SIKORSKI, GERRY (a Representative from Minnesota)
Appointments
Conferee: S. 2638, National Defense Authorization Act amendments, 24069 [18SE]
Articles and editorials
Can Net Worth Be Real? Craig A. Dabroski, Financial Managers Society (publication), 7226
Coon Rapids' Cenaiko—A Big-Time Promoter and a Soft Touch, Ellen Foley, Minneapolis (MN) Star, 999
Laughable Acid-Rain Argument, Minneapolis (MN) Star and Tribune, 9952
My Molested Children Were Abused by the System, Too, Suzanne Rhodes, Washington (DC) Post, 18887
Pastor, Flock To Observe Centennial of Polish Parish Church, Neal Gendler, Minneapolis (MN) Star and Tribune, 22490
Regulators To Ease Accounting Rules for Certain Loans, Monica Langley and Charles F. McCoy, Wall Street Journal, 7227
Who Would Sexually Abuse a Child? Sally Squires, Washington (DC) Post, 17164
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Clean Air Act: reduce acid deposition (see H.R. 4567), 7126 [10AP]
Executive Office of the President: treatment as a single agency or department (see H.R. 4857), 11448 [20MY]
Social Security: disability evaluation rules for individuals with multiple sclerosis (see H.R. 5474), 22145 [15AU]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Agricultural commodities: price and income protection for family farmers (see H.R. 5588), 26075 [24SE]
Agriculture: increase income to producers of wheat and feed grains (see H.R. 4267), 3106 [27FE]
Air traffic controllers: permit the reappointment (see H.R. 4003), 12624 [5JN]
American Business Women's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 379), 7127 [10AP]
American Physiologists Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 677), 30117 [9OC]
Annuities: treat as if 3-year basis recovery rule had not been repealed (see H.R. 5600), 26370 [25SE]
Appropriations: extend revenue sharing program (see H.R. 1400), 8411 [22AP]
Asbestos: information from manufacturers and inspection and sample requirements for owners of buildings (see H.R. 5369), 19951 [8AU]
Atomic power plants: establish international emergency response teams and inspection to assure safe operations (see H. Res. 445), 9211 [1MY]
Atomic weapons: limit deployment and maintenance of strategic with arms limitation agreements (see H.R. 4919), 13526 [12JN]
———mutual, simultaneous, verifiable cessation of testing (see H.R. 3442), 13268 [11JN]
Bacteria: EPA standards for antimicrobial agents used to control pest microorganisms (see H.R. 5458), 22144 [15AU]
CCC: excess cheese be made available to States (see H.R. 5145), 23670 [17SE]
Challenger (space shuttle): award members of crew Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously (see H. Res. 369), 1074 [30JA]
———designate seven moons of Uranus in honor of crew members (see H.J. Res. 508), 2132 [18FE]
Child Nutrition Act: improve availability of benefits (see H.R. 4990), 22366 [9SE]
Civil service: correct inequities in credit for retirement purposes (see H.R. 3006), 13268 [11JN]
———cost of living adjustments in annuities payable shall be made in 1987 (see H.R. 4060), 2293 [19FE]
Communications Act: restrict obscene and indecent communications by phone (see H.R. 4439), 8477 [23AP]
Community Development Block Grant Program: deferral of budget authority (see H.J. Res. 541), 4269 [11MR]
Congressional Advisory Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics: establish (see H.R. 5213), 18670 [1AU]
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act: debt adjustment program and require interest rate at cost of money to lending institution (see H.R. 4267), 3106 [27FE]
Contracts: strengthen prohibition of kickbacks to subcontractors under Federal (see H.R. 4783), 10214 [8MY]
Copyright: make permanent requirements of manufacturing clause (see H.R. 3465), 4703 [13MR]
Courts: establish specialized corps of Federal judges (see H.R. 1213), 12364 [4JN]
———jurisdiction over Social Security benefits entitlements (see H. Res. 400), 12625 [5JN]
Crime and criminals: prohibit high ranking Federal civilian officers from representing foreign principal for 10 years after leaving service (see H.R. 3733), 4703 [13MR]
Dept. of Defense: impose limitations on obligation and expenditure of funds to underfinitized contractual actions (see H.R. 4461), 5828 [20MR]
———strengthen requirements for operational testing and evaluation of major acquisition programs (see H.R. 4682), 13269 [11JN]
Dept. of Justice assets forfeiture fund: extend (see H.R. 5237), 21131 [12AU]
Diseases: promote family support groups for Alzheimer's patients and families (see H.R. 4055), 601 [28JA]
Drugs: ban on reimportation, restrictions on samples, and resales purchased by hospitals (see H.R. 4820), 10703 [14MY]
———establish Federal programs for abuse (see H.R. 5334), 19116 [5AU]
Education: establish drug abuse prevention programs (see H.R. 5484), 22245 [8SE]
Education of the Handicapped Act: reauthorize discretionary and early intervention programs for infants, toddlers, and families (see H.R. 5520), 24803 [19SE]
Elections: protect voting rights (see H.R. 1453), 15772 [26JN]
Employment: establish commission to study salary replacement for leave in cases of birth, adoption, or serious health conditions (see H.R. 4300), 7892 [17AP]
Energy Policy and Conservation Act: conservation standards for gas and electric appliances (see H.R. 5465), 22145 [15AU]
EPA: promulgate regulations requiring inspection for asbestos containing material (see H.R. 5073), 15286 [24JN]
———set standards for identification and abatement of asbestos in schools (see H.R. 4311), 3648 [5MR]
———Superfund interim borrowing authority (see H.R. 4445), 5307 [18MR]
Equal Credit Opportunity Act: amend (see H.R. 1575), 26076 [24SE]
Federal Aviation Act: ensure fair treatment of airline employees in mergers (see H.R. 4838), 18420 [31JY]
Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, St. Paul, MN: designate as Warren E. Burger Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse (see H.R. 5617), 27425 [30SE]
Federal Election Campaign Act: change certain contribution limits for congressional (see H.R. 3799), 7689 [16AP]
Federal employees: authority for direct payment or reimbursement of additional types of health care professionals (see H.R. 4825), 10703 [14MY]
———clarify provisions of law prohibiting furloughing on legal holidays (see H.R. 4896), 11947 [22MY]
———strengthen protections against prohibited personnel practices (see H.R. 4033), 235 [22JA]
Food stamp plan: improve availability of benefits (see H.R. 4990), 22366 [9SE]
Foreign Assistance Act: assistance to promote immunization and oral rehydration (see H.R. 3894), 704 [29JA]
Freedom of Information Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 745), 28824 [6OC]
Gaucher's Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 615), 22147 [15AU]
Health: demonstration project to determine feasibility and desirability for social and long-term services (see H.R. 5723), 32329 [16OC]
Health insurance: encourage good faith professional review activities (see H.R. 5110), 18228 [30JY]
House: require rollcall vote on appropriations, authorization bills, and certain revenue bills (see H. Res. 362), 7556 [15AP]
Humane Products Testing Act: enact (see H.R. 1877), 29387 [7OC]
Jewish Heritage Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 553), 3853 [6MR]
Kings River: designate as component of Wild and Scenic Rivers System (see H.R. 4629), 7891 [17AP]
Korea, Republic of: restore civil and political rights to Kim Dae Jung and institute true democracy (see H. Con. Res. 261), 10216 [8MY]
Libya: travel advisory relative to terrorist attack of U.S. citizens (see H. Con. Res. 289), 2293 [19FE]
Medicare: coverage of services performed by a physician assistant (see H.R. 3260), 1503 [4FE]
———hold States harmless against decrease in payment rates (see H.R. 4876), 16746 [16JY]
Meiman, Inna: Soviet Union should release and provide safe passage (see H. Con. Res. 317), 7555 [15AP]
Meiman, Naum: Soviet Union should release and provide safe passage (see H. Con. Res. 317), 7555 [15AP]
Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 552), 3649 [5MR]
Narcotics: strengthen efforts to encourage foreign cooperation in eradicating crops and traffic (see H.R. 5484), 22245 [8SE]
National Adoption Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 651), 28179 [2OC]
National Andrei Sakharov Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 596), 10282 [12MY]
National Aplastic Anemia Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 611), 21247 [13AU]
National Arts in the Schools Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 470), 7556 [15AP]
National Association of State Directors of Veterans' Affairs, Inc.: grant charter (see H.R. 3024), 20744 [11AU]
National Children's Television Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 710), 21735 [14AU]
National Civil Rights Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 686), 19117 [5AU]
National Correctional Officers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 594), 28332 [3OC]
National Diabetes Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 602), 26076 [24SE]
National Drug Abuse Education and Prevention Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 619), 19952 [8AU]
National Drug Abuse Education Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 701), 20743 [11AU]
National Energy Education Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 543), 3107 [27FE]
National Food Bank Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 234), 2979 [26FE]
National Freedom of Information Act Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 580), 6057 [25MR]
National Guard: employees may not be required to wear military uniforms while performing civilian services (see H.R. 3968), 7892 [17AP]
National Nursing Home Residents Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 533), 8763 [28AP]
National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 524), 24687 [18SE]
National School Lunch Act: improve availability of benefits (see H.R. 4990), 22366 [9SE]
National Social Studies Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 410), 28179 [2OC]
National Vaccine Program: establish (see H.R. 5546), 24686 [18SE]
National Women in Sports Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 740), 29835 [8OC]
National Women's Health Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 571), 11625 [21MY]
National Year of Friendship With Finland: designate (see H.J. Res. 645), 33159 [17OC]
NIH Centennial Year: designate (see H.J. Res. 709), 28180 [2OC]
Nuclear Waste Policy Act: disposal of high-level radioactive waste and spent fuel in single repository (see H.R. 4664), 8410 [22AP]
———remove requirement of a second repository for disposal of waste (see H.R. 4668), 8476 [23AP]
OPM: study consequences of retroactively repealing 3-year basis recovery rule (see H.R. 5600), 26370 [25SE]
Perot Commission on Americans Missing in Southeast Asia: establish (see H. Con. Res. 129), 29835 [8OC]
Polish American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 547), 3649 [5MR]
Postal Service: appointment, pay, and status of Postmaster General and Deputy (see H.R. 4866), 11624 [21MY]
———rates for periodicals mailed to counties adjacent to county of publication (see H.R. 5350), 29834 [8OC]
Product Liability Risk Act: include coverage lines of insurance (see H.R. 5225), 17506 [23JY]
Public buildings: restrict smoking to designated areas (see H.R. 4488, 4546), 12364 [4JN], 14078 [17JN]
Public Health Service Act: specify method of determining State allotments (see H.R. 5007), 21247 [13AU]
Railroad Retirement Act: prevent elimination of cost of living adjustments in annuities (see H.R. 4338), 13269 [11JN]
Religion: greater balance among military chaplains in Armed Forces (see H.R. 1875), 2978 [26FE]
Retirement annuities: 3-year basis recovery rule on taxation be maintained (see H. Res. 412), 8477 [23AP]
Saudi Arabia: prohibiting proposed sales of missiles (see H.J. Res. 589), 6930 [9AP]
Scharansky, Anatoly: gold medal (see H.R. 4186), 6931 [9AP]
Scharansky, Avital: gold medal (see H.R. 4186), 6931 [9AP]
Sec. of Defense: defer award of contract to Defense Construction Supply Center Solicitation for purchase of tractors (see H. Con. Res. 315), 9554 [6MY]
Sec. of Energy: prohibit from providing uranium enrichment services (see H.J. Res. 699), 19745 [7AU]
Sec. of Transportation: withhold apportionment of Federal-aid highway funds to any State that does not establish parking privileges for handicapped (see H.R. 3845), 1779 [5FE]
Securities Exchange Act: audits performed to include reasonable procedures for financial fraud detection (see H.R. 4886), 11947 [22MY]
Shays' Rebellion Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 10), 28179 [2OC]
Social Security: closing and downgrading of local offices (see H. Res. 219), 6933 [9AP]
———establish protocols for organ procurement and standards for agencies (see H.R. 5587), 26075 [24SE]
———permit States to provide coverage for poor elderly or disabled (see H.R. 4882), 11624 [21MY]
———permit States to provide prenatal, delivery, and postpartum care to low-income women (see H.R. 4630), 7891 [17AP]
———protect benefit levels of workers reaching age 65 (see H.R. 1917), 10523 [13MY]
South Africa: urge to indicate willingness to engage in meaningful political negotiations (see H. Res. 373), 9147 [30AP]
States: establish and operate protection and advocacy systems for mentally ill (see H.R. 4055), 601 [28JA]
Taxation: allow homeowners to deduct prepaid interest on principal residence (see H.R. 4911), 16967 [17JY]
Timor Island: annexation of eastern portion (see H. Con. Res. 244), 14079 [17JN]
United Way: recognition of anniversary (see H.J. Res. 684), 23474 [16SE]
VA: opposition to closing of Insurance Center, Fort Snelling, MN (see H. Res. 423), 7689 [16AP]
Vatican City: sense of Congress to recognize Israel and establish diplomatic relations (see H. Con. Res. 306), 5898 [21MR]
Women's History Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 499), 236 [22JA]
Year of New Sweden: designate (see H.J. Res. 560), 4268 [11MR]
Yugoslavia: deny most favored nation treatment (see H.R. 5683), 33159 [17OC]
Documents
U.S. Code (excerpts), 19102 [5AU]
Letters
Inhumane and distressing treatment in the Soviet Union: Naum Meiman, 17724
Omnibus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act: by, and Representatives Penny and Dorgan, 5239
Savings and loan accounting issues: Harold W. Greenwood, Jr., 7225
Remarks by, on
Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research: child abuse research, 17164
Acid Deposition Control Act: enact (H.R. 4567), 7242
Anoka County, MN: Nick Cenaiko, tribute, 999
Banks and banking: savings and loan accounting issues, 7225
Child abuse: Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research, tribute, 17164
Children's Justice Act: enact (S. 140), 18886
Construction Industry Labor Law Act: amend (H.R. 281), 7834 [17AP]
Defense procurement: reform, 19090, 19102 [5AU]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for procurement, research, development, and working capital (H.R. 4428), 19090, 19102 [5AU]
Ecology: acid rain, 9952
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 5162), 17467, 17487 [23JY]
Environment: Acid Rain Countdown Program, Ontario, Canada, 2577
Executive Office of the President: treatment as a single agency or department (H.R. 4857), 11477
Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2092), 23416
Jews: efforts to emigrate from Soviet Union, 17724
Labor unions: construction industry, 7834 [17AP]
Meiman, Inna and Naum: efforts to emigrate from Soviet Union, 17724
———Soviet Union should release and provide safe passage (H. Con. Res. 317), 17724
Minneapolis, MN: Church of the Holy Cross centennial, 22490
Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2092), 23416
Nuclear Waste Disposal Fund: appropriations, 17467 [23JY]
Ontario, Canada: Acid Rain Countdown Program, 2577
Personal explanation, 22735
Social Security: disability evaluation rules for individuals with multiple sclerosis (H.R. 5474), 22186
Social Security Minor and Technical Changes Act: enact (H.R. 2005), conference report, 29746
Soviet Union: efforts of Jews to emigrate, 17724
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act: enact (H.R. 2005), conference report, 29746
TVA: GAO ruling relative to legality of contract, 17487 [23JY]
Votes: position on missed, 22735
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 702 [29JA], 2593 [24FE], 6926 [9AP], 7834 [17AP], 11446 [20MY], 16716 [16JY], 17053 [21JY], 17690 [24JY], 19090 [5AU], 23469 [16SE], 29746 [8OC]
Special order: granted, 22736 [10SE]
Reports
Committee on Energy and Commerce, 21242 [13AU]
Delegation to Ireland, Switzerland, Italy, and Yugoslavia, 1499 [4FE]
Foreign Travel Expenditures, 1499 [4FE], 21242 [13AU]
Texts of
H.R. 5474, Social Security disability evaluation rules for individuals with multiple sclerosis, 22188
Tributes
Cenaiko, Nick, 999