FORD, HAROLD E. (a Representative from Tennessee)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 3, Child Development and Education Act, 9833 [9MY]

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

———H.R. 4739, Dept. of Defense authorization of appropriations and prescribing military personnel levels, 27737 [5OC]

———S. 566, National Affordable Housing Act, 25156 [19SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

AFDC: alternative methods for delivering services under the Jobs Program (see H.R. 5860), 31069 [18OC]

Education: guarantee students from selected high schools a chance to go to college (see H.R. 5859), 31069 [18OC]

Tax Reform Act: property transition and bond issuance requirements (see H.R. 5711, 5712), 25612 [25SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Administration on Children, Youth, and Families: establish (see H.R. 5654), 25016 [18SE]

African-American Higher Education Center: establish in Washington, DC (see H.R. 5577), 23923 [11SE]

Aged: clarify certain protections relative to employee benefit plans (see H.R. 3200), 20939 [31JY]

———improve health and enhance independence through research, training, and treatment (see H.R. 4863), 22531 [3AU]

Agriculture: raising of calves for veal (see H.R. 84), 15040 [20JN]

Armed Forces: tax treatment of certain deductions of National Guard and Reserve personnel (see H.R. 1875), 17493 [13JY]

Be Kind to Animals and National Pet Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 458), 9093 [1MY]

Birth control: family planning counseling (see H.R. 5231), 25523 [24SE]

Blacks: examine the impact of the history of slavery on living African Americans (see H.R. 3745), 5780 [28MR]

Budget: setting forth congressional budget for 1991-93 (see H. Con. Res. 301), 6672 [4AP]

Business: promote employee stock ownership plans (see H.R. 4226), 3856 [8MR]

Children: improve counseling in elementary schools (see H.R. 3970), 17840 [17JY]

———reform labor laws (see H.R. 4733), 19769 [26JY]

———welfare services and foster care (see H.R. 5020), 13990 [13JN]

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

Clean Air Act: ozone protection (see H.R. 2699), 39 [23JA]

Coins and coinage: increase size and weight of the dollar coin and provide that obverse side of coin bear the likeness of Duke Ellington (see H.R. 4552), 16896 [11JY]

Committee to Investigate Financial Institution Fraud, Mismanagement, Oversight and Supervision (Select): establish (see H. Res. 414), 16188 [28JN]

Community Center Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 636), 31179 [19OC]

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act: limit liability of lending institutions acquiring facilities through foreclosure (see H.R. 4494), 10234 [14MY]

Country Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 603), 14110 [14JN]

Courts: appointment of an additional bankruptcy judge in Tennessee (see H.R. 4581), 7849 [23AP]

———prohibit racially discriminatory capital sentencing (see H.R. 4618), 16186 [28JN]

———requirements for retirement of judges (see H.R. 4208), 3667 [7MR]

Dept. of Defense: redirect funding to social programs (see H. Con. Res. 259), 12100 [23MY]

———termination of B-2 stealth bomber development (see H.R. 3978), 2308 [22FE]

Dept. of Environmental Protection: establish (see H.R. 3847), 4573 [20MR]

Dept. of HHS: establish intensive outreach services and protections to homeless individuals (see H.R. 4548), 17323 [12JY]

Diseases: establish and coordinate research programs for osteoporosis and related bone disorders (see H.R. 4864), 25276 [21SE]

Doherty, Joseph P.: application for political asylum (see H. Con. Res. 62), 18381 [19JY]

Drug abuse: mandatory sentencing for illegal activities dealing with crystal methamphetamine (see H.R. 3766), 39 [23JA]

———penalties for crystalline methamphetamine (see H.R. 5212), 24328 [13SE]

Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4362), 7340 [18AP]

Earthquakes: deny certain tax benefits relative to structure standards (see H.R. 4823), 10474 [15MY]

Economic assistance: promote development in sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean (see H.R. 4443), 6356 [3AP]

Education: establish grant programs to promote after-school learning activities (see H.R. 4529), 12099 [23MY]

———Federal funding for special education (see H. Con. Res. 85), 3857 [8MR]

———financial assistance to local agencies to improve urban education (see H.R. 5806), 28448 [10OC]

———grant eligibility based on students maintaining satisfactory grades as a condition for extracurricular activities (see H.R. 4731), 11597 [22MY]

———recruitment and training of teachers (see H.R. 4130), 7340 [18AP]

———strengthening the early childhood and elementary teaching professions (see H.R. 3909), 2308 [22FE]

1890 Land-Grant Institutions Centennial Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 524), 17493 [13JY]

Elections: prohibit contributions by political committees controlled by foreign-owned corporations (see H.R. 5861), 31069 [18OC]

Ending Hunger Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 610), 25018 [18SE]

Ethiopia: famine (see H. Res. 384), 11398 [21MY]

Federal employees: cost of living adjustments for civil service retirees (see H. Con. Res. 252), 6358 [3AP]

———flexibility in pay rate adjustments (see H.R. 3979), 5536 [27MR]

Federal Employees Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 436), 2309 [22FE]

Firearms: prohibit importation of assault weapons and certain accessories (see H.R. 1154), 5535 [27MR]

———waiting period before the purchase of a handgun (see H.R. 467), 3668 [7MR]

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

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

GATT: exclude civil air transport services as a negotiation item (see H. Con. Res. 280), 7443 [19AP]

Great Britain: Birmingham Six' detention case (see H. Con. Res. 249), 4573 [20MR]

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

Greyhound Co.: strike of employees (see H. Con. Res. 316), 9905 [9MY]

Hazardous substances: improve transportation safety (see H.R. 2584), 5780 [28MR]

Head Start Program: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 490), 7442 [19AP]

Health: improvement for minorities and those from disadvantaged backgrounds (see H.R. 3240), 4508 [19MR]

———increase support for medical rehabilitation personnel and enhance allied research programs (see H.R. 4484), 18789 [23JY]

———national program (see H. Con. Res. 375), 26176 [26SE]

Housing: alleviate homelessness and increase opportunities for low-income families (see H.R. 4621), 8303 [25AP]

———elderly and handicapped (see H.R. 2376), 18923 [24JY]

———preserve Federal Housing Administration's Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund (see H.R. 5266), 17492 [13JY]

Human resources programs: miscellaneous amendments (see H.R. 4229), 3856 [8MR]

Human Services Reauthorization Act: enact (see H.R. 4151), 7442 [19AP]

Hunger: response to emergency afflicting U.S. families (see H.R. 4110), 6357 [3AP]

Israel: reopen universities in West Bank and Gaza (see H. Con. Res. 315), 10927 [17MY]

Japan: racial remarks made by the Justice Minister (see H. Con. Res. 388), 33168 [23OC]

———racial statements of certain Government officials (see H. Con. Res. 378), 27394 [3OC]

Jesse Owens Building of the U.S. Postal Service, Cleveland, OH: designate (see H.R. 5235), 26313 [27SE]

Jewish Heritage Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 501), 7984 [24AP]

Labor: prevent discrimination based on participation in disputes (see H.R. 3936), 14111 [14JN]

Louis ``Satchmo'' Armstrong Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 590), 15466 [25JN]

Medicaid: alcoholism and drug dependency treatment for pregnant women (see H.R. 5536), 24329 [13SE]

———funding of abortion in case of rape or incest (see H. Res. 314), 910 [31JA]

———State matching payments through voluntary contributions and State taxes (see H.R. 4181), 13523 [11JN]

———State options to provide community care to the elderly (see H.R. 3933), 1021 [1FE]

Medicare: coverage of bone mass measurements for certain individuals (see H.R. 4865), 25276 [21SE]

———coverage of screening mammography (see H.R. 5054), 14109 [14JN]

———establish the Comprehensive Preventive Health Program (see H.R. 4269), 4376 [14MR]

———improve hospice care, screening mammography, and certain home health services (see H.R. 3880), 464 [24JA]

———protect elderly and disabled beneficiaries from unwarranted increases in cost of supplemental insurance (see H.R. 3959), 10233 [14MY]

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

Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 486), 4243 [12MR]

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]

Motor vehicles: national safety belt and motorcycle helmet use requirements (see H.R. 3925), 16689 [10JY]

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

National Adoption Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 476), 25018 [18SE]

National African-American Historical and Cultural Museums Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 420), 4573 [20MR]

National AIDS Awareness and Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 648), 28800 [12OC]

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month (see H.J. Res. 570), 16187 [28JN]

National Center on Elder Abuse: establishment (see H.R. 220), 9705 [8MY]

National Children's Community Immunity Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 537), 6356 [3AP]

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

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), 25018 [18SE]

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 Employee Health and Fitness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 488), 9271 [2MY]

National Family Caregivers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 525), 18548 [20JY]

National Federation of the Blind Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 667), 29471 [15OC]

National Foster Care Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 540), 8716 [30AP]

National Guard: civil service retirement credit for technicians (see H.R. 1400), 7339 [18AP]

———civilian technician positions relative to the competitive service (see H.R. 530), 6357 [3AP]

National Hardwood Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 612), 25018 [18SE]

National Historically Black Colleges Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 552), 17589 [16JY]

National Huntington's Disease Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 644), 25018 [18SE]

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

National Law Enforcement Training Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 554), 17493 [13JY]

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

National Medal of Honor Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 652), 35448 [26OC]

National Military Families Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 566), 24629 [14SE]

National Minority Cancer Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 495), 3475 [6MR]

National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 468), 17841 [17JY]

National Philanthropy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 513), 4376 [14MR]

National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 467), 3857 [8MR]

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

National Recycling Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 475), 5780 [28MR]

National Red Ribbon Week for a Drug-Free America: designate (see H.J. Res. 595), 18381 [19JY]

National Rehabilitation Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 616), 20940 [31JY]

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

National Sarcoidosis Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 519), 16187 [28JN]

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 Sheriffs' Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 497), 7340 [18AP]

National Visiting Nurse Associations Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 509), 10475 [15MY]

Native American Indian Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 577), 12246 [24MY]

Nelson Mandela Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 480), 2717 [27FE]

Nurses: Social Security and unemployment taxes for student (see H.R. 4974), 19769 [26JY]

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), 15040 [20JN]

Pediatric AIDS Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 661), 28698 [11OC]

Pensions: cost-of-living adjustments for certain Government retirement programs (see H.R. 3914), 6357 [3AP]

Polish American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 604), 20940 [31JY]

Precursor chemicals: regulation (see H.R. 4231), 9271 [2MY]

Prisons: grants for State and local governments for alternatives to traditional modes of incarceration (see H.R. 4158), 10475 [15MY]

Product safety: modernizing testing of products containing hazardous or toxic substances (see H.R. 1676), 1896 [20FE]

Racism: remove certain legislative language permitting segregation in federally funded land-grant colleges (see H.R. 4898), 15040 [20JN]

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

Resolution Trust Corp.: funding (see H.R. 5499), 22528 [3AU]

Savings and loan associations: investigation and prosecution of criminal activity (see H.R. 5499), 22528 [3AU]

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

Securities: continue provisions permitting certain small issues of tax-exempt bonds (see H.R. 4408), 5779 [28MR]

Somalia: economic assistance (see H. Con. Res. 207), 13672 [12JN]

South Africa: economic sanctions (see H. Con. Res. 270), 2308 [22FE]

———prohibit importation of steel (see H.R. 4590), 10475 [15MY]

South African Freedom Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 588), 13345 [7JN]

States: establish grant programs for comprehensive mental health services for children (see H.R. 5306), 22531 [3AU]

State-Supported Homes for Veterans Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 452), 6358 [3AP]

Taxation: charitable contribution deduction for nonitemizers (see H.R. 4761), 18789 [23JY]

———charitable contributions of appreciated property (see H.R. 173), 15338 [21JN]

———deduction for college tuition (see H.R. 5537), 22529 [3AU]

———deduction for educational loans (see H.R. 747), 3101 [1MR]

———deny certain benefits to facilities which discriminate (see H.R. 5394), 24755 [17SE]

———excise tax on sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions from utility plants (see H.R. 4177), 4378 [14MR]

———filing of returns by businesses receiving certain amounts of cash (see H.R. 5779), 27394 [3OC]

———permanent exclusion of funding for employee educational assistance (see H.R. 2037), 23678 [10SE]

———tax relief for employers and investors in economically distressed areas (see H.R. 4993), 13345 [7JN]

———treatment of certain bonds (see H.R. 4431), 6058 [29MR]

———treatment of certain real estate activities (see H.R. 3732), 12671 [5JN]

———treatment of church pension and welfare benefit plans (see H.R. 5373), 24329 [13SE]

———treatment of depreciation on computer equipment for certain purposes of the alternative minimum tax (see H.R. 5376), 19769 [26JY]

———treatment of foreign-owned corporations (see H.R. 4308), 4571 [20MR]

———treatment of payments under life insurance contracts to terminally ill individuals (see H.R. 3734), 2717 [27FE]

———treatment of research and experimental procedures by publishers of instructional materials (see H.R. 5048), 14109 [14JN]

Tennessee: anniversary of law which established the territorial government (see H.J. Res. 555), 7983 [24AP]

Transportation: collection of overpayments or undercharges on certain shipments via motor common carriers (see H.R. 3243), 27151 [2OC]

Trucking: training and certification for industrial truck operators (see H. Con. Res. 318), 15851 [27JN]

U.S. Naval Reserve Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 413), 4789 [21MR]

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

Utah: designate certain Federal lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1500), 10679 [16MY]

Vocational-Technical Education Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 367), 466 [24JA]

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

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

White House Conference on Young Americans: convene (see H.R. 5654), 25016 [18SE]

Wildlife: limit killing in National Wildlife Refuge System (see H.R. 1693), 15040 [20JN]

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

Wyoming Centennial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 510), 16187 [28JN]

Year of Thanksgiving for the Blessings of Liberty: designate (see H.J. Res. 640), 31658 [20OC]

Year of the Vote: designate (see H.J. Res. 529), 5032 [22MR]

Youth: education and job training assistance (see H.R. 4937), 12246 [24MY]

Remarks by, on

Air pollution: clean air standards (H.R. 3030), 11381 [21MY]

Budget: setting forth congressional budget for 1991-95 (H. Con. Res. 310), 9023 [1MY]

Cable television: consumer protection and increased competition (H.R. 5267), 23652 [10SE]

Child Development and Education Act: enact (H.R. 3), 5968 [29MR]

Congressional Black Caucus: budget substitute, 9023 [1MY]

Handicapped: discrimination prohibition (H.R. 2273), 10874 [17MY]

Health: improvement for minorities and those from disadvantaged backgrounds (H.R. 3240), 13289 [7JN]

Lower Mississippi Delta Development Commission: report, 10653 [16MY]

Social Security: computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (H.R. 1060), 14698 [20JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 462 [24JA], 15037 [20JN]

Leave of absence: granted, 3662 [7MR], 5777 [28MR], 7333 [18AP]

Tributes

Hooks, Benjamin, 475 [24JA]