ORTIZ, SOLOMON P. (a Representative from Texas)

Amendments offered by, to

Drugs: manufacturing, distribution, and use of illegal (H.R. 5210), 22997 [8SE]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 1467, Endangered Species Act appropriations, 20502 [4AU]

———H.R. 4264, Dept. of Defense appropriations, 14077 [10JN]

———S. 2749, making appropriations for Depts. of Defense and Energy, 27914 [3OC]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Animals: delay certain regulations relating to sea turtle conservation (see H.R. 5141), 20331 [3AU]

Foreign trade: inventory control and accounting procedures (see H.R. 5284), 23676 [13SE]

Prisons: amounts from Dept. of Justice and Customs Service forfeiture fund to assist in providing for penal facilities (see H.R. 4932), 16273 [28JN]

Rural areas: municipal corporations acquisition of water supply or sewer service corporations through eminent domain (see H.R. 5559), 32357 [20OC]

Taxation: tax-free purchase of certain fuels used for fishing vessels and other off-highway use (see H.R. 4242), 5062 [23MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Abortion: prohibit use of Federal funds unless life of mother is threatened (see H.R. 5020), 19861 [2AU]

Aged: employment in child care for low-income families (see H.R. 4614), 11337 [17MY]

Agriculture: taxation of animals produced in a farming business (see H.R. 3907), 9156 [27AP]

Air Force: use of certain weather reconnaissance aircraft (see H. Con. Res. 366), 25597 [26SE]

America Loves Its Kids Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 579), 25597 [26SE]

American Heritage Trust: establish (see H.R. 4127), 11339 [17MY]

Amistad National Recreation Area, TX: establish (see H.R. 4926), 16273 [28JN]

Animals: prohibit patenting of genetically altered or modified (see H.R. 3119), 5063 [23MR]

Baltic Freedom Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 474), 13369 [3JN]

Bell System: reemployment rights for persons affected by divestiture (see H.R. 2828), 19555 [28JY]

Boats and boating: authorizing expenditures for safety programs (see H.R. 3918), 8092 [20AP]

Budget: treatment of Postal Service Fund (see H.R. 4150), 9156 [27AP]

Caribbean Basin Scholarship Fund: establish (see H.R. 3806), 4798 [22MR]

Census: Asians and Pacific Islanders (see H.R. 3828), 2769 [1MR]

Children: protect the rights of victims of child abuse (see H.R. 1437), 2462 [24FE]

Civil Rights Act: filing compliance reports with EEOC (see H.R. 3330), 3605 [9MR]

Coast Guard: commemorative medals for bicentennial (see H.R. 3919), 30168 [12OC]

———commemorative stamp (see H.J. Res. 456), 1655 [17FE]

———making urgent supplemental appropriations (see H.R. 4056), 5358 [28MR]

Coastweeks `88: designate (see H.J. Res. 528), 7503 [19AP]

Coins and coinage: modernize U.S. circulating coin designs (see H.R. 3314), 9156 [27AP]

Corp. for Small Business Investment: establish (see H.R. 3392), 2639 [29FE]

Crime and criminals: child protection and obscenity enforcement (see H.R. 3889), 5063 [23MR]

Danville, VA: Dan Daniel Post Office Building (see H.R. 4726), 13867 [8JN]

Department of Commerce Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 447), 1206 [8FE]

Dept. of Defense: transferring unobligated balance of funds between accounts (see H.R. 3955), 3276 [3MR]

———uniform transportation regulations on military installations outside the U.S. (see H.R. 4279), 5653 [29MR]

Dept. of HUD: housing rehabilitation and development (see H.R. 3891), 10369 [10MY]

Dept. of Justice: authorize appointment of Assistant Attorney General for State and Local Law Enforcement Matters (see H.R. 3753), 7502 [19AP]

Dept. of Transportation: authorizing appropriations for certain maritime programs (see H.R. 4200), 10369 [10MY]

Drug Free America Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 582), 21030 [8AU]

EEOC: extending the statute of limitations for certain claims (see H.R. 4107), 9156 [27AP]

Employment: extend targeted jobs tax credit (see H.R. 3719), 6382 [12AP]

Federal employees: include INS inspectors, Customs Service inspectors, and IRS revenue officers within hazardous occupations retirement provisions (see H.R. 2532), 19555 [28JY]

———overtime pay (see H.R. 1076), 22307 [11AU]

Federal Maritime Commission: authorizing appropriations for certain programs (see H.R. 4200), 10369 [10MY]

Fire Safety at Home Day—Change Your Clock, Change Your Battery: designate (see H.J. Res. 660), 28656 [5OC]

Fish and fisheries: financial assistance for research relating to oyster diseases (see H.R. 3969), 9791 [3MY]

Fort DeRussy, HI: Dan Daniel Armed Forces Recreation Center (see H.R. 4155), 3869 [15MR]

Freedom of Information Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 408), 3276 [3MR]

Handicapped: anniversary of act providing for the Government to purchase goods and services from sheltered workshops (see H. Con. Res. 265), 4135 [16MR]

Health: Federal child care program (see H.R. 3660), 1656 [17FE]

Hunger: relief (see H.R. 4060), 9673 [2MY]

Immigration: extend the application period under the legalization program (see H.R. 3816), 4220 [17MR]

International Boundary and Water Commission: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 344), 20331 [3AU]

International Boundary and Water Commission Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 593), 15470 [21JN]

Iraq: condemn use of chemical weapons (see H. Res. 532), 23398 [9SE]

Law enforcement officers: tribute (see H.J. Res. 506), 7503 [19AP]

Lyme Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 569), 16518 [29JN]

Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4208), 14855 [16JN]

Medicare: long-term care benefits for chronically ill individuals and children (see H.R. 2762), 6786 [13AP]

Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 464), 6382 [12AP]

Merchant marine: exclusion of maritime transportation services from GATT (see H. Con. Res. 376), 25828 [27SE]

Montford Point Marine Association, Inc.: charter (see H.R. 1645), 15470 [21JN]

Motion pictures: designate day to commemorate anniversary of ``It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World'' (see H.J. Res. 553), 8842 [26AP]

Narcotics: illegal use among college students (see H. Res. 272), 1657 [17FE]

National Academies of Practice: recognition (see H.R. 3562), 3709 [14MR]

National Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 466), 3709 [14MR]

National Craniofacial Deformity Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 573), 11753 [19MY]

National Dairy Goat Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 423), 10546 [11MY]

National Day of Excellence: designate (see H.J. Res. 477), 8307 [21AP]

National Day of Outreach to the Rural Disabled: designate (see H.J. Res. 607), 23854 [14SE]

National Day of Prayer: designate (see H.R. 4170), 5949 [30MR]

National Diabetes Month: designate (H.J. Res. 501) (see H.J. Res. 501), 19861 [2AU]

National Digestive Disease Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 421), 6787 [13AP]

National Disabled Americans Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 570), 21030 [8AU]

National Drinking Water Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 391), 3870 [15MR]

National Drug Abuse Resistance Education Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 540), 21029 [8AU]

National Family Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 522), 20332 [3AU]

National Fishing Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 432), 4798 [22MR]

National Former POW Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 388), 3675 [10MR]

National Guard: inequities in the crediting of technician service relative to civil service retirement (see H.R. 5075), 25170 [23SE]

National Literacy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 544), 16274 [28JN]

National Military Families Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 543), 11754 [19MY]

National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 441), 21029 [8AU]

National NHS—NeighborWorks Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 386), 931 [3FE]

National Older Americans Abuse Prevention Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 422), 8843 [26AP]

National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 460), 3870 [15MR]

National Osteoporosis Prevention Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 442), 197 [27JA]

National Rural Health Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 461), 9792 [3MY]

National Safe Kids Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 481), 9673 [2MY]

National School Dropout Prevention Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 450), 13306 [2JN]

National Skiing Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 556), 23854 [14SE]

National Teacher Appreciation Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 438), 25171 [23SE]

National Tourism Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 581), 17813 [12JY]

National Watermen's Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 554), 8842 [26AP]

Nicaragua: release all political prisoners in accordance with the Esquipulas II agreement (see H. Con. Res. 327), 16598 [30JN]

———U.S. policy relative to reforms made toward peace, pluralism, and democracy (see H.J. Res. 566), 10546 [11MY]

NIH: establish National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (see H.R. 3361), 4136 [16MR]

Older Americans Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 508), 5359 [28MR]

Omnibus Antidrug Abuse Act: enact (see H.R. 4230), 7502 [19AP]

Omnibus Drug Initiative Act: allocating funds for State and local governments (see H. Res. 546), 27985 [3OC]

OPM: civil service retirement system (see H.R. 3791), 5949 [30MR]

Patents: U.S. manufacturing of products derived from inventions arising from federally supported research and development (see H.R. 2119), 8091 [20AP]

Petroleum: tax-free purchase of fuels for farm or off-highway use (see H.R. 3865, 3866), 1656 [17FE], 1710 [18FE]

Polish American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 475), 9250 [28AP]

Primarily Primates, Inc.: transfer animals (see H.R. 2883), 198 [27JA]

Public Service Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 443), 8307 [21AP]

Railroads: protect employees affected by the sale or other disposal of a rail line (see H.R. 3332), 2526 [25FE]

SBA: disaster assistance loans (see H.R. 4161), 4134 [16MR]

South Africa: prohibit investments (see H.R. 1580), 12194 [24MY]

Soviet Union: amnesty for imprisoned Christians and freedom of worship in celebration of millennium of Christianization (see H. Con. Res. 223), 8843 [26AP]

States: nondiscrimination in medical licensure and medical reciprocity standards (see H.R. 3241), 16274 [28JN]

Suicide: opposing efforts to promote as rational solution to problems (see H. Con. Res. 194), 2639 [29FE]

Taxation: deductions by rural mail carriers for use of private automobiles (see H.R. 2183), 30168 [12OC]

———diesel and aviation fuel at wholesale level (see H.R. 4275), 5653 [29MR]

———extend energy investment credit for geothermal property (see H.R. 3553), 11418 [18MY]

———extend period of issuance for qualified mortgage bonds (see H.R. 2640), 8091 [20AP]

———extend targeted jobs tax credit (see H.R. 3719), 6382 [12AP]

———make permanent the credit for increases in research expenses and for basic research payments (see H.R. 1957), 5062 [23MR]

———permitting tax-free sales of certain fuels (see H.R. 4444), 11339 [17MY]

———purchase of diesel fuel tax free (see H.R. 4192), 5358 [28MR]

Telecommunications: participation of U.S. industry in provision of equipment and services (see H. Con. Res. 339), 27330 [30SE]

Telephone: restrict obscene and indecent communications (see H.R. 1786), 930 [3FE]

Texas: install water supply and sewer facilities in certain areas (see H.R. 5156), 20521 [4AU]

Total Education Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 396), 23398 [9SE]

U.S.-Mexico Border Regional Commission: establish (see H.R. 4606), 11337 [17MY]

Lists

Cosponsors of H.R. 5141, delay certain regulations relative to sea turtle conservation, 22385 [11AU]

Remarks by, on

Animals: delay certain regulations relative to sea turtle conservation (H.R. 5141), 21015 [8AU], 22385 [11AU]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4264), 10517 [11MY]

———closing and realigning of certain military installations (H.R. 4481), 17062 [7JY]

Dept. of the Interior: making appropriations (H.R. 4867), 16463 [29JN]

Drugs: manufacturing, distribution, and use of illegal (H.R. 5210), 22997-22999 [8SE]

———manufacturing, distribution, and use of illegal (H.R. 5210), modification of amendment, 22969 [8SE]

Endangered Species Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1467), conference report, 25484 [26SE]

Foreign trade: inventory control and accounting procedures (H.R. 5284), 23697 [13SE]

Mariachi Vargas (musical group): tribute, 4367 [17MR]

Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4208), 18858 [26JY]

Mexican Americans: improve housing and community development in border region (H.R. 5462), 30458 [13OC]

Omnibus Drug Initiative Act: consideration (H. Res. 521), modification of amendment, 22969 [8SE]

Prisons: amounts from Dept. of Justice and Customs Service forfeiture fund to assist in providing for penal facilities (H.R. 4932), 16512 [29JN]

———use percentage of forfeited property from drug arrests in construction, 22997-22999 [8SE]

Rural areas: water and sewage service, 33436 [21OC]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 1243 [9FE], 10367 [10MY], 17432 [11JY]

Reports

Foreign Travel Expenditures, 11936 [23MY]

Testimonies

Committee on Rules: Omnibus Drug Initiative Act, D562 [8AU]

Tributes

Lyles, Jimmy, 10397 [10MY]

Mendez, Lucia, 1460 [16FE]

Perez, Beatrice T., 17569 [11JY]

Rangel, Hector, 1340 [9FE]