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
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
Canada: blockade of U.S. vessels exercising right of innocent passage through the territorial sea of Canada (H. Con. Res. 124), H5837
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
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
———use of certain grant funds to provide parental education to assist in child abuse prevention (H.R. 2381), E1642
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
———authorizing military activities appropriations and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1119), conference report, H9606
———B-52 bomber funding, H5965 [29JY]
———breast cancer research funding, H5950 [29JY]
———B-2 stealth bomber funding, H4138, H4175, H4183, H4188
———Defense Airborne Reconnaissance Office funding, H7846 [25SE], H9606
———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
———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
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
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
Pritchard, Joel, E2042