide compensatory time for all employees (see H.R. 2391), H4110 [25AP]

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. 3465), H6117 [10JN]

———enhance work opportunities for families, reduce teenage pregnancies, reduce welfare dependence, and control welfare spending (see H.R. 3266), H3581 [17AP]

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 Statistical Service: establish (see H.R. 2521), H1986 [7MR]

Firearms: prohibit possession near school zones on the basis of interstate commerce control (see H.R. 1608), H7115 [8JY]

———standards for certain foreign and domestically-produced handguns (see H.R. 3652), H10041 [4SE]

Fish and fishing: coordinate conservation efforts of Atlantic striped bass (see H.R. 2655), H8094 [22JY]

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. 2458, 3107), H331 [5JA], H4397 [1MY]

Forests: designate and protect certain Federal lands (see H.R. 4145), H11528 [27SE]

Government: ensure stoppage of payment for the President, Vice President, and Members of Congress during Government shutdown (see H.R. 2671), H331 [5JA]

Health: application of antitrust laws to health care providers networks (see H.R. 2925), H2559 [20MR]

———improve efforts to combat fraud and abuse in health care programs (see H.R. 3224), H3230 [29MR]

———limitations on disclosure and use of genetic information (see H.R. 3482), H6532 [19JN]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 2893, 3103), H2558 [20MR], H2867 [26MR]

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

———implementation of Office Waste Recycling Program (see H. Res. 513), H9925 [2AU]

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

———official travel restrictions to foreign countries during periods of lapsed appropriations (see H.R. 2841), H187 [4JA]

———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]

———require Members to submit annual reports on federally funded travel for publication in the Congressional Record (see H. Res. 423), H4647 [8MY]

———terminate certain entitlements of former Speakers of the House (see H.R. 2536), H6415 [13JN]

House Rules: allow consideration of floor amendments supported by 20 percent of both the majority and minority membership (see H. Res. 548), H11527 [27SE]

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

Housing: deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs (see H.R. 2406), H1138 [31JA]

Independent counsel: reform statute (see H.R. 3239), H3386 [15AP]

Indonesia: allocation of foreign aid (see H.R. 2746), H5501 [22MY]

Lebanon: withdrawal of Syrian military (see H. Con. Res. 190), H7155 [9JY]

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), H2466 [19MR]

Major League Baseball: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary of league integration (see H.R. 4148), H11396 [26SE]

Marine mammals: eliminate ban on import of dolphin-safe tuna and support the International Dolphin Conservation Program in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean (see H.R. 2856), H7154 [9JY]

Medicare: establish consumer protections for supplemental insurance plans (see H.R. 4047), H11527 [27SE]

———require hospitals to extend visitor privileges to non-family members (see H.R. 4325), H12175 [28SE]

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

———stoppage of payment during Government shutdown, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 2281), H1227 [1FE]

Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 3265), H3581 [17AP]

National Environmental Education Act: extend programs (see H.R. 3645), H10108 [5SE]

National Tourism Board: establish (see H.R. 2579), H2467 [19MR]

National Tourism Organization: establish (see H.R. 2579), H2467 [19MR]

NATO: membership of Central and East European countries (see H.R. 3564), H8095 [22JY]

Natural gas: enhance safety, training, research, and development in the propane gas industry (see H.R. 1514), H4646 [8MY]

Nigeria: impose economic sanctions (see H.R. 2697), H5052 [14MY]

Northern Forest Lands Council: implement recommendations (see H.R. 2421), H1775 [6MR]

Office of Noise Abatement and Control: reestablish (see H.R. 4308), H12194 [30SE]

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

Palisades Interstate Park Commission: acquisition of lands along the New York-New Jersey border for the Sterling Forest (see H.R. 1256), H7474 [11JY]

Patents: limit issuance on medical procedures (see H.R. 1127), H7107 [27JN]

Peace Corps: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 158), H1138 [31JA]

Poland: anniversary of adoption of constitution (see H. Con. Res. 165), H4119 [29AP]

Postal Service: qualifications for rates reserved for institutions of higher education (see H.R. 2578), H7154 [9JY]

Power resources: privatize the Federal Power Marketing Administration and certain TVA facilities (see H.R. 3878), H10430 [16SE]

Public debt: ceiling (see H.R. 2896, 2920), H913 [25JA], H1138 [31JA]

Public lands: collection of fossils (see H.R. 2943), H3488 [16AP]

Public opinion polls: require certain disclosures and reports relative to polling by telephone or electronic device (see H.R. 2119), H6915 [26JN]

REA: loans to electric generation and transmission cooperatives (see H.R. 403), H3581 [17AP]

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

Safety: implement nonanimal acute toxicity testing for evaluation of consumer products (see H.R. 3173), H2950 [27MR]

Sierra Leone: elections (see H. Con. Res. 160), H5380 [21MY]

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

Taxation: encourage investment in low-income housing (see H.R. 931), H4430 [6MY]

———provide incentives for investment in renewal communities (see H.R. 3467), H5287 [16MY]

———reduce Social Security taxation rates and corresponding old-age insurance benefits, and provide for individual Social Security retirement accounts (see H.R. 2952), H1224 [1FE]

———require use of dynamic economic modeling in the preparation of estimates of proposed changes in Federal revenue law (see H. Con. Res. 170), H4423 [2MY]

———tax credit for investment in the revitalization of communities (see H.R. 2138), H10174 [10SE]

———treatment of capital losses on sale or exchange of a principal residence (see H.R. 3693), H6690 [20JN]

———treatment of military income derived from services performed during a contingency operation (see H.R. 2778), H1226 [1FE]

———treatment of production of alcohol for fuel use (see H.R. 3345), H4109 [25AP]

Terrorism: condemn terrorist activities in Israel (see H. Con. Res. 149), H2124 [12MR]

Trucking industry: regulation of nonconsensual tow truck operations (see H.R. 866), H7658 [16JY]

U.N. World Conference on Women: support U.S. commitments (see H. Con. Res. 119), H2124 [12MR]

U.S. Academy for Democracy and Civil-Military Relations: establish (see H.R. 2652), H331 [5JA]

Remarks by, on

Agriculture: improve operation of certain programs (H.R. 2854), H1460, H1461, H1465, H1466 [28FE]

———price supports for peanuts, H1460, H1461, H1465, H1466 [28FE], H6208, H6209 [12JN]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3603), H6208, H6209 [12JN]

Appropriations: making continuing (H.R. 3019), H2111-H2114 [12MR]

Armed Forces: encourage allies to pay more non-salaried costs of U.S. troops in Europe, H5023, H5026 [14MY]

Brown, Ronald H.: tribute (H. Res. 406), H3591 [18AP]

Budget: allocation of funds, H3809 [24AP]

———balance, H873, H875 [25JA], H3640-H3643 [18AP], H8084 [22JY]

———comparison between congressional and Clinton administration proposals, H3809 [24AP]

———deficit, H956, H957, H958, H959 [30JA]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution, H11, H65 [3JA], H178, H179, H180, H181, H182, H183, H184 [4JA], H956, H957, H958, H959 [30JA], H1761, H1762, H1763, H1764, H1765, H1766 [6MR], H2101, H2102, H2103 [12MR]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 3734), H7810 [18JY], H8090, H8091 [22JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 3734), conference report, H9411 [31JY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1997-2002 (H. Con. Res. 178), H5115, H5116, H5119 [15MY], H5208, H5210, H5211, H5214, H5215, H5217, H5223, H5226, H5227 [16MY], H5799, H5801, H5802, H5803, H5804, H5805 [4JN]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1997-2002 (H. Con. Res. 178), motion to instruct conferees, H5729 [30MY]

Children and youth: prevention of teenage pregnancy, H2108, H2109 [12MR]

Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act: reauthorize (S. 641), conference report, H4364 [1MY]

Congress: accomplishments of the 104th Congress, H10757-H10761 [20SE], H11372 [26SE]

Dept. of Commerce: tribute to employees and business leaders killed in plane crash while on trade mission in Croatia (H. Res. 406), H3591 [18AP]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing military activities appropriations and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3230), H5023, H5026 [14MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3610), H6370, H6371, H6371, H6376 [13JN]

Dept. of HUD: Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS program funding, H6833, H6838 [25JN]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State and the Judiciary: making appropriations (H.R. 3814), H8183 [23JY]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3666), H6833, H6838 [25JN]

Education: student loan programs, H873, H875 [25JA], H8810-H8814 [30JY], H9993-H9996 [4SE]

Employment: payment of wages to individuals who use employer-owned vehicles (H.R. 1227), H5514, H5526, H5536, H5540 [23MY]

———provide compensatory time for all employees (H.R. 2391), H8783, H8814 [30JY]

Firearms: repeal ban on assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices (H.R. 125), H2695 [22MR]

Government: provide tax relief for small businesses, protect jobs, increase net pay, and create job opportunities (H.R. 3448), H5471 [22MY]

———provide tax relief for small businesses, protect jobs, increase net pay, and create job opportunities (H.R. 3448), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 503), H9844 [2AU]

———provide tax relief for small businesses, protect jobs, increase net pay, and create job opportunities (H.R. 3448), motion to instruct conferees, H8579 [26JY]

———shutdown relative to budget process, H65 [3JA]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3103), H3131 [28MR]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3103), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 502), H9783 [1AU]

Housing: deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs (H.R. 2406), H4578 [8MY]

———deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs (H.R. 2406), consideration (H. Res. 426), H4568 [8MY]

Legislative branch of the Government: application of certain laws (S. 2), H8814 [30JY]

LSC: funding, H8183 [23JY]

Medicaid: reform, H873, H875 [25JA], H5119 [15MY], H5805 [4JN]

Medicare: additional charges by providers, H5729 [30MY]

———reform, H181, H182 [4JA], H873, H875 [25JA], H2101, H2102, H2103, H2111-H2114 [12MR], H3640 [18AP], H5116 [15MY], H5210, H5211, H5214 [16MY], H5799, H5803, H5805 [4JN], H8086, H8087, H8088 [22JY], H8810, H8815, H8816 [30JY], H9993-H9996 [4SE]

Members of Congress: deny Federal retirement annuities to Members convicted of felonies (H.R. 4011), H11287 [26SE]

Minimum wage: level, H4317 [1MY], H4568 [8MY], H5067 [15MY], H5514, H5526, H5536, H5540 [23MY], H8579 [26JY], H9844 [2AU]

Operation Sail: tribute (S.J. Res. 64), H11546 [27SE]

Parliamentary inquiry, H5536 [23MY]

Public welfare programs: funding for nutrition programs, H8089 [22JY]

———reform, H8810-H8814 [30JY]

———reform (H.R. 3734), H7810 [18JY], H8090, H8091 [22JY]

———reform (H.R. 3734), conference report, H9411 [31JY]

Puerto Rico: repeal of certain corporate tax credits, H5471 [22MY]

Republican Party: national agenda, H749 [23JA], H2111-H2114 [12MR], H8084 [22JY], H8810-H8814 [30JY], H9993 [4SE], H10757-H10761 [20SE], H11372 [26SE]

School Lunch Programs: reform, H873, H875 [25JA]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H8088 [22JY]

Taxation: rates, H5115 [15MY], H5805 [4JN], H8810, H8815, H8816 [30JY], H9993-H9996 [4SE]

Transportation: limitation on interest payments credited to transportation trust funds, H3536 [17AP]

———provide off-budget treatment for certain transportation trust funds (H.R. 842), H3529, H3536 [17AP]

U.N.: management and budget reform, E1700 [26SE]

U.S. Marshals Service: appointment of marshals (H.R. 2641), consideration (H. Res. 418), H4317 [1MY]

Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (H.R. 1745), consideration (H. Res. 303), H5067 [15MY]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H89 [3JA], H2465 [19MR], H8245 [23JY]

Tributes

Brown, Ronald H., H3449 [16AP]

Falk, Martha, E1602 [12SE]

Fish, Hamilton, Jr., H8534 [25JY]

Napolitano, Americo V. (Nappy), E871 [22MY]