HILL, BARON P. (a Representative from Indiana)
Amendments
Education: spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on children's classrooms (H.R. 2), H10355 [19OC]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Aldrin, Edwin E. (Buzz): award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2815), H11145 [28OC]
Animals: prohibit importation, sale, or manufacturing of products made with dog or cat fur (see H.R. 1622), H5688 [15JY]
Armed Forces: provide retirees all benefits promised to them upon enlistment (see H.R. 355), H1163 [10MR]
———recognize the sacrifice and dedication of members throughout history (see H.J. Res. 25), H1260 [11MR]
Armstrong, Neil A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2815), H11145 [28OC]
Clark, Wesley K.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2459), H5334 [1JY]
Collins, Michael: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2815), H11145 [28OC]
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act: eliminate funding for loans for qualified beginning farmers or ranchers (see H.R. 882), H892 [2MR]
Courts: appoint an Assistant U.S. Attorney for each judicial district to prosecute firearms offenses (see H.R. 2081), H4342 [15JN]
Crime: condemn hate-crime shootings in Midwest States (see H. Res. 254), H8100 [9SE]
———youth violence (see H. Res. 357), H11481 [3NO]
Dept. of Education: provide grants to State and local educational agencies to support programs that promote a variety of educational opportunities, options, and choices in public schools (see H.R. 3009), H9303 [4OC]
Dept. of HUD: establish consensus committee for development, revision, and interpretation of safety standards for manufactured home construction (see H.R. 710), H1014 [4MR]
———insure mortgages for the acquisition, construction, or rehabilitation of child care facilities and establish a Children's Development Commission to certify such facilities (see H.R. 1112), H1333 [16MR]
Dept. of the Interior: make grants to promote voluntary protection of certain lands in Marin and Sonoma Counties, CA (see H.R. 2202), H5367 [12JY]
Dept. of the Treasury: include certain parts of the Constitution in the redesign of the one dollar bill (see H.R. 903), H5335 [1JY]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: conduct Stand Down events and establish a pilot program that will provide for an annual Stand Down event in each State (see H.R. 566), H1597 [23MR]
———improve access of veterans to emergency medical care in non-Dept. of Veterans Affairs medical facilities (see H.R. 135), H2300 [22AP]
———improve health care programs and provide extended care services for veterans (see H.R. 2116), H5688 [15JY]
———make pay adjustments for nurses and certain other health-care professionals in the same manner as Federal employees and allow locality pay adjustments for those employees (see H.R. 1216), H1595 [23MR]
———provide cost-of-living adjustment for service-connected disability benefits, improve certain veterans programs, and enhance retirement for U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims judges (see H.R. 2280), H4913 [24JN]
Disabled Veterans' LIFE Memorial Foundation: establish a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs to honor veterans who became disabled while serving in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 1509), H2272 [21AP]
E. Ross Adair Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Fort Wayne, IN: designate (see H.R. 2412), H11854 [9NO]
Ecology and environment: assist local governments and encourage State voluntary response programs relative to remediating brownfield sites (see H.R. 1750), H3171 [13MY]
Education: establish State infrastructure banks for education (see H.R. 1648), H9303 [4OC]
———improve and transfer the jurisdiction of the Troops-to-Teachers Program (see H.R. 1326), H1801 [25MR]
———provide for a rural education development initiative (see H.R. 1868), H3391 [19MY]
———provide grants to rural educational agencies to enable the recruitment and retention of qualified teachers (see H.R. 1629), H3461 [20MY]
Food Quality Protection Act: establish certain requirements (see H.R. 1592), H5573 [14JY]
Foreign trade: amend trade laws to address import crises (see H.R. 1505), H10032 [13OC]
———consolidate and enhance trade adjustment assistance and NAFTA transitional adjustment assistance programs (see H.R. 1491), H2547 [29AP]
Gambling: require certain notices in any mailing using a game of chance for the promotion of a product or service (see H.R. 170), H1163 [10MR]
Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 358), H268 [19JA]
———regulatory burdens on home health agencies (see H. Con. Res. 79), H2374 [27AP]
Hesburgh, Theodore M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1932), H3604 [25MY]
House of Representatives: require that excess amounts from Members' official allowances be applied to deficit reduction (see H.R. 2171), H4128 [10JN]
Housing: expand homeownership (see H.R. 1776), H10861 [26OC]
Indianapolis (U.S.S.): award a Presidential Unit Citation to final crew (see H.J. Res. 48), H8665 [24SE]
Insurance: require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (see H.R. 116), H1163 [10MR]
Iron and steel industry: limit steel imports to the average monthly volume of such imports during the 3 years preceding July, 1997 (see H.R. 506), H377 [2FE]
———reduce the volume of steel imports (see H.R. 975), H1070 [9MR]
John Brademas Post Office, South Bend, IN: designate (see H.R. 2938), H8628 [23SE]
Lance Corporal Harold Gomez Post Office, East Chicago, IN: designate (see H.R. 2358), H4911 [24JN]
Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1093), H3461 [20MY]
Library of Congress: assemble a written history of the House of Representatives for publication (see H.R. 2303), H4734 [22JN]
McVay, Charles B., III: court-martial conviction relative to sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis (see H.J. Res. 48), H8665 [24SE]
Medal of Honor: recognize certain National Medal of Honor sites as national memorials (see H.R. 1663), H8967 [28SE]
Medicaid: exempt disabled individuals from being required to enroll with a managed care entity (see H.R. 797), H6424 [26JY]
———treatment of payments made as a result of tobacco industry liability settlement (see H.R. 351), H3392 [19MY]
Middle East: oppose unilateral declaration of a Palestinian State (see H. Con. Res. 24), H1019 [8MR]
Monuments and memorials: prohibit desecration of veterans' memorials (see H.R. 678), H1260 [11MR]
National security: national missile defense system (see H.R. 4), H458 [4FE]
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center: funding (see H.R. 2919), H8556 [22SE]
Northern Ireland Peace Agreement: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 54), H1408 [17MR]
Older Americans Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 773), H1260 [11MR]
Parks, Rosa: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 573), H459 [4FE]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 1867), H3391 [19MY]
Postal Service: guidelines for renovation, relocation, closing, or consolidation of post offices (see H.R. 670), H11703 [8NO]
Public debt: establish a debt reduction lockbox (see H.R. 2796), H7884 [5AU]
Radio: ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio operators (see H.R. 783), H3296 [18MY]
Railroads: protection of train employees (see H.R. 3091), H12904 [22NO]
Refuse disposal: State control of municipal solid waste transportation and disposal (see H.R. 1190), H1804 [25MR]
Shelton, Henry H.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2672), H6842 [2AU]
Social Security: computation system for benefits relative to spouses' and surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 1217), H3392 [19MY]
———effects of reform proposals on women (see H. Res. 34), H377 [2FE]
Taxation: allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts (see H.R. 957), H1408 [17MR]
———deduction for interest paid on debt secured by a first or second home (see H. Con. Res. 7), H1408 [17MR] (see H. Con. Res. 87), H2132 [15AP]
———employer credits for expenses of providing child care services to employees (see H.R. 389), H1335 [16MR]
———equitable treatment for certain individuals performing duties on vessels relative to State and local taxes (see H.R. 1293), H4616 [17JN]
———exempt transfers of family-owned businesses from estate taxes (see H.R. 1278), H6599 [29JY]
———expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools and provide incentives for corporations to participate in cooperative agreements with public schools in distressed areas (see H.R. 1660), H6199 [21JY]
———increase annual limitation on deductible contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 802), H1070 [9MR]
———provide a source of interest-free capital for school construction and renovation in States experiencing increased enrollment (see H.R. 996), H1012 [4MR]
U.S. Submarine Force: issue postage stamp in commemoration of anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 120), H3694 [26MY]
Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1732), H8629 [23SE]
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. 1804), H3170 [13MY]
———eligibility for hospital care and services relative to awarding of Purple Heart (see H.R. 430), H1070 [9MR]
———health care funding (see H. Con. Res. 225), H11954 [10NO]
———issue a series of postage stamps in commemoration of veterans service organizations (see H. Con. Res. 60), H1473 [18MR]
———issue commemorative postage stamp honoring Purple Heart recipients (see H. Con. Res. 77), H1697 [24MR]
———recognize the importance of veterans to the U.S. and express support for the goals of Veterans Educate Today's Students (VETS) Day (see H. Con. Res. 58), H1804 [25MR]
VFW: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 34), H1260 [11MR]
Water pollution: establish a national clean water trust fund (see H.R. 1549), H2299 [22AP]
World War II: tribute to women who served in military capacities and contributed to victory (see H. Res. 41), H1070 [9MR]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Education: provide grants to local educational agencies to develop smaller schools (see H.R. 3044), H9645 [7OC]
VFW: issue commemorative postage stamp honoring anniversary (see H. Res. 115), H1335 [16MR]
Remarks
Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission: establish (H.R. 1451), E2064
Agriculture: relief for agricultural producers adversely affected by low commodity prices, H2534 [29AP]
Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 1141), conference report, E1053
———making emergency supplemental for military operations, refugee relief, and humanitarian assistance relative to Kosovo conflict, and for military operations in Southwest Asia (H.R. 1664), consideration (H. Res. 159), H2823
Budget: deficit, H836 [2MR], H6024 [21JY]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 2000-2009 (H. Con. Res. 68), H1764 [25MR]
———treatment of any budget surpluses, H6024 [21JY]
Dept. of Agriculture: Farm Service Agency funding, H2534 [29AP]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1401), H3890 [9JN]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorizing appropriations for veterans health care, E2140
———provide cost-of-living adjustment for service-connected disability benefits, improve certain veterans programs, and enhance retirement for U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims judges (H.R. 2280), E1512
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2684), conference report, E2140
Diseases: increase public awareness and encourage regular testing and examinations for prostate cancer (H. Res. 211), H4681 [22JN]
Education: encourage use of direct systematic phonics instruction in schools (H. Con. Res. 214), E2360
———promote small schools and smaller learning communities, H9415 [6OC]
———provide grants to local educational agencies to develop smaller schools (H.R. 3044), H9386 [5OC]
House of Representatives: require that excess amounts from Members' official allowances be applied to deficit reduction, H4122
Illinois: convey certain Federal land along the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail for a historic and interpretive site (H.R. 2737), H11152
Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 1905), H4122
Lewis and Clark expedition: mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial (H.R. 1033), E1656
National security: military readiness of U.S. forces, H2859 [6MY]
New Albany, IN: tribute to New Albany High School girls' basketball team, E487
Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H5994 [20JY], E1053
Taxation: rates, H2977 [11MY]
———reduce individual income tax rates, provide marriage penalty and estate and gift tax relief, reduce taxes on savings and investments, and establish incentives for education and health care (H.R. 2488), H6024 [21JY]
Telephones: promote and enhance use of 911 emergency services (S. 800), E2215
VFW: anniversary, H726 [24FE]
Votes: position on missed, H737
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H3292 [18MY]
Special order: granted, H9513 [6OC], H9644 [7OC]
Tributes
Roush, J. Edward, E2215