RAMSTAD, JIM (a Representative from Minnesota)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: eliminate National Sheep Industry Improvement Center and apply savings to deficit reduction (see H.R. 1475), H2446 [8MY]

———repeal peanut quotas and reduce peanut loan rates (see H.R. 1864), H3720 [11JN]

Alaska: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 900), H701 [27FE]

Armed Forces: procedures for determining status of certain missing members (see H.R. 409), H3568 [5JN]

Army: close School of the Americas (see H.R. 611), H702 [27FE]

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]

———reform process and enforce the bipartisan balanced budget agreement (see H.R. 2003), H4132 [20JN]

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

Business and industry: promote and improve employee stock ownership plans (see H.R. 1592), H2678 [14MY]

Capitol Building and Grounds: use of the rotunda for a ceremony honoring Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew (see H. Con. Res. 134), H6799 [3SE]

Children and youth: child labor provisions relative to the operation of automobiles and trucks (see H.R. 2327), H9039 [22OC]

Citizenship: waiving of residency and English language requirements for Hmong refugees (see H.R. 371), H3070 [20MY]

Commission on the Future for America's Veterans: establish (see H.R. 335), H245 [21JA]

Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 16), H1441 [10AP]

Computers: examination and disclosure of certain source codes, programs and software (see H.R. 2657), H8832 [9OC]

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]

Contracts: prohibit discrimination in awarding Federal contracts on the basis of labor policies (see H.R. 1378), H4836 [26JN]

Copyrights: amend laws relative to certain exemptions (see H.R. 789), H1795 [23AP]

Crime: require opening of campus security crime logs at institutions of higher education (see H.R. 715), H670 [26FE]

———require States to address the problem of violent crimes committed by repeat offenders (see H. Con. Res. 75), H2350 [7MY]

Death and dying: prohibit Federal funding for assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing (see H.R. 1003), H1262 [20MR]

———recognize suicide as a national problem (see H. Res. 212), H6706 [31JY]

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

———regulate loans to certain processors of sugarcane and sugar beets (see H.R. 1387), H1705 [17AP]

Diseases: accurate guidelines for breast cancer screening for certain women (see H. Res. 48), H453 [11FE]

———payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted HIV due to contaminated blood products (see H.R. 1023), H1340 [8AP]

———research programs for Parkinson's disease (see H.R. 1260), H1391 [9AP]

District of Columbia: enter into cooperative agreements with certain Federal agencies relative to crime prevention and law enforcement (see H.R. 1538), H4647 [25JN]

Drug abuse: national policy to combat the distribution, sale, and use of illegal drugs by young people (see H. Res. 267), H10769 [12NO]

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

Employment: determination of tip credits relative to State and local government laws (see H.R. 2357), H6705 [31JY]

———determination of tip credits relative to State and local laws (see H.R. 1485), H1988 [29AP]

———protect employer rights (see H.R. 758), H629 [25FE]

English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see H.R. 123), H142 [9JA]

ERISA: allow victims of child abuse to collect monetary awards from an abuser's pension (see H.R. 1142), H1258 [20MR]

Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: reduce the cost of credit (see H.R. 1059), H7199 [10SE]

Families and domestic relations: promote the adoption of children in foster care (see H.R. 867), H768 [5MR]

Federal, Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: authorize compounding of certain drugs and devices (see H.R. 1060), H1892 [24AP]

Federal employees: limitations relative to use of official time (see H.R. 986), H1542 [15AP]

———prevent discrimination against preference eligibles applying for certain government positions (see H.R. 240), H589 [13FE]

———reduce number of political appointees (see H.R. 614), H347 [5FE]

Federal firefighters: hourly and overtime pay rates and pay equity with other civil service employees and public sector firefighters (see H.R. 1166), H4339 [24JN]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: development, clearance, and use of certain devices (see H.R. 1710), H3201 [22MY]

Flags: mandate the display of the POW/MIA flag on various occasions and in various locations (see H.R. 1161), H1258 [20MR]

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

———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), H949 [12MR]

Floods: facilitate recovery from Red River flooding through greater flexibility for depository institutions and their regulators (see H.R. 1461), H2488 [12MY]

Foreign trade: clarify the term ``normal trade relations'' (see H.R. 2316), H6703 [31JY]

Government regulations: reduce Federal paperwork burden (see H.R. 852), H804 [6MR]

Hazardous substances: clarify listing of unique chemical substances (see H.R. 659), H3476 [4JN]

———nuclear waste disposal (see H.R. 1270), H1437 [10AP]

Health: liability protection for suppliers of raw material and component parts to medical device manufacturers (see H.R. 872), H700 [27FE]

Health care professionals: exempt physician office laboratories from clinical laboratory requirements (see H.R. 2250), H6798 [3SE]

Hope, Bob: confer honorary Armed Forces veteran status (see H.J. Res. 75), H3070 [20MY]

House of Representatives: require that excess amounts from Members' official allowances be applied to deficit reduction (see H.R. 866), H1440 [10AP]

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

Insurance: prevent discrimination against victims of domestic violence (see H.R. 1117), H1392 [9AP]

IRS: prohibit the threat of audit to compel agreement with Tip Reporting Alternative Commitment or Tip Rate Determination Agreement (see H.R. 2658), H8832 [9OC]

———restrict the authority to examine books and witnesses for purposes of tax administration (see H.R. 2563), H8054 [26SE]

———restructure (see H.R. 2292), H8265 [30SE]

Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1173), H2254 [6MY]

———establish a bill of rights (see H.R. 350), H804 [6MR]

———issue postage stamp in commemoration of officers killed in the line of duty (see H. Con. Res. 41), H804 [6MR]

Libya: jurisdictional immunities relative to jurisdiction of U.S. courts for claims arising out of the destruction of Pan Am Flight 103 (see H.R. 3026), H10767 [12NO]

Medicare: allow beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for services (see H.R. 2497), H7599 [18SE]

———coverage of diabetes outpatient self-management training services and blood-testing strips (see H.R. 58), H68 [7JA], H140 [9JA]

———improve preventive care benefits (see H.R. 15), H524 [12FE]

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

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (see H.J. Res. 2), H154 [9JA]

———deny Federal retirement annuities to Members convicted of felonies (see H.R. 1613), H2679 [14MY]

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), H7528 [17SE]

National cemeteries: penalties for theft and malicious vandalism (see H.R. 1532), H2253 [6MY]

National Commission To Eliminate Waste in Government: establish (see H.R. 1318), H6707 [31JY]

National Energy Laboratories Reorganization Commission: establish (see H.R. 1295), H1438 [10AP]

Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact: repeal consent of Congress (see H.R. 438), H153 [9JA]

Office of National Drug Control Policy: reauthorize (see H.R. 2407), H6917 [4SE]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 1776), H9614 [28OC]

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

Public safety officers: provide educational assistance to the surviving spouse and dependent children of officers killed or totally disabled in the line of duty (see H.R. 2755, 3046), H9614 [28OC], H10953 [13NO]

Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act: moratorium on certain class action lawsuits (see H.R. 1283), H1438 [10AP]

Religion: protect certain charitable contributions (see H.R. 2604), H8634 [7OC]

Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport: designate (see H.R. 2625), H9502 [23OC]

Social Security: prevent distribution of benefits to prisoners (see H.R. 530), H725 [4MR]

Space policy: space station program funding (see H.R. 1423), H1794 [23AP]

States: clarify standards for sex offender registration programs (see H.R. 1683), H3069 [20MY]

Stewart, Jimmy: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 109), H4913 [8JY]

Surplus Government property: transfer certain property to State and local governments for law enforcement and safety purposes (see H.R. 404), H5826 [25JY]

Taxation: allow individuals to designate that a certain percent of their income tax liability be used to reduce the national debt and require spending reductions equal to the amounts so designated (see H.R. 1914), H3864 [17JN]

———application of the alternative minimum tax to installment sales of farm property (see H.R. 426), H286 [4FE]

———constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (see H.J. Res. 62), H1441 [10AP]

———designate overpayments and contributions to the public debt (see H.R. 1353), H1611 [16AP]

———exclude from gross income pension benefits received by the survivors of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty (see H.R. 921), H2680 [14MY]

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

———provide a checkoff on Federal income tax returns for a breast and prostate cancer research fund (see H.R. 209), H1794 [23AP]

———treatment of computer software exports (see H.R. 143), H589 [13FE]

———treatment of distilled spirits (see H.R. 450), H804 [6MR]

———treatment of employee benefits for staffing firms (see H.R. 1891), H6707 [31JY]

———treatment of golf caddies (see H.R. 2321), H7365 [16SE]

———treatment of income tax returns relative to Presidentially declared disaster areas (see H.R. 1434), H2446 [8MY]

———treatment of timeshare homeowner associations (see H.R. 1350), H3274 [3JN]

———workmen's compensation relative to certain personal liability assignments (see H.R. 1509), H2155 [1MY]

Transportation: provide off-budget treatment for certain transportation trust funds (see H.R. 4), H3203 [22MY]

TVA: phase out Federal funding (see H.R. 603), H1707 [17AP]

Veterans: Government employment preference for active duty service veterans of Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm (see H.R. 1006), H1715 [21AP]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 65, 303), H285, H286 [4FE]

———presumption of service connection for certain diseases and disabilities relative to exposure to carbon tetrachloride (see H.R. 1540), H6918 [4SE]

———priority health care to individuals who served in Israel or Turkey during the Persian Gulf Conflict (see H.R. 250), H147 [9JA]

Volunteer workers: grant immunity from personal civil liability during work on behalf of governmental entities or nonprofit organizations (see H.R. 911), H724 [4MR]

Voting: guarantee the right of all active duty military personnel, merchant mariners, and their dependents to vote in Federal, State, and local elections (see H.R. 699), H1440 [10AP]

Weapons: production of Trident II missiles (see H.R. 1814), H3567 [5JN]

———restrict the mail order sale of body armor (see H.R. 959), H2169 [5MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Harold Hughes-Bill Emerson Commission on Alcoholism: establish (see H.R. 1549), H2350 [7MY]

Insurance: provide nondiscriminatory coverage of substance abuse treatment services under private group and individual health coverage (see H.R. 2409), H6917 [4SE]

Medicare: extend community nursing organization demonstration projects (see H.R. 686), H452 [11FE]

———improve health services to rural areas (see H.R. 554), H284 [4FE]

Tariff: plastic web sheeting (see H.R. 1304), H1439 [10AP]

———tetrafluoroethylene, hexafluoropropylene, and vinylidene fluoride (see H.R. 1893), H3797 [12JN]

Taxation: deduction for charitable use of passenger automobiles (see H.R. 1941), H3865 [17JN]

———treatment of organizations that conduct certain games of chance (see H.R. 620), H347 [5FE]

Letters

Airport and Airway Trust Fund Tax Reinstatement Act: Grover G. Norquist, Americans for Tax Reform (organization), H601 [25FE]

Trident D-5 submarine launched ballistic missile funding: Jill Lancelot, Taxpayers for Common Sense (organization), H4105 [20JN]

Remarks

Appropriations: establish automatic system for continuing appropriations, H2737 [15MY]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), H2727, H2737 [15MY]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), H4808 [26JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), conference report, H6306 [30JY], H6649 [31JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), H4563 [25JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), conference report, H6306 [30JY]

China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (H.J. Res. 79), H4243 [24JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing military activities appropriations and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1119), H4105 [20JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2266), H5977 [29JY]

———Trident D-5 submarine launched ballistic missile funding, H4105 [20JN]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2267), H7858, H7859 [25SE]

Drunken driving: statistics relative to alcohol-related deaths on U.S. highways, H2571 [13MY]

Families and domestic relations: change the time requirements for parental rights relative to adoption of children in foster care, H2028 [30AP]

———promote the adoption of children in foster care (H.R. 867), H2028 [30AP]

FDA: approval and development of new drugs and biological products (H.R. 1411), H8482 [7OC]

Flag—U.S.: designate flagpole upon which U.S. flag is set at half-staff whenever a law enforcement officer is killed in the line of duty (H. Con. Res. 47), H2780 [15MY]

Floods: community development block grant funding to flood States, H2727 [15MY]

———disaster assistance to Minnesota, H1869 [24AP]

Harold Hughes Commission on Alcoholism: establish, H593 [25FE]

Harold Hughes-Bill Emerson Commission on Alcoholism: establish (H.R. 1549), H2571 [13MY]

House Rules: same-day consideration of certain resolutions (H. Res. 201), H6306 [30JY]

Insurance: provide nondiscriminatory coverage of substance abuse treatment services under private group and individual health coverage (H.R. 2409), E1657 [4SE]

Law enforcement officers: issue postage stamp in commemoration of officers killed in the line of duty (H. Con. Res. 41), H2780 [15MY]

LSC: funding, H7858, H7859 [25SE]

Medicare: extend community nursing organization demonstration projects (H.R. 686), E213 [11FE]

———improve health services to rural areas (H.R. 554), E144 [4FE]

Minnesota State University Student Assocation: anniversary, E2204 [7NO]

Minnesota Veterinary Medical Association: anniversary, E131 [4FE]

National Write Your Congressman (organization): tribute, E800 [30AP]

States: clarify standards for sex offender registration programs (H.R. 1683), H7631 [23SE]

Taxation: capital gains rates, H4808 [26JN]

———child tax credit, H4808 [26JN]

———rates, H4808 [26JN]

———reinstate aviation excise taxes relative to Airport and Airway Trust Fund expenditures (H.R. 668), H601 [25FE]

———treatment of residents in areas affected by disasters, H4808 [26JN]

———workmen's compensation relative to certain personal liability assignments (H.R. 1509), E817 [1MY]

University of Minnesota: tribute to men's basketball team, H680 [27FE]

———tribute to men's hockey team, E413 [6MR]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H697 [27FE], H2782 [15MY], H4909 [8JY]

Tables

Monthly Payment Rates to Medicare-Managed Care Plans, E144 [4FE]

Tributes

Baggott, Robert, III, H3721 [12JN]

Sprafka, Charles M., E1536 [28JY]