Jimmy Ryce Law Enforcement Training Act
1996-04-25: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families.
Airline Passenger Safety Act of 1996
1996-06-24: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Urging that the railroad industry, including rail labor, management and retiree organizations, open discussions for adequately funding an amendment to the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to modify the guaranteed minimum benefit for widows and widowers whose annuities are converted from a spouse to a widow or widower annuity.
1998-09-17: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Millennium Society Act of 1996
1996-06-28: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy.
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to enter into an agreement with the Governor of the Virgin Islands, upon request, that provides for the transfer of the authority to manage Christiansted National Historic site.
1996-06-26: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Veterans' Training and Employment Bill of Rights Act of 1996
1996-09-28: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1782)
Sexual Harassment Prevention Act of 1996
1996-06-28: Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Expressing the sense of the Congress that Federal retirement cost-of-living adjustments should not be delayed.
1997-02-06: Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service.
Expressing the sense of the Congress that section 27 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920, popularly known as the Jones Act, and related statutes are critically important components of our Nation's economic and military security and should be fully and strongly supported.
1997-06-27: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1345)
To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize veterans who are totally disabled as the result of a service-connected disability to travel on military aircraft in the same manner and to the same extent as retired members of the Armed Forces are authorized to travel on such aircraft.
1996-03-08: Unfavorable Executive Comment Received from DOD.
Jimmy Ryce Missing Children Poster Act
1996-02-09: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property.
To amend title 10, United States Code, to permit covered beneficiaries under the military health care system who are also entitled to medicare to enroll in the Federal Employees Health Benefits program.
1996-03-18: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Jackie Robinson Commemorative Coin Act
1996-09-24: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy.
To revise the effective date for military retiree cost-of-living adjustments for fiscal years 1996, 1997, and 1998.
1995-11-20: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2223-2224)
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the two-year waiting period for divorced spouse's benefits following the divorce.
1996-05-02: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Comprehensive Women's Pension Protection Act of 1996
1996-10-15: Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
To require the Attorney General to promulgate regulations relating to gender-related persecution, including female genital mutilation, for use in determining an alien's eligibility for asylum or withholding of deportation.
1996-09-04: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims.
Expressing the sense of Congress that the 2004 Summer Olympic Games be held in Cape Town, South Africa.
1997-06-09: Referred to the Subcommittee on Africa.
Patient Right To Know Act of 1996
1996-10-02: House Committee on Government Reform Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Oct. 4, 1996.
Expressing the sense of the Congress that the Alternative Minimum Tax requiring all corporations and individuals with substantial economic income to pay at least a minimum amount of income taxes should be retained.
1997-06-12: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.