COUGHLIN, LAWRENCE (a Representative from Pennsylvania)
Appointments
Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control (Select), H1088 [21FE]
Committee To Attend Funeral of Silvio O. Conte, H1043 [20FE]
Conferee: H.R. 2519, Depts. of Veterans Affairs, HUD, and independent agencies, commissions, corporations, and offices appropriations, H6758 [24SE]
———H.R. 2942, Dept. of Transportation appropriations, H6758 [24SE]
Funeral committee for John Heinz, H2094 [9AP]
Articles and editorials
Anti-Crime Solution—Lock Up More Criminals, Eugene H. Methvin, Washington (DC) Post, E3663
Costly and Scarce, Marijuana Is a High More Are Rejecting, Joseph B. Treaster, New York (NY) Times, E3668
Costly and Scarce, Marijuana Is a High More are Rejecting, Joseph B. Treaster, New York (NY) Times, E3704
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Aeronautics: criminal penalties for failure to obey landing order from Federal law enforcement officer (see H.R. 681, H780 [29JA])
Bridges: Federal replacement and rehabilitation funds for railroad and transit bridges (see H.R. 958, H1023 [19FE])
Drug abuse: testing for certain transportation employees (see H.R. 3361, H6675 [17SE])
———treatment plan block grants (see H.R. 680, H780 [29JA])
Drugs: foreign assistance for operations to interdict trafficking operations (see H.R. 2711, H4866 [20JN])
———use of force by the Coast Guard to compel aircraft used in trafficking to land (see H.R. 2712, H4866 [20JN])
Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 3733, H9579 [7NO])
National Red Ribbon Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 312, H5909 [25JY])
National Weight Loss Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 165, H1341 [4MR])
Tariff: Ala Pro (see H.R. 1857, H2373 [17AP])
———composite vials of timolol maleate/pilocarpine hydrochloride solutions and diluent (see H.R. 3719, H9493 [6NO])
Transportation: authorize use of Federal-aid highway funds to relieve traffic congestion and improve air quality (see H.R. 1605, H2083 [22MR])
———drug abuse programs for recipients of Federal mass transit assistance (see H.R. 955, H1023 [19FE])
———expand definition of mass transit maintenance items (see H.R. 956, H1023 [19FE])
———ratio of Federal funding for urban mass transit programs to Federal-aid highway projects (see H. Con. Res. 144, H2811 [7MY])
———State regulation of fixed guideway transit systems (see H.R. 954, H1023 [19FE])
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Appropriations: constitutional amendment on line-item veto (see H.J. Res. 5, H1671 [12MR])
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: lease lands for oil and gas exploration and development (see H.R. 759, H824 [30JA])
Baltic Freedom Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 167, H1341 [4MR])
Baltic States: most-favored-nation trade status for Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania (see H.R. 3314, H6799 [24SE])
Bicentennial of the District of Columbia Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 356, H9145 [4NO])
Big Brothers/Big Sisters Appreciation Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 199, H2188 [15AP])
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 290, H5298 [9JY])
———Presidential power to reduce authority (see H.R. 78, H1025 [19FE])
Centennial of Concrete Paving in America Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 324, H8102 [17OC])
Civil Rights Act: restore and strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (see H.R. 1375, H1668 [12MR])
Coins: mint and circulate $1 coin (see H.R. 1245, H6317 [1AU])
———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])
Colleges and universities: sexual assaults on campuses (see H.R. 2363, H3149 [15MY])
Commission on Defense Base Closure and Realignment: disapprove recommendations (see H.J. Res. 308, H5650 [18JY])
Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (Select): establish (see H. Res. 12, H62 [3JA])
Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control (Select): establish (see H. Res. 14, H62 [3JA])
———expenses for investigations and studies (see H. Res. 66, H993 [6FE])
Committee on the Organization of Congress (Joint): establish (see H. Con. Res. 192, H10269 [14NO])
Committee on Ways and Means: require relief bill committee reports to include the sponsor and revenue cost (see H. Res. 108, H1760 [13MR])
Committees of the House: limit number of years Member may serve on a committee (see H. Res. 215, H10269 [14NO])
Commodore John Barry Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 166, H5910 [25JY])
Courts: standards for product liability actions (see H.R. 3030, H8662 [29OC])
Crime: improve law enforcement and criminal justice systems (see H.R. 3326, H6538 [12SE])
———monetary awards for persons providing information leading to the arrest of certain drug suspects (see H.R. 1356, H1473 [7MR])
———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 1400) (see H.R. 1400, H2087 [22MR])
Crime Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 303, H5651 [18JY])
Dept. of the Treasury: anniversary of Savings Bond Program (see H. Con. Res. 140, H2962 [13MY])
Dept. of Transportation: establish an advisory committee on civil tiltrotor development (see H.R. 3537, H9144 [4NO])
Drugs: expand narcotic abuse prevention and treatment programs (see H.R. 2810, H5266 [27JN])
Dutch-American Heritage Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 177, H6879 [25SE])
Eating Disorders Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 354, H8577 [28OC])
Economy: incentives for work, savings, and investments (see H.R. 3130, H8102 [17OC])
Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 3770, H10723 [20NO])
Fire fighters: enact a fire service bill of rights (see H.R. 2448, H3739 [30MY])
Firearms: waiting period before the purchase of a handgun (see H.R. 7, H684 [23JA])
Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 83, H892 [5FE])
Foreign trade: voluntary restraint agreements (see H. Res. 297, H12063 [3JA])
Franklin, Benjamin: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2448, H3739 [30MY])
Geography Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 201, H6387 [2AU])
German-American Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 180, H6458 [11SE])
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, H1139 [21FE])
GSA: installation of bicycle racks or lockers at Federal office buildings (see H.R. 2812, H8102 [17OC])
Health care professionals: excessive physician regulations under medicare (see H.R. 2695, H10269 [14NO])
House of Representatives: voter registration lists (see H. Res. 276, H10724 [20NO])
Irish-American Heritage Month: establish (see H.J. Res. 350, H9144 [4NO])
IRS: time extension for certain acts for individuals performing services under Operation Desert Shield (see H.R. 469, H110 [9JA])
Israel: awarding of U.S. Government contracts relative to participation in Arab boycott (see H.R. 2874, H6318 [1AU])
Jewish Heritage Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 134, H1759 [13MR])
Korean War Veterans Remembrance Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 255, H5516 [16JY])
Language and languages: recognize English as official U.S. language (see H.R. 123, H386 [11JA])
Lebanon: support efforts of President Bush to obtain release of hostages (see H. Con. Res. 107, H2903 [8MY])
Lyme Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 138, H1079 [20FE])
Medicare: improve State systems for compensating individuals injured in the course of provision of health care services (see H.R. 1004, H2769 [2MY])
———prevention of fraud by suppliers of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 2534, H7648 [8OC])
Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 156, H6139 [30JY])
Middle East: demonstrations of community support for troops in the Persian Gulf (see H.J. Res. 174, H3281 [20MY])
———success of multinational military action against Iraq (see H. Res. 95, H1418 [5MR])
Motion pictures: observe anniversary of moviemaking and the contributions of the American Film Institute (see H. Con. Res. 161, H7726 [9OC])
Motor vehicles: national safety belt and motorcycle helmet use requirements (see H.R. 1782, H4016 [5JN])
National Accessible Housing Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 326, H7107 [30SE])
National Adoption Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 364, H10932 [22NO])
National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 198, H2538 [24AP])
National Arbor Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 66, H1579 [11MR])
National Campus Crime and Security Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 142, H5818 [24JY])
National Crime Victims' Rights Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 171, H2017 [21MR])
National DARE Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 217, H5300 [9JY])
National Education First Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 197, H2181 [11AP])
National Employ the Older Worker Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 133, H1418 [5MR])
National Family Caregivers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 125, H992 [6FE])
National Firefighters Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 189, H6879 [25SE])
National Foster Care Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 154, H2376 [17AP])
National Historically Black Colleges Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 102, H5267 [27JN])
National Home Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 175, H2017 [21MR])
National Huntington's Disease Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 56, H2016 [21MR])
National Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 252, H5516 [16JY])
National Law Enforcement Memorial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 123, H7649 [8OC])
National observances: establish a commission to advise the President (see H.R. 68, H1416 [5MR])
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, H6318 [1AU])
National Rehabilitation Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 95, H1915 [20MR])
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, H3856 [4JN])
National Trauma Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 300, H8189 [22OC])
National Visiting Nurse Associations Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 212, H6458 [11SE])
Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 205, H2399 [22AP])
Older Americans Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 51, H2783 [6MY])
Postal Service: establish commission to investigate (see H. Res. 194, H6195 [31JY])
Presidential Election Campaign Fund: abolish (see H.R. 2876, H10269 [14NO])
Presidents: line-item veto (see H. Res. 152, H9494 [6NO])
Prisons: closing and relocation of Lorton Correctional Complex (see H.R. 445, H6385 [2AU])
Public Pension Equity Restoration Act: enact (see H.R. 1348, H2016 [21MR])
Religious Freedom Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 325, H6799 [24SE])
Research: superconducting supercollider funding (see H.R. 2485, H3709 [29MY])
Schwarzkopf, H. Norman, Jr.: award a Congressional Gold Medal and produce bronze duplicates for public sale (see H.R. 1296, H1475 [7MR])
Social Security: benefit formula computation rules (see H.R. 917, H6879 [25SE])
———earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 967, H1023 [19FE])
———payment for physicians' services (see H.R. 3070, H8662 [29OC])
South America: provide special benefits for the Andean nations (see H.R. 661, H2086 [22MR])
Soviet Union: military action against Baltic States (see H. Res. 32, H685 [23JA])
———political reform in the Baltic States (see H.J. Res. 179, H4187 [7JN])
States: regulation of surface transportation rates by certain motor and air carriers (see H.R. 3221, H10723 [20NO])
Steamtown National Historic Site: establish (see H.R. 3519, H7647 [8OC])
Syria: emigration and free travel for Jews (see H. Con. Res. 188, H10269 [14NO])
Taxation: allow first-time home buyers to make withdrawals from personal individual retirement accounts without penalty (see H.R. 352, H2375 [17AP])
———clarify that customer based, market share, and any similar intangible items are amortizable (see H.R. 1456, H2399 [22AP])
———deduction for interest on educational loans (see H.R. 747, H2180 [11AP])
———individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 77, H1416 [5MR])
———permanently extend qualified mortgage bonds (see H.R. 1067, H1475 [7MR])
———small issue bonds (see H.R. 602, H1849 [19MR])
———targeted jobs credit (see H.R. 565, H1456 [6MR])
———treatment of combat pay (see H.R. 3166, H8496 [24OC])
———valuation of unoccupied seats on corporate aircraft (see H.R. 3417, H9493 [6NO])
Transportation: tax treatment of employer subsidies for mass transit and van pooling (see H.R. 193, H1080 [20FE])
———traffic congestion on interstate highways (see H.R. 946, H5910 [25JY])
Ukranian American Veterans, Inc.: grant charter (see H.R. 976, H3037 [14MY])
Volunteer workers: immunity from civil liability for certain individuals working for nonprofit organizations and governmental entities (see H.R. 911, H4867 [20JN])
Women: equity in health care services (see H.R. 1161, H2470 [23AP])
World War II: contributions of the people of Guam and Hawaii (see H. Res. 293, H11115 [23NO])
Letters
Criminal penalties for failure to obey landing order from Federal law enforcement officer: J.William Kime, Coast Guard, E3552
Motions offered by
Dept. of Transportation: making appropriations (H.R. 2942), H6749 [24SE]
Poems
``Bombing of Israel,'' Marilyn Krantz, E1691
``Flags and Yellow Ribbons,'' Marilyn Krantz, E1691
Polls of opinion
Pennsylvannia: 13th Congressional District, E3148
Remarks by, on
Aeronautics: assure airworthiness of aging aircraft (H.R. 172), H5802 [24JY]
———criminal penalties for failure to obey landing order from Federal law enforcement officer (H.R. 681), E3552
Baker, Sec. of State: peace efforts in the Middle East, H3808 [4JN]
Bridges: Federal replacement and rehabilitation funds for railroad and transit bridges (H.R. 958), H996 [19FE]
Chief Financial Officers Act: use of funds to implement, H5780 [24JY]
Coast Guard: budget (H.R. 1776), H5631, H5632 [18JY]
———interdiction against suspected drug carrying planes, H5631, H5632 [18JY]
———treatment of aircraft used in illegal drug trafficking, E57
Colombia: assassination of Enrique Low Murtra, E1682
———drug war, E617
———narcotics traffic, E196
———tribute to U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, E247
Commission on Defense Base Closure and Realignment: disapprove recommendations (H.J. Res. 308), H6034
Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (Select): establish (H. Res. 51), H915 [6FE]
Committee on Government Operations: U.S. Anti-Narcotics Activities in the Andean Region report findings, E617
Committee on Hunger (Select): establish (H. Res. 51), H915 [6FE]
Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control (Select): establish (H. Res. 51), H915 [6FE]
Congress: domestic policy, H10207 [14NO]
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H6752 [24SE]
Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures, H4137
———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3371), waiving points of order against conference report (H. Res. 301), H11681 [26NO]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military functions and to prescribe military personnel levels (H.R. 2100), H3298
———V-22 Osprey aircraft development, H3298
Dept. of Transportation: making appropriations (H.R. 2942), H5759, H5763, H5765, H5766, H5775, H5776, H5780, H5787, H5800, H5802 [24JY], H6749, H6751 [24SE]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2942), conference report, H7667, H7668 [9OC]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2942), conference report—amendments in disagreement, H7677, H7678, H7679, H7680, H7682, H7683, H7685 [9OC]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2707), H5078, H5104 [26JN]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs, HUD, and independent agencies, commissions, corporations, and offices: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2519), H4037, H4063 [6JN]
———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2519), conference report, H7220, H7221 [2OC]
Drug abuse: national drug control policy, E2116
———testing for certain transportation employees (H.R. 3361), E3076
Drugs: foreign assistance for operations to interdict trafficking operations (H.R. 2711), E2333
———use of force by the Coast Guard to compel aircraft used in trafficking to land (H.R. 2712), E2333
Eastern European countries: termination of application of certain provisions of the Trade Act to the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic and Hungary (H.R. 1724), motion to instruct conferees, H10738
Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits, H8473 [24OC]
House Rules: waiving requirement clause against consideration of certain resolutions (H. Res. 294), H11015 [23NO]
Iraq: CNN coverage of Persian Gulf crisis, H785 [30JA]
Lithuania: political reform, H1053
Merion, PA: tribute to community assistance in plane crash, E1330
Middle East: military action by Iraq against Israel, H558 [18JA]
———military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq, H117 [10JA], H327 [11JA]
———military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq (H.J. Res. 77), H456 [12JA]
———multinational military action against Iraq, H532 [17JA], H558 [18JA], E1691
NASA: authorizing appropriations, H4037 [6JN]
———space station development, H4063 [6JN]
National Red Ribbon Month: designate (S.J. Res. 188), H9471 [6NO]
National Weight Loss Month: designate (H.J. Res. 165), E786
Nobel Prize: recognition of Aung San Suu Kyi for peace (H. Res. 262), H10568
Northern Montgomery County Drug and Alcohol Task Force: tribute, E1365
POW: treatment relative to violations of Geneva Convention, H608 [22JA]
Roads and highways: demonstration projects funding, H5787 [24JY]
South America: provide special benefits for the Andean nations (H.R. 661), H10738
Soviet Union: military action against Baltic States, H492 [14JA], E253
Transportation: drug abuse programs for recipients of Federal mass transit assistance (H.R. 955), H996 [19FE]
———expand definition of mass transit maintenance items (H.R. 956), H996 [19FE]
———State regulation of fixed guideway transit systems (H.R. 954), H996 [19FE]
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H1145 [25FE], H1160 [26FE], H1412 [5MR], H1908 [20MR], H2258 [16AP], H2371 [17AP], H2398 [22AP], H2766 [2MY], H2899 [8MY], H2940 [9MY], H4185 [7JN], H4943 [24JN], H6379 [2AU], H8493 [24OC], H9040 [1NO], H9391 [5NO]
Leave of absence: granted, H6599 [16SE]
Reports
Justice Drug Grants to States: Office of National Drug Control Policy, E1684
Statements
Dept. of Defense Guidance for Implementation of the President's National Drug Control Strategy: Dick Cheney, Sec. of Defense, E58
Summaries
Criminal Penalties for Failure To Obey Landing Order From Federal Law Enforcement Officer: Committee on Narcotics (Select), E3553
Testimonies
Committee on Rules: Coast Guard Authorization Act (H.R. 1776), D909 [16JY]
———Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control (Select) (H. Res. 14), D105 [29JA]
———Consideration of H.R. 2950, Establishing a National Comprehensive Surface Transportation System, D1291 [22OC]
———Dept. of Transportation Appropriations (H.R. 2942), D953 [23JY]
———National Comprehensive Surface Transportation System (H.R. 2950), D1040 [1AU]
Tributes
Chapple, James A., E644
Conte, Silvio O., E709
Heinz, John, H2452 [23AP], E1330
Holcombe, David P., E644
Kemp, Sec. of HUD, E53
Krantz, Marilyn, E1691
McAllister, Phyllis, E644