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Items 1 through 43 of 43

1. H.RES.49 : Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives relating to the eradication of slavery where it exists throughout the world.
Sponsor: Rep Frank, Barney [MA-4] (introduced 1/30/1995)      Cosponsors (24)
Committees: House International Relations
Latest Major Action: 2/24/1995 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights.


2. H.RES.464 : Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives relating to the recognition of the Magen David Adom (Red Shield of David) as a symbol of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.
Sponsor: Rep Frank, Barney [MA-4] (introduced 6/25/1996)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House International Relations
Latest Major Action: 7/8/1996 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights.


3. H.J.RES.68 : Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to repeal the twenty-second amendment relating to Presidential term limitations.
Sponsor: Rep Frank, Barney [MA-4] (introduced 2/8/1995)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 3/15/1995 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.


4. H.R.559 : To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to limit the penalty for late enrollment under the medicare program to 10 percent and twice the period of no enrollment.
Sponsor: Rep Frank, Barney [MA-4] (introduced 1/18/1995)      Cosponsors (34)
Committees: House Commerce; House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 2/21/1995 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.


5. H.R.601 : To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to revise certain provisions relating to audits of vocational institutions.
Sponsor: Rep Frank, Barney [MA-4] (introduced 1/20/1995)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Economic and Educational Opportunities
Latest Major Action: 2/1/1995 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training and Life-Long Learning.


6. H.R.1182 : To permit certain Federal employees who retired or became entitled to receive compensation for work injury before December 9, 1980, to elect to resume coverage under the Federal employees' group life insurance program.
Sponsor: Rep Frank, Barney [MA-4] (introduced 3/9/1995)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Government Reform and Oversight
Latest Major Action: 3/13/1995 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service.


7. H.R.1248 : To amend the Lanham Act to require certain disclosures relating to materially altered films.
Sponsor: Rep Frank, Barney [MA-4] (introduced 3/15/1995)      Cosponsors (6)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 6/1/1995 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Field Hearings Held in Pasadena, California.


8. H.R.1307 : To establish the New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park in New Bedford, Massachusetts, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Frank, Barney [MA-4] (introduced 3/23/1995)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Resources
Latest Major Action: 4/3/1995 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.


9. H.R.1584 : To provide that Federal and State courts and agencies may not require that legal citations in which copyright subsists be the only acceptable submission to such courts and agencies where alternatives exist.
Sponsor: Rep Frank, Barney [MA-4] (introduced 5/9/1995)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 7/18/1995 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property.


10. H.R.1639 : To amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 with respect to honoraria, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Frank, Barney [MA-4] (introduced 5/15/1995)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House National Security; House Government Reform and Oversight; House Oversight; House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 7/18/1995 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.


11. H.R.1822 : To provide that Federal and State courts and agencies may not require that legal citations in which copyright subsists be the only acceptable submission to such courts and agencies where alternatives exist.
Sponsor: Rep Frank, Barney [MA-4] (introduced 6/13/1995)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 7/18/1995 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property.


12. H.R.2065 : To prohibit the importation of goods produced abroad with child labor, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Frank, Barney [MA-4] (introduced 7/19/1995)      Cosponsors (38)
Committees: House International Relations; House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 8/4/1995 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights.


13. H.R.2453 : To amend title 18, United States Code, to increase speedy trial time limits.
Sponsor: Rep Frank, Barney [MA-4] (introduced 10/10/1995)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 4/24/1996 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.


14. H.R.2524 : To amend chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code, to allow claims against the United States under that chapter for damages arising from certain negligent medical care provided members of the Armed Forces.
Sponsor: Rep Frank, Barney [MA-4] (introduced 10/24/1995)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 11/6/1995 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims.


15. H.R.2592 : To reduce the fiscal year 1996 budget for intelligence activities by $1,000,000,000.
Sponsor: Rep Frank, Barney [MA-4] (introduced 11/7/1995)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Intelligence (Permanent Select)
Latest Major Action: 11/7/1995 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select).


16. H.R.2618 : To provide for the therapeutic use of marihuana in situations involving life-threatening or sense-threatening illnesses and to provide adequate supplies of marihuana for such use.
Sponsor: Rep Frank, Barney [MA-4] (introduced 11/10/1995)      Cosponsors (18)
Committees: House Commerce; House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 12/11/1995 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.


17. H.R.2625 : To prohibit future obligation of funds for the B-2 bomber procurement program.
Sponsor: Rep Frank, Barney [MA-4] (introduced 11/13/1995)      Cosponsors (2)
Committees: House National Security
Latest Major Action: 3/19/1996 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Unfavorable Executive Comment Received from DOD.


18. H.R.2659 : To cancel the participation of the United States in the Space Station program.
Sponsor: Rep Frank, Barney [MA-4] (introduced 11/17/1995)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Science
Latest Major Action: 11/21/1995 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics.


19. H.R.2678 : -- Private Bill; To authorize funds to further the public service mission of the Joseph W. Martin, Jr. Institute for Law and Society.
Sponsor: Rep Frank, Barney [MA-4] (introduced 11/20/1995)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Economic and Educational Opportunities
Latest Major Action: 12/8/1995 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training and Life-Long Learning.


20. H.R.2686 : To provide for additional lobbying reform measures.
Sponsor: Rep Frank, Barney [MA-4] (introduced 11/29/1995)      Cosponsors (8)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 12/11/1995 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.


21. H.R.2782 : To authorize funds to further the public service mission of the Joseph W. Martin, Jr. Institute for Law and Society.
Sponsor: Rep Frank, Barney [MA-4] (introduced 12/14/1995)      Cosponsors (2)
Committees: House Economic and Educational Opportunities
Latest Major Action: 12/29/1995 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training and Life-Long Learning.


22. H.R.2787 : To repeal the price support programs and related acreage allotment and marketing quota programs for agricultural commodities, to repeal marketing orders issued to regulate the handling of certain agricultural commodities, and to establish a special fund to assist farmers whose annual net income from all sources is less than $30,000.
Sponsor: Rep Frank, Barney [MA-4] (introduced 12/15/1995)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Agriculture
Latest Major Action: 12/15/1995 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities.


23. H.R.2788 : To provide that if a member nation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization or Japan does not agree, by the end of fiscal year 1997, to assume the full nonpersonnel costs of United States military forces permanently stationed ashore in that country, all such United States forces assigned in that country shall be withdrawn not later than the end of fiscal year 1999.
Sponsor: Rep Frank, Barney [MA-4] (introduced 12/15/1995)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House International Relations
Latest Major Action: 12/15/1995 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.


24. H.R.2914 : To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to clarify the authority of the Secretary of Education with respect to eligibility standards for short term educational programs.
Sponsor: Rep Frank, Barney [MA-4] (introduced 1/31/1996)      Cosponsors (9)
Committees: House Economic and Educational Opportunities
Latest Major Action: 2/20/1996 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training and Life-Long Learning.


25. H.R.2975 : To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish a Board of Visa Appeals within the Department of State to review decisions of consular officers concerning visa applications, revocations and cancellations.
Sponsor: Rep Frank, Barney [MA-4] (introduced 2/27/1996)      Cosponsors (2)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 3/4/1996 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims.


26. H.R.3261 : To provide for annual payments from the surplus funds of the Federal Reserve System to cover the interest on obligations issued by the Financing Corporation.
Sponsor: Rep Frank, Barney [MA-4] (introduced 4/17/1996)      Cosponsors (13)
Committees: House Banking and Financial Services
Latest Major Action: 5/3/1996 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.


27. H.R.3403 : To amend title III of the Job Training Partnership Act to provide employment and training assistance for individuals who work full-time at a plant, facility, or enterprise that is a part of an economically-depressed industry and is located in an economically-depressed area.
Sponsor: Rep Frank, Barney [MA-4] (introduced 5/7/1996)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Economic and Educational Opportunities
Latest Major Action: 6/7/1996 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training and Life-Long Learning.


28. H.R.3928 : To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to waiver of exclusion for certain excludable aliens.
Sponsor: Rep Frank, Barney [MA-4] (introduced 7/31/1996)      Cosponsors (5)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 9/4/1996 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims.


29. H.R.3980 : To amend the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 relating to the exclusion from the United States of certain aliens.
Sponsor: Rep Frank, Barney [MA-4] (introduced 8/2/1996)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 9/4/1996 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims.


30. H.R.4121 : To amend title 18, United States Code, to penalize those who endanger children in hostage situations.
Sponsor: Rep Frank, Barney [MA-4] (introduced 9/19/1996)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 10/4/1996 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.


31. H.AMDT.444 to H.R.1817 Amendment sought to reduce funding in all military construction accounts and the NATO Security Investment Program by 5 percent. Funds for military housing and the Base Closure Commission would not have been affected.
Sponsor: Rep Frank, Barney [MA-4] (introduced 6/20/1995)      Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 6/20/1995 House amendment not agreed to. Status: On agreeing to the Frank (MA) amendment (A007) Failed by recorded vote: 131 - 290 (Roll no. 398).


32. H.AMDT.679 to H.R.2099 Amendment sought to increase funding for HUD annual contributions to assisted housing by $331 million and reduce by the same amount funds available for NASA.
Sponsor: Rep Frank, Barney [MA-4] (introduced 7/27/1995)      Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 7/27/1995 House amendment not agreed to. Status: On agreeing to the Frank (MA) amendment (A005) Failed by recorded vote: 158 - 265 (Roll no. 590).


33. H.AMDT.781 to H.R.1655 Amendment sought to reduce the funding authorized in the bill by three percent.
Sponsor: Rep Frank, Barney [MA-4] (introduced 9/13/1995)      Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 9/13/1995 House amendment not agreed to. Status: On agreeing to the Frank (MA) amendment (A003) Failed by recorded vote: 162 - 262 (Roll no. 654).


34. H.AMDT.782 to H.R.1655 An amendment, printed as amendment No. 5 in the Congressional Record of September 12, 1995, to require that the total amounts requested, authorized, and spent on intelligence and intelligence-related activities be disclosed to the public.
Sponsor: Rep Frank, Barney [MA-4] (introduced 9/13/1995)      Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 9/13/1995 House amendment not agreed to. Status: On agreeing to the Frank (MA) amendment (A004) Failed by recorded vote: 154 - 271 (Roll no. 655).


35. H.AMDT.871 to H.R.39 An amendment to delete the provisions of the bill that authorize the Commerce Department to collect fees for fishing quotas in order to offset the costs of implementing, managing, and enforcing individual transferable quota systems in fisheries.
Sponsor: Rep Frank, Barney [MA-4] (introduced 10/18/1995)      Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 10/18/1995 By unanimous consent, the Frank (MA) amendment was withdrawn.


36. H.AMDT.931 to H.R.2854 Amendment sought to delete provisions that authorize fixed annual cash payments to farmers that decline for each of the next seven years; phase out the current Federal commodity support programs for major crops over five years, while keeping the current price support system during the five-year transition period; and set a support price for each commodity in 1996, to be decreased by 4 percent each year and eliminated entirely for the 2001 year crop.
Sponsor: Rep Frank, Barney [MA-4] (introduced 2/28/1996)      Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 2/28/1996 House amendment not agreed to. Status: On agreeing to the Frank (MA) amendment (A002) as modified Failed by voice vote.


37. H.AMDT.1031 to H.R.2406 Amendment sought to place a cap of 30 percent of total income as the amount a public housing resident or family is required to spend on rent; and permit local housing authorities the flexibility to allow residents to pay less than 30 percent of their income for rent.
Sponsor: Rep Frank, Barney [MA-4] (introduced 5/9/1996)      Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 5/9/1996 House amendment not agreed to. Status: On agreeing to the Frank (MA) amendment (A015) Failed by recorded vote: 196 - 222 (Roll no. 156).


38. H.AMDT.1080 to H.R.3259 Amendment sought to reduce the authorization contained in the bill by 4.9 percent, and would have given the President transfer and reprogramming authority in order to comply with the reduction.
Sponsor: Rep Frank, Barney [MA-4] (introduced 5/22/1996)      Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 5/22/1996 House amendment not agreed to. Status: On agreeing to the Frank (MA) amendment (A016) Failed by recorded vote: 192 - 235 (Roll no. 187).


39. H.AMDT.1141 to H.R.3540 Amendment sought to prohibit any International Military Education and Training Funds from being provided to Indonesia.
Sponsor: Rep Frank, Barney [MA-4] (introduced 6/11/1996)      Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 6/11/1996 House amendment not agreed to. Status: On agreeing to the Frank (MA) amendment (A026) Failed by recorded vote: 149 - 272 (Roll no. 227).


40. H.AMDT.1285 to H.R.3396 Amendment sought to strike the provision which defines for Federal purposes, marriage and spouse as a legal union between a man and woman, as husband and wife.
Sponsor: Rep Frank, Barney [MA-4] (introduced 7/12/1996)      Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 7/12/1996 House amendment not agreed to. Status: On agreeing to the Frank (MA) amendment (A001) Failed by voice vote.


41. H.AMDT.1286 to H.R.3396 Amendment sought to suspend the application of the Federal definition of marriage when a State provides for a definition different than that which is provided in the bill.
Sponsor: Rep Frank, Barney [MA-4] (introduced 7/12/1996)      Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 7/12/1996 House amendment not agreed to. Status: On agreeing to the Frank (MA) amendment (A002) Failed by recorded vote: 103 - 311 (Roll no. 314).


42. H.AMDT.1338 to H.R.3814 An amendment numbered 5 as printed in the Congressional Record to prohibit the FCC from using its funding to grant advanced television service licenses unless it directly regulates digital programming or allows broadcasters to bid competitively for such licenses.
Sponsor: Rep Frank, Barney [MA-4] (introduced 7/24/1996)      Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 7/24/1996 Mr. Bliley raised a point of order against the Frank (MA) amendment (A026). Mr. Bliley stated that the provisions of the amendment constituted legislation on an appropriations bill and as such, violated the Rules of the House. The Chair sustained the point of order.


43. H.AMDT.1339 to H.R.3814 An amendment, printed as amendment No. 6 in the Congressional Record of July 16, 1996, to prohibit funds appropriated in the bill for the Federal Communications Commission from being used to assign licenses for advanced television services.
Sponsor: Rep Frank, Barney [MA-4] (introduced 7/24/1996)      Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 7/24/1996 House amendment not agreed to. Status: On agreeing to the Frank (MA) amendment (A027) Failed by recorded vote: 16 - 408 (Roll no. 348).


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