ASPIN, LES (a Representative from Wisconsin)
Amendments offered by, to
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military functions and to prescribe military personnel levels (H.R. 2100), H3403, H3404, H3405, H3406, H3407, H3408 [22MY]
Announcements
Commission on Defense Base Closure and Realignment: disapprove recommendations (H.J. Res. 308), proceed to consideration, H5958 [29JY]
Appointments
Committee To Welcome H. Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr., H2814 [8MY]
Conferee: H.R. 2038, intelligence services appropriations, H8481 [24OC]
———H.R. 2100, authorizing appropriations for Dept. of Defense military functions and to prescribe military personnel levels, H6586 [16SE]
———S. 347, revitalize the defense industrial base, H7776 [10OC]
Articles and editorials
Aid to Soviets That Benefits U.S., Trudy Rubin, Philadelphia (PA) Inquirer, E4065
Beware the Ides of December, Gerald Nadler, Washington (DC) Times, E4006
Coup Talk Abounds in Soviet Army, Fred Hiatt, Washington (DC) Post, E4242
Coup Talk Intensifies in Moscow, Elisabeth Rubinfien, Wall Street Journal (publication), E4241
Desperate Days in the Soviet Union—Shortages Abound in Just About Everything—Especially Food, Margaret Shapiro, Washington (DC) Post, E4242
General Aspin's Pork Army, H3353 [21MY]
Missiles Could Be Controlled by Rebel Units, Peter Almond, London (England) Telegraph, E4066
Moscow Food Shortage Is `Critical', E4241
Moscow's New Worry—``December Putsch''—Rumors of Possible Coup Sweep City Amid Winter's Gloom and Mounting Shortages, Michael Dobbs, Washington (DC) Post, E4244
Nice Food—If You Can Get It, Fred Hiatt and Margaret Shapiro, Washington (DC) Post, E4066
Russia Faces Winter—And Pleads for U.S. Help, Kevin Klose, E4067
Soviet Aid—First and Now, Washington (DC) Post, E4007
Soviet Army Says It Will Defend Itself, Fred Hiatt, Washington (DC) Post, E3973
Soviet Medicine in Dire Straits, Eleanor Randolph, Washington (DC) Post, E3971
Soviet Nuclear Scientists Ripe for Offers from Highest Bidder, Dan Fesperman, Baltimore (MD) Sun, E3972
Starving Soviets Rustle Livestock, Wendy Sloane, E4241
Strauss Sees Urgent Need for Soviet Aid, Fred Hiatt, Washington (DC) Post, E3972
Their Chaos—And Ours, Robert J. Samuelson, Washington (DC) Post, E4243
U.S.—A Pathetic Nation? Leslie H. Gelb, New York (NY) Times, E4068
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Commission on Defense Base Closure and Realignment: recommendations relative to installations outside the U.S. (see H.J. Res. 313, H5978 [29JY])
Committee on Armed Services: expenses for investigations and studies (see H. Res. 58, H993 [6FE])
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military functions and to prescribe military personnel levels (see H.R. 2100, H2564 [25AP])
———authorizing supplemental appropriations for operational expenditures relative to Operation Desert Shield (see H.R. 1175, H1323 [28FE])
National Law Enforcement Training Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 191, H1849 [19MR])
POW: treatment relative to violations of Geneva Convention (see H. Con. Res. 48, H684 [23JA])
Powell, Colin L.: award a Congressional Gold Medal and produce bronze duplicates for public sale (see H.R. 1687, H2134 [10AP])
Soviet Union: economic assistance (see H.R. 3870, H10930 [22NO])
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Africa: protection of human rights and economic development in the Horn of Africa (see H.R. 1454, H3150 [15MY])
Alaska: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.J. Res. 239, H5050 [25JN])
American Hispanic Literature Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 244, H5746 [23JY])
American Magazine Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 253, H5451 [15JY])
Armed Forces: establish a commemorative medal for members serving in a combat zone during the Persian Gulf conflict (see H.R. 1107, H1849 [19MR])
Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 173, H2376 [17AP])
Bicentennial of the District of Columbia Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 356, H11893 [26NO])
Boy Scouts of America: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 207, H4438 [12JN])
Buy American Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 299, H5665 [22JY])
Capitol Building and Grounds: use of the ambulance maintained solely for Members (see H. Res. 244, H8663 [29OC])
Coins: mint commemorative coin for 200th anniversary of White House (see H.R. 3337, H10932 [22NO])
———mint in commemoration of James Madison (see H.R. 2673, H4611 [18JN])
———mint in commemoration of the Bill of Rights (see H.R. 2673, H4611 [18JN])
Country Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 305, H6540 [12SE])
Crime: constitutional amendment to safeguard crime victims' rights (see H.J. Res. 274, H5342 [10JY])
Crime Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 303, H6318 [1AU])
Dept. of the Treasury: anniversary of Savings Bond Program (see H. Con. Res. 140, H2962 [13MY])
Dutch-American Heritage Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 177, H6879 [25SE])
Earth Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 144, H1137 [21FE])
Education Day, U.S.A.: designate (see H.J. Res. 104, H1282 [27FE])
Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 109, H2181 [11AP])
Federal Deposit Insurance Act: require States receiving large share of thrift resolution costs to pay thrift deposit insurance premium (see H.R. 1171, H3037 [14MY])
Federal employees: voluntary participation in the political process (see H.R. 20, H7862 [15OC])
Financial institutions: limit liability on holdings in violation of certain environmental laws (see H.R. 1450, H3855 [4JN])
Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act: extend the phase-in period under title XI (see H.R. 2115, H7648 [8OC])
Fire fighters: enact a fire service bill of rights (see H.R. 2448, H3622 [23MY])
Flag—U.S.: display by U.S. citizens in support of Armed Forces in the Persian Gulf (see H. Con. Res. 44, H605 [18JA])
Foreign trade: voluntary restraint agreements (see H. Res. 297, H10931 [22NO])
Forests: protection of remaining ancient forests on public lands (see H.R. 842, H11891 [26NO])
Franklin, Benjamin: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2448, H3622 [23MY])
Freedom of religion: protect (see H.R. 2797, H6457 [11SE])
Geography Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 201, H7726 [9OC])
German-American Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 180, H6194 [31JY])
Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see H.J. Res. 58, H697 [24JA])
India: most-favored-nation status (see H.R. 2510, H3804 [3JN])
———terminate foreign aid pending human rights organization monitoring (see H.R. 953, H1023 [19FE])
Infant Mortality Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 194, H2565 [25AP])
Israel: Arab boycott (see H. Con. Res. 118, H5516 [16JY])
Italian-American Heritage and Culture Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 260, H6387 [2AU])
Jewish Heritage Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 134, H1759 [13MR])
Joe DiMaggio Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 235, H3150 [15MY])
Korean War Veterans Remembrance Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 255, H5342 [10JY])
Labor: prevent discrimination based on participation in disputes (see H.R. 5, H488 [12JA])
Language and languages: recognize English as official U.S. language (see H.R. 123, H5341 [10JY])
Law enforcement officers: educational assistance (see H.R. 3172, H6316 [1AU])
———increase numbers (see H.R. 3172, H6316 [1AU])
Marine mammals: detrimental impact due to purse seine fishing for tuna (see H.R. 261, H6879 [25SE])
Medicare: home care and extended care services coverages (see H.R. 1200, H6385 [2AU])
Members of Congress: deny annuity benefits relative to individuals convicted of a felony (see H.R. 1077, H4016 [5JN])
Middle East: congressional approval of military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq (see H.J. Res. 77, H487 [12JA])
———military action by Iraq against Israel (see H. Con. Res. 41, H605 [18JA])
———military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq (see H.J. Res. 62, H195 [10JA])
Middle East Peace Conference: commend participants (see H. Con. Res. 226, H9759 [13NO])
Monuments and memorials: establish memorial for Japanese American veterans (see H.J. Res. 271, H7981 [16OC])
Motion pictures: observe anniversary of moviemaking and the contributions of the American Film Institute (see H. Con. Res. 161, H7726 [9OC])
National Ballroom Dance Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 274, H5342 [10JY])
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 257, H6387 [2AU])
National Cancer Institute: breast cancer research funding (see H.R. 381, H3855 [4JN])
National Children's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 183, H3710 [29MY])
National Correctional Officers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 232, H2536 [24AP])
National Crime Victims' Rights Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 171, H2263 [16AP])
National DARE Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 217, H5300 [9JY])
National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 241, H2685 [1MY])
National Down Syndrome Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 228, H2770 [2MY])
National Education First Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 197, H2181 [11AP])
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, H1476 [7MR])
National Foster Care Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 154, H2376 [17AP])
National Historically Black Colleges Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 102, H5515 [16JY])
National Home Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 175, H6721 [23SE])
National Job Skills Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 291, H7981 [16OC])
National Law Enforcement Memorial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 123, H5342 [10JY])
National Lock-In-Safety Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 238, H7551 [7OC])
National Military Families Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 215, H2178 [11AP])
National Parks Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 276, H6194 [31JY])
National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 72, H2770 [2MY])
National Philanthropy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 140, H4438 [12JN])
National Radon Action Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 67, H6879 [25SE])
National Red Ribbon Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 312, H8663 [29OC])
National Red Ribbon Week for a Drug-Free America: designate (see H.J. Res. 340, H8102 [17OC])
National Sarcoidosis Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 309, H5650 [18JY])
National Scleroderma Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 219, H3806 [3JN])
National Senior Citizens Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 181, H2954 [9MY])
National Senior Nutrition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 141, H2263 [16AP])
National Trauma Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 300, H6139 [30JY])
National Visiting Nurse Associations Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 212, H6458 [11SE])
National Women in Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 293, H5516 [16JY])
National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 242, H5597 [17JY])
National Wrestling Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 196, H5515 [16JY])
Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 205, H2015 [21MR])
NSF: establish technical education and training programs (see H.R. 2936, H6879 [25SE])
Real property: tax treatment under the limitations on losses from passive activities (see H.R. 1414, H1757 [13MR])
Refugee Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 323, H8496 [24OC])
Refuse disposal: prevent lawsuits equating municipal solid waste and sewage sludge with industrial hazardous wastes (see H.R. 3026, H6457 [11SE])
Roads and highways: funding for construction and safety programs (see H.R. 2566, H5515 [16JY])
Robert W. Kastenmeier U.S. Courthouse, Madison, WI: designate (see H.R. 948, H992 [6FE])
Schwarzkopf, H. Norman, Jr.: award a Congressional Gold Medal and produce bronze duplicates for public sale (see H.R. 1296, H1671 [12MR])
Ships and vessels: remedy injury to shipbuilding and repair industry (see H.R. 2709, H6139 [30JY])
Social Security: payment for physicians' services (see H.R. 3070, H6540 [12SE])
Taxation: employer credits for the cost of providing employee mammography screening (see H.R. 112, H1280 [27FE])
———permanently extend qualified mortgage bonds (see H.R. 1067, H6138 [30JY])
———rollover proceeds from sale of farm to an individual retirement account (see H.R. 2333, H6138 [30JY])
Technology: regulation of audiotext (see H.R. 328, H8662 [29OC])
Trees: designate the oak as the national arboreal emblem (see H.J. Res. 69, H5342 [10JY])
Ukranian American Veterans, Inc.: grant charter (see H.R. 976, H2016 [21MR])
Veterans: disability compensation for service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 3, H684 [23JA])
———eligibility for mortgage revenue bond financing (see H.R. 1250, H2137 [10AP])
World Food Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 230, H7314 [2OC])
World Population Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 261, H5911 [25JY])
World War II: contributions of Federal civilian employees during the attack on Pearl Harbor (see H.J. Res. 368, H11893 [26NO])
———contributions of the people of Guam and Hawaii (see H. Res. 293, H10931 [22NO])
Explanations
Persian Gulf Conflict Supplemental Authorization and Personnel Benefits Act (S. 725), H1984-H1992 [21MR]
Letters
GAO budget: by, H3985 [5JN]
Medical research alliance between Depts. of Veterans Affairs and Defense: by, H1178 [27FE]
Motions offered by
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military functions and to prescribe military personnel levels (H.R. 2100), H6585 [16SE]
Poems
``Bodysnatchers,'' Jessica L. Messick, E2744
``Daughter's Prayer,'' Jessica L. Messick, E2744
``Freedom,'' Jessica L. Messick, E2744
``I Said Goodbye,'' Jessica L. Messick, E2744
``Letter Home,'' Jessica L. Messick, E2744
Remarks by, on
Appropriations: technical and enrollment error corrections in acts (H.J. Res. 157), waiving all points of order against conference report (H. Res. 309), H11471, H11472, H11473, H11474 [26NO]
Armed Forces: drawdown of National Guard and Reserve personnel levels, H3289 [21MY]
Armenians: anniversary of genocide, H2526
Arms control: transfer of certain artillery and weapons to NATO countries (H.R. 3807), H11500 [26NO]
B-2 stealth bomber: development, H10376 [18NO]
California: designate certain desert lands as wilderness (H.R. 2929), H10962
Chudnow, Joseph: American Friends of the Hebrew University Scopus Laureate Award recipient, E2624
Civil Rights Act: restore and strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (H.R. 1), E2287
Commission on Defense Base Closure and Realignment: disapprove recommendations (H.J. Res. 308), H6006, H6010 [30JY]
———recommendations relative to installations outside the U.S. (H.J. Res. 313), H5997, H5998, H5999, H6000, H6004 [30JY]
Committee on Armed Services: national defense study released, E1243
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H3421 [22MY], H6040 [30JY]
Contracts: withhold payment for indirect-hire civilian personnel on U.S. bases who are of nonpaying pledging nations to Operation Desert Shield, H1722 [13MR]
Death Valley, Joshua Tree, and Mojave National Parks: establish (H.R. 2929), H10962
Defense Production Act: extend expiration date (H.R. 991), H1301
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military functions and to prescribe military personnel levels (H.R. 2100), H3181, H3182, H3232, H3246, H3251 [20MY], H3289, H3346, H3347, H3348, H3350 [21MY], H3403, H3408, H3410, H3419 [22MY]
———authorizing appropriations for military functions and to prescribe military personnel levels (H.R. 2100), conference report, H10376, H10379, H10380, H10388 [18NO]
———authorizing appropriations for military functions and to prescribe military personnel levels (H.R. 2100), motion to instruct conferees, H6581 [16SE]
———authorizing appropriations for military functions and to prescribe military personnel levels (H.R. 2100), technical corrections, H3422 [22MY]
———authorizing appropriations for military functions and to prescribe military personnel levels (H.R. 2100), waiving all points of order against the conference report (H. Res. 281), H10373, H10374 [18NO]
———authorizing supplemental appropriations for operational expenditures relative to Operation Desert Shield (H.R. 1175), H1689, H1691, H1692, H1694, H1697, H1717, H1718, H1719, H1720, H1722, H1723, H1724 [13MR]
———B-2 stealth bomber development, H3182 [20MY], H3289 [21MY]
———future of weapons systems and spending, E3279
———making supplemental appropriations for personnel expenditures relative to Operation Desert Shield (S. 725), H1970, H1984 [21MR]
Heartland Fuels Corp.: K-fuel grant, E3745
House of Representatives: legislative program, H3181, H3246, H3251 [20MY]
Israel: U.S. strategic cooperation, E2449
Juneteenth Day: observance, E2287
Kuwait: employment of U.S. citizens by U.S. firms awarded reconstruction contracts, H1717, H1718, H1719, H1720 [13MR]
Middle East: allies' contribution to Operation Desert Shield (H.R. 586), H1092, H1093 [21FE]
———financial costs of military operations in the Persian Gulf region (H.R. 586), H1092, H1093 [21FE]
———military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq (H.J. Res. 77), H452 [12JA]
National security: U.S. policy, H1301 [28FE]
Nuclear warfare: strategic defense initiative, H3182 [20MY], H3289 [21MY]
Parliamentary inquiry, H3232 [20MY]
Powell, Colin L.: award Congressional Gold Medal (S. 565), H2156
Schwarzkopf, H. Norman, Jr.: award Congressional Gold Medal (S. 534), H2149
Soviet Union: control of nuclear weapons and military forces, E4065
———dissolution of Communist Party rule and emergence of independent republics, E3835
———economic assistance, E3835
Strategic defense initiative: funding, H10376 [18NO]
Weapons: electric gun technology, H10379 [18NO]
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H2186 [15AP], H3802 [3JN], H5297 [9JY], H5449 [15JY], H5649 [18JY], H5907 [25JY], H7378 [3OC], H9756 [13NO], H10395 [18NO], H10840 [21NO], H10928 [22NO], H11286 [25NO]
Special order: granted, H1322 [28FE], H2104 [9AP], H2960 [13MY]
Reports
Committee on Armed Services (House): Legislative Summaries for 101st Congress, 2d Session (H. Rept. 101-1010), H52 [3JA]
Reports filed
ACDA Appropriations: Committee on Armed Services (H.R. 2474) (H. Rept. 102-93), H4866 [20JN]
Authorizing Appropriations for Dept. of Defense Military Functions and To Prescribe Military Personnel Levels: committee of conference (H.R. 2100) (H. Rept. 102-311), H9757 [13NO]
Authorizing Appropriations for Military Functions of the Dept. of Defense and To Prescribe Military Personnel Levels: Committee on Armed Services (H.R. 2100) (H. Rept. 102-60), H2962 [13MY]
Defense Production Act Reauthorization: Committee on Armed Services (H.R. 3039) (H. Rept. 102-208), H6878 [25SE]
Disapproval of Recommendations of the Commission on Defense Base Closure and Realignment: Committee on Armed Services (H.J. Res. 308) (H. Rept. 102-163), H5908 [25JY]
Financial Cost of Military Operations in Persian Gulf Region and Allied Contributions: Committee on Armed Services (H.R. 586) (H. Rept. 102-4), H1076 [20FE]
Intelligence Services Appropriations: Committee on Armed Services (H.R. 2038) (H. Rept. 102-65), H3854 [4JN]
Making Supplemental Appropriations for Operation Desert Shield: Committee on Armed Services (H.R. 1175) (H. Rept. 102-16), H1471 [7MR]
Request by House of Representatives for Information Regarding Operation Desert Shield: Committee on Armed Services (H. Res. 19) (H. Rept. 102-5), H1076 [20FE]
Withdrawal of Lands for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant: Committee on Armed Services (H.R. 2637) (H. Rept. 102-241), H11884 [26NO]
Rules
Committee on Armed Services, H1012
Summaries
Future of U.S.-Israel Strategic Cooperation: Alan Platt, E2449
Testimonies
Committee on Rules: Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty Implementation Act (H.R. 3807), D1529 [26NO]
———Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission Recommendations on Installations Outside the U.S. (H.J. Res. 313), D999 [29JY]
———Dept. of Defense Appropriations for Military Functions and To Prescribe Military Personnel Levels (H.R. 2100), D1433 [14NO]
———National Defense Authorization Debate Procedures, D607 [16MY]
Tributes
Alcala, Raoul H., E2530
Messick, Jessica L., E2744
Mondello, Ann, E2010
Scrivner, Peter C., E407
Waters, James C., E410