BRUCE, TERRY L. (a Representative from Illinois)
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 4151, Human Services Reauthorization Act, 26011 [26SE]
———S. 2088, Energy Policy and Conservation Act amendments, 18472 [20JY]
———S. 2830, extend and revise Federal agricultural programs, 27039 [2OC]
Articles and editorials
Power Check on Air Bill Crusader—Serving Home District, Representative Bruce Crosses His Mentor, 29463 [15OC]
Understanding Economics, Allen Smith, 948
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Health: increase support for medical rehabilitation personnel and enhance allied research programs (see H.R. 4484), 6669 [4AP]
Medicaid: promote access to services through outreach and improvement in payment adjustments for certain hospitals (see H.R. 5890), 32592 [22OC]
Medicare: payment for certified registered nurse anesthetists (see H.R. 3899, 4485), 506 [25JA], 6669 [4AP]
———permit beneficiaries to obtain upgraded items of equipment (see H.R. 5961), 37088 [27OC]
Mexico: negotiation of a free trade agreement (see H. Con. Res. 377), 26908 [1OC]
Public Health Service Act: amend provisions relative to home health care (see H.R. 5042, 5112), 14109 [14JN], 15337 [21JN]
———amend provisions relative to the prevention and control of injuries (see H.R. 5113), 15337 [21JN]
———amend relative to prevention and control of injuries (see H.R. 5073), 14704 [19JN]
Recycling of waste products: promote recycling of plastics and use of degradable plastics (see H.R. 5632), 24754 [17SE]
Taxation: relief to utilities installing acid rain reduction equipment (see H.R. 5904), 33168 [23OC]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Administration on Children, Youth, and Families: establish (see H.R. 5654), 25016 [18SE]
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), 4377 [14MR]
Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: designate (see H.R. 3802), 9271 [2MY]
Bankruptcy: prevent discharge of certain fines, penalties, and forfeitures (see H.R. 3690), 16896 [11JY]
Be Kind to Animals and National Pet Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 458), 9093 [1MY]
Brazil: U.S. policy to encourage conservation of Amazon forest (see H.J. Res. 431), 9904 [9MY]
Business: establish a pilot program to promote U.S. goods and services through U.S. commercial centers (see H.R. 5083), 18923 [24JY]
———improve access to Federal technical information and expertise (see H.R. 4659), 13993 [13JN]
———prohibit profiteering of essential commodities during national emergencies (see H.R. 5582), 26313 [27SE]
China, People's Republic of: encourage liberalization in China and Tibet (see H.R. 5129), 16690 [10JY]
Clean Air Act: amend to provide benefits to workers terminated as a consequence of revision of that act's standards (see H.R. 4460), 7340 [18AP]
Clean Water Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 369), 1022 [1FE]
Coins and coinage: mint and circulate $1 coins (see H.R. 1068), 11398 [21MY]
Comprehensive Alzheimer's Assistance, Research, and Education Act: enact (see H.R. 4770), 9903 [9MY]
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act: limit liability of lending institutions acquiring facilities through foreclosure (see H.R. 4494), 21676 [1AU]
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), 22532 [3AU]
Crime and criminals: release of records of disciplinary proceedings to victims (see H.R. 4570), 12671 [5JN]
Dept. of Defense: improve congressional oversight of programs (see H.R. 5335), 18546 [20JY]
———procurement funding restrictions (see H.R. 5389), 25612 [25SE]
———redirect funding to social programs (see H. Con. Res. 259), 6673 [4AP]
———termination of B-2 stealth bomber development (see H.R. 3978), 4275 [13MR]
Dept. of Environmental Protection: establish (see H.R. 3847), 4573 [20MR]
Digital Audio Tape Recorder Act: enact (see H.R. 4096), 2307 [22FE]
Disasters: improve information available to emergency response personnel in the field (see H.R. 4522), 7337 [18AP]
Diseases: establish and coordinate research programs for osteoporosis and related bone disorders (see H.R. 4864), 16186 [28JN]
———grants for prevention and control of breast and cervical cancer (see H.R. 4222), 3856 [8MR]
———improve education and programs relative to Alzheimer's disease (see H.R. 1490), 1551 [7FE]
———preventive health services relative to breast and cervical cancer (see H.R. 4790), 10009 [10MY]
Drug abuse: penalties for crystalline methamphetamine (see H.R. 5212), 24328 [13SE]
———revise and extend programs for reducing incidence among pregnant and postpartum women (see H.R. 5662), 25276 [21SE]
———U.S. Trade Representative incorporating illegal narcotics trade as a component of trade policy (see H. Con. Res. 265), 14111 [14JN]
Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4362), 9904 [9MY]
Earthquakes: facilitate the provision of homeowners insurance against risks (see H.R. 4480), 6669 [4AP]
Ecology: savings in the compilation and distribution of Federal environmental impact statements (see H.R. 3643), 18789 [23JY]
Education: adult illiteracy (see H.R. 3123), 465 [24JA]
———authorize certain science, mathematics, and engineering research and development activities (see H.R. 5615), 24328 [13SE]
———establish regional science, mathematics, and technology consortiums (see H.R. 4057), 5780 [28MR]
———improve foreign language and culture instruction (see H.R. 4144), 2932 [28FE]
———permit deferral of payments on students loans during professional internships (see H.R. 4690), 26176 [26SE]
Egypt: forgiveness of military debt (see H. Con. Res. 373), 28800 [12OC]
Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 568), 23678 [10SE]
Employment: economic adjustment to realignments in defense or aerospace contracts, military facilities, and arms export (see H.R. 101), 12099 [23MY]
Ending Hunger Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 610), 25612 [25SE]
FDIC: prohibit the payment of golden parachute bonuses by an insured depository institution (see H.R. 4268), 16690 [10JY]
———treatment of deposits of State and local government and nonprofit organization deferred compensation plans (see H.R. 4729), 16186 [28JN]
Federal employees: allow periods of certain service under Federal-State cooperative programs to be creditable toward civil service retirement (see H.R. 3129), 32593 [22OC]
———cost of living adjustments for civil service retirees (see H. Con. Res. 252), 3475 [6MR]
———extend certain civil service retirement provisions to INS, Customs Service, and IRS law enforcement officers (see H.R. 1083), 752 [30JA]
———reform health benefits program (see H.R. 4958), 18923 [24JY]
Federal Employees Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 436), 2309 [22FE]
Federal Taxpayers' Right-to-Know Act: enact (see H.R. 4555), 17963 [18JY]
FEMA: exempt certain temporary employees from offsets from pay or annuity benefits (see H.R. 3704), 7983 [24AP]
Fire fighters: bill of rights (see H.R. 3587), 39 [23JA]
Flight Attendant Safety Professionals' Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 533), 10010 [10MY]
Foreign investments: improve quality of data (see H.R. 4060, 4520), 6673 [4AP], 10234 [14MY]
Foreign trade: export of certain nonmilitary items to Warsaw Pact countries (see H.R. 3895), 4275 [13MR]
———imports of textiles, apparel, and footwear (see H.R. 4496), 6670 [4AP]
———unfair import trade practices (see H.R. 4710), 9270 [2MY]
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]
GATT: exclude civil air transport services as a negotiation item (see H. Con. Res. 280), 13994 [13JN]
German-American Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 469), 1288 [6FE]
Greyhound Co.: strike of employees (see H. Con. Res. 316), 8404 [26AP]
Guatemala: civil liberties violations (see H. Con. Res. 355), 30090 [16OC]
Head Start Program: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 490), 8716 [30AP]
Health: establishment of a national program for tropical medicine and infectious disease (see H.R. 2290), 465 [24JA]
———improvement for minorities and those from disadvantaged backgrounds (see H.R. 3240), 4508 [19MR]
———national nutrition plan (see H.R. 1608), 24755 [17SE]
———reduce threats posed by exposure to indoor air contaminants (see H.R. 5155), 16897 [11JY]
———use of assets in black lung benefit trusts for benefits for retired miners (see H.R. 5049), 35448 [26OC]
Home Health Aide Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 618), 20940 [31JY]
Homeless: assistance (see H.R. 3789), 4377 [14MR]
Hunger: response to emergency afflicting U.S. families (see H.R. 4110), 4789 [21MR]
Hydrogen Research and Development Program: establish (see H.R. 4521), 7337 [18AP]
Idaho Centennial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 466), 13346 [7JN]
Illinois: designate certain public lands as wilderness (see H.R. 5428), 25177 [19SE]
Industry: enhance domestic (see H.R. 4329), 4787 [21MR]
Infant Mortality Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 546), 7442 [19AP]
INS: expand arrest authority of officers and employees (see H.R. 3333), 16689 [10JY]
Iraq: 100% tax on income from frozen assets (see H.R. 5846), 32593 [22OC]
Korean War: commemorative silver dollar coin (see H.R. 5053), 16896 [11JY]
Korean War Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 575), 14355 [18JN]
Labor: prevent discrimination based on participation in disputes (see H.R. 3936), 14111 [14JN]
Lithuania: support of freedom of the press (see H. Con. Res. 313), 10476 [15MY]
Lithuanian Independence Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 606), 31658 [20OC]
Medicaid: coverage of personal care services (see H.R. 4603), 20243 [27JY]
———improve access to health care services to needy children (see H.R. 3932), 1021 [1FE]
———increase enrollment of eligible pregnant women and children (see H.R. 5480), 33826 [24OC]
———permit States to include certain long-term care services (see H.R. 2499), 2716 [27FE]
———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 bone mass measurements for certain individuals (see H.R. 4865), 16186 [28JN]
———coverage of nurse practitioner and clinical nurse specialist services in rural areas (see H.R. 4483), 23477 [5SE]
———coverage of screening mammography (see H.R. 3701), 3668 [7MR]
Merchant marine: inclusion of certain service in civil service retirement system (see H.R. 1436), 465 [24JA]
Middle East: duty treatment of products of countries not making sufficient contributions to Desert Shield Operation (see H.R. 5568), 25612 [25SE]
Motor vehicles: State waivers of certain regulations on farming transport and harvesting vehicles (see H.R. 4997), 22087 [2AU]
MX Rail Garrison Program: terminate (see H.R. 4048), 17323 [12JY]
NASA: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 5649), 25016 [18SE]
National Academy of Science, Space, and Technology: establish (see H.R. 5538), 24755 [17SE]
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), 7984 [24AP]
National Children's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 481), 6673 [4AP]
National D.A.R.E. Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 535), 14705 [19JN]
National Day in Support of Freedom and Human Rights in China and Tibet: designate (see H.J. Res. 556), 9905 [9MY]
National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 602), 24037 [12SE]
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 Give Kids a Fighting Chance Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 515), 19273 [25JY]
National Guard: civil service retirement credit for technicians (see H.R. 1400), 5535 [27MR]
National Job Skills Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 608), 23924 [11SE]
National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 467), 4378 [14MR]
National Radon Action Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 583), 28698 [11OC]
National Rice Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 637), 28799 [12OC]
National Sarcoidosis Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 519), 20939 [31JY]
National Scleroderma Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 516), 13347 [7JN]
National Standards Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 584), 21676 [1AU]
National Visiting Nurse Associations Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 509), 26313 [27SE]
National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 543), 25177 [19SE]
Nuclear Decommissioning Reserve Fund Act: enact (see H.R. 1317), 23678 [10SE]
Occupational health and safety: system to identify and notify persons at high risk (see H.R. 3067), 506 [25JA]
Older Americans Alternative Care Act: enact (see H.R. 1163), 15040 [20JN]
Pensions: cost-of-living adjustments for certain Government retirement programs (see H.R. 3914), 3475 [6MR]
Physician Regulatory Relief and Improvement Act: enact (see H.R. 4475), 14111 [14JN]
Polish American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 604), 20940 [31JY]
Pollution: taxation of fuels based on their carbon content or their carbon emissions (see H. Res. 438), 24037 [12SE]
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]
POW/MIA: disclosure of information by executive departments on certain individuals (see H.R. 3603), 9271 [2MY]
Precursor chemicals: regulation (see H.R. 4231), 15715 [26JN]
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), 7442 [19AP]
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), 26176 [26SE]
Reciprocity of Foreign Investment Act: enact (see H.R. 3699), 1197 [5FE]
Recreation areas: river corridor planning and assistance (see H.R. 4250), 14705 [19JN]
Research: superconducting supercollider funding (see H.R. 4380), 5535 [27MR]
Robert McClory Post Office, Carpentersville, IL: designate (see H.R. 5007), 13671 [12JN]
Rockefeller, Laurance S.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3625), 3474 [6MR]
Rural Small Business Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 598), 16897 [11JY]
Savings and loan associations: Attorney General investigation of pending criminal cases (see H.R. 4990), 15466 [25JN]
———prosecution of financial crimes (see H.R. 5050), 15716 [26JN]
Sec. of Defense: conduct study of Missing Persons Act (see H.R. 3401), 4377 [14MR]
Securities: continue provisions permitting certain small issues of tax-exempt bonds (see H.R. 4408), 15850 [27JN]
Senior Biomedical Research Service: establish (see H.R. 3752), 17963 [18JY]
Small business: tax credit for handicap accessibility (see H.R. 3652), 7339 [18AP]
Social Security: eliminate reductions in benefits of spouses and surviving spouses who are receiving certain Government pensions (see H.R. 201), 4572 [20MR]
———exclude from budget (see H.R. 933), 2716 [27FE]
South Africa: economic sanctions (see H. Con. Res. 270), 4243 [12MR]
South African Freedom Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 588), 15716 [26JN]
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), 25524 [24SE]
———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), 3669 [7MR]
Strategic petroleum reserve: drawdown to control oil prices (see H.R. 5731), 26312 [27SE]
Synthetic fuels: extend tax incentives, establish standards, and studies on ethanol fuel use (see H.R. 3906), 662 [29JA]
Taxation: allow nonexempt farmer cooperatives to elect patronage-sourced treatment for certain gains and losses (see H.R. 2353), 15850 [27JN]
———deduction for educational loans (see H.R. 747), 3101 [1MR]
———deny deduction for interest on junk bonds used in hostile takeovers (see H.R. 4334), 13523 [11JN]
———extend the energy investment credit for solar energy and geothermal property (see H.R. 2395), 18789 [23JY]
———low-income housing credit (see H.R. 2319), 5032 [22MR]
———oppose Federal excise tax increase (see H. Res. 134), 18789 [23JY]
———treatment of agricultural labor wages (see H.R. 4625), 8303 [25AP]
———treatment of certain real estate activities (see H.R. 3732), 10679 [16MY]
———treatment of estate tax inclusion related to valuation freezes (see H.R. 60), 3474 [6MR]
Technology Corporation of America Act: enact (see H.R. 4715), 9270 [2MY]
Thrift institutions: regulate certain marketing activities on the premises of certain facilities (see H.R. 4059), 4789 [21MR]
Trucking: training and certification for industrial truck operators (see H. Con. Res. 318), 25612 [25SE]
Tuna: labeling requirements (see H.R. 2926), 2501 [26FE]
U.S. Naval Reserve Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 413), 4461 [15MR]
Veterans: pension for World War I service (see H.R. 1918), 7339 [18AP]
———provide former POW with outpatient care from the Dept. of Veterans Affairs for any disability (see H.R. 4258), 25523 [24SE]
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), 662 [29JA]
Week for the National Observance of the 50th Anniversary of World War II: designate (see H.J. Res. 574), 29471 [15OC]
White House Conference on Young Americans: convene (see H.R. 5654), 25016 [18SE]
World War II: 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 Clean Water: designate (see H.J. Res. 369), 1022 [1FE]
Year of Thanksgiving for the Blessings of Liberty: designate (see H.J. Res. 640), 32593 [22OC]
Yellowstone National Park: restoration of gray wolves (see H.R. 2786), 1551 [7FE]
Yosemite National Park: anniversary (see H.R. 3182; H.J. Res. 398), 2124 [21FE]
Remarks by, on
Advertising: restrictions during children's television (H.R. 1677), 18686
Agriculture: competitive production of wheat and feed grains, 19170 [25JY]
Air pollution: clean air standards (H.R. 3030), 11360 [21MY], 11957
Allendale, IL: revitalization after tornado, 25 [23JA]
Cable television: consumer protection and increased competition (H.R. 5267), 23654 [10SE]
Casey, IL: observance of P.H. Robey Day, 8154
Chevron Citizen Volunteer Conservation Award: tribute to recipient, Clark W. Bullard, 10582
———tribute to recipient, Doris Westfall, 10580
Clean Air Act: compensation for unemployment resulting from implementation, 11957
Clean Air Restoration and Standards Attainment Act: enact (S. 1630), 3073 [1MR]
———enact (S. 1630), conference report, 35039 [26OC]
Food: prescribe nutrition labeling (H.R. 3562), 20423
Food and Agricultural Resources Act: enact (H.R. 3950), 19170 [25JY]
Hungary: extend nondiscriminatory treatment to products (H.R. 1594), conference report, 22260 [3AU]
Medicaid: promote access to services through outreach and improvement in payment adjustments for certain hospitals (H.R. 5890), 32603
Medicare: permit beneficiaries to obtain upgraded items of equipment (H.R. 5961), 37094
Mexico: negotiation of a free trade agreement (H. Con. Res. 377), 26927
Ozone: chlorinated fluorocarbon use, 11969 [23MY]
Parliamentary inquiry, 11971 [23MY]
PLO: terrorist activities, 13458
Public Health Service Act: amend provisions relative to home health care (H.R. 5042), 14275
———amend provisions relative to home health care (H.R. 5112), 18677
———amend provisions relative to home health care (H.R. 5112), Senate amendments, 32772
———amend provisions relative to the prevention and control of injuries (H.R. 5113), 18678
Recycling of waste products: promote recycling of plastics and use of degradable plastics (H.R. 5632), 24765
Taxation: relief to utilities installing acid rain reduction equipment (H.R. 5904), 33363
Votes: position on missed, 20432, 20433 [30JY]
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 6355 [3AP], 6667 [4AP], 7981 [24AP], 14108 [14JN], 20938 [31JY], 24753 [17SE], 26906 [1OC]
Special order: granted, 26 [23JA], 2714 [27FE]
Tribute, 29462 [15OC]
Testimonies
Committee on Rules: Clean Air Act Amendments (H.R. 3030), D331 [22MY]
Texts of
H.R. 5890, promote access to services through outreach and improvement in payment adjustments for certain hospitals, 32603
H.R. 5904, relief to utilities installing acid rain reduction equipment, 33363
H.R. 5961, permit beneficiaries to obtain upgraded items of equipment, 37094
Tributes
McCormick, Art, 6824
Waldhoff, Jeffrey, 6819
Warfield, William, 6605