DICKS, NORMAN D. (a Representative from Washington)

Amendments

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2107), H5100 [10JY]

Endangered Species Act: improve compliance by individuals and Government agencies relative to flood control projects, facilities, or structures (H.R. 478), H2301 [7MY]

Appointments

Committee on Intelligence (House, Select), H396 [10FE]

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

———H.R. 2016, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure, H6724 [3SE]

———H.R. 2107, Dept. of the Interior and related agencies appropriations, H7653 [23SE]

———H.R. 2266, Dept. of Defense appropriations, H6761 [3SE]

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

U.S. Air Force Academy Board of Visitors, H596 [25FE]

Articles and editorials

Boeing Responds to European Commission Recommendations, H5453 [17JY]

Current Status of European Commission Negotiations, H5452 [17JY]

Not Whom You Tell, But How You Know, Victor A. Kovner, National Law Journal, E255 [13FE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit certain late-term abortions (see H.R. 1032), H1187 [19MR]

Agriculture: prohibit transfer or marketing of nonambulatory cattle, sheep, swine, horses, mules, or goats (see H.R. 453), H9730 [29OC]

Animals: prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear viscera (see H.R. 619), H9614 [28OC]

———prohibit interstate commerce relative to exotic animals (see H.R. 1202), H9800 [30OC]

Arches National Park: expand boundaries (see H.R. 2283), H6798 [3SE]

Business and industry: assist in development of microenterprises (see H.R. 1129), H3568 [5JN]

Canada: blockade of U.S. vessels exercising right of innocent passage through the territorial sea of Canada (see H. Con. Res. 124), H5917 [28JY]

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

Courts: access relative to Federal agency actions and State laws (see H.R. 1534), H7365 [16SE]

Credit unions: clarify laws relative to field of membership of Federal credit unions (see H.R. 1151), H3568 [5JN]

Dept. of Defense: allow military health care system beneficiaries the option to enroll in Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (see H.R. 76), H1261 [20MR]

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

Dept. of Transportation: study existing ferry operations in the U.S. and provide financial assistance for the development of ferry operations (see H.R. 1630), H2783 [15MY]

Diseases: coverage of prostate cancer screening and drug treatments under Medicare and Dept. of Veterans Affairs programs and expansion of research and education programs (see H.R. 383), H4647 [25JN]

———research programs for Parkinson's disease (see H.R. 1260), H1795 [23AP]

Ecology and environment: ensure recovery of biological diversity, strengthen protection of wildlife, and provide certain assurances to local governments and individuals relative to economic development efforts (see H.R. 2351), H6704 [31JY]

———expand public's right to know about toxic chemical use and release in their communities and disclose toxins in children's consumer products (see H.R. 1636), H2784 [15MY]

———maintain health and stability of coral reef ecosystems (see H. Con. Res. 8), H1340 [8AP]

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

Education: distribution of Impact Aid Program funds to local educational agencies (see H. Con. Res. 150), H7199 [10SE]

Employment: prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (see H.R. 1858), H3659 [10JN]

European Commission: handling of the Boeing/McDonnell Douglas merger (see H. Con. Res. 117; H. Res. 191), H5487 [17JY], H5491 [21JY]

FAA: foreign repair station rules (see H.R. 145), H5487 [17JY]

Federal employees: delays in retirement cost-of-living adjustments (see H. Con. Res. 13), H629 [25FE]

Federal firefighters: hourly and overtime pay rates and pay equity with other civil service employees and public sector firefighters (see H.R. 1166), H1612 [16AP]

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

Health: revise and extend bone marrow donation and transplantation program (see H.R. 2202), H7199 [10SE]

———standardize relationships between group health plans and health insurers relative to enrollees, health professionals, and providers (see H.R. 1415), H5570 [22JY]

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

Independent Commission on Campaign Finance Reform: establish (see H.R. 1614), H9865 [31OC]

Insurance: coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (see H.R. 815), H4836 [26JN]

Intelligence services: require separate, unclassified statements of the aggregate amount of budget outlays for intelligence activities (see H.R. 753), H702 [27FE]

International Dolphin Conservation Program: implement (see H.R. 408), H1542 [15AP]

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

Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1173), H3204 [22MY]

———establish a bill of rights (see H.R. 350), H804 [6MR]

Medicare: coverage of diabetes outpatient self-management training services and blood-testing strips (see H.R. 58), H949 [12MR]

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

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

Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument: expeditious completion of acquisition of private mineral interests (see H.R. 1659), H2874 [16MY]

National cemeteries: penalties for theft and malicious vandalism (see H.R. 1532), H2253 [6MY]

National Park Service: establish the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program (see H.R. 1635), H2783 [15MY]

OPIC: reauthorize (see H.R. 2064), H5570 [22JY]

Oregon: prohibit taxation of compensation of Washington residents for services as Federal employees at a Columbia River hydroelectric facility (see H.R. 874), H700 [27FE]

Patent and Trademark Office: convert to Government corporation, improve application process, and protect U.S. inventors (see H.R. 400), H1261 [20MR]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 600, 2777), H590 [13FE], H9800 [30OC]

Radio: liability of volunteer amateur radio operators while performing duties on behalf of the Federal Government (see H.R. 1013), H888 [11MR]

Ships and vessels: support requirements that vessels operating between U.S. ports be built, owned, and operated by U.S. citizens (see H. Con. Res. 65), H1989 [29AP]

Sinatra, Francis A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 279), H1289 [21MR]

Social Security: earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 612), H670 [26FE]

Taxation: application of the alternative minimum tax to installment sales of farm property (see H.R. 426), H2156 [1MY]

———treatment of computer software exports (see H.R. 143), H589 [13FE]

Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1500), H2090 [30AP]

Veterans: benefit eligibility for certain service in the military forces of the Philippines (see H.R. 836), H6962 [5SE]

———determination of active military service for certain merchant mariners who served during World War II (see H.R. 1126), H1909 [28AP]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 65, 303), H767, H768 [5MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Columbia River: designate Hanford Reach area as component of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System (see H.R. 1477), H1988 [29AP]

Crime: use of certain grant funds to provide parental education to assist in child abuse prevention (see H.R. 2381), H6797 [3SE]

Letters

B-2 stealth bomber funding: Brent Scowcroft, H4176 [23JN]

Remarks

Alaska: restructuring of Native American health care delivery systems, H5234 [15JY]

Armed Forces: procedures for determining status of certain missing members, H4159 [23JN]

BIA: prohibit recognition of new Indian trust lands until binding agreements are reached by tribes on State and local sales taxes, H5232 [15JY]

BLM: transfer funding from the Public Domain Forestry Program to the Dept. of Energy's urban energy conservation program, H5086, H5087 [10JY]

Buy American Act: compliance, H4956, H4960 [9JY]

Canada: blockade of U.S. vessels exercising right of innocent passage through the territorial sea of Canada (H. Con. Res. 124), H5837 [28JY]

China, People's Republic of: require a report on intelligence activities directed against or affecting the interests of the U.S., H4961 [9JY]

CIA: investigate use of chemical weapons in Persian Gulf Conflict, H4993, H4994 [9JY]

Columbia River: designate Hanford Reach area as component of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System (H.R. 1477), E786 [29AP]

Courts: 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 crime and reform court procedures, E2081 [24OC]

———use of certain grant funds to provide parental education to assist in child abuse prevention (H.R. 2381), E1642 [3SE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing military activities appropriations and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1119), H4104, H4105, H4107 [20JN], H4138, H4156, H4159, H4162, H4163, H4164, H4165, H4175, H4183, H4188 [23JN]

———authorizing military activities appropriations and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1119), conference report, H9606 [28OC]

———B-52 bomber funding, H5965 [29JY]

———breast cancer research funding, H5950 [29JY]

———B-2 stealth bomber funding, H4138, H4175, H4183, H4188 [23JN], H5936, H5943, H5946, H5948, H5949, H5950, H5951 [29JY]

———Defense Airborne Reconnaissance Office funding, H7846 [25SE], H9606 [28OC]

———F-22 fighter aircraft funding, H5955 [29JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2266), H5936, H5943, H5946, H5948, H5949, H5950, H5951, H5955, H5964, H5965, H5976, H5978, H5979 [29JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2266), conference report, H7846 [25SE]

———Trident D-5 submarine launched ballistic missile funding, H4104, H4105, H4107 [20JN]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2107), H5069, H5070, H5084, H5086, H5087, H5100, H5101, H5115, H5125 [10JY], H5143 [11JY], H5215, H5232, H5234, H5237, H5238, H5241, H5242 [15JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2107), conference report, H9532 [24OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2107), consideration (H. Res. 181), H5057 [10JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2107), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 277), H9512 [24OC]

Endangered Species Act: improve compliance by individuals and Government agencies relative to flood control projects, facilities, or structures (H.R. 478), H2285, H2290, H2301, H2304, H2305, H2307, H2309 [7MY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2203), conference report, H8177 [30SE]

European Commission: handling of the Boeing/McDonnell Douglas merger (H. Con. Res. 117), H5452 [17JY]

———handling of the Boeing/McDonnell Douglas merger (H. Res. 191), H5518, H5520 [22JY]

Forest Service: road construction funding, H5069, H5070, H5100, H5101, H5115 [10JY]

Headwaters Forest: Federal acquisition of lands, H9532 [24OC]

House of Representatives: legislative program, H5096 [10JY]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1775), H4950, H4951, H4954, H4956, H4959, H4960, H4961, H4964, H4968, H4969, H4973, H4974, H4977, H4983, H4988, H4989, H4993, H4994 [9JY]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1775), consideration (H. Res. 179), H4947 [9JY]

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

———require separate unclassified statements of the aggregate amount of budget outlays for intelligence activities, H4973, H4974, H4977, H4983 [9JY]

Land and Water Conservation Fund: land acquisition funding, H5084 [10JY]

Lumber industry: export of timber from Federal lands, H9532 [24OC]

National Endowment for the Arts: funding, H5057 [10JY], H9512 [24OC]

———replace funding with block grants to States, H5143 [11JY]

NATO: ensure that existing European members pay the bulk of costs incurred by expansion, H4167 [23JN]

———proportional cost-sharing arrangement relative to expansion, H5964 [29JY]

Nevada: clarify water rights in Lahontan Valley, H5215 [15JY]

Parliamentary inquiry, H2308 [7MY], H4990 [9JY]

Patent and Trademark Office: convert to Government corporation, improve application process, and protect U.S. inventors (H.R. 400), H1664 [17AP], E730 [23AP]

Power resources: fossil energy research and development funding, H5125 [10JY]

Science: authorize the U.S. Man and Biosphere Program, H5237, H5238, H5241, H5242 [15JY]

Seattle, WA: extension of dock at Port of Seattle, H8177 [30SE]

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore: permit certain persons to continue to use and occupy certain areas, H5234 [15JY]

U.N.: World Heritage Program funding, H5237, H5238, H5241, H5242 [15JY]

Veterans: expand range of criminal offenses resulting in forfeiture of benefits, H4156 [23JN]

———priority health care to individuals who served during the Persian Gulf Conflict, H4162, H4163, H4164, H4165 [23JN]

Votes: position on missed, E730 [23AP]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H8051 [26SE]

Special order: granted, H4083 [19JN]

Reports

Independent Bomber Force Review, H4176-H4181 [23JN]

Tributes

Harris, Ann M., E2081 [24OC]

Pritchard, Joel, E2042 [21OC]