MILLER, DAN (a Representative from Florida)

Amendments

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2160), H5577 [22JY], H5699 [24JY]

Appointments

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

———H.R. 2264, Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations, H7654 [23SE]

Articles and editorials

Quiet Roads Bringing Thundering Protests—Congress To Battle Over Who Pays To Get to National Forest Trees, Carey Goldberg, New York (NY) Times, H5104 [10JY]

Timber! Let Subsidies Fall, USA Today, H5105 [10JY]

Why Waste Money on Logging Roads?, H5105 [10JY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: eliminate National Sheep Industry Improvement Center and apply savings to deficit reduction (see H.R. 1475), H2446 [8MY]

———labeling of imported meat and meat food products containing imported meat (see H.R. 1371), H8300 [1OC]

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

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

Armed Forces: maintenance of military personnel in Asian and Pacific regions (see H. Res. 103), H2446 [8MY]

Aviation: allow families of international airline disaster victims a fair jury trial to receive just compensation for their loss (see H.R. 2005), H4132 [20JN]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1), H154 [9JA]

———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]

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

Capitol Building and Grounds: establish a Capitol Visitor Center (see H.R. 20), H1186 [19MR]

CERCLA: moratorium on enforcement actions against certain individuals (see H.R. 1878), H3796 [12JN]

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), H6407 [30JY]

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

Collective bargaining: clarify use of violence to achieve objectives (see H.R. 2163), H7199 [10SE]

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), H286 [4FE]

Correctional institutions: prohibit the use of Federal funds for certain amenities and personal comforts in the Federal prison system (see H.R. 816), H1289 [21MR]

Courts: access relative to Federal agency actions and State laws (see H.R. 1534), H6918 [4SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: eliminate Market Access Program (see H.R. 972), H2785 [15MY]

Dept. of Commerce: abolish (see H.R. 2667), H8833 [9OC]

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]

Dept. of the Treasury: treatment of partnership distributions to limited partners (see H.R. 1247), H1543 [15AP]

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

District of Columbia: provide scholarship assistance for elementary and secondary school students (see H.R. 1797), H7730 [23SE]

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), H3203 [22MY]

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), H586 [13FE]

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

Energy Policy and Conservation Act: eliminate certain plumbing supply regulations (see H.R. 859), H2785 [15MY]

English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see H.R. 123), H142 [9JA]

EPA: limit authority to ban metered-dose inhalers (see H.R. 2627), H9039 [22OC]

Everglades National Park: designate Earnest F. Coe Visitor Center (see H.R. 136), H1339 [8AP]

Federal, Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: authorize compounding of certain drugs and devices (see H.R. 1060), H1017 [13MR]

Federal agencies and departments: assess impact of policies and regulations on families (see H.R. 2124), H5020 [9JY]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: development, clearance, and use of certain devices (see H.R. 1710), H7263 [11SE]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 54), H629 [25FE]

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

———restrictions and requirements on leasing of the Continental Shelf (see H.R. 180), H245 [21JA]

Germany: jurisdiction of cases in U.S. courts involving genocide during World War II (see H.R. 1531), H3213 [30MY]

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]

———require Congress and the President to fulfill their constitutional duty to take personal responsibility for Federal laws (see H.R. 1036), H2254 [6MY]

Health: revise and extend bone marrow donation and transplantation program (see H.R. 2202), H6918 [4SE]

Hope, Bob: confer honorary Armed Forces veteran status (see H.J. Res. 75), H2680 [14MY]

House of Representatives: require that excess amounts from Members' official allowances be applied to deficit reduction (see H.R. 80), H767 [5MR]

Immigration: provide special status for certain alien journalists working in Hong Kong (see H.R. 890), H701 [27FE]

Insurance: coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (see H.R. 815), H3203 [22MY]

———provide consumers choice of auto insurance relative to compensation for economic and non-economic losses (see H.R. 2021), H9039 [22OC]

Iran: impose sanctions on foreign persons who transfer items contributing to efforts to acquire, develop, or produce ballistic missiles (see H.R. 2930), H10418 [8NO]

IRS: accountability in tax collection practices and procedures (see H.R. 1227), H8438 [6OC]

———restructure (see H.R. 2292), H8633 [7OC]

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

Labor unions: ensure employees have adequate access and information relative to use of union dues or fees (see H.R. 928), H890 [11MR]

———inform workers of their rights relative to the payment of dues or fees to labor organizations (see H.R. 1625), H4836 [26JN]

———protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 59), H68 [7JA], H140 [9JA]

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

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

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), H9865 [31OC]

Marjory Stoneman Douglas Wilderness: designate (see H.R. 136), H1339 [8AP]

Medicare: allow beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for services (see H.R. 2497), H7599 [18SE]

———hospice care reform (see H.R. 521), H283 [4FE]

———provide coverage through qualified provider-sponsored organizations (see H.R. 475), H1892 [24AP]

———reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see H.R. 192), H286 [4FE]

———remove requirement of an x ray as a condition of coverage of chiropractic services (see H.R. 916), H2785 [15MY]

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]

Motor vehicles: average fuel economy standards for automobiles (see H.R. 880), H6026 [29JY]

NASA: tribute for successfully carrying out the Mars Pathfinder Mission (see H. Con. Res. 111), H5021 [9JY]

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

National Commission on the Cost of Higher Education: establish (see H.R. 1511), H2155 [1MY]

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

NATO: recommend the integration of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania (see H. Con. Res. 10), H3661 [10JN]

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

OPIC: terminate authorities (see H.R. 387), H4913 [8JY]

Patents: restore term of patent protection and retain confidentiality relative to the publication of patent applications (see H.R. 811), H1187 [19MR]

Pensions: annuity computation for Members of Congress and Federal employees (see H.R. 946), H766 [5MR]

Political campaigns: 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), H701 [27FE]

Securities: limit the conduct of securities class actions under State law (see H.R. 1689), H7263 [11SE]

Social Security: ensure integrity of trust funds (see H.R. 857), H7119 [9SE]

Taxation: allow married couples to be taxed using rates applicable to either single or joint filers (see H.R. 2462), H8438 [6OC]

———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), H286 [4FE]

———capital gains rates (see H.R. 14, 1124), H348 [5FE], H3204 [22MY]

———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), H7008 [8SE]

———exempt certain small businesses from use of electronic fund transfer system for depository taxes (see H.R. 722), H950 [12MR]

———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), H3865 [17JN]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 2483), H8834 [9OC]

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

———treatment of ethanol production (see H.R. 161), H245 [21JA]

———treatment of funeral trusts (see H.R. 479), H1892 [24AP]

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

———treatment of Internet and online services fees (see H.R. 995), H1289 [21MR]

———treatment of Social Security benefits (see H.R. 693), H2156 [1MY]

———treatment of timeshare homeowner associations (see H.R. 1350), H5021 [9JY]

Television: promote competition in the multichannel video marketplace (see H.R. 2921), H10769 [12NO]

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

Treaties and agreements: limits on certain missile defense systems (see H. Res. 98), H1112 [18MR]

———prevent the imposition of new energy taxes or fees to comply with the global warming treaty (see H. Res. 268), H9866 [31OC]

Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act: prohibit assistance to illegal aliens (see H.R. 849), H3476 [4JN]

Veterans: expand range of criminal offenses resulting in forfeiture of benefits (see H.R. 1955), H4133 [20JN]

World War II: recognize and commend U.S. airmen held as prisoners at the Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany (see H. Con. Res. 95), H3660 [10JN]

———require apology and reparation of victims of Japanese war crimes (see H. Con. Res. 126), H6919 [4SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Agriculture: make regulatory correction relative to methyl bromide under the Montreal Protocol (see H.R. 2609), H8437 [6OC]

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

Federal employees: limitations relative to use of official time (see H.R. 986), H803 [6MR]

Motor vehicles: install switches to deactivate air bags (see H.R. 1022), H888 [11MR]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H409 [11FE], H807 [10MR], H1709 [21AP], H7283 [16SE]

Remarks

Agriculture: price supports for sugar, H1777 [23AP]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2160), H5700, H5703, H5705 [24JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2160), consideration (H. Res. 193), H5652 [23JY]

Appropriations: establish automatic system for continuing appropriations, H2735 [15MY]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), H2735 [15MY]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), H4559 [25JN]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 84), H2973, H3004, H3026 [20MY]

Census: use of sampling to improve the accuracy of the decennial census, H8229 [30SE]

Corp. for National and Community Service: funding, H1779 [23AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: regulate loans to certain processors of sugarcane and sugar beets, H5652 [23JY], H5700, H5703, H5705 [24JY]

Dept. of Energy: Clean Coal Technology Program funding, H5120 [10JY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2107), H5103, H5120 [10JY]

Dept. of the Treasury: Community Development Financial Institutions Fund Program funding, H5351 [16JY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2267), H7887 [25SE], H8229 [30SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2264), H6931 [5SE], H7030 [9SE], H7137, H7138 [10SE]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2158), H5351 [16JY]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments, H1779, H1780 [23AP]

Education: charter schools funding through rescissions in Technology Literacy Challenge Grant Program funding, H7137, H7138 [10SE]

———national policy to improve system, H9567 [28OC]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2159), H6367 [30JY]

Forest Service: road construction funding, H5103 [10JY]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: funding through rescissions in the Dept. of Labor wage and hour enforcement division, H6931 [5SE]

Job Corps: compensation of employees, H7030 [9SE]

Medicare: reform, H1774, H1775, H1776 [23AP], H4559 [25JN]

NIST: Advanced Technology Program funding, H7887 [25SE]

OPIC: funding, H6367 [30JY]

Small Business Act: amend (H.R. 2261), H8079 [29SE]

Small Business Investment Act: amend (H.R. 2261), H8079 [29SE]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H1780 [23AP]

Taxation: rates, H3004 [20MY]

Votes: position on missed, H5270 [15JY]

Wolfe, Paul: American Jewish Committee Human Relations Award recipient, E301 [25FE]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H1455 [14AP], H3718 [11JN]