ABERCROMBIE, NEIL (a Representative from Hawaii)
Appointments
Committee on Aging (Select), H1088 [21FE]
Articles and editorials
El Salvador—Military Aid is the Wrong Kind, Honolulu (HI) Advertiser, E2453
Health Care, Education, and Housing Assistance for Persian Gulf Conflict Veterans, Honolulu (HI) Star-Bulletin, H1700
U.S. Army Workers Beaten in Kuwait—Four Filipino Women Held by Police for Week, Ambassador Is Told, John Arundel, Washington (DC) Post, H4775 [20JN]
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Armed Forces: eligibility for retired pay to certain members of the Reserves or other nonregular components (see H.R. 3374, H6797 [24SE])
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: incentive pay to psychologists obtaining board certification in a professional specialty (see H.R. 2843, H5340 [10JY])
Energy Policy and Conservation Act: amend relative to the strategic petroleum reserve (see H.R. 2314, H3035 [14MY])
Hawaiian Homes Commission Act: consent to certain amendments enacted by the Legislature of Hawaii (see H.J. Res. 383, H11890 [26NO])
Ships and vessels: requirements for manning and watches on towing vessels (see H.R. 3942, H11885 [26NO])
Veterans: authorize travel on military aircraft for certain disabled individuals (see H.R. 2841, H5340 [10JY])
———authorize use of Dept. of Defense commissary stores by certain former disabled POW (see H.R. 2842, H5340 [10JY])
———establish a post-traumatic stress disorder treatment program in Hawaii (see H.R. 2845, H5340 [10JY])
World War II: contributions of Federal civilian employees during the attack on Pearl Harbor (see H.J. Res. 368, H9392 [5NO])
———determination of validity of claims by certain Filipinos relative to their military service (see H.R. 2844, H5340 [10JY])
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Advisory Council on Allied Health: establish (see H.R. 1466, H4284 [11JN])
Aeronautics: time limitations on duty time of flight attendants (see H.R. 14, H2016 [21MR])
AFDC: effectiveness of alternative methods for delivering services under the JOBS Program (see H.R. 995, H1077 [20FE])
Africa: protection of human rights and economic development in the Horn of Africa (see H.R. 1454, H1774 [14MR])
African Americans: prepare a national historic landmark theme study (see H.R. 904, H1326 [28FE])
Agriculture: collection of fees to provide agricultural quarantine and inspection services in Puerto Rico and Hawaii (see H.R. 2110, H2564 [25AP])
———grazing fees for domestic livestock on public rangelands (see H.R. 481, H892 [5FE])
———prevention of crimes against farmers, researchers, and other livestock-related professions (see H.R. 2407, H5515 [16JY])
———protection for veal calves (see H.R. 252, H2537 [24AP])
Air Force Association: establish a memorial in the District of Columbia area (see H.R. 3627, H10269 [14NO])
Aliens: parole into U.S. in order to attend the funeral of an immediate blood relative (see H.R. 3345, H7863 [15OC])
Animal Rights Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 301, H5514 [16JY])
Antarctic regions: environmental protection treaty (see H.R. 1920, H3037 [14MY])
———oil spill protection (see H.R. 1921, H3037 [14MY])
Arab countries: agreement relative to passport and visa policies (see H.R. 2254, H4438 [12JN])
———recognition of Israel (see H. Con. Res. 88, H2017 [21MR])
Armed Forces: additional support for members participating in operations in the Persian Gulf (see H.R. 557, H1138 [21FE])
———appointment of chiropractors as commissioned officers (see H.R. 608, H1326 [28FE])
———cancellation of student loans and restore certain educational benefits to members serving in the Persian Gulf (see H.R. 821, H1138 [21FE])
———duty assignments for married couples and single parents (see H.R. 1081, H2812 [7MY])
———early delivery of certain benefit checks (see H.R. 803, H1081 [20FE])
———establish a commemorative medal for members serving in a combat zone during the Persian Gulf conflict (see H.R. 1107, H1475 [7MR])
———establish additional economic, educational, and employment protections to members serving in the Persian Gulf (see H.R. 648, H1914 [20MR])
———exempt certain members from duty assignments that require separation from minor children (see H.R. 537, H892 [5FE])
———free telephone calls for members serving in a combat zone (see H.R. 789, H1138 [21FE])
———inclusion of service in the Army and Air Force exchange service for purposes of the retirement annuity plan (see H.R. 610, H2769 [2MY])
———increase amount of foreign duty pay (see H.R. 666, H994 [6FE])
———inpatient mental health services (see H.R. 846, H2180 [11AP])
———loss of earnings due to service in Middle East (see H.R. 695, H780 [29JA])
———payment of health care expenses for certain members relative to entitlement to medicare benefits (see H.R. 467, H1914 [20MR])
———period of eligibility for admission to military service academies for certain members (see H.R. 2584, H4438 [12JN])
———reports on rehabilitative services for members in the Persian Gulf suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (see H.R. 644, H855 [4FE]), H891 [5FE]
Arts and humanities: recognition of ``An Artistic Discovery,'' the congressional high school art competition (see H. Res. 201, H5744 [23JY])
Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 173, H1416 [5MR])
Baltic Freedom Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 167, H1341 [4MR])
Baltic States: appoint permanent cultural and commercial representatives and encourage Baltic-Soviet negotiations (see H.R. 1879, H2953 [9MY])
———provide special temporary protected status for certain nationals (see H.R. 637, H2180 [11AP])
———support independence of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia (see H.R. 1603, H2083 [22MR])
Basketball Centennial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 372, H10366 [18NO])
Bicentennial of the District of Columbia Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 356, H8335 [23OC])
Boats: fees for recreational vessels (see H.R. 534, H2470 [23AP])
Boy Scouts of America: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 207, H4016 [5JN])
Budget: exclude Unemployment Trust Fund totals from the calculation of Federal deficit amounts (see H.R. 888, H1138 [21FE])
———offsetting transfers among discretionary spending categories (see H.R. 2374, H4613 [18JN])
Burma: U.S. relations (see H. Res. 263, H10366 [18NO])
Business and industry: establish national standards for the manufacture and labeling of plumbing products relative to conservation of water resources (see H.R. 843, H1326 [28FE])
Central Valley project: restoration of fish and wildlife habitat (see H.R. 1306, H1455 [6MR])
CHAMPUS: eligibility of certain members of the Armed Forces relative to medicare coverage of hospital insurance (see H.R. 1124, H1849 [19MR])
China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (see H.R. 2212, H2767 [2MY]; H.J. Res. 263, H4550 [13JN])
———prohibit importation of goods made with forced labor (see H.R. 2744, H5818 [24JY]; H. Con. Res. 216, H9494 [6NO])
Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation: establish (see H.R. 500, H1281 [27FE])
Civil Rights Act: application of certain provisions to the employment of U.S. citizens by certain employers in foreign countries (see H.R. 1694, H3150 [15MY])
———exemption of Wards Cove Packing Co. employees (see H.R. 3748, H9700 [12NO])
———restore and strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (see H.R. 1, H1474 [7MR])
Coastal zones: authorize use of apportionments for pumpout stations for marine sanitation devices (see H.R. 1297, H1455 [6MR])
———improve quality of recreation waters (see H.R. 12, H2685 [1MY])
Coins: mint in commemoration of James Madison (see H.R. 2673, H4611 [18JN])
———mint in commemoration of Operation Desert Shield (see H.R. 1658, H2085 [22MR])
———mint in commemoration of the Bill of Rights (see H.R. 2673, H4611 [18JN])
Coins and coinage: mint in commemoration of the quincentenary of the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus (see H.R. 500, H1281 [27FE])
Colleges and universities: promote increased access to higher education (see H.R. 1524, H3625 [23MY])
———sexual assaults on campuses (see H.R. 2363, H3149 [15MY])
Columbus, Christopher: honorary citizenship (see H.J. Res. 152, H3160 [16MY])
Commission on Defense Base Closure and Realignment: recommendations relative to installations outside the U.S. (see H.J. Res. 313, H5978 [29JY])
Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control (Select): establish (see H. Res. 14, H855 [4FE])
Commodore John Barry Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 166, H6194 [31JY])
Congress: amend the definition of the type of adjournment that prevents the return of a bill by the President (see H.R. 849, H2262 [16AP])
———investigation of alleged negotiations between presidential candidate Ronald Reagan and Iran to keep the U.S. hostages until after the 1980 election (see H. Res. 131, H3495 [22MY])
Conservation of energy: promote (see H. Con. Res. 18, H5746 [23JY])
Contracts: increase Dept. of Defense materials procurement from small disadvantaged businesses (see H.R. 852, H1759 [13MR])
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 116, H3038 [14MY])
Copyrights: digital audio recordings (see H.R. 3204, H11891 [26NO])
———protection of industrial designs (see H.R. 1790, H2259 [16AP])
Country Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 305, H6540 [12SE])
Courts: extraterritorial jurisdiction over terrorist acts abroad against U.S. nationals (see H.R. 2222, H3150 [15MY])
Credit cards: grace period for payments (see H.R. 1166, H2180 [11AP])
Crime: constitutional amendment to safeguard crime victims' rights (see H.J. Res. 274, H5342 [10JY])
———national policy to control crime against women (see H.R. 1502, H3037 [14MY])
Customs and duties: temporary import surcharges to compensate for disproportionate cost to U.S. of the Persian Gulf war (see H.J. Res. 92, H1026 [19FE])
Dept. of Arts and Humanities: establish (see H.R. 383, H1417 [5MR])
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: designate a Chief Minority Affairs Officer (see H.R. 819, H5910 [25JY])
———prices of drugs procured (see H.R. 2890, H7863 [15OC])
Diseases: ovarian cancer research (see H.R. 148, H891 [5FE])
———require States to enact breast cancer information programs (see H.R. 382, H782 [29JA])
District of Columbia: establish an equitable annual Federal payment (see H.R. 2123, H3806 [3JN])
Drug abuse: Federal and State treatment programs for criminal offenders (see H.R. 730, H1025 [19FE])
Dutch-American Heritage Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 177, H6318 [1AU])
Earth Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 144, H2087 [22MR])
Earthquakes: establish hazard reduction program (see H.R. 2806, H8335 [23OC])
Education: alternative methods for qualifying ability-to-benefit students for Federal financial aid (see H.R. 907, H2394 [18AP])
———financial assistance to urban areas (see H.R. 1669, H2538 [24AP])
———guarantee students from certain high schools a chance to go to college (see H.R. 763, H994 [6FE])
———improve (see H.R. 3548, H7800 [10OC])
———provide opportunities for low-income students (see H.R. 2350, H3148 [15MY])
———State parents as teachers programs (see H.R. 520, H2180 [11AP])
Education Day, U.S.A.: designate (see H.J. Res. 104, H1282 [27FE])
Edwards, Ralph: relief (see H.R. 1918, H2769 [2MY])
EEOC: strengthen enforcement of nondiscrimination policies in Federal employment (see H.R. 292, H1759 [13MR])
El Salvador: peace process (see H.R. 3782, H11892 [26NO])
———transfer of certain military assistance to the Demobilization and Transition Fund (see H.R. 3669, H11892 [26NO])
———withhold military assistance (see H.R. 1346, H1472 [7MR])
Elections: allow election day and mail registration for Federal offices (see H.R. 47, H10931 [22NO])
———campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 3750, H9700 [12NO])
———financing House of Representatives campaigns (see H.R. 329, H782 [29JA])
———House campaign procedures (see H.R. 389, H556 [17JA])
Electronic Fund Transfer Act: regulation of preauthorization by consumer of electronic fund transfer (see H.R. 1493, H1849 [19MR])
Elementary and Secondary Education Act: amend relative to grant amounts (see H.R. 1573, H2686 [1MY])
Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 109, H2470 [23AP])
Employment: electronic monitoring in the workplace (see H.R. 1218, H1475 [7MR])
———entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (see H.R. 2, H697 [24JA])
———family leave for school activities (see H.R. 1388, H1668 [12MR])
Equal rights: constitutional amendment to ensure (see H.J. Res. 1, H854 [4FE])
Executive departments: congressional question period for members of the President's cabinet (see H. Res. 155, H3160 [16MY])
Eximbank: financing of defense articles export (see H.R. 1635, H2262 [16AP])
Families and domestic relations: State efforts to prevent family violence and provide immediate shelter and related assistance to battered women and their children (see H.R. 2334, H4099 [6JN])
FBI: regulate conduct (see H.R. 50, H5049 [25JN])
Federal employees: allow time off from duty to serve as bone marrow donors (see H.R. 658, H1025 [19FE])
———early delivery of certain annuities checks (see H.R. 802, H1081 [20FE])
———early retirement requirements (see H.R. 1820, H5050 [25JN])
———employment discrimination (see H.R. 3583, H8662 [29OC])
———extend certain civil service retirement benefits to certain INS, Customs Service, and IRS employees (see H.R. 793, H2537 [24AP])
———honoraria (see H.R. 325, H529 [16JA])
———obstetrical health benefit provider requirements (see H.R. 1021, H1078 [20FE])
———parental leave for certain education-related activities (see H.R. 1387, H1668 [12MR])
———reimbursement of relocation travel expenses (see H.R. 2940, H5595 [17JY])
———restore the 3-year basis recovery rule relative to certain annuities for income tax purposes (see H.R. 576, H1025 [19FE])
———voluntary participation in the political process (see H.R. 20, H1138 [21FE])
———written notice before being released due to a reduction in force (see H.R. 1341, H1787 [18MR])
Federal Employees Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 97, H994 [6FE])
Federal Mine Safety and Health Act: early delivery of certain benefit checks (see H.R. 799, H1081 [20FE])
Financial institutions: disclosure of interest rates and fees of deposit accounts (see H.R. 447, H606 [18JA])
———limit the amount of deposit insurance for certain deposits of nonprofit tax-exempt organizations (see H.R. 754, H1849 [19MR])
Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act: extend the phase-in period under title XI (see H.R. 2115, H5300 [9JY])
Fire prevention: use of automatic sprinklers or equivalent level of fire safety (see H.R. 3360, H9493 [6NO])
Firearms: mandatory registration of handguns (see H.R. 282, H1759 [13MR])
———waiting period before the purchase of a handgun (see H.R. 7, H2136 [10AP])
Fishing: international moratorium on large-scale driftnets (see H. Con. Res. 113, H2394 [18AP])
Foreign aid: assistance for transition from communism to democracy (see H.R. 1080, H2470 [23AP])
Foreign countries: prohibit importation of goods made with forced labor (see H.R. 2743, H5818 [24JY])
———restrict exports of nuclear items to nonnuclear weapon states (see H.R. 2755, H5342 [10JY])
Foreign policy: recommittal to U.S. support of universal human rights and democracy (see H. Res. 284, H10365 [18NO])
Foreign trade: economic sanctions on any foreign person trading nuclear equipment or technology under certain circumstances (see H.R. 830, H1670 [12MR])
———improve sanctions against foreign persons exporting items to countries violating U.N. Security Council resolutions (see H.R. 652, H854 [4FE])
———procedures for implementing trade agreements (see H. Res. 101, H1456 [6MR])
———voluntary restraint agreements (see H. Res. 297, H10931 [22NO])
Freedom of Information Act: improve public access to Government information (see H.R. 1423, H2262 [16AP])
Freedom of speech: restriction of rights of Federal employees and grantees (see H. Con. Res. 160, H3739 [30MY])
Geography Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 201, H2394 [18AP])
German-American Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 180, H3856 [4JN])
Girl Scouts of the United States of America 80th Anniversary Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 343, H11893 [26NO])
Glen Canyon Dam: implement operating procedures (see H.R. 814, H890 [5FE])
Government: value engineering review of Federal contracts (see H.R. 281, H1759 [13MR])
Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see H.J. Res. 58, H1671 [12MR])
Guam, Commonwealth of: establish (see H.R. 98, H3624 [23MY])
Hawaii: FERC jurisdiction over fresh waters (see H.R. 3027, H11891 [26NO])
Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 2530, H5451 [15JY])
Health care facilities: criminal penalties for interfering with access (see H.R. 1703, H2135 [10AP])
Health care professionals: training of medical rehabilitation health personnel (see H.R. 1466, H4284 [11JN])
Helsinki Human Rights Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 264, H3855 [4JN])
Hire a Veteran Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 280, H5049 [25JN])
Historic sites: preservation of heritage and resources (see H.R. 1601, H5300 [9JY])
———study of significant places in U.S. labor history (see H.R. 1143, H1278 [27FE])
Homosexuality: prohibit discrimination based on affectional or sexual orientation (see H.R. 1430, H1758 [13MR])
House of Representatives: abolish the franking privilege and establish a spending allowance for postage (see H.R. 771, H2262 [16AP])
———recycling program (see H. Res. 96, H1326 [28FE])
———request for certain information regarding Operation Desert Shield (see H. Res. 19, H387 [11JA])
Human rights: recovery of damages from individuals engaging in torture or extrajudicial killing (see H.R. 2092, H6457 [11SE])
Hunger: alleviate conditions (see H.R. 2258, H3856 [4JN])
Hunting and trapping: eliminate the use of steel jaw leghold traps on animals (see H.R. 1354, H1473 [7MR])
Immigration: English language requirements (see H.R. 1395, H1915 [20MR])
———health and military service requirements for the admission and naturalization of certain veterans (see H.R. 2309, H3495 [22MY])
———special status for aliens serving in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 582, H2016 [21MR])
Income: wage adjustments for prevailing rate employees (see H.R. 786, H1081 [20FE])
Insurance: life insurance contracts of terminally ill individuals (see H.R. 134, H606 [18JA])
International Fund for Ireland: restrictions on U.S. contribution (see H.R. 87, H1080 [20FE])
International Parental Child Abduction Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 266, H5433 [11JY])
International Red Cross: inclusion of Magen David Adam as a legitimate national society (see H. Con. Res. 223, H9044 [1NO])
Iran: emancipation of the Bahai community (see H. Con. Res. 156, H6388 [2AU])
Iraq: enforcement of U.N. cease fire resolution, humanitarian assistance to Kurds, and establishment of refugee enclaves (see H. Con. Res. 114, H2812 [7MY])
———humanitarian assistance for displaced persons (see H. Con. Res. 131, H2471 [23AP])
———humanitarian assistance for the Kurds (see H. Con. Res. 133, H2261 [16AP]; H. Res. 126, H2399 [22AP])
———release portion of frozen assets for UNICEF medical and humanitarian assistance to Iraqi citizens (see H. Con. Res. 168, H5300 [9JY])
———reparations for allied costs (see H. Res. 98, H1326 [28FE])
———suffering of the Kurdish people (see H. Con. Res. 124, H2770 [2MY])
Irish-American Heritage Month: establish (see H.J. Res. 350, H8497 [24OC])
Israel: Arab boycott (see H. Con. Res. 118, H2471 [23AP])
———awarding of U.S. Government contracts relative to participation in Arab boycott (see H.R. 2874, H5431 [11JY])
———prohibit arms sales to any country that is cooperating with the economic boycott (see H.R. 2456, H5745 [23JY])
Italian-American Heritage and Culture Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 260, H3623 [23MY])
Japanese Americans: authorize study of historically significant places (see H.R. 2351, H3148 [15MY])
Jewish Heritage Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 134, H2016 [21MR])
Joe DiMaggio Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 235, H2536 [24AP])
Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park: land acquisition (see H.R. 3140, H11891 [26NO])
Kenya: political and human rights situation (see H.J. Res. 208, H2565 [25AP])
King, Martin Luther, Jr.: authorize Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity to establish a memorial in D.C. (see H.J. Res. 159, H3371 [21MY])
Korean War Veterans Remembrance Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 255, H4438 [12JN])
Kuwait: involvement of U.S. small businesses in rebuilding (see H. Con. Res. 95, H1916 [20MR])
———involvement of U.S. workers, firms, and products in rebuilding (see H. Con. Res. 99, H2017 [21MR]; H. Res. 106, H2188 [15AP])
Labor: prevent discrimination based on participation in disputes (see H.R. 5, H488 [12JA])
———reasonable fees to representatives of nonmember employees (see H.R. 3672, H11892 [26NO])
Labor unions: procedures used in determining elections to select representation under the Railway Labor Act (see H.R. 1178, H1915 [20MR])
Laos: U.S. naturalization of aliens who served with special guerrilla units (see H.R. 3552, H9581 [7NO])
Lebanon: support efforts of President Bush to obtain release of hostages (see H. Con. Res. 107, H4868 [20JN])
Liberia: authorizing supplemental appropriations (see H.R. 1328, H2180 [11AP])
Little Bighorn National Battlefield Park: designate (see H.R. 847, H3150 [15MY])
Lobbyists: disclosure of details on activities benefiting foreign interests (see H.R. 1725, H4098 [6JN])
Lyme Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 138, H3371 [21MY])
Manzanar National Historic Site: establish (see H.R. 543, H2686 [1MY])
Margaret Walker Alexander National African-American Research Center: establish (see H.R. 1254, H1415 [5MR])
Marine mammals: detrimental impact due to purse seine fishing for tuna (see H.R. 261, H5432 [11JY])
———maintain and strengthen current international protections for whales, dolphins, and porpoises (see H. Con. Res. 105, H2400 [22AP])
———moratorium on commercial killing of whales and conservation of dolphins and porpoises (see H. Con. Res. 177, H10545 [19NO])
Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site: authorize National Park Service to acquire and manage (see H.R. 690, H1326 [28FE])
Medicaid: improve services to pregnant women and infants (see H.R. 290, H1759 [13MR])
Medicare: home care and extended care services coverages (see H.R. 1200, H2538 [24AP])
———payment for interpretation of electrocardiograms (see H.R. 3373, H11892 [26NO])
Members of Congress: constitutional amendment on compensation (see H. Con. Res. 194, H6317 [1AU])
Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 156, H4284 [11JN])
Merchant marine: fair implementation of cargo preference laws (see H.R. 44, H7199 [1OC])
———provide that certain service during World War II constitutes active military service (see H.R. 44, H7199 [1OC])
Merchant seamen: veterans benefits to individuals serving in a combat zone during a period of war (see H.R. 736, H1281 [27FE])
Middle East: arms control (see H.R. 1343, H2137 [10AP])
———congressional approval of military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq pending failure of economic sanctions (see H. Con. Res. 28, H195 [10JA])
———multinational diplomatic solution to conflict with Iraq (see H.J. Res. 48, H84 [4JA])
———peace attempts (see H. Con. Res. 93, H2182 [11AP])
———restrictions on press coverage of military operations in the Persian Gulf (see H. Con. Res. 38, H855 [4FE]; H. Res. 37, H1579 [11MR])
Monuments and memorials: establish memorial for Japanese American veterans (see H.J. Res. 271, H5267 [27JN])
Motion pictures: observe anniversary of moviemaking and the contributions of the American Film Institute (see H. Con. Res. 161, H3804 [3JN])
Motorcycle Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 107, H5300 [9JY])
National Air and Space Museum Expansion Site Advisory Panel: establish (see H.R. 3281, H8662 [29OC])
National American Indian Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 182, H3038 [14MY])
National Arbor Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 66, H892 [5FE])
National Ballroom Dance Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 274, H5342 [10JY])
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 257, H5911 [25JY])
National Cancer Institute: breast cancer research funding (see H.R. 381, H606 [18JA])
National Center on Elder Abuse: establish (see H.R. 385, H606 [18JA])
National Children's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 183, H4613 [18JN])
National Crime Victims' Rights Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 171, H2110 [9AP])
National DARE Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 217, H3495 [22MY])
National Desert Storm Reservists Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 231, H2603 [30AP])
National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 241, H2954 [9MY])
National Ellis Island Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 130, H3037 [14MY])
National Firefighters Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 189, H2954 [9MY])
National Forest System Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 226, H5212 [26JN])
National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 87, H1081 [20FE])
National Foster Care Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 154, H2109 [9AP])
National Guard: civilian employees may not be required to wear military uniforms while performing civilian service (see H.R. 609, H1080 [20FE])
———make civilian technicians part of the competitive service (see H.R. 723, H1456 [6MR])
———protections for technicians relative to reductions in pay and furloughs (see H.R. 722, H1456 [6MR])
———retention rights of certain civilian technicians involuntarily separated from membership (see H.R. 1188, H1759 [13MR])
National health plan: establish (see H.R. 8, H54 [3JA]; H.R. 16, H993 [6FE]; H.R. 1300, H1579 [11MR])
National Historically Black Colleges Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 102, H2538 [24AP])
National Law Enforcement Memorial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 123, H7314 [2OC])
National Law Enforcement Training Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 191, H2538 [24AP])
National Military Families Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 215, H2178 [11AP])
National Minority Organ Donor Encouragement Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 229, H2393 [18AP])
National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 218, H2179 [11AP])
National Parks Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 276, H6194 [31JY])
National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 72, H1456 [6MR])
National Philanthropy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 140, H4438 [12JN])
National Police Athletic League Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 129, H1787 [18MR])
National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 233, H3150 [15MY])
National Radon Action Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 67, H892 [5FE])
National Recycling Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 169, H2109 [9AP])
National Red Ribbon Week for a Drug-Free America: designate (see H.J. Res. 340, H8102 [17OC])
National Senior Citizens Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 181, H2954 [9MY])
National Senior Nutrition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 141, H1850 [19MR])
National Tourism Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 103, H1081 [20FE])
National Trauma Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 300, H9581 [7NO])
National Women in Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 293, H11894 [26NO])
National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 242, H2768 [2MY])
Native Americans: recognize Lumbee Tribe of Cheraw Indians (see H.R. 1426, H6720 [23SE])
Nobel Prize: recognition of Aung San Suu Kyi for peace (see H. Con. Res. 221, H7862 [15OC])
Northern Ireland: presence of paramilitary groups and British security forces (see H.R. 3299, H9701 [12NO])
Nuclear weapons: moratorium on testing (see H.R. 3636, H8494 [24OC])
Occupational Safety and Health Act: revise (see H.R. 3160, H9581 [7NO])
Office of Research on Women's Health: establish (see H.R. 1263, H1415 [5MR])
Office of Research on Women's Health and Mental Health: establish (see H.R. 1264, H1415 [5MR])
OSHA: establish an Office of Construction Safety, Health, and Education (see H.R. 1063, H2262 [16AP])
Paine, Thomas: establish monument in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 1628, H8662 [29OC])
Petroleum: reinstate the windfall profit tax on domestic crude oil (see H.R. 460, H855 [4FE])
Poland: commend efforts toward democracy by Solidarity (see H.J. Res. 234, H2903 [8MY])
Polish American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 227, H2903 [8MY])
Population: funding for international control assistance (see H.R. 1110, H1161 [26FE]; H.R. 1179, H1323 [28FE])
Postal Service: mail delivery standards (see H.R. 676, H1670 [12MR])
———treatment of members of uniformed inspection service as law enforcement officers for retirement purposes (see H.R. 573, H2769 [2MY])
Power resources: increase U.S. energy security in environmentally desirable and economically affordable ways (see H.R. 560, H993 [6FE])
Prisons: availability of drug treatment programs for Federal prisoners (see H.R. 548, H1080 [20FE])
Public Health Service Act: family planning counseling (see H.R. 392, H782 [29JA])
Public Pension Equity Restoration Act: enact (see H.R. 1348, H2375 [17AP])
Radio Free China: establish (see H.R. 1156, H5267 [27JN])
Railroad Retirement Act: early delivery of certain benefit checks (see H.R. 801, H1081 [20FE])
Raye, Martha: support awarding of Presidential Medal of Freedom (see H. Con. Res. 100, H1849 [19MR])
Real property: tax treatment under the limitations on losses from passive activities (see H.R. 1414, H6317 [1AU])
Recycled materials: promote research (see H.R. 300, H1417 [5MR])
Recycling: improve collection of information that promotes the recycling of municipal solid waste (see H.R. 828, H1138 [21FE])
Refugee Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 323, H8496 [24OC])
Refuse disposal: reduce use of toxic chemicals (see H.R. 2880, H9701 [12NO])
———White House conference on solid waste disposal and reduction (see H. Con. Res. 52, H1476 [7MR])
Roads and highways: conservation of significant environmental, historic, and recreational resources (see H.R. 2279, H3625 [23MY])
———establish a strategic urbanized highway program (see H.R. 1403, H1669 [12MR])
Schwarzkopf, H. Norman, Jr.: award a Congressional Gold Medal and produce bronze duplicates for public sale (see H.R. 1296, H1671 [12MR])
Sec. of Veterans Affairs: scientific review of health effects of exposure to herbicides (see H.R. 556, H640 [22JA])
Senior citizens: authorize a national conference on aging (see H.R. 1504, H2109 [9AP])
Ships and vessels: equity of revenue availability and regulation of gambling (see H.R. 3282, H7726 [9OC])
———extend coverage of certain Federal labor laws to foreign flagships (see H.R. 1126, H6456 [11SE])
———remedy injury to shipbuilding and repair industry (see H.R. 2709, H4866 [20JN])
———reporting of foreign passenger vessel casualties (see H.R. 1191, H1324 [28FE])
Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area: establish (see H.R. 2141, H5650 [18JY])
Social Security: benefit formula computation rules (see H.R. 917, H990 [6FE])
———long-term care insurance policies (see H.R. 1916, H3806 [3JN])
———payment for physicians' services (see H.R. 3070, H7981 [16OC])
———reduction in payments to spouses and surviving spouses receiving certain Government pensions (see H.R. 53, H606 [18JA])
Solid waste: application of certain requirements and sanctions to Federal facilities (see H.R. 2194, H2767 [2MY])
———refund value for certain beverage containers and resources for State pollution prevention and recycling programs (see H.R. 997, H1077 [20FE])
———require executive departments and agencies to separate waste for recycling (see H.R. 2095, H2563 [25AP])
South Africa: ban loans and investments by U.S. corporations (see H.R. 1111, H2470 [23AP])
Soviet Union: democratic reforms in Armenia (see H.J. Res. 328, H9044 [1NO])
———denial of foreign trade credits and economic assistance (see H.R. 601, H2108 [9AP])
———military action against Baltic States (see H. Res. 32, H1787 [18MR])
———political reform in the Baltic States (see H.J. Res. 179, H2770 [2MY])
———U.N. response relative to military action against Baltic States (see H. Con. Res. 50, H1081 [20FE])
Sports: authorize minting of coins commemorating 1994 World Cup and provide a financial legacy to youth and amateur soccer (see H.R. 2801, H5515 [16JY])
States: prohibit imposition of income tax on pensions of nonresident individuals (see H.R. 431, H1914 [20MR])
———regulation of disposal of certain low-level radioactive waste (see H.R. 645, H1787 [18MR])
———taxation of nonresidents pension income (see H.R. 1531, H2953 [9MY])
Student loans: deferral during professional internships (see H.R. 179, H854 [4FE])
———eligibility relative to default rates of institutions (see H.R. 327, H2180 [11AP])
Syria: emigration and free travel for Jews (see H. Con. Res. 188, H7314 [2OC])
———extradition of fugitive Nazi war criminal Alois Brunner (see H. Res. 129, H2399 [22AP])
Taxation: clarify treatment of certain Federal financial assistance provided to savings and loan institutions (see H.R. 1135, H2016 [21MR])
———contribution of individual income tax refunds to a trust fund for hunger relief (see H.R. 81, H1670 [12MR])
———employer credits for the cost of providing employee mammography screening (see H.R. 112, H713 [28JA])
———exclude price of certain transit passes from income (see H.R. 572, H1138 [21FE]; H.R. 1145, H1278 [27FE]; H.R. 1442, H2188 [15AP])
———exclude small transactions from broker reporting requirements (see H.R. 200, H2769 [2MY])
———exclusion for employee educational assistance (see H.R. 127, H606 [18JA])
———exempt from luxury tax passenger vehicle parts or accessories for disabled individuals (see H.R. 1259, H1850 [19MR])
———income from frozen Iraqi assets (see H.R. 135, H891 [5FE])
———increase personal exemption for taxpayers (see H.R. 3228, H6382 [2AU])
———individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1406, H2375 [17AP])
———limit ability of taxpayers to deduct costs of cleaning up oil and hazardous substances spills (see H.R. 1539, H5451 [15JY])
———low-income housing credit (see H.R. 413, H1080 [20FE])
———penalty-free withdrawals from retirement plans by displaced workers (see H.R. 2303, H2953 [9MY])
———permanently extend qualified mortgage bonds (see H.R. 1067, H2262 [16AP])
———refundable credit in lieu of deductions for children and increased earned income credit (see H.R. 2242, H3806 [3JN])
———repeal the luxury tax on boats (see H.R. 951, H1023 [19FE])
———targeted jobs credit eligibility requirements (see H.R. 3286, H6540 [12SE])
———treatment of charitable contributions of appreciated property (see H.R. 1557, H7815 [11OC])
———treatment of combat pay (see H.R. 3166, H8496 [24OC])
———treatment of deduction for interest paid on debt secured by a first or second home (see H. Con. Res. 8, H2182 [11AP])
———treatment of educational loans and scholarships (see H.R. 394, H2686 [1MY])
———treatment of employment performed by certain educational institution employees (see H.R. 516, H825 [30JA])
———treatment of gain from sale of principal residence by certain disabled individuals (see H.R. 1076, H2537 [24AP])
Telephones: privacy of users (see H.R. 1305, H2902 [8MY])
———regulate use for making commercial solicitations (see H.R. 1304, H2109 [9AP])
Tibet: recognize as occupied country under international law (see H. Con. Res. 145, H3371 [21MY])
Travel: resume normal business and tourist travel (see H. Con. Res. 129, H2374 [17AP])
Unemployment: remove certain limitations on members of the Reserves performing services during the Persian Gulf conflict (see H.R. 1195, H5299 [9JY])
Vermont Bicentennial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 132, H1024 [19FE])
Veterans: allow disability compensation concurrently with retirement pay (see H.R. 303, H556 [17JA])
———availability of benefits to individuals incarcerated in Federal correctional institutions (see H.R. 1181, H1323 [28FE])
———clarify protections relative to reemployment and reinstatement of health insurance (see H.R. 555, H713 [28JA])
———disability compensation for service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 321, H529 [16JA])
———eligibility to members of the Selected Reserve for the Veterans Home Loan Program (see H.R. 939, H9493 [6NO])
———expand services for post-traumatic stress disorder patients (see H.R. 841, H1138 [21FE])
———hospice care for terminally ill individuals (see H.R. 2199, H6457 [11SE])
———improve benefits and services for military personnel serving during the Persian Gulf war (see H.R. 908, H1326 [28FE])
———improve compensation and pension programs (see H.R. 426, H684 [23JA])
———service pensions for World War I veterans (see H.R. 1918, H2769 [2MY])
———treatment for individuals exposed to radiation during military service (see H.R. 3236, H6382 [2AU])
Walesa, Lech: honorary citizenship (see H.J. Res. 234, H2903 [8MY])
Wallenberg, Raoul: release of prison records by the Soviet Union (see H. Con. Res. 58, H1139 [21FE])
Water: desalinization (see H.R. 2817, H5266 [27JN])
———improve management of national resources (see H.R. 844, H1326 [28FE])
Women: encourage a broader range of job training and placement (see H.R. 906, H1138 [21FE])
———ensure economic equity (see H.R. 3526, H7648 [8OC])
———equity in health care services (see H.R. 1161, H1279 [27FE])
———reproduction rights (see H.R. 25, H606 [18JA])
Women's History Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 149, H1280 [27FE])
World AIDS Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 376, H10843 [21NO])
World Population Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 261, H3623 [23MY])
World War II: contributions of the people of Guam and Hawaii (see H. Res. 293, H10931 [22NO])
———encourage award of the Presidential Unit Citation to the crew of the U.S.S. Nevada (see H. Con. Res. 236, H11894 [26NO])
Year of Reconciliation Between American Indians and Non-Indians: designate (see H.J. Res. 358, H9494 [6NO])
Year of the American Indian: designate (see H.J. Res. 342, H7380 [3OC])
Year of the Gulf of Mexico: designate (see H.J. Res. 327, H7801 [10OC])
Yugoslavia: civil liberties (see H. Res. 121, H2539 [24AP])
Broadcasts
``Investigation—New Gates Allegations'': ABC News, H5642-H5644 [18JY]
Essays: Voice of Democracy
Jill A. Otake, E1181
Letters
Wards Cove Packing Co. Supreme Court case: by, and several Representatives, H9506 [7NO]
Pledge of Allegiance
House of Representatives, H2905 [9MY]
Remarks by, on
Agriculture: collection of fees to provide agricultural quarantine and inspection services in Puerto Rico and Hawaii (H.R. 2054), H2905 [9MY]
Black History Month: observance, H1219
Burma: anniversary of house arrest of Aung San Suu Kyi, H6260 [1AU]
———economic sanctions, H6260 [1AU]
———human rights violations (S. Con. Res. 18), H3697 [29MY]
California: designate certain desert lands as wilderness (H.R. 2929), H10977 [22NO]
China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status, H5308 [10JY]
———most-favored-nation status (H.R. 2212), H5364 [10JY]
Civil Rights Act: exemption of Wards Cove Packing Co. employees (S. 1962), H9510 [7NO]
———restore and strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (H.R. 1), H3724 [30MY], H3950
———restore and strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (S. 1745), consideration (H. Res. 270), H9510 [7NO]
———restore and strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (S. 1745), correct engrossment (S. Res. 214), H9157 [5NO]
———Senate legislation designed to overturn Supreme Court decision in Wards Cove Packing Co. v. Atonio, H9157 [5NO]
Commission on Defense Base Closure and Realignment: recommendations relative to installations outside the U.S. (H.J. Res. 313), H6001 [30JY]
Cyprus: Turkish occupation, H5738
Death Valley, Joshua Tree, and Mojave National Parks: establish (H.R. 2929), H10977 [22NO]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing supplemental appropriations for operational expenditures relative to Operation Desert Shield (H.R. 1175), H1700
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: incentive pay to psychologists obtaining board certification in a professional specialty (H.R. 2843), E2499
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2707), H5087
El Salvador: foreign aid, E2453
———human rights policy, H7125 [1OC]
———military aid, H10854 [22NO]
Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 3750), H11160 [25NO]
Employment: quotas, H3950
Energy Policy and Conservation Act: amend relative to the strategic petroleum reserve (H.R. 2314), H2970 [14MY]
Foreign relations: anniversary of U.S.-Portuguese diplomatic relations (S.J. Res. 55), E685
Gates, Robert M.: nomination to be Director of the CIA, H5641, H5644 [18JY]
Hawaii: Hawaiian Homes Commission Act amendments (S.J. Res. 23), H11294 [26NO]
———tourist trade, H1858 [20MR]
Hawaiian Homes Commission Act: consent to certain amendments enacted by the Legislature of Hawaii (H.J. Res. 383), H11294 [26NO]
Immigration: special status for aliens serving in the Armed Forces (S. 296), H6551
Iraq: humanitarian assistance for the Kurds, H3031 [14MY]
Kuwait: domestic law enforcement activities, H4775 [20JN]
Labor unions: prevent discrimination based on participation in disputes (H.R. 5), H5573 [17JY]
Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program: funding, H5087
Middle East: congressional approval of military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq pending failure of economic sanctions (H. Con. Res. 33), H425 [12JA]
———military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq, H171 [10JA]
National objectives: policy to assist children and families, H6918, H6919 [26SE]
Nobel Prize: recognition of Aung San Suu Kyi for peace, H7820 [15OC]
Parliamentary inquiry, H11370 [26NO]
Point of order, H8333 [23OC]
Resolution Trust Corp.: funding (S. 419), H1737 [13MR]
Ships and vessels: requirements for manning and watches on towing vessels (H.R. 3942), E4123
Transportation: establish a national comprehensive surface transportation system (H.R. 2950), H8333 [23OC]
Veterans: authorize travel on military aircraft for certain disabled individuals (H.R. 2841), E2499
———authorize use of Dept. of Defense commissary stores by certain former disabled POW (H.R. 2842), E2499
———compliance of Operation Desert Shield benefits with Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, H1715 [13MR]
———establish a post-traumatic stress disorder treatment program in Hawaii (H.R. 2845), E2499
World War II: contributions of Federal civilian employees during the attack on Pearl Harbor (S.J. Res. 198), H11456
———determination of validity of claims by certain Filipinos relative to their military service (H.R. 2844), E2499
Remarks in House relative to
Committees of the House: designate membership (H. Res. 43), H754 [29JA]
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H2130 [10AP], H5337 [10JY]
Special order: granted, H2960 [13MY], H3147 [15MY], H3707 [29MY], H5511 [16JY], H5977 [29JY]
Resignations
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, H7713 [9OC]
Statements
Presidential War Powers: Barbara Tuchman, H172 [10JA]
Testimonies
Committee on Appropriations (Senate): Depts. of Labor, HHS, Education Budgets, D474 [24AP]
Committee on Rules: Restore and Strengthen Laws That Ban Discrimination in Employment (S. 1745), D1386 [6NO]
Texts of
H.R. 2842, authorize use of Dept. of Defense commissary stores by certain disabled former POW, E2500
H.R. 2844, determination of validity of claims by certain Filipinos relative to their military service during World War II, E2499
H.R. 2845, establish a post-traumatic stress disorder treatment program for veterans in Hawaii, E2499
Tributes
Masaoka, Mike M., H5891 [25JY]