BERMAN, HOWARD L. (a Representative from California)
Amendments offered by, to
Export Administration Act: reauthorize (H.R. 4653), 12672 [5JN], 13228 [6JN]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 3045, copyright infringement suits in Federal court, 26309 [27SE]
———H.R. 4653, Export Administration Act reauthorization, 26309 [27SE]
———H.R. 5400, Campaign Cost Reduction and Reform Act, 26030 [26SE]
———S. 358, reform immigration preference system and provide for administrative naturalization of aliens, 30137 [17OC]
———S. 1430, National and Community Service Act, 27738 [5OC]
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Iraq: impose sanctions (see H.R. 4585), 7982 [24AP]
Los Angeles, CA: exchange city-owned lands with public lands managed by the BLM in Nevada (see H.R. 4914), 12245 [24MY]
Yeung, Eva Y., and family: relief (see H.R. 5841), 30090 [16OC]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Actors' Fund of America Appreciation Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 498), 3857 [8MR]
Advertising: restrictions when adjacent to interstate and other primary highways (see H.R. 3389), 13263 [6JN]
Aeronautics: aircraft noise reduction (see H.R. 4818), 11398 [21MY]
———establish an Office of Airline Passenger Advocacy within Dept. of Transportation (see H.R. 5453), 22086 [2AU]
———promote and strengthen security (see H.R. 5732), 26312 [27SE]
Aged: clarify certain protections relative to employee benefit plans (see H.R. 3200), 4377 [14MR]
Alabama: study of Selma to Montgomery route for national historic trail (see H.R. 3834), 3101 [1MR]
Aliens: revise admission system relative to family reunification and identified labor shortages (see H.R. 4300), 9329 [3MY]
Animals: end use of steel jaw leghold traps (see H.R. 4604), 15715 [26JN]
Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: designate (see H.R. 3802), 4573 [20MR]
Baltic Freedom Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 493), 13264 [6JN]
Banks and banking: extend period for issuing mortgage bonds and credit certificates (see H.R. 1200), 4789 [21MR]
Be Kind to Animals and National Pet Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 458), 9093 [1MY]
Birth control: family planning counseling (see H.R. 5231), 22531 [3AU]
Cadigan, James L.: Congressional Medal of Honor for World War II service (see H. Con. Res. 178), 10927 [17MY]
Capitol Building and Grounds: designate the Lindy Claiborne Boggs Congressional Women's Reading Room (see H. Res. 525), 34453 [25OC]
Central Valley project: restoration of fish and wildlife habitats (see H.R. 4700), 9092 [1MY]
Children: determination of custody in spouse abuse cases (see H. Con. Res. 172), 40 [23JA]
———reform labor laws (see H.R. 4733), 19769 [26JY]
Chile: support democracy (see H.J. Res. 472), 1288 [6FE]
China, People's Republic of: encourage liberalization in China and Tibet (see H.R. 5129), 18547 [20JY]
———most-favored-nation status (see H.R. 4931), 12245 [24MY]
Civil rights: strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (see H.R. 4000), 1550 [7FE]
Coastal zone: management (see H.R. 543), 2308 [22FE]
Colombia: restrict exports of firearms and other munitions items (see H.R. 3817), 39 [23JA]
Community Center Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 636), 25524 [24SE]
Construction industry: improve inspections, investigations, reporting, and recordkeeping, and establish safety and health programs (see H.R. 4652), 8403 [26AP]
Contractors: debarment penalty for conviction of certain Federal offenses (see H.R. 4795), 10009 [10MY]
Convention on the Rights of the Child: ratification (see H. Res. 312), 24756 [17SE]
Courts: child custody litigation (see H.R. 2952), 39 [23JA]
———requirements for retirement of judges (see H.R. 4208), 3667 [7MR]
Defense contractors: Federal assistance to areas heavily dependent (see H.R. 2852), 465 [24JA]
Democracy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 626), 18380 [19JY]
Dept. of Defense: closure and realignment of military installations (see H.R. 4310), 4572 [20MR]
———environmental activities (see H.R. 5202), 20549 [30JY]
———redirect funding to social programs (see H. Con. Res. 259), 6673 [4AP]
———termination of B-2 stealth bomber development (see H.R. 3978), 2501 [26FE]
Dept. of the Treasury: prohibit import of fish or wildlife products from countries violating certain international agreements (see H.R. 4289), 18923 [24JY]
Developing countries: authorize debt for nature conversion agreements with countries in the Western Hemisphere (see H.R. 5088), 16186 [28JN]
Earthquakes: require hazard reduction measures and establish a Federal insurance program (see H.R. 4462), 10926 [17MY]
Economic assistance: promote development in sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean (see H.R. 4443), 12248 [24MY]
Education: cancellation of certain loans for service in law enforcement or corrections (see H.R. 5338), 24036 [12SE]
Education Day, U.S.A.: designate (see H.J. Res. 500), 4461 [15MR]
Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 568), 23678 [10SE]
Employment: elimination of discriminatory wage practices (see H.R. 41), 39 [23JA]
———prevent the sterilization of employees as a condition of employment by certain employers (see H.R. 4420), 6057 [29MR]
Ethiopia: famine (see H. Res. 384), 13673 [12JN]
Export Administration Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 4653), 10010 [10MY]
Federal employees: flexibility in pay rate adjustments (see H.R. 3979), 15466 [25JN]
———treatment of income for garnishment and legal processes (see H.R. 2418), 16689 [10JY]
Federal Taxpayers' Right-to-Know Act: enact (see H.R. 4555), 7338 [18AP]
Flight Attendant Safety Professionals' Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 533), 9706 [8MY]
Forests and forestry: protect remaining ancient forests in Washington, Oregon, and California (see H.R. 4492), 9271 [2MY]
GATT: exclude civil air transport services as a negotiation item (see H. Con. Res. 280), 10011 [10MY]
Geography Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 512), 17841 [17JY]
Gerald R. Ford House of Representatives Office Building, Washington, DC: designate (see H. Res. 402), 12247 [24MY]
German-American Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 469), 1288 [6FE]
Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see H.J. Res. 473), 4378 [14MR]
Greyhound Co.: strike of employees (see H. Con. Res. 316), 8404 [26AP]
Harriet Tubman Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 479), 2717 [27FE]
Head Start Program: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 490), 7340 [18AP]
Health: birth control and infertility (see H.R. 2956; H. Con. Res. 173, 309), 465, 466 [24JA], 7849 [23AP]
———development of research centers for birth control and infertility (see H.R. 4583), 7849 [23AP]
———establish certain administrative entities and programs regarding women's medical care (see H.R. 5290), 20244 [27JY]
———national program (see H. Con. Res. 375), 26176 [26SE]
Housing: assist homeless and families displaced by domestic violence (see H.R. 2951), 39 [23JA]
———preserve Federal Housing Administration's Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund (see H.R. 5266), 19273 [25JY]
Infant Mortality Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 546), 7442 [19AP]
Inspectors general: clarify authority to conduct audits and investigations (see H.R. 4617), 13264 [6JN]
International relations: U.S. participation in conventions relative to maintenance obligations (see H. Res. 467), 26313 [27SE]
International Visitors' Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 459), 6358 [3AP]
Iraq: 100% tax on income from frozen assets (see H.R. 5846), 34452 [25OC]
———deny any windfall resulting from invasion of Kuwait (see H.R. 5580), 25276 [21SE]
———resolution of crisis created by invasion of Kuwait (see H. Con. Res. 382), 32593 [22OC]
———support Presidential actions taken relative to invasion of Kuwait (see H.J. Res. 658), 26312 [27SE]
Irish-American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 482), 4509 [19MR]
Israel: international views relative to strike against Iraqi nuclear reactor in 1981 (see H. Con. Res. 397), 35448 [26OC]
———support unified status of Jerusalem (see H. Con. Res. 290), 5781 [28MR]
Jewish Heritage Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 501), 6673 [4AP]
Kenya: civil liberties (see H. Con. Res. 356), 23679 [10SE]
Korean War Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 575), 13993 [13JN]
Labor: prevent discrimination based on participation in disputes (see H.R. 3936), 2308 [22FE]
Law enforcement officers: setting rates of basic pay (see H.R. 4224), 26312 [27SE]
Liberia: conditional military assistance (see H. Res. 354), 3668 [7MR]
Lithuania: support of freedom of the press (see H. Con. Res. 313), 10476 [15MY]
Lithuanian Independence Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 606), 27669 [4OC]
Local government: assistance in community economic adjustment activities required by defense budget reductions (see H.R. 5467), 22526 [3AU]
———community economic adjustment grants (see H.R. 5327), 18546 [20JY]
Lyme Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 528), 17324 [12JY]
Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site: authorize National Park Service to acquire and manage (see H.R. 5084), 14704 [19JN]
Medicaid: coverage of hospice care (see H.R. 3935), 1021 [1FE]
———funding of abortion in case of rape or incest (see H. Res. 314), 910 [31JA]
———improve access to health care services to needy children (see H.R. 3932), 1021 [1FE]
———improve the quality of services to mentally retarded individuals (see H.R. 3934), 1021 [1FE]
———reduce infant mortality rate through improved coverage of services to pregnant women and infants (see H.R. 3931), 1021 [1FE]
———State options to provide community care to the elderly (see H.R. 3933), 1021 [1FE]
Medicare: coverage of annual screening mammography (see H.R. 3864), 2124 [21FE]
———State coverage of services for persons diagnosed as being HIV-positive (see H.R. 4080), 2306 [22FE]
Medicare/medicaid: funding for long-term health care services (see H. Con. Res. 246), 1290 [6FE]
Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 486), 2308 [22FE]
Mubarak, Hosni: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 370), 24328 [13SE]
Narcotics: regulation of precursor chemicals (see H.R. 4231), 3856 [8MR]
National Adoption Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 476), 24329 [13SE]
National Agricultural Research Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 548), 17841 [17JY]
National Arab-American Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 462), 1896 [20FE]
National Collegiate Athletic Association: procedural and substantive due process of law for coaches, players, and institutions subjected to sanctions (see H.R. 5464), 22526 [3AU]
National County Government Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 613), 24756 [17SE]
National Crime Victims' Rights Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 464), 7340 [18AP]
National Critical Care Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 542), 7341 [18AP]
National D.A.R.E. Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 535), 7442 [19AP]
National Day in Support of Freedom and Human Rights in China and Tibet: designate (see H.J. Res. 556), 9329 [3MY]
National Digestive Disease Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 453), 6358 [3AP]
National Doctor's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 492), 30090 [16OC]
National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 602), 13992 [13JN]
National Drive for Life Weekend: designate (see H.J. Res. 627), 22532 [3AU]
National Drug-Free Schools and Communities Education and Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 639), 27669 [4OC]
National Family Caregivers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 525), 23502 [6SE]
National Federation of the Blind Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 667), 29017 [13OC]
National Give Kids a Fighting Chance Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 515), 15040 [20JN]
National Guard: civil service retirement credit for technicians (see H.R. 1400), 39 [23JA]
National Headache and Jaw Joint Disorders Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 507), 16187 [28JN]
National Immigrants Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 580), 25276 [21SE]
National Job Skills Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 608), 23924 [11SE]
National Law Enforcement Training Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 554), 15339 [21JN]
National Literacy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 530), 10927 [17MY]
National Minority Cancer Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 495), 3475 [6MR]
National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 468), 20939 [31JY]
National Philanthropy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 513), 24756 [17SE]
National Physical Fitness and Sports Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 517), 9094 [1MY]
National Polio Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 522), 4460 [15MR]
National Recycling Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 475), 3669 [7MR]
National Red Ribbon Week for a Drug-Free America: designate (see H.J. Res. 595), 15850 [27JN]
National Rice Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 637), 25524 [24SE]
National Sarcoidosis Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 519), 4573 [20MR]
National Scleroderma Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 516), 13264 [6JN]
National Senior Citizens Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 591), 15850 [27JN]
National Trauma Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 427, 611), 40 [23JA], 27395 [3OC]
National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 543), 27773 [5OC]
Native American Indian Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 577), 12246 [24MY]
Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 443), 8716 [30AP]
Olympic games: commemorative coins to support the training of U.S. athletes (see H.R. 4962), 12670 [5JN]
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development: assist transition of Eastern Europe countries to free market democracies (see H. Con. Res. 331), 14705 [19JN]
Panama: authorizing certain assistance and trade benefits (see H.R. 3952), 1287 [6FE]
Pensions: cost-of-living adjustments for certain Government retirement programs (see H.R. 3914), 4573 [20MR]
PLO: prohibit further negotiations with U.S. (see H.R. 4995), 13993 [13JN]
Polish American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 604), 20940 [31JY]
Population: international assistance and U.N. Population Fund (see H.R. 4075), 2306 [22FE]
Power resources: encourage solar, wind, and geothermal power production by removing the size limitations in the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (see H.R. 4808), 10233 [14MY]
Racism: remove certain legislative language permitting segregation in federally funded land-grant colleges (see H.R. 4898), 15040 [20JN]
Radio Free China: establish (see H.R. 5690), 26909 [1OC]
Recycling of waste products: require tire producers to recycle a certain percentage of scrap tires (see H.R. 4147), 2933 [28FE]
———requirements of the Federal Government (see H.R. 3463), 1552 [7FE]
Refugee Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 653), 33168 [23OC]
Refuse and refuse disposal: management standards and recycling requirements for spent lead-acid batteries (see H.R. 5359), 18923 [24JY]
Religion: protection of freedom (see H.R. 5377), 19769 [26JY]
Religious Freedom Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 638), 24756 [17SE]
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Family Appreciation Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 596), 13671 [12JN]
Sanctions Against Iraq Act: enact (see H.R. 5431), 22086 [2AU]
Saudi Arabia: proposed sale of MLA2 tanks, Bradley fighting vehicles, Apache helicopters, and Patriot guided missile units (see H.J. Res. 674), 31724 [21OC]
Shipping industry: oppose consideration of maritime transportation as an area for GATT negotiation (see H. Con. Res. 151), 9271 [2MY]
Smith River National Recreation Area, CA: establish (see H.R. 4309), 24755 [17SE]
Solid Waste Disposal Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 3735), 6058 [29MR]
South Africa: economic sanctions (see H. Con. Res. 270), 15851 [27JN]
South African Freedom Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 588), 15041 [20JN]
Soviet Union: anti-Semitism (see H. Con. Res. 264), 6358 [3AP]
State-Supported Homes for Veterans Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 452), 9904 [9MY]
Taxation: deduction of State and local income and property taxes (see H. Res. 459), 28800 [12OC]
———extend the energy investment credit for solar energy and geothermal property (see H.R. 2395), 17323 [12JY]
———treatment of foreign-owned corporations (see H.R. 4308), 7983 [24AP]
Television: require new sets to have built in decoder circuitry (see H.R. 4267), 4376 [14MR]
Television Decoder Circuitry Act: enact (see H.R. 4163), 3101 [1MR]
Tennessee: anniversary of law which established the territorial government (see H.J. Res. 555), 12100 [23MY]
Terrorism: civil cause of action in Federal law providing for extraterritorial jurisdiction over certain acts (see H.R. 5670), 25176 [19SE]
Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr. House of Representatives Office Building, Washington, DC: designate (see H. Res. 402), 12247 [24MY]
U.N.: call for repeal of Resolution 3379, classifying Zionism as racism (see H.J. Res. 457), 38 [23JA]
———commend actions relative to Iraq (see H. Con. Res. 368), 23924 [11SE]
U.S. Naval Reserve Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 413), 4789 [21MR]
University of Nevada: tribute to basketball team (see H. Con. Res. 300), 12672 [5JN]
Utah: designate certain Federal lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1500), 24328 [13SE]
Voting Rights Celebration Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 625), 20940 [31JY]
Wetlands: promote conservation and enhancement (see H.R. 4528), 15850 [27JN]
Whales: moratorium on commercial killing (see H. Con. Res. 287), 6673 [4AP]
Wildlife: limit killing in National Wildlife Refuge System (see H.R. 1693), 15466 [25JN]
Women: promote health care (see H.R. 5397), 20243 [27JY]
Year of the Lifetime Reader: designate (see H.J. Res. 571), 15339 [21JN]
Yellowstone National Park: restoration of gray wolves (see H.R. 2786), 1551 [7FE]
Youth: establish school-based community service programs (see H.R. 4330), 10680 [16MY]
Remarks by, on
Agriculture: sugar program, 18848
Aliens: revise admission system relative to family reunification and identified labor shortages (H.R. 4300), 27087, 27111, 27126 [2OC], 27268, 27272 [3OC]
Americans With Disabilities Act: enact (S. 933), conference report, 17294
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 268), 17751 [17JY]
———setting forth congressional budget for 1991-95 (H. Con. Res. 310), 9035
Cape Verde Islands: independence anniversary, 10596
Central America: authorizing supplemental economic assistance to Panama and Nicaragua (H.R. 4636), 11546 [22MY]
Chile: support democracy (H.J. Res. 472), 1882 [20FE]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations and prescribing military personnel levels (H.R. 4739), 24978
———authorizing appropriations and prescribing military personnel levels (H.R. 4739), conference report, 33720 [24OC]
———B-2 stealth bomber development, 24901 [18SE]
———economic adjustment plan for displaced workers, 24978
Diseases: public health information relative to food handlers, 17294
El Salvador: economic assistance, 11546 [22MY]
Employment: entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (H.R. 770), 9983 [10MY]
Export Administration Act: reauthorize (H.R. 4653), 13229, 13234 [6JN]
———reauthorize (H.R. 4653), conference report, 34918 [26OC]
Food and Agricultural Resources Act: enact (H.R. 3950), 18848
Handicapped: discrimination prohibition (H.R. 2273), 11441
Immigration: reform preference system and provide for administrative naturalization (S. 358), conference report, 36842 [27OC]
———reform preference system and provide for administrative naturalization (S. 358), waiving certain points of order against consideration of conference report (H. Res. 531), 35126 [26OC]
Iran: persecution of the Bahais (H. Con. Res. 87), 2661
Israel: U.S. policy relative to unification of Jerusalem, 4363 [14MR]
Latin American Civic Organization (LACA): tribute, 9907
Lebanon: Syrian-sponsored actions, 33611 [24OC]
Los Angeles, CA: exchange city-owned lands with public lands managed by the BLM in Nevada (H.R. 4914), 28415 [10OC]
Middle East: allies' contribution to Desert Shield Operation, 26156
———U.S. military presence, 24693 [17SE]
North Los Angeles County Regional Center: tribute, 2256
Sanctions Against Iraq Act: enact (H.R. 5431), 21957, 21964
Weapons: acceptable items on the International Munitions List, 13229 [6JN]
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 2121 [21FE], 2714 [27FE], 9901 [9MY], 15848 [27JN], 20547 [30JY], 25015 [18SE]
Reports
Barriers to Reform—A Profile of El Salvador's Military Leaders: by, 11276-11286 [21MY]
Foreign Travel Expenditures, 24619 [14SE]
Testimonies
Committee on Armed Services (House): Economic Stability in Communities Adversely Affected by Reductions in Defense Spending (H.R. 3999), D478 [19JY]
Committee on Government Operations: Jordan Ranch Exchange, D479 [19JY]
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Exchange City-Owned Land in Los Angeles, CA, With Public Land in Nevada (H.R. 4914) and Smith River National Recreation Area Act (H.R. 4309), D508 [26JY]
Committee on the Judiciary (House): LSC, D337 [23MY]
Tributes
Ainsworth, Jo Ann, 2856
Anson, Steve, 2850
Arazi, Haim and Sarah, 2858
Borie, Marcia, 20561
Dwoskin, Ben and Lila, 5794
Feinstein, Ron, 5345
Garcia, Louis, 3820
Gold, Gloria and Peter, 3823
Gretzky, Wayne, 2263
Kostant, Ralph and Laura, 2863
Lainer, Luis, 2867
Levinson, Burton, 16097
Reznik, Benjamin, 2846
Rubenstein, Irving and Linda, 2844
Rudes, George, 2842
Schulweis, Harold, 6860
Seymour, Dan, 2852
Shane, Leonard, 2855
Zacky, Bob and Lillian, 9915