SHAYS, CHRISTOPHER (a Representative from Connecticut)

Articles and editorials

Hungry Children Cannot Wait, Willet Weeks, African Programs for Save the Children Federation, 940 [3FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Bridgeport, CT: compensation of victims of collapse of the L'Ambiance Plaza (see H.R. 4687), 12285 [25MY]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: improve safety in construction industry (see H.R. 4856), 14854 [16JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Aeronautics: prohibit discrimination on seating blind individuals in aircraft (see H.R. 3883), 4489 [21MR]

———protection of employees engaging in safety-related whistleblowing activities (see H.R. 4113), 10369 [10MY]

Airports: access to courtesy vehicles (see H.R. 3764), 4136 [16MR]

Alcoholic beverages: health warning labels (see H.R. 4441), 8305 [21AP]

———labeling (see H.R. 5409), 26503 [28SE]

Aliens: amend regulations relative to exclusion and deportation (see H.R. 4427), 18925 [26JY]

American Conservation Corps: establish (see H.R. 18), 17433 [11JY]

American Heritage Trust: establish (see H.R. 4127), 13369 [3JN]

Angola: open acknowledgment of military operations (see H.R. 3633), 6343 [11AP]

Animal Welfare Act: protect farm animals used in nonagricultural research and prohibit unnecessary surgery (see H.R. 3233), 11338 [17MY]

Animals: prohibit patenting of genetically altered or modified (see H.R. 3119), 16666 [6JY]

Appropriations: constitutional amendment relative to item veto in bills (see H.J. Res. 8), 61 [25JA]

Armed Forces: compensation for disabled veterans concurrent with retirement pension (see H.R. 303), 61 [25JA]

Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4124), 11418 [18MY]

Atmospheric greenhouse effect: international effort to control increase in Earth temperature (see H.R. 5460), 28655 [5OC]

Australia: U.S. import of kangaroos (see H.R. 779), 13185 [1JN]

Birth control: assistance (see H.R. 3769), 24714 [20SE]

Budget: exclude receipts and disbursements of the Social Security Trust Fund from calculation of deficit (see H.R. 4396), 9250 [28AP]

———treatment of Postal Service Fund (see H.R. 4150), 5063 [23MR]

California: protection of public lands in desert (see H.R. 371), 16274 [28JN]

Capital punishment: permitting the use of statistical and other evidence to challenge on the grounds of disproportionate patterns of imposition (see H.R. 4442), 17108 [7JY]

Chemical warfare: sanctions against firms transferring chemical agents to Iran, Iraq, Libya, and Syria (see H.R. 5396), 29163 [6OC]

Chief Financial Officer of the U.S.: establish office (see H.R. 3142), 13867 [8JN]

Children: employment withholdings for support of dependents (see H.R. 1604), 1443 [16FE]

Cigarettes: advertising to bear a label stating the addictive quality of nicotine (see H.R. 4793), 14080 [10JN]

Civil Rights Act: prohibit discrimination in Federal Government (see H.R. 4576), 18470 [14JY]

Coast Guard: commemorative medals for bicentennial (see H.R. 3919), 13867 [8JN]

Coins and coinage: modernize U.S. circulating coin designs (see H.R. 3314), 16274 [28JN]

Connecticut: appointment of additional district judge (see H.R. 3032), 1444 [16FE]

Constitution: amend to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 1), 19227 [27JY]

Copyright: secure rights of authors of pictorial, graphic, or sculptural works to prevent distortion, mutilation, or other alteration (see H.R. 3221), 15470 [21JN]

Corp. for Small Business Investment: establish (see H.R. 3392), 9791 [3MY]

Crime and criminals: restrictions on postemployment activities (see H.R. 4917), 16274 [28JN]

Decade of the Brain: designate (see H.J. Res. 260), 33325 [21OC]

Dept. of Defense: closing and realigning of certain military installations (see H.R. 4481), 12563 [26MY]

———procedures for status determination of missing officers and employees of the uniformed services (see H.R. 4632), 22308 [11AU]

Dept. of HUD: establish coordination and training in drug prevention efforts for public housing (see H.R. 4483), 31975 [19OC]

———fraud and abuse (see H.R. 1028), 21781 [10AU]

Diseases: care of acquired immune deficiency syndrome victims (see H.R. 4136), 3674 [10MR]

Drug abuse: declaring war on intravenous drug use and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (see H.J. Res. 533), 6382 [12AP]

———requiring recipients of Federal grants and contracts to maintain drug-free workplaces (see H.R. 4719), 19555 [28JY]

Drunken driving: Surgeon General should declare a national crisis (see H. Con. Res. 276), 7503 [19AP]

El Salvador: shifting U.S. support from the war effort to economic development (see H. Con. Res. 277), 20333 [3AU]

Elephant Protection Act: enact (see H.R. 2999), 7098 [18AP]

Employee Educational Assistance Act: enact (see H.R. 1692), 5062 [23MR]

Employment: extend targeted jobs tax credit (see H.R. 3719), 7502 [19AP]

Entertainers: grant certain bargaining rights to employers and performers (see H.R. 1638), 9156 [27AP]

EPA: protect stratospheric ozone layer from depletion (see H.R. 2036), 11754 [19MY]

Ethiopia: commend certain U.S. officials for assistance (see H. Con. Res. 237), 1656 [17FE]

Federal aid programs: establish block grant program for child care services (see H.R. 4002), 2461 [24FE]

Federal employees: equitable pay practices (see H.R. 387), 19861 [2AU]

———modify minimum rates of pay (see H.R. 3132), 9250 [28AP]

———overtime pay (see H.R. 1076), 198 [27JA]

———restrictions on postemployment activities (see H.R. 5043), 18468 [14JY]

Food: labeling of products containing tropical fats (see H.R. 2148), 2997 [2MR]

FRS: electronic fund transfers between U.S. and Panamanian banks (see H. Con. Res. 257), 9674 [2MY]

Gandhi, Mohandas K.: designate national day of recognition (see H.J. Res. 330), 18470 [14JY]

Global Poverty Reduction Act: enact (see H.R. 4277), 8306 [21AP]

Government procurement: payment of interest on overdue payments (see H.R. 1663), 22752 [7SE]

Handicapped: anniversary of act providing for the Government to purchase goods and services from sheltered workshops (see H. Con. Res. 265), 14373 [14JN]

———establish clear prohibition of discrimination (see H.R. 4498), 9599 [29AP]

Hazardous substances: transportation safety (see H.R. 3334), 23035 [8SE]

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

Homeless: housing assistance (see H.R. 4024), 6344 [11AP]

House of Representatives: authorize closed caption broadcasting for hearing-impaired individuals of floor proceedings (see H. Res. 542), 27330 [30SE]

———distortions in the reapportionment (see H.R. 3639), 12562 [26MY]

———extend certain Federal labor laws to certain employees (see H. Res. 527), 22754 [7SE]

———Pledge of Allegiance (see H. Res. 501), 24338 [16SE]

Hunger: establish food bank nutrition projects (see H.R. 3057), 1893 [22FE]

Immigration: numerical limitation and preference system for admissions (see H.R. 3143), 15889 [23JN]

India: civil liberties violations of Sikhs (see H. Con. Res. 343), 19861 [2AU]

Indian American Forum for Political Education: erect memorial to Mohandas K. Gandhi in District of Columbia (see H.R. 3455), 5949 [30MR]

Insurance: participation of U.S. companies in foreign activities (see H.R. 4664), 12194 [24MY]

International Family Planning Protection Act: enact (see H.R. 4270), 16666 [6JY]

Intravenous Substance Abuse and AIDS Prevention Act: enact (see H.R. 3292), 6011 [31MR]

Iraq: condemn use of chemical weapons (see H.R. 5271; H. Res. 532), 25171 [23SE], 25597 [26SE]

Ireland, Northern: U.S. business to establish corporate guidelines on equal employment (see H.R. 722), 10369 [10MY]

Irradiated food: labels (see H.R. 956), 198 [27JA]

Item veto: allow in appropriations legislation (see H.J. Res. 8), 61 [25JA]

Japan: whale hunting (see H. Con. Res. 241), 604 [2FE]

Kuwait: prohibit sale of aircraft and weapons (see H.J. Res. 609), 17812 [12JY]

Lindelof, Jim: award Presidential Medal of Freedom (see H. Con. Res. 260), 12563 [26MY]

Lupus Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 537), 22753 [7SE]

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

Manassas National Battlefield Park, VA: increase acreage (see H.R. 4526), 10370 [10MY]

Medicaid: services to pregnant women and infants (see H.R. 4072), 7502 [19AP]

Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 464), 14373 [14JN]

National Academies of Practice: recognition (see H.R. 3562), 7098 [18AP]

National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 449), 19556 [28JY]

National Auctioneers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 483), 5655 [29MR]

National Burn Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 604), 28244 [4OC]

National Child Passenger Safety Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 402), 931 [3FE]

National China-Burma-India Veterans Appreciation Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 608), 30168 [12OC]

National Cult Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 390), 7503 [19AP]

National Day of Remembrance for Political Prisoners in Iran: designate (see H.J. Res. 669), 28656 [5OC]

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

National Down's Syndrome Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 557), 22308 [11AU]

National Drive for Life Weekend: designate Labor Day Weekend (see H.J. Res. 592), 16666 [6JY]

National Drug Abuse Resistance Education Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 540), 20522 [4AU]

National Employee Assistance Programs Recognition Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 574), 21030 [8AU]

National Fire Fighters Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 649), 28244 [4OC]

National Home Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 515), 22308 [11AU]

National Military Families Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 543), 10546 [11MY]

National NHS—NeighborWorks Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 386), 462 [1FE]

National observances: establish commission to advise President (see H.R. 245), 6343 [11AP]

National Paralysis Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 636), 25171 [23SE]

National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 453), 9976 [5MY]

National Prevent-a-Litter Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 374), 5655 [29MR]

National Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 520), 22753 [7SE]

National Rural Health Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 461), 9976 [5MY]

National Safety Belt Use Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 485), 11946 [23MY]

National Stuttering Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 304), 198 [27JA]

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

Omnibus Antidrug Abuse Act: enact (see H.R. 4230), 15470 [21JN]

Output facilities: repeal restrictions on the use of tax-exempt obligations to acquire certain (see H.R. 4114), 3605 [9MR]

Panama: support transition to democracy (see H.R. 4703), 19227 [27JY]

Pensions: moratorium on reversions to employers of assets of terminated plans (see H.R. 4111), 23035 [8SE]

Petroleum: purchase of tax free diesel fuel by State and local governments (see H.R. 4000), 9600 [29AP]

———tax-free purchase of fuels for farm or off-highway use (see H.R. 3865), 11946 [23MY]

Petroleum Marketing Practices Act: amend (see H.R. 1842), 10369 [10MY]

Population: establish national policy (see H.R. 2212), 19861 [2AU]

Power resources: development and commercialization of renewable energy and energy conservation (see H.R. 4226), 21029 [8AU]

Public lands: establish grazing fees for domestic livestock (see H.R. 1481, 2621), 930 [3FE], 1656 [17FE]

Public safety officers: protection from infectious diseases (see H.R. 3418), 31974 [19OC]

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

Radio: amateur frequency allocation (see H. Con. Res. 317), 22754 [7SE]

Railroads: drug and alcohol testing for employees (see H.R. 4748), 17108 [7JY]

Refuse and refuse disposal: control of medical waste (see H.R. 5119, 5223), 22305 [11AU], 23677 [13SE]

Religious Freedom Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 518), 19556 [28JY]

Safety: children and youth camps (see H.R. 3571), 17108 [7JY]

Shapiro, Lee: award Presidential Medal of Freedom (see H. Con. Res. 260), 12563 [26MY]

Shipping industry: seizures and forfeitures of certain vessels (see H.R. 5324), 24337 [16SE]

Small business: developmental programs for those owned by women (see H.R. 5050), 18468 [14JY]

Social Security: disability benefits (see H.R. 4680), 27329 [30SE]

Solid Waste Disposal Act: amend relative to management of municipal incinerator ash (see H.R. 4255), 5121 [24MR]

South Africa: prohibit investments (see H.R. 1580), 5358 [28MR]

Soviet Union: amnesty for imprisoned Christians and freedom of worship in celebration of millennium of Christianization (see H. Con. Res. 223), 1206 [8FE]

———protest human rights violations (see H. Res. 455), 11753 [19MY]

———religious persecution in Ukraine (see H.J. Res. 429), 3606 [9MR]

———restrictive emigration regulations (see H. Res. 437), 10370 [10MY]

Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act: extending programs providing urgently needed assistance for the homeless (see H.R. 4352), 6010 [31MR]

Take Pride in America Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 530), 8843 [26AP]

Taxation: Christa McAuliffe Fellowships shall not be included in gross income (see H.R. 3664), 9250 [28AP]

———contracts for residential construction (see H.R. 5151), 28656 [5OC]

———deduction for State and local sales taxes (see H.R. 470), 1443 [16FE]

———deductions by rural mail carriers for use of private automobiles (see H.R. 2183), 14855 [16JN]

———eliminate tax credits from the passive activity rules and modify the business credit limitation provisions (see H.R. 4048), 5949 [30MR]

———extend targeted jobs tax credit (see H.R. 3719), 7502 [19AP]

———identify sponsor, beneficiary, and revenue cost of relief provisions of certain bills (see H. Res. 467), 13866 [8JN]

———interest on educational loans (see H.R. 592), 6010 [31MR]

———make permanent the credit for increases in research expenses and for basic research payments (see H.R. 1957), 930 [3FE]

———nonelective deferred compensation or basic employee benefits (see H.R. 4221), 13185 [1JN]

———repeal capitalization rules for free-lance writers, artists, and photographers (see H.R. 4473), 9155 [27AP]

———repeal restrictions on retirement savings deductions and allow up to $2,000 deduction for retirement savings for a nonworking spouse (see H.R. 1924), 17433 [11JY]

———residential mortgages (see H. Con. Res. 342), 22309 [11AU]

———restore special 3-year basis recovery rule in computing amount of employee's annuity includable in gross income (see H.R. 1007), 33324 [21OC]

———State and local government bonds (see H. Res. 487), 23855 [14SE]

———State and local government right to purchase gasoline without payment of Federal excise tax (see H.R. 3892), 5949 [30MR]

Technology: dissemination of biomedical information so as to prevent the duplication of experiments on animals (see H.R. 5154), 20331 [3AU]

———establish national commission to coordinate scientific information and research on biotechnology (see H.R. 4502), 14743 [15JN]

Telephone: monitoring by employers to be accompanied by regular audible warning tone (see H.R. 1950), 10369 [10MY]

Terrorist Firearms Prevention Act: enact (see H.R. 4268), 6011 [31MR]

Thornton, Charles E.: award Presidential Medal of Freedom (see H. Con. Res. 260), 12563 [26MY]

Tongass National Forest, AK: timber management and conservation (see H.R. 1516), 5654 [29MR]

Trademarks: protection (see H.R. 4156), 19555 [28JY]

Tropical Forest Protection Act: enact (see H.R. 3010), 11754 [19MY]

Vietnam Women's Memorial Project, Inc.: commemorative statue (see H.R. 3628), 6786 [13AP]

———commemorative statue (see H.R. 4870), 17108 [7JY]

Volunteer workers: importance of voluntarism (see H. Con. Res. 61), 19556 [28JY]

Water pollution: ocean dumping of municipal sludge (see H.R. 3938), 5063 [23MR]

Whales: cessation of all commercial fishing (see H. Con. Res. 239), 12563 [26MY]

World Food Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 563), 24338 [16SE]

World Population Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 148), 5359 [28MR]

Essays

I Believe in America: Sidney B. Rubin, 31158 [14OC]

Why I Have Chosen To Pursue a Government Career: Justin Daniels, 19577 [28JY]

Remarks by, on

Africa: famine, 940 [3FE]

Bridgeport, CT: compensation of victims of collapse of the L'Ambiance Plaza (H.R. 4687), 12553 [26MY]

Congressional budget: setting forth for 1989-91 (H. Con. Res. 268), 5006 [23MR]

Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act: extending programs providing urgently needed assistance for the homeless (H.R. 4352), 20237 [3AU]

Technoserve, Inc.: tribute, 9494 [28AP]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 928 [3FE], 2524 [25FE], 9248 [28AP], 12560 [26MY], 19553 [28JY], 30597 [13OC]

Special order: granted, 12193 [24MY]

Testimonies

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: OSHA Standards, D246 [26AP]

Tributes

Daniels, Justin, 19577 [28JY]

Dickens, Thomas, 2564 [25FE]

McKinney, Stewart B., 10282 [10MY]