CONYERS, JOHN, JR. (a Representative from Michigan)

Amendments offered by, to

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military functions and to prescribe military personnel levels (H.R. 2100), H3404, H3407 [22MY]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2622), H4632 [18JN]

Analyses

Commercial Activities Contracting Procedures Act (H.R. 3163), E2828-E2831 [1AU]

Federal Procurement Activities (H.R. 3161), E2845-E2848 [2AU]

Multiple Award Schedule Procurement Improvement Act (H.R. 3162), E2834 [1AU]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 2100, authorizing appropriations for Dept. of Defense military functions and to prescribe military personnel levels, H6586 [16SE]

———H.R. 2950, Surface Transportation Efficiency Act, H10950 [22NO]

———H.R. 3371, national policy to control crime and reform court procedures, H10748 [21NO]

———S. 347, revitalize the defense industrial base, H7776 [10OC]

Articles and editorials

Chaldeans in Detroit Are Prime Targets Of Threats, Violence—Many Arab-American Fear Growing Ethnic Backlash—The Need To Stay Alert, Bradley A. Stertz and Krystal Miller, Wall Street Journal, E268 [23JA]

Chaldeans Issue Plea for Calm in Detroit—They Say Americans Should Stick Together, William J. Mitchell, Detroit (MI) Free Press, E268 [23JA]

Corporations Are Deserting Group Battling Rights Bill, Steven A. Holmes, New York (NY) Times, E2014 [4JN]

Economic Worries Eroding Support for Reflection of Bush, Poll Finds, David S. Broder and Richard Morin, Washington (DC) Post, H8375 [23OC]

HUD Rule Will Cut Housing Subsidies, Eugene T. Lowe, H6911 [26SE]

HUD Seeks Aid Cut to Housing Agencies, Ann Mariano, H6911 [26SE]

Law That Ate the Future, New York (NY) Times, H9569 [7NO]

Middle-Eastern Enclave Fears Reprisals in U.S.—FBI Probe of Arab-Americans Fuels Panic, Lauren Ina, Washington (DC) Post, E269 [23JA]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

African Americans: economic and social impact of slavery (see H.R. 1684, H2134 [10AP])

Budget: discretionary spending limits (see H.R. 3732, H9579 [7NO])

Buffalo Soldiers Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 237, H2564 [25AP])

CIA: congressional oversight of Presidential appointments of certain officials (see H.R. 2379, H3163 [17MY])

Committee on Government Operations: expenses for investigations and studies (see H. Res. 61, H993 [6FE]; H. Res. 93, H1162 [26FE])

Contracts: establish uniform standards, rights, and measures of accountability for procurement services (see H.R. 3163, H6316 [1AU])

———Federal procurement activities (see H.R. 3161, H6316 [1AU])

———procurement regulations and services under multiple award schedules (see H.R. 3162, H6316 [1AU])

Dept. of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund: availability for community-based crime control and drug abuse prevention programs (see H.R. 2774, H5209 [26JN])

Haiti: restoration of democratic government and treatment of certain immigrants (see H.R. 3873, H10930 [22NO])

Housing: construction and revitalization of public units (see H.R. 853, H988 [6FE])

Law enforcement officers: provide the Attorney General the authority to seek civil injunctive relief against police brutality (see H.R. 1821, H2260 [16AP])

Local governments: Federal payments for public needs assistance (see H.R. 3601, H8187 [22OC])

National security: congressional oversight of Presidential directives (see H.R. 2524, H3854 [4JN])

Research: privacy of genetic information (see H.R. 2045, H2535 [24AP])

Social Security: administration of the Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance Program (see H.R. 2898, H5513 [16JY])

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Abortion: availability of services under federally funded programs (see H.R. 766, H1138 [21FE])

———make FDA import alert on RU-486 ineffective (see H.R. 875, H6940 [26SE])

Aeronautics: child safety restraint systems (see H.R. 2063, H6539 [12SE])

———time limitations on duty time of flight attendants (see H.R. 14, H4550 [13JN])

Africa: protection of human rights and economic development in the Horn of Africa (see H.R. 1454, H3150 [15MY])

African Americans: capital financing for historically black colleges and universities (see H.R. 1503, H7380 [3OC])

Agriculture: protection for veal calves (see H.R. 252, H2086 [22MR])

Alaska: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.J. Res. 239, H8663 [29OC])

———designate wilderness areas (see H.R. 39, H1280 [27FE])

Alcoholic beverages: health warnings in advertisements (see H.R. 1443, H1773 [14MR])

American Hispanic Literature Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 244, H5746 [23JY])

Antitrust policy: evidentiary standards for Federal civil claims based on resale price fixing (see H.R. 1470, H6385 [2AU])

Arab Americans: discrimination due to Persian Gulf conflict (see H. Con. Res. 56, H1081 [20FE])

Armed Forces: allow claims for damages from certain negligent medical care (see H.R. 3407, H6878 [25SE])

———establish a commemorative medal for members serving in a combat zone during the Persian Gulf conflict (see H.R. 1107, H2016 [21MR])

———exempt certain members from duty assignments that require separation from minor children (see H.R. 537, H1025 [19FE])

———payment of health care expenses for certain members relative to entitlement to medicare benefits (see H.R. 467, H7380 [3OC])

———rescind Dept. of Defense ban on gays, lesbians, and bisexuals (see H. Res. 271, H9493 [6NO])

Arts and humanities: recognition of ``An Artistic Discovery,'' the congressional high school art competition (see H. Res. 201, H7200 [1OC])

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. 3314, H8662 [29OC])

Bankruptcy: priority for the payment of claims for retiree health benefits in liquidation cases (see H.R. 3619, H11892 [26NO])

Basketball Centennial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 372, H10366 [18NO])

Bicentennial of the District of Columbia Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 356, H8663 [29OC])

Big Brothers/Big Sisters Appreciation Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 199, H2188 [15AP])

Boats: fees for recreational vessels (see H.R. 534, H6456 [11SE])

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

Budget: require unclassified report on stockpile of nuclear weapons and fissile materials to be included in President's budget (see H.R. 3961, H11886 [26NO])

Bureau of Labor Statistics: time use surveys of unremunerated work and calculate the monetary value of such work (see H.R. 3625, H8494 [24OC])

Buy American Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 299, H7649 [8OC])

California: designate certain desert lands as wilderness (see H.R. 2929, H6879 [25SE])

Capital punishment: prevent racially discriminatory sentencing (see H.R. 2851, H5340 [10JY])

Children and youth: hearing loss testing for newborns (see H.R. 2089, H6941 [26SE])

China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (see H.J. Res. 263, H5050 [25JN])

Civil Rights Act: administrative review of employment discrimination claims by Federal employees (see H.R. 3613, H8188 [22OC])

———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 (H.R. 3748) (see H.R. 3748, H10723 [20NO])

———restore and strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (see H.R. 1, H1474 [7MR])

Colleges and universities: participation of historically Black colleges and universities in federally funded research and development activities (see H.R. 3219, H11289 [25NO])

Computers: Federal Republic of Germany and the Republic of Austria prosecution for distribution of neo-Nazi computer games (see H. Con. Res. 152, H4868 [20JN])

Congress: amend the definition of the type of adjournment that prevents the return of a bill by the President (see H.R. 849, H2108 [9AP])

———require that any presidential request for a declaration of war include a cost/benefit statement (see H.R. 113, H57 [3JA])

Contracts: arbitration of disputes (see H.R. 3122, H6602 [16SE])

Copyrights: digital audio recordings (see H.R. 3204, H11891 [26NO])

CPSC: toy labeling (see H.R. 1723, H2177 [11AP])

Credit: clarify certain consumer protections relative to credit reporting (see H.R. 670, H4550 [13JN])

Crime: national policy to control crime against women (see H.R. 1502, H5300 [9JY])

Crime Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 303, H5746 [23JY])

Death Valley, Joshua Tree, and Mojave National Parks: establish (see H.R. 2929, H6879 [25SE])

Democracy Day: designate election day as a legal public holiday (see H.R. 3681, H8919 [31OC])

Dept. of the Treasury: anniversary of Savings Bond Program (see H. Con. Res. 140, H2962 [13MY])

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: designate a Chief Minority Affairs Officer (see H.R. 819, H7380 [3OC])

Disability: disregard overtime pay under certain contracts in determining eligibility of certain workers for health care benefits (see H.R. 1009, H1078 [20FE])

Diseases: ovarian cancer research (see H.R. 148, H1281 [27FE])

District of Columbia: establish an equitable annual Federal payment (see H.R. 2123, H3150 [15MY])

Drug abuse: Federal and State treatment programs for criminal offenders (see H.R. 730, H2953 [9MY])

Earth Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 144, H2181 [11AP])

Eating Disorders Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 354, H8577 [28OC])

Ecology and environment: carbon dioxide emissions policy (see H. Res. 130, H6941 [26SE])

Education: financial assistance to urban areas (see H.R. 1669, H2107 [9AP])

———grants for medical graduate study to benefit economically disadvantaged communities (see H.R. 2970, H9581 [7NO])

———guarantee students from certain high schools a chance to go to college (see H.R. 763, H1162 [26FE])

———improve (see H.R. 3548, H7800 [10OC])

El Salvador: withhold military assistance (see H.R. 1346, H2902 [8MY])

Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 3750, H9700 [12NO])

———participation in debates by any candidate receiving public campaign financing (see H.R. 791, H6720 [23SE])

Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 109, H2181 [11AP])

Employment: family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (see H.R. 2, H488 [12JA])

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])

Family and domestic relations: admissible testimony in domestic violence court cases (see H.R. 1252, H7981 [16OC]; H. Con. Res. 89, H7981 [16OC]

FBI: regulate conduct (see H.R. 50, H55 [3JA])

Federal aid programs: housing, education, and employment grants to urban and rural communities (see H.R. 501, H2902 [8MY])

Federal employees: coverage of certain unmarried dependent children under the health benefits program (see H.R. 765, H4867 [20JN])

———early retirement requirements (see H.R. 1820, H5432 [11JY])

———health benefits (see H.R. 1774, H9580 [7NO])

———voluntary participation in the political process (see H.R. 20, H6456 [11SE])

Financial institutions: limit the amount of deposit insurance for certain deposits of nonprofit tax-exempt organizations (see H.R. 754, H1849 [19MR])

Firearms: waiting period before the purchase of a handgun (see H.R. 7, H53 [3JA])

Flags—U.S.: prohibit import of foreign-made flags (see H.R. 2634, H5211 [26JN])

Food: restore benefits under the dependent care program to adolescent youth (see H.R. 544, H1474 [7MR])

Foreign countries: restrict exports of nuclear items to nonnuclear weapon states (see H.R. 2755, H6799 [24SE])

Foreign policy: recommittal to U.S. support of universal human rights and democracy (see H. Res. 284, H10365 [18NO])

Foreign trade: relation of agreements to health, safety, labor, and environmental laws of the U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 246, H10842 [21NO])

———voluntary restraint agreements (see H. Res. 297, H10931 [22NO])

Forests: protection of remaining ancient forests on public lands (see H.R. 842, H987 [6FE])

Freedom National Bank of New York: provision of adequate depository services (see H.R. 482, H1417 [5MR])

Freedom of religion: protect (see H.R. 2797, H6457 [11SE])

GATT: support efforts to protect world environment (see H. Con. Res. 227, H8334 [23OC])

Geography Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 201, H2394 [18AP])

German-American Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 180, H1916 [20MR])

Girl Scouts of the United States of America 80th Anniversary Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 343, H8920 [31OC])

Glen Canyon Dam: implement operating procedures (see H.R. 814, H2108 [9AP])

Gray, William H., III: tribute (see H. Res. 220, H6539 [12SE])

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

Guaranteed Student Loan Program: reduced interest rates for individuals entering the teaching profession (see H.R. 709, H4550 [13JN])

Haiti: protection of Haitians in the U.S. pending the resumption of democratic rule (see H.R. 3844, H10841 [21NO])

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

Hazardous substances: lead-based paint abatement (see H.R. 2922, H7649 [8OC])

Health: require physicians who perform silicone gel implants to provide certain information to patients (see H.R. 1422, H7380 [3OC])

Health care facilities: criminal penalties for interfering with access (see H.R. 1703, H2135 [10AP])

Hire a Veteran Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 280, H8496 [24OC])

Homosexuality: prohibit discrimination based on affectional or sexual orientation (see H.R. 1430, H1758 [13MR])

Housing: establish midnight basketball league training and partnership programs for residents of public housing (see H.R. 3102, H7200 [1OC])

Hunger: ensure adequate diet for all Americans (see H.R. 1202, H2109 [9AP])

Immigration: 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, H2188 [15AP])

———wage adjustments for prevailing rate employees (see H.R. 786, H9580 [7NO])

Infant Mortality Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 194, H2538 [24AP])

Iran: emancipation of the Bahai community (see H. Con. Res. 156, H6799 [24SE])

Iraq: release portion of frozen assets for UNICEF medical and humanitarian assistance to Iraqi citizens (see H. Con. Res. 168, H6941 [26SE])

Irish-American Heritage Month: establish (see H.J. Res. 350, H9144 [4NO])

Iron and steel industry: extend the application of the steel trade liberalization program (see H.R. 4051, H11889 [26NO])

Israel: reopening of colleges in the West Bank and Gaza (see H. Con. Res. 43, H7649 [8OC])

Italian-American Heritage and Culture Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 260, H7551 [7OC])

Japan: racial remarks by government officials (see H. Con. Res. 72, H1137 [21FE])

Jewish Heritage Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 134, H1850 [19MR])

Job Training Partnership Act: amend Job Corps provisions (see H.R. 1364, H3624 [23MY])

Joint Tactical Missile Defense Program: establish (see H.R. 1446, H6675 [17SE])

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: authorize Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity to establish a memorial in D.C. (see H.J. Res. 159, H1325 [28FE])

Korean War Veterans Remembrance Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 255, H4945 [24JN])

Kuwait: involvement of U.S. small businesses in rebuilding (see H. Con. Res. 95, H1474 [7MR])

———involvement of U.S. workers, firms, and products in rebuilding (see H. Res. 167, H4613 [18JN])

Labor: prevent discrimination based on participation in disputes (see H.R. 5, H488 [12JA])

Law enforcement officers: Federal response to police misconduct (see H.R. 2972, H5744 [23JY])

Lyme Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 138, H2263 [16AP])

Margaret Walker Alexander National African-American Research Center: establish (see H.R. 1254, H1415 [5MR])

Martin Luther King, Jr., Federal Holiday Commission: increase appropriations, personnel, and pay rates (see H.R. 2215, H4867 [20JN])

Medicaid: alcoholism and drug treatment of pregnant women and certain family members (see H.R. 1189, H1324 [28FE])

———coverage of drug dependency residential treatment programs for pregnant women and certain family members (see H.R. 2489, H3709 [29MY])

———Federal payments relative to State expenditures made from revenues derived from provider-specific taxes (see H.R. 3595, H9144 [4NO])

———funding of abortion in the case of rape or incest (see H. Res. 40, H640 [22JA])

Medicare: home care and extended care services coverages (see H.R. 1200, H2375 [17AP])

Michigan: designate certain rivers as components of the Wild and Scenic River System (see H.R. 476, H195 [10JA])

Middle East: restrictions on press coverage of military operations in the Persian Gulf (see H. Con. Res. 38, H685 [23JA])

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, H7726 [9OC])

National Accessible Housing Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 326, H8335 [23OC])

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 Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 198, H8189 [22OC])

National American Indian Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 182, H3038 [14MY])

National Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 318, H11894 [26NO])

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 257, H6691 [19SE])

National Cancer Institute: breast cancer research funding (see H.R. 381, H606 [18JA])

National Crime Victims' Rights Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 171, H2263 [16AP])

National DARE Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 217, H2686 [1MY])

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 241, H6458 [11SE])

National Down's Syndrome Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 228, H7551 [7OC])

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

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

National Family Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 23, H4284 [11JN])

National Firefighters Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 189, H6879 [25SE])

National Forest System Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 226, H4945 [24JN])

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, H1418 [5MR])

National Girls and Women in Sports Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 30, H782 [29JA])

National Guard: make civilian technicians part of the competitive service (see H.R. 723, H7862 [15OC])

———protections for technicians relative to reductions in pay and furloughs (see H.R. 722, H7862 [15OC])

National health plan: establish (see H.R. 1300, H1579 [11MR])

National Historically Black Colleges Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 102, H1081 [20FE])

National Huntington's Disease Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 56, H2770 [2MY])

National Ice Hockey Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 361, H9581 [7NO])

National Job Skills Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 291, H7981 [16OC])

National Labor Relations Act: coverage of employers and performers in the live performing arts (see H.R. 2223, H6138 [30JY])

National Law Enforcement Memorial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 123, H6690 [19SE])

National Minority Organ Donor Encouragement Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 229, H4613 [18JN])

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

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

National Polio Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 211, H3710 [29MY])

National Radon Action Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 67, H6602 [16SE])

National Recycling Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 188, H2181 [11AP])

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 Scleroderma Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 219, H2687 [1MY])

National Senior Citizens Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 181, H2181 [11AP])

National Trauma Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 300, H7382 [3OC])

National Visiting Nurse Associations Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 212, H7200 [1OC])

National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 242, H7200 [1OC])

Navy: review facts of Port Chicago, CA, naval facility explosion on July 17, 1944 (see H.J. Res. 162, H1325 [28FE])

Nuclear weapons: moratorium on testing (see H.R. 3636, H8494 [24OC])

———test ban on underground nuclear explosions (see H. Con. Res. 16, H84 [4JA])

Occupational Safety and Health Act: revise (see H.R. 3160, H11891 [26NO])

Older Americans Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 51, H2783 [6MY])

OSHA: establish an Office of Construction Safety, Health, and Education (see H.R. 1063, H8919 [31OC])

Packaging: reduction of toxic metals (see H.R. 3509, H11892 [26NO])

Paine, Thomas: establish monument in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 1628, H6879 [25SE])

Patents: extend term of certain products (see H.R. 2255, H2900 [8MY])

Pediatric AIDS Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 91, H2181 [11AP])

Pesticides: safety of imports (see H.R. 2083, H6940 [26SE])

Pharmaceuticals: approval of drugs for individuals suffering from life-threatening or debilitating illness (see H.R. 2872, H9392 [5NO])

Population: funding for international control assistance (see H.R. 1110, H1323 [28FE]; H.R. 1179, H1671 [12MR])

Public Health Service: alcohol and drug abuse residential treatment services to pregnant and postpartum women and their children (see H.R. 2678, H7381 [3OC])

Public Health Service Act: family planning counseling (see H.R. 392, H782 [29JA])

Public welfare programs: develop employment counseling, job-training, and other educational programs (see H.R. 3102, H7200 [1OC])

Ralph H. Metcalfe Federal Building, Chicago, IL: designate (see H.R. 1779, H3710 [29MY])

Refugee Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 323, H8496 [24OC])

Refuse disposal: ensure safety of solid waste exported to foreign countries (see H.R. 2358, H3149 [15MY])

———prevent lawsuits equating municipal solid waste and sewage sludge with industrial hazardous wastes (see H.R. 3026, H6941 [26SE])

———reduce use of toxic chemicals (see H.R. 2880, H6457 [11SE])

Religious Freedom Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 325, H6799 [24SE])

Research: nonanimal acute toxicity testing by Federal Government (see H.R. 3918, H12063 [3JA])

Resolution Trust Corp.: limit authority to abrogate residential tenant contracts and leases (see H.R. 2244, H4557 [17JN])

Roads and highways: limit advertising adjacent to Interstate and Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 1344, H1472 [7MR])

Ships and vessels: extend coverage of certain Federal labor laws to foreign flagships (see H.R. 1126, H8662 [29OC])

Smithsonian Institution: establish National African American Museum (see H.R. 1246, H1414 [5MR])

Social Security: assistance to States to support informal caregivers of individuals with functional limitations (see H.R. 2106, H4613 [18JN])

———assure minimum payment adjustments for disproportionate share hospitals (see H.R. 1544, H2470 [23AP])

———benefit formula computation rules (see H.R. 917, H6879 [25SE])

———eliminate work disincentives for blind individuals (see H.R. 1289, H2109 [9AP])

———payment for physicians' services (see H.R. 3070, H8577 [28OC])

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, H6940 [26SE])

———regulation of export and import into the U.S. of hazardous waste (see H.R. 2580, H4098 [6JN])

South Africa: ban loans and investments by U.S. corporations (see H.R. 1111, H1161 [26FE])

———U.S. sanctions (see H. Con. Res. 126, H4099 [6JN])

Soviet Union: military action against Baltic States (see H. Res. 32, H685 [23JA])

Tariff: motor vehicles for transport of goods (see H.R. 3250, H6676 [17SE])

Taxation: cash or deferred arrangements for employees of tax-exempt organizations (see H.R. 2327, H9700 [12NO])

———credits for increasing research activities (see H.R. 1618, H8787 [30OC])

———designation of payments by taxpayers to nonmilitary programs (see H.R. 1870, H2373 [17AP])

———exclude price of certain transit passes from income (see H.R. 1145, H6940 [26SE])

———exclusion for employee educational assistance (see H.R. 127, H4867 [20JN])

———extend certain expiring tax provisions (see H.R. 3752, H10545 [19NO])

———increase amount of the exemption for children under age 18 (see H.R. 1277, H5451 [15JY])

———low-income housing credit (see H.R. 413, H3624 [23MY])

———make permanent the exclusion for group legal service plans (see H.R. 187, H9700 [12NO])

———permanently extend qualified mortgage bonds (see H.R. 1067, H4550 [13JN])

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

———rental housing for low- and moderate-income families (see H.R. 3874, H10930 [22NO])

———small issue bonds (see H.R. 673, H4944 [24JN])

———targeted jobs credit (see H.R. 565, H1456 [6MR])

———targeted jobs credit eligibility requirements (see H.R. 3286, H11892 [26NO])

———treatment of student loans of students agreeing to perform services in certain professions (see H.R. 1856, H5514 [16JY])

———treatment of the purchase of passenger vehicles relative to the presence of air bags in such vehicles (see H.R. 2518, H4550 [13JN])

Telephones: procurement from minority-owned businesses by holding companies of local carriers (see H.R. 3107, H6879 [25SE])

Tobacco products: restrict U.S. activities relative to foreign laws regulating marketing (see H.R. 2781, H6675 [17SE])

———restrictions on labeling and advertising on cigarette exports (see H.R. 2779, H6675 [17SE])

Unemployment: emergency benefits to certain railroad employees (see H.R. 3511, H7551 [7OC])

Utah: designate certain Federal lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1500, H11891 [26NO])

Veterans: furnish outpatient medical services for any POW disabilities (see H.R. 1598, H7381 [3OC])

Weapons: prohibit the importation, manufacture, and sale of certain firearms (see H.R. 3104, H6137 [30JY])

Wetlands: environmental research (see H.R. 3578, H9393 [5NO])

Women: 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, H54 [3JA])

World AIDS Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 376, H10843 [21NO])

World Food Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 230, H6799 [24SE])

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])

Year of the American Indian: designate (see H.J. Res. 342, H9759 [13NO])

Yugoslavia: cease use of force and engage in good faith negotiations relative to civil conflict (see H. Con. Res. 211, H9701 [12NO])

Examples

Civil rights advertisements, E2014 [4JN]

Letters

Buy American provisions of H.R. 1989 and 2282: by, H5408 [11JY]

Buy American restrictions and laws of the American Technology Preeminence Act: by, H5460 [16JY]

Emergency unemployment compensation: Jason Atkins, H8375 [23OC]

———Willie Mae Thompson, H8374 [23OC]

GAO budget: by, H3985 [5JN]

Lists

Fair Employment Coalition, E2014 [4JN]

Polls of opinion

President Bush's handling of the economy: Washington Post-ABC News Poll, H8375 [23OC]

Remarks by, on

African Americans: status in U.S., H6522 [12SE]

Antitrust policy: evidentiary standards for Federal civil claims based on resale price fixing (H.R. 1470), H7744 [10OC]

Arab Americans: discrimination due to Persian Gulf conflict, E268 [23JA]

B-2 stealth bomber: development, H10393 [18NO]

Black History Month: observance, H1209 [27FE]

Budget: discretionary spending limits (H.R. 3732), H9569 [7NO]

Business and industry: Ford-UAW Apprenticeship Program tribute, E3338 [9OC]

Capital punishment: eliminate for certain crimes and replace with life imprisonment without parole, H7952 [16OC]

———racial discrimination in imposing, H8144 [22OC]

Chief Financial Officers Act: use of funds to implement, H4632, H4633, H4638, H4639 [18JN], H5779, H5780 [24JY]

Children and youth: emergency funding for aid programs, H8624 [29OC]

CIA: congressional oversight of Presidential appointments of certain officials (H.R. 2379), E1824 [17MY]

Civil Rights Act: restore and strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (H.R. 1), H3851 [4JN], E2013 [4JN]

Committee on Government Operations: meetings during sessions, H4907 [24JN], H5009 [25JN]

———permission to file reports, H5151 [26JN]

———permission to file sundry reports, H11483 [26NO]

Contracts: awarding to disadvantaged businesses, H8342 [23OC]

———establish uniform standards, rights, and measures of accountability for procurement services (H.R. 3163), E2828 [1AU]

———Federal procurement activities (H.R. 3161), E2844 [2AU]

———procurement regulations and services under multiple award schedules (H.R. 3162), E2833 [1AU]

Crime: gun control, H8036 [17OC]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3371), H7897, H7909, H7952 [16OC], H8013, H8018, H8036 [17OC], H8144 [22OC]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3371), motion to instruct conferees, H10746 [21NO]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military functions and to prescribe military personnel levels (H.R. 2100), H3410 [22MY]

———authorizing appropriations for military functions and to prescribe military personnel levels (H.R. 2100), conference report, H10393 [18NO]

Dept. of HUD: public housing operating subsidies for vacant units, H6911 [26SE]

Dept. of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund: availability for community-based crime control and drug abuse prevention programs (H.R. 2774), E2379 [26JN]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2622), H4632, H4633, H4638, H4639 [18JN]

Dept. of Transportation: making appropriations (H.R. 2942), H5779, H5780 [24JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2707), conference report—amendments in disagreement, H9448 [6NO]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs, HUD, and independent agencies, commissions, corporations, and offices: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2519), H4122, H4124, H4125 [6JN]

Disasters: making supplemental appropriations for relief (H.R. 3543), H8624 [29OC]

Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 3750), H11145 [25NO]

Federal employees: statutes relative to post-employment restrictions, H3410 [22MY]

Foreign policy: recommittal to U.S. support of universal human rights and democracy (H. Res. 284), H11222 [25NO]

Foreign trade: procedures for implementing trade agreements (H. Res. 101), H3551 [23MY]

GAO: budget, H3987, H3989 [5JN]

Gray, William H., III: tribute (H. Res. 220), H6508 [12SE]

Haiti: refugee status of citizens, H10817, H10818, H10819 [21NO]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H6288 [1AU]

Immigration: technical corrections to certain laws (H.R. 3670), Senate amendment, E4212 [26NO]

Job Training Partnership Act: improve delivery of services to hard-to-serve adults and to youth (H.R. 3033), H7636 [8OC]

Legislative branch: making appropriations (H.R. 2506), H3987, H3989 [5JN]

Middle East: congressional approval of military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq (H. Con. Res. 32), H399 [12JA]

———military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq (H.J. Res. 77), H477 [12JA]

NASA: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1988), H2721 [2MY]

National Commission to Study the Causes of the Demand for Drugs in the U.S.: establish, H8018 [17OC]

National health plan: establish (H.R. 1300), H6786 [24SE]

National security: congressional oversight of Presidential directives (H.R. 2524), E2022 [4JN]

Operation Desert Shield: making appropriations for incremental costs (H.R. 3543), H8624 [29OC]

Public welfare programs: unemployment compensation (H.R. 3040), H6628 [17SE]

Real property: forfeiture of property relative to drug crimes, H8018 [17OC]

Social Security: administration of the Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance Program (H.R. 2898), E2554 [16JY]

Transportation: establish a national comprehensive surface transportation system (H.R. 2950), H8342 [23OC]

———establish a national comprehensive surface transportation system (H.R. 2950), conference report, H11673 [26NO]

Unemployment: emergency compensation, H8371, H8372 [23OC]

Women: physician recommended options in federally funded family planning clinics, H9448 [6NO]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H3147 [15MY], H3162 [17MY], H3853 [4JN], H5511 [16JY], H6315 [1AU], H7724 [9OC]

Special order: granted, H8186 [22OC]

Reports

Committee on Government Operations: Legislative Summaries for 101st Congress, 2d Session (H. Rept. 101-978), H51 [3JA]

———Legislative Summaries for 101st Congress, 2d Session (H. Rept. 101-1006), H52 [3JA]

———Legislative Summaries for 101st Congress, 2d Session (H. Rept. 101-979), H51 [3JA]

———Legislative Summaries for 101st Congress, 2d Session (H. Rept. 101-980), H52 [3JA]

———Legislative Summaries for 101st Congress, 2d Session (H. Rept. 101-981), H52 [3JA]

———Legislative Summaries for 101st Congress, 2d Session (H. Rept. 101-982), H52 [3JA]

———Legislative Summaries for 101st Congress, 2d Session (H. Rept. 101-983), H52 [3JA]

———Legislative Summaries for 101st Congress, 2d Session (H. Rept. 101-984), H52 [3JA]

———Legislative Summaries for 101st Congress, 2d Session (H. Rept. 101-985), H52 [3JA]

———Legislative Summaries for 101st Congress, 2d Session (H. Rept. 101-986), H52 [3JA]

———Legislative Summaries for 101st Congress, 2d Session (H. Rept. 101-987), H52 [3JA]

———Legislative Summaries for 101st Congress, 2d Session (H. Rept. 101-988), H52 [3JA]

———Legislative Summaries for 101st Congress, 2d Session (H. Rept. 101-989), H52 [3JA]

———Legislative Summaries for 101st Congress, 2d Session (H. Rept. 101-990), H52 [3JA]

———Legislative Summaries for 101st Congress, 2d Session (H. Rept. 101-991), H52 [3JA]

———Legislative Summaries for 101st Congress, 2d Session (H. Rept. 101-992), H52 [3JA]

———Legislative Summaries for 101st Congress, 2d Session (H. Rept. 101-993), H52 [3JA]

———Legislative Summaries for 101st Congress, 2d Session (H. Rept. 101-994), H52 [3JA]

Reports filed

Administration of the Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance Programs: Committee on Government Operations (H.R. 2898) (H. Rept. 102-174), H6136 [30JY]

Advisability of Imposing Flexible Interest Rate Ceilings on Insured Deposits in Combination With Core Banking: Committee on Government Operations (H. Rept. 102-416), H12055 [18DE]

Asleep at the Switch? FCC Efforts To Assure Reliability of the Public Telephone Network: Committee on Government Operations (H. Rept. 102-420), H12055 [18DE]

Citizens Guide on Using the Freedom of Information Act and the Privacy Act To Request Government Records: Committee on Government Operations (H. Rept. 102-146), H5339 [10JY]

Contracting Out Responsibility in the Bureau of Prisons Halfway Houses: Committee on Government Operations (H. Rept. 102-139), H5298 [9JY]

Dept. of Justice Computer Security—Neglect Leads to High Risk: Committee on Government Operations (H. Rept. 102-413), H12055 [18DE]

Early Observations on Progress in Tax Systems Modernization: Committee on Government Operations (H. Rept. 102-388), H11884 [26NO]

Export Licensing System: Committee on Government Operations (H. Rept. 102-137), H5298 [9JY]

Feasibility of Initiating a System for the Verification of Corporate Tax Returns Through an Information and Document Matching Program at IRS: Committee on Government Operations (H. Rept. 102-419), H12055 [18DE]

Federal Procurement Activities: Committee on Government Operation (H.R. 3161) (H. Rept. 102-364), H11114 [23NO]

Fiesta Bowl Fiasco—Dept. of Education's Attempt To Ban Minority Scholarships: Committee on Government Operations (H. Rept. 102-411), H12055 [18DE]

Mismanagement in Programs for the Homeless—Washington, DC, as a Case Study: Committee on Government Operations (H. Rept. 102-366), H11287 [25NO]

Narcotics Control Recommendations for the Andean Region, 1987-1991—More Aggressive Congressional Followup Necessary: Committee on Government Operations (H. Rept. 102-412), H12055 [18DE]

Obstacles to Drug Development for HIV-Related Opportunistic Infections: Committee on Government Operations (H. Rept. 102-410), H12055 [18DE]

Scourge of Telemarketing Fraud—What Can Be Done About It? Committee on Government Operations (H. Rept. 102-421), H12055 [18DE]

Testing Fraud and Other Northrop Improprieties in the Harrier II Jet and Cruise Missile Programs: Committee on Government Operations (H. Rept. 102-143), H5298 [9JY]

Resolutions by organizations

Procedures for implementing foreign trade agreements (H. Res. 101): Michigan State Building and Construction Trade Council, H8375 [23OC]

Rules

Committee on Government Operations, H1069 [20FE]

Statements

Budget Process Priorities: Mario Cuomo, Governor of New York, H9569 [7NO]

We Must Invest in America Now: several organizations, H9570 [7NO]

Testimonies

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Pending Construction, Repair and Alteration and Lease Resolutions, D563 [9MY]

Committee on Rules: National Comprehensive Surface Transportation System (H.R. 2950), D1040 [1AU]

———National Policy to Control Crime and Reform Court Procedures (H.R. 3371), D1237 [10OC]

———Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance Program (H.R. 2898), D1164 [26SE]

Committee on the Judiciary (House): Cuban and Haitian Immigration, D1475 [20NO]

———Dept. of Justice Appropriations, D890 [11JY]

Committee on the Judiciary (Senate): Nomination of Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court, D1120 [19SE]

Committee on Ways and Means: Comprehensive Health Insurance (H.R. 3205), D1227 [8OC]

Texts of

H.R. 2379, congressional oversight of Presidential appointments of certain CIA officials, E1824 [17MY]

H.R. 2524, Presidential Directives and Records Accountability Act, E2022 [4JN]

H.R. 2774, availability for community-based crime control and drug abuse prevention programs, E2379 [26JN]

H.R. 2898, Social Security Protection Act, E2554 [16JY]

Tributes

Davis, Miles, H7208 [2OC]

Davis, Miles D., III, H7715, H7716 [9OC]

Schwarzchild, Henry, E728 [1MR]