THOMAS, WILLIAM M. (a Representative from California)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 4205, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, H7134 [27JY]

Julian C. Dixon funeral attendees, H12081 [13DE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

California: study best scientific method for the long-term protection of giant sequoia groves (see H.R. 4021), H1118 [16MR]

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), H5737 [10JY]

Cuba: assist internal opposition and further help the Cuban people to regain their freedom (see H.R. 4537), H3813 [24MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: agricultural trade programs funding (see H.R. 3593), H4485 [14JN]

Dept. of the Interior: collect and maintain information on public memorials commemorating military conflicts and service of individuals in the Armed Forces (see H. Con. Res. 345), H4592 [15JN]

———provide cost sharing for CALFED water enhancement programs in California (see H.R. 5130), H7364 [7SE]

Drugs: combat manufacture, traffic, import, and export of methamphetamine (see H.R. 4248), H2238 [12AP]

———require the U.S. Trade Representative to enter into negotiations to eliminate price controls imposed by certain foreign countries on prescription drugs (see H.R. 4764), H5240 [27JN]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: reauthorize Impact Aid Program (see H.R. 3616), H455 [15FE]

Fire prevention: development of a strategy by Federal land management agencies to reduce forest fuels that place natural resources at a high risk of catastrophic wildfire (see H. Con. Res. 406), H7996 [22SE]

Forests: establish mandatory procedures to be followed in advance of the permanent closure of any forest road (see H.R. 1523), H2122 [11AP]

Immigration: establish a system of registries for temporary agricultural workers and streamline the procedures for the admission, and extension of stay, for nonimmigrant agricultural workers (see H.R. 4548), H5737 [10JY]

———modify implementation requirements for automated entry and exit control systems (see H.R. 1650), H255 [8FE]

Law enforcement officers: exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H10036 [17OC]

Library of Congress: bicentennial (see H. Con. Res. 269), H756 [8MR]

Matthew `Mack' Robinson Post Office Building, Pasadena, CA: designate (see H.R. 4157), H2512 [3MY]

Monuments and memorials: prohibit extension or establishment of any national monument without an express act of Congress (see H.R. 4121), H1587 [29MR]

———require input from stakeholders, State and local governments, and the Congress prior to designation of any national monument (see H. Con. Res. 254), H510 [16FE]

Native Americans: settlement of issues and claims related to the trust lands of the Torres-Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians (see H.R. 4643), H7212 [27JY]

Racial relations: recognize the significant contribution the Birmingham Pledge has made in fostering racial harmony and reconciliation (see H.J. Res. 102), H5657 [29JN]

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

Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument: establish (see H.R. 3676), H5084 [23JN]

Selective Service System: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 402), H7651 [14SE]

Social Security: eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 5), H510 [16FE]

Taxation: clarify the child credit allowance, the personal exemptions deduction, and the earned income credit for missing children (see H.R. 5117), H8201 [26SE]

———eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (see H.R. 6), H209 [2FE]

———provide for increased fairness to taxpayers (see H.R. 4163), H1762 [4AP]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 3916), H1120 [16MR]

———repeal modification of capital gains tax payments relative to small businesses sold on the installment sales method (see H.R. 3594), H373 [14FE]

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

———treatment of crops destroyed by casualty (see H.R. 4783), H5654 [29JN]

———treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (see H.R. 7), H1284 [22MR]

Television: ensure local service to small, rural markets by satellite providers (see H.R. 3615), H339 [10FE]

Water pollution: exempt discharges from certain silviculture activities from permit requirements of the national pollutant discharge elimination system (see H.R. 3625), H3413 [18MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Capitol Building and Grounds: use of the rotunda for a ceremony to honor victims of the Holocaust (see H. Con. Res. 244), H49 [27JA]

Customs Service: merchandise importation procedures (see H.R. 4337), H2339 [13AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: allow dissemination of statistical information on olive growers and processors (see H.R. 4218), H1957 [6AP]

Dept. of Defense: use of facilities as polling places for Federal, State, and local elections (see H.R. 5174), H7650 [14SE]

House of Representatives: authorize the taking of an official photograph in the House Chamber (see H. Res. 407), H49 [27JA]

Library of Congress: establish revolving funds for the operation of certain programs and activities (see H.R. 5410), H9504 [6OC]

———establish the National Recording Registry (see H.R. 4846), H6051 [13JY]

Medicare: make more competitive and efficient and provide for a prescription drug benefit (see H.R. 4680), H4591 [15JN]

Social Security: make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act (see H.R. 5543), H11193 [25OC] (see H.R. 5661), H12094 [14DE]

Tariff: octylmethoxycinnamate (see H.R. 3818), H631 [1MR]

Taxation: inclusion of estimated income-contingent costs to determine depreciation of property under the income forecast method (see H.R. 5343), H8468 [28SE]

———modify the depreciation of property used in the generation of electricity (see H.R. 4959), H7002 [25JY]

Letters

FSC Repeal and Extraterritorial Income Exclusion Act: Stuart E. Eizenstat, Dept. of the Treasury, H7422 [12SE]

Medicare Rx 2000 Act: Laurie M. Flynn, National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, H5359 [28JN]

National Recording Preservation Act: by, Committee on House Administration (House), H6850 [25JY]

Motions

Medicare: make more competitive and efficient and provide for a prescription drug benefit (H.R. 4680), H5397 [28JN]

Notices

Congressional Record: final issue publication, S10851 [23OC], S10895 [24OC], S10951 [25OC], S11027, S11087 [26OC], S11193 [27OC], S11295 [28OC], S11317 [29OC], S11349 [30OC], S11383 [31OC], S11445 [1NO], S11503 [2NO], H10475 [23OC], H10535 [24OC], H10811, H10909 [25OC], H11197, H11209 [26OC], H11359 [27OC], H11447 [28OC], H11491 [29OC], H11527 [30OC], H11623 [31OC], H11717 [1NO], H11783 [2NO], H11815 [3NO]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), conference report, H9693 [11OC]

Appropriations: consideration of certain joint resolutions making continuing (H. Res. 662), H11543 [30OC]

———legislative process, H11676 [31OC]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 114), H10405 [19OC]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 122), H11722 [1NO]

Army: anniversary (H.J. Res. 101), H4780 [20JN]

California: anniversary of statehood, H7553 [13SE]

Capitol Building and Grounds: acceptance of a statue of Chief Washakie for placement in National Statuary Hall (H. Con. Res. 333), H5175, H5177 [27JN]

———establish a task force to recommend an appropriate recognition for the slave laborers who worked on the construction of the U.S. Capitol (H. Con. Res. 368), H7444, H7445, H7447 [12SE]

———permit use of rotunda for a ceremony to present the Congressional Gold Medal to Theodore M. Hesburgh (H. Con. Res. 344), H5177, H5179 [27JN]

———use of rotunda for Presidential inauguration ceremonies (S. Con. Res. 90), H940 [14MR]

China, People's Republic of: permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), H3677 [24MY], E1039 [19JN]

Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies (Joint): establish (S. Con. Res. 89), H939 [14MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: allow dissemination of statistical information on olive growers and processors (H.R. 4218), E509 [6AP]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), H3382, H3383, H3390 [18MY]

———use of facilities as polling places for Federal, State, and local elections (H.R. 5174), H9597 [10OC]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), motion to instruct conferees, H11464 [28OC], H11495, H11496, H11498, H11499, H11503 [29OC]

Drugs: allow importation of prescription drugs into the U.S. by pharmacists and wholesalers for resale and by U.S. citizens for personal use, H9693 [11OC]

Edwards AFB, CA: Air Force Research Laboratory Rocket Site recipient of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics aerospace site designation, E1893 [24OC]

Foreign policy: authorize trade and investment policy relative to sub-Saharan Africa (H.R. 434), conference report, H2586 [4MY]

Gonzalez, Henry B.: tribute (H. Con. Res. 445), H12514 [15DE]

Health: application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (H.R. 1304), H5637, H5638, H5639, H5647, H5648 [29JN]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 2990), motion to instruct conferees, H129, H130, H131, H134, H135, H136 [1FE]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, H129, H130, H131, H134, H135, H136 [1FE], H11250 [26OC]

Health care professionals: allow a patient's medical care and treatment to be decided between the health care professional and the patient, H5647, H5648 [29JN]

———negotiation over fees, payments, or reimbursements with health plans, H5637, H5638, H5639 [29JN]

House of Representatives: electronic voting system anomaly, H5073 [23JN]

———legislative program, H11748 [1NO]

Kern County, CA: convey Forest Service property in exchange for county lands suitable for inclusion in Sequoia National Forest (H.R. 1680), H1133 [21MR]

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 4516), veto, H11676 [31OC]

Library of Congress: bicentennial (H. Con. Res. 269), H1440 [28MR]

———establish revolving funds for the operation of certain programs and activities (H.R. 5410), H10015, H10016 [17OC]

———establish the National Recording Registry (H.R. 4846), H11739 [1NO], E1344 [27JY]

LIHEAP: funding, H11464 [28OC]

Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, H2493, H2494 [3MY], H6527 [19JY], H11786 [2NO]

———expand and make permanent the subvention demonstration project for military retirees and dependents, H3382, H3383, H3390 [18MY]

———make more competitive and efficient and provide for a prescription drug benefit (H.R. 4680), H5353, H5357, H5359, H5360, H5361, H5363, H5371, H5372 [28JN], H7852, H7854, H7855, H7856, H7857, H7858 [19SE]

———make more competitive and efficient and provide for a prescription drug benefit (H.R. 4680), consideration (H. Res. 539), H5313 [28JN]

———make more competitive and efficient and provide for a prescription drug benefit (H.R. 4680), motion to recommit, H5397, H5412 [28JN]

———require HMO's participating in the Medicare+Choice program to commit to 3-year contracts, H11495, H11496, H11498, H11499, H11503 [29OC]

———use of additional projected surplus funds to supplement funding previously reduced under the Balanced Budget Act (H. Res. 535), H5423 [28JN]

Palla, Livio: Kern County, CA, Agriculturalist of the Year award recipient, E1483 [14SE]

Parliamentary inquiry, H2278 [13AP], H5372, H5396 [28JN], H11682 [31OC]

Pensions: reform (H.R. 1102), H6521 [19JY]

———reform (H.R. 1102), motion to recommit, H6527 [19JY]

Point of order, H5396 [28JN]

Ridgecrest, CA: dedication of Naval Armament and Technology Museum for China Lake, E1326 [26JY]

SBA: improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), adoption of concurrent resolution making corrections in enrollment (H. Res. 663), H11551, H11552 [30OC]

———improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), conference report, H11250 [26OC], H11499 [29OC]

Smithsonian Institution: construct a base facility structure for the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Submillimeter Array located in Hilo, HI (S. 2498), H10014 [17OC]

———rename the National Museum of American Art (S. 3201), H10013 [17OC]

Social Security: make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act, H11250 [26OC], H11499 [29OC], H11551, H11552 [30OC]

St. Croix Island International Historic Site: planning and development of interpretive site for quadricentennial commemoration funding (S. 2485), consideration (H. Res. 663), H11551, H11552 [30OC]

Taft, CA: anniversary, E1806 [17OC]

Taxation: phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), H4134 [9JN]

———rates, H10405 [19OC]

———repeal the exclusion of certain income of foreign sales corporations (H.R. 4986), H7422 [12SE]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4199), motion to recommit, H2279 [13AP]

Votes: position on missed, H1657 [3AP]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 333, acceptance of a statue of Chief Washakie for placement in National Statuary Hall, H5175 [27JN]

H. Con. Res. 344, permit use of Capitol rotunda for a ceremony to present the Congressional Gold Medal to Theodore M. Hesburgh, H5177 [27JN]

Tributes

Archer, Representative, H11416 [27OC]

Becker, Herbert S., E1698 [6OC]

Corley, Robert C., E666 [8MY]

Dixon, Julian C., H12054 [8DE]

Goodling, Representative, H8626 [3OC]

Jayson, Lester S., E71 [7FE]

Lasch, Ronald, H7607 [14SE]