BILIRAKIS, MICHAEL (a Representative from Florida)

Appointments

Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (Select), H1088 [21FE]

Articles and editorials

Chance for Peace in Cyprus, Representative Feighan, New York (NY) Times, H5729 [23JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Armed Forces: provide benefits to surviving spouses of military members retired before September 21, 1972 (see H.R. 258, H77 [4JA])

Board of Veterans Appeals: reclassification of members and pay equity with administrative law judges (see H.R. 3950, H11885 [26NO])

Capitol Building and Grounds: use of the ambulance maintained solely for Members (see H. Res. 244, H7801 [10OC])

Children and youth: infant mortality relative to the availability of health care services to pregnant women (see H.R. 3089, H6137 [30JY])

Employment: commend employers continuing compensation to employees on active duty during the Persian Gulf conflict (see H. Con. Res. 86, H1416 [5MR])

———job-related benefits and job security (see H.R. 3443, H7198 [1OC])

Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see H.J. Res. 58, H98 [7JA])

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 3951, H11885 [26NO])

———report on national medical care systems of industrialized countries (see H.R. 1534, H1913 [20MR])

Health care professionals: methods for resolving medical malpractice claims (see H.R. 2783, H5209 [26JN])

Immigration: English language requirements (see H.R. 1395, H1669 [12MR])

Members of Congress: payment for medical services by the Office of the Attending Physician (see H.R. 4057, H11889 [26NO])

———permanent appropriation for compensation (see H.R. 3376, H6797 [24SE])

National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 242, H2768 [2MY])

Senior citizens: designate planning and service areas within States relative to population (see H.R. 1533, H1913 [20MR])

Social Security: depressed replacement rates (see H.R. 1371, H1668 [12MR])

Tariff: zinc printing type (see H.R. 3717, H9493 [6NO])

Taxation: allow employers a credit for hiring displaced homemakers (see H.R. 1536, H1913 [20MR])

———credits to employers employing members of the Ready Reserve or the National Guard (see H.R. 1125, H1278 [27FE])

———treatment of senior citizen medical expenses, health professional services, and withdrawals from individual retirement accounts relative to medical care (see H.R. 1535, H1913 [20MR])

Veterans: allow disability compensation concurrently with retirement pay (see H.R. 303, H79 [4JA]; H.R. 304, H79 [4JA]

———dependency and indemnity compensation benefits relative to remarriage of surviving spouses after age 55 (see H.R. 259, H77 [4JA])

———permit acceptance of military retirement pay concurrently with disability compensation (see H.R. 3164, H6316 [1AU])

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Agriculture: prevention of crimes against farmers, researchers, and other livestock-related professions (see H.R. 2407, H3856 [4JN])

American Hispanic Literature Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 244, H10932 [22NO])

Appropriations: constitutional amendment on line-item veto (see H.J. Res. 5, H684 [23JA])

Arab countries: recognition of Israel (see H. Con. Res. 88, H2137 [10AP])

Armed Forces: eligibility of Reserve components and protections for members relative to certain housing benefits (see H.R. 620, H683 [23JA])

———enhance protections of active duty members (see H.R. 102, H386 [11JA])

———payment of health care expenses for certain members relative to entitlement to medicare benefits (see H.R. 467, H1080 [20FE])

———reports on rehabilitative services for members in the Persian Gulf suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (see H.R. 644, H994 [6FE])

———retention of certain information in personnel files on missing or deceased members (see H.R. 1730, H2177 [11AP])

———telephone rates and procedures for Operation Desert Shield personnel (see H.J. Res. 147, H1162 [26FE])

———tribute to Reserve components called to active duty during the Persian Gulf conflict (see H. Res. 184, H5300 [9JY])

Baltic Freedom Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 167, H1341 [4MR])

Bankruptcy: priority for the payment of claims for retiree health benefits in liquidation cases (see H.R. 3619, H9494 [6NO])

Bicentennial of the District of Columbia Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 356, H11893 [26NO])

Boats: fees for recreational vessels (see H.R. 534, H5596 [17JY])

Boy Scouts of America: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 207, H4016 [5JN])

Braille Literacy Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 353, H9494 [6NO])

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 248, H2901 [8MY]; H.J. Res. 290, H5298 [9JY])

———reform process (see H.R. 298, H78 [4JA])

Capital punishment: constitutional procedures for imposition (see H.R. 639, H892 [5FE])

Centennial of Concrete Paving in America Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 324, H8663 [29OC])

Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation: establish (see H.R. 500, H1670 [12MR])

Coast Guard: role in Persian Gulf conflict (see H. Con. Res. 163, H4015 [5JN])

Coins: mint and circulate $1 coin (see H.R. 1245, H2902 [8MY])

———mint in commemoration of Operation Desert Shield (see H.R. 1658, H2085 [22MR])

Coins and coinage: mint in commemoration of the quincentenary of the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus (see H.R. 500, H1670 [12MR])

Colleges and universities: sexual assaults on campuses (see H.R. 2363, H6457 [11SE])

Committee on Appropriations: establish a Subcommittee on Veterans' Affairs (see H. Res. 204, H6540 [12SE])

Commodore John Barry Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 166, H6139 [30JY])

Congress: require three-fifths majority vote in both houses to increase taxes (see H.R. 3146, H6193 [31JY])

Conservation of natural resources: standards for certain lighting and water fixtures, and heating and cooling equipment (see H.R. 2451, H3622 [23MY])

Continental shelf: restrict activities off Florida coast (see H.R. 1667, H2107 [9AP])

Country Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 305, H5595 [17JY])

Crime: national policy to control crime against women (see H.R. 1502, H5910 [25JY])

———registration of all convicted child abusers with the National Crime Information Center (see H.R. 2553, H6798 [24SE])

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])

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: designate Hugh Davis Memorial Wing at the medical center in Salem, VA (see H.R. 175, H5910 [25JY])

Disasters: time period for Sec. of Agriculture determination of natural disaster (see H.R. 3408, H8662 [29OC])

Diseases: research associated with exposure to dioxin and other chemicals in herbicides (see H.R. 556, H556 [17JA])

Drugs: expand narcotic abuse prevention and treatment programs (see H.R. 2810, H5266 [27JN])

Dutch-American Heritage Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 177, H2571 [29AP])

Ecology and environment: include melaleuca quinquenervia as a noxious weed (see H.R. 3753, H9700 [12NO])

Education: enhance literacy and basic skills of adults (see H.R. 751, H1138 [21FE])

———improve foreign instruction and promote equal access to opportunities to study abroad (see H.R. 1154, H6602 [16SE])

El Salvador: investigation of downing of U.S. Army helicopter (see H. Con. Res. 73, H1162 [26FE])

Employment: establish a Glass Ceiling Commission and an annual award for promoting a more diverse skilled work force at the management level (see H.R. 3353, H7200 [1OC])

———paid leave for attendance of parent-teacher conferences (see H. Con. Res. 215, H7802 [10OC])

Endangered species: Florida panther (see H.R. 367, H81 [4JA])

Fair Credit Reporting Act: disclosure by consumer reporting agency of adverse information (see H.R. 1751, H2178 [11AP])

Fair Housing Act: modify exemption for familial status of older persons (see H.R. 1025, H1078 [20FE])

Families and domestic relations: grandparent visitation privileges (see H. Con. Res. 255, H11890 [26NO])

———grant programs for pregnant women and adoption of children (see H.R. 1753, H2178 [11AP])

Financial institutions: check cashing procedures at the Sergeant at Arms Bank of the House of Representatives (see H. Res. 224, H6799 [24SE])

Fire fighters: enact a fire service bill of rights (see H.R. 2448, H3739 [30MY])

Flag—U.S.: display by U.S. citizens in support of Armed Forces in the Persian Gulf (see H. Con. Res. 44, H605 [18JA])

Fleet Reserve Association: grant charter (see H.R. 2070, H7862 [15OC])

Franklin, Benjamin: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2448, H3739 [30MY])

FRS: modernize (see H.R. 1130, H5596 [17JY])

Geography Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 201, H9044 [1NO])

German-American Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 180, H1760 [13MR])

Government: elimination of waste (see H.R. 3816, H10543 [19NO])

Guam, Commonwealth of: establish (see H.R. 98, H2953 [9MY])

Gulf of Mexico: protection of environment (see H.R. 3777, H10268 [14NO])

Haiti: support democracy (see H. Res. 235, H7313 [2OC])

Hire a Veteran Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 280, H5049 [25JN])

House of Representatives: ensure that the stationery used is made from recycled paper (see H. Res. 245, H10366 [18NO])

———establish Commission on Congressional Reform (see H. Res. 26, H9044 [1NO])

Infant Mortality Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 194, H1849 [19MR])

Iraq: terminate most-favored-nation status (see H.R. 684, H2086 [22MR])

Irish-American Heritage Month: establish (see H.J. Res. 350, H8497 [24OC])

Italian-American Heritage and Culture Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 260, H6387 [2AU])

Jefferson, Thomas: anniversary of birthday (see H.R. 2652, H6602 [16SE])

Jewish Heritage Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 134, H1759 [13MR])

Korean War Veterans Remembrance Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 255, H4438 [12JN])

Labor unions: repeal Davis-Bacon Act (see H.R. 1755, H6456 [11SE])

Language and languages: recognize English as official U.S. language (see H.R. 123, H6193 [31JY])

Languages: constitutional amendment to establish English as the official language of the U.S. (see H.J. Res. 81, H605 [18JA])

Law enforcement officers: educational assistance (see H.R. 3172, H6457 [11SE])

———increase numbers (see H.R. 3172, H6457 [11SE])

Marine mammals: protection of manatees by the Coast Guard (see H.R. 2041, H4016 [5JN])

Mary McLeod Bethune Memorial Fine Arts Center: authorizing appropriations for construction and maintenance (see H.R. 2290, H5818 [24JY])

Medicaid: State matching payments through voluntary contributions (see H.R. 1457, H5818 [24JY])

Medicare: additional payment for the operating costs of hospitals with a high proportion of medicare patients (see H.R. 827, H2375 [17AP])

———home care and extended care services coverages (see H.R. 1200, H6720 [23SE])

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment on terms of office (see H.J. Res. 21, H61 [3JA]; H.J. Res. 22, H61 [3JA]

Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 156, H1280 [27FE])

Merchant seamen: include service during World War II as military service relative to the civil service retirement system (see H.R. 1512, H3495 [22MY])

Middle East: demonstrations of community support for troops in the Persian Gulf (see H.J. Res. 174, H1457 [6MR])

———success of multinational military action against Iraq (see H. Res. 95, H1418 [5MR])

Military Order of the World Wars: grant charter (see H.R. 3071, H8121 [21OC])

National Accessible Housing Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 326, H10269 [14NO])

National Adoption Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 364, H8495 [24OC])

National American Indian Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 182, H1787 [18MR])

National Arbor Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 66, H892 [5FE])

National Biomedical Research Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 316, H8189 [22OC])

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 257, H6387 [2AU])

National Campus Crime and Security Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 142, H5211 [26JN])

National Cancer Institute: breast cancer research funding (see H.R. 381, H1417 [5MR])

National Children's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 183, H1473 [7MR])

National Crime Victims' Rights Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 171, H1416 [5MR])

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 241, H5342 [10JY])

National Down's Syndrome Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 228, H7863 [15OC])

National Education First Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 197, H2181 [11AP])

National Ellis Island Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 130, H1024 [19FE])

National Employ the Older Worker Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 133, H1024 [19FE])

National Family Caregivers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 125, H992 [6FE])

National Firefighters Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 189, H6676 [17SE])

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, H1280 [27FE])

National Hero Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 185, H2137 [10AP])

National Historically Black Colleges Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 102, H3371 [21MY])

National Huntington's Disease Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 56, H1476 [7MR])

National Invent America Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 287, H5210 [26JN])

National Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 252, H5516 [16JY])

National Law Enforcement Memorial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 123, H6799 [24SE])

National Law Enforcement Training Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 191, H4216 [10JN])

National Military Families Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 215, H2178 [11AP])

National observances: establish a commission to advise the President (see H.R. 68, H782 [29JA])

National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 218, H2179 [11AP])

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 72, H386 [11JA])

National Philanthropy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 140, H6676 [17SE])

National Physical Fitness and Sports Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 120, H2470 [23AP])

National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 233, H3806 [3JN])

National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 284, H6458 [11SE])

National Recycling Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 188, H2399 [22AP])

National Red Ribbon Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 312, H9144 [4NO])

National Red Ribbon Week for a Drug-Free America: designate (see H.J. Res. 340, H8102 [17OC])

National Rehabilitation Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 95, H2812 [7MY])

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, H2109 [9AP])

National Stay in School Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 362, H8663 [29OC])

National Tourism Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 103, H1081 [20FE])

National Trauma Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 300, H6602 [16SE])

National Visiting Nurse Associations Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 212, H10723 [20NO])

National Women in Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 293, H5516 [16JY])

National Wrestling Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 196, H5515 [16JY])

Nuclear energy: standardize plant designs and improve the licensing and regulatory process (see H.R. 1184, H3037 [14MY])

Older Americans Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 51, H606 [18JA])

Pediatric AIDS Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 91, H3710 [29MY])

Pharmaceuticals: penalties for illegal activities relative to the approval of abbreviated drug applications (see H.R. 2454, H3622 [23MY])

Pledge of Allegiance: mint coins for 100th anniversary (see H.R. 2385, H7199 [1OC])

Polish American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 227, H2903 [8MY])

Postal Service: display of National League of Families POW/MIA flag at facilities (see H.J. Res. 78, H2375 [17AP])

———establish commission to investigate (see H. Res. 194, H5911 [25JY])

POW/MIA: disclosure of information concerning U.S. personnel classified after 1940 (see H.R. 1147, H4437 [12JN])

Prayer: constitutional amendment on voluntary school prayer (see H.J. Res. 240, H5515 [16JY])

Public broadcasting: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 2977, H5744 [23JY])

Public buildings: display of the POW/MIA flag (see H.J. Res. 164, H2017 [21MR])

Raye, Martha: support awarding of Presidential Medal of Freedom (see H. Con. Res. 100, H6139 [30JY])

Real property: tax treatment under the limitations on losses from passive activities (see H.R. 1414, H1757 [13MR])

Recycling: degradable plastics (see H.R. 1318, H1471 [7MR])

———Federal procurement of recycled products (see H.R. 1201, H10365 [18NO])

———improve collection of information that promotes the recycling of municipal solid waste (see H.R. 755, H824 [30JA])

———promote research (see H.R. 300, H79 [4JA])

Religious Freedom Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 325, H6601 [16SE])

Retired Enlisted Association, Inc.: grant charter (see H.R. 1509, H1912 [20MR])

Roads and highways: funding for construction and safety programs (see H.R. 2566, H4097 [6JN])

Savings and loan associations: investigation and prosecution of criminal activity (see H. Res. 107, H6139 [30JY])

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: equity of revenue availability and regulation of gambling (see H.R. 3282, H7726 [9OC])

Social Security: administration of the Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance Program (see H.R. 2898, H7648 [8OC])

———benefit formula computation rules (see H.R. 917, H1417 [5MR])

———coverage of services performed by election officials and workers (see H.R. 1691, H3710 [29MY])

———earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 967, H1023 [19FE])

———remove limitation on amount of outside income individuals may earn while receiving benefits (see H.R. 249, H606 [18JA])

Solid waste: application of certain requirements and sanctions to Federal facilities (see H.R. 2194, H2767 [2MY])

Soviet Union: economic assistance (see H. Con. Res. 35, H606 [18JA])

———revoke U.S. taxpayer subsidies relative to military action in Baltic States (see H.J. Res. 80, H605 [18JA])

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])

St. Johns River: give priority pollution control consideration under the National Estuary Program (see H.R. 64, H1849 [19MR])

States: prohibit imposition of income tax on pensions of nonresident individuals (see H.R. 431, H83 [4JA])

———taxation of nonresidents pension income (see H.R. 1531, H5451 [15JY])

Stetson University: library facilities construction grant (see H.R. 1083, H1136 [21FE])

Supreme Court: require organizations to report contributions relative to confirmation process of nominees (see H.R. 3226, H8335 [23OC])

Syria: emigration and free travel for Jews (see H. Con. Res. 188, H6388 [2AU])

Taxation: allow deduction for adult home care relative to Alzheimer's disease (see H.R. 931, H1915 [20MR])

———application of employer Social Security taxes to employees' cash tips (see H.R. 1472, H11891 [26NO])

———credits for increasing research activities (see H.R. 1618, H8188 [22OC])

———deduction for interest on educational loans (see H.R. 747, H2180 [11AP])

———deductions for adoption expenses (see H.R. 1515, H5910 [25JY])

———deductions for decommissioning costs of nuclear powerplants (see H.R. 2012, H3625 [23MY])

———exclusion for employee educational assistance (see H.R. 127, H1474 [7MR])

———income from frozen Iraqi assets (see H.R. 135, H1080 [20FE])

———increase amount of exemption for children under age 18 (see H.R. 1277, H1415 [5MR])

———low-income housing credit (see H.R. 413, H6385 [2AU])

———permanently extend qualified mortgage bonds (see H.R. 1067, H7648 [8OC])

———refundable credits for qualified cancer screening tests (see H.R. 3464, H7199 [1OC])

———repeal the luxury tax on boats (see H.R. 951, H5267 [27JN])

———targeted jobs credit (see H.R. 565, H2136 [10AP])

———targeted jobs credit for employers hiring individuals receiving unemployment benefits (see H.R. 3452, H10932 [22NO])

Tourist trade: assist growth of U.S. travel industry (see H.R. 418, H5979 [29JY])

Up With People Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 345, H7815 [11OC])

Veterans: award Purple Heart to former prisoners of war of World War I, World War II, and the Korean war for injuries received during captivity (see H.R. 2248, H3806 [3JN])

———bill of rights (see H.R. 3311, H6455 [11SE])

———clarify protections relative to reemployment and reinstatement of health insurance (see H.R. 555, H782 [29JA])

———disability compensation for service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 3, H53 [3JA]; H.R. 1046, H5910 [25JY])

———eligibility to members of the Selected Reserve for the Veterans Home Loan Program (see H.R. 939, H5910 [25JY])

———enhance the dignity and personal freedom of patients in medical centers and nursing homes (see H.R. 3198, H10842 [21NO])

———expand services for post-traumatic stress disorder patients (see H.R. 841, H987 [6FE])

———furnish outpatient medical services for any POW disabilities (see H.R. 1598, H2394 [18AP])

———health care programs (see H.R. 2280, H3281 [20MY])

———hospice care for terminally ill individuals (see H.R. 2199, H2767 [2MY])

———hospice care pilot program (see H.R. 3222, H6381 [2AU])

———improve benefits and services for military personnel serving during the Persian Gulf war (see H.R. 908, H1326 [28FE])

———improve capability to recruit and retain physicians and dentists for the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (see H.R. 598, H782 [29JA])

———payment of claims (see H.R. 141, H1914 [20MR])

———service pension for World War I veterans (see H.R. 1918, H2467 [23AP]; H.R. 1991, H2534 [24AP])

Vietnam: withhold normalization of diplomatic and economic relations pending report on missing American servicemen in Southeast Asia (see H. Con. Res. 233, H11894 [26NO])

Volunteer workers: immunity from civil liability for certain individuals working for nonprofit organizations and governmental entities (see H.R. 911, H6539 [12SE])

Water: conservation standards for showerheads and faucets (see H.R. 2220, H2768 [2MY])

———improve management of national resources (see H.R. 844, H988 [6FE])

Welk, Lawrence: repeal authority to use appropriations for the restoration of birthplace (see H.R. 772, H1475 [7MR])

World Food Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 230, H7314 [2OC])

World War II: contributions of Federal civilian employees during the attack on Pearl Harbor (see H.J. Res. 368, H11893 [26NO])

———establish in the District of Columbia a memorial to veterans (see H.R. 1624, H2084 [22MR])

———issue 50th anniversary commemorative coin (see H.R. 1623, H2084 [22MR])

Year of the Gulf of Mexico: designate (see H.J. Res. 327, H7801 [10OC])

Yugoslavia: civil liberties (see H. Res. 121, H2954 [9MY])

Letters

Multinational diplomatic solution to conflict with Iraq: Bob Radcliff, E143 [12JA]

Remarks by, on

Board of Veterans Appeals: reclassification of members and pay equity with administrative law judges (H.R. 3950), E4200 [26NO]

Children: funding to reduce infant mortality rates, H1525 [7MR]

China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (H.R. 2212), H5362 [10JY]

Columbus Day: observance, E3396 [15OC]

Commission on Defense Base Closure and Realignment: disapprove recommendations (H.J. Res. 308), H6011 [30JY]

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H5726 [23JY]

Conservation of natural resources: standards for certain lighting and water fixtures, and heating and cooling equipment (H.R. 2451), E1921 [24MY]

Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3371), H7871 [16OC]

Cyprus: Turkish occupation, H5726, H5727, H5728, H5729, H5730, H5731, H5732 [23JY]

———welcoming President George Vassiliou to U.S., H3630 [29MY]

Death and dying: infant mortality, H5054 [26JN]

Dept. of Defense: making supplemental appropriations for personnel expenditures relative to Operation Desert Shield and other urgent domestic programs (H.R. 1281), H1525 [7MR]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2707), H5083 [26JN]

Diseases: research associated with exposure to dioxin and other chemicals in herbicides (H.R. 556), H733 [29JA]

Earth Day: observance, E1471 [25AP]

Employment: entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (H.R. 2), H9766 [13NO]

———entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (H.R. 2), consideration (H. Res. 275), H9720 [13NO]

———job-related benefits and job security (H.R. 3443), H7322 [3OC], E3261 [3OC]

FCC: reauthorize (H.R. 1674), H6757 [24SE]

Foreign trade: negotiation of trade agreements (H. Res. 146), H3592 [23MY]

Greece: anniversary of the establishment of democracy in Athens (H. Con. Res. 209), E3227 [3OC]

Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate, H1885, H1887 [20MR]

———designate (S.J. Res. 59), H1871 [20MR]

Health care professionals: education programs (H.R. 3508), H9648 [12NO]

Infant Mortality Awareness Day: designate (H.J. Res. 194), H2727 [2MY]

Medicaid: Federal payments relative to State expenditures made from revenues derived from provider-specific taxes (H.R. 3595), H10523 [19NO]

Middle East: military action by Iraq against Israel (H. Con. Res. 41), H662 [23JA]

———military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq, H225 [11JA]

———military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq (H.J. Res. 77), H460 [12JA]

———U.S. military presence (S. Con. Res. 2), H576 [18JA]

National Conference on Aging: authorize (H.R. 2967), H6475 [12SE]

National Health Service Corps programs: funding, H5083 [26JN]

National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (H.J. Res. 242), E3644 [1NO], E3741 [6NO]

Native Americans Programs Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2967), H6475 [12SE]

Older Americans Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2967), H6475 [12SE]

Pinellas County, FL: tribute to Doorways education program for disadvantaged children, H8125 [22OC], E3493 [22OC]

San Antonio, FL: anniversary, E2871 [2AU]

Social Security: earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 967), H3457 [22MY]

Solid waste: application of certain requirements and sanctions to Federal facilities (H.R. 2194), H2697 [2MY], H4886 [24JN]

Soviet Union: military action against Baltic States (H. Con. Res. 40), E268 [23JA]

Special days: German-American Day observance, E3254 [3OC]

Thonotosassa, FL: tribute to New Life Dwelling Place, E3713 [5NO]

Tsimouris, Nikitas: National Endowment for the Arts' National Heritage Fellowship Award recipient, E3138 [24SE]

Veterans: clarify protections relative to reemployment and reinstatement of health insurance (H.R. 555), H749 [29JA]

———disability compensation for service-connected disabilities (H.R. 3), H33 [3JA], H646 [23JA]

———extend eligibility for education and employment programs, E498 [7FE]

Votes: position on missed, E498 [7FE]

Wade, Jonathan: Achievement Against the Odds Award recipient, E2035 [5JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H603 [18JA], H682 [23JA], H978 [6FE], H2563 [25AP], H2899 [8MY], H3147 [15MY], H3621 [23MY], H3707 [29MY], H3853 [4JN], H6315 [1AU], H6796 [24SE], H7378 [3OC], H8186 [22OC], H8918 [31OC], H9143 [4NO], H9391 [5NO], H9492 [6NO]

Leave of absence: granted, H7646 [8OC], H8186 [22OC], H8918 [31OC]

Special order: granted, H1453 [6MR], H5208 [26JN]

Summaries

Job-Related Benefits and Job Security (H.R. 3443), E3261 [3OC]

Testimonies

Committee on Education and Labor: Native American Act and the Older American Act Reauthorization, D428 [17AP]

Committee on House Administration: Campaign Finance Reform, D439 [18AP]

Committee on Rules: Family and Medical Leave Act (H.R. 2), D1386 [6NO]

Committee on Small Business: Small Business Problems Created by Military Deployment, D297 [13MR]

Committee on Ways and Means: Social Security Retirement Test, D658 [23MY]

Tributes

Acey, Alex, E230 [18JA]

Bresky, Jan, E1829 [17MY]

DeMarco, Dan, E2826 [1AU]

Heurich, Robert G., E1675 [9MY]

Hinesley, Howard, H8125 [22OC]

Patriarch Bartholomew I, E3504 [22OC]

Patriarch Dimitrios I, H7658 [9OC], E3286 [3OC]