STAGGERS, HARLEY O., JR. (a Representative from West Virginia)

Appointments

Committee on Aging (Select), 3674 [8MR]

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

Committee on the Judiciary (H. Res. 39), 244 [19JA]

Committee on Veterans' Affairs (H. Res. 39), 244 [19JA]

Conferee: H.R. 1278, Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act, 12925 [22JN]

———H.R. 3299, budget reconciliation, 25093 [18OC]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

American Battle Monuments Commission: appointment of enlisted members of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 1414), 4198 [15MR]

Committee on Labor Relations for the Capitol Police (Joint): establish (see H. Con. Res. 110), 8208 [4MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: use of third-party reimbursements toward medical care (see H.R. 2401), 9648 [18MY]

Monongahela National Forest, WV: modify the boundary of the Cranberry Wilderness (see H.R. 1576), 5171 [22MR]

Rural areas: develop plans for community development programs (see H.R. 3519), 25916 [25OC]

———water and waste water services (see H.R. 3435), 24130 [11OC]

Veterans: amend provisions relative to the home loan program (see H.R. 1415), 4198 [15MR]

Visiting Nurse Association of America: prohibit unauthorized use of names or acronyms (see H.R. 1674), 5513 [5AP]

U.S. flag: importation of foreign-made flags (see H.R. 1036), 2268 [21FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Abortion: right to life (see H.R. 623, 626; H.J. Res. 91, 103), 1151 [27JA], 5085, 5086 [21MR]

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

———prohibit seating restrictions against blind (see H.R. 563), 1153 [27JA]

———transportation bankruptcy plans (see H.R. 1292), 10869 [6JN]

AFDC: improve quality control standards and procedures (see H.R. 2243), 13623 [27JN]

Age Discrimination in Employment Act: amend (see H.R. 1432), 10050 [23MY]

Aged: mental health (see H.R. 111), 5515 [5AP]

Agriculture: anniversary of State Cooperative Extension Service (see H.J. Res. 124), 2269 [21FE]

———development of fresh mushroom promotion, research, and consumer information program (see H.R. 2187), 7754 [2MY]

American Battle Monuments Commission: exempt certain officers from grade limitations (see H.R. 1734), 10243 [25MY]

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

Antitrust policy: evidentiary standards for Federal civil claims based on resale price fixing (see H.R. 1236), 4489 [16MR]

Appalachian Highway Development Program: additional funding (see H.R. 1167), 2900 [28FE]

Appalachian Regional Development Act: extend (see H.R. 1166), 2900 [28FE]

Arlington National Cemetery, VA: unmarked burial of cremated remains (see H.R. 88), 21004 [20SE]

Artists: collective bargaining for employers and performers in the live performing arts (see H.R. 2025), 26589 [31OC]

Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3677), 29604 [16NO]

Banks and banking: extend period for issuing mortgage bonds and credit certificates (see H.R. 1200), 5338 [3AP]

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

Black Lung Benefits Act: amend relative to hearings on certain claims (see H.R. 3606), 27807 [7NO]

———permit certain coal miners to have claims reviewed (see H.R. 2050), 6881 [18AP]

Brick Township, NJ: designate the James J. Howard Veterans' Outpatient Clinic (see H.R. 2557), 12936 [22JN]

Capra, Frank: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1699), 21590 [26SE]

Census: exclusion of illegal aliens for purposes of congressional reapportionment (see H. Con. Res. 195), 24235 [12OC]

———exempt Federal annuitants or former military personnel who assist in the decennial count from offsets relative to pay and other benefits (see H.R. 1860), 11604 [13JN]

Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner Day: designate (see H. Con. Res. 141), 12494 [20JN]

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Development Act: amend (see H.R. 3545), 26588 [31OC]

Chief Justice of the United States: address to Congress on the state of the judiciary (see H.R. 1665), 10503 [1JN]

Child Development and Education Act: enact (see H.R. 3), 7436 [25AP]

Civil liberties: constitutional amendment relative to equal rights for men and women (see H.J. Res. 1), 348 [24JA]

Clay Center, NE: Virginia D. Smith Animal Health Research Laboratory (see H.R. 3048), 16817 [28JY]

Coal: transfer pension funds to health benefit fund (see H.R. 3413), 23413 [5OC]

Coal mining: treating water supplies adversely affected (see H.R. 1315), 3690 [8MR]

Coins and coinage: modernize (see H.R. 505), 8208 [4MY]

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

Committee on Hunger (Select): establish (see H. Res. 20), 107 [3JA], 1749 [7FE]

Commodity Exchange Act: amend relative to trading regulations (see H.R. 2869), 19782 [7SE]

Corporations: amend provisions of law relative to interlocking directorates and officers (see H.R. 29), 104 [3JA]

Country Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 401), 22745 [2OC]

Court of Veterans Appeals: retirement and survivor benefit program for judges (see H.R. 2727), 16565 [27JY]

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

Daytona Beach, FL: designate William V. Chappell, Jr., Veterans' Outpatient Clinic (see H.R. 2594), 21590 [26SE]

Decade of the Brain: designate (see H.J. Res. 174), 8074 [3MY]

Dept. of Defense: establish a system for defense acquisition (see H.R. 2897), 14694 [13JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: expansion of services to sufferers of post-traumatic stress disorder (see H.R. 3037), 16564 [27JY]

———family services for married veterans with service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 1931), 9483 [17MY]

———improve programs for the recruitment and retention of health-care personnel (see H.R. 901), 1745 [7FE]

———postsecondary education assistance for certain students in health professions (see H.R. 3199), 25917 [25OC]

———procedural rights for claims for benefits (see H.R. 3343), 25615 [24OC]

———recruitment and retention of nurses (see H.R. 1199), 3099 [1MR]

Developing countries: encourage integration of women into development (see H.R. 951), 3857 [9MR]

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

Diseases: clarify the intent of Congress relative to eligibility for black lung benefits (see H.R. 814), 1396 [2FE]

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

———improve education and programs relative to Alzheimer's disease (see H.R. 1490), 5516 [5AP]

Drugs: Federal grants for programs to benefit individuals who have been exposed to diethylstilbestrol (see H.R. 730), 9483 [17MY]

Education: commission examining the teaching of values (see H.R. 733), 1203 [31JA]

———Federal funding for special education (see H. Con. Res. 85), 16818 [28JY]

———school enrollment requirement on the issuance of motor vehicle licenses (see H.R. 3098), 18670 [3AU]

———State high school completion rates (see H.R. 670), 4201 [15MR]

———using volunteer workers (see H.R. 2137), 7613 [27AP]

El Salvador: negotiated political settlement to civil war (see H. Con. Res. 48), 20442 [14SE]

Employment: entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (see H.R. 770), 6332 [12AP]

———extend targeted jobs credit (see H.R. 2098), 9652 [18MY]

FAA: foreign repair station rules (see H.R. 145), 1152 [27JA]

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

Farm Animal and Research Facilities Protection Act: enact (see H.R. 3270), 20403 [13SE]

FDA: labeling requirement for food containing vegetable oils (see H.R. 1441), 10242 [25MY]

Federal Employee Child Care Act: enact (see H.R. 1628), 11452 [12JN]

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

Flight Attendant Safety Professionals' Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 186), 7437 [25AP]

Food: labeling (see H.R. 2051), 14694 [13JY]

———labeling to show amounts of sodium and potassium (see H.R. 1712), 21217 [21SE]

Food Safety Assurance Act: enact (see H.R. 3292), 20774 [19SE]

Foreign Ownership Disclosure Act: enact (see H.R. 5), 2553 [22FE]

Freedom of Information Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 167), 4113 [14MR]

Geography Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 142), 21217 [21SE]

Handicapped: discrimination prohibition (see H.R. 2273), 18642, 18673 [3AU]

Hazardous substances: improve transportation safety (see H.R. 2584), 26589 [31OC]

Head Start Act: amend (see H.R. 2373), 9407 [16MY]

Head Start Program: expansion (see H.R. 2217), 10503 [1JN]

Health: cost and quality in rural areas (see H.R. 950), 2067 [9FE]

House of Representatives: reapportionment of seats relative to alien residents (see H.J. Res. 199), 5087 [21MR]

———voluntary expenditure limits and partial public financing of campaigns (see H.R. 14), 1397 [2FE]

Income: congressional, executive, and judicial salaries and pensions (see H.R. 401; H.J. Res. 113), 348 [24JA], 1398 [2FE]

Insurance: private long-term care coverage (see H.R. 3621), 28017 [8NO]

International Year of Bible Reading: designate (see H.J. Res. 275), 21590 [26SE]

Interstate commerce: destruction or injury of property (see H.R. 1515), 10443 [31MY]

———standards of conduct for insurance (see H.R. 1093), 8208 [4MY]

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

Ireland, Northern: U.S. business guidelines for equal employment opportunity (see H.R. 725), 10443 [31MY]

Italian-American Heritage and Culture Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 392), 22876 [3OC]

Labeling: requirements relative to food or drink called lite or light (see H.R. 514), 19332 [4AU]

Leavenworth, KS: designate the Dwight D. Eisenhower Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (see H.R. 2987), 21590 [26SE]

Libraries: grants for literacy projects (see H.R. 957), 8208 [4MY]

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

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

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

Medicaid: State option of providing community care to the elderly (see H.R. 1453), 7649 [1MY]

Medicare: coverage and payment for services of psychologists (see H.R. 774), 8453 [8MY]

———eliminate differential payments between urban and rural hospitals (see H. Con. Res. 125), 9407 [16MY]

———improve services in rural areas (see H.R. 762), 2800 [27FE]

———payment reductions to hospitals under part A (see H. Con. Res. 40), 5275 [23MR]

———payments made to hospitals in rural areas (see H.R. 2246), 10161 [24MY]

———regional referral center classification of hospitals (see H.R. 680), 1748 [7FE]

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), 14076 [11JY]

———extend Advisory Committee on Medicare Home Health Claims (see H.R. 2195), 9652 [18MY]

Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 164), 7649 [1MY]

Merchant marine: inclusion of certain service in civil service retirement system (see H.R. 1436), 9651 [18MY]

Mines and mineral resources: reauthorize reclamation fees (see H.R. 2095), 10869 [6JN]

Mount Rushmore National Memorial: commemorative anniversary coins (see H.R. 1028), 16203 [25JY]

Mount Vernon, MO: designate the Gene Taylor Veterans' Outpatient Clinic (see H.R. 2983), 21590 [26SE]

National Adoption Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 278), 17335 [1AU]

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

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

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

National Burn Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 426), 27809 [7NO]

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

National Culinary Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 121), 24744 [16OC]

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), 20404 [13SE]

National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 429), 30035 [17NO]

National Family Caregivers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 282), 14077 [11JY]

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

National 4-H Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 381), 21500 [25SE]

National Glaucoma Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 397), 25499 [23OC]

National Guard: civil service retirement credit for technicians (see H.R. 1400), 8710 [9MY]

National Health Care Food Service Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 141), 21005 [20SE]

National Hospice Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 194), 15850 [24JY]

National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research: conduct research relative to prosthetic and orthotic devices (see H.R. 758), 8845 [10MY]

National Job Skills Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 195), 16429 [26JY]

National Korean War Veterans Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 130), 14992 [18JY]

National League of Families of POW/MIA: flag to be displayed at U.S. diplomatic or consular posts and military installations (see H.R. 742), 6332 [12AP]

National Literacy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 277), 13279 [23JN]

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

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

National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 112), 5086 [21MR]

National Osteoporosis Prevention Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 108), 4202 [15MR]

National Park System Review Board: establish (see H.R. 1484), 6806 [17AP]

National Philanthropy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 230), 22293 [28SE]

National Pledge of Allegiance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 253), 15160 [19JY]

National Railroad Passenger Corp.: disposal of untreated waste on tracks (see H.R. 3380), 24235 [12OC]

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 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), 18189 [2AU]

National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 35), 25917 [25OC]

New Columbia: admission as State of the Union (see H.R. 51), 19331 [4AU]

Obeid, Abdul: extradition from Israel (see H. Con. Res. 183), 18189 [2AU]

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

OPM: transfer of authority to determine pay classification of administrative law judges (see H.R. 213), 348 [24JA]

Peace Corps: drape a U.S. flag over the caskets of deceased volunteers (see H.R. 3475), 26877 [1NO]

Pensions: amend rules on fiduciary duties relative to assets of terminated plans (see H.R. 1661), 14694 [13JY]

———cost of living adjustments for Federal retirement program (see H.R. 1074), 5683 [6AP]

Petroleum: excise taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel (see H. Res. 41), 3568 [7MR]

Petroleum Marketing Practices Act: amend (see H.R. 830), 5338 [3AP]

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

Postal Service: budget treatment (see H.R. 982), 4201 [15MR]

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

Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Technology Act: enact (see H.R. 1216), 10050 [23MY]

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

———essential air service (see H.R. 3274), 20441 [14SE]

———mass transportation funding (see H.R. 368), 8916 [11MY]

Rural Emergency Medical Services Improvement Act: enact (see H.R. 1587), 8711 [9MY]

Rural Hospital Recovery Act: enact (see H.R. 1583), 8073 [3MY]

Rushdie, Salman: denouncing death sentence by Ayatollah Khomeini (see H.J. Res. 154), 2618 [23FE]

Saginaw, MI: designate Aleda E. Lutz Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (see H.R. 2569), 12936 [22JN]

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

Smithsonian Institution: National African-American Heritage Memorial Museum (see H.R. 1570), 25498 [23OC]

Social Security: benefit computation rules (see H.R. 2707), 16818 [28JY]

———computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 917), 1746 [7FE]

———coverage of social worker services in rural health clinics (see H.R. 1176), 7649 [1MY]

———drug and alcohol addiction treatment (see H.R. 2456), 10049 [23MY]

———improve quality of services to individuals with mental retardation (see H.R. 854), 7754 [2MY]

———income requirements for benefits relative to severely disabled children (see H.R. 1525), 8711 [9MY]

———payment of benefits upon death of recipient (see H.R. 455), 2071 [9FE]

———payment to physicians for services (see H.R. 1175), 7649 [1MY]

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

Steel Fair Trade Review Act: enact (see H.R. 3093), 18188 [2AU]

Steel Import Stabilization Act: extend (see H.R. 904), 1746 [7FE]

Stewart, James M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1699), 21590 [26SE]

Student aid: improved collection of defaulted loans (see H.R. 2043), 10503 [1JN]

Take Pride in the Flag Day: designate (see H. Res. 189), 13847 [28JN]

Tariff: tamoxifen citrate (see H.R. 731), 25498 [23OC]

Taxation: credit for producing natural gas from tight formations (see H.R. 1476), 4488 [16MR]

———deduction for interest on educational loans (see H.R. 747), 2554 [22FE]

———deduction of certain children's clothing and costs associated with seing eye dogs and hearing dogs (see H.R. 3542), 26369 [27OC]

———deductions relative to expenses for certain adult dependents requiring home care (see H.R. 550), 2072 [9FE]

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

———increase the amount of the earned income tax credit and make the credit for dependent care expenses refundable (see H.R. 882), 11243 [7JN]

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

———treatment of rural cooperatives relative to book income preference (see H.R. 1193), 13962 [29JN]

Telephone: safeguards for subscribers of small companies relative to interstate service rates (see H.R. 1238), 3242 [2MR]

Television: prohibit encryption of broadcast programming produced with Federal subsidization (see H.R. 2667), 12180 [15JN]

Tobacco industry: restrict and regulate products (see H.R. 1493), 8916 [11MY]

U.S. flag: prohibit desecration (see H.R. 2978), 19782 [7SE]

United Services Organization: commemorative coins (see H.R. 2761), 18189 [2AU]

Urban Development Action Grant Program: reauthorizing (see H.R. 652), 1688 [6FE]

Veterans: benefits (see H.R. 1358), 4202 [15MR]

———disability compensation (see H.R. 1335), 22068 [27SE]

———education programs (see H.R. 3390), 25917 [25OC]

———eligibility for outpatient medical services furnished by Dept. of Veterans Affairs (see H.R. 1780), 10869 [6JN]

———pension for World War I service (see H.R. 1918), 6883 [18AP]

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

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

———readjustment appointments (see H.R. 2486), 15160 [19JY]

———receive compensation concurrently with retired pay and without deductions from either (see H.R. 303), 327 [20JA]

———remove limitation on pensions furnished to persons under long-term hospital care (see H.R. 1334), 10869 [6JN]

Vocational Education Act: grants for technical education (see H.R. 22), 4033 [13MR]

Wetlands Conservation Act: amend (see H.R. 1526), 13623 [27JN]

Wilderness Act: anniversary of National Wilderness Preservation System (see H.J. Res. 163), 8074 [3MY]

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

World War II: commemorative medal for Armed Forces members present at Pearl Harbor attack (see H.R. 2575), 22068 [27SE]

———District of Columbia memorial to members of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 2807), 15850 [24JY]

World War II Remembrance Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 221), 9997 [22MY]

Youth: assistance programs, services, and conferences (see H.R. 1492), 4989 [20MR]

Zinnemann, Fred: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1699), 21590 [26SE]

Oaths of office

House of Representatives, 194 [4JA]

Remarks by, on

American Battle Monuments Commission: appointment of enlisted members of the Armed Forces (H.R. 1414), 10027 [23MY]

Arlington National Cemetery, VA: unmarked burial of cremated remains (H.R. 88), 22664 [2OC]

Banks and banking: reform Federal deposit insurance system (H.R. 1278), conference report, 18575 [3AU]

Committee on Labor Relations for the Capitol Police (Joint): establish (H. Con. Res. 110), 8413 [4MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: recruitment and retention of health care personnel (H.R. 901), 30302 [20NO]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2991), conference report, 26250, 26279 [26OC]

Minimum wage: adjust (H.R. 2710), 26816 [1NO]

Rural development, agriculture, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2883), 14952 [18JY]

U.S. flag: importation of foreign-made flags (H.R. 1036), 2226 [21FE], 11750 [14JN]

———prohibit desecration (H.R. 2978), 20109 [12SE]

Veterans: amend provisions relative to the home loan program (H.R. 1415), 10809, 10814 [6JN]

———level of service provided to certain individuals, 28282 [9NO]

Visiting Nurse Association of America: prohibit unauthorized use of names or acronyms (H.R. 1674), 5652 [5AP]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 6879 [18AP]

Special order: granted, 7432 [25AP], 26960 [2NO], 28334 [9NO]

Reports

Veteran Health Care Services: Edward J. Derwinski, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, 28282-28285 [9NO]

Statements

How Do You Know When You Need a Labor Committee? V.L. Van Fleet, 8414 [4MY]

Testimonies

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Adjust Boundary of Rocky Mountain National Park (H.R. 1606), D505 [1AU]

———Inclusions in National Wild and Scenic Rivers System (H.R. 644), D505 [1AU]

Tributes

Baisi, Neal, 7594 [27AP]

Brammer, James T., 7083 [19AP]

Randolph, Jennings, 3684 [8MR]