CAMP, DAVE (a Representative from Michigan)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 2015, Balanced Budget Act, H5040 [10JY]

Articles and editorials

Dow Chemical Co. Anniversary, Virginia Florey, Midland (MI) Daily News, E1022 [22MY]

Dow Honors Jennison Partnership, Kelly A. Frick, Bay City (MI) Times, E1023 [22MY]

Issues and Opinions—Our Basic Principles, Saginaw (MI) News, E108 [21JA]

Midland Is Grateful for the Giant That Stuck Around, Geri Rudolf, Midland (MI) Daily News, E1023 [22MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

Animals: ensure that all dogs and cats used by research facilities are obtained legally (see H.R. 594), H6962 [5SE]

Armed Forces: establish demonstration project relative to enrollment of certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (see H.R. 1766), H8265 [30SE]

———procedures for determining status of certain missing members (see H.R. 409), H7365 [16SE]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: prohibit use of appropriated Federal funds for the deployment of Armed Forces after a certain date (see H.R. 1172), H2680 [14MY]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1, 7), H154 [9JA], H287 [4FE]

———establish a deficit reduction trust fund and reduce discretionary spending limits (see H.R. 126), H286 [4FE]

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

CERCLA: clarify liability for certain recycling transactions (see H.R. 2733), H9558 [24OC]

Civil liberties: outline constitutional protections of unborn persons (see H.R. 641), H5487 [17JY]

Computers: use, sale, and export of encryption products for privacy and security (see H.R. 695), H2351 [7MY]

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]

Copyrights: amend laws relative to certain exemptions (see H.R. 789), H1611 [16AP]

Correctional institutions: prohibit the use of Federal funds for certain amenities and personal comforts in the Federal prison system (see H.R. 816), H7008 [8SE]

Courts: access relative to Federal agency actions and State laws (see H.R. 1534), H6918 [4SE]

———moratorium on certain class action lawsuits (see H.R. 1283), H4136 [21JN]

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

Dept. of HHS: prohibit payments to hospitals for reducing the number of residents in graduate medical education programs (see H.R. 2600), H8299 [1OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: develop plan for allocation of health care resources (see H.R. 1077), H2874 [16MY]

Diseases: efforts to prevent transmission of HIV (see H.R. 1062), H2874 [16MY]

———issue special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 407), H1794 [23AP]

———payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted HIV due to contaminated blood products (see H.R. 1023), H1989 [29AP]

———research programs for Parkinson's disease (see H.R. 1398), H1795 [23AP]

Edison, Thomas A.: mint coins in commemoration of sesquicentennial of birth (see H.R. 678), H6706 [31JY]

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), H1018 [13MR]

EPA: distribution of funds to States for cooperative agreements relative to underground storage tanks (see H.R. 688), H629 [25FE]

———prohibit establishment of new standards for ozone or particulate matter before existing standards have been attained (see H.R. 1984), H5826 [25JY]

Federal agencies and departments: assess impact of policies and regulations on families (see H.R. 2124), H6707 [31JY]

Federal employees: prevent discrimination against preference eligibles applying for certain Government positions (see H.R. 240), H768 [5MR]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: authorize compounding of certain drugs and devices (see H.R. 1060), H6798 [3SE]

Firearms: applicability of domestic violence-related possession prohibitions to convictions that predate enactment of such prohibitions (see H.R. 26), H804 [6MR]

———protect and enforce the right to obtain and use firearms for security, self-defense, and other legitimate purposes (see H.R. 27), H10768 [12NO]

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]

Government: reduce spending and regulatory programs (see H. Con. Res. 102), H4135 [21JN]

———require Congress and the President to fulfill their constitutional duty to take personal responsibility for Federal laws (see H.R. 1036), H5297 [15JY]

Government regulations: analyze impact and improve congressional deliberation of proposed Federal private sector mandates (see H.R. 1010), H10956 [13NO]

Grand Haven, MI: designate as ``Coast Guard City, USA'' (see H. Con. Res. 115), H5296 [15JY]

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

———transportation regulations relative to agriculture (see H.R. 1619), H4913 [8JY]

Health care professionals: exempt physician office laboratories from clinical laboratory requirements (see H.R. 2250), H5777 [24JY]

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

House of Representatives: require that excess amounts from Members' official allowances be applied to deficit reduction (see H.R. 80), H244 [21JA]

Insurance: coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (see H.R. 815), H6406 [30JY]

Iran: impose sanctions on foreign persons who transfer items contributing to efforts to acquire, develop, or produce ballistic missiles (see H.R. 2930), H10769 [12NO]

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

———impose criminal penalties for unauthorized inspection of tax return information (see H.R. 1226), H1338 [8AP]

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

Line Item Veto Act: eliminate the requirement that a budget deficit must exist in order for the President to use the line-item veto authority (see H.R. 2424), H7118 [9SE]

Local government: provide for greater local input in transportation planning (see H.R. 1799), H3566 [5JN]

Long Beach, CA: prohibit conveyance of naval station property to a commercial shipping company owned by a foreign country (see H.R. 1138), H1612 [16AP]

Marine resources: reauthorization of programs (see H.R. 437), H1715 [21AP]

Medicaid: repeal criminal penalties for fraudulent disposition of assets (see H.R. 216), H949 [12MR]

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), H285 [4FE]

———hospice care reform (see H.R. 521), H725 [4MR]

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

———reimbursement for services provided to eligible veterans by certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities (see H.R. 1362), H5021 [9JY]

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]

———eliminate automatic salary adjustments (see H.R. 1100), H1111 [18MR]

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

———condolences on death (see H. Res. 226), H7263 [11SE]

Motor vehicles: average fuel economy standards for automobiles (see H.R. 880), H700 [27FE]

National Mammography Day: support goals (see H. Res. 235), H7600 [18SE]

NATO: recommend the integration of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania (see H. Con. Res. 10), H1392 [9AP]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 965), H1707 [17AP]

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

Real property: preserve Federal sovereignty of certain public lands and preserve certain State and private property rights (see H.R. 901), H2590 [13MY]

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

Securities: limit the conduct of securities class actions under State law (see H.R. 1689), H8929 [21OC]

Small business: liability requirements for remediation of dry cleaning solvents (see H.R. 1711), H6407 [30JY]

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]

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]

———allow nonitemizers a deduction for a portion of their charitable contributions (see H.R. 2499), H9865 [31OC]

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

———capital gains rates (see H.R. 14), H1391 [9AP]

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

———credit for clinical testing of certain drugs for rare diseases or conditions (see H.R. 1169), H3865 [17JN]

———credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (see H.R. 1134), H5021 [9JY]

———delay application of the substantiation requirements to reimbursement arrangements of certain loggers (see H.R. 1820), H3567 [5JN]

———extend research and development tax credit (see H.R. 947), H767 [5MR]

———increase State cap on private activity bonds (see H.R. 979), H2590 [13MY]

———permanent extension of the transition rule for certain publicly traded partnerships (see H.R. 1443), H2590 [13MY]

———repeal cap on outstanding tax-exempt bonds for certain nonprofit organizations (see H.R. 197), H2254 [6MY]

———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see H.R. 902), H890 [11MR]

———require burden of proof to be on the Dept. of the Treasury in all tax cases (see H.R. 367), H1988 [29AP]

———restore the deduction for two-earner married couples (see H.R. 2593), H8299 [1OC]

———simplify the assessment and collection of excise tax on arrows (see H.R. 395), H152 [9JA]

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 158), H3568 [5JN]

———treatment of benefits to retired coal miners (see H.R. 2231), H8265 [30SE]

———treatment of business meal and entertainment expenses (see H.R. 1285), H4836 [26JN]

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

———treatment of distilled spirits (see H.R. 450), H1542 [15AP]

———treatment of draft cider (see H.R. 159), H2445 [8MY]

———treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (see H.R. 2373), H8055 [26SE]

———treatment of employee benefits for staffing firms (see H.R. 1891), H10421 [8NO]

———treatment of employer-provided and graduate level educational assistance (see H.R. 127), H244 [21JA]

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

———treatment of higher education expenses (see H.R. 1627), H2783 [15MY]

———treatment of individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 446), H725 [4MR]

———treatment of loans under the Rural Electrification Act (see H.R. 1441), H4132 [20JN]

———treatment of property used to control environmental pollution and soil and water conservation expenditures (see H.R. 1164), H1258 [20MR]

———treatment of real estate investment trusts (see H.R. 1150), H1258 [20MR]

———treatment of timeshare homeowner associations (see H.R. 1350), H2351 [7MY]

———use of income averaging for farmers (see H.R. 86), H69 [7JA], H141 [9JA], H767 [5MR]

Tobacco products: restrict the FDA from penalizing retailers for face-to-face tobacco sales that are in accordance with State law (see H.R. 768), H1440 [10AP]

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

Transportation: funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs (see H.R. 2400), H7911 [25SE]

———provide off-budget treatment for certain transportation trust funds (see H.R. 4), H1261 [20MR]

———reauthorize highway construction and surface transportation funding (see H.R. 674), H6706 [31JY]

———reauthorize highway construction and surface transportation funding, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 674), H6963 [5SE]

Treaties and agreements: conditions for the U.S. becoming a signatory to any international agreement on greenhouse gas emissions (see H. Res. 211), H9559 [24OC]

Veterans: expand range of criminal offenses resulting in forfeiture of benefits (see H.R. 1955), H4133 [20JN]

Volunteer workers: grant immunity from personal civil liability during work on behalf of governmental entities or nonprofit organizations (see H.R. 911), H1795 [23AP]

Weapons: restrict the use of funds for new deployments of antipersonnel landmines (see H.R. 2459), H7261 [11SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Families and domestic relations: promote the adoption of children in foster care (see H.R. 867), H700 [27FE]

Foreign trade: identify countries that deny market access for U.S. agricultural products (see H.R. 2596), H8299 [1OC]

House of Representatives: require that excess amounts from Members' official allowances be applied to deficit reduction (see H.R. 866), H700 [27FE]

Medicare/Medicaid: prohibit funding for assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing (see H.R. 868), H700 [27FE]

Taxation: child tax credit (see H.R. 1327), H1541 [15AP]

———exclude certain business taxable income relative to sponsorship payments (see H.R. 1279), H1438 [10AP]

———treatment of effectively connected investment income of insurance companies (see H.R. 1662), H3069 [20MY]

———treatment of gifts of publicly-traded stock to certain private foundations (see H.R. 519), H283 [4FE]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2160), H5703 [24JY]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), H4672 [26JN], H5308 [16JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), conference report, H6636 [31JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), motion to instruct conferees, H5045 [10JY]

Buy American Act: compliance, H2029 [30AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: regulate loans to certain processors of sugarcane and sugar beets, H5703 [24JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2264), H7082 [9SE]

Detroit Red Wings (hockey team): tribute, E1225 [17JN]

Dow Chemical Co.: anniversary, E1022 [22MY]

Families and domestic relations: criminal record checks for prospective foster and adoptive parents and group care staff, H2032, H2033 [30AP]

———develop outreach for informing minorities about adoption, H2031 [30AP]

———enable participation of relatives in foster care, H2030 [30AP]

———promote the adoption of children in foster care (H.R. 867), H2016, H2029, H2030, H2031, H2032, H2033 [30AP]

———promote the adoption of children in foster care (H.R. 867), Senate amendment (H. Res. 327), H10788 [13NO]

———promote the adoption of children in foster care (H.R. 867), corrections in engrossment, H2035 [30AP]

Health: include organ donation forms and information in individual income tax refund payments, H7082 [9SE]

Honeybee Stingers (musical group): tribute, E1771 [17SE]

House of Representatives: require that excess amounts from Members' official allowances be applied to deficit reduction, H5891 [28JY]

Insurance: order of precedence to be applied in the payment of life insurance benefits (H.R. 1316), H4233 [24JN]

IRS: impose criminal penalties for unauthorized inspection of tax return information (H.R. 1226), H1464 [15AP]

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 2209), H5891 [28JY]

NASA: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1275), H1838 [24AP]

National Write Your Congressman (organization): tribute, E1001 [21MY]

Nursing homes: nurse aide training and competency evaluation programs (H.R. 968), H1297 [8AP]

Saginaw, MI: tribute to HealthSource Saginaw (health care facility), E1047 [22MY]

Saginaw (MI) News: tribute, E108 [21JA]

Space policy: space station program funding, H1838 [24AP]

Taxation: child tax credit (H.R. 1327), E654 [15AP]

———definition of income levels impacted by proposed tax cuts, H5308 [16JY]

———rates, H5045 [10JY], H5308 [16JY], H6636 [31JY]

Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act: prohibit assistance to illegal aliens (H.R. 849), H4848 [8JY]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H3168 [21MY]

Tributes

Cole, Allen, E1669 [5SE]

Garvie, Josh, E1652 [4SE]

Garvie, Tom, E1652 [4SE]

Kuenzli, F. Dale, E2273 [9NO]

Lieu, Travis, E1652 [4SE]

Peterson, Joseph D., E1797 [18SE]