STARK, FORTNEY PETE (a Representative from California)

Analyses

Computer Simulation of the Behavior of Large Structural Systems Background, 9099 [1MY]

Health Insurance for Children and Mothers Act (H.R. 4280), 4463 [15MR]

Medicare Community Health Center and Rural Health Clinic Amendments (H.R. 4167), 4043 [8MR]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 1465, limitations on liability for damages from oil pollution, 8341 [26AP]

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

———H.R. 5269, Comprehensive Crime Control Act, 34094 [25OC]

———H.R. 5835, Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, 31029 [18OC], 31154 [19OC]

———S. 358, reform immigration preference system and provide for administrative naturalization of aliens, 30137 [17OC]

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

Articles and editorials

Animal Health Care, Journal of the American Medical Association, 245 [24JA]

Bank Robbery on a Grand Scale, Richard Moran and Joseph Ellis, Christian Science Monitor, 254 [24JA]

Budget Deal—Too Much for the Rich, Hobart Rowen, Wall Street Journal, 27396 [3OC]

Canada's Sensible Approach, Ernest Conine, Los Angeles (CA) Times, 6593 [3AP]

Capitol Hill Clout, California Lawyer (publication), 2257 [21FE]

Cardin Genial, but He Grabs Hard Issues, Tom Bowman, Baltimore (MD) Sun, 9095 [1MY]

Drug Summit Focuses on Curbing Demand, Alexander McLeod, Christian Science Monitor, 7354 [18AP]

Frenzy of Cuts in Medicare Plugs Deficit, Representative Waxman, Los Angeles (CA) Times, 27869 [5OC]

High Court Is Right—Old Glory Doesn't Need Constitutional Protection, Hayward (CA) Review, 14288 [14JN]

Honor Thy Pledge, Hobart Rowen, Wall Street Journal, 27396 [3OC]

How Not To Survive in America—Be a Mom, Amy R. Kaplan, Christian Science Monitor, 37097 [27OC]

If Health Care Is Killing You, Whom Should We Blame? Uwe E. Reinhardt, 24194 [12SE]

Marksmen for the Army—Not the NRA, by, Washington (DC) Post, 4517 [19MR]

Medical Waste—Hospital Construction Booms, Driving Cost of Health Care Up, Kenneth H. Bacon, Wall Street Journal, 644 [25JA]

NASA's Space Lemon, Oakland (CA) Tribune, 6839 [4AP]

New Car Fuel Efficiency Drops Second Year in Row, Wall Street Journal, 6584 [3AP]

New Device Likely To Pare Need for Animal Research, Karen Southwick, Health Week (publication), 2842 [27FE]

Open-Seat Elections, Roll Call (publication), 26914 [1OC]

Pakistan Tried To Buy Nuclear Aids—Attempts To Purchase Furnaces Detailed, Stuart Auerbach; Washington (DC) Post, 29008 [12OC]

Pakistan's Bomb, Washington (DC) Post, 28453 [10OC]

Red Ink, Green Taxes, Economist (British publication), 18809 [23JY]

Rival Operations—Competitive Anomaly—Consumers Pay More in Two-Hospital Towns, Ron Winslow, Wall Street Journal, 13998 [13JN]

Saddam Searches for a Lifeline as Screw Tightens, Mark Hosenball, London (England) Times, 26919 [1OC]

Sanctions—Food for Some, Economist (publication), 26918 [1OC]

Tax Instruments of Trauma, Clark Bell, Modern Healthcare (publication), 2845 [27FE]

They're Out There Crying for Help, Senator Biden, Los Angeles (CA) Times, 5223 [22MR]

Tide of Cocaine Rises in Panama—Vulnerable Coast, Noriega Legacy, Little Antidrug Money Make Country a Haven for Traffickers, Laura Brooks, Christian Science Monitor, 31075 [19OC]

Time Is Now for National Health Insurance, William True, San Francisco (CA) Chronicle, 13288 [7JN]

We Don't Need Any More Radiation Therapy Centers, Laurens P. White, San Francisco Medicine (publication), 650 [25JA]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Controlled Substances Act: illegal and inappropriate prescription drug distribution (see H.R. 5530), 22529 [3AU]

Crime and criminals: prohibit unauthorized possession of documents authorizing individuals to deal in firearms (see H.R. 5928), 34452 [25OC]

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

Foreign trade: establish sanctions to foreign nations that are not signatory to the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (see H.R. 4454), 6356 [3AP]

———establish sanctions to foreign nations that are not signatory to the Nuclear Weapons Non-Proliferation Treaty (see H.R. 4455), 6356 [3AP]

———excise tax on paper products not containing a specified amount of recycled material (see H.R. 4201), 3474 [6MR]

———imposition of trade sanctions to combat nuclear proliferation (see H.R. 4456), 6356 [3AP]

———sanctions against any foreign person exporting certain items to Iraq (see H.R. 5622), 24328 [13SE]

Health: establish a national medical insurance coverage program (see H.R. 5300), 17963 [18JY]

International relations: encourage international cooperation against national leaders implicated in the international narcotics trade (see H.J. Res. 541), 6357 [3AP]

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory: conversion to a national research facility (see H.R. 5253), 16895 [11JY]

Medicaid: illegal and inappropriate prescription drug distribution (see H.R. 5529), 22529 [3AU]

Medicare: amend certain provisions relative to federally qualified health center services and rural health clinic services (see H.R. 4233), 3856 [8MR]

———extend the income ceiling for qualified beneficiaries (see H.R. 4034), 2122 [21FE]

———illegal and inappropriate prescription drug distribution (see H.R. 5531), 22529 [3AU]

———impose an excise tax relative to the issuance of certain supplement insurance policies (see H.R. 4242), 4243 [12MR]

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

———periodic certification of the qualification of physicians as a condition of payment (see H.R. 4464), 6668 [4AP]

———reform regulation of supplemental policies (see H.R. 5626), 24629 [14SE]

Medicare Buy-In Prescription Drug Coverage Act: enact (see H.R. 4727), 9328 [3MY]

Nuclear warfare: economic sanctions against foreign person transferring certain nuclear items (see H.R. 5902), 32592 [22OC]

Petroleum: tax on certain fuels based on their carbon content (see H.R. 4805), 10010 [10MY]

Social Security: health insurance for children under 23 years of age and mothers (see H.R. 4280), 4459 [15MR]

———liability of hospitals denying services to individuals with an emergency medical condition (see H.R. 4005), 1550 [7FE]

Substance Abuse Treatment Corps: establish (see H.R. 4868), 10925 [17MY]

Taxation: application of firearms excise taxes to certain assault weapons (see H.R. 5810), 28448 [10OC]

———credit treatment of duplicative medications and excessively priced new therapeutic medications (see H.R. 5358), 18923 [24JY]

———deductibility of interest paid or accrued on late paid taxes (see H.R. 5557), 23502 [6SE]

———excise tax on sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions from utility plants (see H.R. 4177), 3280 [5MR]

———excise tax on the cutting of old-growth redwood timber (see H.R. 4168), 3101 [1MR]

———impose excise tax on amounts received in connection with certain acquisitions or combinations of partnerships of real estate investment trusts (see H.R. 4670), 8404 [26AP]

———include Federal irrigation subsidies in gross income (see H.R. 4176), 3280 [5MR]

———increase the fuel economy standards used to determine the gas guzzler tax (see H.R. 4301), 4508 [19MR]

———treatment of cigarette vending machines (see H.R. 5714, 5715), 25612 [25SE]

———treatment of clinical testing expenses for certain drugs for diseases or conditions (see H.R. 5421), 20938 [31JY]

———use of increased tax on the cigarette industry to reimburse medicare and medicaid treatment of smoking-related diseases (see H.R. 5448), 22086 [2AU]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Aeronautics: establish an Office of Airline Passenger Advocacy within Dept. of Transportation (see H.R. 5453), 22086 [2AU]

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

Agriculture: grazing fees for domestic livestock (see H.R. 775), 2308 [22FE]

American Textile Industry Bicentennial Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 518), 27669 [4OC]

Animals: end use of steel jaw leghold traps (see H.R. 4604), 17963 [18JY]

Armed Forces: authorizing the appointment of chiropractors as commissioned officers (see H.R. 4849), 10924 [17MY]

———U.N. command of forces in the Persian Gulf and congressional approval of any offensive action (see H. Con. Res. 372), 28800 [12OC]

Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: designate (see H.R. 3802), 9271 [2MY]

Baltic Freedom Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 493), 10926 [17MY]

Banks and banking: encourage independent counsel investigation relative to Federal officials involved in the savings and loan scandal (see H. Res. 407), 14705 [19JN]

Birth control: family planning counseling (see H.R. 5231), 22531 [3AU]

Budget: modification of the deficit reduction agreement (see H. Con. Res. 379), 27668 [4OC]

———process reform (see H.R. 3929), 2124 [21FE]

———reform process (see H.R. 4164), 4789 [21MR]

Central Valley project: restoration of fish and wildlife habitats (see H.R. 4700), 9092 [1MY]

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

China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (see H.R. 4939), 12671 [5JN]

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

Civil Rights Act: increase penalties for violating fair housing provisions (see H.R. 5800), 27772 [5OC]

Comprehensive Alzheimer's Assistance, Research, and Education Act: enact (see H.R. 4770), 9903 [9MY]

Continental shelf: prohibit the issuance of oil and gas leases on certain portions (see H.R. 3751), 2501 [26FE]

Contractors: debarment penalty for conviction of certain Federal offenses (see H.R. 4795), 10009 [10MY]

Convention on the Rights of the Child: ratification (see H. Res. 312), 18789 [23JY]

Credit: protection of consumers from use of inaccurate information (see H.R. 4213), 13346 [7JN]

Crime and criminals: combat violence against women (see H.R. 5468), 24036 [12SE]

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

Dept. of Defense: closure and realignment of military installations (see H.R. 4310), 7340 [18AP]

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

———prohibit the construction of facilities at Crotone, Italy, for the purpose of transferring functions from Torrejon AFB, Spain (see H.R. 3948), 3668 [7MR]

———redirect funding to social programs (see H. Con. Res. 259), 4243 [12MR]

———study implications of female members of the Army in combat and combat-support positions (see H.R. 3868), 2124 [21FE]

———termination of B-2 stealth bomber development (see H.R. 3978), 2933 [28FE]

Dept. of HHS: establish intensive outreach services and protections to homeless individuals (see H.R. 4548), 7338 [18AP]

Disasters: encourage implementation of earthquake research results and other loss reduction measures (see H.R. 4915), 16186 [28JN]

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

Drug abuse: allow narcotics-addicted mothers to reside in drug abuse treatment facilities with their children (see H.R. 5186), 21676 [1AU]

———establish permanent Federal and State treatment programs for criminal offenders (see H.R. 4622), 8303 [25AP]

———penalties for crystalline methamphetamine (see H.R. 5212), 23678 [10SE]

———State central referral systems for treatment (see H.R. 5025), 18547 [20JY]

Dyslexia Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 551), 28698 [11OC]

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

Egypt: forgiveness of military debt (see H. Con. Res. 373), 27152 [2OC]

Elections: enforce constitutional amendments relative to denial of participation (see H.R. 1582), 11596 [22MY]

Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 568), 23678 [10SE]

Endangered species: impact of the proposed Mt. Graham astrophysical observatory on the Mt. Graham red squirrel (see H.R. 5603), 27773 [5OC]

Executive departments: law enforcement authority for criminal investigators of Offices of Inspectors General (see H.R. 4149), 8405 [26AP]

FAA: age restrictions imposed on pilots (see H.R. 3498), 1896 [20FE]

Federal employees: assistance for lost jobs due to military base closures (see H.R. 4977), 13262 [6JN]

———cost of living adjustments for civil service retirees (see H. Con. Res. 252), 9094 [1MY]

———procedures and protections relative to major force reductions (see H.R. 5191), 16184 [28JN]

Federal Fire Service: revise the pay rates (see H.R. 3831), 13672 [12JN]

FEMA: inventory of resources available for response to natural disasters (see H.R. 4065), 2123 [21FE]

Flight Attendant Safety Professionals' Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 533), 9706 [8MY]

Foreign trade: prohibit certain exports of fully automatic or semiautomatic assault weapons (see H.R. 4346), 4788 [21MR]

Forests and forestry: protect remaining ancient forests in Washington, Oregon, and California (see H.R. 4492), 6670 [4AP]

Geography Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 512), 15850 [27JN]

Gerald R. Ford House of Representatives Office Building, Washington, DC: designate (see H. Res. 402), 13994 [13JN]

German-American Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 469), 14111 [14JN]

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), 17963 [18JY]

Grand Canyon National Park: implement operational criteria at Glen Canyon Dam to reduce environmental impact (see H.R. 4498), 6670 [4AP]

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), 4378 [14MR]

Greyhound Co.: strike of employees (see H. Con. Res. 316), 8404 [26AP]

Guatemala: civil liberties violations (see H. Con. Res. 355), 35448 [26OC]

Health: birth control and infertility (see H.R. 2956; H. Con. Res. 173, 309), 465, 466 [24JA], 7849 [23AP]

———development of research centers for birth control and infertility (see H.R. 4583), 7849 [23AP]

———establish programs for people of Asian of Pacific Island ancestry (see H.R. 4992), 14705 [19JN]

———national nutrition plan (see H.R. 1608), 24755 [17SE]

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

House of Representatives: inclusion of certain information in franked mass mailings by Members (see H. Res. 349), 7341 [18AP]

———regulate smoking in public areas of office buildings (see H. Res. 418), 15039 [20JN]

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

India: status of development assistance programs relative to the monitoring of human rights (see H.R. 4641), 11398 [21MY]

Iraq: 100% tax on income from frozen assets (see H.R. 5846), 30250 [17OC]

Irish-American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 482), 19770 [26JY]

Israel: reopen universities in West Bank and Gaza (see H. Con. Res. 315), 22532 [3AU]

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

Law enforcement officers: enforcement of standards by National Institute of Justice for body armor (see H.R. 4830), 14111 [14JN]

———setting rates of basic pay (see H.R. 4224), 9093 [1MY]

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

Medicaid: control drug prices, assure quality medical care, and protect physician's right to prescribe (see H.R. 5589), 25018 [18SE]

———drug dependency residential treatment services for pregnant women and certain family members (see H.R. 5750), 28449 [10OC]

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

Medicare: coverage of self-administered erythropoietin (see H.R. 4247), 4275 [13MR]

Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 486), 2308 [22FE]

Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act: corporate average fuel economy standards (see H.R. 4532), 7337 [18AP]

Motor vehicles: standards for corporate fuel economy (see H.R. 5560), 23677 [10SE]

MX Rail Garrison Program: terminate (see H.R. 4048), 3281 [5MR]

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

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month (see H.J. Res. 570), 25177 [19SE]

National Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 236), 3281 [5MR]

National D.A.R.E. Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 535), 6673 [4AP]

National Day in Support of Freedom and Human Rights in China and Tibet: designate (see H.J. Res. 556), 9905 [9MY]

National Drive for Life Weekend: designate (see H.J. Res. 627), 22532 [3AU]

National Family Caregivers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 525), 27669 [4OC]

National Federation of the Blind Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 667), 30090 [16OC]

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

National Give Kids a Fighting Chance Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 515), 16690 [10JY]

National Guard: civil service retirement credit for technicians (see H.R. 1400), 39 [23JA]

National Health Care Food Service Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 526), 22532 [3AU]

National Huntington's Disease Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 644), 32593 [22OC]

National Literacy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 530), 15339 [21JN]

National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 468), 20939 [31JY]

National Quarter Horse Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 345), 1552 [7FE]

National Recycling Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 475), 2717 [27FE]

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 Scleroderma Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 516), 13264 [6JN]

National Sheriffs' Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 497), 12249 [24MY]

National Trauma Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 427, 611), 40 [23JA], 27395 [3OC]

National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 543), 22088 [2AU]

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

Nuclear energy: health compensation for defense nuclear facilities' employees exposed to radiation (see H.R. 5953), 35447 [26OC]

Occupational health and safety: U.S. obligation in workplaces (see H.R. 1095), 13263 [6JN]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: amend provisions relative to criminal penalties (see H.R. 4050), 9093 [1MY]

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

Organ donation: include information with individual income tax refund payments (see H.R. 5805), 33826 [24OC]

OSHA: establish Office of Construction, Safety, Health, and Education (see H.R. 2254), 1289 [6FE]

Pensions: cost-of-living adjustments for certain Government retirement programs (see H.R. 3914), 9092 [1MY]

Pesticides: amend export provisions of Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (see H.R. 4219), 16689 [10JY]

Petroleum Marketing Practices Act: amend (see H.R. 830), 34452 [25OC]

Philippines: veterans' benefits for Commonwealth Army service in World War II (see H.R. 2545), 7983 [24AP]

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

Population: international assistance and U.N. Population Fund (see H.R. 4075), 2306 [22FE]

Poverty: services and facilities for homeless individuals at Job Corps centers (see H.R. 4120), 2715 [27FE]

Religious Freedom Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 638), 24756 [17SE]

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), 4508 [19MR]

Saudi Arabia: proposed sale of MLA2 tanks, Bradley fighting vehicles, Apache helicopters, and Patriot guided missile units (see H.J. Res. 674), 31724 [21OC]

Savings and loan associations: activity of the Attorney General relative to investigation of pending cases of criminal activity (see H.R. 4990), 13672 [12JN]

Smith River National Recreation Area, CA: establish (see H.R. 4309), 24755 [17SE]

Social Security: promote rehabilitation of blind beneficiaries (see H.R. 855), 1289 [6FE]

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

South Africa: economic sanctions (see H. Con. Res. 270), 4243 [12MR]

South America: reduction of illicit coca production in Bolivia, Colombia, and Peru (see H.R. 4038), 2122 [21FE]

States: availability of crime control funds to local governments (see H.R. 5302), 24036 [12SE]

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

Tariff: permit lower rate of duty on East German products imported during German unification transition period (see H.R. 5344), 23478 [5SE]

Taxation: clarify deductibility of liabilities incurred relative to minimum premium plans (see H.R. 4901), 12098 [23MY]

———deny certain benefits to facilities which discriminate (see H.R. 5394), 22532 [3AU]

———increase the excise tax on cigarettes (see H.R. 4278), 4459 [15MR]

———taxes on income gained from providing leveraged buyouts (see H.R. 4411), 6673 [4AP]

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

———treatment of governmental plans (see H.R. 5504), 22528 [3AU]

Telephones: regulation of pay-per-call or audiotext technology (see H.R. 5671), 26176 [26SE]

Television: carriage of noncommercial educational services on cable (see H.R. 4415), 14111 [14JN]

———require new sets to have built in decoder circuitry (see H.R. 4267), 7983 [24AP]

Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr. House of Representatives Office Building, Washington, DC: designate (see H. Res. 402), 13994 [13JN]

Thrift institutions: regulate certain marketing activities (see H.R. 3777), 910 [31JA]

———regulate certain marketing activities on the premises of certain facilities (see H.R. 4059), 2717 [27FE]

Tobacco industry: labeling, packaging, and advertising restrictions for products (see H.R. 5041), 14109 [14JN]

U.S.S. Potomac National Historical Site: establish (see H.R. 5695), 27773 [5OC]

Unemployment: economic adjustment assistance to certain dislocated workers (see H.R. 5479), 22527 [3AU]

Veterans: expansion of services to sufferers of post-traumatic stress disorder (see H.R. 3037), 506 [25JA]

Weir Farm National Historic Site, CT: establish (see H.R. 4112), 8405 [26AP]

Whales: moratorium on commercial killing (see H. Con. Res. 287), 11597 [22MY]

Wildlife: limit killing in National Wildlife Refuge System (see H.R. 1693), 16689 [10JY]

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

Documents

Environmental Bill of Rights, 4390 [14MR]

Examples

Victims of medicare overselling, 4476 [15MR]

Factsheets

Health Conditions of Blacks in the U.S., 22507 [3AU]

Letters

Fishery Conservation and Management Act relative to tuna: by, 1224 [6FE]

Golden Rule Insurance Company rate policies, 37171 [2NO]

Health insurance, 5545 [27MR]

Physician-owned physical therapy facilities (sundry), 1458 [6FE]

Substance Abuse Treatment Corps: Bryant Welch, American Psychological Association, 11108 [17MY]

———Mark G. Battle, National Association of Social Workers, 11704 [22MY]

Lists

Cosponsors of H.R. 3880, Medicare Improvement Act, 4316 [13MR]

Hospitals recommended by Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations as nondeserving of medicare accreditation, 19103 [24JY]

House Republican Members having taken the pledge against higher taxes, 27396 [3OC]

Press releases

Trade embargo against Iraq, Associated Press, 26918 [1OC]

Remarks by, on

Aged: patient visits to hospital emergency rooms, 30099 [17OC]

Air pollution: clean air standards (H.R. 3030), 11931 [23MY]

Alameda, CA: anniversary of Moreau High School, 33840 [26OC]

———anniversary of the Naval Air Station, 4350 [14MR]

———Man of the Year award recipient, Ed Dankworth, 10110 [10MY]

———tribute to Bureau of Electricity, 28457 [11OC]

———tribute to Citizen of the Year, Adeline T. Cox, 10112 [10MY]

———tribute to Consumer Affairs Commission's National Consumers Week participation, 7343 [18AP]

———Woman of the Year award recipient, Norma Arnerich, 10105 [10MY]

Alameda County, CA: tribute to the Hispanic Community Affairs Council, 9670 [8MY]

Appropriations: making supplemental (H.R. 4404), conference report, 12135 [24MY]

Arredondo, Jose: Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Professional Community Service Award recipient, 18388 [19JY]

Blacks: health policies, 22507 [3AU]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 268), 17787 [17JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 5835), 29917 [16OC]

———Rostenkowski deficit reduction plan, 4238 [12MR]

———summit conference, 11386 [21MY]

Cable television: consumer protection and increased competition (H.R. 5267), 24508 [14SE]

Crime and criminals: prohibit unauthorized possession of documents authorizing individuals to deal in firearms (H.R. 5928), 34188 [25OC]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations and prescribing military personnel levels (H.R. 4739), 25006 [18SE]

Drug abuse: national drug control policy, 7354 [18AP]

Drugs: State Discipline of Pharmacists report released by Dept. of HHS, 24192 [12SE]

Earthquakes: construction standards (H.R. 3624), 10446 [15MY]

———deny certain tax benefits relative to structure standards (H.R. 4823), 25479 [25SE]

Ecology: Bush Administration policies, 10107 [10MY]

———global warming, 10000 [10MY]

Export Administration Act: reauthorize (H.R. 4653), conference report, 34920 [26OC]

Foreign trade: establish sanctions to foreign nations that are not signatory to the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (H.R. 4454), 7955 [24AP]

———establish sanctions to foreign nations that are not signatory to the Nuclear Weapons Non-Proliferation Treaty (H.R. 4455), 7955 [24AP]

———excise tax on paper products not containing a specified amount of recycled material (H.R. 4201), 3464 [6MR]

———sanctions against any foreign person exporting certain items to Iraq (H.R. 5622), 24321 [13SE], 26918 [1OC]

Forests and forestry: preservation of redwoods, 7696 [20AP]

Hayward, CA: Earth Day observance, 4389 [14MR]

———Recycling Week, 4389 [14MR]

Health: establish a national medical insurance coverage program (H.R. 5300), 17936 [18JY]

———inequities in insurance coverage system, 34477 [26OC]

———insurance for mental patients, 14103 [14JN]

———medical care insurance, 245 [24JA]

———national health insurance policies of Bush Administration, 22133 [3AU]

———national insurance, 33367 [24OC]

Industry: enhance domestic (H.R. 4329), 16840 [11JY]

Iran: persecution of the Bahais (H. Con. Res. 87), 2661 [27FE]

Iraq: invasion of Kuwait, 24504 [14SE]

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory: conversion to a national research facility (H.R. 5253), 16883 [11JY], 22094 [2AU]

———supercomputer programs, 9099 [1MY]

Medicare: amend certain provisions relative to federally qualified health center services and rural health clinic services (H.R. 4233), 4043 [8MR]

———catastrophic illness coverage, 25513 [24SE]

———extend the income ceiling for qualified beneficiaries (H.R. 4034), 2120 [21FE]

———hospital accreditation standards, 19103 [24JY]

———impose an excise tax relative to the issuance of certain supplement insurance policies (H.R. 4242), 4476 [15MR]

———impose an excise tax relative to the issuance of certain supplemental insurance policies (H.R. 4242), 24634 [14SE]

———improve hospice care, screening mammography, and certain home health services (H.R. 3880), 453 [24JA], 1465 [7FE]

———periodic certification of the qualification of physicians as a condition of payment (H.R. 4464), 6831 [4AP]

Medicare Buy-In Prescription Drug Coverage Act: enact (H.R. 4727), 9445 [3MY]

Medicare/medicaid: health care costs, 13998 [13JN]

Nuclear warfare: economic sanctions against foreign firms transferring certain nuclear items (H.R. 5902), 32435 [22OC]

Pakistan: development of nuclear weapons, 29008 [12OC]

———economic assistance, 27683 [5OC]

Petroleum: tax on certain fuels based on their carbon content (H.R. 4805), 10000 [10MY], 18809 [23JY]

Pollution: environmental taxes, 4513 [19MR]

Public Health Service Act: organ transplantation (H.R. 5146), 18682 [23JY]

Public Power Week: observance, 28456 [11OC]

Robert S. Vance Federal Building, Birmingham, AL: designate (H.R. 3961), 9120 [2MY]

Romero, Virginia: Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Volunteer Community Service Award recipient, 18141 [19JY]

Savings and loan associations: investigation and prosecution of criminal activity, 13983 [13JN]

Smith River National Recreation Area, CA: establish (S. 3036), 24721 [19SE]

Social Security: health insurance for children under 23 years of age and mothers (H.R. 4280), 4462 [15MR]

———illegal and inappropriate prescription drug distribution (H.R. 5529), 23108 [3AU]

———illegal and inappropriate prescription drug distribution (H.R. 5531), 24192 [12SE]

———liability of hospitals denying services to individuals with an emergency medical condition (H.R. 4005), 1728 [7FE]

Substance Abuse Treatment Corps: establish (H.R. 4868), 10920 [17MY], 11108 [17MY], 11704 [22MY]

Sullivan, Sec. of HHS: apology for racial remark, 22133 [3AU]

Taxation: application of firearms excise taxes to certain assault weapons (H.R. 5810), 28463 [11OC]

———commmittee hearing on taxes paid by U.S. subsidiaries of foreign corporations, 18363 [19JY]

———credit treatment of duplicative medications and excessively priced new therapeutic medications (H.R. 5358), 18890 [24JY]

———deductibility of interest paid or accrued on late paid taxes (H.R. 5557), 23495 [6SE]

———excise tax on sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions from utility plants (H.R. 4177), 3425 [5MR]

———impose an excise tax relative to the issuance of certain medicare supplement insurance policies (H.R. 4242), 4244 [12MR]

———impose excise tax on amounts received in connection with certain acquisitions or combinations of partnerships of real estate investment trusts (H.R. 4670), 8395 [26AP], 27377 [3OC]

———imposition of excise tax on the cutting of old-growth redwood timber (H.R. 4168), 3261 [1MR]

———include Federal irrigation subsidies in gross income (H.R. 4176), 3415 [5MR]

———increase the fuel economy standards used to determine the gas guzzler tax (H.R. 4301), 4470 [15MR]

———treatment of clinical testing expenses for certain drugs for diseases or conditions (H.R. 5421), 20901 [31JY], 22105 [3AU]

———treatment of governmental pension plans (H.R. 5504), 23104 [3AU]

———use of increased tax on the cigarette industry to reimburse medicare and medicaid treatment of smoking-related diseases (H.R. 5448), 22027 [2AU], 25041 [19SE]

Tobacco industry: cigarette vending machine occupational tax, 26152 [26SE]

Treaties: nuclear weapons test ban, 25837 [25SE]

U.N.: World Summit on Children, 25835 [25SE]

Votes: position on missed, 24943 [19SE]

War Powers Act: Presidential policy restrictions, 37155 [2NO]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 462 [24JA], 505 [25JA], 1286 [6FE], 2121 [21FE], 2714 [27FE], 3279 [5MR], 3855 [8MR], 4241 [12MR], 4375 [14MR], 4458 [15MR], 4503 [19MR], 4784 [21MR], 5030 [22MR], 5534 [27MR], 6355 [3AP], 6667 [4AP], 7334 [18AP], 8302 [25AP], 9090 [1MY], 9328 [3MY], 10008 [10MY], 10923 [17MY], 11595 [22MY], 13260 [6JN], 13658 [12JN], 13989 [13JN], 14108 [14JN], 17962 [18JY], 18379 [19JY], 18787 [23JY], 18921 [24JY], 22084 [2AU], 22515 [3AU], 24035 [12SE], 24327 [13SE], 24619 [14SE], 25015 [18SE], 26906 [1OC], 27392 [3OC], 27938 [6OC], 28447 [10OC], 31068 [18OC], 33166 [23OC], 33824 [24OC], 34451 [25OC]

Special order: granted, 462 [24JA], 2121 [21FE], 3279 [5MR], 3472 [6MR], 4374 [14MR], 7333 [18AP], 7439 [19AP], 7981 [24AP], 8401 [26AP], 9703 [8MY], 10008 [10MY], 10473 [15MY], 10923 [17MY], 11397 [21MY], 13989 [13JN], 14107 [14JN], 16894 [11JY], 18378 [19JY], 18921 [24JY], 20937 [31JY], 22084 [2AU], 22514 [3AU], 23471 [5SE], 23501 [6SE], 23675 [10SE], 24327 [13SE], 26174 [26SE], 27392 [3OC], 32591 [22OC], 33166 [23OC], 34451 [25OC]

Sullivan, Sec. of HHS: racial remark, 22132, 22133, 22134, 22135 [3AU], 23067, 23086 [3AU]

Reports

Foreign Travel Expenditures, 19271 [25JY]

Nuclear Exports—The Challenge of Control: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 9103 [1MY]

Price of the Debt: GAO, 6588 [3AP]

Statements

Use of Federal Tax System To Improve the Environment: Roger Dower and Robert Repetto, World Resources Institute, 4513-4516 [19MR]

Summaries

Excise Tax Relative to the Issuance of Certain Supplemental Health Insurance Policies (H.R. 4242), 24635 [14SE]

Liability of Hospitals Denying Services to Individuals With Emergency Condition (H.R. 4005), 1728 [7FE]

Mediplan Act (H.R. 5300), 17938 [18JY]

Tables

Operation of the Medication Price Control Act, 18890 [24JY]

Taxation on paper products not containing specified amounts of recycled material, 3464 [6MR]

Technical explanation

Excise tax on amounts received in connection with certain acquisitions or combinations of partnerships of real estate investment trusts (H.R. 4670), 8395 [26AP]

Testimonies

Committee on Armed Services (House): National Defense Appropriations, D115 [8MR]

Texts of

H.R. 4176, inclusion of Federal irrigation subsidies in taxation of gross income, 3415 [5MR]

H.R. 4177, excise tax on sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions from utility plants, 3425 [5MR]

H.R. 4301, fuel economy standards, 4470 [15MR]

H.R. 5557, deductibility of interest paid or accrued on late paid taxes, 23495 [6SE]

Tributes

Boggs, Representative, 34198 [25OC]

Cooper, Ginnie, 4479 [15MR]

Craf, Fred and Pomona, 2853 [27FE]

Fung, Fred, 7424 [19AP]

Griffin, William P., 9105 [1MY]

Johnson, Wilma, 4974 [22MR]

Kears, David J., 13830 [13JN]

Kilburn, Peter, 7321 [18AP]

Lawson, Barbara, 2264 [21FE]

Marinkovich, Steve, 8327 [25AP]

McCune, Ellis E., 10825 [16MY]

Nelson, Melvin R., 1468 [7FE]

Prado, Manuel, 11135 [18MY]

Schneider, Earnestine, 23673 [10SE]

Spaeth, Nancy, 30103 [17OC]

Vance, Robert S., 9120 [2MY]