COURTER, JIM g009(a Representative from New Jersey)
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 4739, Dept. of Defense authorization of appropriations and prescribing military personnel levels, 27737 [5OC]
Bills and resolutions introduced by
EPA: development of standards and definitions relative to plastic degradability (see H.R. 4332), 4787 [21MR]
Fire prevention: inclusion of appropriate fire safety features in housing for the elderly and handicapped (see H.R. 5414), 20938 [31JY]
Tariff: dithiobisbenzanilide (see H.R. 4678), 8715 [30AP]
———isophorone diisocyanate and trimethyl hexamethylene diisocyanate (see H.R. 4182), 3473 [6MR]
Taxation: senior citizen credits for installation of fire safety devices in residences (see H.R. 5159), 15715 [26JN]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Aeronautics: aircraft noise reduction (see H.R. 4818), 12671 [5JN]
Agriculture: eligibility requirements for commodity price support programs relative to irrigation water (see H.R. 2386), 12099 [23MY]
———price support program for peanuts (see H.R. 4845), 12249 [24MY]
Aliens: revise admission system relative to family reunification and identified labor shortages (see H.R. 4300), 14111 [14JN]
American Textile Industry Bicentennial Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 518), 27669 [4OC]
Appropriations: line-item veto (see H. Res. 297), 1897 [20FE]
Armed Forces: drug interdiction authority (see H.R. 5523), 22528 [3AU]
Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: designate (see H.R. 3802), 9271 [2MY]
Baltic Freedom Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 493), 10926 [17MY]
Batteries: recycling and disposal of lead-acid and dry-cell batteries (see H.R. 2853), 21676 [1AU]
Be Kind to Animals and National Pet Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 458), 9093 [1MY]
Birth control: extend family planning program (see H.R. 930), 3281 [5MR]
Brazil: U.S. policy to encourage conservation of Amazon forest (see H.J. Res. 431), 13264 [6JN]
Budget: expedite consideration of Presidential proposals to rescind authority (see H.R. 3800), 1552 [7FE]
Chemicals: reduce threat of catastrophic accidents (see H.R. 2585), 465 [24JA]
Children: extend and improve child care services and programs (see H.R. 4294), 17588 [16JY]
Civil rights: strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (see H.R. 4000), 1550 [7FE]
Coastal zone: program for monitoring recreation waters (see H.R. 4333), 4788 [21MR]
Columbus, Christopher: honorary U.S. citizenship (see H.J. Res. 372), 9904 [9MY]
Community Center Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 636), 25524 [24SE]
Commuting: tax treatment of employer subsidies for certain employee costs (see H.R. 4043), 3281 [5MR]
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act: limit liability of lending institutions acquiring facilities through foreclosure (see H.R. 4494), 8304 [25AP]
Congressional Gold Medal: award to Frank Capra, James Stewart, and Fred Zinnemann (see H.R. 1699), 5032 [22MR]
Courts: clarify the remedial jurisdiction of inferior Federal districts (see H.R. 4683), 9329 [3MY]
———termination of the office of an independent counsel (see H.R. 5371), 19273 [25JY]
Crime and criminals: strong enforcement of antidrug laws (see H. Con. Res. 263), 1551 [7FE]
Crime Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 557), 20940 [31JY]
Dept. of Education Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 531), 8405 [26AP]
Dept. of Environmental Protection: establish (see H.R. 3847), 37 [23JA]
Disasters: include survival techniques in telephone directories (see H. Con. Res. 288), 7984 [24AP]
Disney, Walt: tribute (see H. Res. 419), 16188 [28JN]
Drug abuse: allow taxpayers to designate $1 of their income tax liability toward assisting antidrug programs (see H.R. 4264), 25177 [19SE]
———increase minimum prison sentence for employment of underage persons in illegal drug transactions (see H.R. 3489), 39 [23JA]
———increase penalties for distribution of controlled substances at truck stops and rest areas (see H.R. 3673), 1289 [6FE]
———mandatory sentencing for illegal activities dealing with crystal methamphetamine (see H.R. 3766), 1896 [20FE]
Eating Disorders Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 214), 12671 [5JN]
Ecology: enforcement of environmental laws (see H.R. 3994), 1550 [7FE]
Education: adult literacy (see H.R. 3123), 16689 [10JY]
Education Day, U.S.A.: designate (see H.J. Res. 500), 4378 [14MR]
Eisenhower, Dwight D.: commemorate anniversary of birth (see H.J. Res. 483), 4461 [15MR]
Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 568), 13672 [12JN]
Ending Hunger Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 610), 23925 [11SE]
EPA: benefit eligibility of businesses relative to violations of environmental laws (see H.R. 4433), 25612 [25SE]
Farm Animal and Research Facilities Protection Act: enact (see H.R. 3270), 4377 [14MR]
Federal Reserve Reform Act: enact (see H.R. 3512), 17840 [17JY]
Fish and fisheries: place a moratorium on the fishing of Atlantic striped bass in U.S. waters (see H.R. 4718), 9270 [2MY]
Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 559), 9092 [1MY]
Foreign trade: establish a bipartisan task force on export development (see H.R. 3836), 4377 [14MR]
Forests and forestry: carry out a Forest Stewardship Assistance Program for private land owners (see H.R. 3454), 910 [31JA]
Franklin, Benjamin: minting of commemorative coins and enacting fire service bill of rights (see H.R. 4098), 2307 [22FE]
German-American Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 469), 16897 [11JY]
Government: continuance of essential services for citizens (see H.R. 5722), 26313 [27SE]
Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see H.J. Res. 473), 4378 [14MR]
Guam: establish as a Commonwealth (see H.R. 98), 7339 [18AP]
Hazardous substances: consistency in interstate and international transportation laws (see H.R. 3520), 5033 [22MR]
Head Start Program: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 490), 7442 [19AP]
Home Health Aide Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 618), 16689 [10JY]
Housing: eligibility of displaced homemakers and single parents for Federal assistance for first-time home buyers (see H.R. 2615), 3474 [6MR]
Interagency Ground Water Research Committee: establish (see H.R. 2734), 752 [30JA]
Irish-American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 482), 6059 [29MR]
Jewish Heritage Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 501), 9093 [1MY]
Judicial Taxation Prohibition Act: enact (see H.R. 4683), 9329 [3MY]
Lithuania: support of freedom of the press (see H. Con. Res. 313), 10476 [15MY]
Lithuanian Independence Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 606), 27669 [4OC]
Lyme Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 528), 15850 [27JN]
Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 486), 17324 [12JY]
Middle East: national day of prayer for members of the Armed Forces and U.S. citizens held in Iraq and Kuwait (see H.J. Res. 673), 33168 [23OC]
Money: regulation of check cashing services, money order issuers, and other nonbank money transmitters (see H.R. 3939), 1022 [1FE]
Narcotics: regulation of precursor chemicals (see H.R. 4231), 3856 [8MR]
National Academy of Sciences: feasibility study relative to research on environmental issues (see H.R. 5341), 24329 [13SE]
National Adoption Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 476), 1550 [7FE]
National Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 474), 4276 [13MR]
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month (see H.J. Res. 570), 25177 [19SE]
National Burn Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 426), 752 [30JA]
National Crime Victims' Rights Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 464), 506 [25JA]
National D.A.R.E. Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 535), 16897 [11JY]
National Day in Support of Freedom and Human Rights in China and Tibet: designate (see H.J. Res. 556), 9905 [9MY]
National Doctor's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 492), 30090 [16OC]
National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 602), 13992 [13JN]
National Drinking Water Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 460), 2309 [22FE]
National Drive for Life Weekend: designate (see H.J. Res. 627), 20244 [27JY]
National Ellis Island Month: designate (see H. Res. 455), 22087 [2AU]
National Environmental Institute: establish (see H.R. 3904), 3856 [8MR]
National Family Caregivers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 525), 18548 [20JY]
National Federation of the Blind Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 667), 30251 [17OC]
National Foster Care Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 540), 7984 [24AP]
National Historically Black Colleges Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 552), 18924 [24JY]
National Invent America Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 565), 17589 [16JY]
National Job Skills Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 608), 23924 [11SE]
National Key Club Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 643), 28698 [11OC]
National Law Enforcement Training Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 554), 15339 [21JN]
National Literacy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 530), 10927 [17MY]
National Medal of Honor Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 652), 34453 [25OC]
National Military Families Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 566), 30090 [16OC]
National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 468), 17841 [17JY]
National Philanthropy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 513), 22532 [3AU]
National Physical Fitness and Sports Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 517), 9094 [1MY]
National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 467), 9093 [1MY]
National Prevent-a-Litter Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 441), 1197 [5FE]
National Radon Action Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 583), 25018 [18SE]
National Recycling Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 475), 4789 [21MR]
National Rehabilitation Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 616), 18789 [23JY]
National Sarcoidosis Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 519), 9271 [2MY]
National Scleroderma Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 516), 12100 [23MY]
National Senior Citizens Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 591), 15850 [27JN]
National Teacher Appreciation Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 585), 18381 [19JY]
National Tourism Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 290), 7340 [18AP]
National Visiting Nurse Associations Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 255), 466 [24JA]
National Water Recreation Safety Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 463), 9499 [7MY]
National Women and Girls in Sports Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 82), 466 [24JA]
Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 443), 2933 [28FE]
Nuclear Decommissioning Reserve Fund Act: enact (see H.R. 1317), 9904 [9MY]
Older Americans Act: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 276), 3101 [1MR]
Olympic games: commemorative coins to support the training of U.S. athletes (see H.R. 4962), 18380 [19JY]
Panama: commend Government on efforts to combat illicit drug trafficking (see H. Con. Res. 247), 10927 [17MY]
Pediatric AIDS Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 661), 28698 [11OC]
Polish American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 604), 20940 [31JY]
Pollution: establish programs for prevention practices and technologies (see H.R. 3693), 3668 [7MR]
Recycling of waste products: grants to States and localities for community demonstration projects (see H.R. 4824), 17493 [13JY]
Retired Enlisted Association, Inc.: charter (see H.R. 3986), 1549 [7FE]
Robert McClory Post Office, Carpentersville, IL: designate (see H.R. 5007), 17493 [13JY]
Rockefeller, Laurance S.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3625), 8404 [26AP]
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Family Appreciation Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 596), 13671 [12JN]
Securities: continue provisions permitting certain small issues of tax-exempt bonds (see H.R. 4408), 26312 [27SE]
Social Security: earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 2460), 3474 [6MR]
———repeal tax on cash tips (see H.R. 446), 9903 [9MY]
South America: reduction of illicit coca production in Bolivia, Colombia, and Peru (see H.R. 4038), 7340 [18AP]
Soviet Union: anti-Semitism (see H. Con. Res. 264), 3102 [1MR]
———elections in Lithuania (see H. Con. Res. 257), 1288 [6FE]
Square dance: designate as national folk dance (see H.J. Res. 180), 2717 [27FE]
Statue of Liberty: designate ``The Most Beautiful Lady in the World'' as official anthem (see H.R. 2776), 39 [23JA]
Statue of Liberty Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 579), 29471 [15OC]
Take Pride in America Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 508), 9904 [9MY]
Tariff: certain chemicals (see H.R. 4681), 13672 [12JN]
Taxation: charitable contributions of appreciated property (see H.R. 173), 9498 [7MY]
———deduction of State and local income and property taxes (see H. Res. 459), 28800 [12OC]
———incentives for savings and investments to stimulate economic growth (see H.R. 3972), 1548 [7FE]
———sale of principal residence (see H.R. 1287), 3101 [1MR]
———treatment of certain real estate activities (see H.R. 3732), 3475 [6MR]
———treatment of estate tax inclusion related to valuation freezes (see H.R. 60), 3474 [6MR]
———treatment of payments under life insurance contracts to terminally ill individuals (see H.R. 3734), 2717 [27FE]
Television: deregulation of cable industry (see H. Con. Res. 138), 2717 [27FE]
Tennessee: anniversary of law which established the territorial government (see H.J. Res. 555), 9904 [9MY]
Thrift institutions: limitations on house loans to one borrower (see H.R. 4565), 12248 [24MY]
Trails: designate California National Historic Trail and Pony Express National Historic Trail as National Trails (see H.R. 1109), 2716 [27FE]
Transportation: contribution of magnetically levitated and propelled systems (see H. Con. Res. 232), 1552 [7FE]
Trucking: collection of overpayments or undercharges on certain shipments via motor common carriers (see H.R. 3243), 2124 [21FE]
———training and certification for industrial truck operators (see H. Con. Res. 318), 12672 [5JN]
U.N.: repeal General Assembly Resolution 3379 (see H.J. Res. 457), 2125 [21FE]
U.S. Naval Reserve Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 413), 4789 [21MR]
Underwater Pipeline Leak Prevention Act: enact (see H.R. 4478), 6669 [4AP]
Utah: designate certain public lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1501), 33825 [24OC]
Videos: allow unlicensed viewing under certain conditions (see H.R. 3158), 20939 [31JY]
Vocational-Technical Education Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 367), 752 [30JA]
Voting Rights Celebration Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 625), 20940 [31JY]
Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 3859), 662 [29JA]
Week for the National Observance of the 50th Anniversary of World War II: designate (see H.J. Res. 574), 13993 [13JN]
White House Conference on Aging: convene (see H. Con. Res. 333), 12099 [23MY]
Wyoming Centennial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 510), 16187 [28JN]
Yugoslavia: respect for civil liberties (see H. Res. 240), 9094 [1MY]
Letters
Oilspill response technology: Clyde T. Lusk, Jr., Coast Guard, 6870
———Dick Cheney, Sec. of Defense, 6870 [4AP]
———Erich W. Bretthauer, EPA, 6870
———John Costello, Piro Implementation, Inc., 6871
———Manuel Lujan, Jr., Sec. of the Interior, 6870
Motions offered by
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 268), consideration (H. Res. 391), 14702 [19JN]
Remarks by, on
Ashmun, Candace M.: tribute to New Jersey Pride Award for Energy and Environment recipient, 7656
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations and prescribing military personnel levels (H.R. 4739), 23804, 23912, 23914 [11SE], 23973, 23981 [12SE]
———authorizing appropriations and prescribing military personnel levels (H.R. 4739), parliamentary inquiry, 23807 [11SE]
———authorizing appropriations and prescribing military personnel levels (H.R. 4739), waiving certain points of order against consideration of conference report (H. Res. 521), 33707, 33708 [24OC]
———foreign military base closings, 23973 [12SE]
Education: tribute to New Jersey Pride Award for Education recipient, T. Edward Hollander, 8147
EPA: development of standards and definitions relative to plastic degradability (H.R. 4332), 4959
Hackettstown, NJ: tribute to National Guard, 28451
Japan: reduction of permanent U.S. troop level, 23973 [12SE]
Lemelson, Jerome H.: New Jersey Pride Award for Science and Technology recipient, 7663
Middle East: New Jersey Cares program for sending packages to U.S. soldiers in Persian Gulf, 35994
Pollution: limitations on liability for damages from oil (H.R. 1465), 6869
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory: tribute, 31447
Space warfare: strategic defense initiative, 23981 [12SE]
Staten Island, NY: closing of the Navy home port, 23912, 23914 [11SE]
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 4784 [21MR], 6667 [4AP], 8302 [25AP], 13658 [12JN], 28447 [10OC], 31177 [19OC]
Tribute, 37108, 37113, 37129 [27OC]
Reports
Foreign Travel Expenditures, 24623 [14SE], 37086 [27OC]
Oilspill Response Technology: Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 6869
Tributes
Applegate, Alfred, 13821
DeLello, Frank H., 23492
Hollander, Edward T., 7660
Stockton, Robert F., 23081
Williams, Raymond E., 2103
Wilson, Jessica L., 18139
Young, Kenneth J., 8333