SYNAR, MIKE (a Representative from Oklahoma)
Amendments offered by, to
Indian Health Care Improvement Act: authorize and amend (H.R. 5222), 24132 [18SE]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 3810, Immigration Control and Legalization Act amendments, 30185 [10OC]
———H.R. 5316, appointment of additional bankruptcy judges, 22345 [9SE]
Articles and editorials
For the Children's Sake, Tulsa (OK) World, 23599
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Federal Deposit Insurance Act: emergency procedures for financial difficulties in agricultural and energy sectors (see H.R. 4569), 7126 [10AP]
OSHA: clarify authority for inspection of storage facilities of explosive materials (see H.R. 4209), 2495 [20FE]
Tobacco: ban promotion of products (see H.R. 4972), 13073 [10JN]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act: encourage loans for microenterprises by developing countries (see H.R. 4894), 23473 [16SE]
Agriculture: increase income to producers of wheat and feed grains (see H.R. 4267), 3106 [27FE]
———loan restructuring (see H. Con. Res. 310), 9147 [30AP]
———wheat policy based on producers' referendum (see H. Res. 538), 22146 [15AU]
Airlines: jurisdiction to enforce antitrust actions relative to mergers (see H.R. 4734), 21736 [14AU]
American Armored Force: monument in Arlington, VA (see H.J. Res. 167), 19461 [6AU]
American Indian Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 704), 23245 [12SE]
Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty: defense programs should remain in conformance (see H. Con. Res. 336), 12365 [4JN]
Antitrust actions: treble amount of damages for violations and assure fairness to award of damages (see H.R. 4831), 15772 [26JN]
Antitrust policy: modify application to encourage licensing and use of certain intellectual property (see H.R. 4070), 9776 [7MY]
Arms race: sense of Congress that escalation will threaten security (see H. Con. Res. 36), 9776 [7MY]
Asbestos: information from manufacturers and inspection and sample requirements for owners of buildings (see H.R. 5369), 19951 [8AU]
Baltic Freedom Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 500), 6932 [9AP]
Banks and banking: credit assistance to borrowers for loans made by commercial lending institutions (see H.R. 4626), 7891 [17AP]
Challenger (space shuttle): award members of crew Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously (see H. Res. 369), 1358 [3FE]
———designate seven moons of Uranus in honor of crew members (see H.J. Res. 508), 1503 [4FE]
———NASA plaque for astronauts (see H.J. Res. 516), 4578 [12MR]
Challenger II (space shuttle): NASA may accept gifts and donations (see H.R. 4231), 7127 [10AP]
Children's Challenger Center for Space Science: establish (see H.J. Res. 607), 12625 [5JN]
Civil service: correct inequities in credit for retirement purposes (see H.R. 3006), 236 [22JA]
Claiborne, Harry E.: impeachment (see H. Res. 461), 15773 [26JN]
Clean Air Act: reduce acid deposition (see H.R. 4567), 7126 [10AP]
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]
Constitution: equal rights for men and women (see H.J. Res. 2), 27426 [30SE]
Constitution Day: designate (see H.R. 3842), 22146 [15AU]
Cooperative Extension Service: fund (see H. Res. 413), 7556 [15AP]
Copyright: temporary compulsory licensing of secondary transmission by satellite carriers (see H.R. 5126), 15770 [26JN]
———temporary compulsory licensing of secondary transmission by satellite for private viewing (see H.R. 5572), 25374 [22SE]
Crime and criminals: civil proceedings (see H.R. 4892), 12364 [4JN]
———interception of certain communications and other forms of surveillance (see H.R. 4952), 12623 [5JN]
———sexual abuse (see H.R. 4745), 9553 [6MY]
Critical Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 526), 9553 [6MY]
Cuba: permit certain nationals to adjust immigration status to that of permanent resident aliens (see H.R. 23), 5308 [18MR]
Dept. of Defense: strengthen requirements for operational testing and evaluation of major acquisition programs (see H.R. 4682), 12130 [3JN]
Drunken driving: claims for certain willful and malicious injuries (see H.R. 5586), 26370 [25SE]
Education: State and local government daily physical exercise programs for children (see H. Con. Res. 344), 12625 [5JN]
EEOC: require Federal entities to prohibit employment discrimination (see H.R. 5165), 16503 [15JY]
Energy Policy and Conservation Act: improve national policy (see H.R. 4843), 10989 [15MY]
Fair Housing Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 561), 4268 [11MR]
Farm Credit Act: competitive interest rates for farmers, ranchers, and cooperative borrowers (see H.R. 5497), 22737 [10SE]
Federal Aviation Act: increase criminal penalties for failure to file reports and falsification of records (see H.R. 4403), 4702 [13MR]
Federal employees: garnishment of wages (see H.R. 128), 21131 [12AU]
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), 28179 [2OC]
Great Britain: express gratitude for operations carried out against Libya (see H. Res. 424), 8213 [21AP]
Haiti: permit certain nationals to adjust immigration status to that of permanent resident aliens (see H.R. 23), 5308 [18MR]
House rules: require quarterly statement of size and postage costs of mass mailing by a Member (see H. Res. 377), 6933 [9AP]
Housing and community development: temporary extension of certain programs (see H.J. Res. 656), 15605 [25JN]
Humane Products Testing Act: enact (see H.R. 1877), 29387 [7OC]
Indians: prevention, identification, and treatment of youth alcohol and drug abuse (see H.R. 1156), 9145 [30AP]
Industry: improve competitiveness (see H.R. 4800), 10242 [9MY]
Interest: uniform disclosure of rates payable on savings accounts (see H.R. 2282), 13526 [12JN]
Judges: authorize appointment of additional bankruptcy (see H.R. 4128), 1778 [5FE]
Lasker, Mary: special gold medal (see H.R. 4153), 23245 [12SE]
Libya: express gratitude to Great Britain for operations carried out against (see H. Res. 424), 8213 [21AP]
Medicare: increase in payment for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 3767), 2594 [24FE]
———payment for therapeutic shoes for individuals with diabetic foot disease (see H.R. 2543), 30117 [9OC]
Meiman, Inna: Soviet Union should release and provide safe passage (see H. Con. Res. 317), 11625 [21MY]
Meiman, Naum: Soviet Union should release and provide safe passage (see H. Con. Res. 317), 11625 [21MY]
Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 552), 23670 [17SE]
Military Whistleblowers Protection Act: enact (see H.R. 3898), 5076 [17MR]
Mineral Lands Leasing Act: oil shale placer claims provisions (see H.R. 5399), 21130 [12AU]
Narcotic traffic: legislation from executive branch (see H.R. 5266), 19952 [8AU]
National Agricultural Export Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 572), 12365 [4JN]
National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 514), 26370 [25SE]
National Birds of Prey Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 546), 9553 [6MY]
National Burn Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 481), 1503 [4FE]
National Children's Television Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 710), 21735 [14AU]
National China-Burma-India Veterans Association Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 681), 30218 [10OC]
National Civil Rights Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 686), 19117 [5AU]
National Community Education Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 583), 21131 [12AU]
National Day of Peace: designate (see H.J. Res. 90), 33159 [17OC]
National Diabetes Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 602), 8888 [29AP]
National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 694), 19117 [5AU]
National Endowment for Democracy Act: prohibit grants to organizations affiliated with any member of the Board of Directors of the Endowment (see H.R. 3984), 2978 [26FE]
National Energy Education Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 543), 3107 [27FE]
National Epidermolysis Bullosa Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 639), 17318 [22JY]
National Family Caregivers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 555), 3854 [6MR]
National Fishing Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 433), 2294 [19FE]
National Food Bank Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 234), 4704 [13MR]
National Freedom of Information Act Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 580), 10215 [8MY]
National Garden Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 266), 7892 [17AP]
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: centralize motor carrier responsibilities (see H.R. 4612), 7890 [17AP]
National Hospice Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 586), 23474 [16SE]
National Humanities Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 443), 1779 [5FE]
National Infection Control Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 623), 9465 [5MY]
National Literacy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 429), 12130 [3JN]
National Medical Laboratory Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 480), 3650 [5MR]
National Nursing Home Residents Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 533), 8763 [28AP]
National Osteoporosis Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 510), 7556 [15AP]
National Safety in the Workplace Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 131), 1074 [30JA]
National Social Studies Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 410), 28179 [2OC]
National TRIO Day: designate (see H. Con. Res. 278), 2594 [24FE]
National Vaccine Program: establish (see H.R. 5546), 24686 [18SE]
National Women's Health Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 571), 5308 [18MR]
Naval Aviation Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 569), 9146 [30AP]
NIH Centennial Year: designate (see H.J. Res. 709), 27552 [1OC]
Older Americans Skin Cancer Prevention and Detection Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 532), 11449 [20MY]
Patents: amend laws (see H.R. 4747), 9465 [5MY]
———restore term of the grant in cases of products for the time of regulatory review period (see H.R. 3897), 11948 [22MY]
Perot Commission on Americans Missing in Southeast Asia: establish (see H. Con. Res. 129), 16747 [16JY]
Polish American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 547), 16504 [15JY]
Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act: repeal and amend certain sections (see H.R. 4669), 8476 [23AP]
President's Council on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention: establish (see H.R. 4723), 15605 [25JN]
Price discrimination: establish standards for antitrust claims based on resale price fixing (see H.R. 5293), 18227 [30JY]
Public buildings: restrict smoking to designated areas (see H.R. 4488, 4546), 6929 [9AP], 7556 [15AP]
Public Health Service Act: extend health planning authority (see H.R. 5413), 21246 [13AU]
Public Service Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 609), 9146 [30AP]
Romania: suspend most favored nation treatment (see H.R. 3599), 12364 [4JN]
Rose: designate as national floral emblem (see H.J. Res. 385), 2979 [26FE]
San Diego, CA: 50th anniversary (see H.J. Res. 682), 23670 [17SE]
Santa Fe Trail: designate as National Historic Trail (see H.R. 4794), 10214 [8MY]
Saudi Arabia: prohibiting proposed sales of missiles (see H.J. Res. 589), 6930 [9AP]
SBA: modify authority to make disaster loans (see H.R. 5328), 20744 [11AU]
Scharansky, Anatoly: gold medal (see H.R. 4186), 8888 [29AP]
Scharansky, Avital: gold medal (see H.R. 4186), 8888 [29AP]
Sec. of Agriculture: investigate identification procedures used in lieu of hot-iron branding of animals (see H. Res. 407), 7556 [15AP]
Sec. of Energy: prohibit from providing uranium enrichment services (see H.J. Res. 699), 19745 [7AU]
Securities Exchange Act: auditors report of fraudulent activities (see H.R. 5439), 22144 [15AU]
———audits performed to include reasonable procedures for financial fraud detection (see H.R. 4886), 12625 [5JN]
Senior Center Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 538), 9553 [6MY]
Shays' Rebellion Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 10), 28179 [2OC]
Small Business Act: allow not-for-profit organizations in the interest of handicapped to receive procurement grants (see H.R. 3866), 2978 [26FE]
Social Security: clarify findings of medical severity in disability determination process (see H.R. 4753), 14078 [17JN]
———improve treatment of small rural hospitals and sole community (see H.R. 4788), 10214 [8MY]
Social Security Administration: establish as independent agency (see H.R. 5050), 14297 [18JN]
Soviet Union: persecution of members of Ukrainian and public Helsinki monitoring groups (see H. Con. Res. 332), 11625 [21MY]
State and local governments: daily physical education programs for children (see H. Con. Res. 344), 12625 [5JN]
States: committees to review good faith professional activities of care entities (see H.R. 4390), 8411 [22AP]
Taxation: deduction for excise and tariff portion of business' cost of goods and services (see H. Res. 404), 9554 [6MY]
Telephones: availability of universal service in rural areas (see H. Con. Res. 308), 7893 [17AP]
Timor Island: annexation of eastern portion (see H. Con. Res. 244), 10991 [15MY]
Trademarks: amend laws (see H.R. 4747), 9465 [5MY]
United Way: recognition of anniversary (see H.J. Res. 684), 23474 [16SE]
Urban Mass Transportation Act: increase percentage of funds allocated to rural areas (see H.R. 4879), 12982 [9JN]
Women's History Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 499), 236 [22JA]
Year of New Sweden: designate (see H.J. Res. 560), 6057 [25MR]
Year of Thanksgiving: designate (see H.J. Res. 398), 2979 [26FE]
Court decisions
Four-part test for evaluating Government restrictions on commercial speech: Supreme Court, 13174
State ban on print and broadcast liquor ads: Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, 13174
Remarks by, on
Appropriations: making urgent supplemental (H.R. 4515), 10153
Children: immunizations, 23599
Courts: appointment of additional bankruptcy judges (H.R. 5316), 20989 [12AU]
Dairy Indemnity Program: supplemental appropriations, 10153
Dept. of Labor: Job Corps centers closing, 11120
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5234), 18333 [31JY]
Doubek, Robert W.: award Congressional Gold Medal in recognition of efforts relative to establishment of Vietnam Veterans Memorial (H.R. 2591), 12975
Economic conditions: impact of declining oil prices, 3640
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: amend (H.R. 2482), 23650 [17SE], 24764 [19SE]
Fireworks: manufacturing facilities inspections (H.R. 4209), 2574
Foreign trade: textile industry, 19630
Geological Survey: authorize water resources research (H.R. 5526), 25369
Hallett, OK: fireworks manufacturing plant explosion, 2574
Health: childhood immunizations, 23599
———smokeless tobacco products (S. 1574), 1333 [3FE]
Indian Health Care Improvement Act: authorize and amend (H.R. 5222), 24132 [18SE]
———eligibility policy, 24132 [18SE]
Job Corps: closing of certain centers, 10173
National Parks: cattle grazing and movie and TV commercial making fees, 14203
———entrance fee increases, 14203
Oklahoma: impact of declining oil prices, 3640
Omnibus Drug Enforcement, Education, and Control Act: enact (H.R. 5484), 25724
OSHA: clarify authority for inspection of storage facilities of explosive materials (H.R. 4209), 2574
Personal explanation, 697
Petroleum industry: declining prices of domestic crude, 3640
Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act: repeal and amend certain sections, 22350 [9SE]
Satellite Home Viewer Act: enact (H.R. 5126), 15736
Scruggs, Jan C.: award Congressional Gold Medal in recognition of efforts relative to establishment of Vietnam Veterans Memorial (H.R. 2591), 12975
Social Security Minor and Technical Changes Act: enact (H.R. 2005), conference report, 29735 [8OC]
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act: enact (H.R. 2005), conference report, 29735 [8OC]
Tahlequah, OK: Talking Leaves Job Corps Center closing, 11120
Television: licensing of secondary transmission by satellite carriers for private viewing (H.R. 5126), 15736
Textile and Apparel Trade Enforcement Act: enact (H.R. 1562), 19630
Tobacco: ban promotion of products (H.R. 4972), 13173
———warning labels on smokeless tobacco products, 1333 [3FE]
Unemployment: Talking Leaves Job Corps Center, Tahlequah, OK, closing, 11120
Votes: position on missed, 697
Wheeler, John P., III: award Congressional Gold Medal in recognition of efforts relative to establishment of Vietnam Veterans Memorial (H.R. 2591), 12975
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 1333 [3FE], 2129 [18FE], 10153 [8MY], 18333 [31JY], 20989 [12AU], 22350 [9SE], 23469 [16SE], 24132 [18SE], 25373 [22SE], 25455 [23SE], 29735 [8OC]
Special order: granted, 702 [29JA]
Statements
Chemical Plant Regulation: by (excerpts), 7120 [10AP]
Exclusionary Rule: Potter Stewart, 25725
Smokeless Tobacco Use: Elbert Glover (excerpts), 1334 [3FE]
———NIH, 1334-1337 [3FE]
———Ron Freeman (excerpts), 1334 [3FE]