HOUGHTON, AMO (a Representative from New York)
Appointments
Committee on Aging (Select), H1088 [21FE]
Conferee: H. Con. Res. 121, revising 1991 and setting forth the Federal budget for 1992-96, H2928 [9MY]
Technology Assessment Board, H893 [6FE]
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Appropriations: amend House rules regarding long-term resolutions making continuing (see H. Res. 22, H84 [4JA])
Social Security: earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 344, H80 [4JA])
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Africa: protection of human rights and economic development in the Horn of Africa (see H.R. 1454, H3710 [29MY])
Agriculture: prevention of crimes against farmers, researchers, and other livestock-related professions (see H.R. 2407, H3279 [20MY])
Appropriations: constitutional amendment on line-item veto (see H.J. Res. 5, H1671 [12MR])
Arab countries: agreement relative to passport and visa policies (see H.R. 2254, H4438 [12JN])
———recognition of Israel (see H. Con. Res. 88, H2471 [23AP])
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: lease lands for oil and gas exploration and development (see H.R. 759, H824 [30JA])
Armed Forces: penalty-free withdrawals from retirement plans by members called to active duty during Operation Desert Shield (see H.R. 1016, H1078 [20FE])
———retention of certain information in personnel files on missing or deceased members (see H.R. 1730, H2177 [11AP])
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, H2376 [17AP])
Budget: reduction of overhead expenditures (see H. Con. Res. 96, H1474 [7MR])
———reform process (see H.R. 298, H78 [4JA])
Coins: 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])
Commodore John Barry Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 166, H5910 [25JY])
Courts: standards for product liability actions (see H.R. 3030, H5908 [25JY])
Crime: registration of all convicted child abusers with the National Crime Information Center (see H.R. 2553, H6540 [12SE])
Developing countries: promote development of microenterprises (see H.R. 1608, H2083 [22MR])
Earth Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 144, H2087 [22MR])
Education: improve (see H.R. 2460, H4945 [24JN])
Education Day, U.S.A.: designate (see H.J. Res. 104, H1282 [27FE])
Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 2503, H7725 [9OC]; H.R. 3770, H11114 [23NO])
Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 109, H2470 [23AP])
Employment: prevent discrimination based on participation in an economic strike (see H.R. 2620, H4437 [12JN])
———protection of collective bargaining process (see H.R. 2918, H5513 [16JY])
Export Administration Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3489, H7379 [3OC])
FAA: publish flight charts for visual flight routes (see H.R. 3243, H6382 [2AU])
Federal Deposit Insurance Act: require States receiving large share of thrift resolution costs to pay thrift deposit insurance premium (see H.R. 1171, H1279 [27FE])
Federal employees: extend certain civil service retirement benefits to certain INS, Customs Service, and IRS employees (see H.R. 793, H5050 [25JN])
———voluntary participation in the political process (see H.R. 20, H1138 [21FE])
Financial institutions: limit liability on holdings in violation of certain environmental laws (see H.R. 1450, H1774 [14MR])
Fire fighters: fire service bill of rights (see H.R. 2448, H5515 [16JY])
Food: remove certain pesticides from supply and establish EPA negligible risk standard (see H.R. 3216, H6879 [25SE])
Foreign trade: import quotas for Eastern European cheese (see H. Con. Res. 198, H6384 [2AU])
Franklin, Benjamin: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2448, H5515 [16JY])
Gambling: prohibit sports gambling under State law (see H.R. 74, H6879 [25SE])
Gandhi, Rajiv: assassination (see H. Con. Res. 155, H3370 [21MY])
Government: elimination of waste (see H.R. 3816, H10723 [20NO])
Greece: anniversary of the establishment of democracy in Athens (see H. Con. Res. 209, H7199 [1OC])
Haiti: support democracy (see H. Res. 235, H7313 [2OC])
Hire a Veteran Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 280, H8496 [24OC])
House of Representatives: establish Commission on Congressional Reform (see H. Res. 26, H2137 [10AP])
Investments: issuance of super savings bonds (see H.R. 3570, H7980 [16OC])
Iraq: release portion of frozen assets for UNICEF medical and humanitarian assistance to Iraqi citizens (see H. Con. Res. 168, H6458 [11SE])
Israel: authorize supplemental assistance for costs incurred relative to the Persian Gulf conflict (see H.R. 1284, H1454 [6MR])
Italian-American Heritage and Culture Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 260, H7551 [7OC])
Japan: semiconductor trade with the U.S. (see H. Res. 133, H2537 [24AP])
Middle East: demonstrations of community support for troops in the Persian Gulf (see H.J. Res. 174, H1457 [6MR])
———military action by Iraq against Israel (see H. Con. Res. 41, H605 [18JA])
———success of multinational military action against Iraq (see H. Res. 95, H1326 [28FE]; H. Res. 97, H1916 [20MR])
Motor vehicles: national safety belt and motorcycle helmet use requirements (see H.R. 1782, H3625 [23MY])
National Accessible Housing Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 326, H10269 [14NO])
National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 198, H7815 [11OC])
National American Indian Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 182, H1787 [18MR])
National Campus Crime and Security Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 142, H3495 [22MY])
National Commission on Intergovernmental Mandate Reform: establish (see H.R. 3344, H6601 [16SE])
National Down Syndrome Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 228, H7981 [16OC])
National Ellis Island Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 130, H1024 [19FE])
National Firefighters Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 189, H6676 [17SE])
National Forest System Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 226, H5212 [26JN])
National Huntington's Disease Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 56, H3037 [14MY])
National Institute of Nursing Research: designate (see H.R. 2447, H3622 [23MY])
National Invent America Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 287, H5746 [23JY])
National Law Enforcement Memorial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 123, H7381 [3OC])
National Military Families Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 215, H6318 [1AU])
National observances: establish a commission to advise the President (see H.R. 68, H55 [3JA])
National Parks Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 276, H6194 [31JY])
National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 72, H3037 [14MY])
National Philanthropy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 140, H4438 [12JN])
National Polio Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 211, H2770 [2MY])
National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 233, H6318 [1AU])
National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 284, H7382 [3OC])
National Radon Action Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 67, H6602 [16SE])
National Sarcoidosis Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 309, H6195 [31JY])
National Tourism Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 103, H2375 [17AP])
National Trauma Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 300, H8663 [29OC])
National Women in Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 293, H10843 [21NO])
Operation Homefront: supporting families of members of the Armed Forces (see H. Res. 99, H1416 [5MR])
Paine, Thomas: establish monument in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 1628, H6386 [2AU])
Population: funding for international control assistance (see H.R. 1110, H2602 [30AP])
Power resources: encourage cost effective energy conservation and efficiency (see H.R. 1543, H2013 [21MR])
Prices: computation of class I milk prices (see H.R. 1494, H1915 [20MR])
Public debt: application of certain savings from defense cuts to deficit reduction (see H. Res. 253, H8663 [29OC])
Raye, Martha: support awarding of Presidential Medal of Freedom (see H. Con. Res. 100, H11289 [25NO])
Recycled materials: promote research (see H.R. 300, H512 [15JA])
Refugee Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 323, H8496 [24OC])
Roads and highways: motor carrier transportation (see H.R. 1064, H2470 [23AP])
Savings and loan associations: investigation and prosecution of criminal activity (see H. Res. 107, H6139 [30JY])
Schwarzkopf, H. Norman, Jr.: award a Congressional Gold Medal and produce bronze duplicates for public sale (see H.R. 1296, H2180 [11AP])
SEC: quarterly report requirements (see H.R. 2910, H5513 [16JY])
Ships and vessels: equity of revenue availability and regulation of gambling (see H.R. 3282, H8496 [24OC])
Small business: health benefit plans (see H.R. 2453, H6194 [31JY])
Social Security: earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 967, H1023 [19FE])
———expand tax exemption for certain election officials and workers (see H.R. 1771, H9144 [4NO])
Soviet Union: provide the expertise of U.S. businesses to the Republics (see H.R. 3612, H8187 [22OC])
States: regulation of disposal of certain low-level radioactive waste (see H.R. 645, H697 [24JA])
Taxation: application of employer Social Security taxes to employees' cash tips (see H.R. 1472, H4550 [13JN])
———apprenticeship education organizations (see H.R. 2550, H4015 [5JN])
———clarify that customer based, market share, and any similar intangible items are amortizable (see H.R. 1456, H4867 [20JN])
———deduction for interest on educational loans (see H.R. 747, H824 [30JA])
———permanently extend qualified mortgage bonds (see H.R. 1067, H2902 [8MY])
———small issue bonds (see H.R. 1186, H1671 [12MR])
———targeted jobs credit (see H.R. 565, H2953 [9MY])
———treatment of charitable contributions of appreciated property (see H.R. 1557, H4945 [24JN])
———treatment of church pension benefit plans (see H.R. 1570, H6940 [26SE])
Tourist trade: assist growth of U.S. travel industry (see H.R. 418, H5979 [29JY])
Transportation: establish a national electric vehicle research, demonstration, and commercialization program (see H.R. 1538, H6456 [11SE])
———study special services to health care facilities in rural areas (see H.R. 2928, H5595 [17JY])
U.S. Commercial Centers: establish a pilot program to promote U.S. goods and services (see H.R. 3981, H11886 [26NO])
Veterans: disability compensation for service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 3, H98 [7JA])
Weapons: prevent biological and chemical weapon proliferation (see H.R. 3409, H7981 [16OC])
Wetlands: conservation and management (see H.R. 1330, H2902 [8MY])
World AIDS Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 376, H10843 [21NO])
World Food Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 230, H6676 [17SE])
World War II: contributions of the people of Guam and Hawaii (see H. Res. 293, H11894 [26NO])
———establish in the District of Columbia a memorial to veterans (see H.R. 1624, H4187 [7JN])
———issue 50th anniversary commemorative coin (see H.R. 1623, H4186 [7JN])
Year of the American Indian: designate (see H.J. Res. 342, H8497 [24OC])
Zaire: human rights violations (see H. Con. Res. 238, H9614 [8NO])
Zambia: democratic reforms (see H. Con. Res. 241, H10269 [14NO])
Remarks by, on
Antitrust policy: evidentiary standards for Federal civil claims based on resale price fixing (H.R. 1470), H7737 [10OC]
Budget: revising 1991 and setting forth the Federal budget for 1992-96 (H. Con. Res. 121), H2319 [17AP], H2921 [9MY]
———revising 1991 and setting forth the Federal budget for 1992-96 (H. Con. Res. 121), conference report, H3433 [22MY]
———scorekeeping process, H23 [3JA]
Chautauqua County, NY: Federal highway project funding, H8257
Civil Rights Act: restore and strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (H.R. 1), H3938 [5JN]
———restore and strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (S. 1745), H9540 [7NO]
Dept. of Commerce: export items of technology on Commodity Control List, H8753 [30OC]
Dept. of Defense: making supplemental appropriations for personnel expenditures relative to Operation Desert Shield and other urgent domestic programs (H.R. 1281), H1486
———review of any license to any country relative to U.S.-exported technology which could increase foreign military potential, H8737, H8738 [30OC]
Dept. of the Interior: making appropriations (H.R. 2686), H4915 [24JN]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2707), H5085
———making appropriations (H.R. 2707), conference report, H9441
Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 3750), H11148
Employment: entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (H.R. 2), H9780 [13NO]
———quotas, H3938 [5JN]
Export Administration Act: reauthorize (H.R. 3489), H8730, H8737, H8738, H8753 [30OC]
Financial institutions: recapitalize the Federal deposit insurance fund and reform the regulatory and service systems (H.R. 6), H8819
Foreign trade: procedures for implementing trade agreements (H. Res. 101), H3518 [23MY]
House of Representatives: adopt rules (H. Res. 5), H23 [3JA]
Labor unions: prevent discrimination based on participation in disputes (H.R. 5), consideration (H. Res. 195), H5519 [17JY]
Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program: funding, H5085
Middle East: military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq, H359 [11JA]
———military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq (H.J. Res. 77), E190
———multinational military action against Iraq, H537 [17JA]
———U.S. military presence (S. Con. Res. 2), H572 [18JA]
National Conference on Aging: authorize (H.R. 2967), H6504
———impact of the Social Security earnings test on employed older Americans, H6504
Native Americans: agreement between Seneca Nation of Indians and State of New York, H4915 [24JN]
New York: promote tourism, H1919 [21MR]
Public welfare programs: unemployment compensation (H.R. 3040), H6622
Resolution Trust Corp.: funding (S. 419), conference report, H1952
Soviet Union: qualifications for receiving export of U.S. high technology, H8730 [30OC]
Tourist trade: intelligence service efforts to protect against terrorist activities, H1919 [21MR]
Transportation: establish a national comprehensive surface transportation system (H.R. 2950), H8257
Veterans: disability compensation for service-connected disabilities (H.R. 3), H620
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H2076 [22MR]
Reports
Sale of Technology to Iraq: Committee on Government Operations, H8737 [30OC]
Testimonies
Committee on Agriculture: Dairy Inventory Management Proposals, D774 [18JN]
———U.S. Winegrape and Wine Industry, D1299 [23OC]
Committee on Rules: Family and Medical Leave Act (H.R. 2), D1386 [6NO]
———Prevent Discrimination Based on Participation in Labor Disputes (H.R. 5), D909 [16JY]
Committee on Ways and Means: Social Security Retirement Test, D658 [23MY]
———U.S. International Competitiveness, D909 [16JY]
Tributes
Reynolds, Tom, H6320 [2AU]