LATHAM, TOM (a Representative from Iowa)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 2160, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, H6760 [3SE]

———H.R. 2209, legislative branch of the Government appropriations, H6758 [3SE]

———H.R. 2267, Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies appropriations, H8395 [6OC]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

Agriculture: increase emphasis on and disseminate results of agricultural research projects relative to precision agriculture (see H.R. 725), H523 [12FE]

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), H2091 [30AP]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1, 7), H157 [9JA], H805 [6MR]

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

Business and industry: ensure congressional approval of compliance costs relative to Government regulations (see H.R. 1591), H9502 [23OC]

———maintain standards for ``Made in USA'' label (see H. Con. Res. 80), H3865 [17JN]

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

Children and youth: child labor provisions relative to the operation of automobiles and trucks (see H.R. 2327), H8054 [26SE]

Computers: prohibit interference with interstate commerce on the Internet or interactive computer services (see H.R. 1054), H6798 [3SE]

———use, sale, and export of encryption products for privacy and security (see H.R. 695), H2874 [16MY]

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]

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

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), H6707 [31JY]

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

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

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

Diseases: accurate guidelines for breast cancer screening for certain women (see H. Res. 48), H525 [12FE]

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

Employment: protect employer rights (see H.R. 758), H4647 [25JN]

———provide compensatory time for all employees (see H.R. 1), H407 [10FE]

Energy Policy Act: take into account newly developed renewable energy-based fuels and equalize alternative fuel vehicle acquisition incentives (see H.R. 2568), H8054 [26SE]

EPA: prohibit establishment of new standards for ozone or particulate matter before existing standards have been attained (see H.R. 1863, 1984), H5022 [9JY], H5778 [24JY]

FDA: proposal to designate the use of chlorofluorocarbons in metered-dose inhalers as nonessential (see H.R. 2221), H7730 [23SE]

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

Foreign trade: eliminate disincentives to fair trade conditions (see H.R. 2509), H8834 [9OC]

———European Union obligations relative to U.S. meat and pork exporting facilities (see H.R. 723), H1262 [20MR]

———identify countries that deny market access for U.S. agricultural products (see H.R. 2596), H10172 [6NO]

Government: procure from the private sector the goods and services necessary to operate and manage certain agencies (see H.R. 716), H1187 [19MR]

Government regulations: analyze impact and improve congressional deliberation of proposed Federal private sector mandates (see H.R. 1010), H1440 [10AP]

Hazardous substances: clarify listing of unique chemical substances (see H.R. 659), H1892 [24AP]

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

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

Health: prohibit restriction of certain medical communications between health care providers and their patients (see H.R. 586), H345 [5FE]

———revise and extend bone marrow donation and transplantation program (see H.R. 2202), H5487 [17JY]

Hope, Bob: confer honorary Armed Forces veteran status (see H.J. Res. 75), H2351 [7MY]

Immigration: admittance of temporary and seasonal agricultural workers (see H.R. 2377), H8055 [26SE]

———create a new nonimmigrant category for temporary agricultural workers admitted pursuant to a labor condition attestation (see H.R. 2595), H8299 [1OC]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 5), H1288 [21MR]

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: accountability in tax collection practices and procedures (see H.R. 1227), H2254 [6MY]

———restructure (see H.R. 2292), H8929 [21OC]

Labor unions: ensure employees have adequate access and information relative to use of union dues or fees (see H.R. 928), H1340 [8AP]

———protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 59), H6797 [3SE]

Lewis and Clark expedition: bicentennial (see H. Res. 144), H6026 [29JY]

Lewis and Clark Rural Water System, Inc.: authorize construction and assistance (see H.R. 1688), H3169 [21MY]

Medicare: coverage of diabetes outpatient self-management training services and blood-testing strips (see H.R. 58), H285 [4FE]

———improve health services to rural areas (see H.R. 554), H393 [6FE]

———remove requirement of an x ray as a condition of coverage of chiropractic services (see H.R. 916), H1340 [8AP]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (see H.J. Res. 2), H154 [9JA]

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

Motor vehicles: titling and registration requirements relative to salvage, nonrepairable, and rebuilt vehicles (see H.R. 1839), H7730 [23SE]

National cemeteries: penalties for theft and malicious vandalism (see H.R. 1532), H3568 [5JN]

National Energy Laboratories Reorganization Commission: establish (see H.R. 1295), H2254 [6MY]

National Wildlife Refuge System: improve management (see H.R. 511), H725 [4MR]

NIH: establish a comprehensive plan relative to diabetes (see H.R. 1315), H4132 [20JN]

Office of National Drug Control Policy: reauthorize (see H.R. 2407), H6917 [4SE]

Political campaigns: prohibit foreign contributions (see H.R. 34), H285 [4FE]

———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), H1542 [15AP]

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

Shipping industry: reform coastwise, intercoastal, and noncontiguous trade shipping laws (see H.R. 1991), H4086 [19JN]

Social Security: earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 612), H347 [5FE]

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]

———capital gains rates (see H.R. 14), H628 [25FE]

———child tax credit (see H.R. 1327), H2091 [30AP]

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

———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]

———employer credits for expenses of providing dependent care services to employees (see H.R. 988), H803 [6MR]

———encourage competition and tax fairness and protect the tax base of State and local governments (see H.R. 1168), H1259 [20MR]

———exempt certain small businesses from use of electronic fund transfer system for depository taxes (see H.R. 722), H2091 [30AP]

———exempt small unincorporated farm businesses from the alternative minimum tax (see H.R. 3036), H10768 [12NO]

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

———full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals (see H.R. 18), H589 [13FE]

———increase the unified estate and gift tax credit (see H.R. 683), H452 [11FE]

———inflation adjustments for maximum benefits under special estate tax valuation rules for certain property (see H.R. 64), H725 [4MR]

———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see H.R. 902), H1262 [20MR]

———require burden of proof to be on the Dept. of the Treasury in all tax cases (see H.R. 367), H286 [4FE]

———restore the deduction for two-earner married couples (see H.R. 2593), H10768 [12NO]

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 158), H2156 [1MY]

———treatment of individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 446), H1261 [20MR]

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

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

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

Television: promote competition in the multichannel video marketplace (see H.R. 2921), H10957 [13NO]

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

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

Western Sahara: self-determination referendum (see H. Res. 245), H8834 [9OC]

Wetlands: permit use of certain agricultural lands (see H.R. 640), H392 [6FE]

Letters

Corp. for Public Broadcasting funding: several Representatives, H7211 [11SE]

Motions

Iran: sanctions relative to acquisition of certain missiles (H. Res. 188), H10128 [6NO]

Remarks

Agriculture: Federal crop insurance program reform, H5675 [24JY]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2160), H5375 [16JY], H5555 [22JY], H5675 [24JY]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), conference report, H6334 [30JY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 84), H2986 [20MY]

Census: use of sampling to improve the accuracy of the decennial census, H8228 [30SE]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2267), H7784 [24SE], H8019 [26SE], H8228 [30SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2267), conference report, H10931 [13NO]

INS: provide additional personnel to the Omaha, NE, district office to establish an alien antismuggling unit, H8019 [26SE]

Medicare: reform, H6334 [30JY]

WIC: funding, H5555 [22JY], H5675 [24JY]