BILIRAKIS, MICHAEL (a Representative from Florida)

Addresses

Dodecanese Islands: by, 8410 [21AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Loyal Order of Moose: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 363), 23398 [9SE]

———tribute (see H. Con. Res. 269), 4798 [22MR]

National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 488), 3605 [9MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Abortion: prohibit use of Federal funds unless life of mother is threatened (see H.R. 5020), 18925 [26JY]

Aeronautics: accidents (see H.R. 2238), 2997 [2MR]

AFDC: improve child custody and child support orders (see H.R. 5364), 30168 [12OC]

Afghanistan: U.S. policy (see H. Res. 396), 8843 [26AP]

Agriculture: taxation of animals produced in a farming business (see H.R. 3907), 11339 [17MY]

Air Force: use of certain weather reconnaissance aircraft (see H. Con. Res. 366), 28244 [4OC]

Arlington National Cemetery: area for cremated remains (see H.R. 3826), 5358 [28MR]

Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act: use of certain funds to reduce deficit (see H.R. 3149), 2997 [2MR]

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

Bethune-Cookman College, Volusia County, FL: establish Mary McCleod Bethune Memorial Fine Arts Center (see H.R. 763), 11753 [19MY]

Budget: reduce deficit (see H. Con. Res. 263), 21409 [9AU]

———treatment of Postal Service Fund (see H.R. 4150), 10369 [10MY]

Chemical warfare: sanctions against firms transferring chemical agents to Iran, Iraq, Libya, and Syria (see H.R. 5396), 28656 [5OC]

Coast Guard: making urgent supplemental appropriations (see H.R. 4056), 2996 [2MR]

Coins and coinage: modernize U.S. circulating coin designs (see H.R. 3314), 13867 [8JN]

Constitution: preborn are persons entitled to guarantees contained in certain amendments (see H.J. Res. 529), 6010 [31MR]

CPSC: require labeling of certain toys (see H.R. 4486), 16274 [28JN]

Crime and criminals: child protection and obscenity enforcement (see H.R. 3889), 16666 [6JY]

———drug testing for individuals released on parole (see H.R. 3506), 2526 [25FE]

———funding eligibility for States under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act (see H.R. 5272), 23397 [9SE]

Dept. of Defense: closing and realigning of certain military installations (see H.R. 4481), 9600 [29AP]

———commissary and exchange benefits to certain former spouses of members of uniformed services (see H.R. 3622), 2997 [2MR]

Dept. of HUD: fraud and abuse (see H.R. 1028), 28656 [5OC]

Drug abuse: encourage drug-free society (see H.R. 4446), 8305 [21AP]

———legalization of illicit drugs as method to address problem of trafficking (see H. Con. Res. 309), 15723 [22JN]

———penalty for sale of anabolic steroids without a prescription (see H.R. 2928), 2526 [25FE]

Drunken driving: Surgeon General should declare a national crisis (see H. Con. Res. 276), 25171 [23SE]

Eastern Air Lines: investigation into management (see H. Con. Res. 262), 10370 [10MY]

Education: grants for character education programs (see H.R. 5352), 30168 [12OC]

———improve quality by establishing bootstrap schools (see H.R. 5356), 30168 [12OC]

———parental choice for open enrollment programs in public schools (see H.R. 5355), 30168 [12OC]

———State programs on early childhood education (see H.R. 5354), 30168 [12OC]

———State school-based management projects (see H.R. 5357), 30168 [12OC]

Employee Educational Assistance Act: enact (see H.R. 1692), 1656 [17FE]

Employment: extend targeted jobs tax credit (see H.R. 3719), 9156 [27AP]

EPA: data collection and dissemination relative to chemical emissions (see H.R. 2800), 12285 [25MY]

Families: grants for family preservation programs (see H.R. 5353), 30168 [12OC]

———improve health, family, and preschool services for families with young children (see H.R. 5365), 30168 [12OC]

———require preparation of family impact statements (see H.R. 5366), 30168 [12OC]

Federal employees: extend health insurance and survivor annuity benefits to certain former spouses (see H.R. 4603), 22308 [11AU]

———garnishment of wages (see H.R. 3565), 2526 [25FE]

———overtime pay (see H.R. 1076), 19861 [2AU]

———permit certain retirees to resume coverage under group life insurance (see H.R. 2125), 30168 [12OC]

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

Florida: reimburse State for expenses it and local governments incurred relative to certain refugees (see H.R. 3936), 1250 [9FE]

Food: labeling of products containing tropical fats (see H.R. 2148), 11754 [19MY]

FTC: strengthen authority relative to telephone sales fraud (see H.R. 4101), 3508 [7MR]

Gainesville, FL: Jack T. McCown, Sr., National Fisheries Research Center (see H.R. 4666), 17813 [12JY]

Gambling: regulate parimutuel wagering to receive and share Government criminal identification records (see H.R. 2611), 9250 [28AP]

GATT: exclusion of maritime transportation services (see H. Con. Res. 376), 33325 [21OC]

German-American Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 458), 15722 [22JN]

Global Poverty Reduction Act: enact (see H.R. 4277), 25828 [27SE]

Greek Independence Day: observe (see H.J. Res. 571), 12563 [26MY]

Honey bee: designate as national insect (see H.J. Res. 171), 14743 [15JN]

House of Representatives: amend rules to make legislative process more responsible, representative, and accountable (see H. Res. 599), 32358 [20OC]

———distortions in reapportionment (see H.R. 3639), 13518 [7JN]

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

Housing: apply maximum economic rents to residents (see H.R. 5351), 30168 [12OC]

Immigration: special status for aliens who have served in Armed Forces (see H.R. 2383), 3709 [14MR]

Industry: regulations relative to the manufacturing of fasteners (see H.R. 5051), 18468 [14JY]

Jacksonville, FL: Charles E. Bennett Federal Building (see H.R. 4233), 6822 [14AP]

Johnson, Henry: relief (see H.R. 3509), 18087 [13JY]

Juvenile delinquency: character education for juveniles in detention facilities (see H.R. 5361), 30168 [12OC]

———community services and restitution to victims (see H.R. 5362), 30168 [12OC]

———establish clearinghouse of juvenile justice in the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (see H.R. 5358), 30168 [12OC]

———participation of juveniles in criminal gangs (see H.R. 5359), 30168 [12OC]

———rehabilitation of youths (see H.R. 5360), 30168 [12OC]

———restitution payment to victims (see H.R. 5363), 30168 [12OC]

Kuwait: prohibition on sale of aircraft and weapons (see H.J. Res. 609), 19227 [27JY]

Lakeland, FL: Lawton M. Chiles, Jr. Federal Building (see H.R. 5281), 26818 [29SE]

Law enforcement officers: compensation to State and local agencies for expenses resulting from demonstration against Federal nuclear-related activities (see H.R. 3711), 462 [1FE]

———death penalty for certain killings of (see H.R. 4302), 15470 [21JN]

Lithuanian Independence Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 448), 9600 [29AP]

Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 464), 11946 [23MY]

Miller, Dorris: relief (see H.R. 3510), 18087 [13JY]

Motor vehicles: national minimum blood alcohol level and open containers of alcohol (see H.R. 637), 61 [25JA]

Narcotics: production and traffic (see H.R. 4842), 14854 [16JN]

National Adoption Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 575), 26818 [29SE]

National Air and Space Museum: expansion of facilities (see H.R. 4198), 11339 [17MY]

National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 449), 13961 [9JN]

National Arbor Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 55), 3606 [9MR]

National Asparagus Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 137), 9673 [2MY]

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

National China-Burma-India Veterans Appreciation Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 608), 21781 [10AU]

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), 28244 [4OC]

National Day of Remembrance for Political Prisoners in Iran: designate (see H.J. Res. 669), 29163 [6OC]

National Day of Remembrance of the 749 Victims of Operation Tiger: designate (see H.J. Res. 418), 2462 [24FE]

National Diabetes Month: designate (H.J. Res. 501) (see H.J. Res. 501), 12563 [26MY]

National Down's Syndrome Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 557), 29163 [6OC]

National Drug Abuse Resistance Education Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 540), 22308 [11AU]

National Family Caregivers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 463), 12563 [26MY]

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

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

National Free Enterprise Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 503), 14743 [15JN]

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

National Harness Horse Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 378), 9901 [4MY]

National Home Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 515), 30168 [12OC]

National Institute of Dental Research Anniversary Year: designate (see H.J. Res. 465), 8307 [21AP]

National Legion of Valor Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 509), 21029 [8AU]

National Medical Research Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 603), 22754 [7SE]

National Military Families Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 543), 22308 [11AU]

National Older Americans Abuse Prevention Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 422), 1974 [23FE]

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), 7503 [19AP]

National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 453), 3709 [14MR]

National Purple Heart Museum Committee: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 126), 5655 [29MR]

National Safe Kids Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 481), 9976 [5MY]

National Senior Citizens Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 138), 19227 [27JY]

National Tourism Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 581), 12562 [26MY]

National Visiting Nurse Associations Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 576), 15287 [20JN]

National Watermen's Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 554), 18471 [14JY]

National Week of Recognition and Remembrance for Those Who Served in the Korean War: designate (see H.J. Res. 568), 16275 [28JN]

NIH, Bethesda, MD: Claude Denson Pepper Building (see H.R. 4729), 13305 [2JN]

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

NRC: abolish and establish Nuclear Safety Agency (see H.R. 4134), 3674 [10MR]

Nuclear energy: development and use of preapproved standardized plant designs (see H.R. 4134), 3674 [10MR]

———provide for a viable domestic uranium industry (see H.R. 4975), 16598 [30JN]

Older Americans Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 508), 5949 [30MR]

OPM: civil service retirement system (see H.R. 3791), 16666 [6JY]

Owens, Mrs. Jesse: Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1270), 13185 [1JN]

Panama Canal: abrogate certain treaties and repeal certain legislation (see H. Con. Res. 354), 21781 [10AU]

———future security (see H. Res. 423), 6788 [13AP]

———U.S. withdrawal from 1977 treaties (see H. Con. Res. 281), 6822 [14AP]

Partnerships in Education Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 489), 3605 [9MR]

Pensions: veterans of World War I and certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 1918), 15889 [23JN]

Petroleum: tax-free purchase of fuels for farm or off-highway use (see H.R. 3865), 2769 [1MR]

Population: decennial censuses (see H.R. 3815), 2769 [1MR]

Pornography: mailing of unsolicited sexually oriented advertisements (see H.R. 4257), 19555 [28JY]

Pride of Baltimore II (vessel): christening (see H. Con. Res. 314), 14080 [10JN]

Prisons: inmates at Atlanta, GA, and Oakdale, LA, detention center should pay for or repair damage done during uprisings (see H. Res. 338), 605 [2FE]

Project Impact: accident reduction effort should be supported by every State (see H. Con. Res. 232), 2526 [25FE]

Religious Freedom Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 518), 11339 [17MY]

Romania: civil liberties violations (see H. Res. 505), 19555 [28JY]

Run to Daylight Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 415), 2998 [2MR]

Social Security: more gradual changes in 1977 computation rules as they apply to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 1917), 61 [25JA]

Suicide: opposing efforts to promote as rational solution to problems (see H. Con. Res. 194), 2769 [1MR]

Take Pride in America Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 530), 9250 [28AP]

Tariff: fasteners (see H.R. 5051), 18924 [26JY]

Taxation: deduction for adoption of child with special needs (see H.R. 5374), 30168 [12OC]

———extend targeted jobs tax credit (see H.R. 3719), 9156 [27AP]

———identify sponsor, beneficiary, and revenue cost of relief provisions of certain bills (see H. Res. 467), 16666 [6JY]

———manufacturers excise tax on archery equipment (see H.R. 3245), 16518 [29JN]

———nonelective deferred compensation or basic employee benefits (see H.R. 4221), 14743 [15JN]

Telecommunications: participation of U.S. industry in provision of equipment and services (see H. Con. Res. 339), 22309 [11AU]

Telephone: hearing aid compatibility (see H.R. 2213), 13518 [7JN]

Texas Air Corp.: investigation into management (see H. Con. Res. 262), 10370 [10MY]

Thornton, Charles E.: award Presidential Medal of Freedom (see H. Con. Res. 260), 11754 [19MY]

Trade Act: relief for U.S. citrus industry (see H. Con. Res. 298), 10369 [10MY]

Uranium Revitalization, Tailings Reclamation and Enrichment Act: enact (see H.R. 4489), 9249 [28AP]

VA: authorizing appropriations for State veterans' cemeteries (see H.R. 4861), 17108 [7JY]

———change the date of the beginning of the Vietnam era to provide certain benefits to veterans (see H.R. 4131), 10369 [10MY]

Veterans: compensation rates for service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 4216), 9673 [2MY]

———GI bill (see H.R. 4213), 6011 [31MR]

———improve pension benefits for World War I veterans and surviving spouses (see H.R. 3722), 61 [25JA]

———increasing dependency and indemnity compensation rates to those with service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 4741), 13368 [3JN]

Vietnam Women's Memorial Project, Inc.: commemorative statue (see H.R. 3628), 2997 [2MR]

Vocational-Technical Education Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 572), 21781 [10AU]

Wallenberg, Raoul: erect monument to honor (see H.J. Res. 403), 15471 [21JN]

Whales: cessation of commercial fishing (see H. Con. Res. 239), 8843 [26AP]

World War II: Cadet Nurse Corps training made creditable for Federal retirement purposes (see H.R. 3673), 11418 [18MY]

———maintain the Pacific War Memorial and other sites on Corregidor Island in the Philippines (see H.R. 4948), 16517 [29JN]

Letters

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome: by, 19852 [2AU]

Battle of Messolongi: Swiss citizen, 4747 [22MR]

Medical prescreening for phobias and panic disorders of military personnel: by, 15433 [21JN]

Proclamations

Greek Manifesto of Independence: Klephtes soldiers, 4747 [22MR]

Remarks by, on

Armed Forces: compensation for disabled veterans concurrent with retirement pension (H.R. 303), 8431 [21AP], 26825 [29SE]

Central America: appropriations (H.J. Res. 395), consideration (H.J. Res. 444), 821 [3FE]

———support peace, democracy, and reconciliation (H.J. Res. 523), 5905 [30MR]

Cyprus: demilitarization, 11313 [19MY]

———Turkey-Greece dialog, 11530 [18MY]

Dept. of Defense: appropriations (H.R. 4264), 19469 [28JY]

———appropriations (H.R. 4781), 15430 [21JN]

Federal employees: equitable pay practices (H.R. 387), 26744, 26745 [29SE]

Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act: enact (H.R. 4637), motion to recede and concur in Senate amendment (H. Res. 554), 26733 [29SE]

Greece: independence anniversary, 5645-5647 [29MR]

Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (H.J. Res. 383), 4747 [22MR]

House of Representatives: adjournment, 5648 [29MR]

Israel: anniversary (H.J. Res. 541), 8291 [21AP]

Medicare Catastrophic Protection Act: enact (H.R. 2470), conference report, 13240 [2JN]

National Nursing Home Week: observance, 9820 [4MY]

National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (H.J. Res. 488), 19838 [2AU]

Nicaragua: assistance to Contras, 821 [3FE]

———assistance to Contras (H.J. Res. 484), 3212 [3MR]

NRC: abolish and establish Nuclear Safety Agency (H.R. 4134), 3665 [10MR]

———establish Office of Investigations (H.R. 4140), 28548 [5OC]

Nuclear energy: development and use of preapproved standardized plant designs (H.R. 4134), 3665 [10MR]

———procedures for liability and indemnification for nuclear incidents (H.R. 1414), Senate amendments, 19821 [2AU]

Real property: registration of foreign interests in ownership (H.R. 5410), 28516 [5OC]

Social Security: computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982, 8421 [21AP]

Taxation: deduction for expenses incurred in care of certain older persons (H.R. 2039), 8434 [21AP]

———individual retirement account withdrawals for long-term care (H.R. 2039), 8434 [21AP]

———long-term care insurance for employees (H.R. 2039), 8434 [21AP]

———physicians' and nurses' donation of certain goods and services to older persons (H.R. 2039), 8434 [21AP]

U.S.-Canada Free Trade Agreement: implement (H.R. 5090), 21339 [9AU]

Votes: position on missed, 9703 [3MY]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 8304 [21AP], 11336 [17MY], 19859 [2AU], 26502 [28SE]

Leave of absence: granted, 1653 [17FE]

Special order: granted, 3708 [14MR], 5356 [28MR]

Reports

Foreign Travel Expenditures, 1243 [9FE]

Resolutions by organizations

Compensation for disabled veterans concurrent with retirement pension: Uniformed Services Disabled Retirees, 26825 [29SE]

Sample forms

Armed Services applicant medical prescreening, 15431 [21JN]

Statements

Elderly Americans Economic Security Act: by, 8434 [21AP]

Testimonies

Committee on Finance: Review Tax Provisions, Focusing on the Exempt Treatment of Mortgage Revenue Bonds and Targeted Jobs Tax Credit, D164 [28MR]

Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House): Permitting Certain Disabled Veterans To Receive Compensation Concurrently With Retired Pay Without Deduction From Either (H.R. 303), D212 [14AP]

Elderly Americans Economic Security Act: by, 8434 [21AP]

Social Security Notch Problem: by, 8421 [21AP]

Tributes

Lott, Representative, 32822 [21OC]

Mihailovich, Draza, 5639 [29MR]

Zappala, Joe, 10583 [12MY]