HOBSON, DAVID L. (a Representative from Ohio)
Amendments
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1401), H4075 [10JN]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 1141, emergency supplemental appropriations, H2282 [22AP]
———H.R. 2465, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure, H6082 [21JY]
———H.R. 2561, Dept. of Defense appropriations, H8128 [13SE]
———H.R. 2684, Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies appropriations, H9284 [4OC]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Agriculture: prohibit transfer or marketing of nonambulatory cattle, sheep, swine, horses, mules, or goats (see H.R. 443), H1070 [9MR]
Aircraft: treatment of certain aircraft as public aircraft (see H.R. 985), H1011 [4MR]
Aldrin, Edwin E. (Buzz): award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2815), H11145 [28OC]
Arlington National Cemetery: enact into law eligibility requirements for interment (see H.R. 70), H538 [9FE]
Armed Forces: provide retirees all benefits promised to them upon enlistment (see H.R. 355), H2998 [11MY]
Armstrong, Neil A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2815), H11145 [28OC]
Azerbaijan: allocation of foreign aid (see H.R. 1567), H3212 [14MY]
Budget: establish 2-year cycle (see H. Res. 396), H12793 [18NO]
———improve and strengthen budget process (see H.R. 853), H2304 [26AP]
———improve and strengthen budget process, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 853), H4665 [18JN]
Business and industry: recovery of attorneys' fees by small businesses and labor organizations who prevail in proceedings brought by NLRB or OSHA (see H.R. 1987), H9410 [5OC]
CERCLA: reauthorize and reform Superfund program and promote brownfields redevelopment (see H.R. 1300), H8665 [24SE]
Clean Air Act: prohibit listing of liquefied petroleum gas (see H.R. 1301), H3503 [24MY]
Clinton, President: abstain from renegotiating international agreements governing antidumping and countervailing measures (see H. Res. 298), H9899 [12OC]
Collins, Michael: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2815), H11145 [28OC]
Computers: use, sale, and export of encryption products for privacy and security (see H.R. 850), H814 [25FE]
Congress: make certain information available to the public on the Internet (see H.R. 654), H1163 [10MR]
Copyrights: prevent the misappropriation of collections of information (see H.R. 354), H2810 [5MY]
Courts: encourage efficient resolution of litigation arising from year 2000 computer problem (see H.R. 775), H796 [24FE]
———simplify and expedite access to Federal courts for injured parties whose rights and privileges have been deprived by final actions of State or Federal agencies (see H.R. 2372), H6965 [3AU]
Crime: penalties for taking a firearm from a Federal law enforcement officer (see H.R. 735), H1070 [9MR]
Dept. of Agriculture: establish an electronic filing and retrieval system to improve public access to certain information (see H.R. 852), H3392 [19MY]
Dept. of HUD: provide enhanced rental assistance vouchers for low-income elderly and disabled tenants of certain housing projects (see H.R. 1336), H3212 [14MY]
Dept. of Justice: establish Bureau of Immigration Services and the Bureau of Immigration Enforcement (see H.R. 2528), H5686 [15JY]
Dept. of Labor: require completion of a National Academy of Sciences study before implementing standards or guidelines on ergonomics (see H.R. 987), H1697 [24MR]
Dept. of the Treasury: include certain parts of the Constitution in the redesign of the one dollar bill (see H.R. 903), H957 [3MR]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: payment of monthly educational assistance benefits to veterans enrolled at educational institutions during periods between terms (see H.R. 625), H539 [9FE]
Diseases: increase public awareness, encourage regular testing and examinations, and extend research programs for prostate cancer (see H. Res. 211), H4471 [16JN]
———issue special postage stamps to fund diabetes research (see H.R. 1472), H4129 [10JN]
Donald J. Pease Federal Building, Medina, OH: designate (see H.R. 1405), H2053 [14AP]
Drugs: treatment of gamma y-hydroxybutyrate and ketamine hydrochloride relative to the Controlled Substances Act (see H.R. 2130), H7026 [4AU]
Education Flexibility Partnership Demonstration Act: allow State participation in activities (see H.R. 800), H716 [23FE]
Employment: protect employer rights (see H.R. 1441), H2999 [11MY]
Families and domestic relations: child abuse and neglect prevention (see H.R. 764), H2546 [29AP]
Fastener Quality Act: strengthen the protection against the sale of mismarked and counterfeit fasteners (see H.R. 1183), H2546 [29AP]
FDA: uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2129), H10120 [14OC]
Federal agencies and departments: review of efficiency and need for certain agencies (see H.R. 2128), H4126 [10JN]
Federal employees: establish program under which current and former employees may obtain long-term care insurance (see H.R. 1111), H1474 [18MR]
Fisher, Zachary: confer status as an honorary veteran of the U.S. Armed Forces (see H.J. Res. 46), H4342 [15JN]
Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 33), H795 [24FE]
Food Quality Protection Act: establish certain requirements (see H.R. 1592), H5093 [29JN]
Food stamps: provide for a national standard of interoperability and portability for electronic benefit transfer systems (see H.R. 2709), H9077 [30SE]
Government: status of Executive Orders that infringe on the powers and duties of Congress or are not specifically funded (see H. Con. Res. 30), H2999 [11MY]
Government regulations: analyze impact and improve congressional deliberation of proposed Federal private sector mandates (see H.R. 350), H268 [19JA]
Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 2926), H8628 [23SE]
Hesburgh, Theodore M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1932), H3860 [8JN]
Immigration: modify implementation requirements for automated entry and exit control systems (see H.R. 1650), H7026 [4AU]
Insurance: coverage of long-term care services (see H. Con. Res. 8), H243 [7JA]
Lane Victory (S.S.): issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 112), H4616 [17JN]
Louis Stokes Post Office, Shaker Heights, OH: designate (see H.R. 2357), H6965 [3AU]
Medicaid: establish a new prospective payment system for federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics (see H.R. 2341), H8100 [9SE]
———treatment of payments made as a result of tobacco industry liability settlement (see H.R. 351), H1163 [10MR]
Medicare: eliminate time limitation on benefits for immunosuppressive drugs (see H.R. 1115), H10340 [19OC]
———payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate medical education programs (see H.R. 1579), H4993 [25JN]
Medicare Eligible Military Retiree Health Care Consensus Task Force: establish (see H.R. 119), H644 [11FE]
Middle East: oppose unilateral declaration of a Palestinian State (see H. Con. Res. 24), H718 [23FE]
National Commission on the Prevention of School Violence: establish (see H.R. 1556), H2374 [27AP]
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center: funding (see H.R. 2919), H8556 [22SE]
NLRB: inflation adjustments to the mandatory jurisdiction thresholds (see H.R. 1620), H3087 [12MY]
Occupational Safety and Health Act: establish peer review of standards (see H.R. 2639), H6598 [29JY]
Older Americans Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 773), H1260 [11MR]
Patents: provide term restoration review procedure for certain drug products (see H.R. 1598), H10340 [19OC]
Pensions: reform (see H.R. 1102), H2636 [4MY]
Petroleum: authorize oilheat industry research and consumer education programs (see H.R. 380), H269 [19JA]
Political campaigns: prohibit certain election-related activities by foreign nationals (see H.R. 1778), H3086 [12MY]
Radio: ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio operators (see H.R. 783), H1164 [10MR]
Real property: preserve Federal sovereignty of certain public lands and preserve certain State and private property rights (see H.R. 883), H1260 [11MR]
Refuse disposal: State control of municipal solid waste transportation and disposal (see H.R. 1190), H2998 [11MY]
Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building, Oakland, CA: designate (see H.R. 396), H717 [23FE]
Sacramento, CA: condemn arson at three area synagogues and affirm opposition to all forms of hate crimes (see H. Res. 226), H5092 [29JN]
Small business: protect from litigation excesses and limit product liability of non-manufacturer product sellers (see H.R. 2366), H8469 [21SE]
Social Security: earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 1601), H2468 [28AP]
———eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 5), H8290 [14SE]
———provide a safe harbor under the anti-kickback statute for hospital restocking of certain ambulance drugs and supplies (see H.R. 557), H418 [3FE]
Space policy: tribute to the 30th anniversary of the first lunar landing and the accomplishments of the Apollo program (see H. Con. Res. 110), H5751 [16JY]
Surplus Government property: make certain equipment available to State and local governments to assist in emergency law enforcement and rescue operations (see H.R. 1442), H4024 [9JN]
Tariff: chemical HPA (see H.R. 2216), H4736 [22JN]
———wool used in making suits (see H.R. 1360), H5335 [1JY]
Taxation: allow vendor refunds of Federal excise taxes on kerosene used in unvented heaters for home heating purposes (see H.R. 924), H3296 [18MY]
———collection and payment of State taxes imposed on goods sold on Indian lands (see H.R. 1814), H4736 [22JN]
———eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (see H.R. 6), H1070 [9MR]
———extend deadline for contributions to education individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 570), H3461 [20MY]
———incentives for education (see H.R. 464), H5093 [29JN]
———increase maximum annual contribution allowable to education individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 922), H4342 [15JN]
———modify the low-income housing credit (see H.R. 175), H4665 [18JN]
———prohibit the imposition of access fees on Internet service providers (see H.R. 1291), H2998 [11MY]
———relief for families (see H. Res. 95), H1070 [9MR]
———repeal taxes on American Values (see H.R. 2350), H4911 [24JN]
———treatment of small business meal and entertainment expenses (see H.R. 1195), H5179 [30JN]
Telecommunications: State and local government regulation of citizens band radio equipment (see H.R. 2346), H4911 [24JN]
Veterans: 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), H6019 [20JY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Dept. of Defense: making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (see H.R. 2465), H5365 [12JY]
Health: promote purchase of private long-term care insurance by providing tax deductibility, State Medicaid flexibility, and information dissemination, H1695 [24MR]
Conference reports
Dept of. Defense Appropriations for Military Construction, Family Housing, and Base Realignment and Closure (H.R. 2465), H6475-H6501 [27JY]
Remarks
Agency for Health Care Policy and Research: revise and extend (H.R. 2506), H8937
Agriculture: relief for agricultural producers adversely affected by low commodity prices and weather, E2040
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 1906), conference report, E2040
Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 1141), H1623
———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), H2830 [6MY]
Centennial of Flight Commemoration Act: technical corrections (S. 1072), H8676
Dept. of Defense: making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 2465), H5387 [13JY], H6026 [21JY], E1647
———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 2465), conference report, H6591 [29JY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2561), H6261
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2684), H8062
Education Flexibility Partnership Demonstration Act: allow State participation in activities (H.R. 800), H1112
Families and domestic relations: child abuse and neglect prevention (H.R. 764), H9357
Health care facilities: provide payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate medical education programs, H8937
Hurricanes: disaster assistance to Caribbean and Central American countries, H1623
National security: military readiness of U.S. forces, H2830 [6MY]
Taxation: 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), E1708
———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), consideration (H. Res. 256), H6094 [21JY], E1647
Votes: position on missed, E1433
Reports filed
Dept. of Defense Appropriations for Military Construction, Family Housing, and Base Realignment and Closure: Committee of Conference (H.R. 2465) (H. Rept. 106-266), H6581 [27JY]
———Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 2465) (H. Rept. 106-221), H5365 [12JY]
Tables
Dept. of Defense appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 2465), H5388 [13JY]
Dept of. Defense appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 2465), H6591 [29JY]
Tributes
Gano, Virginia, E1859