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Articles and editorials

Farm Bureau Survey Shows Crop Damage, H10822 [21NO]

Kerry Tracking ``Hot'' MIA Leads, H6647 [17SE]

Rains Too Late To Water Down Crop Damage, George Gunset, Chicago (IL) Tribune, H10822 [21NO]

Specialist To Examine MIA Photos, Melinda Zehr, Bloomington (IL) Pantagraph, H6647 [17SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Appropriations: constitutional amendment on line-item veto (see H.J. Res. 384, H11890 [26NO])

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Agricultural Reconciliation Act: improve effectiveness (see H.R. 3330, H7726 [9OC])

Agriculture: prevention of crimes against farmers, researchers, and other livestock-related professions (see H.R. 2407, H6457 [11SE])

Air Force Association: establish a memorial in the District of Columbia area (see H.R. 3627, H10932 [22NO])

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

Appropriations: constitutional amendment on line-item veto (see H.J. Res. 5, H7863 [15OC])

———rescind certain unauthorized funds (see H.R. 2643, H9144 [4NO])

Armed Forces: Bronze Star to Navy and Marine Corps personnel who served in the defense of Corregidor Island in the Philippines (see H.J. Res. 367, H9144 [4NO])

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

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 248, H7801 [10OC]; H.J. Res. 290, H7801 [10OC]

———reduce Federal deficit and control entitlement spending (see H. Con. Res. 218, H8788 [30OC])

CBO: neutrality (see H.R. 2870, H7801 [10OC])

Child Support Enforcement Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 283, H6387 [2AU])

Civil Rights Act: application of laws to congressional and judicial employees (see H.R. 3799, H10365 [18NO])

Classified information: disclosure of information maintained by agencies about certain individuals (see H.R. 3630, H9581 [7NO])

Coins: mint and circulate $1 coin (see H.R. 1245, H9144 [4NO])

Colleges and universities: maintenance of records by campus law enforcement units (see H.R. 3192, H6676 [17SE])

———sexual assaults on campuses (see H.R. 2363, H6457 [11SE])

Communications: development of broadband infrastructure and availability of emergency technologies (see H.R. 2546, H8496 [24OC])

Congress: applicability of laws relative to employment conditions and rights of employees (see H.R. 3734, H9579 [7NO])

———require three-fifths majority vote in both houses to increase taxes (see H.R. 3146, H8662 [29OC])

Courts: standards for product liability actions (see H.R. 3030, H10269 [14NO])

Crime: improve law enforcement and criminal justice systems (see H.R. 3326, H8189 [22OC])

———penalties for distribution of controlled substances at truck stops and rest areas (see H.R. 1551, H6317 [1AU])

———provide restitution to victims (see H.R. 1809, H6675 [17SE])

———registration of all convicted child abusers with the National Crime Information Center (see H.R. 2553, H7381 [3OC])

———State registration of individuals convicted of offenses against minors (see H.R. 2862, H7863 [15OC])

Dutch-American Heritage Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 177, H6721 [23SE])

Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 3770, H10723 [20NO])

Ericson, Leif: proclaim as honorary U.S. citizen (see H.J. Res. 304, H6388 [2AU])

FAA: publish flight charts for visual flight routes (see H.R. 3243, H6382 [2AU])

Federal-State Pesticide Regulation Partnership Act: enact (see H.R. 3850, H10841 [21NO])

Food: remove certain pesticides from supply and establish EPA negligible risk standard (see H.R. 3216, H6602 [16SE])

German-American Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 180, H6458 [11SE])

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

———greater accountability for foreign travel (see H.R. 461, H8662 [29OC])

Health: assess paperwork burden imposed on providers and beneficiaries of health care services (see H.R. 2625, H11891 [26NO])

Hussein, Saddam: prosecution for war crimes (see H. Con. Res. 81, H6691 [19SE])

Iraq: maintenance of sanctions (see H. Res. 217, H6385 [2AU])

Medicaid: Federal payments relative to State expenditures made from revenues derived from provider-specific taxes (see H.R. 3595, H7726 [9OC]; H. Con. Res. 208, H8662 [29OC])

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment on compensation (see H. Con. Res. 194, H6317 [1AU])

———permanent appropriation for compensation (see H.R. 3376, H7314 [2OC])

National Adoption Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 364, H9393 [5NO])

National Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 272, H10932 [22NO])

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

National forests: protect persons involved in a lawful hunt (see H.R. 371, H8577 [28OC])

National Job Skills Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 290, H7801 [10OC])

National Red Ribbon Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 312, H6721 [23SE])

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

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

Polish American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 227, H6721 [23SE])

POW/MIA: disclosure of information concerning U.S. personnel classified after 1940 (see H.R. 1147, H6456 [11SE])

Presidential Election Campaign Fund: abolish (see H.R. 2876, H6318 [1AU])

Presidents: line-item veto (see H. Res. 152, H7649 [8OC])

President's Committee on Mental Retardation: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 307, H6799 [24SE])

Real property: compensate owners for diminution of value resulting from Federal action (see H.R. 2185, H10544 [19NO])

Recycling: State opportunities for citizens' participation (see H.R. 945, H6940 [26SE])

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

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

———payment for physicians' services (see H.R. 3070, H7649 [8OC])

Soviet Union: agricultural export credits to the Republics (see H. Res. 222, H7200 [1OC])

———commend citizens and leaders for democratic reforms (see H. Con. Res. 199, H6455 [11SE]; H. Con. Res. 207, H6720 [23SE])

Supreme Court: require organizations to report contributions relative to confirmation process of nominees (see H.R. 3226, H7200 [1OC])

Taxation: capital gains (see H.R. 3128, H7200 [1OC])

———credits for increasing research activities (see H.R. 1618, H6675 [17SE])

———deductions for adoption expenses (see H.R. 1515, H6602 [16SE])

———deductions for decommissioning costs of nuclear powerplants (see H.R. 2012, H8335 [23OC])

———exempt certain agricultural workers from the withholding of income taxes from wages (see H.R. 2879, H6799 [24SE])

———gains and losses of non-exempt farmer cooperatives (see H.R. 2361, H9392 [5NO])

———health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 784, H6456 [11SE])

———increase amount of the exemption for children under age 18 (see H.R. 1277, H9043 [1NO])

———low-income housing credit (see H.R. 413, H8496 [24OC])

———permanently extend qualified mortgage bonds (see H.R. 1067, H7199 [1OC])

———relief for families and incentives for economic growth (see H.R. 3744, H11892 [26NO])

———treatment of church pension benefit plans (see H.R. 1570, H6940 [26SE])

———treatment of long-term real property relative to eminent domain laws (see H.R. 2811, H6602 [16SE])

———treatment of residences sold at reduced value due to military base closings (see H.R. 3319, H6538 [12SE])

———withholding of income tax from wages paid for agricultural labor (see H.R. 924, H6798 [24SE])

Trucking: regulation of commercial motor vehicle weights and combination lengths (see H.R. 2515, H6194 [31JY])

U.N.: repeal General Assembly Resolution 3379 (see H.J. Res. 195, H6799 [24SE])

VietNow: grant charter (see H.R. 3849, H10841 [21NO])

Wetlands: conservation and management (see H.R. 1330, H8335 [23OC])

Year of the Gulf of Mexico: designate (see H.J. Res. 327, H8121 [21OC])

Remarks by, on

Agriculture: disaster assistance, H5986 [30JY]

———disaster assistance for producers, H10821, H10824, H10825 [21NO]

Appropriations: constitutional amendment on line-item veto (H.J. Res. 384), E4117 [26NO]

———technical and enrollment error corrections in acts (H.J. Res. 157), conference report, H11482 [26NO]

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H10826 [21NO]

Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures, H7985 [17OC]

Dept. of Defense: peace dividend, H7125 [1OC]

Disasters: making supplemental appropriations for relief (H.R. 3543), H8602 [29OC]

House of Representatives: Members' check cashing at House bank, E3281 [3OC]

National Conference on Aging: authorize (H.R. 2967), H6503 [12SE]

———impact of the Social Security earnings test on employed older Americans, H6503 [12SE]

North, Oliver L.: acquittal of charges in Iran-Contra allegations, E3085 [18SE]

Operation Desert Shield: making appropriations for incremental costs (H.R. 3543), H8602 [29OC]

POW/MIA: disclosure of information concerning U.S. personnel classified after 1940 (H.R. 1147), H6647 [17SE]

Social Security: earnings test for retirement age individuals, H10711, H10712, H10714, H10715 [20NO]

Unemployment: emergency compensation, H8198 [23OC], H9502 [7NO]

———emergency compensation (H.R. 3575), H10231 [14NO]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H6673 [17SE], H7378 [3OC]

Leave of absence: granted, H7646 [8OC]

Special order: exchanged, H10821 [21NO]

———granted, H10363 [18NO]