To provide for special immigrant status for certain aliens working as journalists in Hong Kong.
1997-03-05: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims.
International Responsibility and Self-Sufficiency Act of 1998
1998-03-17: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy.
Transportation Empowerment Act
1997-05-12: Referred to the Subcommittee on Surface Transportation.
Iran Missile Protection bill
1998-03-31: Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
To amend the Line Item Veto Act of 1996 to add the requirement that if Federal budget is in surplus then the vetoed item shall be used to reduce the public debt.
1998-02-12: Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the taxable income of each spouse of a married couple to be taxed using either the rates applicable to single filers or the rates applicable to joint returns.
1997-09-11: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Open Competition and Fairness Act of 1997
1997-05-02: Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Medical Device Regulatory Modernization Act of 1997
1997-10-06: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 178.
To authorize the President to award a gold medal on behalf of the Congress to Mother Teresa of Calcutta in recognition of her outstanding and enduring contributions through humanitarian and charitable activities, and for other purposes.
1997-06-02: Became Public Law No: 105-16.
American Community Renewal Act of 1997
1997-03-28: Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
Omnibus Corporate Welfare Reduction Act of 1997
1997-04-14: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy.
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the maximum amount of contributions to individual retirement accounts and the amounts of adjusted gross income at which the IRA deduction phases out for active participants in pension plans, and to allow penalty-free distributions from individual retirement accounts and 401(k) plans for certain purposes.
1998-03-04: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H759)
To authorize the President to award a gold medal on behalf of the Congress to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew in recognition of his outstanding and enduring contributions toward religious understanding and peace, and for other purposes.
1997-10-06: Became Public Law No: 105-51.
Cost of Higher Education Review Act of 1997
1997-05-07: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Anti-Fleecing of America Act
1997-05-05: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry, Resource Conservation and Research.
Veterans' Cemetery Protection Act of 1997
1997-12-05: For Further Action See S.813.
Marriage Protection and Fairness Act of 1998
1998-01-27: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Clergy Freedom bill
1998-06-18: Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs. Hearings held.
Imported Produce Labeling Act of 1997
1997-04-11: Referred to the Subcommittee on Risk Management and Specialty Crops.
Budget Process Reform Act
1997-04-17: Referred to House Appropriations