HILL, RICK (a Representative from Montana)

Amendments

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2107), H5233 [15JY]

Articles and editorials

Controls on Habitat Urged—Park Overgrazed by Excessive Numbers of Animals, Robert L. Ross, Billings (MT) Gazette, E507 [18MR]

Very Human, Very Stubborn Glitch in the Yellowstone Gold-Mining Deal, Patrick Dawson, Time (publication), H7254 [11SE]

Yellowstone National Park Regulation and Management of Buffalo Herd, by, E708 [17AP]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

Agriculture: labeling of imported meat and meat food products containing imported meat (see H.R. 1371), H1795 [23AP]

American Heritage Rivers Initiative: terminate further development and implementation (see H.R. 1842), H9039 [22OC]

Armed Forces: restrict awarding of Purple Heart to members (see H.R. 1407), H1793 [23AP]

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), H10768 [12NO]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: prohibit use of appropriated Federal funds for the deployment of Armed Forces after a certain date (see H.R. 1172), H2157 [1MY]

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

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

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

Children and youth: child labor provisions relative to the operation of automobiles and trucks (see H.R. 2327), H9865 [31OC]

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

Columbia River: preserve and protect Hanford Reach area (see H.R. 1811), H3567 [5JN]

Computers: use, sale, and export of encryption products for privacy and security (see H.R. 695), H5132 [10JY]

Congressional Office of Regulatory Analysis: establish (see H.R. 1704), H4087 [19JN]

Contracts: prohibit discrimination in awarding Federal contracts on the basis of labor policies (see H.R. 1378), H3204 [22MY]

Copyrights: amend laws relative to certain exemptions (see H.R. 789), H2156 [1MY]

Courts: access relative to Federal agency actions and State laws (see H.R. 1534), H3797 [12JN]

———death penalty sentencing for certain importations of significant quantities of controlled substances (see H.R. 41), H244 [21JA]

———moratorium on certain class action lawsuits (see H.R. 1283), H1893 [24AP]

———provide certain immunities from civil liability for trade and professional associations (see H.R. 1542), H3797 [12JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: extend contracts under the Conservation Reserve Program (see H.R. 1342), H1989 [29AP]

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

———abolish, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 1577), H6407 [30JY]

Dept. of HHS: prohibit payments to hospitals for reducing the number of residents in graduate medical education programs (see H.R. 2600), H9615 [28OC]

Diseases: research programs for Parkinson's disease (see H.R. 1398), H6707 [31JY]

Drug abuse: national policy to combat the distribution, sale, and use of illegal drugs by young people (see H. Res. 267), H9559 [24OC]

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

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

Education: distribution of Impact Aid Program funds to local educational agencies (see H. Con. Res. 150), H10957 [13NO]

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

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]

English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see H.R. 123), H285 [4FE]

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

Federal employees: delays in retirement cost-of-living adjustments (see H. Con. Res. 13), H1112 [18MR]

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

Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: allow participants to elect to receive contributions into medical savings accounts (see H.R. 1574), H3720 [11JN]

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]

Firearms: possession by persons convicted of a crime involving domestic violence (see H.R. 1009), H1340 [8AP]

———protect and enforce the right to obtain and use firearms for security, self-defense, and other legitimate purposes (see H.R. 27), H3865 [17JN]

———repeal prohibitions relative to semiautomatic firearms and large capacity ammunition feeding devices (see H.R. 1147), H3865 [17JN]

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), H2445 [8MY]

Government regulations: analyze impact and improve congressional deliberation of proposed Federal private sector mandates (see H.R. 1010), H9800 [30OC]

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

Hazardous substances: clarify listing of unique chemical substances (see H.R. 659), H1542 [15AP]

Health: develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth defects (see H.R. 1114), H3865 [17JN]

Hope, Bob: confer honorary Armed Forces veteran status (see H.J. Res. 75), H2785 [15MY]

House Rules: repeal relative to statutory limit on the public debt (see H. Res. 23), H2352 [7MY]

Housing: deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs and increase community control over such programs (see H.R. 2), H1892 [24AP]

Hunting and trapping: clarify prohibitions and provide for wildlife habitat under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (see H.R. 741), H4647 [25JN]

Iran: impose sanctions on foreign persons who transfer items contributing to efforts to acquire, develop, or produce ballistic missiles (see H.R. 2709), H9615 [28OC]

IRS: restructure and reform (see H.R. 2676), H9559 [24OC]

Israel: anniversary of reunification of Jerusalem (see H. Con. Res. 60), H1439 [10AP]

Land use: require local approval of railroad rights-of-way designations for interim use as trails (see H.R. 2438), H8300 [1OC]

Lewis and Clark expedition: bicentennial (see H. Res. 144), H3204 [22MY]

———mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial (see H.R. 1560), H3204 [22MY]

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

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

Medicare/Medicaid: establish an Office of Inspector General (see H.R. 251), H286 [4FE]

Members of Congress: eliminate automatic salary adjustments (see H.R. 632, 2517), H4647 [25JN], H7728 [23SE]

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

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

National Center for Rural Law Enforcement: establish (see H.R. 1524), H8929 [21OC]

National forests: address funding shortfall relative to exemption of certain users from fees (see H.R. 1843), H3659 [10JN]

Passports: record place of birth as Jerusalem, Israel, on certain U.S. passports (see H.R. 1298), H2680 [14MY]

Pilot Records Improvement Act: clarify (see H.R. 2626), H9615 [28OC]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 2183), H5485 [17JY]

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

Presidential appointments: require the appointment of the Chief of the Forest Service by the President (see H.R. 817), H627 [25FE]

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

Public lands: designate certain lands as wilderness areas (see H.R. 1567), H2444 [8MY]

———uniform management of livestock grazing (see H.R. 2493), H7599 [18SE]

Real property: preserve Federal sovereignty of certain public lands and preserve certain State and private property rights (see H.R. 901), H701 [27FE]

Roads and highways: funding for States to maintain roads to and across Federal lands (see H.R. 1700), H3169 [21MY]

———provide a minimum allocation of highway funds to States with large geographic areas but low population densities (see H.R. 1701), H3169 [21MY]

Rural areas: improve health services (see H.R. 1189), H1260 [20MR]

Science: prohibit cloning of humans (see H.R. 923), H7008 [8SE]

———prohibit Federal funding for human cloning research (see H.R. 922), H7008 [8SE]

Small business: provide regulatory assistance (see H.R. 96), H2445 [8MY]

Social Security: ensure integrity of trust funds (see H.R. 857), H7119 [9SE]

Stewart, Jimmy: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 109), H5022 [9JY]

Surplus Government property: transfer of surplus real and personal property to nonprofit organizations for housing and other uses (see H.R. 1004), H1892 [24AP]

Taxation: allow married couples to file combined return under which each spouse is taxed using rates applicable to single filers (see H.R. 2456), H7261 [11SE]

———application of the alternative minimum tax to installment sales of farm property (see H.R. 426), H153 [9JA]

———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), H1258 [20MR]

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

———exempt certain small businesses from use of electronic fund transfer system for depository taxes (see H.R. 722), H670 [26FE]

———extend incentives for alcohol used as a fuel as part of any extension of fuel tax rates (see H.R. 2489), H7527 [17SE]

———inapplicability of the look-back method on construction contracts requiring the percentage of completion accounting method (see H.R. 1593), H2875 [16MY]

———permit the issuance of tax-exempt bonds by certain organizations providing rescue and emergency medical services (see H.R. 2613), H8728 [8OC]

———provide incentives for investment in renewal communities (see H.R. 1031), H1542 [15AP]

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

———restore the deduction for two-earner married couples (see H.R. 2593), H10172 [6NO]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 2483), H9039 [22OC]

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

———treatment of individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 446), H1112 [18MR]

———treatment of livestock sold due to weather-related conditions (see H.R. 791, 803), H587, H588 [13FE]

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

Wildlife: protect opportunities for sportsmen and enhance conservation of wildlife (see H.R. 1719), H3201 [22MY]

World War II: require apology and reparation of victims of Japanese war crimes (see H. Con. Res. 126), H5826 [25JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Commission on Structural Alternatives for the Federal Courts of Appeals: establish (see H.R. 639), H392 [6FE]

Flathead Irrigation Project: transfer maintenance and operation to local control (see H.R. 3056), H10954 [13NO]

Gallatin National Forest: land exchange (see H.R. 3057), H10954 [13NO]

Insurance: restrict imposition of liens and estate recovery on Medicaid long-term care services and amend tax treatment of long-term care coverage (see H.R. 1764), H3273 [3JN]

Native Americans: distribution of judgment funds to Mississippi Sioux Indian tribes (see H.R. 976), H803 [6MR]

Taxation: treatment of capital gains and estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 1379), H1705 [17AP]

Transportation: Federal funding for highways and transportation improvements (see H.R. 2337), H6704 [31JY]

Water: authorize the construction of the Fort Peck Reservation Rural Water System (see H.R. 2306), H6406 [30JY]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2160), H5706 [24JY]

Alaska: restructuring of Native American health care delivery systems, H5233 [15JY]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), H4620, H4621, H4622 [25JN]

California: distribution of certain revenues from the Mineral Springs parcel to certain members of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians (H.R. 700), H6968, H6969 [8SE]

Commission on Structural Alternatives for the Federal Courts of Appeals: establish (H.R. 908), H3224 [3JN]

Courts: clarification of jurisdiction over private property takings and land use disputes (H.R. 1534), E2100 [28OC]

Dept. of Agriculture: Conservation Reserve Program regulations, E530 [20MR]

———extend contracts under the Conservation Reserve Program (H.R. 1342), H1937 [29AP]

———regulate loans to certain processors of sugarcane and sugar beets, H5706 [24JY]

Dept. of Defense: disapproval of line-item vetoes in military construction appropriations legislation (H.R. 2631), H10381 [8NO]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2107), H5114 [10JY], H5233 [15JY], H7592 [18SE], H7717 [23SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2107), conference report, H9533 [24OC]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2378), motion to instruct conferees, H7766 [24SE]

Employment: consolidate Federal job training programs (H.R. 1385), H2803 [16MY]

———provide compensatory time for all employees (H.R. 1), H1151 [19MR]

Endangered Species Act: improve compliance by individuals and Government agencies relative to flood control projects, facilities, or structures (H.R. 478), H2289 [7MY]

Flathead Irrigation Project: transfer maintenance and operation to local control (H.R. 3056), E2355 [13NO]

Forest Service: road construction funding, H5114 [10JY]

Gallatin National Forest: land exchange (H.R. 3057), E2361 [13NO]

Government: eligibility to serve as U.S. Trade Representative relative to representation of foreign entities (S.J. Res. 5), H826 [11MR]

Housing: capital and operating grants funding, H2239, H2240 [6MY]

———deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs and increase community control over such programs (H.R. 2), H2239, H2240 [6MY], H2638 [14MY]

Members of Congress: deny cost-of-living adjustments, H7766 [24SE]

Montana: public land exchange relative to New World Mine project, H7253 [11SE], H7592 [18SE], H7717 [23SE], H9533 [24OC]

———tribute to One Good Cow Project, E1279 [20JN]

Native Americans: distribution of judgment funds to Mississippi Sioux Indian tribes (H.R. 976), H6967, H6968 [8SE]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2183), H5988, H5989 [29JY], H7183 [10SE]

Polson, MT: tribute to Polson High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, E682 [16AP]

Public lands: domestic livestock grazing fees, H9756 [30OC]

———uniform management of livestock grazing (H.R. 2493), H9738, H9756 [30OC]

Taxation: capital gains rates, H1458 [15AP]

———deductibility of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals and the business use of the home, and clarification of contractor/employee status (H.R. 1145), H3251, H3252, H3253, H3254, H3255, H3256 [3JN]

———rates, H4620, H4621, H4622 [25JN]

———repeal estate tax, H1458 [15AP]

Truth in Lending Act: require notice of cancellation rights relative to private mortgage insurance (H.R. 607), H1566 [16AP]

Votes: position on missed, H9640 [29OC]

Water: authorize the construction of the Fort Peck Reservation Rural Water System (H.R. 2306), E1561 [30JY]

Yellowstone National Park: environmental regulations, H715 [4MR]

———regulation and management of natural habitat, E507 [18MR]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H5913 [28JY], H7116 [9SE], H7259 [11SE], H7597 [18SE], H7829 [24SE], H8316 [2OC]