SPRATT, JOHN M., JR. (a Representative from South Carolina)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 3230, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities and personnel strengths, H7762 [17JY]

———S. 1124, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities and personnel strengths, H306 [5JA]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Business and industry: ensure competitiveness of textile and apparel industry (see H.R. 3654), H6414 [13JN]

Hazardous substances: improve accountability and safety of hazardous waste facilities (see H.R. 4009, 4272), H9924 [2AU], H11527 [27SE]

Tariff: chemicals (see H.R. 4184), H11229 [25SE]

———para ethyl phenol (see H.R. 3728), H6915 [26JN]

Weapons: deployment policy for antiballistic missile systems (see H.R. 3489), H5288 [16MY]

———proliferation and use of weapons of mass destruction (see H.R. 3730), H7106 [27JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Airlines and airports: provide protection for airline employees who provide certain air safety information (see H.R. 3187), H5570 [23MY]

Auburn, CA: prohibit Federal funding for dam construction on American River (see H.R. 2951), H2467 [19MR]

Aviation: standards relative to foreign repair stations (see H.R. 3839), H10721 [19SE]

Brown, Ronald H.: tribute (see H. Res. 406), H3649 [18AP]

Children and youth: deny foreign aid to countries refusing to enforce labor laws (see H.R. 3294), H6117 [10JN]

China, People's Republic of: increased tariffs relative to intellectual property rights (see H.R. 3421), H5501 [22MY]

———membership in World Trade Organization relative to protection of intellectual property rights (see H. Res. 429), H4800 [9MY]

———most-favored-nation status (see H.J. Res. 182), H6509 [18JN]

———U.S. policy relative to membership in World Trade Organization (see H.R. 4065), H10385 [12SE]

Commission on Retirement Income Policy: establish (see H.R. 3077), H7154 [9JY]

Consumers: labeling system for apparel and sporting goods made without child labor (see H.R. 4125), H10721 [19SE]

Crime: condemn acts of arson against churches and enhance law enforcement and prosecution of arsonists (see H. Con. Res. 183), H6509 [18JN]

———false identification documents (see H.R. 1552), H6006 [6JN]

Currency: establish interagency task force relative to the holding and counterfeiting of U.S. currency in foreign countries (see H.R. 3007), H1715 [5MR]

Dept. of Commerce: tribute to employees and business leaders killed in plane crash while on trade mission in Croatia (see H. Res. 406), H3649 [18AP]

Dept. of Defense: prohibit sale in commissary or exchange stores of imported items not produced under minimum labor standards (see H.R. 3843), H7780 [17JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: extend benefits to certain children of Vietnam veterans born with spina bifida (see H.R. 3927), H9926 [2AU]

Diseases: payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted human immunodeficiency virus due to contaminated blood products (see H.R. 1023), H2665 [21MR]

———research programs for Parkinson's disease (see H.R. 1462), H9706 [1AU]

Education: express disapproval of the National Center for History in the Schools standards for teaching U.S. and world history (see H. Res. 348), H1775 [6MR]

———funding levels for federally assisted education programs (see H. Con. Res. 144), H1225 [1FE]

Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 3505), H5500 [22MY]

Employment: extend time period for filing of trade adjustment assistance petitions (see H.R. 3271), H3649 [18AP]

———provide for retirement savings and security (see H.R. 3520), H5569 [23MY]

EPA: distribution of funds to States for cooperative agreements relative to underground storage tanks (see H.R. 3391), H8248 [23JY]

Executive Office of the President: ensure privacy and security of FBI background reports (see H.R. 3785), H9925 [2AU]

Families and domestic relations: enhance work opportunities for families, reduce teenage pregnancies, reduce welfare dependence, and control welfare spending (see H.R. 3266), H6006 [6JN]

Federal Election Campaign Act: amend (see H.R. 3505), H5500 [22MY]

Hazardous substances: clarify listing of unique chemical substances (see H.R. 3849), H8248 [23JY]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 2893, 3185), H2558 [20MR], H3170 [28MR]

———prohibit interference between health care providers and their patients (see H.R. 2976), H5380 [21MY]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mothers and newborn infants following birth (see H.R. 3226), H5501 [22MY]

Health care professionals: exempt physician office laboratories from clinical laboratory requirements (see H.R. 1386), H5501 [22MY]

Housing: prohibit certain rental housing managers from banning household pets for elderly residents (see H.R. 1619), H10602 [18SE]

Hurricanes: disaster assistance for States impacted by Hurricane Fran (see H.R. 4046), H10235 [11SE]

LSC: eligibility for assistance for victims of domestic violence (see H.R. 3733), H8248 [23JY]

Madison, James: mint coins in commemoration of 250th anniversary of birth (see H.R. 1684), H2316 [14MR]

Medicare: hospice care reforms (see H.R. 3714), H9925 [2AU]

———permit geographic reclassification of hospitals relative to payment adjustments (see H.R. 3942), H9705 [1AU]

Motor vehicles: establish national requirements for the titling and registration of salvage of certain rebuilt vehicles (see H.R. 2900), H5754 [30MY]

Music: licensing (see H.R. 789), H4303 [30AP]

National cemeteries: penalties for theft and malicious vandalism (see H.R. 3901), H9925 [2AU]

Perot, H. Ross: inclusion in Presidential debates (see H. Res. 555), H12263 [2OC]

Public Health Service: extend breast cancer research programs (see H.R. 3443), H12271 [3OC]

Public housing: Federal commitment to eliminate crime (see H.R. 3150), H9706 [1AU]

Roads and highways: modify the minimum allocation formula for Federal aid highway program (see H.R. 3195), H3731 [23AP]

Ronald H. Brown Commerce Building, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 3247), H4397 [1MY]

Roosevelt, Theodore: award the Congressional Medal of Honor (see H.R. 3966), H9922 [2AU]

Saudi Arabia: terrorist attack on U.S. peacekeeping forces (see H. Con. Res. 200), H9566 [31JY]

Social Security: medicare reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see H.R. 3142), H3650 [18AP]

Solid waste: exemption for recoverable materials re-used during industrial process (see H.R. 2335), H6184 [11JN]

Tariff: tetraamino biphenyl (see H.R. 2870), H774 [23JA]

Taxation: allow companies to donate scientific equipment to schools (see H.R. 3498), H9566 [31JY]

———allow individuals to designate percentage of their tax overpayments or to make contributions for units of the National Park System (see H.R. 2548), H4110 [25AP]

———deduction for interest paid on debt secured by a first or second home (see H. Con. Res. 10), H4303 [30AP]

———deductions for business use of the home (see H.R. 953), H8248 [23JY]

———permit penalty-free withdrawals from certain retirement accounts by unemployed individuals (see H.R. 3807), H8598 [26JY]

———treatment of environmental remediation costs in empowerment and enterprise zones (see H.R. 3747), H12175 [28SE]

Telephones: prohibit providers of cellular and other mobile radio services from blocking access to 911 emergency services (see H.R. 3181), H5647 [29MY]

Television: establish toll-free number for comments relative to the broadcasting of violent programming (see H.R. 2964), H9706 [1AU]

———reservation of time for family-oriented programming (see H. Res. 484), H9706 [1AU]

Veterans: reform and improve eligibility for medical care and services (see H.R. 3118), H6286 [12JN]

Washington, George: mint coins in commemoration of 200th anniversary of death (see H.R. 2026), H4503 [7MY]

Weapons: detection and interception of weapons of mass destruction delivered by unconventional means (see H.R. 3729), H6915 [26JN]

World War II: mint coins in commemoration of 50th anniversary of the Marshall Plan and of George C. Marshall (see H.R. 1406), H4503 [7MY]

Remarks by, on

Brown, Ronald H.: tribute (H. Res. 406), H3590 [18AP]

China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (H.J. Res. 182), H7008 [27JN]

Crime: clarify Federal jurisdiction over offenses relative to religious property damage (H.R. 3525), H6429 [18JN]

———condemn acts of arson against churches and enhance law enforcement and prosecution of arsonists, H6429 [18JN]

Customs Service: textile and apparel trade law enforcement, H7622 [16JY]

Dept. of Commerce: tribute to employees and business leaders killed in plane crash while on trade mission in Croatia (H. Res. 406), H3590 [18AP]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1530), veto, H16, H19, H20 [3JA]

———authorizing military activities appropriations and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3230), H4935 [14MY], H5075 [15MY]

———authorizing military activities appropriations and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3230), consideration (H. Res. 430), H4828 [10MY]

———authorizing military activities appropriations and prescribing personnel strengths (S. 1124), conference report, H791 [24JA]

———Cooperative Threat Reduction Program funding relative to Russia and Belarus, H5075 [15MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3610), H6381, H6382 [13JN]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3756), H7622 [16JY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State and the Judiciary: making appropriations (H.R. 3814), H8184 [23JY]

EPA: cluster rule relative to pulp and paper industry, E1605 [12SE]

Hazardous substances: improve accountability and safety of hazardous waste facilities (H.R. 4009), E1480 [2AU]

———improve accountability and safety of hazardous waste facilities (H.R. 4272), E1811 [28SE]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3103), H3129 [28MR]

LSC: funding, H8184 [23JY]

National security: national missile defense system, H6381, H6382 [13JN]

Nuclear weapons: strategic defense initiative, H4935 [14MY]

Tariff: chemicals (H.R. 4184), E1703 [26SE]

———para ethyl phenol (H.R. 3728), E1173 [26JN]

Terrorism: improve U.S. ability to respond to terrorist threats (H.R. 2703), H2178 [13MR]

Treaties and agreements: Antiballistic Missile Treaty, H16 [3JA], H791 [24JA]

Weapons: proliferation and use of weapons of mass destruction (H.R. 3730), E1192 [27JN]