SCHIFF, STEVEN (a Representative from New Mexico)

Amendments

Mexico: disapprove foreign aid certification of drug enforcement efforts (H.J. Res. 58), H961 [13MR]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

Animals: prohibit interstate commerce relative to exotic animals (see H.R. 1202), H8054 [26SE]

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

Armed Forces: award Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal to participants of Operation Joint Endeavor or Operation Joint Guard in Bosnia and Herzegovina (see H.R. 665), H725 [4MR]

———procedures for determining status of certain missing members (see H.R. 409), H5177 [11JY]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1), H157 [9JA]

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

———reform process and enforce the bipartisan balanced budget agreement (see H.R. 2003), H5570 [22JY]

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

Capitol Building and Grounds: use of the rotunda for a ceremony honoring Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew (see H. Con. Res. 134), H6799 [3SE]

Charities: clarify antitrust immunity for charitable gift annuities (see H.R. 1902), H3864 [17JN]

Children and youth: child labor provisions relative to the operation of automobiles and trucks (see H.R. 2327), H8438 [6OC]

Copyrights: amend laws relative to certain exemptions (see H.R. 789), H587 [13FE]

Courts: access relative to Federal agency actions and State laws (see H.R. 1534), H6407 [30JY]

———photographing, recording, and broadcasting of court proceedings (see H.R. 1280), H1438 [10AP]

———provide for a three-judge panel to review applications for injunctions relative to the constitutionality of Federal or State legislation (see H.R. 1170), H1259 [20MR]

———provide for reassignment of certain Federal cases (see H.R. 520), H1187 [19MR]

———provide procedures for future adjustments of salaries of Federal judges (see H.R. 875), H1112 [18MR]

———reform civil assets forfeiture (see H.R. 1835), H3658 [10JN]

———repeal requirements on adjustments to judicial salaries (see H.R. 807), H588 [13FE]

Crime: consumer fraud (see H.R. 474), H243 [21JA]

———require States to address the problem of violent crimes committed by repeat offenders (see H. Con. Res. 75), H2590 [13MY]

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

Dept. of Defense: disapproval of line-item vetoes in military construction appropriations legislation (see H.R. 2631), H8633 [7OC]

———repayment of student loans by students called to active duty (see H.R. 877), H1019 [13MR]

Diseases: payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted HIV due to contaminated blood products (see H.R. 1023), H888 [11MR]

———research programs for Parkinson's disease (see H.R. 1260), H1391 [9AP]

Drug abuse: national policy to combat the distribution, sale, and use of illegal drugs by young people (see H. Res. 267), H8929 [21OC]

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

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

———role in character development and teaching of moral values (see H. Con. Res. 127), H8300 [1OC]

Families and domestic relations: child abuse and neglect prevention (see H.R. 1419), H2590 [13MY]

Federal employees: computation system for Social Security benefits relative to spouses' and surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 2273), H5825 [25JY]

———delays in retirement cost-of-living adjustments (see H. Con. Res. 13), H1040 [17MR]

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

Federal firefighters: hourly and overtime pay rates and pay equity with other civil service employees and public sector firefighters (see H.R. 1166), H2874 [16MY]

Firearms: applicability of domestic violence-related possession prohibitions to convictions that predate enactment of such prohibitions (see H.R. 26), H244 [21JA]

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), H2883 [19MY]

Forest Service: remove restrictions on acquisitions from other Federal agencies for improved firefighting (see H.R. 975), H803 [6MR]

Freedom of information: require disclosure of information on certain individuals relative to Nazi war crimes during World War II (see H.R. 235), H1040 [17MR]

Government: procure from the private sector the goods and services necessary to operate and manage certain agencies (see H.R. 716), H4836 [26JN]

Health: develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth defects (see H.R. 1114), H8054 [26SE]

———liability protection for suppliers of raw material and component parts to medical device manufacturers (see H.R. 872), H700 [27FE]

———limitations on disclosure and use of genetic information (see H.R. 2198), H6918 [4SE]

———prohibit restriction of certain medical communications between health care providers and their patients (see H.R. 586), H1112 [18MR]

———revise and extend bone marrow donation and transplantation program (see H.R. 2202), H9502 [23OC]

Health care professionals: exempt physician office laboratories from clinical laboratory requirements (see H.R. 2250), H7263 [11SE]

House of Representatives: prohibit smoking in rooms and corridors leading to the floor and in the Rayburn room (see H. Res. 247), H8929 [21OC]

Hunting and trapping: prohibit steel jaw leghold traps (see H.R. 1176), H1259 [20MR]

Insurance: coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (see H.R. 815), H6798 [3SE]

———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 306), H5297 [15JY]

IRS: restructure (see H.R. 2292), H9039 [22OC]

Israel: anniversary of reunification of Jerusalem (see H. Con. Res. 60), H2091 [30AP]

Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1173), H2254 [6MY]

Medicare: coverage of diabetes outpatient self-management training services and blood-testing strips (see H.R. 58), H68 [7JA], H140 [9JA]

———protection of beneficiaries relative to enrollment in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 66), H1018 [13MR]

———reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see H.R. 192), H1112 [18MR]

Members of Congress: eliminate automatic salary adjustments (see H.R. 2517), H10956 [13NO]

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

Motor vehicles: average fuel economy standards for automobiles (see H.R. 880), H2254 [6MY]

———titling and registration requirements relative to salvage, nonrepairable, and rebuilt vehicles (see H.R. 1839), H7528 [17SE]

National Cave and Karst Research Institute: establish (see H.R. 2098), H4835 [26JN]

National Mammography Day: support goals (see H. Res. 235), H8055 [26SE]

Navy Combat Action Ribbon: retroactive awarding to certain individuals (see H.R. 543), H1262 [20MR]

New Mexico: provide investment flexibility of trust funds and modify the basis on which distributions are made from those funds (see H.R. 1051), H949 [12MR]

Office of Religious Persecution Monitoring: establish (see H.R. 1685, 2431), H3797 [12JN], H8727 [8OC]

Patents: restore term of patent protection and retain confidentiality relative to the publication of patent applications (see H.R. 811), H627 [25FE]

Pensions: exclude the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund from the Federal budget (see H.R. 107), H285 [4FE]

Political campaigns: ban soft money in elections for Federal office (see H.R. 458), H6706 [31JY]

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), H1392 [9AP]

Real property: preserve Federal sovereignty of certain public lands and preserve certain State and private property rights (see H.R. 901), H4132 [20JN]

Securities: limit the conduct of securities class actions under State law (see H.R. 1689), H8054 [26SE]

Social Security: ensure integrity of trust funds (see H.R. 336), H150 [9JA]

States: establish notification procedures relative to release of convicted sex offenders (see H. Con. Res. 125), H5826 [25JY]

Surplus Government property: authorize donation of surplus Federal law enforcement canines to their handlers (see H.R. 173), H889 [11MR]

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

Tariff: scientific instruments and apparatus (see H.R. 1876), H3796 [12JN]

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

———full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals (see H.R. 18), H524 [12FE]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 2483, 2490), H10421 [8NO], H10956 [13NO]

———treatment of distilled spirits (see H.R. 450), H3865 [17JN]

———treatment of employer-provided and graduate level educational assistance (see H.R. 127), H157 [9JA]

Transportation: provide off-budget treatment for certain transportation trust funds (see H.R. 4), H156 [9JA]

Veterans: minimum survivor annuities for unremarried surviving spouses of veterans who died prior to survivor benefit plan participation (see H.R. 38), H767 [5MR]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 65, 303), H285, H286 [4FE]

———reinstate eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 2004), H6798 [3SE]

Volunteer workers: grant immunity from personal civil liability during work on behalf of governmental entities or nonprofit organizations (see H.R. 911), H724 [4MR]

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), H1440 [10AP]

World Summit for Children: implementation of plan of action (see H.R. 1427), H3070 [20MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Crime: treatment of juvenile offenses relative to ``three strikes'' life sentence for certain violent or drug-related convictions (see H.R. 2361), H6705 [31JY]

NSF: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1273), H1438 [10AP]

Petroglyph National Monument: modify boundaries (see H.R. 1424), H1794 [23AP]

Political campaigns: reduce contributions to House of Representatives candidate by multicandidate political committees (see H.R. 797), H587 [13FE]

U.S. Fire Administration: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1272), H1437 [10AP]

Lists

Congressional Certificate of Merit award recipients from New Mexico's First Congressional District, E1513 [24JY], E1584 [1AU]

Remarks

Committees of the House: authorizing expenditures (H. Res. 91), H1277 [21MR]

———authorizing expenditures (H. Res. 91), consideration (H. Res. 101), H1234 [20MR]

Congressional Certificate of Merit: award recipients from New Mexico's First Congressional District, E1513 [24JY], E1584 [1AU]

Crime: amend U.S. Code relative to the ``three strikes'' life sentence (H.R. 2361), E1581 [1AU]

Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act: authorizing appropriations (S. 910), E1815 [22SE]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (H.J. Res. 54), H3753 [12JN]

Gingrich, Representative: resolution of ethics charges (H. Res. 31), H174, H196 [21JA]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (H.J. Res. 2), H476 [12FE]

Mexico: disapprove foreign aid certification of drug enforcement efforts (H.J. Res. 58), H970 [13MR]

New Mexico: provide investment flexibility of trust funds and modify the basis on which distributions are made from those funds (S. 430), E1536 [28JY]

NSF: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1273), H1811 [24AP], E623 [10AP]

U.S. Fire Administration: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1272), H1757 [23AP], E625 [10AP]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H764 [5MR], H1332 [8AP], H1389 [9AP], H1538 [15AP], H1786 [23AP], H2252 [6MY], H2584 [13MY], H5399 [16JY], H5913 [28JY], H6783 [3SE], H7116 [9SE], H7828 [24SE], H8435 [6OC]