GOSS, PORTER J. (a Representative from Florida)

Amendments

Dept. of State and related agencies: authorizing appropriations and consolidating certain agencies (H.R. 1757), H3329 [4JN], H3692 [11JN]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1775), H4991 [9JY]

Appointments

Canada-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, H7201 [11SE]

Committee on Intelligence (House, Select), H250 [4FE]

Conferee: H.R. 1119, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths, H5803 [25JY]

———S. 858, intelligence services appropriations, H5413 [17JY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 929), H1019 [13MR]

Agriculture: prohibit transfer or marketing of nonambulatory cattle, sheep, swine, horses, mules, or goats (see H.R. 453), H1392 [9AP]

———require labeling of country of origin of imported perishable agricultural commodities (see H.R. 1232), H1338 [8AP]

Animals: ensure that all dogs and cats used by research facilities are obtained legally (see H.R. 594), H346 [5FE]

———prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear viscera (see H.R. 619), H347 [5FE]

———prohibit interstate commerce relative to exotic animals (see H.R. 1202), H7365 [16SE]

Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin Compact: congressional consent (see H.J. Res. 91), H6705 [31JY]

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

———establish a deficit reduction trust fund and reduce discretionary spending limits (see H.R. 126), H143 [9JA]

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

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

———promote and improve employee stock ownership plans (see H.R. 1592), H3797 [12JN]

Capitol Building and Grounds: use of the rotunda for a ceremony honoring Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew (see H. Con. Res. 134), H7119 [9SE]

Civil rights: prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, or sex in Federal actions (see H.R. 1909), H3864 [17JN]

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]

———treatment of travel awards accrued during official travel by Members, officers, or employees (see H. Res. 64), H2157 [1MY]

Contracts: prohibit discrimination in awarding Federal contracts on the basis of labor policies (see H.R. 1378), H1989 [29AP]

Correctional institutions: prohibit the use of Federal funds for certain amenities and personal comforts in the Federal prison system (see H.R. 816), H1112 [18MR]

Courts: treatment of penalties relative to powdered cocaine and crack cocaine (see H.R. 332), H3865 [17JN]

Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act: repeal Presidential authority relative to suspension of certain effective dates (see H.R. 2179), H5401 [16JY]

Customs Service: allow the use of user fees to provide for inspectional personnel in connection with the arrival of passengers in Florida (see H.R. 3034), H10767 [12NO]

Dept. of Agriculture: regulate loans to certain processors of sugarcane and sugar beets (see H.R. 1387), H1705 [17AP]

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

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

Diseases: research programs for Parkinson's disease (see H.R. 1260), H5401 [16JY]

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

Ecology and environment: maintain health and stability of coral reef ecosystems (see H.R. 2233; H. Con. Res. 8), H1456 [14AP], H7263 [11SE]

Edison, Thomas A.: mint coins in commemoration of sesquicentennial of birth (see H.R. 678), H452 [11FE]

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

Employment: protect employer rights (see H.R. 758), H1542 [15AP]

———provide compensatory time for all employees (see H.R. 1), H66 [7JA], H138 [9JA]

Everglades National Park: designate Earnest F. Coe Visitor Center (see H.R. 136), H143 [9JA]

Federal aid programs: termination dates (see H.R. 131), H169 [20JA]

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]

———limitations relative to use of official time (see H.R. 986), H3804 [16JN]

———make percentage limitations on contributions to the Thrift Savings Plan comparable to dollar amount limitations on elective deferrals (see H.R. 2526), H8161 [29SE]

———reduce number of political appointees (see H.R. 614), H2445 [8MY]

Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: allow participants to elect to receive contributions into medical savings accounts (see H.R. 1574), H2445 [8MY]

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

Florida: protect coastal resources by prohibiting offshore oil and gas activities and canceling certain Federal leases (see H.R. 1989), H4086 [19JN]

Freedom of religion: constitutional amendment on protection (see H.J. Res. 78), H3798 [12JN]

Government: procure from the private sector the goods and services necessary to operate and manage certain agencies (see H.R. 716), H890 [11MR]

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

Government regulations: analyze impact and improve congressional deliberation of proposed Federal private sector mandates (see H.R. 1010), H2446 [8MY]

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

Health: biomedical research funding (see H. Res. 83), H3274 [3JN]

———prohibit restriction of certain medical communications between health care providers and their patients (see H.R. 586), H8928 [21OC]

———revise and extend bone marrow donation and transplantation program (see H.R. 2202), H6407 [30JY]

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, 866), H244 [21JA], H1440 [10AP]

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

Hurston, Zora Neale: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 129), H6026 [29JY]

Immigration: moratorium on aliens except for relatives of U.S. citizens, certain highly skilled workers, and refugees (see H.R. 347), H1261 [20MR]

Iraq: resolution of the crisis relative to the destruction of Iraq's capability to produce and deliver weapons of mass destruction (see H. Res. 322), H10768 [12NO]

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

Labor unions: inform workers of their rights relative to the payment of dues or fees to labor organizations (see H.R. 1625), H8300 [1OC]

Law enforcement officers: exemption from State laws prohibiting carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H6706 [31JY]

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

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

Marine resources: reauthorization of programs (see H.R. 437), H629 [25FE]

Marjory Stoneman Douglas Wilderness: designate (see H.R. 136), H143 [9JA]

Medicaid: increase the minimum Federal medical assistance percentage (see H.R. 835), H628 [25FE]

Medicare: allow beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for services (see H.R. 2497), H8161 [29SE]

———coverage of diabetes outpatient self-management training services and blood-testing strips (see H.R. 58), H1186 [19MR]

———hospice care reform (see H.R. 521), H889 [11MR]

———remove certain limitations on participation in Medicare+Choice medical savings account plans (see H.R. 2668), H8833 [9OC]

Medicare/Medicaid: establish an Office of Inspector General (see H.R. 251), H147 [9JA]

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]

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

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

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

National Sea Grant College Program: reauthorization (see H.R. 437), H629 [25FE]

National Voter Registration Act: repeal (see H.R. 345), H150 [9JA]

National Weather Service: making emergency supplemental appropriations (see H.R. 1251), H1339 [8AP]

NATO: ensure enlargement is consistent with U.S. interests, strengthens relations with Russia, and preserve prerogatives of arms control agreements (see H.R. 1431, 1758), H1890 [24AP], H3273 [3JN]

———recommend the integration of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania (see H. Con. Res. 10), H1262 [20MR]

Oceans: develop and implement national ocean and coastal activities policy (see H.R. 2547), H7910 [25SE]

Office of National Drug Control Policy: expand responsibilities and extend authorization (see H.R. 2610), H8834 [9OC]

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

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

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

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

Small business: provide regulatory assistance (see H.R. 96), H1018 [13MR]

Social Security: computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 146), H144 [9JA]

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

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]

———capital gains rates (see H.R. 14), H169 [20JA]

———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), H3204 [22MY]

———repeal limitations on the number of individuals who may have medical savings accounts (see H.R. 1743), H3202 [22MY]

———treatment of Social Security benefits (see H.R. 693), H9730 [29OC]

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

———transfer taxing and spending authority over highway programs and mass transit programs to States (see H.R. 1470, 3045), H1987 [29AP], H10953 [13NO]

Veterans: determination of active military service for certain merchant mariners who served during World War II (see H.R. 1126), H10956 [13NO]

———minimum survivor annuities for unremarried surviving spouses of veterans who died prior to survivor benefit plan participation (see H.R. 38), H9558 [24OC]

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: eliminate certain bilingual voting requirements (see H.R. 2356), H6704 [31JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Budget: reform process and enforce the bipartisan balanced budget agreement (H.R. 2003), consideration (see H. Res. 192), H5568 [22JY]

Coastal Barrier Resources System: technical corrections to map system (see H.R. 2304), H6406 [30JY]

Committee on Intelligence (House, Select): authorizing expenditures (see H. Res. 59), H588 [13FE]

Congress: adjournment (see H. Con. Res. 21, 136), H588 [13FE], H6705 [31JY]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 2266), consideration (see H. Res. 198), H5916 [28JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2266), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 242), H7830 [24SE]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2267), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 330), H10953 [13NO]

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

Florida: restrictions and requirements on leasing of the Continental Shelf (see H.R. 180), H145 [9JA]

Foreign aid: international family planning programs restrictions relative to abortion (H.R. 581), consideration (see H. Res. 46), H451 [11FE]

House Rules: consideration of motions to suspend the rules and pass certain legislation (see H. Res. 155), H3169 [21MY]

———same-day consideration of certain resolutions (see H. Res. 165), H3719 [11JN]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1775), H3475 [4JN]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1775), consideration (see H. Res. 179), H4912 [8JY]

Keewaydin (vessel): certificate of documentation (see H.R. 1314), H1440 [10AP]

Marine resources: reauthorization of programs (H.R. 437), consideration (see H. Res. 164), H3658 [10JN]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms and to increase the term of Representatives to 4 years (see H.J. Res. 16), H155 [9JA]

———link annual salary adjustments to cost-of-living adjustments for certain Social Security benefits (see H.R. 2763), H9729 [29OC]

Mexico: disapprove foreign aid certification of drug enforcement efforts (H.J. Res. 58), consideration (see H. Res. 95), H948 [12MR]

National Sea Grant College Program: reauthorization (H.R. 437), consideration (see H. Res. 164), H3658 [10JN]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 181), H145 [9JA]

Windwisp (vessel): certificate of documentation (see H.R. 2470), H7263 [11SE]

Conference reports

Intelligence Services Appropriations (S. 858), H9586-H9595 [28OC]

Letters

Budget Enforcement Act: Representative Archer, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H5588 [23JY]

———Representative Kasich, Committee on the Budget (House), H5588 [23JY]

———Representative Solomon, Committee on Rules (House), H5588 [23JY]

Dept. of State's Office of Inspector General investigative functions: Frederick P. Hitz, CIA, H3330 [4JN]

———John C. Layton, Dept. of Energy, H3331 [4JN]

———several Inspectors General, H3330 [4JN]

Intelligence services appropriations: by, Committee on Intelligence (House, Select), H4946 [9JY]

———Representative Archer, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H4946 [9JY]

Motions

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (S. 858), H5413 [17JY]

Remarks

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

———making appropriations (H.R. 2160), consideration (H. Res. 193), H5653, H5654 [23JY]

Appalachian Regional Commission: funding, E1528 [25JY]

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 97), consideration (H. Res. 269), H8936 [22OC]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), consideration (H. Res. 146), H2601 [14MY]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: U.S. military intervention, H8445 [7OC]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), consideration (H. Res. 174), H4388 [25JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 206), H6626 [31JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), consideration (H. Res. 174), H4388 [25JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 202), H6315 [30JY]

———reform process and enforce the bipartisan balanced budget agreement (H.R. 2003), H5620 [23JY]

———reform process and enforce the bipartisan balanced budget agreement (H.R. 2003), consideration (H. Res. 192), H5584, H5589, H5595 [23JY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 84), consideration (H. Res. 152), H2957 [20MY]

———submission of budget proposal by the President without budgetary contingencies (H. Res. 89), consideration (H. Res. 90), H899 [12MR]

Buy American Act: compliance, H4959 [9JY]

California: pilot project in the Plumas, Lassen, and Tahoe National Forests to demonstrate resource management activity effectiveness (H.R. 858), consideration (H. Res. 180), H4925 [9JY]

Census: use of sampling to improve the accuracy of the decennial census, H7758 [24SE]

China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (H.J. Res. 79), H4250 [24JN]

———require a report on intelligence activities directed against or affecting the interests of the U.S., H4960, H4961 [9JY]

CIA: anniversary, H5991 [29JY]

———investigate involvement in crack cocaine sales to fund Contras, H4996, H4998 [9JY]

———investigate use of chemical weapons in Persian Gulf Conflict, H4991 [9JY]

Clandestine Drug Study Commission: establish, H4996, H4998 [9JY]

Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2204), consideration (H. Res. 265), H8883 [21OC]

Computers: export control policy for supercomputers, H4053 [19JN]

Congress: adjournment (H. Con. Res. 21), H551 [13FE]

———adjournment (H. Con. Res. 136), H6666 [31JY]

Corps of Engineers: shore protection and beach nourishment projects funding, H5735 [24JY]

Courts: clarification of jurisdiction over private property takings and land use disputes (H.R. 1534), H8953 [22OC]

———establish three member panel of U.S. District Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to determine validity of cases relative to breach of secret Government contracts, H4959 [9JY]

Crime: national policy to control juvenile crime and violence (H.R. 3), consideration (H. Res. 143), H2315 [7MY]

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

Dept. of Defense: authorizing military activities appropriations and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1119), H4053 [19JN]

———authorizing military activities appropriations and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1119), consideration (H. Res. 169), H3938 [19JN]

———disapproval of line-item vetoes in military construction appropriations legislation (H.R. 2631), H10380 [8NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2266), consideration (H. Res. 198), H5929, H5932 [29JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2266), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 242), H7840, H7841 [25SE]

Dept. of State: Office of Inspector General investigative functions, H3329, H3332 [4JN]

Dept. of State and related agencies: authorizing appropriations and consolidating certain agencies (H.R. 1486), H2426 [8MY]

———authorizing appropriations and consolidating certain agencies (H.R. 1757), H3329, H3332 [4JN]

———authorizing appropriations and consolidating certain agencies (H.R. 1757), consideration (H. Res. 159), H3287 [4JN]

Dept. of the Interior: require allocation of spending reductions to deficit reduction, H5219 [15JY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2107), H5219 [15JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2107), consideration (H. Res. 181), H5055 [10JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2107), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 277), H9511 [24OC]

Dept. of the Treasury: Community Development Financial Institutions Fund Program funding, H5354 [16JY]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2169), consideration (H. Res. 189), H5623 [23JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2169), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 263), H8739 [9OC]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2267), H7881 [25SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2267), consideration (H. Res. 239), H7757, H7758, H7759 [24SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2267), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 330), H10909, H10912, H10915 [13NO]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2158), H5354 [16JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2158), consideration (H. Res. 184), H5249 [15JY]

Diseases: payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted human immunodeficiency virus due to contaminated blood products, H529 [13FE]

Drugs: increase in teen drug use, H5409 [17JY]

Economic Development Administration: funding, H7881 [25SE]

Edison, Thomas A.: mint coins in commemoration of sesquicentennial of birth (H.R. 678), H411 [11FE]

Education: improve and expand charter schools (H.R. 2616), consideration (H. Res. 288), H9828 [31OC]

———voucher program to provide school choice (H.R. 2746), consideration (H. Res. 288), H9828 [31OC]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2203), E1528 [25JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2203), consideration (H. Res. 194), H5735, H5739 [24JY]

Everglades National Park: designate Ernest F. Coe Visitor Center (S. 931), E2193 [7NO]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (H.J. Res. 54), consideration (H. Res. 163), H3728 [12JN]

Florida: protect coastal resources by prohibiting offshore oil and gas activities and canceling certain Federal leases, H9511 [24OC]

Foreign aid: international family planning programs restrictions relative to abortion (H.R. 581), consideration (H. Res. 46), H552, H554 [13FE]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2159), H6357 [30JY]

Gingrich, Representative: resolution of ethics charges (H. Res. 31), H177 [21JA]

Haiti: elections, H1410 [10AP]

———human rights violations, H1689 [17AP]

———presence of U.S. Armed Forces, H1410 [10AP], H3582 [10JN], H6301 [30JY], H8445 [7OC]

———restoration of democratic government, H3584 [10JN], H3809 [17JN]

———U.S. policy, H3809 [17JN]

Hinds, Lou: National Wildlife Refuge Association Refuge Manager of the Year award recipient, H1002 [13MR]

House Rules: adopt and amend (H. Res. 5), H24 [7JA]

———consideration of motions to suspend the rules and pass certain legislation (H. Res. 155), H3189, H3190 [22MY]

———repeal exception to the requirement that public committee proceedings be open to all media (H. Res. 301), H10598, H10631 [12NO]

———require drug testing of Members, officers, and staff, H24 [7JA]

Immigration: obtain suspension of deportation of aliens under rules in place at the time of application for residency, H8936 [22OC]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1775), H3871 [18JN], H4949, H4951, H4956, H4959, H4960, H4961, H4962, H4964, H4965, H4974, H4975, H4983, H4989, H4991, H4996, H4998, H5002 [9JY]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1775), consideration (H. Res. 179), H4945 [9JY]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1775), insert language of S. 858 in lieu, H5413 [17JY]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1775), unanimous-consent agreement, H4985 [9JY]

———authorizing appropriations (S. 858), H5410, H5413 [17JY]

———authorizing appropriations (S. 858), conference report, H9780 [30OC]

———require separate unclassified statements of the aggregate amount of budget outlays for intelligence activities, H4974, H4975, H4983 [9JY]

International Dolphin Conservation Program: implement (H.R. 408), consideration (H. Res. 153), H3110 [21MY]

Israel: anniversary of reunification of Jerusalem (H. Con. Res. 60), H3590 [10JN]

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of: U.S. policy, H8445 [7OC]

———visit by U.S. congressional delegation, H6763 [3SE]

Marjory Stoneman Douglas Wilderness: designate (S. 931), E2193 [7NO]

Medicare: reform, H1956 [29AP]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (H.J. Res. 2), consideration (H. Res. 47), H460 [12FE]

Mexico: disapprove foreign aid certification of drug enforcement efforts (H.J. Res. 58), consideration (H. Res. 95), H954, H955, H962 [13MR]

National Endowment for the Arts: funding, H5055 [10JY]

National Sea Grant College Program: reauthorization (H.R. 437), consideration (H. Res. 164), H3871, H3872 [18JN]

National Wildlife Refuge System: improve management (H.R. 1420), H3232 [3JN]

NATO: ensure enlargement is consistent with U.S. interests, strengthens relations with Russia, and preserve prerogatives of arms control agreements (H.R. 1758), H3711 [11JN]

———ensure enlargement is consistent with U.S. interests, strengthens relations with Russia, and preserve prerogatives of arms control agreements (H.R. 1758), consideration (H. Res. 159), H3287 [4JN]

Nicaragua: tribute on the occasion of democratic elections (H. Con. Res. 18), H728 [5MR]

Office of National Drug Control Policy: expand responsibilities and extend authorization (H.R. 2610), H8878 [21OC]

Patent and Trademark Office: convert to Government corporation, improve application process, and protect U.S. inventors (H.R. 400), consideration (H. Res. 116), H1631 [17AP]

Taxation: allow married couples to file combined return under which each spouse is taxed using rates applicable to single filers (H.R. 2456), H8691 [8OC]

———constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (H.J. Res. 62), consideration (H. Res. 113), H1476 [15AP]

———rates, H2427 [8MY], H6626 [31JY]

Votes: position on missed, H4309 [24JN], E1836 [24SE], E1858 [25SE]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H4130 [20JN], H7596 [18SE]

Special order: granted, H886 [11MR], H946 [12MR], H1389 [9AP], H1702 [17AP], H1786 [23AP], H1986 [29AP], H2440 [8MY], H3067 [20MY], H3859 [17JN], H5913 [28JY], H6783 [3SE], H7364 [16SE], H8435 [6OC], H9728 [29OC]

Reports

Activities During the 104th Congress: Committee on Intelligence (House, Select), H4214-H4216 [23JN]

Reports filed

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 2266, Dept. of Defense Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 242) (H. Rept. 105-267), H7830 [24SE]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 2267, Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 330) (H. Rept. 105-406), H10953 [13NO]

Consideration of H.J. Res. 58, Disapprove Foreign Aid Certification of Mexico Relative to Drug Enforcement Efforts: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 95) (H. Rept. 105-20), H948 [12MR]

Consideration of H.R. 437, National Sea Grant College Program and Marine Resources Programs Reauthorization: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 164) (H. Rept. 105-127), H3658 [10JN]

Consideration of H.R. 581, Family Planning Facilitation and Abortion Funding Restriction Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 46) (H. Rept. 105-3), H451 [11FE]

Consideration of H.R. 1775, Intelligence Services Appropriations (H. Res. 179) (H. Rept. 105-172), H4912 [8JY]

Consideration of H.R. 2003, Budget Enforcement Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 192) (H. Rept. 105-195), H5568 [22JY]

Consideration of H.R. 2266, Dept. of Defense Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 198) (H. Rept. 105-213), H5916 [28JY]

Consideration of Motions To Suspend the House Rules and Pass Certain Legislation: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 155) (H. Rept. 105-107), H3169 [21MY]

Intelligence Services Appropriations: Committee of Conference (S. 858) (H. Rept. 105-350), H9613 [28OC]

———Committee on Intelligence (House, Select) (H.R. 1775) (H. Rept. 105-135), H3923 [18JN]

Same-Day Consideration of Certain Resolutions: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 165) (H. Rept. 105-128), H3719 [11JN]

Security and Freedom Through Encryption Act: Committee on Intelligence (House, Select) (H.R. 695) (H. Rept. 105-108), H7364 [16SE]

Rules

Committee on Intelligence (House, Select), H1072-H1074 [18MR]

Statements

U.S. Congressional Delegation Visit to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea: Committee on Intelligence (House, Select), H6763 [3SE]

Summaries

Budget Enforcement Act (H.R. 2003), H5585-H5588 [23JY]

Texts of

H. Res. 179, consideration of H.R. 1775, intelligence services appropriations, H4945 [9JY]

Tributes

Hoffman, Alan L., E211 [11FE]

Schriefer, Luther F., E381 [5MR]