BORSKI, ROBERT A. (a Representative from Pennsylvania)
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 1465, Pollution Prevention, Response Liability, and Compensation Act, 1523 [7FE]
———H.R. 3030, clean air restoration and standards, 16158 [28JN]
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Courts: appointment of an additional bankruptcy judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (see H.R. 5571), 23923 [11SE]
Transportation: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 5457), 22526 [3AU]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Administration on Children, Youth, and Families: establish (see H.R. 5654), 25016 [18SE]
Aged: clarify certain protections relative to employee benefit plans (see H.R. 3200), 4377 [14MR]
Aliens: revise admission system relative to family reunification and identified labor shortages (see H.R. 4300), 6059 [29MR]
Allegheny National Forest, PA: prohibit for construction of commercial overnight accommodations (see H.R. 4082), 13263 [6JN]
Allegheny River: designate segments in Pennsylvania as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System (see H.R. 5402), 20548 [30JY]
American Textile Industry Bicentennial Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 518), 13993 [13JN]
Angola: U.S. policy (see H. Con. Res. 203), 5536 [27MR]
Antarctic regions: encourage negotiations toward a new treaty (see H.J. Res. 418), 10680 [16MY]
Armed Forces: authorize certain services relative to military historical collections (see H.R. 3762), 6357 [3AP]
Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: designate (see H.R. 3802), 4573 [20MR]
Baltic Freedom Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 493), 10926 [17MY]
Be Kind to Animals and National Pet Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 458), 9093 [1MY]
Budget: modification of the deficit reduction agreement (see H. Con. Res. 379), 27668 [4OC]
Capitol Building and Grounds: designate the Lindy Claiborne Boggs Congressional Women's Reading Room (see H. Res. 525), 34453 [25OC]
Census: enumeration of members of the Armed Forces assigned outside the U.S. (see H.R. 4903), 12249 [24MY]
Children: reform labor laws (see H.R. 4733), 19769 [26JY]
Civil rights: strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (see H.R. 4000), 10679 [16MY]
Clean Air Act: amend to provide benefits to workers terminated as a consequence of revision of that act's standards (see H.R. 4460), 7442 [19AP]
Coastal zone: program for monitoring recreation waters (see H.R. 4333), 4788 [21MR]
Comprehensive Alzheimer's Assistance, Research, and Education Act: enact (see H.R. 4770), 15850 [27JN]
Congregate Housing Services Program: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4419), 6057 [29MR]
Congressional Gold Medal: award to Frank Capra, James Stewart, and Fred Zinnemann (see H.R. 1699), 2716 [27FE]
Country Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 603), 14110 [14JN]
Crime Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 557), 20244 [27JY]
Dept. of Defense: credit certain employees with additional years service relative to early volunteer retirement (see H.R. 4531), 16690 [10JY]
———redirect funding to social programs (see H. Con. Res. 259), 4243 [12MR]
———termination of B-2 stealth bomber development (see H.R. 3978), 6673 [4AP]
Dept. of Environmental Protection: establish (see H.R. 3847), 1289 [6FE]
Diseases: establish and coordinate research programs for osteoporosis and related bone disorders (see H.R. 4864), 23502 [6SE]
Drug abuse: financial assistance to drug emergency areas (see H.R. 4763), 9903 [9MY]
———increase minimum prison sentence for employment of underage persons in illegal drug transactions (see H.R. 3489), 39 [23JA]
Eating Disorders Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 214), 15716 [26JN]
Ecology: environmental education and training (see H.R. 3684), 16896 [11JY]
Education Day, U.S.A.: designate (see H.J. Res. 500), 4276 [13MR]
El Salvador: rescind certain economic benefits (see H.R. 3733), 10926 [17MY]
Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 568), 23678 [10SE]
Employment: extend targeted jobs credit (see H.R. 2098), 12099 [23MY]
Ending Hunger Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 610), 23925 [11SE]
Ethiopia: economic assistance (see H.J. Res. 27), 910 [31JA]
———famine (see H. Res. 384), 11398 [21MY]
Europe: reaffirmation of the present border between Germany and Poland as part of the reunification process of Germany (see H. Con. Res. 281), 3669 [7MR]
Farm Animal and Research Facilities Protection Act: enact (see H.R. 3270), 9329 [3MY]
Federal employees: cost-of-living adjustments for civil service retirees (see H. Con. Res. 252), 2125 [21FE]
———flexibility in pay rate adjustments (see H.R. 3979), 12248 [24MY]
Federal Employees' Health Benefits Reform Act: enact (see H.R. 216), 464 [24JA]
Federal Employees Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 436), 2309 [22FE]
Federal Fire Service: revise the pay rates (see H.R. 3831), 13672 [12JN]
Flight Attendant Safety Professionals' Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 533), 9706 [8MY]
Foreign Ownership Disclosure Act: enact (see H.R. 5), 506 [25JA]
Foreign trade: imports of textiles, apparel, and footwear (see H.R. 4496), 6670 [4AP]
Forests and forestry: protect remaining ancient forests in Washington, Oregon, and California (see H.R. 4492), 12099 [23MY]
Franklin, Benjamin: minting of commemorative coins and enacting fire service bill of rights (see H.R. 4098), 2307 [22FE]
Gambling: restrict certain foreign-flag vessels to territorial seas (see H.R. 5533), 22529 [3AU]
GATT: exclude civil air transport services as a negotiation item (see H. Con. Res. 280), 9094 [1MY]
Geography Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 512), 11597 [22MY]
German-American Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 469), 3669 [7MR]
Government trust funds: off-budget treatment (see H.R. 5315), 18379 [19JY]
Great Britain: Birmingham Six' detention case (see H. Con. Res. 249), 2309 [22FE]
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), 9271 [2MY]
Head Start Program: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 490), 7340 [18AP]
Headache Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 487), 7442 [19AP]
Health: bone marrow availability and registry (see H.R. 4650), 8403 [26AP]
———national program (see H. Con. Res. 375), 26176 [26SE]
Human Services Reauthorization Act: enact (see H.R. 4151), 7442 [19AP]
Idaho Centennial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 466), 13346 [7JN]
Infrastructure: national policy for rebuilding (see H. Con. Res. 362), 22530 [3AU]
International Fund for Ireland: compliance with McBride principles by entities receiving U.S. funds (see H.R. 5356), 20549 [30JY]
International Visitors' Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 459), 12100 [23MY]
Irish-American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 482), 2123 [21FE]
Irradiated food: prohibit implementation of certain regulations (see H.R. 2405), 17963 [18JY]
Israel: support unified status of Jerusalem (see H. Con. Res. 290), 4789 [21MR]
Italian-American Heritage and Culture Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 631), 18923 [24JY]
Jewish Heritage Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 501), 8405 [26AP]
Korean War: issue commemorative silver dollar coin (see H.R. 5053), 16186 [28JN]
Korean War Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 575), 13993 [13JN]
Labor: prevent discrimination based on participation in disputes (see H.R. 3936), 4461 [15MR]
Lithuania: democratic reforms (see H. Con. Res. 289), 5536 [27MR]
———humanitarian assistance (see H.R. 5262), 25017 [18SE]
———provide medical supplies and other humanitarian assistance (see H.R. 5481), 23924 [11SE]
Lithuanian Independence Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 606), 27669 [4OC]
Lyme Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 528), 15850 [27JN]
Medicaid: coverage of hospice care (see H.R. 3935), 7983 [24AP]
———improve access to health care services to needy children (see H.R. 3932), 32593 [22OC]
———State coverage of services for persons diagnosed as being HIV-positive (see H.R. 4080), 4509 [19MR]
Medicaid Home Respiratory Care Act: enact (see H.R. 4518), 6671 [4AP]
Medicare: coverage of bone mass measurements for certain individuals (see H.R. 4865), 23502 [6SE]
———establish the Comprehensive Preventive Health Program (see H.R. 4269), 4376 [14MR]
———exempt home health services from budget sequestration order (see H.R. 5516), 33826 [24OC]
———improve hospice care, screening mammography, and certain home health services (see H.R. 3880), 13263 [6JN]
———protect elderly and disabled beneficiaries from unwarranted increases in cost of supplemental insurance (see H.R. 3959), 10233 [14MY]
———supplemental insurance policy standards (see H.R. 4840), 23678 [10SE]
Medigap Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act: enact (see H.R. 4344), 24036 [12SE]
Mentally handicapped: establish special housing program (see H.R. 1634), 9705 [8MY]
———improve services (see H.R. 1635), 9705 [8MY]
Merchant marine: safety and competitiveness of U.S.-documented vessels (see H.R. 5534), 22529 [3AU]
Modular Construction Commission: establish (see H.R. 4157), 5536 [27MR]
Namibia: status under the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act (see H. Con. Res. 285), 5781 [28MR]
National Agricultural Research Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 548), 17841 [17JY]
National Arbor Day: designate (see H. Con. Res. 23), 7850 [23AP]
National Burn Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 426), 752 [30JA]
National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research: establish (see H.R. 3819), 8715 [30AP]
National Center on Elder Abuse: establish (see H.R. 220), 9092 [1MY]
National Children's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 481), 6673 [4AP]
National Correctional Officers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 514), 9271 [2MY]
National County Government Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 613), 23679 [10SE]
National Crime Victims' Rights Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 464), 506 [25JA]
National D.A.R.E. Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 535), 15716 [26JN]
National Day in Support of Freedom and Human Rights in China and Tibet: designate (see H.J. Res. 556), 9905 [9MY]
National Digestive Disease Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 453), 6358 [3AP]
National Drinking Water Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 460), 6358 [3AP]
National Drive for Life Weekend: designate (see H.J. Res. 627), 20244 [27JY]
National Drug-Free Schools and Communities Education and Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 639), 27669 [4OC]
National Ducks and Wetlands Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 599), 16187 [28JN]
National Ellis Island Month: designate (see H. Res. 455), 22087 [2AU]
National Foster Care Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 540), 9094 [1MY]
National Give Kids a Fighting Chance Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 515), 15040 [20JN]
National Historically Black Colleges Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 552), 18924 [24JY]
National Invent America Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 565), 12249 [24MY]
National Job Skills Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 608), 15039 [20JN]
National Law Enforcement Training Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 554), 12672 [5JN]
National Medal of Honor Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 652), 33826 [24OC]
National Military Families Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 566), 17963 [18JY]
National Physical Fitness and Sports Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 517), 9094 [1MY]
National Prevent-a-Litter Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 441), 3281 [5MR]
National Quarter Horse Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 345), 1896 [20FE]
National Radon Action Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 583), 23478 [5SE]
National Recycling Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 475), 5780 [28MR]
National Rehabilitation Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 616), 17841 [17JY]
National Rice Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 637), 28799 [12OC]
National Sarcoidosis Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 519), 16187 [28JN]
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 Sheriffs' Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 497), 12249 [24MY]
National Teacher Appreciation Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 585), 12247 [24MY]
National Tourism Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 290), 7340 [18AP]
National Trauma Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 427, 611), 7340 [18AP], 27395 [3OC]
National Visiting Nurse Associations Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 509), 18547 [20JY]
National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 543), 6671 [4AP]
Native American Indian Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 577), 15339 [21JN]
Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 443), 8716 [30AP]
NOAA: authorizing appropriations for certain ocean and coastal programs (see H.R. 4115), 2715 [27FE]
Older Americans Act: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 276), 3101 [1MR]
Olympic games: commemorative coins to support the training of U.S. athletes (see H.R. 4962), 17324 [12JY]
Pediatric AIDS Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 661), 28698 [11OC]
Pensions: cost of lving adjustments for certain Government retirement programs (see H.R. 3914), 2124 [21FE]
Philippines: veterans' benefits for Commonwealth Army service in World War II (see H.R. 2545), 4377 [14MR]
Poland: inclusion in talks of German reunification (see H. Con. Res. 273), 3281 [5MR]
Polish American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 604), 14110 [14JN]
POW/MIA: disclosure of information by executive departments on certain individuals (see H.R. 3603), 3101 [1MR]
Public utilities: clarify the application of the functional relationship test to gas utility holding companies (see H.R. 5224), 26176 [26SE]
Railroads: treatment of revenue attributable to the taxation of certain railroad retirement benefits (see H.R. 5625), 27669 [4OC]
Reciprocity of Foreign Investment Act: enact (see H.R. 3699), 5536 [27MR]
Religion: protection of freedom (see H.R. 5377), 26176 [26SE]
Religious Freedom Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 638), 22529 [3AU]
Rivers, Ruben: award Congressional Medal of Honor posthumously (see H.R. 4976), 13262 [6JN]
Roads and highways: availability of Federal funds to States relative to tax-based funding for mass transit projects (see H.R. 4284), 4459 [15MR]
Rockefeller, Laurance S.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3625), 4508 [19MR]
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Family Appreciation Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 596), 13671 [12JN]
Savings and loan associations: Attorney General investigation of pending cases of criminal activity (see H.R. 4990), 13993 [13JN]
Social Security: earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 2460), 13263 [6JN]
———pension equity (see H.R. 159), 5780 [28MR]
———promote rehabilitation of blind beneficiaries (see H.R. 855), 1289 [6FE]
———repeal scheduled tax increase (see H.R. 3857, 3865), 37 [23JA], 3475 [6MR]
Social Security Solvency Protection Act: enact (see H.R. 3505), 910 [31JA]
South Africa: economic sanctions (see H. Con. Res. 270), 4243 [12MR]
South African Freedom Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 588), 15041 [20JN]
Southeast Asia: account for POW/MIA (see H. Con. Res. 291), 16897 [11JY]
Soviet Union: anti-Semitism (see H. Con. Res. 264), 2309 [22FE]
States: establish grant programs for comprehensive mental health services for children (see H.R. 5306), 25017 [18SE]
———payment of certain thrift deposit insurance premiums as a condition for future Federal deposit insurance coverage (see H.R. 5323), 20244 [27JY]
State-Supported Homes for Veterans Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 452), 7442 [19AP]
Take Pride in America Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 508), 9904 [9MY]
Taxation: deduction of State and local income and property taxes (see H. Res. 459), 28800 [12OC]
———oppose Federal excise tax increase (see H. Res. 134), 15041 [20JN]
———treatment of certain real estate activities (see H.R. 3732), 10010 [10MY]
———treatment of payments under life insurance contracts to terminally ill individuals (see H.R. 3734), 4377 [14MR]
Tennessee: anniversary of law which established the territorial government (see H.J. Res. 555), 9904 [9MY]
Trails: designation of the Underground Historic Trail as part of the National Trails System (see H.R. 3863), 3475 [6MR]
U.N.: repeal General Assembly Resolution 3379 (see H.J. Res. 457), 2125 [21FE]
U.S. Naval Reserve Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 413), 2124 [21FE]
Veterans: pension for World War I service (see H.R. 1918), 7339 [18AP]
Videos: allow unlicensed viewing under certain conditions (see H.R. 3158), 4377 [14MR]
Vocational-Technical Education Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 367), 466 [24JA]
Voting Rights Celebration Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 625), 20940 [31JY]
Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 3859), 13993 [13JN]
Week for the National Observance of the 50th Anniversary of World War II: designate (see H.J. Res. 574), 13993 [13JN]
Whales: moratorium on commercial killing (see H. Con. Res. 287), 5536 [27MR]
White House Conference on Aging: convene (see H. Con. Res. 333), 12099 [23MY]
White House Conference on Young Americans: convene (see H.R. 5654), 25016 [18SE]
World War II: District of Columbia memorial to members of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 2807), 4460 [15MR]
———mint coins commemorating the 50th anniversary of U.S. involvement (see H.R. 4365), 5031 [22MR]
Wyoming Centennial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 510), 16187 [28JN]
Year of the Lifetime Reader: designate (see H.J. Res. 571), 17493 [13JY]
Youth: establish school-based community service programs (see H.R. 4330), 15339 [21JN]
History
Nazareth Hospital—50 Years of Service to the Community, 3830
Letters
Anniversary of Nazareth Hospital: James Powers, 3830
Remarks by, on
Aeronautics: authorizing appropriations, improving aviation safety, and imposing airport passenger facility charges (H.R. 5170), 18340 [19JY], 21942 [2AU]
Air pollution: clean air standards (H.R. 3030), 12004
———control of acid rain, 35070
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 268), 17791
Cherry Hill, NJ: Golden Cradle Adoption Agency, 4481
Child Development and Education Act: enact (H.R. 3), 5985
Clean Air Restoration and Standards Attainment Act: enact (S. 1630), conference report, 35070
Crime: control (H.R. 5269), 27314
Dept. of Environmental Protection: establish (H.R. 3847), 5749 [28MR]
Dept. of Transportation: making appropriations (H.R. 5229), 17230
Education: improve (H.R. 5115), 18531
Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (H.J. Res. 350), 15304 [21JN]
Handicapped: discrimination prohibition (H.R. 2273), 11462
Housing: amend provisions relative to community and neighborhood development (H.R. 1180), 21264
Infrastructure: national policy for rebuilding (H. Con. Res. 362), 26603 [28SE]
Motor vehicles: prohibit use of cargo tanks for food and hazardous materials (H.R. 3386), 5503 [27MR]
———prohibit use of cargo tanks for food and hazardous materials (H.R. 3386), consideration of the Senate amendment (H. Res. 508), 29453 [15OC]
National Railroad Passenger Corp.: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2364), veto, 13320
Pensions: cost-of-living adjustments for Federal retirees (H.R. 3914), 1471
Philadelphia, PA: anniversary of Nazareth Hospital, 3830
———tribute to Boy Scout Troop No. 155, 30103
———tribute to Northeast High School, 5233
———tribute to the Frankford Group Ministry, 705
Pollution: limitations on liability for damages from oil (H.R. 1465), conference report, 22298
Public debt: increase limit (H.R. 5355), 20712
Social Security: budget treatment of trust fund, 891 [31JA]
Solid waste: prohibit use of refrigerated motor vehicles for transportation (H.R. 3386), 5503 [27MR]
———prohibit use of refrigerated motor vehicles for transportation (H.R. 3386), consideration of the Senate amendment (H. Res. 508), 29453 [15OC]
Transportation: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 5457), 23067
V-22 Osprey aircraft: development, 17501
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 661 [29JA], 1286 [6FE], 2931 [28FE], 4458 [15MR], 17322 [12JY], 22515 [3AU], 27392 [3OC]
Special order: granted, 905 [31JA]
Testimonies
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Safeguarding the Integrity of Food Shipments, D85 [1MR]
Tributes
Campbell, Scotty, 13023
Honig, Siefried, 27422
Regan, Tom, 3056