JONTZ, JIM (a Representative from Indiana)

Amendments offered by, to

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2698), H5178, H5179, H5181 [26JN]

Dept. of the Interior: authorizing appropriations for BLM and improving public lands management (H.R. 1096), H5705, H5708 [23JY]

Disasters: making supplemental appropriations for relief (H.R. 3543), H8637 [29OC]

Federal aid programs: drought assistance (H.R. 355), H1935 [21MR]

Operation Desert Shield: making appropriations for incremental costs (H.R. 3543), H8637 [29OC]

Appointments

Committee on Aging (Select), H1088 [21FE]

Articles and editorials

Dunes Fight Remembered on Lakeshore's Birthday, Vicki Urbanik, Charleston (IN) Tribune, E3900 [19NO]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Forests: protection of remaining ancient forests on public lands (see H.R. 842, H987 [6FE])

House of Representatives: election of American Indian delegates (see H.R. 1996, H2468 [23AP])

National forests: regulation of timber harvesting and sales (see H.R. 2501, H3738 [30MY])

Native Americans: Federal recognition of the Miami Tribe in Indiana (see H.R. 1475, H1848 [19MR])

Porter County, IN: protect Salt Creek River corridor (see H.R. 2325, H3035 [14MY])

Radioactive substances: payment for decontamination and decommissioning of Dept. of Energy uranium enrichment facilities (see H.R. 3973, H11886 [26NO])

Refuse disposal: interstate transportation of solid waste and encourage community recycling (see H.R. 3924, H11288 [25NO])

Veterans: copayment requirements for certain medications (see H.R. 3779, H10268 [14NO])

———expand services for post-traumatic stress disorder patients (see H.R. 841, H987 [6FE])

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Advertising: regulation of environmental marketing claims (see H.R. 1408, H2470 [23AP])

Aeronautics: rehire certain air traffic controllers (see H.R. 1240, H1414 [5MR])

———time limitations on duty time of flight attendants (see H.R. 14, H4283 [11JN])

Africa: protection of human rights and economic development in the Horn of Africa (see H.R. 1454, H2375 [17AP])

African Americans: prepare a national historic landmark theme study (see H.R. 904, H1326 [28FE])

Aged: expand counseling assistance for elderly, sick, and disabled individuals (see H.R. 416, H3805 [3JN])

Agricultural Act: clarify status of certain refunds (see H.R. 2189, H3280 [20MY])

Agriculture: calculation of certain wheat deficiency payments (see H.R. 523, H487 [12JA])

———credit assistance to qualified beginning farmers and ranchers (see H.R. 2401, H3279 [20MY])

———prevention of crimes against farmers, researchers, and other livestock-related professions (see H.R. 2407, H3279 [20MY])

Air Force Association: establish a memorial in the District of Columbia area (see H.R. 3627, H10269 [14NO])

Air pollution: health threats posed by exposure to contaminants in the air indoors (see H.R. 1066, H1136 [21FE])

Airport and Airway Trust Fund: receipts and disbursements relative to Federal budget totals (see H.R. 2693, H6457 [11SE])

Airports: essential air service relative to high-density airports (see H.R. 3620, H11289 [25NO])

Alaska: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.J. Res. 239, H2601 [30AP])

———designate wilderness areas (see H.R. 39, H55 [3JA])

American Discovery Trail: study to designate as a national trail (see H.R. 3011, H5817 [24JY])

Aquaculture: establish national policy (see H.R. 2798, H5210 [26JN])

Armed Forces: appointment of chiropractors as commissioned officers (see H.R. 608, H1080 [20FE])

———benefits to surviving spouses of military members retired before September 21, 1972 (see H.R. 258, H556 [17JA])

———Bronze Star to Navy and Marine Corps personnel who served in the defense of Corregidor Island in the Philippines (see H.J. Res. 367, H10269 [14NO])

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

———establish a commemorative medal for members serving in a combat zone during the Persian Gulf conflict (see H.R. 1107, H1475 [7MR])

———exempt certain members from duty assignments that require separation from minor children (see H.R. 537, H892 [5FE])

———improve oversight of special access programs (see H.R. 1852, H2372 [17AP])

———inpatient mental health services (see H.R. 846, H2180 [11AP])

———payment of health care expenses for certain members relative to entitlement to medicare benefits (see H.R. 467, H2180 [11AP])

———regulation of stationing of certain personnel who are solely responsible for dependents (see H.R. 738, H994 [6FE])

———rescind Dept. of Defense ban on gays, lesbians, and bisexuals (see H. Res. 271, H12063 [3JA])

———retention of certain information in personnel files on missing or deceased members (see H.R. 1730, H7801 [10OC])

Arts and humanities: recognition of ``An Artistic Discovery,'' the congressional high school art competition (see H. Res. 201, H7200 [1OC])

Baltic Freedom Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 167, H1341 [4MR])

Baltic States: appoint permanent cultural and commercial representatives and encourage Baltic-Soviet negotiations (see H.R. 1879, H2953 [9MY])

Banks and banking: disclosure of interest rates and fees of deposit accounts (see H.R. 447, H3709 [29MY])

Basketball Centennial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 372, H10366 [18NO])

Big Brothers/Big Sisters Appreciation Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 243, H3739 [30MY])

Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America Appreciation Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 199, H1914 [20MR])

Birds: conservation of exotic wild species (see H.R. 2540, H5300 [9JY]; H.R. 2541, H5818 [24JY])

Black Lung Benefits Act: eligibility guidelines (see H.R. 451, H713 [28JA])

———improve (see H.R. 1637, H6386 [2AU])

Boats: fees for recreational vessels (see H.R. 534, H2470 [23AP])

Bonds: availability of U.S. savings bonds (see H.R. 2734, H10723 [20NO])

Boy Scouts of America: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 207, H2471 [23AP])

Boys & Girls Clubs of America: grant charter (see H.R. 525, H825 [30JA])

Braille Literacy Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 353, H9494 [6NO])

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 290, H5298 [9JY])

———discretionary spending limits (see H.R. 3732, H11892 [26NO])

———exclude Unemployment Trust Fund totals from the calculation of Federal deficit amounts (see H.R. 888, H1281 [27FE])

Bureau of Labor Statistics: time use surveys of unremunerated work and calculate the monetary value of such work (see H.R. 3625, H11289 [25NO])

Business and industry: establish national standards for the manufacture and labeling of plumbing products relative to conservation of water resources (see H.R. 843, H988 [6FE])

———tax treatment of employer deductions for payments of excessive compensation (see H.R. 3056, H6941 [26SE])

Buy American Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 299, H7649 [8OC])

California: designate certain desert lands as wilderness (see H.R. 2929, H6387 [2AU])

Census: enumeration of the homeless population (see H. Con. Res. 150, H5050 [25JN])

Central Valley project: restoration of fish and wildlife habitat (see H.R. 1306, H1455 [6MR])

Child Care Food Program: extend eligibility to certain children receiving day care (see H.R. 375, H1025 [19FE])

Children: entitlement program relative to the immunization of infants against certain diseases (see H.R. 1288, H5910 [25JY])

Children and youth: expand social services available in the health, welfare, and juvenile justice systems (see H.R. 3063, H10280 [15NO])

Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation: establish (see H.R. 500, H1281 [27FE])

Civil Rights Act: administrative review of employment discrimination claims by Federal employees (see H.R. 3613, H8188 [22OC])

———application of certain provisions to the employment of U.S. citizens by certain employers in foreign countries (see H.R. 1694, H3856 [4JN])

———restore and strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (see H.R. 1, H1474 [7MR]; H.R. 3975, H11886 [26NO])

Coast Guard: role in Persian Gulf Conflict (see H. Con. Res. 163, H5451 [15JY])

Coastal zones: improve quality of recreation waters (see H.R. 12, H3495 [22MY])

Coins: mint and circulate $1 coin (see H.R. 1245, H6317 [1AU])

———mint commemorative coin for 200th anniversary of White House (see H.R. 3337, H11892 [26NO])

Coins and coinage: mint in commemoration of the quincentenary of the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus (see H.R. 500, H1281 [27FE])

Colleges and universities: promote increased access to higher education (see H.R. 1524, H3625 [23MY])

———sexual assaults on campuses (see H.R. 2363, H5910 [25JY])

Columbus, Christopher: honorary citizenship (see H.J. Res. 152, H1579 [11MR])

Commission on the Advancement of Women in the Science and Engineering Work Forces: establish (see H.R. 3476, H8102 [17OC])

Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (Select): establish (see H. Res. 12, H697 [24JA])

Congress: purchase of recycled paper and paper products (see H.R. 242, H3709 [29MY])

Conservation of energy: measures at Federal agencies (see H.R. 2452, H5341 [10JY])

———promote (see H.R. 776, H2188 [15AP])

———regional energy efficient lighting education centers (see H.R. 3285, H11892 [26NO])

Conservation of natural resources: standards for certain lighting and water fixtures, and heating and cooling equipment (see H.R. 2451, H5433 [11JY])

Continental shelf: issuance of certain oil and gas leases (see H.R. 989, H1077 [20FE])

Country Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 305, H5595 [17JY])

Courts: constitutional amendment to provide for removal of Federal judges upon criminal conviction (see H.J. Res. 209, H2085 [22MR])

Crime: life imprisonment relative to drug traffickers and violent criminals convicted of a third offense (see H.R. 2904, H5910 [25JY])

———mandatory prison sentences for drug crimes involving minors (see H.R. 2903, H5910 [25JY])

———national policy to control crime against women (see H.R. 1502, H10269 [14NO])

———penalties for distribution of controlled substances at truck stops and rest areas (see H.R. 1551, H2013 [21MR])

———provide restitution to victims (see H.R. 1809, H2570 [29AP])

———registration of all convicted child abusers with the National Crime Information Center (see H.R. 2553, H5211 [26JN])

Crime Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 303, H5911 [25JY])

Customs and duties: temporary import surcharges to compensate for disproportionate cost to U.S. of the Persian Gulf war (see H.J. Res. 92, H1139 [21FE])

Death Valley, Joshua Tree, and Mojave National Parks: establish (see H.R. 2929, H6387 [2AU])

Defense industries: economic adjustment for workers affected by reductions or realignments (see H.R. 441, H2136 [10AP])

Defense Production Act: clarify and strengthen provisions pertaining to national security takeovers (see H.R. 2624, H5665 [22JY])

Dept. of Defense: environmental activities funding and reporting (see H.R. 1970, H5745 [23JY])

———establish independent procurement corps (see H.R. 262, H386 [11JA])

———procurement guidelines for year-to-year systems (see H.R. 263, H387 [11JA])

Dept. of the Treasury: anniversary of Savings Bond Program (see H. Con. Res. 140, H2962 [13MY])

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: designate a Chief Minority Affairs Officer (see H.R. 819, H5910 [25JY])

———prices of drugs procured (see H.R. 2890, H7200 [1OC])

Developing countries: promote development of microenterprises (see H.R. 1608, H5514 [16JY])

Disabled: civil liberty guarantees dependent on trained animals other than seeing-eye dogs (see H.R. 2245, H5211 [26JN])

———extend the independent living services program for older blind individuals (see H.R. 2437, H5915 [26JY])

Disasters: donation of agricultural commodities for international hunger relief programs financed by Japan (see H. Con. Res. 179, H5432 [11JY])

Diseases: ovarian cancer research (see H.R. 148, H2469 [23AP])

———reauthorizing research programs on Alzheimer's disease (see H.R. 3082, H8787 [30OC])

———research associated with exposure to dioxin and other chemicals in herbicides (see H.R. 556, H556 [17JA])

Drug abuse: develop model treatment programs (see H.R. 2030, H4284 [11JN])

———Federal and State treatment programs for criminal offenders (see H.R. 730, H3037 [14MY])

———use of certain grants for treatment of intravenous drug abuse (see H.R. 2235, H3495 [22MY])

Drugs: expand narcotic abuse prevention and treatment programs (see H.R. 3256, H6941 [26SE])

Dutch-American Heritage Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 177, H2565 [25AP])

Dyslexia Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 73, H855 [4FE])

Earth Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 144, H1671 [12MR])

Ecology and environment: carbon dioxide emissions policy (see H. Res. 130, H5212 [26JN])

———conservation of biological diversity (see H.R. 585, H605 [18JA])

———conservation of diversity of fish, wildlife, and biological systems (see H.R. 2082, H2536 [24AP])

———protect coastal waters, and the waters of the Great Lakes (see H.R. 2029, H4613 [18JN])

Economy: encourage commercial financial liquidity (see H.J. Res. 369, H10843 [21NO])

Education: authorize grant to the national writing project (see H.R. 667, H712 [28JA])

———college participation rates of minority groups (see H.R. 3098, H7200 [1OC])

———enhance literacy and basic skills of adults (see H.R. 751, H1475 [7MR])

———establish a program of grants to local educational agencies for afterschool learning activities (see H.R. 260, H1080 [20FE])

———financial assistance to rural agencies (see H.R. 2819, H5596 [17JY])

———forgiveness of student loans to providers of disabled child care services (see H.R. 2952, H5650 [18JY])

———grant program for support services to at-risk youth (see H.R. 812, H6385 [2AU])

———guarantee students from certain high schools a chance to go to college (see H.R. 763, H839 [31JA])

———improve counseling services for elementary school students (see H.R. 840, H7313 [2OC])

———postsecondary educational opportunities for women and minorities (see H.R. 2142, H8335 [23OC])

———recruitment of classroom teachers (see H.R. 2912, H8102 [17OC])

———State parents as teachers programs (see H.R. 520, H3280 [20MY])

Education Day, U.S.A.: designate (see H.J. Res. 104, H1282 [27FE])

El Salvador: withhold military assistance (see H.R. 1346, H1472 [7MR])

Electric power: access to electric transmission services (see H.R. 2224, H6539 [12SE])

———health effects of electric and magnetic fields (see H.R. 1483, H1848 [19MR])

Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 109, H1915 [20MR])

Employment: assist counties adversely affected by base closures or alterations in defense contracts (see H.R. 2784, H7863 [15OC])

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

———electronic monitoring in the workplace (see H.R. 1218, H3280 [20MY])

———family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (see H.R. 2, H488 [12JA])

———paid leave for attendance of parent-teacher conferences (see H. Con. Res. 215, H7802 [10OC])

———protection of pension plan benefits (see H.R. 3210, H6457 [11SE])

Endangered species: strengthen conservation programs (see H.R. 4045, H11889 [26NO])

Ending Hunger Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 321, H8102 [17OC])

EPA: grants to groups for technical assistance to oppose issuance of permits for disposal of solid waste (see H.R. 178, H713 [28JA])

———purchase of recycling equipment (see H.R. 1911, H2374 [17AP])

———regulation of permits for hazardous waste facilities (see H.R. 177, H713 [28JA])

Equal rights: constitutional amendment to ensure (see H.J. Res. 1, H854 [4FE])

Executive Departments: options for shared services in Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HHS (see H. Con. Res. 146, H3371 [21MY])

Executive departments: study discriminatory wage practices (see H.R. 386, H1670 [12MR])

Eximbank: financing of defense articles export (see H.R. 1635, H2953 [9MY])

Export Administration Act: amend relative to dual-use items and enforcement (see H.R. 3675, H10932 [22NO])

Families and domestic relations: improve child welfare, foster care, and adoption services (see H.R. 2571, H7815 [11OC])

———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])

Family and domestic relations: admissible testimony in domestic violence court cases (see H.R. 1252, H8496 [24OC])

FCC: prevent the loss of existing spectrum to the amateur radio service (see H.R. 73, H2261 [16AP])

FDIC: determine deposit insurance premium payments relative to foreign deposits and certain nondeposit liabilities (see H.R. 2207, H2767 [2MY])

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, H1025 [19FE])

———availability of lump-sum annuities to terminally ill individuals (see H.R. 2389, H4284 [11JN])

———coverage of certain unmarried dependent children under the health benefits program (see H.R. 765, H4867 [20JN])

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

———early retirement requirements (see H.R. 1820, H4550 [13JN])

———employment discrimination (see H.R. 3583, H8662 [29OC])

———extend certain civil service retirement benefits to certain INS, Customs Service, and IRS employees (see H.R. 793, H2537 [24AP])

———obstetrical health benefit provider requirements (see H.R. 1021, H1078 [20FE])

———pay status of individuals ordered to military service during the Persian Gulf Conflict (see H.R. 3209, H7551 [7OC])

———payment of group life insurance benefits to terminally ill individuals (see H.R. 1681, H6539 [12SE])

———prohibit representation of foreign persons for a certain time period after leaving the Government (see H.R. 809, H1915 [20MR])

———restore the 3-year basis recovery rule relative to certain annuities for income tax purposes (see H.R. 576, H1417 [5MR])

———voluntary participation in the political process (see H.R. 20, H1138 [21FE])

Federal Employees Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 97, H994 [6FE])

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

Federal Open Market Advisory Committee: establish (see H.R. 3176, H7107 [30SE])

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: reauthorization (see H.R. 2029, H4613 [18JN])

Financial institutions: authorize civil actions for certain criminal violations (see H.R. 114, H2685 [1MY])

———Federal assistance to building and loan associations (see H.R. 1326, H2109 [9AP])

———prohibit Government agencies from assisting in covering foreign deposits (see H.R. 2511, H4284 [11JN])

Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act: extend the phase-in period under title XI (see H.R. 2115, H3037 [14MY])

Fire fighters: enact a fire service bill of rights (see H.R. 2448, H3622 [23MY])

Fire prevention: smoke detection devices in dwellings financed by Dept. of HUD programs (see H.R. 2099, H5745 [23JY])

Firearms: mandatory minimum sentences for unlawful possession by convicted felons and illegal drug users (see H.R. 1719, H2177 [11AP])

Fishing: international moratorium on large-scale driftnets (see H. Con. Res. 113, H3739 [30MY])

Flags—U.S.: prohibit import of foreign-made flags (see H.R. 2634, H4549 [13JN])

Flag—U.S.: display by U.S. citizens in support of Armed Forces in the Persian Gulf (see H. Con. Res. 44, H1026 [19FE])

Food: restore benefits under the dependent care program to adolescent youth (see H.R. 544, H3280 [20MY])

Foreign aid: require President to submit an integrated justification for programs (see H.R. 3571, H7980 [16OC])

Foreign countries: restrict exports of nuclear items to nonnuclear weapon states (see H.R. 2755, H5915 [26JY])

Foreign policy: create and implement a Western Hemisphere energy policy (see H. Con. Res. 79, H2182 [11AP])

———recommittal to U.S. support of universal human rights and democracy (see H. Res. 284, H10365 [18NO])

Foreign trade: economic sanctions on any foreign person trading nuclear equipment or technology under certain circumstances (see H.R. 830, H2136 [10AP])

———import of meat products from the EEC relative to the removal of certain trade barriers (see H.R. 3454, H7198 [1OC])

———procedures for implementing trade agreements (see H.R. 1231, H1414 [5MR]; H. Res. 101, H1456 [6MR])

———recovery of damages for economic loss caused by the dumping of foreign merchandise into U.S. markets (see H.R. 2382, H4867 [20JN])

———reports on foreign boycotts against countries friendly with the U.S. or U.S. persons (see H.R. 1453, H1774 [14MR])

———require reciprocal responses to foreign practices that deny fair treatment to U.S. investments (see H.R. 1396, H1669 [12MR])

———tariff treatment of products from countries relative to their contributions to Operation Desert Shield (see H.R. 317, H79 [4JA])

———voluntary restraint agreements (see H. Res. 297, H12063 [3JA])

Forests: cutting of old-growth redwood timber (see H.R. 2696, H5596 [17JY])

———expand Six Rivers National Forest and designate the Headwaters Forest Wilderness Area (see H.R. 2274, H2901 [8MY])

———protection of biodiversity and restraint on clearcutting (see H.R. 1969, H6194 [31JY])

Franklin, Benjamin: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2448, H3622 [23MY])

Freedom of religion: protect (see H.R. 2797, H6457 [11SE])

Freedom of speech: restriction of rights of Federal employees and grantees (see H. Con. Res. 160, H5300 [9JY])

FRS: modernize (see H.R. 1130, H2399 [22AP])

Fuels: use of alcohol-enhanced gasoline in federally owned or leased vehicles (see H.R. 3231, H9144 [4NO])

GATT: civil air transport services (see H. Con. Res. 111, H4613 [18JN])

———oilseeds panel ruling against the European Community (see H. Res. 257, H9145 [4NO])

———support efforts to protect world environment (see H. Con. Res. 227, H8334 [23OC])

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

Geography Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 201, H4550 [13JN])

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, H7726 [9OC])

Glen Canyon Dam: implement operating procedures (see H.R. 814, H890 [5FE])

Government: authorize payment to additional types of health care professionals (see H.R. 384, H606 [18JA])

———greater accountability for foreign travel (see H.R. 461, H6456 [11SE])

———prohibit profiteering of essential commodities during periods of national emergency (see H.R. 854, H988 [6FE])

Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see H.J. Res. 58, H697 [24JA])

GSA: availability of nonlethal surplus property for humanitarian relief purposes (see H.R. 919, H1081 [20FE])

———installation of bicycle racks or lockers at Federal office buildings (see H.R. 2812, H5342 [10JY])

Guam, Commonwealth of: establish (see H.R. 98, H5910 [25JY])

Guaranteed Student Loan Program: reduced interest rates for individuals entering the teaching profession (see H.R. 709, H4550 [13JN])

Hazardous substances: reduce human exposure to lead (see H.R. 2840, H6690 [19SE])

———reduce levels of lead in the environment (see H.R. 3554, H10842 [21NO])

———revise system for designation (see H.R. 3424, H8189 [22OC])

Health: access to telecommunications systems used to provide medical information to rural care providers (see H.R. 2232, H3625 [23MY])

———air transport of rural victims of medical emergencies (see H.R. 2234, H3710 [29MY])

———analysis of urban and rural area statistics (see H.R. 2238, H3625 [23MY])

———reduce infant mortality and improve mothers' health (see H.R. 1244, H11891 [26NO])

———reduce infant mortality by improving services to pregnant women in rural areas (see H.R. 2229, H5650 [18JY])

———research programs for osteoporosis and related bone disorders (see H.R. 1212, H4612 [18JN])

———rural medical education projects (see H.R. 2233, H3625 [23MY]; H.R. 2236, H3739 [30MY])

Health care facilities: exempt from antitrust laws, certain activities entered into by hospitals in low population areas (see H.R. 2406, H3806 [3JN])

Health care professionals: incentives for physicians to practice in rural areas (see H.R. 2230, H5650 [18JY])

———increase number of individuals serving in clinical laboratories serving rural areas (see H.R. 2405, H3806 [3JN])

———requirements relative to training in family medicine (see H.R. 2231, H3625 [23MY])

Higher Education Act: eligibility of less-than-half-time students for Federal student assistance programs (see H.R. 3354, H6941 [26SE])

———amend (see H.R. 3553, H8189 [22OC])

Highways: promote planning and conservation (see H.R. 2335, H4867 [20JN])

Hire a Veteran Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 280, H5049 [25JN])

Historic sites: preservation of heritage and resources (see H.R. 1601, H5514 [16JY])

———study of significant places in U.S. labor history (see H.R. 1143, H2394 [18AP])

Homeless Assistance Act: priority allocation of funds to States (see H.R. 3656, H9759 [13NO])

———use of National Guard facilities for shelter (see H.R. 3655, H9759 [13NO])

House of Representatives: establish lighting efficiency program for office buildings (see H. Res. 115, H2400 [22AP])

———recycling program (see H. Res. 96, H3711 [29MY])

Housing: rental assistance for families affected by violence (see H.R. 1251, H8496 [24OC])

Human rights: recovery of damages from individuals engaging in torture or extrajudicial killing (see H.R. 2092, H6194 [31JY])

Hunger: alleviate conditions (see H.R. 2258, H3710 [29MY])

———ensure adequate diet for all Americans (see H.R. 1202, H4550 [13JN])

Hussein, Saddam: prosecution for war crimes (see H.J. Res. 88, H855 [4FE])

Immigration: health and military service requirements for the admission and naturalization of certain veterans (see H.R. 2309, H5432 [11JY])

Income: exclusion of congressional salaries from executive and judicial adjustments (see H.R. 999, H1077 [20FE])

———treatment of Federal pay relative to garnishment and similar legal fees (see H.R. 643, H697 [24JA])

———treatment of telephone and electric cooperative pension plans (see H.R. 2031, H3280 [20MY])

———wage adjustments for prevailing rate employees (see H.R. 786, H9580 [7NO])

Income tax: include organ donation information with individual return payments (see H.R. 993, H2537 [24AP])

Infant Mortality Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 194, H2181 [11AP])

Insurance: life insurance contracts of terminally ill individuals (see H.R. 134, H1138 [21FE])

International relations: unfair practices in international trade resulting from differing national environmental policies (see H. Res. 161, H7200 [1OC])

Investments: deposit insurance for deferred compensation plans of State and local governments and nonprofit organizations (see H.R. 2298, H5050 [25JN])

———issuance of super savings bonds (see H.R. 3570, H9494 [6NO])

Iraq: enforcement of U.N. cease fire resolution, humanitarian assistance to Kurds, and establishment of refugee enclaves (see H. Con. Res. 114, H2812 [7MY])

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

———seize and liquidate assets to benefit veterans, small businesses, and refugees affected by Persian Gulf Conflict (see H.R. 3255, H6383 [2AU])

———trade embargo (see H.R. 233, H488 [12JA])

Irish-American Heritage Month: establish (see H.J. Res. 350, H9144 [4NO])

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

Israel: Arab boycott (see H. Con. Res. 118, H2603 [30AP])

———prohibit arms sales to any country that is cooperating with the economic boycott (see H.R. 2456, H6194 [31JY])

———rescue of Ethiopian Jews (see H. Con. Res. 171, H5267 [27JN])

Italian-American Heritage and Culture Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 260, H3623 [23MY])

Japan: defense of airspace and sea lanes (see H. Con. Res. 67, H1476 [7MR])

———semiconductor trade with the U.S. (see H. Res. 133, H3371 [21MY])

Jewish Heritage Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 134, H1671 [12MR])

Job Training Partnership Act: amend Job Corps provisions (see H.R. 1364, H3280 [20MY])

Jordan: suspend foreign assistance relative to compliance with U.N. economic sanctions against Iraq (see H. Con. Res. 85, H1787 [18MR])

Korean War Veterans Remembrance Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 255, H5342 [10JY])

Kuwait: involvement of U.S. small businesses in rebuilding (see H. Con. Res. 95, H1916 [20MR])

———involvement of U.S. workers, firms, and products in rebuilding (see H. Con. Res. 99, H2017 [21MR]; H. Res. 106, H2188 [15AP]; H. Res. 167, H4015 [5JN])

———reconstruction contract awards (see H. Res. 18, H1418 [5MR])

Labor: prevent discrimination based on participation in disputes (see H.R. 5, H488 [12JA])

———reform protections from unscrupulous contracting practices (see H.R. 1987, H5596 [17JY])

Law enforcement officers: reduce certain assistance to agencies relative to the existence of a law enforcement officers' bill of rights (see H.R. 642, H1281 [27FE])

Lithuanian Independence Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 296, H7863 [15OC])

Lobbyists: disclosure of details on activities benefiting foreign interests (see H.R. 1725, H3371 [21MY])

Local government: Federal payments in lieu of taxes (see H.R. 1495, H3280 [20MY])

Lumber trade: authorize States to impose an export tax on unprocessed timber from private lands, and allow a credit against income taxes for domestically processed timber (see H.R. 3413, H9043 [1NO])

Lyme Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 138, H1759 [13MR])

Manzanar National Historic Site: establish (see H.R. 543, H2686 [1MY])

Margaret Walker Alexander National African-American Research Center: establish (see H.R. 1254, H1415 [5MR])

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])

———examine health of populations and treatment during catastrophic events (see H.R. 3486, H7379 [3OC])

———maintain and strengthen current international protections for whales, dolphins, and porpoises (see H. Con. Res. 105, H2770 [2MY])

———moratorium on commercial killing of whales and conservation of dolphins and porpoises (see H. Con. Res. 177, H8663 [29OC])

———protection in State waters (see H.R. 3132, H8496 [24OC])

Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act: authorize seizure of vessels in violation (see H.R. 1239, H2180 [11AP])

Maritime industry: commend for cooperation with Armed Forces involved in Operation Desert Shield (see H. Res. 38, H1282 [27FE])

Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site: authorize National Park Service to acquire and manage (see H.R. 690, H780 [29JA])

Mauritania: human rights violations (see H. Con. Res. 176, H5819 [24JY])

Medicaid: coverage of drug dependency residential treatment programs for pregnant women and certain family members (see H.R. 2489, H3709 [29MY])

———coverage of hospice care (see H.R. 860, H988 [6FE])

———Federal payments relative to State expenditures made from revenues derived from provider-specific taxes (see H.R. 3595, H9144 [4NO])

———funding of abortion in the case of rape or incest (see H. Res. 40, H640 [22JA])

———improve services to pregnant women and infants (see H.R. 290, H488 [12JA])

———prohibit discrimination in the provision of home and community services (see H.R. 2075, H7381 [3OC])

Medicare: benefit requirements for medicaid beneficiaries (see H.R. 2855, H5596 [17JY])

———coverage for colerectal screening examinations and certain immunizations (see H.R. 2565, H6602 [16SE])

———coverage of bone mass measurements (see H.R. 1213, H4612 [18JN])

———coverage of certain chiropractic services (see H.R. 3142, H6193 [31JY])

———coverage of screening mammography (see H.R. 1312, H7981 [16OC])

———deadlines for claim submission (see H.R. 1467, H5514 [16JY])

———due process protections to institutions subject to State certifications (see H.R. 2240, H4284 [11JN])

———establish Comprehensive Preventive Health Program (see H.R. 1746, H2178 [11AP])

———home care and extended care services coverages (see H.R. 1200, H1915 [20MR])

———payment for certain chiropractor services (see H.R. 213, H5818 [24JY])

Medicare/medicaid: cost-sharing availability between programs (see H.R. 3473, H7313 [2OC]; H.R. 3649, H10932 [22NO])

Mental health: State services for children (see H.R. 1197, H1418 [5MR])

Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 156, H1418 [5MR])

Merchant marine: fair implementation of cargo preference laws (see H.R. 44, H10365 [18NO])

———provide that certain service during World War II constitutes active military service (see H.R. 44, H10365 [18NO])

Michigan: designate certain rivers as components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System (see H.R. 476, H2902 [8MY])

Middle East: allies' contribution to Operation Desert Shield (see H. Con. Res. 34, H855 [4FE])

———congressional approval of military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq (see H. Con. Res. 1, H98 [7JA]; H. Con. Res. 32, H487 [12JA])

———demonstrations of community support for troops in the Persian Gulf (see H.J. Res. 174, H3281 [20MY])

———financial costs of military operations in the Persian Gulf region (see H. Con. Res. 37, H1026 [19FE])

———Iraqi environmental terrorism of crude oil dumping in the Persian Gulf (see H. Con. Res. 55, H1163 [26FE]; H. Con. Res. 57, H1282 [27FE])

Mihailovich, Draza: establish memorial (see H.J. Res. 178, H6458 [11SE])

Mining: review of claims under the Black Lung Benefits Act by certain coal miners (see H.R. 1116, H1162 [26FE])

Missouri River: designate a segment as a component of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System (see H.R. 614, H683 [23JA])

Motion pictures: accessibility for the hearing-impaired (see H. Res. 272, H11894 [26NO])

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 Accessible Housing Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 326, H7551 [7OC])

National Adoption Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 364, H8495 [24OC])

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

National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 198, H2538 [24AP])

National American Indian Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 182, H2565 [25AP])

National Arbor Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 66, H892 [5FE])

National Biomedical Research Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 316, H6799 [24SE])

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, H4867 [20JN])

National Children's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 183, H1473 [7MR])

National Crime Victims' Rights Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 171, H2263 [16AP])

National DARE Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 217, H2686 [1MY])

National Desert Storm Reservists Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 231, H2954 [9MY])

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 241, H2685 [1MY])

National Education First Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 197, H2181 [11AP])

National Employ the Older Worker Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 133, H1024 [19FE])

National Family Caregivers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 125, H992 [6FE])

National Family Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 23, H1026 [19FE])

National Firefighters Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 189, H2394 [18AP])

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, H1081 [20FE])

National Foster Care Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 154, H1418 [5MR])

National Girls and Women in Sports Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 30, H782 [29JA])

National Gymnastics Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 273, H5300 [9JY])

National health plan: establish (see H.R. 650, H6940 [26SE])

National Hero Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 185, H3281 [20MY])

National Home Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 175, H2017 [21MR])

National Hospice Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 153, H2953 [9MY])

National Hunting and Fishing Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 225, H2374 [17AP])

National Huntington's Disease Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 56, H3037 [14MY])

National Institutes for the Environment: establish (see H. Res. 153, H3149 [15MY])

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, H6138 [30JY])

National Law Enforcement Memorial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 123, H1476 [7MR])

National Law Enforcement Training Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 191, H5342 [10JY])

National Lock-In-Safety Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 238, H7551 [7OC])

National Manufacturing Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 348, H10366 [18NO])

National Minority Organ Donor Encouragement Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 229, H3371 [21MY])

National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 218, H2179 [11AP])

National parks and recreation areas: prevent foreign ownership (see H.R. 3726, H11892 [26NO])

National Parks Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 276, H6194 [31JY])

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 72, H1915 [20MR])

National Philanthropy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 140, H2017 [21MR])

National Police Athletic League Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 129, H1787 [18MR])

National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 233, H3150 [15MY])

National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 284, H6540 [12SE])

National Radon Action Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 67, H5342 [10JY])

National Recycling Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 169, H2109 [9AP])

National Recycling Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 188, H3495 [22MY])

National Red Ribbon Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 312, H8920 [31OC])

National Red Ribbon Week for a Drug-Free America: designate (see H.J. Res. 340, H7981 [16OC])

National Rehabilitation Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 95, H2109 [9AP])

National School Breakfast Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 98, H1081 [20FE])

National Scleroderma Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 219, H3856 [4JN])

National Senior Citizens Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 181, H2087 [22MR])

National Senior Nutrition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 141, H1476 [7MR])

National Student Loan Data System: revise operation (see H.R. 3372, H7200 [1OC])

National Trauma Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 300, H6602 [16SE])

National Visiting Nurse Associations Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 212, H5515 [16JY])

National Wildlife Refuge System: management (see H.R. 2881, H5432 [11JY])

National Women in Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 293, H6458 [11SE])

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])

Niobrara River: designate segments as components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System (see H.R. 614, H683 [23JA])

North American Free Trade Agreement: expanded and improved rule of origin (see H. Res. 302, H11894 [26NO])

NSF: establish technical education and training programs (see H.R. 2936, H6194 [31JY])

Nuclear weapons: moratorium on testing (see H.R. 3636, H10544 [19NO])

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

Occupational safety and health: rights of victims (see H.R. 3133, H7981 [16OC])

Occupational Safety and Health Act: revise (see H.R. 3160, H6690 [19SE])

Office of Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program: establish (see H.R. 2780, H8120 [21OC])

Old Age Survivors and Disability Income: exclude expenses from the Federal budget (see H.R. 978, H3495 [22MY])

Older Americans Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 51, H2783 [6MY])

Omnibus Insular Areas Act: enact (see H.R. 1688, H2135 [10AP])

OSHA: establish an Office of Construction Safety, Health, and Education (see H.R. 1063, H4016 [5JN])

Paine, Thomas: establish monument in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 1628, H6879 [25SE])

Peace Corps: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 131, H1787 [18MR])

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])

———nonforfeitable benefits to participants of certain terminated plans (see H.R. 824, H1475 [7MR])

Pesticides: safety of imports (see H.R. 2083, H2536 [24AP])

Petroleum: anticompetitive pricing practices by refiners (see H.R. 2966, H11891 [26NO])

———automotive fuel posting requirements (see H.R. 2578, H4945 [24JN])

———opposition to an import fee on crude oil and refined products (see H. Res. 10, H506 [14JA])

———reinstate the windfall profit tax on domestic crude oil (see H.R. 460, H855 [4FE])

Polish American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 227, H2903 [8MY])

Postal Service: encourage greater use of recycled paper (see H.R. 2415, H7381 [3OC])

———encourage mailers of second-class and third-class mail matter to use recycled paper (see H.R. 351, H2375 [17AP])

———mail delivery standards (see H.R. 676, H712 [28JA])

Power resources: encourage energy conservation among farmers, ranchers, forest industry, and utilizers of wood (see H.R. 1418, H3037 [14MY])

Printing: use of ink pigments made with soybean oil in Federal products (see H.R. 1736, H2399 [22AP])

Public Health Service: awarding of contracts to States limiting malpractice liability of physicians providing charity care services (see H.R. 3656, H9759 [13NO])

———establish Office of Rural Mental Health (see H.R. 2237, H3371 [21MY])

———regulation of mammography services and radiological equipment (see H.R. 3462, H7981 [16OC])

Public Health Service Act: family planning counseling (see H.R. 392, H1080 [20FE])

Public lands: management of lands containing the pacific yew to ensure a supply of the cancer-treating drug, taxol (see H.R. 3836, H10723 [20NO])

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

Real property: tax treatment under the limitations on losses from passive activities (see H.R. 1414, H1757 [13MR])

———taxation of sale of farmland with principal residence (see H.R. 1711, H3495 [22MY])

Recycling: degradable plastics (see H.R. 1318, H1471 [7MR])

———Federal procurement of recycled products (see H.R. 1201, H1324 [28FE])

———improve collection of information that promotes the recycling of municipal solid waste (see H.R. 755, H890 [5FE]; H.R. 828, H2470 [23AP])

———promote greater use of recycled paper for third-class mail matter (see H.R. 659, H854 [4FE])

———promote research (see H.R. 300, H79 [4JA])

———treatment of newsprint (see H.R. 873, H989 [6FE])

———treatment of scrap tires (see H.R. 871, H989 [6FE])

———treatment of spent lead-acid batteries (see H.R. 870, H989 [6FE])

———treatment of used oil (see H.R. 872, H989 [6FE])

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

Refuse disposal: develop, assist, and stabilize recycling markets (see H.R. 2746, H6540 [12SE])

———prevent lawsuits equating municipal solid waste and sewage sludge with industrial hazardous wastes (see H.R. 3026, H6387 [2AU])

———protect the used oil recycling system and establish used oil management standards (see H.R. 1411, H6798 [24SE])

———reduce use of toxic chemicals (see H.R. 2880, H6139 [30JY])

———requirements for solid waste and hazardous waste incinerators (see H.R. 3253, H7314 [2OC])

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])

———superconducting supercollider funding (see H.R. 2485, H3709 [29MY])

Resolution Trust Corp.: abolish oversight board and provide for operation independent of FDIC (see H.R. 2682, H4612 [18JN])

———audit of operations and financial condition (see H.R. 3055, H6457 [11SE])

Retired Enlisted Association, Inc.: grant charter (see H.R. 1509, H3805 [3JN])

Revere Beach: feasibility of inclusion in the National Parks System (see H.R. 2109, H2564 [25AP])

Roads and highways: determination of amounts of Federal-aid highway funds to States (see H.R. 2560, H4015 [5JN])

———funding for construction and safety programs (see H.R. 2566, H5300 [9JY])

Rural areas: crime and drug control (see H.R. 2959, H6387 [2AU])

Rural Small Business Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 108, H891 [5FE])

Savings and loan associations: investigation and prosecution of criminal activity (see H. Res. 107, H6540 [12SE])

Senior citizens: assistance for two meals served daily per person (see H.R. 1059, H2109 [9AP])

———elder rights program (see H.R. 2864, H8121 [21OC])

———expand the preventive health services program (see H.R. 1739, H3495 [22MY])

Sewage disposal: regulate combined sewer overflows (see H.R. 3477, H7313 [2OC])

Ships and vessels: equity of revenue availability and regulation of gambling (see H.R. 3282, H8496 [24OC])

———redefine rebuilding of vessels permitted to engage in coastwise trade (see H.R. 1579, H5211 [26JN])

Small business: development of microenterprises (see H.R. 288, H1759 [13MR])

Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area: establish (see H.R. 2141, H6194 [31JY])

Social Security: administration of the Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance Program (see H.R. 2898, H9758 [13NO])

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

———determination of benefit eligibility relative to certain preclusions from remunerative work (see H.R. 865, H1138 [21FE])

———disability determination procedures under titles II and XVI (see H.R. 3774, H11892 [26NO])

———establish as an independent agency (see H.R. 2838, H6387 [2AU])

———long-term care insurance policies (see H.R. 1916, H4284 [11JN])

———medical assistance for medicare cost-sharing (see H.R. 3251, H6799 [24SE])

———payment for physicians' services (see H.R. 3070, H6941 [26SE])

———require States to adopt and enforce guardianship laws (see H.R. 930, H1915 [20MR])

Solid waste: application of certain requirements and sanctions to Federal facilities (see H.R. 2194, H2767 [2MY])

———authorize States to prohibit importation of hazardous waste for treatment or disposal (see H.R. 816, H3855 [4JN])

———liability of certain municipalities for generation and transportation (see H.R. 2767, H6139 [30JY])

———regulate ash from municipal incinerators as a hazardous waste (see H.R. 2670, H5300 [9JY])

———State regulation (see H.R. 2072, H2536 [24AP])

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

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

———democratic reforms in Armenia (see H.J. Res. 328, H7649 [8OC])

———implementation of human rights standards in the Republics (see H. Con. Res. 232, H11893 [26NO])

———lasting effects of the nuclear accident at Chernobyl (see H. Res. 140, H7314 [2OC])

———political reform in the Baltic States (see H.J. Res. 179, H1916 [20MR])

———U.N. response relative to military action against Baltic States (see H. Con. Res. 50, H1476 [7MR])

St. Croix Historical Park and Ecological Preserve: establish (see H.R. 2927, H5595 [17JY])

States: regulation of disposal of certain low-level radioactive waste (see H.R. 645, H697 [24JA])

———taxation of nonresidents pension income (see H.R. 1531, H4186 [7JN])

Student aid programs: access for middle income students to Federal programs (see H.R. 2561, H5515 [16JY])

Syria: emigration and free travel for Jews (see H. Con. Res. 188, H6388 [2AU])

Tariff: footwear (see H.R. 1385, H7380 [3OC])

———fresh cut flowers (see H.R. 3484, H11289 [25NO])

———motor vehicles for transport of goods (see H.R. 3250, H6676 [17SE])

Taxation: allow deduction for adult home care relative to Alzheimer's disease (see H.R. 931, H1915 [20MR])

———allow first-time home buyers to make withdrawals from personal individual retirement accounts without penalty (see H.R. 1074, H1417 [5MR])

———application of employer Social Security taxes to employees' cash tips (see H.R. 1472, H6456 [11SE])

———clarify that customer based, market share, and any similar intangible items are amortizable (see H.R. 1456, H3280 [20MY])

———clarify treatment of certain Federal financial assistance provided to savings and loan institutions (see H.R. 1135, H1278 [27FE])

———credits for increasing research activities (see H.R. 1618, H8188 [22OC])

———deduction for interest on educational loans (see H.R. 747, H824 [30JA])

———deductions for contributions to education savings accounts (see H.R. 810, H1915 [20MR])

———deny Puerto Rico and possession tax credit benefits relative to runaway plants (see H.R. 2632, H5211 [26JN])

———employee stock ownership plans (see H.R. 2410, H3370 [21MY])

———energy investment credit for solar and geothermal energy (see H.R. 1652, H7199 [1OC])

———exclude from gross estate value of certain land subject to a qualified conservation easement (see H.R. 2149, H2601 [30AP])

———exclusion for employee educational assistance (see H.R. 127, H57 [3JA])

———Federal treatment of State and local government bonds (see H. Res. 139, H4438 [12JN])

———foreign oil and gas income (see H.R. 1671, H2902 [8MY])

———gains and losses of non-exempt farmer cooperatives (see H.R. 2361, H3149 [15MY])

———health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 784, H854 [4FE])

———incentives for establishing businesses within closed military bases and hiring displaced employees (see H.R. 3112, H6941 [26SE])

———incentives for generating electricity using solar, wind, or geothermal energy (see H.R. 780, H2188 [15AP])

———individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1406, H4612 [18JN])

———limit ability of taxpayers to deduct costs of cleaning up oil and hazardous substances spills (see H.R. 1539, H2014 [21MR]; H.R. 1561, H3856 [4JN])

———low-income housing credit (see H.R. 413, H5211 [26JN])

———make permanent the exclusion for group legal service plans (see H.R. 187, H3805 [3JN])

———permanently extend qualified mortgage bonds (see H.R. 1067, H1475 [7MR])

———protection of taxpayers' rights (see H.R. 3838, H11894 [26NO])

———rollover proceeds from sale of farm to an individual retirement account (see H.R. 2333, H4613 [18JN])

———shareholder income of controlled foreign corporations derived from imports into U.S. (see H.R. 2889, H7551 [7OC])

———small issue bonds (see H.R. 1186, H4867 [20JN])

———targeted jobs credit (see H.R. 565, H7981 [16OC])

———treatment of amounts received by cooperative telephone companies indirectly from their members (see H.R. 1860, H2570 [29AP])

———treatment of certain common investment funds (see H.R. 1733, H4550 [13JN])

———treatment of certain governmental pensions relative to certain Social Security benefits (see H.R. 2086, H3280 [20MY])

———treatment of charitable contributions of appreciated property (see H.R. 1557, H3805 [3JN])

———treatment of combat pay (see H.R. 3166, H8496 [24OC])

———treatment of deduction for interest paid on debt secured by a first or second home (see H. Con. Res. 8, H2182 [11AP])

———treatment of educational loans and scholarships (see H.R. 394, H782 [29JA])

———treatment of employment performed by certain educational institution employees (see H.R. 516, H386 [11JA])

———treatment of forestry activities (see H.R. 3841, H10841 [21NO])

———treatment of interest incurred on junk bonds used in hostile business takeovers (see H.R. 1554, H4284 [11JN])

———treatment of oil and hazardous substance cleanup costs (see H.R. 1726, H2177 [11AP])

———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, H2686 [1MY])

Tax-exempt organizations: deny status for certain rural electric cooperatives (see H.R. 1355, H4215 [10JN])

Transportation: mass transit program funding (see H.R. 1079, H2180 [11AP])

U.N.: penalties for violating international sanctions against Iraq (see H.R. 1649, H2085 [22MR])

U.S. Commercial Centers: establish a pilot program to promote U.S. goods and services (see H.R. 3981, H11886 [26NO])

Unemployment: emergency benefits to certain railroad employees (see H.R. 3511, H8102 [17OC])

Up With People Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 345, H7815 [11OC])

Urban Mass Transportation Act: allocation to rural areas (see H.R. 1325, H3855 [4JN])

Utah: designate certain Federal lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1500, H2262 [16AP])

Veterans: allow disability compensation concurrently with retirement pay (see H.R. 303, H79 [4JA])

———availability of benefits to individuals incarcerated in Federal correctional institutions (see H.R. 1181, H2016 [21MR])

———benefit eligibility for incompetent veterans relative to dependent status (see H.R. 1473, H3280 [20MY])

———burial plot allowances (see H.R. 103, H713 [28JA])

———disability compensation for service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 321, H79 [4JA])

———establish and maintain homeless programs (see H.R. 2648, H7381 [3OC])

———family counseling for Persian Gulf Conflict personnel (see H.R. 3528, H10280 [15NO])

———furnish outpatient medical services for any POW disabilities (see H.R. 1598, H7381 [3OC])

———grave marker allowance (see H.R. 1992, H7862 [15OC])

———hospice care pilot program (see H.R. 3222, H6381 [2AU])

———repeal copayment requirement for certain medication (see H.R. 3736, H10843 [21NO])

———service pension for World War I veterans (see H.R. 1918, H2467 [23AP]; H.R. 1991, H2534 [24AP])

———treatment for individuals exposed to radiation during military service (see H.R. 3236, H6457 [11SE])

Water: desalinization (see H.R. 2817, H5266 [27JN])

Water pollution: establish a penalty fund and use amounts to restore damaged water (see H.R. 2724, H6457 [11SE])

Week for the National Observance of the 50th Anniversary of World War II: designate (see H.J. Res. 371, H10366 [18NO])

Wetlands: environmental research (see H.R. 3578, H9393 [5NO])

———promote conservation and enhancement (see H.R. 251, H4016 [5JN])

Whistle blowing: protect employees who report violations of Federal laws (see H.R. 1664, H5596 [17JY])

Women: assist development of small businesses (see H.R. 2629, H5342 [10JY])

———ensure economic equity (see H.R. 3526, H7648 [8OC])

———equity in health care services (see H.R. 1161, H1279 [27FE])

———reproduction rights (see H.R. 25, H54 [3JA])

Women's History Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 149, H1916 [20MR])

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, H3623 [23MY])

World Summit for Children: implementation (see H.R. 1633, H3495 [22MY])

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, H11115 [23NO])

———establish in the District of Columbia a memorial to veterans (see H.R. 1624, H2084 [22MR])

———Federal retirement credit for Cadet Nurse Corps service (see H.R. 1752, H3280 [20MY])

———issue 50th anniversary commemorative coin (see H.R. 1623, H2084 [22MR])

Year of Reconciliation Between American Indians and Non-Indians: designate (see H.J. Res. 358, H10932 [22NO])

Year of the American Indian: designate (see H.J. Res. 342, H7380 [3OC])

Year of the Gulf of Mexico: designate (see H.J. Res. 327, H7801 [10OC])

Letters

Wards Cove Packing Co. Supreme Court case: by, and several Representatives, H9506 [7NO]

Proclamations

Municipal Clerks' Week: Cedar Lake Town Council, E1576 [2MY]

Remarks by, on

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2698), H5178, H5179, H5180, H5181 [26JN]

Bridges: Federal funding, H8243 [23OC]

California: designate certain desert lands as wilderness (H.R. 2929), H10980 [22NO]

Commission on Defense Base Closure and Realignment: disapprove recommendations (H.J. Res. 308), H6032 [30JY]

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H10605 [19NO]

Death Valley, Joshua Tree, and Mojave National Parks: establish (H.R. 2929), H10980 [22NO]

Dept. of Defense: making supplemental appropriations for personnel expenditures relative to Operation Desert Shield and other urgent domestic programs (H.R. 1281), H1481 [7MR]

Dept. of the Interior: authorizing appropriations for BLM and improving public lands management (H.R. 1096), H5705, H5708 [23JY]

Disasters: making supplemental appropriations for relief (H.R. 3543), H8637 [29OC]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments, H10813 [21NO]

Federal aid programs: drought assistance (H.R. 355), H1935 [21MR]

Flint Hills Prairie National Monument: establish (H.R. 2369), H7837 [15OC]

Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act: agricultural program amendments (H.R. 3029), H6055 [30JY]

Foreign trade: procedures for implementing trade agreements (H. Res. 101), H3559, H3575 [23MY]

———U.S. policy, H10813 [21NO]

Forests: protection of remaining ancient forests on public lands (H.R. 842), H10599-H10605 [19NO]

Geothermal Steam Act: amend (H.R. 3359), H11239 [25NO]

Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore: anniversary, E3899 [19NO]

Middle East: congressional approval of military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq pending failure of economic sanctions (H. Con. Res. 33), H440 [12JA]

———military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq, H320 [11JA]

National forests: timber sale regulation, H9620 [12NO]

Native Americans: Federal recognition of the Miami Tribe in Indiana (H.R. 1475), E1000 [20MR]

Operation Desert Shield: making appropriations for incremental costs (H.R. 3543), H8637 [29OC]

Transportation: establish a national comprehensive surface transportation system (H.R. 2950), H8243 [23OC]

Veterans: expand services for post-traumatic stress disorder patients (H.R. 841), H1828 [19MR]

———health care programs (H.R. 2280), H5035 [25JN]

Water Quality Incentive Program: funding, H5178, H5179, H5180, H5181 [26JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H696 [24JA], H1846 [19MR], H2766 [2MY], H10542 [19NO]

Special order: exchanged, H10813 [21NO]

———granted, H1756 [13MR], H1846 [19MR], H9578 [7NO], H10840 [21NO]

Testimonies

Committee on Agriculture: Timber Legislation, D1342 [30OC]

Committee on Armed Services (House): Commission on Defense Base Closure and Realignment's Report and Recommendations, D952 [23JY]

———Military Construction Authorization Act (H.R. 1208), D360 [21MR]

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Wetlands Conservation, D1260 [16OC]

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Authorization of Postinterstate Surface Transportation Programs, D384 [10AP]

———Federal Water Pollution Control Act Reauthorization, D1260 [16OC]

———FEMA's Disaster Relief Program, D598 [15MY]

Committee on Rules: Making Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief and Incremental Costs for Operation Desert Shield (H.R. 3543), D1300 [23OC]

———National Comprehensive Surface Transportation System (H.R. 2950), D1040 [1AU]

Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House): Dept. of Veterans Affairs Budget, D173 [21FE]

Committee on Ways and Means: U.S. International Competitiveness, D909 [16JY]

Tributes

Stephenson, Stanley P., E3916 [19NO]

Wright, Harold, E296 [24JA]