PICKETT, OWEN B. (a Representative from Virginia)

Appointments

Committee on Armed Services (H. Res. 39), 243 [19JA]

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (H. Res. 39), 244 [19JA]

Conferee: H.R. 2461, Dept. of Defense appropriations, 20955 [20SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Aliens: special immigrant status for honorable Armed Forces service (see H.R. 1286), 3567 [7MR]

Chappell, Earl B., Jr.: relief (see H.R. 1178), 2901 [28FE]

Neal, Charlotte S.: relief (see H.R. 1021), 2071 [9FE]

Taxation: benefits under educational assistance programs (see H.R. 1165), 2900 [28FE]

U.S. flag: prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 317), 12934 [22JN]

Wildlife refuges: study on denying or revoking access permits (see H. Res. 210), 15436 [20JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Advertising: mailing of sexually oriented material (see H.R. 1210), 3099 [1MR]

American Heritage Trust: establish (see H.R. 876), 8208 [4MY]

Arlington National Cemetery, VA: unmarked burial of cremated remains (see H.R. 88), 3691 [8MR]

Armed Forces: minimum monthly annuity relative to death benefits (see H.R. 633), 2902 [28FE]

———prohibit user fees for outpatient at military facilities (see H.R. 1296), 5275 [23MR]

Banks and banking: extend period for issuing mortgage bonds and credit certificates (see H.R. 1200), 8710 [9MY]

Birth control: extend family planning program (see H.R. 930), 6883 [18AP]

Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act: improve operation (see H.R. 1233), 3242 [2MR]

Centers for Metal Casting Competitiveness Research: establish (see H.R. 1243), 9651 [18MY]

Civil liberties: constitutional amendment relative to equal rights for men and women (see H.J. Res. 1), 3692 [8MR]

Coast Guard: bicentennial (see H.J. Res. 265), 8845 [10MY]

———commemorative bicentennial medals (see H.R. 509), 1398 [2FE]

Coast Guard Auxiliary Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 111), 11819 [14JN]

Consumers: prevent abuse by credit repair organizations (see H.R. 56), 4033 [13MR]

Continental shelf: prohibit the issuance of oil and gas leases on certain portions (see H.R. 3751), 30406 [20NO]

Country Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 401), 20204 [12SE]

Courts: immunity from personal civil liability relative to volunteers working on behalf of nonprofit organizations and Government entities (see H.R. 911), 10050 [23MY]

Crime and criminals: racketeer influenced and corrupt organizations (see H.R. 1046), 4113 [14MR]

Crime Victims Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 208), 5517 [5AP]

Dept. of Labor: make grants to public housing agencies and for training for literacy and employment skills (see H.R. 916), 1746 [7FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: procedural rights for claims for benefits (see H.R. 3343), 27808 [7NO]

Diseases: grants for treatment of Lyme disease (see H.R. 979), 10050 [23MY]

Dooley, Thomas A., III: commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 177), 21500 [25SE]

Drug abuse: newsletter containing directories of State and local private programs of counseling, treatment and information (see H. Res. 206), 22069 [27SE]

Drug Free America Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 228), 6884 [18AP]

Earth Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 338), 15161 [19JY]

Eating Disorders Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 214), 5171 [22MR]

82d Airborne Division Association, Inc.: charter (see H.R. 82), 6806 [17AP]

Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 133), 1747 [7FE]

Employment: extend targeted jobs credit (see H.R. 2098), 12936 [22JN]

FAA: foreign repair station rules (see H.R. 145), 5683 [6AP]

Fair Housing Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 216), 7545 [26AP]

Federal employees: coverage under retirement system (see H.R. 2538), 12810 [21JN]

———early payment of benefit checks (see H.R. 523), 1398 [2FE]

———health insurance (see H.R. 211), 5683 [6AP]

———participation in political process (see H.R. 20), 5274 [23MR]

———Social Security Government pension offset (see H.R. 2538), 12810 [21JN]

Fire Safety at Home Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 346), 25240 [19OC]

Fish and fisheries: oyster disease research (see H.R. 161), 2553 [22FE]

Flight Attendant Safety Professionals' Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 186), 7545 [26AP]

Foreign trade: prohibit import of Australian kangaroos (see H.R. 1356), 17096 [31JY]

Forest and forestry: penalties for tree spiking (see H.R. 2711), 20442 [14SE]

Franklin, Benjamin: commemorative coin for bicentennial of death (see H.R. 3056), 17096 [31JY]

Geography Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 142), 24131 [11OC]

Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see H.J. Res. 145), 3693 [8MR]

Health: restrictions relative to family planning programs (see H.R. 720), 8710 [9MY]

High School Reserve Officer Training Corps Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 123), 4202 [15MR]

Holidays: commission to advise President on proposals for national observances (see H.R. 746), 9408 [16MY]

Homeless: tax deduction when property is used to provide living quarters (see H.R. 1617), 22875 [3OC]

House of Representatives: official expenses allowance of Members available for printing (see H. Res. 206), 22069 [27SE]

International Year of Bible Reading: designate (see H.J. Res. 275), 11605 [13JN]

Interstitial Cystitis Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 291), 28336 [9NO]

Law enforcement officers: adjust administratively uncontrollable overtime pay of Federal officers and agents (see H.R. 215), 16428 [26JY]

———capital punishment for killing certain Federal officers (see H.R. 1197), 3099 [1MR]

———tribute (see H.J. Res. 158), 3693 [8MR]

Lyme Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 138), 10051 [23MY]

Maritime Administration: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1486), 5683 [6AP]

Maritime industries: increase capacity (see H.R. 2463), 10159 [24MY]

Merchant marine: consideration of alcohol abuse relative to seamen licenses (see H.R. 2453), 18673 [3AU]

———service of members during World War II constitutes active military service (see H.R. 44), 16428 [26JY]

Miners: early payment of benefit checks (see H.R. 521), 1398 [2FE]

Mount Rushmore National Memorial: commemorative anniversary coin (see H.R. 1028), 11604 [13JN]

National Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 117), 3858 [9MR]

National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 185), 26877 [1NO]

National Arab American Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 241), 24131 [11OC]

National Arbor Day: designate (see H. Con. Res. 23), 2902 [28FE]

National Association of Women Veterans, Inc.: charter (see H.R. 3480), 31245 [21NO]

National Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 236), 8209 [4MY]

National Check-Up Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 227), 12936 [22JN]

National Children's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 132), 7545 [26AP]

National D.A.R.E. Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 276), 9650 [18MY]

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 320), 20404 [13SE]

National Drinking Water Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 134), 2902 [28FE]

National Drive for Life Weekend: designate (see H.J. Res. 257), 12284 [19JN]

National Employee Assistance Programs Recognition Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 223), 10051 [23MY]

National Family Caregivers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 282), 27809 [7NO]

National Family Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 126), 9409 [16MY]

National Fire Academy: recognize National Fallen Firefighters' Memorial as the official national memorial (see H.J. Res. 183), 26345 [26OC]

National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 94), 5380 [4AP]

National Glaucoma Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 397), 26877 [1NO]

National Guard: civil service retirement credit for technicians (see H.R. 1400), 4111 [14MR]

National Historically Black Colleges Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 399), 20206 [12SE]

National Home Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 122), 21004 [20SE]

National Hospice Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 194), 8916 [11MY]

National Job Skills Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 195), 13624 [27JN]

National Journalism Education Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 206), 29606 [16NO]

National Korean War Veterans Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 130), 15160 [19JY]

National Law Enforcement Training Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 273), 12494 [20JN]

National Literacy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 277), 13624 [27JN]

National Military Families Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 385), 23414 [5OC]

National Quality Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 204), 20205 [12SE]

National Recycling Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 102), 4202 [15MR]

National Red Ribbon Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 373), 19558 [6SE]

National School Lunch Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 177), 20205 [12SE]

National Senior Citizens Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 225), 12810 [21JN]

National Telephone Operators Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 352), 20404 [13SE]

National Tourism Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 290), 13963 [29JN]

NOAA: expand fleet of vessels (see H.R. 897), 1745 [7FE]

Older Americans Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 60), 1748 [7FE]

Pensions: cost of living adjustments for Federal retirement program (see H.R. 1074), 4113 [14MR]

Pepper, Claude: commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 149), 19334 [4AU]

Petroleum: suspend enforcement of certain regulations relative to underground storage tanks (see H.R. 3321), 23414 [5OC]

Polish American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 347), 13961 [29JN]

Pollution: limitations on liability for damages from oil (see H.R. 1465), 4487 [16MR]

Postal Service: budget treatment (see H.R. 982, 1082), 3101 [1MR], 5379 [4AP]

Railroad Retirement Board: early payment of benefit checks (see H.R. 522), 1398 [2FE]

Raoul Wallenberg Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 47), 10869 [6JN]

Real property: allow withdrawal from individual retirement account for first-time purchase of principal residence (see H.R. 239), 3857 [9MR]

Roanoke, VA: convey parcel of land to Virginia for use as veterans nursing home (see H.R. 310), 2901 [28FE]

Rural areas: business assistance and emergency water project grants (see H.R. 3382), 22292 [28SE]

Shipping industry: oppose consideration of maritime transportation as an area for GATT negotiation (see H. Con. Res. 151), 11602 [13JN]

Social Security: computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 181), 5515 [5AP]

———health services for pregnant women and infants (see H.R. 1710), 11819 [14JN]

Somalia: economic assistance (see H. Con. Res. 207), 22874 [3OC]

South Africa: prohibit U.S. investments and other activities (see H.R. 21), 2901 [28FE]

Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact: congressional consent to amendments (see H.R. 2642), 16565 [27JY]

Steel Import Stabilization Act: extend (see H.R. 904), 7544 [26AP]

Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act: emergency supplemental appropriations (see H.J. Res. 31), 7545 [26AP]

Taxation: 3-year basic recovery rule for annuities (see H.R. 1279), 3567 [7MR]

———deduction for educational loans (see H.R. 747), 8710 [9MY]

———deduction for individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 956), 6883 [18AP]

———deductions relative to interest paid on debt secured by a home (see H. Con. Res. 37), 1151 [27JA]

———low-income housing credit (see H.R. 2319), 14475 [12JY]

———repeal nondiscrimination rules relative to employee benefit plans (see H.R. 634), 5379 [4AP]

———treatment of certain deductions relative to members of Armed Forces Reserve units (see H.R. 1142), 7544 [26AP]

Terrorism: U.S. policy relative to hostages (see H. Con. Res. 189), 19331 [4AU]

U.S. flag: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 330, 350), 14476 [12JY], 14992 [18JY]

———prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 308), 14695 [13JY]

———proper display (see H.R. 1295), 4990 [20MR]

Veterans: early payment of benefit checks (see H.R. 520), 1398 [2FE]

———receive compensation concurrently with retired pay and without deductions from either (see H.R. 303), 1397 [2FE]

———survivor benefits (see H.R. 92), 5085 [21MR]

Washington Centennial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 410), 25411 [20OC]

Water Resources Research Act: extend authorization (see H.R. 1101), 9140 [15MY]

World War II Remembrance Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 221), 7437 [25AP]

Youth: services for pregnant adolescents and adolescent parents (see H.R. 1117), 13279 [23JN]

Essays

On the Israel-Palestine Equation: Israel Zoberman, 8862 [10MY]

Remarks by, on

Aged: direct-mail solicitation campaigns under guise of medicare benefits, 5363 [4AP]

Aliens: special immigrant status for honorable Armed Forces service (H.R. 1286), 3562 [7MR]

Banks and banking: reform Federal deposit insurance system (H.R. 1278), 11751 [14JN]

Dept. of Defense: appropriations for military functions (H.R. 2461), 16128 [25JY]

———appropriations for military functions (H.R. 2461), conference report, 28209 [9NO]

Education: minority student dropouts, 8888 [11MY]

Greece: independence anniversary, 5059 [23MR]

Housing: Federal/State coordination, 4482 [16MR]

Iowa (U.S.S.): explosion, 7403 [25AP]

Maritime Administration: appropriations (H.R. 1486), 7736 [2MY]

Merchant marine: economic conditions, 2504 [22FE]

Military dependents: user fees at military hospitals, 1727 [7FE]

Navy: review safety procedures, 29302 [16NO]

Public debt: annual increases, 14841 [17JY]

Shipyards: unfair foreign competition, 11282 [8JN]

Taxation: benefits under educational assistance programs (H.R. 1165), 2822 [28FE]

U.S. flag: prohibit desecration (H.J. Res. 317), 12844 [22JN]

Veterans: dire emergency appropriations for medical care, 10019 [23MY]

Virginia: gubernatorial election, 27930 [8NO]

Votes: correction, 25887 [7NO]

Whitehurst, George W.: recipient of B'nai B'rith Great American Traditions Award, 22462 [28SE]

Reports

Foreign Travel Expenditures, 2880 [28FE], 28008 [8NO]

Testimonies

Committee on the Judiciary (House): Immigration and Nationality Act Amendments (H.R. 150, 478, 525, 639, 1286, 1306, 1313, 2304, 2407), D587 [21SE]

Tributes

Pepper, Claude, 12476 [22JN]