RITTER, DON (a Representative from Pennsylvania)

Amendments offered by, to

International Security and Development Cooperation Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 5119), 11643 [9MY]

Superfund Expansion and Protection Act: enact (H.R. 5640), 23153 [8AU], 23557 [9AU]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 2867, Hazardous Waste Control and Enforcement Act, 24061 [10AU]

Articles and editorials

Boiling the Ocean, Wall Street Journal, 30145 [4OC]

Europe's High-Tech Delusion, Peter F. Drucker, Wall Street Journal, 25937 [18SE]

FCC Probes Charges That Cable-TV Firms Face Improper Fees, Wall Street Journal, 5087 [8MR]

Gaining Europe's Respect, Hobart Rowen, Washington (DC) Post, 15993 [12JN]

Terror Anniversary—KAL Slaughter Was Planned, Bruce Herbert, New York (NY) Tribune, 28784 [2OC]

Totalitarian Rule Breeds Holocausts, by, Bethlehem (PA) Globe-Times, 9548 [12AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act: cleanup authority (see H.R. 4985), 3939 [29FE]

Gasoline: removal, remedial action, and liability for leaks of storage tanks (see H.R. 4761), 1940 [6FE]

National Birds of Prey Conservation Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 485), 2792 [21FE]

National Tourism Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 629), 21057 [25JY]

Social security: continued payment of disability benefits during administrative appeal (see H.R. 4907), 3020 [22FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Abortion: informed choice about the use of anesthetics and analgesics (see H.R. 4857), 12322 [15MY]

Afghanistan, Republic of: condemn Soviet Union for bombing (see H. Res. 547), 19985 [28JN]

African Refugees Relief Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 604), 18548 [25JN]

Allegheny National Forest: designate certain areas as wilderness (see H.R. 5076), 9758 [24AP]

Antitrust laws: promote research and development, and encourage innovation (see H.R. 5041), 6014 [20MR]

Arts: recognizing important contributions to a complete education (see H.J. Res. 452), 8523 [10AP]

Atomic Energy Act: encourage development and use of standardized plant designs (see H.R. 5053), 4824 [7MR]

Bankruptcy Courts: one additional judge for Central District of Illinois (see H.R. 6093), 26902 [25SE]

Blacks: honoring contribution to American independence (see H.J. Res. 454), 3588 [28FE]

Carbon alloy and stainless steel: reduce unfair practices for orderly trade (see H.R. 5081), 5064 [8MR]

Children's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 205), 18979 [26JN]

Coal: authorize program for reducing air pollution from powerplants (see H.R. 5593), 16886 [18JN]

Coast Guard Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 342), 18979 [26JN]

Communications Act: extend certain authorizations (see H.R. 6230), 25184 [12SE]

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act: amend (see H.R. 5640), 11911 [10MY]

———cleanup of inactive hazardous waste disposal sites (see H.R. 4915), 3288 [23FE]

———generate additional revenues for the Superfund (see H.R. 3129), 8006 [5AP]

Copyright: relative to Copyright Royalty Tribunal and cable transmissions (see H.R. 6164), 24084 [10AU]

Cyprus: declaration of independence by Turkish Cypriot community (see H. Con. Res. 223), 2356 [8FE]

D-Day National Remembrance: designate (see H.J. Res. 487), 5066 [8MR]

Diacetylmorphine: establish program to make available through qualified pharmacies (see H.R. 4762), 3021 [22FE]

Education Day, U.S.A.: designate (see H.J. Res. 520), 7258 [30MR]

Electric power: protection of consumers (see H.R. 4402), 18978 [26JN]

Emergency Medicine Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 545), 11447 [8MY]

ERISA: investment by employee benefit plans in residential mortgages (see H.R. 4243), 4825 [7MR]

Ethnic American Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 535), 9028 [11AP]

Family Reunion Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 272), 11013 [3MY]

Firearms: regulate manufacture and importation of armor piercing ammunition (see H.R. 5845), 16445 [14JN]

Food for Peace Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 572), 19173 [27JN]

FRS: modernize and disclosure of decisions of Federal Open Market Committee (see H.R. 5459), 13048 [21MY]

Gay, George: award the Congressional Medal of Honor (see H.R. 4478), 21057 [25JY]

Glomar Java Sea (vessel): U.N. cooperation in discovery of fate of crew (see H. Con. Res. 268), 6015 [20MR]

Hawaii Statehood Silver Jubilee Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 546), 17068 [19JN]

Helsinki Human Rights Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 599), 21057 [25JY]

High Technology Research and Scientific Education Act: enact (see H.R. 4475), 5534 [14MR]

High-speed intercity rail passenger service: consent of Congress to interstate compact for feasibility study (see H.R. 4308), 6650 [27MR]

International Olympic Committee: grant accreditation to Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty (see H. Con. Res. 270), 10773 [2MY]

Jewish Heritage Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 480), 5251 [13MR]

John Dent Post Office Building, Jeannette, PA: designate (see H.R. 4598), 6650 [27MR]

Knutson, Chad: donor of life- and sight-saving organs (see H.J. Res. 420), 19172 [27JN]

Lebanon: call in U.N. for immediate withdrawal of Syrian-controlled forces (see H. Con. Res. 225), 3290 [23FE]

Lithuanian Independence Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 655), 30205 [4OC]

Lupus Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 488), 9984 [25AP]

Members of Congress: revoke 3.5-percent pay adjustment (see H.R. 4594), 2793 [21FE]

Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 631), 25560 [17SE]

MIA's: President to secure full accounting in Southeast Asia (see H.J. Res. 489), 3289 [23FE]

Money: require public custodians to deposit funds within 3 days from date of receipt (see H.R. 4837), 5534 [14MR]

National Adult Day Care Center Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 505), 20703 [24JY]

National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 451), 9541 [12AP]

National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 463), 9984 [25AP]

National Beta Club Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 326), 3290 [23FE]

National Blood Pressure Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 550), 26902 [25SE]

National Cerebral Palsy Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 507), 8007 [5AP]

National Child Abuse Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 445), 2452 [9FE]

National Child Passenger Safety Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 563), 11446 [8MY]

National Children's Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 153), 121 [23JA]

National Christmas Seal Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 626), 26590 [24SE]

National Commission on Federal Budget Deficit Reductions: establish (see H.J. Res. 616), 19984 [28JN]

National Dance Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 446), 9984 [25AP]

National Digestive Diseases Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 533), 12323 [15MY]

National Drug Abuse Education and Prevention Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 529), 6650 [27MR]

National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 590), 15973 [12JN]

National Employ the Older Worker Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 437), 5120 [12MR]

National Endowment for Democracy: Freedom of Information Act coverage (see H.R. 5272), 14518 [30MY]

National Eye Donor Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 423), 3588 [28FE]

National Eye Health Care Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 473), 15751 [11JN]

National Family Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 500), 11447 [8MY]

National Hearing Impaired Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 407), 6651 [27MR]

National High-Tech Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 453), 20333 [29JN]

National Hospice Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 621), 21346 [26JY]

National Ice Cream Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 542, 543), 12089 [14MY], 15484 [7JN]

National Medical Transcriptionist Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 332), 12840 [17MY]

National Mental Health Counselors Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 415), 5066 [8MR]

National Neighborhood Housing Services Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 566), 18548 [25JN]

National Nursing Home Residents Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 457), 9984 [25AP]

National Osteopathic Medicine Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 589), 25273 [13SE]

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 392), 24320 [5SE]

National Port Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 636), 28145 [1OC]

National POW-MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 344), 4698 [6MR]

National Religious Liberty Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 522), 24085 [10AU]

National Safety in the Workplace Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 528), 15195 [6JN]

National Scuba Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 508), 17729 [21JN]

National Senior Citizens Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 541), 14518 [30MY]

National Single Parent Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 200), 4047 [1MR]

National Spina Bifida Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 595), 24912 [11SE]

National Week of the Ocean: designate (see H.J. Res. 478), 2355 [8FE]

National Women Veterans Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 400), 8007 [5AP]

Older Americans Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 466), 1493 [2FE]

Olympic games: radio and television announcements urged to discourage drug and alcohol abuse during coverage (see H. Con. Res. 315), 15485 [7JN]

Ostomy Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 587), 21980 [1AU]

Parenteral diacetylmorphine: establish temporary program (see H.R. 5290), 6998 [29MR]

Passenger-carrying aircraft: regulate smoking on board (see H.R. 4395), 13447 [22MY]

Polish American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 577), 14344 [24MY]

Public Health Service Act: clarify meaning for mentally ill (see H.R. 4330), 15195 [6JN]

Sec. of Labor: incentives for worker training and study feasibility of national job bank (see H.R. 5159), 10773 [2MY]

Sec. of the Treasury: ban on importation of goods produced by convict, forced, or indentured labor (see H. Con. Res. 277), 9028 [11AP]

Semiconductors: protect chips and masks against unauthorized duplication (see H.R. 5525), 10242 [26AP]

Social security: conduct pilot and demonstration projects for education and vocational training for caretaker parents (see H.R. 6162), 28781 [2OC]

———monthly benefit for the month in which recipient dies (see H.R. 5110), 13447 [22MY]

Solidarity Sunday for Soviet Jewry: sense of House (see H. Res. 450), 5066 [8MR]

Soviet Union: resolution on behalf of the independent peace movement (see H. Con. Res. 236), 318 [24JA]

———should air movie, ``The Day After'' (see H. Con. Res. 229), 3022 [22FE]

Space Exploration Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 555), 18548 [25JN]

Spanish-American War Veterans Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 581), 18979 [26JN]

Student Awareness of Drunk Driving Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 443), 2452 [9FE]

Syria: call in U.N. for immediate withdrawal of forces in Lebanon (see H. Con. Res. 225), 3290 [23FE]

Tax Reform Act: repeal changes of debt instruments issued for property (see H.R. 6021), 31087 [9OC]

Taxation: adoption expenses (see H.R. 1657), 10773 [2MY]

———increase dollar amount on deductions to individual retirement account for spouse (see H.R. 5940), 24534 [6SE]

———investment by employee benefit plans in residential mortgages (see H.R. 4243), 4825 [7MR]

———reduce rates and simplify laws (see H.R. 5533, 6165), 10242 [26AP], 24084 [10AU]

Textile and apparel imports: limit (see H.R. 5823), 15973 [12JN]

Textile Fiber Products Identification Act and Wool Products Labeling Act: improve the labeling of textile fiber and wool products (see H.R. 5638), 19172 [27JN]

Torture: implementation of policy in opposition to practice by foreign governments (see H.J. Res. 605), 24086 [10AU]

Trade Act: require congressional approval affecting import relief (see H.R. 5952), 26902 [25SE]

Wiesel, Elie: award gold medal (see H.J. Res. 501), 10244 [26AP]

Women in Agriculture Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 554), 22281 [2AU]

Year of the St. Lawrence Seaway: designate (see H.J. Res. 567), 11911 [10MY]

Youth of America Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 597), 22474 [6AU]

Interviews

We're putting the voices of America on the Voice of America: Ken Tomlinson, Human Events (publication), 8271-8274 [5AP]

Letters

Afghanistan: Committee for a Free Afghanistan, 11644 [9MY]

Ida Nudel's fate in Soviet Union: Elena Friedman, 9544 [12AP]

Industrial revenue bond program (H.R. 4170): by, and 102 other House Members, 16800 [15JN]

Remarks by, on

Afghanistan: supporting people in struggle for freedom (S. Con. Res. 74), 30145 [4OC]

Afghanistan Day, 6313 [21MR]

Allentown, PA: Dorney Park anniversary, 21090 [25JY]

Baltic States: bring question of self-determination before U.N. (S. Con. Res. 80), 1999 [7FE]

———question of self-determination (H. Con. Res. 192), 2172 [7FE]

Bethlehem, PA: Musikfest 1984, 24181 [10AU]

Budget: deficits, 17722 [21JN]

Cable Telecommunications Act: enact (H.R. 4103), 5087 [8MR]

Central America: U.S. policy, 8796 [11AP]

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act: cleanup authority (H.R. 4985), 3965 [29FE]

Comprehensive Smoking Education Act: enact (H.R. 3979), 27335 [2OC]

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 21036 [25JY]

Construction Work in Progress Policy Act: enact (H.R. 555), 2014 [7FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: making urgent supplemental appropriations (H.J. Res. 492), 14262 [24MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 5167), 12545, 12548 [16MY]

Dept. of Transportation: Conrail sale, 32540 [12OC]

Drinking age: raise national minimum, 15395 [7JN]

Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act: enact (H.R. 3605), 24451 [6SE]

Emmaus, PA: anniversary, 22542 [6AU], 23177 [8AU]

Fair Trade in Steel Act: proposed (H.R. 5081), 5235 [13MR]

Farrakhan, Louis: anti-Semitic statements, 19018 [27JN]

Federal Government: R & D funding, 5872 [19MR]

Federal Pay Equity and Management Improvement Act: enact (H.R. 5680), 19850, 19851 [28JN]

Hazardous substances: cleanup of waste sites, 23466, 23469, 23506, 23519, 23520, 23557, 23572, 23575 [9AU], 23971-23973, 24029, 24030, 24033-24035 [10AU]

Hazardous Waste Control and Enforcement Act: enact (H.R. 2867), conference report, 29532 [3OC]

Helsinki Final Act: anniversary, 22072 [1AU]

Helsinki Human Rights Day, 22072 [1AU]

Industrial competitiveness: improve (H.R. 4360), 15993 [12JN]

International Day of Concern for Soviet Jewry: observance, 5650 [15MR]

International Security and Development Cooperation Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 5119), 11643, 11644 [9MY]

Iron and steel industry: import quotas, 5235 [13MR]

Jackson, Jesse: statements, 19018 [27JN], 20185 [29JN]

Jews: free emigration from Soviet Union, 5650 [15MR]

Leaking Underground Storage Tank Liability and Standards Act: proposed (H.R. 4761), 2182 [7FE]

Lebanon: redeployment of U.S. military troops, 2290 [8FE]

Manufacturing Sciences and Robotics Research and Development Act, 30134 [9OC]

Members of Congress: record of votes on expenditures, 17722 [21JN]

Musikfest 1984: Lehigh Valley, PA, 24181 [10AU]

MX missile: funding, 12545, 12548 [16MY]

National Birds of Prey Conservation Week: designate (H.J. Res. 485), 16617 [14JN]

———designate (S.J. Res. 230), 18889 [26JN]

National Tourism Week: designate (H.J. Res. 629), 21033 [25JY]

———designate (S.J. Res. 335), 25164 [12SE]

NBS: authorization appropriations (HR. 5172), 30134 [9OC]

Nicaragua: funding of military or paramilitary operations, 8484 [10AP], 14262 [24MY]

———mining of ports, 8796, 9003-9007 [11AP]

———prohibit appropriated funds to be used for mining of ports (H. Con. Res. 290), 9496 [12AP]

———religious persecution, 13950, 13951, 13952, 13953 [23MY]

———U.S. policy, 15367 [7JN]

Niklus, Mart: efforts to emigrate from Soviet Union, 8276 [5AP]

Nudel, Ida: efforts to emigrate from Soviet Union, 9544 [12AP]

Organ Transplant Act: enact (H.R. 5580; S. 2048), 17667 [22JN]

Railroads: Conrail sale, 32540 [12OC]

Retirement Equity Act: enact (H.R. 4280), 13344 [22MY]

School prayer: constitutional amendment, 4520 [6MR], 4617 [6MR]

Soviet Jews: Call to Conscience Vigil, 8276 [5AP], 9544 [12AP]

Soviet Union: free emigration of Jews, 8276 [5AP], 9544 [12AP]

———Korean Air Lines flight 007 downing anniversary, 28784 [2OC]

Sports: wrestler Joseph Atiyeh competes in Olympic games, 24555 [6SE]

Steel Import Stabilization Act: proposed (H.R. 6301), 29359 [3OC]

Steel industry: economic conditions, 15470 [7JN]

Superfund Expansion and Protection Act: enact (H.R. 5640), 23466, 23469, 23506, 23519, 23520, 23557, 23572, 23575 [9AU], 23971-23973, 24029, 24030, 24033-24035 [10AU]

Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act: enact (H.R. 5504), 15395 [7JN]

Tobacco: establish national program on health consequences of smoking, 27335 [2OC]

Ukraine: commemoration of famine of 1933 (H. Con. Res. 111), 30148 [4OC]

———independence anniversary, 1207 [1FE]

VOA: budget, 8271 [5AP]

Warsaw Pact countries: religious freedom (S. Con. Res. 119), 30149 [4OC]

Whitehall, PA: Egypt United Church of Christ, 25th anniversary, 30767 [5OC]

Women: retirement benefits, 13344 [22MY]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 1999, 2014, 2041 [7FE], 2289 [8FE], 3341 [27FE], 3937 [29FE], 4044 [1MR], 4617 [6MR], 5062 [8MR], 6291 [21MR], 8004 [5AP], 8484 [10AP], 8796, 9025 [11AP], 9496 [12AP], 13445 [22MY], 14262 [24MY], 15367, 15395 [7JN], 15972 [12JN], 16443 [14JN], 18889 [26JN], 19018 [27JN], 20185 [29JN], 21033, 21052 [25JY], 21978 [1AU], 22472 [6AU], 23101 [8AU], 23506, 23520 [9AU], 23957, 24082 [10AU], 24532 [6SE], 25922 [18SE], 28780 [2OC], 29359 [3OC], 30146 [4OC], 30458 [5OC]

Leave of absence: granted, 26900 [25SE]

Special order: granted, 1136 [31JA]

Statements

Anti-Semitic Statements, Jesse Jackson 20185 [29JN]

Anti-Semitic Statements by Jesse Jackson: Nathan Perlmutter (excerpts), 20185 [29JN]

National Tourism Week: Donna Tuttle, 25164-25166 [12SE]

Tribute to Hock Tribute: by, 5114 [8MR]

Texts of

H.J. Res. 629, National Tourism Week, 21034 [25JY]

H.R. 4761, Leaking Underground Storage Tank Liability and Standards Act, 2183 [7FE]

H.R. 4985, Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 3965 [29FE]

Tributes

Atiyeh, Joseph, 24555 [6SE]

Hock, Donald, 5114 [8MR]

Pritchard, Representative, 30359 [5OC]

Toth, George S., 30767 [5OC]

Van Zandt, James, 1099 [31JA]

Weaver, Bobby, 23957 [10AU]