To authorize and request the President to award the Congressional Medal of Honor posthumously to Theodore Roosevelt for his gallant and heroic actions in the attack on San Juan Heights, Cuba, during the Spanish-American War.
1996-08-29: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
To extend the legislative authority for the Black Revolutionary War Patriots Foundation to establish a commemorative work.
1996-09-28: For Further Action See H.R.4236.
Relating to the 30th anniversary of the reunification of the city of Jerusalem.
1997-06-11: Received in the Senate. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 79.
White House Accountability Act of 1996
1996-06-27: Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Information and Technology.
To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend through December 31, 1998, the period during which the Secretary of Veterans Affairs is authorized to provide priority health care to certain veterans who were exposed to Agent Orange or who served in the Persian Gulf War and to make such authority permanent in the case of certain veterans exposed to ionizing radiation, and for other purposes.
1996-09-28: See H.R.3118.
Expressing the sense of the Congress that the Attorney General should remove Hani El-Sayegh from the United States to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
1997-12-09: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims.
Congressional Pension Forfeiture Act of 1996
1996-09-27: Received in the Senate.
Expressing concern for the continued deterioration of human rights in Afghanistan and emphasizing the need for a peaceful political settlement in that country.
1997-11-10: Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Defense of Marriage Act
1996-09-21: Became Public Law No: 104-199.
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.
Breast Cancer Detection Act
1996-06-14: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
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.
Food Amendments and the Animal Drug Availability Act of 1996
1996-05-02: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
To amend title 10, United States Code, to restore the provisions of chapter 76 of that title (relating to missing persons) as in effect before the amendments made by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997.
1996-09-27: Received in the Senate.
To designate the Federal building located at 290 Broadway in New York, New York, as the "Ronald H. Brown Federal Building".
1996-08-02: Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Commission on the Future for America's Veterans Act
1996-09-24: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
United States Armed Forces Protection Act of 1996
1996-09-06: Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Social Security Preservation Act of 1996
1996-06-13: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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)
War Crimes Act of 1996
1996-08-21: Became Public Law No: 104-192.