To designate the United States Post Office building located at 153 East 110th Street, New York, New York, as the "Oscar Garcia Rivera Post Office Building".
1997-11-19: Became Public Law No: 105-87.
To confer status as an honorary veteran of the United States Armed Forces on Leslie Townes (Bob) Hope.
1997-10-30: Became Public Law No: 105-67.
Capital Gains Tax Reduction Act of 1997
1997-07-22: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5494-5495)
To amend section 1128B of the Social Security Act to repeal the criminal penalty for fraudulent disposition of assets in order to obtain Medicaid benefits added by section 217 of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.
1997-01-22: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Concerning human and political rights and in support of a resolution of the crisis in Kosova.
1996-07-31: Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
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.
Concerning the protection and continued livelihood of the Eastern Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarchate.
1997-01-09: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
Homeowners Relief Act of 1997
1997-08-05: See H.R.2014.
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States authorizing the Congress to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States.
1998-09-01: By Senator Hatch from Committee on Judiciary filed written report. Report No. 105-298. Minority views filed.
Celebrating the end of slavery in the United States.
1997-06-18: Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 86.
Medicare Preventive Benefit Improvement Act of 1997
1997-03-13: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Medicare Diabetes Education and Supplies Amendments of 1997
1997-01-23: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Condemning the visit of Louis Farrakhan to Libya, Iran, and Iraq and urging the President to take appropriate action to determine if such visits and actions resulting from agreements or understandings reached during these visits violate Federal law.
1996-03-19: Referred to the Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights.
Expressing the sense of the Congress that the Department of Education should play a more active role in monitoring and enforcing compliance with the provisions of the Higher Education Act of 1965 related to campus crime.
1996-09-11: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
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)
National Security Revitalization Act
1995-03-21: Committee on Foreign Relations. Hearings held.
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that obstetrician-gynecologists should be designated as primary care providers for women in Federal laws relating to the provision of health care.
1995-02-21: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Securities Litigation Reform Act
1995-02-24: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Commerce. H. Rept. 104-50, Part I.
Taking Back Our Streets Act of 1995
1995-02-08: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E295)
Expressing the sense of the Congress that a postage stamp should be issued to honor law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty.
1996-08-06: Referred to the Subcommittee on Postal Service.