[Congressional Record Index (1998)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
ROYCE, EDWARD R. (a Representative from California)
Amendments
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
making appropriations (H.R. 4101), H5085 [24JN]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4276), H6295 [23JY],
H7169 [4AU], H7214 [5AU]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
making appropriations (H.R. 4194), H6536 [29JY]
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making
appropriations (H.R. 4569), H7921 [16SE]
Appointments
Sonny Bono funeral attendees, H18 [27JA]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Afghanistan: establish cease fire and begin transition toward a
broad-based multiethnic government that observes international
norms of behavior, (see H. Con. Res. 218), H1550 [25MR]
Agriculture: treatment of certain payments under the Agricultural
Market Transition Act, (see H.R. 502), H5404 [25JN]
Algeria: human rights violations, (see H. Res. 374), H2424 [28AP]
Amtrak: eliminate special support for, or burdens on, operations as
a passenger rail carrier, (see H.R. 1666), H5404 [25JN]
Armed Forces: permit certain beneficiaries to enroll in the Federal
Employees Health Program and improve health benefits under
CHAMPUS and TRICARE standard, (see H.R. 1356), H329 [4FE]
Bankruptcy: reform laws, (see H.R. 3150), H2120 [21AP]
Bosnia and Herzegovina: prohibit use of appropriated Federal funds
for the deployment of Armed Forces after a certain date, (see
H.R. 4056), H4549 [11JN]
Budget: allow reductions in the discretionary spending limits to be
used to offset tax cuts, (see H.R. 3707), H2932 [6MY]
------ provide for expedited consideration of certain proposed
rescissions of budget authority, (see H.R. 4174), H6880 [31JY]
------ reform process relative to use of joint resolutions,
emergency spending, spending accountability, Federal insurance
programs, pay-go requirements, decision enforcement, and
mitigation of bias, (see H.R. 4837), H11023 [15OC]
------ sequestration of all budgetary accounts except Social
Security, Federal retirement, and interest on the debt, (see
H.R. 593), H5404 [25JN]
Committee on the Judiciary (House): undertake an inquiry into
whether grounds exist to impeach President Clinton, (see H. Res.
304), H7495 [9SE]
Computers: encourage disclosure and exchange of information
relative to the year 2000 problem, (see H.R. 4455), H7412 [6AU]
------ provide that actions, including ones to recover damages,
resulting from a computer date failure shall be deemed to be
based solely in contract when certain conditions have been met,
(see H.R. 4240), H7415 [6AU]
Congressional Office of Regulatory Analysis: establish, (see H.R.
1704), H3744 [21MY]
Corp. for Public Broadcasting: repeal statutory authority, (see
H.R. 121), H5404 [25JN]
Credit unions: clarify laws relative to field of membership of
Federal credit unions, (see H.R. 1151), H631 [25FE]
Crime: constitutional amendment to prevent early release of violent
criminals, (see H.J. Res. 64), H2814 [5MY]
------ expand prohibition on stalking, (see H.R. 3747), H2605 [29AP]
------ prohibit convicted felons from collecting damages for
injuries suffered during the commission of a crime, (see H.R.
4446), H7411 [6AU]
Dept. of Defense: allow military health care system beneficiaries
the option to enroll in Federal Employees Health Benefits
Program, (see H.R. 3613), H1854 [31MR]
Dept. of HUD: modernize requirements and establish consensus
process for development, revision, and interpretation of safety
standards for manufactured home construction, (see H.R. 3634),
H2052 [1AP]
Dept. of the Treasury: include certain parts of the Constitution in
the redesign of the one dollar bill, (see H.R. 3792), H3014
[7MY]
Education: ensure that funding is not used to promote the teaching
or use of regional or group dialects, (see H.R. 1203), H3972
[22MY]
------ spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on
children's classrooms, (see H.R. 3248), H577 [24FE]
Evans, Dale: award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R. 2752), H2706
[30AP]
Executive departments: promote financial management, (see H. Res.
447), H3743 [21MY]
FCC: repeal authority to require contributions from telephone
carriers for the connection of schools, health care providers,
and libraries to the Internet, (see H.R. 4065), H8084 [18SE]
Federal employees: reduce number of political appointees, (see H.R.
614), H5493 [14JY]
Federal Prison Industries: eliminate Federal agency requirement to
purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal
contracts, (see H.R. 2758), H1337 [19MR]
Food Quality Protection Act: congressional oversight of
implementation, (see H. Con. Res. 290), H8084 [18SE]
Foreign policy: establish framework for consideration of unilateral
economic sanctions, (see H.R. 2708), H8528 [23SE]
Government: limit Federal authority to impose regulations on State
and local governments not provided under the Constitution, (see
H.R. 4196), H5738 [16JY], (see H.R. 4232), H5738 [16JY], (see H.
Con. Res. 299), H6698 [29JY]
Hazardous substances: require one-call notification system to
protect natural gas and hazardous liquid pipelines from
excavation damage, (see H.R. 3318), H1445 [24MR]
Housing: access to affordable housing and expansion of
homeownership opportunities, (see H. Con. Res. 208), H5859
[17JY]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: clarify requirements
relative to reducing or withholding payments to States, (see
H.R. 3254), H6453 [24JY]
Insurance: provide consumers choice of auto insurance relative to
compensation for economic and non-economic losses, (see H.R.
2021), H5064 [23JN]
Japan: eliminate barriers to foreign trade and investment relative
to resolution of the Asian financial crisis, (see H. Res. 392),
H2932 [6MY]
Korea, Republic of: anniversary of relations with the U.S., (see H.
Res. 459), H4241 [5JN]
Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees
relative to participation in labor organizations, (see H.R. 59),
H240 [3FE]
Line Item Veto Act: direct savings toward reducing the public debt
when used during Federal budget surplus years, (see H.R. 3228),
H2056 [1AP]
Medicare: coverage of medical nutrition therapy services, (see H.R.
1375), H578 [24FE]
------ reimbursement to Military Health Services System, (see H.R.
414), H5404 [25JN]
Mexico: renegotiation of extradition treaty so that the possibility
of capital punishment will not interfere with the extradition of
criminal suspects to the U.S., (see H. Res. 381), H904 [5MR]
Motor vehicles: treatment of foreign vehicles relative to State
emission standards, (see H.R. 8), H4165 [4JN]
National Service Trust Program: repeal, (see H.R. 993), H5404
[25JN]
Nigeria: efforts to combat advance fee fraud schemes, (see H.R.
3916), H3624 [20MY]
Philippines: commemorate independence anniversary and U.S.
relations, (see H. Res. 404), H3015 [7MY]
Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets in the U.S.:
establish, (see H.R. 3662), H4241 [5JN]
President's Task Force on National Health Care Reform: prohibit
Federal funding of attorneys' fees, costs, and imposed
sanctions, (see H.J. Res. 107), H240 [3FE]
Public safety officers: establish national medal for those who act
with extraordinary valor above and beyond the call of duty, (see
H.R. 4090), H6880 [31JY]
Rogers, Roy: award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R. 2752), H2706
[30AP]
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport: designate, (see H.R.
2625), H101 [28JA]
Sierra Leone: human rights violations, (see H. Res. 559), H9178
[28SE]
Small business: liability requirements for remediation of dry
cleaning solvents, (see H.R. 1711), H904 [5MR]
Social Security: prevent distribution of benefits to prisoners,
(see H.R. 530), H2318 [23AP]
Taxation: capital gains rates, (see H.R. 4125), H5296 [24JN]
------ constitutional amendment relative to certain tax limitations,
(see H.J. Res. 111), H677 [26FE]
------ designate renewal communities, (see H.R. 3865), H7178 [4AU]
------ eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate
brackets and standard deduction amounts, (see H.R. 3734), H2932
[6MY]
------ elimination of estate and gift taxes, (see H.R. 3879), H4880
[19JN]
------ repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications
services, (see H.R. 3648), H2424 [28AP]
------ require CBO and the Committee on Taxation (Joint) to use
dynamic in addition to static economic modeling in the
preparation of budgetary estimates of proposed changes in
Federal revenue law, (see H.R. 4452), H7412 [6AU]
------ require congressional review of Federal agency rules that
establish or raise taxes, (see H.R. 4096), H5494 [14JY]
------ terminate Internal Revenue Code, (see H.R. 3097), H330 [4FE],
(see H.R. 2490), H5405 [25JN], (see H.R. 3063), H5405 [25JN],
(see H.R. 2483), H5593 [15JY]
Turkey: end restrictions on freedoms and human rights of enclaved
people of Cyprus, (see H. Con. Res. 181), H2120 [21AP]
TVA: phase out Federal funding, (see H.R. 603), H5404 [25JN], (see
H.R. 677), H5957 [20JY]
Vietnam: prohibit waivers of prohibitions on nondiscriminatory
trade treatment, commercial agreements, and certain assistance
programs, (see H.R. 3158), H329 [4FE]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Africa: promote independent radio broadcasting, (see H. Res. 415),
H2605 [29AP]
Botswana: democracy efforts, (see H. Res. 373), H678 [26FE]
House Rules: provide that certain bills to eliminate waste and
provide reform of the executive branch are privileged, (see H.
Res. 600), H10917 [14OC]
IMF: eliminate policy of providing de facto tax-free salaries to
certain employees, (see H.R. 3785), H2706 [30AP]
------ ensure interest rates on loans are comparable to other
financial markets, (see H. Con. Res. 273), H3013 [7MY]
Vietnam: prohibit assistance by OPIC or Eximbank, (see H.R. 3159),
H329 [4FE]
Remarks
Afghanistan: establish cease fire and begin transition toward a
broad-based multiethnic government that observes international
norms of behavior (H. Con. Res. 218), H2355 [28AP]
Africa: determinations relative to countries cooperating with
efforts to eliminate slavery, H1064 [11MR]
------ promote independent radio broadcasting (H. Res. 415), H7656
[14SE]
Agriculture: price supports for peanuts, H5020 [23JN]
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
making appropriations (H.R. 4101), H5020 [23JN], H5077 [24JN],
H5085 [24JN], H5087 [24JN]
Algeria: human rights violations (H. Res. 374), H2357 [28AP], H2359
[28AP]
Aviation: donation of obsolete air traffic control equipment to
eligible African countries, H1072 [11MR]
Bankruptcy: reform laws (H.R. 3150), H4432 [10JN]
------ treatment of child support and alimony payments, H4432 [10JN]
Botswana: democracy efforts (H. Res. 373), H1192 [17MR], H1193
[17MR]
Clinton, President: impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11964<bullet>
[18DE]
Credit unions: clarify laws relative to field of membership of
Federal credit unions (H.R. 1151), H1884<bullet> [1AP]
Dept. of Agriculture: Market Access Program funding, H5085 [24JN],
H5087 [24JN]
------ regulate loans to certain processors of sugarcane and sugar
beets, H5077 [24JN]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4276), H7169 [4AU], H7170
[4AU]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
making appropriations (H.R. 4194), H6536 [29JY]
Development Fund for Africa: funding, H1070 [11MR]
Foreign policy: authorize trade and investment policy relative to
sub-Saharan Africa (H.R. 1432), H1038 [11MR], H1045 [11MR],
H1064 [11MR], H1066 [11MR], H1067 [11MR], H1070 [11MR], H1071
[11MR], H1072 [11MR]
Gabon: elections (H. Res. 518), H10729 [13OC]
La Habra Heights, CA: anniversary, E2258<bullet> [20OC]
NIST: Advanced Technology Program funding, H7169 [4AU], H7170 [4AU]
NSF: funding, H6536 [29JY]
Taxation: eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax
rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 3734), H2990
[7MY]
U.S.-Sub-Saharan Africa Trade and Economic Cooperation Forum:
encourage joint ventures between small and large businesses,
H1071 [11MR]
Vietnam: make trade relations with the U.S. contingent upon free
emigration (H.J. Res. 120), H6774 [30JY]
------ prohibit assistance by OPIC or Eximbank (H.R. 3159), H1332
[19MR]
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H1443 [24MR]