104th Congress / Bills
See also: Most-voted-on bills in the 104th Congress.
| Bill | Title |
|---|---|
| Relating to the treatment of Social Security under any constitutional amendment requiring a balanced budget. | |
| Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding a private visit by President Lee Teng-hui of the Republic of China on Taiwan to the United States. | |
| Setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal years, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002. | |
| Concerning the emancipation of the Iranian Baha'i community. | |
| Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the need for raising the social security earnings limit. | |
| Concerning writer, political philosopher, human rights advocate, and Nobel Peace Prize nominee Wei Jingsheng. | |
| Supporting the independence and sovereignty of Ukraine and the progress of its political and economic reforms. | |
| Setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for the fiscal years 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002. | |
| Providing for the adjournment of the two Houses. | |
| Concerning the removal of Russian Armed Forces from Moldova. | |
| A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress regarding missile tests and military exercises by the People's Republic of China. | |
| Condemning terror attacks in Israel. | |
| Recognizing the tenth anniversary of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster, and supporting the closing of the Chornobyl nuclear power plant. | |
| Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 1997 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002. | |
| Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the importance of United States membership in regional South Pacific organizations. | |
| Expressing the sense of the Congress that the cost of Government spending and regulatory programs should be reduced so that American families will be able to keep more of what they earn. | |
| Providing for an adjournment of both Houses. | |
| Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States. | |
| Providing for the reappointment of Homer Alfred Neal as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. | |
| Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States with respect to the number of terms of office of Members of the Senate and the House of Representatives. | |
| To grant the consent of the Congress to certain additional powers conferred upon the Bi-State Development Agency by the States of Missouri and Illinois. | |
| Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States authorizing the Congress and the States to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States. | |
| Disapproving the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation treatment) to the products of the People's Republic of China. | |
| Disapproving the recommendations of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission. | |
| Providing for the appointment of Howard H. Baker, Jr. as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. | |
| Providing for the appointment of Anne D'Harnoncourt as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. | |
| Providing for the appointment of Louis Gerstner as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. | |
| Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1996, and for other purposes. | |
| Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1996, and for other purposes. | |
| Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1996, and for other purposes. | |
| Affirming that budget negotiations shall be based on the most recent technical and economic assumptions of the Congressional Budget Office and shall achieve a balanced budget by fiscal year 2002 based on those assumptions. | |
| Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1996, and for other purposes. | |
| Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1996, and for other purposes. | |
| Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require two-thirds majorities for bills increasing taxes. | |
| Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1996, and for other purposes. | |
| Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1996, and for other purposes. | |
| Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1996, and for other purposes. | |
| Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1996, and for other purposes. | |
| Disapproving the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation treatment) to the products of the People's Republic of China. | |
| To confer honorary citizenship of the United States on Agnes Gonxha Bojahiu, also known as Mother Teresa. | |
| To make certain laws applicable to the legislative branch of the Federal Government. | |
| To give the President item veto authority over appropriation Acts and targeted tax benefits in revenue Acts. | |
| "An Act to enhance support and work opportunities for families with children, reduce welfare dependence, and control welfare spending". | |
| To curb the practice of imposing unfunded Federal mandates on States and local governments, to ensure that the Federal Government pays the costs incurred by those governments in complying with certain requirements under Federal statutes and regulations, and to provide information on the cost of Federal mandates on the private sector, and for other purposes. | |
| To revitalize the national security of the United States. | |
| To create jobs, enhance wages, strengthen property rights, maintain certain economic liberties, decentralize and reduce the power of the Federal Government with respect to the States, localities, and citizens of the United States, and to increase the accountability of Federal officials. | |
| To amend the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act to improve fisheries management. | |
| To permit exports of certain domestically produced crude oil, and for other purposes. | |
| To amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 to prevent persons having drug or alcohol use problems from occupying dwelling units in public housing projects designated for occupancy by elderly families, and for other purposes. | |
| To amend title 4, United States Code, to declare English as the official language of the Government of the United States. | |
| To repeal the ban on semiautomatic assault weapons and the ban on large capacity ammunition feeding devices. | |
| To provide for the development of a plan and a management review of the National Park System and to reform the process by which areas are considered for addition to the National Park System, and for other purposes. | |
| To provide for the exchange of lands within Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve, and for other purposes. | |
| To amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, and for other purposes. | |
| To establish a toll free number in the Department of Commerce to assist consumers in determining if products are American-made. | |
| To ensure economy and efficiency of Federal Government operations by establishing a moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions, and for other purposes. | |
| An Act to amend the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 to permit medicare select policies to be offered in all States. | |
| To amend title V of Public Law 96-550, designating the Chaco Culture Archeological Protection Sites, and for other purposes. | |
| To designate the Great Western Scenic Trail as a study trail under the National Trails System Act, and for other purposes. | |
| To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey the Corning National Fish Hatchery to the State of Arkansas. | |
| To extend indefinitely the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to collect a commercial operation fee in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, and for other purposes. | |
| To grant the consent of the Congress to the Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact. | |
| To modify the boundaries of Walnut Canyon National Monument in the State of Arizona. | |
| To authorize the hydrogen research, development, and demonstration programs of the Department of Energy, and for other purposes. | |
| To extend the deadline under the Federal Power Act applicable to the construction of three hydroelectric projects in the State of Arkansas. | |
| To amend the Fair Housing Act to modify the exemption from certain familial status discrimination prohibitions granted to housing for older persons. | |
| An Act entitled the Victims Justice Act of 1995. | |
| To control crime by exclusionary rule reform. | |
| To control crime by incarcerating violent criminals. | |
| To control crime by further streamlining deportation of criminal aliens. | |
| Entitled the "Minor Boundary Adjustments and Miscellaneous Park Amendments Act of 1995". | |
| To amend the Fishermen's Protective Act. | |
| To control crime by providing law enforcement block grants. | |
| To control crime by a more effective death penalty. | |
| To amend the National Labor Relations Act to allow labor management cooperative efforts that improve economic competitiveness in the United States to continue to thrive, and for other purposes. | |
| To amend chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, to further the goals of the Paperwork Reduction Act to have Federal agencies become more responsible and publicly accountable for reducing the burden of Federal paperwork on the public, and for other purposes. | |
| To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the deduction for the health insurance costs of self-employed individuals, to repeal the provision permitting nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the Federal Communications Commission, and for other purposes. | |
| To provide off-budget treatment for the Highway Trust Fund, the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, the Inland Waterways Trust Fund, and the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund. | |
| To designate the Federal building and U.S. Courthouse located at 125 Market Street in Youngstown, Ohio, as the "Thomas D. Lambros Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse". | |
| An Act making supplemental appropriations and rescissions for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, and for other purposes. | |
| To compensate owners of private property for the effect of certain regulatory restrictions. | |
| To promote regulatory flexibility and enhance public participation in Federal agency rulemaking and for other purposes. | |
| To seek international sanctions against the Castro government in Cuba, to plan for support of a transition government leading to a democratically elected government in Cuba, and for other purposes. | |
| To establish legal standards and procedures for product liability litigation, and for other purposes. | |
| To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. | |
| To designate the Federal building located at 600 Martin Luther King, Jr. Place in Louisville, Kentucky, as the "Romano L. Mazzoli Federal Building". | |
| To reform the Federal civil justice system. | |
| To provide regulatory reform and to focus national economic resources on the greatest risks to human health, safety, and the environment through scientifically objective and unbiased risk assessments and through the consideration of costs and benefits in major rules, and for other purposes. | |
| An Act to amend the Federal securities laws to curb certain abusive practices in private securites litigation, and for other purposes. | |
| To improve the National Park System in the Commonwealth of Virginia. | |
| Making emergency supplemental appropriations for additional disaster assistance and making rescissions for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, and for other purposes. | |
| To establish a Deficit Reduction Trust Fund and provide for the downward adjustment of discretionary spending limits in appropriation bills. | |
| To provide that cases challenging the constitutionality of measures passed by State referendum be heard by a 3-judge court. | |
| To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to strengthen the American family and create jobs. | |
| To amend the Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947 relating to the payment of wages to employees who use employer owned vehicles. | |
| To combat crime by enhancing the penalties for certain sexual crimes against children. | |
| To provide protection for family privacy. | |
| To provide for the Administration of certain Presidio properties at minimal cost to the Federal taxpayer. | |
| To establish certain policies and responsibilities with respect to the administration of the Rongelap Resettlement Trust Fund, and for other purposes. | |
| To amend the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 to revitalize the United States-flag merchant marine, and for other purposes. | |
| To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1996 for the Coast Guard, and for other purposes. | |
| To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1996 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 1996, and for other purposes. | |
| To promote competition and reduce regulation in order to secure lower prices and higher quality services for American telecommunications consumers and encourage the rapid deployment of new telecommunications technologies. | |
| To consolidate the foreign affairs agencies of the United States; to authorize appropriations for the Department of State and related agencies for fiscal years 1996 and 1997; to responsibly reduce the authorizations of appropriations for United States foreign assistance programs for fiscal years 1996 and 1997, and for other purposes. | |
| To require the Trustees of the medicare trust funds to report recommendations on resolving projected financial imbalance in medicare trust funds. | |
| To place restrictions on the promotion by the Department of Labor and other Federal agencies and instrumentalities of economically targeted investments in connection with employee benefit plans. | |
| An Act to consolidate Federal employment training, vocational education, and adult education programs and create integrated statewide workforce development systems, and for other purposes. | |
| To amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and for other purposes. | |
| To authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation treatment) to the products of Bulgaria. | |
| To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1996 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes. | |
| To revise and streamline the acquisition laws of the Federal Government, to reorganize the mechanisms for resolving Federal procurement disputes, and for other purposes. | |
| To amend the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 to improve the management of the National Wildlife Refuge System, and for other purposes. | |
| To reform the statutes relating to Amtrak, to authorize appropriations for Amtrak, and for other purposes. | |
| To designate the United States Post Office-Courthouse located at South 6th and Rogers Avenue, Fort Smith, Arkansas, as the "Judge Isaac C. Parker Federal Building". | |
| Making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes. | |
| To amend the Central Utah Project Completion Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to allow for prepayment of repayment contracts between the United States and the Central Utah Water Conservancy District dated December 28, 1965, and November 26, 1985, and for other purposes. | |
| To amend title 18, United States Code, to ban partial-birth abortions. | |
| Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes. | |
| Making appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes. | |
| Making appropriations for energy and water development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes. | |
| To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to deem certain municipal wastewater treatment facilities discharging into ocean waters as the equivalent of secondary treatment facilities. | |
| Making emergency supplemental appropriations for additional disaster assistance, for anti-terrorism initiatives, for assistance in the recovery from the tragedy that occurred at Oklahoma City, and making rescissions for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, and for other purposes. | |
| To reauthorize the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, and for other purposes. | |
| Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes. | |
| Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes. | |
| Making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes. | |
| Making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the United States Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President, and certain Independent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes. | |
| To amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to make certain adjustments in the land disposal program to provide needed flexibility, and for other purposes. | |
| Establishing United States policy toward China. | |
| To provide for the distribution within the United States of the United States Information Agency film entitled "Fragile Ring of Life". | |
| Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes. | |
| To expedite State reviews of criminal records of applicants for private security officer employment, and for other purposes. | |
| Making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes. | |
| Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes. | |
| Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes. | |
| To amend the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to require the release of relevant information to protect the public from sexually violent offenders. | |
| To reduce regulation, promote efficiencies, and encourage competition in the international ocean transportation system of the United States, to eliminate the Federal Maritime Commission, and for other purposes. | |
| To amend the Small Business Act and the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to reduce the cost to the Federal Government of guaranteeing certain loans and debentures, and for other purposes. | |
| To authorize appropriations to carry out the Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act of 1986 and the Anadromous Fish Conservation Act. | |
| To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to improve deterrence of illegal immigration to the United States by increasing border patrol and investigative personnel, by increasing penalties for alien smuggling and for document fraud, by reforming exclusion and deportation law and procedures, by improving the verification system for eligibility for employment, and through other measures, to reform the legal immigration system and facilitate legal entries into the United States, and for other purposes. | |
| To amend the Trinity River Basin Fish and Wildlife Management Act of 1984, to extend for three years the availability of moneys for the restoration of fish and wildlife in the Trinity River, and for other purposes. | |
| To disapprove certain sentencing guideline amendments. | |
| To amend title 23, United States Code, to designate the National Highway System, and for other purposes. | |
| To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for increased taxpayer protections. | |
| An Act to amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out certain programs and activities, and for other purposes. | |
| To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide compensatory time for all employees. | |
| To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1996 and 1997 for civilian science activities of the Federal Government, and for other purposes. | |
| To repeal the United States Housing Act of 1937, deregulate the public housing program and the program for rental housing assistance for low-income families, and increase community control over such programs, and for other purposes. | |
| To improve the capability to analyze deoxyribonucleic acid. | |
| To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to preserve and reform the medicare program. | |
| To provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 105 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1996. | |
| Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes. | |
| To facilitate contributions to charitable organizations by codifying certain exemptions from the Federal securities laws, and for other purposes. | |
| To modify the operation of the antitrust laws, and of State laws similar to the antitrust laws, with respect to charitable gift annuities. | |
| To abolish the Interstate Commerce Commission, to amend subtitle IV of title 49, United States Code, to reform economic regulation of transportation, and for other purposes. | |
| Making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of said District for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes. | |
| To provide for the disclosure of lobbying activities to influence the Federal Government, and for other purposes. | |
| To provide for a temporary increase in the public debt limit, and for other purposes. | |
| To prohibit the use of funds appropriated to the Department of Defense from being used for the deployment on the ground of United States Armed Forces in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina as part of any peacekeeping operation, or as part of any implementation force, unless funds for such deployment are specifically appropriated by law. | |
| To enforce the public debt limit and to protect the social security trust funds and other federal trust funds and accounts invested in public debt obligations. | |
| To amend title 28, United States Code, to provide for appointment of United States marshals by the Director of the United States Marshals Service. | |
| To award a congressional gold medal to Ruth and Billy Graham. | |
| To require the Secretary of the Interior to accept from a State donations of services of State employees to perform, in a period of Government budgetary shutdown, otherwise authorized functions in any unit of the National Wildlife Refuge System or the National Park System. | |
| To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for increases in the amounts of allowable earnings under the social security earnings limit for individuals who have attained retirement age, and for other purposes. | |
| To combat terrorism. | |
| To amend chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, popularly known as the Paperwork Reduction Act, to minimize the burden of Federal paperwork demands upon small businesses, educational and nonprofit institutions, Federal contractors, State and local governments, and other persons through the sponsorship and use of alternative information technologies. | |
| To make certain technical corrections in laws relating to Native Americans, and for other purposes. | |
| To approve and implement the OECD Shipbuilding Trade Agreement. | |
| To prohibit Federal funds from being used for the deployment on the ground of United States Armed Forces in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina as part of any peacekeeping operation, or as part of any implementation force. | |
| To provide that members of the Armed Forces performing services for the peacekeeping effort in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina shall be entitled to certain tax benefits in the same manner as if such services were performed in a combat zone. | |
| To amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to support the International Dolphin Conservation Program in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean, and for other purposes. | |
| To modify the operation of certain agricultural programs. | |
| Making appropriations for fiscal year 1996 to make a downpayment toward a balanced budget, and for other purposes. | |
| To guarantee the timely payment of social security benefits in March 1996. | |
| For the reimbursement of legal expenses and related fees incurred by former employees of the White House Travel Office with respect to the termination of their employment in that Office on May 19, 1993. | |
| To amend the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to provide enhanced penalties for crimes against elderly and child victims. | |
| To amend the Federal securities laws in order to promote efficiency and capital formation in the financial markets, and to amend the Investment Company Act of 1940 to promote more efficient management of mutual funds, protect investors, and provide more effective and less burdensome regulation. | |
| To amend the Helium Act to authorize the Secretary to enter into agreements with private parties for the recovery and disposal of helium on Federal lands, and for other purposes. | |
| Making appropriations for fiscal year 1996 to make a further downpayment toward a balanced budget, and for other purposes. | |
| To guarantee the continuing full investment of Social Security and other Federal funds in obligations of the United States. | |
| To implement the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty. | |
| To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve portability and continuity of health insurance coverage in the group and individual markets, to combat waste, fraud, and abuse in health insurance and health care delivery, to promote the use of medical savings accounts, to improve access to long-term care services and coverage, to simplify the administration of health insurance, and for other purposes. | |
| To impose sanctions on persons exporting certain goods or technology that would enhance Iran's ability to explore for, extract, refine, or transport by pipeline petroleum resources, and for other purposes. | |
| An Act to amend title 38, United States Code, to reform eligiblity for health care provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs, to authorize major medical facility construction projects for the Department, to improve administration of health care by the Department, and for other purposes. | |
| To provide for enactment of the Senior Citizens' Right to Work Act of 1996, the Line Item Veto Act, and the Small Business Growth and Fairness Act of 1996, and to provide for a permanent increase in the public debt limit. | |
| To amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1997, 1998, and 1999 for the National Transportation Safety Board, and for other purposes. | |
| To authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation treatment) to the products of Romania. | |
| To provide that Oregon may not tax compensation paid to a resident of Washington for services as a Federal employee at a Federal hydroelectric facility located on the Columbia River. | |
| An Act to prohibit false statements to Congress, to clarify congressional authority to obtain truthful testimony, and for other purposes. | |
| An Act to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1997 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes. | |
| To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1997 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes. | |
| To amend title 49, United States Code, to prohibit individuals who do not hold a valid private pilots certificate from manipulating the controls of aircraft in an attempt to set a record or engage in an aeronautical competition or aeronautical feat, and for other purposes. | |
| To help families defray adoption costs, and to promote the adoption of minority children. | |
| To amend title 10, United States Code, to limit the placement of United States forces under United Nations operational or tactical control, and for other purposes. | |
| To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1997 for civilian science activities of the Federal Government, and for other purposes. | |
| To designate a United States courthouse in Scranton, Pennsylvania, as the "William J. Nealon United States Courthouse". | |
| To define and protect the institution of marriage. | |
| To designate the United States courthouse to be constructed at a site on 18th Street between Dodge and Douglas Streets in Omaha, Nebraska, as the "Roman L. Hruska United States Courthouse". | |
| To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the 4.3-cent increase in the transportation motor fuels excise tax rates enacted by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 and dedicated to the general fund of the Treasury. | |
| To provide tax relief for small businesses, to protect jobs, to create opportunities, to increase the take home pay of workers, and for other purposes. | |
| To make certain laws applicable to the Executive Office of the President, and for other purposes. | |
| To provide for the nationwide tracking of convicted sexual predators, and for other purposes. | |
| To expand the boundary of the Snoqualmie National Forest, and for other purposes. | |
| Making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and for other purposes. | |
| To amend title 18, United States Code, to clarify the Federal jurisdiction over offenses relating to damage to religious property. | |
| To amend title 49, United States Code, to require an air carrier to request and receive certain records before allowing an individual to begin service as a pilot, and for other purposes. | |
| To amend title 49, United States Code, to reauthorize programs of the Federal Aviation Administration, and for other purposes. | |
| Making appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and for other purposes. | |
| To authorize the State of Wisconsin to implement the demonstration project known as "Wisconsin Works". | |
| To amend the NATO Participation Act of 1994 to expedite the transition to full membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization of emerging democracies in Central and Eastern Europe. | |
| Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and for other purposes. | |
| Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and for other purposes. | |
| Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and for other purposes. | |
| Making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and for other purposes. | |
| Making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and for other purposes. | |
| To amend the Small Business Act and the Small Business Investment Act of 1958. | |
| To amend title 18, United States Code, to protect proprietary economic information, and for other purposes. | |
| To provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 201(a)(1) of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1997. | |
| To preserve the sovereignty of the United States over public lands and acquired lands owned by the United States, and to preserve State sovereignty and private property rights in non-Federal lands surrounding those public lands and acquired lands. | |
| Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and for other purposes. | |
| Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and for other purposes. | |
| Making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the United States Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President, and certain Independent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and for other purposes. | |
| To extend the authority of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, and for other purposes. | |
| To amend section 552 of title 5, United States Code, popularly known as the Freedom of Information Act, to provide for public access to information in an electronic format, and for other purposes. | |
| To authorize funds for the George Bush School of Government and Public Service. | |
| Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and for other purposes. | |
| Making appropriations for energy and water development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and for other purposes. | |
| To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to reform the financing of Federal election campaigns, and for other purposes. | |
| To amend the civil service laws of the United States, and for other purposes. | |
| Making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against revenues of said District for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and for other purposes. | |
| To prevent the illegal manufacturing and use of methamphetamine. | |
| To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to permit lenders under the unsubsidized Federal Family Education Loan program to pay origination fees on behalf of borrowers. | |
| To amend title 49, United States Code, to require the National Transportation Safety Board and individual air carriers to take actions to address the needs of families of passengers involved in aircraft accidents. | |
| To combat terrorism. | |
| To amend title 10, United States Code, to restore the provisions of chapter 76 of that title (relating to missing persons) as in effect before the amendments made by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997. | |
| To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that if a Member of Congress is convicted of a felony, such Member shall not be eligible for retirement benefits based on that individual's service as a Member, and for other purposes. | |
| To authorize the National Park Service to coordinate programs with, provide technical assistance to, and enter into cooperative agreements with, the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati, Ohio, and for other purposes. | |
| To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize States to deny public education benefits to aliens not lawfully present in the United States who are not enrolled in public schools during the period beginning September 1, 1996, and ending July 1, 1997. | |
| To combat drug-facilitated crimes of violence, including sexual assaults. | |
| To provide for the administration of certain Presidio properties at minimal cost to the Federal taxpayer, and for other purposes. | |
| Making omnibus consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and for other purposes. | |
| Providing for the consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 6) adopting the Rules of the House of Representatives for the One Hundred Fourth Congress. | |
| Adopting the Rules of the House of Representatives for the One Hundred Fourth Congress. | |
| Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 5) to curb the practice of imposing unfunded Federal mandates on States and local governments, to ensure that the Federal Government pays the costs incurred by those governments in complying with certain requirements under Federal statutes and regulations, and to provide information on the cost of Federal mandates on the private sector, and for other purposes. | |
| Providing for consideration of the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 17) relating to the treatment of Social Security under any Constitutional amendment requiring a balanced budget and providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 1) proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States. | |
| To preserve the constitutional role of the House of Representatives to provide for the expenditure of public money and ensure that the executive branch of the United States Government remains accountable to the House of Representatives for each expenditure of public money. | |
| Requesting the President to submit information to the House of Representatives concerning actions taken through the exchange stabilization fund to strengthen the Mexican peso and stabilize the economy of Mexico. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7) to revitalize the national security of the United States. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 831) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the deduction for the health insurance costs of self-employed individuals, to repeal the provision permitting nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the Federal Communications Commission, and for other purposes. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 889) making emergency supplemental appropriations and rescissions to preserve and enhance the military readiness of the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, and for other purposes. | |
| Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 450) to ensure economy and efficiency of Federal Government operations by establishing a moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions, and for other purposes. | |
| Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 1022) to provide regulatory reform and to focus national economic resources on the greatest risks to human health, safety, and the environment through scientifically objective and unbiased risk assessments and through the consideration of costs and benefits in major rules, and for other purposes. | |
| Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 925) to compensate owners of private property for the effect of certain regulatory restrictions. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1058) to reform Federal securities litigation, and for other purposes. | |
| Providing amounts for the expenses of certain committees of the House of Representatives in the One Hundred Fourth Congress. | |
| Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 956) to establish legal standards and procedures for product liability litigation, and for other purposes. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1158) making emergency supplemental appropriations for additional disaster assistance and making rescissions for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, and for other purposes. | |
| Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 4) to restore the American family, reduce illegitimacy, control welfare spending and reduce welfare dependence. | |
| Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding American citizens held in Iraq. | |
| Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 831) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the deduction for the health insurance costs of self-employed individuals, to repeal the provision permitting nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the Federal Communications Commission, and for other purposes. | |
| Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 1271) to provide protection for family privacy. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1215) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to strengthen the American family and create jobs. | |
| Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 483), to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit medicare select policies to be offered in all States, and for other purposes. | |
| Condemning the bombing in Oklahoma City. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 961) to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. | |
| Providing for consideration of the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 67) setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for the fiscal years 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002. | |
| Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 1561) to consolidate the foreign affairs agencies of the United States; to authorize appropriations for the Department of State and related agencies for fiscal years 1996 and 1997; to responsibly reduce the authorizations of appropriations for United States foreign assistance programs for fiscal years 1996 and 1997, and for other purposes. | |
| Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 1561) to consolidate the foreign affairs agencies of the United States; to authorize appropriations for the Department of State and related agencies for fiscal years 1996 and 1997; to responsibly reduce the authorizations of appropriations for United States foreign assistance programs for fiscal years 1996 and 1997, and for other purposes. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1530) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1996 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 1996, and for other purposes. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1817) making appropriations for military construction for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes. | |
| Amending clause 4 of rule XIII of the Rules of the House to abolish the Consent Calendar and to establish in its place a Corrections Calendar. | |
| Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 1854) making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1868) making appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes. | |
| Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 79) proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States authorizing the Congress and the States to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States. | |
| Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 67) setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal years, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002. | |
| Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 1944) making emergency supplemental appropriations for additional disaster assistance, for anti-terrorism initiatives, for assistance in the recovery from the tragedy that occurred at Oklahoma City, and making rescissions for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, and for other purposes. | |
| Providing for the further consideration in the Committee of the Whole of the bill (H.R. 1868) making appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes. | |
| Providing for immediate consideration of a concurrent resolution providing for adjournment of the House and Senate for the Independence Day district work period. | |
| Electing Representative Greg Laughlin of Texas to the Committee on Ways and Means. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1977) making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes. | |
| Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 1977) making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1976) making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2020) making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the United States Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President, and certain Independent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes. | |
| Providing for additional auditing by the House Inspector General. | |
| Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 2002) making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2099) making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes. | |
| Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 2126) making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes. | |
| Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 1854) making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes. | |
| Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 1555) to promote competition and reduce regulation in order to secure lower prices and higher quality services for American telecommunications consumers and encourage the rapid deployment of new telecommunications technologies. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2127) making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes. | |
| Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 1670) to revise and streamline the acquisition laws of the Federal Government, to reorganize the mechanisms for resolving Federal procurement disputes, and for other purposes. | |
| Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 1617) to consolidate and reform workforce development and literacy programs, and for other purposes. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2274) to amend title 23, United States Code, to designate the National Highway System, and for other purposes. | |
| Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 927) to seek international sanctions against the Castro government in Cuba, to plan for support of a transition government leading to a democratically elected government in Cuba, and for other purposes. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 743) to amend the National Labor Relations Act to allow labor management cooperative efforts that improve economic competitiveness in the United States to continue to thrive, and for other purposes. | |
| Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 1977) making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes. | |
| Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 2126) making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2425) to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to preserve and reform the medicare program. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2492) making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes. | |
| To direct the Speaker to provide an appropriate remedy in response to the use of a forged document at a subcommittee hearing. | |
| Providing for consideration of the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 109) expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the need for reform of the social security earnings limit, and providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 2491) to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 105 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1996. | |
| Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives relating to the deployment of United States Armed Forces on the ground in the territory of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina to enforce a peace agreement. | |
| Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 1868) making appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes. | |
| To amend the Rules of the House of Representatives to provide for gift reform. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1833) to amend title 18, United States Code, to ban partial-birth abortions. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2546) making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of said District for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes. | |
| Waiving points of order against the further conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 1977) making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes. | |
| Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the bill (S. 395) to authorize and direct the Secretary of Energy to sell the Alaska Power Administration, and to authorize the export of Alaska North Slope crude oil, and for other purposes. | |
| Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 115) making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1996, and for other purposes. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2586) to provide for a temporary increase in the public debt limit, and for other purposes. | |
| Providing for the consideration of Senate amendments to the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 115) making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1996, and for other purposes. | |
| Providing for the consideration of Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 2586) to provide for a temporary increase in the public debt limit, and for other purposes. | |
| Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 2020) making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the United States Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President, and certain Independent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes. | |
| Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 122) making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1996, and for other purposes. | |
| Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 2126) making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes. | |
| Authorizing a specified correction in the form of the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 2491) to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 105 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1996, and waiving points of order against the corrected conference report. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2606) to prohibit the use of funds appropriated to the Department of Defense from being used for the deployment on the ground of United States Armed Forces in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina as part of any peacekeeping operation, or as any implementation force, unless funds for such deployment are specifically appropriated by law. | |
| Providing for consideration of motions to suspend the rules. | |
| Relating to a question of the privileges of the House. | |
| Relating to a question of the privileges of the House. | |
| Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 1058) to reform Federal securities litigation, and for other purposes. | |
| Waiving points of order against the further conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 2099) making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2621) to enforce the public debt limit and to protect the social security trust funds and other federal trust funds and accounts invested in public debt obligations. | |
| Providing for consideration of a motion to dispose of the remaining Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 1868) making appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes. | |
| Waiving a requirement of clause 4(b) of rule XI with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules, and for other purposes. | |
| To amend the Rules of the House of Representatives regarding outside earned income. | |
| Waiving points of order against the further conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 1977) making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes. | |
| Relating to the deployment of United States Armed Forces in and around the territory of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina to enforce the peace agreement between the parties to the conflict in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1745) to designate certain public lands in the State of Utah as wilderness, and for other purposes. | |
| Providing for debate and for consideration of three measures relating to the deployment of United States Armed Forces in and around the territory of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. | |
| Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the deployment of United States Armed Forces to Bosnia. | |
| Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 1530) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1996 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 1996, and for other purposes. | |
| Providing for consideration of the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 122) setting forth a revised congressional budget for the United States Government for the fiscal years 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002. | |
| Deploring individuals who deny the historical reality of the Holocaust and commending the vital, ongoing work of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. | |
| Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 134) making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1996, and for other purposes. | |
| Authorizing the Speaker to declare recesses subject to the call of the Chair from December 23, 1995 through December 27, 1995. | |
| Directing that the Committee on Rules report a resolution providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2530) to provide for deficit reduction and achieve a balanced budget by fiscal year 2002. | |
| Providing for consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 299) to amend the Rules of the House of Representatives regarding outside earned income. | |
| Authorizing the Speaker to declare recesses subject to the call of the Chair from January 5, 1996, through January 23, 1996; waiving a requirement of clause 4(b) of rule XI with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules during that period. | |
| Providing for consideration of a motion to dispose of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 1643) to authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation treatment) to the products of Bulgaria. | |
| Providing for the disposition of the Senate amendment to the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 134) making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 1996, and for other purposes. | |
| Providing for the disposition of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 1358) to require the Secretary of Commerce to convey to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts the National Marine Fisheries Service laboratory located on Emerson Avenue in Gloucester, Massachusetts. | |
| Waiving a requirement of clause 4(b) of rule XI with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules. | |
| Providing for the consideration of S. 534. | |
| Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the bill (S. 652) to provide for a pro-competitive, de-regulatory national policy framework designed to accelerate rapidly private sector deployment of advanced telecommunications and information technologies and services to all Americans by opening all telecommunications markets to competition, and for other purposes. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2924) to guarantee the timely payment of social security benefits in March 1996. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2854) to modify the operation of certain agricultural programs. | |
| Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 927) to seek international sanctions against the Castro government in Cuba, to plan for support of a transition government leading to a democratically elected government in Cuba, and for other purposes. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3019) making appropriations for fiscal year 1996 to make a further downpayment toward a balanced budget, and for other purposes. | |
| Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 1561) to consolidate the foreign affairs agencies of the United States; to authorize appropriations for the Department of State and related agencies for fiscal years 1996 and 1997; to responsibly reduce the authorizations of appropriations for United States foreign assistance programs for fiscal years 1996 and 1997, and for other purposes. | |
| Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives concerning the eighth anniversary of the massacre of over 5,000 Kurds as a result of a gas bomb attack by the Iraqi government. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2703) to combat terrorism. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2202) to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to improve deterrence of illegal immigration to the United States by increasing border patrol and investigative personnel, by increasing penalties for alien smuggling and for document fraud, by reforming exclusion and deportation law and procedures, by improving the verification system for eligibility for employment, and through other measures, to reform the legal immigration system and facilitate legal entries into the United States, and for other purposes. | |
| Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 165) making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1996, and for other purposes, and waiving a requirement of clause 4(b) of rule XI with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 125) to repeal the ban on semiautomatic assault weapons and the ban on large capacity ammunition feeding devices. | |
| Providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 1833) to amend title 18, United States Code, to ban partial-birth abortions. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3136) to provide for enactment of the Senior Citizens' Right to Work Act of 1996, the Line Item Veto Act, and the Small Business Growth and Fairness Act of 1996, and to provide for a permanent increase in the public debt limit. | |
| Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 3103) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve portability and continuity of health insurance coverage in the group and individual markets, to combat waste, fraud, and abuse in health insurance and health care delivery, to promote the use of medical savings accounts, to improve access to long-term care services and coverage, to simplify the administration of health insurance, and for other purposes. | |
| Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 956) to establish legal standards and procedures for product liability litigation, and for other purposes. | |
| Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 159) proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require two-thirds majorities for bills increasing taxes. | |
| Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the bill (S. 735) to prevent and punish acts of terrorism, and for other purposes. | |
| In tribute to Secretary of Commerce Ronald H. Brown and other Americans who lost their lives on April 3, 1996, while in service to their country on a mission to Bosnia. | |
| Waiving a requirement of clause 4(b) of rule XI with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules. | |
| Establishing a select subcommittee of the Committee on International Relations to investigate the United States Role in Iranian arms transfer to Croatia and Bosnia. | |
| Providing amounts for the expenses of the Select Subcommittee on the United States Role in Iranian Arms Transfers to Croatia and Bosnia of the Committee on International Relations in the second session of the One Hundred Fourth Congress. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2641) to amend title 28, United States Code, to provide for appointment of United States marshals by the Director of the United States Marshals Service. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2149) to reduce regulation, promote efficiencies, and encourage competition in the international ocean transportation system of the United States, to eliminate the Federal Maritime Commission, and for other purposes. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2406) to repeal the United States Housing Act of 1937, deregulate the public housing program and the program for rental housing assistance for low-income families, and increase community control over such programs, and for other purposes. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3230) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1997 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 1997, and for other purposes. | |
| Providing for further consideration of the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 178) establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 1997 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3415) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the 4.3-cent increase in the transportation motor fuels excise tax rates enacted by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 and dedicated to the general fund of the Treasury. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3448) to provide tax relief for small businesses, to protect jobs, to create opportunities, to increase the take home pay of workers, and for other purposes, and for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1227) to amend the Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947 relating to the payment of wages to employees who use employer owned vehicles. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3562) to authorize the State of Wisconsin to implement the demonstration project known as "Wisconsin Works". | |
| Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 178) establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 1997 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3666) making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and for other purposes. | |
| Regarding U.S. concerns with human rights abuse, nuclear and chemical weapons proliferation, illegal weapons trading, military intimidation of Taiwan, and trade violations by the People's Republic of China and the People's Liberation Army, and directing the committees of jurisdiction to commence hearings and report appropriate legislation. | |
| Providing for consideration of a concurrent resolution providing for adjournment of the House and Senate for the Independence Day district work period. | |
| Relating to a question of the privileges of the House. | |
| Expressing the sense of the Congress that the Department of Education should play a more active role in monitoring and enforcing compliance with the provisions of the Higher Education Act of 1965 related to campus crime. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3755) making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and for other purposes. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3396) to define and protect the institution of marriage. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3820) to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to reform the financing of Federal election campaigns, and for other purposes. | |
| Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 3734) to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 201(a)(1) of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1997. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2391) to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide compensatory time for all employees. | |
| Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 3734) to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 201(a)(1) of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1997. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 123) to amend title 4, United States Code, to declare English as the official language of the Government of the United States. | |
| Providing for consideration of a certain motion to suspend the rules. | |
| Relating to a question of the privileges of the House. | |
| Waiving a requirement of clause 4(b) of rule XI with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules, and for other purposes. | |
| Relating to a question of the privileges of the House. | |
| Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 2202) to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to improve deterrence of illegal immigration to the United States by increasing border patrol and investigative personnel, by increasing penalties for alien smuggling and for document fraud, by reforming exclusion and deportation law and procedures, by improving the verification system for eligibility for employment, and through other measures, to reform the legal immigration system and facilitate legal entries into the United States, and for other purposes. | |
| Relating to a question of the privileges of the House. | |
| Relating to a question of the privileges of the House. | |
| Providing for the concurrence of the House, with an amendment, in the amendments of the Senate to the bill H.R. 3166. | |
| Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 3539) to amend title 49, United States Code, to reauthorize programs of the Federal Aviation Administration, and for other purposes. | |
| Providing for consideration of certain resolutions in preparation for the adjournment of the second session sine die. | |
| A bill to curb the practice of imposing unfunded Federal mandates on States and local governments; to strengthen the partnership between the Federal Government and State, local and tribal governments; to end the imposition, in the absence of full consideration by Congress, of Federal mandates on State, local, and tribal governments without adequate funding, in a manner that may displace other essential governmental priorities; and to ensure that the Federal Government pays the costs incurred by those governments in complying with certain requirements under Federal statutes and regulations; and for other purposes. | |
| A bill to make certain laws applicable to the legislative branch of the Federal Government. | |
| A bill to grant the power to the President to reduce budget authority. | |
| A bill to terminate the United States arms embargo applicable to the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina. | |
| A bill to amend the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act to authorize appropriations, to provide for sustainable fisheries, and for other purposes. | |
| A bill to consolidate Federal employment training programs and create a new process and structure for funding the programs, and for other purposes. | |
| A bill to ensure economy and efficiency of Federal Government operations by establishig a moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions, and for other purposes. | |
| A bill to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to establish a filing deadline and to provide certain safeguards to ensure that the interests of investors are well protected under the implied private action provisions of the Act. | |
| A bill to further the goals of the Paperwork Reduction Act to have Federal agencies become more responsible and publicly accountable for reducing the burden of Federal paperwork on the public, and for other purposes. | |
| A bill to permit labor management cooperative efforts that improve America's economic competitiveness to continue to thrive, and for other purposes. | |
| A bill to reform the regulatory process, and for other purposes. | |
| An Act to authorize and direct the Secretary of Energy to sell the Alaska Power Administration, and to authorize the export of Alaska North Slope crude oil, and for other purposes. | |
| A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to provide for the designation of the National Highway System, and for other purposes. | |
| A bill to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to provide authority for States to limit the interstate transportation of municipal solid waste, and for other purposes. | |
| A bill to reauthorize the Ryan White CARE Act of 1990, and for other purposes. | |
| An original bill to provide for a pro-competitive, de-regulatory national policy framework designed to accelerate rapidly private sector deployment of advanced telecommunications and information technologies and services to all Americans by opening all telecommunications markets to competition, and for other purposes. | |
| A bill to prevent and punish acts of terrorism, and for other purposes. | |
| An original bill to authorize appropriations for the Department of State for fiscal years 1996 through 1999 and to abolish the United States Information Agency, the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, and the Agency for International Development, and for other purposes. | |
| A bill to promote increased understanding of Federal regulations and increased voluntary compliance with such regulations by small entities, to provide for the designation of regional ombudsmen and oversight boards to monitor the enforcement practices of certain Federal agencies with respect to small business concerns, to provide relief from excessive and arbitrary regulatory enforcement actions against small entities, and for other purposes. | |
| An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1996 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes. | |
| A bill to provide increased access to health care benefits, to provide increased portability of health care benefits, to provide increased security of health care benefits, to increase the purchasing power of individuals and small employers, and for other purposes. | |
| A bill to provide for the disclosure of lobbying activities to influence the Federal Government, and for other purposes. | |
| A bill to provide for congressional gift reform. | |
| An original bill making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes. | |
| An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1996 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes. | |
| An original bill making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of said District for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes. | |
| A bill to reauthorize and amend title XIV of the Public Health Service Act (commonly known as the "Safe Drinking Water Act"), and for other purposes. | |
| A bill to provide for the relocation of the United States Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, and for other purposes. | |
| A bill to amend the commencement dates of certain temporary Federal judgeships. | |
| A bill to provide for the transfer of certain lands to the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community and the city of Scottsdale, Arizona, and for other purposes. | |
| An original bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 105 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1996. | |
| A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to provide for the regulation of surface transportation. | |
| An original bill to provide for uniform management of livestock grazing on Federal land, and for other purposes. | |
| A bill to reduce risk to public safety and the environment associated with pipeline transportation of natural gas and hazardous liquids, and for other purposes. | |
| A bill to extend, reform, and improve agricultural commodity, trade, conservation, and other programs, and for other purposes. | |
| An original bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to increase control over immigration to the United States by increasing border patrol and investigative personnel and detention facilities, improving the system used by employers to verify citizenship or work-authorized alien status, increasing penalties for alien smuggling and document fraud, and reforming asylum, exclusion, and deportation law and procedures; to reduce the use of welfare by aliens; and for other purposes. | |
| An Act to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1997 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel stengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes. | |
| An original bill making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and for other purposes. | |
| A bill to amend the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982. | |
| An original bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 202(a) of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1997. | |
| An original bill making appropriations for energy and water development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and for other purposes. | |
| A bill to prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. | |
| An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for the fiscal years 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002. | |
| A concurrent resolution honoring the life and legacy of Yitzhak Rabin. | |
| A concurrent resolution expressing the opposition of the Congress to President Clinton's planned deployment of United States ground forces to Bosnia. | |
| An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal years 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002. | |
| A joint resolution proposing a constitutional amendment to limit congressional terms. | |
| A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to grant Congress and the States the power to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States. | |
| A joint resolution concerning the deployment of U.S. Armed Forces in Bosnia-Herzegovina. | |
| A resolution amending paragraph 2 of Rule XXV. | |
| A resolution condemning terrorist attacks in Israel. | |
| A resolution expressing support for the Nation and people of Japan and deepest condolences for the losses suffered as the result of the earthquake of January 17, 1995. | |
| An original resolution authorizing biennial expenditures by committees of the Senate. | |
| A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate condemning the bombing in Oklahoma City. | |
| A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that America's World War II veterans and their families are deserving of this nation's respect and appreciation on the 50th anniversary of VE Day. | |
| A resolution concerning United States-Japan trade relations. | |
| A resolution establishing a special committee administered by the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs to conduct an investigation involving Whitewater Development Corporation, Madison Guaranty Savings and Loan Association, Capital Management Services, Inc., the Arkansas Development Finance Authority, and other related matters. | |
| A resolution to provide for Senate gift reform. | |
| An original resolution directing the Senate Legal Counsel to bring a civil action to enforce a subpoena of the Special Committee to Investigate Whitewater Development Corporation and Related Matters to William H. Kennedy, III. | |
| A resolution urging the detention and extradition to the United States by the appropriate foreign government of Mohammed Abbas for the murder of Leon Klinghoffer. | |
| A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the tragic crash TWA of Flight 800. | |
| A resolution regarding the United States response to Iraqi aggression. |
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