GAYDOS, JOSEPH M. (a Representative from Pennsylvania)

Appointments

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

Funeral committee for John Heinz, H2094 [9AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Abortion: constitutional amendment on right to life (see H.J. Res. 86, H640 [22JA])

Committees of the House: expenses for investigations and studies (see H. Res. 92, H1162 [26FE])

Dept. of Trade: establish (see H.R. 726, H823 [30JA])

Diseases: research associated with exposure to dioxin and other chemicals in herbicides (see H.R. 638, H696 [24JA])

Higher Education Act: prohibit classifying certain courses of instruction as correspondence courses (see H.R. 3129, H6192 [31JY])

Occupational health and safety: improve standards in nuclear facilities (see H.R. 2098, H2563 [25AP])

———reduce illness and death of workers who are at high risk of occupational disease (see H.R. 1190, H1324 [28FE])

OSHA: establish an Office of Construction Safety, Health, and Education (see H.R. 1063, H1135 [21FE])

Revenue sharing program: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 725, H823 [30JA])

Small business: eligibility of concerns owned by special disabled veterans to receive procurement contracts (see H.R. 2136, H2601 [30AP])

Social Security: earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 708, H781 [29JA])

Taxation: deduction for interest on educational loans (see H.R. 728, H823 [30JA])

———income tax credit to volunteer fire fighters (see H.R. 727, H823 [30JA])

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Armed Forces: early delivery of certain benefit checks (see H.R. 803, H889 [5FE])

———payment of health care expenses for certain members relative to entitlement to medicare benefits (see H.R. 467, H1080 [20FE])

Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 173, H2538 [24AP])

Black Lung Benefits Act: improve (see H.R. 1637, H2084 [22MR])

Boats: fees for recreational vessels (see H.R. 534, H1914 [20MR])

Bridges: Federal replacement and rehabilitation funds for railroad and transit bridges (see H.R. 958, H7107 [30SE])

Buy American Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 299, H5665 [22JY])

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])

Commodore John Barry Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 166, H6194 [31JY])

Crime: national policy to control crime against women (see H.R. 1502, H3037 [14MY])

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: prices of drugs procured (see H.R. 2890, H7381 [3OC])

Economy: making appropriations to meet economic problems coming from changing conditions with essential productive jobs (see H.R. 3544, H12063 [3JA])

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

Employment: assistance to employees subject to layoff because their work is transferred to another country (see H.R. 3878, H10930 [22NO])

———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, H6798 [24SE])

Federal employees: early delivery of certain annuities checks (see H.R. 802, H889 [5FE])

———tribute for contributions to Persian Gulf Conflict (see H. Con. Res. 147, H6388 [2AU])

———voluntary participation in the political process (see H.R. 20, H2902 [8MY])

Federal Mine Safety and Health Act: early delivery of certain benefit checks (see H.R. 799, H889 [5FE])

Fire fighters: enact a fire service bill of rights (see H.R. 2448, H3739 [30MY])

Firearms: establish national hotline to check on prospective handgun buyers (see H.R. 1412, H1915 [20MR])

Foreign trade: procedures for implementing trade agreements (see H. Res. 101, H2263 [16AP])

———tariff treatment of products from countries relative to their contributions to Operation Desert Shield (see H.R. 317, H993 [6FE])

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

Franklin, Benjamin: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2448, H3739 [30MY])

GATT: U.S. Trade Representative refusal of certain provisions proposed to be included (see H. Con. Res. 254, H11890 [26NO])

German-American Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 180, H6194 [31JY])

Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see H.J. Res. 58, H1476 [7MR])

Higher Education Act: amend (see H.R. 3553, H7815 [11OC])

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

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

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. 130, H2770 [2MY]; H. Res. 167, H4015 [5JN])

Labor unions: prevent discrimination based on participation in disputes (see H.R. 5, H1474 [7MR])

———procedures used in determining elections to select representation under the Railway Labor Act (see H.R. 1178, H1915 [20MR])

Mass transit: research and development of a magnetic levitation transportation system (see H.R. 2878, H6387 [2AU])

Medicare: additional payment for the operating costs of hospitals with a high proportion of medicare patients (see H.R. 827, H1475 [7MR])

———home care and extended care services coverages (see H.R. 1200, H3037 [14MY])

Merchant marine: fair implementation of cargo preference laws (see H.R. 44, H1849 [19MR])

———provide that certain service during World War II constitutes active military service (see H.R. 44, H1849 [19MR])

National Campus Crime and Security Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 142, H5818 [24JY])

National Down Syndrome Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 228, H4945 [24JN])

National Ellis Island Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 130, H3037 [14MY])

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

National Law Enforcement Memorial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 123, H7381 [3OC])

National parks: restrict concessionaire contracts (see H.R. 542, H993 [6FE])

National Rehabilitation Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 95, H6194 [31JY])

National Scleroderma Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 219, H3710 [29MY])

National Senior Citizens Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 181, H5212 [26JN])

Occupational Safety and Health Act: revise (see H.R. 3160, H6316 [1AU])

Petroleum Marketing Practices Act: amend (see H.R. 2600, H4867 [20JN])

Polish American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 227, H6139 [30JY])

Public Pension Equity Restoration Act: enact (see H.R. 1348, H9043 [1NO])

Railroad Retirement Act: early delivery of certain benefit checks (see H.R. 801, H889 [5FE])

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

Refuse disposal: reduce use of toxic chemicals (see H.R. 2880, H9701 [12NO])

Sec. of Veterans Affairs: scientific review of health effects of exposure to herbicides (see H.R. 556, H684 [23JA])

Ships and vessels: equity of revenue availability and regulation of gambling (see H.R. 3282, H7381 [3OC])

———extend coverage of certain Federal labor laws to foreign flagships (see H.R. 1126, H1278 [27FE])

———remedy injury to shipbuilding and repair industry (see H.R. 2709, H4866 [20JN])

———subsidy information and trade remedies against certain foreign-built ships (see H.R. 2056, H4613 [18JN])

Social Security: administration of the Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance Program (see H.R. 2898, H7801 [10OC])

———benefit formula computation rules (see H.R. 917, H990 [6FE])

———earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 967, H4945 [24JN])

South Africa: steel products (see H. Con. Res. 184, H5595 [17JY])

Steamtown National Historic Site: establish (see H.R. 3519, H7647 [8OC])

Student aid programs: legal and technical issues relative to Federal postsecondary programs (see H.R. 1285, H1475 [7MR])

Tariff: footwear (see H.R. 1385, H4438 [12JN])

Taxation: exclusion for employee educational assistance (see H.R. 127, H2686 [1MY])

———increase amount of the exemption for children under age 18 (see H.R. 1277, H5050 [25JN])

———individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1406, H4867 [20JN])

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

———permanently extend qualified mortgage bonds (see H.R. 1067, H2086 [22MR])

———small issue bonds (see H.R. 710, H1323 [28FE]; H.R. 1186, H2537 [24AP])

———targeted jobs credit (see H.R. 565, H8496 [24OC])

———treatment of unemployment compensation (see H.R. 2492, H3738 [30MY])

———volume cap on private activity bonds used to finance high-speed intercity rail facilities (see H.R. 3348, H11892 [26NO])

Telecommunications: research, design, and manufacturing of equipment (see H.R. 1527, H5341 [10JY])

Transportation: authorize use of Federal-aid highway funds to relieve traffic congestion and improve air quality (see H.R. 1605, H7107 [30SE])

———drug abuse programs for recipients of Federal mass transit assistance (see H.R. 955, H7107 [30SE])

———expand definition of mass transit maintenance items (see H.R. 956, H7107 [30SE])

———State regulation of fixed guideway transit systems (see H.R. 954, H7107 [30SE])

Veterans: disability compensation for service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 3, H53 [3JA])

Remarks by, on

Committees of the House: expenses for investigations and studies (H. Res. 92), H1859, H1860, H1864, H1868, H1869 [20MR]

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H1870 [20MR]

Dept. of Transportation: making appropriations (H.R. 2942), H5784, H5785 [24JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2707), H5081 [26JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2707), veto, H10504 [19NO]

Elections: results relative to national voter trends, H9704 [13NO]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H5081 [26JN]

Legislative branch: making appropriations (H.R. 2506), H3963 [5JN]

Middle East: military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq, H335 [11JA]

———U.S. military presence (S. Con. Res. 2), H579 [18JA]

New Kensington, PA: anniversary, E1681 [9MY]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: revise (H.R. 3160), E2889 [2AU]

OSHA: funding, H10504 [19NO]

Public welfare programs: unemployment compensation (H.R. 3040), H6623 [17SE]

Roads and highways: demonstration projects funding, H5784, H5785 [24JY]

Social Security: benefit formula computation rules (H.R. 917), E2489 [11JY]

Transportation: establish a national comprehensive surface transportation system (H.R. 2950), H8232 [23OC]

Unemployment: emergency compensation, H8425 [23OC]

University of Notre Dame: anniversary, H9672 [12NO]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H5337 [10JY], H6379 [2AU], H8493 [24OC]

Reports filed

Committees of the House Expenses for Investigations and Studies: Committee on House Administration (H. Res. 92) (H. Rept. 102-18), H1688, H1757 [13MR]

Tributes

Gray, William H., III, E3085 [18SE]

Heinz, John, H2450 [23AP]