CHILDREN related term(s) Education; Youth

Addresses

Defining the Rights of Children, 23724-23725 [11SE]

———Representative Christopher H. Smith, 860, 867 [30JA]

Education—Does It Make Any Difference When You Start?: Irving B. Harris, 7991-7994 [24AP]

Federal Role in Law-Related Education: Carl A. Hippold, 4699 [20MR]

———Gary B. Melton, 4699 [20MR]

———Katherine H. Federle, 4699 [20MR]

Inadequacies of Our Educational System: Jack Moseley, 5772 [28MR]

Job Security of Women Following Child Birth or Serious Illness: President Bush, 22845 [3AU]

Rally for Life: Vice President Quayle, 8806 [30AP], 10576 [15MY]

Sense of the Future: D. Allan Bromley, 14743 [20JN]

Agreements

Senate debate of H.R. 770, 14176 [14JN]

Amendments

Advertising: restrictions during children's television (H.R. 1677), 25307, 25401 [24SE]

Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Reauthorization Act: enact (S. 1893), 29095, 29104 [15OC]

Child Development and Education Act: enact (H.R. 3), 5993, 6011, 6016 [29MR], 8008-8029 [24AP]

Crime and criminals: Federal offense for international parental child abduction (S. 185), 36363, 36648 [27OC]

Day care: increase quality and availability (S. 5), 613 [25JA], 8097 [24AP]

Education: comprehensive national assessment of certain programs (H.R. 3910), 9538, 9543 [7MY], 9995-9996 [10MY]

———improve (H.R. 5115), 16691 [10JY], 18477-18492, 18493-18499, 18506, 18508-18510, 18518, 18521, 18524, 18525 [20JY]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: improve secondary school programs (H.R. 5140), 33545, 33562 [24OC], 35192 [26OC]

Employment: entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (H.R. 770), 9885 [9MY], 9967, 9973, 9974, 9987 [10MY], 13897-13899 [13JN]

Indian Child Protective Services and Family Violence Prevention Act: enact (S. 2340), 22906, 22981, 22983 [3AU]

National Awareness Month of Children With Cancer: designate (S.J. Res. 305), 27842, 27855 [5OC]

National Foster Care Month: designate (S.J. Res. 10), 3020, 3030 [28FE]

Poverty: reallocation of funds from State food programs for WIC (H.R. 5149), 16156 [28JN]

Television: children's programming (S. 1992), 18224, 18243 [19JY]

Youth: establish school-based community service programs (H.R. 4330), 24243, 24249, 24250, 24251, 24259, 24261, 24262, 24263, 24264 [13SE]

Analyses

Constitutionality of the Freedom of Choice Act: Thomas L. Jipping, 10120 [10MY]

Garage Door Opener Safety Act (H.R. 4734), 9433 [3MY]

Health Insurance for Children and Mothers Act (H.R. 4280), 4463 [15MR]

Indian Child Protective Services and Family Violence Prevention Act (S. 2340), 5406 [27MR]

School-Based Meals for Older Individuals and Intergenerational Programs Act (H.R. 5926), 34454 [27OC]

Announcements

Reward of up to $200,000 offered in Jacob Wetterling abduction: Jacob Wetterling Foundation, 9532 [7MY]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 3, Child Development and Education Act, 8029, 8037 [24AP], 9833 [9MY]

Articles and editorials

Abortion Issue—The Threshold Question, 15349 [22JN]

Abortion—So Long, ``Silver Bullet'' Theory, 21679 [1AU]

Acts and Reactions, 14181 [14JN]

Addicted Parents' Children Pose Foster Care Challenge, 33298 [23OC]

AFL-CIO and Abortion, 3564 [6MR]

AIDS Tots Win City OK for Daycare, 10464 [15MY]

All-American Bill, 14189 [14JN]

Anti-Drug Campaign Enlists Aid of Children, 8540 [26AP]

At Least Say Thanks to Your Teacher, 16806 [10JY]

Basic Right of Families, 14185 [14JN]

Benefits of Family Leave, 14189 [14JN]

Better Process for Credentials, 5973 [29MR]

Big Brothers Shift Rules, 24046 [12SE]

Big Numbers Needed on Vote for Families, 14187 [14JN]

Bundle of Hope Couple Adopt Second Child Exposed to AIDS Virus, 21826 [2AU]

Bush and ``Family Values''—Just Talk?, 14194 [14JN]

Bush Drops Ball on Family Leave, 14188 [14JN]

Bush Should Rethink Opposition to Mandatory Parent Leave Bill, 14180 [14JN]

Bush Should Sign Bill Into Law, 14185 [14JN]

Bush Should Stand Firm on Child Care, 7358 [18AP]

Bush Snubs Family Needs, 14179 [14JN]

Bush's Chance To Be Pro-Family, 14178 [14JN]

Bush's Veto of Bill Threatens Family Values, 14180 [14JN]

Caring Shouldn't End Careers, 14191 [14JN]

Ceausescu Legacy—Warehouses for Children, 13455 [7JN]

Changing Minds, Feeding Kids, 12477 [24MY]

Changing the System of Schooling so That the School of the Future Has a Chance, 17556 [16JY]

Cheap Security for U.S. Workers, 14188 [14JN]

Child Care, 6027 [29MR]

Children a Priority? Not in Budget, 8104 [24AP]

Choice No Parent Should Face, 14187 [14JN]

Closed Door—Open It and Save the Children, 14142 [14JN]

Compassionate Leave, 14184 [14JN]

Conservatives Embrace War on Poverty, 11386 [21MY]

Covington Agency Strikes at Ills Gripping Blacks, 20253 [27JY]

Crack Mothers, Crack Babies and Hope, 23331 [4AU]

Crimes of the Heart, 6573-6576 [3AP]

Cutting the Dropout Rate—High Goal but Low Hopes, 2008 [20FE]

Dead Leaves, 14179 [14JN]

Employers Need Prompting, 14186 [14JN]

Enchanting Your Child With Music, 25428 [24SE]

EPA Warns Against Asbestos Removal, 29107 [15OC]

Equal Opportunity to Leave, 14183 [14JN]

Even If the President Doesn't Know, It's a New World of Work, Mom, 14178 [14JN]

Every Child Deserves a Medical Home, 21827-21829 [2AU]

Family Bill Should Be Ok'd, 14187 [14JN]

Family Emergency Bill Will Face Veto, 14186 [14JN]

Family Leave, 14190 [14JN]

Family Leave Act—Senate, Bush Should Follow House Lead, 14181 [14JN]

Family Leave Bill, 14194 [14JN]

Family Leave Bill Makes Sense, 10310 [14MY], 14195 [14JN]

Family Leave Bill Needed for Child Care, 14189 [14JN]

Family Leave Bill Recognized Needs of Parents, 14179 [14JN]

Family Leave Bill Worthwhile, 14184 [14JN]

Family Leave Concept Is an Idea Whose Time Seems to Have Come, 14182 [14JN]

Family Leave Is Common Sense, 14193 [14JN]

Family Leave Is Fair, 14193 [14JN]

Family Leave Is Good, 14186 [14JN]

Family Leave Needed, 14190 [14JN]

Family Leave Only Practical Choice, 14191 [14JN]

Family Leave—It's Good Business, 19127 [25JY]

Family Leave—The President's Opposition Is Inexplicable, 14178 [14JN]

Family Unit Must Be Healthy, 14186 [14JN]

Fetal Disposal Law Goes Into Effect, 27263 [3OC]

Finding Time for Parenting, 14181 [14JN]

For Family Values, 14191 [14JN]

For Family's Sake, 14194 [14JN]

For New York School Days, Bulletproof Blazers, 27431 [4OC]

Foreign Language Education Aids American Interests, 18520 [20JY]

Forked Tongue Strikes Again, 14192 [14JN]

Foster Care System Reeling, Despite Law Meant to Help, 33298 [23OC]

Four Quick Fixes for Our Schools, 8823 [1MY]

GOP Conservatives Take Grass-Roots Road, 11388 [21MY]

GOP-Backed Teleconference Stresses Community-Based Solutions, 11387 [21MY]

Grilling of Souter on Abortion Improper, 24763 [17SE]

Growing Up Scared, 15000 [20JN]

Help Working Moms, 14183 [14JN]

``Hey Kid, Shape Up in There''—Cruel Advice for Unborn Babies of Crack Addicts Denied Drug Treatment, 14142 [14JN]

Holding Kids to a Higher Standard, 29493 [15OC]

How Not To Survive in America—Be a Mom, 37097 [27OC]

Incentives for Reform, 17558 [16JY]

IRS Ruling Threatens Foster Care, 21851 [2AU]

Is the Press Straight on Abortion?, 17849 [17JY]

It's Worth Doing for the Kids, 33850 [25OC]

Johnny Can't Add, Hiroko Can—Japan's Success Starts in School, 17855 [17JY]

Join the Real World in Family Leave Policy, 14192 [14JN]

Kids at Work—The Tragic Costs of Child Labor, 33353-33355 [24OC]

Kinder, Gentler, Bunk, 14191 [14JN]

Kinder, Gentler President Gives Families Short Shrift, 14182 [14JN]

Language Trap—No English, No Future, 20360 [30JY]

Larger Head Start Program Important, 9922 [9MY]

LA's Inbred Legislators, 17334 [12JY]

Let Family Leave Die, 14207 [14JN]

Let's Hope Children's TV Act Will Vanquish Ninja Turtles, 31751 [22OC]

Let's Restructure, Extend School Year, 4404 [14MR]

Logic of Abortion, 34469 [26OC]

Look at the Adolescent Family Life Act, 25898 [26SE]

Making Math Come Alive on Television, 8539 [26AP]

March Will Plead Abused Children's Cause, 8558 [27AP]

Modest Parental Leave Bill, 14185 [14JN]

Mother's Day Beef—Women Deserve Fair Retirement Benefits Treatment, 14182 [14JN]

Nation Needs Parental Leave, 14195 [14JN]

NCCA Announces Start of Two New Organizations—American Association of Early Childhood Educators, and National Childcare Parents Association, 5973 [29MR]

New Hampshire House Condones the Holocaust, 2230 [21FE]

No Candle Burns Without a ``WIC'', 19478 [25JY]

Ominous Start for Baby Born on Party Night, 15014 [20JN]

One Dodge Airbag, Two Lives Saved, 31486 [20OC], 34139 [25OC]

Our Infant-Mortality Rate Is Not as Bad as It Seems, 13439 [7JN]

Parental Leave Is ProFamily, 14183 [14JN]

Parental Leave Meets Many Needs, 14180 [14JN]

Parental Leave Stand Just More of the Same, 14180 [14JN]

Parental Leave—There's No Call to Melt Before Veto Threat, 14183 [14JN]

Parental-Leave Standoff, 14188 [14JN]

Paying People Not To Work—Economic Cost of Social Security Retirement Earnings Limit, 14890 [20JN]

Paying People Not To Work—Uncle Sam Is Destroying Your Work Force, 14889 [20JN]

Power of the Changing Work Force, 10310 [14MY]

Pro-Family Bush Snubs Real Family Law, 14190 [14JN]

Save the Palestinian Children, 11145 [18MY]

School Follows Through on Gains of Head Start, 14233 [14JN]

Senate, Bush Should Pass Family-Leave Bill, 14186 [14JN]

Senate's Three Pieces of Unfinished Business, 14193 [14JN]

Senator's Right on Drug Treatment, 23331 [4AU]

Serving Up Breakfast, 12477 [24MY]

Silence of Shame—Sons of Asian Refugees Are Being Sexually Abused by ``Friends'' and ``Helpers'', 3414 [5MR]

Slavery—By Another Name, 23745 [11SE]

Small Business Owners Won't Compromise on Parental Leave, 5020 [22MR]

State Cutting Food Aid for Women, Kids, 8453 [26AP]

Super Mom To Retire, 21852 [2AU]

Television Is Poisoning Children, 31750 [22OC]

There's No Pro-Choice Majority Either, 17330 [12JY]

Time To Be a Parent, 14189, 14194 [14JN]

Time to be a Parent, 9955 [10MY]

Time-Out for Toddlers, 14189 [14JN]

Too Many Children Cry in Silence, 8558 [27AP]

Try Treatment—To Hit AIDS, Aid the Addicts, 23332 [4AU]

Twin Falls Lad, 11, Hauls Smaller Playmate Out of Canyon After Fall, 5644 [28MR]

U.S. Releases First Study on Missing Children, 9531 [7MY]

Unpaid Leave—It's About Time, 14195 [14JN]

Unpaid-Leave Proposal Deserves Administration Support, 14182 [14JN]

Unusual Aid for Child Care—Federal Funds Used To Fix Up San Francisco Facilities, 12555 [24MY]

Veto Threat—Parental Leave Isn't a Monster, 14181 [14JN]

Watch What Kids Watch, 229 [23JA]

We Should Protect Our Families by Law, 14184 [14JN]

Who Says Education Can't Be Fun?, 25110-25112 [19SE]

Why Is America Failing Its Children?, 23597-23599 [10SE]

Work Leave Bill Makes Sense, 14188 [14JN]

Working Americans Deserve Leave Time, 14193 [14JN]

Worksite School, 18940-18941 [24JY]

World Summit for Children, 14744 [20JN]

Bills and resolutions

Administration on Children, Youth, and Families: establish (see H.R. 5654)

Aeronautics: use of child restraint systems on commercial aircraft (see H.R. 4025)

Aged: congregate nutrition services and intergenerational activities in certain schools (see S. 3245)

American Samoa: establish a gifted and talented program for students (see S. 2082)

Anti-Child Pornography Possession Act: enact (see S. 2481)

Birth control: extend program of voluntary family planning (see H.R. 5693)

Boys & Girls Clubs of America: grant charter (see S. 2981; H.R. 5766)

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorize use for World Summit for Children candlelight vigils (see H. Con. Res. 353)

Child Development and Education Act: enact (H.R. 3), consideration (see H. Res. 368)

Child Labor Act: enact (see S. 2548)

Child support: penalties for avoidance of payments (see S. 2185)

Children of Substance Abusers Act: enact (see S. 2820)

Children's Health Access and Prevention Act: enact (see S. 2989)

Commission on Interstate Child Support: reauthorize (see S. 3117)

Comprehensive Assistance to Substance Abusing Families Act: enact (see S. 2559)

Convention on the Rights of the Child: ratification (see S. Res. 231; H. Res. 312)

Council on Environmental Quality: establish awards program to stimulate excellence in environmental education (see H.R. 5465)

Courts: custody determination (see S. 2501)

Crime and criminals: improve protective service systems (see S. 3132)

———protect rights of victims (see H.R. 4688)

———protect the rights of victims (see H.R. 3958)

Decade of the Child: designate (see S.J. Res. 282; H.J. Res. 614)

Drug abuse: allow narcotics-addicted mothers to reside in drug abuse treatment facilities with their children (see H.R. 5186)

———funding for resistance education programs by local educational agencies (see H.R. 5064)

———revise and extend programs for reducing incidence among pregnant and postpartum women (see H.R. 5662)

———treatment and rehabilitation programs (see S. 2497)

Drunk Driving Child Protection Act: enact (see S. 2545)

Economic Opportunity Act: enact (see S. 2866)

Education: assure fair opportunities (see H.R. 3850)

———authorizing certain programs (see H.R. 5932)

———authorizing certain programs (H.R. 5932), change enrollment (see H. Con. Res. 398)

———commitment to Federal aid programs (see S.J. Res. 374)

———commitment to Federal assistance (see H.J. Res. 489)

———comprehensive national assessment of certain programs (see H.R. 3910)

———comprehensive school program on the Constitution and the Bill of Rights (see S. Con. Res. 123)

———eligibility for grants based on students maintaining satisfactory grades as a condition for extracurricular activities (see H.R. 4731)

———establish a School-Based Management Program (see S. 2217)

———establish grant programs to promote after-school learning activities (see H.R. 4529)

———establish program for educational performance agreements (see H.R. 5218)

———establish programs to provide monetary compensation to students for reading and reporting on books (see H.R. 5688)

———fund to assist local reform efforts (see S. 3185)

———improve (see H.R. 4379, 5115)

———improve counseling in elementary schools (see H.R. 3970)

———improve foreign language and culture instruction (see H.R. 4144)

———improve (H.R. 5115), consideration (see H. Res. 430)

———improve the quality of instruction in the humanities (see S. 2223)

———improving foreign language instruction in elementary schools (see H. Con. Res. 294)

———improving student performance (see H.R. 3860)

———improving the quality of student writing (see S. 2039)

———making supplemental appropriations for certain programs (see S. 2002)

———measure achievement of both students and schools (see S. 3095)

———promote the study of mathematics and science in elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 4982)

———promote writing (see H.R. 5127)

———review of certain programs covered under the Impact Aid Act (see H.R. 5633)

———scholarships to individuals who agree to teach science and mathematics (see H.R. 5248)

———strengthening the early childhood and elementary teaching professions (see H.R. 3909)

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: improve secondary school programs (see H.R. 5140)

Elementary School Counseling Demonstration Act: enact (see S. 2898)

Employment: entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (see H.R. 5500)

———family leave for employees to attend school activities (see H.R. 5882)

———provide unpaid leave to certain employees (see H.R. 5374)

———require employers to provide information on family leave policies (see H.R. 4316)

Even Start Program: include certain U.S. territories (H.R. 4957) (see H.R. 4957)

Families: loan deferments and forgiveness program for social service agencies serving high-risk children and families (see S. 3133)

———planning services assistance (see S. 2997)

———prevention of domestic violence (see S. 3134)

Family and Medical Leave Act: enact (see S. 2973)

Family Planning Services Act: enact (see S. 2998)

Federal aid programs: extend and improve child care services (see H.R. 4294)

———extend eligibility for reimbursement for meal supplements for afterschool care (see S. 2055)

Federal employees: allow sick leave use for adoption of child (see H.R. 4953)

Follow Through Act: reauthorizing (see S. 2736)

Garage Door Opener Safety Act: enact (see H.R. 4734)

Global Elementary Education Act: enact (see S. 2552)

Guam: establish a gifted and talented program for students (see S. 2082)

Gun-Free School Zones Act: enact (see S. 2070)

Head Start Act: extend and amend programs (see H.R. 4170)

Head Start Expansion and Quality Improvement Act: enact (see S. 2229)

Head Start Program: anniversary (see S.J. Res. 265; H.J. Res. 490)

———authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 3953, 4150)

———establish an annual amount per capita to be expended on participating children (see H.R. 4391)

———extend and amend (see S. 2230)

———inclusion of day care (see H.R. 4381)

Head Start Transition Project Act: enact (see S. 2363)

Health: adequate care (see H. Con. Res. 387)

———birth control and infertility (see H. Con. Res. 309)

———care for infants with congenital conditions caused by substance abuse by their mothers (see H.R. 4847)

———development of research centers for birth control and infertility (see H.R. 4583)

———establish vaccine initiative (see S. 3022)

———extend immunization program for vaccine-preventable diseases (see S. 3166)

———prevent unnecessary illness, suffering, and death (see H.R. 5596)

———primary pediatric care to disadvantaged and homeless children (see H.R. 5666)

Homeless: appropriations for children's education and youth support services (see H.R. 4574)

———State programs for education of children (see H.R. 5128)

Human resources programs: miscellaneous amendments (see H.R. 4229)

Human Services Reauthorization Act: enact (H.R. 4151), consideration (see H. Res. 392)

Hunger: response to emergency afflicting U.S. families (see H.R. 4110)

Indian Child Protective Services and Family Violence Prevention Act: enact (see S. 2340)

Infant Mortality Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 546)

Infertility: develop improved methods of diagnosis and treatment (see S. Con. Res. 111)

Information services: collection of data on children in institutions and foster care (see H.R. 5627)

International Child Labor Deterrence Act: enact (see S. 2698)

International Child Protection and Recovery Act: enact (see S. 2529)

International Parental Child Abduction Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 363)

Labor: reform laws (see H.R. 4733)

Law enforcement officers: report all cases of missing children to the National Crime Information Center (see S. 2317)

Medicaid: alcoholism and drug dependency treatment for pregnant women (see H.R. 5536)

———better health protection for mothers and children (see S. 3081)

———continuous eligibility for infants of eligible women (see S. 3116)

———drug dependency residential treatment services for pregnant women and certain family members (see H.R. 5750)

———funding of abortion in case of rape or incest (see H. Res. 314)

———improve access to health care services to needy children (see H.R. 3932)

———increase enrollment of eligible pregnant women and children (see H.R. 5480)

———reduce infant mortality rate through improved coverage of services to pregnant women and infants (see H.R. 3931)

———reduction of infant mortality (see S. 2198)

Medicaid Child Health Act: enact (see S. 2459)

Medicaid Drug Treatment for Families Act: enact (see S. 3002)

National Adoption Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 362; H.J. Res. 476)

National Awareness Month of Children With Cancer: designate (see S.J. Res. 305)

National Awareness Month of Children with Cancer: designate (see H.J. Res. 617)

National Center for Therapeutic Riding: charter (see S. 2078)

National Child Search Assistance Act: enact (see H.R. 4407)

National Children's Community Immunity Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 537)

National Children's Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 316; H.J. Res. 481)

National D.A.R.E. Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 281; H.J. Res. 535)

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 328)

National Drug-Free Schools and Communities Education and Awareness Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 304)

National Family Caregivers Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 354)

National Foster Care Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 540)

National Give Kids a Fighting Chance Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 515)

National Give the Kids a Fighting Chance Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 284)

National Parents Against Drug Abuse Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 368)

National Parents and Teachers Association Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 364; H.J. Res. 663)

National Parents of Murdered Children Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 523)

National parks: establish a program for children (see H.R. 5946)

National Red Ribbon Week for a Drug-Free America: designate (see S.J. Res. 346)

National School Lunch Program: study (see S. 2471)

National Women and Girls in Sports Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 358)

Older Americans Act: amend to provide congregate nutrition services and intergenerational activities in schools (see H.R. 5926)

Parents as Teachers—the Family Involvement in Education Act: enact (see S. 2366)

Pediatric AIDS Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 661)

Pornography: regulation of dial-a-porn services (see S. 3269)

Postal service: child-resistant packaging of unsolicited sample drugs or hazardous items (see H.R. 5209)

Poverty: expand and improve education programs for homeless children and youths (see H.R. 4934)

Primary Pediatric Outreach and Care for Disadvantaged Children Act: enact (see S. 2054)

Rockingham County, VA: use of a certain parcel of land for a child care center (see H.R. 3888)

Romania: availability of children for foreign adoption (see H. Con. Res. 346)

School lunch program: restore benefits under the Dependent Care Food Program (see H.R. 4084)

Science and Mathematics Achievement Readiness Act: enact (see S. 2373)

Smoking: activities to reduce incidence among students (see H.R. 3942)

Social conditions: child welfare services and foster care (see H.R. 5020)

———expand social services for families and children (see H.R. 5125)

Social Security: children's insurance benefits (see H.R. 4938)

———determination of average annual income for benefit eligibility (see H.R. 5751)

———eligibility for certain benefits of children relative to their status as a full-time student (see H.R. 4626)

———exempt services by full-time students for children's camps (see H.R. 4052)

———funds for innovative child welfare and family support services (see S. 3174)

———health insurance for children under 23 years of age and mothers (see H.R. 4280)

———improve the foster care maintenance payments program (see S. 2899)

———plans for cases where placement of certain children in foster care is not immediate (see S. 3236)

———prevent abandoned babies from experiencing prolonged foster care when permanent families are available (see H.R. 4850)

Sound recording and reproducing: uniform labeling for violence and obscenity (see H. Con. Res. 328)

Sports: establish youth programs at public housing projects that have substantial drug problems (see H.R. 4711)

SSI: eligibility standards (see S. 2290)

State Dependent Care Development Grants Act: extend and amend programs (see H.R. 4735)

State Dependent Care Grants Improvement Act: enact (see S. 2811)

States: child welfare, foster care, and adoption assistance services (see H.R. 5011)

———establish grant programs for comprehensive mental health services for children (see H.R. 5306)

Substance Abuse During Pregnancy Act: enact (see S. 2505)

Tariff: infant nursery monitors and intercoms (see S. 2115)

Taxation: credit for eligible child-care providers (see S. 2984)

———credits for investment in child care facilities (see H.R. 4037)

———refundable credit for expenses of individuals adopting children (see H.R. 5957)

———treatment of group health insurance plans relative to adopted children (see H.R. 4940)

———treatment of income to be used for a child's educational expenses (see H.R. 3858)

———treatment of residential telephone expenses of day care facilities (see S. 2947)

Veterans: authorize the burial of certain children in veterans cemeteries (see S. 2482)

Volunteer workers: projects to protect students and educational institution employees from criminal activity (see H.R. 5445)

White House Conference on Young Americans: convene (see H.R. 5654)

WIC: emergency funding crises (see S. 2821)

———reallocation of funds from State food programs (see H.R. 5149)

———revision in the special supplemental food program (see H.R. 5488)

Women: pregnancy information and counseling to certain (see S. 3238)

Young American Workers' Bill of Rights: establish (see S. 2697)

Youth: child food programs relative to day care services (see H.R. 5250)

———establish school-based community service programs (see H.R. 4330)

———establish school-based community service programs (H.R. 4330), consideration (see H. Res. 463)

Chronologies

Case of Oakwood Child Care Center, 36692 [27OC]

Cloture motions

Employment: entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (H.R. 770), 13864 [13JN]

Commentaries

Child care services legislation: Representative Pease, 3827 [7MR]

Court documents

Bowen v. Kendrick: Supreme Court, 6021 [29MR]

Mueller v. Allen: Supreme Court, 6019 [29MR]

Descriptions

Education's impact aid amendments to H.R. 3910, 9996 [10MY]

Documents

Children's Charter—President Hoover's White House Conference on Child Health and Protection Recognizing the Rights of the Child as the First Rights of Citizenship Pledges Itself to These Aims for the Children of America, 10780 [16MY]

Rise of the Title X Program, 25898 [26SE]

Essays

Homeless: Kenneth Joh, 1886 [20FE]

Expose

Drug-exposed infants: Theo Sonderegger and Josephine Gittler, 838-839 [30JA]

Factsheets

Child Death and Injury: Swedish Save the Children (organization), 26912 [1OC]

Child Health—Lessons From Developed Nations, 24022 [28SE]

Children Under Curfew: Swedish Save the Children (organization), 26913 [1OC]

Drunk Driving Child Protection Act (S. 2545), 8903 [1MY]

House Demolition and Child Homelessness: Swedish Save the Children (organization), 26913 [1OC]

Jacob Wetterling Foundation—In Service to Children Abducted by a Stranger, 9532 [7MY]

History

Concerned Parents for Head Start, 10828 [16MY]

Letters

Abortion, 12469 [24MY]

———Jeremy W. Breazeal, 13351 [7JN]

———Laura Alvey, 5561 [27MR]

Abortion rights: Representative Brennan, 263 [24JA]

AIDS Prevention Act: Alan Brownstein, National Hemophilia Foundation, 13943 [13JN]

———Robert H. Sweeney, National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions, 13943 [13JN]

———Susan M. Campbell, Pediatric AIDS Coalition, 13943 [13JN]

———W.M. McDermott, Jr., Massachusetts Medical Society, 13948 [13JN]

Antidrug efforts: Norfolk, VA, Little Creek Elementary School's Just Say No Club, 11175 [18MY]

Child care: David M. Ackerman, 6020 [29MR]

———National Council of Churches of Christ, 5544 [27MR]

———U.S. Catholic Conference, 6029 [29MR]

Child Development and Education Act: John H. Sununu, 14897 [20JN]

———National School Board Association, 5792 [28MR]

Child labor laws: Elizabeth H. Dole, Sec. of Transportation, 33355 [24OC]

———Representatives Pease, Schumer, and Lantos, 33355 [24OC]

Children of Substance Abusers Act: Birt Harvey, American Academy of Pediatrics, 16467 [28JN]

———David S. Liederman, Child Welfare League of America, Inc., 16467 [28JN]

———Frank Farrow, Family Resources Coalition, 16468 [28JN]

———James T. Dowell, Children of Alcoholics Foundation, Inc., 16468 [28JN]

———Marian W. Edelman, Children's Defense Fund, 16467 [28JN]

———Robert H. Sweeney, National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions, Inc., 16467 [28JN]

———Thomas L. Birch, National Child Abuse Coalition, 16467 [28JN]

Children's vaccine initiative: Association of Schools of Public Health, 23769 [11SE]

———Samuel L. Katz, 23769 [11SE]

Comprehensive Assistance to Substance Abusing Families Act: American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, 8950 [1MY]

———American Society of Addiction Medicine, Inc., 8949 [1MY]

———National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors, 8949 [1MY]

———Therapeutic Communities of America, 8949 [1MY]

Convention on the Rights of the Child: several Representatives, 24737 [17SE]

———Society for Nutrition Education, 25256 [20SE]

Description of a personal miscarriage, 365 [24JA]

Development programs: Connie L. Hayden, National Center for Montessori Education, 4567 [20MR]

Disabled childrens' benefit claims: Senator Heinz, 15887 [27JN]

Drunk Driving Child Protection Act: Micky Sadoff, 8904 [1MY]

Education goals: Senator Mitchell and Representative Foley, 20586 [31JY]

Education improvements: Representative Hawkins, Committee on Education and Labor, 17553 [16JY]

———Representative Roe, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 17552 [16JY]

———U.S. Chamber of Commerce, 17553 [16JY]

Eligibility of veterans' children for burial in national cemeteries: Edward J. Derwinski, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, 7783 [20AP]

Family and Medical Leave Act: Elizabeth Dole, Sec. of Labor, 8316 [25AP]

———Elizabeth H. Dole, Sec. of Labor, 13868 [13JN], 14203 [14JN]

———John J. Motley III, National Federation of Independent Business, 8314 [25AP]

———National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare, 8560 [27AP]

———Representatives Grandy and Penny, 7664 [20AP]

———Thomas K. Zaucha, Small Business Legislative Council, 8314 [25AP]

Foster Parents Plan: Kenneth H. Phillips, PLAN International USA, 17655 [17JY]

Health care: Brad and Michele Goerke, 17355 [13JY]

———C.J. Cornelius, Jr., 17356 [13JY]

Health protection for mothers and children: Birt Harvey, American Academy of Pediatrics, 25081 [19SE]

———Donald J. Kroes, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, 25084 [19SE]

———Dorothy A. Walsh, American Information Technologies, 25082 [19SE]

———Harold A. Kaminetzky, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, 25081 [19SE]

———Jerry J. Jasinowski, National Association of Manufacturers, 25083 [19SE]

———John P. Galles, National Small Business United, 25084 [19SE]

———Marian W. Edelman, Children's Defense Fund, 25083 [19SE]

———Mary N. Lehnhard, Blue Cross and Blue Shield, 25082 [19SE]

———Paul C. Rettig, American Hospital Association, 25082 [19SE]

———Robert H. Sweeney, National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions, Inc., 25083 [19SE]

———Willis B. Goldbeck, Washington Business Group on Health, 25084 [19SE]

Improving education: Gilda F. Amantea, 27844 [5OC]

Iraqi treatment of children in Kuwait: Hassan A. Al-Ebraheem, Citizens for a Free Kuwait, 24733 [17SE]

Kathy French's contributions to preschool education: Maribeth Pollard, 8973 [1MY]

Oakwood Child Development Center renovation funding: Dept. of HHS, 36693, 36694, 36696, 36697 [27OC]

———Dept. of Justice, 36698 [27OC]

———Joe Bobker, 36694 [27OC]

———Senator Humphrey, 36693, 36696, 36697, 36698 [27OC]

Presidential Awards for Excellence in Environmental Education: Council on Environmental Quality, 23111 [3AU]

Primary Pediatric Outreach and Care for Disadvantaged Children Act: American Academy of Pediatrics, 1077 [1FE]

———National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions, Inc., 1076 [1FE]

———National Network of Runaway and Youth Services, Inc., 1076 [1FE]

School-based child care funding: Senator Bond, 15216 [21JN]

U.S. family planning assistance: R. Ray Randlett, 31789 [22OC]

———several organizations, 31733 [22OC]

WIC program: Catherine Bertini, Dept. of Agriculture, 35788 [26OC]

World Summit: several Senators, 23744 [11SE]

Lists

Cosponsors of H.R. 1492, assistance programs, services, and conferences for youth, 7366 [18AP]

Countries eligible to receive AID development assistance in which the legal status on abortion is less restrictive than the prohibitions contained in the Mexico City policy, 31789 [22OC]

Florida 16th Congressional District's schools on National Children's Day, 28458 [11OC]

International Planned Parenthood Federations affiliates funded by AID, 31789 [22OC]

Members of the ad hoc working group on Head Start, 35586 [26OC]

Minnesota Licensed Family Child Care Association honorees, 5325 [26MR]

Organizations supporting H.R. 770, Family and Medical Leave Act, 14196 [14JN]

Organizations supporting language of Reid amendment to S. 1970, protection for victims of child abuse, 16239, 16288 [28JN]

Press accounts of homosexual activities of persons involved in youth activities, 28606 [11OC]

Meetings

OTA: board approved project proposal, Kids, Tests, and American Education, D118 [8MR]

Memorials of legislature

California, 26908 [1OC], 27151 [2OC]

Illinois, 20549 [30JY]

Mariana Islands, 26909 [1OC]

Pennsylvania, 34452 [25OC]

Rhode Island: convention on rights of the child, 5398 [27MR]

South Carolina, 3401 [5MR], 3668 [7MR]

Virginia, 8069 [24AP], 14226 [14JN]

West Virginia, 16896 [11JY]

Messages

Family and Medical Leave Act Veto: President Bush, 16681 [10JY]

Monolog

Social Worker's Story: Suzanne C. Goldman, 37173 [2NO]

Motions

Child Development and Education Act: enact (H.R. 3), 6042 [29MR]

———enact (H.R. 3), instruct conferees, 14600, 14671 [19JN], 14887, 14897 [20JN]

Education: improve (H.R. 5115), 17568 [16JY]

Employment: entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (H.R. 770), recommit, 9987 [10MY]

Papers

Mexico City Policy—Should the U.S. Subsidize Pro-Abortion Advocacy Overseas? National Right to Life Committee, 31792 [22OC]

Motion To Recommit in the House—The Minority's Motion: Ilona B. Nickels, 5955 [29MR]

Petitions

Broward County, FL, Board of Commissioners, 28007 [7OC]

Burlington, VT, City Council, 6358 [3AP]

Fairbanks, AK, Interior Democrats, 9329 [3MY]

Lakewood, OH, 14559 [19JN], 14706 [19JN]

Milwaukee, WI, citizens, 18131 [19JY]

National Order of Women Legislators, 683 [29JA]

New York, NY, City Council, 40 [23JA], 7341 [18AP]

Office of Friend of the Court, 26th Judicial Circuit of Michigan, 30252 [17OC]

Poems

``Let the Mothers Lead the Fight,'' Representative Major R. Owens, 5561 [27MR]

Press releases

Children's vaccine initiative, 23769 [11SE]

States to receive more money for WIC program: Dept. of Agriculture, 16574 [28JN]

Proposals

Health care for uninsured children: American Academy of Pediatrics, 19101 [24JY]

Recommendations

Child restraint system on aircraft: NTSB, 13071 [6JN]

Remarks in House

Abortion: parental consent requirement for minors, 30959 [18OC]

———pro choice versus right to life, 9 [23JA], 4741 [21MR], 8983 [1MY], 15349 [22JN], 16828 [11JY], 22135 [3AU], 23793 [11SE], 31031 [18OC], 31485-31492 [20OC], 31722 [21OC]

———pro choice versus right to life in Guam, 5444 [27MR]

Advertising: restrictions during children's television (H.R. 1677), 18683-18687 [23JY], 26847-26853 [1OC]

Aeronautics: use of child restraint systems on commercial aircraft (H.R. 4025), 2878 [27FE]

Alameda County, CA: tribute to the Hispanic Community Affairs Council, 9670 [8MY]

American Opportunities Workshop: television broadcast, 11386-11392 [21MY]

Argentina: tribute to Abuelas group for investigating the disappearance of children during military dictatorship from 1976-1983, 23038 [3AU]

Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Reauthorization Act: enact (S. 1893), 34921-34929 [26OC], 37134 [27OC], 37177 [2NO]

Aurora, IL: tribute to local ``Just Say No to Drugs'' clubs, 14015 [13JN]

Berwyn, PA: Daemion House Community Counseling and Crisis Center anniversary, 25553 [25SE]

Birmingham, AL: B.E.&K. child care program, 5545 [27MR]

Birth control: extend program of voluntary family planning (H.R. 5693), 26454 [27SE], 30959 [18OC], 33370 [24OC]

Budget: education and child care funding, 30963 [18OC]

———impact of deficit reduction agreement, 27042 [2OC]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 5835), 30958 [18OC]

Bush, Barbara: tribute to Story Time program, 25043 [19SE]

Camp Sunshine, GA: tribute, 10598 [15MY]

Child Development and Education Act: enact (H.R. 3), 3657-3662 [7MR], 4534 [20MR], 4741 [21MR], 5234 [26MR], 5446 [27MR], 5560 [27MR], 5697, 5766, 5773-5777 [28MR], 5960 [29MR], 6042 [4AP], 6043 [18AP]-6045 [29MR], 6091 [29MR], 6842 [4AP], 9830, 9831 [9MY]

———enact (H.R. 3), conference report, 16586, 16617 [28JN], 27673 [4OC]

———enact (H.R. 3), consideration (H. Res. 368), 5947-5959 [29MR]

———enact (H.R. 3), motion to instruct conferees, 14600, 14671 [19JN], 14887, 14897-14901 [20JN]

Children: health care of uninsured, 19101 [24JY]

Cincinnati, OH: anniversary of Foster Grandparent Program, 19774 [26JY]

Civil rights: establishment of right to be supported by parents (H.R. 199), 16595 [28JN]

Clatsop County, OR: tribute to Camp VOCA, 25554 [25SE]

Cleveland, OH: participation in the Student Pennant Race, 13020 [6JN]

Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (Select): assessment of health and nutrition issues, 26656-26661 [28SE]

Concerned Parents for Head Start: tribute, 10828 [16MY]

Convention on the Rights of the Child: ratification, 499 [25JA]

———ratification (H. Res. 312), 711 [30JA], 860, 867 [30JA], 24732, 24736-24737 [17SE], 26186 [27SE]

Conventions: U.S. participation relative to maintenance obligations (H. Res. 467), 25033 [19SE]

Council on Environmental Quality: establish awards program to stimulate excellence in environmental education (H.R. 5465), 23110 [3AU]

Courts: closed-circuit television testimony of children in abuse cases, 27362 [3OC]

———testimony, 36928, 36929 [27OC]

Crayola crayons: retirement of certain colors, 23116 [15AU]

Crime and criminals: protect rights of victims (H.R. 4688), 9114 [2MY]

Dade County, FL: tribute to National Youth Crime Prevent Conference, 19778 [26JY]

———tribute to Parent Resource Center, 25531 [24SE]

Day care: Bush administration proposals, 4534 [20MR]

———tax credit, 1704 [7FE], 5525 [27MR], 27266 [3OC], 27421 [3OC], 35217, 35220, 35227, 35240, 35244 [26OC]

Dept. of Education: antidrug abuse efforts in education system, 10606 [16MY]

District of Columbia: Federal funding for abortion, 34138-34143 [25OC]

———health care for pregnant women who are substance abusers, 34143 [25OC]

Dropout demonstration programs: extend authorization for certain (H.R. 2281), 2875 [27FE]

Drug abuse: allow narcotics-addicted mothers to reside in drug abuse treatment facilities with their children (H.R. 5186), 16093 [27JN]

———Drug Abuse Resistence Education program, 27362, 27363 [3OC]

———funding for resistance education programs by local educational agencies (H.R. 5064), 16665-16669 [10JY]

———support Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) program, 16103 [28JN]

———television cartoon special, 7410 [19AP]

Ecology: children and the environment, 13255 [6JN]

Education: authorizing certain programs (H.R. 5932), 34149 [26OC], 34502, 34504-34543 [26OC]

———authorizing certain programs (H.R. 5932), change enrollment (H. Con. Res. 398), 36851 [27OC]

———Bush administration budget initiatives, 238 [23JA], 878 [31JA], 2647 [27FE], 2879, 2883 [27FE], 2913, 2921-2923 [28FE], 3056 [28FE], 20562 [30JY]

———comprehensive national assessment of certain programs (H.R. 3910), 865 [30JA], 2648, 2652-2654 [27FE], 9994-9997 [10MY]

———eligibility for grants based on students maintaining satisfactory grades as a condition for extracurricular activities (H.R. 4731), 9306 [3MY]

———English instruction for immigrant children, 29010 [12OC]

———establish programs to provide monetary compensation to students for reading and reporting on books (H.R. 5688), 25284 [21SE]

———Federal commitment (H.J. Res. 489), 2650 [27FE], 2876, 2884 [27FE]

———improve counseling in elementary schools (H.R. 3970), 1487 [7FE]

———improve (H.R. 5115), 16639 [10JY], 17552-17568 [16JY], 17862 [18JY], 18471, 18476, 18477 [20JY], 18533 [23JY]-18534 [20JY], 18899-18901 [24JY]

———improve (H.R. 5115), consideration (H. Res. 430), 17213-17217 [12JY]

———improve (H.R. 5115), corrections in engrossment, 18534 [20JY]

———promote and enhance science and mathematics literacy, 17122 [11JY]

———promote the study of mathematics and science in elementary and secondary schools (H.R. 4982), 17547 [16JY], 17550 [17JY]-17551 [16JY], 21693 [1AU]

———promote writing (H.R. 5127), 15347 [22JN], 16598 [28JN]

———promoting excellence by recognizing and rewarding schools, teachers, and students (H.R. 1675), 3657-3662 [7MR]

———review of certain programs covered under the Impact Aid Act (H.R. 5633), 24757 [17SE]

———scholarships to individuals who agree to teach science and mathematics (H.R. 5248), 17122 [11JY]

———strengthening the early childhood and elementary teaching professions (H.R. 3909), 714 [30JA]

———student loans, 18384 [19JY]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: improve secondary school programs (H.R. 5140), 16674-16677 [10JY], 35192 [26OC]

Employment: entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (H.R. 770), 2886, 2887, 2889, 2890, 2891 [28FE], 4257, 4262 [13MR], 4325 [14MR], 4416, 4418 [15MR], 4740 [21MR], 5020 [22MR], 7663 [20AP], 8123 [24AP], 8314, 8329, 8333 [25AP], 8560, 8574 [27AP], 9206 [2MY], 9496 [7MY], 9640, 9641, 9642, 9643, 9644, 9677-9679 [8MY], 9823, 9825, 9826, 9827, 9830, 9877 [9MY], 9889 [10MY]-9894 [9MY], 9946-9991 [10MY], 15746, 15747, 15748 [27JN], 16589 [28JN], 35977 [26OC]

———entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (H.R. 770), conference report, 9985 [14MY], 9986 [17MY], 10310 [14MY], 10582 [15MY]

———entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (H.R. 770), consideration (H. Res. 388), 9868-9876 [9MY]

———entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (H.R. 770), veto, 16681 [10JY], 18819, 18821 [24JY], 19117, 19118, 19119, 19122, 19123, 19124, 19125 [25JY], 19142 [26JY]-19143 [25JY], 21692 [1AU]

———family leave for employees to attend school activities (H.R. 5882), 31445 [20OC]

Fall River, MA: Orphans Foundation Inc., 8558 [27AP]

Federal aid programs: extend and improve child care services (H.R. 4294), 4469 [15MR], 4497 [19MR], 4534, 4535, 4567 [20MR], 4745 [21MR], 5773-5777 [28MR]

Federal employees: allow sick leave use for adoption of child (H.R. 4953), 12567 [24MY]

Firearms: local schools' safety education responsibility, 2119 [21FE]

Food program allotments, 14877 [20JN]

Forestdale, NY: tribute to Joy Bailey by Forestdale Foster and Adoptive Parents Association, 14285 [14JN]

Foster Parent Plan, RI: name change to PLAN International USA, 14484 [18JN]

Freedom of Choice Act: enact (H.R. 3700), 17334 [12JY]

Garage Door Opener Safety Act: enact (H.R. 4734), 9307 [3MY], 9433 [3MY]

Golden Cradle Adoption Agency: anniversary, 4481 [15MR]

Good Grief Project: tribute, 23697 [10SE]

Green Ribbon Week: observance, 5538 [27MR]

Hawaii: innovative efforts in child care, 4310 [13MR]

Head Start Act: extend and amend programs (H.R. 4170), 3264 [1MR]

Head Start Program: anniversary, 10419 [15MY], 13008 [6JN], 13456 [7JN]

———anniversary (H.J. Res. 490), 2649 [27FE], 2880 [27FE], 9069 [1MY], 9070 [2MY]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3953), 1456 [6FE]

———inclusion of day care (H.R. 4381), 16586 [28JN]

———reauthorizing, 10631 [21MY]

———tribute, 9922 [9MY]

Health: adequate care (H. Con. Res. 387), 31727 [20OC]

———care for infants with congenital conditions caused by substance abuse by their mothers (H.R. 4847), 11087, 11090 [17MY]

———care of uninsured children, 19101 [24JY]

———development of research centers for birth control and infertility (H.R. 4583), 8233, 8234 [25AP]

———infant mortality, 4386 [14MR]

———pregnancy and tobacco use, 8571 [27AP]

———prevent unnecessary illness, suffering, and death (H.R. 5596), 24496 [13SE]

———primary pediatric care to disadvantaged and homeless children (H.R. 5666), 25180 [19SE]

———tribute to Spina Bifida Association, Southeast Florida, 13281 [7JN]

Homeless: appropriations for children's education and youth support services (H.R. 4574), 7408 [19AP]

———assistance for children, 15331 [21JN]

House of Representatives: procedures relative to introduction of child care legislation, 4497 [19MR]

Housing: Federal assistance relative to food donations for homeless individuals (H.R. 4706), 9280 [2MY]

Human Services Reauthorization Act: enact (H.R. 4151), consideration (H. Res. 392), 10612, 10613 [16MY]

Hunger: response to emergency afflicting U.S. families (H.R. 4110), 2699-2702 [27FE], 2857 [27FE], 32704 [23OC]

Indian Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act: enact (S. 1783), 29443 [15OC], 29447 [17OC]-29448 [15OC]

Infant formula: price, 22133 [3AU]

Infant mortality: preventing, 1722 [7FE]

Infant Mortality Awareness Day: designate (H.J. Res. 546), 6658 [4AP], 7952 [24AP], 7954 [25AP]-7955 [24AP]

INS: special ceremony for naturalization of young adoptees, 9940 [9MY]

International relations: U.S. participation in conventions relative to maintenance obligations (H. Res. 467), 25033 [19SE]

Israel: outbreak of violence in Jerusalem, 28248 [10OC]

———tribute to Children's Medical Center, 27415 [3OC]

John Sloat Basic Elementary School, CA: Celebration of Reading program, 9714 [8MY]

Kids in Crisis organization: tribute, 21690 [1AU]

Labor: exploitation in workplace, 4417 [15MR]

———reform laws (H.R. 4733), 33352 [24OC]

Louisville, KY: relocation of the Dept. of Education Southeast Region Drug Free School Center, 27263 [3OC]

———tribute to Jefferson County Child Support Enforcement Office, 6082 [29MR]

———tribute to St. Alban's Child Care Center, 2871 [27FE]

March of Dime Birth Defects Prevention Month: observance, 649 [25JA]

Medicaid: drug dependency residential treatment services for pregnant women and certain family members (H.R. 5750), 26665 [28SE]

———improve access to health care services to needy children (H.R. 3932), 1093, 1100 [1FE]

———increase enrollment of eligible pregnant women and children (H.R. 5480), 23044 [3AU]

———reduce infant mortality rate through improved coverage of services to pregnant women and infants (H.R. 3931), 1093 [1FE]

Miami, FL: playparks upgraded by Pepsi-Cola Co., 24531 [14SE]

———tribute to Hats Off to Kids fundraising event, 27157 [2OC]

Michigan: tribute to Head Start program, 28708 [11OC]

Mount Vernon, NY: tribute to Day Care Center, Inc., 31727 [21OC]

Nassau County, NY: tribute to St. Mary's Children and Family Services, 27672 [4OC]

National Adoption Week: designate (H.J. Res. 476), 1710 [7FE]

———designate (S.J. Res. 362), 29939 [16OC]

National Child Search Assistance Act: enact (H.R. 4407), 5803 [28MR], 32384 [22OC]

National Children's Day: designate (S.J. Res. 316), 20896 [31JY]

———observance, 28458 [11OC]

National Court-Appointed Special Advocate Program: annual conference, 9729 [8MY]

National D.A.R.E. Day: designate (H.J. Res. 535), 6069 [29MR], 17860 [17JY]

———designate (S.J. Res. 281), 17821 [17JY]

National Drug-Free Schools and Communities Education and Awareness Day: designate (S.J. Res. 304), 29933 [16OC]

National Give Kids a Fighting Chance Week: designate (H.J. Res. 515), 20896 [31JY]

National objectives: legislative agenda on social issues, 3657-3662 [7MR]

National Parents and Teachers Association Week: designate (S.J. Res. 364), 35193 [26OC]

New Castle, PA: anniversary of Lawrence County Head Start, 11711 [23MY]

New Paltz, NY: tribute to Child Find of America, Inc., 27161 [2OC]

New Roads, LA: Pointe Coupee Elementary School drug education program, 19788 [26JY]

New York, NY: anniversary of the Adrien Block Intermediate School, 10832 [16MY]

———opening of world's largest Ronald McDonald House, 30093 [16OC]

———tribute to Providence House, 15342 [21JN]

New York State American Legion Auxiliary: tribute, 11812 [23MY]

Nutrition: funding for Federal aid programs for children and refugees, 15824 [11JY]

Obey, Representative: recipient of U.S. Committee for UNICEF's Award for Distinguished Service, 12532 [24MY]

Older Americans Act: amend to provide congregate nutrition services and intergenerational activities in schools (H.R. 5926), 34454, 34455 [27OC]

Orange County, CA: tribute to Olive Crest, 18814 [23JY]

Peace Child Foundation: tribute, 19488 [26JY]

Pediatric AIDS Awareness Day: designate (H.J. Res. 661), 26913 [1OC]

Play-It-Safe International: tribute to childrens' safety training, 7371 [18AP]

Portland, ME: Spurwink Elementary School anniversary, 25851 [26SE]

Postal Service: child-resistant packaging of unsolicited sample drugs or hazardous items (H.R. 5209), 26813, 26814 [1OC]

Poverty: reallocation of funds from State food programs for WIC (H.R. 5149), 16154-16156 [28JN]

Public Welfare: out-of-home child care, 8550 [27AP]

Riverside, CA: tribute to Alternatives to Domestic Violence (organization), 19486 [26JY]

Rockingham County, VA: use of a certain parcel of land for a child care center (H.R. 3888), 16660 [10JY]

Romania: condition of institutionalized children, 24617 [14SE]

———family planning assistance, 15749 [27JN]

———mistreatment of orphaned children, 13454 [7JN]

Romeoville, IL: dedication of Safety Town, 23043 [3AU]

Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission, CA: tribute to Children's Festival, 12999 [5JN]

Sex offenses: pedophiliac abuse, 3414 [5MR]

Smith, Representative Denny: support of Family Choice and Child Care Improvement Act amendment, 6046 [29MR]

Smoking: activities to reduce incidence among students (H.R. 3942), 1202 [5FE]

Social conditions: child welfare services and foster care (H.R. 5020), 14004, 14006 [13JN], 15071 [21JN]

———expand social services for families and children (H.R. 5125), 15353 [22JN]

Social Security: children's insurance benefits (H.R. 4938), 12558 [24MY]

———conditions in which additional years may be disregarded in determining average annual earnings relative to benefit amounts (H.R. 5104), 15059 [21JN]

———determination of average annual income for benefit eligibility (H.R. 5751), 26664 [28SE]

———health insurance for children under 23 years of age and mothers (H.R. 4280), 4462 [15MR]

Sound recording and reproducing: uniform labeling for violence and obscenity (H. Con. Res. 328), 9945 [10MY]

South Windsor, CT: anniversary of B&B Associates' onsite day care program, 10115 [10MY]

Sports: establish youth programs at public housing projects that have substantial drug problems (H.R. 4711), 9207 [2MY]

St. Louis County, MO: tribute to Athletic Boys' Club, 8547 [26AP]

State Dependent Care Development Grants Act: extend and amend programs (H.R. 4735), 9449 [3MY]

States: establish grant programs for comprehensive mental health services for children (H.R. 5306), 18120 [18JY]

Taxation: earned income tax credit for child care, 25559 [25SE]

———exempt services by full-time students for children's camps from Social Security taxes (H.R. 4052), 2275 [21FE]

———increase amount of standard deduction (H.R. 4103), 2621 [26FE]

———transfer of income assets by parents to children, 471 [24JA]

Television: Sesame Street Preschool Educational Program, 29503 [16OC]

Tobacco industry: educate youths regarding use of products and prohibit sale to minors (H.R. 665), 12111 [24MY]

Tuckson, Reed: March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation, 1194 [5FE]

U.N.: Summit for Children, 26666 [28SE]

———World Summit on Children, 25835 [25SE], 26456 [27SE], 26563 [28SE], 26663 [28SE]

Urban areas: inner city lifestyles, 19703 [26JY]

WBBM-TV, Chicago, IL: prenatal and infant care program, 28452 [10OC]

West Covina, CA: Children Helping Children, Inc.'s Valentine card on behalf of homeless, 1886 [20FE]

WIC: funding, 14723 [20JN], 16102 [28JN]

———reallocation of funds from State food programs (H.R. 5149), 15519 [25JN]

Women: maternity leave, 3445 [6MR]

Youth: establish assistance programs, services, and conferences (H.R. 1492), 2855 [27FE], 7366 [18AP]

———establish school-based community service programs (H.R. 4330), 4961 [21MR], 23100 [3AU], 24222 [13SE], 24226 [28SE], 24246, 24247 [17SE]-24265 [13SE]

———establish school-based community service programs (H.R. 4330), consideration (H. Res. 463), 24220-24222 [13SE]

Zeigler-Royalton Grade School, Illinois: tribute to Smoke-Free Class of 2000, 7373 [18AP]

Remarks in Senate

Abortion: pro choice versus right to life, 364 [24JA], 2230 [21FE], 3564 [6MR], 25874-25883 [26SE], 36333 [27OC]

———U.S. family planning assistance to certain organizations, 31733, 31734 [22OC]

———use of Federal funds in the District of Columbia, 8787, 8806 [30AP]

———use of Federal funds to perform abortions in the District of Columbia, 8592 [27AP]

Advertising: restrictions during children's television (H.R. 1677), 24888 [18SE], 25307-25310 [24SE], 31748-31750 [22OC], 33311 [23OC]

Aeronautics: require the use of child restraint systems on commercial aircraft (S. 1913), 21920 [2AU]

———safety restraint system on aircraft, 13070 [6JN]

Aged: congregate nutrition services and intergenerational activities in certain schools (S. 3245), 33983 [25OC]

AID: family planning assistance, 31308-31314, 31336 [19OC], 31782-31792, 31797-31803 [22OC]

America Sings Week: observance, 4009 [8MR]

American Samoa: establish a gifted and talented program for students (S. 2082), 1415 [6FE]

Anti-Child Pornography Possession Act: enact (S. 2481), 7782 [20AP]

Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Reauthorization Act: enact (S. 1893), 29101-29114 [15OC]

Baltimore, MD: tribute to Fallon Federal Child Care Center, 2452 [22FE]

Big Brothers-Big Sisters of America: tribute, 15530 [26JN]

Blew, Kevin and Denise: Shiloh Christian Children's Ranch Homeparents Program participants, 11079 [17MY]

Boys & Girls Clubs of America: grant charter (S. 2981), 22859 [3AU]

Child Development and Education Act: enact (H.R. 3), 6170 [30MR], 8008 [24AP]

———enact (H.R. 3), appointment of conferees, 8029, 8037 [24AP]

Child Labor Act: enact (S. 2548), 8925-8927 [1MY]

Child support: penalties for avoidance of payments (S. 2185), 2809 [27FE]

Children: establish vaccine initiative (S. 3022), 23768 [11SE]

———funding for treatment of juvenile offenders who have be the victims of child abuse and neglect, 16292 [28JN]

Children of Substance Abusers Act: enact (S. 2820), 16462 [28JN]

Children's Health Access and Prevention Act: enact (S. 2989), 22867 [3AU]

Children's Hospital of Michigan: demonstration PET-Scan project, 21705 [2AU]

Civil liberties: international protection, 31232 [19OC]

———protection against child abuse and the production, dissemination, and possession of child pornography, 16291 [28JN]

———protection for victims of child abuse, 16288 [28JN]

———social, political, and economic stability, 23743-23746 [11SE]

Commission on Interstate Child Support: reauthorize (S. 3117), 25980 [26SE]

Comprehensive Assistance to Substance Abusing Families Act: enact (S. 2559), 8942 [1MY]

Convention on the Rights of the Child: ratification, 12474 [24MY]

———ratification (S. Res. 231), 208, 211 [23JA], 6684 [4AP]

Cooley Anemia Foundation: tribute, 3563 [6MR]

Courts: custody determination (S. 2501), 8081 [24AP]

———determination of custody in spouse abuse cases (H. Con. Res. 172), 34069 [25OC]

———increase penalties for kidnapping, 16305, 16306 [28JN]

———protect rights of crime victims (S. 1923), 16237-16241 [28JN]

Crime and criminals: Federal offense for international parental child abduction (S. 185), 6573 [3AP], 36363-36364 [27OC]

———improve protective service systems (S. 3132), 26518 [28SE]

Crippled Children's Society: anniversary, 28147 [9OC]

Day care: increase quality and availability (S. 5), 9491 [4MY], 36257 [27OC]

———tax credit, 30716 [18OC], 36262, 36263, 36266, 36272, 36541, 36673 [27OC]

Decade of the Child: designate (S.J. Res. 282), 5925 [29MR], 16577 [28JN]

Denville, NJ: drug awareness program, 16562 [28JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorize transfer of funds from unobligated balance to Dept. of HHS to fund prevention and treatment programs for addicted mothers with infants, 22673 [3AU]

Dept. of Justice: search assistance, 16389 [28JN]

Diseases: extend immunization program for vaccine-preventable diseases, 29519 [16OC]

———vaccine initiative, 31201 [19OC]

Dropout demonstration programs: extend authorization for certain (H.R. 2281), 2006-2013 [20FE]

———extend authorization for certain (H.R. 2281), time-limitation agreement, 1789 [8FE]

Drug abuse: treatment and rehabilitation programs (S. 2497), 8075 [24AP]

Drug Abuse Resistance Education Program: funding (S. 1835), 36317, 36324 [27OC]

Drug trafficking: playgrounds, 16386 [28JN]

Drunk Driving Child Protection Act: enact (S. 2545), 8903 [1MY], 25982 [26SE]

East Buchanan Elementary School, MO: Drug Abuse Resistance Education Program seminar, 1867 [8FE]

Economic Opportunity Act: enact (S. 2866), 18058 [18JY]

Education: American Bankers Insurance Group's satellite school in Dade County, FL, 18939 [24JY]

———authorizing certain programs (H.R. 5932), 36299, 36322-36326, 36332, 36333 [27OC]

———Blue Ribbon Schools Program winners, Aikahi and Waiahole Elementary Schools, 25429 [24SE]

———commitment to Federal aid programs (S.J. Res. 374), 27248 [3OC]

———comprehensive national assessment of certain programs (H.R. 3910), 2839 [27FE], 9543-9546 [7MY]

———comprehensive national assessment of certain programs (H.R. 3910), concur with House amendment, 10281 [14MY]

———comprehensive school program on the Constitution and the Bill of Rights (S. Con. Res. 123), 8095 [24AP]

———cost effectiveness of school-based child care, 15215 [21JN]

———dropout prevention, 8754-8758 [30AP]

———establish a School-Based Management Program (S. 2217), 3200 [1MR]

———fund to assist local reform efforts (S. 3185), 28563, 28566 [11OC]

———future U.S. policies, 14743 [20JN]

———improving the quality of student writing (S. 2039), 824-826 [30JA], 3411 [5MR]

———making supplemental appropriations for certain programs (S. 2002), 159 [23JA]

———measure achievement of both students and schools (S. 3095), 25383 [24SE]

———Parents as Teachers Program, 24836 [18SE]

———social and economic impact of illiteracy, 19281 [25JY]

———youth in the 1990's, 31329 [19OC]

Eldorado, IL: tribute to high school's infant care center, 17433 [13JY]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: improve secondary school programs (H.R. 5140), 33562 [24OC]

Elementary School Counseling Demonstration Act: enact (S. 2898), 19408 [25JY]

Employment: entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (H.R. 770), 14135-14207 [14JN], 15107 [21JN]

———entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (H.R. 770), motion to proceed, 13863-13871 [13JN], 14177-14204 [14JN]

———entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (H.R. 770), unanimous-consent agreement, 14172-14177 [14JN]

———entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (H.R. 770), veto, 14204 [14JN], 19587 [26JY]

Families: disintegration of traditional values, 1993 [20FE]

———domestic violence, 27843 [5OC]

———influence of stability, 27164-27166 [3OC]

———loan deferments and forgiveness program for social service agencies serving high-risk children and families (S. 3133), 26518 [28SE]

———planning services assistance (S. 2997), 22872 [3AU]

———prevention of domestic violence (S. 3134), 26520, 26521 [28SE]

Family and Medical Leave Act: enact (S. 2973), 22845 [3AU]

Family Planning Services Act: enact (S. 2998), 22872 [3AU]

Federal aid programs: extend eligibility for reimbursement for meal supplements for afterschool care (S. 2055), 1078 [1FE], 2400 [22FE]

Follow Through Act: reauthorizing (S. 2736), 14232-14234 [14JN]

For Kids Sake (organization): tribute, 10404 [15MY]

Foreign Language Competence for the Future Act: enact (S. 1690), 4012 [8MR]

Foster Grandparent Program: anniversary (S. Con. Res. 136), 12476 [24MY]

Freedom of Choice Act: enact (S. 1912), 13790 [12JN]

Global Elementary Education Act: enact (S. 2552), 8929 [1MY]

Guam: establish a gifted and talented program for students (S. 2082), 1415 [6FE]

Gun-Free School Zones Act: enact (S. 2070), 1165 [5FE], 27431 [4OC], 36306 [27OC]

Harrison County, WV: tribute to Hooked on Fishing . . . Not on Drugs education program, 12980 [5JN]

Hazardous substances: lead poisoning, 3283 [5MR]

Head Start Expansion and Quality Improvement Act: enact (S. 2229), 3212-3214 [1MR]

Head Start Program: anniversary, 11274 [21MY]

———anniversary (H.J. Res. 490), 9491 [4MY]

———anniversary (S.J. Res. 265), 3212-3214 [1MR], 9492 [4MY]

———extend and amend (S. 2230), 3212-3214 [1MR]

Head Start Transition Project Act: enact (S. 2363), 5906-5910 [29MR]

Health: child nutrition programs, 26950 [2OC]

Health and welfare, 27503 [4OC]

Health care: national outlook, 17354, 17359 [13JY]

Human Services Reauthorization Act: enact (H.R. 4151), conference report, 35584-35587 [26OC]

Idaho: boycott of products relative to abortion legislation, 5637 [28MR]

Illinois: State Home Day Care Association, 25421 [24SE]

Indian Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act: enact (S. 1783), 33976 [25OC]

Indian Child Protective Services and Family Violence Prevention Act: enact (S. 2340), 5404, 5407 [27MR], 22981-22986 [3AU]

Indians: economic and education problems on reservation, 15404 [22JN]

———fetal alcohol syndrome, 15401 [22JN]

Infant Mortality Awareness Day: designate (H.J. Res. 546), 8533 [26AP]

International Child Labor Deterrence Act: enact (S. 2698), 12418 [24MY]

International Child Protection and Recovery Act: enact (S. 2529), 8507 [26AP]

International Parental Child Abduction Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 363), 24443, 24444 [13SE]

Israel: opening of schools on the West Bank, 31325 [19OC]

———treatment of Palestinian children, 11146 [18MY]

———tribute to the Children's Medical Center, 27487 [4OC]

Language: English literacy in U.S., 20359 [30JY]

Law enforcement officers: report all cases of missing children to the National Crime Information Center (S. 2317), 4925 [21MR]

League of Women Voters: expansion of school breakfast program in Minnesota, 12477 [24MY]

Lederle Laboratories, Inc.: SUPRAX Family Health Fund, 6241 [2AP]

Los Angeles, CA: Oakwood Child Development Center renovation funding, 36691 [27OC]

Lovelock, NV: tribute to elementary school students, 359 [24JA]

Mankato, MN: Excellence in Child Nutrition Award recipients, 24608 [14SE]

Medicaid: better health protection for mothers and children (S. 3081), 25077, 25084, 25114 [19SE]

———continuous eligibility of infants of eligible women (S. 3116), 25930 [26SE]

———reduction of infant mortality (S. 2198), 2994, 3025 [28FE]

Medicaid Child Health Act: enact (S. 2459), 7577 [19AP]

Medicaid Drug Treatment for Families Act: enact (S. 3002), 23328, 23335 [4AU]

Minnesota: tribute to child care providers, 5325 [26MR]

National Adoption Week: designate (S.J. Res. 362), 24171 [12SE]

National Awareness Month of Children With Cancer: designate (S.J. Res. 305), 27855 [5OC]

National Center for Therapeutic Riding: charter (S. 2078), 1412 [6FE]

National Child Search Assistance Act: enact (H.R. 4407), placed on calendar, 33569 [24OC]

National Children's Day: designate (S.J. Res. 316), 10780 [16MY]

National D.A.R.E. Day: designate (S.J. Res. 281), 5924 [29MR]

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: designate (S.J. Res. 328), 12434 [24MY], 27851 [5OC]

National Drug-Free Schools and Communities Education and Awareness Day: designate (S.J. Res. 304), 9397 [3MY], 11621 [22MY]

National Education Report Card Act: enact (S. 2034), 817 [30JA], 1350 [6FE], 20586-20587, 20595 [31JY]

National Family Caregivers Week: designate (S.J. Res. 354), 19051, 19052 [24JY]

National Foster Care Month: designate (S.J. Res. 10), 3030 [28FE]

National Give Kids a Fighting Chance Week: designate (H.J. Res. 515), 23394 [4AU]

National Give the Kids a Fighting Chance Week: designate (S.J. Res. 284), 6540 [3AP]

National Parents Against Drug Abuse Day: designate (S.J. Res. 368), 24858 [18SE]

National Red Ribbon Week for a Drug-Free America: designate (S.J. Res. 346), 17081 [11JY]

National School Lunch Program: study (S. 2471), 7612 [19AP]

National Women and Girls in Sports Day: designate (H.J. Res. 82), 1155 [5FE]

———designate (S.J. Res. 358), 21863 [2AU]

Norfolk, VA: tribute to Little Creek Elementary School's Just Say No Club, 11175 [18MY]

North Dakota: funding for certain school districts, 33271 [23OC]

O'Melveney & Myers (law firm): Champion of Children Award recipient, 15220 [21JN]

Operation Smile International: tribute, 26702 [1OC]

Parents as Teachers—the Family Involvement in Education Act: enact (S. 2366), 5910-5913 [29MR], 22816 [3AU]

Pima County, AZ: treatment program for addicted pregnant women and infants, 25423 [24SE]

PLAN International USA: tribute, 17655 [17JY]

Population: family planning assistance to Asia, 36669 [27OC]

Pornography: regulation of dial-a-porn services (S. 3269), 36596-36597 [27OC]

Portland, OR: Peninsula Children's Center, 25422 [24SE]

Postal Service: child-resistant packaging of unsolicited sample drugs or hazardous items (H.R. 5209), 29631 [16OC]

Poverty: reallocation of funds from State food programs for WIC (H.R. 5149), 16574 [28JN]

Primary Pediatric Outreach and Care for Disadvantaged Children Act: enact (S. 2054), 1075, 1077 [1FE], 29519 [16OC]

Rockingham County, VA: use of a certain parcel of land for a child care center (H.R. 3888), 30438 [17OC]

Romania: AID funds for institutionalized children, 31226, 31227 [19OC]

Science and Mathematics Achievement Readiness Act: enact (S. 2373), 6123 [30MR]

Sex offenses: restrict participation of homosexuals and charged offenders in certain youth activities, 23758 [11SE], 24045-24051 [12SE]

Social conditions: hunger, prevention of diseases and education, 35793 [26OC]

Social Security: funds for innovative child welfare and family support services (S. 3174), 28139 [9OC]

———improve the foster care maintenance payments program (S. 2899), 19410, 19413 [25JY]

———plans for cases where placement of certain children in foster care is not immediate (S. 3236), 33297 [23OC]

Social Security Administration: disabled children's benefit claims, 15887 [27JN]

Soviet Union: Save the Children film festival, 4702 [20MR]

SSI: eligibility standards (S. 2290), 4179 [9MR]

St. Clair County, MN: tribute to Fair Haven Elementary School, 12465 [24MY]

———tribute to Pointe Tremble Elementary School, 12465 [24MY]

State Dependent Care Grants Improvement Act: enact (S. 2811), 16451 [28JN]

Substance Abuse During Pregnancy Act: enact (S. 2505), 8088 [24AP]

Tariff: infant nursery monitors and intercoms (S. 2115), 1833 [8FE]

Taxation: credit for eligible child-care providers (S. 2984), 22864 [3AU]

———treatment of residential telephone expenses of day care facilities (S. 2947), 21144 [1AU]

Television: children's programming (S. 1992), 229 [23JA], 17196 [12JY], 18239-18248 [19JY], 18603 [23JY]

U.N.: World Summit for Children, 14744 [20JN]

U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child: conditions of children in U.S., 35793 [26OC]

UNICEF: economic assistance, 33440 [24OC]

Vermont: WIC/medicaid coordinating program for pregnant women, 4899 [21MR]

Veterans: authorize the burial of certain children in veterans cemeteries (S. 2482), 7783 [20AP]

Volunteer workers: tribute to Family Friends program, 7634 [19AP]

Wetterling, Jacob: anniversary of kidnapping, 31867 [22OC]

WIC: emergency funding crises (S. 2821), 16468-16469 [28JN]

———reallocation of funds from State food programs (H.R. 5149), 16557 [28JN]

Women: pregnancy information and counseling, 25619-25627 [25SE]

———pregnancy information and counseling to certain (S. 3238), 33530 [24OC]

Young American Workers' Bill of Rights: establish (S. 2697), 12415 [24MY]

Youth: funding for treatment of juvenile offenders who have be the victims of child abuse and neglect, 16292 [28JN]

Yugoslavia: outbreak of illness among children in Poduvoje, 5120 [22MR]

Reports

Boys Clubs of America Annual Report (excerpts), 26445 [27SE]

Family and Medical Leave Act—Frequently Asked Questions, 8124 [24AP]

Family and Medical Leave Act—Words From Outside the Beltway Against Federally Mandated Leave, 8123 [24AP]

No Place To Call Home—Discarded Children in America: Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families, 15071 [21JN]

Pro-Life Candidates Fare Well in Minnesota, Wisconsin, New Hampshire, 24507 [14SE]

Randomized Evaluation of Smoking Cessation Interventions for Pregnant Women at a WIC Clinic: Jeffrey P. Mayer, Barbara Hawkins, and Randall L. Todd, 8572 [27AP]

Restavek—Child Domestic Labor in Haiti: Minnesota Lawyers International Human Rights Committee, 28471 [11OC]

Social Services Block Grant Funds: Congressional Research Service, 5975 [29MR]

Women, Infants, and Children in Crisis: Select Committee on Hunger, 11407 [21MY]

Reports filed

Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Reauthorization Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (S. 1893) (S. Rept. 101-353), 16438 [28JN]

Boys & Girls Clubs of America: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 2981), 26389 [27SE]

Child Protective Service Programs on Indian Reservations: Committee on Indian Affairs (Select) (S. 2340) (S. Rept. 101-403), 20330 [30JY]

Children's Well-Being—International Comparison: Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (Select) (H. Rept. 101-628), 19272 [25JY]

Consideration of H.R. 3, Child Development and Education Act: Committee on Rules (H. Res. 368) (H. Rept. 101-436), 5779 [28MR]

Consideration of H.R. 770, Family and Medical Leave Act: Committee on Rules (H. Res. 388) (H. Rept. 101-479), 9704 [8MY]

Consideration of H.R. 4151, Human Services Reauthorization Act: Committee on Rules (H. Res. 392) (H. Rept. 101-486), 10474 [15MY]

Consideration of H.R. 4330, Establish School Based and Higher Education Community Service Programs, and Youth Service Programs: Committee on Rules (H. Res. 463) (H. Rept. 101-694), 24035 [12SE]

Consideration of H.R. 5115, Improving Education: Committee on Rules (H. Res. 430) (H. Rept. 101-588), 16895 [11JY]

Convention on the Rights of the Child: Committee on Foreign Relations (S. Res. 231), 7038 [5AP]

Crimes of International Parental Child Abduction Treated as Federal Offenses: Committee on the Judiciary (S. 185), 5403 [27MR]

Decade of the Child: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 282), 16036 [27JN]

Determination of Custody in Spouse Abuse Cases: Committee on the Judiciary (H. Con. Res. 172) (H. Rept. 101-737), 25275 [21SE]

Drug Abuse Education Programs: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (H.R. 5124), 26514 [28SE]

Drug Abuse Resistance Education Programs by Local Educational Agencies: Committee on Education and Labor (H.R. 5064) (H. Rept. 101-572), 16688 [10JY]

Drunken Driving Child Protection Act: Committee on the Judiciary (S. 2545), 19634 [26JY]

Education Improvement: Committee on Education and Labor (H.R. 5115) (H. Rept. 101-570), 16688 [10JY]

Extension of Program of Voluntary Family Planning: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 5693) (H. Rept. 101-870), 29469 [15OC]

Improve Secondary School Programs Under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act: Committee on Education and Labor (H.R. 5140) (H. Rept. 101-574), 16688 [10JY]

Indian Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (S. 1783) (H. Rept. 101-876), 29470 [15OC]

Make Nonmailable Any Unsolicited Sample of a Drug or Other Hazardous Household Substance Which Does Not Meet Child-Resistant Packaging Requirements: Committee on Post Office and Civil Service (H.R. 5209) (H.R. 101-758), 26175 [26SE]

National Adoption Week: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S.J. Res. 362), 26389 [27SE]

National Child Search Assistance Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 4407) (H. Rept. 101-872), 29469 [15OC]

National Children's Day: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S.J. Res. 316), 14230 [14JN]

National D.A.R.E. Day: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S.J. Res. 281), 14230 [14JN]

National Drug-Free Schools and Communities Education and Awareness Day: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S.J. Res. 304), 14230 [14JN]

No Place To Call Home—Discarded Children in America: Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (Select) (H. Rept. 101-395), 37 [23JA]

Primary Pediatric Care to Disadvantaged Children: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 2054), 28225 [10OC]

Promote the Study of Mathematics and Science in Elementary and Secondary Schools: Committee on Education and Labor (H.R. 4982) (H. Rept. 101-571), 16688 [10JY]

School Program on the Constitution and the Bill of Rights: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. Con. Res. 123), 22832 [3AU]

Strengthen Teaching Profession: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 1676) (S. Rept. 101-360), 16762 [10JY]

Use of a Certain Parcel of Land in Rockingham County, VA, for a Child Care Center: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (H.R. 3888) (S. Rept. 101-525), 28557 [11OC]

Use of a Parcel of Rockingham County, VA, Land for a Child Care Center: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 3888) (H. Rept. 101-578), 16688 [10JY]

Use of Child Restraint Systems on Commercial Aircraft: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (H.R. 1913), 21143 [1AU]

Resolutions by organizations

Convention on the Rights of the Child: National School Boards Association, 12474 [24MY]

Schedules

Committee on Appropriations (Senate): Subcommittee on Labor, Health, and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies hearings, 212 [23JA]

Statements

Asbestos Reduction in Schools: Linda J. Fisher, EPA, 29108 [15OC]

Chemically Dependent Women and Pregnancy: American Society of Addiction Medicine, Inc., 8950 [1MY]

Child Care: Representative Gephardt, 6013, 6015 [29MR]

———Theodore Roosevelt, 6039 [29MR]

Child Molestation Incidences: American Psychological Association, 3113 [1MR]

Children's Programs on Television: FCC, 18240 [19JY]

Children's Vaccine Initiative: Children's Defense Fund, 23769 [11SE]

Comprehensive Assistance to Substance Abusing Families Act: National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, 8950 [1MY]

Convention on the Rights of the Child: National School Boards Association, 12475 [24MY]

———Representative Christopher H. Smith, 209 [23JA]

———Tom Johnson, 209 [23JA]

Drug Abuse Treatment Program for Pregnant Women: Naya Arbiter, 25423 [24SE]

Effects of Family Planning Programs on Teenage Pregnancy: Stan E. Weed, 25899-25901 [26SE]

Families Dealing With Children Having Health and Behavioral Disorders: Alfred A. Baumeister, 10590 [15MY]

Family-Related Medical Leave: President Bush, 15107 [21JN]

———Representative Hyde, 15108 [21JN]

———Representative Roukema, 15107 [21JN]

———Senator Dodd, 15108 [21JN]

Health Care: Karol Osterloh, 17354 [13JY]

———Leslie Schlake, 17358 [13JY]

———Richard Raymond, 17357 [13JY]

———Terry Null, 17357 [13JY]

Importance of the Family: Republican Party, 9870 [9MY]

Infant Victims of Drug Abuse: American Academy of Pediatrics, 23334 [4AU]

Lead-Poisoning in Children: Herbert Needleman, 20227 [27JY]

March of Dimes Birth Defects Prevention Month: President Bush, 649 [25JA]

Medicaid and Maternal Addiction—Why It Doesn't Work and How To Fix It: National Health Law Program, Inc., 23332-23334 [4AU]

Pedophilia: North American Man/Boy Love Association, 3414 [5MR]

Policy on Volunteer Selection and Assignment: Big Brothers and Big Sisters of America, 3114 [1MR]

Pregnancy and Tobacco Use: Randall L. Todd, 8571 [27AP]

Relief of Melissa Johnson: Representative Fish, 4666 [20MR]

Using Family Therapy To Treat Adolescent Drug Abuse, 8951 [1MY]

When Children Want Children: Leon Dash, 25897 [26SE]

Women Having and Caring for Children: President Bush, 9870 [9MY]

Studies

Shortchanging Education—How U.S. Spending in Grades K Through 12 Lags Behind Other Industrial Nations: M. Edith Rasell and Lawrence Mishel, Economic Policy Institute, 238-240 [23JA]

Summaries

Better Health Protection for Mothers and Children Act (S. 3081), 25081 [19SE]

Child Care and Development Block Grant Proposal, 36257 [27OC]

Child Development and Education Act-5765, 5980 [29MR]

Children's and Communities' Mental Health Systems Improvement Act (H.R. 5306), 18120 [18JY]

Comprehensive Assistance to Substance Abusing Families Act (S. 2559), 8948 [1MY]

Domestic Violence Prevention Act (S. 3134), 26521 [28SE]

Education Improvements (H.R. 5115), 17562, 17566 [16JY]

Educational Equity and Excellence Act (H.R. 5932), 34502 [26OC]

Family and Medical Leave Act (H.R. 770), 19134 [25JY]

Family Preservation Act (H.R. 5020), 14006 [13JN]

Improve Needy Children Access to Health Care Service (H.R. 3932), 1093, 1100 [1FE]

Infant Mortality and Children's Health Act (S. 2198), 2997 [28FE]

Medicaid Child Health Act (S. 2459), 7581 [19AP]

Medicaid Infant Mortality Amendments (H.R. 3931), 1093 [1FE]

Requirements and Guidelines in the Stenholm-Shaw Child Care Substitute, 6037 [29MR]

School-Based Community Service Programs (H.R. 4330), 4962 [21MR]

Social Security Funding of Innovative Child Welfare and Family Support Services (S. 3174), 28140 [9OC]

Surveys

Minnesota Examples of Mental Health and Health Care Proposals, 14759 [20JN]

Tables

Amity, Inc. comprehensive treatment program for pregnant women, 25423 [24SE]

Comparison of deficit impact of the Hawkins-Downey and Stenholm-Shaw child care bills, 5950, 5951 [29MR]

Massachusetts annual and projected 4-year dropout rates, 1987-88, 2010 [20FE]

Open versus restrictive rules, 95th-101st Congresses, 5954 [29MR]

Rules granted in the 101st Congress, 5956 [29MR]

Special supplemental WIC food program, 8419 [26AP]

WIC cutbacks, 16468 [28JN]

World health statistics on children, 24734 [17SE]

Testimonies

Abortion: Representative Christopher H. Smith, 6063 [29MR]

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Child Alcoholism Among Indians: Jeaneen Grey Eagle, 15401 [22JN]

Head Start Program: Darlene Wise, 24841 [18SE]

Indian Child Protective Services: Lance Chilton, 13800 [12JN]

Reauthorization of Head Start Program: James J. Renier, 3609-3611 [6MR]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 172, determination of child custody in spouse abuse cases, 26280 [27SE]

H. Con. Res. 387, child health care delivery system, 31427 [20OC]

H. Con. Res. 398, change enrollment of Educational Equity and Excellence Act (H.R. 5932), 36851 [27OC]

H. Res. 312, Convention on the Rights of the Child ratification, 24732 [17SE]

H. Res. 368, consideration of H.R. 3, Child Development and Education Act, 5947 [29MR]

H. Res. 388, consideration of H.R. 770, to entitle employees to family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits, 9868 [9MY]

H. Res. 392, consideration of H.R. 4151, Human Services Reauthorization Act, 10612 [16MY]

H. Res. 430, consideration of H.R. 5115, improving education, 17213 [12JY]

H. Res. 463, consideration of H.R. 4330, National Service Act, 24220 [13SE]

H.J. Res. 490, anniversary of Head Start Program, 9070 [1MY]

H.J. Res. 515, National Give Kids a Fighting Chance Week, 20896 [31JY], 23395 [4AU]

H.J. Res. 546, Infant Mortality Awareness Day, 7954 [24AP]

H.R. 1677, advertising restrictions during children's television, 18683 [23JY]

H.R. 1677, Children's Television Act, 26847 [1OC]

H.R. 3888, use of a certain parcel of land for a child care center in Rockingham County, VA, 16660 [10JY]

H.R. 3910, comprehensive national assessment of certain education programs, 2652 [27FE]

H.R. 4407, National Child Search Assistance Act, 32384 [22OC]

H.R. 4938, children's Social Security insurance benefits, 12558 [24MY]

H.R. 4953, allow sick leave use by Federal employees for adoption of child, 12567 [24MY]

H.R. 4982, promote study of mathematics and science in elementary and secondary schools, 17547-17549 [16JY]

H.R. 5064, Drug Abuse Resistance Education Act, 16665 [10JY]

H.R. 5115, Equity and Excellence in Education Act, 20153 [27JY]

H.R. 5115, Equity and Excellence in Education Act—star print, 20153-23471 [5SE]

H.R. 5124, Anti-Drug Education Act, 16669-16671 [10JY]

H.R. 5149, reallocation of funds from State food programs for WIC, 15519 [25JN], 16155 [28JN]

H.R. 5209, child-resistant packaging of unsolicited sample drugs or hazardous items, 26813 [1OC]

H.R. 5248, promote and enhance science and mathematics literacy, 17122 [11JY]

H.R. 5596, Universal Childhood Safety Act, 24496 [13SE]

H.R. 5932, Educational Equity and Excellence Act, 34504 [26OC]

S. 185, Federal offense for international parental child abduction, 36365 [27OC]

S. 1783, Indian Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, 29443-29446 [15OC]

S. 1893, Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Reauthorization Act, 29102-29104, 29111-29114 [15OC], 34921-34923 [26OC]

S. 1913, require the use of child restraint systems on commercial aircraft, 21921 [2AU]

S. 1992, Children's Television Act, 18246 [19JY]

S. 2002, supplemental appropriations for certain children's education programs, 160 [23JA]

S. 2034, National Education Report Card Act, 818 [30JA]

S. 2039, improving the quality of student writing, 825 [30JA]

S. 2054, Primary Pediatric Outreach and Care for Disadvantaged Children Act, 1075 [1FE]

S. 2082, establish a gifted and talented student program for American Samoa and Guam, 1415 [6FE]

S. 2198, medicaid reduction of infant mortality, 2994-2996 [28FE]

S. 2229, Head Start Expansion and Quality Improvement Act, 3213 [1MR]

S. 2230, extend and amend Head Start Program, 3214 [1MR]

S. 2290, Disabled Children's and Widow's Eligibility Reform Act, 4180 [9MR]

S. 2340, Indian Child Protective Services and Family Violence Prevention Act, 5405 [27MR], 22984-22986 [3AU]

S. 2363, Head Start Transition Project Act, 5907 [29MR]

S. 2366, Parents as Teachers—the Family Involvement in Education Act, 5911 [29MR]

S. 2373, Science and Mathematics Achievement Readiness Act, 6124 [30MR]

S. 2459, Medicaid Child Health Act, 7578-7581 [19AP]

S. 2471, National School Lunch Program study, 7613 [19AP]

S. 2481, Anti-Child Pornography Possession Act, 7783 [20AP]

S. 2482, authorize the burial of certain children of veterans in veterans cemeteries, 7783 [20AP]

S. 2497, drug abuse treatment and rehabilitation programs, 8076 [24AP]

S. 2505, Substance Abuse During Pregnancy Act, 8174-8176 [25AP]

S. 2529, International Child Protection and Recovery Act, 8508 [26AP]

S. 2545, Drunk Driving Child Protection Act, 8903 [1MY], 25983 [26SE]

S. 2548, Child Labor Act, 8926 [1MY]

S. 2552, Global Elementary Education Act, 8930 [1MY]

S. 2559, Comprehensive Assistance to Substance Abusing Families Act, 8943-8948 [1MY]

S. 2697, Young American Workers' Bill of Rights, 12416 [24MY]

S. 2698, International Child Labor Deterrence Act, 12419 [24MY]

S. 2811, State Dependent Care Grants Improvement Act, 16451 [28JN]

S. 2820, Children of Substance Abusers Act, 16463-16466 [28JN]

S. 2898, Elementary School Counseling Demonstration Act, 19409 [25JY]

S. 2899, improve the foster care maintenance payments program under Social Security, 19411-19413 [25JY]

S. 2973, Family and Medical Leave Act, 22846-22851 [3AU]

S. 2981, grant charter to Boys & Girls Clubs of America, 22859 [3AU]

S. 2981, grant charter to the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, 26549 [28SE]

S. 2984, tax credit for eligible child-care providers, 22864 [3AU]

S. 2989, Children's Health Access and Prevention Act, 22869 [3AU]

S. 3002, Medicaid Drug Treatment for Families Act, 23329 [4AU]

S. 3022, Children's Vaccine Initiative Act, 23769 [11SE]

S. 3081, Better Health Protection for Mothers and Children Act, 25079-25081 [19SE]

S. 3095, National Academic Advisory Report Card Act, 25384-25386 [24SE]

S. 3116, continuous medicaid eligibility of infants of eligible women, 25930 [26SE]

S. 3117, reauthorize Commission on Interstate Child Support, 25980 [26SE]

S. 3132, Child Protective Service Systems Improvement Act, 26518 [28SE]

S. 3133, Child and Family Service Staff Enhancement Act, 26519 [28SE]

S. 3185, fund to assist local education reform efforts, 28566-28568 [11OC]

S. 3269, regulation of dial-a-porn services, 36597 [27OC]

S. Con. Res. 111, contraception and infertility research programs, 5933 [29MR]

S. Con. Res. 123, comprehensive school program on the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, 8094 [24AP], 23397 [4AU]

S. Con. Res. 136, anniversary of the Foster Grandparent Program, 12440 [24MY]

S. Res. 231, ratification of Convention on the Rights of the Child, 208 [23JA]

S.J. Res. 10, National Foster Care Month, 3031 [28FE]

S.J. Res. 265, Head Start Program anniversary, 3214 [1MR]

S.J. Res. 281, National D.A.R.E. Day, 5925 [29MR], 14471 [18JN], 17821 [17JY]

S.J. Res. 282, Decade of the Child, 5926 [29MR], 16577 [28JN]

S.J. Res. 304, National Drug-Free Schools and Communities Education and Awareness Day, 14474 [18JN], 29934 [16OC]

S.J. Res. 305, National Awareness Month of Children With Cancer, 27855 [5OC]

S.J. Res. 316, National Children's Day, 14475 [18JN], 20897 [31JY]

S.J. Res. 328, National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, 12435 [24MY], 27851 [5OC]

S.J. Res. 354, National Family Caregivers Week, 19051 [24JY]

S.J. Res. 358, National Women and Girls in Sports Day, 26552 [28SE]

S.J. Res. 362, National Adoption Week, 24172 [12SE], 26553 [28SE], 29939 [16OC]

S.J. Res. 363, International Parental Child Abduction Awareness Week, 24443 [13SE]

S.J. Res. 364, National Parents and Teachers Association Week, 28242 [10OC], 35193 [26OC]

S.J. Res. 368, National Parents Against Drug Abuse Day, 24858 [18SE]

Transcripts

Debate on the Convention on the Rights of the Child: National School Boards Association, 12474 [24MY]

Vetoes

Family and Medical Leave Act: President Bush, 16681 [10JY]