Water Supply Infrastructure Assistance Act of 1996
1996-03-29: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 247.
To provide that the President, Vice President, members of the President's Cabinet, and Members of Congress shall not be paid during a Federal Government shutdown.
1996-01-11: Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service.
To provide for the more effective implementation of the prohibition against the payment to prisoners of supplemental security income benefits under title XVI of the Social Security Act or monthly insurance benefits under title II of such Act, and to deny such supplemental security income benefits for 10 years to a person found to have fraudulently obtained such benefits while in prison.
1995-09-18: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
National Senior Citizens Pet Ownership Protection Act
1995-05-19: Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
Independent Contractor Tax Simplification Act of 1995
1995-06-30: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals to designate any portion of their income tax overpayments, and to make other contributions, for the benefit of units of the National Park System.
1995-10-26: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
To abolish the Local Rail Freight Assistance Program.
1995-08-17: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads.
Davis-Bacon Act Reform Amendments of 1995
1995-10-27: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
To provide for return of excess amounts from official allowances of Members of the House of Representatives to the Treasury for deficit reduction.
1995-01-31: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H900)
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require two-thirds majorities for bills increasing taxes.
1996-04-15: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Relating to the Republic of China (Taiwan)'s participation in the United Nations.
1995-12-04: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2279)
Expressing the sense of the Congress that the current link between the levels of earnings allowed for blind individuals entitled to disability insurance benefits and the exempt amounts allowed for purposes of the social security earnings test for individuals who have attained retirement age should be maintained.
1995-02-06: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Bill Emerson English Language Empowerment Act of 1996
1996-08-02: Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Expressing the sense of the Congress that a model curriculum designed to educate elementary and secondary school-aged children about the Irish famine should be developed.
1996-10-15: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families.
Entitled "The Volunteer Firefighter and Rescue Squad Worker Protection Act".
1995-01-25: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Honoring the memory of the victims of the Armenian Genocide.
1996-04-24: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3785)
Condemning the bombing in Oklahoma City.
1995-05-02: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Expressing the sense of Congress concerning freedom of the press in Russia.
1995-08-04: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
Urging the Government of Syria to withdraw its armed forces from Lebanon.
1996-06-19: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
Expressing the sense of the Congress that the United States should participate in Expo '98 in Lisbon, Portugal.
1995-12-19: Laid on the table. See S. Con. Res. 22 for further action.