CONTE, SILVIO O. (a Representative from Massachusetts)

Amendments offered by, to

Appropriations: further continuing (H.J. Res. 423), 25536 [24OC]

Energy and water development: appropriations (H.R. 2696), 13685 [28JN]

Appointments

Christopher Columbus Quincentennial congressional liaison, 8194 [4MY]

Conferee: H.R. 2072, emergency supplemental appropriations, 11578 [13JN], 12757 [21JN]

———H.R. 2696, appropriations for energy and water development, 19509 [6SE]

———H.R. 2788, appropriations for the Dept. of the Interior, 20368 [13SE]

———H.R. 2883, appropriations for agriculture, rural development, and related agencies programs, 19508 [6SE]

———H.R. 2916, extend FERC license for the construction of the South Fork American River project in El Dorado County, CA, 24734 [16OC]

———H.R. 2939, foreign operations, export financing, and related programs appropriations, 26306 [26OC]

———H.R. 2989, appropriations for the Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, and Executive Office of the President, 19508 [6SE]

———H.R. 2990, Depts. of Labor, HHS, Education, and related agencies appropriations, 22246 [28SE]

———H.R. 2991, Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies appropriations, 24114 [11OC], 26904 [2NO]

———H.R. 3012, military construction appropriations, 22249 [28SE]

———H.R. 3014, legislative branch appropriations, 21488 [25SE]

———H.R. 3015, Dept. of Transportation appropriations, 24114 [11OC]

———H.R. 3026, District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 23199 [4OC]

———H.R. 3299, budget reconciliation, 26306 [26OC]

Articles and editorials

Meg Herlihy, Greenfield (MA) Recorder, 272 [19JA]

UConn's First Family—Memories Are Still Strong for Moosup's Dropo Clan, Bob Sudyk, Hartford (CT) Courant, 31812 [21NO]

Williamstown Theater Festival, New York (NY) Times, 13491 [23JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Catastrophic Premium Correction Act: enact (see H.R. 2907), 14905 [17JY]

Centennial Year of the National Zoo: designate (see H.J. Res. 171), 3243 [2MR]

Clark, Jeannine S.: reappointment to Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution (see H.J. Res. 358), 14474 [12JY]

Coast Guard: assessing user fee on recreational vessels (see H.R. 2118), 7543 [26AP]

———verifying information on applications for certain commercial vessel licenses (see H.R. 1775), 5944 [11AP]

Collective bargaining: apply to retirement benefits also (see H.R. 450), 210 [4JA]

Contracts: restrict awarding to violators of judicial or NLRB orders (see H.R. 451), 210 [4JA]

Decade of the Brain: designate (see H.J. Res. 174), 3691 [8MR]

Elderly Home Care Tax Credit Act: enact (see H.R. 453), 210 [4JA]

Employment: allow tax credit for employing certain older individuals (see H.R. 452), 210 [4JA]

Endangered species: importation of ivory and other elephant products (see H.R. 2384), 9481 [17MY]

Federal employees: rates of pay (see H.R. 3674), 29604 [16NO]

Foreign trade: import fee on crude oil and refined products (see H. Res. 35), 212 [4JA]

House of Representatives: amend rules relative to the budget process (see H. Res. 264), 24235 [12OC]

Johnson, Samuel C.: reappointment to Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution (see H.J. Res. 357), 14474 [12JY]

Matagorda Island National Wildlife Refuge, TX: establish boundaries (see H.R. 1384), 4111 [14MR]

Medicare: update hospital wage level adjustment factor (see H.R. 3302), 21003 [20SE]

Neal, Homer A.: appointment to the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution (see H.J. Res. 438), 29605 [16NO]

Pan American World Airways: designate national day of mourning for victims of flight 103 (see H.J. Res. 243), 6882 [18AP]

Senior Biomedical Research Service: establish (see H.R. 3752), 30406 [20NO]

Small business: assistance to women business enterprises (see H.R. 2351), 9406 [16MY]

———impact statement under certain economic conditions (see H.R. 2274), 8709 [9MY]

Smithsonian Institution: amend laws relative to the police force of the National Zoological Park (see H.R. 2866), 14473 [12JY]

Smithsonian Senior Service: establish (see H.R. 3661), 29070 [15NO]

Social Security: payment of benefits upon death of recipient (see H.R. 455), 210 [4JA]

Sudan: U.S. policy (see H. Con. Res. 65), 3243 [2MR]

Taxation: additional standard deduction for deafness (see H.R. 454), 210 [4JA]

Veterans: dire emergency appropriations for medical care (see H.J. Res. 272), 9482 [17MY]

Wetlands: conservation of North America ecosystems and waterfowl (see H.R. 2587), 11300 [8JN]

Woolsey, Robert J., Jr.: appointment to the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution (see H.J. Res. 437), 29605 [16NO]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Aeronautics: prohibit smoking on certain scheduled passenger flights (see H.R. 160), 269 [19JA]

Afghanistan: Soviet violations of civil liberties (see H. Res. 43), 1398 [2FE]

Africa: assistance for famine recovery and development (see H.R. 1510), 11243 [7JN]

Age Discrimination in Employment Act: amend (see H.R. 1432), 11604 [13JN]

Aged: clarify certain protections relative to employee benefit plans (see H.R. 3200), 30408 [20NO]

———extend the case-managed medical care for nursing home patients demonstration project (see H.R. 1941), 6455 [13AP]

Air pollution: amend provisions relative to acid deposition (see H.R. 1470), 4488 [16MR]

American Conservation and Youth Service Corps: establish (see H.R. 717), 1203 [31JA]

Angola: U.S. policy (see H. Con. Res. 203), 22068 [27SE]

Animal Welfare Protection Act: enact (see H.R. 425), 15436 [20JY]

Aviation: commission on security and terrorism (see H.R. 2507), 10242 [25MY]

Baltic Freedom Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 184), 11243 [7JN]

Banks and banking: extend period for issuing mortgage bonds and credit certificates (see H.R. 1200), 7436 [25AP]

Cadigan, James L.: Congressional Medal of Honor for World War II service (see H. Con. Res. 178), 16818 [28JY]

Cambridge, MA: redevelopment of land within Kendall Square urban renewal project (see H.R. 3175), 19329 [4AU]

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

Chemical warfare: nonproliferation of chemical, biological, and toxin weapons (see H.R. 2426), 9649 [18MY]

———sanctions against certain countries (see H.R. 696), 2072 [9FE]

———support Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological and Toxin Weapons (see H.R. 237), 3568 [7MR]

Children: promotion of programs that recruit elderly to provide child care services in community-based centers (see H. Con. Res. 30), 327 [20JA]

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

———populace efforts toward democracy (see H. Con. Res. 134), 10050 [23MY]

———readjust immigration status of certain nationals (see H.R. 2712), 12809 [21JN]

———suspend most favored nation treatment and OPIC operations (see H.R. 2613), 12810 [21JN]

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

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

Clean Water Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 369), 15159 [19JY]

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

———bicentennial medals (see H.R. 509), 4033 [13MR]

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

Columbus, Christopher: commemorate discovery of America and establish the Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation (see H.R. 2754), 14476 [12JY]

———honorary U.S. citizenship (see H.J. Res. 374), 16203 [25JY]

Commission on National Service Opportunities: establish (see H.R. 717), 1203 [31JA]

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

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

Community Foundation Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 425), 26345 [26OC]

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act: amend relative to financial liability (see H.R. 2085), 19332 [4AU]

Contracts: revise certain Government procurement procedures relative to spare parts (see H.R. 1111), 2617 [23FE]

Courts: immunity from personal civil liability relative to volunteers working on behalf of nonprofit organizations and Government entities (see H.R. 911), 5515 [5AP]

Crime and criminals: data on crimes manifesting prejudice based on race, religion, homosexuality, or heterosexuality (see H.R. 1048), 2550 [22FE]

Deaf Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 140), 2070 [9FE]

Dept. of the Treasury: issuance of Drug War Bonds (see H.R. 2972), 25411 [20OC]

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

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

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

Earth Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 338), 28336 [9NO]

Eating Disorders Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 214), 5171 [22MR]

Education: improve facilities for nursing research (see H.R. 927), 2067 [9FE]

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

Education Day, U.S.A.: designate (see H.J. Res. 173), 4114 [14MR]

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), 5275 [23MR]

Employment: entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (see H.R. 770), 3101 [1MR]

———extend targeted jobs credit (see H.R. 2098), 14475 [12JY]

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

EPA: data on toxic chemical emissions (see H.R. 1457), 5895 [10AP]

FAA: foreign repair station rules (see H.R. 145), 3692 [8MR]

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

FBI: recruitment and retention of agents (see H.R. 1429), 6883 [18AP]

Federal Employee Child Care Act: enact (see H.R. 1628), 5272 [23MR]

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

Firefighters: bill of rights (see H.R. 3587), 26962 [2NO]

———lump-sum disability payment (see H.R. 2870), 19333 [4AU]

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

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

France: commemorate Bastille Day bicentennial (see H. Con. Res. 43), 5087 [21MR]

Franklin, Benjamin: commemorative coin (see H.R. 3587), 26962 [2NO]

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

GAO: investigation on conditions of displaced Nicaraguans and Salvadorans (see H.R. 45), 6331 [12AP]

Geography Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 142), 5086 [21MR]

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

Handicapped: discrimination prohibition (see H.R. 2273), 8709 [9MY]

———telecommunications system for hearing- and speech-impaired individuals to access 911 emergency service (see H.R. 1690), 5513 [5AP]

Health: improve emergency medical services and trauma care (see H.R. 1602), 7755 [2MY]

———penalties for certain mail-related offenses involving anabolic steroids (see H.R. 995), 14076 [11JY]

High School ROTC Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 123), 8711 [9MY]

Holidays: commission to advise President on proposals for national observances (see H.R. 746), 18672 [3AU]

House of Representatives: amend rules to make legislative process more responsible, representative and deliberative (see H. Res. 61), 1397 [2FE]

Housing: grants for low- and moderate-income families (see H.R. 2420), 9649 [18MY]

Industry: conformance of certain fasteners to specifications (see H.R. 777), 10050 [23MY]

Insurance: deduction for health insurance of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 694), 1150 [27JA]

International Year of Bible Reading: designate (see H.J. Res. 275), 15160 [19JY]

Interstate commerce: destruction or injury of property (see H.R. 1515), 21004 [20SE]

Interstitial Cystitis Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 291), 11301 [8JN]

Iran: persecution of the Bahais (see H. Con. Res. 87), 11820 [14JN]

Ireland, Northern: fair employment incentives (see H.R. 156), 5945 [11AP]

———U.S. business guidelines for equal employment opportunity (see H.R. 725), 5085 [21MR]

Italian-American Heritage and Culture Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 392), 19330 [4AU]

Jewish Heritage Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 136), 2902 [28FE]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: monument in Washington, DC (see H.R. 937), 7755 [2MY]

Korean War: authorize national medal in honor of members of Armed Forces (see H.R. 437), 3692 [8MR]

Law enforcement officers: lump-sum disability payment (see H.R. 2870), 19333 [4AU]

Little League Baseball: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 123), 23739 [6OC]

Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 164), 4202 [15MR]

Merchant marine: requirements for issuance and retention of licenses and other documents (see H.R. 2685), 12493 [20JN]

Montana Centennial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 106), 19333 [4AU]

National Alcohol and Drug Treatment Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 217), 18673 [3AU]

National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 185), 26877 [1NO]

National Arab American Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 241), 25146 [18OC]

National Arbor Day: designate (see H. Con. Res. 23), 11244 [7JN]

National Ceramic Tile Industry Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 67), 9409 [16MY]

National Children's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 132), 2555 [22FE]

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

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

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

National Diabetes Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 210), 9409 [16MY]

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 320), 18190 [2AU]

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

National Drive for Life Weekend: designate (see H.J. Res. 257), 12284 [19JN]

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

National Family Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 126), 11819 [14JN]

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 Headache and Jaw Joint Injuries Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 354), 15851 [24JY]

National Historically Black Colleges Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 399), 20206 [12SE]

National Home Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 122), 21004 [20SE]

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

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

National Job Skills Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 195), 13624 [27JN]

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

National Minority Cancer Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 74), 6806 [17AP]

National Morgan Horse Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 388), 22293 [28SE]

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

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

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

National Philanthropy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 230), 10051 [23MY]

National Pledge of Allegiance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 253), 17335 [1AU]

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

National Quality Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 204), 18673 [3AU]

National Recycling Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 102), 4202 [15MR]

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

National School Lunch Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 177), 10243 [25MY]

National Senior Citizens Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 225), 5273 [23MR]

National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution Centennial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 150), 5086 [21MR]

National Stroke Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 68), 5945 [11AP]

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

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

National Trauma Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 120), 1397 [2FE]

National Water Recreation Safety Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 252), 7544 [26AP]

National Week of Outreach to the Rural Disabled: designate (see H.J. Res. 146), 23414 [5OC]

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), 14476 [12JY]

Nepal: blockade by India (see H. Con. Res. 115), 11244 [7JN]

Occupational health and safety: system to identify and notify persons at high risk (see H.R. 3067), 17333 [1AU]

Office of Speaker of the House: appropriations for Civic Achievement Award Program (see H.R. 2358), 11301 [8JN]

Oil pollution: limitations on liability (see H.R. 1465), 10050 [23MY]

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

Pan American World Airways: establish a joint congressional committee to coordinate investigations of the flight 103 bombing (see H. Con. Res. 105), 7614 [27AP]

Partnerships in Education Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 151), 2617 [23FE]

Pepper, Claude: commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 149), 14077 [11JY]

Petroleum: opposition to import fee on crude oil (see H. Res. 17), 107 [3JA]

———protect the used oil recycling system (see H.R. 1593), 5270 [23MR]

Pollution: prevention practices and technologies (see H.R. 3693), 29605 [16NO]

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

Radio: reform broadcast license renewal process (see H.R. 1136), 5895 [10AP]

Raoul Wallenberg Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 47), 13846 [28JN]

Rescue squads: donations of Federal surplus property (see H.R. 377), 2269 [21FE]

Research: tax incentive (see H.R. 1416), 7755 [2MY]

Revenue Sharing Program: reviving and extending appropriations (see H.R. 783), 3692 [8MR]

Roads and highways: designate and protect scenic and historic (see H.R. 1087), 7436 [25AP]

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

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

SBA: raise status and enhance operations (see H.R. 192), 3101 [1MR]

Securities: extend authority to issue tax-exempt small issue bonds (see H. Con. Res. 156), 12935 [22JN]

Shipping industry: oppose consideration of maritime transportation as an area for GATT negotiation (see H. Con. Res. 151), 19334 [4AU]

———require double hulls on all tank vessels (see H.R. 2609), 15437 [20JY]

Social Security: income limitations relative to benefits received (see H.R. 58), 1206 [31JA]

———study on computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H. Con. Res. 7), 269 [19JA]

Somalia: economic assistance (see H. Con. Res. 207), 22874 [3OC]

South Africa: prohibit U.S. investments and other activities (see H.R. 21), 7544 [26AP]

Soviet Union: condemning use of excessive force against demonstrators in Georgia (see H. Res. 144), 7754 [2MY]

———mutual and verifiable restrictions on production of plutonium and uranium (see H.R. 2403), 14076 [11JY]

SSI: raise resource limits (see H.R. 360), 7649 [1MY]

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

Tariff: Burmese articles (see H.R. 2578), 15160 [19JY]

———disposable surgical gowns and drapes (see H.R. 1997), 6457 [13AP]

Taxation: contribute refunds to hunger relief (see H.R. 81), 2799 [27FE]

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

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

———deductions relative to hazardous substance cleanup costs (see H.R. 1935), 7545 [26AP]

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

———delay the implementation of nondiscrimination rules (see H.R. 1682), 6883 [18AP]

———limit ability of taxpayers to deduct cost of oil cleanups and hazardous substance spills (see H.R. 2532), 10502 [1JN]

———limited deduction of health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 595), 10868 [6JN]

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

———repeal nondiscrimination rules relative to employee benefit plans (see H.R. 634), 346 [24JA]

———sale of chemicals which deplete ozone layer (see H.R. 1112), 2617 [23FE]

U.S. flag: criminal penalties for desecration (see H.R. 2778), 15160 [19JY]

———proper display (see H.R. 1295), 5338 [3AP]

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

Veterans: receive compensation concurrently with retired pay and without deductions from either (see H.R. 303), 5085 [21MR]

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

Vocational-Technical Education Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 367), 24744 [16OC]

Volunteer fire departments: donations of Federal surplus property (see H.R. 377), 2269 [21FE]

Wallenberg, Raoul: memorial on public land in Washington, DC (see H.J. Res. 240), 7755 [2MY]

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

Water: manufacturing and labeling standards for certain plumbing products (see H.R. 1185), 3098 [1MR]

White House Conference on Small Business: permanent authorizations (see H.R. 2283), 8709 [9MY]

Wilderness Act: observe anniversary of National Wilderness Preservation System (see H.J. Res. 163), 13962 [29JN]

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

World Food Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 267), 20775 [19SE]

World Marriage Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 98), 1151 [27JA]

World Population Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 248), 7435 [25AP]

World War II: congressional commemorative medal for Armed Forces members present at Pearl Harbor attack (see H.R. 2575), 11242 [7JN]

World War II Remembrance Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 221), 11605 [13JN]

Year of Clean Water: designate (see H.J. Res. 369), 15159 [19JY]

Essays

How My Chosen Government Career Affects the Quality of American Life: William Kowal, 15328 [19JY]

Eulogies

Olympio Saltarelli: by, 5914 [10AP]

Factsheets

Dept. of the Interior Appropriations: OMB, 22816-22819 [3OC]

Letters

Decade of the Brain: Dinah T. Orr, 4000 [9MR]

———Grace Urrows, 4001 [9MR]

———Melvin Sabshin, 4001 [9MR]

———Oakley Ray, 4001 [9MR]

———Theodore L. Munsat, 4000 [9MR]

Dept. of the Interior appropriations: Richard G. Darman, OMB, 22816 [3OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs supplemental appropriations: Cooper T. Holt, VFW, 11573 [13JN]

———Edward J. Derwinski, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, 11574 [13JN]

———Gordon H. Mainsfield, Paralyzed Veterans of America, 11573 [13JN]

———H.F. Gierke, Paralyzed Veterans of America, 11575 [13JN]

———Jimmy T. Smith, AMVETS, 11573 [13JN]

———Larry W. Rivers, VFW, 11575 [13JN]

Effects of budget sequestration on certain health programs: several health organizations, 31103 [21NO]

Foreign assistance appropriations: James A. Baker III, Sec. of State, 15752 [21JY]

Veteran health care: by, 9640 [18MY]

Voting record of Representative Natcher: Benjamin J. Guthrie, 5485 [5AP]

———Donnald K. Anderson, 5485 [5AP]

———Edmund L. Henshaw, 5484 [5AP]

———Ralph R. Roberts, 5484 [5AP]

———W. Pat Jennings, 5484 [5AP]

Motions offered by

Appropriations: emergency supplemental (H.R. 2072), 10121 [24MY]

———emergency supplemental (H.R. 2072), instructing conferees, 11572 [13JN]

———emergency supplemental (H.R. 2072), recommit conference report, 12755 [21JN]

———further continuing (H.J. Res. 423), recommit, 25539 [24OC]

Dept. of Defense: military construction appropriations (H.R. 3012), 22248 [28SE]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2991), 24101 [11OC]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2990), 22243 [28SE]

Plaque

Dedication of hospital in Krakow, 17112 [31JY]

Press releases

DAV charges political gamesmanship is threatening veterans' lives, 11573 [13JN]

VA funding delay prompts service cutbacks, 11574 [13JN]

VA Secretary warns of health care budget crisis, 11574 [13JN]

VFW chief upset with Congress over piecemeal VA funding, 11573 [13JN]

Remarks by, on

Abortion: Federal funding, 24061, 24063 [11OC]

———Federal funding for victims of rape and incest, 25825 [25OC], 28995, 28996 [15NO]

Adams, MA: Lions Club anniversary, 24920 [17OC]

———tribute to Hoosac Valley High School Chorus, 7478 [25AP]

Aeronautics: user fee trust fund, 22051 [27SE]

Agawam, MA: tribute to Chez Josef, 26710 [31OC]

Agriculture, rural development, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2883), conference report, 29520 [16NO]

Airports: improving security (H.R. 1659), 20960 [20SE]

Alaska: oil spill, 7724 [2MY]

Americans With Disabilities Act: enact (S. 933), 20096 [12SE]

Anadromous Fish Conservation Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1224), 7407 [25AP]

Anti-Drug Abuse Act: funding (H.R. 2442), 10141 [24MY]

———funding (H.R. 2442), consideration (H. Res. 160), 10098 [24MY]

Appropriations: continuing (H.J. Res. 407), 21528 [26SE], 22246, 22248 [28SE]

———continuing (H.J. Res. 423), 25528, 25531, 25536, 25537 [24OC], 25888, 25890 [25OC]

———continuing (H.J. Res. 423), Conte motion to recommit, 25539 [24OC]

———continuing (H.J. Res. 435), 29036 [15NO]

———emergency supplemental (H.R. 2072), 7501, 7506-7508, 7511, 7524, 7528, 7530, 7532-7534 [26AP], 9474, 9477 [17MY], 10112, 10113, 10120, 10121 [24MY]

———emergency supplemental (H.R. 2072), conference report, 12745, 12749, 12752, 12756 [21JN]

———emergency supplemental (H.R. 2072), consideration (H. Res. 160), 10098 [24MY]

———emergency supplemental (H.R. 2072), motion to instruct conferees, 11572, 11575 [13JN]

———emergency supplemental (H.R. 2072), waive points of order against consideration (H. Res. 135), 7493, 7494 [26AP]

———supplemental (H.J. Res. 448), 30789, 30790 [21NO]

Berkshire Public Theatre, MA: tribute, 27067 [2NO]

Budget: reconciliation, 26789 [1NO]

———reconciliation (H.R. 3299), 22036, 22051 [27SE], 22219 [28SE]

———reconciliation (H.R. 3299), conference report, 31102 [21NO]

———sequestration, 26514 [31OC], 27717 [7NO], 28471 [13NO]

Bush, President: clean air proposal, 11554 [13JN]

California: earthquake disaster relief, 25890 [25OC]

Catastrophic Premium Correction Act: enact (H.R. 2907), 14914 [17JY]

Centennial Year of the National Zoo: designate (H.J. Res. 171), 3395 [2MR]

Children: extend authority of child nutrition programs (H.R. 24), 17025 [31JY]

China, People's Republic of: populace efforts toward democracy, 11632 [13JN]

———readjust immigration status of certain nationals (H.R. 2712), 17000 [31JY]

Clark, Jeannine S.: reappointment as a citizen regent of the Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents (H.J. Res. 358), 28532 [13NO]

Coast Guard: assessing user fee on recreational vessels (H.R. 2118), 7484 [26AP], 7577 [26AP]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2459), 27749 [7NO]

———bicentennial, 19479 [4AU]

———verifying information on applications for certain commercial vessel licenses (H.R. 1775), 5920 [11AP], 6074 [11AP]

Collective bargaining: retirement benefits (H.R. 450), 225 [4JA]

Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (Select): establish (H. Res. 84), 2842 [28FE]

Committee on Hunger (Select): establish (H. Res. 84), 2842 [28FE]

Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control (Select): establish (H. Res. 84), 2842 [28FE]

Congress: application of mail allocations to drug abuse control programs, 21484, 21487 [25SE]

Congressional budget: setting forth for 1990-92 (H. Con. Res. 106), 8182 [4MY]

———setting forth for 1990-92 (H. Con. Res. 106), consideration (H. Res. 145), 8043 [3MY]

Deaf Taxpayer Assistance Act: enact, 233 [4JA]

Decade of the Brain: designate (H.J. Res. 174), 3673 [8MR], 3825 [8MR], 13945 [29JN]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 3072), 19108 [4AU]

———military construction appropriations (H.R. 3012), 17041, 17053 [31JY], 22249 [28SE]

———military construction appropriations (H.R. 3012), conference report, 26292 [26OC]

Dept. of the Interior: making appropriations (H.R. 2788), 14393, 14439 [12JY], 20362 [13SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2788), conference report, 22815 [3OC]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, and Executive Office of the President: making appropriations (H.R. 2989), 16777, 16781, 16804, 16811 [28JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2989), conference report, 24796 [17OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2989), consideration (H. Res. 214), 16777 [28JY]

Dept. of Transportation: making appropriations (H.R. 3015), 18597, 18619, 18620, 18639 [3AU], 24100 [11OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3015), conference report, 26523, 26545 [31OC], 26801 [1NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: supplemental appropriations for medical care, 11572, 11575 [13JN]

———supplemental appropriations (H.R. 2402), 9639, 9641, 9642 [18MY], 10144, 10145 [24MY], 11572 [13JN], 13262 [23JN]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2991), motion to instruct conferees, 24101, 24111 [11OC]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, Education, and related agencies: appropriations (H.R. 2990), 18094, 18097, 18099, 18124, 18127 [2AU], 22243, 22244 [28SE]

———appropriations (H.R. 2990), conference report, 24038, 24044, 24061, 24063 [11OC]

———appropriations (H.R. 2990), conference report, recede from disagreement of Senate amendment, 24049-24053 [11OC]

———appropriations (H.R. 2990), veto, 25825 [25OC]

———appropriations (H.R. 3566), 28976, 28995, 28996 [15NO], 29901, 29905, 29906 [17NO], 30374 [20NO]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs, HUD, and related agencies: appropriations (H.R. 2916), 15360, 15389 [20JY]

———appropriations (H.R. 2916), conference report, 25550 [24OC], 25882 [25OC]

Disaster Assistance Extension Act: enact (H.R. 2467), 13533 [27JN]

District of Columbia: abortion funding, 18547 [3AU]

———appropriations (H.R. 3026), 18547 [3AU]

———appropriations (H.R. 3026), conference report, 24074 [11OC]

———residency requirements for law enforcement officers, firefighters, and teachers, 18547 [3AU]

Domestic Volunteer Service Act: extend programs (H.R. 1312), 14498 [12JY]

———extend programs (H.R. 1312), conference report, 30338 [20NO]

Drug abuse: funding for law enforcement, 10093 [24MY]

———increasing appropriations for Coast Guard, 24100 [11OC]

Ecology: discussion at the European summit, 14927 [18JY]

El Salvador: condemnation of violence (H. Con. Res. 236), 30369 [20NO]

Elderly Home Care Tax Credit Act: enact, 228 [4JA]

Endangered species: importation of ivory and other elephant products (H.R. 2384), 9615 [18MY]

Energy and water development: appropriations (H.R. 2696), 13677, 13685, 13686, 13687 [28JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2696), conference report, 20157 [12SE]

Federal procurement: deny contracts to labor law violators (H.R. 451), 222 [4JA]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2939), 15752 [21JY]

GAO: investigation on conditions of displaced Nicaraguans and Salvadorans (H.R. 45), 25857 [25OC]

Genis, Anatoly and Galya: efforts to emigrate from Soviet Union, 26895 [1NO]

Great Barrington, MA: tribute to William Cullen Bryant School, 10456 [31MY]

Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (S.J. Res. 64), 4084 [14MR]

Greenfield, MA: anniversary of White Eagle/Sacred Heart Society of Jesus, 17111 [31JY]

Handicapped: discrimination prohibition (H.R. 2273), 8745 [9MY]

Haydenville, MA: anniversary of St. Mary of the Assumption Church, 21754 [26SE]

Head Start Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1300), 5019 [21MR]

Holyoke, MA: tribute to Visiting Nurses Association, 5658 [5AP]

House of Representatives: amend rules relative to the budget process (H. Res. 264), 24546 [13OC]

———bicentennial, 5372 [4AP]

———legislative program, 2526 [22FE]

———pending legislation, 8886 [11MY]

Individual retirement accounts: expansion of deduction, 22219 [28SE]

Israel: elections on West Bank and Gaza, 10002 [22MY]

Jews: efforts to emigrate from Soviet Union, 26895 [1NO]

Johnson, Samuel C.: reappointment as a citizen regent of the Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents (H.J. Res. 357), 28531 [13NO]

Lebanon: U.S. policy (H. Res. 128), 7429 [25AP]

Legislative branch: appropriations (H.R. 3014), 17079 [31JY], 21484, 21487 [25SE]

———appropriations (H.R. 3014), conference report, 22258 [28SE]

———appropriations (H.R. 3014), motion to instruct conferees on congressional frank, 21484 [25SE]

Lithuania: independence anniversary, 2522 [22FE]

Medicare: update hospital wage level adjustment factor (H.R. 3302), 21175 [20SE]

Natcher, Representative: voting record, 5483 [5AP]

National Endowment for the Arts: funding guidelines, 14439 [12JY]

———funding of controversial projects, 20362 [13SE]

National Endowment for the Humanities: funding guidelines, 14439 [12JY]

National Small Business Week: observance, 8701 [9MY]

National Visiting Nurses Association Week: observance, 2181 [9FE]

Nicaragua: assist free and fair national elections (H.R. 3385), 23269 [4OC]

North American Wetlands Conservation Act: enact (S. 804), 29939, 29943 [17NO]

Oil pollution: limitations on liability (H.R. 1465), 26954 [2NO]

Order Sons of Italy in America: tribute, 30062 [17NO]

Panama: elections (H. Con. Res. 122), 9352 [16MY]

———instructing conferees on Senate amendment to H.R. 2991 relative to Manuel A. Noriega, 24101, 24111 [11OC]

Pepper, Claude: death (H. Res. 163), 10398 [31MY]

Petroleum: import fee, 8010 [3MY]

———import fee (H. Res. 35), 215 [4JA]

Pornography: regulation of dial-a-porn, 29906 [17NO]

Presidents: making appropriations for office staffs of former, 16804 [28JY]

Public debt limit: increase (H.J. Res. 280), 27804 [7NO]

Rural areas: medical care centers, 30374 [20NO]

Rural development, agriculture, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2883), 14940 [18JY]

Senior Biomedical Research Service: establish (H.R. 3752), 30704 [21NO]

Small business: assistance to women business enterprises (H.R. 2351), 9449 [16MY]

———impact statement under certain economic conditions (H.R. 2274), 8742 [9MY]

Small Business Week: observance, 8703 [9MY]

Smithsonian Institution: National Museum of the American Indian (H.R. 2668), 28525 [13NO]

Social Security: proration of benefits in month of death, 230 [4JA]

Soviet Union: efforts of Jews to emigrate, 26895 [1NO]

———soybean oil sale, 9327 [16MY]

———wheat sale, 8604 [9MY]

States: Dept. of Defense reports on benefits from program before congressional approval, 19108 [4AU]

Stethem, Robert D.: Calvin Coolidge Commemorative Society Award, 19473 [4AU]

Stockbridge, MA: anniversary, 12601 [20JN]

Sudan: U.S. policy (H. Con. Res. 65), 3389 [2MR]

Taxation: capital gains, 22219 [28SE]

———extend targeted jobs tax credit to certain elderly employees, 232 [4JA]

———nondiscrimination rules relative to employee benefit plans, 22036 [27SE]

Tibet: anniversary of uprising (H. Con. Res. 63), 9340 [16MY]

Turner Falls, MA: tribute to high school volleyball team, 29630 [17NO]

Tyringham, MA: anniversary, 16452 [26JY]

VA: hospital funding, 9459 [17MY]

Veterans: emergency appropriations for medical care, 10014 [23MY]

———emergency appropriations for medical care (H.J. Res. 272), 9475 [17MY]

———supplemental appropriations delay and funding of health care, 8812 [10MY]

Vocational Education Act: extend authority (H.R. 7), 8621 [9MY]

Votes: position on missed, 12166 [15JN], 19952 [7SE]

Wetlands: conservation of North American ecosystems and waterfowl (H.R. 2587), 11821 [14JN], 23956 [10OC]

Williamstown, MA: tribute to Theater Festival, 13491 [23JN], 13652 [27JN]

Winchendon, MA: anniversary, 13632 [27JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 196 [4JA], 1744 [7FE], 2061 [9FE], 3241 [2MR], 4110 [14MR], 4487 [16MR], 5269 [23MR], 5512 [5AP], 5943 [11AP], 6328 [12AP], 7542 [26AP], 8707 [9MY], 8913 [11MY], 9139 [15MY], 9404 [16MY], 11816 [14JN], 13620 [27JN], 13840 [28JN], 14903 [17JY], 15158 [19JY], 15848 [24JY], 16427 [26JY], 17095 [31JY], 19320 [4AU], 21588 [26SE], 24129 [11OC], 24233 [12OC], 24813 [17OC], 25144 [18OC], 26587 [31OC], 26875 [1NO], 26961 [2NO], 27191 [6NO], 29603 [16NO], 30031 [17NO], 30404 [20NO]

Smithsonian Institution: appointment to board of regents, 1124 [27JA]

Special order: granted, 2266 [21FE]

Reports

Depts. of Labor, HHS, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Under H.R. 2990, 24038-24040 [11OC]

Songs

``Auld Lang Syne'', 21528 [26SE]

Statements

Dept. of the Interior Appropriations: Bush administration, 14394-14397 [12JY]

Military Construction Appropriations, 17053 [31JY]

Surveys

Impacts of Full-Year Sequester: Committee on Appropriations, 27717-27720 [7NO]

Tables

Duck breeding populations in North America, 1955-89, 23956 [10OC]

Stewart B. McKinney homeless assistance programs funded in H.R. 2072, 7506 [26AP]

Testimonies

Committee on Appropriations (House): Continuing Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1990 (H.J. Res. 407), D592 [25SE]

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Acid Deposition Control Act (H.R. 1470), D163 [6AP]

———Acid Rain Abatement Act (H.R. 144), D163 [6AP]

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: North American Wetlands Conservation Act (H.R. 2322, 2587), D471 [25JY]

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Budget and Committee Organization, D120 [15MR]

Committee on Rules: Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, and Executive Office of the President Appropriations (H.R. 2989), D488 [27JY]

———Emergency Supplemental Appropriations and Transfers (H.R. 2072), D214 [25AP]

———Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (H.R. 3299), D587 [21SE]

Tributes

Amedee, DeRoy, 5319 [23MR]

Cardillo, Janet, 1882 [7FE]

Chappell, Bill, Jr., 5887 [10AP]

Clarke, R. Irene, 30653 [20NO]

Collins, James M., 17094 [31JY]

Cook, June H., 2169 [9FE]

Deangelus, Archie J., 30660 [20NO]

Demarco, Michael, 19484 [4AU]

Derose, Charles and Peter, 9027 [11MY], 9150 [15MY]

Dropo family, 31812 [21NO]

Dunlap, Donald R., 4146 [14MR]

Erickson, Luke, 10193 [24MY]

Ferrari, Adolph A., 13850 [28JN]

Giamatti, A. Bartlett, 19510 [6SE]

Grady, Gerald J., 6346 [12AP]

Harrison, Monika E., 8740 [9MY]

Hebert, Vincent J., 31832 [11DE]

Herlihy, Margaret, 272 [19JA]

Hollingsworth, Elizabeth, 21756 [26SE]

Kowal, William, 15328 [19JY]

Leland, Mickey, 20184 [12SE]

Mavromatis, John, 25153 [18OC]

Menegat, Norman, 188 [3JA]

Mills, Frank, 10256 [25MY]

Mogk, Kelly M., 2785 [23FE]

Mooney, James T., 13627 [27JN]

Morgan, Edmund, 4710 [16MR]

Nichols, Bill, 3230 [2MR]

O'Connor, Gertrude and John, 12611 [20JN]

Patenode, Ernest H., 30669 [20NO]

Pepper, Claude, 10398 [31MY], 12460 [20JN]

Phillips, Mike, 25153 [18OC]

Plazas, Tony and Pat, 13635 [27JN]

Rix, Reign G., 277 [19JA]

Roberts, Norman P., 24166 [11OC]

Saltarelli, Olympio, 5914 [10AP]

Scales, Laura, 26907 [2NO]

Steinecke, William, 9152 [15MY]

Woods, Alan, 13941 [29JN]

Wyngaarden, James B., 15804 [24JY]

Yastrzemski, Carl, 2526, 2527 [22FE]

Zoito, Joseph J., 9146 [15MY]