CHABOT, STEVE (a Representative from Ohio)

Addresses

Climate Treaty—The Right Answer to the Wrong Question: J. Kenneth Blackwell, E2359 [13NO]

Amendments

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2160), H5578 [22JY], H5717 [24JY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2107), H5156 [11JY], H5266 [15JY]

Articles and editorials

Balanced Budget Amendment Timing, Kenneth Blackwell, Washington (DC) Times, E347 [27FE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

Agriculture: repeal peanut quotas and reduce peanut loan rates (see H.R. 1864), H3720 [11JN]

Animals: ensure that all dogs and cats used by research facilities are obtained legally (see H.R. 594), H7830 [24SE]

Armed Forces: require separate basic training for male and female recruits (see H.R. 1559), H2680 [14MY]

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: create a tax cut reserve fund to protect revenues generated by economic growth (see H.R. 2496), H7599 [18SE]

———eliminate certain Federal subsidy programs (see H.R. 1171), H1259 [20MR]

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

———reform resolution procedure and direct repayment of the public debt (see H.R. 2191), H5486 [17JY]

Business and industry: assist in development of microenterprises (see H.R. 1129), H8929 [21OC]

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

China, People's Republic of: participation of officials in international activities relative to release of religious prisoners (see H.R. 967), H1262 [20MR]

China, Republic of: status after reversion of Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China (see H. Con. Res. 100), H3923 [18JN]

Computers: prohibit interference with interstate commerce on the Internet or interactive computer services (see H.R. 1054), H7830 [24SE]

———use, sale, and export of encryption products for privacy and security (see H.R. 695), H521 [12FE]

Congo, Republic of the: outbreak of violence and threat to scheduled elections and constitutional government (see H. Res. 175), H4646 [25JN]

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]

———specify source of constitutional authority for the enactment of legislation (see H.R. 292), H245 [21JA]

Contracts: prohibit discrimination in awarding Federal contracts on the basis of labor policies (see H.R. 1378), H8833 [9OC]

Copyrights: amend laws relative to certain exemptions (see H.R. 789), H1542 [15AP]

Correctional institutions: prevent Federal prisoners from engaging in activities to increase their strength or fighting abilities (see H.R. 792), H587 [13FE]

Courts: access relative to Federal agency actions and State laws (see H.R. 1534), H6707 [31JY]

———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]

Crime: constitutional amendment on protection of victims' rights (see H.J. Res. 71), H4836 [26JN]

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

———implement constitutional amendment on protection of victims' rights (see H.R. 1322), H4836 [26JN]

———notification of interstate relocation of witnesses by State engaging in that relocation (see H.R. 2181), H5485 [17JY]

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

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

Dept. of Defense: prohibit payment under defense contracts of restructuring costs for mergers or acquisitions (see H.R. 925), H765 [5MR]

Dept. of State: prohibit charges or fees for providing passport information (see H.R. 491), H286 [4FE]

Dept. of the Interior: deauthorize the Animas-La Plata Federal reclamation project and negotiate the water rights of Ute Indian tribes (see H.R. 745), H1018 [13MR]

Diseases: efforts to prevent transmission of HIV (see H.R. 1062), H3274 [3JN]

Douglas Applegate Post Office, Steubenville, OH: designate (see H.R. 2129), H7281 [15SE]

Drug abuse: national policy to combat the distribution, sale, and use of illegal drugs by young people (see H. Res. 267), H9502 [23OC]

Drugs: establish matching grant program for local communities that first demonstrate a long-term commitment to reduce youth substance abuse (see H.R. 956), H950 [12MR]

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), H768 [5MR]

Education: spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on children's classrooms (see H. Res. 139), H2156 [1MY]

Employment: protect employer rights (see H.R. 758), H8833 [9OC]

EPA: prohibit establishment of new standards for ozone or particulate matter before existing standards have been attained (see H.R. 1984), H5177 [11JY]

Federal employees: limitations relative to use of official time (see H.R. 986), H7008 [8SE]

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

Government: require Congress and the President to fulfill their constitutional duty to take personal responsibility for Federal laws (see H.R. 1036), H948 [12MR]

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

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

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), H767 [5MR]

House Rules: repeal relative to statutory limit on the public debt (see H. Res. 30), H245 [21JA]

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. 2709), H9501 [23OC]

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

Israel: anniversary of reunification of Jerusalem (see H. Con. Res. 60), H1439 [10AP]

Karl Bernal Post Office Building, Painesville, OH: designate (see H.R. 2766), H9729 [29OC]

Labor unions: ensure employees have adequate access and information relative to use of union dues or fees (see H.R. 928), H766 [5MR]

Line Item Veto Act: eliminate the requirement that a budget deficit must exist in order for the President to use the line-item veto authority (see H.R. 2424), H7118 [9SE]

Long Beach, CA: prohibit conveyance of naval station property to a commercial shipping company owned by a foreign country (see H.R. 1138), H1612 [16AP]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (see H.J. Res. 3), H154 [9JA]

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

———condolences on death (see H. Res. 226), H7263 [11SE]

National Council on the Arts: abolish (see H.R. 122), H1706 [17AP]

National Endowment for the Arts: abolish (see H.R. 122), H1706 [17AP]

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

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

National Service Trust Program: repeal (see H.R. 993), H803 [6MR]

Navy Combat Action Ribbon: retroactive awarding to certain individuals (see H.R. 543), H7199 [10SE]

Nigeria: impose economic sanctions (see H.R. 1786), H3476 [4JN]

OPIC: terminate authorities (see H.R. 387), H725 [4MR]

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

Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act: moratorium on certain class action lawsuits (see H.R. 1283), H1438 [10AP]

Real property: preserve Federal sovereignty of certain public lands and preserve certain State and private property rights (see H.R. 901), H2157 [1MY]

———private property owner rights (see H.R. 992), H6918 [4SE]

Roads and highways: modify minimum allocation formula for the Federal-aid highway program (see H.R. 907), H709 [3MR]

Sierra Leone: condemn military coup d'etat (see H. Con. Res. 99), H3804 [16JN]

Social Security: ensure integrity of trust funds (see H.R. 857), H699 [27FE]

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]

———capital gains rates (see H.R. 14), H348 [5FE]

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

———credit for clinical testing of certain drugs for rare diseases or conditions (see H.R. 1169), H1259 [20MR]

———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), H1258 [20MR]

———deductibility of the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance taxes paid by employees and self-employed individuals (see H.R. 1333), H1541 [15AP]

———deductions for business use of the home (see H.R. 955), H1340 [8AP]

———exempt certain small businesses from use of electronic fund transfer system for depository taxes (see H.R. 722), H522 [12FE]

———full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals (see H.R. 876), H700 [27FE]

———increase the unified estate and gift tax credit to exempt small businesses and farmers from inheritance taxes (see H.R. 1684), H3069 [20MY]

———provide a nonrefundable tax credit for police officers who purchase armor vests (see H.R. 1410), H1793 [23AP]

———provide deduction for capital gains, index the basis of certain capital assets, provide familiy credits, and phase-out estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 1584), H2589 [13MY]

———provide incentives for investment in renewal communities (see H.R. 1031), H1542 [15AP]

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

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

———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), H10956 [13NO]

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

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 158), H669 [26FE]

———treatment of charitable contributions (see H.R. 1338), H1541 [15AP]

———treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (see H.R. 2373, 2646), H6715 [1AU], H8929 [21OC]

———treatment of individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 446, 891), H701, H702 [27FE]

———treatment of timeshare homeowner associations (see H.R. 1350), H3924 [18JN]

TVA: phase out Federal funding (see H.R. 603), H670 [26FE]

Volunteer workers: allow State and local government workers to perform volunteer services for their employer without requiring overtime pay (see H.R. 484), H3568 [5JN]

Zaire: democracy efforts (see H. Res. 115), H1611 [16AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Agriculture: eliminate National Sheep Industry Improvement Center and apply savings to deficit reduction (see H.R. 1475), H1988 [29AP]

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

Dept. of Agriculture: eliminate Market Access Program (see H.R. 972), H802 [6MR]

Diseases: research programs for lymphangioleiomyomatosis (see H.R. 751), H585 [13FE]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H714 [4MR], H727 [5MR], H1113 [19MR], H2684 [15MY], H5025 [10JY], H6709 [1AU], H7611 [23SE]

Remarks

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1122), H1211 [20MR], H2936 [20MY]

Agriculture: eliminate National Sheep Industry Improvement Center and apply savings to deficit reduction (H.R. 1475), H1916 [29AP]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2160), H5717 [24JY]

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), veto, H3584 [10JN]

Budget: allocation of funds, H2496 [13MY], H2684 [15MY]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (S.J. Res. 1), E347 [27FE]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), H4804 [26JN], H4922 [9JY], H5580 [23JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), conference report, H6620 [31JY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 84), H3038 [20MY]

Chi Hoatian: White House reception during U.S. visit, H529 [13FE]

China, People's Republic of: U.S. policy, H1295 [8AP], H9627 [29OC]

———visit by President to the U.S., H9627 [29OC]

Cinergy Corp.: tribute, H7737 [24SE]

Climate: global warming, H8638 [8OC]

Clinton, Hillary Rodham: severance pay to White House chef, H7201 [11SE]

Clinton, President: executive order relative to effects of Federal policies on families, H3668 [11JN]

Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate): investigation of Federal election campaign fundraising and expenditure practices, H6922 [5SE], H7123 [10SE]

Congress: reauthorization of independent counsel statute, H3809 [17JN]

Courts: photographing, recording, and broadcasting of court proceedings (H.R. 1280), E2369 [13NO]

Crime: national policy to control juvenile crime and violence (H.R. 3), H2257 [7MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: eliminate Market Access Program (H.R. 972), H818 [11MR]

———Market Access Program funding, H5717 [24JY]

Dept. of Education: establish block grants for local educational agencies, H7387 [17SE]

Dept. of State: limit appropriations, H3676 [11JN]

Dept. of State and related agencies: authorizing appropriations and consolidating certain agencies (H.R. 1757), H3676 [11JN]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2107), H5156 [11JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2264), H7387 [17SE]

Education: national policy to improve system, H2354 [8MY]

EPA: prohibit establishment of new standards for ozone or particulate matter before existing standards have been attained, H5025 [10JY]

Executive Office of the President: employee responses to inquiries regarding investigations, H7612 [23SE]

Foreign aid: international family planning programs (H.J. Res. 36), H535, H548 [13FE]

House of Representative: placement of 1-minute speeches during proceedings, H714 [4MR], H727 [5MR]

Mexico: disapprove foreign aid certification of drug enforcement efforts (H.J. Res. 58), H968 [13MR], H1113 [19MR]

National Bone Marrow Donor Program: tribute, H6710 [1AU]

National Endowment for the Arts: funding, H4845 [8JY]

National Endowment for the Humanities: funding, H5156 [11JY]

National Teacher Appreciation Day: observance, H2179 [6MY]

Political campaigns: appointment of independent counsel to investigate fundraising practices in Presidential election campaign, H9504 [24OC]

Taxation: capital gains rates, H4804 [26JN]

———constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (H.J. Res. 62), H1483 [15AP]

———rates, H455 [12FE], H1460 [15AP], H2598 [14MY], H2684 [15MY], H3038 [20MY], H4804 [26JN], H4922 [9JY], H5580 [23JY], H6620 [31JY], H10773 [13NO]

Treaties and agreements: conditions for the U.S. becoming a signatory to any international agreement on greenhouse gas emissions, E2359 [13NO]

Zaire: democracy efforts (H. Res. 115), H1686 [17AP]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H4830 [26JN]

Tributes

Craynon, Paige, H1047 [18MR]

Draper, Sharon, H2179 [6MY]

Pitman, April, H1047 [18MR]

Siniawski, Jake, H6710 [1AU]