SNOWE, OLYMPIA J. (a Representative from Maine)

Amendments offered by, to

Dept. of State: appropriations (H.R. 1487), 6290 [12AP]

Foreign assistance programs: enhance and authorize appropriations (H.R. 2655), 12940 [22JN]

Appointments

Committee on Aging (Select), 5878 [10AP]

Committee on Economics (Joint), 1726 [7FE]

———subcommittee assignment, D90 [7MR]

Conferee: H.R. 1487, Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 23402 [5OC]

Strategic arms reduction talks, 12168 [15JN]

Articles and editorials

In Search of Physicians, Rural Hospitals Round Up the Posse, Jeffrey Green, American Hospital Association News, 30078 [17NO]

Look Out for Lookalike Mail, Lauren Sinai, Money (magazine), 30052 [17NO]

Nursing Not a Women's Only Profession, Mary Plumer, Kennebec Valley (ME) Medical Center Newsletter, 7862 [2MY]

Penobscot Job Corps in 10th Year, Carroll Astbury, Bangor (ME) News, 19441 [4AU]

U.S.S. Samuel B. Roberts Leaves Portland, Kennebec (ME) Journal, 25804 [24OC]

VOA's Institute of Media Studies for the Developing World, Judith Lathan, Voice (magazine), 30045 [17NO]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Aeronautics: improve international security (see H.R. 2488), 10160 [24MY]

American Victims of Terrorism Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 143), 2071 [9FE]

Bates College, ME: funds for Edmund S. Muskie Archives (see H.R. 2623), 11602 [13JN]

Board for International Broadcasting: limit obligation and expenditure of appropriated funds (see H.R. 1798), 5944 [11AP]

China, People's Republic of: commend President Bush for granting refuge to certain human rights activists (see H. Con. Res. 163), 13961 [29JN]

Congress: commission to study compensation and personnel practices (see H. Con. Res. 95), 6457 [13AP]

Dept. of State: study and report on sexual harassment of women (see H.R. 1797), 5944 [11AP]

Fish and fisheries: prohibit sale of certain lobsters (see H.R. 3328), 21407 [22SE]

FTC: study deceptive mail practices relative to the sale of products or services related to governmental functions (see H.R. 551), 267 [19JA]

Health: conduct study of health education center program (see H.R. 3725), 30034 [17NO]

———improved research, services, and training in dealing with Alzheimer's disease (see H.R. 2781), 13845 [28JN]

House of Representatives: require recorded vote on passage of legislation that adjusts pay of Members (see H. Res. 38), 212 [4JA]

Income: congressional, executive, and judicial salaries and pensions (see H. Res. 38), 212 [4JA]

Indians: Aroostook Band of Micmacs settlement claims (see H.R. 3049), 16818 [28JY]

INS: additional Border Patrol personnel and mobile sensor response systems for deployment in Maine (see H.R. 2621), 11602 [13JN]

Ireland, Richard W.: relief (see H.R. 757), 1206 [31JA]

Libraries: grants for literacy projects (see H.R. 957), 2068 [9FE]

Medicaid: adoption and enforcement of certain guardianship laws (see H.R. 372), 207 [4JA]

———financing of daytime habilitation services in certain States (see H.R. 2694), 12493 [20JN]

Medicare: drug utilization review system to prevent adverse drug reactions (see H.R. 2677), 12180 [15JN]

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act: expand responsibilities of Advisory Committee on Medicare Home Health Claims and set fixed date for its termination (see H.R. 2622), 11602 [13JN]

———extend Advisory Committee on Medicare Home Health Claims (see H.R. 2195), 7754 [2MY]

National Endowment for Democracy: GAO study (see H.R. 1796), 5944 [11AP]

National Family Caregivers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 282), 10050 [23MY]

National Osteoporosis Prevention Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 108), 1151 [27JA]

National Women and Girls in Sports Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 82), 268 [19JA]

News media: train personnel from certain developing countries at University of Maine and in Washington, D.C. (see H.R. 1800), 5944 [11AP]

Packaging: identification of the resin used in the production of plastic containers used in interstate commerce (see H.R. 2156), 7614 [27AP]

Postal Service: restrictions on solicitations for purchase of products or services provided free or at lower price by the Government (see H.R. 373), 207 [4JA]

Refuse and refuse disposal: reduction and recycling of municipal solid waste (see H.R. 3127), 18671 [3AU]

Research: authorizing funds for the construction of a mouse biomedical research laboratory (see H.R. 3091), 18188 [2AU]

Rural areas: improve conditions in health manpower shortage areas (see H.R. 3724), 30034 [17NO]

Taxation: credit for dependent care (see H.R. 994), 2068 [9FE]

———deductions relative to expenses for certain adult dependents requiring home care (see H.R. 550), 267 [19JA]

U.N.: reform budget decisionmaking procedures (see H.R. 1799), 5944 [11AP]

USIA: study and report on sexual harassment of women (see H.R. 1797), 5944 [11AP]

Volunteer workers: priority funding for certain programs (see H.R. 1272), 3243 [2MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

ACDA: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1495), 4989 [20MR]

Aeronautics: Essential Air Service Program (see H. Con. Res. 3), 4034 [13MR]

Age Discrimination in Employment Act: amend (see H.R. 1432), 4199 [15MR]

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

American Heritage Trust: establish (see H.R. 876), 1686 [6FE]

Armed Forces: Federal retirement credits for Cadet Nurse Corps trainees during World War II (see H.R. 3280), 23414 [5OC]

———prohibit user fees for outpatient at military facilities (see H.R. 1296), 6806 [17AP]

Arms control: export of chemical and biological weapons (see H.R. 3033), 16563 [27JY]

Banks and banking: extend period for issuing mortgage bonds and credit certificates (see H.R. 1200), 9483 [17MY]

Bastille Day: commemorate bicentennial (see H. Con. Res. 43), 9483 [17MY]

Birth control: extend family planning program (see H.R. 930), 10443 [31MY]

Bowdoin College: construction of an environmental assessment center (see H.R. 3698), 30033 [17NO]

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

Child care: improvement (see H.R. 30), 104 [3JA]

Children: eliminate preventable deaths and disabling illness through international collaboration (see H. Res. 120), 11302 [8JN]

China, People's Republic of: populace efforts toward democracy (see H.R. 2611), 13846 [28JN]

———readjust immigration status of certain nationals (see H.R. 2712), 15437 [20JY]

Civil liberties: equal rights for men and women (see H.J. Res. 1), 105 [3JA]

Clean Air Act: national air quality standards (see H.R. 2323), 8914 [11MY]

Coast Guard: bicentennial (see H.J. Res. 265), 14077 [11JY]

Coast Guard Auxiliary Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 111), 12936 [22JN]

Coastweeks '89: designate (see H. Res. 239), 20647 [18SE]

Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (Select): establish (see H. Res. 33), 2555 [22FE]

Committee on Hunger (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 20), 107 [3JA]

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

Container industry: refund value for certain beverage containers (see H.R. 586), 326 [20JA]

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: international narcotics production and trafficking (see H.R. 3611), 28336 [9NO]

Decade of the Brain: designate (see H.J. Res. 174), 6333 [12AP]

Dept. of State: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1487), 4988 [20MR]

Dept. of the Treasury: issuance of Drug War Bonds (see H.R. 2972), 25917 [25OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: expansion of services to sufferers of post-traumatic stress disorder (see H.R. 3037), 26497 [30OC]

———recruitment and retention of nurses (see H.R. 1199), 7544 [26AP]

Developing countries: encourage integration of women into development (see H.R. 951), 2067 [9FE]

———eradicate the worst aspects of poverty (see H.R. 594), 4033 [13MR]

District of Columbia: limit the time of incarceration for civil contempt in a child custody case (see H.R. 2136), 11819 [14JN]

Education: adult literacy (see H.R. 3123), 31245 [21NO]

———promoting excellence by recognizing and rewarding schools, teachers, and students (see H.R. 1675), 5513 [5AP]

Employment: elimination of discriminatory wage practices (see H.R. 41), 7544 [26AP]

———entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (see H.R. 770), 1394 [2FE]

End to Hunger Education Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 341), 24814 [17OC]

Federal employees: allow periods of certain service under Federal-State cooperative programs to be creditable toward civil service retirement (see H.R. 3129), 31245 [21NO]

———early payment of benefit checks (see H.R. 523), 7436 [25AP]

———revise pay schedules and rates for Federal fire service personnel (see H.R. 645), 25239 [19OC]

Fish and fisheries: cease drift-net fishing in the South Pacific (see H. Con. Res. 214), 25239 [19OC]

———safety program to ensure quality of products intended for human consumption (see H.R. 2511), 19332 [4AU]

Flight Attendant Safety Professionals' Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 186), 7649 [1MY]

Foreign trade: extend provisions relative to export of domestically produced crude oil (see H.R. 567), 267 [19JA]

Freedom of Choice Act: enact (see H.R. 3700), 31245 [21NO]

Gaucher's Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 224), 25146 [18OC]

Global Warming Prevention Act: enact (see H.R. 1078), 2552 [22FE]

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

Handicapped: tax credits for small businesses for costs of public accommodations for the disabled (see H.R. 3500), 26345 [26OC]

———telecommunications system for hearing- and speech-impaired individuals to access 911 emergency service (see H.R. 1690), 20648 [18SE]

Health: birth control and infertility (see H.R. 2956; H. Con. Res. 173), 15436 [20JY]

———restrictions relative to family planning programs (see H.R. 720), 1203 [31JA]

———States to require insurance providers to supply mammography coverage (see H. Con. Res. 197), 20647 [18SE]

Honeybee: designate as national insect (see H.J. Res. 127), 16818 [28JY]

House of Representatives: amend rules relative to Members receiving honoraria (see H. Res. 25), 12810 [21JN]

Hungary: promote democracy (see H.R. 3300), 22744 [2OC]

Income: congressional, executive, and judicial salaries and pensions (see H.R. 401), 208 [4JA]

Insurance: private long-term care coverage (see H.R. 3621), 28846 [14NO]

Irradiated food: prohibit implementation of certain regulations (see H.R. 2405), 9649 [18MY]

Labeling: prescribe nutrition labeling for foods (see H.R. 3028), 25146 [18OC]

Lebanon: U.S. policy (see H. Res. 128), 9409 [16MY]

Libraries: national policy on use of preservation techniques for permanent papers (see H.J. Res. 226), 25615 [24OC]

Little League Baseball: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 123), 19334 [4AU]

Lyme Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 138), 9483 [17MY]

Maine: reimburse local law enforcement departments for expenses arising from Presidential security (see H.R. 2792), 19558 [6SE]

Medicaid: mammography coverage (see H.R. 3285), 20647 [18SE]

Medicare: mammography coverage (see H.R. 3286, 3701), 20647 [18SE], 30408 [20NO]

———permit small rural hospitals to elect to be paid on a reasonable cost basis (see H.R. 186), 20205 [12SE]

Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 164), 15850 [24JY]

National Arab-American Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 241), 19558 [6SE]

National Auctioneers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 78), 5275 [23MR]

National Check-Up Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 227), 10869 [6JN]

National Child Care Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 182), 5172 [22MR]

National Children's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 132), 5275 [23MR]

National Day of Remembrance for Victims of the U.S.S. Iowa: designate (see H.J. Res. 247), 7755 [2MY]

National Day To Commemorate the Bastille Day Bicentennial: designate (see H.J. Res. 298), 12283 [19JN]

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 320), 19783 [7SE]

National Employee Assistance Programs Recognition Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 223), 17335 [1AU]

National Former POW Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 94), 5516 [5AP]

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 Hostage Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 400), 20442 [14SE]

National Infertility Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 256), 26590 [31OC]

National Older Americans Abuse Prevention Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 197), 8846 [10MY]

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

National Quality Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 204), 11302 [8JN]

National Quarter Horse Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 345), 21590 [26SE]

National Red Ribbon Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 373), 22876 [3OC]

National Scleroderma Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 274), 11302 [8JN]

National Visiting Nurse Association Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 255), 30035 [17NO]

National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 35), 5086 [21MR]

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

Panama: elections (see H. Con. Res. 122), 9407 [16MY]

Petroleum: excise taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel (see H. Res. 41), 4202 [15MR]

Poland: promote democracy (see H.R. 3300), 22744 [2OC]

Postal Service: prohibit as nonmailable certain solicitations for service provided free of charge or at lower price by the Government (see H.R. 2331), 14076 [11JY]

Potato Research and Promotion Act: amend (see H.R. 2257), 12181 [15JN]

Product safety: require hazardous liquid products to include denatonium benzoate (see H.R. 2715), 18673 [3AU]

Recycling of waste products: encourage scientific research and development of technologies (see H.R. 500), 10868 [6JN]

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

Research: dissemination of biomedical information and prevention of duplication of experiments on animals (see H.R. 560), 9408 [16MY]

Rural areas: improve development (see H.R. 3530), 26344 [26OC]

———mass transportation funding (see H.R. 368), 31244 [21NO]

Rushdie, Salman: denouncing death sentence by Ayatollah Khomeini (see H.J. Res. 154; H. Res. 102), 3102 [1MR], 3693 [8MR]

Securities: extend authority to issue tax-exempt small issue bonds (see H. Con. Res. 156), 15437 [20JY]

Social Security: improve quality of services to individuals with mental retardation (see H.R. 854), 12809 [21JN]

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

Social Security Administration: independent status (see H.R. 791), 2902 [28FE]

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

Tariff: tamoxifen citrate (see H.R. 731), 20205 [12SE]

Taxation: deductions relative to interest paid on debt secured by a home (see H. Con. Res. 37), 6806 [17AP]

———delay implementation of certain reforms relative to employer benefit plans (see H.R. 518), 2554 [22FE]

———permanent exclusion of funding for employee educational assistance (see H.R. 2037), 25498 [23OC]

———repeal nondiscrimination rules relative to employee benefit plans (see H.R. 634), 11603 [13JN]

Terrorism: prohibit export of military equipment to certain countries (see H.R. 91), 22875 [3OC]

U.S. flag: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 350), 14077 [11JY]

———Supreme Court ruling on desecration (see H. Res. 186), 13622 [27JN]

United Airlines: tribute to volunteers assisting in rescue operations for flight 232 (see H.J. Res. 379), 16564 [27JY]

VA: medical school scholarship grants with the condition that such recipients will work in VA facilities (see H.R. 343), 8710 [9MY]

Veterans: dire emergency appropriations for medical care (see H.J. Res. 272), 10243 [25MY]

———early payment of benefit checks (see H.R. 520), 7436 [25AP]

———educational assistance for survivors and dependents (see H.R. 2192), 15850 [24JY]

———exclude agent orange settlement payments from countable income under Federal means-tested programs (see H.R. 1129), 5516 [5AP]

———presumption of service connection for the occurrence of post-traumatic stress disorders (see H.R. 794), 9483 [17MY]

———prorating compensation and pension benefits for month in which death of veteran occurs (see H.R. 250), 9140 [15MY]

———receive compensation concurrently with retired pay and without deductions from either (see H.R. 303), 205 [4JA]

Women: economic equity (see H.R. 3085), 18188 [2AU]

Women's History Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 148), 2552 [22FE]

World Population Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 248), 10503 [1JN]

Essays: Voice of Democracy

Bankston, Allison H., 5467 [4AP]

Letters

Drug utilization review: by, 19046 [4AU]

Lists

Organizations supporting National Osteoporosis Prevention Week, 1189 [27JA]

Remarks by, on

Abortion: Federal funding for victims of rape and incest, 25817 [25OC]

Advertising: deceptive names, terms or seals, 30052 [17NO]

Airports: improving security (H.R. 1659), 20961 [20SE]

Alzheimer's disease: tax deductions for home health care and adult day care, 277 [19JA]

Appropriations: emergency supplemental (H.R. 2072), 7537 [26AP]

Bates College, ME: funds for Edmund S. Muskie Archives (H.R. 2623), 11609 [13JN]

Bath Iron Works, Portland, ME: repair of U.S.S. Samuel B. Roberts, 25804 [24OC]

Budget: reconciliation (H.R. 3299), 23226 [4OC], 23369 [5OC]

Central America: bipartisan accord (H.R. 1750), 6415 [13AP]

Commission on Base Realignment and Closure: disapprove recommendations (H.J. Res. 165), 6867 [18AP]

Commission on Employment Discrimination in the Legislative Branch: establish (H. Con. Res. 95), 6646 [13AP]

Congressional budget: setting forth for 1990-92 (H. Con. Res. 106), 8126, 8192 [4MY]

Day care: tax credit, 23369 [5OC]

Deceptive Mailings Prevention Act: enact (H.R. 373), 119 [3JA]

Dept. of State: appropriations (H.R. 1487), 6248, 6263, 6265-6267, 6269, 6272, 6283, 6284, 6286, 6290 [12AP]

———appropriations (H.R. 1487), conference report, 29040 [15NO]

Dept. of the Interior: appropriations (H.R. 2788), 14408 [12JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, Education, and related agencies: appropriations (H.R. 2990), 18098, 18099 [2AU]

———appropriations (H.R. 2990), veto, 25817 [25OC]

Domestic Volunteer Service Act: extend programs (H.R. 1312), 14245 [11JY]

Eastern Airlines: Presidential emergency board to investigate dispute with collective bargaining units (H.R. 1231), 4181 [15MR]

Fish and fisheries: prohibit sale of certain lobsters (H.R. 3328), 21509 [25SE]

Foreign assistance programs: enhance and authorize appropriations (H.R. 2655), 13900 [29JN]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: appropriations (H.R. 2939), conference report, 28758 [14NO]

Foreign trade: U.S. competitivenes, 6286 [12AP]

Government: ethics standards (H.R. 3660), 29504 [16NO]

Greece: independence anniversary, 5049 [21MR]

Health: conduct study of health education center program (H.R. 3725), 30078 [17NO]

———improved research, services, and training in dealing with Alzheimer's disease (H.R. 2781), 13856 [28JN]

———increasing number of men entering the nursing profession, 7862 [2MY]

Income: congressional, executive, and judicial salaries and pensions, 29504 [16NO]

———disapproving increases in executive, legislative, and judicial salaries (H.J. Res. 129), 1724 [7FE]

Indians: Aroostook Band of Micmacs claims settlement (H.R. 3049), 16827 [28JY]

INS: additional Border Patrol personnel and mobile sensor response systems for deployment in Maine (H.R. 2621), 11616 [13JN]

Libraries: grants for literacy projects (H.R. 957), 2188 [9FE]

Library Services and Construction Act: amend and extend (H.R. 2742), 20137 [12SE]

Medicaid: adopt and enforce adult guardianship laws (H.R. 372), 138 [3JA]

———freestanding day habilitation programs, 12621 [20JN]

Medicare: catastrophic illness coverage, 23226 [4OC]

———drug utilization review system to prevent adverse drug reactions (H.R. 2677), 12206 [15JN]

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act: extend Advisory Committee on Medicare Home Health Claims (H.R. 2195), 7856 [2MY]

Minimum wage: adjust (H.R. 2), 5255 [23MR]

———adjust (H.R. 2710), 26820 [1NO]

National Endowment for Democracy: authorizing appropriations, 6272 [12AP]

National Family Caregivers Week: designate (H.J. Res. 282), 10078 [23MY], 29586 [16NO]

National Osteoporosis Prevention Week: designate, 1189 [27JA]

———designate (S.J. Res. 37), 8687 [9MY]

National parks: funding, 14408 [12JY]

NOAA: appropriations (H.R. 1668), 30344 [20NO]

Oil pollution: limitations on liability (H.R. 1465), 27968 [8NO], 28268 [9NO]

Packaging: identification of the resin used in the production of plastic containers used in interstate commerce (H.R. 2156), 7633 [27AP]

Postal Service: FTC deceptive mailings study, 284 [19JA]

———prohibit as nonmailable certain solicitations for service provided free of charge or at lower price by the Government (H.R. 2331), 17008 [31JY]

Refuse and refuse disposal: reduction and recycling of municipal solid waste (H.R. 3127), 18691 [4AU]

Research: authorizing funds for the construction of a mouse biomedical research laboratory (S. 1390), 28551 [13NO]

Rural areas: improve conditions in health manpower shortage areas (H.R. 3724), 30078 [17NO]

Taxation: credit for dependent care (H.R. 994), 2179 [9FE]

U.N.: prohibit U.S. contributions relative to internationally recognized statehood of members (H.R. 2145), 9346 [16MY]

———U.S. contributions, 6284 [12AP]

———voting record analysis, 6283 [12AP]

U.S. flag: prohibit desecration (H.R. 2978), 20117 [13SE]

VOA: International Training Center, 30045 [17NO]

Volunteer workers: priority funding for certain programs (H.R. 1272), 3398 [2MR]

Women in Development Act: enact (H.R. 951), 2166 [9FE]

Women's History Month: designate (H.J. Res. 148), 3565 [7MR]

Workers Memorial Day: designate (H.J. Res. 235), 7581 [26AP]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 95 [3JA], 2061 [9FE], 2266 [21FE], 6879 [18AP], 7542 [26AP], 7606 [27AP], 7752 [2MY], 10048 [23MY], 11600 [13JN], 12179 [15JN], 12492 [20JN], 13840 [28JN], 14074 [11JY], 16817 [28JY], 18669 [3AU], 19320 [4AU], 21498 [25SE], 25613 [24OC], 26875 [1NO], 30031 [17NO]

Testimonies

Committee on Rules: Foreign Relations Authorization Act (H.R. 1487), D174 [11AP]

Texts of

H.R. 372, Guardianship Rights and Responsibilities Act, 139, 140 [3JA]

H.R. 373, Deceptive Mailings Prevention Act, 120 [3JA]

H.R. 957, Intergenerational Library Literacy Act, 2188 [9FE]

H.R. 1272, priority funding for certain volunteer workers' programs, 3398 [2MR]

Tributes

Archbishop Iakovos, 7088 [19AP]

Nadeau, Roger, 2368 [21FE]