BRYANT, JOHN (a Representative from Texas)
Amendments offered by, to
Aliens: revise admission system relative to family reunification and identified labor shortages (H.R. 4300), 27270 [3OC]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 4739, Dept. of Defense authorization of appropriations and prescribing military personnel levels, 27737 [5OC]
———S. 358, reform immigration preference system and provide for administrative naturalization of aliens, 30137 [17OC]
Articles and editorials
Billy C. Bryant, Balch Spring (TX) Community News, 23683
Dentist Reminisces on 50-Year Career, Kathy Williams, Houston (TX) Chronicle, 16095
Doing Business With S. Africa—Loopholes Hobble U.S. Sanctions, Dan Stets, Philadelphia (PA) Inquirer, 15735
Last Gift From a Very Special Man, Balch Spring (TX) Community News, 23683
Officer of the Month Armstrong Receives January Honor, Dallas (TX) Police News, 2868
Oil's Well That Ends Well—Area Chief Stores Begin Program of Recycling, Joe Simnacher, Dallas (TX) News, 4318
U.S. Criticizes Covert Israeli Aid to Settlers, Al Kamen, Washington (DC) Post, 7926
When Others Buckled, John Henry Faulk Stood Strong, Molly Ivins, Dallas (TX) Times Herald, 7360
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Aliens: GAO report on the impact of employer sanctions (see H.R. 5572), 23923 [11SE]
Employment: efforts to prevent discrimination against ethnic minorities (see H.R. 4421), 6057 [29MR]
Gambling: prohibit State participation in activities associated with sporting events (see H.R. 4842), 10924 [17MY]
Lotteries: clarify certain exemptions relative to State-conducted lotteries (see H.R. 4843), 10924 [17MY]
Racism: prohibit discrimination in the making and enforcement of contracts (see H.R. 5470), 22527 [3AU]
Sports: protect the service marks of professional organizations from misappropriation by State lotteries (see H.R. 4844), 10924 [17MY]
Telephones: prevent price-cap regulation from leading to network quality degradation (see H.R. 5471), 22527 [3AU]
U.S. Flag Commission: establish (see H.R. 5080), 14704 [19JN]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Agriculture: disaster assistance (see H.R. 4891, 4892), 12098 [23MY], 14111 [14JN]
Appropriations: procedures for closing accounts (see H.R. 5121), 15337 [21JN]
Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: designate (see H.R. 3802), 9271 [2MY]
Bankruptcy: swap agreements (see H.R. 2057), 910 [31JA]
Banks and banking: revoke the charter of institutions found guilty of certain monetary crimes (see H.R. 3848), 37 [23JA]
Birth control: family planning counseling (see H.R. 5231), 22531 [3AU]
Budget: modification of the deficit reduction agreement (see H. Con. Res. 379), 27668 [4OC]
———require balanced (see H.R. 5258), 17963 [18JY]
Business: establish a pilot program to promote U.S. goods and services through U.S. commercial centers (see H.R. 5083), 14704 [19JN]
Buy American Act: waiver for procurement of goods or services or negotiation of memorandums of understanding (see H.R. 4649), 17493 [13JY]
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]
Chemicals: reduce threat of catastrophic accidents (see H.R. 2585), 465 [24JA]
China, People's Republic of: deny most-favored-nation trade treatment (see H.R. 4866), 13346 [7JN]
———most-favored-nation status (see H.J. Res. 586), 13347 [7JN]
Civil rights: strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (see H.R. 4000), 1550 [7FE]
Colombia: restrict exports of firearms and other munitions items (see H.R. 3817), 39 [23JA]
Committee on Waste, Fraud, and Abuses in Federal Agencies (Select): establish (see H. Res. 390), 13347 [7JN]
Comprehensive Alzheimer's Assistance, Research, and Education Act: enact (see H.R. 4770), 15850 [27JN]
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act: limit liability of lending institutions acquiring facilities through foreclosure (see H.R. 4494), 13993 [13JN]
Congress: purchase of recycled paper and paper products (see H. Con. Res. 304), 10011 [10MY]
Congressional Gold Medal: award to Frank Capra, James Stewart, and Fred Zinnemann (see H.R. 1699), 2716 [27FE]
Copyright: protection of industrial designs of useful articles (see H.R. 3017), 22531 [3AU]
Country Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 603), 20940 [31JY]
Courts: requirements for retirement of judges (see H.R. 4208), 4461 [15MR]
Crime and criminals: prohibit the possession or discharge of a firearm in a public school zone (see H.R. 3757), 466 [24JA]
———protect rights of victims (see H.R. 4688), 9091 [1MY]
De Soto Expedition Trail Commission: establish (see H.R. 2202), 3101 [1MR]
Dept. of Defense: procurement funding restrictions (see H.R. 5389), 20243 [27JY]
———prohibit the construction of facilities at Crotone, Italy, for the purpose of transferring functions from Torrejon AFB, Spain (see H.R. 3948), 3668 [7MR]
———study implications of female members of the Army in combat and combat-support positions (see H.R. 3868), 5536 [27MR]
Dept. of Environmental Protection: establish (see H.R. 3847), 1289 [6FE]
Dept. of Justice: establish Financial Services Crime Division (see H.R. 5101), 15039 [20JN]
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]
Drug abuse: penalties for crystalline methamphetamine (see H.R. 5212), 23678 [10SE]
Education: establish grant programs to promote after-school learning activities (see H.R. 4529), 16690 [10JY]
———scholarships to individuals who agree to teach science and mathematics (see H.R. 5248), 16895 [11JY]
Egypt: forgiveness of military debt (see H. Con. Res. 373), 35448 [26OC]
El Salvador: rescind certain economic benefits (see H.R. 3733), 4243 [12MR]
Elections: prohibit contributions by political committees controlled by foreign-owned corporations (see H.R. 5861), 31069 [18OC]
Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 568), 24037 [12SE]
Ethiopia: famine (see H. Res. 384), 11398 [21MY]
Eximbank: bilateral economic assistance programs relative to purchase of U.S. goods and services (see H.R. 5201), 19273 [25JY]
Farm Animal and Research Facilities Protection Act: enact (see H.R. 3270), 22087 [2AU]
Federal employees: cost of living adjustments for civil service retirees (see H. Con. Res. 252), 12249 [24MY]
———political activities (see H.R. 5120), 18789 [23JY]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: imposition of penalties for illegal activities relative to approval of drugs (see H.R. 4810), 10474 [15MY]
Federal Taxpayers' Right-to-Know Act: enact (see H.R. 4555), 7338 [18AP]
FEMA: inventory of resources available for response to natural disasters (see H.R. 4065), 2123 [21FE]
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]
———improve economic relations among Western Hemisphere countries (see H.R. 5473), 22527 [3AU]
Forests and forestry: protect remaining ancient forests in Washington, Oregon, and California (see H.R. 4492), 6670 [4AP]
Franklin, Benjamin: 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]
Genis, Anatoly: efforts to emigrate from Soviet Union (see H. Con. Res. 383), 35448 [26OC]
Great Britain: Birmingham Six' detention case (see H. Con. Res. 249), 4573 [20MR]
Greyhound Co.: strike of employees (see H. Con. Res. 316), 8404 [26AP]
Handicapped: tax credits for small businesses for costs of public accommodations for the disabled (see H.R. 3500), 39 [23JA]
Health: bone marrow availability and registry (see H.R. 4650), 8403 [26AP]
———organ procurement and transplantation services (see H.R. 4336), 4788 [21MR]
Home Health Aide Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 618), 16689 [10JY]
Housing: preserve Federal Housing Administration's Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund (see H.R. 5266), 17492 [13JY]
Hunger: response to emergency afflicting U.S. families (see H.R. 4110), 6357 [3AP]
Iraq: deny any windfall resulting from invasion of Kuwait (see H.R. 5580), 24629 [14SE]
Japan: foreign trade actions (see H. Con. Res. 312), 8404 [26AP]
———trade barriers (see H.R. 4428), 6057 [29MR]
Labor: prevent discrimination based on participation in disputes (see H.R. 3936), 10926 [17MY]
Libraries: establish national policy on use of preservation techniques for permanent papers (see H.J. Res. 226), 15339 [21JN]
Lithuania: elections (see H. Con. Res. 257), 1896 [20FE]
Lithuanian Independence Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 606), 31658 [20OC]
Local government: exempt from certain verification requirements relative to computer matching programs (see H.R. 4367), 13263 [6JN]
Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site: authorize National Park Service to acquire and manage (see H.R. 5084), 14704 [19JN]
Medicaid: control drug prices, assure quality medical care, and protect physician's right to prescribe (see H.R. 5589), 25276 [21SE]
———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), 10926 [17MY]
———permit State matching payments through voluntary contributions and State taxes (see H.R. 4181), 16689 [10JY]
Medicare: State coverage of services for persons diagnosed as being HIV-positive (see H.R. 4080), 2306 [22FE]
Mexico: establish an organizational unit to address health and environmental problems along the border (see H.R. 5363), 25017 [18SE]
Middle East: duty treatment of products of countries not making sufficient contributions to Desert Shield Operation (see H.R. 5568), 27152 [2OC]
Narcotics: regulation of precursor chemicals (see H.R. 4231), 3856 [8MR]
National Association of Women Veterans, Inc.: charter (see H.R. 3480), 465 [24JA]
National Burn Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 426), 910 [31JA]
National Cancer Institute: additional authorizations to conduct certain research on breast cancer (see H.R. 3251), 2124 [21FE]
National Commission to Study the Causes of the Demand for Drugs in the U.S.: establish (see H.R. 3775), 20243 [27JY]
National Commission to Support Law Enforcement: establish (see H.R. 5288), 18789 [23JY]
National Day in Support of Freedom and Human Rights in China and Tibet: designate (see H.J. Res. 556), 9905 [9MY]
National defense: clarify and strengthen provisions relative to national security takeovers (see H.R. 5225), 16185 [28JN]
National Doctor's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 492), 30090 [16OC]
National Drive for Life Weekend: designate (see H.J. Res. 627), 22532 [3AU]
National Give Kids a Fighting Chance Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 515), 16690 [10JY]
National Guard: civil service retirement credit for technicians (see H.R. 1400), 910 [31JA]
National Literacy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 530), 15339 [21JN]
National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 468), 17841 [17JY]
National Quarter Horse Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 345), 1552 [7FE]
National Rice Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 637), 28799 [12OC]
National Sarcoidosis Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 519), 14705 [19JN]
Nuclear energy: prohibit States that are not members of interstate radioactive waste compacts from disposing such matter in facilities close to international borders (see H.R. 5477), 22527 [3AU]
———regulation of low-level radioactive waste disposal (see H.R. 5505), 26692 [30SE]
Olympic games: commemorative coins to support the training of U.S. athletes (see H.R. 4962), 12670 [5JN]
Panama: commend Government on efforts to combat illicit drug trafficking (see H. Con. Res. 247), 10927 [17MY]
Patents: improvements to law (see H.R. 5598), 24036 [12SE]
Pensions: cost-of-living adjustments for certain Government retirement programs (see H.R. 3914), 6673 [4AP]
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]
Public Health Service Act: amend provisions relative to State offices of rural health and extend the National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 4487), 6670 [4AP]
Recycled materials: promote greater use of recycled paper by mailers of third-class mail matter (see H.R. 5475), 24755 [17SE]
Recycling of waste products: establish percentage requirements for producers and importers of newsprint (see H.R. 3483), 465 [24JA]
Refuse and refuse disposal: management standards and recycling requirements for spent lead-acid batteries (see H.R. 5359), 18923 [24JY]
Robert S. Vance Federal Building, Birmingham, AL: designate (see H.R. 3961), 4377 [14MR]
Rockefeller, Laurance S.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3625), 3474 [6MR]
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Family Appreciation Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 596), 13671 [12JN]
Saudi Arabia: proposed sale of MLA2 tanks, Bradley fighting vehicles, Apache helicopters, and Patriot guided missile units (see H.J. Res. 674), 31724 [21OC]
Savings and loan associations: investigation and prosecution of criminal activity (see H.R. 5401), 20939 [31JY]
———prosecution of financial crimes (see H.R. 5050), 15716 [26JN]
Sec. of Defense: conduct study of Missing Persons Act (see H.R. 3401), 17588 [16JY]
Securities: issuance of super savings bonds (see H.R. 3763), 5033 [22MR]
Small business: capital loans (see H.R. 3179), 1289 [6FE]
Social Security: enforcement of sanctions under hospital anti-dumping provisions (see H.R. 4495), 6670 [4AP]
———exclude from budget (see H.R. 933), 10475 [15MY]
———privatization proposals (see H. Res. 306), 2125 [21FE]
Solid Waste Disposal Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 3735), 752 [30JA]
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), 3102 [1MR]
States: establish grant programs for comprehensive mental health services for children (see H.R. 5306), 25017 [18SE]
Statue of Liberty: designate ``The Most Beautiful Lady in the World'' as official anthem (see H.R. 2776), 11597 [22MY]
Taxation: charitable contribution deduction for nonitemizers (see H.R. 4761), 23678 [10SE]
———clarify provisions relative to nonapplication of sec. 457 to nonelective deferred compensation (see H.R. 3080), 25276 [21SE]
———credit treatment of fuel produced from a nonconventional source and gas produced from a tight formation (see H.R. 5351), 24329 [13SE]
———deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 2121), 15339 [21JN]
———treatment of certain real estate activities (see H.R. 3732), 6357 [3AP]
———treatment of foreign-owned corporations (see H.R. 4308), 7983 [24AP]
Tax-exempt organizations: establish qualified cash or deferred arrangements for employees (see H.R. 4287), 24036 [12SE]
Tennessee: anniversary of law which established the territorial government (see H.J. Res. 555), 12100 [23MY]
U.S.-Mexican border region: monitor and improve air quality (see H.R. 4207), 4509 [19MR]
U.S.-Soviet Peace Corps: establish (see H.R. 1807), 6672 [4AP]
Unemployment: benefits for nonprofessional school employees between school terms (see H.R. 290), 17323 [12JY]
Veterans: availability of benefits during incarceration in correctional institutions (see H.R. 3453), 11398 [21MY]
———revise rates of certain disability, dependency and indemnity compensation benefits (see H.R. 4418), 9705 [8MY]
Wallenberg, Raoul: monument on public land in Washington, DC (see H.J. Res. 240), 17841 [17JY]
Whales: U.S. sanctions against nations conducting unjustified research and violating the International Whaling Commission moratorium on commercial whaling (see H. Con. Res. 329), 12672 [5JN]
White House Conference on Solid Waste Disposal and Reduction (see H. Con. Res. 269), 3669 [7MR]
World War II: District of Columbia memorial to members of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 2807), 3101 [1MR]
———mint coins commemorating the 50th anniversary of U.S. involvement (see H.R. 4365), 5031 [22MR]
Youth: establish school-based community service programs (see H.R. 4330), 15339 [21JN]
Letters
Silverado Savings and Loan failure: by, 17496
Remarks by, on
Advertising: restrictions during children's television (H.R. 1677), 18686
Aeronautics: authorizing appropriations, improving aviation safety, and imposing airport passenger facility charges (H.R. 5170), 18346 [19JY]
Air pollution: clean air standards (H.R. 3030), 11994
Aliens: revise admission system relative to family reunification and identified labor shortages (H.R. 4300), 27083 [2OC], 27271, 27273 [3OC]
Budget: summit conference, 23791 [11SE]
Cable television: consumer protection and increased competition (H.R. 5267), 23653 [10SE]
Capital punishment: sentencing and appeals procedures, 27698 [5OC]
Crime: control (H.R. 5269), 27698, 27703, 27705, 27706 [5OC]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations and prescribing military personnel levels (H.R. 4739), 23957, 23973, 24010 [12SE]
———authorizing appropriations and prescribing military personnel levels (H.R. 4739), consideration (H. Res. 461), 23963 [12SE]
———foreign military base closings, 23973 [12SE]
———making appropriations for military construction (H.R. 5313), 20450 [30JY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 5803), 28750 [12OC]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5021), conference report—amendments in disagreement, 32666 [23OC]
Europe: sharing cost of stationed U.S. troops, 23957 [12SE]
Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (H.J. Res. 350), 15239, 15247 [21JN]
Food and Agricultural Resources Act: enact (H.R. 3950), 21515 [1AU]
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 5114), 36868 [27OC]
Gambling: prohibit State participation in activities associated with sporting events (H.R. 4842), 11117
———sports lotteries, 27703, 27705, 27706 [5OC]
GAO: approve findings relative to employment discrimination of ethnic minorities (H.R. 4421), 6084
Immigration: reform preference system and provide for administrative naturalization (S. 358), conference report, 36837, 36838, 36840, 36841, 36844, 36845, 36848 [27OC]
———reform preference system and provide for administrative naturalization (S. 358), waiving certain points of order against consideration of conference report (H. Res. 531), 35129 [26OC]
Israel: support unified status of Jerusalem (H. Con. Res. 290), 7926
Japan: reduction of permanent U.S. troop level, 23957, 23973 [12SE]
Lotteries: clarify certain exemptions relative to State-conducted lotteries (H.R. 4843), 11117
Mandela, Nelson: political alliances, 15734
Middle East: allies' contribution to Desert Shield Operation, 24010 [12SE]
Parliamentary inquiry, 36837 [27OC]
Recycling of waste products: Chief Auto Parts' motor oil program, 4318
Sports: protect the service marks of professional organizations from misappropriation by State lotteries (H.R. 4844), 11117
Superconducting supercollider: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4380), 9220, 9232, 9234, 9235, 9237 [2MY]
Telephones: prevent price-cap regulation from leading to network quality degradation (H.R. 5471), 23063
Television: Sesame Street Preschool Educational Program, 29503
U.S. Trade Representative: restrict certain business dealings with foreign entities for a certain period after service as U.S. Trade Representative, 32666 [23OC]
V-22 Osprey aircraft: development, 17314
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 2714 [27FE], 4274 [13MR], 6056 [29MR], 7334 [18AP], 9090 [1MY], 10923 [17MY], 15713 [26JN], 15848 [27JN], 22515 [3AU], 23675 [10SE], 29491 [15OC]
Reports
Foreign Travel Expenditures, 10668 [16MY], 13669 [12JN], 22517 [3AU]
Testimonies
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Foreign Investment and National Security (H.R. 4520, 4608), D376 [13JN]
Committee on Rules: Aviation Safety and Capacity Expansion Act (H.R. 5170), D441 [10JY]
———Comprehensive Crime Control Act (H.R. 5269), D585 [12SE]
———Dept. of Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 4739), D560 [3AU]
———Family Unification and Employment Opportunity Immigration Act (H.R. 4300), D642 [26SE]
Committee on the Judiciary (House): Intellectual Property Antitrust Protection Act (H.R. 469), D43 [8FE]
Committee on the Judiciary (Senate): Sports Service Mark Protection Act (S. 1772), D414 [26JN]
Committee on Ways and Means: Europe 1992—U.S. Trade Relations With the Soviet Union and Foreign Investments, D7 [24JA]
Texts of
H.R. 4842, State-Sponsored Professional and Amateur Sports Lottery Prohibition Act, 11118
H.R. 4843, State-Conducted Lotteries Clarification Act, 11118
H.R. 4844, Sports Service Mark Anti-Corruption Act, 11118
H.R. 5471, prevent telephones price-cap regulation from leading to network quality degradation, 23063
Tributes
Armstrong, Ben, 2868
Bryant, Billy C., 23683
Dunn, Marvin, Jr., 7352
Faulk, John Henry, 7359
Holmes, Truly, 9107
Nelson, Bill, 3255
Rogers, Weldon B., 16095