TIAHRT, TODD (a Representative from Kansas)

Amendments

District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 4942), H6778 [24JY], H7588 [14SE]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 4425, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure, H4216 [12JN]

———H.R. 4475, Dept. of Transportation and related agencies appropriations, H7628 [14SE]

———H.R. 4942, District of Columbia appropriations, H8754 [4OC]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 3660), H454 [15FE]

Boy Scouts: prohibit use of Federal funds to discriminate against the Boy Scouts of America on the basis of organizational, associational, or constitutional beliefs (see H.R. 5306), H9901 [12OC]

———tribute (see H. Con. Res. 384), H7503 [12SE]

Budget: ensure on-budget surplus is used to reduce the public debt (see H.R. 3695), H1406 [23MR]

Capital punishment: prohibit the execution of pregnant women (see H.R. 4888), H6778 [24JY]

Children and youth: protect infants who are born alive (see H.R. 4292), H2967 [11MY]

China, Republic of: congratulations on elections and reaffirmation of U.S. commitment to security and democracy (see H. Con. Res. 292), H1407 [23MR]

Clean Air Act: methyl bromide phaseout schedule (see H.R. 4215), H2512 [3MY]

Comprehensive AIDS Resources Act: revise and extend programs to provide access to health care and support services to individuals and families with HIV and AIDS (see H.R. 4807), H6052 [13JY]

Computers: improve Internet security and protect against cyberterrorism (see H. Con. Res. 285), H1077 [15MR]

Contracts: allow choice of arbitration as a means of settling disputes (see H.R. 534), H7723 [18SE]

Courts: legal definition of human life relative to presence of brain wave activity and spontaneous cardiac activity (see H. Con. Res. 305), H2239 [12AP]

Crime: constitutional amendment on protection of victims' rights (see H.J. Res. 64), H1589 [29MR]

Cuba: assist internal opposition and further help the Cuban people to regain their freedom (see H.R. 4537), H3926 [6JN]

Dept. of Justice: provide grants to organizations to find missing adults (see H.R. 2780), H455 [15FE]

Dept. of the Treasury: instruct the IMF to oppose loans to countries restricting oil production to the detriment of the U.S. economy (see H.R. 4102), H1675 [3AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: assist claimants for benefits in developing claims and clarify the burden of proof for such claims (see H.R. 3193), H1764 [4AP]

———reaffirm and clarify duty of the Secretary to administer laws which assist claimants for benefits (see H.R. 4864), H6600 [19JY]

FCC: follow normal rulemaking procedures in establishing additional requirements for noncommercial educational television broadcasters (see H.R. 3525), H48 [27JA]

———prohibit from establishing rules authorizing the operation of new, low power FM radio stations (see H.R. 3439), H511 [16FE]

FDA: establish restrictions relative to the qualifications of physicians prescribing the abortion drug known as RU-486 (see H.R. 5385), H8799 [4OC]

Financial institutions: allow payment of Financing Corporation interest obligations from excess deposit insurance fund reserves (see H.R. 4082), H6599 [19JY]

Firearms: repeal permanent ban on possession of firearms by persons convicted of certain felonies (see H.R. 3444), H50 [27JA]

Foreign policy: defend fundamental human rights to family, conscience, and life in international negotiations (see H. Res. 521), H4174 [9JN]

Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction: compliance (see H. Con. Res. 293), H1405 [23MR]

Health: assure coverage of emergency services under group health plans and health insurance (see H.R. 904), H757 [8MR]

Housing: expand protections for especially vulnerable consumers against abusive mortgage lending practices and streamline the framework regulating mortgage originations (see H.R. 4213), H5169 [26JN]

Hungary: anniversary of foundation as a state (see H. Con. Res. 297), H4036 [7JN]

Immigration: ensure no alien is removed, denied benefits, or otherwise deprived of liberty, based on evidence that is kept secret from the alien (see H.R. 2121), H4674 [19JN]

Information services: deregulate Internet and high speed data services (see H.R. 2420), H1588 [29MR]

Iran: condemn arrest and detention of Iranian Jews accused of espionage (see H. Con. Res. 307), H3650 [23MY]

Law enforcement: authorize appropriations for the prosecution of obscenity cases (see H.R. 4710), H6599 [19JY]

Lumber industry: promote open and competitive trade of softwood lumber between the U.S. and Canada (see H. Con. Res. 252), H1959 [6AP]

Medicaid: provide families and disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 4825), H7129 [26JY]

Medicare: protect right of beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare+Choice plans to receive services at any skilled nursing facility (see H.R. 3004), H1588 [29MR]

Middle East: condemn current level of violence between Israelis and Palestinians (see H. Con. Res. 426), H10473 [19OC]

———prohibit U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority and for programs, projects, and activities in the West Bank and Gaza (see H.R. 5522), H10473 [19OC]

———prohibit U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority if a Palestinian state is declared unilaterally (see H.R. 4976), H7652 [14SE]

Money: prohibit inclusion of any information storage capability on U.S. currency or the imposition of any fee or penalty on any person for the holding of such currency (see H.R. 3399), H511 [16FE]

National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific: add certain identifying information to markers on graves containing the remains of certain unknowns who died in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor (see H.R. 3806), H3869 [25MY]

National Trails System Act: require compensation of property owners when certain railbanked trails are developed for public use (see H.R. 4086), H1405 [23MR]

O'Connor, John Cardinal: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3557), H89 [31JA]

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: periodically revise retaliation lists of goods of countries that fail to comply with the rulings of the World Trade Organization (see H.R. 2991), H2607 [4MY]

Ohio: constitutionality of State motto (see H. Res. 494), H2967 [11MY]

Olympic games: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 259), H3869 [25MY]

OSHA: require public comment, and a sound scientific basis, for proposed ergonomics regulations (see H. Con. Res. 260), H1164 [21MR]

Pope, Edmond: demand release from Russian prison for humanitarian reasons (see H. Con. Res. 364), H5956 [12JY] (see H. Con. Res. 404), H7871 [19SE]

Pope John Paul II: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3544), H373 [14FE]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 3842), H6470 [18JY]

Power resources: establish and implement competitive, environmentally sound, and job creating oil and gas leasing program for the Coastal Plain (see H.R. 2250), H4174 [9JN]

Public debt: allow individuals to designate a portion of their income tax return for deficit reduction (see H.R. 5349), H10257 [18OC]

R.A. Bloch Cancer Foundation, Inc.: tribute (see H. Res. 517), H4485 [14JN]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 4844), H6600 [19JY]

Reagan, Ronald: establish a memorial in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 4800), H7723 [18SE]

Reagan, Ronald and Nancy: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3591), H253 [8FE]

Research: requirements for disclosures relative to transfers of human fetal tissue (see H.R. 3980), H1076 [15MR]

Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument: establish (see H.R. 3676), H5436 [28JN]

Small business: establish minimum standards of fair conduct in franchise sales and franchise business relationships (see H.R. 3308), H8200 [26SE]

Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of the National Museum of the American Indian (see H.R. 4259), H4485 [14JN]

States: permit funding of prescription drugs for minors relative to parental consent (see H.R. 3302), H4817 [21JN]

Taxation: allow small business employers a credit for certain expenses for long-term training of employees in highly skilled small business trades (see H.R. 1824), H10473 [19OC]

———constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (see H.J. Res. 94), H1957 [6AP]

———exclude from gross income payments made under Dept. of Defense programs for the repayment of student loans of members of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 4214), H1957 [6AP] (see H.R. 4245), H3309 [17MY]

———exclude from self-employment earnings certain payments under the Conservation Reserve Program (see H.R. 4064), H2341 [13AP]

———exclusion from gross income for foster care payments relative to certain nongovernmental placement agencies (see H.R. 1194), H454 [15FE]

———increase annual limitation on nondeductible contributions and adjust for inflation the amount of deductible contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1322), H2606 [4MY]

———increase unified estate and gift tax credit and provide for inflation adjustment (see H.R. 4112), H1587 [29MR]

———reduce motor fuel taxes (see H.R. 4006), H5036 [22JN]

———repeal increases in motor fuel taxes (see H.R. 3844), H1120 [16MR]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 4199), H1956 [6AP]

———treatment of computers provided to employees for personal use (see H.R. 4274), H4121 [8JN]

Vatican City: U.N. status of the Holy See (see H. Con. Res. 253), H575 [29FE]

Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H5955 [12JY]

Veterans Health Administration: improve personnel system (see H.R. 5109), H7503 [12SE]

Voting: prohibit States from determining that a ballot submitted by an absent uniformed services voter was improperly or fraudulently cast unless the State finds clear and convincing evidence of fraud (see H.R. 5642), H12021 [6DE]

Water pollution: exempt discharges from certain silviculture activities from permit requirements of the national pollutant discharge elimination system (see H.R. 3625), H2341 [13AP]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H11492 [29OC]

Remarks

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 3660), H1786 [5AP]

Budget: comparison between congressional and Clinton administration proposals, H11505 [29OC]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), conference report, H6475 [19JY]

China, Republic of: assist in enhancement of security (H.R. 1838), H120 [1FE]

Dept. of Energy: abolish (H.R. 1649), H5076 [23JN]

Dept. of HUD: allow religious organizations to compete for grants on same basis as private organizations, H1921 [6AP]

Dept. of Labor: job training programs funding, H4069, H4070 [8JN]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4578), H4522, H4566 [15JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), H4057, H4069, H4070 [8JN], H4257, H4262, H4266 [13JN]

District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 4942), H7031, H7043 [26JY], H7588, H7589 [14SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4942), motion to instruct conferees, H8751 [4OC]

———prohibit location of needle exchange programs within 1,000 feet of areas where children may be present, H7588, H7589 [14SE]

———strike operational and legislative riders from appropriations legislation, H7043 [26JY]

Education: direct funding and control to local educational agencies, H10815 [25OC]

———national policy to improve system, H8412 [28SE]

———Pell Grant Program funding, H4262 [13JN]

Firearms: gun control, H4126 [9JN]

Foreign policy: reduce, suspend, or terminate certain assistance to countries engaged in oil price fixing to the detriment of the U.S. economy (H.R. 3822), consideration (H. Res. 445), H1204 [22MR]

Forest Service: wildland fire management funding through reductions in National Endowment for the Arts funding, H4522 [15JN]

Health: application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (H.R. 1304), H5635 [29JN]

Housing: expand homeownership (H.R. 1776), H1921 [6AP]

Indian Health Service: funding, H4566 [15JN]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4055), H2452 [3MY]

———funding, H4257 [13JN]

———funding through reductions in 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program, H4266 [13JN]

National Endowment for the Arts: funding, H4566 [15JN]

National Endowment for the Humanities: funding, H4566 [15JN]

SBA: improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), conference report, H11505 [29OC]

Social Security: make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act, H11505 [29OC]

Taxation: constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (H.J. Res. 94), H2141 [12AP]

———relief, H11505 [29OC]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4199), consideration (H. Res. 473), H2261 [13AP]

Votes: position on missed, H137 [1FE], H486 [16FE], H3030 [15MY], H3537 [23MY], H5207 [27JN], E27 [31JA], E2048 [1NO]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H5034 [22JN]

Subpoena Notices

Municipal Court for the City of Wichita, KS, H11930 [4DE]

Tributes

McNeil, Jean, E129 [14FE]