BRYANT, JOHN (a Representative from Texas)
Amendments offered by, to
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4264), 9577 [29AP]
Announcements
Kevin Navarro—August Officer of the Month: Dallas (TX) Police News, 23052
Articles and editorials
Calling the Shots, Kay Michele, Texas Business (magazine), 6970
Helen Farabee—A Do-Gooder Who Knew Backstage Politics, Sam Kinch, Dallas (TX) News, 21123
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Armed Forces: assistance to certain law enforcement agencies relative to drug trafficking (see H.R. 4589), 10657 [12MY]
FCC: regulation of interstate service rates (see H.R. 3910), 996 [4FE]
———restrictions on advertising during children's television programs (see H.R. 3966), 1710 [18FE]
Public Utility Holding Company Modernization Act: enact (see H.R. 5017), 17811 [12JY]
Real property: registration of foreign interests in ownership (see H.R. 5410), 26503 [28SE]
Television: assure access to local, over-the-air broadcasts on cable systems (see H.R. 4293), 5947 [30MR]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
AID: participation of women in developing countries projects (see H.R. 4049), 15889 [23JN]
Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration: extend authority (see H.R. 4907), 16274 [28JN]
America Loves Its Kids Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 579), 21030 [8AU]
American Heritage Trust: establish (see H.R. 4127), 12286 [25MY]
Amistad National Recreation Area, TX: establish (see H.R. 4926), 16273 [28JN]
Antitrust policy: exempt activities alleviating impact of violence in telecasts (see H.R. 3848), 6786 [13AP]
Baltic Freedom Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 474), 13369 [3JN]
Bank Holding Company Act: limitations on acquisitions by certain companies owning banks (see H.R. 4380), 13185 [1JN]
Berne Convention for Protection of Literary and Artistic Works: implement (see H.R. 4262), 5358 [28MR]
Brazil: trade and investment informatics policies (see H. Res. 306), 3277 [3MR]
Budget: treatment of Postal Service fund (see H.R. 4150), 11339 [17MY]
Cajun Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 591), 19556 [28JY]
Census: remedy historic undercount of poor and minorities (see H.R. 3511), 7098 [18AP]
Child support: amounts withheld by employer from employee's wages for enforcement purposes (see H.R. 3882), 3870 [15MR]
Civil rights: acquisition and publication of data about crimes that manifest prejudice based on race, religion, sexual orientation, or ethnicity (see H.R. 3193), 61 [25JA]
Civil Rights Act: prohibit discrimination in Federal Government (see H.R. 4576), 11339 [17MY]
Coastweeks '88: designate (see H.J. Res. 528), 13868 [8JN]
Communications Act: disclosure of billing amounts and practices by providers of message services (see H.R. 4017), 2525 [25FE]
Constitution: bicentennial observance (see H. Con. Res. 115), 2998 [2MR]
Corp. for Small Business Investment: establish (see H.R. 3392), 2769 [1MR]
Crime and criminals: child protection and obscenity enforcement (see H.R. 3889), 2998 [2MR]
———counsel funds are not to be used to assist defendants accused of violations of laws relating to distribution and use of drugs (see H.R. 3507), 6786 [13AP]
———penalties for certain major frauds against the U.S. (see H.R. 3911), 996 [4FE]
———restrictions on postemployment activities (see H.R. 4917), 15994 [27JN]
Crime Victims Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 420), 6382 [12AP]
Deaf Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 613), 24338 [16SE]
Dept. of Defense: closing or realignment of military installations (see H.R. 3175), 9156 [27AP]
———detecting, preventing, and treating child abuse on military installations (see H.R. 4359), 14743 [15JN]
———establish a Defense Acquisition Agency (see H.R. 4950), 16517 [29JN]
———establish Office of Defense Inspector General (see H.R. 4900), 23398 [9SE]
———registration of consultants (see H.R. 5338), 25828 [27SE]
Dept. of Energy: establish an independent safety board to oversee nuclear facilities (see H.R. 4121), 3605 [9MR]
Dept. of HHS: reimbursing physicians and medical facilities which give emergency treatment to certain undocumented aliens (see H.R. 4530), 25597 [26SE]
Dept. of HUD: fraud and abuse (see H.R. 1028), 28243 [4OC]
Drug Free America Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 582), 22753 [7SE]
Education: establish commission relative to national service (see H.R. 1468), 32358 [20OC]
Education Day U.S.A.: designate (see H.J. Res. 470), 2998 [2MR]
Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 539), 16274 [28JN]
Employee Educational Assistance Act: enact (see H.R. 1692), 5062 [23MR]
Employment: extend targeted jobs tax credit (see H.R. 3719), 9156 [27AP]
EPA: protect stratospheric ozone layer from depletion (see H.R. 2036), 9976 [5MY]
Equity in Interstate Competition Act: enact (see H.R. 3521), 14743 [15JN]
Ethiopia: commend certain U.S. officials for assistance (see H. Con. Res. 237), 2639 [29FE]
Families: recognize needs (see H. Con. Res. 278), 16275 [28JN]
Federal aid programs: benefits based on population should use the most recent data (see H. Con. Res. 295), 9975 [5MY]
Federal employees: penalties for disclosure of certain Government contract information (see H.R. 5122), 19860 [2AU]
———restrictions on post-employment activities (see H.R. 5043), 18468 [14JY]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: review food products for compliance with pesticide tolerance requirements (see H.R. 4205), 5949 [30MR]
Film Disclosure and Preservation Act: enact (see H.R. 4897), 15722 [22JN]
Fire Fighter Protective Gear Liability Reform Act: enact (see H.R. 2647), 5949 [30MR]
Fire Safety at Home Day—Change Your Clock, Change Your Battery: designate (see H.J. Res. 660), 28656 [5OC]
Flags: prohibit importation of foreign-made U.S. flags (see H.R. 4817), 22308 [11AU]
Fluorescent lamp ballasts: energy conservation standards (see H.R. 4158), 3869 [15MR]
Foreign trade: continuation of parallel imports (see H.R. 4803), 22753 [7SE]
———purchase of domestic products and services (see H.J. Res. 397), 13518 [7JN]
Gandhi, Mohandas K.: designate national day of recognition (see H.J. Res. 330), 22308 [11AU]
German-American Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 458), 18925 [26JY]
Greek Independence Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 571), 18471 [14JY]
Handicapped: anniversary of act providing for the Government to purchase goods and services from sheltered workshops (see H. Con. Res. 265), 13868 [8JN]
Hastings, Alcee L.: impeachment (see H. Res. 499), 18470 [14JY]
Hazardous substances: location of regional nuclear waste disposal facilities (see H.R. 3864), 20522 [4AU]
———transportation safety (see H.R. 3334), 9156 [27AP]
Health: Federal child care program (see H.R. 3660), 21408 [9AU]
Helsinki Human Rights Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 589), 13961 [9JN]
House of Representatives: establish a Public Review Board and an inspector general (see H. Res. 526), 31975 [19OC]
———extend certain Federal labor laws to certain employees (see H. Res. 527), 22754 [7SE]
Housing: ensuring certain mortgages for first-time home buyers (see H.R. 4743), 14080 [10JN]
———establish national policy (see H. Res. 472), 27330 [30SE]
———insurance of certain mortgages for first-time home buyers (see H.R. 4708), 22753 [7SE]
Hunger: relief (see H.R. 4060), 9673 [2MY]
Industry: regulations relative to the manufacturing of fasteners (see H.R. 5051), 18468 [14JY]
Inspector General Act: amend (see H.R. 4139), 3675 [10MR]
International Boundary and Water Commission: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 344), 20331 [3AU]
Iraq: condemn use of chemical weapons (see H. Res. 471, 532), 22754 [7SE], 23398 [9SE]
John Muir Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 459), 3709 [14MR]
Johnson, Henry: relief (see H.R. 3509), 13867 [8JN]
King, Martin Luther, Jr.: establish monument on Federal land (see H.R. 640), 13306 [2JN]
Klamath River: designate segment as wild and scenic (see H.R. 3738), 3675 [10MR]
Lithuanian Independence Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 448), 9600 [29AP]
Manassas National Battlefield Park: increase acreage (see H.R. 4526), 11418 [18MY]
Marine Mammal Protection Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4189), 23854 [14SE]
Martin Luther King, Jr. Federal Holiday Commission: making permanent (see H.R. 4443), 8305 [21AP]
Members of Congress: participation in ceremonies in April, 1989, in New York, NY, marking the implementation of the Constitution (see H. Con. Res. 115), 2998 [2MR]
———prohibit acceptance of honoraria or making appearances for any person engaged in contract negotiations with the U.S. (see H.R. 5009), 25828 [27SE]
———repeal certain laws relative to use of excess campaign funds (see H.R. 5187), 23035 [8SE]
Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 464), 9673 [2MY]
Mexican border: health training and education for certain States (see H.R. 1144), 19226 [27JY]
Miller, Dorris: relief (see H.R. 3510), 13867 [8JN]
Mining Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 445), 3870 [15MR]
Montford Point Marine Association, Inc.: grant charter (see H.R. 1645), 8306 [21AP]
Motion pictures: designate day to commemorate anniversary of ``It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World'' (see H.J. Res. 553), 9601 [29AP]
Motor vehicles: exempt firefighting vehicles from certain commercial operating requirements (see H.R. 4066), 4798 [22MR]
———study State safety inspection programs (see H.R. 4035), 2638 [29FE]
Municipal Incinerator Act: enact (see H.R. 4902), 19556 [28JY]
National Academies of Practice: recognition (see H.R. 3562), 3709 [14MR]
National Adoption Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 575), 15471 [21JN]
National Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 466), 3709 [14MR]
National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 449), 3276 [3MR]
National Arbor Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 55), 3606 [9MR]
National Challenger Center Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 419), 198 [27JA]
National Child Care Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 440), 4136 [16MR]
National Child Passenger Safety Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 402), 931 [3FE]
National Children's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 631), 27329 [30SE]
National Correctional Officers Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 504), 8569 [25AP]
National Craniofacial Deformity Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 573), 11753 [19MY]
National Day of Outreach to the Rural Disabled: designate (see H.J. Res. 607), 26818 [29SE]
National Day of Remembrance for Political Prisoners in Iran: designate (see H.J. Res. 669), 29163 [6OC]
National Diabetes Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 501), 19227 [27JY]
National Disabled Americans Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 570), 22753 [7SE]
National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 619), 19696 [1AU]
National Down's Syndrome Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 557), 9155 [27AP]
National Drive for Life Weekend: designate Labor Day Weekend (see H.J. Res. 592), 21030 [8AU]
National Drug Abuse Resistance Education Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 540), 21029 [8AU]
National Family Caregivers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 463), 14373 [14JN]
National Family Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 522), 20332 [3AU]
National Fire Fighters Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 649), 25829 [27SE]
National Fishing Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 432), 4798 [22MR]
National Historically Black Colleges Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 551), 15994 [27JN]
National Home Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 515), 25828 [27SE]
National Job Skills Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 585), 22753 [7SE]
National League of Families: display of POW/MIA flag in Capitol (see H. Con. Res. 28), 6788 [13AP]
National Library Sign-Up Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 549), 14855 [16JN]
National Medical Research Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 603), 22754 [7SE]
National Military Families Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 543), 23035 [8SE]
National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum: recognize (see H.R. 958), 31974 [19OC]
National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 441), 20332 [3AU]
National NHS—NeighborWorks Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 386), 62 [25JA]
National observances: establish commission to advise President (see H.R. 245), 4798 [22MR]
National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 460), 4221 [17MR]
National Osteoporosis Prevention Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 442), 8307 [21AP]
National Outdoor Power Equipment Safety Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 546), 29163 [6OC]
National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 453), 13867 [8JN]
National Productivity Improvement Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 414), 6011 [31MR]
National Purple Heart Museum Committee: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 126), 3276 [3MR]
National Safe Kids Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 481), 2997 [2MR]
National Safety Belt Use Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 485), 13867 [8JN]
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), 3509 [7MR]
National Tourism Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 581), 12562 [26MY]
National Visiting Nurse Associations Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 576), 19556 [28JY]
National Week of Recognition and Remembrance for Those Who Served in the Korean War: designate (see H.J. Res. 568), 13868 [8JN]
National Wild and Scenic Rivers Act Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 598), 19556 [28JY]
National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 488), 4798 [22MR]
National Youth 2000 Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 623), 22309 [11AU]
Nicaragua: release all political prisoners in accordance with the Esquipulas II agreement (see H. Con. Res. 327), 16598 [30JN]
NRC: establish Office of Investigations (see H.R. 4140), 3675 [10MR]
Nuclear energy: resubmit proposed U.S.-Japan agreement concerning peaceful uses (see H.R. 3905), 5063 [23MR]
Older Americans Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 508), 6382 [12AP]
Olympic games: Amateur Basketball Association and U.S. Olympic Committee should adopt rules making all basketball players and all athletes eligible (see H. Con. Res. 385), 28656 [5OC]
Omnibus Antidrug Abuse Act: enact (see H.R. 4230), 7502 [19AP]
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act: increase level of benefits in death of public safety officers (see H.R. 4758), 14373 [14JN]
Pensions: moratorium on reversions to employers of assets of terminated plans (see H.R. 4111), 22307 [11AU]
Phi Alpha Fraternity: establish monument to Martin Luther King, Jr. (see H.R. 640), 13306 [2JN]
Polish American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 475), 8843 [26AP]
Pornography: mailing of unsolicited sexually oriented advertisements (see H.R. 4257), 5121 [24MR]
Power resources: development and commercialization of renewable energy and energy conservation (see H.R. 4226), 23676 [13SE]
———national energy policy (see H.R. 4065), 2996 [2MR]
POW/MIA: display of flag in Capitol (see H. Con. Res. 28), 6788 [13AP]
Presidential Inaugural Committee: limit disbursement of public funds (see H.R. 4173), 6787 [13AP]
Public Health Service Act: emergency medical services and trauma care (see H.R. 3133), 9156 [27AP]
———nurse education (see H.R. 4655), 13186 [1JN]
Public safety officers: protection from infectious diseases (see H.R. 3418), 14373 [14JN]
Recycling of waste products: encourage scientific research and development of technologies (see H.R. 5000), 27329 [30SE]
Refugees: authorizing appropriations for assistance (see H.R. 5037), 18087 [13JY]
Smith River: National Park Service study of northern California and southern Oregon region (see H.R. 3588), 7502 [19AP]
Social Security: reconciliation of discrepant earnings records and restrictions against reduction of benefits (see H.R. 4018), 4490 [21MR]
———tax on cash tips (see H.R. 4015), 8092 [20AP]
Social Security Administration: establish as independent agency (see H.R. 4018), 4490 [21MR]
Sound recordings: rental of (see H.R. 4310), 5947 [30MR]
Southern States Energy Compact: congressional consent (see H.R. 3951), 1654 [17FE]
Soviet Union: amnesty for imprisoned Christians and freedom of worship in celebration of millennium of Christianization (see H. Con. Res. 223), 10370 [10MY]
———continued control of Vilnius, Lithuania, cathedral (see H. Res. 300), 1894 [22FE]
Soweto Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 317), 13961 [9JN]
Special Olympics: authorize Law Enforcement Torch Run (see H. Con. Res. 280), 9156 [27AP]
Student Awareness of Drunk Driving Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 472), 3606 [9MR]
Tariff: fasteners (see H.R. 5051), 18924 [26JY]
Taxation: extend energy investment credit for geothermal property (see H.R. 3553), 5358 [28MR]
———extend period of issuance for qualified mortgage bonds (see H.R. 2640), 1444 [16FE]
———extend targeted jobs tax credit (see H.R. 3719), 9156 [27AP]
———interest on educational loans (see H.R. 592), 13185 [1JN]
———purchase of diesel fuel tax free (see H.R. 4192), 4219 [17MR]
———repeal capitalization rules for free-lance writers, artists, and photographers (see H.R. 4473), 9155 [27AP]
———require retailers to collect sales and use taxes on interstate sales (see H.R. 1242), 9600 [29AP]
———State and local government right to purchase gasoline without payment of Federal excise tax (see H.R. 3892), 2998 [2MR]
———treatment of income of U.S. citizens working abroad (see H.R. 4088), 6787 [13AP]
Telecommunications: expand national system for the benefit of speech- and hearing-impaired populations (see H.R. 4992), 25022 [22SE]
Telephone: hearing aid compatibility (see H.R. 2213), 10017 [9MY]
Texas: install water supply and sewer facilities in certain areas (see H.R. 5156), 23677 [13SE]
Trademarks: protection (see H.R. 4156), 18470 [14JY]
U.S. Marshals Bicentennial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 647), 30599 [13OC]
U.S.-Mexico Border Regional Commission: establish (see H.R. 4606), 11337 [17MY]
VA: authorizing appropriations for State veterans' cemeteries (see H.R. 4861), 17108 [7JY]
Veterans: GI bill (see H.R. 4213), 6011 [31MR]
———increasing dependency and indemnity compensation rates to those with service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 4741), 17108 [7JY]
———protect benefits of those involved in agent orange product liability litigation (see H.R. 4479), 22752 [7SE]
Video Privacy Protection Act: enact (see H.R. 3523), 930 [3FE]
Vietnam Women's Memorial Project, Inc.: commemorative statue (see H.R. 3628), 327 [28JA]
———commemorative statue (see H.R. 4870), 17108 [7JY]
Visiting Nurse Association: prohibit unauthorized use of name (see H.R. 5346), 30168 [12OC]
Week of Remembrance of Kristallnacht: designate (see H.J. Res. 654), 31975 [19OC]
Whales: cessation of all commercial fishing (see H. Con. Res. 239), 5359 [28MR]
Wildcat River, NH: designate as unit of National Wild and Scenic Rivers System (see H.R. 3703), 7502 [19AP]
Women: participation in AID developing countries projects (see H.R. 4049), 15889 [23JN]
Women's History Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 473), 2998 [2MR]
World Population Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 148), 7503 [19AP]
Year of the Young Reader: designate (see H.J. Res. 565), 14207 [13JN]
Eulogies
John B. Rogers, Jr.: Harry Hubbard, 1204 [8FE]
Letters
Cross-ownership of newspapers and television stations: by, 121 [26JA]
Remarks by, on
Black History Month: observance, 1619
Boy Scouts of America: tribute, 3299
Civil rights: acquisition and publication of data about crimes that manifest prejudice based on race, religion, sexual orientation, or ethnicity (H.R. 3193), 11405 [18MY]
Committee on the Judiciary: meetings during sessions, 9819 [4MY]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4264), 9577, 9578, 9583 [29AP], 9932
———burden sharing by allies, 9577, 9578, 9583 [29AP]
———drug interdiction policy, 10869
FCC: regulation of interstate service rates (H.R. 3910), 1220
House of Representatives: adjournment, 1205 [8FE]
Housing: revise procedures for enforcement of civil rights (H.R. 1158), 16478
Immigration: extend the application period under the legalization program (H.R. 4222), 8007, 8008 [20AP]
Industry: enhance competitiveness (H.R. 3), conference report, 8147
Marine accidents: establish title of States in certain abandoned shipwrecks (S. 858), 6620 [13AP]
Orphan Drug Act: amend, 3692
Price fixing: evidentiary standards for Federal civil antitrust claims (H.R. 585), 3824
Public Utility Holding Company Modernization Act: enact (H.R. 5017), 17839
Real property: registration of foreign interests in ownership (H.R. 5410), 28507, 28508, 28509, 28511, 28513, 28514, 28515, 28516, 28517, 28519, 28520 [5OC]
———registration of foreign interests in ownership (H.R. 5410), consideration (H. Res. 568), 28500, 28502, 28503, 28504, 28506 [5OC]
Television: assure access to local, over-the-air broadcasts on cable systems (H.R. 4293), 5961
Trade and International Economic Policy Reform Act: enact (H.R. 3), conference report, 8147
U.S.-Canada Free Trade Agreement: implement (H.R. 5090), 21346
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 1205 [8FE], 3272 [3MR], 6783 [13AP], 21026 [8AU], 23034 [8SE]
Special order: granted, 1204 [8FE], 18084 [13JY]
Reports
Boy Scouts of America: Charles M. Pigott and Ben H. Love, 3299 [3MR]
Foreign Travel Expenditures, 24327 [16SE]
Reports filed
Relief of Milena and Bozena Mesin: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 2461) (H. Rept. 100-842), 21028 [8AU]
Statements
Freedom for Texas Blacks: Gordon Granger, 1619
John B. Rogers, Jr.: Dave McNeely, 1204 [8FE]
Testimonies
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Federal Collection Procedures of Information Relating to Foreign Investment in the U.S., D155 [24MR]
Committee on Energy and Commerce: FTC Role in Hostile Takeovers, D37 [17FE]
———Safer Cigarettes, D453 [29JN]
Committee on Rules: Registration for Foreign Interests in U.S. (H.R. 5410), D712 [4OC]
Texts of
H.R. 5017, Public Utility Holding Company Modernization Act, 17840
Tributes
Bullock, Bob, 6970
Farabee, Helen, 21123
Nasher, Patsy R., 19561
Rogers, John B., Jr., 1204 [8FE]