SKEEN, JOE (a Representative from New Mexico)

Amendments offered by, to

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 5241), 17463 [13JY]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 5241, Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, and general government appropriations, 28759 [12OC]

———H.R. 5268, rural development, agriculture, and related agencies appropriations, 28604 [11OC]

Articles and editorials

``It's Time To Take Care of Treasures'', Alamogordo (NM) News, 10442 [15MY]

Legislation Aims To Protect Organ Mountains' Heritage, by, Las Cruces (NM) News, 4475 [15MR]

Next Step—A Constitutional Amendment, by, 14297 [14JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Las Cruces, NM: protect and interpret the fossil trackways in the Robledo Mountains (see H.R. 4945), 12246 [24MY]

New Mexico: authority to exchange certain lands (see H.R. 4777), 9903 [9MY]

Organ Mountains National Conservation Area: establish (see H.R. 4061), 2123 [21FE]

Take Pride in America Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 508), 3668 [7MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Agriculture: repeal provisions requiring the withholding of income tax from wages earned for agricultural labor (see H.R. 4121), 6357 [3AP]

Appropriations: line-item veto (see H.J. Res. 110), 16690 [10JY]

Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act: amend relative to Member salaries (see H.R. 5585), 25177 [19SE]

Baltic Freedom Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 493), 13672 [12JN]

Boys & Girls Clubs of America: grant charter (see H.R. 5766), 27773 [5OC]

Census: commemorate bicentennial (see H. Res. 159), 4378 [14MR]

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

Controlled Substances Act: amend to increase minimum prison sentence for employment of underage persons in illegal drug transactions (see H.R. 3489), 9271 [2MY]

Country Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 603), 16690 [10JY]

Courts: clarify the remedial jurisdiction of inferior Federal districts (see H.R. 4683), 10010 [10MY]

Crime and criminals: combat violent crime and strengthen antidrug efforts (see H.R. 5055), 16186 [28JN]

———criminal penalties relative to demonstrators who throw blood on the Capitol or White House (see H. Con. Res. 267), 2125 [21FE]

Dept. of Justice: authorize additional appropriations to increase Border Patrol personnel (see H.R. 4499), 13523 [11JN]

Disney, Walt: tribute (see H. Res. 419), 16691 [10JY]

Drug abuse: mandatory sentencing for illegal activities dealing with crystal methamphetamine (see H.R. 3766), 1289 [6FE]

———sentencing for traffickers and perpetrators of violent acts (see H.R. 4079), 33826 [24OC]

Ecology: private sector participation in operating facilities which support Dept. of Energy waste cleanup (see H.R. 5880), 31179 [19OC]

———savings in the compilation and distribution of Federal environmental impact statements (see H.R. 3643), 1289 [6FE]

Education: establish a commission examining the teaching of values (see H.R. 733), 18380 [19JY]

———establish program for educational performance agreements (see H.R. 5218), 16185 [28JN]

———permit deferral of payments on students loans during professional internships (see H.R. 4690), 27668 [4OC]

———tax treatment of contributions to savings accounts (see H.R. 3582), 4275 [13MR]

Education Day, U.S.A.: designate (see H.J. Res. 500), 4276 [13MR]

Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 568), 24037 [12SE]

Employment: extend targeted jobs credit (see H.R. 2098), 17493 [13JY]

FAA: limit age restrictions imposed upon aircraft pilots (see H.R. 3498), 15040 [20JN]

Federal employees: allow periods of certain service under Federal-State cooperative programs to be creditable toward civil service retirement (see H.R. 3129), 32593 [22OC]

Federal Employees Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 436), 4573 [20MR]

Fire fighters: mobilization of rural forces to deal with certain wildfires (see H.R. 3955), 1287 [6FE]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 559), 9092 [1MY]

Flight Attendant Safety Professionals' Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 533), 10475 [15MY]

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]

German-American Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 469), 1288 [6FE]

Ghost Squadron of the Confederate Air Force: designate as U.S. Ambassador for the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of World War II (see H.J. Res. 285), 16187 [28JN]

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), 22087 [2AU]

Health: biomedical and behavioral research facilities (see H.R. 4955), 16690 [10JY]

Home Health Aide Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 618), 18381 [19JY]

Housing: preserve Federal Housing Administration's Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund (see H.R. 5266), 18923 [24JY]

Idaho Centennial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 466), 13346 [7JN]

Indians: settle certain claims of the Zuni Indian Tribe (see H.R. 4143), 2932 [28FE]

Infant Mortality Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 546), 7442 [19AP]

International Visitors' Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 459), 15339 [21JN]

Irish-American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 482), 4378 [14MR]

Judicial Taxation Prohibition Act: enact (see H.R. 4683), 10010 [10MY]

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

Korean War Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 575), 13993 [13JN]

Law enforcement officers: setting rates of basic pay (see H.R. 4224), 9904 [9MY]

Lithuania: bring matter of Soviet occupation before the U.N. (see H. Res. 376), 6672 [4AP]

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

Lyme Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 528), 15040 [20JN]

Medicare: coverage of nurse practitioner and clinical nurse specialist services in rural areas (see H.R. 4483), 22531 [3AU]

———payment for certified registered nurse anesthetists (see H.R. 4485), 10010 [10MY]

Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 486), 15850 [27JN]

Mexico: establish an organizational unit to address health and environmental problems along the border (see H.R. 5363), 31179 [19OC]

Middle East: national day of prayer for members of the Armed Forces and U.S. hostages (S.J. Res. 381) (see H.J. Res. 673), 30251 [17OC]

Multiple-Use Sustained-Yield Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 496), 9705 [8MY]

Narcotics: regulation of precursor chemicals (see H.R. 4231), 3856 [8MR]

National Adoption Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 476), 17589 [16JY]

National Agricultural Research Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 548), 6672 [4AP]

National Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 474), 4276 [13MR]

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month (see H.J. Res. 570), 24037 [12SE]

National Children's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 481), 14111 [14JN]

National Crime Victims' Rights Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 464), 7340 [18AP]

National Critical Care Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 542), 27394 [3OC]

National Digestive Disease Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 453), 6358 [3AP]

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 602), 15716 [26JN]

National Drinking Water Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 460), 5536 [27MR]

National Ducks and Wetlands Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 599), 16187 [28JN]

National Employ the Older Worker Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 532), 14355 [18JN]

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

National Former POW Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 364), 2309 [22FE]

National Foster Care Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 540), 7984 [24AP]

National Guard: civil service retirement credit for technicians (see H.R. 1400), 3474 [6MR]

National Hardwood Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 612), 24329 [13SE]

National Health Care Food Service Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 526), 11597 [22MY]

National Key Club Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 643), 28698 [11OC]

National Law Enforcement Training Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 554), 14705 [19JN]

National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 468), 17493 [13JY]

National Occupational Safety Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 538), 23678 [10SE]

National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 467), 12249 [24MY]

National Prevent-a-Litter Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 441), 3281 [5MR]

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), 23924 [11SE]

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

National Sarcoidosis Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 519), 17841 [17JY]

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

National Teacher Appreciation Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 585), 12247 [24MY]

National Water Recreation Safety Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 463), 4789 [21MR]

National Week of Recognition and Remembrance for Those Who Served in the Korean War: designate (see H.J. Res. 502), 9271 [2MY]

Pensions: cost-of-living adjustments for certain Government retirement programs (see H.R. 3914), 10926 [17MY]

Percy, Walker: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 358), 25018 [18SE]

Physician Regulatory Relief and Improvement Act: enact (see H.R. 4475), 22531 [3AU]

Poland: anniversary of adoption of the Constitution (see H.J. Res. 669), 30089 [16OC]

Postal Service: effect of system on rural areas (see H. Res. 421), 16188 [28JN]

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

Retired Enlisted Association, Inc.: charter (see H.R. 3986), 1549 [7FE]

Robert McClory Post Office, Carpentersville, IL: designate (see H.R. 5007), 19769 [26JY]

Rockefeller, Laurance S.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3625), 4508 [19MR]

San Juan Basin Wilderness Protection Act: technical correction (see H.R. 5215), 16185 [28JN]

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. 5353), 20244 [27JY]

———jurisdiction of the Secret Service relative to the investigation of certain financial crimes (see H.R. 5098), 16186 [28JN]

Square dance: designate as national folk dance (see H.J. Res. 180), 2717 [27FE]

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

Statue of Liberty Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 579), 13672 [12JN]

Synthetic fuels: extend tax incentives, establish standards, and studies on ethanol fuel use (see H.R. 3906), 1022 [1FE]

Taxation: deduction for adoption expenses (see H.R. 1205), 39 [23JA]

———deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 2121), 16689 [10JY]

———incentives for savings and investments to stimulate economic growth (see H.R. 3972), 3475 [6MR]

———sale of certain used automobiles (see H.R. 2041), 23477 [5SE]

———simplify the definitions of highly compensated employee and compensation for pension plan purposes (see H.R. 4508), 12671 [5JN]

———treatment of certain real estate activities (see H.R. 3732), 10926 [17MY]

Telephones: regulation of pay-per-call or audiotext technology (see H.R. 5671), 28007 [7OC]

Television: improve competition and services relative to programming and prohibit discrimination (see H.R. 2437), 5535 [27MR]

Tennessee: anniversary of law which established the territorial government (see H.J. Res. 555), 10680 [16MY]

Tourist trade: growth of international travel into the U.S. (see H.R. 4369), 5032 [22MR]

Transportation: drug and alcohol testing for commercial operators (see H.R. 4848), 17493 [13JY]

U.S. Naval Reserve Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 413), 4243 [12MR]

Utah: designate certain public lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1501), 33825 [24OC]

Victims of Crime Bill of Rights: adopt (see H. Con. Res. 330), 15041 [20JN]

Water: State primacy over water rights (see H.R. 4921), 14705 [19JN]

Week for the National Observance of the 50th Anniversary of World War II: designate (see H.J. Res. 574), 13993 [13JN]

World War II: congressional commemorative medal for Armed Forces members present at Pearl Harbor attack (see H.R. 2575), 910 [31JA]

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

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

Letters

Naval Systems Commands Headquarters: Representative Wolf, 33636, 33637 [24OC]

Motions offered by

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 268), consideration (H. Res. 391), 14702 [19JN]

Remarks by, on

Agriculture: wool and mohair production, 20249 [27JY]

Appropriations: percentage reduction, 31709 [21OC]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations and prescribing military personnel levels (H.R. 4739), 23982 [12SE]

Dept. of the Interior: grazing fees, 29223, 29232 [15OC]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5769), 29223, 29232 [15OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5769), waiving certain points of order during consideration (H. Res. 505), 28762 [12OC]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President and independent agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 5241), conference report, 32353, 32363 [22OC]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 5241), conference report—amendments in disagreement, 33636 [24OC]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 5241), 17446, 17456, 17458, 17463, 17466, 17468, 17474, 17476 [13JY]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 5241), waiving certain points of order during consideration (H. Res. 432), 17443 [13JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5257), 18262 [19JY]

Elections: establish national voter registration procedures for Federal (H.R. 2190), 1265 [6FE]

Federal employees: pay comparability reform, 32353 [22OC]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration, 14297 [14JN]

Food and Agricultural Resources Act: enact (H.R. 3950), 20213 [27JY], 20249 [27JY]

GSA: unauthorized grants, 17468 [13JY]

Las Cruces, NM: protect and interpret the fossil trackways in the Robledo Mountains (H.R. 4945), 12584 [24MY]

Legislative branch: making appropriations (H.R. 5399), 31709 [21OC]

New Mexico: authority to exchange certain lands (H.R. 4777), 9938 [9MY]

———authority to exchange certain lands (S. 2597), 23619 [10SE]

———Nancy Blaugrund's civic education program, 263 [24JA]

Niobrara River Scenic River Designation Act: enact (S. 280), 15650 [26JN]

Organ Mountains National Conservation Area: establish (H.R. 4061), 2279 [21FE], 4474 [15MR]

Pecos River and the East Fork of the Jemez River: inclusion in National Wild and Scenic Rivers System (H.R. 644), 7417 [19AP]

Point of order, 31709 [21OC]

Presidents of the U.S.: pension, 17463 [13JY]

Rural development, agriculture, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5268), 17869, 17870 [18JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5268), conference report, 31961 [22OC]

Space warfare: strategic defense initiative, 23982 [12SE]

Take Pride in America Month: designate (H.J. Res. 508), 3817 [7MR], 10442 [15MY]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 26 [23JA], 3662 [7MR], 4458 [15MR], 9901 [9MY], 12243 [24MY], 14108 [14JN], 20242 [27JY]

Testimonies

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Preservation and Protection of Natural, Historical, and Cultural Resources of New Mexico (S. 1831, 2014, 2143, 2165, 2254, 2429, 2430, 2432), D262 [1MY]

———Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, NM, D197 [3AP]

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Waste Isolation Pilot Land Withdrawal Act, D286 [8MY]

Committee on Rules: Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President and Independent Agencies Appropriations (H.R. 5241), D454 [12JY]

Committee on the Judiciary (House): White Sands Missile Range Compensation for Mining Claims (H.R. 3408), D376 [13JN]

Texts of

H.J. Res. 508, Take Pride in America Month, 3817 [7MR]