BOUCHER, RICK (a Representative from Virginia)

Appointments

Committee on Energy and Commerce (H. Res. 39), 244 [19JA]

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (H. Res. 39), 244 [19JA]

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

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

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Air pollution: monitor acid deposition (see H.R. 3794), 31242 [21NO]

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

Controlled Substances Act: delay amendment relative to the transfer of forfeited property (see H.R. 2918), 14991 [18JY]

Crime and criminals: racketeer influenced and corrupt organizations legislation (see H.R. 1046), 2550 [22FE]

Fire prevention: cigarette and cigar safety (see H.R. 673), 1149 [27JA]

Mines and mineral resources: remining and reclamation of abandoned mines by active operations (see H.R. 2791), 13959 [29JN]

National Cooperative Innovation and Commercialization Act: enact (see H.R. 1024), 2268 [21FE]

Television: improve competition and services relative to programming and prohibit discrimination (see H.R. 2437), 9996 [22MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Aeronautics: prohibit seating discrimination against blind (see H.R. 563), 8453 [8MY]

Agriculture: commercialization of research (see H.R. 1505), 9996 [22MY]

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

Aliens: grounds for exclusion and deportation (see H.R. 1280), 7755 [2MY]

American Coal Miner Day: designate (see H. Con. Res. 146), 26590 [31OC]

American Heritage Trust: establish (see H.R. 876), 10503 [1JN]

Antitrust policy: evidentiary standards for Federal civil claims based on resale price fixing (see H.R. 1236), 11243 [7JN]

Banks and banking: extend period for issuing mortgage bonds and credit certificates (see H.R. 1200), 10869 [6JN]

Birth control: extend family planning program (see H.R. 930), 5945 [11AP]

Black Lung Benefits Act: permit certain coal miners to have claims reviewed (see H.R. 2050), 6881 [18AP]

Broadcasting: codify the fairness doctrine (see H.R. 315), 205 [4JA]

Cable Subscriber Protection Act: enact (see H.R. 109), 1397 [2FE]

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

Centers for Metal Casting Competitiveness Research: establish (see H.R. 1243), 11243 [7JN]

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

Children: restrictions relative to family planning programs (see H.R. 720), 5945 [11AP]

China, People's Republic of: opposition to loans or assistance by international banking agencies (see H. Res. 178), 12493 [20JN]

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

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

Clean Air Act: amend (see H.R. 99), 199 [4JA]

———ozone protection (see H.R. 2699), 13624 [27JN]

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

Committee on Hunger (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 20), 269 [19JA]

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

Container industry: refund value for certain beverage containers (see H.R. 586), 21499 [25SE]

Controlled Substances Act: amend (see H.R. 2806), 13960 [29JN]

Copyright: protect certain computer programs (see H.R. 2740), 15160 [19JY]

Copyright Office: change fee schedule (see H.R. 1622), 18189 [2AU]

Copyright Royalty Tribunal: reduce number of commissioners and change salary classifications (see H.R. 3046), 16817 [28JY]

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

Crime and criminals: penalties for use of semiautomatic firearm or short-barrelled shotgun during a crime of violence or drug trafficking crime (see H.R. 1654), 5273 [23MR]

———program for local rape prevention and control projects (see H.R. 2288), 28018 [8NO]

Decade of the Brain: designate (see H.J. Res. 174), 6458 [13AP]

Dept. of Energy: environmental cleanup of hazardous substances at certain facilities (see H.R. 765), 1393 [2FE]

Dept. of Labor: access to public employment and job training demonstration program (see H.R. 2530), 15437 [20JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve programs for the recruitment and retention of health care personnel (see H.R. 901), 8916 [11MY]

———procedural rights for claims for benefits (see H.R. 3343), 24235 [12OC]

Developing countries: encourage integration of women into development (see H.R. 951), 3101 [1MR]

———eradicate the worst aspects of poverty (see H.R. 594), 326 [20JA]

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), 8710 [9MY]

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

Displaced Homemakers Employment Training and Self-Sufficiency Act: enact (see H.R. 3069), 22875 [3OC]

Dooley, Thomas A., III: commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 177), 21500 [25SE]

Drug abuse: funding from drug forfeiture funds for State education and treatment programs (see H.R. 1041), 31245 [21NO]

———newsletter containing directories of State and local private programs of counseling, treatment and information (see H. Res. 206), 26497 [30OC]

Earth Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 338), 16429 [26JY]

Education: adult literacy (see H.R. 3123), 18671 [3AU]

———advanced technology fields training (see H.R. 1720), 7649 [1MY]

———congressional scholarships for science, mathematics, and engineering (see H.R. 996), 3244 [2MR]

———Federal funding for special education (see H. Con. Res. 85), 12494 [20JN]

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

82d Airborne Division Association, Inc.: charter (see H.R. 82), 198 [4JA]

El Salvador: economic assistance (see H. Con. Res. 1), 106 [3JA]

———encourage a negotiated settlement to the civil war (see H. Con. Res. 213), 24234 [12OC]

———negotiated political settlement to civil war (see H. Con. Res. 48), 2072 [9FE]

Elections: national voter registration for Presidential and congressional elections (see H.R. 15), 6882 [18AP]

———tax credit for contributions to candidates for Congress (see H.R. 19), 2799 [27FE]

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

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

Enterprise Zone Improvements Act: enact (see H.R. 6), 2901 [28FE]

EPA: data on toxic chemical emissions (see H.R. 1457), 4200 [15MR]

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

Fasteners: inspection, testing, and certification (see H.R. 3000), 16202 [25JY]

FCC: determine the effects of price cap regulation on interstate telephone rates (see H.R. 1572), 5170 [22MR]

———protect consumers from unfair practices in the provision of operator services (see H.R. 971), 3244 [2MR]

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

Federal employees: allow periods of certain service under Federal-State cooperative programs to be creditable toward civil service retirement (see H.R. 3129), 18671 [3AU]

———early payment of benefit checks (see H.R. 523), 1398 [2FE]

———extend certain civil service retirement provisions to INS, Customs Service, and IRS law enforcement officers (see H.R. 1083), 5086 [21MR]

———health insurance (see H.R. 211), 5945 [11AP]

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

Fire Safety at Home Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 346), 24815 [17OC]

Food: inspection and labeling of fish and fish products (see H.R. 3155), 22744 [2OC]

Foreign Language Competence Act: enact (see H.R. 2188), 7754 [2MY]

Franklin, Benjamin: commemorative coin for bicentennial of death (see H.R. 3056), 17096 [31JY]

Freedom of Choice Act: enact (see H.R. 3700), 30033 [17NO]

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

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

Geography Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 142), 24131 [11OC]

Handicapped: discrimination prohibition (see H.R. 2273), 11301 [8JN]

Head Start Program: expansion (see H.R. 2217), 8711 [9MY]

Health: improve emergency medical services and trauma care (see H.R. 436, 1602), 210 [4JA], 25917 [25OC]

———national nutrition monitoring program (see H.R. 677), 14905 [17JY]

———penalties for certain mail-related offenses involving anabolic steroids (see H.R. 995), 13623 [27JN]

———prevention and treatment of substance abuse (see H.R. 3630), 28335 [9NO]

———preventive programs (see H.R. 2505), 21004 [20SE]

———promote nondiscrimination in State medical licensure and medical reciprocity standards (see H.R. 614), 1688 [6FE]

House of Representatives: establish scholars' gallery (see H. Res. 171), 11603 [13JN]

———official expenses allowance of Members available for printing (see H. Res. 206), 26497 [30OC]

Industry: conformance of certain fasteners to specifications (see H.R. 777), 1394 [2FE]

Interagency Ground Water Research Committee: establish (see H.R. 2734), 19333 [4AU]

Korea, Republic of: civil liberties violations (see H. Res. 261), 26345 [26OC]

Lebanon: U.S. policy (see H. Res. 128), 8209 [4MY]

Lyme Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 138), 8711 [9MY]

Medicaid: nurses' pay (see H.R. 1649), 14905 [17JY]

Medicare: coverage and payment for services of psychologists (see H.R. 774), 14475 [12JY]

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

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

Miners: early payment of benefit checks (see H.R. 521), 1398 [2FE]

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

Motor vehicles: transportation of food and other items intended for human consumption (see H.R. 3634), 28335 [9NO]

National Academy of Space, Science, and Technology: establish (see H.R. 2957), 17334 [1AU]

National Adoption Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 278), 9650 [18MY]

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

National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 185), 25498 [23OC]

National Arab American Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 241), 22744 [2OC]

National Association of Women Veterans, Inc.: recognize (see H.R. 3480), 27808 [7NO]

National Center for Adult Literacy: establish (see H.R. 970), 6883 [18AP]

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

National Children's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 132), 1747 [7FE]

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

National Diabetes Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 210), 7545 [26AP]

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 320), 20775 [19SE]

National Down's Syndrome Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 209), 20775 [19SE]

National Drive for Life Weekend: designate (see H.J. Res. 257), 18190 [2AU]

National Family Caregivers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 282), 12181 [15JN]

National Fire Fighters Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 389), 23300 [4OC]

National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 94), 5086 [21MR]

National 4-H Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 381), 20775 [19SE]

National Glaucoma Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 397), 30035 [17NO]

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

National Historically Black Colleges Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 399), 19964 [11SE]

National HIV and AIDS Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 405), 24744 [16OC]

National Hospice Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 194), 8916 [11MY]

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

National Law Enforcement Training Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 273), 12937 [22JN]

National Library Card Sign-Up Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 231), 14077 [11JY]

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

National Military Families Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 385), 27809 [7NO]

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

National Occupational Safety Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 378), 21005 [20SE]

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

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

National Park System Review Board: establish (see H.R. 1484), 4489 [16MR]

National Philanthropy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 230), 25240 [19OC]

National Quarter Horse Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 345), 24235 [12OC]

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

National Tap Dance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 131), 10051 [23MY]

National Teacher Appreciation Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 198), 22744 [2OC]

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

National Women and Girls in Sports Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 82), 1153 [27JA]

National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 35), 24814 [17OC]

National Women's History Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 148), 2902 [28FE]

Natural gas: State ad valorem property taxes on interstate transmission property (see H.R. 2378), 14076 [11JY]

Natural resources: national policy for the conservation of biological diversity (see H.R. 1268), 5516 [5AP]

Nicaragua: economic sanctions (see H.R. 418), 5171 [22MR]

NSF: funding for science and technology literacy development (see H.R. 3122), 27808 [7NO]

———Science, Engineering, and Mathematics Educator Award (see H.R. 2270), 8708 [9MY]

———Science Museum Assistance Program (see H.R. 3154), 19328 [4AU]

Occupational health and safety: U.S. obligation in workplaces (see H.R. 1095), 10868 [6JN]

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

Parole Commission: salary classifications for commissioners (see H.R. 3046), 16817 [28JY]

Partnerships in Education Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 151), 10051 [23MY]

Patent and Trademark Office: salary classifications for members (see H.R. 3046), 16817 [28JY]

Peace Corps: training and educational benefits (see H.R. 985), 2554 [22FE]

Pensions: cost of living adjustments for Federal retirement program (see H.R. 1074), 19332 [4AU]

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

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

Postal Service: budget treatment (see H.R. 982), 3101 [1MR]

———restrictions on solicitations for purchase of products or services provided free or at lower price by the Government (see H.R. 373), 3568 [7MR]

———treat uniformed inspectors as law enforcement officers for retirement purposes (see H.R. 1632), 20403 [13SE]

Power resources: tax incentives for oil and natural gas exploration (see H.R. 658, 664), 14076 [11JY]

Public Utility Holding Company Act: exempt certain electric power generators (see H.R. 3692), 29605 [16NO]

Public welfare: Dept. of Agriculture assistance for two meals served daily per person (see H.R. 2756), 15850 [24JY]

Radio: reform broadcast license renewal process (see H.R. 1136), 2899 [28FE]

Railroad Retirement Board: early payment of benefit checks (see H.R. 522), 1398 [2FE]

Refugees: status of certain Soviet and Indochinese nationals (see H.R. 2022), 10050 [23MY]

Refuse and refuse disposal: interstate disposal of solid waste (see H.R. 3268), 20403 [13SE]

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

Roanoke, VA: convey parcel of land to Virginia for use as veterans nursing home (see H.R. 310), 2071 [9FE]

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

Rural Emergency Medical Services Improvement Act: enact (see H.R. 1587), 7437 [25AP]

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

Smithsonian Institution: development of plan to expand National Air and Space Museum at airport site (see H.R. 889), 2554 [22FE]

Social Security: 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), 14076 [11JY]

———health services for pregnant women and infants (see H.R. 1710), 10161 [24MY]

———medicare coverage for Papanicolaou test (see H.R. 141), 22068 [27SE]

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

———work incentives relative to disability benefits (see H.R. 8), 6457 [13AP]

Solid waste: clarification of application of requirements and sanction at Federal facilities (see H.R. 1056), 8073 [3MY]

———safety management of wastes exported to foreign countries (see H.R. 3736), 30117 [19NO]

Solid Waste Disposal Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 3735), 30116 [19NO]

South Africa: prohibit U.S. investments and other activities (see H.R. 21), 26962 [2NO]

Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact: congressional consent to amendments (see H.R. 2642), 14076 [11JY]

Soviet Union: mutual and verifiable restrictions on production of plutonium and uranium (see H.R. 2403), 15437 [20JY]

Space sciences: commend NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory for successes of Voyager mission (see H. Con. Res. 201), 24744 [16OC]

Special days: commission to advise the President on proposals for national commemorative events (see H.R. 539), 5515 [5AP]

Statehood: 100th anniversary commemorative coins for certain (see H.R. 1553), 19332 [4AU]

States: copyright infringement suits in Federal court (see H.R. 3045), 16817 [28JY]

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

Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act: emergency supplemental appropriations (see H.J. Res. 31), 3858 [9MR]

Taxation: assessment of retail dealer occupational taxes (see H.R. 2285), 20205 [12SE]

———benefits under educational assistance programs (see H.R. 1165), 4489 [16MR]

———certain credits will not be subject to the passive activity rules (see H.R. 796), 19332 [4AU]

———credit for producing natural gas from tight formations (see H.R. 1476), 14905 [17JY]

———deduction for educational loans (see H.R. 747), 6458 [13AP]

———deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 2121), 10161 [24MY]

———designation of refunds to fund social services for children (see H.R. 3082), 18188 [2AU]

———exceptions from rules on contributions of assistance (see H.R. 118), 7754 [2MY]

———excise taxes on certain virgin materials and establish trust funds for recycling (see H.R. 3737), 30117 [19NO]

———low-income housing credit (see H.R. 2319), 19782 [7SE]

———permanent exclusion of funding for employee educational assistance (see H.R. 2037), 10789 [5JN]

———treatment of estate tax inclusion related to valuation freezes (see H.R. 60), 14075 [11JY]

Television: prohibit foreign ownership of cable systems (see H.R. 2643), 11818 [14JN]

Tongass National Forest, AK: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 987), 5516 [5AP]

U.N.: increase the international minimum age for combat (see H. Res. 283), 29071 [15NO]

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

Utah: designate certain Federal lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1500), 25615 [24OC]

VA: recruitment and retention of health care personnel (see H.R. 901), 8916 [11MY]

Veterans: availability of benefits to those incarcerated in Federal penal or correctional institutions (see H.R. 3453), 24234 [12OC]

———early payment of benefit checks (see H.R. 520), 1398 [2FE]

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

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

Vocational Education Act: grants for technical education (see H.R. 22), 3244 [2MR]

Volunteer fire fighters: tax credits (see H.R. 1054), 11243 [7JN]

Volunteer workers: corporation to administer national volunteer service program (see H.R. 1000), 6458 [13AP]

Wallenberg, Raoul: release of prison records and account for whereabouts by the Soviet Union (see H. Con. Res. 165), 24235 [12OC]

Washington Centennial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 410), 25615 [24OC]

Water Resources Research Act: extend authorization (see H.R. 1101), 10789 [5JN]

Wilderness Act: observe anniversary of National Wilderness Preservation System (see H.J. Res. 163), 15160 [19JY]

Wildlife: promote conservation (see H.R. 132), 18189 [2AU]

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

World War II: memorial and museum (see H.R. 537), 266 [19JA]

———memorial to members of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 2807), 14017 [10JY]

World War II Remembrance Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 221), 12181 [15JN]

Yellowstone National Park: restoration of gray wolves (see H.R. 2786), 13845 [28JN]

Yosemite National Park: anniversary (see H.R. 3182; H.J. Res. 398), 20775 [19SE]

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

———services for pregnant adolescents and adolescent parents (see H.R. 1117), 9651 [18MY]

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

Descriptions

Private Calendar, 29588 [16NO]

Remarks by, on

Air pollution: clean air standards, 16558 [28JY]

Coal: stabilize pension and health plans (H.R. 3413), 23880 [6OC]

Crime and criminals: racketeer influenced and corrupt organizations (H.R. 1046), 2584 [22FE]

FCC: protect consumers from unfair practices in the provision of operator services (H.R. 971), 21468 [25SE]

House of Representatives: Consent Calendar agreement, 29588 [16NO]

Mines and mineral resources: remining and reclamation of abandoned mines by active operations (H.R. 2791), 14011 [29JN]

National Cooperative Innovation and Commercialization Act: enact (H.R. 1024), 2363 [21FE]

National Railroad Passenger Corp.: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2364), 21477 [25SE]

Television: improve competition and services relative to programming and prohibit discrimination (H.R. 2437), 10005 [22MY]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 9995 [22MY], 13958 [29JN], 16817 [28JY]

Special order: granted, 29603 [16NO]

Testimonies

Committee on Government Operations: Information Age to Rural America, D657 [12OC]

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Reclamation of Abandoned Mined Lands by Active Mining Operations (H.R. 2719), D438 [18JY]

Committee on the Judiciary (House): Antitrust Legislation on Production Joint Ventures (H.R. 423, 1024, 1025, 2264), D283 [17MY]

Texts of

H.R. 2791, remining and reclamation of abandoned mines by active operations, 14011 [29JN]