BATEMAN, HERBERT H. (a Representative from Virginia)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 1119, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths, H5803 [25JY]

North Atlantic Assembly, H3171 [22MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Appropriations: establish automatic system for continuing appropriations (see H.R. 638, 1912), H702 [27FE], H4913 [8JY]

Armed Forces: maintenance of military personnel in Asian and Pacific regions (see H. Res. 103), H3924 [18JN]

———require separate basic training for male and female recruits (see H.R. 1559), H2444 [8MY]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: prohibit use of appropriated Federal funds for the deployment of Armed Forces after a certain date (see H.R. 1172), H2091 [30AP]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1), H154 [9JA]

———reform process (see H.R. 1372), H1704 [17AP]

Business and industry: improve and expand employee health care programs (see H.R. 1515), H2155 [1MY]

Capitol Building and Grounds: use of the rotunda for a ceremony honoring Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew (see H. Con. Res. 134), H6406 [30JY]

Coins: issue one dollar coin (see H.R. 1174), H4647 [25JN]

Courts: conversion of temporary district court judgeships to permanent status (see H.R. 977), H1795 [23AP]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for ballistic missile defense systems (see H.R. 2786), H9864 [31OC]

———disapproval of line-item vetoes in military construction appropriations legislation (see H.R. 2624), H9502 [23OC]

Dept. of State: calculation of Bureau of Diplomatic Security agents' retirement annuities (see H.R. 633), H6026 [29JY]

Diseases: payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted HIV due to contaminated blood products (see H.R. 1023), H6798 [3SE]

Drug abuse: national policy to combat the distribution, sale, and use of illegal drugs by young people (see H. Res. 267), H9559 [24OC]

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2248), H6918 [4SE]

Edison, Thomas A.: mint coins in commemoration of sesquicentennial of birth (see H.R. 678), H768 [5MR]

Education: distribution of Impact Aid Program funds to local educational agencies (see H. Con. Res. 150), H7199 [10SE]

———ensure that funding is not used to promote the teaching or use of regional or group dialects (see H.R. 1203), H1289 [21MR]

English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see H.R. 123), H589 [13FE]

EPA: prohibit establishment of new standards for ozone or particulate matter before existing standards have been attained (see H.R. 1984), H7730 [23SE]

Federal employees: delays in retirement cost-of-living adjustments (see H. Con. Res. 13), H525 [12FE]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 54), H588 [13FE]

Freedom of religion: constitutional amendment on protection (see H.J. Res. 78), H4914 [8JY]

Hazardous substances: nuclear waste disposal (see H.R. 1270), H5177 [11JY]

Health: establish research and grant programs for the eradication or control of pfiesteria piscicida and other aquatic toxins (see H.R. 2565), H8439 [6OC]

Hope, Bob: confer honorary Armed Forces veteran status (see H.J. Res. 75), H2090 [30AP]

India: independence anniversary (see H. Res. 22), H287 [4FE]

International relations: encourage efforts to reunite families separated during Holocaust (see H. Con. Res. 14), H348 [5FE]

IRS: restructure (see H.R. 2292), H8320 [2OC]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 59), H2590 [13MY]

Law enforcement: establish matching grant program to help local governments purchase armor vests for officers (see H.R. 2829), H10172 [6NO]

Lewis and Clark expedition: bicentennial (see H. Res. 144), H3204 [22MY]

———mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial (see H.R. 1560), H3204 [22MY]

Local government: reduce postal rates for certain mailings required by Federal and State regulations (see H.R. 906), H3204 [22MY]

Marine resources: reauthorization of programs (see H.R. 437), H629 [25FE]

Medicare: reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see H.R. 192, 414), H286 [4FE]

Millennium Society: coordinate activities to commemorate the second millennium and endow an international cross-cultural scholarship fund (see H.R. 1519), H2155 [1MY]

Mother Teresa: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1650), H2873 [16MY]

Motor vehicles: average fuel economy standards for automobiles (see H.R. 880), H1795 [23AP]

National cemeteries: penalties for theft and malicious vandalism (see H.R. 1532), H3274 [3JN]

National Sea Grant College Program: reauthorization (see H.R. 437), H629 [25FE]

National Voter Registration Act: repeal (see H.R. 345), H524 [12FE]

Naval Armed Guard Service: appreciation to veterans for service during World War I and World War II (see H.J. Res. 99), H10171 [6NO]

Political campaigns: require worker approval for use of labor organization dues and fees for political activities (see H.R. 2608), H8437 [6OC]

Roosevelt, Theodore: posthumous awarding of Medal of Honor (see H.R. 2263), H5825 [25JY]

Ships and vessels: support requirements that vessels operating between U.S. ports be built, owned, and operated by U.S. citizens (see H. Con. Res. 65), H2590 [13MY]

Sinatra, Francis A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 279), H1707 [17AP]

Taxation: allow married couples to file combined return under which each spouse is taxed using rates applicable to single filers (see H.R. 2456), H7831 [24SE]

———application of the alternative minimum tax to installment sales of farm property (see H.R. 426), H408 [10FE]

———exclusion of gross estate taxes of a decedent relative to certain land subject to qualified conservation easements (see H.R. 195), H1339 [8AP]

———increase State cap on private activity bonds (see H.R. 979), H9800 [30OC]

———modify the application of pension nondiscrimination rules to governmental plans (see H.R. 1740), H3202 [22MY]

———permit the issuance of tax-exempt bonds by certain organizations providing rescue and emergency medical services (see H.R. 2613), H8728 [8OC]

———restore the deduction for two-earner married couples (see H.R. 2593), H10768 [12NO]

———treatment of estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 1299), H3568 [5JN]

Transportation: provide off-budget treatment for certain transportation trust funds (see H.R. 4), H156 [9JA]

———reauthorize highway construction and surface transportation funding (see H.R. 674), H452 [11FE]

Treaties and agreements: limits on certain missile defense systems (see H. Res. 98), H1018 [13MR]

Turkey: protection and continued livelihood of the Eastern Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarchate (see H. Con. Res. 6), H287 [4FE]

Veterans: eligibility for hospital care and services relative to awarding of Purple Heart (see H.R. 2397), H9865 [31OC]

———expand range of criminal offenses resulting in forfeiture of benefits (see H.R. 1955), H3923 [18JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Transportation: authorizing appropriations for certain maritime programs (see H.R. 1343), H1610 [16AP]

Employment: provide an exemption of overtime compensation for certain firefighters and rescue squad members (see H.R. 94), H69 [7JA], H142 [9JA]

Martinez Cruz, Mercedes Del Carmen Quiroz: relief (see H.R. 1834), H3578 [7JN]

Panama Canal: authorizing appropriations for operation and maintenance (see H.R. 1148, 1344), H1258 [20MR], H1610 [16AP]

Remarks

Ackerman, Hans C.: Rhodes Scholarship recipient, E1173 [10JN]

Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission: recommendations relative to the privatization of depot maintenance, H4190 [23JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing military activities appropriations and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1119), H3950, H4046 [19JN], H4109, H4110 [20JN], H4190 [23JN]

———reform, H4046 [19JN]

———reimbursement to Army Reserve and National Guard members deployed to Europe relative to Operation Joint Guard (H.R. 2796), H10892, H10893, H10894 [13NO]

Greece: independence anniversary, E515 [19MR]

Naval Petroleum Oil Shale Reserve: exploration, development, and production, H4109, H4110 [20JN]

Navy: authority to enter into long-term charter leases for auxiliary and naval support vessels built in U.S. shipyards, H4046 [19JN]

Votes: position on missed, H7232 [11SE], H10147 [6NO]

Tributes

Holloway, Paul F., E646 [14AP]