LIVINGSTON, BOB (a Representative from Louisiana)

Amendments

House Ethics Reform Task Force: implement recommendations (H. Res. 168), H7554 [18SE]

Appointments

Conferee: 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. 2158, Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies appropriations, H6725 [3SE]

———H.R. 2159, foreign operations, export financing, and related programs appropriations, H7321 [16SE]

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

———H.R. 2169, Dept. of Transportation and related agencies appropriations, H6725 [3SE]

———H.R. 2203, energy and water development appropriations, H6726 [3SE]

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

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

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

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

———H.R. 2378, Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies appropriations, H7769 [24SE]

Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents, H527 [13FE]

Articles and editorials

Congress According to Kessler? by, Colfax (LA) Chronicle, E1483 [23JY]

Joy in Mudville, Roll Call (publication), E1058 [23MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

Agriculture: restore the effectiveness of certain provisions of the Agricultural Adjustment Act regulating Federal milk marketing orders (see H.R. 786), H587 [13FE]

Armed Forces: require separate basic training for male and female recruits (see H.R. 1559), H2444 [8MY]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1), H890 [11MR]

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

Business and industry: improve and expand employee health care programs (see H.R. 1515), H4087 [19JN]

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

———use of the rotunda for a ceremony honoring Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew (see H. Con. Res. 134), H6799 [3SE]

CERCLA: amend (see H.R. 3000), H10957 [13NO]

———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), H10956 [13NO]

Computers: prohibit gambling on the Internet (see H.R. 2380), H7365 [16SE]

———use, sale, and export of encryption products for privacy and security (see H.R. 695), H6026 [29JY]

Consumers: require additional disclosures of the terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 2019), H7263 [11SE]

Corp. for National and Community Service: prohibit use of Selective Service System information for recruitment purposes (see H.R. 2029), H9039 [22OC]

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

Credit unions: clarify laws relative to field of membership of Federal credit unions (see H.R. 1151), H1258 [20MR]

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

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

Dept. of Agriculture: establish temporary emergency minimum milk prices (see H. Res. 224), H8300 [1OC]

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

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), H1339 [8AP]

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

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), H6706 [31JY]

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), H5401 [16JY]

English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see H.R. 123), H285 [4FE]

EPA: distribution of funds to States for cooperative agreements relative to underground storage tanks (see H.R. 688), H452 [11FE]

———prohibit establishment of new standards for ozone or particulate matter before existing standards have been attained (see H.R. 1984), H7008 [8SE]

Executive Office of the President: failure to faithfully execute laws (see H. Res. 220), H6917 [4SE]

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

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

Food: inspection requirements relative to interstate distribution of State-inspected meat and poultry (see H.R. 2103), H4835 [26JN]

Freedom of religion: constitutional amendment on protection (see H.J. Res. 78), H2445 [8MY]

Gillis W. Long Hansen's Disease Center: authorize relocation and transfer current site to Louisiana (see H.R. 1558), H2444 [8MY]

Government: procure from the private sector the goods and services necessary to operate and manage certain agencies (see H.R. 716), H7830 [24SE]

———require Congress and the President to fulfill their constitutional duty to take personal responsibility for Federal laws (see H.R. 1036), H5297 [15JY]

Health: prohibit restriction of certain medical communications between health care providers and their patients (see H.R. 586), H1018 [13MR]

———standardize relationships between group health plans and health insurers relative to enrollees, health professionals, and providers (see H.R. 1415), H1793 [23AP]

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]

Housing: State authority to set rental occupancy standards (see H.R. 1108), H1440 [10AP]

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: 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), H9614 [28OC]

Lewis and Clark expedition: mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial (see H.R. 1560), H2680 [14MY]

Lister, Sara E.: request resignation as Assistant Sec. of the Army for Manpower and Reserve Affairs relative to remarks about Marine Corps (see H. Con. Res. 197), H10955 [13NO]

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

———reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see H.R. 192), H2254 [6MY]

Money: use of tactile currency for the blind and visually impaired (see H. Res. 122), H2785 [15MY]

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

Motor vehicles: average fuel economy standards for automobiles (see H.R. 880), H1187 [19MR]

National cemeteries: penalties for theft and malicious vandalism (see H.R. 1532), H3660 [10JN]

National Service Trust Program: repeal (see H.R. 993), H5021 [9JY]

OPIC: reauthorize (see H.R. 2064), H4646 [25JN]

OSHA: disapprove rule relative to occupational exposure to methylene chloride (see H.J. Res. 67), H1261 [20MR]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 965), H1707 [17AP]

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

Postal Service: limit commercial nonpostal services (see H.R. 198), H145 [9JA]

Public welfare programs: exception to limited eligibility for SSI and food stamps for disabled permanent resident aliens (see H.R. 1360), H2091 [30AP]

Real property: preserve Federal sovereignty of certain public lands and preserve certain State and private property rights (see H.R. 901), H1392 [9AP]

———private property owner rights (see H.R. 992), H3070 [20MY]

Religion: protect certain charitable contributions (see H.R. 2604), H8320 [2OC]

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

Russia: proliferation of nuclear missile technology to Iran (see H. Con. Res. 121), H9615 [28OC]

Securities: limit the conduct of securities class actions under State law (see H.R. 1689), H7199 [10SE]

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), H1794 [23AP]

Sinatra, Francis A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 279), H768 [5MR]

Small business: provide regulatory assistance (see H.R. 96), H4132 [20JN]

Stewart, Jimmy: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 109), H4913 [8JY]

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]

———credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (see H.R. 1134), H1340 [8AP]

———full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals (see H.R. 18), H3568 [5JN]

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

———require burden of proof to be on the Dept. of the Treasury in all tax cases (see H.R. 367), H408 [10FE]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 2483), H9559 [24OC]

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

———treatment of education savings accounts (see H.R. 1597), H2679 [14MY]

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

———treatment of individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 446), H153 [9JA]

Transportation: reauthorize highway construction and surface transportation funding (see H.R. 674), H1340 [8AP]

Treaties and agreements: limits on certain missile defense systems (see H. Res. 98), H1018 [13MR]

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

Veterans: determination of active military service for certain merchant mariners who served during World War II (see H.R. 1126), H1186 [19MR]

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]

Wildlife: protect opportunities for sportsmen and enhance conservation of wildlife (see H.R. 1719), H3569 [5JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2160), corrections in enrollment (see H. Con. Res. 167), H8438 [6OC]

Appropriations: making continuing (see H.J. Res. 94, 97, 106), H8054 [26SE], H8928 [21OC], H10955 [13NO]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (see H.R. 1469, 1871), H1987 [29AP], H3796 [12JN]

———making interim emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (see H.R. 1708), H3201 [22MY]

———making technical corrections to omnibus consolidated legislation (see H.J. Res. 25), H155 [9JA]

Colleges and universities: protect speech and association rights of students (see H.R. 980), H803 [6MR]

Dularge (vessel): certificate of documentation (see H.R. 2690), H8928 [21OC]

House Ethics Reform Task Force: implement recommendations (see H. Res. 168), H3924 [18JN]

National Voter Registration Act: voluntary compliance by States (see H.R. 2115), H4913 [8JY]

Taxation: allow certain deductions for school bus owner-operators (see H.R. 1242), H1338 [8AP]

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

Conference reports

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and Sundry Independent Agencies Appropriations (H.R. 2158), H8323-H8361 [6OC]

Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief and Overseas Peacekeeping Operations (H.R. 1469), H3442-H3474 [4JN]

Energy and Water Development Appropriations (H.R. 2203), H7917-H8003 [26SE]

Letters

Tribute to GAO efforts relative to Government Performance and Results Act implementation: several Representatives, E1827 [23SE]

Motions

District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 2607), H10758 [12NO]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H5489 [21JY]

Remarks

Airport and Airway Trust Fund: rescission of contract authority, H2760 [15MY]

Appropriations: eliminate forward funding for FEMA, restore Dept. of HUD rental assisted housing funding, and make other nondefense rescissions, H2729, H2731 [15MY]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 94), H7915, H7916 [26SE], H8098, H8100 [29SE]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 97), H8937, H8938 [22OC]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), H2698, H2706, H2709, H2712, H2726, H2728, H2729, H2731, H2750, H2759, H2760, H2763, H2766, H2771, H2774 [15MY], H2860, H2861, H2862 [16MY], H3193 [22MY]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), conference report, H3520, H3538, H3539 [5JN]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), corrections in engrossment, H2775 [15MY]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), permission to file conference report, H3291 [4JN]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1871), H3757, H3773, H3785, H3788 [12JN]

———making technical corrections to omnibus consolidated legislation (H.J. Res. 25), H75 [9JA]

Buy American Act: compliance, H2728 [15MY]

China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (H.J. Res. 79), H4251 [24JN]

Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House): require majority vote of Committee to broaden scope of investigation and issue subpoenas, H7564, H7565, H7567 [18SE]

———time limit for dismissal of deadlocked complaints, H7561 [18SE]

Committees of the House: majority party appointments (H. Res. 25), H76 [9JA]

Dept. of Defense: disapproval of line-item vetoes in military construction appropriations legislation (H.R. 2631), H10382 [8NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2266), H5976 [29JY]

Dept. of State and related agencies: authorizing appropriations and consolidating certain agencies (H.R. 1757), motion to instruct conferees, H8688 [8OC]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2378), conference report, H8212 [30SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2378), motion to instruct conferees, H7762 [24SE]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2267), conference report, H10930, H10936 [13NO]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2264), H6860 [4SE]

District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 2607), H8758 [9OC], H10681, H10759, H10763 [12NO]

Federal employees: leave transfer program to assist Federal employees adversely affected by disasters, H2771 [15MY]

FEMA: funding, H2763 [15MY]

Floods: community development block grant funding to flood States, H2706 [15MY]

Foreign aid: international family planning programs (H.J. Res. 36), H530, H544, H546 [13FE]

———international family planning programs restrictions relative to abortion, H8505 [7OC], H8688 [8OC]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2159), motion to instruct conferees, H8505 [7OC]

Gibbons, Representative: Distinguished Flying Cross award recipient, E179 [6FE]

House Ethics Reform Task Force: application of recommendations to complaints to the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House) filed during this or subsequent Congresses, H7554 [18SE]

———implement recommendations (H. Res. 168), H7544, H7548, H7550, H7554, H7561, H7564, H7565, H7567 [18SE]

———implement recommendations (H. Res. 168), consideration (H. Res. 230), H7540 [18SE]

———implement recommendations (H. Res. 168), motion to recommit, H7571 [18SE]

House of Representatives: legislative program, H3188 [22MY], H8302 [2OC]

———report on trip to Asia by congressional delegation, H1423 [10AP]

Immigration: extend program allowing immigrants to renew status based on family relationship or employment opportunity while remaining in the country, H7915, H7916 [26SE], H8100 [29SE]

———obtain suspension of deportation of aliens under rules in place at the time of application for residency, H10759 [12NO]

Literature: response to Ronald Kessler book ``Inside Congress'', E1483 [23JY]

Members of Congress: deny cost-of-living adjustments, H7762 [24SE]

Monroe County, MI: funding for costs associated with Comair plane crash, H2726 [15MY]

National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism: study effects of alcoholic beverage advertising, H2759 [15MY]

Parliamentary inquiry, H2773 [15MY]

Point of order, H2750, H2757 [15MY], H3536 [5JN]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits, H6724 [3SE], H8212 [30SE]

SSI: extend transition period for legal aliens receiving benefits, H2709 [15MY]

Ukraine: allocation of foreign aid, H3785 [12JN]

Veterans: funding of certain medical research relative to illnesses suffered by veterans who served in the Persian Gulf Conflict, H2750 [15MY]

WIC: funding, H2861 [16MY]

Reports filed

Activities During the 104th Congress: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H. Rept. 104-870), H66 [7JA], H88 [9JA]

Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief and Overseas Peacekeeping Operations: Committee of Conference (H.R. 1469) (H. Rept. 105-119), H3475 [4JN]

———Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 1469) (H. Rept. 105-83), H1987 [29AP]

Revised Subdivision of Budget Totals for Fiscal Year 1997: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H. Rept. 105-182), H5296 [15JY]

———Committee on Appropriations (House) (H. Rept. 105-185), H5400 [16JY], H5485 [17JY]

Revised Subdivision of Budget Totals for Fiscal Year 1998: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H. Rept. 105-215), H6025 [29JY]

———Committee on Appropriations (House) (H. Rept. 105-260), H7728 [23SE]

———Committee on Appropriations (House) (H. Rept. 105-286), H8264 [30SE]

———Committee on Appropriations (House) (H. Rept. 105-287), H8299 [1OC]

———Committee on Appropriations (House) (H. Rept. 105-302), H8437 [6OC]

Subdivision of Budget Totals for Fiscal Year 1998: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H. Rept. 105-151), H4338 [24JN]

Rules

Committee on Appropriations (House), H664-H666 [26FE]

Statements

Some Reflections Upon the Occasion of Changing My Political Party Affiliation from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party: Salvatore A. Caruso, E202-E204 [11FE]

Tables

District of Columbia appropriations (H.R. 2607), H10760 [12NO]

Emergency supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), H2699-H2705 [15MY], H3522-H3532 [5JN]

Emergency supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1871), H3774-H3784 [12JN]

Tributes

Caruso, Salvatore A., E202 [11FE]

Conte, Silvio, E1058 [23MY]

Cullen, Jonna L., H2867 [16MY]

Lodhi, Maleehah, E212 [11FE]

Stroud, Ansel M., Jr. (Buddy), E1974 [8OC]