TAYLOR, GENE (a Representative from Mississippi)

Amendments

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), H4394 [25JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), H4394 [25JN]

Housing: deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs and increase community control over such programs (H.R. 2), H2158 [1MY], H2189 [6MY]

Appointments

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

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 929), H766 [5MR]

Armed Forces: provide retirees all benefits promised to them upon enlistment (see H.R. 51), H3274 [3JN]

———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 and enforce the bipartisan balanced budget agreement (see H.R. 2003), H5570 [22JY]

———reform resolution procedure and direct repayment of the public debt (see H.R. 2191), H5486 [17JY]

Chickasaw Trail Economic Development Compact: congressional consent (see H.J. Res. 95), H9039 [22OC]

Civil liberties: outline constitutional protections of unborn persons (see H.R. 641), H392 [6FE]

Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House): abolish and establish an Independent Commission on Congressional Ethics (see H.R. 957), H1795 [23AP]

Congress: constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing revenue and a balanced budget (see H.J. Res. 52), H523 [12FE]

Correctional institutions: prevent luxurious prison conditions (see H.R. 169), H453 [11FE]

———prohibit the use of Federal funds for certain amenities and personal comforts in the Federal prison system (see H.R. 816), H3476 [4JN]

Courts: access relative to Federal agency actions and State laws (see H.R. 1534), H8833 [9OC]

Dept. of Agriculture: eliminate Market Access Program (see H.R. 972), H802 [6MR]

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

———reimbursement to Army Reserve and National Guard members deployed to Europe relative to Operation Joint Guard (see H.R. 2796), H10768 [12NO]

Drugs: provide a mandatory life penalty for certain offenses involving methamphetamine (see H.R. 2363), H7263 [11SE]

Drunken driving: add vehicle confiscation to criteria for State eligibility for Federal drunk driving countermeasure grants (see H.R. 108), H2091 [30AP]

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

Education: 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), H1706 [17AP]

EPA: prohibit establishment of new standards for ozone or particulate matter before existing standards have been attained (see H.R. 1984), H8054 [26SE]

FAA: foreign repair station rules (see H.R. 145), H2784 [15MY]

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

Firearms: allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in all States (see H.R. 339), H524 [12FE]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 54), H768 [5MR]

———designate flagpole upon which U.S. flag is set at half-staff whenever a law enforcement officer is killed in the line of duty (see H. Con. Res. 47), H1289 [21MR]

Health: prohibit restriction of certain medical communications between health care providers and their patients (see H.R. 586), H1018 [13MR]

———revise and extend bone marrow donation and transplantation program (see H.R. 2202), H6407 [30JY]

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

House of Representatives: authorize participation in State and local government transit programs (see H. Res. 37), H9039 [22OC]

———require that excess amounts from Members' official allowances be applied to deficit reduction (see H.R. 80), H1706 [17AP]

Immigration: moratorium on aliens except for relatives of U.S. citizens, certain highly skilled workers, and refugees (see H.R. 347), H524 [12FE]

Independent Commission on Campaign Finance Reform: establish (see H.R. 1614), H2679 [14MY]

Insurance: coverage of minimum hospital stays and reconstructive surgery relative to breast cancer and of second opinions for any cancer diagnosis (see H.R. 616), H9502 [23OC]

International law: provide criminal penalties under the Geneva Conventions for certain war crimes (see H.R. 1348), H2875 [16MY]

IRS: restructure (see H.R. 2292), H8834 [9OC]

Law enforcement officers: exemption from State laws prohibiting carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 339), H524 [12FE]

Lobbyists: limit access to the Hall of the House of Representatives (see H. Res. 237), H7600 [18SE]

Medicare: coverage of diabetes outpatient self-management training services and blood-testing strips (see H.R. 58), H2156 [1MY]

———protection of beneficiaries relative to enrollment in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 66), H1706 [17AP]

———reimbursement for services provided to eligible veterans by certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities (see H.R. 1362), H2157 [1MY]

———reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see H.R. 192, 414), H145, H152 [9JA]

Members of Congress: eliminate automatic salary adjustments (see H.R. 2517), H8300 [1OC]

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

Motor vehicles: titling and registration requirements relative to salvage, nonrepairable, and rebuilt vehicles (see H.R. 1839), H4913 [8JY]

NAFTA: assess impact, renegotiate certain provisions, and provide for withdrawal (see H.R. 978), H1795 [23AP]

National cemeteries: penalties for theft and malicious vandalism (see H.R. 1532), H3660 [10JN]

National Council on the Arts: abolish (see H.R. 122), H3476 [4JN]

National Endowment for the Arts: abolish (see H.R. 122), H3476 [4JN]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 2183), H8438 [6OC]

———ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 1366), consideration (see H. Res. 259), H8438 [6OC]

Real property: preserve Federal sovereignty of certain public lands and preserve certain State and private property rights (see H.R. 901), H3568 [5JN]

Religion: protect certain charitable contributions (see H.R. 2604), H8320 [2OC]

Roads and highways: modify minimum allocation formula for the Federal-aid highway program (see H.R. 907), H709 [3MR]

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

Securities: quotation of securities transactions in decimals (see H.R. 1053), H2785 [15MY]

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), H2157 [1MY]

Solid waste: congressional authorization for restrictions on receipt of out of State municipal solid waste (see H.R. 1346), H5297 [15JY]

Taxation: allow married couples to file combined return under which each spouse is taxed using rates applicable to single filers (see H.R. 2456), H8834 [9OC]

———constitutional amendment relative to certain tax limitations (see H.J. Res. 62), H889 [11MR]

———exclude from gross income pension benefits received by the survivors of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty (see H.R. 921), H3476 [4JN]

———exclusion of gross estate taxes of a decedent relative to certain land subject to qualified conservation easements (see H.R. 1763), H3273 [3JN]

Tobacco products: strengthen State efforts to limit access to minors (see H.R. 2034), H4645 [25JN]

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

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

Veterans: authorize the Pyramid of Remembrance Foundation to establish a memorial dedicated to soldiers who have died in foreign conflicts other than declared wars (see H.R. 1608), H8833 [9OC]

———determination of active military service for certain merchant mariners who served during World War II (see H.R. 1126), H1186 [19MR]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 65, 303), H589 [13FE]

World War II: require apology and reparation of victims of Japanese war crimes (see H. Con. Res. 126), H10769 [12NO]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Ray J. Favre Post Office Building, Kiln, MS: designate (see H.R. 2623), H8632 [7OC]

Letters

Veterans health care programs funding: Michael A. Nelson, Retired Officers Association, H4617 [25JN]

Motions

China, People's Republic of: oppose concessional loans by international financial institutions (H.R. 2605), H10167 [6NO]

Remarks

Abortion: performance at military medical facilities, H4061 [19JN]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), H4616 [25JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), consideration (H. Res. 174), H4392 [25JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), consideration (H. Res. 174), H4392 [25JN]

China, People's Republic of: adjust tariffs on imports, H10167 [6NO]

———oppose concessional loans by international financial institutions (H.R. 2605), H10162, H10166, H10167, H10168 [6NO]

———oppose concessional loans by international financial institutions (H.R. 2605), motion to recommit, H10167 [6NO]

Cuba: TV Marti funding, H3319 [4JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing military activities appropriations and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1119), H3953, H4061 [19JN]

———authorizing military activities appropriations and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1119), consideration (H. Res. 169), H3939 [19JN]

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

Dept. of State and related agencies: authorizing appropriations and consolidating certain agencies (H.R. 1757), H3319 [4JN]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2107), conference report, H9532, H9534 [24OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: health care programs funding, H4616 [25JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2264), H7175 [10SE]

Education: Impact Aid Program funding for school construction through rescissions in NLRB funding, H7175 [10SE]

Gingrich, Representative: resolution of ethics charges (H. Res. 31), H232 [21JA]

House Rules: adopt and amend (H. Res. 5), H23 [7JA]

———consideration of motions to suspend the rules and pass certain legislation (H. Res. 112), H1555 [16AP]

Housing: deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs and increase community control over such programs (H.R. 2), H2191 [6MY]

———require agreements with private housing project owners to allow law enforcement officers to enter certain areas, H2191 [6MY]

National Endowment for the Arts: funding, H9532, H9534 [24OC]

Parliamentary inquiry, H10168 [6NO]

Taxation: rates, H4616 [25JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H4644 [25JN], H8631 [7OC]

Tributes

Stevens, Wade, H8573 [7OC]