BARTON, JOE (a Representative from Texas)

Amendments offered by, to

Oil pollution: limitations on liability (H.R. 1465), 28260 [9NO]

Announcements

Brad Barton—Ennis High School Valedictorian, 11032 [6JN]

Articles and editorials

Flag Burning Decision Nothing but Treason, Delbert Ray, Midlothian (TX) Reporter, 15083 [18JY]

National Council of Churches Eschews Reform, David Klinghoffer, Wall Street Journal, 10720 [1JN]

Quick! This Way to the Future, Rena Pederson, Dallas (TX) News, 10724 [1JN]

Realism and Chinese Repression, Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, Washington (DC) Post, 26098 [25OC]

We Should Be Listening to China's Exiles, Jim Hoagland, Washington (DC) Post, 22461 [28SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 34), 208 [4JA]

China, People's Republic of: immigration status of certain nationals (see H.R. 2966), 15761 [21JY]

Interstate commerce: destruction or injury of property (see H.R. 1515), 5083 [21MR]

Power resources: amend provisions relative to strategic petroleum reserves and the taxation of certain products (see H.R. 1558), 5170 [22MR]

Whitney Lake, TX: convey land (see H.R. 2749), 13621 [27JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Abortion: prohibit the use of fetal tissue (see H.R. 1351), 5172 [22MR]

———right to life (see H.J. Res. 103), 1151 [27JA]

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

Aeronautics: national aviation policy (see H. Con. Res. 162), 18673 [3AU]

Afghanistan: removal of Soviet mines (see H. Con. Res. 46), 2619 [23FE]

Air pollution: clean air standards (see H.R. 3030), 16563 [27JY]

Aliens: temporary protected status for certain Chinese and other nationals (see H.R. 2929), 15159 [19JY]

Anti-Drug Abuse Act: supplemental appropriations (see H.R. 705), 5171 [22MR]

Appropriations: line-item veto (see H.J. Res. 110), 1205 [31JA]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: land lease (see H.R. 49), 2071 [9FE]

Austin, TX: designate Homer Thornberry Judicial Building (see H.R. 2334), 8915 [11MY]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 268), 8915 [11MY]

———expeditious consideration by Congress of Presidential proposals rescinding budget authority (see H.R. 962), 2618 [23FE]

China, People's Republic of: civil liberties violations (see H. Con. Res. 208), 23414 [5OC]

Claims: payment of U.S. nationals against Vietnam (see H.R. 2166), 7648 [1MY]

Coal: movement over public lands (see H.R. 402), 3857 [9MR]

Coast Guard: oil and hazardous materials discharge response planning, equipment, and national contingency plan (see H.R. 3124), 18671 [3AU]

Colombia: support of Congress for citizens (see H. Con. Res. 194), 23300 [4OC]

Committee on Intelligence (House, Select): prevent unauthorized disclosure of information (see H.R. 554), 3499 [6MR]

Committee on Intelligence (Joint): establish (see H.J. Res. 8), 1748 [7FE]

Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control: establish (see H. Res. 247), 21499 [25SE]

———permanent status (see H. Res. 216), 16565 [27JY]

Congress: procedure for expedited consideration of legislation submitted by the President (see H. Con. Res. 45), 4034 [13MR]

Contracts: Federal construction and small business participation in Federal contracting (see H.R. 2259), 8207 [4MY]

Courts: immunity from personal civil liability relative to volunteers working on behalf of nonprofit organizations and Government entities (see H.R. 911), 14076 [11JY]

———uniform standards for product liability actions (see H.R. 1636), 5272 [23MR]

CPSC: improve performance (see H.R. 1762), 5943 [11AP]

Crime and criminals: create an offense of treasonous espionage consisting of the unauthorized disclosure of classified information (see H.R. 596), 1688 [6FE]

———procedures for preventing drug-related activity in public housing (see H.R. 1870), 6454 [13AP]

Dept. of the Treasury: issuance of Drug War Bonds (see H.R. 2972), 19963 [11SE]

Disaster Assistance Extension Act: enact (see H.R. 2467), 12181 [15JN]

Diseases: eligibility requirements for grants for counseling and testing relative to acquired immune deficiency syndrome (see H.R. 3102), 18670 [3AU]

Drug abuse: newsletter containing directories of State and local private programs of counseling, treatment and information (see H. Res. 206), 16429 [26JY]

———standards for the certification of laboratories engaged in testing (see H.R. 33), 6805 [17AP]

———suspend drivers' licenses for drug convictions (see H.R. 3051), 22069 [27SE]

Drug Paraphernalia Control Act: enact (see H.R. 2974), 21590 [26SE]

Drugs: eliminate trafficking (see H.R. 443), 3692 [8MR]

Education: constitutional amendment on voluntary school prayer (see H.J. Res. 432), 27808 [7NO]

EEC: opposing ban on imports of U.S. meat products (see H. Con. Res. 26), 1749 [7FE]

Gaucher's Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 224), 25615 [24OC]

General Aviation Standards Act: enact (see H.R. 1307), 3690 [8MR]

Great Lakes: repeal requirement that a share of certain exported commodities be preserved (see H.R. 1058), 2551 [22FE]

Health: penalties for certain mail-related offenses involving anabolic steroids (see H.R. 995), 5895 [10AP]

Holidays: commission to advise President on proposals for national observances (see H.R. 746), 1204 [31JA]

House of Representatives: amend rules relative to resolutions making continuing appropriations (see H. Res. 18), 19559 [6SE]

———amend rules to make legislative process more responsible, representative and deliberative (see H. Res. 61), 1397 [2FE]

———inclusion in committee and conference reports of the identity, sponsor, and cost of each provision with 10 or fewer beneficiaries (see H. Res. 172), 11603 [13JN]

———merit pay application for certain employees (see H. Res. 220), 17096 [31JY]

———official expenses allowance of Members available for printing (see H. Res. 206), 16429 [26JY]

Housing: expand the capacity of resident management corporations to purchase public housing (see H.R. 1181), 7436 [25AP]

———transition period relative to qualifying as suitable for older persons (see H.R. 646), 2072 [9FE]

Houston, TX: Mickey Leland Federal Building (see H.R. 3318), 21217 [21SE]

Juvenile delinquency: treatment of violent crime offenders age 15 and older (see H.R. 2704), 12809 [21JN]

Labor: restore certain political rights to workers (see H.R. 2589), 11300 [8JN]

Language and languages: recognize English as official U.S. language (see H.J. Res. 81), 268 [19JA]

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

Medicare: delay certain premiums and establish a review commission for the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act (see H.R. 63), 347 [24JA]

———improve health services in rural areas (see H.R. 762), 1393 [2FE]

———regional referral center classification of hospitals (see H.R. 680), 1149 [27JA]

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act: repeal titles I and II (see H.R. 3165), 19329 [4AU]

———review by Congress (see H. Res. 169), 11603 [13JN]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment on compensation (see H. Con. Res. 60), 6806 [17AP]

National Alcohol and Drug Treatment Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 217), 19558 [6SE]

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

National Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the U.S.S. Iowa: designate (see H.J. Res. 247), 8453 [8MY]

National Health Care Food Service Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 141), 22292 [28SE]

National Law Enforcement Training Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 273), 11605 [13JN]

National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 112), 1205 [31JA]

National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 178), 13962 [29JN]

National Red Ribbon Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 373), 19963 [11SE]

Natural gas: eliminate wellhead price controls (see H.R. 1595, 1722), 5271 [23MR], 5682 [6AP]

Nuclear Decommissioning Reserve Fund Act: enact (see H.R. 1317), 19558 [6SE]

Nuclear energy: deny tax deductions for loss on certain abandonments of powerplants (see H.R. 2654), 12936 [22JN]

Oil Pipeline Regulatory Reform Act: enact (see H.R. 3092), 18188 [2AU]

Peace Corps: training and educational benefits (see H.R. 985), 3692 [8MR]

Petroleum: crude oil and natural gas production (see H.R. 3121), 18671 [3AU]

———excise taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel (see H. Res. 41), 268 [19JA]

———oil spill response teams (see H.R. 2291), 8709 [9MY]

———protect the used oil recycling system (see H.R. 1593), 5270 [23MR]

———suspend enforcement of certain regulations relative to underground storage tanks (see H.R. 3321), 21217 [21SE]

Power resources: tax incentives for oil and natural gas exploration (see H.R. 658, 664), 1149 [27JA]

Prisons: additional Federal facilities (see H.R. 2110), 11819 [14JN]

Public utilities: prepayment and refinancing of loans made to rural electrification and telephone systems (see H.R. 3164), 22292 [28SE]

Radio: reform license renewal process (see H.R. 1136), 13846 [28JN]

Real property: application of passive loss limitation relative to tax deductions on rental properties (see H.R. 642), 11243 [7JN]

Religion: constitutional amendment relative to voluntary school prayer (see H.J. Res. 297), 12180 [15JN]

Religious Freedom Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 238), 20648 [18SE]

Science: requirements relative to the superconducting supercollider (see H.R. 1195), 3099 [1MR]

Securities: facilitate cooperation with foreign countries in law enforcement (see H.R. 1396), 4111 [14MR]

Social Security: States to establish State offices of rural health (see H.R. 3204), 29605 [16NO]

———work incentives relative to disability benefits (see H.R. 8), 103 [3JA]

Soviet Union: military assistance to Nicaragua (see H. Con. Res. 68), 7546 [26AP]

———prohibit use of chemical warfare against Afghanistan resistance (see H. Con. Res. 109), 8208 [4MY]

Space sciences: development of a competitive transportation industry (see H.R. 2674), 28846 [14NO]

Take Pride in the Flag Day: designate (see H. Res. 189), 13622 [27JN]

Tariff: crude oil or refined petroleum products (see H.R. 659), 1149 [27JA]

Taxation: credit for producing natural gas from tight formations (see H.R. 1476), 10869 [6JN]

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

———delay implementation of certain reforms relative to employer benefit plans (see H.R. 518), 3857 [9MR]

———incentives for oil and gas exploration (see H.R. 760), 5171 [22MR]

———refundable credit to parents with dependents under age 6 (see H.R. 2008), 11604 [13JN]

———repeal nondiscrimination rules relative to employee benefit plans (see H.R. 634), 2799 [27FE]

———sale of principal residence (see H.R. 1287), 6332 [12AP]

———treatment of estate tax inclusion related to valuation freezes (see H.R. 60), 20205 [12SE]

Telephone: operating companies to provide certain services and equipment to consumers (see H.R. 2140), 7613 [27AP]

U.S. flag: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 337, 350), 13622 [27JN], 15851 [24JY]

———prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 305; H. Res. 185), 12935 [22JN], 14992 [18JY]

Veterans: dire emergency appropriations for medical care (see H.J. Res. 272), 9482 [17MY]

Documents

Anti-Terrorism Sanctions Act, 5099 [21MR]

Remarks by, on

Anti-Terrorism Sanctions Act: enact, 5099 [21MR], 5129 [22MR]

Bristol, TX: tribute to Bristol Oak, 4468 [15MR]

China, People's Republic of: populace efforts toward democracy, 22461 [28SE]

———readjust immigration status of certain nationals (H.R. 2712), 17003 [31JY]

College Station, TX: A&M Consolidated High School contestants in National Bicentennial Competition on the Constitution and Bill of Rights, 9983 [18MY]

Committee on Foreign Affairs: international drug control efforts, 16348 [26JY]

Congress: tribute to senior interns, 10088 [24MY]

Congressional budget: setting forth for 1990-92 (H. Con. Res. 106), consideration (H. Res. 145), 8035 [3MY]

Dept. of Defense: Army Helicopter Improvement Program funding, 16421 [27JY]

———appropriations for military functions (H.R. 2461), 16421 [26JY]

Drug abuse: efforts to control, 20430 [14SE], 27721 [7NO]

Energy and water development: appropriations (H.R. 2696), 13678, 13707 [28JN]

Immigration: status of certain nationals of the People's Republic of China (H.R. 2966), 15780 [21JY]

India: U.S. collaboration on superconducting supercollider project, 9035 [11MY]

Minimum wage: adjust (H.R. 2), 5242 [23MR]

Natural gas: eliminate wellhead price controls (H.R. 1722), 6791 [17AP]

———eliminate wellhead price controls (H.R. 1722), conference report, 14459 [12JY]

Oil pollution: limitations on liability (H.R. 1465), 28260 [9NO]

Petroleum: compensation and liability scheme for discharges (H.R. 3394), 27930 [8NO]

Religion: school prayer, 8681 [9MY]

Research: superconducting supercollider funding, 30096 [19NO]

Taxation: capital gains, 21518 [26SE]

Terrorism: trade sanctions against certain countries, 23632 [5OC]

———U.S. policy relative to hostages, 18536 [3AU]

Vocational Education Act: extend authority (H.R. 7), 8681 [9MY]

Whitney Lake, TX: convey land (H.R. 2749), 13664 [28JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 4198 [15MR], 5082 [21MR], 5169 [22MR], 8843 [10MY], 8913 [11MY], 9648 [18MY], 10501 [1JN], 12808 [21JN], 14990 [18JY], 15435 [20JY], 15760 [21JY], 22290 [28SE], 22873 [3OC], 23412 [5OC], 25912 [25OC]

Special order: granted, 22290 [28SE]

Reports

Foreign Travel Expenditures, 31209 [21NO]

Testimonies

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Dept. of Energy Budget, D58 [27FE]

Committee on Rules: Energy and Development Appropriations, D397 [27JN]

———Government Ethics Standards (H.R. 3660), D772 [15NO]

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Dept. of Energy Budget, D57 [23FE]

Committee on the Judiciary (House): Chinese Foreign Student and Exchange Visitor Relief Act (H.R. 2722), D457 [20JY]

———Extended Voluntary Departure for Nationals from People's Republic of China (H.R. 2712, 2722, 2929), D457 [20JY]

———Immigration and Nationality Act (H.R. 2138), D457 [20JY]

———Treat Hong Kong as Separate Foreign State for Purpose of Immigration (H.R. 2726), D457 [20JY]

Texts of

H.R. 2966, Emergency Chinese Immigration Relief Act, 15780 [21JY]

Tributes

Barton, Brad, 11032 [6JN]

Carroll, Nancy, 23117 [3OC]

Collins, James M., 17090 [31JY]

Kranowitz, Alan M., 7499 [10MY]

Shryock, William, 23635 [5OC]

Vielehr, Julia S., 23628 [5OC]