BOYD, ALLEN (a Representative from Florida)
Amendments
Employment: provide compensatory time for all employees (H.R. 1), H1140 [19MR]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Agriculture: make regulatory correction relative to methyl bromide under the Montreal Protocol (see H.R. 2609), H8929 [21OC]
———require labeling of country of origin of imported perishable agricultural commodities (see H.R. 1232), H1989 [29AP]
———restore the effectiveness of certain provisions of the Agricultural Adjustment Act regulating Federal milk marketing orders (see H.R. 786), H587 [13FE]
Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin Compact: congressional consent (see H.J. Res. 91), H6705 [31JY]
Armed Forces: establish demonstration project relative to enrollment of certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (see H.R. 1766), H5177 [11JY]
———provide retirees all benefits promised to them upon enlistment (see H.R. 51), H3797 [12JN]
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1), H154 [9JA]
———reform process and enforce the bipartisan balanced budget agreement (see H.R. 2003), H4132 [20JN]
Business and industry: maintain standards for ``Made in USA'' label (see H. Con. Res. 80), H5401 [16JY]
China, People's Republic of: congressional approval before the U.S. supports admission into the World Trade Organization, and U.S. withdrawal if admission is granted without U.S. approval (see H.R. 1140), H5916 [28JY]
Copyrights: amend laws relative to certain exemptions (see H.R. 789), H7365 [16SE]
Courts: access relative to Federal agency actions and State laws (see H.R. 1534), H7830 [24SE]
———provide certain immunities from civil liability for trade and professional associations (see H.R. 1542), H5916 [28JY]
Crime: constitutional amendment to prevent early release of violent criminals (see H.J. Res. 64), H3720 [11JN]
Dept. of Defense: allow military health care system beneficiaries the option to enroll in Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (see H.R. 76), H2254 [6MY]
Diseases: issue special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 407), H3070 [20MY]
Drugs: establish matching grant program for local communities that first demonstrate a long-term commitment to reduce youth substance abuse (see H.R. 956), H2785 [15MY]
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2248), H6707 [31JY]
Edison, Thomas A.: mint coins in commemoration of sesquicentennial of birth (see H.R. 678), H3203 [22MY]
Education: establish State infrastructure banks for education (see H.R. 1822), H3567 [5JN]
EPA: prohibit establishment of new standards for ozone or particulate matter before existing standards have been attained (see H.R. 1984), H7263 [11SE]
Federal employees: delays in retirement cost-of-living adjustments (see H. Con. Res. 13), H1392 [9AP]
Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 54), H2785 [15MY]
Florida: restrictions and requirements on leasing of the Continental Shelf (see H.R. 180), H1339 [8AP]
Food industry: ensure that all persons who benefit from the dairy promotion and research program contribute to the cost of the program (see H.R. 2139), H6707 [31JY]
Foreign trade: ensure protection of worker rights and environmental standards in any trade agreements (see H.R. 1079), H1612 [16AP]
———require the marking of frozen produce with the country of origin on the front panel of the package for retail sale (see H.R. 2332), H6703 [31JY]
Germany: expand reparations criteria and set up a comprehensive medical fund for Holocaust survivors (see H. Con. Res. 112), H6707 [31JY]
Government regulations: analyze impact and improve congressional deliberation of proposed Federal private sector mandates (see H.R. 1010), H9800 [30OC]
———reduce Federal paperwork burden (see H.R. 852), H804 [6MR]
Hazardous substances: nuclear waste disposal (see H.R. 1270), H2254 [6MY]
Health: revise and extend bone marrow donation and transplantation program (see H.R. 2202), H5487 [17JY]
———standardize relationships between group health plans and health insurers relative to enrollees, health professionals, and providers (see H.R. 1415), H8833 [9OC]
Hunting and trapping: clarify prohibitions and provide for wildlife habitat under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (see H.R. 741), H1440 [10AP]
Immigration: admittance of temporary and seasonal agricultural workers (see H.R. 2377), H7281 [15SE]
———create a new nonimmigrant category for temporary agricultural workers admitted pursuant to a labor condition attestation (see H.R. 2595), H8299 [1OC]
Interstate commerce: allow any State, territory, or possession to bring Federal court action relative to transportation of alcoholic beverages (see H.R. 1063), H4087 [19JN]
Iran: impose sanctions on foreign persons who transfer items contributing to efforts to acquire, develop, or produce ballistic missiles (see H.R. 2930), H10418 [8NO]
Israel: anniversary of reunification of Jerusalem (see H. Con. Res. 60), H2091 [30AP]
Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1173), H4087 [19JN]
Marine resources: reauthorization of programs (see H.R. 437), H1040 [17MR]
Medal of Honor: issue commemorative postage stamp in recognition of recipients (see H. Con. Res. 200), H10955 [13NO]
Medicaid: increase the minimum Federal medical assistance percentage (see H.R. 835), H628 [25FE]
———repeal criminal penalties for fraudulent disposition of assets (see H.R. 216), H804 [6MR]
———treatment of payments made as a result of tobacco industry liability settlement (see H.R. 2938), H10419 [8NO]
Medicare: allocate savings from waste, fraud, and abuse enforcement programs to the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund (see H.R. 1761), H10956 [13NO]
———hospice care reform (see H.R. 521), H3476 [4JN]
Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act: clarify application of certain provisions (see H.R. 2038), H5022 [9JY]
NAFTA: assess impact, renegotiate certain provisions, and provide for withdrawal (see H.R. 978), H1019 [13MR]
NASA: tribute for successfully carrying out the Mars Pathfinder Mission (see H. Con. Res. 111), H5665 [23JY]
National cemeteries: penalties for theft and malicious vandalism (see H.R. 1532), H3660 [10JN]
National Mammography Day: support goals (see H. Res. 235), H8929 [21OC]
National Sea Grant College Program: reauthorization (see H.R. 437), H1040 [17MR]
National Weather Service: making emergency supplemental appropriations (see H.R. 1251), H1339 [8AP]
Nigeria: condemn treatment of U.S. Ambassador Walter Carrington (see H. Res. 260), H8438 [6OC]
Occupational Safety and Health Act: establish peer review of standards (see H.R. 2661), H8832 [9OC]
OSHA: disapprove rule relative to occupational exposure to methylene chloride (see H.J. Res. 67), H1707 [17AP]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 1366, 2183), H1704 [17AP], H5485 [17JY]
———ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 1366), consideration (see H. Res. 259), H8438 [6OC]
Railroads: modify the guaranteed minimum benefit for widows and widowers relative to conversion from spouse to widow or widower annuity (see H. Con. Res. 52), H7730 [23SE]
Railway Labor Act: applicability to U.S. air carriers and flight crews during operations outside the U.S. (see H.R. 991), H8438 [6OC]
Rural areas: improve health services (see H.R. 1189), H2091 [30AP]
Russia: proliferation of nuclear missile technology to Iran (see H. Con. Res. 121), H7601 [18SE]
Securities: limit the conduct of securities class actions under State law (see H.R. 1689), H7199 [10SE]
Tariff: footwear (see H.R. 1904), H6407 [30JY]
Taxation: exempt certain small businesses from use of electronic fund transfer system for depository taxes (see H.R. 722), H1542 [15AP]
———require burden of proof to be on the Dept. of the Treasury in all tax cases (see H.R. 631), H7528 [17SE]
———treatment of State tuition programs (see H.R. 1355), H2488 [12MY]
Taxpayer Relief Act: repeal provisions that terminate the tax-exempt status of the Teacher's Insurance Annuity Association College Retirement Equities Fund (see H.R. 2527), H8834 [9OC]
Transportation: reauthorize highway construction and surface transportation funding (see H.R. 674), H1340 [8AP]
———transfer taxing and spending authority over highway programs and mass transit programs to States (see H.R. 1470, 3045), H1987 [29AP], H10953 [13NO]
Truth in Lending Act: simplify credit card payments to governments relative to transaction fees paid to credit card companies (see H.R. 883), H6798 [3SE]
Veterans: accessibility to outdoor recreation programs on military installations for certain disabled individuals (see H.R. 2760), H9729 [29OC]
———determination of active military service for certain merchant mariners who served during World War II (see H.R. 1126), H1456 [14AP]
———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 44), H9865 [31OC]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Florida A&M University: design, construction, furnishing, and equipping of Center for Historically Black Heritage (see H.R. 3038), H10953 [13NO]
Remarks
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2160), H5711 [24JY]
Black History Month: observance, H433
Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), conference report, H6647 [31JY]
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), consideration (H. Res. 174), H4393 [25JN]
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), consideration (H. Res. 174), H4393 [25JN]
———reform process and enforce the bipartisan balanced budget agreement (H.R. 2003), H5606 [23JY]
———reform process and enforce the bipartisan balanced budget agreement (H.R. 2003), consideration (H. Res. 192), H5594 [23JY]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 84), H2986 [20MY]
Crime: national policy to control juvenile crime and violence (H.R. 3), H2371 [8MY]
Dept. of Agriculture: reduce loan rate for peanut quotas, H5711 [24JY]
Employment: provide compensatory time for all employees (H.R. 1), H1140 [19MR]
Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranches, Inc.: anniversary, E1917
National Hospice Month: observance, E2237
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2183), H7188 [10SE]
Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association-College Retirement Equities Fund: revoke tax-exempt status of pension operation, H6647 [31JY]
Transportation: reauthorize highway construction and surface transportation funding (H.R. 674), H2652 [14MY]
Votes: position on missed, E2319
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H2676 [14MY]
Tributes
Doyle, Robert, E1158
Wanton, Eva C., E859