MILLER, GEORGE (a Representative from California)
Addresses
Conference on U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child: by, 27052
Rights of the Child: by, 24532
Amendments offered by, to
Minimum wage: adjust (H.R. 2), 5247 [23MR]
Oil pollution: limitations on liability (H.R. 1465), 27947 [8NO]
Vocational Education Act: extend authority (H.R. 7), 8668 [9MY]
Appointments
Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (Select), 3674 [8MR]
Committee on Education and Labor (H. Res. 39), 244 [19JA]
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H. Res. 39), 244 [19JA]
Conferee: H.R. 2742, amend and extend the Library Services and Construction Act, 26789 [1NO]
———H.R. 3299, budget reconciliation, 25093 [18OC], 25382 [20OC]
Mexico-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, 5360 [4AP]
National Commission on Child and Youth Deaths, 95 [3JA]
Articles and editorials
BART—The Little Train That Could, San Francisco (CA) Examiner, 30061
Broken Promises—Alyeska Record Shows How Big Oil Neglected Alaskan Environment, Charles McCoy, Wall Street Journal, 15693
Bush's Veto Punishes the Poor, Representative Boxer, USA Today, 26095
El Salvador's Political Left Is a Study in Contrasts, Christian Science Monitor, 236
Environmental Showdown, Los Angeles (CA) Times, 27810
Global War Against Women, Lori Heise, Washington (DC) Post, 6808
Hard Lessons for the United States and the Region, Brook Larmer, Christian Science Monitor, 236
Livingston's Years of Success, Pinole (CA) West County Times, 120
More Water for Wildlife? Tom Harris, Defenders of Wildlife (magazine), 19465
Next Water War—Cities Versus Agriculture, Marc Riesner, 1703
Our Water Agencies' Historic Growth Agenda Needs a New Mission, Robert Gottlieb, Los Angeles (CA) Times, 20705
Politics of Polarization, Brook Larmer, Christian Science Monitor, 234
Pregnant and in Prison, Washington (DC) Post, 20236
Slime-Slinger, Anthony Lewis, New York (NY) Times, 11613
Teach the Pentagon To Think Before It Spends, Franklin Spinney, Wall Street Journal, 26508
Valdez Connection, Philip L. Fradkin, Audubon (magazine), 7465
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Black lung benefits: review of claims for certain coal miners (see H.R. 2050), 6881 [18AP]
Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (Select): establish (see H. Res. 33), 210 [4JA]
———funding for investigations and studies (see H. Res. 98), 3100 [1MR]
Dept. of Energy: financial liability of nuclear contractors (see H.R. 1102), 2617 [23FE]
Ecology: environmental education and training (see H.R. 3684), 29605 [16NO]
Exxon Corp.: compensate affected parties of Exxon Valdez oil spill (see H. Res. 157), 9407 [16MY]
Federal Employee Child Care Act: enact (see H.R. 1628), 5272 [23MR]
Health: expanded services relative to children (see H.R. 1573), 5171 [22MR]
Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail: designate (see H.R. 1159), 2899 [28FE]
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act: amend relative to assessment of civil penalties (see H.R. 3081), 18188 [2AU]
Pipelines: improve Federal laws relative to the trans-Alaska pipeline system (see H.R. 3277), 20442 [14SE]
Reclamation States Ground Water Protection and Management Act: enact (see H.R. 2521), 10442 [31MY]
Rongelap Atoll: habitability (see H. Con. Res. 90), 6331 [12AP]
Rushdie, Salman: denouncing death sentence by Ayatollah Khomeini (see H.J. Res. 154; H. Res. 102), 2618 [23FE], 3244 [2MR]
U.N.: increase the international minimum age for combat (see H. Res. 283), 27808 [7NO]
Water Resources Research Act: extend authorization (see H.R. 1101), 2617 [23FE]
Women: employment training and placement (see H.R. 3050), 16818 [28JY]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Abortion: pregnancy-related services under federally funded programs (see H.R. 857), 5171 [22MR]
Aeronautics: prohibit discrimination against blind in restricting seating in aircraft (see H.R. 563), 1687 [6FE]
———prohibit smoking on certain scheduled passenger flights (see H.R. 160), 200 [4JA]
Africa: assistance for famine recovery and development (see H.R. 1510), 7614 [27AP]
Age Discrimination in Employment Act: amend (see H.R. 1432), 11604 [13JN]
Agriculture: eligibility requirements for commodity price support programs relative to irrigation water (see H.R. 2386), 12181 [15JN]
———grazing fees for domestic livestock (see H.R. 775), 4113 [14MR]
———raising of calves for veal (see H.R. 84), 198 [4JA]
Air pollution: amend provisions relative to acid deposition (see H.R. 1470), 4488 [16MR]
———reduce exposure to indoor contaminants (see H.R. 1530), 12494 [20JN]
Alaska: Exxon Corp. oil spill cleanup extension (see H. Res. 219), 21005 [20SE]
Alaska National Interests Lands Conservation Act: define rural relative to subsistence uses (see H.R. 2439), 9996 [22MY]
American Coal Miner Day: designate (see H. Con. Res. 146), 27809 [7NO]
American Heritage Trust: establish (see H.R. 876), 1686 [6FE]
Animals: transfer of certain monkeys (see H.R. 2596), 20648 [18SE]
Anti-Drug Abuse Act: funding (see H.R. 2442), 10049 [23MY]
Arlington National Cemetery, VA: unmarked burial of cremated remains (see H.R. 88), 198 [4JA]
Banks and banking: disclosure of interest rates payable and fees assessable to deposit accounts (see H.R. 736), 1204 [31JA]
Birth control: extend family planning program (see H.R. 930), 4489 [16MR]
California: designate certain lands as wilderness and establish Death Valley, Joshua Tree, and Mojave National Parks (see H.R. 780), 2618 [23FE]
———maintenance of an export assistance office in northern region (see H.R. 759), 4113 [14MR]
———restriction on conveyance of a naval petroleum reserve to the State (see H.R. 245), 3244 [2MR]
California National Historic Trail: designate (see H.R. 1109), 5516 [5AP]
Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base, CA: property use (see H.R. 3591), 27807 [7NO]
Capra, Frank: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1699), 26344 [26OC]
Census: improve the historical undercount of the poor and minorities and the overall accuracy (see H.R. 526), 1398 [2FE]
Centennial Year of the National Zoo: designate (see H.J. Res. 171), 24814 [17OC]
Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner Day: designate (see H. Con. Res. 141), 12494 [20JN]
Chief Justice Earl Warren Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 169), 3100 [1MR]
Child care: improvement (see H.R. 30), 2618 [23FE]
Child Development and Education Act: enact (see H.R. 3), 7436 [25AP]
Children: determination of custody in spouse abuse cases (see H. Con. Res. 172), 15436 [20JY]
China, People's Republic of: populace efforts toward democracy (see H. Con. Res. 132), 10870 [6JN]
———readjust immigration status of certain nationals (see H.R. 2712), 14476 [12JY]
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]
———ozone protection (see H.R. 2699), 12808 [21JN]
Coal: transfer pension funds to health benefit fund (see H.R. 3413), 23413 [5OC]
commemorate 100th anniversary of certain States (see H.R. 1553), 18672 [3AU]
———modernize (see H.R. 505), 8208 [4MY]
Columbus, Christopher: commemorative coin for discovery of America and establish the Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation (see H.R. 2754), 31245 [21NO]
Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (Select): establish (see H. Res. 84), 2553 [22FE]
Committee on Hunger (Select): establish (see H. Res. 20), 107 [3JA]
———establish (see H. Res. 84), 2553 [22FE]
Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control (Select): establish (see H. Res. 84), 2553 [22FE]
Community Foundation Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 425), 26345 [26OC]
Community Service in Dropout Prevention Act: enact (see H.R. 3365), 22291 [28SE]
Contracts: revise certain Government procurement procedures relative to spare parts (see H.R. 1111), 3500 [6MR]
Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary: designate and establish certain prohibitions against oil and gas production (see H.J. Res. 281), 13280 [23JN]
Country Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 401), 21591 [26SE]
Courts: exceptions to the immunity of the property of a foreign state from attachment or execution (see H.R. 2981), 15849 [24JY]
CPSC: labeling of certain toys (see H.R. 1008), 3568 [7MR]
Crime and criminals: penalties for retaliation against congressional witnesses (see H.R. 2995), 16201 [25JY]
———penalties for certain mail-related offenses involving anabolic steroids (see H.R. 995), 2069 [9FE]
Dept. of Defense: improve the management of major weapons systems (see H.R. 2632), 14476 [12JY]
———schedule for B-2 bomber project (see H.R. 1337), 9651 [18MY]
Dept. of Energy: improve occupational health and safety standards at nuclear facilities (see H.R. 3521), 25916 [25OC]
Dept. of Transportation: require States receiving certain grants to conduct schoolbus safety programs (see H.R. 3109), 20404 [13SE]
Developing countries: eradicate the worst aspects of poverty (see H.R. 594), 5338 [3AP]
Disasters: emergency relief employment for the reconstruction of affected areas (see H.R. 3517), 25614 [24OC]
Diseases: acquired immune deficiency syndrome victim assistance (see H.R. 2954), 15436 [20JY]
———clarify the intent of Congress relative to eligibility for black lung benefits (see H.R. 814), 2618 [23FE]
———improve education and programs relative to Alzheimer's disease (see H.R. 1490), 5516 [5AP]
Drug abuse: education and prevention programs in elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 3614), 28017 [8NO]
———increased use of counselors in education and prevention programs in schools (see H.R. 3601), 27807 [7NO]
———services to children whose parents are substance abusers (see H.R. 3576), 26962 [2NO]
Earth Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 338), 14695 [13JY]
Eating Disorders Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 214), 5171 [22MR]
Ecology: develop a fish and wildlife response plan (see H.R. 3296), 23414 [5OC]
———reduction of greenhouse gases (see H.J. Res. 207), 4489 [16MR]
———sale of chemicals which deplete ozone layer (see H.R. 1112), 4202 [15MR]
Education: critical languages and area studies program (see H.R. 3258), 26344 [26OC]
———financial assistance for Hispanic-serving institutions (see H.R. 1561), 31245 [21NO]
———grants to States to improve high school completion rates (see H.R. 3161), 19328 [4AU]
———require schools that participate in certain Federal programs to prohibit the sale and use of tobacco products (see H.R. 3106), 22292 [28SE]
82d Airborne Division Association, Inc.: charter (see H.R. 82), 198 [4JA]
El Salvador: condemnation of violence (see H. Con. Res. 236), 30409 [20NO]
———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]
———prohibit military assistance (see H.J. Res. 54), 14906 [17JY]
Elections: national standards for voter registration (see H.R. 17), 4201 [15MR]
Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 133), 20404 [13SE]
Employment: entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (see H.R. 770), 1394 [2FE]
———extend targeted jobs credit (see H.R. 2098), 12936 [22JN]
———joint trusteeship of single-employer pension plans (see H.R. 2664), 20205 [12SE]
———prevent potential abuses of electronic monitoring in the workplace (see H.R. 2168), 10443 [31MY]
End to Hunger Education Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 341), 24814 [17OC]
EPA: data on toxic chemical emissions (see H.R. 1457), 4200 [15MR]
FAA: foreign repair station rules (see H.R. 145), 1397 [2FE]
Fair Housing Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 216), 7545 [26AP]
FDA: labeling requirement for food containing vegetable oils (see H.R. 1441), 7545 [26AP]
Federal employees: modify the method for pay adjustment (see H.R. 182), 7544 [26AP]
———participation in political process (see H.R. 20), 5274 [23MR]
———reimbursement of expenses for adopting a child (see H.R. 2764), 13621 [27JN]
Fire Safety at Home Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 346), 24131 [11OC]
Firearms: amend provisions relative to semiautomatic assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices (see H.R. 1190), 3099 [1MR]
———prohibit certain handguns (see H.R. 993), 12809 [21JN]
———waiting period before the purchase of a handgun (see H.R. 467), 6332 [12AP]
Fish and fisheries: cease drift-net fishing in the South Pacific (see H. Con. Res. 214), 25239 [19OC]
———prohibit imports from certain countries relative to the use of drift nets (see H.R. 3496), 31245 [21NO]
Foreign countries: exceptions to immunities of certain foreign state properties (see H.R. 2163), 7648 [1MY]
Foreign flagships: extend coverage of Federal labor laws (see H.R. 3283), 20647 [18SE]
Foreign trade: control the international ivory market to protect elephants (see H.R. 2172), 16818 [28JY]
———prohibit import of Australian kangaroos (see H.R. 1356), 17334 [1AU]
Forests and forestry: tropical forest resources (see H.J. Res. 271), 15437 [20JY]
Franklin, Benjamin: bicentennial commemorative coin (see H.R. 3587), 30035 [17NO]
———bicentennial commemorative coin (see H.R. 3056), 17096 [31JY]
Freedom of Choice Act: enact (see H.R. 3700), 30033 [17NO]
GAO: investigation on conditions of displaced Nicaraguans and Salvadorans (see H.R. 45), 21499 [25SE]
Geography Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 142), 24131 [11OC]
Geological Survey: authorize water resources research activities (see H.R. 37), 104 [3JA]
German-American Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 104), 11604 [13JN]
Global Warming Prevention Act: enact (see H.R. 1078), 3101 [1MR]
Guam: establish as a Commonwealth (see H.R. 98), 31244 [21NO]
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]
Hazardous substances: improve transportation safety (see H.R. 2584), 20205 [12SE]
Head Start Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1300), 4990 [20MR]
Health: develop access to affordable medical care for the uninsured (see H.R. 2996), 16202 [25JY]
———improve emergency medical services and trauma care (see H.R. 436), 269 [19JA]
———prevention and treatment of substance abuse (see H.R. 3630), 28335 [9NO]
———restrictions relative to family planning programs (see H.R. 720), 9483 [17MY]
Homosexuals: prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (see H.R. 655), 347 [24JA]
House of Representatives: inclusion in committee and conference reports of the identity, sponsor, and cost of each provision with 10 or fewer beneficiaries (see H. Res. 172), 13963 [29JN]
———use of biodegradable food and beverage containers in the food service operations (see H. Res. 130), 7755 [2MY]
Housing: abuses of process for selection for assistance programs (see H.R. 3191), 22875 [3OC]
———assist homeless and families displaced by domestic violence (see H.R. 2951), 15436 [20JY]
———increase affordability for first-time homebuyers (see H.R. 3278), 24814 [17OC]
———insurance for certain mortgages for first-time homebuyers (see H.R. 812), 1396 [2FE]
———safety and soundness of federally insured mortgage lending operations (see H.R. 3391), 24131 [11OC]
Hurricane Hugo: assist Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands in recovery (see H.R. 3648, 3649, 3653), 28845 [14NO]
Illegal Dumping Prevention Act: enact (see H.R. 1281), 6332 [12AP]
Immigration: employer sanctions relative to longshore work (see H.R. 2138), 11243 [7JN]
India: deny most favored nation trade status (see H.R. 1067), 4201 [15MR]
Interstitial Cystitis Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 291), 21500 [25SE]
Iran: persecution of the Bahais (see H. Con. Res. 87), 11302 [8JN]
Italian-American Heritage and Culture Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 392), 19330 [4AU]
Job Corps: improve operation (see H.R. 2665), 14906 [17JY]
King, Martin Luther, Jr.: monument in Washington, DC (see H.R. 937), 19557 [6SE]
Labor: mandatory reinstatement of certain senior employees upon the conclusion of a strike (see H.R. 2617), 11602 [13JN]
Library Services and Construction Act: amend and extend (see H.R. 2742), 12934 [22JN]
Lithuanian Independence Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 149), 13846 [28JN]
Local government: authorizing appropriations for a community emergency assistance program (see H.R. 2542), 10789 [5JN]
Lyme Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 138), 14695 [13JY]
Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act: regional research program (see H.R. 1421), 4199 [15MR]
Medicaid: coverage of certain technology-dependent children (see H.R. 832), 1396 [2FE]
———reduce infant mortality (see H.R. 800), 1395 [2FE]
Medicare: payment for screening mammography (see H.R. 1471), 4488 [16MR]
———penalties for improper referral arrangements (see H.R. 939), 5895 [10AP]
Members of Congress: elimination of exceptions that permit personal use of excess campaign funds (see H.R. 40), 1687 [6FE]
Mexico: bilateral negotiations with U.S. securing reductions in certain import duties (see H. Con. Res. 107), 8073 [3MY]
Mines and mineral resources: making coal mining without a permit a criminal offense (see H.R. 1376), 4033 [13MR]
———oil shale claims (see H.R. 2392), 9482 [17MY]
Minimum wage: adjust (see H.R. 2), 4201 [15MR]
Motor vehicles: amend certain provisions relative to bumper standards (see H.R. 766), 1393 [2FE]
———improve consumer information and fuel efficiency (see H.R. 2076), 12936 [22JN]
———require schoolbuses to be equipped with a stop signal arm and a certain system of mirrors (see H.R. 3107), 20403 [13SE]
Multilateral development banks: national environmental policy (see H.R. 2777), 22875 [3OC]
National Academies of Practice: recognize (see H.R. 1047), 2550 [22FE]
National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 185), 26877 [1NO]
National Black American Inventors Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 220), 13847 [28JN]
National Children's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 132), 8711 [9MY]
National Culinary Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 121), 24744 [16OC]
National D.A.R.E. Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 276), 9650 [18MY]
National Day of Peace: designate (see H.J. Res. 95), 19333 [4AU]
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), 12934 [22JN]
National Down's Syndrome Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 209), 14695 [13JY]
National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 429), 31246 [21NO]
National Family Caregivers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 282), 12181 [15JN]
National Family Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 126), 9409 [16MY]
National Guard: civil service retirement credit for technicians (see H.R. 1400), 26589 [31OC]
National Historically Black Colleges Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 399), 20206 [12SE]
National Home Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 122), 26590 [31OC]
National Hostage Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 400), 20442 [14SE]
National Job Skills Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 195), 19963 [11SE]
National Library Card Sign-Up Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 231), 14476 [12JY]
National Literacy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 277), 13279 [23JN]
National Minority Cancer Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 74), 7437 [25AP]
National Minority Health Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 327), 15850 [24JY]
National Occupational Safety Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 378), 20404 [13SE]
National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 112), 4034 [13MR]
National Park Service: study of park system boundaries (see H.R. 3383), 30035 [17NO]
National Polio Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 260), 8207 [4MY]
National Quality Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 204), 18673 [3AU]
National Railroad Passenger Corp.: disposal of untreated waste on tracks (see H.R. 3380), 25146 [18OC]
National Senior Citizens Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 225), 17097 [31JY]
National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution Centennial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 150), 6883 [18AP]
National Spina Bifida Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 286), 24131 [11OC]
National Stroke Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 68), 5945 [11AP]
National Tap Dance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 131), 10162 [24MY]
National Trauma Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 120), 8711 [9MY]
National Week of Commitment to Helping the Homeless: designate (see H.J. Res. 215), 14695 [13JY]
National Week of Outreach to the Rural Disabled: designate (see H.J. Res. 146), 23414 [5OC]
National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 35), 5086 [21MR]
Nepal: blockade by India (see H. Con. Res. 115), 9483 [17MY]
Nicaragua: economic sanctions (see H.R. 418), 208 [4JA]
NRC: establish an Office of Investigations (see H.R. 1835), 6330 [12AP]
Nuclear energy: establish uranium enrichment corporation (see H.R. 2278), 8709 [9MY]
Oakland, CA: designate the Donald P. McCullum Memorial Plaza (see H.R. 3202), 19330 [4AU]
Occupational health and safety: system to identify and notify persons at high risk (see H.R. 3067), 17333 [1AU]
Palau: authorize entry into Compact of Free Association (see H.J. Res. 175), 3691 [8MR]
Pensions: amend rules on fiduciary duties relative to assets of terminated plans (see H.R. 1661), 5378 [4AP]
———cost of living adjustments for Federal retirement program (see H.R. 1074), 10050 [23MY]
Pepper, Claude: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 149), 14077 [11JY]
Petroleum: amend certain provisions relative to oil shale claims (see H.R. 643), 347 [24JA]
———extend provisions relative to export of domestically produced crude oil (see H.R. 567), 2554 [22FE]
Petroleum Marketing Practices Act: amend (see H.R. 830), 5338 [3AP]
Philippines: naturalization of certain war veterans (see H.R. 525), 3692 [8MR]
Polish-American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 347), 13961 [29JN]
Pony Express National Historic Trail: designate (see H.R. 1109), 5516 [5AP]
Postal Service: budget treatment (see H.R. 982), 3101 [1MR]
Presidents of the U.S.: retirement pay (see H.R. 3594), 27807 [7NO]
Public health and safety: strengthen protections available to employees against reprisals for disclosing certain information (see H.R. 3368), 22291 [28SE]
Public utilities: corporate rate reductions for certain customers (see H.R. 2493), 10241 [25MY]
Railroads: mandatory reinstatement of certain senior employees upon the conclusion of a strike (see H.R. 2618), 11602 [13JN]
Raoul Wallenberg Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 47), 13846 [28JN]
Recycling of waste products: encourage scientific research and development of technologies (see H.R. 500), 10443 [31MY]
———establish percentage requirements for producers and importers of newsprint (see H.R. 3483), 24814 [17OC]
Refugees: emergency admission (see H.R. 1605), 5271 [23MR]
Science: national global research plan (see H.R. 980), 2068 [9FE]
Social Security: health care services for needy children (see H.R. 833), 1396 [2FE]
———improve supplemental security income benefits (see H.R. 866), 1686 [6FE]
———improve the foster care and adoption assistance program (see H.R. 2185), 7753 [2MY]
———income requirements for benefits relative to severely disabled children (see H.R. 1525), 5945 [11AP]
———payment of benefits upon death of recipient (see H.R. 455), 2071 [9FE]
———revise the Maternal and Child Health Block Grant Program (see H.R. 2651), 11818 [14JN]
———social service block grants (see H.R. 795), 1395 [2FE]
———work incentives relative to disability benefits (see H.R. 8), 103 [3JA]
Somalia: economic assistance (see H. Con. Res. 207), 22874 [3OC]
Sonoma County, CA: establish Laguna de Santa Rosa National Wildlife Refuge (see H.R. 2548), 10867 [6JN]
South Africa: prohibit U.S. investments and other activities (see H.R. 21), 269 [19JA]
Soviet Union: mutual and verifiable restrictions on production of plutonium and uranium (see H.R. 2403), 12810 [21JN]
———waiver of Jackson-Vanik amendment provisions (see H. Con. Res. 155), 26963 [2NO]
States: grants for child care services (see H.R. 3126), 19783 [7SE]
Steel Fair Trade Review Act: enact (see H.R. 3093), 20205 [12SE]
Steel Import Stabilization Act: extend (see H.R. 904), 5274 [23MR]
Stewart, James M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1699), 26344 [26OC]
Stock Raising Homestead Act: amend (see H.R. 737), 1204 [31JA]
Taxation: benefits from corporate rate reduction on deferred tax revenues of public utilities (see H.R. 1150), 5172 [22MR]
———deduction for adoption expenses (see H.R. 1205), 7649 [1MY]
———deduction for educational loans (see H.R. 747), 5171 [22MR]
———deny deductions for removal or liability costs attributable to an oil spill (see H.R. 2060), 7649 [1MY]
———increase the amount of the earned income tax credit and make the credit for dependent care expenses refundable (see H.R. 882), 1745 [7FE]
———limit ability of taxpayers to deduct cost of oil cleanups and hazardous substance spills (see H.R. 2532), 14906 [17JY]
———permanent exclusion of funding for employee educational assistance (see H.R. 2037), 13962 [29JN]
———relief for certain disaster losses (see H.R. 3560), 26589 [31OC]
———treatment of Federal annuities (see H.R. 214), 2071 [9FE]
Terrorism: prohibit export of military equipment to certain countries (see H.R. 91), 4033 [13MR]
Tobacco industry: restrict and regulate products (see H.R. 1493), 8916 [11MY]
Tongass National Forest, AK: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 987), 10868 [6JN]
Tuna: labeling requirements (see H.R. 2926), 15159 [19JY]
U.S.-Mexico Border Regional Commission: establish (see H.R. 1679), 5513 [5AP]
Utah: wilderness areas (see H.R. 1500), 8208 [4MY]
Vocational Education Act: grants for technical education (see H.R. 22), 4033 [13MR]
Washington Centennial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 410), 25146 [18OC]
Water: improved management of resources (see H.R. 3099), 18670 [3AU]
———long-term needs of insular areas (see H.R. 3596), 27807 [7NO]
———manufacturing and labeling standards for certain plumbing products (see H.R. 1185), 5895 [10AP]
White House Conference on Homelessness: convene (see H.R. 2560), 14695 [13JY]
Wilderness Act: anniversary of National Wilderness Preservation System (see H.J. Res. 163), 11243 [7JN]
Women: economic equity (see H.R. 3085), 18188 [2AU]
———protect foreign spouses from abuse and mental cruelty (see H.R. 2580), 23300 [4OC]
Women's History Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 148), 2552 [22FE]
World Food Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 267), 16429 [26JY]
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]
Zinnemann, Fred: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1699), 26344 [26OC]
Factsheets
Child Investment and Security Act (H.R. 1573), 5196
Letters
Abortion: Marcia T. DeRosa, 9576
Alaska oil spill: Alaine Gozun, 10449
———Allison Dunn, 9432
———Berna Griffith, 9432
———Claire Reclosado, 9586
———Deborah Dickerson, 9586
———Deon Whittemore, 10449
———James J. Brogden, 9586
———Jason Patterson, 9432
———Kenitra Davis, 9586
———Mary Manaloto, 9586
———Michelle Kahele, 10449
———Rickey E. Medders, 9586
———Ricky Blair, 9432
———Seven J. Eng Hung, 10449
———Shannon Morlin, 9432
———Shawn Smith, 9586
———Tiffany Kiehn, 10449
———Tiffany Sims, 10449
———Zach Vogel, 9432
NRC appropriations: Representative Udall, 29561 [16NO]
Puyallup Indian Tribe land claims in Washington: by, 10026 [23MY]
———Representative Rostenkowski, 10026 [23MY]
Tongass Timber Reform Act: K.V. Koski, 14655 [13JY]
Lists
Organizations supporting the reconstitution of the Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (House, Select), 2207
Transfer of public lands' title and mineral rights (patent and patent application sites GAO visited), 7448
Memorials of legislature
California: Central Valley project, 14909
Remarks by, on
Abortion: Federal funding for victims of rape and incest, 24057 [11OC], 24770 [17OC], 25821 [25OC], 26095
———funding, 18178 [2AU]
Achievement Awards in Writing: tribute to recipients, 25506
Aeronautics: review of certain acquisitions of voting securities of air carriers (H.R. 3443), 26830 [1NO]
Alaska: oil spill, 6341
Anti-Drug Abuse Act: funding (H.R. 2442), 10125, 10142 [24MY]
Antioch, CA: opening of Delta Learning Center, 19668
Appropriations: emergency supplemental (H.R. 2072), 9477 [17MY]
Black lung benefits: review of claims for certain coal miners (H.R. 2050), 7084
Budget: national priorities, 27786, 27787, 27789-27793 [7NO]
———reconciliation (H.R. 3299), 22024 [27SE], 23343, 23382, 23389
California: Dept. of the Interior proposal to renew irrigation contract, 27810
———earthquake, 25487 [23OC]
Central America: bipartisan accord (H.R. 1750), 6382, 6405 [13AP]
Central Valley project, 14909
———declining wildlife resources, 19465
Children: abuse-related deaths, 6811
———determination of custody in spouse abuse cases (H. Con. Res. 172), 15704
———eliminate preventable deaths and disabling illness through international collaboration (H. Res. 120), 12440
———extend authority of nutrition programs (H.R. 24), 17026
———extend authority of nutrition programs (H.R. 24), agree to Senate amendment with an amendment (H. Res. 260), 23984
———health care services (H.R. 1573), 5195
———unsafe cribs, 20708
Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (Select): establish (H. Res. 33), 2207
———establish (H. Res. 84), 2835 [28FE]
Committee on Hunger (Select): establish (H. Res. 84), 2835 [28FE]
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: permission to file reports, 16457 [27JY]
Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control (Select): establish (H. Res. 84), 2835 [28FE]
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 30008 [17NO]
Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary: establish certain prohibitions against oil and gas production (H.J. Res. 281), 13557
Crime and criminals: violence against women, 6808
Day care: tax credit, 23343, 23382, 23389
Dept. of Defense: budget, 26507
———reduction in spending, 28949
Dept. of the Interior: appropriations (H.R. 2788), 14423, 14448 [12JY]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, Education, and related agencies: appropriations (H.R. 2990), 18107
———appropriations (H.R. 2990), conference report, 24057 [11OC]
———appropriations (H.R. 2990), veto, 25821 [25OC]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs, HUD, and related agencies: appropriations (H.R. 2916), 15383 [20JY]
District of Columbia: appropriations (H.R. 3026), 18178 [2AU]
Drug abuse: education and prevention programs in elementary and secondary schools (H.R. 3614), 28604 [13NO]
———efforts to control, 9622 [18MY]
Ecology: environmental education and training (H.R. 3684), 29635
El Salvador: civil war, 29886 [17NO]
———condemnation of violence (H. Con. Res. 236), 30366 [20NO]
———murder investigation of religious missionaries, 29886 [17NO]
———U.S. policy, 13751 [28JN]
Endangered Species Act: court ruling on Dept. of the Interior application, 6064
Energy and water development: appropriations (H.R. 2696), conference report, 20149 [12SE]
Exxon Corp.: committee investigation of oil spill in Prince William Sound, AK, 15693
Federal Employee Child Care Act: enact (H.R. 1628), 5215 [23MR], 5318
Federal Offshore Oil and Gas Drilling Program: review, 24031 [11OC]
Florida: continental shelf oil and gas leasing (H.R. 2945), 24031 [11OC]
Foreign assistance programs: enhance and authorize appropriations (H.R. 2655), 13751 [28JN]
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: appropriations (H.R. 3743), consideration (H. Res. 295), 30224 [20NO]
Greece: independence anniversary, 4704
Guam: establish as a Commonwealth (H.R. 98), 31740
Health care: prevention and treatment of substance abuse (H.R. 3630), 28546
Hurricane Hugo: impact, 21578
Indians: clarify and strengthen authority for certain Dept. of the Interior law enforcement activities in Indian country (H.R. 498), 10029, 10030, 10032 [23MY]
———Puyallup Tribe land claims in Washington (H.R. 932), 10021, 10023-10026
———restore Federal trust relationship for Coquille Tribe (H.R. 881), 10032-10034 [23MY]
Juan Bautista de Anza Trail: designate (H.R. 1159), 3074
Martinez, CA: junior high school recipient of Sustained Achievement Award, 31772 [21NO]
Mines and mineral resources: oil shale claims (H.R. 2392), 10490
Minidoka Project, Idaho and Wyoming: Dept. of the Interior reimbursement of certain expenditures (H.R. 3694), 30008, 30009 [17NO]
Minimum wage: adjust (H.R. 2), 5233, 5247, 5248, 5250 [23MR]
———adjust (H.R. 2), conference report, 9594
National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: designate (S.J. Res. 133), 22276 [28SE]
National Endowment for Democracy: promotion of democracy in Costa Rica, 24715 [16OC]
National Endowment for the Arts: funding guidelines, 14448 [12JY]
National Endowment for the Humanities: funding guidelines, 14448 [12JY]
Nevada: wilderness areas (S. 974), 29915, 29919 [17NO]
Nicaragua: assist free and fair national elections (H.R. 3385), 23282 [4OC]
NRC: appropriations (H.R. 1549), consideration (H. Res. 198), 29561
Nuclear warfare: Dept. of Energy's financial liability, 2771
Oil pollution: limitations on liability (H.R. 1465), 26949, 26950 [2NO], 27947, 27948, 27950, 27959, 27967, 27975, 27977-27979, 27983, 27984, 27987 [8NO], 28256 [9NO]
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act: amend relative to assessment of civil penalties (H.R. 3081), 18208
Pensions: trustee boards to consist of equal representation of employees and employers, 22024 [27SE]
Pleasant Hill, CA: tribute to Diablo Valley College, 24540
Poland: economic assistance, 20710
Public lands: GAO report on transfer of title to land and mineral rights, 7448
Reclamation States Ground Water Protection and Management Act: enact (H.R. 2521), 10446
Rongelap Atoll: habitability (H. Con. Res. 90), 6336
Rossmoor/Walnut Creek, CA: adult community anniversary, 20712
Rural development, agriculture, and related agencies programs: appropriations (H.R. 2883), 14938
Rushdie, Salman: denouncing death sentence by Ayatollah Khomeini, 3688 [8MR]
———denouncing death sentence by Ayatollah Khomeini (H. Res. 102), 3391
———denouncing death sentence by Ayatollah Khomeini (H.J. Res. 154), 2611 [23FE]
San Francisco, CA: tribute to Bay Area Rapid Transit system, 30061
San Pablo, CA: anniversary of St. Paul Parish, 14479
Social Security: assure individualized assessments of disabled or blind children (H.R. 868), 2574
———SSI benefits (H.R. 866, 867), 2574
St. Mary's College: tribute to athletic accomplishments, 12818
Student aid: exclude as income from Federal aid programs eligibility, 8669, 8670 [9MY]
Teenage pregnancy: social impact, 30682
Temporary Child Care for Handicapped Children and Crisis Nurseries Act: revise and extend programs (H.R. 2088), 14059 [11JY]
Tongass National Forest, AK: wilderness areas (H.R. 987), 14624, 14632, 14640, 14645, 14650, 14651, 14653-14655 [13JY]
———wilderness areas (H.R. 987), consideration (H. Res. 196), 14460 [12JY]
U.N.: increase the international minimum age for combat (H. Res. 283), 27814
U.S. flag: Supreme Court ruling on desecration, 17577
Vocational education: student assistance, 8668 [9MY]
Vocational Education Act: extend authority (H.R. 7), 8638
Walnut Creek, CA: anniversary, 24755
———most livable small city, 12821
Water: taxpayer subsidies for environmental and resource management, 20705
Water Resources Research Act: extend authorization (H.R. 1101), 2766
WIC: coverage for pregnant prisoners and their infants, 20236
Women: employment training and placement (H.R. 3050), 16828
Yellowstone National Park: buffalo hunting policies, 2505 [22FE]
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 2547 [22FE], 4198 [15MR], 4987 [20MR], 6328 [12AP], 6803 [17AP], 6879 [18AP], 7542 [26AP], 8707 [9MY], 9404 [16MY], 9480 [17MY], 10442 [31MY], 11240 [7JN], 11600 [13JN], 12808 [21JN], 14473 [12JY], 14903 [17JY], 15435 [20JY], 17332 [1AU], 19320 [4AU], 19554 [6SE], 20203 [12SE], 20772 [19SE], 22873 [3OC], 24233 [12OC], 24742 [16OC], 25497 [23OC], 25912 [25OC], 26961 [2NO], 27806 [7NO], 28334 [9NO], 28844 [14NO], 30031 [17NO], 30404 [20NO]
Leave of absence: granted, 25237 [19OC]
Special order: granted, 2616 [23FE], 3689 [8MR], 9648 [18MY], 26343 [26OC]
Reports
Foreign Travel Expenditures, 2880 [28FE], 7606 [27AP]
Reports filed
Activities: Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (Select) (H. Rept. 100-1123), 102 [3JA]
———Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (Select) (H. Rept. 100-1129), 102 [3JA]
U.S. Children and Their Families: Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (Select) (H. Rept. 101-356), 28845 [14NO]
Statements
Budget for a Strong America: by, 28949
Flag Stands for the Freedom To Be Wrong: Senator Kerrey, 17577
Investing in Children (several excerpts), 5197
Minimum Wage: Franklin D. Roosevelt, 5234 [23MR]
———Representative Hawkins, 5248 [23MR]
Summaries
Child Investment and Security Act (H.R. 1573), 5196
Surveys
Children and Families—Public Policies and Outcomes—Factsheet of International Comparisons, 12440
Testimonies
Committee on Armed Services (House): Clean Water Act, D216 [26AP]
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail (H.R. 1159), D736 [7NO]
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Federal Laws Relative to Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (H.R. 3277), D597 [26SE]
Committee on Rules: Appropriations for Buffalo Bill Dam and Reservoir, WY (H.R. 2567), D756 [13NO]
———Assistance to Nicaragua for Free and Fair Elections (H.R. 3385), D629 [3OC]
———Emergency Supplemental Appropriations (H.R. 2072), D297 [23MY]
———Establishing Select Committees on Hunger, Narcotics Abuse and Control and Children, Youth, and Families (H. Res. 84), D50 [22FE]
———Fair Labor Standards Amendments (H.R. 2), D135 [21MR]
———Oil Pollution Liability and Compensation Act (H.R. 1465), D636 [4OC]
———Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (H.R. 3299), D587 [21SE]
Committee on the Budget (House): Medicare, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, and Child Health, D95 [8MR]
Committee on Ways and Means: Help For the Working Poor, D67 [28FE]
Texts of
H. Res. 102, denouncing Salman Rushdie death sentence by Ayatollah Khomeini, 3391
H.R. 932, Puyallup Indian Tribe land claims in Washington, 10021 [23MY]
H.R. 1628, Federal Employee Child Care Act, 5319
Tributes
Cardinet, George, 6067
Clark, Arthur J., 7581
Devito, John, 28352
Edwards, Lucretia, 5004
Eyerly, David, 25506
Frank, Dawn C., 25506
Goldman, Richard and Rhoda, 24537
Herz, Michael, 19662
Jones, Lillie M., 4473
Jupp, Michael, 30701
Kingsbury, Daniel, 25506
Leland, Mickey, 20181
Livingston, George, 120
Rupley, Patricia, 11273
Saunders, Leo, 152
Shaw, Barbara, 141
Sumpter, Percel N., 14483
Thompson, Frank, Jr., 17581
Zandonella, John A., 8730