HALL, RALPH M. (a Representative from Texas)

Appointments

Frank Tejeda funeral attendee, H259 [4FE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: labeling of imported meat and meat food products containing imported meat (see H.R. 1371), H6798 [3SE]

———make regulatory correction relative to methyl bromide under the Montreal Protocol (see H.R. 2609), H9615 [28OC]

Armed Forces: improve access to treatment facilities, provide Medicare reimbursement, and permit enrollment in Federal Employees Health Benefits Program for veterans and their dependents (see H.R. 1456), H9502 [23OC]

———provide retirees all benefits promised to them upon enlistment (see H.R. 51), H5132 [10JY]

———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), H10956 [13NO]

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), H4339 [24JN]

———reform resolution procedure and direct repayment of the public debt (see H.R. 2191), H6707 [31JY]

———require President's budget submission to Congress include a balanced budget plan (see H.R. 113), H169 [20JA]

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

China, People's Republic of: political reform (see H.R. 2095), H4835 [26JN]

China, Republic of: U.N. membership (see H. Con. Res. 132), H6963 [5SE]

Citizenship: restrict citizenship of individuals based solely on birth in the U.S. (see H.R. 7), H1794 [23AP]

Civil liberties: outline constitutional protections of unborn persons (see H.R. 641), H3476 [4JN]

Commission on the Future for America's Veterans: establish (see H.R. 335), H1339 [8AP]

Computers: use, sale, and export of encryption products for privacy and security (see H.R. 695), H5778 [24JY]

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]

Courts: access relative to Federal agency actions and State laws (see H.R. 1534), H5570 [22JY]

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

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for ballistic missile defense systems (see H.R. 2786), H9864 [31OC]

———include certain beneficiaries in National Mail Order Pharmacy Program (see H.R. 1773), H5177 [11JY]

Dept. of State: calculation of Bureau of Diplomatic Security agents' retirement annuities (see H.R. 633), H5401 [16JY]

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

———research programs for Parkinson's disease (see H.R. 1398), H6798 [3SE]

District of Columbia: provide scholarship assistance for elementary and secondary school students (see H.R. 1797), H3566 [5JN]

Drug abuse: national policy to combat the distribution, sale, and use of illegal drugs by young people (see H. Res. 267), H8833 [9OC]

Drugs: provide a mandatory life penalty for certain offenses involving methamphetamine (see H.R. 2363), H6705 [31JY]

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: ensure that funding is not used to promote the teaching or use of regional or group dialects (see H.R. 1203), H1289 [21MR]

———recognize businesses that participate with schools to enhance the teaching and use of technology (see H.R. 2424), H7119 [9SE]

———role in character development and teaching of moral values (see H. Con. Res. 127), H8834 [9OC]

English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see H.R. 123), H8438 [6OC]

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

ERISA: clarify State law relative to court actions resulting from failures to provide health benefits under employee welfare benefit plans (see H.R. 2960), H10957 [13NO]

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

Federal employees: reduce number of political appointees (see H.R. 614), H3720 [11JN]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: authorize compounding of certain drugs and devices (see H.R. 1060), H3169 [21MY]

———classification and performance standards for devices (see H.R. 1527), H2156 [1MY]

———development, clearance, and use of certain devices (see H.R. 1710), H3201 [22MY]

Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act: improve regulation of food ingredients, nutrient content claims, and health claims (see H.R. 2469), H7262 [11SE]

Firearms: allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in all States (see H.R. 339), H702 [27FE]

———possession by persons convicted of a crime involving domestic violence (see H.R. 1009), H6026 [29JY]

———repeal prohibitions relative to semiautomatic firearms and large capacity ammunition feeding devices (see H.R. 1147), H7119 [9SE]

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]

Foreign trade: require reciprocal responses to foreign acts, policies, and practices that deny national treatment to U.S. investment (see H.R. 1654), H2874 [16MY]

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

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), H4647 [25JN]

———promote economic opportunities for families (see H.R. 1040), H1440 [10AP]

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

Government regulations: accounting of costs and benefits (see H.R. 2840), H10170 [6NO]

———analyze impact and improve congressional deliberation of proposed Federal private sector mandates (see H.R. 1010), H2874 [16MY]

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

Health: allow patients to receive any medical treatment they want under certain conditions (see H.R. 746), H6918 [4SE]

———develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth defects (see H.R. 1114), H7600 [18SE]

———revise and extend bone marrow donation and transplantation program (see H.R. 2202), H6918 [4SE]

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]

Insurance: coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (see H.R. 815), H9730 [29OC]

International law: provide criminal penalties under the Geneva Conventions for certain war crimes (see H.R. 1348), H2254 [6MY]

Iran: impose sanctions on foreign persons who transfer items contributing to efforts to acquire, develop, or produce ballistic missiles (see H.R. 2930), H10418 [8NO]

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

———restructure and reform (see H.R. 2676), H9801 [30OC]

Israel: anniversary of reunification of Jerusalem (see H. Con. Res. 60), H3569 [5JN]

Labor: allow cooperative efforts between management and labor to improve economic competitiveness (see H.R. 634), H392 [6FE]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 59), H7911 [25SE]

Law enforcement officers: exemption from State laws prohibiting carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218, 339), H146 [9JA], H702 [27FE]

Long Beach, CA: prohibit conveyance of naval station property to a commercial shipping company owned by a foreign country (see H.R. 1138), H1340 [8AP]

Macedonia: condemn deployment of U.S. military personnel (see H. Con. Res. 158), H7911 [25SE]

Medicare: allow beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for services (see H.R. 2497), H8320 [2OC]

———coverage of multiple sclerosis drug treatments (see H.R. 1329), H3476 [4JN]

———reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see H.R. 192, 414), H669 [26FE]

———remove requirement of an x ray as a condition of coverage of chiropractic services (see H.R. 916), H3204 [22MY]

Motor vehicles: average fuel economy standards for automobiles (see H.R. 880), H6026 [29JY]

National cemeteries: penalties for theft and malicious vandalism (see H.R. 1532), H3274 [3JN]

National Commission on the Cost of Higher Education: establish (see H.R. 1511), H2155 [1MY]

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

National Park System: private ownership and use of lands (see H.R. 104), H142 [9JA]

Navy Combat Action Ribbon: retroactive awarding to certain individuals (see H.R. 543), H6706 [31JY]

Office of Religious Persecution Monitoring: establish (see H.R. 1685, 2431), H6707 [31JY], H8727 [8OC]

OSHA: disapprove rule relative to occupational exposure to methylene chloride (see H.J. Res. 67), H1261 [20MR]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 965), H1892 [24AP]

———ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 1366), consideration (see H. Res. 259), H8438 [6OC]

Power resources: amend certain sections of the Dept. of Energy Organization Act and Federal Energy Administration Act (see H.R. 649), H393 [6FE]

Prayer: constitutional amendment on voluntary school prayer (see H.J. Res. 55), H588 [13FE]

Public buildings: monitor and analyze energy use and conduct continuous commissioning to optimize building energy systems (see H.R. 3040), H10953 [13NO]

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

Public welfare programs: permit State use of nongovernmental personnel in determining Medicaid, food stamp, and WIC program eligibility (see H.R. 1709), H3201 [22MY]

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), H3798 [12JN]

Real property: preserve Federal sovereignty of certain public lands and preserve certain State and private property rights (see H.R. 901), H1542 [15AP]

———private property owner rights (see H.R. 992), H3476 [4JN]

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

Rural areas: improve health services (see H.R. 1189), H1441 [10AP]

Securities: limit the conduct of securities class actions under State law (see H.R. 1689), H4133 [20JN]

Sinatra, Francis A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 279), H768 [5MR]

Small business: liability requirements for remediation of dry cleaning solvents (see H.R. 1711), H5826 [25JY]

Social Security: computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 45, 146), H10956 [13NO]

———ensure integrity of trust funds (see H.R. 857), H5664 [23JY]

———provide enrollment period for Medicare and Medigap relative to certain military retirees and dependents (see H.R. 598), H1262 [20MR]

Space policy: encourage the development of a commercial space industry (see H.R. 1702), H3924 [18JN]

Tariff: treatment of live plants and fresh cut flowers (see H.R. 54), H348 [5FE]

Taxation: allow married couples to file combined return under which each spouse is taxed using rates applicable to single filers (see H.R. 2456), H8727 [8OC]

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

———capital gains rates (see H.R. 14), H67 [7JA], H139 [9JA]

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

———constitutional amendment to abolish Federal income tax (see H.J. Res. 70), H1439 [10AP]

———exempt certain small businesses from use of electronic fund transfer system for depository taxes (see H.R. 722), H1392 [9AP]

———expand types of equipment acquired with tax-exempt financing by volunteer fire departments and emergency medical service organizations (see H.R. 2523), H7729 [23SE]

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

———repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax (see H.R. 1325, 2001), H1541 [15AP], H4086 [19JN]

———restore the deduction for two-earner married couples (see H.R. 2593), H10421 [8NO]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 2483), H8055 [26SE]

———treatment of benefits to retired coal miners (see H.R. 2231), H10172 [6NO]

———treatment of gifts of publicly-traded stock to certain private foundations (see H.R. 519), H2351 [7MY]

———treatment of individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 446), H702 [27FE]

———treatment of oil and gas produced from recovered inactive wells (see H.R. 2072), H7730 [23SE]

———treatment of timeshare homeowner associations (see H.R. 1350), H5021 [9JY]

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

Transportation: provide off-budget treatment for certain transportation trust funds (see H.R. 4), H669 [26FE]

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

Treaties and agreements: limits on certain missile defense systems (see H. Res. 98), H1018 [13MR]

U.N.: prohibit the payment of any contributions by the U.S. until overpayments have been properly credited or reimbursed (see H.R. 934), H1340 [8AP]

———prohibit U.S. contributions relative to U.N. proposals to impose taxes or fees on U.S. citizens (see H.R. 312), H245 [21JA]

———U.S. withdrawal (see H.R. 1146), H2590 [13MY]

Veterans: expand range of criminal offenses resulting in forfeiture of benefits (see H.R. 1955), H4339 [24JN]

———minimum survivor annuities for unremarried surviving spouses of veterans who died prior to survivor benefit plan participation (see H.R. 38), H1186 [19MR]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 44, 65, 303), H1186, H1187 [19MR]

———repeal computation system that reduces annuity for surviving spouses at age 62 relative to Social Security offset (see H.R. 165), H628 [25FE]

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]

Bills and resolutions introduced

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

Remarks

Armed Forces: assignment of personnel to assist the INS and Customs Service with border patrol and control activities, E1672 [5SE]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: prohibit use of appropriated Federal funds for the deployment of Armed Forces after a certain date, H4305 [24JN]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 84), E1059 [23MY]

Buy American Act: compliance, H9705 [29OC]

Courts: clarification of jurisdiction over private property takings and land use disputes (H.R. 1534), H8945 [22OC]

Death and dying: prohibit Federal funding for assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing (H.R. 1003), H1400, H1403 [10AP], E431 [11MR]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing military activities appropriations and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1119), H4305 [24JN]

———authorizing military activities appropriations and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1119), motion to instruct conferees, E1672 [5SE]

Dept. of Energy: assess fees on certain reactors relative to operating costs, H9703, H9705 [29OC]

———extension of Electric and Magnetic Fields Research and Public Information Dissemination Program (H.R. 363), H1944 [29AP]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2267), H7800 [24SE]

Energy Policy and Conservation Act: extend certain programs (H.R. 2472), H8086 [29SE]

EPA: radiation protection standards, H9702 [29OC]

FERC: extension of deadline for construction of hydroelectric project in Iowa (H.R. 2165), H8087 [29SE]

———extension of deadline for construction of hydroelectric project in New York (H.R. 848), H3586 [10JN]

———extension of deadline for construction of hydroelectric project in Washington (H.R. 1184), H3586 [10JN]

———extension of deadline for construction of hydroelectric project in Washington (H.R. 1217), H3587 [10JN]

———extension of deadline for construction of hydroelectric project in Washington (H.R. 651), H829 [11MR]

———extension of deadline for construction of hydroelectric project in Washington (H.R. 652), H830 [11MR]

Hazardous substances: designate Yucca Mountain, NV, as nuclear waste disposal site, H9658 [29OC]

———emergency response personnel requirements relative to transportation of nuclear fuel and waste, H9697, H9699 [29OC]

———liability of contractors transporting nuclear waste material, H9770 [30OC]

———nuclear waste disposal (H.R. 1270), H9658, H9668, H9691, H9692, H9694, H9697, H9699, H9702, H9703, H9705 [29OC]

———nuclear waste disposal (H.R. 1270), motion to recommit, H9770 [30OC]

Kaufman County, TX: tribute to Red Ribbon Drug Abuse Awareness campaign essay contest winners, E2275 [9NO]

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

Northern Mariana Islands: Federal Victims' Assistance Program funding, H7800 [24SE], E1877 [26SE]

———investigation of child labor law violations relative to allegations in Reader's Digest (publication), E2383 [13NO]

Nuclear Waste Policy Act: require risk assessment study and cost benefit analysis, H9694 [29OC]

———require that only U.S. produced nuclear waste can be stored in certain repositories, H9692 [29OC]

Putman, Misty: Arp High School Horatio Alger Scholarship Award recipient, E833 [5MY]

Rockwall, TX: tribute to Rockwall Academic Booster Club, E1669 [5SE]

Rudman, M.B. (Duke): State of Israel 50th Anniversary Award recipient, E2192 [7NO]

Safety: prohibit transportation of radioactive waste through certain incorporated areas, H8534, H8535, H8536 [7OC]

Smith County, TX: Law Day honorees, E1584 [1AU]

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

Taxation: constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (H.J. Res. 62), H1486 [15AP]

Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact: consent (H.R. 629), H8523, H8532, H8534, H8535, H8536 [7OC]

———consent (H.R. 629), consideration (H. Res. 258), H8516 [7OC]

———ensure radioactive waste is brought only from Maine or Vermont, H8532 [7OC]

Tributes

Avery, John E., E1580 [1AU]

Bledsoe, Ray, E2278 [9NO]

Gonzalez, Representative, E2010 [9OC]

Krieble, Robert, E1279 [20JN]

Legg, Don, E1277 [20JN]

Liston, Ralph M., E1992 [9OC]

Nowlin, Keith H., E1983 [9OC]

Olivares, Roberto, E1740 [11SE]

Peeler, Ray, Jr., E1986 [9OC]

Pickens, R.W. (Dick), E1668 [5SE]

Tedford, Robert A., E1988 [9OC]

Young, Bobby, E1588 [1AU]