STEARNS, CLIFF (a Representative from Florida)
Amendments
Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 3908), H1589 [29MR], H1604 [30MR]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), H3278, H3309 [17MY], H3320 [18MY]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4578), H4520, H4538 [15JN]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4690), H4820 [21JN], H5138 [26JN]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), H4042 [7JN], H4122 [8JN], H4221 [12JN], H4237, H4284 [13JN]
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4733), H5242 [27JN]
Health: application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (H.R. 1304), H5639, H5657 [29JN]
Articles and editorials
Full Hospitals Make Canadians Wait and Look South, James Brooke, New York (NY) Times, H94 [1FE]
Gainesville Gators Ride the Wave to a Win in the ``Commotion by the Ocean'' NSA Tournament, Barry Adams, E927
Government by Lawsuit, Washington (DC) Post, H1632 [3AP]
Why I Won't Buy Smith & Wesson, Tom Cannon, Washington (DC) Post, H2017 [11AP]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 3660), H632 [1MR]
American Folklife Center: collect video and audio recordings of personal histories and testimonials of U.S. war veterans (see H.R. 5212), H8736 [3OC]
Armed Forces: improve Montgomery GI Bill benefits by improving and expanding educational assistance programs (see H.R. 4268), H2336 [13AP]
———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3573), H255 [8FE]
Arthur (Pappy) Kennedy Post Office Building, Orlando, FL: designate (see H.R. 4399), H8200 [26SE]
Budget: ensure on-budget surplus is used to reduce publicly-held debt and provide tax relief (see H. Res. 490), H2606 [4MY]
Census: establish a policy relative to the constitutional requirement of a decennial census for purposes of congressional apportionment (see H.R. 4198), H2239 [12AP]
Coastal zones: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States (see H.R. 701), H757 [8MR]
———use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 701), H1629 [30MR]
Cole (U.S.S.): terrorist attack on Navy destroyer in Yemen (see H. Con. Res. 441), H12022 [6DE]
Commission To Study the Structure and Reauthorization of the FCC: establish (see H.R. 5570), H11206 [26OC]
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), H5655 [29JN]
Copeland Act: repeal (see H.R. 736), H5084 [23JN]
Courts: legal definition of human life relative to presence of brain wave activity and spontaneous cardiac activity (see H. Con. Res. 305), H2341 [13AP]
Cuba: assist internal opposition and further help the Cuban people to regain their freedom (see H.R. 4537), H3813 [24MY]
Davis-Bacon Act: repeal (see H.R. 736), H5084 [23JN]
Dept. of Energy: abolish (see H.R. 2411), H5084 [23JN]
———extend public comment period on proposed rules on clothes washers, air conditioners, and heat pumps (see H.R. 5613), H11928 [14NO]
Dept. of HHS: establish an Office on Men's Health (see H.R. 4653), H5737 [10JY]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: reaffirm and clarify duty of the Secretary to administer laws which assist claimants for benefits (see H.R. 4864), H6354 [17JY]
Diseases: address problems associated with polycystic kidney disease (see H. Res. 537), H7366 [7SE]
Eddie Mae Steward Post Office Building, Jacksonville, FL: designate (see H.R. 4400), H8200 [26SE]
Education: importance of music education (see H. Con. Res. 266), H1764 [4AP]
———support teachers (see H. Res. 492), H2655 [8MY]
Endangered Species Act: reauthorize and improve (see H.R. 3160), H575 [29FE]
Families and domestic relations: grants to carry out certain activities promoting adoption counseling (see H.R. 2511), H1477 [28MR]
FCC: clarify service obligations of noncommercial educational broadcast stations (see H.R. 4201), H1956 [6AP]
———follow normal rulemaking procedures in establishing additional requirements for noncommercial educational television broadcasters (see H.R. 3525), H48 [27JA]
———improve procedures in the conduct of congressional communications (see H.R. 4712), H4817 [21JN]
Firearms: prohibit funding to give or withhold a preference to a seller of firearms or ammunition relative to an agreement on enhanced safety of handguns and pistols (see H.R. 4257), H2771 [9MY]
Foreign policy: defend fundamental human rights to family, conscience, and life in international negotiations (see H. Res. 521), H4485 [14JN]
GAO: conduct a comprehensive fraud audit of the Dept. of Education (see H.R. 4079), H1405 [23MR]
Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction: compliance (see H. Con. Res. 293), H2655 [8MY]
Health: cooperation between the Dept. of Veterans Affairs and the Dept. of Defense in the procurement of medical items (see H. Con. Res. 413), H8799 [4OC]
———expand health care access and choice of coverage through Individual Membership Associations (see H.R. 4119), H2771 [9MY]
Human rights: combat trafficking in human beings and provide assistance to victims (see H.R. 3244), H2655 [8MY]
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), H4592 [15JN]
``In God We Trust'': encourage public display of national motto (see H. Res. 548), H6778 [24JY]
Korean War: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 86), H165 [1FE]
Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1093), H1588 [29MR]
Lumber industry: promote open and competitive trade of softwood lumber between the U.S. and Canada (see H. Con. Res. 252), H1959 [6AP]
Marjory Williams Scrivens Post Office, Miami, FL: designate (see H.R. 5068), H8736 [3OC]
Marshall Islands: name the Army missile range at Kwajalein Atoll for former President Ronald Reagan (see H.R. 3554), H455 [15FE]
Medicaid: provide families and disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 4825), H6778 [24JY]
Medicare: coverage of glaucoma detection services (see H.R. 2620), H5169 [26JN]
———coverage of medically appropriate actinic keratoses treatment and removal (see H. Con. Res. 341), H4122 [8JN]
———expand coverage of certain self-injected biologicals (see H.R. 2892), H4174 [9JN]
———provide for a Doctors' Bill of Rights (see H.R. 3300), H575 [29FE]
———provide guidance to health care providers attempting to properly submit claims and target truly fraudulent activity for enforcement of billing regulations rather than inadvertent errors (see H.R. 5200), H7872 [19SE]
———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H3172 [16MY]
Merchant marine industry: tribute to service and sacrifice during periods of war (see H. Con. Res. 327), H6720 [20JY]
Miami, FL: selection as permanent location for the Secretariat of the Free Trade Area of the Americas (see H. Con. Res. 217), H1120 [16MR]
Middle East: condemn current level of violence between Israelis and Palestinians (see H. Con. Res. 426), H9900 [12OC]
Montgomery, G.V. (Sonny): name an honorary room in the House of Representatives wing of the Capitol (see H. Res. 491), H3050 [15MY]
National Guard: anniversary of initial activation of personnel for Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm (see H. Res. 549), H6600 [19JY]
National Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD) Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 420), H1120 [16MR]
NIH: biomedical research funding (see H. Res. 437), H1164 [21MR]
———support modernization and construction of biomedical and behavioral research facilities and laboratory instrumentation (see H.R. 4431), H7871 [19SE]
OSHA: require public comment, and a sound scientific basis, for proposed ergonomics regulations (see H. Con. Res. 260), H1078 [15MR]
Postal Service: issue a semipostal in order to afford the public a convenient way to contribute to funding for the establishment of the World War II Memorial (see H.R. 4492), H5037 [22JN]
Public debt: allow individuals to designate a portion of their income tax return for deficit reduction (see H.R. 5349), H10257 [18OC]
Public utilities: facilitate competition in electric power industry (see H.R. 4971), H8736 [3OC]
Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 4844), H6471 [18JY]
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]
Ronald W. Reagan Post Office Building, Melbourne, FL: designate (see H.R. 5309), H10036 [17OC]
Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument: establish (see H.R. 3676), H5241 [27JN]
Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of the National Museum of the American Indian (see H.R. 4259), H8062 [25SE]
Social Security: eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 5), H454 [15FE]
———improve benefit computation formula for certain workers affected by changes in benefit computation rules (see H.R. 1771), H2606 [4MY]
———make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act (see H.R. 5291), H8199 [26SE]
———protect Social Security and Medicare surpluses through strengthened budgetary enforcement mechanisms (see H.R. 3859), H756 [8MR]
States: regulate transactions at pawn shops and prohibit the imposition of usurious interest rates on loans to consumers (see H. Con. Res. 312), H2339 [13AP]
Taxation: constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (see H.J. Res. 94), H1957 [6AP]
———establish a commission to review and make recommendations to Congress on reform and simplification of the Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 5027), H10473 [19OC]
———increase annual limitation on nondeductible contributions and adjust for inflation the amount of deductible contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1322), H3869 [25MY]
———provide a shorter recovery period for depreciation of certain restaurant buildings (see H.R. 2894), H2607 [4MY]
———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain leasehold improvements (see H.R. 844), H2340 [13AP]
———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 3916), H1764 [4AP]
———restore deductions for expenses relative to services performed by military reservists (see H.R. 4328), H4592 [15JN]
———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 4199), H1956 [6AP]
———treatment of small business meal and entertainment expenses (see H.R. 1195), H2122 [11AP]
———treatment of Social Security benefits (see H.R. 48), H2606 [4MY]
Telephones: regulate interstate commerce in the use of mobile telephones and strengthen and clarify prohibitions on electronic eavesdropping (see H.R. 3489), H1852 [5AP]
Treaties and agreements: conditions for the U.S. becoming a signatory to any international agreement relative to Kyoto Protocol (see H.R. 2221), H574 [29FE]
Trucking industry: support freeze on longer combination vehicles and current Federal limitations on truck size and weight (see H. Con. Res. 306), H7003 [25JY]
U.N.: promote full equality for Israel (see H.R. 3405), H255 [8FE]
Veterans: mint coins in commemoration and use proceeds of surcharges imposed on the sale of such coins to fund the transport of veterans to and from Dept. of Veterans Affairs hospitals (see H.R. 5397), H9010 [5OC]
Vicki Coceano Post Office Building, Miramar City, FL: designate (see H.R. 3985), H3173 [16MY]
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), H12095 [14DE]
Water pollution: exempt discharges from certain silviculture activities from permit requirements of the national pollutant discharge elimination system (see H.R. 3625), H2905 [10MY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
China, People's Republic of: permanent normal trade relations upon accession and the Republic of China's accession to the World Trade Organization (see H.R. 4509), H3474 [19MY]
China, Republic of: accession to the World Trade Organization (see H. Con. Res. 330), H3474 [19MY]
Consumers: prohibit the unauthorized destruction, modification, or alteration of product batch codes (see H.R. 4982), H7128 [26JY]
Executive Office of the President: express disapproval regarding Presidential circumvention of congressional legislative authority to set public policy (see H. Res. 463), H1852 [5AP]
FCC: prevent imposition of spectrum caps on future Commercial and Mobile Radio Services auctions (see H.R. 4758), H5169 [26JN]
Taxation: allow a deduction for amounts paid for health insurance and prescription drug costs of individuals (see H.R. 4472), H3172 [16MY]
Veterans Health Administration: improve personnel system (see H.R. 4759), H5169 [26JN] (see H.R. 5109), H7280 [6SE]
Designated Speaker pro tempore
House of Representatives, H8553 [2OC]
Letters
Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation System funding: Thomas L. Garthwaite, Dept. of Veterans Affairs, H4872 [21JN]
Pledge of Allegiance
House of Representatives, H2781 [10MY], H7367 [11SE]
Poems
``Ode to Sholl's Cafeteria,'' John R. Seitz, E836
Remarks
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 3660), H1798
Air Force Memorial Foundation: establish a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs (H.R. 4583), H7395 [12SE]
Appropriations: establish automatic system for continuing appropriations, H3131 [16MY]
———making emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 3908), H1604, H1605, H1606, H1615 [30MR]
Bosnia and Herzegovina: presence of U.S. Armed Forces for peacekeeping purposes, H3528 [23MY]
Budget: combat waste, fraud, and abuse, H2783 [10MY]
———establish 2-year cycle, H3126
———establish 2-year cycle (H.R. 493), H170 [2FE]
———improve and strengthen budget process (H.R. 853), H3126
———proposed taxes and user fees in Presidential budget (H. Res. 467), H2075
———provide for reconciliation of the concurrent resolution to reduce the public debt and to decrease the statutory debt limit (H.R. 5173), H7686
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), H5849 [12JY]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), H1382 [23MR]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), conference report, H2256 [13AP]
———treatment of any budget surpluses, H6361 [18JY]
Canada: national health care system, H93 [1FE]
China, People's Republic of: make trade relations with the U.S. contingent upon free emigration and improved human rights conditions (H.J. Res. 103), H6412, H6421 [18JY]
———normal trade relations status, H51 [31JA]
———nuclear weapons proliferation, H6412 [18JY]
———permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), H3675 [24MY]
Clinton, President: travel expenses, H7221 [6SE]
Coastal zones: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States (H.R. 701), H2839 [10MY]
Computers: prohibit gambling on the Internet (H.R. 3125), H6065 [17JY]
Crime: provide incentives for States to enact mandatory minimum sentences for certain firearms offenses (H.R. 4051), H2033
Dept. of Defense: authorize comparison study of coverage of physical, speech, and occupational therapies under TRICARE, CHAMPUS, Medicare, and the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program, H3278 [17MY]
———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), H3278 [17MY]
———F-22 fighter funding, H3991
———making appropriations (H.R. 4576), H3991
Dept. of Education: prohibit funding for any efforts to restrict military recruiting at secondary schools, H4284, H4285 [13JN]
Dept. of Energy: abolish (H.R. 1649), H1623 [30MR]
Dept. of HHS: Adoption Incentives Program funding, H4236, H4237 [13JN]
Dept. of Justice: release of report on abuse of campaign finance laws in 1996 Presidential election campaign, H935, H936 [14MR]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4578), H4520, H4521, H4522 [15JN]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: funding, H705 [8MR]
———improve health care programs and provide extended care services for veterans (H.R. 2116), conference report, H705 [8MR]
———improve inpatient medical care services to veterans in areas remote from VA medical facilities, H7963 [21SE]
———provide cost-of-living adjustment for service-connected disability benefits and enhance programs providing compensation and life insurance benefits for veterans (H.R. 4850), H9945 [17OC]
———reaffirm and clarify duty of the Secretary to administer laws which assist claimants for benefits (H.R. 4864), H9945 [17OC]
———Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation System funding, H4872, H4873 [21JN]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4690), H5138, H5139, H5146, H5147 [26JN]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), H4236, H4237, H4238, H4284, H4285 [13JN]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4635), H4872, H4873 [21JN]
Earth Day: observance, H2346 [2MY]
Elections: Presidential election results, H11870, H11871 [13NO], H11930 [4DE]
Executive Office of the President: discovery of e-mail messages relative to congressional and Federal criminal investigations, H1001 [15MR]
FCC: clarify service obligations of noncommercial educational broadcast stations (H.R. 4201), H4689, H4696, H4699 [20JN]
———follow normal rulemaking procedures in establishing additional requirements for noncommercial educational television broadcasters (H.R. 3525), H10 [27JA], H506 [16FE]
———Office of Media Relations funding, H5138, H5139 [26JN]
———prevent imposition of spectrum caps on future Commercial and Mobile Radio Services auctions (H.R. 4758), E1112
———prohibit from establishing rules authorizing the operation of new, low power FM radio stations (H.R. 3439), H2969 [15MY]
Firearms: allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in all States and exempt current and former law enforcement officers from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (H.R. 492), H2658 [9MY]
———gun control, H1125 [21MR]
Florida: disputed results in Presidential election, H11870, H11871 [13NO], H11930 [4DE]
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), H1402 [23MR]
Forest Service: wildland fire management funding through reductions in National Endowment for the Arts funding, H4520, H4521, H4522 [15JN]
Gainesville, FL: tribute to Gainesville Gators girls' softball team, E927
Gonzalez-Brotons, Elian: custody and immigration status, H2554 [4MY]
———INS operation to reunite with father, H2617 [8MY]
Gore, Vice President: agreement with Russia relative to proliferation of nuclear missile technology, H10476 [23OC]
Government: require use of recovery audits by Federal agencies to improve the economy and efficiency of operations (H.R. 1827), H717
Health: application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (H.R. 1304), H5639, H5640, H5641 [29JN]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H93 [1FE]
———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, H2488 [3MY]
Health care professionals: exempt labor negotiations with health plans from antitrust laws if the FTC or Dept. of Justice certify the negotiations, H5639, H5640, H5641 [29JN]
House of Representatives: legislative program, H1623 [30MR]
Hsia, Maria: conviction for abuses of campaign finance laws, H935 [14MR]
Johns Hopkins University: anniversary of Wilmer Eye Institute, E2054
Judiciary: status of Federal judges' salaries, H5146, H5147 [26JN]
Kosovo: presence of U.S. Armed Forces for peacekeeping purposes, H3528 [23MY]
———tribute to Air Force participation in NATO military operations against Serbia relative to human rights violations, H5087 [26JN]
Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, H8298, H8299 [27SE]
———make more competitive and efficient and provide for a prescription drug benefit (H.R. 4680), H5368 [28JN], H11532 [30OC]
Motor vehicles: recall and investigation of Firestone tires, H7368 [11SE]
National security: military readiness of U.S. forces, H222 [8FE]
NIH: report on efforts to enhance competitiveness of biomedical and behavioral research grants, H4237, H4238 [13JN]
Orange Park, FL: Orange Park High School recipient of GRAMMY Signature School award, E256
Petroleum: economic impact of increasing oil prices, H1176 [22MR], H1615, H1623 [30MR]
———impact of EPA implementation of reformulated gasoline regulations on gasoline prices, H6055 [17JY]
Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: annual report, H9820 [12OC]
Political campaigns: appointment of independent counsel to investigate fundraising practices in Presidential election campaign, H1403
———ethics reform and contribution limits, H7653 [18SE]
Power resources: national energy policy, H1615, H1623 [30MR], H8595 [2OC]
Public buildings: placement of automatic external defibrillators to assist individuals who experience cardiac arrest and protections from civil liability relative to emergency use of the devices (H.R. 2498), H3584, H3585, H3587 [23MY], H11315 [26OC]
Public Health Service Act: provide certain children's health services (H.R. 4365), H2716 [9MY]
Public welfare programs: reform, H8747 [4OC]
Republican Party: national agenda, H10536 [24OC]
Sholl's Cafeteria (business): anniversary, E836
Smith & Wesson (business): agreement on enhanced safety of handguns and pistols, H1632 [3AP], H2017 [11AP]
Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H8298 [27SE], H10815 [25OC]
———eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 5), H596 [1MR]
Strategic Petroleum Reserve: extend and improve, H1615, H1623 [30MR]
Taxation: allow a deduction for amounts paid for health insurance and prescription drug costs of individuals (H.R. 4472), H3058 [16MY]
———constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (H.J. Res. 94), H2141 [12AP]
———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (H.R. 3709), H2813 [10MY]
———rates, H1677 [4AP], H2256 [13AP], H6361 [18JY]
———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (H.R. 4865), H7007 [26JY]
Telecommunications: promote competition and privatization in satellite communications (S. 376), conference report, E295
U.N.: U.S. role in peacekeeping operations, H1633 [3AP]
University of Florida: tribute to men's basketball team, H1682 [4AP]
Veterans: enhance education benefits programs (S. 1402), H9945
Veterans Health Administration: improve personnel system (H.R. 5109), H7376 [12SE], H7958 [21SE], H9945
Votes: position on missed, H9574
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H2510 [3MY], H8615 [2OC]
Texts of
H.R. 2498, Cardiac Arrest Survival Act, H3584 [23MY]
Tributes
Bateman, Herbert H., H7368 [11SE]
Canady, Representative, H11200 [26OC]
Fowler, Representative, H10757
Yates, Sidney R., E1995