ORTIZ, SOLOMON P. (a Representative from Texas)

Appointments

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

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

Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control (Select), 3674 [8MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Correctional Alternatives Act: enact (see H.R. 2374), 9407 [16MY]

Ghost Squadron of the Confederate Air Force: designate as U.S. Ambassador for the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of World War II (see H.J. Res. 285), 10242 [25MY]

Kleberg County Trail Riders Association and Texas A&I University Law School Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 283), 10160 [24MY]

Refugee Education Assistance Act: resettlement assistance for certain Central American nationals (see H.R. 869), 1686 [6FE]

Refugees: resettlement assistance for certain Salvadorans and Nicaraguans (see H.R. 870), 1686 [6FE]

Rural areas: enhance economic development (see H.R. 487), 211 [4JA]

Sea turtles: conservation regulations (see H.R. 2053), 6881 [18AP]

U.S.-Mexico border: water and waste disposal facilities in rural areas (see H.R. 1538), 5084 [21MR]

Veterans: new medical facility in south Texas (see H.R. 1575), 5171 [22MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Aeronautics: Essential Air Service Program (see H. Con. Res. 3), 2800 [27FE]

Aged: employment in providing child care for low-income families (see H.R. 1816), 6330 [12AP]

American Heritage Trust: establish (see H.R. 876), 3857 [9MR]

Amistad National Recreation Area, TX: establish (see H.R. 967), 20205 [12SE]

Anti-Drug Abuse Act: making supplemental appropriations (see H.R. 705), 2902 [28FE]

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

Banks and banking: extend period for issuing mortgage bonds and credit certificates (see H.R. 1200), 14905 [17JY]

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

Caribbean nations: scholarship program (see H.R. 890), 1745 [7FE]

Clean Air Act: ozone protection (see H.R. 2699), 12808 [21JN]

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

———bicentennial medals (see H.R. 509), 10160 [24MY]

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

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

Coins and coinage: modernize (see H.R. 505), 265 [19JA]

Colleges: information on student-athlete graduation relative to Federal financing (see H.R. 1454), 20403 [13SE]

Colombia: support of Congress for citizens (see H. Con. Res. 194), 19963 [11SE]

Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (Select): establish (see H. Res. 33), 2072 [9FE]

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

Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control (Select): establish (see H. Res. 23), 1153 [27JA]

Constitution Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 375), 19559 [6SE]

Correctional Alternatives Act: enact (see H.R. 2374), 9407 [16MY]

Dept. of Labor: grants to public housing agencies and for training for literacy and employment skills (see H.R. 916), 31244 [21NO]

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

Diseases: grants for treatment of Lyme disease (see H.R. 979), 9483 [17MY]

Drug Free America Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 228), 5945 [11AP]

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

Duck Day USA: designate (see H.J. Res. 376), 16428 [26JY]

Education: financial assistance for Hispanic-serving institutions (see H.R. 1561), 5170 [22MR]

Education Day, U.S.A.: designate (see H.J. Res. 173), 5516 [5AP]

82d Airborne Division Association, Inc.: charter (see H.R. 82), 20774 [19SE]

Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 133), 20404 [13SE]

Employment: extend targeted jobs credit (see H.R. 2098), 11604 [13JN]

End to Hunger Education Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 341), 26345 [26OC]

Endangered species: authorize grants and projects for the propagation of threatened species (see H.R. 2975), 15762 [21JY]

———release sea turtles into the Gulf of Mexico (see H.R. 3842), 31244 [21NO]

Enterprise Zone Improvements Act: enact (see H.R. 6), 7649 [1MY]

FAA: foreign repair station rules (see H.R. 145), 21589 [26SE]

Federal employees: extend certain civil service retirement provisions to INS, Customs Service, and IRS law enforcement officers (see H.R. 1083), 7436 [25AP]

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

Fire Safety at Home Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 346), 24235 [12OC]

Fish and fisheries: ban importation of shrimp from countries whose fishing practices endanger sea turtles (see H.R. 3442), 29071 [15NO]

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

———oyster disease research (see H.R. 161), 2553 [22FE]

———prohibit importation of shrimp from country not requiring use of turtle excluder devices (see H.R. 2620), 16203 [25JY]

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

Government bonds: taxation of State and local (see H. Con. Res. 39), 3693 [8MR]

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

Guam: establish as a commonwealth (see H.R. 98), 28335 [9NO]

Health: prevention and control of diabetes (see H.R. 1774), 5944 [11AP]

———promote nondiscrimination in State medical licensure and medical reciprocity standards (see H.R. 614), 5515 [5AP]

House of Representatives: amend rules relative to duties of Sergeant at Arms (see H. Res. 137), 7436 [25AP]

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

INS: expand arrest authority of officers and employees (see H.R. 3333), 30035 [17NO]

International Year of Bible Reading: designate (see H.J. Res. 275), 9650 [18MY]

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

Latin America: impact of debt burden on drug production control (see H. Con. Res. 181), 17334 [1AU]

Law enforcement officers: adjust administratively uncontrollable overtime pay of Federal officers and agents (see H.R. 215), 2553 [22FE]

Lithuanian Independence Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 149), 13846 [28JN]

Lyme Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 138), 14695 [13JY]

Martin Luther King, Jr., Federal Holiday Commission: make permanent (see H.R. 1385), 4111 [14MR]

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act: review by Congress (see H. Res. 169), 11603 [13JN]

Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 164), 18190 [2AU]

Mexico: debt for development programs (see H.R. 3146), 23300 [4OC]

———encourage private creditors to help reduce debt (see H. Con. Res. 86), 5515 [5AP]

Mineral Leasing Act: amend (see H.R. 2116), 22744 [2OC]

Montana Centennial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 106), 27808 [7NO]

Mount Rushmore National Memorial: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 1028), 9408 [16MY]

National Academy of Space, Science, and Technology: establish (see H.R. 2957), 16818 [28JY]

National Alcohol and Drug Treatment Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 217), 17335 [1AU]

National Arab American Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 241), 15437 [20JY]

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 Cities Fight Back Against Drugs Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 416), 31245 [21NO]

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), 8711 [9MY]

National Drinking Water Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 134), 7437 [25AP]

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), 19964 [11SE]

National Job Skills Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 195), 6333 [12AP]

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

National Library Card Sign-Up Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 231), 17097 [31JY]

National Military Families Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 385), 26877 [1NO]

National Minority Cancer Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 74), 7437 [25AP]

National Minority Health Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 327), 18190 [2AU]

National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 293), 16429 [26JY]

National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 112), 4034 [13MR]

National Osteoporosis Prevention Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 108), 6806 [17AP]

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

National Railroad Passenger Corp.: disposal of untreated waste on tracks (see H.R. 3380), 25615 [24OC]

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

National Scleroderma Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 274), 10870 [6JN]

National Senior Citizens Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 225), 17097 [31JY]

National Spina Bifida Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 286), 24131 [11OC]

National Stroke Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 68), 7437 [25AP]

National Tap Dance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 131), 10243 [25MY]

National Tourism Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 290), 14906 [17JY]

National Week of Outreach to the Rural Disabled: designate (see H.J. Res. 146), 25411 [20OC]

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

National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 35), 14476 [12JY]

Oil pollution: limitations on liability (see H.R. 1465), 4487 [16MR]

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

Partnerships in Education Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 151), 14476 [12JY]

Peace Corps: drape a U.S. flag over the caskets of deceased volunteers (see H.R. 3475), 29605 [16NO]

Pensions: cost of living adjustments for Federal retirement program (see H.R. 1074), 4201 [15MR]

Petroleum: excise taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel (see H. Res. 41), 10162 [24MY]

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

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

Power resources: tax incentives for oil and natural gas exploration (see H.R. 658), 4113 [14MR]

Presidents of the U.S.: constitutional amendment to repeal limit on number of terms (see H.J. Res. 264), 8845 [10MY]

Public Utility Holding Company Modernization Act: enact (see H.R. 112), 2901 [28FE]

Real property: application of passive loss limitation relative to tax deductions on rental properties (see H.R. 642), 13961 [29JN]

Recycling of waste products: percentage requirements for producers and importers of newsprint (see H.R. 3483), 24814 [17OC]

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

Religious Leadership and Drug Abuse Recognition Weekend: designate (see H.J. Res. 396), 19331 [4AU]

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: payment reductions to hospitals under medicare part A (see H. Con. Res. 40), 1205 [31JA]

Solid waste: recycling a certain percentage of used lubricating oil (see H.R. 2648), 11818 [14JN]

Soviet Union: mutual and verifiable restrictions on production of plutonium and uranium (see H.R. 2403), 12810 [21JN]

Statehood: 100th anniversary commemorative coins for certain (see H.R. 1553), 18672 [3AU]

Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act: emergency supplemental appropriations (see H.J. Res. 31), 5516 [5AP]

Taxation: certain credits will not be subject to the passive activity rules (see H.R. 796), 26589 [31OC]

———deduction for educational loans (see H.R. 747), 5171 [22MR]

———deductions relative to interest paid on debt secured by a home (see H. Con. Res. 37), 2902 [28FE]

———refundable credit to parents with dependents under age 6 (see H.R. 2008), 8209 [4MY]

———repeal nondiscrimination rules relative to employee benefit plans (see H.R. 634), 4990 [20MR]

Texas: EPA demonstration program for sewer and water supply facilities for certain colonias (see H.R. 2117), 7543 [26AP]

Texas-Israel Exchange Program: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 119), 8915 [11MY]

U.S. flag: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 350), 14695 [13JY]

U.S.-Mexico Border Regional Commission: establish (see H.R. 1679), 5513 [5AP]

United Services Organization: commemorative coins (see H.R. 2761), 29605 [16NO]

USIA: distribution of a film entitled ``A Tribute to Mickey Leland'' (see H.R. 3294), 24131 [11OC]

Veterans: compensation concurrently with retired pay and without deductions from either (see H.R. 303), 4201 [15MR]

———presumption of service connection between certain diseases and active duty during the Vietnamese conflict (see H.R. 3004), 16202 [25JY]

Vocational Education Act: grants for technical education (see H.R. 22), 5171 [22MR]

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

Weapons: prohibit certain exports of fully automatic or semiautomatic assault weapons (see H.R. 3812), 31243 [21NO]

Wilderness Act: anniversary of National Wilderness Preservation System (see H.J. Res. 163), 19333 [4AU]

Wildlife: enhancement of animal and fish resources (see H.R. 1600), 5271 [23MR]

Women's History Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 148), 3568 [7MR]

World Food Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 267), 16429 [26JY]

World War II: District of Columbia memorial to members of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 2807), 19558 [6SE]

———memorial and museum (see H.R. 537), 266 [19JA]

Essays

What It Means To Be Hispanic: Marisa Perales, 13647 [27JN]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, 6233 [12AP]

Remarks by, on

Banks and banking: reform Federal deposit insurance system (H.R. 1278), conference report, 18590 [3AU], 21176 [20SE]

Coast Guard: appropriations (H.R. 2459), 27748 [7NO]

Dept. of Defense: appropriations for military functions (H.R. 2461), 16495 [27JY]

———appropriations for military functions (H.R. 2461), conference report, 28212 [9NO]

———extend contract goal for small and disadvantaged businesses, 16495 [27JY]

Dept. of Transportation: appropriations (H.R. 3015), conference report, 26526 [31OC]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs, HUD, and related agencies: appropriations (H.R. 2916), 15384 [20JY]

Drug abuse: education and prevention programs, 7485 [26AP]

Hurricane Hugo: impact, 21584 [26SE]

Kleberg County Trail Riders Association and Texas A&I University Law School Day: designate (H.J. Res. 283), 10188 [24MY]

Matamoros, Mexico: sympathy to family of Mark Kilroy and other victims of mass murders, 6234 [12AP]

Natural gas: eliminate wellhead price controls (H.R. 1722), 6793 [17AP]

Oil pollution: limitations on liability (H.R. 1465), 26941 [2NO], 27975, 27976 [8NO]

Rural areas: delivery of water and sewage service (H.R. 487), 221 [4JA]

Sea turtles: conservation regulations (H.R. 2053), 6844 [18AP]

Texas: tribute to law enforcement officials, 9023 [11MY]

Texas A&I University: school of law, 10188 [24MY]

Tuloso-Midway School District, TX: anniversary, 30684 [21NO]

U.S.-Mexico border: water and waste disposal facilities in rural areas (H.R. 1538), 5013 [21MR]

University of Texas: oil spill cleaning technology, 25157 [18OC]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 13620 [27JN], 21000 [20SE], 25144 [18OC], 30404 [20NO]

Leave of absence: granted, 5169 [22MR]

Special order: granted, 21588 [26SE]

Reports

Foreign Travel Expenditures, 2880 [28FE], 8441 [8MY], 28008 [8NO]

Testimonies

Committee on the Judiciary (House): Central American Asylum-Seekers, D102 [9MR]

Tributes

Canales, Johnny, 25325 [19OC]

Leland, Mickey, 20180 [12SE]

Perales, Marisa, 12831 [21JN]

Rivero, Jorge, 2219 [9FE]