SCHAEFER, DAN (a Representative from Colorado)
Amendments
Hazardous substances: nuclear waste disposal (H.R. 1270), H9657, H9690 [29OC]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 1119, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths, H5803 [25JY]
———H.R. 2015, Balanced Budget Act, H5040 [10JY]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Airlines: provide protection for airline employees who provide certain air safety information (see H.R. 915), H2590 [13MY]
———require use of child safety restraint systems (see H.R. 754), H585 [13FE]
American Discovery Trail: designate (see H.R. 588), H346 [5FE]
Aviation: allow families of international airline disaster victims a fair jury trial to receive just compensation for their loss (see H.R. 2005), H4914 [8JY]
Budget: reform process (see H.R. 1372), H1704 [17AP]
———reform process and enforce the bipartisan balanced budget agreement (see H.R. 2003), H5487 [17JY]
Business and industry: assist in development of microenterprises (see H.R. 1129), H1186 [19MR]
———ensure congressional approval of compliance costs relative to Government regulations (see H.R. 1591), H3477 [4JN]
———improve and expand employee health care programs (see H.R. 1515), H2155 [1MY]
CERCLA: clarify liability for certain recycling transactions (see H.R. 2733), H9558 [24OC]
Citizenship: restrict citizenship of individuals based solely on birth in the U.S. (see H.R. 7), H156 [9JA]
———waiving of residency and English language requirements for Hmong refugees (see H.R. 371), H4086 [19JN]
Civil rights: prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, or sex in Federal actions (see H.R. 1909), H6963 [5SE]
Computers: use, sale, and export of encryption products for privacy and security (see H.R. 695), H5778 [24JY]
Copyrights: amend laws relative to certain exemptions (see H.R. 789), H4913 [8JY]
Courts: access relative to Federal agency actions and State laws (see H.R. 1534), H7730 [23SE]
———moratorium on certain class action lawsuits (see H.R. 1283), H2169 [5MY]
Death and dying: prohibit Federal funding for assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing (see H.R. 1003), H887 [11MR]
Diseases: payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted HIV due to contaminated blood products (see H.R. 1023), H888 [11MR]
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2248), H7008 [8SE]
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), H586 [13FE]
———provide compensatory time for all employees (see H.R. 1), H589 [13FE]
English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see H.R. 123), H589 [13FE]
EPA: prohibit establishment of new standards for ozone or particulate matter before existing standards have been attained (see H.R. 1984), H8054 [26SE]
Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: reduce the cost of credit (see H.R. 1059), H9614 [28OC]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: authorize compounding of certain drugs and devices (see H.R. 1060), H3169 [21MY]
———development, clearance, and use of certain devices (see H.R. 1710), H3201 [22MY]
Firearms: protect and enforce the right to obtain and use firearms for security, self-defense, and other legitimate purposes (see H.R. 27), H244 [21JA]
Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 54), H588 [13FE]
Freedom of religion: constitutional amendment on protection (see H.J. Res. 78), H5916 [28JY]
Hazardous substances: clarify listing of unique chemical substances (see H.R. 659), H407 [10FE]
Health: liability protection for suppliers of raw material and component parts to medical device manufacturers (see H.R. 872), H1707 [17AP]
Health care professionals: exempt physician office laboratories from clinical laboratory requirements (see H.R. 2250), H6798 [3SE]
Higher Education Act: allow certain small, nonprofit banks to exceed 50 percent student loan ratio (see H.R. 2311), H6406 [30JY]
Homeless: housing programs for veterans (see H.R. 1754), H7119 [9SE]
Hope, Bob: confer honorary Armed Forces veteran status (see H.J. Res. 75), H2090 [30AP]
Immigration: establish visa waiver pilot program for Korean nationals traveling in tour groups (see H.R. 203, 627), H7199 [10SE], H7911 [25SE]
Insurance: coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (see H.R. 815), H8833 [9OC]
Israel: anniversary of reunification of Jerusalem (see H. Con. Res. 60), H2351 [7MY]
Larry Doby Post Office, Paterson, NJ: designate (see H.R. 2116), H5916 [28JY]
Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1173), H2254 [6MY]
———collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 1173), H10769 [12NO]
———exemption from State laws prohibiting carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H3924 [18JN]
Little League Baseball Inc.: extend benefits and privileges available to nongovernmental international organizations (see H. Con. Res. 107), H8834 [9OC]
Medicare: allow beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for services (see H.R. 2497), H7599 [18SE]
———improve preventive care benefits (see H.R. 15), H1706 [17AP]
———reimbursement for services provided to eligible veterans by certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities (see H.R. 1362), H1703 [17AP]
———reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see H.R. 414), H152 [9JA]
Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (see H.J. Res. 2), H154 [9JA]
Monuments and memorials: prohibit establishment of any national monument without an express act of Congress and the concurrence of the Governor and State legislature (see H.R. 1127), H1440 [10AP]
Motor vehicles: average fuel economy standards for automobiles (see H.R. 880), H950 [12MR]
———titling and registration requirements relative to salvage, nonrepairable, and rebuilt vehicles (see H.R. 1839), H4222 [23JN]
National cemeteries: penalties for theft and malicious vandalism (see H.R. 1532), H4222 [23JN]
National discovery trails: establish (see H.R. 588), H346 [5FE]
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]
———repeal, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 993), H1112 [18MR]
NIST: improve computer security (see H.R. 1903), H5778 [24JY]
Occupational Safety and Health Act: amend (see H.R. 1162), H1258 [20MR]
Patents: restore term of patent protection and retain confidentiality relative to the publication of patent applications (see H.R. 811), H1187 [19MR]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 965), H1795 [23AP]
———require worker approval for use of labor organization dues and fees for political activities (see H.R. 2608), H8437 [6OC]
Princess Diana (Wales): condolences on death in car accident in Paris (see H. Res. 219), H6917 [4SE]
Public lands: designate certain lands as wilderness areas (see H.R. 1567), H3924 [18JN]
Radio: clarify the authority of the FCC to authorize foreign investment in U.S. broadcast and common carrier radio licenses (see H.R. 954), H767 [5MR]
Real property: preserve Federal sovereignty of certain public lands and preserve certain State and private property rights (see H.R. 901), H2590 [13MY]
Rocky Mountain National Park: prohibit commercial air tours (see H.R. 2859), H10171 [6NO]
Securities: limit the conduct of securities class actions under State law (see H.R. 1689), H4836 [26JN]
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), H3170 [21MY]
Surplus Government property: transfer certain property to State and local governments for law enforcement and safety purposes (see H.R. 404), H7830 [24SE]
Taxation: allow individuals to designate a portion of their tax overpayment to the U.S. Olympic Committee (see H.R. 1016), H2785 [15MY]
———allow individuals to designate percentage of their tax overpayments or to make contributions for units of the National Park System (see H.R. 755), H586 [13FE]
———constitutional amendment to abolish Federal income tax (see H.J. Res. 70), H2255 [6MY]
———constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (see H.J. Res. 62), H1543 [15AP]
———extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind (see H.R. 1401), H3477 [4JN]
———repeal income tax and institute a national sales tax (see H. Res. 111), H2157 [1MY]
———require burden of proof to be on the Dept. of the Treasury in all tax cases (see H.R. 367), H10172 [6NO]
———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 2483), H8055 [26SE]
———treatment of education (see H.R. 2847), H10171 [6NO]
———treatment of employer-provided and graduate level educational assistance (see H.R. 127), H4836 [26JN]
Transportation: provide off-budget treatment for certain transportation trust funds (see H.R. 4), H156 [9JA]
Urban areas: metropolitan planning (see H.R. 477), H453 [11FE]
Veterans: authorize the Pyramid of Remembrance Foundation to establish a memorial dedicated to soldiers who have died in foreign conflicts other than declared wars (see H.R. 1608), H6918 [4SE]
———expand range of criminal offenses resulting in forfeiture of burial benefits (see H.R. 2040), H6407 [30JY]
———extend Dept. of Veterans Affairs authority to enter into enhanced-use leases for certain property and rename Court of Veterans Appeals and National Cemetery System (see H.R. 1092), H1289 [21MR]
———revisions of benefits decisions based on clear and unmistakable error (see H.R. 1090), H1262 [20MR]
Volunteer workers: grant immunity from personal civil liability during work on behalf of governmental entities or nonprofit organizations (see H.R. 911), H1392 [9AP]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1), H154 [9JA]
Capitol Building and Grounds: acceptance of a statue of John L. (Jack) Swigert for placement in National Statuary Hall (see H. Con. Res. 25), H628 [25FE]
CERCLA: ensure Federal compliance (see H.R. 1195), H1260 [20MR]
Electric power: provide for retail competition among suppliers (see H.R. 655), H407 [10FE]
Energy Policy and Conservation Act: extend certain programs (see H.R. 2472), H7281 [15SE]
EPA: distribution of funds to States for cooperative agreements relative to underground storage tanks (see H.R. 688), H452 [11FE]
Power resources: amend certain sections of the Dept. of Energy Organization Act and Federal Energy Administration Act (see H.R. 649), H393 [6FE]
Taxation: repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax (see H.R. 1325, 2001), H1541 [15AP], H4086 [19JN]
Water pollution: Federal facilities pollution control (see H.R. 1194), H1260 [20MR]
Remarks
Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), H2713
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), E127
Buy American Act: compliance, H9705 [29OC]
Capitol Building and Grounds: acceptance of a statue of John L. (Jack) Swigert for placement in National Statuary Hall (H. Con. Res. 25), H2263 [7MY]
CERCLA: clarify liability for certain recycling transactions (H.R. 2733), E2086
Dept. of Education: national testing standards, H9497 [23OC]
Dept. of Energy: extension of Electric and Magnetic Fields Research and Public Information Dissemination Program (H.R. 363), H1943 [29AP]
———standardize requirements for public notification and participation in decisionmaking process (H.R. 649), H828 [11MR]
———transfer of Formerly Utilized Site Remedial Action Program to Corps of Engineers, H5740 [24JY]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2107), H5075
———making appropriations (H.R. 2107), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 277), H9511 [24OC]
Education: national policy to improve system, H2355 [8MY], H9497 [23OC]
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2203), consideration (H. Res. 194), H5740 [24JY]
Energy Policy and Conservation Act: extend certain programs (H.R. 2472), H8086
EPA: distribution of funds to States for cooperative agreements relative to underground storage tanks (H.R. 688), H1752 [23AP]
Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates, H9656 [29OC]
FERC: extension of deadline for construction of hydroelectric project in New York (H.R. 848), H3585 [10JN]
———extension of deadline for construction of hydroelectric project in Washington (H.R. 1184), H3585, H3586 [10JN]
———extension of deadline for construction of hydroelectric project in Washington (H.R. 1217), H3585, H3587 [10JN]
———extension of deadline for construction of hydroelectric project in Washington (H.R. 651), H829 [11MR]
———extension of deadline for construction of hydroelectric project in Washington (H.R. 652), H830 [11MR]
Foreign aid: tribute to Microcredit Program, E384
Hazardous substances: designate Yucca Mountain, NV, as nuclear waste disposal site, H9660, H9669 [29OC]
———emergency response personnel requirements relative to transportation of nuclear fuel and waste, H9698 [29OC]
———nuclear waste disposal (H.R. 1270), H9656, H9657, H9659, H9660, H9669, H9690, H9692, H9698, H9705 [29OC], E2205
———nuclear waste disposal (H.R. 1270), consideration (H. Res. 283), H9633 [29OC]
———nuclear waste disposal (H.R. 1270), corrections in engrossment, H9771 [30OC]
Nuclear Waste Policy Act: require that only U.S. produced nuclear waste can be stored in certain repositories, H9692 [29OC]
Parliamentary inquiry, H8532 [7OC]
Petroleum: selling of strategic petroleum reserves, H9511 [24OC]
Point of order, H8533 [7OC]
Republican Party: national agenda, H6770 [3SE]
Safety: prohibit transportation of radioactive waste through certain incorporated areas, H8533 [7OC]
Strategic Petroleum Reserve: budget treatment, H2713
Taxation: national sales tax, H1412 [10AP]
———rates, H1412 [10AP]
———repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax (H.R. 1325), H1521, H1522, H1523, H1524 [15AP]
Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact: consent (H.R. 629), H8516, H8530, H8533 [7OC]
———ensure radioactive waste is brought only from Maine or Vermont, H8530 [7OC]
Veterans: revisions of benefits decisions based on clear and unmistakable error (H.R. 1090), E738
Votes: position on missed, H4168
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H1434 [10AP]
Tributes
Franks, Representative, E127
Hoffman, Lillian, E735
Wallenberg, Raoul, E735