TORRES, ESTEBAN EDWARD (a Representative from California)
Appointments
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs (H. Res. 39), 243 [19JA]
Committee on Small Business (H. Res. 39), 244 [19JA]
Conferee: H.R. 1278, Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act, 12925 [22JN], 18642 [3AU]
Strategic arms reduction talks, 12169 [15JN]
Articles and editorials
America Should Rejoin a Reformed UNESCO, Los Angeles (CA) Times, 25318 [19OC]
Senator Wilson's Helping Hand, Jack Anderson and Dale Van Atta, Washington (DC) Post, 16499 [27JY]
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Air pollution: require certain incinerators to periodically reduce emissions (see H.R. 2063), 6882 [18AP]
———require certain sources of pollutants to periodically reduce emissions (see H.R. 1577), 5171 [22MR]
EPA: reward funds for the identification and recovery of certain cleanup costs (see H.R. 3786), 30407 [20NO]
Recycling of waste products: percentage requirements for producers and importers of newsprint (see H.R. 3483), 24814 [17OC]
Solid waste: recycling a certain percentage of used lubricating oil (see H.R. 2648), 11818 [14JN]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Advertising: mailing of sexually oriented material (see H.R. 1210), 3099 [1MR]
Aeronautics: liability for emergency medical care by licensed physicians on commercial aircraft (see H.R. 676), 1149 [27JA]
———prohibit discrimination on seating blind (see H.R. 563), 1206 [31JA]
———prohibit smoking on certain scheduled passenger flights (see H.R. 561), 1748 [7FE]
AFDC: improve quality control standards and procedures (see H.R. 2243), 17097 [31JY]
Aged: clarify certain protections relative to employee benefit plans (see H.R. 3200), 31245 [21NO]
———employment in providing child care for low-income families (see H.R. 1816), 6330 [12AP]
———mental health (see H.R. 111), 5515 [5AP]
Agriculture: 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), 16565 [27JY]
Aliens: grounds for exclusion and deportation (see H.R. 1280), 3567 [7MR]
———immigration status for service in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 639), 346 [24JA]
American Conservation and Youth Service Corps: establish (see H.R. 717), 1203 [31JA]
American Heritage Trust: establish (see H.R. 876), 1686 [6FE]
Animal Welfare Act: amend (see H.R. 2345), 9406 [16MY]
Anti-Drug Abuse Act: making supplemental appropriations (see H.R. 705), 2902 [28FE]
Armed Forces: posthumous citizenship procedures for aliens who die on active service (see H.R. 150), 2071 [9FE]
———prohibit user fees for outpatient at military facilities (see H.R. 1296), 5275 [23MR]
Artists: collective bargaining for employers and performers in the live performing arts (see H.R. 2025), 19332 [4AU]
Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3677), 29604 [16NO]
Baltic Freedom Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 184), 11604 [13JN]
Banks and banking: deposit fee (see H. Con. Res. 41), 1205 [31JA]
———disclosure of interest rates payable and fees assessable to deposit accounts (see H.R. 736), 1204 [31JA]
———extend period for issuing mortgage bonds and credit certificates (see H.R. 1200), 5338 [3AP]
———provide statements on escrow accounts to borrowers (see H.R. 3147), 21590 [26SE]
———reform Federal deposit insurance system (see H.R. 1278), 3499 [6MR]
Birth control: extend family planning program (see H.R. 930), 10443 [31MY]
Broadcasting: codify the fairness doctrine (see H.R. 315), 5895 [10AP]
California: designate certain lands as wilderness and establish Death Valley, Joshua Tree, and Mojave National Parks (see H.R. 780), 1394 [2FE]
———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), 5945 [11AP]
California Ocean Sanctuary: establish (see H.R. 48), 3101 [1MR]
Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act: improve operation (see H.R. 1233), 5086 [21MR]
Caribbean nations: scholarship program (see H.R. 890), 1745 [7FE]
Census: exempt Federal annuitants or former military personnel who assist in the decennial count from offsets relative to pay and other benefits (see H.R. 1860), 11301 [8JN]
———improve the historical undercount of the poor and minorities and the overall accuracy (see H.R. 526), 1398 [2FE]
———require certain detailed tabulations relating to Asian Americans and Pacific islanders in decennial (see H.R. 289), 1152 [27JA]
Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner Day: designate (see H. Con. Res. 141), 12494 [20JN]
Chemical warfare: sanctions against countries which use chemical weapons (see H.R. 696), 1398 [2FE]
Chemicals: reduce threat of catastrophic accidents (see H.R. 2585), 11300 [8JN]
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), 14475 [12JY]
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), 12809 [21JN]
Civil liberties: equal rights for men and women (see H.J. Res. 1), 105 [3JA]
Clean Air Act: control of motor vehicle emissions (see H.R. 3195), 19330 [4AU]
———national air quality standards (see H.R. 2323), 8914 [11MY]
———ozone protection (see H.R. 2699), 12808 [21JN]
Coastal zone: management (see H.R. 543), 4201 [15MR]
Coins and coinage: modernize (see H.R. 505), 265 [19JA]
Colleges: information on student-athlete graduation relative to Federal financing (see H.R. 1454), 20403 [13SE]
Colombia: support of Congress for citizens (see H. Con. Res. 194), 20775 [19SE]
Columbus, Christopher: commemorative coin for discovery of America and establish the Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation (see H.R. 2754), 25615 [24OC]
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]
Consumers: prevent abuse by credit repair organizations (see H.R. 56), 10160 [24MY]
———promote purchase of U.S. products and services (see H.R. 3055; H. Con. Res. 184), 17096 [31JY], 18189 [2AU]
Courts: immunity from personal civil liability relative to volunteers working on behalf of nonprofit organizations and Government entities (see H.R. 911), 13623 [27JN]
———use of certain evidence to challenge sentencing relative to disproportionate imposition of capital punishment (see H.R. 2466), 10159 [24MY]
Crime and criminals: data on crimes manifesting prejudice based on race, religion, homosexuality, or heterosexuality (see H.R. 1048), 3500 [6MR]
———penalties for certain mail-related offenses involving anabolic steroids (see H.R. 995), 2069 [9FE]
Deaf Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 140), 2070 [9FE]
Dept. of Defense: improvement in conditions for teachers in overseas school system (see H.R. 217), 348 [24JA]
———schedule for B-2 bomber project (see H.R. 1337), 5275 [23MR]
Dept. of Energy: financial liability of nuclear contractors (see H.R. 1102), 2617 [23FE]
Dept. of Environmental Protection: establish (see H.R. 534), 3692 [8MR]
Dept. of the Treasury: issuance of Drug War Bonds (see H.R. 2972), 19963 [11SE]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: designate Assistant Secretary as Chief of Minority Affairs and appoint Deputy Officers of Minority Affairs (see H.R. 2096), 9652 [18MY]
———procedural rights for claims for benefits (see H.R. 3343), 23300 [4OC]
Developing countries: encourage integration of women into development (see H.R. 951), 3101 [1MR]
———eradicate the worst aspects of poverty (see H.R. 594), 1153 [27JA]
Disasters: housing assistance to victims (see H.R. 3666), 29070 [15NO]
Diseases: acquired immune deficiency syndrome victim assistance (see H.R. 2954), 15436 [20JY]
———improve education and programs relative to Alzheimer's disease (see H.R. 1490), 5516 [5AP]
Dogs: study to protect from certain sales to retail pet stores (see H.J. Res. 57), 31245 [21NO]
Doherty, Joseph P.: application for political asylum (see H. Con. Res. 62), 15437 [20JY]
Drug abuse: appropriations for interdiction activities of the California National Guard (see H.R. 3308), 21004 [20SE]
———funding from drug forfeiture funds for State education and treatment programs (see H.R. 1041), 3101 [1MR]
———programs relating to intravenous substance abusers with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (see H.R. 706), 1688 [6FE]
Earth Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 338), 28336 [9NO]
Ecology: environmental education and training (see H.R. 3684), 29605 [16NO]
———preservation of coastal and Great Lakes environmental quality (see H.R. 2647), 20403 [13SE]
———reduction of greenhouse gases (see H.J. Res. 207), 5517 [5AP]
Education: demonstration projects to promote voluntary national service (see H.R. 1615), 15160 [19JY]
———financial assistance for Hispanic-serving institutions (see H.R. 1561), 5170 [22MR]
———treatment of family assets relative to determination of student aid needs (see H.R. 1581), 5270 [23MR]
82d Airborne Division Association, Inc.: charter (see H.R. 82), 2901 [28FE]
El Salvador: condemnation of violence (see H. Con. Res. 236), 30409 [20NO]
———economic assistance (see H. Con. Res. 1), 106 [3JA]
———negotiated political settlement to civil war (see H. Con. Res. 48), 2902 [28FE]
———prohibit military assistance (see H.J. Res. 54), 5172 [22MR]
Elections: national voter registration procedures (see H.R. 2190), 12181 [15JN]
———national standards for voter registration (see H.R. 17), 5338 [3AP]
———national standards for voter registration (see H.R. 15), 4112 [14MR]
Employment: economic adjustment to realignments or reductions in defense or aerospace contracts, military facilities, and arms export (see H.R. 101), 199 [4JA]
———elimination of discriminatory wage practices (see H.R. 41), 1748 [7FE]
———entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (see H.R. 770), 1394 [2FE]
End to Hunger Education Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 341), 26345 [26OC]
Endangered species: improve protection in the National Forest System, National Park System, and National Wildlife Refuge System (see H.R. 89), 6457 [13AP]
Endangered Species Act: include African elephant (see H. Con. Res. 129), 10444 [31MY]
EPA: data on toxic chemical emissions (see H.R. 1457), 4200 [15MR]
———inform Congress relative to environmental requirements in other nations (see H.R. 3409), 25240 [19OC]
Exxon Corp.: obligation to clean up Alaskan oil spill caused by company tanker (see H. Con. Res. 175), 19559 [6SE]
FAA: foreign repair station rules (see H.R. 145), 1152 [27JA]
FBI: recruitment and retention of agents (see H.R. 1429), 6883 [18AP]
Federal employees: demonstration project relative to social and long-term health services (see H.R. 212), 1687 [6FE]
———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), 21499 [25SE]
———health insurance (see H.R. 211), 1687 [6FE]
———participation in political process (see H.R. 20), 5274 [23MR]
———substance abuse treatment under health benefits program (see H.R. 210), 1687 [6FE]
Federal Employees' Health Benefits Reform Act: enact (see H.R. 216), 1687 [6FE]
Federal Employees Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 22), 348 [24JA]
Firearms: semiautomatic assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices (see H.R. 1190), 6458 [13AP]
———transfer or possession of assault weapons (see H.R. 669), 2072 [9FE]
———waiting period before the purchase of a handgun (see H.R. 467), 3857 [9MR]
Fish and fisheries: cease drift-net fishing in the South Pacific (see H. Con. Res. 214), 25239 [19OC]
Foreign trade: extend provisions relative to export of domestically produced crude oil (see H.R. 567), 1153 [27JA]
Franklin, Benjamin: bicentennial of death commemorative coin (see H.R. 3056), 19333 [4AU]
Freedom of Choice Act: enact (see H.R. 3700), 30033 [17NO]
GAO: investigation on conditions of displaced Nicaraguans and Salvadorans (see H.R. 45), 6331 [12AP]
Gaucher's Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 224), 25615 [24OC]
Geography Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 142), 24131 [11OC]
Global Warming Prevention Act: enact (see H.R. 1078), 2552 [22FE]
Government contractors: protect employees from reprisal for disclosure of misconduct in business by employers (see H.R. 1861), 6331 [12AP]
GSA: development and use of plastics derived from certain commodities (see H.R. 683), 1150 [27JA]
Guam: establish as a commonwealth (see H.R. 98), 28335 [9NO]
Handicapped: discrimination prohibition (see H.R. 2273), 11819 [14JN]
———telecommunications system for hearing- and speech-impaired individuals to access 911 emergency service (see H.R. 1690), 5513 [5AP]
Head Start Act: amend (see H.R. 2373), 10443 [31MY]
Head Start Program: expansion (see H.R. 2217), 10243 [25MY]
Health: expanded services relative to children (see H.R. 1573), 6332 [12AP]
———improve emergency medical services and trauma care (see H.R. 436), 210 [4JA]
———improvement for minorities and those from disadvantaged backgrounds (see H.R. 3240), 30408 [20NO]
———increase supply of professional nurses and educational assistance (see H.R. 2111), 7542 [26AP]
———national program for tropical medicine and infectious disease (see H.R. 2290), 10051 [23MY]
———promote nondiscrimination in State medical licensure and medical reciprocity standards (see H.R. 614), 346 [24JA]
———restrictions relative to family planning programs (see H.R. 720), 3244 [2MR]
Holidays: commission to advise President on proposals for national observances (see H.R. 746), 4033 [13MR]
Homeless: assistance (see H.R. 3789), 30407 [20NO]
House of Representatives: merit pay application for certain employees (see H. Res. 220), 18673 [3AU]
———recycling paper used in operation (see H. Res. 104), 5517 [5AP]
———use of biodegradable food and beverage containers in the food service operations (see H. Res. 130), 7755 [2MY]
———voluntary expenditure limits and partial public financing of campaigns (see H.R. 14), 1397 [2FE]
Housing: abuses of process for selection for assistance programs (see H.R. 3191), 25917 [25OC]
———alleviate homelessness by expanding and preserving supply of permanent, affordable, and decent (see H.R. 140), 200 [4JA]
———amend laws relative to community and neighborhood development (see H.R. 3570), 27087 [3NO]
———amend provisions relative to community and neighborhood development (see H.R. 1180), 3098 [1MR]
———development and preservation of rental housing for low- and moderate-income families (see H.R. 1005), 2070 [9FE]
———insurance for certain mortgages for first-time homebuyers (see H.R. 812), 10242 [25MY]
———loans and grants for farm laborers legally admitted to U.S. (see H.R. 750), 3857 [9MR]
———rehabilitation and development of low- and moderate-income projects (see H.R. 1852), 6331 [12AP]
Illegal Dumping Prevention Act: enact (see H.R. 1281), 5086 [21MR]
Immigration and Nationality Act: preference system for admission (see H.R. 672), 1149 [27JA]
India: deny most favored nation trade status (see H.R. 1067), 2551 [22FE]
Insurance: deduction for health insurance of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 694), 1150 [27JA]
Interstitial Cystitis Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 291), 28336 [9NO]
Irradiated food: prohibit implementation of certain regulations (see H.R. 2405), 9649 [18MY]
Italian-American Heritage and Culture Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 392), 22876 [3OC]
Japan: sale of F-16 technology and codevelopment of FSX aircraft (see H.J. Res. 254), 9997 [22MY]
Jewish Heritage Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 136), 6883 [18AP]
Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail: designate (see H.R. 1159), 2899 [28FE]
Labor unions: hiring of permanent replacement workers during a strike (see H.R. 1383), 5275 [23MR]
Law enforcement officers: adjust administratively uncontrollable overtime pay of Federal officers and agents (see H.R. 215), 1687 [6FE]
Little League Baseball: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 123), 19334 [4AU]
Los Angeles Dodgers (baseball team): tribute (see H. Res. 119), 5515 [5AP]
Low-Income Housing Preservation Act: enact (see H.R. 1057), 28018 [8NO]
Lyme Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 138), 14695 [13JY]
Martin Luther King, Jr., Federal Holiday Commission: make permanent (see H.R. 1385), 4111 [14MR]
Medicaid: hospice coverage (see H.R. 1259), 21004 [20SE]
Medicare: coverage and payment for services of psychologists (see H.R. 774), 1394 [2FE]
———financing of certain benefit improvements (see H.R. 974), 2068 [9FE]
———payment for screening mammography (see H.R. 1471), 4488 [16MR]
Mexico: encourage private creditors to help reduce debt (see H. Con. Res. 86), 5515 [5AP]
———establish debt for development programs (see H.R. 3146), 23300 [4OC]
Miners: early payment of benefit checks (see H.R. 521), 1398 [2FE]
Minimum wage: adjust (see H.R. 2), 4201 [15MR]
Minority Business Development Administration: establish in Dept. of Commerce (see H.R. 1769), 5943 [11AP]
Mount Rushmore National Memorial: commemorative coin (see H.R. 1028), 12181 [15JN]
National Academies of Practice: recognize (see H.R. 1047), 6332 [12AP]
National Academy of Space, Science, and Technology: establish (see H.R. 2957), 16565 [27JY]
National Arab American Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 241), 15437 [20JY]
National Burn Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 426), 28846 [14NO]
National Cancer Institute: additional authorizations to conduct certain research on breast cancer (see H.R. 3251), 20775 [19SE]
National Children's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 132), 8074 [3MY]
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 of Remembrance for the Victims of the U.S.S. Iowa: designate (see H.J. Res. 247), 7435 [25AP]
National Day To Commemorate the Bastille Day Bicentennial: designate (see H.J. Res. 298), 12283 [19JN]
National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 429), 31246 [21NO]
National Duckling Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 153), 6458 [13AP]
National Guard: civil service retirement credit for technicians (see H.R. 1400), 4111 [14MR]
National Home Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 122), 9409 [16MY]
National Job Skills Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 195), 22293 [28SE]
National Korean War Veterans Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 130), 2619 [23FE]
National Minority Cancer Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 74), 5945 [11AP]
National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 293), 16429 [26JY]
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 Railroad Passenger Corp.: disposal of untreated waste on tracks (see H.R. 3380), 28018 [8NO]
National Teacher Appreciation Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 198), 10162 [24MY]
National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 35), 19558 [6SE]
NATO: negotiations to reduce U.S. global defense burden (see H. Res. 21), 1688 [6FE]
Natural resources: national policy for the conservation of biological diversity (see H.R. 1268), 3243 [2MR]
New Columbia: admission as State into the Union (see H.R. 51), 105 [3JA]
Obeid, Abdul: extradition from Israel (see H. Con. Res. 183), 18189 [2AU]
Occupational health and safety: system to identify and notify persons at high risk (see H.R. 3067), 17333 [1AU]
Oil pollution: limitations on liability (see H.R. 1465), 5086 [21MR]
Older Americans Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 60), 1748 [7FE]
OPM: transfer of authority to determine pay classification of administrative law judges (see H.R. 213), 1687 [6FE]
Packaging: identification of the resin used in the production of plastic containers used in interstate commerce (see H.R. 2156), 10443 [31MY]
Palau: authorize entry into Compact of Free Association (see H.J. Res. 175), 3691 [8MR]
Paraguay: civil liberties (see H. Con. Res. 94), 9483 [17MY]
Pensions: cost of living adjustments for Federal retirement program (see H.R. 1074), 3101 [1MR]
———excluding portion from taxation (see H.R. 1085), 5086 [21MR]
Pepper, Claude: commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 149), 16429 [26JY]
Pollution: prevention practices and technologies (see H.R. 3693), 29605 [16NO]
Postal Service: budget treatment (see H.R. 982), 5379 [4AP]
Public utilities: corporate rate reductions for certain customers (see H.R. 2493), 14695 [13JY]
Railroad Retirement Board: early payment of benefit checks (see H.R. 522), 1398 [2FE]
Railroads: budget treatment of retirement benefits (see H. Con. Res. 220), 27193 [6NO]
Reclamation States Groundwater Protection and Management Act: enact (see H.R. 2521), 10442 [31MY]
Recycled materials: tax on the sale of paper products not containing an amount of recovered materials as specified by EPA (see H.R. 1691), 24814 [17OC]
Recycling of waste products: collection, analysis, and dissemination of information to promote recycling of municipal solid waste (see H.R. 1652), 5273 [23MR]
———encourage scientific research and development of technologies (see H.R. 500), 2269 [21FE]
Refugees: emergency admission (see H.R. 1605), 5271 [23MR]
Research: tax incentive (see H.R. 1416), 14017 [10JY]
Rushdie, Salman: denouncing death sentence by Ayatollah Khomeini (see H.J. Res. 154; H. Res. 102), 2618 [23FE], 3693 [8MR]
SBA: certification of socially and economically disadvantaged and women-owned business enterprises (see H.R. 3371), 22291 [28SE]
———raise status and enhance operations (see H.R. 192), 6332 [12AP]
Seafood: inspection (see H.R. 1387), 4111 [14MR]
Sec. of Education: authority to prevent fraud and abuse by certain institutions (see H.R. 2487), 10160 [24MY]
Small business: loan and investment capital (see H.R. 3179), 19329 [4AU]
Social Security: assure individualized assessments of disabled or blind children (see H.R. 868), 6332 [12AP]
———computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 917), 1746 [7FE]
———coverage and reimbursement for nursing services under medicare and medicaid (see H.R. 1140), 5516 [5AP]
———exclude from budget (see H.R. 933), 3692 [8MR]
———payment of benefits upon death of recipient (see H.R. 455), 2071 [9FE]
———payment reductions to hospitals under medicare part A (see H. Con. Res. 40), 1398 [2FE]
———qualifications for certain blind or disabled children eligible for supplemental security income benefits (see H.R. 874), 2902 [28FE]
———SSI benefits (see H.R. 866), 6332 [12AP]
———technical amendments to SSI program (see H.R. 867), 6332 [12AP]
———work incentives relative to disability benefits (see H.R. 8), 103 [3JA]
Social Security Administration: independent status (see H.R. 46), 1397 [2FE]
Solid waste: safe management of disposal exports (see H.R. 2525), 19332 [4AU]
———clarification of application of requirements and sanction at Federal facilities (see H.R. 1056), 8073 [3MY]
———clarify the regulation of certain Federal facility waste (see H.R. 2708), 16429 [26JY]
———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]
Sonoma County, CA: Laguna de Santa Rosa National Wildlife Refuge (see H.R. 2548), 10867 [6JN]
South Africa: ban financial services by U.S. depository institutions (see H.R. 3458), 31245 [21NO]
———prohibit U.S. investments and other activities (see H.R. 21), 103 [3JA]
Soviet Union: mutual and verifiable restrictions on production of plutonium and uranium (see H.R. 2403), 9648 [18MY]
Special days: commission to advise the President on proposals for national commemorative events (see H.R. 539), 6806 [17AP]
SSI: raise resource limits (see H.R. 360), 1397 [2FE]
Statehood: 100th anniversary commemorative coin for certain (see H.R. 1553), 19332 [4AU]
Steel Fair Trade Review Act: enact (see H.R. 3093), 18188 [2AU]
Steel Import Stabilization Act: extend (see H.R. 904), 1746 [7FE]
Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act: emergency supplemental appropriations (see H.J. Res. 31), 3858 [9MR]
Taxation: contribute refunds to hunger relief (see H.R. 81), 5515 [5AP]
———credit contributions to candidates for Congress (see H.R. 19), 3568 [7MR]
———deduction for adoption expenses (see H.R. 1205), 5516 [5AP]
———deduction for interest on educational loans (see H.R. 747), 2554 [22FE]
———deductions relative to interest paid on debt secured by a home (see H. Con. Res. 37), 1151 [27JA]
———exceptions from rules on contributions of assistance (see H.R. 118), 3101 [1MR]
———excise taxes on certain virgin materials and establish trust funds for recycling (see H.R. 3737), 30117 [19NO]
———interception of tax refunds relative to delinquent child support for disabled and dependent adults (see H.R. 1040), 8710 [9MY]
———limit ability of taxpayers to deduct cost of oil cleanups and hazardous substance spills (see H.R. 2532), 27808 [7NO]
———low-income housing credit (see H.R. 2319), 13846 [28JN]
———oil spill damages and cleanup (see H.R. 2223), 8072 [3MY]
———permanent exclusion of funding for employee educational assistance (see H.R. 2037), 6881 [18AP]
———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]
———treatment of certain transportation furnished by an employer (see H.R. 2265), 15850 [24JY]
———treatment of Federal annuities (see H.R. 214), 1687 [6FE]
Telephone: prohibit certain practices involving the commercial use of facsimile machines (see H.R. 2184), 10443 [31MY]
Terrorism: prohibit export of military equipment to certain countries (see H.R. 91), 2901 [28FE]
Thrift industry: deposit fee (see H. Con. Res. 41), 1205 [31JA]
Tobacco industry: require cigarette advertisers to include nicotine warning labels (see H.R. 1171), 4990 [20MR]
Tongass National Forest, AK: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 987), 2068 [9FE]
Toxic Substances Control Act: amend (see H.R. 2123), 9483 [17MY]
Tuna: labeling requirements (see H.R. 2926), 16203 [25JY]
U.N.: increase the international minimum age for combat (see H. Res. 283), 27808 [7NO]
U.S. flag: prohibit desecration (see H.R. 2978), 19782 [7SE]
Unemployment: benefits for nonprofessional school employees between school terms (see H.R. 290), 204 [4JA]
United Air Lines: tribute to volunteers assisting in rescue operations for flight 232 (see H.J. Res. 379), 16564 [27JY]
USIA: distribution of a film entitled ``A Tribute to Mickey Leland'' (see H.R. 3294), 22744 [2OC]
Utah: designate certain Federal lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1500), 8208 [4MY]
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]
———presumption of service connection for the occurrence of post-traumatic stress disorders (see H.R. 794), 1395 [2FE]
———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), 2071 [9FE]
Water: manufacturing and labeling standards for certain plumbing products (see H.R. 1185), 4034 [13MR]
White House Conference on Homelessness: convene (see H.R. 2560), 14695 [13JY]
World Population Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 248), 20775 [19SE]
World War II: commemorative medal for Armed Forces members present at Pearl Harbor attack (see H.R. 2575), 14475 [12JY]
———memorial and museum (see H.R. 537), 266 [19JA]
———memorial to members of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 2807), 14017 [10JY]
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), 25615 [24OC]
Youth Employment Services Act: enact (see H.R. 1536), 5084 [21MR]
Essays
Why I Feel My Parents Should Be Involved in My Education: J. Mario Zazueta, 5199
Lists
El Rancho Unified School District, CA, employees honored, 10083
Papers
Collective Action in Support of Democracy in the Americas, J. Brian Atwood, 8076 [3MY]
Pledge of Allegiance
House of Representatives, 8878 [11MY]
Remarks by, on
Alaska: oil spill, 5936
Appropriations: further continuing (H.J. Res. 423), 25529 [24OC]
Banks and banking: reform Federal deposit insurance system (H.R. 1278), 12080 [15JN]
———reform Federal deposit insurance system (H.R. 1278), conference report, 19308
Bureau of the Census: counting of illegal aliens, 24106 [11OC]
California: earthquake, 25485 [23OC]
Dept. of Defense: appropriations for military functions (H.R. 2461), 16499 [27JY]
———appropriations for military functions (H.R. 2461), conference report, 28206 [9NO]
———extend contract goal for small and disadvantaged businesses, 16499 [27JY]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: appropriations (H.R. 2991), Conte motion to instruct conferees, 24105 [11OC]
Drug abuse: narcotics traffic, 19510 [6SE]
El Rancho Unified School District, CA: employees honored, 10082
Immigration: enforcement of antidiscrimination laws, 17587
League of United Latin American Citizens: tribute to Professional Women's Council 2873, 7550
Little Lake School District, CA: tribute to teachers and employees, 7884
Los Angeles, CA: tribute to Comprehensive Technologies International, Inc., 7555
National Hispanic Quincentennial Commission: tribute, 25317
Recycling of waste products: percentage requirements for producers and importers of newsprint (H.R. 3483), 24769 [17OC]
Santa Fe Springs, CA: tribute to teachers and employees of Little Lake School District, 8741
Solid waste: recycling a certain percentage of used lubricating oil (H.R. 2648), 11756 [14JN], 11840
Solid Waste Disposal Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3735), 30390
Votes: position on missed, 13859
Votes, position on missed, 22067
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 5169 [22MR], 6328 [12AP], 7542 [26AP], 7606 [27AP], 7752 [2MY], 8070 [3MY], 8707 [9MY], 9404 [16MY], 11816 [14JN], 12179 [15JN], 12932 [22JN], 13840 [28JN], 15158 [19JY], 16562 [27JY], 17332 [1AU], 19320 [4AU], 21000 [20SE], 22067 [27SE], 22873 [3OC], 24233 [12OC], 25238 [19OC], 27806 [7NO], 28007 [8NO], 29069 [15NO]
Special order: granted, 9480 [17MY]
Reports
Foreign Travel Expenditures, 7606 [27AP], 8441 [8MY]
Testimonies
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Recycling of Municipal Solid Waste, D426 [13JY]
Committee on Foreign Affairs: U.S. and UNESCO, D572 [19SE]
Tributes
Baca, Polly B., 29304
Barnick, John H., 25320
Carranco, Pedro, Sr., 15335
Estrada, Leobardo F., 24544
Gonzalez, Hector A., 24544
Gordon, Joyce, 8741
Gutierrez, Jose, 22181
Holtzman, Seymour, 12208
Jova, Joseph J., 16760
King, Leo W., 30695
Lee, Gloria, 7550
Madrid, Corine R., 7550
Marvin, James I., 9153
Moore, Richard, 27817
Padilla, Ruth L., 21184
Pepper, Claude, 12472
Rodriguez, Marcial, 6656
Sonnie, Guadalupe L., 7550
Sussman, Herbert M., 13222
Vargas, Raul, 19494
Warner, Edward, 28035
Wells, Lydia, 24544
Zazueta, J. Mario, 5198