HERTEL, DENNIS M. (a Representative from Michigan)

Appointments

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

———H.R. 5835, Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, 31154 [19OC]

———S. 2740, Water Resources Development Act, 31710 [21OC]

———S. 2830, extend and revise Federal agricultural programs, 27038 [2OC]

Articles and editorials

Dealing Into Debt—Takeover Frenzy Poses Long-Term Threats to the Economy, Walter Adams and James Brock, Detroit (MI) Free Press, 1106 [1FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Coastal zone: control infestations of the zebra mussels and other nonindigenous aquatic nuisance species (see H.R. 5390), 20243 [27JY]

Detroit City Airport, MI: obligation of no funds for expansion (see H.R. 4338), 4788 [21MR]

Ecology: protection of coastal zone resources (see H.R. 4450), 6356 [3AP]

Education: establish a fellowship program for East Europeans participating in the transition to a free market economy system (see H.R. 4102), 2501 [26FE]

Henson, Jim: award a congressional gold medal to widow (see H.R. 4989), 13345 [7JN]

MX Rail Garrison Program: terminate (see H.R. 4048), 2123 [21FE]

NOAA: authorizing appropriations for certain ocean and coastal programs (see H.R. 4115), 2715 [27FE]

———authorizing appropriations to carry out ocean and coastal programs (see H.R. 5791), 27668 [4OC]

Petroleum: penalties for increasing oil prices within a certain period after the onset of military action or a major oilspill (see H.R. 5635), 24755 [17SE]

———prohibit export of products during a period of war or hostilities (see H.R. 5798), 27772 [5OC]

Taxation: treatment of employers providing mammography screening for employees (see H.R. 5925), 34452 [25OC]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Actors' Fund of America Appreciation Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 498), 22532 [3AU]

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

Aged: authorizing appropriations for counseling on medicare benefits and health insurance (see H.R. 4994), 23678 [10SE]

———clarify certain protections relative to employee benefit plans (see H.R. 3200), 1551 [7FE]

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

Antarctic regions: environmental protection (see H.R. 4210), 3667 [7MR]

Armed Forces: enhance protection for members on active duty (see H.R. 5569), 27394 [3OC]

Baltic Freedom Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 493), 2716 [27FE]

Banks and banking: enforcement of criminal and regulatory provisions of law with respect to insured depository institutions (see H.R. 5544), 25524 [24SE]

Calumet National Historical Park, MI: establish (see H.R. 1241), 8304 [25AP]

Census: enumeration of members of the Armed Forces assigned outside the U.S. (see H.R. 4903), 13672 [12JN]

Children: assure fair education opportunities (see H.R. 3850), 3668 [7MR]

———prevent unnecessary illness, suffering, and death (see H.R. 5596), 35448 [26OC]

———primary pediatric care to disadvantaged and homeless children (see H.R. 5666), 26313 [27SE]

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

Coastal Barrier Resources Act: reauthorizing (see H.R. 2840), 15850 [27JN]

Coastal Zone Management Act: amend and reauthorize (see H.R. 4030), 2122 [21FE]

Columbus, Christopher: mint coin to commemorate discovery of America and establish the Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation (see H.R. 2754), 465 [24JA]

Community Center Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 636), 31724 [21OC]

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act: limit liability of lending institutions acquiring facilities through foreclosure (see H.R. 4494), 8304 [25AP]

Country Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 603), 20940 [31JY]

Crime and criminals: create an international court with jurisdiction over internationally recognized crimes (see H.R. 3355), 26312 [27SE]

———increase protection of victims (see H.R. 5368), 20549 [30JY]

Dept. of Defense: credit certain employees with additional years service relative to early volunteer retirement (see H.R. 4531), 16690 [10JY]

———defense acquisition work force (see H.R. 5211), 16185 [28JN]

———improve congressional oversight of programs (see H.R. 5335), 18546 [20JY]

———procurement funding restrictions (see H.R. 5389), 20243 [27JY]

———redirect funding to social programs (see H. Con. Res. 259), 18381 [19JY]

Dept. of Education Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 531), 9094 [1MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish a services program for homeless veterans (see H.R. 3992), 2717 [27FE]

Doherty, Joseph P.: application for political asylum (see H. Con. Res. 62), 25018 [18SE]

Drug industry: packaging standards for prescription drug samples (see H.R. 5908), 33825 [24OC]

Education: cancellation of certain loans for service in law enforcement or corrections (see H.R. 5338), 18547 [20JY]

Employment: extend targeted jobs credit (see H.R. 2098), 5032 [22MR]

———prevent potential abuses of electronic monitoring in the workplace (see H.R. 2168), 752 [30JA]

Ending Hunger Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 610), 22088 [2AU]

EPA: benefit eligibility of businesses relative to violations of environmental laws (see H.R. 4433), 24328 [13SE]

Federal employees: treatment of income for garnishment and legal processes (see H.R. 2418), 6357 [3AP]

Foreign flagships: extend coverage of Federal labor laws (see H.R. 3283), 4461 [15MR]

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

Franklin, Benjamin: minting of commemorative coins and enacting fire service bill of rights (see H.R. 4098), 2307 [22FE]

GATT: exclude civil air transport services as a negotiation item (see H. Con. Res. 280), 9094 [1MY]

Genis, Anatoly: efforts to emigrate from Soviet Union (see H. Con. Res. 383), 35448 [26OC]

Geography Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 512), 13347 [7JN]

Gerald R. Ford House of Representatives Office Building, Washington, DC: designate (see H. Res. 402), 12247 [24MY]

Great Britain: Birmingham Six' detention case (see H. Con. Res. 249), 3669 [7MR]

Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see H.J. Res. 473), 4378 [14MR]

Greyhound Co.: strike of employees (see H. Con. Res. 316), 15340 [21JN]

Guam: establish as a Commonwealth (see H.R. 98), 22087 [2AU]

Handicapped: tax credits for small businesses for costs of public accommodations for the disabled (see H.R. 3500), 9904 [9MY]

Harriet Tubman Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 479), 3102 [1MR]

Hazardous substances: improve transportation safety (see H.R. 2584), 6672 [4AP]

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

Health: establish certain administrative entities and programs regarding women's medical care (see H.R. 5290), 23924 [11SE]

———extend certain programs relative to vaccine-preventable diseases (see H.R. 4238), 8304 [25AP]

———reduce threats posed by exposure to indoor air contaminants (see H.R. 5155), 15714 [26JN]

Home Health Aide Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 618), 20940 [31JY]

Housing: increase affordability for first-time homebuyers (see H.R. 3278), 15715 [26JN]

———preserve Federal Housing Administration's Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund (see H.R. 5266), 17963 [18JY]

Human Services Reauthorization Act: enact (see H.R. 4151), 9904 [9MY]

Immigration: additional visas for countries that have traditionally denied free emigration (see H.R. 3927), 909 [31JA]

Individual retirement accounts: penalty-free withdrawals for first home acquisitions (see H.R. 4571), 12248 [24MY]

International relations: U.S. participation in conventions relative to maintenance obligations (see H. Res. 467), 25017 [18SE]

International Visitors' Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 459), 20939 [31JY]

Iraq: 100% tax on income from frozen assets (see H.R. 5846), 34452 [25OC]

Irish-American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 482), 6059 [29MR]

Italian-American Heritage and Culture Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 631), 18923 [24JY]

Jewish Heritage Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 501), 6673 [4AP]

Korean War: commemorative silver dollar coin (see H.R. 5053), 16896 [11JY]

Labor: prevent discrimination based on participation in disputes (see H.R. 3936), 4461 [15MR]

Law enforcement officers: financial assistance to personnel who seek to further their professional education (see H.R. 4184), 14111 [14JN]

———right to organize and bargain collectively (see H.R. 2205), 14110 [14JN]

Lithuania: political reform (see H. Con. Res. 289), 4460 [15MR]

———protection of certain nationals in the U.S. (see H.R. 4788), 10009 [10MY]

———support of freedom of the press (see H. Con. Res. 313), 12100 [23MY]

Lithuanian Independence Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 606), 23679 [10SE]

Lyme Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 528), 17324 [12JY]

Macomb County, MI: Berz-Macomb Airport expansion funds (see H.R. 5003), 13670 [12JN]

Marine mammals: State disapproval of issuance of permits for taking from State waters (see H.R. 3984), 9093 [1MY]

Medicaid: alcoholism and drug dependency treatment for pregnant women (see H.R. 5536), 25524 [24SE]

———control drug prices, assure quality medical care, and protect physician's right to prescribe (see H.R. 5589), 25276 [21SE]

———increase enrollment of eligible pregnant women and children (see H.R. 5480), 26651 [28SE]

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

Medicare: coverage of eyeglasses provided with intraocular lenses following cataract surgery (see H.R. 5736), 26312 [27SE]

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

———exempt home health services from budget sequestration order (see H.R. 5516), 22528 [3AU]

———respiratory therapy (see H.R. 4095), 6357 [3AP]

Michigan: designate certain rivers as components of National Wild and Scenic Rivers System (see H.R. 4019), 1895 [20FE]

Middle East: duty treatment of products of countries not making sufficient contributions to Desert Shield Operation (see H.R. 5568), 33826 [24OC]

Monuments and memorials: establish an international memorial to victims of communism (see H. Res. 437), 17840 [17JY]

National Academy of Sciences: feasibility study relative to research on environmental issues (see H.R. 5341), 24329 [13SE]

National Cancer Institute: additional authorizations to conduct certain research on breast cancer (see H.R. 3251), 2124 [21FE]

National Children's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 481), 18923 [24JY]

National Commission on Entrepreneurial Education: establish (see H.R. 5677), 26313 [27SE]

National Correctional Officers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 514), 9271 [2MY]

National County Government Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 613), 27669 [4OC]

National Doctor's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 492), 28698 [11OC]

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 602), 13992 [13JN]

National Drug-Free Schools and Communities Education and Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 639), 27669 [4OC]

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

National Give Kids a Fighting Chance Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 515), 15040 [20JN]

National Guard: civil service retirement credit for technicians (see H.R. 1400), 2933 [28FE]

National Historically Black Colleges Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 552), 18924 [24JY]

National Job Skills Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 608), 23924 [11SE]

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

National Military Families Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 566), 17963 [18JY]

National Philanthropy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 513), 28449 [10OC]

National Radon Action Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 583), 28449 [10OC]

National Red Ribbon Week for a Drug-Free America: designate (see H.J. Res. 595), 23924 [11SE]

National Rehabilitation Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 616), 23478 [5SE]

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

National Scleroderma Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 516), 13347 [7JN]

National Senior Citizens Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 591), 15850 [27JN]

National Teacher Appreciation Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 585), 23924 [11SE]

National Trauma Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 611), 27395 [3OC]

National Visiting Nurse Associations Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 509), 23502 [6SE]

Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 443), 15040 [20JN]

Older Americans Act: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 276), 16897 [11JY]

Olympic games: commemorative coins to support the training of U.S. athletes (see H.R. 4962), 15040 [20JN]

Peace Corps: memorial honoring volunteers (see H.R. 3954), 9093 [1MY]

Pensions: cost-of-living adjustments for certain Government retirement programs (see H.R. 3914), 11398 [21MY]

Physician Regulatory Relief and Improvement Act: enact (see H.R. 4475), 28449 [10OC]

Poland: inclusion in talks of German reunification (see H. Con. Res. 273), 3669 [7MR]

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

Poverty: services and facilities for homeless individuals at Job Corps centers (see H.R. 4120), 6059 [29MR]

Public utilities: payments to customers relative to energy and water conservation services and measures (see H.R. 4249), 24755 [17SE]

Radio Free China: establish (see H.R. 5690), 26909 [1OC]

Raye, Martha: award Presidential Medal of Freedom (see H. Con. Res. 322), 27152 [2OC]

Recycled materials: promote greater use of recycled paper by mailers of third-class mail matter (see H.R. 5475), 25524 [24SE]

Robert S. Vance Federal Building, Birmingham, AL: designate (see H.R. 3961), 4377 [14MR]

Rockefeller, Laurance S.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3625), 3474 [6MR]

Romania: availability of children for foreign adoption (see H. Con. Res. 346), 18924 [24JY]

Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Family Appreciation Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 596), 13671 [12JN]

Savings and loan associations: establish a private firm to assist in recovering assets from failed institutions (see H.R. 5724), 28449 [10OC]

Shipbuilding: remedy injury to the U.S. industry by subsidized foreign ships (see H.R. 5361), 26176 [26SE]

Shipping industry: oppose consideration of maritime transportation as an area for GATT negotiation (see H. Con. Res. 151), 25524 [24SE]

Small business: development of concerns controlled by veterans (see H.R. 5616), 27773 [5OC]

Social Security: earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 2460), 24036 [12SE]

———eliminate reductions in benefits of spouses and surviving spouses who are receiving certain Government pensions (see H.R. 201), 27773 [5OC]

———illegal and inappropriate prescription drug distribution (see H.R. 5531), 29017 [13OC]

———phase out the retirement earnings test (see H.R. 3526), 465 [24JA]

———toll-free telephone hotline to provide information on medicare supplemental insurance (see H.R. 5845), 30250 [17OC]

Soviet Union: commemorate Ukrainian famine and policies of russification to suppress Ukrainian identity (see H.J. Res. 567), 10474 [15MY]

———elections in Lithuania (see H. Con. Res. 257), 1288 [6FE]

States: payment of certain thrift deposit insurance premiums as a condition for future Federal deposit insurance coverage (see H.R. 5323), 18380 [19JY]

———regulation of low-level radioactive waste disposal (see H.R. 5505), 26313 [27SE]

Taxation: deduction for fees on sewer and water services (see H.R. 4405), 7984 [24AP]

———permanently extend the exclusion for amounts received under qualified group legal services plans (see H.R. 496), 17493 [13JY]

———reinstate the windfall profit tax on domestic crude oil (see H.R. 5551, 5758), 26313 [27SE], 26692 [30SE]

———treatment of certain real estate activities (see H.R. 3732), 8304 [25AP]

———treatment of church pension and welfare benefit plans (see H.R. 5373), 35448 [26OC]

———treatment of education and training expenses of small businesses and their employees (see H.R. 5426), 23678 [10SE]

———treatment of payments under life insurance contracts to terminally ill individuals (see H.R. 3734), 5780 [28MR]

Tax-exempt organizations: establish qualified cash or deferred arrangements for employees (see H.R. 4287), 8304 [25AP]

Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr. House of Representatives Office Building, Washington, DC: designate (see H. Res. 402), 12247 [24MY]

University of Nevada: tribute to basketball team (see H. Con. Res. 300), 12672 [5JN]

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]

Women: promote health care (see H.R. 5397), 27394 [3OC]

World War II: mint coins commemorating the 50th anniversary of U.S. involvement (see H.R. 4365), 5031 [22MR]

Remarks by, on

Antarctic regions: protection and conservation (H.R. 3977), 29173 [15OC]

Armenians: anniversary of genocide, 7974 [24AP]

Baltic Freedom Day: observance, 14300 [14JN]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 268), 17777 [17JY]

———Federal employees furlough plan, 26013 [26SE]

Captive nations: political reform, 18127 [19JY]

Coastal zone: control infestations of zebra mussel and other nonindigenous aquatic nuisance species (H.R. 5390), 26802, 26805, 26806 [1OC]

———program for monitoring recreation waters (H.R. 4333), 32425 [22OC]

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 34969, 34985 [26OC]

Curis, George M., Jr.: March of Dimes' Alexander Macomb Citizen of the Year award corecipient, 23927 [11SE]

Curis, George M., Sr.: March of Dimes' Alexander Macomb Citizen of the Year award corecipient, 23930 [11SE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations and prescribing military personnel levels (H.R. 4739), 23889, 23906 [11SE]

Detroit, MI: Dominican High School anniversary, 27419 [3OC]

Ecology: protection of coastal zone resources (H.R. 4450), 26044, 26048, 26065, 26066 [26SE]

Fish Safety Act: enact (S. 2924), 33647 [24OC]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (H.J. Res. 350), 15294 [21JN]

Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary: establish (H.R. 3719), 18703, 18705, 18706, 18707 [23JY]

———establish (H.R. 5909), 34982, 34984, 34985 [26OC]

Great Lakes: authorize a study of fishery resources (H.R. 4299), 26802 [1OC]

Grosse Pointe Woods, MI: Christ the King Lutheran Church anniversary, 24760 [17SE]

———Dept. of Education, National Exemplary School Award to Monteith Elementary School, 24764 [17SE]

Lentine, Peter S.: anniversary of ordination, 32612 [23OC]

Marine resources: comprehensive oceans and lakes policy (H. Con. Res. 69), 18708, 18709 [23JY]

National Endowment for the Arts: funding, 28652 [11OC]

National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act: amend (H.R. 4825), 28652 [11OC]

NOAA: authorizing appropriations for certain ocean and coastal programs (H.R. 4115), 34960, 34965, 34966, 34967, 34969 [26OC]

Petroleum: impose felony charge for profiteering oil companies, 26563 [28SE]

———penalties for increasing oil prices within a certain period after the onset of military action or a major oilspill (H.R. 5635), 33612 [24OC]

Staten Island, NY: closing of the Navy home port, 23906 [11SE]

Taxation: Bush administration policy on rate increase, 15749 [27JN]

———rates, 28602 [11OC]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 4784 [21MR], 14108 [14JN], 15848 [27JN], 16894 [11JY], 17962 [18JY], 22515 [3AU], 23918 [11SE], 24753 [17SE], 27392 [3OC], 29491 [15OC], 31068 [18OC], 32591 [22OC]

Reports

Foreign Travel Expenditures, 10673 [16MY], 13665 [12JN], 24623, 24627 [14SE], 37086 [27OC]

Reports filed

NOAA Appropriations: Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (H.R. 4115), 19273 [26JY]

Testimonies

Committee on Rules: Dept. of Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 4739), D560 [3AU]

Texts of

H.R. 5390, control infestations of zebra mussel and other nonindigenous aquatic nuisance species, 26802 [1OC]

Tributes

Altenburg, Marvin, 3250 [1MR]

Aust, Bill, 25192 [19SE]

Beasley, Chester, 25837 [25SE]

Cashman, Douglas, 25836 [25SE]

Crippen, Colby C. (Pete), 30481 [18OC]

Donlin, Bert, 4977 [22MR]

Favazza, Salvatore, 17120 [11JY]

Julin, Richard, 16088 [27JN]

Quarton, Albert E., 23061 [3AU]

Reschke, Carol, 31091 [19OC]

Webster, Bud, 25841 [26SE]