[Congressional Record Index (1998)]
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TAUZIN, W.J. (BILLY) (a Representative from Louisiana)
Amendments
Telecommunications: promote competition and privatization in
satellite communications (H.R. 1872), H2817 [5MY], H2850 [6MY]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 2281, Digital Millennium Copyright Act, H8507 [23SE]
------ H.R. 2400, Building Efficient Surface Transportation and
Equity Act, H2205 [22AP]
------ H.R. 3616, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military
activities and prescribing personnel strengths, H6160 [22JY]
------ S. 1260, Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act, H7888
[16SE]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Armed Forces: establish demonstration project relative to
enrollment of certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees
Health Benefits Program, (see H.R. 1766), H2055 [1AP]
Bosnia and Herzegovina: prohibit use of appropriated Federal funds
for the deployment of Armed Forces after a certain date, (see
H.R. 4056), H4549 [11JN]
Children and youth: establish programs for early detection,
diagnosis and intervention of hearing loss in newborns, (see
H.R. 2923), H1299 [18MR]
Coastal zones: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State
and local conservation programs of coastal States, (see H.R.
4717), H10010 [7OC]
Credit unions: clarify laws relative to field of membership of
Federal credit unions, (see H.R. 3265), H904 [5MR]
Dept. of Agriculture: make grants to establish additional rural
enterprise communities, (see H.R. 4071), H5065 [23JN]
Dept. of HUD: modernize requirements and establish consensus
process for development, revision, and interpretation of safety
standards for manufactured home construction, (see H.R. 3634),
H7617 [11SE]
Dept. of Justice: establish standards of conduct for employees and
establish a review board to monitor compliance, (see H.R. 3396),
H3744 [21MY]
Federal employees: computation system for Social Security benefits
relative to spouses' and surviving spouses' Government pensions,
(see H.R. 2273), H755 [3MR]
Fish and fishing: disapprove rule requiring the use of bycatch
reduction devices in the shrimp fishery of the Gulf of Mexico,
(see H.R. 3735), H2423 [28AP]
Ford, Gerald R. and Betty: award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
H.R. 3506), H3014 [7MY]
Government: procure from the private sector the goods and services
necessary to operate and manage certain agencies, (see H.R.
716), H7915 [16SE]
Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's,
(see H.R. 4250), H5736 [16JY]
Health care facilities: establish limits for imposition of fines
relative to false health care claims, (see H.R. 3523), H3744
[21MY]
Independent Commission on Campaign Finance Reform: establish, (see
H.R. 3502), H1299 [18MR]
Insurance: coverage and treatment of emergency services under
health plans, (see H.R. 815), H3488 [19MY]
Kosovo: presence of U.S. Armed Forces for peacekeeping purposes,
(see H. Con. Res. 343), H10076 [8OC]
Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees
relative to participation in labor organizations, (see H.R. 59),
H2055 [1AP]
Law enforcement: support efforts of Federal agents investigating
money laundering associated with Mexican financial institutions,
(see H. Con. Res. 288), H4325 [9JN]
Lewis and Clark expedition: mint coins in commemoration of
bicentennial, (see H.R. 1560), H6880 [31JY]
Library of Congress: mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
(see H.R. 3790), H6820 [30JY]
Medicare: allow beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for
services, (see H.R. 2497), H497 [12FE]
------ coverage of medical nutrition therapy services, (see H.R.
1375), H5064 [23JN]
Mining and mineral resources: ratification of payments made under
preexisting onshore and offshore royalty-in-kind programs, (see
H.R. 3962), H7494 [9SE]
NIH: improve and expand clinical research programs, (see H.R.
3001), H4165 [4JN]
NOAA: authorizing appropriations relative to the eradication and
control of harmful algal blooms and other aquatic toxins, (see
H.R. 4235), H5735 [16JY]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits, (see
H.R. 2183), H2931 [6MY]
Postal Service: prevent increase in postage rates, (see H. Res.
452), H4165 [4JN]
Power resources: management of royalties from Federal and Outer
Continental Shelf oil and gas leases, (see H.R. 3334), H1643
[26MR]
Salton Sea: feasibility study relative to reclamation project, (see
H.R. 3267), H4712 [17JN]
SEC: require the improved disclosure of tax effects of portfolio
transactions on mutual fund performance, (see H.R. 4822), H10832
[13OC]
Social Security: earnings test for blind individuals, (see H.R.
612), H7584 [10SE]
Taxation: change basis for determination of refinery limitation on
oil depletion deduction, (see H.R. 3917), H3624 [20MY]
------ constitutional amendment relative to certain tax limitations,
(see H.J. Res. 111), H677 [26FE]
------ designate renewal communities, (see H.R. 3865), H4712 [17JN]
------ repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications
services, (see H.R. 3648), H2053 [1AP]
------ terminate Internal Revenue Code, (see H.R. 3097), H62 [27JA]
------ treatment of estate taxes on family-owned farm businesses,
(see H.R. 4587), H7914 [16SE]
------ treatment of individual investment accounts, (see H.R. 3497),
H1298 [18MR]
Transportation: funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
programs, and transit programs, (see H.R. 2400), H497 [12FE]
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo: determine validity of certain land
claims involving the descendants of persons who were Mexican
citizens, (see H.R. 2538), H631 [25FE]
Veterans: determination of active military service for certain
merchant mariners who served during World War II, (see H.R.
1126), H3744 [21MY]
Water pollution: restore estuary habitats through more efficient
financing of projects and the enhanced coordination of Federal
and non-Federal programs, (see H.R. 4634), H11696 [20OC]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Commission for the Future of Public Broadcasting: establish, (see
H.R. 4067), H4628 [16JN]
Computers: ensure that digital data services are made widely
available, (see H.R. 4802), H10513 [10OC]
Corp. for Public Broadcasting: authorizing appropriations, (see
H.R. 4067), H4628 [16JN]
Dept. of Defense: authorize sale of excess aircraft for the purpose
of dispersing oil spills, (see H.R. 4711), H9722 [6OC]
FCC: authority, (see H. Con. Res. 217), H446 [11FE]
Hunting and trapping: authorize electronic issuance of migratory
bird hunting and conservation stamps, (see H.R. 4803), H10513
[10OC]
Minerals Management Service: grant Louisiana and its lessees a
credit in the payment of Federal offshore royalties to
compensate for oil and gas drainage in the West Delta Field,
(see H.R. 4604), H8083 [18SE]
Public utilities: revision of the regulatory policies governing
public utility holding companies, (see H.R. 3976), H3971 [22MY]
Telecommunications: ensure the restoration and preservation of
State authority over intrastate telecommunications, (see H.R.
4801), H10513 [10OC]
Telephones: promote and enhance use of 911 emergency services and
encourage construction and operation of cellular telephone
networks, (see H.R. 3844), H3105 [12MY]
------ reduce rates and provide advanced telecommunications services
to schools, libraries, and certain health care facilities, (see
H.R. 4324), H6282 [23JY]
------ strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers, (see H.R.
3888), H3312 [14MY]
Television: promote competition in the multichannel video
marketplace, (see H.R. 4352), H6697 [29JY]
------ reform laws relative to satellite retransmissions of
broadcast signals, (see H.R. 4675), H9274 [1OC]
Poems
``To a Dear Friend,'' Howard Ranier, E146<bullet> [11FE]
Remarks
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
making appropriations (H.R. 4101), H5077 [24JN]
Buy American Act: compliance, H2130 [22AP], H2850 [6MY]
Computers: ensure that digital data services are made widely
available (H.R. 4802), E2075<bullet> [11OC]
------ prohibit interference with interstate commerce on the
Internet or interactive computer services (H.R. 4105), H5034
[23JN]
------ require persons who sell or transfer materials harmful to
minors on the Internet to restrict access by minors (H.R. 3783),
H9902 [7OC], H9906 [7OC], H9907 [7OC], H9908 [7OC], H9909 [7OC],
H9910 [7OC], H9911 [7OC]
------ use, sale, and export of encryption products for privacy and
security, E1640<bullet> [7AU]
Dept. of Agriculture: regulate loans to certain processors of
sugarcane and sugar beets, H5077 [24JN]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4276), H7221 [5AU]
Fish and fishing: fishery management jurisdiction of Louisiana,
Mississippi, and Alabama in the Gulf of Mexico, H7221 [5AU]
Motor vehicles: titling and registration requirements relative to
salvage, nonrepairable, and rebuilt vehicles (S. 852), H10301
[9OC]
NOAA: describe the hydrographic services functions of the
Administrator (H.R. 3164), H2130 [22AP]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R.
2183), H4685 [17JN], H5938 [20JY]
Privacy: strengthen and clarify prohibitions on electronic
eavesdropping (H.R. 2369), H859 [5MR], H860 [5MR], H861 [5MR],
H862 [5MR]
Public utilities: revision of the regulatory policies governing
public utility holding companies (H.R. 3976), E971<bullet>
[22MY]
Securities: limit the conduct of securities class actions under
State law (H.R. 1689), H6057 [21JY]
------ limit the conduct of securities class actions under State law
(S. 1260), conference report, H10786 [13OC]
Taxation: repeal excise tax on telephone use and other
communications services (H.R. 3648), E570<bullet> [2AP]
Telecommunications: clarify under the fifth amendment the
constitutionality of uncompensated takings of real property from
COMSAT, H2845 [6MY], H2847 [6MY], H2848 [6MY]
------ ensure the restoration and preservation of State authority
over intrastate telecommunications (H.R. 4801), E2082<bullet>
[11OC]
------ permit users or providers of telecommunications services to
renegotiate or terminate contracts with COMSAT, H2850 [6MY],
H2852 [6MY], H2854 [6MY], H2855 [6MY], H2856 [6MY], H2857 [6MY]
------ promote competition and privatization in satellite
communications (H.R. 1872), H2826 [6MY], H2845 [6MY], H2847
[6MY], H2848 [6MY], H2850 [6MY], H2852 [6MY], H2854 [6MY], H2855
[6MY], H2856 [6MY], H2857 [6MY]
Telephones: strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers (H.R.
3888), H10611 [12OC]
Television: promote competition in the multichannel video
marketplace (H.R. 2921), H9932 [7OC], H9933 [7OC], H9935 [7OC],
H9936 [7OC]
Votes: position on missed, H5540<bullet> [15JY]
Voting: require proof of citizenship and Social Security number to
register and repeal mandate that States provide mail voter
registration, H5938 [20JY]
World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty:
implementation (H.R. 2281), E1640<bullet> [7AU]
------ implementation (H.R. 2281), conference report, H10617 [12OC],
H10618 [12OC], E2144<bullet> [13OC]
World Intellectual Property Organization Performances and Phonograms
Treaty: implementation (H.R. 2281), E1640<bullet> [7AU]
------ implementation (H.R. 2281), conference report, H10617 [12OC],
H10618 [12OC], E2144<bullet> [13OC]
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H7912 [16SE]
Summaries
Ensure the Restoration and Preservation of State Authority Over
Intrastate Telecommunications (H.R. 4801), E2082<bullet> [11OC]
Tributes
Darden, Ralph, E146<bullet> [11FE]