SPRATT, JOHN M., JR. (a Representative from South Carolina)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing military activities appropriations and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1119), H4201 [23JN]

Appointments

Conferee: H. Con. Res. 84, setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002, H3246 [3JN]

———H.R. 1119, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths, H5803 [25JY]

———H.R. 2015, Balanced Budget Act, H5040 [10JY]

Articles and editorials

Those Surpluses—Proceed With Caution, Robert D. Reischauer, Washington (DC) Post, E1958 [7OC]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: restore the effectiveness of certain provisions of the Agricultural Adjustment Act regulating Federal milk marketing orders (see H.R. 786), H702 [27FE]

Airlines: provide protection for airline employees who provide certain air safety information (see H.R. 915), H1892 [24AP]

Alaska: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 900), H1611 [16AP]

Budget: authorize expedited consideration of certain proposed rescissions (see H.R. 1321), H1541 [15AP]

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

Business and industry: assist in development of microenterprises (see H.R. 1129), H10172 [6NO]

———maintain standards for ``Made in USA'' label (see H. Con. Res. 80), H3274 [3JN]

CERCLA: clarify liability for certain recycling transactions (see H.R. 2733), H9558 [24OC]

Computers: prohibit interference with interstate commerce on the Internet or interactive computer services (see H.R. 1054), H8833 [9OC]

Consumers: labeling system for apparel and sporting goods made without child labor (see H.R. 1301), H1543 [15AP]

Copyrights: amend laws relative to certain exemptions (see H.R. 789), H587 [13FE]

Dept. of Defense: allow military health care system beneficiaries the option to enroll in Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (see H.R. 76), H2254 [6MY]

———repayment of student loans by students called to active duty (see H.R. 877), H1440 [10AP]

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]

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

FAA: foreign repair station rules (see H.R. 145), H143 [9JA]

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

Food stamps: modify certain eligibility disqualifications (see H.R. 1507), H2351 [7MY]

Foreign trade: eliminate disincentives to fair trade conditions (see H.R. 2509), H10172 [6NO]

———ensure protection of worker rights and environmental standards in any trade agreements (see H.R. 1079), H1018 [13MR]

———require the marking of frozen produce with the country of origin on the front panel of the package for retail sale (see H.R. 2332), H6703 [31JY]

———require the marking of frozen produce with the country of origin on the front panel of the package for retail sale, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 2332), H8834 [9OC]

Hazardous substances: clarify listing of unique chemical substances (see H.R. 659), H407 [10FE]

———nuclear waste disposal (see H.R. 1270), H1437 [10AP]

Health: liability protection for suppliers of raw material and component parts to medical device manufacturers (see H.R. 872), H2680 [14MY]

———require health plans to provide certain coverage for children (see H.R. 1159), H2157 [1MY]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (see H.R. 135), H286 [4FE]

———standardize relationships between group health plans and health insurers relative to enrollees, health professionals, and providers (see H.R. 1415), H8929 [21OC]

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), H2680 [14MY]

Intelligence services: require separate, unclassified statements of the aggregate amount of budget outlays for intelligence activities (see H.R. 753), H2446 [8MY]

Iran: impose sanctions on foreign persons who transfer items contributing to efforts to acquire, develop, or produce ballistic missiles (see H.R. 2930), H10957 [13NO]

Iraq: resolution of the crisis relative to the destruction of Iraq's capability to produce and deliver weapons of mass destruction (see H. Res. 322), H10768 [12NO]

IRS: restructure and reform (see H.R. 2676), H9801 [30OC]

Larry Doby Post Office, Paterson, NJ: designate (see H.R. 2116), H5916 [28JY]

Law enforcement: establish matching grant program to help local governments purchase armor vests for officers (see H.R. 2829), H10957 [13NO]

Law enforcement officers: establish a bill of rights (see H.R. 350), H804 [6MR]

Marine resources: reauthorization of programs (see H.R. 437), H949 [12MR]

Medicare: improve health services to rural areas (see H.R. 1248), H1339 [8AP]

———reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see H.R. 192, 414), H669 [26FE]

National Center for Rural Law Enforcement: establish (see H.R. 1524), H5022 [9JY]

National Sea Grant College Program: reauthorization (see H.R. 437), H949 [12MR]

Northern Mariana Islands: labeling, minimum wage, and immigration requirements relative to textile industry (see H.R. 1450), H1891 [24AP]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 600, 2777), H346 [5FE], H9800 [30OC]

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

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

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]

Sinatra, Francis A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 279), H1794 [23AP]

Social Security: earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 612), H347 [5FE]

———extend and clarify pay-as-you-go requirements relative to trust funds (see H.R. 2586), H8439 [6OC]

Stewart, Jimmy: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 109), H5132 [10JY]

Tariff: earthmoving tires manufacturing equipment (see H.R. 1945), H3865 [17JN]

———footwear (see H.R. 1904), H3864 [17JN]

Taxation: 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]

———increase State cap on private activity bonds (see H.R. 979), H7199 [10SE]

———retain alternative minimum tax (see H. Con. Res. 97), H3797 [12JN]

Taxpayer Relief Act: repeal provisions that terminate the tax-exempt status of the Teacher's Insurance Annuity Association College Retirement Equities Fund (see H.R. 2527), H8300 [1OC]

Television: establish violent program ratings system, require new televisions to allow blocking of certain programming, and limit exposure of children to violent programming (see H.R. 910), H724 [4MR]

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

Tobacco products: prohibit regulation of tobacco-sponsored advertising used by professional motor sports associations (see H.R. 410), H152 [9JA]

Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1500), H2090 [30AP]

Veterans: determination of active military service for certain merchant mariners who served during World War II (see H.R. 1126), H10956 [13NO]

———Government employment preference for active duty service veterans of Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm (see H.R. 1006), H1715 [21AP]

———reinstate eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 2004), H10956 [13NO]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Air Force: conduct a study to identify property suitable for exchange to acquire land authorized for addition to Shaw AFB, SC (see H.R. 1675), H3069 [20MY]

Dept. of Defense: provide for the competitive selection of lessees when a military department leases certain nonexcess personal property and to ensure fair market value for the property (see H.R. 1676), H3069 [20MY]

Tariff: beta hydroxyalkylamide (see H.R. 2686), H8928 [21OC]

———chemicals (see H.R. 1677), H3069 [20MY]

———grilamid TR90 (see H.R. 3083), H10955 [13NO]

———para ethyl phenol (see H.R. 1678), H3069 [20MY]

Textile industry and fabrics: ensure competitiveness of industry (see H.R. 1504), H2090 [30AP]

Letters

Budget 1998-2002: Representative Kasich, H3502 [5JN]

———Senator Roth and Representative Archer, H3509 [5JN]

Motions

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), H5031 [10JY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 84), H3245 [3JN]

———submission of budget proposal by the President without budgetary contingencies (H. Res. 89), H921 [12MR]

Remarks

Budget: balance, E1958 [7OC]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), H4686 [26JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), conference report, H6635 [31JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), H4555 [25JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), conference report, H6321, H6336 [30JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 202), H6314 [30JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), motion to instruct conferees, H5031, H5032, H5039 [10JY]

———reform process and enforce the bipartisan balanced budget agreement (H.R. 2003), H5602, H5610 [23JY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 84), H2961, H2965, H3004, H3005, H3038, H3063 [20MY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 84), conference report, H3502, H3503, H3504, H3508 [5JN]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 84), motion to instruct conferees, H3240, H3242, H3245, H3246 [3JN]

———submission of budget proposal by the President without budgetary contingencies (H. Res. 89), H905, H909, H920, H921, H922 [12MR]

———submission of budget proposal by the President without budgetary contingencies (H. Res. 89), consideration (H. Res. 90), H900 [12MR]

China, Republic of: cooperation with the U.S. relative to the development and acquisition of defensive military articles (H.R. 2386), H10152, H10154, H10155 [6NO]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing military activities appropriations and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1119), H3952, H4049 [19JN], H4199 [23JN]

———authorizing military activities appropriations and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1119), conference report, E2170 [4NO]

———reform, H4049 [19JN]

Employment: treatment of former welfare recipients relative to income and workplace protections, H5031, H5032, H5039 [10JY]

Highway Trust Fund: increase funding relative to budget resolution, H3004, H3005, H3063 [20MY]

Medicare: age eligibility requirements, H5031, H5032, H5039 [10JY]

Russia: allocation of foreign aid relative to sale of arms to People's Republic of China, H4199 [23JN]

Taxation: rates, H3038 [20MY], H4686 [26JN], H6635 [31JY]

Tributes

Dominick, Martha, E2079 [24OC]