SANGMEISTER, GEORGE E. (a Representative from Illinois)
Articles and editorials
Congressman or So Deserves Jibes—But Spare the Institution, Henry X. Dietch, Park Forest (IL) Star, 1706
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Courts: reform exclusionary rule and habeas corpus procedures relative to capital punishment (see H.R. 4002), 1550 [7FE]
Education: improve foreign language and culture instruction (see H.R. 4144), 2932 [28FE]
Korean War Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 575), 11596 [22MY]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Aeronautics: rehiring of certain former air traffic controllers (see H.R. 5490), 23678 [10SE]
Aged: clarify certain protections relative to employee benefit plans (see H.R. 3200), 1551 [7FE]
Air traffic controllers: provide employment benefits to attract and retain qualified (see H.R. 4741), 16690 [10JY]
Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3677), 10010 [10MY]
Brazil: U.S. policy to encourage conservation of Amazon forest (see H.J. Res. 431), 662 [29JA]
Budget: inclusion by the President of a statement of revenues from the sale of Government property (see H.R. 4125), 16896 [11JY]
Business: prohibit profiteering of essential commodities during national emergencies (see H.R. 5582), 26313 [27SE]
Capitol Building and Grounds: designate the Lindy Claiborne Boggs Congressional Women's Reading Room (see H. Res. 525), 34453 [25OC]
Children: prevent unnecessary illness, suffering, and death (see H.R. 5596), 35448 [26OC]
Cigarettes: restrictions on exports and foreign advertising (see H.R. 1249), 3474 [6MR]
Civil rights: strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (see H.R. 4000), 5237 [26MR]
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act: limit liability of lending institutions acquiring facilities through foreclosure (see H.R. 4494), 27151 [2OC]
Country Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 603), 14110 [14JN]
Courts: requirements for retirement of judges (see H.R. 4208), 3667 [7MR]
Crime and criminals: protect rights of victims (see H.R. 4688), 9091 [1MY]
Crime Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 557), 20244 [27JY]
Dept. of Defense: redirect funding to social programs (see H. Con. Res. 259), 23478 [5SE]
———termination of B-2 stealth bomber development (see H.R. 3978), 2933 [28FE]
Dept. of Environmental Protection: establish (see H.R. 3847), 4573 [20MR]
Dept. of Justice: establish Financial Services Crime Division (see H.R. 5101), 15716 [26JN]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish a services program for homeless veterans (see H.R. 3992), 2717 [27FE]
———establish research centers at qualifying medical schools (see H.R. 4390), 8304 [25AP]
———expansion of services to sufferers of post-traumatic stress disorder (see H.R. 3037), 7441 [19AP]
———issue exemplary rehabilitation certificates for certain individuals (see H.R. 3053), 15850 [27JN]
———recruitment of physicians, dentists, and nurses (see H.R. 4557), 8304 [25AP]
———reorganize provisions of law relative to creation (see H.R. 5093), 29017 [13OC]
Education: grants to States to improve high school completion rates (see H.R. 3161), 1289 [6FE]
———improving foreign language instruction in elementary schools (see H. Con. Res. 294), 6058 [29MR]
———national agenda for improving language instruction in elementary schools (see H.R. 4206), 3667 [7MR]
———permit deferral of payments on students loans during professional internships (see H.R. 4690), 20549 [30JY]
Education Day, U.S.A.: designate (see H.J. Res. 500), 4789 [21MR]
Egypt: forgiveness of military debt (see H. Con. Res. 373), 35448 [26OC]
Employment: prevent potential abuses of electronic monitoring in the workplace (see H.R. 2168), 4460 [15MR]
Endangered Species Act: include African elephant (see H. Con. Res. 129), 6673 [4AP]
Ending Hunger Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 610), 25018 [18SE]
Executive departments: law enforcement authority for criminal investigators of Offices of Inspectors General (see H.R. 4149), 8405 [26AP]
Federal Employees Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 436), 4573 [20MR]
Firearms: waiting period before the purchase of a handgun (see H.R. 467), 2716 [27FE]
Flight Attendant Safety Professionals' Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 533), 11398 [21MY]
Foreign Language Competence Act: enact (see H.R. 2188), 16896 [11JY]
Foreign trade: imports of textiles, apparel, and footwear (see H.R. 4496), 6670 [4AP]
Forests and forestry: protect remaining ancient forests in Washington, Oregon, and California (see H.R. 4492), 18547 [20JY]
GATT: exclude civil air transport services as a negotiation item (see H. Con. Res. 280), 10927 [17MY]
Geography Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 512), 9329 [3MY]
German-American Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 469), 1288 [6FE]
Government trust funds: off-budget treatment (see H.R. 5315), 20939 [31JY]
Greyhound Co.: strike of employees (see H. Con. Res. 316), 15340 [21JN]
Guam: establish as a Commonwealth (see H.R. 98), 7339 [18AP]
Harriet Tubman Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 479), 3669 [7MR]
Hazardous substances: assistance to small communities with ground water radium contamination (see H.R. 978), 2933 [28FE]
———eligibility determination for asbestos removal assistance for schools (see H.R. 3830), 8304 [25AP]
Head Start Program: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 490), 7340 [18AP]
Health: birth control and infertility (see H.R. 2956; H. Con. Res. 173, 309), 465, 466 [24JA], 7849 [23AP]
Illinois: designate certain public lands as wilderness (see H.R. 5428), 24329 [13SE]
Immigration: additional visas for countries that have traditionally denied free emigration (see H.R. 3927), 909 [31JA]
Independent Defense Procurement Corps: establish (see H.R. 965), 1896 [20FE]
Infant Mortality Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 546), 7442 [19AP]
Infrastructure: national policy for rebuilding (see H. Con. Res. 362), 22530 [3AU]
Insects: designate the monarch butterfly as the national insect (see H.J. Res. 411), 7442 [19AP]
International Visitors' Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 459), 6358 [3AP]
Japan: foreign trade actions (see H. Con. Res. 312), 8404 [26AP]
Jewish Heritage Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 501), 9093 [1MY]
Korean War: issue commemorative silver dollar coin (see H.R. 5053), 17841 [17JY]
Labor: prevent discrimination based on participation in disputes (see H.R. 3936), 31179 [19OC]
Law enforcement officers: financial assistance to personnel who seek to further their professional education (see H.R. 4184), 4789 [21MR]
Lithuania: democratic reforms (see H. Con. Res. 289), 5536 [27MR]
———support of freedom of the press (see H. Con. Res. 313), 10476 [15MY]
Lithuanian Independence Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 606), 27669 [4OC]
Medicare: establish the Comprehensive Preventive Health Program (see H.R. 4269), 7983 [24AP]
———improve hospice care, screening mammography, and certain home health services (see H.R. 3880), 2308 [22FE]
———supplemental insurance policy standards (see H.R. 4840), 25276 [21SE]
Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 486), 2308 [22FE]
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]
Mississippi River National Heritage Corridor: commission to prepare a feasibility report (see H.R. 2174), 752 [30JA]
National Adoption Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 476), 1550 [7FE]
National African-American Historical and Cultural Museums Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 420), 4573 [20MR]
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month (see H.J. Res. 570), 22532 [3AU]
National Children's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 481), 3475 [6MR]
National Crime Victims' Rights Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 464), 506 [25JA]
National Day in Support of Freedom and Human Rights in China and Tibet: designate (see H.J. Res. 556), 10011 [10MY]
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), 22532 [3AU]
National Drug-Free Schools and Communities Education and Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 639), 27669 [4OC]
National Federation of the Blind Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 667), 30251 [17OC]
National Former POW Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 364), 4378 [14MR]
National Guard: civil service retirement credit for technicians (see H.R. 1400), 4377 [14MR]
National Job Skills Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 608), 15039 [20JN]
National Law Enforcement Training Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 554), 14111 [14JN]
National Literacy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 530), 10927 [17MY]
National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 468), 20939 [31JY]
National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 467), 7984 [24AP]
National Quarter Horse Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 345), 1552 [7FE]
National Radon Action Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 583), 25018 [18SE]
National Recycling Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 475), 2717 [27FE]
National Sarcoidosis Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 519), 15466 [25JN]
National Teacher Appreciation Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 585), 19274 [25JY]
National Trauma Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 427, 611), 7340 [18AP], 27395 [3OC]
National Visiting Nurse Associations Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 255, 509), 1289 [6FE], 26313 [27SE]
National Week of Recognition and Remembrance for Those Who Served in the Korean War: designate (see H.J. Res. 502), 15040 [20JN]
National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 543), 8405 [26AP]
Native American Indian Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 577), 12246 [24MY]
NSF: funding for science and technology literacy development (see H.R. 3122), 465 [24JA]
———Science, Engineering, and Mathematics Educator Award (see H.R. 2270), 39 [23JA]
Nuclear Decommissioning Reserve Fund Act: enact (see H.R. 1317), 11596 [22MY]
Older Americans Act: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 276), 16897 [11JY]
Patents: improvements to law (see H.R. 5598), 24036 [12SE]
Pensions: cost-of-living adjustments for certain Government retirement programs (see H.R. 3914), 3475 [6MR]
Pepper, Claude: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 149), 40 [23JA]
Physician Regulatory Relief and Improvement Act: enact (see H.R. 4475), 11597 [22MY]
Polish American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 604), 20940 [31JY]
POW/MIA: disclosure of information by executive departments on certain individuals (see H.R. 3603), 17493 [13JY]
Railroads: treatment of revenue attributable to the taxation of certain railroad retirement benefits (see H.R. 5625), 26176 [26SE]
Retired Enlisted Association, Inc.: charter (see H.R. 3986), 1549 [7FE]
Robert McClory Post Office, Carpentersville, IL: designate (see H.R. 5007), 13671 [12JN]
Samuel S. Stratton Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Albany, NY: designate (see H.R. 5739), 29017 [13OC]
Savings and loan associations: independent counsel investigation of Federal officials involved in scandal (see H. Res. 407), 13262 [6JN]
———investigation and prosecution of criminal activity (see H.R. 5401), 20939 [31JY]
Social Security: computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 917), 28799 [12OC]
———exclude from budget (see H.R. 933), 2124 [21FE]
———promote rehabilitation of blind beneficiaries (see H.R. 855), 4377 [14MR]
South African Freedom Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 588), 15041 [20JN]
Southeast Asia: account for persons still missing and secure the return of citizens who may still be held captive (see H. Con. Res. 291), 8405 [26AP]
State-Supported Homes for Veterans Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 452), 1290 [6FE]
Synthetic fuels: extend tax incentives, establish standards, and studies on ethanol fuel use (see H.R. 3906), 4243 [12MR]
Tariff: brooms or broom corn (see H.R. 3509), 465 [24JA]
Taxation: deduction of State and local income and property taxes (see H. Res. 459), 28800 [12OC]
———deductions for contributions to educational savings accounts (see H.R. 3665), 4377 [14MR]
———treatment of certain real estate activities (see H.R. 3732), 7441 [19AP]
Tax-exempt organizations: establish qualified cash or deferred arrangements for employees (see H.R. 4287), 13672 [12JN]
Television: deregulation of cable industry (see H. Con. Res. 138), 1552 [7FE]
Thrift institutions: limitations on house loans to one borrower (see H.R. 4565), 15040 [20JN]
U.S. Naval Reserve Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 413), 4789 [21MR]
Utah: designate certain Federal lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1500), 12248 [24MY]
Veterans: benefit status relative to radiation-related diseases (see H.R. 4657), 8403 [26AP]
———clarify certain protections, reemployment rights, and reinstatement of health insurance (see H.R. 5814), 29017 [13OC]
———disability compensation (see H.R. 5326), 29017 [13OC]
———educational and vocational counseling (see H.R. 4089), 13993 [13JN]
———employment and training programs for veterans (see H.R. 4087), 13993 [13JN]
———housing and memorial affairs programs (see H.R. 5002), 17324 [12JY]
———improve health care programs (see H.R. 5740), 29017 [13OC]
———outpatient disability care for former POW from the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (see H.R. 4258), 16689 [10JY]
———presumption of service connection between certain diseases and active duty during the Vietnamese conflict (see H.R. 3004), 4377 [14MR]
———recruitment appointments (see H.R. 4088), 13346 [7JN]
———time period during which leukemia is presumed service-connected (see H.R. 4941), 12246 [24MY]
Veterans' Judicial Review Act: amend (see H.R. 5657), 29017 [13OC]
Vocational-Technical Education Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 367), 752 [30JA]
Voting Rights Celebration Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 625), 20940 [31JY]
World War I: American Legion, Inc. memorial to veterans (see H.R. 5506), 29017 [13OC]
World War II: mint coins commemorating the 50th anniversary of U.S. involvement (see H.R. 4365), 5031 [22MR]
Essays
Earth Day: Bryan Bojanowski, 7345
Essays: Voice of Democracy
Steven C. Cortes, 8119 [24AP]
Remarks by, on
Aeronautics: authorizing appropriations, improving aviation safety, and imposing airport passenger facility charges (H.R. 5170), 21944, 21945 [2AU]
Air pollution: clean air standards (H.R. 3030), 12000
Aurora, IL: tribute to First Alert, 25035
———tribute to local ``Just Say No to Drugs'' clubs, 14015
Black History Month: observance, 2677 [27FE]
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 268), 17781
Courts: illegally obtained evidence, 27709 [5OC]
———reforms exclusionary rule and habeas corpus procedures relative to capital punishment (H.R. 4002), 1489 [7FE]
Crime: control (H.R. 5269), 27709 [5OC]
Dept. of Defense: budget configuration relative to national defense strategy, weapons programs, and personnel force structure, 5769 [28MR]
———peace dividend, 1533 [7FE]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs, HUD, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5158), conference report, 31505 [20OC]
Diseases: preventive health services relative to acquired immune deficiency syndrome (H.R. 4785), 13930
Earth Day: observance, 4978
Education: improve (H.R. 5115), 18520 [20JY]
EPA: benefit eligibility of businesses relative to violations of environmental laws (H.R. 4433), 6081
Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (H.J. Res. 350), 15302 [21JN]
Joliet, IL: tribute to registered nurses at Stateville Correctional Center, 9120
———tribute to Silver Cross Hospital, 991
———tribute to West High School track team, 13296
Joliet/Will County, IL: tribute to Center for Economic Development, 12550
Korean War Remembrance Day: designate (H.J. Res. 575), 14672 [19JN]
Lithuania: political reform (H. Con. Res. 289), 6861
Mokena, IL: tribute to Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church, 25032
National Crime Victims' Rights Week: designate (H.J. Res. 464), 8122
National Peace Officers' Memorial Day: observance, 11091
National Police Week: observance, 11091
Navy Patrol Bombing Squadron Nineteen: reunion, 17103
Romeoville, IL: dedication of Safety Town, 23043
Social Security: earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 2460), 11096 [17MY]
Transportation: national policy, 4353 [14MR]
Veterans' Advisory Council: meeting in Joliet, IL, 9438
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 905 [31JA], 2305 [22FE], 5030 [22MR], 9269 [2MY], 22515 [3AU]
Leave of absence: granted, 4570 [20MR]
Testimonies
Committee on Rules: Equity and Excellence in Education Act (H.R. 5115), D448 [11JY]
Committee on the Judiciary (House): Capital Punishment, D338 [23MY]
Tributes
Alcantara, Miguel B., 5229
Bojanowski, Bryan, 7345
Broncato, Mary J., 2488
Frank, Maurice A., 23040
Kroesch, Stuart C., 7356
Morales, Maria, 23036
Nixon, Keyton, 14300
Osman, Roger, 8115
Shiner, Lawrence J., 17108
Speicher, Eric, 13020