BOUCHER, RICK (a Representative from Virginia)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 2364, Amtrak Reauthorization and Improvement Act, 445 [24JA]

———H.R. 3030, clean air restoration and standards, 16158 [28JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

DuVal, Fiona L.: relief (see H.R. 3920), 751 [30JA]

Investments: improve disclosure to customers of advisers (see H.R. 4441), 6181 [2AP]

Patents: amend provisions of law on certain processes (see H.R. 5664), 25017 [18SE]

———amend provisions relative to certain processes (see H.R. 3957), 1287 [6FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Aeronautics: establish an Office of Airline Passenger Advocacy within Dept. of Transportation (see H.R. 5453), 22086 [2AU]

Aged: clarify certain protections relative to employee benefit plans (see H.R. 3200), 1551 [7FE]

Agricultural Wetlands Exemption Act: enact (see H.R. 4133), 24328 [13SE]

Agriculture: milk price support (see H.R. 4254), 8304 [25AP]

———repeal provisions requiring the withholding of income tax from wages earned for agricultural labor (see H.R. 4121), 9093 [1MY]

American Textile Industry Bicentennial Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 518), 5033 [22MR]

Amtrak: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 5075), 14704 [19JN]

Armed Forces: tax treatment of certain deductions of National Guard and Reserve personnel (see H.R. 1875), 5780 [28MR]

Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3677), 10010 [10MY]

Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: designate (see H.R. 3802), 9271 [2MY]

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]

Black Lung Benefits Act: amend (see H.R. 4160, 5510), 5536 [27MR], 22528 [3AU]

Chesapeake Bay: restore (see H.R. 5858), 31069 [18OC]

Children: improve counseling in elementary schools (see H.R. 3970), 15715 [26JN]

Civil rights: strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (see H.R. 4000), 1550 [7FE]

Clean Air Act: amend to provide benefits to workers terminated as a consequence of revision of that act's standards (see H.R. 4460), 10926 [17MY]

Clean Water Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 369), 1022 [1FE]

Coins and coinage: authorize minting in commemoration of James Madison and the bicentennial anniversary of the signing of the Bill of Rights (see H.R. 5332), 28697 [11OC]

———mint and circulate $1 coins (see H.R. 1068), 15339 [21JN]

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act: limit liability of lending institutions acquiring facilities through foreclosure (see H.R. 4494), 16690 [10JY]

Congregate Housing Services Program: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4419), 6057 [29MR]

Convention on the Rights of the Child: ratification (see H. Res. 312), 18789 [23JY]

Country Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 603), 23924 [11SE]

CPSC: labeling of certain toys (see H.R. 1008), 465 [24JA]

———reauthorize (see H.R. 4952), 12246 [24MY]

Crime and criminals: combat violence against women (see H.R. 5468), 24036 [12SE]

———racketeer influenced and corrupt organizations (see H.R. 5111), 15337 [21JN]

Crime Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 557), 19274 [25JY]

Dept. of Defense: improve congressional oversight of programs (see H.R. 5335), 18546 [20JY]

———procurement of professional services (see H.R. 3651), 17840 [17JY]

———redirect funding to social programs (see H. Con. Res. 259), 9271 [2MY]

———termination of B-2 stealth bomber development (see H.R. 3978), 4275 [13MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: expansion of services to sufferers of post-traumatic stress disorder (see H.R. 3037), 9498 [7MY]

Digital Audio Tape Recorder Act: enact (see H.R. 4096), 2307 [22FE]

Diseases: grants for prevention and control of breast and cervical cancer (see H.R. 4222), 3856 [8MR]

———preventive health services relative to breast and cervical cancer (see H.R. 4790), 10009 [10MY]

Ecology: address environmental issues (see H.R. 5827), 29017 [13OC]

Education: authorize certain science, mathematics, and engineering research and development activities (see H.R. 5615), 24328 [13SE]

———improve foreign language and culture instruction (see H.R. 4144), 2932 [28FE]

———improving foreign language instruction in elementary schools (see H. Con. Res. 294), 6058 [29MR]

———national agenda for improving language instruction in elementary schools (see H.R. 4206), 3667 [7MR]

———promote writing (see H.R. 5127), 15337 [21JN]

El Salvador: rescind certain economic benefits (see H.R. 3733), 4243 [12MR]

Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 568), 23678 [10SE]

Employment: extend targeted jobs credit (see H.R. 2098), 5032 [22MR]

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]

———treatment of income for garnishment and legal processes (see H.R. 2418), 39 [23JA]

Federal Employees Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 436), 466 [24JA]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: imposition of penalties for illegal activities relative to approval of drugs (see H.R. 4810), 10474 [15MY]

Fire fighters: bill of rights (see H.R. 3587), 39 [23JA]

———mobilization of rural forces to deal with certain wildfires (see H.R. 3955), 1287 [6FE]

Fire Safe Cigarette Act: enact (see H.R. 293), 20243 [27JY]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.R. 5091), 15039 [20JN]

Foreign trade: imports of textiles, apparel, and footwear (see H.R. 4496), 6670 [4AP]

Franklin, Benjamin: commemorative coin (see H.R. 3587), 39 [23JA]

———minting of commemorative coins and enacting fire service bill of rights (see H.R. 4098), 2307 [22FE]

Geography Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 512), 11597 [22MY]

Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see H.J. Res. 473), 2934 [28FE]

Guatemala: civil liberties violations (see H. Con. Res. 355), 27395 [3OC]

Harriet Tubman Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 479), 3102 [1MR]

Head Start Program: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 490), 7340 [18AP]

Health: bone marrow availability and registry (see H.R. 4650), 11597 [22MY]

———development of research centers for birth control and infertility (see H.R. 4583), 14705 [19JN]

———increase support for medical rehabilitation personnel and enhance allied research programs (see H.R. 4484), 6669 [4AP]

———national nutrition plan (see H.R. 1608), 24755 [17SE]

Health education centers: establish (see H.R. 3713), 1552 [7FE]

Historical heritage: strengthen efforts to preserve (see H.R. 3412), 910 [31JA]

Home Health Aide Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 618), 20940 [31JY]

Homeless: assistance (see H.R. 3789), 2308 [22FE]

Housing: eligibility of displaced homemakers and single parents for Federal assistance for first-time home buyers (see H.R. 2615), 6357 [3AP]

Hunger: response to emergency afflicting U.S. families (see H.R. 4110), 3475 [6MR]

Idaho Centennial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 466), 13346 [7JN]

Infant Mortality Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 546), 6672 [4AP]

International Visitors' Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 459), 20939 [31JY]

Irish-American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 482), 6059 [29MR]

J. Kenneth Robinson Postal Building, Winchester, VA: designate (see H.R. 4721), 9270 [2MY]

Jewish Heritage Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 501), 9093 [1MY]

Korean War: issue commemorative silver dollar coin (see H.R. 5053), 16186 [28JN]

Korean War Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 575), 14355 [18JN]

Lyme Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 528), 15850 [27JN]

Medicaid: alcoholism and drug dependency treatment for pregnant women (see H.R. 5536), 30251 [17OC]

———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]

Medicaid Home Respiratory Care Act: enact (see H.R. 4518), 12099 [23MY]

Medicare: adult day care (see H.R. 990), 15040 [20JN]

———coverage of annual screening mammography (see H.R. 3864), 2124 [21FE]

———coverage of eyeglasses provided with intraocular lenses following cataract surgery (see H.R. 5736), 26909 [1OC]

———coverage of nurse practitioner and clinical nurse specialist services in rural areas (see H.R. 4483), 6669 [4AP]

———equalize the standardized amounts paid to hospitals in rural and urban areas (see H.R. 4481), 10010 [10MY]

———improve hospice care, screening mammography, and certain home health services (see H.R. 3880), 4461 [15MR]

———requirements for extended care service (see H.R. 4627), 10680 [16MY]

———respiratory therapy (see H.R. 4095), 9904 [9MY]

———supplemental insurance policy standards (see H.R. 4840), 13264 [6JN]

Medicare/medicaid: funding for long-term health care services (see H. Con. Res. 246), 4378 [14MR]

Mines and mineral resources: remining of certain abandoned coal mine lands (see H.R. 4053), 2123 [21FE]

NASA: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 5649), 25016 [18SE]

National Academies of Practice: recognize (see H.R. 1047), 22177, 22530 [3AU]

National Adoption Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 476), 1550 [7FE]

National Agent Orange Screening Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 521), 6673 [4AP]

National Agricultural Research Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 548), 6672 [4AP]

National Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 474), 4276 [13MR]

National Arbor Day: designate (see H. Con. Res. 23), 2309 [22FE]

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month (see H.J. Res. 570), 24037 [12SE]

National Burn Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 426), 752 [30JA]

National Center on Elder Abuse: establish (see H.R. 220), 11398 [21MY]

National Children's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 481), 2123 [21FE]

National Crime Victims' Rights Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 464), 8405 [26AP]

National D.A.R.E. Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 535), 16897 [11JY]

National Digestive Disease Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 453), 6358 [3AP]

National Drinking Water Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 460), 2309 [22FE]

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), 4572 [20MR]

National Former POW Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 364), 2309 [22FE]

National Foster Care Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 540), 12249 [24MY]

National Give Kids a Fighting Chance Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 515), 18547 [20JY]

National Guard: civil service retirement credit for technicians (see H.R. 1400), 9705 [8MY]

National Historically Black Colleges Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 552), 18380 [19JY]

National Job Skills Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 608), 15039 [20JN]

National Key Club Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 643), 32593 [22OC]

National Literacy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 530), 10927 [17MY]

National Military Families Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 566), 30090 [16OC]

National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 468), 20939 [31JY]

National Prevent-a-Litter Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 441), 1197 [5FE]

National Radon Action Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 583), 28449 [10OC]

National Rehabilitation Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 616), 16897 [11JY]

National Repository of International Medical Graduate Records: establish (see H.R. 5452), 22086 [2AU]

National Rice Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 637), 28799 [12OC]

National Sarcoidosis Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 519), 14705 [19JN]

National Senior Citizens Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 591), 15850 [27JN]

National Sheriffs' Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 497), 2933 [28FE]

National Standards Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 584), 21676 [1AU]

National Teacher Appreciation Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 585), 12247 [24MY]

National Trauma Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 427, 611), 9093 [1MY], 27395 [3OC]

National Visiting Nurse Associations Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 509), 18380 [19JY]

National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 543), 6671 [4AP]

Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 443), 15040 [20JN]

Older Americans Act: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 276), 15716 [26JN]

Older Americans Alternative Care Act: enact (see H.R. 1163), 6357 [3AP]

Pensions: cost of lving adjustments for certain Government retirement programs (see H.R. 3914), 2124 [21FE]

Physician Regulatory Relief and Improvement Act: enact (see H.R. 4475), 13346 [7JN]

Pollution: taxation of fuels based on their carbon content or carbon emissions (see H. Res. 438), 17963 [18JY]

Population: international assistance and U.N. Population Fund (see H.R. 4075), 2306 [22FE]

Public Health Service Act: amend provisions relative to State offices of rural health (see H.R. 4482), 6669 [4AP]

———amend provisions relative to State offices of rural health and extend the National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 4487), 6670 [4AP]

Railroads: treatment of revenue attributable to the taxation of certain railroad retirement benefits (see H.R. 5625), 27939 [6OC]

Religious Freedom Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 638), 22529 [3AU]

Research: superconducting supercollider funding (see H.R. 4380), 5535 [27MR]

Retired Enlisted Association, Inc.: charter (see H.R. 3986), 9093 [1MY]

Rockefeller, Laurance S.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3625), 2717 [27FE]

Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Family Appreciation Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 596), 13671 [12JN]

School lunch program: restore benefits under the Dependent Care Food Program (see H.R. 4084), 6673 [4AP]

Social Security: limitation on outside income of beneficiaries (see H.R. 935), 21676 [1AU]

Soviet Union: anti-Semitism (see H. Con. Res. 264), 2309 [22FE]

Sports: establish youth programs at public housing projects that have substantial drug problems (see H.R. 4711), 18789 [23JY]

States: establish grant programs for comprehensive mental health services for children (see H.R. 5306), 25017 [18SE]

State-Supported Homes for Veterans Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 452), 40 [23JA]

Statue of Liberty: designate ``The Most Beautiful Lady in the World'' as official anthem (see H.R. 2776), 39 [23JA]

Take Pride in America Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 508), 9904 [9MY]

Taxation: allow nonexempt farmer cooperatives to elect patronage-sourced treatment for certain gains and losses (see H.R. 2353), 13523 [11JN]

———charitable contributions of appreciated property (see H.R. 173), 21676 [1AU]

———clarify provisions relative to nonapplication of sec. 457 to nonelective deferred compensation (see H.R. 3080), 6058 [29MR]

———credit treatment of fuel produced from a nonconventional source and gas produced from a tight formation (see H.R. 5351), 24329 [13SE]

———deductions for contributions to educational savings accounts (see H.R. 3665), 4377 [14MR]

———election of a taxable year other than the required year (see H.R. 5484), 35448 [26OC]

———treatment of certain real estate activities (see H.R. 3732), 19273 [25JY]

Tax-exempt organizations: establish qualified cash or deferred arrangements for employees (see H.R. 4287), 17493 [13JY]

Television: deregulation of cable industry (see H. Con. Res. 138), 1552 [7FE]

———development of direct to home satellite communications (see H.R. 4756), 9902 [9MY]

Textile industry and fabrics: use of tariff revenues to support research for modernization (see H.R. 1461), 6672 [4AP]

Tourist trade: growth of international travel into the U.S. (see H.R. 4369), 5032 [22MR]

Tuna: labeling requirements (see H.R. 2926), 17493 [13JY]

Unemployment: grants to States for compensation administration (see H.R. 3501), 3474 [6MR]

United Services Organization: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 2761), 2717 [27FE]

Videos: allow unlicensed viewing under certain conditions (see H.R. 3158), 5536 [27MR]

Vocational-Technical Education Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 367), 752 [30JA]

Voting Rights Celebration Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 625), 20940 [31JY]

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Regulation Compact: congressional consent to amendments (see H.J. Res. 520), 4460 [15MR]

Week for the National Observance of the 50th Anniversary of World War II: designate (see H.J. Res. 574), 13993 [13JN]

Weir Farm National Historic Site, CT: establish (see H.R. 4112), 20939 [31JY]

White House Conference on Aging: convene (see H. Con. Res. 333), 12099 [23MY]

Women: promote health care (see H.R. 5397), 24329 [13SE]

World War II: mint coins commemorating the 50th anniversary of U.S. involvement (see H.R. 4365), 5031 [22MR]

Year of Clean Water: designate (see H.J. Res. 369), 1022 [1FE]

Youth: establish school-based community service programs (see H.R. 4330), 23924 [11SE]

Letters

Regulation of financial planners: Institute of Certified Financial Planners, 6178 [2AP]

Silverado Savings and Loan failure: by, 17496 [13JY]

Remarks by, on

Fire prevention: cigarette and cigar safety (H.R. 673), 20373 [30JY]

Fire Safe Cigarette Act: enact (H.R. 293), 20373 [30JY]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (H.R. 5091), 15321 [21JN]

Investments: improve disclosure to customers of advisers (H.R. 4441), 6177 [2AP]

Jamal (vessel): certificate of documentation (H.R. 3133), 1212 [6FE]

National Railroad Passenger Corp.: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2364), conference report, 9860 [9MY]

Patents: amend provisions of law on certain processes (H.R. 5664), 25038 [19SE]

———amend provisions relative to certain processes (H.R. 3957), 1482 [7FE], 25038 [19SE]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 1286 [6FE], 25015 [18SE]

Special order: granted, 6180 [2AP]

Statements

Regulation of Financial Planners: American Association of Retired Persons, 6178 [2AP]

———Consumer Federation of America, 6178 [2AP]

———National Association of Personal Financial Advisors, 6179 [2AP]

———North American Securities Administrators Association, 6179 [2AP]

Testimonies

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Post-Interstate Surface Transportation Programs Appropriations, D134 [15MR]