EDWARDS, CHET (a Representative from Texas)

Addresses

Building a Maritime Team: John H. Dalton, Sec. of the Navy, E1202 [12JN]

International Security Leadership Award Presentation to Sec. of the Navy John H. Dalton: Representative Gephardt, E1201 [12JN]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 2016, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure, H6724 [3SE]

———H.R. 2203, energy and water development appropriations, H6726 [3SE]

Frank Tejeda funeral attendee, H259 [4FE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit certain late-term abortions (see H.R. 1032), H948 [12MR], H1019 [13MR]

Agriculture: labeling of imported meat and meat food products containing imported meat (see H.R. 1371), H5570 [22JY]

Azerbaijan: allocation of foreign aid (see H.R. 2284), H9502 [23OC]

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), H5487 [17JY]

———reform process and enforce the bipartisan balanced budget agreement, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 2003), H5665 [23JY]

Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty: ratification (see H. Res. 241), H7729 [23SE]

Courts: access relative to Federal agency actions and State laws (see H.R. 1534), H6707 [31JY]

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

Cuba: exception to trade embargo for food, medicines and medical supplies, instruments, or equipment (see H.R. 1951), H7911 [25SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish temporary emergency minimum milk prices (see H. Res. 224), H9502 [23OC]

Dept. of Justice: establish Office of Enforcement and Border Affairs (see H.R. 2588), H8265 [30SE]

Diseases: issue special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 407), H2351 [7MY]

———issue special postage stamps to fund prostate cancer research (see H.R. 2545), H8633 [7OC]

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2248), H7119 [9SE]

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

———increase postsecondary opportunities for Hispanic and other under-represented student populations (see H.R. 2495), H10172 [6NO]

ERISA: clarify State law relative to court actions resulting from failures to provide health benefits under employee welfare benefit plans (see H.R. 2960), H10420 [8NO]

Farmers: provide greater planting flexibility (see H.R. 913), H724 [4MR]

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

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

Frank M. Tejeda Post Office Building, San Antonio, TX: designate (see H.R. 499), H349 [5FE]

Health: apply group health plan portability requirements to students covered under college-sponsored health plans (see H.R. 1281), H1893 [24AP]

———develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth defects (see H.R. 1114), H8438 [6OC]

———liability protection for suppliers of raw material and component parts to medical device manufacturers (see H.R. 872), H8320 [2OC]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (see H.R. 135), H3865 [17JN]

———revise and extend bone marrow donation and transplantation program (see H.R. 2202), H8633 [7OC]

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), H5778 [24JY]

House Rules: limit admission of former Members to House floor and rooms in certain instances (see H. Res. 229), H7262 [11SE]

Insurance: prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 306), H5569 [22JY]

Medicare: reimbursement for services provided to eligible veterans by certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities (see H.R. 1362), H3070 [20MY]

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

———remove requirement of an x ray as a condition of coverage of chiropractic services (see H.R. 916), H1542 [15AP]

Motor vehicles: titling and registration requirements relative to salvage, nonrepairable, and rebuilt vehicles (see H.R. 1839), H7601 [18SE]

National cemeteries: penalties for theft and malicious vandalism (see H.R. 1532), H4087 [19JN]

Nigeria: condemn treatment of U.S. Ambassador Walter Carrington (see H. Res. 260), H8438 [6OC]

NIH: expand programs to research osteoporosis and related bone diseases (see H.R. 2697), H10172 [6NO]

OPIC: reauthorize (see H.R. 2064), H6716 [1AU]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 2777), H9800 [30OC]

Princess Diana (Wales): condolences on death in car accident in Paris (see H. Res. 219), H6917 [4SE]

Radio: liability of volunteer amateur radio operators while performing duties on behalf of the Federal Government (see H.R. 1013), H3924 [18JN]

Railroads: modify the guaranteed minimum benefit for widows and widowers relative to conversion from spouse to widow or widower annuity (see H. Con. Res. 52), H6919 [4SE]

Robert F. Kennedy Dept. of Justice Building, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 1383), H1705 [17AP]

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

Securities: limit the conduct of securities class actions under State law (see H.R. 1689), H7199 [10SE]

Sinatra, Francis A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 279), H1289 [21MR]

Small business: liability requirements for remediation of dry cleaning solvents (see H.R. 1711), H6918 [4SE]

Social Security: earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 612), H949 [12MR]

Surplus Government property: provide authority for the transfer of Dept. of Defense equipment to law enforcement agencies (see H.R. 1043), H948 [12MR]

Taxation: application of the alternative minimum tax to installment sales of farm property (see H.R. 426), H2445 [8MY]

———encourage competition and tax fairness and protect the tax base of State and local governments (see H.R. 1168), H2351 [7MY]

———restore deduction for lobbying expenses in connection with State legislation (see H.R. 532), H670 [26FE]

———treatment of family-owned businesses relative to estate tax (see H.R. 1583), H3070 [20MY]

———treatment of the commercial activities of Indian tribal organizations relative to unrelated business income tax (see H.R. 1554), H2444 [8MY]

Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact: consent (see H.R. 629), H392 [6FE]

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

21st Century Scholars Program: establish (see H.R. 777), H8300 [1OC]

Essays

Living with Muscular Dystrophy: Allison Dickson, E2235 [8NO]

Remarks

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1122), H1220 [20MR]

———prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1122), consideration (H. Res. 100), H1196 [20MR]

———prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1122), consideration of Senate amendments (H. Res. 262), H8642 [8OC]

———prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1122), motion to recommit, H1227 [20MR]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2160), H5723 [24JY]

Appropriations: establish automatic system for continuing appropriations, H2735 [15MY]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), H2735 [15MY]

Armed Forces: assignment of personnel to assist the INS and Customs Service with border patrol and control activities, H6896 [4SE]

Birth control: family participation in the decision of minors to seek family planning services from federally-funded clinics, H7076 [9SE]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), H5582 [23JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), conference report, H6640 [31JY]

Committee on the Judiciary (House): undertake an inquiry into whether grounds exist to impeach President Clinton (H. Res. 304), H10109 [6NO]

Copperas Cove, TX: anniversary of National Exchange Club, E532 [20MR]

Dalton, John H.: Dept. of Defense International Security Leadership Award recipient, E1201 [12JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: improve collection of outstanding loans, H5723 [24JY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing military activities appropriations and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1119), motion to instruct conferees, H6896 [4SE]

Dept. of State and related agencies: authorizing appropriations and consolidating certain agencies (H.R. 1757), H3357, H3358 [4JN]

———authorizing appropriations and consolidating certain agencies (H.R. 1757), motion to instruct conferees, H8272, H8276 [1OC]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2267), H7865 [25SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2264), H7076 [9SE], H7173, H7174 [10SE]

Dornan, Robert K.: limit admission to House floor and rooms (H. Res. 233), H7534 [18SE]

Education: Impact Aid Program funding for school construction through rescissions in NLRB funding, H7173, H7174 [10SE]

———national policy to improve system, H7205 [11SE]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2203), consideration (H. Res. 194), H5741 [24JY]

Foreign aid: international family planning programs (H.J. Res. 36), H539 [13FE]

———international family planning programs restrictions relative to abortion, H6841 [4SE], H8508 [7OC]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2159), H6841 [4SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2159), motion to instruct conferees, H8508 [7OC]

Graves, Richard G., E2386 [13NO]

Hermandad Mexicana Nacional (organization): filing of criminal charges by the U.S. Attorney in California for failure to comply with a subpoena relative to contested election (H. Res. 244), H8258 [30SE]

House of Representatives: decorum on the floor, H681 [27FE]

———legislative program, H8262 [30SE]

LSC: funding, H7865 [25SE]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (H.J. Res. 2), H477 [12FE]

Nagorno-Karabagh: U.S. role in territorial dispute negotiations between Armenia and Azerbaijan, H3357, H3358 [4JN]

Paul, Representative: remarks relative to Government treatment of Branch Davidians in Waco, TX, H680, H681 [27FE]

Persian Gulf Conflict: adjudication and payment of certain claims by veterans against Iraq, H8268, H8272, H8276 [1OC]

Taxation: rates, H5582 [23JY]

Tejeda, Frank: tribute (H. Res. 35), H255 [4FE]

Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact: consent (H.R. 629), H8519 [7OC]

Votes: position on missed, H2266 [7MY]

YMCA: tribute to Pathfinder Award recipients, E2105 [28OC]

Remarks in House relative to

Families and domestic relations: tribute on birth of son, H4919 [9JY]

Leave of absence: granted, H5018 [9JY]

Special order: granted, H697 [27FE], H3656 [10JN]

Tributes

Clements, Jamie, E2226 [8NO]

Dickson, Alison, E2235 [8NO]

Gonzalez, Representative, H8579 [7OC], E1992 [9OC]

Tejeda, Frank, H306 [5FE]