BUSTAMANTE, ALBERT G. (a Representative from Texas)
Amendments offered by, to
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military functions and to prescribe military personnel levels (H.R. 2100), H3408 [22MY]
Appointments
Committee on Hunger (Select), H1088 [21FE]
Articles and editorials
So Where's This Alleged Recovery? Hobart Rowen, Washington (DC) Post, E3432
Tempest in a Teller's Cage, Richard Cohen, Washington (DC) Post, E3433
What Will Get the Economy Moving? Hobart Rowen, Washington (DC) Post, E3432
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Armed Forces: delay increase in deductibles for certain health care until the end of the Persian Gulf conflict (see H.R. 781, H854 [4FE])
———expand dental program for spouses and children (see H.R. 2623, H4437 [12JN])
———inpatient mental health services (see H.R. 846, H988 [6FE])
Education: evaluation of the Impact Aid Program (see H.R. 594, H640 [22JA])
———increase Impact Aid Program payments to school districts coterminous with military installation boundaries (see H.R. 593, H639 [22JA])
Karate Kids Just Say No to Drugs Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 135, H1079 [20FE])
Tariff: opal borosilicate glassware imported in sets (see H.R. 1931, H2392 [18AP])
———reliquidate certain entries (see H.R. 2868, H5341 [10JY])
———tissue paper products (see H.R. 1853, H2372 [17AP])
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Africa: protection of human rights and economic development in the Horn of Africa (see H.R. 1454, H3856 [4JN])
Agriculture: 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, H3279 [20MY])
Air Force Association: establish a memorial in the District of Columbia area (see H.R. 3627, H11894 [26NO])
Aliens: parole into U.S. in order to attend the funeral of an immediate blood relative (see H.R. 3345, H7863 [15OC])
American Hispanic Literature Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 244, H2768 [2MY])
American Magazine Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 253, H7726 [9OC])
Animal Rights Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 254, H3036 [14MY]; H.J. Res. 301, H5514 [16JY])
Antitrust policy: evidentiary standards for Federal civil claims based on resale price fixing (see H.R. 1470, H7107 [30SE])
Appropriations: constitutional amendment on line-item veto (see H.J. Res. 5, H684 [23JA])
———line-item rescission authority (see H.R. 617, H994 [6FE])
Arab countries: recognition of Israel (see H. Con. Res. 88, H2087 [22MR])
Armed Forces: allow claims for damages from certain negligent medical care (see H.R. 3407, H6878 [25SE])
———appointment of chiropractors as commissioned officers (see H.R. 608, H8919 [31OC])
———Bronze Star to Navy and Marine Corps personnel who served in the defense of Corregidor Island in the Philippines (see H.J. Res. 367, H11289 [25NO])
———establish a commemorative medal for members serving in a combat zone during the Persian Gulf conflict (see H.R. 1107, H1475 [7MR])
———free telephone calls for members serving in a combat zone (see H.R. 789, H1138 [21FE])
———payment of health care expenses for certain members relative to entitlement to medicare benefits (see H.R. 467, H1759 [13MR])
———regulation of stationing of certain personnel who are solely responsible for dependents (see H.R. 738, H824 [30JA])
———reimbursement of Medicare or Civilian Health and Medical Program expenses for providing veterans or Armed Forces care (see H.R. 3349, H11289 [25NO])
———reports on rehabilitative services for members in the Persian Gulf suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (see H.R. 644, H855 [4FE])
———retention of certain information in personnel files on missing or deceased members (see H.R. 1730, H11891 [26NO])
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, H2376 [17AP])
Baltic Freedom Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 167, H1341 [4MR])
Baltic States: most-favored-nation status for Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania (see H.R. 3313, H6538 [12SE])
———most-favored-nation trade status for Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania (see H.R. 3314, H6799 [24SE])
Banks and banking: disclosure of interest rates and fees of deposit accounts (see H.R. 447, H782 [29JA])
Basketball Centennial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 372, H11115 [23NO])
Bicentennial of the District of Columbia Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 356, H11893 [26NO])
Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America Appreciation Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 199, H1914 [20MR])
Boy Scouts of America: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 207, H4016 [5JN])
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 290, H5298 [9JY]; H.J. Res. 386, H11890 [26NO])
———discretionary spending limits (see H.R. 3732, H9579 [7NO])
———Presidential power to reduce authority (see H.R. 78, H1025 [19FE])
———reform process (see H.R. 1889, H2686 [1MY])
Buffalo Soldiers Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 237, H5212 [26JN])
Business and industry: establish national standards for the manufacture and labeling of plumbing products relative to conservation of water resources (see H.R. 843, H988 [6FE])
Buy American Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 299, H5665 [22JY])
Census: decennial (see H.R. 3280, H6799 [24SE])
Central America: strengthen democracy (see H. Con. Res. 123, H7863 [15OC])
Cheney, Dick: award a congressional gold medal (see H.R. 2672, H5818 [24JY])
China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (see H.R. 2212, H4284 [11JN]; H.J. Res. 263, H5050 [25JN])
Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation: establish (see H.R. 500, H1281 [27FE])
Civil Rights Act: restore and strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (see H.R. 1, H1474 [7MR])
Civitan International Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 160, H2087 [22MR])
Coins: mint and circulate $1 coin (see H.R. 1245, H2602 [30AP])
———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])
Coins and coinage: mint in commemoration of the quincentenary of the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus (see H.R. 500, H1281 [27FE])
Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (Select): establish (see H. Res. 12, H697 [24JA])
Committee on Hunger (Select): establish (see H. Res. 11, H62 [3JA])
Committee on Ways and Means: require relief bill committee reports to include the sponsor and revenue cost (see H. Res. 108, H1474 [7MR])
Commodore John Barry Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 166, H5651 [18JY])
Computers: Federal Republic of Germany and the Republic of Austria prosecution for distribution of neo-Nazi computer games (see H. Con. Res. 152, H4284 [11JN])
Congress: purchase of recycled paper and paper products (see H.R. 242, H196 [10JA])
Conservation of natural resources: standards for certain lighting and water fixtures, and heating and cooling equipment (see H.R. 2451, H6539 [12SE])
Contracts: increase Dept. of Defense materials procurement from small disadvantaged businesses (see H.R. 852, H988 [6FE])
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 116, H5516 [16JY])
Copyrights: protection of industrial designs (see H.R. 1790, H2259 [16AP])
Country Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 305, H5595 [17JY])
Courts: child custody litigation (see H.R. 1253, H1415 [5MR])
———compensation of immigration judges (see H.R. 2630, H5433 [11JY])
———standards for product liability actions (see H.R. 3030, H8662 [29OC])
CPSC: toy labeling (see H.R. 1723, H4438 [12JN])
Credit: clarify certain consumer protections relative to credit reporting (see H.R. 670, H2537 [24AP])
Credit cards: grace period for payments (see H.R. 1166, H2470 [23AP])
Crime: national policy to control crime against women (see H.R. 1502, H5300 [9JY])
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: prices of drugs procured (see H.R. 2890, H7200 [1OC])
Developing countries: integration of women into national growth process (see H.R. 1360, H1473 [7MR])
Disasters: include in telephone directories important information relative to natural disaster survival techniques (see H. Con. Res. 101, H3150 [15MY])
Dutch-American Heritage Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 177, H5342 [10JY])
Earth Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 144, H2087 [22MR])
Education: alternative methods for qualifying ability-to-benefit students for Federal financial aid (see H.R. 907, H990 [6FE])
———college participation rates of minority groups (see H.R. 3098, H6137 [30JY])
———grant program for support services to at-risk youth (see H.R. 812, H5818 [24JY])
———repeal testing requirements for students receiving benefits (see H.R. 553, H556 [17JA])
Education Day, U.S.A.: designate (see H.J. Res. 104, H1418 [5MR])
El Salvador: investigation of downing of U.S. Army helicopter (see H. Con. Res. 73, H1162 [26FE])
———withhold military assistance (see H.R. 1346, H7725 [9OC])
Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 1177, H4098 [6JN])
———participation in debates by any candidate receiving public campaign financing (see H.R. 791, H4612 [18JN])
Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 109, H2087 [22MR])
Employment: electronic monitoring in the workplace (see H.R. 1218, H1325 [28FE])
———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])
———payment of overtime compensation relative to certain duties related to wildlife (see H.R. 3093, H6457 [11SE])
Ending Hunger Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 321, H6458 [11SE])
Energy conservation: promote (see H. Con. Res. 18, H2539 [24AP])
EPA: encourage purchase of new fuel-efficient motor vehicles (see H.R. 1583, H4867 [20JN])
———grants to groups for technical assistance to oppose issuance of permits for disposal of solid waste (see H.R. 178, H713 [28JA])
———regulation of permits for hazardous waste facilities (see H.R. 177, H713 [28JA])
Executive departments: congressional question period for members of the President's cabinet (see H. Res. 155, H5651 [18JY])
Fair Credit Reporting Act: disclosure by consumer reporting agency of adverse information (see H.R. 1751, H3371 [21MY])
Fair Housing Act: modify exemption for familial status of older persons (see H.R. 1025, H1078 [20FE])
Fair Labor Standards Act: clarify application (see H.R. 1237, H3495 [22MY])
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, H5341 [10JY])
Family and domestic relations: admissible testimony in domestic violence court cases (see H.R. 1252, H1415 [5MR]; H. Con. Res. 89, H1416 [5MR])
FCC: prevent the loss of existing spectrum to the amateur radio service (see H.R. 73, H5596 [17JY])
FDIC: provide information on availability of deposit insurance at depository institutions (see H.R. 1082, H1136 [21FE])
Federal employees: create exceptions for honoraria paid for reasons unrelated to recipient's duties or position (see H.R. 109, H891 [5FE])
———early retirement requirements (see H.R. 1820, H2260 [16AP])
———extend certain civil service retirement benefits to certain INS, Customs Service, and IRS employees (see H.R. 793, H854 [4FE])
———health benefits (see H.R. 1774, H4215 [10JN])
———voluntary participation in the political process (see H.R. 20, H2469 [23AP])
Financial institutions: limit liability on holdings in violation of certain environmental laws (see H.R. 1450, H3495 [22MY])
———limit the amount of deposit insurance for certain deposits of nonprofit tax-exempt organizations (see H.R. 754, H824 [30JA])
Firearms: establish national hotline to check on prospective handgun buyers (see H.R. 1412, H1915 [20MR])
Food: remove certain pesticides from supply and establish EPA negligible risk standard (see H.R. 3216, H7200 [1OC])
Foreign aid: require President to submit an integrated justification for programs (see H.R. 3571, H11892 [26NO])
Foreign trade: reports on foreign boycotts against countries friendly with the U.S. or U.S. persons (see H.R. 1453, H2109 [9AP])
———tariff treatment of products from countries relative to their contributions to Operation Desert Shield (see H.R. 317, H606 [18JA])
———voluntary restraint agreements (see H. Res. 297, H10931 [22NO])
Forests: increased penalties for individuals guilty of tree-spiking (see H.R. 1185, H2262 [16AP])
———protection of remaining ancient forests on public lands (see H.R. 842, H987 [6FE])
Franklin, Benjamin: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2448, H3856 [4JN])
Freedom National Bank of New York: provision of adequate depository services (see H.R. 482, H606 [18JA])
Freedom of Information Act: improve public access to Government information (see H.R. 1423, H2470 [23AP])
Freedom of religion: protect (see H.R. 2797, H11891 [26NO])
FRS: modernize (see H.R. 1130, H5211 [26JN])
Gambling: prohibit sports gambling under State law (see H.R. 74, H4867 [20JN])
Geography Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 201, H9044 [1NO])
German-American Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 180, H2110 [9AP])
Girl Scouts of the United States of America 80th Anniversary Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 343, H7380 [3OC])
Go Camping America Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 90, H1915 [20MR])
Government: elimination of waste (see H.R. 3816, H10543 [19NO])
Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see H.J. Res. 58, H529 [16JA])
GSA: availability of nonlethal surplus property for humanitarian relief purposes (see H.R. 919, H1281 [27FE])
Guam, Commonwealth of: establish (see H.R. 98, H5910 [25JY])
Hazardous substances: reduce human exposure to lead (see H.R. 2840, H6540 [12SE])
Health care facilities: criminal penalties for interfering with access (see H.R. 1703, H2135 [10AP])
Helsinki Human Rights Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 264, H5050 [25JN])
Higher Education Act: amend (see H.R. 3553, H11892 [26NO])
Hire a Veteran Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 280, H7381 [3OC])
Homosexuality: prohibit discrimination based on affectional or sexual orientation (see H.R. 1430, H10842 [21NO])
House of Representatives: recycling program (see H. Res. 96, H4868 [20JN])
Housing: construction and revitalization of public units (see H.R. 853, H7551 [7OC])
———elderly families (see H.R. 3425, H7726 [9OC])
———establish community and economic development programs (see H.R. 1588, H2015 [21MR])
———modular home construction regulation (see H.R. 1235, H2375 [17AP])
———protect residential tenants from unnecessary eviction by the Resolution Trust Corp. (see H.R. 320, H993 [6FE])
———rental assistance for families affected by violence (see H.R. 1251, H1414 [5MR])
Hunger: alleviate conditions (see H.R. 2258, H4016 [5JN])
Hussein, Saddam: prosecution for war crimes (see H. Con. Res. 81, H7200 [1OC])
Immigration: employer sanctions and unfair employment practices relative to certain immigration laws (see H.R. 3366, H6690 [19SE])
———English language requirements (see H.R. 1395, H7314 [2OC])
———health and military service requirements for the admission and naturalization of certain veterans (see H.R. 2309, H6690 [19SE])
Income: treatment of Federal pay relative to garnishment and similar legal fees (see H.R. 643, H11891 [26NO])
India: most-favored-nation status (see H.R. 2510, H3804 [3JN])
———terminate economic assistance pending human rights organization monitoring (see H.R. 953, H2570 [29AP])
Infant Mortality Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 194, H2565 [25AP])
Insurance: life insurance contracts of terminally ill individuals (see H.R. 134, H7648 [8OC])
International Parental Child Abduction Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 266, H5433 [11JY])
Iraq: terminate most-favored-nation status (see H.R. 684, H2086 [22MR])
Ireland, Northern: U.S. adherence with MacBride Principles relative to business dealings (see H.R. 856, H6675 [17SE])
Irish-American Heritage Month: establish (see H.J. Res. 350, H8497 [24OC])
IRS: time extension for certain acts for individuals performing services under Operation Desert Shield (see H.R. 469, H556 [17JA])
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, H2536 [24AP])
King, Martin Luther, Jr.: authorize Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity to establish a memorial in D.C. (see H.J. Res. 159, H1759 [13MR])
Korean War Veterans Remembrance Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 255, H5342 [10JY])
Labor unions: prevent discrimination based on participation in disputes (see H.R. 5, H1474 [7MR])
Laos: U.S. naturalization of aliens who served with special guerrilla units (see H.R. 3552, H9581 [7NO])
Law enforcement officers: authorizing appropriations for additional border patrol personnel (see H.R. 2071, H7107 [30SE])
Local government: Federal payments for public needs assistance (see H.R. 3601, H8187 [22OC])
Lyme Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 138, H1759 [13MR])
Marine mammals: detrimental impact due to purse seine fishing for tuna (see H.R. 261, H1417 [5MR])
Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act: authorize seizure of vessels in violation (see H.R. 1239, H2180 [11AP])
Medicaid: funding of abortion in the case of rape or incest (see H. Res. 40, H640 [22JA])
———regulations relative to certain contributions, taxes, and transfers toward State expenditures (see H.R. 3550, H8335 [23OC])
Medicare: home care and extended care services coverages (see H.R. 1200, H10269 [14NO])
Middle East: peace attempts (see H. Con. Res. 93, H2903 [8MY])
———Saudi Arabian contribution to Operation Desert Shield (see H. Con. Res. 15, H685 [23JA])
Mihailovich, Draza: establish memorial (see H.J. Res. 178, H2181 [11AP])
Mining: protection of water resources during coal operations (see H.R. 3052, H7725 [9OC])
Motion pictures: observe anniversary of moviemaking and the contributions of the American Film Institute (see H. Con. Res. 161, H3804 [3JN])
Motor vehicles: liability and insurance policies of rental car companies (see H.R. 1293, H5211 [26JN])
National Accessible Housing Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 326, H9044 [1NO])
National Adoption Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 364, H8495 [24OC])
National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center: construct national training center (see H.R. 1960, H11891 [26NO])
National Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 272, H10932 [22NO])
National American Indian Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 182, H2087 [22MR])
National Arbor Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 66, H892 [5FE])
National Children's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 183, H2565 [25AP])
National Crime Victims' Rights Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 171, H1416 [5MR])
National DARE Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 217, H5451 [15JY])
National Desert Storm Reservists Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 231, H2603 [30AP])
National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 241, H6602 [16SE])
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, H1282 [27FE])
National Family Caregivers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 125, H4613 [18JN])
National Family Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 23, H61 [3JA])
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, H1915 [20MR])
National Foster Care Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 154, H1280 [27FE])
National Girls and Women in Sports Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 30, H61 [3JA])
National Historically Black Colleges Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 102, H1139 [21FE])
National Home Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 175, H7381 [3OC])
National Huntington's Disease Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 56, H1476 [7MR])
National Institute of Nursing Research: designate (see H.R. 2447, H5650 [18JY])
National Job Skills Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 291, H7981 [16OC])
National Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 252, H5516 [16JY])
National Law Enforcement Training Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 191, H5212 [26JN])
National Lock-In-Safety Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 238, H4438 [12JN])
National Military Families Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 215, H2178 [11AP])
National Mushroom Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 297, H5432 [11JY])
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, H891 [5FE])
National Philanthropy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 140, H3710 [29MY])
National Physical Fitness and Sports Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 120, H1787 [18MR])
National Polio Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 211, H3710 [29MY])
National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 284, H6676 [17SE])
National Radon Action Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 67, H892 [5FE])
National Recycling Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 188, H3710 [29MY])
National Red Ribbon Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 312, H8920 [31OC])
National Red Ribbon Week for a Drug-Free America: designate (see H.J. Res. 340, H7981 [16OC])
National Rehabilitation Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 95, H3806 [3JN])
National Sarcoidosis Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 309, H5650 [18JY])
National School Breakfast Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 98, H1281 [27FE])
National Scleroderma Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 219, H3710 [29MY])
National Senior Citizens Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 181, H3710 [29MY])
National Senior Nutrition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 141, H2109 [9AP])
National Stay in School Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 362, H8788 [30OC])
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, H6458 [11SE])
National Walk For Health and Fitness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 170, H2263 [16AP])
National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 242, H2768 [2MY])
Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 205, H2399 [22AP])
Old Age Survivors and Disability Income: exclude expenses from the Federal budget (see H.R. 978, H2180 [11AP])
Older Americans Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 51, H2783 [6MY])
Paine, Thomas: establish monument in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 1628, H11891 [26NO])
Pediatric AIDS Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 91, H2538 [24AP])
Pesticides: safety of imports (see H.R. 2083, H8496 [24OC])
Petroleum: allocation of supplies by the President during a shortage (see H.R. 741, H1138 [21FE])
Polish American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 227, H5342 [10JY])
Population: funding for international control assistance (see H.R. 1110, H1161 [26FE])
Postal Service: establish commission to investigate (see H. Res. 194, H11894 [26NO])
Powell, Colin L.: authorize appointment to the grade of General of the Army (see H.R. 1052, H1417 [5MR])
Power resources: increase U.S. energy security in environmentally desirable and economically affordable ways (see H.R. 560, H782 [29JA])
Public Health Service Act: family planning counseling (see H.R. 392, H1080 [20FE])
Public Pension Equity Restoration Act: enact (see H.R. 1348, H2016 [21MR])
Radioactive substances: health benefits to employees of Dept. of Energy nuclear facilities for certain injuries (see H.R. 3908, H11287 [25NO])
Raye, Martha: support awarding of Presidential Medal of Freedom (see H. Con. Res. 100, H4438 [12JN])
Real property: tax treatment under the limitations on losses from passive activities (see H.R. 1414, H1757 [13MR])
Recycling: Federal procurement of recycled products (see H.R. 1201, H1915 [20MR])
———improve collection of information that promotes the recycling of municipal solid waste (see H.R. 828, H890 [5FE])
———promote greater use of recycled paper by mailers of third-class mail matter (see H.R. 659, H1080 [20FE])
———promote research (see H.R. 300, H782 [29JA])
———State opportunities for citizens' participation (see H.R. 945, H1759 [13MR])
———treatment of newsprint (see H.R. 873, H989 [6FE])
———treatment of scrap tires (see H.R. 871, H989 [6FE])
———treatment of spent lead-acid batteries (see H.R. 870, H989 [6FE])
———treatment of used oil (see H.R. 872, H989 [6FE])
Refugee Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 323, H8496 [24OC])
Refuse disposal: assist State, regional, and local agencies to develop markets for recovered resources (see H.R. 1405, H5211 [26JN])
———protect the used oil recycling system and establish used oil management standards (see H.R. 1411, H1670 [12MR])
———reduce use of toxic chemicals (see H.R. 2880, H6457 [11SE])
———requirements for solid waste and hazardous waste incinerators (see H.R. 3253, H6457 [11SE])
Religious Freedom Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 325, H6601 [16SE])
Resolution Trust Corp.: limit authority to abrogate residential tenant contracts and leases (see H.R. 2244, H2811 [7MY])
Retired Enlisted Association, Inc.: grant charter (see H.R. 1509, H7380 [3OC])
Roads and highways: funding for construction and safety programs (see H.R. 2566, H5596 [17JY])
Rural Small Business Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 108, H891 [5FE])
Schwarzkopf, H. Norman, Jr.: authorize appointment to the grade of General of the Army (see H.R. 1052, H1417 [5MR])
Senior citizens: allow employment as child care providers relative to a Social Security earnings test exemption (see H.R. 1822, H2260 [16AP])
Ships and vessels: equity of revenue availability and regulation of gambling (see H.R. 3282, H6879 [25SE])
———extend coverage of certain Federal labor laws to foreign flagships (see H.R. 1126, H4098 [6JN])
Small business: appointment of knowledgeable persons to executive department positions (see H. Con. Res. 70, H1079 [20FE])
———development of microenterprises (see H.R. 288, H1759 [13MR])
———encourage joint manufacturing and distribution of products (see H.R. 1278, H7801 [10OC])
———enhance economic opportunities (see H.R. 2923, H8496 [24OC])
Social Security: benefit formula computation rules (see H.R. 917, H990 [6FE])
———earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 967, H1023 [19FE])
———payment for physicians' services (see H.R. 3070, H10269 [14NO])
———reduction in payments to spouses and surviving spouses who are receiving certain Government pensions (see H.R. 53, H195 [10JA])
Solid waste: application of certain requirements and sanctions to Federal facilities (see H.R. 2194, H2767 [2MY])
———liability of certain municipalities for generation and transportation (see H.R. 2767, H6457 [11SE])
———reauthorize waste treatment construction grants program (see H.R. 916, H1475 [7MR])
———regulation of export and import into the U.S. of hazardous waste (see H.R. 2580, H7815 [11OC])
———require executive departments and agencies to separate waste for recycling (see H.R. 2095, H2563 [25AP])
———safe management of incineration unit ash (see H.R. 2291, H3625 [23MY])
South America: provide special benefits for the Andean nations (see H.R. 661, H2086 [22MR])
Southeast Asia: grant asylum to nationals assisting in the return of living POW/MIA (see H.R. 1900, H6386 [2AU])
Soviet Union: agricultural export credits to the Republics (see H. Res. 222, H7200 [1OC])
———democratic reforms in Armenia (see H.J. Res. 328, H7649 [8OC])
———implementation of human rights standards in the Republics (see H. Con. Res. 232, H11893 [26NO])
———most-favored-nation status (see H.R. 3706, H11892 [26NO])
———political reform in the Baltic States (see H.J. Res. 179, H1456 [6MR])
———withdrawal of troops from Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia (see H. Res. 234, H11894 [26NO])
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: regulation of disposal of certain low-level radioactive waste (see H.R. 645, H697 [24JA])
———taxation of nonresidents pension income (see H.R. 431, H2470 [23AP]; H.R. 1655, H2470 [23AP]
Student aid programs: access for middle income students to Federal programs (see H.R. 2561, H5211 [26JN])
Syria: emigration and free travel for Jews (see H. Con. Res. 188, H6388 [2AU])
Taxation: allow employers a credit for hiring displaced homemakers (see H.R. 1536, H1913 [20MR])
———allow first-time home buyers to make withdrawals from personal individual retirement accounts without penalty (see H.R. 352, H855 [4FE]; H.R. 1074, H1787 [18MR])
———capital gains (see H.R. 3741, H9580 [7NO])
———clarify that customer based, market share, and any similar intangible items are amortizable (see H.R. 1456, H3624 [23MY])
———clarify treatment of certain Federal financial assistance provided to savings and loan institutions (see H.R. 1135, H1278 [27FE])
———codifying the depreciable life of semiconductor manufacturing equipment (see H.R. 3273, H6384 [2AU])
———energy investment credit for solar and geothermal energy (see H.R. 1652, H2394 [18AP])
———exclude price of certain transit passes from income (see H.R. 572, H892 [5FE])
———exclusion for employee educational assistance (see H.R. 127, H4867 [20JN])
———exempt from luxury tax passenger vehicle parts or accessories for disabled individuals (see H.R. 1259, H3371 [21MY])
———Federal treatment of State and local government bonds (see H. Res. 139, H5597 [17JY])
———gains and losses of non-exempt farmer cooperatives (see H.R. 2361, H3149 [15MY])
———importation of crude oil and refined petroleum products (see H.R. 706, H2108 [9AP])
———improve U.S. competitiveness, employment, and investment, and reduce the budget deficit (see H.R. 3170, H6316 [1AU])
———incentives for establishing businesses within closed military bases and hiring displaced employees (see H.R. 3112, H9043 [1NO])
———income from frozen Iraqi assets (see H.R. 135, H891 [5FE])
———increase amount of the exemption for children under age 18 (see H.R. 1277, H5050 [25JN])
———individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1406, H3855 [4JN])
———limit ability of taxpayers to deduct costs of cleaning up oil and hazardous substances spills (see H.R. 1539, H2014 [21MR]; H.R. 1561, H3037 [14MY])
———low-income housing credit (see H.R. 413, H1080 [20FE])
———make permanent the limited deduction of health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 1248, H2086 [22MR])
———permanently extend qualified mortgage bonds (see H.R. 1067, H2086 [22MR])
———rental housing for low- and moderate-income families (see H.R. 3874, H10930 [22NO])
———repeal certain limitations on the one-time exclusion of gain on the sale of principal residence (see H.R. 1287, H1455 [6MR])
———repeal excise tax on luxury items (see H.R. 2598, H11891 [26NO])
———rollover proceeds from sale of farm to an individual retirement account (see H.R. 2333, H5050 [25JN])
———small issue bonds (see H.R. 673, H1671 [12MR]; H.R. 1186, H1759 [13MR])
———standing mileage rate deduction for charitable use of passenger automobiles (see H.R. 1506, H2262 [16AP])
———targeted jobs credit (see H.R. 565, H1080 [20FE])
———treatment of a charitable organization operating an amateur athletic event (see H.R. 2464, H12063 [3JA])
———treatment of amounts received by cooperative telephone companies indirectly from their members (see H.R. 1860, H5341 [10JY])
———treatment of certain credits under the passive activity limitations (see H.R. 1566, H2902 [8MY])
———treatment of charitable contributions of appreciated property (see H.R. 1557, H2014 [21MR])
———treatment of deduction for interest paid on debt secured by a first or second home (see H. Con. Res. 8, H782 [29JA])
———treatment of employment performed by certain educational institution employees (see H.R. 516, H825 [30JA])
———treatment of housing cooperatives (see H.R. 785, H2136 [10AP])
———treatment of oil and hazardous substance cleanup costs (see H.R. 1726, H2177 [11AP])
———treatment of small builders' income from the sale of certain residential real property (see H.R. 1864, H3037 [14MY])
———treatment of student loans of students agreeing to perform services in certain professions (see H.R. 1856, H5514 [16JY])
Telecommunications: competition in electronic information sources and services (see H.R. 3515, H11892 [26NO])
———research, design, and manufacturing of equipment (see H.R. 1527, H7381 [3OC])
Tourist trade: assist growth of U.S. travel industry (see H.R. 418, H6602 [16SE])
Toxic Substances Control Act: reduce the levels of lead in the environment (see H.R. 1750, H3371 [21MY])
Transportation: establish a national electric vehicle research, demonstration, and commercialization program (see H.R. 1538, H6456 [11SE])
Up With People Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 345, H7648 [8OC])
Utah: designate certain Federal lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1500, H1912 [20MR])
Vermont Bicentennial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 132, H1282 [27FE])
Veterans: allow disability compensation concurrently with retirement pay (see H.R. 303, H556 [17JA])
———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, H7199 [1OC])
———benefit eligibility for incompetent veterans relative to dependent status (see H.R. 1473, H3280 [20MY])
———burial plot allowances (see H.R. 103, H713 [28JA])
———disability compensation for service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 3, H53 [3JA]; H.R. 321, H79 [4JA])
———grave marker allowance (see H.R. 1992, H3806 [3JN])
———improve benefits and services for military personnel serving during the Persian Gulf war (see H.R. 908, H1342 [4MR])
———improve compensation and pension programs (see H.R. 426, H684 [23JA])
———payments to States for veterans care in State homes (see H.R. 3568, H11892 [26NO])
———pilot project using foreclosed properties to provide shelter to homeless individuals (see H.R. 2059, H5341 [10JY])
———restore reductions in benefits by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (see H.R. 3740, H12063 [3JA])
———service pension for World War I veterans (see H.R. 1918, H2467 [23AP]; H.R. 1991, H2534 [24AP])
———treatment for individuals exposed to radiation during military service (see H.R. 3236, H11892 [26NO])
Water: improve management of national resources (see H.R. 844, H988 [6FE])
Wildlife refuges: limit killing of wildlife (see H.R. 330, H684 [23JA])
Women: assist development of small businesses (see H.R. 2629, H5342 [10JY])
———reproduction rights (see H.R. 25, H54 [3JA])
World Food Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 230, H6602 [16SE])
World Population Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 261, H6879 [25SE])
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, H11894 [26NO])
———encourage award of the Presidential Unit Citation to the crew of the U.S.S. Nevada (see H. Con. Res. 236, H11894 [26NO])
———establish in the District of Columbia a memorial to veterans (see H.R. 1624, H4187 [7JN])
———issue 50th anniversary commemorative coin (see H.R. 1623, H4186 [7JN])
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: dispatch of U.N. forces to Croatia (see H. Con. Res. 200, H9393 [5NO])
Remarks by, on
Armed Forces: delay increase in deductibles for certain health care until the end of the Persian Gulf conflict (H.R. 781), E688
———expand dental program for spouses and children (H.R. 2623), E2186
———inpatient mental health services (H.R. 846), E483
China, Republic of: National Day observance, E3219
Civil Rights Act: restore and strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (H.R. 1), H3858 [4JN], H3957
Crime: declare certain U.S. border communities as drug emergency areas, H8022
———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3371), H8022
Cuba: trade restrictions, H8765
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board: jurisdiction of Pantex nuclear weapons assembly facility, H3408 [22MY]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military functions and to prescribe military personnel levels (H.R. 2100), H3408 [22MY]
———authorizing supplemental appropriations for operational expenditures relative to Operation Desert Shield (H.R. 1175), H1701
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2608), H4493
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2707), H5089
Domestic policy: national objectives priority assignments, H8466 [24OC]
Economy: national objectives priority assignments, E3988
Education: access to Safe Schools programs for Spanish-speaking students, H8022 [17OC]
———evaluation of the Impact Aid Program (H.R. 594), E238
———increase Impact Aid Program payments to school districts coterminous with military installation boundaries (H.R. 593), E240
Employment: quotas, H3957
Export Administration Act: reauthorize (H.R. 3489), H8765
Financial institutions: recapitalize the Federal deposit insurance fund and reform the regulatory and service systems (H.R. 6), H8778
Labor unions: prevent discrimination based on participation in disputes (H.R. 5), H5556
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), H337
———military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq, H337
———military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq (H.J. Res. 77), H474 [12JA]
———multinational military action against Iraq, H559 [18JA]
Public welfare programs: unemployment compensation (H.R. 3040), H6460 [12SE]
Soviet Union: political reform in the Baltic States, E553
State Legalization Impact Assistance Grant Program: funding, H5089
Tariff: opal borosilicate glassware imported in sets (H.R. 1931), E1395
———tissue paper products (H.R. 1853), E1318
Unemployment: emergency compensation, H8790 [31OC]
———emergency compensation (S. 1722), H7729 [10OC]
———emergency compensation (S. 1722), conference report, H7318 [3OC]
———emergency compensation (S. 1722), veto, E3431
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H639 [22JA], H1075 [20FE], H1266 [27FE], H2467 [23AP], H3707 [29MY], H4096 [6JN], H4436 [12JN], H7197 [1OC]
Testimonies
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Public Buildings and Grounds Legislation, D1422 [13NO]
Tributes
Bennett, Representative, E2154
Judson, William, E2093
Stillwell, Hallie C., E3512
Tabbert, Rose, E1966