de LUGO, RON (a Delegate from Virgin Islands)
Appointments
Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control (Select), H1088 [21FE]
Conferee: H.R. 355, Reclamation States Emergency Drought Assistance Act, H10732 [21NO]
———H.R. 2950, Surface Transportation Efficiency Act, H9470 [6NO]
Articles and editorials
For Some Federal Judges, Long Days in Paradise, Saundra Torry, Washington (DC) Post, H5373 [10JY]
Hero From St. Croix Saves Lives in Boston, J.F. McCarthy, St. Croix (VI) Avis, E1898
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps: participation in secondary educational institutions (see H.R. 1994, H2468 [23AP])
National Guard: authorize Governors of the Virgin Islands and Guam to appoint adjutant general (see H.R. 1993, H2467 [23AP])
Omnibus Insular Areas Act: enact (see H.R. 1688, H2135 [10AP])
Puerto Rico: self-determination (see H.R. 316, H79 [4JA])
St. Croix Historical Park and Ecological Preserve: establish (see H.R. 2927, H5595 [17JY])
Virgin Islands: postage rate for first-class mail (see H.R. 3580, H8101 [17OC])
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Aeronautics: child safety restraint systems (see H.R. 2063, H2535 [24AP])
———time limitations on duty time of flight attendants (see H.R. 14, H2016 [21MR])
AFDC: effectiveness of alternative methods for delivering services under the JOBS Program (see H.R. 995, H1077 [20FE])
African Americans: capital financing for historically black colleges and universities (see H.R. 1503, H2812 [7MY])
Aged: expand counseling assistance for elderly, sick, and disabled individuals (see H.R. 416, H2108 [9AP])
Agriculture: grazing fees for domestic livestock on public rangelands (see H.R. 481, H892 [5FE])
———price supports for milk (see H.R. 2247, H2811 [7MY])
Air traffic controllers: recruitment and retention (see H.R. 2419, H3370 [21MY])
Alaska: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.J. Res. 239, H3150 [15MY])
———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, H2768 [2MY])
American Magazine Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 253, H5451 [15JY])
American Samoa: public assistance programs for the disabled and senior citizens (see H.R. 2228, H7199 [1OC])
American Samoa Study Commission: establish (see H.R. 3351, H6674 [17SE])
Animals: consumer remedies for purchase of unfit dogs from pet dealers (see H.R. 3718, H9493 [6NO])
———prohibit importation of kangaroos and products made therefrom (see H.R. 744, H824 [30JA])
Antarctic regions: ecological protection (see H.R. 2826, H5267 [27JN])
Antarctica World Park: establish (see H.R. 2826, H5267 [27JN])
Armed Forces: establish a commemorative medal for members serving in a combat zone during the Persian Gulf conflict (see H.R. 1107, H1475 [7MR])
———establish additional economic, educational, and employment protections to members serving in the Persian Gulf (see H.R. 648, H1914 [20MR])
———exempt certain members from duty assignments that require separation from minor children (see H.R. 537, H713 [28JA])
———payment of health care expenses for certain members relative to entitlement to medicare benefits (see H.R. 467, H8335 [23OC])
———reports on rehabilitative services for members in the Persian Gulf suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (see H.R. 644, H782 [29JA])
———retention of certain information in personnel files on missing or deceased members (see H.R. 1730, H11891 [26NO])
Armenia: recognition as independent republic (see H. Con. Res. 235, H9580 [7NO])
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, H1416 [5MR])
Baltic Freedom Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 167, H1341 [4MR])
Banks: disclosure of interest rates and fees of deposit accounts (see H.R. 447, H993 [6FE])
Basketball Centennial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 372, H10366 [18NO])
Bicentennial of the District of Columbia Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 356, H8335 [23OC])
Big Brothers/Big Sisters Appreciation Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 199, H2188 [15AP])
Birds: conservation of exotic wild species (see H.R. 2540, H6798 [24SE])
Boats: fees for recreational vessels (see H.R. 534, H825 [30JA])
Boy Scouts of America: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 207, H4438 [12JN])
Braille Literacy Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 353, H10932 [22NO])
Budget: discretionary spending limits (see H.R. 3732, H10544 [19NO])
Buffalo Soldiers Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 237, H5212 [26JN])
Bureau of Labor Statistics: time use surveys of unremunerated work and calculate the monetary value of such work (see H.R. 3625, H11289 [25NO])
Buy American Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 299, H7649 [8OC])
California: designate certain desert lands as wilderness (see H.R. 2929, H6387 [2AU])
Capital punishment: imposition for certain killings of Federal law enforcement officers (see H.R. 1421, H1757 [13MR])
Census: ensure accuracy of population counts (see H.R. 90, H56 [3JA])
———enumeration of the homeless population (see H. Con. Res. 150, H4438 [12JN])
Central Valley project: restoration of fish and wildlife habitat (see H.R. 1306, H1455 [6MR])
Cheney, Dick: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2672, H5342 [10JY])
Child Care Food Program: extend eligibility to certain children receiving day care (see H.R. 375, H1146 [25FE])
Children and youth: Federal funding for food for low-income children in day care (see H.R. 1460, H1786 [18MR])
Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation: establish (see H.R. 500, H1025 [19FE])
Civil Rights Act: administrative review of employment discrimination claims by Federal employees (see H.R. 3613, H8188 [22OC])
———exemption of Wards Cove Packing Co. employees (H.R. 3748) (see H.R. 3748, H10932 [22NO])
———restore and strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (see H.R. 1, H1474 [7MR])
Coast Guard: role in Persian Gulf conflict (see H. Con. Res. 163, H4015 [5JN])
Coins: mint and circulate $1 coin (see H.R. 1245, H3805 [3JN])
———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, H1025 [19FE])
Colleges and universities: admission of minority students (see H. Con. Res. 102, H1914 [20MR])
———promote increased access to higher education (see H.R. 1524, H3625 [23MY])
———sexual assaults on campuses (see H.R. 2363, H10932 [22NO])
Commission on the Advancement of Women in the Science and Engineering Work Forces: establish (see H.R. 3476, H10723 [20NO])
Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (Select): establish (see H. Res. 12, H697 [24JA])
Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control (Select): establish (see H. Res. 14, H783 [29JA])
Congress: purchase of recycled paper and paper products (see H.R. 242, H2564 [25AP])
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 116, H3038 [14MY])
Copyrights: protection of industrial designs (see H.R. 1790, H2259 [16AP])
Country Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 305, H6540 [12SE])
Courts: standards for product liability actions (see H.R. 3030, H5908 [25JY])
———time limitations on Presidential nomination and Senate confirmation of Federal judges (see H.R. 2371, H4099 [6JN])
CPSC: toy labeling (see H.R. 1723, H2686 [1MY])
Credit: protect consumers from misuse of information and inaccurate reporting (see H.R. 194, H2469 [23AP])
Crime: monetary awards for persons providing information leading to the arrest of certain drug suspects (see H.R. 1356, H6385 [2AU])
———national policy to control crime against women (see H.R. 1502, H2137 [10AP])
———penalties for distribution of controlled substances at truck stops and rest areas (see H.R. 1551, H2013 [21MR])
Crime Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 303, H5746 [23JY])
Day care: tax credit for on-site facilities (see H.R. 1569, H2262 [16AP])
Death Valley, Joshua Tree, and Mojave National Parks: establish (see H.R. 2929, H6387 [2AU])
Democracy Day: designate election day as a legal public holiday (see H.R. 3681, H8919 [31OC])
Dept. of Transportation: establish an advisory committee on civil tiltrotor development (see H.R. 3537, H8189 [22OC])
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: designate a Chief Minority Affairs Officer (see H.R. 819, H5910 [25JY])
———prices of drugs procured (see H.R. 2890, H7648 [8OC])
Developing countries: integration of women into national growth process (see H.R. 1360, H1473 [7MR])
Diseases: research associated with exposure to dioxin and other chemicals in herbicides (see H.R. 556, H782 [29JA])
District of Columbia: establish an equitable annual Federal payment (see H.R. 2123, H3806 [3JN])
Drug abuse: Federal and State treatment programs for criminal offenders (see H.R. 730, H823 [30JA])
Drugs: expand narcotic abuse prevention and treatment programs (see H.R. 2810, H5596 [17JY]; H.R. 3256, H7381 [3OC])
Dutch-American Heritage Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 177, H6318 [1AU])
Dyslexia Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 73, H713 [28JA])
Earth Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 144, H1137 [21FE])
Eating Disorders Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 354, H9701 [12NO])
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, H6540 [12SE])
———establish a Teacher Opportunity Corps (see H.R. 2938, H6457 [11SE])
———establish loan program with repayment guidelines based on income level and borrowing history (see H.R. 2336, H3036 [14MY])
———establish summer science academies for certain talented students (see H.R. 775, H5211 [26JN])
———foreign language instruction in elementary schools (see H.R. 3120, H6192 [31JY])
———grant program for support services to at-risk youth (see H.R. 812, H2565 [25AP])
———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, H2953 [9MY])
———improve foreign instruction and promote equal access to opportunities to study abroad (see H.R. 1154, H2086 [22MR])
———promote the teaching of civics and character values in elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 2125, H2570 [29AP])
———provide opportunities for low-income students (see H.R. 2350, H5818 [24JY])
———recruitment of classroom teachers (see H.R. 2912, H7801 [10OC])
———restructure State systems (see H.R. 3320, H9581 [7NO])
———State parents as teachers programs (see H.R. 520, H2180 [11AP])
Education Day, U.S.A.: designate (see H.J. Res. 104, H1282 [27FE])
Elections: participation in debates by any candidate receiving public campaign financing (see H.R. 1112, H2109 [9AP])
———prohibit contributions by multicandidate committees controlled by foreign-owned corporations (see H.R. 806, H890 [5FE])
Electric power: health effects of electric and magnetic fields (see H.R. 1483, H1848 [19MR])
Electronic Fund Transfer Act: regulation of preauthorization by consumer of electronic fund transfer (see H.R. 1493, H1849 [19MR])
Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 109, H1081 [20FE])
Employment: electronic monitoring in the workplace (see H.R. 1218, H2902 [8MY])
———entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (see H.R. 2, H2015 [21MR])
Ending Hunger Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 321, H6879 [25SE])
Energy Policy and Conservation Act: amend (see H.R. 777, H1915 [20MR])
Executive departments: study discriminatory wage practices (see H.R. 386, H2537 [24AP])
Fair Credit Reporting Act: disclosure by consumer reporting agency of adverse information (see H.R. 1751, H2470 [23AP])
Families and domestic relations: enforcement of child support obligations (see H.R. 3677, H11892 [26NO])
———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])
FDIC: provide information on availability of deposit insurance at depository institutions (see H.R. 1082, H1915 [20MR])
Federal Aviation Act: amend relative to bankruptcy transportation plans (see H.R. 66, H1416 [5MR])
Federal Council on Women: establish (see H.R. 2567, H4097 [6JN])
Federal employees: allow time off from duty to serve as bone marrow donors (see H.R. 658, H825 [30JA])
———credit for service of air traffic second-level supervisors relative to retirement (see H.R. 815, H890 [5FE])
———pay status of individuals ordered to military service during the Persian Gulf Conflict (see H.R. 3209, H7551 [7OC])
———reimburse child adoption expenses (see H.R. 1386, H1668 [12MR])
———tribute for contributions to Persian Gulf Conflict (see H. Con. Res. 147, H6388 [2AU])
———voluntary participation in the political process (see H.R. 20, H1138 [21FE])
Financial institutions: limit the amount of insurable deposits (see H.R. 912, H1670 [12MR])
Firearms: establish national hotline to check on prospective handgun buyers (see H.R. 1412, H2137 [10AP])
———waiting period before the purchase of a handgun (see H.R. 7, H53 [3JA])
Fishing: international moratorium on large-scale driftnets (see H. Con. Res. 113, H2108 [9AP])
Flint Hills Prairie National Monument: establish (see H.R. 2369, H5596 [17JY])
Food: restore benefits under the dependent care program to adolescent youth (see H.R. 544, H1474 [7MR])
Foreign policy: recommittal to U.S. support of universal human rights and democracy (see H. Res. 284, H10365 [18NO])
Forests: protection of remaining ancient forests on public lands (see H.R. 842, H11288 [25NO])
GATT: civil air transport services (see H. Con. Res. 111, H2770 [2MY])
Geography Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 201, H7726 [9OC])
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])
Glen Canyon Dam: implement operating procedures (see H.R. 814, H890 [5FE])
Go Camping America Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 90, H1281 [27FE])
Government: prohibit profiteering of essential commodities during periods of national emergency (see H.R. 854, H988 [6FE])
Guaranteed Student Loan Program: reduced interest rates for individuals entering the teaching profession (see H.R. 709, H2470 [23AP])
Haiti: military overthrow of Government and suspend the forced return of nationals in the U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 220, H11893 [26NO])
Hazardous substances: reduce human exposure to lead (see H.R. 2840, H7107 [30SE])
Health: establish insurance for low-income persons (see H.R. 2114, H3495 [22MY])
———establish standards for certification of laboratories engaged in urine drug testing (see H.R. 33, H2016 [21MR])
———require physicians who perform silicone gel implants to provide certain information to patients (see H.R. 1422, H3037 [14MY])
Higher Education Act: advanced placement test fee payment program (see H.R. 3957, H11886 [26NO])
———amend (see H.R. 3553, H7815 [11OC])
———requirements for obtaining Pell grants (see H.R. 2331, H3036 [14MY])
Hire a Veteran Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 280, H7381 [3OC])
Historic sites: preservation of heritage and resources (see H.R. 1601, H2962 [13MY])
———study of significant places in U.S. labor history (see H.R. 1143, H2394 [18AP])
Homeless Assistance Act: use of National Guard facilities for shelter (see H.R. 3655, H9759 [13NO])
House of Representatives: recycling program (see H. Res. 96, H1326 [28FE])
Housing: construction and revitalization of public units (see H.R. 853, H4550 [13JN])
Hunger: ensure adequate diet for all Americans (see H.R. 1202, H2109 [9AP])
Hunting and trapping: eliminate the use of steel jaw leghold traps on animals (see H.R. 1354, H11288 [25NO])
Immigration: health and military service requirements for the admission and naturalization of certain veterans (see H.R. 2309, H4099 [6JN])
Income: wage adjustments for prevailing rate employees (see H.R. 786, H1281 [27FE])
Insurance: life insurance contracts of terminally ill individuals (see H.R. 134, H1787 [18MR])
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. 4, H684 [23JA])
Israel: reopening of colleges in the West Bank and Gaza (see H. Con. Res. 43, H6388 [2AU])
Italian-American Heritage and Culture Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 260, H6387 [2AU])
Japan: operation and regulation of capital and securities markets (see H.R. 3283, H11892 [26NO])
———semiconductor trade with the U.S. (see H. Res. 133, H2537 [24AP])
Japanese Americans: authorize study of historically significant places (see H.R. 2351, H3148 [15MY])
Jewish Heritage Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 134, H2137 [10AP])
Job Training Partnership Act: amend Job Corps provisions (see H.R. 1364, H2470 [23AP])
———disaster relief employment assistance (see H.R. 1365, H2470 [23AP])
Joe DiMaggio Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 235, H2536 [24AP])
Kenya: political and human rights situation (see H.J. Res. 208, H2565 [25AP])
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. workers, firms, and products in rebuilding (see H. Con. Res. 99, H2017 [21MR]; H. Res. 106, H2188 [15AP])
Labor: prevent discrimination based on participation in disputes (see H.R. 5, H1080 [20FE])
Labor unions: procedures used in determining elections to select representation under the Railway Labor Act (see H.R. 1178, H2086 [22MR])
Law enforcement officers: educational assistance (see H.R. 3172, H6316 [1AU])
———increase numbers (see H.R. 3172, H6316 [1AU])
———public cooperation with preventing crime and drug abuse (see H.R. 1222, H2262 [16AP])
Lower Salmon River: designate as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System (see H.R. 4079, H12062 [3JA])
Lyme Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 138, H3625 [23MY])
Manzanar National Historic Site: establish (see H.R. 543, H2686 [1MY])
Mariana Islands: establish as a commonwealth (see H.R. 2575, H4097 [6JN])
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, H2016 [21MR])
Maritime industry: commend for cooperation with Armed Forces involved in Operation Desert Shield (see H. Res. 38, H826 [30JA])
Martin Luther King, Jr., Federal Holiday Commission: increase appropriations, personnel, and pay rates (see H.R. 2215, H2768 [2MY])
Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site: authorize National Park Service to acquire and manage (see H.R. 690, H780 [29JA])
Mass transit: grants to private nonprofit corporations and associations for elderly and handicapped transportation expenses (see H.R. 2804, H5745 [23JY])
Medicaid: cervical and breast cancer programs (see H.R. 1393, H9144 [4NO])
———coverage of hospice care (see H.R. 860, H988 [6FE])
———drug treatment of pregnant women and certain family members (see H.R. 1189, H2537 [24AP])
———Federal payments relative to State expenditures made from revenues derived from provider-specific taxes (see H.R. 3595, H9144 [4NO])
Medicare: coverage of certain chiropractic services (see H.R. 3142, H6457 [11SE])
———home care and extended care services coverages (see H.R. 1200, H10931 [22NO])
———penalty for late enrollment (see H.R. 1335, H3805 [3JN])
———require instruction in geriatric medicine for payment of medical education costs to facilities (see H.R. 1582, H8120 [21OC])
Mental health: State services for children (see H.R. 1197, H2109 [9AP])
Merchant marine: fair implementation of cargo preference laws (see H.R. 44, H11891 [26NO])
———provide that certain service during World War II constitutes active military service (see H.R. 44, H11891 [26NO])
Merchant seamen: include service during World War II as military service relative to the civil service retirement system (see H.R. 1512, H1913 [20MR])
Middle East: allies' contribution to Operation Desert Shield (see H. Con. Res. 23, H783 [29JA])
———military action by Iraq against Israel (see H. Con. Res. 41, H685 [23JA])
Motion pictures: accessibility for the hearing-impaired (see H. Res. 272, H11894 [26NO])
———observe anniversary of moviemaking and the contributions of the American Film Institute (see H. Con. Res. 161, H3804 [3JN])
Motor vehicles: mandatory audible reverse warning device implementation (see H.R. 2293, H7801 [10OC])
———national safety belt and motorcycle helmet use requirements (see H.R. 1782, H2602 [30AP])
NASA: contract liability provisions and contractor quality assurance personnel (see H.R. 672, H1025 [19FE])
National Academy of Sciences: implementation of recommendations on greenhouse warming (see H. Res. 134, H2537 [24AP])
National Adoption Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 364, H9393 [5NO])
National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center: construct national training center (see H.R. 1960, H2962 [13MY])
National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 198, H7815 [11OC])
National American Indian Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 182, H2087 [22MR])
National Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 318, H8920 [31OC])
National Arbor Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 66, H892 [5FE])
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 257, H3856 [4JN])
National Campus Crime and Security Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 142, H5651 [18JY])
National Children's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 183, H2565 [25AP])
National Commission on American Labor Law: establish (see H.R. 2751, H5745 [23JY])
National Commission on Entrepreneurial Education: establish (see H.R. 1459, H1786 [18MR])
National Conference on Aging: authorize (see H.R. 2967, H5743 [23JY])
National Crime Victims' Rights Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 171, H1416 [5MR])
National DARE Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 217, H2686 [1MY])
National Desert Storm Reservists Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 231, H2603 [30AP])
National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 241, H2685 [1MY])
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 Ellis Island Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 130, H1476 [7MR])
National Employ the Older Worker Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 133, H1024 [19FE])
National Family Caregivers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 125, H8787 [30OC])
National Family Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 23, H1026 [19FE])
National Firefighters Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 189, H4868 [20JN])
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, H826 [30JA])
National Foster Care Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 154, H1672 [12MR])
National Girls and Women in Sports Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 30, H782 [29JA])
National Hero Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 185, H3150 [15MY])
National Historically Black Colleges Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 102, H1081 [20FE])
National Home Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 175, H7649 [8OC])
National Hospice Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 153, H2953 [9MY])
National Huntington's Disease Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 56, H2770 [2MY])
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, H11891 [26NO])
National Law Enforcement Memorial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 123, H1026 [19FE])
National Law Enforcement Training Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 191, H5212 [26JN])
National Literacy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 259, H3494 [22MY])
National Military Families Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 215, H2178 [11AP])
National Minority Organ Donor Encouragement Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 229, H3371 [21MY])
National observances: establish a commission to advise the President (see H.R. 68, H4283 [11JN]; H.R. 1882, H4284 [11JN])
National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 218, H2179 [11AP])
National parks: restrict concessionaire contracts (see H.R. 571, H825 [30JA])
National Parks Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 276, H6194 [31JY])
National Physical Fitness and Sports Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 120, H2470 [23AP])
National Police Athletic League Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 129, H1787 [18MR])
National Polio Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 211, H3710 [29MY])
National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 233, H2903 [8MY])
National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 284, H5818 [24JY])
National Radon Action Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 67, H892 [5FE])
National Red Ribbon Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 312, H7200 [1OC])
National Red Ribbon Week for a Drug-Free America: designate (see H.J. Res. 340, H7815 [11OC])
National Rehabilitation Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 95, H781 [29JA])
National School Breakfast Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 98, H1162 [26FE])
National Scleroderma Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 219, H2539 [24AP])
National Sea Grant College Program: reauthorize (see H.R. 1370, H2953 [9MY])
National Senior Citizens Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 181, H2954 [9MY])
National Senior Nutrition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 141, H2109 [9AP])
National Tourism Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 103, H1282 [27FE])
National Trauma Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 300, H6602 [16SE])
National Visiting Nurse Associations Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 212, H7200 [1OC])
National Walk For Health and Fitness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 170, H1416 [5MR])
National Women in Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 293, H5665 [22JY])
National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 242, H2768 [2MY])
Native Americans: fetal alcohol syndrome prevention and treatment (see H.R. 1322, H5211 [26JN])
———recognize Lumbee Tribe of Cheraw Indians (see H.R. 1426, H1758 [13MR])
Native Americans Programs Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 2967, H5743 [23JY])
Navy: review facts of Port Chicago, CA, naval facility explosion on July 17, 1944 (see H.J. Res. 162, H1325 [28FE])
NSF: establish technical education and training programs (see H.R. 2936, H6194 [31JY])
Nuclear energy: standardize plant designs and improve the licensing and regulatory process (see H.R. 1184, H2953 [9MY])
Occupational health and safety: improve standards in nuclear facilities (see H.R. 2098, H2769 [2MY])
Occupational Safety and Health Act: revise (see H.R. 3160, H6316 [1AU])
Older Americans Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 2967, H5743 [23JY])
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act: Federal-State funding ratio for certain formula grants (see H.R. 1707, H2565 [25AP])
OSHA: establish an Office of Construction Safety, Health, and Education (see H.R. 1063, H1135 [21FE])
———regulations (see H. Con. Res. 92, H3150 [15MY])
Pacific Northwest: enhance economic stability (see H.R. 1590, H2015 [21MR])
Paine, Thomas: establish monument in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 1628, H7981 [16OC])
Patents: certain processes (see H.R. 1417, H1757 [13MR])
Pediatric AIDS Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 91, H994 [6FE])
Pensions: civil service retirement credit relative to work performed under certain Federal-State cooperative programs (see H.R. 1653, H2085 [22MR])
Pharmaceuticals: approval of drugs for individuals suffering from life-threatening or debilitating illness (see H.R. 2872, H10842 [21NO])
Population: funding for international control assistance (see H.R. 1110, H1161 [26FE])
Pornography: protection of children and other victims (see H.R. 1768, H2188 [15AP])
Postal Service: encourage mailers of second-class and third-class mail matter to use recycled paper (see H.R. 351, H2375 [17AP])
———establish commission to investigate (see H. Res. 194, H11894 [26NO])
———mail delivery standards (see H.R. 676, H1670 [12MR])
President's Committee on Mental Retardation: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 307, H9759 [13NO])
Public Health Service: alcohol and drug abuse residential treatment services to pregnant and postpartum women and their children (see H.R. 2678, H6386 [2AU])
Public Health Service Act: family planning counseling (see H.R. 392, H4612 [18JN])
Public lands: designate an ancient forest reserve system (see H.R. 1590, H2015 [21MR])
Ralph H. Metcalfe Federal Building, Chicago, IL: designate (see H.R. 1779, H3710 [29MY])
Recycling: promote research (see H.R. 300, H79 [4JA])
———State opportunities for citizens' participation (see H.R. 945, H2769 [2MY])
———treatment of newsprint (see H.R. 873, H4550 [13JN])
———treatment of scrap tires (see H.R. 871, H2902 [8MY])
———treatment of spent lead-acid batteries (see H.R. 870, H4550 [13JN])
———treatment of used oil (see H.R. 872, H4550 [13JN])
Red River Waterway: designate lock and dam 1 as the Lindy Claiborne Boggs lock and dam (see H.R. 508, H1080 [20FE])
Refugee Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 323, H8496 [24OC])
Refuse and refuse disposal: improve State compacts providing for the establishment and operation of regional solid waste disposal facilities (see H.R. 116, H1162 [26FE])
Refuse disposal: ensure safety of solid waste exported to foreign countries (see H.R. 2358, H3149 [15MY])
Religious Freedom Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 325, H6601 [16SE])
Research: nonanimal acute toxicity testing by Federal Government (see H.R. 3918, H11288 [25NO])
Resolution Trust Corp.: abolish oversight board and provide for operation independent of FDIC (see H.R. 2682, H4612 [18JN])
Retired Enlisted Association, Inc.: grant charter (see H.R. 1509, H6138 [30JY])
Revere Beach: feasibility of inclusion in the National Parks System (see H.R. 2109, H2564 [25AP])
Roads and highways: limit advertising adjacent to interstate and Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 1344, H2137 [10AP])
Rural Small Business Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 108, H891 [5FE])
Senior citizens: authorize a national conference on aging (see H.R. 1504, H2109 [9AP])
———expand the preventive health services program (see H.R. 1739, H2178 [11AP])
———nutrition services and intergenerational activities in schools (see H.R. 1737, H5341 [10JY])
Ships and vessels: extend coverage of certain Federal labor laws to foreign flagships (see H.R. 1126, H3805 [3JN])
———reporting of foreign passenger vessel casualties (see H.R. 1191, H2136 [10AP])
Small business: appointment of knowledgeable persons to executive department positions (see H. Con. Res. 70, H1163 [26FE])
———encourage joint manufacturing and distribution of products (see H.R. 1278, H1416 [5MR])
Smithsonian Institution: establish National African American Museum (see H.R. 1246, H2262 [16AP])
Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area: establish (see H.R. 2141, H5910 [25JY])
Social Security: administration of the Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance Program (see H.R. 2898, H6139 [30JY])
———benefit formula computation rules (see H.R. 917, H3150 [15MY])
———earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 967, H1023 [19FE])
———payment for physicians' services (see H.R. 3070, H7649 [8OC])
Solid waste: reauthorize waste treatment construction grants program (see H.R. 916, H1081 [20FE])
———refund value for certain beverage containers and resources for State pollution prevention and recycling programs (see H.R. 997, H2109 [9AP])
———require executive departments and agencies to separate waste for recycling (see H.R. 2095, H2563 [25AP])
———State regulation of treatment, disposal, and other disposition (see H.R. 592, H6317 [1AU])
South Africa: ban loans and investments by U.S. corporations (see H.R. 1111, H1161 [26FE])
Soviet Union: military action against Baltic States (see H. Con. Res. 40, H685 [23JA])
———U.N. response relative to military action against Baltic States (see H. Con. Res. 50, H826 [30JA])
States: regulation of disposal of certain low-level radioactive waste (see H.R. 645, H2570 [29AP])
———regulation of surface transportation rates by certain motor and air carriers (see H.R. 3221, H6457 [11SE])
Student aid programs: access for middle income students to Federal programs (see H.R. 2561, H5211 [26JN])
Student loan programs: consolidate programs (see H.R. 3211, H6540 [12SE])
Syria: emigration and free travel for Jews (see H. Con. Res. 188, H7382 [3OC])
Taxation: allow certain corporations to have foreign sales corporations as subsidiaries (see H.R. 825, H2769 [2MY])
———contribution of individual income tax refunds to a trust fund for hunger relief (see H.R. 81, H1670 [12MR])
———deductions for adoption expenses (see H.R. 1515, H5050 [25JN])
———deductions for decommissioning costs of nuclear powerplants (see H.R. 2012, H2468 [23AP])
———exclude price of certain transit passes from income (see H.R. 1442, H2181 [11AP])
———exclusion for employee educational assistance (see H.R. 127, H1281 [27FE])
———increase amount of the exemption for children under age 18 (see H.R. 1277, H2470 [23AP])
———individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1406, H2087 [22MR])
———limit ability of taxpayers to deduct costs of cleaning up oil and hazardous substances spills (see H.R. 1539, H2262 [16AP])
———low-income housing credit (see H.R. 413, H2769 [2MY])
———permanently extend qualified mortgage bonds (see H.R. 1067, H5267 [27JN])
———refundable credit in lieu of deductions for children and increased earned income credit (see H.R. 2242, H2811 [7MY])
———relief for certain disaster losses (see H.R. 4044, H11888 [26NO])
———small issue bonds (see H.R. 710, H2812 [7MY])
———targeted jobs credit (see H.R. 565, H1759 [13MR])
———treatment of educational loans and scholarships (see H.R. 394, H1326 [28FE])
———treatment of long-term real property relative to eminent domain laws (see H.R. 2811, H6602 [16SE])
———treatment of recycling facilities relative to the tax-exempt bond rules (see H.R. 2172, H3037 [14MY])
———treatment of student loans of students agreeing to perform services in certain professions (see H.R. 1856, H5514 [16JY])
Telecommunications: possession of beepers and pagers by persons under 21 years of age (see H.R. 1146, H1915 [20MR])
Terrorism: prevent and punish terrorist acts (see H.R. 731, H1281 [27FE])
Tourist trade: assist growth of U.S. travel industry (see H.R. 418, H6602 [16SE])
———international travel and tourism in the U.S. (see H.R. 3645, H10843 [21NO])
Trails: use of tax revenues collected on recreational fuels to maintain recreational trails (see H.R. 1155, H5451 [15JY])
Transportation: establish a national comprehensive surface transportation system (see H.R. 2950, H5915 [26JY])
———mass transit program funding (see H.R. 1079, H1136 [21FE])
Travel: resume normal business and tourist travel (see H. Con. Res. 129, H2374 [17AP])
Trees: designate the oak as the national arboreal emblem (see H.J. Res. 69, H2109 [9AP])
Truth in Lending Act: credit account disclosures (see H.R. 2440, H4284 [11JN])
U.S.S. Potomac National Historical Site: designate (see H.R. 1789, H4284 [11JN])
Up With People Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 345, H7815 [11OC])
Utah: designate certain Federal lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1500, H11891 [26NO])
Veterans: amend regulations relative to education and employment programs (see H.R. 180, H993 [6FE])
———clarify protections relative to reemployment and reinstatement of health insurance (see H.R. 555, H782 [29JA])
———disability compensation for service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 3, H684 [23JA])
———housing and memorial affairs programs (see H.R. 232, H993 [6FE])
———improve benefits and services for military personnel serving during the Persian Gulf war (see H.R. 908, H1342 [4MR])
———improve capability to recruit and retain physicians and dentists for the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (see H.R. 598, H782 [29JA])
———improvements in compensation and pension programs (see H.R. 1047, H2136 [10AP])
———service pension for World War I veterans (see H.R. 1918, H2467 [23AP]; H.R. 1991, H2534 [24AP])
Volunteer workers: immunity from civil liability for certain individuals working for nonprofit organizations and governmental entities (see H.R. 911, H4867 [20JN])
Wetlands: environmental research (see H.R. 3578, H9759 [13NO])
Women: equity in health care services (see H.R. 1161, H7981 [16OC])
———opportunities in apprenticeships and nontraditional occupations (see H.R. 3475, H9581 [7NO])
Women's History Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 149, H1280 [27FE])
World AIDS Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 376, H10843 [21NO])
World Food Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 230, H6602 [16SE])
World Population Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 261, H8189 [22OC])
World Summit for Children: implementation (see H.R. 1633, H2812 [7MY])
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 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, H8497 [24OC])
Year of the Gulf of Mexico: designate (see H.J. Res. 327, H8121 [21OC])
Year of the Wetlands: designate (see H.J. Res. 352, H10932 [22NO])
Pledge of Allegiance
House of Representatives, H687 [24JA]
Remarks by, on
Antarctic regions: environmental protection treaty, E2430
———environmental protection treaty (H. Con. Res. 109), H2581 [30AP]
Black History Month: observance, H1204 [27FE]
Budget: increase authority and outlays, H2279 [17AP]
———revising 1991 and setting forth the Federal budget for 1992-96 (H. Con. Res. 121), H2279 [17AP]
Buffalo Bill Dam and Reservoir, Shoshone Project, and Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program: authorizing additional construction appropriations (H.R. 429), H4809 [20JN]
Civil Rights Act: restore and strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (H.R. 1), H3868 [4JN], H3953, H3957
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H11443 [26NO]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing supplemental appropriations for operational expenditures relative to Operation Desert Shield (H.R. 1175), H1703
Dept. of the Interior: making appropriations (H.R. 2686), H5005
———making appropriations (H.R. 2686), conference report, H8504, H8507
Employment: quotas, H3953, H3957
Ferre, Luis A.: recipient of Presidential Medal of Freedom, E3895
Housing: revise Federal assistance programs (H.R. 3576), H8105
Job Corps Program: commend efforts of South Bronx center, E1677
Kelbert, Helen: St. Thomas-St. John Chamber of Commerce's Wilbur LaMotta Community Service Award, E373
Labor unions: prevent discrimination based on participation in disputes (H.R. 5), H5588
Law enforcement officers: police brutality, E1136
Mariana Islands: establish as a commonwealth (H.R. 2575), E2092
Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site: authorize National Park Service to acquire and manage (H.R. 690), H2484
Middle East: military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq, H287
———multinational military action against Iraq, H564, H599 [18JA], H650 [23JA]
———success of multinational military action against Iraq, E865
———U.S. military presence (S. Con. Res. 2), H588 [18JA]
National Guard: authorize Governors of the Virgin Islands and Guam to appoint adjutant general (H.R. 1993), E1401
Native Americans: recognize Lumbee Tribe of Cheraw Indians (H.R. 1426), H6893 [26SE]
Omnibus Insular Areas Act: enact (H.R. 1688), H11229, H11231, H11234, H11235 [25NO], E1192
Ottley, Athneil: St. Thomas Rotary Club II's Man of the Year recipient, E614
Powell, Frank: St. Thomas-St. John Chamber of Commerce's Wilbur LaMotta Community Service Award, E373
Richardson, Allen: St. Thomas-St. John Chamber of Commerce's Wilbur LaMotta Community Service Award, E373
Social Security: earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 967), H3466
St. Croix, VI: funding for Christiansted bypass project, E2696
———tribute to Women's Coalition, E4039
St. Croix Historical Park and Ecological Preserve: establish (H.R. 2927), H9348 [5NO], E2582
St. Thomas-St. John Chamber of Commerce: tribute to Wilbur LaMotta Community Service Award recipients, E682
Transportation: establish a national comprehensive surface transportation system (H.R. 2950), conference report, H11513, H11673
U.N.: membership of Micronesia and the Marshall Islands, H6885 [26SE]
Virgin Islands: Federal judicial appointments, H5373 [10JY]
———postage rate for first-class mail (H.R. 3580), E3451
———tribute to FEMA assistance for Hurricane Hugo, E1013
———voting representation in the Congress and election of the President, H564 [18JA]
World War II: contributions of the people of Guam and Hawaii (H. Res. 293), H11439, H11440, H11441 [26NO]
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H839 [31JA], H1145 [25FE], H1470 [7MR], H1908 [20MR], H2013 [21MR], H2899 [8MY], H3492 [22MY], H3621 [23MY], H3853 [4JN], H4096 [6JN], H4282 [11JN], H4943 [24JN], H5047 [25JN], H5297 [9JY], H5816 [24JY], H7197 [1OC], H7312 [2OC], H8100 [17OC], H8186 [22OC], H8661 [29OC], H10363 [18NO], H11286 [25NO]
Election: credentials, H2 [3JA]
Special order: granted, H603 [18JA]
Testimonies
Committee on Appropriations (House): International and Territorial Affairs, D561 [9MY]
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: St. Croix, VI, Historical Park and Ecological Preserve (S. 1495), D1160 [26SE]
Tributes
Banfield, Clive E.C., E2152
Blyden, Edward W., E1016
Brown, Irvin, E2453
Christian, Alphonso A. and Ruth, E3489
Drinkwine, Jeannie, E3250
Hodge, Arthur S., Sr., E3189
Jones, J. Raymond, E2332
Kimelman, Henry, E1080
Lee, Sidney, E3217
McBean, Lawrence V., E3592
O'Bryan, Morlan M., E1898
Paiewonsky, Ralph M., E3884
Pitterson, Felix, E3589
Ricardo, Rick, E2109
Udall, Morris K., H2746 [2MY]
Wheatley, Calvin H., E2044
Wheatley, Raphael O., E1931