SNOWBARGER, VINCE (a Representative from Kansas)

Amendments

Dept. of State and related agencies: authorizing appropriations and consolidating certain agencies (H.R. 1757), H3351 [4JN]

Appointments

Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, H2333 [7MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 929), H1019 [13MR]

Appropriations: establish automatic system for continuing appropriations (see H.R. 987), H803 [6MR]

Arches National Park: expand boundaries (see H.R. 2283), H6025 [29JY]

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

Bankruptcy: declare that donations made from a sense of religious obligation be considered to have been made in exchange for a reasonably equivalent value (see H.R. 2611), H10172 [6NO]

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]

———create a tax cut reserve fund to protect revenues generated by economic growth (see H.R. 2496), H7599 [18SE]

———establish a budget reserve account for emergencies (see H.R. 457), H3169 [21MY]

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

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

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

China, People's Republic of: impose certain sanctions (see H.R. 2011), H4836 [26JN]

———political reform (see H.R. 2095), H6707 [31JY]

Civil rights: prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, or sex in Federal actions (see H.R. 1909), H3864 [17JN]

Computers: use, sale, and export of encryption products for privacy and security (see H.R. 695), H1892 [24AP]

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), H1989 [29AP]

Copyrights: amend laws relative to certain exemptions (see H.R. 789), H1340 [8AP]

Corp. for National and Community Service: prohibit use of Selective Service System information for recruitment purposes (see H.R. 2029), H5022 [9JY]

Courts: access relative to Federal agency actions and State laws (see H.R. 1534), H8320 [2OC]

Crime: protection from sexual predators (see H.R. 305), H1112 [18MR]

Death and dying: prohibit Federal funding for assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing (see H.R. 1003), H887 [11MR]

Dept. of Defense: repayment of student loans by students called to active duty (see H.R. 877), H2446 [8MY]

Dept. of Energy: abolish (see H.R. 1577), H2445 [8MY]

Dept. of the Treasury: treatment of partnership distributions to limited partners (see H.R. 1247), H3204 [22MY]

Diseases: efforts to prevent transmission of HIV (see H.R. 1062), H1440 [10AP]

Drug abuse: national policy to combat the distribution, sale, and use of illegal drugs by young people (see H. Res. 267), H9730 [29OC]

Edison, Thomas A.: mint coins in commemoration of sesquicentennial of birth (see H.R. 678), H3203 [22MY]

Education: ensure that funding is not used to promote the teaching or use of regional or group dialects (see H.R. 1203), H1392 [9AP]

———Impact Aid Program technical corrections (see H.R. 1312), H1439 [10AP]

———spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on children's classrooms (see H. Res. 139), H2156 [1MY]

Employment: protect employer rights (see H.R. 758), H586 [13FE]

———provide compensatory time for all employees (see H.R. 1), H407 [10FE]

Endangered Species Act: grounds for civil actions relative to suffering or injury resulting from violations or noncompliance with the act (see H.R. 752), H585 [13FE]

Energy Policy Act: take into account newly developed renewable energy-based fuels and equalize alternative fuel vehicle acquisition incentives (see H.R. 2568), H9615 [28OC]

EPA: prohibit establishment of new standards for ozone or particulate matter before existing standards have been attained (see H.R. 1863, 1984), H3720 [11JN], H4836 [26JN]

European Commission: handling of the Boeing/McDonnell Douglas merger (see H. Res. 191), H5570 [22JY]

Fair Housing Act: amend (see H.R. 589), H1542 [15AP]

FDA: proposal to designate the use of chlorofluorocarbons in metered-dose inhalers as nonessential (see H.R. 2221), H8300 [1OC]

Federal agencies and departments: assess impact of policies and regulations on families (see H.R. 2124), H5020 [9JY]

———review of efficiency and need for certain agencies (see H.R. 2939), H10419 [8NO]

Federal employees: establish medical savings accounts with certain health plans (see H.R. 2465), H7528 [17SE]

———limitations relative to use of official time (see H.R. 986), H5778 [24JY]

Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: allow participants to elect to receive contributions into medical savings accounts (see H.R. 1574), H6407 [30JY]

Financial institutions: applicability of host State laws to any branch in such State of an out-of-State bank (see H.R. 1306), H1439 [10AP]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 54), H805 [6MR]

Foreign aid: deny assistance to terrorist organizations affiliated with the Palestinian Authority or the Palestine Broadcasting Corp. (see H. Con. Res. 163), H8300 [1OC]

Freedom of religion: constitutional amendment on protection (see H.J. Res. 78), H2445 [8MY]

Government: procure from the private sector the goods and services necessary to operate and manage certain agencies (see H.R. 716), H1707 [17AP]

———require Congress and the President to fulfill their constitutional duty to take personal responsibility for Federal laws (see H.R. 1036), H7830 [24SE]

Government regulations: analyze impact and improve congressional deliberation of proposed Federal private sector mandates (see H.R. 1010), H7911 [25SE]

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

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

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

International Air Transportation Competition Act: amend (see H.R. 737), H523 [12FE]

International law: provide criminal penalties under the Geneva Conventions for certain war crimes (see H.R. 1348), H2351 [7MY]

Iran: impose sanctions on foreign persons who transfer items contributing to efforts to acquire, develop, or produce ballistic missiles (see H.R. 2709), H9801 [30OC]

IRS: accountability in tax collection practices and procedures (see H.R. 1227), H1338 [8AP]

———improve access and increase equity for taxpayers (see H.R. 2598), H8834 [9OC]

———restructure (see H.R. 2292), H8633 [7OC]

Labor: allow cooperative efforts between management and labor to improve economic competitiveness (see H.R. 634), H1262 [20MR]

Labor unions: ensure employees have adequate access and information relative to use of union dues or fees (see H.R. 928), H1988 [29AP]

———inform workers of their rights relative to the payment of dues or fees to labor organizations (see H.R. 1625), H2783 [15MY]

———protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 59), H9614 [28OC]

Land use: require local approval of railroad rights-of-way designations for interim use as trails (see H.R. 2438), H7118 [9SE]

Lewis and Clark expedition: bicentennial (see H. Res. 144), H4837 [26JN]

Libya: reject Arab League resolution urging the easing of U.N. sanctions relative to the refusal to surrender individuals wanted in connection with the 1988 terrorist bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 (see H. Res. 246), H8834 [9OC]

Little League Baseball Inc.: extend benefits and privileges available to nongovernmental international organizations (see H. Con. Res. 107), H8634 [7OC]

Medicare: allow beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for services (see H.R. 2497), H8161 [29SE]

———coverage of diabetes outpatient self-management training services and blood-testing strips (see H.R. 58), H1391 [9AP]

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

Motor vehicles: average fuel economy standards for automobiles (see H.R. 880), H1392 [9AP]

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

National Council on the Arts: abolish (see H.R. 122), H2445 [8MY]

National Endowment for the Arts: abolish (see H.R. 122), H2445 [8MY]

National Service Trust Program: repeal (see H.R. 993), H803 [6MR]

NLRB: recovery of attorneys' fees by small businesses and labor organizations who prevail in proceedings (see H.R. 2449), H9801 [30OC]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: amend (see H.R. 2579), H10421 [8NO]

———establish peer review of standards (see H.R. 2661), H8832 [9OC]

Panama Canal: negotiation of a new agreement relative to the presence of U.S. Armed Forces (see H. Con. Res. 170), H8833 [9OC]

Patents: restore term of patent protection and retain confidentiality relative to the publication of patent applications (see H.R. 811), H1392 [9AP]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 965), H1340 [8AP]

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

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

Real property: preserve Federal sovereignty of certain public lands and preserve certain State and private property rights (see H.R. 901), H4836 [26JN]

Russia: protection of religious rights (see H. Con. Res. 176), H9558 [24OC]

Securities: limit the conduct of securities class actions under State law (see H.R. 1689), H9865 [31OC]

Small business: provide regulatory assistance (see H.R. 96), H1706 [17AP]

Social Security: computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 146), H4086 [19JN]

———ensure integrity of trust funds (see H.R. 857), H2351 [7MY]

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

Taxation: allow married couples to file combined return under which each spouse is taxed using rates applicable to single filers (see H.R. 2456), H7601 [18SE]

———application of the alternative minimum tax to installment sales of farm property (see H.R. 426), H702 [27FE]

———capital gains rates (see H.R. 14), H453 [11FE]

———child tax credit (see H.R. 1327), H1893 [24AP]

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

———deductibility of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals and the business use of the home, and clarification of contractor/employee status (see H.R. 1145), H2351 [7MY]

———deductions for business use of the home (see H.R. 955), H1707 [17AP]

———encourage competition and tax fairness and protect the tax base of State and local governments (see H.R. 1168), H1259 [20MR]

———exempt certain small businesses from use of electronic fund transfer system for depository taxes (see H.R. 722), H522 [12FE]

———full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals (see H.R. 18, 69, 876), H1892 [24AP], H2351 [7MY], H2590 [13MY]

———increase the unified estate and gift tax credit (see H.R. 683), H452 [11FE]

———inflation adjustments for maximum benefits under special estate tax valuation rules for certain property (see H.R. 64), H725 [4MR]

———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see H.R. 902), H708 [3MR]

———repeal limitations on the number of individuals who may have medical savings accounts (see H.R. 1743), H6407 [30JY]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 2483), H7911 [25SE]

———treatment of education (see H.R. 2847), H10768 [12NO]

———treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (see H.R. 2373, 2646), H6715 [1AU], H8929 [21OC]

———treatment of estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 1299), H1893 [24AP]

———treatment of golf caddies (see H.R. 2321), H6798 [3SE]

Timber: treatment of certain activities as noncounteravailable (see H.R. 1526), H8727 [8OC]

Tobacco products: treatment of excise taxes relative to costs incurred by tobacco industry liability settlement (see H.R. 2385), H6797 [3SE]

U.N.: prohibit the payment of any contributions by the U.S. until overpayments have been properly credited or reimbursed (see H.R. 934), H766 [5MR]

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), H2785 [15MY]

Waldheim, Kurt: receipt of U.N. retirement allowance (see H. Con. Res. 144), H7730 [23SE]

Women: comprehensive pension protection (see H.R. 1496), H2090 [30AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Haskell Indian Nations University: enhance administrative authority of college president (see H.R. 1337), H1541 [15AP]

Robert J. Dole U.S. Courthouse, Kansas City, KS: designate (see H.R. 2177), H5401 [16JY]

Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute: enhance administrative authority of college president (see H.R. 1337), H1541 [15AP]

Stockwell, Robert L.: relief (see H.R. 1686), H3069 [20MY]

Taxation: allow individuals the option of a flat tax rate (see H.R. 2685), H8928 [21OC]

U.N.: make financial support contingent upon adoption of certain reforms (see H.R. 1588), H2589 [13MY]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H5133 [11JY], H8931 [22OC]

Remarks

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced, H352 [6FE]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), conference report, E1656 [4SE]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), conference report, H6340 [30JY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 84), E1096 [3JN]

———submission of budget proposal by the President without budgetary contingencies (H. Res. 89), H915 [12MR]

China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (H.J. Res. 79), E1391 [10JY]

Crime: national and local policies to control juvenile crime, violence, and drug abuse, H1784 [23AP]

Dept. of State and related agencies: authorizing appropriations and consolidating certain agencies (H.R. 1757), H3352, H3353 [4JN]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2267), H7903 [25SE]

Employment: consolidate Federal job training programs (H.R. 1385), H2807 [16MY]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (H.J. Res. 54), E1228 [17JN]

Government regulations: reduce Federal paperwork burden (H.R. 852), H997 [13MR]

Housing: deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs and increase community control over such programs (H.R. 2), H2045 [30AP]

McRoberts, Nancy: Kansas Teacher of the Year award recipient, H2245 [6MY]

Mother Teresa: award Congressional Gold Medal (H.R. 1650), E995 [21MY]

Robert J. Dole U.S. Courthouse, Kansas City, KS: designate (S. 1000), H7637 [23SE]

Sinatra, Francis A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (H.R. 279), E843 [6MY]

States: clarify standards for sex offender registration programs (H.R. 1683), H7630 [23SE]

Taxation: child tax credit, E1656 [4SE]

Terrorism: condemn attacks relative to Middle East peace agreements, H6804 [4SE]

Tobacco products: increase excise taxes to fund health insurance for uninsured children and deficit reduction, H6340 [30JY]

U.N.: management and budget reform, H3352, H3353 [4JN]

———withhold payment of U.S. arrearages and contributions for U.N. peacekeeping activities, H7903 [25SE]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H3168 [21MY]

Special order: granted, H2166 [5MY], H2676 [14MY]

Tributes

May, Reginald, H2863 [16MY]