Expressing the sense of Congress that executive departments and agencies must maintain the division of governmental responsibilities between the national government and the States that was intended by the framers of the Constitution, and must ensure that the principles of federalism established by the framers guide the executive departments and agencies in the formulation and implementation of policies.
1998-08-19: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States with respect to tax limitations and the balanced budget.
1997-03-05: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to voluntary prayer in public schools.
1997-03-05: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Truth in Budgeting Act
1997-02-05: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the fair and equitable implementation of the amendments made by the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996.
1998-06-16: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.
Recognizing, and calling on all Americans to recognize, the courage and sacrifice of the members of the Armed Forces held as prisoners of war during the Vietnam conflict and stating that the House of Representatives will not forget that more than 2,000 members of the United States Armed Forces remain unaccounted for from the Vietnam conflict and will continue to press for a final accounting for all such servicemembers whose fate is unknown.
1998-02-12: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Citizenship Reform Act of 1997
1997-10-22: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8984-8985)
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the conditions for the United States becoming a signatory to any international agreement on greenhouse gas emissions under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
1997-08-21: Referred to the Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade.
Recognizing, and calling on all Americans to recognize, the courage and sacrifice of the members of the Armed Forces held as prisoners of war during the Vietnam conflict and stating that the House of Representatives will not forget that more than 2,000 members of the United States Armed Forces remain unaccounted for from the Vietnam conflict and will continue to press for a final accounting for all such servicemembers whose fate is unknown.
1998-03-17: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Urging the Congress and the President to work to fully fund the Federal Government's obligation under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
1998-06-16: The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
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.
1997-02-12: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States with respect to tax limitations.
1997-04-15: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Department of Education should suspend any and all planning, development, implementation, or administration of any national testing proposal in reading, mathematics, or any other subject area until Congress provides specific, explicit statutory authority.
1997-08-01: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Taiwan should be admitted to the World Trade Organization without making such admission conditional on the previous or simultaneous admission of the People's Republic of China to the WTO.
1997-07-24: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Citizens' Self-Defense Act of 1997
1997-01-28: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
Concerning Iraqi development of weapons of mass destruction.
1998-08-06: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
Capital Gains Tax Reduction Act of 1997
1997-07-22: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5494-5495)
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.
1997-06-25: Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
Calling on the President to take all necessary measures to respond to the surge of steel imports resulting from the financial crises in Asia, Russia, and other regions, and for other purposes.
1998-09-18: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
To disapprove the rule submitted by the Health Care Financing Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, on June 1, 1998, relating to surety bond requirements for home health agencies under the Medicare and Medicaid Programs.
1998-06-29: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.