CHILDREN see also Youth

Addresses

America in the 21st Century and the Demographic Imperative: Vijaya L. Melnick, 11022 [6JN]

Conference of U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child: Representative George Miller, 27052 [2NO]

Maddening of America: Joe Kellman, 26443-26451 [27OC]

Rights of the Child: Representative George Miller, 24532 [12OC]

Amendments

Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (House, Select): establish (H. Res. 84), 3670 [7MR]

Day care: increase quality and availability (S. 5), 11430 [9JN], 11871, 11924-11942 [15JN], 12254 [16JN], 12338, 12370 [19JN], 12528, 12572, 12590, 12593 [20JN], 12636, 12717 [21JN], 12992-13001, 13005, 13014, 13017, 13018, 13022, 13033, 13036, 13047, 13052, 13054, 13055, 13167, 13171, 13172, 13181 [22JN], 13289, 13296-13298, 13312, 13313, 13334, 13336, 13344, 13346, 13350, 13351, 13353-13355, 13448-13453, 13456, 13457 [23JN]

District of Columbia: limit the time of incarceration for civil contempt in a child custody case (H.R. 2136), 20979 [20SE]

———limit time of incarceration for civil contempt in child custody cases (S. 1163), 19910, 19911, 19934 [7SE]

Indian Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act: enact (S. 1783), 29819, 29860, 29861 [17NO]

Special Olympics: authorizing the 1989 torch relay to run through the Capitol Grounds (H. Con. Res. 71), 7733 [2MY]

Television Violence Act: enact (S. 593), 10303, 10372 [31MY], 29820, 29865 [17NO]

Analyses

Act for Better Child Care Services (Roth-Armstrong-Wilson's Social Security Benefits Amendment), 12666 [21JN]

———(Mitchell substitute and Dole-Packwood amendment), 12644 [21JN]

Child Care Development Act (S. 824), 6999 [18AP]

Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act (S. 1484), 18003-18007 [2AU]

Choices for Children Act (H.R. 2244), 11611 [13JN]

Dial-a-Porn Amendment to the Dept. of Labor, HHS, Education and Related Agencies Appropriations (H.R. 3566), 29902 [17NO]

Medicaid Pregnant Women, Infants, and Children Amendments (H.R. 2216), 8069 [3MY]

National School Lunch Act Amendment (H.R. 24), 25781-25787 [24OC]

Parents as Partners in Learning Act (S. 12), 517 [25JA]

Victims of Child Abuse Act (S. 1965), 31480 [21NO]

Appointments

Committee on Interstate Child Support, 22201 [28SE]

Conferees: H.R. 2136, limit the time of incarceration for civil contempt in a child custody case in the District of Columbia, 20092 [12SE]

———H.R. 3614, Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act amendments, 29265 [15NO], 29887 [17NO]

National Commission on Drug-Free Schools, 5844 [7AP]

Articles and editorials

Abuse, Neglect Rising in DC—Drugs Ravage Home Life, 20485 [14SE]

American Opportunity, 3652 [7MR]

Babies of Crack Users Crowd Hospitals, Break Everybody's Heart, 15766 [21JY]

Baby, Baby, 8000-8002 [3MY]

Baby Boys, To Order, 22155 [27SE]

Baby Step Toward Filling U.S. Day-Care Needs, 12989 [22JN]

Bias for Boys, 22155 [27SE]

Big Brotherly Care, 12989 [22JN]

Bill Whose Time Has Come, 12518 [20JN]

Boarder Babies Linger in Hospitals—Drug Users Abandon Their Infants, 20488 [14SE]

Burkesville's American Heroes—Newsweek Lauds Women Who Saved Preschool, 16943 [31JY]

Child Care Bill, 12998 [22JN]

Child Care Conference, 29619 [16NO]

Child Care Credits, 12988 [22JN]

Child Care Questions, 12989 [22JN]

Child Care—Finally, Congress Is Progressing in Efforts to Help Working Families, 17579 [1AU]

Child Day Care Policy Issues in Nebraska, 12534-12538 [20JN]

Children Are Priority for Human Services Chief, 25501 [23OC]

Children of Armenia—Living Proof of the Inextinguishable Human Spirit, 10842-10846 [6JN]

Children of Cocaine, 17482 [1AU]

Children of Poverty, 20423-20425 [13SE]

Crack's Toll Among Babies—A Joyless View Even of Toys, 20898 [19SE]

Crusade of Dr. Elders, 25017-25020 [18OC]

Eating Well, 3492 [3MR]

Facilitating Alumni Involvement in Schools, 9319 [16MY]

Familiar Face Is Back To Lead Special Olympics, 8455 [8MY]

Federally Licensed Grandmas, 12990 [22JN]

Fighting Poverty at a Young Age, 2838 [28FE]

For Architect of Child Care, Small Gains, 13035 [22JN]

For the Already-Born, There Is No Right to Life, 30674 [21NO]

Fuel Up at Breakfast, 3493 [3MR]

Genetic Testing, 22155 [27SE]

GOP's Myopic Vision of the Family, 1660 [2FE]

Grandmother Struggles To Pick Up Where Parents Left Off, 20487 [14SE]

Help the Children Now, 12240 [16JN]

Help the Working Poor—Liberals and Conservatives Should Be Able To Agree on Tax Relief, 12991 [22JN]

Homeless Children, 19674 [6SE]

HOPE Pays Off for Preschoolers, 3814 [8MR]

House Votes on Child Care, 23389 [5OC]

House-Senate Child Care Bill, 26505 [30OC]

Identifying Gender for Expecting Parents, 22155 [27SE]

Illusion of Universal Health Care, 28947 [14NO]

Keeping Parental Choice in Child Care, 12642, 12644 [21JN]

Kid Stuff No More, 12354 [19JN]

Landmark Bill for Child Care?, 16947 [31JY], 18676 [3AU]

Licensing Grandma, 12990 [22JN]

Lobby Extends a Hand to Children in Trouble, 2134 [9FE]

Migrant Preschool Program Has Family Touch, 17581 [1AU]

More Child Care—Changing Workplace Demands It, 12519 [20JN]

Most Generous Option, 14193 [11JY]

Mysteries of RU-486, 23105-23107 [3OC]

Needed New National Institutes of Education To Help Cure the Nation's Education Ills, 24036 [11OC]

Networks to Censors—Take a Walk, Audience Erosion From Cable, Home Video, Pay TV a Factor, 4385 [15MR]

New, Improved Child-Care Bill, 12518 [20JN], 12967 [22JN]

New Day Care Plan Taxes Motherhood, 12991 [22JN]

Ohio Day Care Standards Called Success, 13039 [22JN]

1989 Report Cards Show Spending Can Pay, 28726 [14NO]

Overlooked in Virginia—Little Kids, 23103 [3OC]

Parade That's Making Milwaukee Famous, 11011 [6JN]

Parental Leave Debate—Where Is the Child?, 5912 [10AP]

Parenting Penalty, 12990 [22JN]

Prenatal Clinic Could Open Here Next Year, 28277 [9NO]

Rescuers Brutalized, but Who Cares?, 20846 [19SE]

Reservoir of Untapped Idealism, 3866 [9MR]

Save the Children Making a Reality of Children's Rights, 31249 [21NO]

Sex Education and Self-Esteem Urged by Expert, 11947 [15JN]

Shroud of Privacy Denies Baby Protection of Law, 1851 [7FE]

Social Security Is a Life Saver, 3013 [28FE]

Sociological Theories Make Adoption Hard, 19666 [6SE]

Stolen Future—Drug Abuse Exacts Its Most Tragic Toll From Nation's Young, 17584-17586 [1AU]

Strategies for Adoption—For Military Couples Who Want a Child, Perseverance Is the Key, 11373-11375 [8JN]

Suffer the Little Children, 24149 [11OC]

Teaching a Lesson in Love, 16943 [31JY]

Television Violence Will Keep Growing Until You Stop It, 20086 [12SE]

Ten-Year-Old Used To Run Drugs, Police Say, 2570 [22FE]

They Can't Afford To Care, 29235 [15NO]

Time for New Ideas on Day Care, 15714 [20JY]

Update on Dr. Morgan, 19917 [7SE]

Using Fetal Tissue Will Cost Unborn Lives, 31762 [21NO]

Webster Decision—And Beyond, 22754-22757 [2OC]

When the Baby Must Become the Sitter—Virginia Latchkey Child Flags Problem for Low-Income Families, 24248 [12OC]

Who Pays?, 25022 [18OC]

Why Kids Get Into Drugs—A Look at the Demand Side, 10385 [31MY]

Will Congress Wipe Out Religious Day Care?, 12724 [21JN]

Bills and resolutions

Adoption: reduced rate air transportation to U.S. for persons adopted by U.S. resident (see H.R. 227)

Advertising: restrictions during children's television (see H.R. 1677)

Aeronautics: require the use of child restraint systems on commercial aircraft (see S. 1913)

AFDC: improve quality control standards and procedures (see S. 231; H.R. 2243)

Aged: employment in providing child care for low-income families (see H.R. 1816)

———promotion of programs that recruit elderly to provide child care services in community-based centers (see H. Con. Res. 30)

Aliens: detaining certain individuals with dependent children (see H.R. 1386)

Armed Forces: improve child care for members (see H.R. 1277)

———reimbursement for certain costs incurred in the adoption of children (see S. 278)

Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act: reauthorize (see S. 1893)

BIA: confirm certain contracts for preschool and early childhood services (see H.R. 1509)

Child Abuse Prevention Challenge Grants Reauthorization Act: enact (see S. 1455)

Child Care Assistance Act: enact (see S. 761)

Child Care Assistance and Resources Expansion Act: enact (see S. 409)

Child Care Development Act: enact (see S. 824)

Child Care Service Enhancement and Quality Improvement Act: enact (see S. 512)

Child Development and Education Act: enact (see H.R. 3)

Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act: enact (see S. 1484)

Child Protection Act: enact (see S. 1786)

Child Protection and Obscenity Enforcement Act: restore recordkeeping requirement (see S. 1787)

———restore recordkeeping requirements (see S. 1039)

Child Protection Restoration and Penalties Enhancement Act: enact (see S. 1825)

Child Support Enforcement Extension Act: enact (see S. 1555)

Child Survival Fund: authorizing appropriations (see S. 1020)

Children With Disabilities Temporary Care Reauthorization Act: enact (see S. 1454)

Children's Television Act: enact (see S. 707)

Choices for Children Act: enact (see S. 569)

Citizenship: amend provisions relative to children born abroad to U.S. citizens (see H.R. 1380)

Civil liberties: protect rights and equal protection of persons under guardianship proceedings (see S. 235)

Civil rights: right to be supported by parents (see H.R. 199)

Civil Rights of Infants Act: enact (see S. 1681)

Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 33, 84)

Courts: authorize grants for closed-circuit televising of the testimony of abused individuals (see H.R. 826)

———child custody litigation (see H.R. 2952)

———demonstrate reductions in recidivism of juveniles in boot camp prisons (see H.R. 3162)

———determination of custody in spouse abuse cases (see H. Con. Res. 172)

———due process and equal protection of the laws in guardianship proceedings (see H.R. 1702)

———eliminate the effect of the parental exception relative to kidnapings in violation of valid custody orders (see H.R. 1256)

———Federal Rules of Evidence exceptions in certain child abuse cases (see H.R. 170)

———modify the penalties for certain kidnappings of children (see H.R. 2086)

———penalty for flight to avoid child support payment arrearages (see H.R. 1438)

———protect rights of crime victims (see S. 533, 1923; H.R. 579)

———prohibit the possession or discharge of a firearm in a public school zone (see H.R. 3757)

Day care: assistance and coordination (see S. 44)

———block grant (see H.R. 1618, 1708)

———civil liability (see H.R. 1737)

———comprehensive Federal program (see S. 146; H.R. 120)

———expanding State grant programs (see S. 927; H.R. 2244)

———improvement (see H.R. 30)

———increase availability (see S. 5, 18, 55; H.R. 635)

———lottery and savings bond program to help finance (see H.R. 142)

———modify criteria for determining status of certain institutions under the Child Care Food Program (see S. 881)

———mortgage financing for residential small centers (see H.R. 2330)

———provide (see H.R. 1840)

———requirements relating to federally funded services (see H.R. 133)

———tax credit (see H.R. 1466, 2350)

———tax credit for lower-income working parents (see H.R. 392)

Day of the Child: designate (see H.J. Res. 295)

Dept. of Defense: reduction of costs associated with overseas dependents of certain employees (see S. 1440)

Developing countries: eradicate the worst aspects of poverty (see H.R. 594)

District of Columbia: limit the time of incarceration for civil contempt in a child custody case (see S. 1163; H.R. 2136)

Drug abuse: awarding of grants relative to instruction for students (see H.R. 3614, 3619, 3626, 3723)

———drug-free school zones and increased penalties for trafficking on school grounds (see H.R. 3602)

———increased use of counselors in education and prevention programs in schools (see H.R. 3601)

———increase minimum prison sentence for employment of underage persons in illegal drug transactions (see H.R. 3489)

———services to children whose parents are substance abusers (see H.R. 3576)

Drug Abuse Resistance Education Program: funding (see S. 1835)

Economic Equity Act: enact (see S. 1480)

Education of the Handicapped Act: awarding of damages in certain actions as procedural safeguards (see H.R. 3466)

Fairness for Adopting Families Act: enact (see S. 479)

Family Living Wage Act: enact (see H.R. 1104)

Family planning services: program grants (see S. 1671)

Family Resource Act: enact (see S. 1761)

Federal aid programs: funding for early childhood development programs (see H.R. 1234)

———expand certain child nutrition programs (see S. 880)

———participation of private nonprofit organizations in the Summer Food Service Program for Children (see S. 882)

———transfer a certain child abuse program (see H.R. 2087)

Federal Employee Child Care Act: enact (see H.R. 1628)

Federal employees: child adoption benefits (see S. 277; H.R. 2764)

Fetuses: transportation and storage of human tissue (see H.R. 625)

Foreign trade: prohibit the importation of goods produced abroad with child labor (see H.R. 2485)

Freedom of Choice Act: enact (see S. 1912; H.R. 3700)

Head Start Act: amend (see H.R. 2373)

———appropriations (see S. 598, 602; H.R. 1300, 1374)

———expansion (see H.R. 2150, 2217)

Health care: awareness (see S.J. Res. 104)

———eliminate preventable deaths and disabling illness through international collaboration (see H. Res. 120)

———expand services (see H.R. 1573)

———grants to States relative to maternal and child care (see H.R. 2881)

———insurance benefits for full-time student dependent children between ages 22 and 23 (see H.R. 856)

Healthy Birth Act: enact (see S. 708)

Housing: child care services for residents of transitional housing (see H.R. 2759)

Humanitarian assistance: authorizing appropriations for health and child survival activities (see H.R. 2312)

Immigration: certain adopted children (see S. 1260; H.R. 1686)

Indian Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act: enact (see S. 1783)

Infant Mortality and Children's Health Act: enact (see S. 339)

Intergenerational Library Literacy Act: enact (see S. 399)

Library Services and Construction Act: amend (see H.R. 2357)

Little League Baseball: anniversary (see S.J. Res. 182; H. Con. Res. 123)

Maternal and Child Health Act: enact (see S. 1201)

Maternal and Child Health Improvement Act: enact (see H.R. 1584)

Maternity leaves: assistance for working parents (see H.R. 1032)

———protection of employment benefits (see S. 897; H.R. 770, 3445)

Medicaid: coverage of certain parental and postnatal care services (see S. 721)

———coverage of certain technology-dependent children (see H.R. 832)

———reduce infant mortality (see H.R. 800)

Medicaid Children's Health Improvement Act: enact (see S. 949)

National Adoption Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 187; H.J. Res. 278)

National Child Abuse Prevention Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 46, 54)

National Child Care Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 50; H.J. Res. 182)

National Children's Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 15; H.J. Res. 132)

National Commission on Children: extend termination date for members (see S. 1895)

National Endowment for Children's Educational Television: establish (see S. 797)

National Farm Safety Day for Kids: designate (see H.J. Res. 168)

National Foster Care Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 10)

National Infertility Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 116)

National Institute on Population and Human Reproduction: establish (see H.R. 2774)

National School Safety Patrol Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 262)

National Siblings of Disabled Persons Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 176)

National Voluntary Reunion Registry: establish (see S. 1530)

National Women and Girls in Sports Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 82)

New School Childcare Demonstration Projects Act: enact (see S. 457)

Nutrition: extend authority of assistance programs (see H.R. 24)

———extend authority of assistance programs (H.R. 24), agree to Senate amendment with an amendment (see H. Res. 260)

Parental abduction: Federal offense for international cases (see S. 185; H.R. 3623, 3759)

Parental Choices in Child Care Act: enact (see S. 392)

Parental Leave Act: enact (see S. 951)

Parents as Partners in Learning: establish (see S. 12)

Passports: issuance to minors (see H.R. 3622)

Pediatric AIDS Resource Centers Act: enact (see S. 896)

Pensions: children of military and Federal employees ineligible for survivor annuities or other benefits due to marriage, may qualify if such marriage is terminated (see H.R. 2101)

Pornography: remedies for victims (see H.R. 3472)

———restrict children's access to indecent telephone communications (see H.R. 2755)

Public Health Service Act: authorizing appropriations for the Adolescent Family Life Program (see S. 1131; H.R. 2481)

Public housing: grants for perinatal service programs (see H.R. 3557)

Reproductive Health Equity Act: enact (see S. 1946)

School lunches: cash assistance or commodity letter of credit assistance (see S. 805)

Small Day Care Center Assistance Act: enact (see S. 1297)

Smoking: educate youths regarding use of products and prohibit sale to minors (see H.R. 665)

———promotion and advertisement of products to children (see H.R. 1250)

Social Security: adoption and foster care assistance programs (see H.R. 178, 2185)

———adoption reform program (see H.R. 752, 1669)

———assure individualized assessments of disabled or blind children (see H.R. 868)

———authority to collect past-due child support from Federal tax returns (see H.R. 593)

———benefits to severely disabled children (see S. 1070)

———child care services and earned income credit (see S. 692)

———child insurance benefits of a disabled individual relative to marriage to an individual receiving SSI benefits (see H.R. 413, 2080)

———conditions for eligibility for stepchildren to receive certain benefits (see H.R. 789)

———coverage for certain outreach activities relative to medical assistance for pregnant women (see S. 430)

———coverage for pregnant women and infants and for childhood immunizations (see S. 902; H.R. 1568, 1710, 2216)

———drug tests for certain Federal aid applicants with dependent children (see S. 1409)

———exempt from earnings test amounts earned for child care by persons of retirement age (see H.R. 3079)

———extend benefit to certain low-income children (see S. 440)

———extend the Federal tax refund offset program used in child support enforcement (see H.R. 2867)

———health care services for needy children (see H.R. 833)

———improve child care (see S. 187)

———inclusion of years a child was in an individuals care in computing special minimum benefit (see H.R. 206)

———income requirements for benefits relative to severely disabled children (see H.R. 1525)

———qualifications for certain blind or disabled children eligible for SSI benefits (see H.R. 874)

———restore from age 16 to 18 the date at which certain benefits are terminated (see H.R. 414)

———revise the Maternal and Child Health Block Grant Program (see H.R. 2651)

Social Security Children's Benefits Act: enact (see H.R. 410)

Special Needs Adoption Assistance Act: enact (see S. 1628)

Special Olympics: authorizing the 1989 torch relay to run through the Capitol Grounds (see H. Con. Res. 71)

SSI: benefit eligibility requirements for disabled children (see S. 1718, 1721)

SSI Reform Act: enact (see S. 665)

States: grants for child care services (see H.R. 3126)

———strengthen dependent care programs (see S. 268)

Tariff: infant nursery monitors and intercoms (see H.R. 1837)

Tax Credit for Families Act: enact (see S. 1196)

Taxation: allow additional deduction to employers for costs of providing family birth, adoption, or child illness leave (see S. 373)

———child care services deduction (see H.R. 575, 1282)

———child's unearned income (see H.R. 3088)

———credit against tax for employers who provide onsite day care facilities (see S. 842)

———credit for child restraint systems used in motor vehicles (see S. 117)

———credit for dependent care (see S. 28; H.R. 994, 2942)

———credit for health insurance premium costs and make credit for dependent care refundable (see S. 1185)

———credit for improvements or construction of child care facilities (see H.R. 3334)

———credits for employers relative to onsite day care facilities (see H.R. 2148)

———damages awarded from injuries or sickness (see S. 1119)

———deduction for adoption expenses (see H.R. 1205)

———deduction for child dependents with earned income (see H.R. 3650)

———deduction for the adoption of a special needs child (see H.R. 3379)

———deduction of certain children's clothing and costs associated with seing eye dogs and hearing dogs (see H.R. 3542)

———designation of refunds to fund social services for children (see H.R. 3082)

———encourage the extended family unit by increasing certain exemptions (see H.R. 517)

———excluding employee adoption assistance from gross income (see S. 279)

———identification number of dependents on tax returns (see H.R. 166)

———improve child care credit (see S. 187)

———inclusion of identification number of dependents on return (see H.R. 532)

———increase minimum wage and increase earned income tax credit for households with preschool and school age children (see H.R. 2543)

———increase the amount of the earned income tax credit and make the credit for dependent care expenses refundable (see H.R. 882)

———increase the earned income credit where the taxpayer's child regularly attends school (see H.R. 816)

———personal injury awards to children (see H.R. 3089)

———rates on children's investment income (see H.R. 175)

———refundable credit to parents for dependents under age 5 (see S. 159; H.R. 1448)

———refundable credit to parents with dependents under age 6 (see H.R. 2008)

———treatment of expenses used for child care (see S. 412)

———treatment of unearned income of children attributable to personal injury or sickness damages (see H.R. 2656)

Television: children's programming (see S. 1215, 1992)

———effects of violence on youth (see S. 593)

Temporary Child Care for Handicapped Children and Crisis Nurseries Act: revise and extend programs (see H.R. 2088)

Title V Infant Mortality Reduction Act: enact (see S. 1053)

Toy Safety and Child Protection Act: enact (see S. 407)

Transitional Housing Child Care Services Act: enact (see S. 1483)

U.N.: increase the international minimum age for combat (see H. Res. 283)

———support child immunization programs (see S. Res. 122)

Veterans: reimbursement of adoption expenses for married veterans with service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 3176)

Veterans' and Survivors' Compensation Indexing Act: enact (see S. 613)

Victims of Child Abuse Act: enact (see S. 1965)

Volunteer workers: priority funding for certain programs (see H.R. 1272)

Witness Protection Program: visitation rights of parents relative to their relocated children (see H.R. 629)

Women: discourage commercialized childbearing (see H.R. 1188)

———projects concerning the effects of substance abuse on pregnant and postpartum females and infants (see S. 1444)

———surrogate motherhood (see H.R. 275, 576)

Working Family Child Care Assistance Act: enact (see S. 601)

Youth Crime Gang Control Act: enact (see H.R. 2976)

Brochures

Mothers Speak Out on Day Care, 12683-12693 [21JN]

Bulletins

How to become foster or adoptive parents for District children, 20492 [14SE]

Reporting abuse and neglect, 20492 [14SE]

Comparisons

Foster care—How the District of Columbia compares to other cities, 20492 [14SE]

Court documents

Rowan v. Post Office Department (receipt of sexually explicit mail): Supreme Court, 29336 [16NO]

Sable Communications of California, Inc. v. FCC (dial-a-porn): Supreme Court, 29336 [16NO]

Essays

Celebration of Youth: (sundry excerpts), 4143 [14MR]

Mott's Apple Award for Reading: David Updegraff, 20085 [12SE]

———Donald Ziel, 20085 [12SE]

———Maya Moseberry, 20085 [12SE], 21164 [20SE]

Explanations

Extend authority of child nutrition programs under H.R. 24, 23975-23981 [10OC]

Factsheets

Child Investment and Security Act (H.R. 1573), 5196 [22MR]

Effect of Economic Conditions on Children, 4982 [20MR]

Letters

Act for Better Child Care Services: Arlene Zielke, 26505 [30OC]

———several Representatives, 26505 [30OC]

Child custody case of Eric Foretich and Elizabeth Morgan: Mary L. Froning, 19915 [7SE]

Child Development and Education Act: Bill Clinton, Governor of Arkansas, 23370 [5OC]

———National Governors' Association, 23370 [5OC]

Child nutrition programs: American Association of School Administrators, 23986 [10OC]

———Congressional Black Caucus, 23985 [10OC]

———Congressional Hispanic Caucus, 23985 [10OC]

———National Council of La Raza, 23986 [10OC]

———National Puerto Rican Coalition, Inc., 23986 [10OC]

———Representative de la Garza, 17025 [31JY]

———Representative Hawkins, 17025 [31JY]

Children held hostage by terrorists on playgrounds: Thom Thompson, 19629 [6SE]

Children's Television Education Act: American Psychological Association, 12709 [21JN]

———several educators, 12709 [21JN]

Commission on Children exemption in carrying out certain duties: Senator Rockefeller, 10605 [1JN]

Day care: Business Coalition for Fair Competition, 22285 [28SE]

———Christian Life Commission, 22284 [28SE]

———Gary J. Simon, 13340 [23JN]

———Jamie S. Gorelick, 12960, 12968 [22JN]

———John C. Bush, Kentucky Council of Churches, 12343 [19JN]

———Laurence H. Tribe, 13339 [23JN]

———Michael W. McConnell, 12981, 13023-13026 [22JN]

———National Association of Evangelicals, 12724 [21JN]

———National Child Care Association, 22283 [28SE]

———National Conference of Catholic Bishops, 22284 [28SE]

———National Federation of Independent Business, 22284 [28SE]

———Ralph C. Quellhorst, Indiana-Kentucky Conference, 12344 [19JN]

———Robert Lynch, National Conference of Catholic Bishops, 12519 [20JN]

———Samuel E. Ericsson, 12981 [22JN]

———several religious groups, 12984 [22JN]

———Society for Human Resource Management, 22283 [28SE]

———U.S. Chamber of Commerce, 22284 [28SE]

———William Donald Schaefer, Governor of Maryland, 22762 [2OC], 23379 [5OC]

Dept. of HHS' Office of Assistant Sec. for Family Support: Senator Moynihan, 31683 [21NO]

Drug Abuse Resistance Education Program: Senator Wilson, 27123 [3NO]

Family and medical leave: Carol T. Crawford, Dept. of Justice, 11224 [7JN]

———Elizabeth H. Dole, Sec. of Labor, 11224 [7JN]

Family source of national strength: Kitty Lange, 5911 [10AP]

Forced population control in China: Committee in Defense of Life (Ad Hoc), 15253 [19JY]

———Family Research Council, 15253 [19JY]

———National Right to Life Committee, Inc., 15254 [19JY]

———Senators DeConcini and Armstrong, 15252 [19JY]

Infant formula pricing for low-income purchasers: David T. Flaherty, 17027 [31JY]

———Robert P. Schwartz, 17028 [31JY]

Keeping dial-a-porn messages out of the reach of minors: Alan E. Sears, Children's Legal Foundation, 29336 [16NO]

———Peggy M. Coleman, American Family Association Foundation, 29336 [16NO]

Military Child Care Act: Barbara S. Pope, Dept. of Defense, 16883 [31JY]

National Voluntary Reunion Registry: D.A. Hodgson, 18932 [4AU]

———Kate Pijanowski, 18933 [4AU]

———Linda C. Burgess, 18933 [4AU]

———Michael E. Reagan, 18932 [4AU]

———Michigan birthmother, 18933 [4AU]

———Organization of Adoptive Families, 18932 [4AU]

———Reuben Pannor, 18932 [4AU]

Reprint of article Child Care Policy Issues in Nebraska: Margaret M. Rasmussen, 12533 [20JN]

Smart Start childhood education: Barbara A. Willer, 744 [25JA]

———Donald W. Weber, 746 [25JA]

———Edward P. Keller, National Association of Elementary School Principals, 745 [25JA]

———Gene Wilhoit, National Association of State Boards of Education, 744 [25JA]

———Gordon M. Ambach, Council of Chief State School Officers, 746 [25JA]

———John M. Nelson, 746 [25JA]

———John S. Weston, 746 [25JA]

———Kenneth Melley, National Education Association, 744 [25JA]

———Michael Casserly, Council of the Great City Schools, 744 [25JA]

———Millie Waterman, National PTA, 745 [25JA]

———Paul Guzzi, 746 [25JA]

———W.R. Howell, 746 [25JA]

———William H. Kolberg, National Alliance of Business, 746 [25JA]

———William W. Harris, 745 [25JA]

Sudden infant death syndrome: Mary K. Cashman, 21695 [26SE]

Lists

Organizations suporting reconstitution of Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (House, Select), 2207 [9FE], 2836 [28FE]

Organizations supporting the Child Development and Education Act, 22751 [2OC]

Organizations supporting repeal of sec. 89 of the Act for Better Child Care Services (S. 5), 14722 [14JY]

Regulations imposed on State governors by the Child Development and Education Act, 23346-23349, 23365 [5OC]

Memorials of legislature

California, 12241 [16JN]

Louisiana, 14017 [10JY], 14814 [17JY]

Pennsylvania, 24814 [17OC]

Vermont, 9526 [17MY]

Messages

Working Family Child Care Assistance Act: President Bush, 4240 [15MR]

Motions

Day care: increase quality and availability (S. 5), table Wilson amendment, 13052 [22JN]

Television Violence Act: enact (S. 593), pass in lieu of H.R. 1391, 17162 [1AU]

Papers

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: Lisa Pieper, 9796 [18MY]

Petitions

American Library Association, 14816 [17JY]

Miami, FL, City Commission, 321 [20JA]

Presentation

Children's Rights in International Perspective—The Convention on the Rights of the Children: Clifford O'Donnell and David Johnson, 16340 [26JY]

Special Education Law—Parents' and Children's Involvement, 16944 [31JY]

Press releases

Identification of children exposed to maternal substance abuse: National Association for Perinatal Addiction Research and Education, 21270 [21SE]

Pediatricians urge passage of child care legislation, 23110 [3OC]

Pinellas County, FL, National Association for Perinatal Addiction Research and Education program, 20896, 20898 [19SE]

Proposals

Act for Better Child Care Services: President Bush, 12644 [21JN]

Day care alternative: Senator Dole, 11873 [15JN]

Public opinion polls

Parents disturbed by television content: George Gallup, Jr., 10303 [31MY]

Remarks in House

Abuse-related deaths, 6811 [17AP]

Advisers U.S.A.: tribute, 10726 [1JN]

Adoption: entitle family leave from employment with protection of benefits (H.R. 770), 1639, 1660 [2FE], 3843 [9MR], 8009, 8010, 8012, 8014 [3MY], 11218-11226 [7JN]

Aeronautics: regulations relative to child seating on airplanes, 28285 [9NO]

AFDC: improve quality control standards and procedures (H.R. 2243), 8399 [4MY]

Aged: employment in providing child care for low-income families (H.R. 1816), 6340 [12AP]

AID: children's survival assistance program, 17109 [31JY]

Aliens: amend provisions relative to detaining certain individuals with dependent children (H.R. 1386), 4124 [14MR]

Banks and banking: programs to encourage children to save money, 28286 [9NO]

B'nai B'rith: tribute to children's programs, 28359 [9NO]

Child Development and Education Act: enact (H.R. 3), 114 [3JA], 14246 [11JY], 18676 [3AU], 22654 [2OC], 22778 [3OC], 28178, 28180, 28181 [9NO]

———enact (H.R. 3), debate procedure, 19951 [7SE]

Child Health Day: observance by Children's National Medical Center, 22748 [2OC]

Childless Veterans' Assistance Act: enact (H.R. 1931), 6633 [13AP]

Citizenship: amend provisions relative to children born abroad to U.S. citizens (H.R. 1380), 4107 [14MR]

Cleveland, OH: public opinion poll at Children's Peace Fair, 26466 [27OC]

Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (House, Select): establish (H. Res. 33), 2207 [9FE]

———establish (H. Res. 84), 2821, 2827-2844 [28FE]

———establish (H. Res. 84), correction, 3670 [7MR]

Council Bluffs, IA: tribute to Children's Square, USA, 20409 [13SE]

Courts: authorize grants for closed-circuit televising of the testimony of abused individuals (H.R. 826), 1625 [2FE]

———child custody litigation (H.R. 2952), 15427 [20JY], 18192 [2AU]

———determination of custody in spouse abuse cases (H. Con. Res. 172), 15704 [20JY], 18192 [2AU]

———due process and equal protection of the laws in guardianship proceedings (H.R. 1702), 5638 [5AP]

Cribs: safety, 20708 [18SE]

Crime and criminals: prohibit the possession or discharge of a firearm in a public school zone (H.R. 3757), 30665 [20NO]

Day care: block grant (H.R. 1708), 11954 [15JN], 12734 [21JN]

———budget provisions, 2228 [21FE]

———civil liability (H.R. 1737), 5786 [6AP]

———comprehensive Federal program (H.R. 120), 2581 [22FE]

———expanding State grant programs (H.R. 2244), 11611 [13JN]

———increase quality and availability (H.R. 1840), 6343 [12AP]

———increase quality and availability (S. 5), 5288 [23MR], 14841 [17JY], 24149 [11OC]

———mortgage financing for residential small centers (H.R. 2330), 9034 [11MY]

———parental choice and church-affiliated programs, 22654 [2OC]

———Pennsylvania's program for State employees, 21767 [27SE]

———provisions of budget reconciliation (H.R. 3299), 23629, 23636 [5OC], 28349 [9NO]

———requirements for federally funded services (H.R. 133), 2581 [22FE]

———tax credit, 4151 [15MR], 4712 [16MR], 5129 [22MR], 6359 [12AP], 9324, 9325 [16MY], 21548 [26SE], 22283 [28SE], 23330 [5OC], 23359, 23391 [5OC], 25064 [18OC], 29618 [16NO], 30393 [20NO]

Derby, CT: tribute to Training Education and Manpower, Inc., 26897 [1NO]

Detroit, MI: tribute to Ronald McDonald House, 15974 [24JY]

Diseases: entitle family leave from employment with protection of benefits (H.R. 770), 1639, 1660 [2FE], 3843 [9MR], 8009, 8010, 8012, 8014 [3MY], 11218-11226 [7JN]

District of Columbia: limit the time of incarceration for civil contempt in a child custody case (H.R. 2136), 7567, 7568 [26AP], 13604 [27JN], 13859 [28JN], 20978-20980 [20SE], 21214 [21SE]

Donaldsonville, LA: tribute to Parents as Partners program, 2778 [23FE]

Dropout demonstration programs: extend authorization for certain (H.R. 2281), 11569 [13JN]

Drug abuse: drug-free school zones and increased penalties for trafficking on school grounds (H.R. 3602), 27815 [7NO]

———education and prevention programs in elementary and secondary schools (H.R. 3614), 28502-28511, 28557 [13NO], 28604 [13NO], 29302 [16NO]

———education and prevention programs in elementary and secondary schools (H.R. 3614), conference report, 30734-30736 [21NO]

———increased use of counselors in education and prevention programs in schools (H.R. 3601), 27724 [7NO]

———national antidrug televison adverstising campaign, 26518 [31OC]

Drug Awareness Resistance Education Program: funding, 26885 [1NO]

FAA: safety requirements, 19688 [7SE]

Families: delinquent child support payments, 2502 [22FE]

———legislative agenda, 9433-9437 [16MY]

———source of our national strength, 5911 [10AP]

Family Living Wage Act: enact (H.R. 1104), 2787 [23FE]

Federal aid programs: day care for children whose parents are in job training programs, 19159 [4AU]

———provisions of budget resolution, 8008 [3MY]

———transfer a certain child abuse program (H.R. 2087), 14055 [11JY], 24032 [11OC]

Federal Employee Child Care Act: enact (H.R. 1628), 5215 [23MR], 5318 [23MR]

Federal employees: adoption reimbursement, 13497 [27JN]

Foreign trade: prohibit the importation of goods produced abroad with child labor (H.R. 2485), 10152 [24MY]

Freedom of Choice Act: enact (H.R. 3700), 30039 [17NO]

Fremont, CA: tribute to DARE Program, 30041 [17NO]

Georgia Childhood Autism Diagnostic and Educational Foundation: tribute, 6351 [12AP]

Head Start Act: appropriations (H.R. 1300), 5017-5021 [21MR]

———appropriations (H.R. 2373), 9440 [16MY]

———tribute, 5479 [4AP]

Health care: elimination of preventable death and disabling illness, 5471 [4AP]

———elimination of preventable death and disabling illness through international collaboration (H. Res. 120), 11584 [13JN], 12436 [20JN]

———improvement (H.R. 30), 182 [3JA]

———insurance benefits for full-time student dependent children between ages 22 and 23 (H.R. 856), 1874 [7FE]

———expanded services relative to children (H.R. 1573), 5195, 5201 [22MR]

———importance of child nutrition, 3046 [28FE]

———status of poverty, 4089-4095 [14MR]

Homeless: education of children, 19674 [6SE]

HOPE: tribute to home-oriented preschool education program, 3814 [8MR]

Housing: child care services for residents of transitional housing (H.R. 2759), 13617 [27JN]

Houston, TX: tribute to special olympians, 7552 [26AP]

Howard Beach, NY: Kiwanis Club drug abuse prevention coloring contest, 5327 [23MR]

Humanitarian assistance: authorizing appropriations for health and child survival activities (H.R. 2312), 8825 [10MY]

Illinois: information campaign on prenatal care, 10722 [1JN]

Immigration: certain adopted children (H.R. 1686), 14000 [29JN]

Infant mortality: prenatal care, 28277 [9NO], 5658 [5AP]

Jason Project: tribute to marine exploration project for children, 10476 [31MY]

Little League Baseball: anniversary (H. Con. Res. 123), 10738 [1JN]

March of Dimes: tribute, 5352 [3AP], 5801 [6AP]

Massachusetts: tribute to Reading Exemplary Teacher Award recipients, 20409 [13SE]

Maternal and Child Health Improvement Act: enact (H.R. 1584), 10067 [23MY]

Maternity leave: protection of the employee's employment and benefit rights (H.R. 3445), 24157 [11OC]

———protection of benefits (H.R. 770), 1639, 1660 [2FE], 3843 [9MR], 8009, 8010, 8012, 8014 [3MY], 11218-11226 [7JN]

Medicaid: coverage of certain technology-dependent children (H.R. 832), 1633 [2FE]

———pregnancy coverage, 31103 [21NO]

———reduce infant mortality (H.R. 800), 1631, 1633 [2FE]

Miami Country Day School: tribute, 12621 [20JN]

Michigan: observance of Community Child Watch Week, 21759 [26SE]

Morgan, Elizabeth: civil contempt imprisonment, 21214 [21SE]

Mount Holly, NJ: tribute to Children's Home, 10471 [31MY]

Narcotics: trafficking, 2570 [22FE]

National Adoption Week: designate (H.J. Res. 278), 9973 [18MY], 25558 [24OC], 26362 [26OC]

National Child Care Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 182), 3845 [9MR]

———designate (S.J. Res. 50), 5258 [23MR]

National Children's Day: designate, 2566 [22FE]

———designate (H.J. Res. 132), 8685 [9MY]

———observance, 23311 [4OC]

National D.A.R.E. Day: designate (H.J. Res. 276), 9962, 9963 [18MY]

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: designate, 12734 [21JN]

National Farm Safety Day for Kids: designate (H.J. Res. 168), 3189 [1MR]

National Safety Town Center: anniversary, 13205 [22JN]

National School Safety Patrol Day: designate (H.J. Res. 262), 8733 [9MY]

New York, NY: child welfare system, 24002 [10OC], 24164 [11OC]

Nutrition: extend authority of assistance programs (H.R. 24), 131 [3JA], 17013-17029 [31JY]

———extend authority of assistance programs (H.R. 24), agreeing to Senate amendment with an amendment (H. Res. 260), 23962, 23975-23987 [10OC]

———extend authority of assistance programs (H.R. 24), conference agreement, 24151 [11OC]

Parental abduction: penalties for international cases (H.R. 3623), 28025 [8NO]

Passports: issuance to minors (H.R. 3622), 28025 [8NO]

Pearl River, NY: Lederle Day Care Center anniversary, 5465 [4AP]

Pinellas County, FL: tribute to Enterprise Village, 31794 [21NO]

Pornography: regulation of dial-a-porn, 29901, 29905-29908 [17NO]

———restrict children's access to indecent telephone communications (H.R. 2755), 13500 [27JN], 13649 [27JN]

Pornography Victims Protection Act: enact (H.R. 3472), 24754 [16OC]

Public housing: grants for perinatal service programs (H.R. 3557), 26701 [31OC]

Ridgewood, NJ: day care program, 12425 [20JN]

Rockland County, NY: tribute to foster grandparent program, 30701 [21NO]

San Francisco, CA: tribute to Omega Boy's Club, 13996 [29JN]

Social conditions: immorality of poverty and misery in America, 10806 [6JN]

———improvement of health care, nutrition, and education, 8009, 8011, 8012, 8015 [3MY]

Social Security: adoption reform program (H.R. 752), 1201 [31JA]

———child insurance benefits (H.R. 413), 162 [3JA]

———child insurance benefits of a disabled individual relative to marriage to an individual receiving SSI benefits (H.R. 2080), 7403 [25AP]

———extend the Federal tax refund offset program used in child support enforcement (H.R. 2867), 14494 [12JY]

———health care services for needy children (H.R. 833), 1633 [2FE]

———health services for pregnant women and infants (H.R. 1568), 5130 [22MR], 5179 [22MR]

———improve the foster care and adoption assistance program (H.R. 2185), 7854 [2MY]

———income requirements for benefits relative to severely disabled children (H.R. 1525), 5091 [21MR]

———individualized assessments of disabled or blind children (H.R. 868), 2208 [9FE], 2574 [22FE]

———increase coverage for pregnant women and infants and for childhood immunizations (H.R. 2216), 8069 [3MY]

———remove certain restrictions on eligibility for insurance benefits of an adopted child (H.R. 1669), 5479 [4AP]

———revise the Maternal and Child Health Block Grant Program (H.R. 2651), 12602 [20JN]

Social Security Children's Benefits Act: enact (H.R. 410), 162 [3JA]

Special Olympics: authorizing the 1989 torch relay to run through the Capitol Grounds (H. Con. Res. 71), 7732 [2MY]

SSI: denial of benefits to handicapped, 30061 [17NO]

St. Louis, MO: Older Adult Service and Information System, 30703 [21NO]

Stockton, CA: murder of school students, 245 [19JA]

Syracuse, NY: foster care youth independence project, 5650 [5AP]

Taxation: child care services deduction (H.R. 1282), 3665 [7MR]

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

———credit for improvements or construction of child care facilities (H.R. 3334), 21511 [25SE]

———deduction for adoption expenses (H.R. 1205), 3196 [1MR], 3669 [7MR]

———designation of refunds to fund social services for children (H.R. 3082), 21523 [26SE]

———encourage the extended family unit by increasing certain exemptions (H.R. 517), 289 [19JA]

———increase exemption for children, 9124 [15MY]

———increase minimum wage and increase earned income tax credit for households with preschool and school age children (H.R. 2543), 10792 [5JN], 13864 [28JN]

———increase the amount of the earned income tax credit and make the credit for dependent care expenses refundable (H.R. 882), 3035 [28FE]

———refundable credit to parents with dependents under age 6 (H.R. 2008), 14376 [12JY]

Television Violence Act: enact (S. 593), 17161 [1AU]

———enact (S. 593), appointment of conferees, 30730 [21NO]

———enact (S. 593), withdrawing request on appointment of conferees, 30784 [21NO]

Temporary Child Care for Handicapped Children and Crisis Nurseries Act: revise and extend programs (H.R. 2088), 14058-14060 [11JY], 24034-24037 [11OC]

Tobacco industry: promotion and advertisement of products to children (H.R. 1250), 4010 [9MR]

Trumbull, CT: tribute to Little League, 19690 [7SE]

Trust fund for child programs: establish, 18202 [3AU]

Ulster Project Communities for Peace: tribute to Mahoning Valley chapter of Ohio, 16442 [26JY]

Union County, NJ: anniversary of the Association for Retarded Citizens, 7584 [26AP]

University of Georgia: sponsorship of Future Problem Solving Bowl, 18201 [3AU]

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

WalkAmerica: tribute to March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation, 5289 [23MR]

Washington (DC) Post: tribute to staff, 18199 [3AU]

Welfare, 4977-4984 [20MR]

———abused and neglected children, 11834 [14JN]

WIC: coverage for pregnant prisoners and their infants, 20236 [12SE]

———funding for special supplemental food program, 14951, 15331 [19JY]

Women: single parent support of families, 8885 [11MY]

Wyoming Valley Children's Association: tribute, 7631 [27AP]

Remarks in Senate

Aberdeen, SD: tribute to Foster Grandparents Program, 7349 [19AP]

Adoption: option to abortion, 14192 [11JY]

———permit family planning projects to offer services (S. 23), 570 [25JA]

AFDC: drug testing for applicants for certain benefits, 23505-23509 [5OC]

Alcohol-Related Birth Defects Awareness Week: observance, 9290 [16MY]

Armed Forces: reimbursement for certain costs incurred in the adoption of children (S. 278), 1035 [25JA], 11373 [8JN]

Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act: reauthorize (S. 1893), 29407 [16NO]

Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America: grant charter, 20081 [12SE]

Chandler, IN: tribute to elementary school, 5425 [4AP]

Chicago, IL: reform in public schools, 24572-24573 [13OC]

Child Abuse Prevention Challenge Grants Reauthorization Act: enact (S. 1455), 17502 [1AU], 21099 [20SE]

Child Care Assistance Act: enact (S. 761), 6036-6041 [11AP]

Child Care Assistance and Resources Expansion Act: enact (S. 409), 2113 [9FE]

Child Care Development Act: enact (S. 824), 6998 [18AP]

Child Care Service Enhancement and Quality Improvement Act: enact (S. 512), 3486 [3MR]

Child Development and Education Act: enact (H.R. 3), 16947 [31JY]

Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act: enact (S. 1484), 18001-18003, 18029 [2AU], 18475, 18500 [3AU], 18781 [4AU]

Child Partnership Act: enact, 427 [25JA]

Child Protection Act: enact (S. 1786), 25661 [24OC]

Child Protection and Obscenity Enforcement Act: constitutionality, 11466 [13JN]

———restore recordkeeping requirement (S. 1787), 25663 [24OC]

———restore recordkeeping requirements (S. 1039), 9832 [18MY]

Child Protection Restoration and Penalties Enhancement Act: enact (S. 1825), 26771 [1NO]

Child Support Enforcement Extension Act: enact (S. 1555), 18968 [4AU]

Child Survival Fund: authorizing appropriations (S. 1020), 9546 [17MY]

Children With Disabilities Temporary Care Reauthorization Act: enact (S. 1454), 17501 [1AU], 21742 [26SE]

Children's Television Act: enact (S. 707), 5592 [5AP]

Choices for Children Act: enact (S. 569), 4325 [15MR]

Civil Rights of Infants Act: enact (S. 1681), 22155 [27SE]

Coalition for Children With Special Needs: tribute, 2134 [9FE]

Commission on Children: exemption in carrying out certain duties, 10605 [1JN]

Community Services Block Grant Program: transfer of funds from day care program, 21287 [21SE]

Congressional Council on Education and Space Act: enact (S. 1442), 16927 [31JY]

Courts: mandatory sentences for adults involving juveniles in drug offenses, 23464-23472 [5OC]

———protect rights of crime victims (S. 1923), 30183 [19NO]

———victims' rights (S. 533), 3754 [8MR], 4490 [16MR]

Crime and criminals: domestic violence judiciary training grants (S. 1482), 18000 [2AU]

Day care: assistance and coordination (S. 44), 617 [25JA]

———comprehensive Federal program (S. 146), 787 [25JA]

———improve services, 12286 [19JN]

———increase quality and availability (S. 5), 471-488 [25JA], 1335 [31JA], 2643 [23FE], 4934 [17MR], 8801 [10MY], 11872-11891 [15JN], 12215, 12221-12248 [16JN], 12326-12355 [19JN], 12504, 12505, 12518-12546, 12590, 12593 [20JN], 12629, 12636, 12671-12693, 12724 [21JN], 12957, 12958, 12996-13026, 13033-13039, 13047-13056 [22JN], 13289, 13290, 13296-13313, 13334-13398 [23JN], 14096 [11JY], 14722 [14JY]

———increase quality and availability (S. 5), debate procedure, 12627 [21JN]

———increase quality and availability (S. 18), 558-562 [25JA]

———increase quality and availability (S. 55), 457, 648 [25JA]

———modify criteria for determining institutions status as defined under the Child Care Food Program (S. 881), 7806 [2MY]

———President Bush proposals, 4550 [16MR]

———reserve fund, 8222-8224 [4MY]

———tax credit, 11744 [14JN], 24247-24249 [12OC], 26988 [2NO]

Developing countries: plight of children, 21076 [20SE]

District of Columbia: improve treatment of infants exposed to maternal substance abuse during pregnancy, 20493 [14SE]

———limit the time of incarceration for civil contempt in a child custody case (H.R. 2136), 21346-21347 [21SE]

———limit time of incarceration for civil contempt in child custody cases (S. 1163), 11511-11513 [13JN], 19909-19920, 19938 [7SE]

Drug abuse: divert certain congressional newsletter allocations into treatment of substance-abusing pregnant women, 21593 [26SE]

———education and prevention programs in elementary and secondary schools (H.R. 3614), 31389-31391 [21NO]

———eviction of dealers from public housing and schools, 22547 [29SE]

———higher risk among latchkey children, 22946 [3OC]

———identification of children exposed to maternal substance abuse, 21270 [21SE]

———prenatal care for infants who are born to drug addictive mothers, 20896 [19SE]

———prevention, treatment, and education programs, 22958-22965 [3OC]

———treatment of pregnant women and infants, 22137 [27SE]

Drug Abuse Resistance Education Program: funding (S. 1835), 27122 [3NO]

Economic Equity Act: enact (S. 1480), 17981-17983, 17999 [2AU], 18453 [3AU], 19071 [15AU]

Education: assistance for early childhood development programs (S. 123), 736 [25JA]

———impact of television programming, 13333 [23JN]

———preschool, 7999 [3MY]

———role of parents, 22645 [2OC]

———transfer funds to Head Start from unauthorized child care programs, 21259-21267 [21SE]

———tribute to IMPACT II, 30427 [20NO]

Emergency protective child services grants: appropriations, 22117-22126 [27SE]

Fairness for Adopting Families Act: enact (S. 479), 3144 [1MR]

Family planning services: program grants (S. 1671), 21699 [26SE]

Family Resource Act: enact (S. 1761), 24699 [16OC]

Federal employees: child adoption benefits (S. 277), 1034 [25JA]

Fetal alcohol syndrome: occurrence, 9796 [18MY]

Fremont, CA: referendum on ABC child care, 11304 [8JN]

Handicapped: tribute to service organizations benefiting disabled children, 11742 [14JN]

Head Start Program: supplemental appropriations (S. 598), 4397 [15MR]

———supplemental appropriations (S. 602), 4399 [15MR], 4506 [16MR]

Health care: awareness (S.J. Res. 104), 7035 [18AP], 7377 [19AP], 9955 [18MY]

———coordination of Federal prenatal care programs, 30456 [20NO]

———State Child Care Board, 12338 [19JN]

Healthy Birth Act: enact (S. 708), 5592 [5AP]

Homeless: funding under Depts. of Labor, HHS, Education, and related agencies appropriations (H.R. 2990), 21413 [25SE]

Homosexuality: education of children on certain views, 21255-21259 [21SE]

Immigration: extend date of admission for certain adopted children (S. 1260), 13411 [23JN]

Indian Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act: enact (S. 1783), 25649, 25653 [24OC], 28728 [14NO], 29858 [17NO]

Indians: inclusion of children in settlement roll within Hoopa and Yurok tribes, 29841 [17NO]

Infant Mortality and Children's Health Act: enact (S. 339), 1536, 1543 [2FE], 1784 [7FE], 2137 [9FE], 9291 [16MY]

Intergenerational Library Literacy Act: enact (S. 399), 2088 [9FE]

Little League Baseball: anniversary (S.J. Res. 182), 15957 [24JY]

Maternal and Child Health Act: enact (S. 1201), 12357, 12366 [19JN]

Medicaid: coverage of certain prenatal and postnatal services (S. 721), 5742 [6AP]

Medicaid Children's Health Improvement Act: enact (S. 949), 8551, 8556 [9MY]

Mobile, AL: Helping Hands for the Children honorees, 29076 [15NO]

Moline, IL: Salute to Teens Week, 3653 [7MR]

National Adoption Week: designate (H.J. Res. 278), 28414 [13NO]

———designate (S.J. Res. 187), 18432 [3AU], 26462 [27OC]

National Child Abuse Prevention Month: designate (S.J. Res. 46), 1560 [2FE]

———designate (S.J. Res. 54), 1841 [7FE], 2722 [23FE]

National Child Care Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 50), 2995 [28FE]

National Children's Day: designate (H.J. Res. 132), 13028 [22JN]

———designate (S.J. Res. 15), 456, 1053 [25JA]

National Commission on Children: extend termination date for members (S. 1895), 29457 [16NO]

National D.A.R.E. Day: designate (S.J. Res. 121), 8353 [4MY], 13028 [22JN]

National Endowment for Children's Educational Television: establish (S. 797), 6573, 6574 [13AP], 18815-18819 [4AU]

National Federation of Independent Businesses: tribute to Section 89 Repeal Coalition, 14722 [14JY]

National Foster Care Month: designate (S.J. Res. 10), 1049 [25JA]

National Health Research Foundation: mass mailings on harmful effects of pesticides on fresh fruit, 21414 [25SE]

National Infertility Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 116), 7987 [3MY]

National School Breakfast Week: observance, 3492 [3MR]

National Voluntary Reunion Registry: establish (S. 1530), 18931-18935 [4AU]

New School Childcare Demonstration Projects Act: enact (S. 457), 2964 [28FE]

Nutrition: extend certain authority (H.R. 24), 18500 [3AU], 25774-25790 [24OC]

———extend certain Federal aid programs (S. 880), 7806 [2MY]

———participation of private nonprofit organizations in the Summer Food Service Program for Children (S. 882), 7806 [2MY]

———reauthorization of programs, 25297 [19OC]

Parental abduction: Federal offense (S. 185), 6733 [17AP]

Parental Choices in Child Care Act: enact (S. 392), 1996 [8FE]

Parental Leave Act: enact (S. 951), 8556-8558 [9MY]

Parents as Partners in Learning Act: establish (S. 12), 386 [25JA], 516 [25JA]

Pediatric AIDS Resource Centers Act: enact (S. 896), 7816, 7817 [2MY]

Poverty: victims, 25021 [18OC]

Public Health Services Act: authorizing appropriations for the Adolescent Family Life Program (S. 1131), 10989 [6JN]

Public welfare: assistance for children and family programs, 23516 [5OC]

Reproductive Health Equity Act: enact (S. 1946), 30563 [20NO]

Rockland County, NY: tribute to Foster Grandparent Program, 10380 [31MY]

School lunches: cash assistance or commodity letter of credit assistance (S. 805), 6710 [17AP]

Small Day Care Center Assistance Act: enact (S. 1297), 14322 [12JY]

Social Security: amend provisions relative to child care services and earned income credit (S. 692), 5414 [4AP]

———benefits to severely disabled children (S. 1070), 9894 [18MY]

———coverage for certain outreach activities relative to medical assistance for pregnant women (S. 430), 2460 [22FE]

———drug tests for certain Federal aid applicants with dependent children (S. 1409), 16314 [26JY]

———extend medicaid coverage to certain low-income children (S. 440), 2667 [23FE], 22984 [3OC]

———improve AFDC quality control standards and procedures (S. 231), 954-956 [25JA]

———improve child care (S. 187), 839 [25JA]

———increase medical coverage for women and infants (S. 902), 7957 [3MY], 9096 [12MY]

Special Needs Adoption Assistance Act: enact (S. 1628), 20532 [14SE]

Special Olympics: authorizing the 1989 torch relay to run through the Capitol Grounds (H. Con. Res. 71), 8805 [10MY]

SSI: benefit eligibility requirements for disabled children (S. 1718), 22989 [3OC]

———benefit eligibility requirements for disabled children (S. 1721), 22990 [3OC]

SSI Reform Act: enact (S. 665), 4866 [17MR]

States: strengthen dependent care programs (S. 268), 1022 [25JA]

Sudden infant death syndrome: research funding, 21695 [26SE]

Tax Credit for Families Act: enact (S. 1196), 12249 [16JN]

Taxation: allow additional deduction to employers for costs of providing family birth, adoption, or child illness leave (S. 373), 1935 [8FE]

———basic standard deduction for dependents (S. 28), 576 [25JA]

———credit against tax for employers who provide onsite day care facilities (S. 842), 7271 [19AP]

———credit for child restraint systems used in motor vehicles (S. 117), 729 [25JA]

———damages awarded from injuries or sickness (S. 1119), 10769 [2JN]

———disallow exemption for child born alive after induced abortion (S. 162), 807 [25JA]

———improve child care credit (S. 187), 839 [25JA]

———refundable credit to parents for dependents under age 5 (S. 159), 800 [25JA]

———treatment of expenses used for child care (S. 412), 2122-2125 [9FE], 3162 [1MR]

Television: depiction of violence, 17561 [1AU], 20086 [12SE]

———effects of violence on youth (S. 593), 4384 [15MR], 10300-10305, 10310 [31MY], 29865 [17NO]

———effects of violence on youth (S. 593), unanimous-consent agreement agreement, 10300 [31MY]

———guidelines on sexually explicit material, 10303-10305 [31MY]

———restrictions on advertising during children's programming (S. 1215), 12706-12708 [21JN]

Title V Infant Mortality Reduction Act: enact (S. 1053), 9863, 9864 [18MY]

Toy Safety and Child Protection Act: enact (S. 407), 2109 [9FE]

Transitional Housing Child Care Services Act: enact (S. 1483), 18000 [2AU]

Trumbull, CT: tribute to National Little League All Stars, 21161 [20SE]

U.N.: adoption of Convention on the Rights of the Child, 31249, 31683 [21NO]

———support child immunization programs (S. Res. 122), 8573 [9MY], 22649 [2OC]

Veterans' and Survivors' Compensation Indexing Act: enact (S. 613), 4580 [16MR]

Victims of Child Abuse Act: enact (S. 1965), 31479-31481 [21NO]

Women: projects concerning the effects of substance abuse on pregnant and postpartum females and infants (S. 1444), 17480 [1AU], 28054 [9NO]

Working Family Child Care Assistance Act: enact (S. 601), 4399, 4401 [15MR], 4506 [16MR]

Young Reader and Mott's Apple Award: tribute to Illinois winners, 21164 [20SE]

Young Writer's Contest Foundation: tribute to entrants, 6059 [11AP]

Reports

Child Development and Education: Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families, 114 [3JA]

Children's Survival Assistance Program: AID, 17109 [31JY]

Constitutionality of Possible Amendment to Act for Better Child Care Services Relative to Removing Certificate: David M. Ackerman, Library of Congress, 12344 [19JN], 12979 [22JN]

Day Care Professionals (excerpts), 11886 [15JN]

Fatal Knowledge? Prenatal Diagnosis and Sex Selection, Dorothy C. Wertz and John C. Fletcher, Hastings Center, 22156 [27SE]

Limiting the Time of Incarceration for Civil Contempt in a Child Custody Case: Committee on Governmental Affairs, 21348 [21SE]

New York City Child Welfare System: Brooklyn Health Action Committee (excerpt), 24003 [10OC]

North Carolina Infant Formula Rebates, 17028 [31JY]

Television Violence and Children: Barbara Biggins, 17561-17563 [1AU]

Reports by conference committees

Drug Abuse Education and Prevention Programs in Elementary and Secondary Schools (H.R. 3614), 30327-30404 [20NO]

Reports filed

Assistance for Early Childhood Development Programs: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 123) (S. Rept. 101-58), 12700 [21JN]

Child Nutrition Act and National School Lunch Act Amendment: Committee on Education and Labor (H.R. 24) (H. Rept. 101-194), 16817 [28JY]

Child Abuse Prevention Challenge Grants Reauthorization Act: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 1455), 20626 [15SE]

Children With Disabilities Temporary Care Reauthorization Act: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 1454), 20626 [15SE]

Dial-a-Porn Provisions of Budget Reconciliation Act, 29337 [16NO]

District of Columbia Incarceration for Civil Contempt in Child Custody Cases: Committee on Governmental Affairs (S. 1163) (S. Rept. 101-104), 18391 [3AU]

Drug Abuse Education and Prevention Programs in Elementary and Secondary Schools: committee of conference (H.R. 3614) (H. Rept. 101-384), 30405 [20NO]

Education Assistance to States and Localities for Early Childhood Development Programs: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 123), 11507 [13JN]

Effects of Television Violence on Youth: Committee on the Judiciary (S. 593), 9085 [12MY]

Family Leave Involving a Birth, Adoption, or Serious Health Condition With Protection of Benefits: Committee on House Administration (H.R. 770) (H. Rept. 101-28), 7648 [1MY]

———Committee on Post Office and Civil Service (H.R. 770) (H. Rept. 101-28), 7613 [27AP]

Federal Program To Increase Quality and Availability of Day Care: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 5) (S. Rept. 101-17), 6171 [12AP]

Head Start Act Appropriations Increase: Committee on Education and Labor (H.R. 1300) (H. Rept. 101-12), 4988 [20MR]

———Committee on Education and Labor (H.R. 3) (H. Rept. 101-190), 16563 [27JY]

———Committee on Ways and Means (H.R. 3) (H. Rept. 101-190), 20203 [12SE]

Indian Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act: Committee on Indian Affairs (Select) (S. 1783) (S. Rept. 101-203), 28397 [13NO]

International Child Immunization Programs: Committee on Foreign Relations (S. Res. 122), 20880 [19SE]

National Adoption Week: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 187), 26163 [26OC]

National Child Care Awareness Week: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 50), 2646 [23FE]

National Children's Day: Committee on the Judiciary (H.J. Res. 132), 13058 [22JN]

———Committee on the Judiciary (H.J. Res. 15), 13058 [22JN]

National Endowment for Children's Educational Television: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (S. 797) (S. Rept. 101-66), 14148 [11JY]

Reduction of Costs Associated With Overseas Dependents of Certain Dept. of Defense Employees: Committee on Armed Services (S. 1440), 16915 [31JY]

Restrictions on Advertising During Children's Television: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 1677) (H. Rept. 101-385), 31242 [21NO]

Temporary Child Care for Handicapped Children and Crisis Nurseries Act Extension: Committee on Education and Labor (H.R. 2088) (H. Rept. 101-114), 13621 [27JN]

———Committee on Labor and Human Resources (H.R. 2088), 20626 [15SE]

Transfer a Certain Child Abuse Program to the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (H.R. 2087), 20626 [15SE]

———Committee on Education and Labor (H.R. 2087) (H. Rept. 101-113), 13621 [27JN]

U.S. Children and Their Families: Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (Select) (H. Rept. 101-356), 28845 [14NO]

Resolutions by organizations

Effects of television violence on youth: American Psychological Association, 4385 [15MR]

Songs

``Stand Up for the Children,'' Larry Whitler, 23311 [4OC]

Statements

Act for Better Child Care Services: National Association of Evangelicals, 13360 [23JN]

AFDC Program Quality Control Standards and Procedures: Daniel J. Evans, 955 [25JA]

———June L. Green, 955 [25JA]

Child Care Centers Nationwide Have Current 18% Vacancy Rate: National Child Care Association, 13051 [22JN]

Child Development and Education Programs: Gerald W. McEntee, 23110 [3OC]

———Marina W. Edelman, 23108 [3OC]

———Representative Hawkins, 23109 [3OC]

———Representative Hoyer, 23108 [3OC]

———Representative Kildee, 23109 [3OC]

———Representative Schroeder, 23109 [3OC]

———Senator Dodd, 23109 [3OC]

———Senator Hatch, 23110 [3OC]

———Senator Kennedy, 23109 [3OC]

Day Care: Children's Cabinet (enterprise), 12327 [19JN]

———Deborah Mays, 12326 [19JN]

———Julia Davis, 12326 [19JN]

———Lashona, 12326 [19JN]

———Richard Orloff, 23354, 23355 [5OC]

———Senator Durenberger, 13347 [23JN]

Drug Abuse Education and Prevention Programs in Elementary and Secondary Schools: committee on conference, 30404 [20NO]

Effects of Television Violence on Youth: American Academy of Pediatrics, 4385 [15MR]

Explicit Sexual Television for 8-Year-Old: Terry Rakolta, 10302 [31MY]

Homeless Children: Edward Smith, 3150 [1MR]

Investing in Children (several excerpts), 5197 [22MR]

Preschool Education: San Juan Cafferty, 7999 [3MY]

Responsibility of Broadcasters in Meeting Needs of Children: Robert Keeshan, 10304 [31MY]

Summer Feeding Program: Dept. of Agriculture, 25777 [24OC]

Tribute to Robert H. Sweeney: William H. Considine, 22984 [3OC]

Studies

Effects of Television Violence on Youth: Senator Simon's staff, 4386-4388 [15MR]

Summaries

Act for Better Child Care Services (S. 5), 472 [25JA]

Administration's Medicaid Bill (H.R. 2216), 8069 [3MY]

Availability of Quality Affordable Child Care Under S. 55, 650 [25JA]

Child Development and Education Act (H.R. 3), 115 [3JA]

Child Investment and Security Act (H.R. 1573), 5196 [22MR]

Choices for Children Act (S. 569), 4326 [15MR]

Fairness for Adopting Families Act (S. 479), 3146 [1MR]

Family College Savings Act (S. 1251), 13150 [22JN]

Head Start Program Supplemental Appropriations (S. 602), 4401 [15MR]

Infant Mortality and Children's Health Act (S. 339), 1541 [2FE]

Maternal and Child Health Act (S. 1201), 12364-12366 [19JN]

Maternal and Child Health Improvement Act (H.R. 1584), 5208 [22MR]

Maternity Leave Act (H.R. 3445), 24157 [11OC]

Medicaid Children's Health Improvement Act (S. 949), 8555 [9MY]

Partnerships in Child Care Act (S. 187), 841 [25JA]

Revision of the Maternal and Child Health Block Grant Program (H.R. 2651), 12603 [20JN]

Social Security Medical Coverage for Women and Infants (S. 902), 7959 [3MY]

SSI Disabled and Blind Children Act (H.R. 868), 2811 [27FE]

SSI Program Improvements (H.R. 866-868), 2209 [9FE]

Tax Treatment of Expenses Used for Child Care (S. 412), 2122 [9FE]

Working Family Child Care Assistance Act (S. 601), 4401 [15MR]

Surveys

Child Safety and Health Care: National Academy of Pediatrics, 20223 [12SE]

Children and Families—Public Policies and Outcomes—Factsheet of International Comparisons, 12440 [20JN]

Synopses

Major Revisions to the Act for Better Child Care Services (S. 5), 472 [25JA]

TV programs

Profile of Marian W. Edelman (60 Minutes, excerpt), 27119 [3NO]

Tables

AFDC disallowances, 959 [25JA]

Alternative child care proposals, 23389 [5OC]

Average monthly AFDC and survivors insurance benefit payments, 31682 [21NO]

Border babies in District of Columbia hospitals, 20489 [14SE]

Health insurance premium credit, 13302 [23JN]

Leadership children's package assumed in budget resolution, 8024 [3MY]

Potential AFDC disallowances for fiscal years 1981-86, 8399 [4MY]

Regulation of day care under State law, 12235, 12237 [16JN]

States with low participation in the summer food program, 18479 [3AU]

Testimonies

Child Health: Sandra Huffman, 9957 [18MY]

Convention on the Rights of the Child: Representative Christopher H. Smith, 30670 [21NO]

Day Care: Diana Cybil, 12326 [19JN]

Effects of Television Violence on Youth: NIH, 4385 [15MR]

———Robert Keeshan, 4385 [15MR]

Family and Medical Leave: Cynthia Simpler, 11223 [7JN]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 71, authorizing the Special Olympics torch relay to run through the Capitol Grounds, 7733 [2MY]

H. Res. 84, establish the Select Committees on Hunger; on Children, Youth, and Families; and on Narcotics Abuse and Control, 2825-2827 [28FE]

H. Res. 120, eliminate preventable deaths and disabling illness for children through international collaboration, 5472 [4AP], 12436 [20JN]

H. Res. 260, agreeing to Senate amendment with an amendment to H.R. 24, 23962-23975 [10OC]

H.J. Res. 132, National Children's Day, 8685 [9MY]

H.J. Res. 278, National Adoption Week, 25559 [24OC]

H.J. Res 276, National D.A.R.E. Day, 9963 [18MY]

H.R. 24, child nutrition program extension, 17013-17022 [31JY]

H.R. 410, Social Security Children's Benefits Act, 162 [3JA]

H.R. 413, child's Social Security insurance benefits, 163 [3JA]

H.R. 826, closed-circuit televising of testimony of abused children, 1625-1627 [2FE]

H.R. 1104, Family Living Wage Act, 2788 [23FE]

H.R. 1205, Fairness for Adopting Families Act, 3669 [7MR]

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

H.R. 1282, child care services deduction, 3665 [7MR]

H.R. 1300, authorizing appropriations for the Head Start Act, 5017 [21MR]

H.R. 1380, amend provisions relative to the citizenship of children born abroad to U.S. citizens, 4109 [14MR]

H.R. 1386, Reasonable Detention of Aliens Act, 4124 [14MR]

H.R. 1615, demonstration of educational projects to promote voluntary national service, 5292 [23MR]

H.R. 1628, Federal Employee Child Care Act, 5319 [23MR]

H.R. 1737, Child Care Liability Reform Act, 5786 [6AP]

H.R. 2087, transfer a certain child abuse program, 14055 [11JY]

H.R. 2088, revise and extend programs of Temporary Child Care for Handicapped Children and Crisis Nurseries Act, 14058 [11JY], 24035 [11OC]

H.R. 2136, District of Columbia Civil Contempt Imprisonment Limitation Act, 7567 [26AP], 13604 [27JN], 20927 [19SE]

H.R. 2373, appropriations for Head Start Program, 9440 [16MY]

H.R. 3614, drug abuse education and prevention programs in elementary and secondary schools, 28502-28506 [13NO]

H.R. 3757, prohibit the possession or discharge of a firearm in a public school zone, 30665 [20NO]

S. 5, Act for Better Child Care Services, 472-481 [25JA], 11861-11870 [15JN], 13376-13398 [23JN]

S. 12, Parents as Partners in Learning Act, 517 [25JA]

S. 18, Child Care Standards Improvement Act, 562 [25JA]

S. 23, permit family planning projects to offer adoption services, 570 [25JA]

S. 25, Unborn Children's Civil Rights Act, 572 [25JA]

S. 44, Child Care Assistance Act, 617, 621 [25JA]

S. 117, tax credit for child restraint systems used in motor vehicles, 730 [25JA]

S. 120, reauthorizing adolescent family life demonstration projects, 732-736 [25JA]

S. 123, education assistance to States and localities for early childhood development programs, 737, 744 [25JA]

S. 146, comprehensive Federal day care program, 787 [25JA]

S. 159, refundable credit to parents for dependents under age 5, 800 [25JA]

S. 162, disallow exemption for child born alive after induced abortion, 807 [25JA]

S. 185, punish international parental abduction as a Federal offense, 837 [25JA]

S. 187, Partnerships in Child Care Act, 841-843 [25JA]

S. 231, improve AFDC quality control standards and procedures, 956-958 [25JA]

S. 277, Federal Employees Adoption Benefits Act, 1035 [25JA]

S. 339, Infant Mortality and Children's Health Act, 1538-1541 [2FE]

S. 392, Parental Choices in Child Care Act, 1997 [8FE]

S. 399, Intergenerational Library Literacy Act, 2089 [9FE]

S. 407, Toy Safety and Child Protection Act, 2109 [9FE]

S. 409, Child Care Assistance and Resources Expansion Act, 2114-2119 [9FE]

S. 440, Health Care for Children Act, 2668-2670 [23FE]

S. 457, New School Childcare Demonstration Projects Act, 2964-2966 [28FE]

S. 479, Fairness for Adopting Families Act, 3145 [1MR]

S. 512, Child Care Service Enhancement and Quality Improvement Act, 3487 [3MR]

S. 579, schoolbus safety standards, 4343 [15MR]

S. 593, effects of television violence on youth, 4385 [15MR], 10301, 10312 [31MY], 17161 [1AU]

S. 598, Head Start Program supplemental appropriations, 4397 [15MR]

S. 601, Working Family Child Care Assistance Act, 4400 [15MR]

S. 602, Head Start Program supplemental appropriations, 4401 [15MR]

S. 613, Veterans' and Survivors' Compensation Indexing Act, 4580 [16MR]

S. 655, SSI Reform Act, 4866 [17MR]

S. 707, Children's Television Act, 5592 [5AP]

S. 708, Healthy Birth Act, 5593 [5AP]

S. 721, medicaid coverage of certain prenatal and postnatal services, 5743 [6AP]

S. 761, Child Care Assistance Act, 6036-6040 [11AP]

S. 797, National Endowment for Children's Educational Television, 18818 [4AU]

S. 842, tax credit for employers who provide onsite day care facilities, 7272 [19AP]

S. 843, National Math-Science Teacher Corps Act, 7274 [19AP]

S. 880, expand certain child nutrition programs, 7807 [2MY]

S. 881, modify criteria for determining if day care centers are institutions as defined under the Child Care Food Program, 7807 [2MY]

S. 882, participation of private nonprofit organizations in the Summer Food Service Program for Children, 7807 [2MY]

S. 902, increase Social Security medical coverage for women and infants, 7958 [3MY]

S. 949, Medicaid Children's Health Improvement Act, 8552 [9MY]

S. 951, Parental Leave Act, 8558-8562 [9MY]

S. 1039, restore recordkeeping requirements of the Child Protection and Obscenity Enforcement Act, 9833 [18MY]

S. 1053, Title V Infant Mortality Reduction Act, 9863 [18MY]

S. 1070, Social Security benefits to severely disabled children, 9895 [18MY]

S. 1119, taxation of damages awarded to children from injuries or sickness, 10770 [2JN]

S. 1133, Vocational Education Excellence Act, 10991-10998 [6JN]

S. 1163, District of Columbia incarceration for civil contempt in child custody cases, 11513 [13JN], 19909 [7SE]

S. 1201, Maternal and Child Health Act, 12358-12364 [19JN]

S. 1251, Family College Savings Act, 13148 [22JN]

S. 1260, extend immigration date of admission for certain adopted children, 13411 [23JN]

S. 1297, Small Day Care Center Assistance Act, 14323 [12JY]

S. 1409, drug tests for certain Social Security Federal aid applicants with dependent children, 16314 [26JY]

S. 1442, Congressional Council on Education and Space Act, 16928 [31JY]

S. 1444, projects concerning the effects of substance abuse on pregnant and postpartum females and infants, 17480 [1AU]

S. 1454, Children With Disabilities Temporary Care Reauthorization Act, 17501 [1AU]

S. 1455, Child Abuse Prevention Challenge Grants Reauthorization Act, 17502 [1AU]

S. 1480, Economic Equity Act, 17983-17997 [2AU]

S. 1482, domestic violence judiciary training grants, 18000 [2AU]

S. 1483, Transitional Housing Child Care Services Act, 18001 [2AU]

S. 1484, Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act, 18490-18500 [3AU]

S. 1530, National Voluntary Reunion Registry, 18934 [4AU]

S. 1555, Child Support Enforcement Extension Act, 18969 [4AU]

S. 1628, Special Needs Adoption Assistance Act, 20533 [14SE]

S. 1671, family planning services program grants, 21699-21702 [26SE]

S. 1681, Civil Rights of Infants Act, 22156 [27SE]

S. 1690, Foreign Language Competence for the Future Act, 22417 [28SE]

S. 1761, Family Resource Act, 24699 [16OC]

S. 1783, Indian Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, 25650-25653 [24OC], 29858-29860, 29862-29865 [17NO]

S. 1786, Child Protection Act, 25662 [24OC]

S. 1787, Child Protection and Obscenity Enforcement Act, 25663 [24OC]

S. 1825, Child Protection Restoration and Penalties Enhancement Act, 26771 [1NO]

S. 1835, Drug Abuse Resistance Education Program funding, 27122 [3NO]

S. 1893, Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act reauthorization, 29407-29409 [16NO]

S. 1895, extend termination date for National Commission on Children members, 29457 [16NO]

S. 1912, Freedom of Choice Act, 29769 [17NO]

S. 1946, Reproductive Health Equity Act, 30563 [20NO]

S. Res. 122, support U.N. child immunization programs, 8572 [9MY], 22649 [2OC]

S.J. Res. 10, National Foster Care Month, 1049 [25JA]

S.J. Res. 15, National Children's Day, 1054 [25JA]

S.J. Res. 21, constitutional amendment on right to life, 1057 [25JA]

S.J. Res. 46, National Child Abuse Prevention Month, 1560 [2FE]

S.J. Res. 50, National Child Care Awareness Week, 2951 [28FE], 5258 [23MR]

S.J. Res. 54, National Child Abuse Prevention Month, 1841 [7FE], 3346 [2MR]

S.J. Res. 104, health awareness for children, 7036 [18AP], 9955 [18MY]

S.J. Res. 121, National D.A.R.E. Day, 8354 [4MY]

S.J. Res. 182, anniversary of Little League Baseball, 15958 [24JY]

S.J. Res. 187, National Adoption Week, 18432 [3AU]