OWENS, MAJOR R. (a Representative from New York)

Addresses

Libraries in America 2000: by, E2482-E2485 [11JY]

Analyses

Education Programs for Disabled (H.R. 3053), H6408-H6410 [11SE]

Improve Education (H.R. 3458), H7160 [1OC]

Articles and editorials

Amnesty Accuses Britain of Human Rights Abuses, Glenn Frankel, Washington (DC) Post, E2231 [17JN]

Deteriorating Haitian Situation Punctuated by Washington's Compliance With Economic Sanctions, Catherine Ross, E3707 [5NO]

Many Public Libraries Suffer Major Blows in Local Budget Crises, James S. Hirsch, Wall Street Journal, H2346-H2348 [17AP]

Philosophical Foundation for Set-Asides, by, Point of View (publication), H8343 [23OC]

Short Sentence for a High Flier, Washington (DC) Post, E1636 [7MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

BLS: report certain statistics by congressional districts (see H.R. 577, H604 [18JA])

Children and youth: extend authorization for certain child abuse prevention and adoption programs (see H.R. 2720, H4866 [20JN])

Disabled: reauthorize and extend Rehabilitation Act programs (see H.R. 2127, H2570 [29AP])

———strengthen education programs (see H.R. 3053, H5909 [25JY])

Education: assist volunteers protecting students and employees of educational institutions from crime (see H.R. 545, H529 [16JA])

———assistance to minority college students (see H.R. 3189, H6317 [1AU])

———deny funding to programs that allow corporal punishment (see H.R. 1522, H1913 [20MR])

———improve (see H.R. 3458, H7198 [1OC])

———national policy to reduce illiteracy and improve mathematics and science skills (see H.R. 4014, H11888 [26NO])

Elections: fair and nonpartisan administration (see H.R. 578, H605 [18JA])

Employment: constitutional amendment relative to right to work opportunity (see H.J. Res. 65, H195 [10JA])

Federal aid programs: housing, education, and employment grants to urban and rural communities (see H.R. 501, H385 [11JA])

Financial institutions: random drug testing programs for federally insured institutions (see H.R. 499, H385 [11JA])

Food: restore benefits under the dependent care program to adolescent youth (see H.R. 544, H529 [16JA])

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

House Rules: amend relative to debate on major policy issues (see H. Res. 28, H195 [10JA])

Information services: public access (see H.R. 3459, H7198 [1OC])

Kidnaping: eliminate effect of the parental exception in cases in violation of valid custody orders (see H.R. 579, H605 [18JA])

Labor unions: provide for fair and expeditious representation elections (see H.R. 503, H385 [11JA])

Library of Congress: appointment guidelines for the Librarian of Congress (see H.R. 546, H529 [16JA])

National Institute for the Education of At-Risk Students: establish (see H.R. 2467, H3623 [23MY])

NLRB: improve procedure for appointing members (see H.R. 502, H385 [11JA])

Postal Service: disclosure of certain information relative to the solicitation of charitable contributions by mail (see H.R. 580, H605 [18JA])

South Africa: grant asylum to individuals refusing to serve in the South African Army (see H. Con. Res. 24, H195 [10JA])

Youth Opportunities Unlimited Program: establish (see H.R. 196, H59 [3JA])

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Abandoned Infants Assistance Act: revise and extend programs (see H.R. 2722, H6387 [2AU])

Abortion: make FDA import alert on RU-486 ineffective (see H.R. 875, H2188 [15AP])

Advertising: regulation of environmental marketing claims (see H.R. 1408, H2262 [16AP])

Aeronautics: child safety restraint systems (see H.R. 2063, H2686 [1MY])

AFDC: effectiveness of alternative methods for delivering services under the JOBS Program (see H.R. 995, H1077 [20FE])

Africa: protection of human rights and economic development in the Horn of Africa (see H.R. 1454, H1774 [14MR])

African Americans: capital financing for historically black colleges and universities (see H.R. 1503, H2812 [7MY])

———economic and social impact of slavery (see H.R. 1684, H2134 [10AP])

Agriculture: protection for veal calves (see H.R. 252, H1849 [19MR])

AIDS Disability Advisory Panel: establish (see H.R. 2299, H2952 [9MY])

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

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

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

American Hispanic Literature Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 244, H2768 [2MY])

Animal Rights Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 254, H3495 [22MY])

Animals: development of ophthalmic testing procedures that do not require the use of animal test subjects (see H. Con. Res. 65, H3710 [29MY])

———humane treatment (see H.R. 3252, H6602 [16SE])

Armed Forces: allow claims for damages from certain negligent medical care (see H.R. 3407, H6878 [25SE])

———earned income tax credit for military families overseas (see H.R. 1677, H2108 [9AP])

———loss of earnings due to service in Middle East (see H.R. 695, H892 [5FE])

———payment of health care expenses for certain members relative to entitlement to medicare benefits (see H.R. 467, H4215 [10JN])

———report on family policies learned from Persian Gulf conflict (see H.R. 1706, H5514 [16JY])

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

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, H2538 [24AP])

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

Basketball Centennial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 372, H11115 [23NO])

Bicentennial of the District of Columbia Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 356, H8335 [23OC])

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, H6798 [24SE])

Braille Literacy Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 353, H8101 [17OC])

Budget: discretionary spending limits (see H.R. 3732, H9579 [7NO])

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

Buffalo Soldiers Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 237, H5212 [26JN])

Bureau of Labor Statistics: time use surveys of unremunerated work and calculate the monetary value of such work (see H.R. 3625, H8494 [24OC])

Buy American Act: prohibit Sec. of Defense from granting waiver (see H.R. 1238, H2086 [22MR])

California: designate certain desert lands as wilderness (see H.R. 2929, H7863 [15OC])

Census: decennial (see H.R. 3280, H6540 [12SE])

———ensure accuracy of population counts (see H.R. 90, H386 [11JA])

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

Children and youth: Federal funding for food for low-income children in day care (see H.R. 1460, H1786 [18MR])

———hearing loss testing for newborns (see H.R. 2089, H5300 [9JY])

———summer camp program for low-income youths (see H.R. 2555, H5596 [17JY])

China, People's Republic of: prohibit importation of goods made with forced labor (see H.R. 2744, H5818 [24JY])

China, Republic of: U.N. membership (see H. Con. Res. 210, H10932 [22NO])

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, H3150 [15MY])

———exemption of Wards Cove Packing Co. employees (H.R. 3748) (see H.R. 3748, H10269 [14NO])

———restore and strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (see H.R. 1, H1474 [7MR])

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])

Colleges and universities: improve libraries (see H.R. 3181, H6316 [1AU])

———participation of historically Black colleges and universities in federally funded research and development activities (see H.R. 3219, H11892 [26NO])

———sexual assaults on campuses (see H.R. 2363, H5341 [10JY])

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

Commodore John Barry Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 166, H5651 [18JY])

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

CPSC: toy labeling (see H.R. 1723, H2538 [24AP])

Crime: national policy to control crime against women (see H.R. 1502, H2137 [10AP])

Crime Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 303, H5746 [23JY])

Crimes and criminals: procedures for the discontinuance of mobile radio services to drug traffickers (see H.R. 291, H78 [4JA])

Death Valley, Joshua Tree, and Mojave National Parks: establish (see H.R. 2929, H7863 [15OC])

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

Developing countries: integration of women into national growth process (see H.R. 1360, H1473 [7MR])

Disabled: rights and privileges of deaf or hearing-impaired individuals who depend on hearing dogs (see H.R. 2778, H5342 [10JY])

Disasters: include in telephone directories important information relative to natural disaster survival techniques (see H. Con. Res. 101, H5342 [10JY])

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

———require States to enact breast cancer information programs (see H.R. 382, H9043 [1NO])

District of Columbia: establish an equitable annual Federal payment (see H.R. 2123, H3150 [15MY])

Drug abuse: crime-free schools and communities relative to National Diffusion Network (see H.R. 3057, H6194 [31JY])

Drugs: prevention of substance abuse and drug-related crime (see H.R. 2287, H2952 [9MY])

Earth Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 144, H2181 [11AP])

Ecology and environment: conservation of biological diversity (see H.R. 585, H1456 [6MR])

Education: authorize grant to the national writing project (see H.R. 667, H4437 [12JN])

———enhance literacy and basic skills of adults (see H.R. 751, H824 [30JA])

———establish a Teacher Opportunity Corps (see H.R. 2938, H6457 [11SE])

———establish summer science academies for certain talented students (see H.R. 775, H5211 [26JN])

———financial assistance to urban areas (see H.R. 1669, H2107 [9AP])

———grant program for support services to at-risk youth (see H.R. 812, H5818 [24JY])

———grants for medical graduate study to benefit economically disadvantaged communities (see H.R. 2970, H9581 [7NO])

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

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

———provide opportunities for low-income students (see H.R. 2350, H3148 [15MY])

Education Day, U.S.A.: designate (see H.J. Res. 104, H1418 [5MR])

Edwards, Ralph: relief (see H.R. 1918, H2769 [2MY])

EEOC: modify authority relative to discrimination claims by Federal employees (see H.R. 1342, H1472 [7MR])

El Salvador: military assistance (see H.R. 3845, H11893 [26NO])

———withhold military assistance (see H.R. 1346, H2180 [11AP])

Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 1177, H5910 [25JY]; H.R. 3750, H9700 [12NO])

———participation in debates by any candidate receiving public campaign financing (see H.R. 791, H1326 [28FE])

Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 109, H2181 [11AP])

Employment: electronic monitoring in the workplace (see H.R. 1218, H1325 [28FE])

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

Ending Hunger Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 321, H6384 [2AU])

Energy conservation: promote (see H. Con. Res. 18, H2539 [24AP])

EPA: benefit eligibility of individuals or businesses relative to violation of certain environmental laws (see H.R. 3271, H6383 [2AU])

Executive departments: study discriminatory wage practices (see H.R. 386, H1417 [5MR])

Fair Labor Standards Act: clarify application (see H.R. 1237, H2902 [8MY])

Families and domestic relations: improve child welfare, foster care, and adoption services (see H.R. 2571, H8188 [22OC])

———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])

Family and domestic relations: protection of rights of persons in guardianship proceedings (see H.R. 800, H5050 [25JN])

FCC: establish an ethnic and minority affairs section (see H.R. 2715, H5596 [17JY])

———promote diversity in media ownership, management, and programming (see H.R. 289, H78 [4JA])

Federal employees: early retirement requirements (see H.R. 1820, H2260 [16AP])

———extend certain civil service retirement benefits to certain INS, Customs Service, and IRS employees (see H.R. 793, H1915 [20MR])

———restore the 3-year basis recovery rule relative to certain annuities for income tax purposes (see H.R. 576, H6385 [2AU])

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

———limit the amount of deposit insurance for certain deposits of nonprofit tax-exempt organizations (see H.R. 754, H824 [30JA])

———locations in distressed neighborhoods (see H.R. 2909, H8496 [24OC])

Firearms: prohibit handguns unsuitable for lawful sporting purposes (see H.R. 1770, H2188 [15AP])

———prohibit import of certain assault weapons (see H.R. 1559, H3280 [20MY])

———waiting period before the purchase of a handgun (see H.R. 7, H53 [3JA])

Foreign countries: prohibit importation of goods made with forced labor (see H.R. 2743, H5818 [24JY])

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

Foreign trade: improve sanctions against foreign persons exporting items to countries violating U.N. Security Council resolutions (see H.R. 652, H2769 [2MY])

———procedures for implementing trade agreements (see H. Res. 101, H2539 [24AP])

Freedom National Bank of New York: provision of adequate depository services (see H.R. 482, H512 [15JA])

Freedom of Information Act: improve public access to Government information (see H.R. 1423, H2470 [23AP])

Freedom of religion: protect (see H.R. 2797, H5210 [26JN])

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

Geography Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 201, H2394 [18AP])

Girl Scouts of the United States of America 80th Anniversary Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 343, H7802 [10OC])

Gray, William H., III: tribute (see H. Res. 220, H6539 [12SE])

GSA: installation of bicycle racks or lockers at Federal office buildings (see H.R. 2812, H6602 [16SE])

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

Haiti: military overthrow of Government and suspend the forced return of nationals in the U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 220, H11893 [26NO])

———protection of Haitians in the U.S. pending the resumption of democratic rule (see H.R. 3844, H10841 [21NO])

———support democracy (see H. Res. 235, H7313 [2OC])

Hazardous substances: lead-based paint abatement (see H.R. 2922, H7649 [8OC])

———reduce human exposure to lead (see H.R. 2840, H6457 [11SE])

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 2530, H5451 [15JY])

———require physicians who perform silicone gel implants to provide certain information to patients (see H.R. 1422, H6194 [31JY])

Health care facilities: criminal penalties for interfering with access (see H.R. 1703, H2135 [10AP])

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

———opportunities for low-income and minority students (see H.R. 3244, H6382 [2AU])

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

Homosexuality: prohibit discrimination based on affectional or sexual orientation (see H.R. 1430, H1758 [13MR])

House of Representatives: ensure that the stationery used is made from recycled paper (see H. Res. 245, H7801 [10OC])

———establish lighting efficiency program for office buildings (see H. Res. 115, H2137 [10AP])

Housing: construction and revitalization of public units (see H.R. 853, H4550 [13JN])

———protect residential tenants from unnecessary eviction by the Resolution Trust Corp. (see H.R. 320, H79 [4JA])

Hunger: alleviate conditions (see H.R. 2258, H6457 [11SE])

———ensure adequate diet for all Americans (see H.R. 1202, H2109 [9AP])

Hunting and trapping: eliminate the use of steel jaw leghold traps on animals (see H.R. 1354, H1473 [7MR])

Immigration: employer sanctions and unfair employment practices relative to certain immigration laws (see H.R. 3366, H6690 [19SE])

Income: wage adjustments for prevailing rate employees (see H.R. 786, H1417 [5MR])

Income tax: include organ donation information with individual return payments (see H.R. 993, H1671 [12MR])

India: terminate economic assistance pending human rights organization monitoring (see H.R. 953, H1417 [5MR])

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

Insurance: coverage for pregnant women and children through employment-based insurance and a State-based health plan (see H.R. 3393, H6797 [24SE])

———life insurance contracts of terminally ill individuals (see H.R. 134, H606 [18JA])

International Parental Child Abduction Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 266, H5433 [11JY])

Investments: deposit insurance for deferred compensation plans of State and local governments and nonprofit organizations (see H.R. 2298, H5341 [10JY])

Iraq: payment of reparations to Israel following the conclusion of Operation Desert Shield (see H. Con. Res. 91, H1916 [20MR])

Ireland, Northern: U.S. adherence with MacBride Principles relative to business dealings (see H.R. 856, H988 [6FE])

Irish-American Heritage Month: establish (see H.J. Res. 350, H8497 [24OC])

Italian-American Heritage and Culture Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 260, H7551 [7OC])

Japan: racial remarks by government officials (see H. Con. Res. 72, H1137 [21FE])

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

Job Training Partnership Act: amend Job Corps provisions (see H.R. 1364, H2902 [8MY])

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: authorize Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity to establish a memorial in D.C. (see H.J. Res. 159, H1325 [28FE])

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

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

Local government: Federal payments for public needs assistance (see H.R. 3601, H8187 [22OC])

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

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

Marine mammals: detrimental impact due to purse seine fishing for tuna (see H.R. 261, H1417 [5MR])

Martin Luther King, Jr., Federal Holiday Commission: increase appropriations, personnel, and pay rates (see H.R. 2215, H2768 [2MY])

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

Mass transit: grants to private nonprofit corporations and associations for elderly and handicapped transportation expenses (see H.R. 2804, H5745 [23JY])

Medicaid: 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])

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

———regulations relative to certain contributions, taxes, and transfers toward State expenditures (see H.R. 3550, H8496 [24OC])

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

———deadlines for claim submission (see H.R. 1467, H3625 [23MY])

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

———home care and extended care services coverages (see H.R. 1200, H8335 [23OC])

———penalty for late enrollment (see H.R. 1335, H5300 [9JY])

Medicare/medicaid: cost-sharing availability between programs (see H.R. 3473, H9494 [6NO])

Mental health: State services for children (see H.R. 1197, H2375 [17AP])

Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 156, H6318 [1AU])

Middle East: multinational diplomatic solution to conflict with Iraq (see H.J. Res. 48, H84 [4JA])

Motion pictures: observe anniversary of moviemaking and the contributions of the American Film Institute (see H. Con. Res. 161, H3804 [3JN])

Motor vehicles: liability and insurance policies of rental car companies (see H.R. 1293, H5432 [11JY])

———national safety belt and motorcycle helmet use requirements (see H.R. 1782, H2602 [30AP])

National Accessible Housing Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 326, H7107 [30SE])

National Adoption Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 364, H10366 [18NO])

National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center: construct national training center (see H.R. 1960, H6386 [2AU])

National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 198, H7726 [9OC])

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

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 257, H6387 [2AU])

National Campus Crime and Security Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 142, H5211 [26JN])

National Cancer Institute: breast cancer research funding (see H.R. 381, H6385 [2AU])

National Children's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 183, H2565 [25AP])

National Collegiate Athletic Association: regulatory activities relative to sports interstate commerce (see H.R. 2157, H2769 [2MY])

National Convenience Store Appreciation Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 294, H5979 [29JY])

National Crime Victims' Rights Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 171, H1416 [5MR])

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

National Desert Storm Reservists Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 231, H2770 [2MY])

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

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

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

National Ellis Island Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 130, H1024 [19FE])

National Employ the Older Worker Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 133, H1418 [5MR])

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

National Family Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 23, H1671 [12MR])

National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 87, H1915 [20MR])

National Foster Care Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 154, H1280 [27FE])

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

National health plan: establish (see H.R. 1300, H2394 [18AP])

National Hero Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 185, H3150 [15MY])

National Historically Black Colleges Week: designate (see H.R. 102, H1457 [6MR])

National Home Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 175, H7381 [3OC])

National Huntington's Disease Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 56, H2903 [8MY])

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

National Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 252, H5516 [16JY])

National Law Enforcement Memorial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 123, H2109 [9AP])

National Law Enforcement Training Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 191, H5212 [26JN])

National Literacy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 259, H3494 [22MY])

National Minority Organ Donor Encouragement Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 229, H2393 [18AP])

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

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 72, H386 [11JA])

National Physical Fitness and Sports Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 120, H2470 [23AP])

National Pornography Victims Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 349, H9044 [1NO])

National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 284, H6676 [17SE])

National Radon Action Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 67, H5433 [11JY])

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, H8189 [22OC])

National Red Ribbon Week for a Drug-Free America: designate (see H.J. Res. 340, H7815 [11OC])

National Rehabilitation Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 95, H2188 [15AP])

National Sarcoidosis Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 309, H5650 [18JY])

National School Attendance Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 288, H6388 [2AU])

National Scleroderma Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 219, H2687 [1MY])

National Senior Citizens Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 181, H2181 [11AP])

National Senior Nutrition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 141, H2686 [1MY])

National Tourism Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 103, H2470 [23AP])

National Trauma Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 300, H6139 [30JY])

National Visiting Nurse Associations Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 212, H6458 [11SE])

National Walk For Health and Fitness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 170, H2087 [22MR])

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, H3150 [15MY])

New York: tricentennial anniversary of establishment of Supreme Court of New York (see H. Con. Res. 143, H2783 [6MY])

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

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

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

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

Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act: Federal-State funding ratio for certain formula grants (see H.R. 1707, H4867 [20JN])

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

Paine, Thomas: establish monument in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 1628, H5211 [26JN])

Pediatric AIDS Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 91, H1476 [7MR])

Pensions: civil service retirement credit relative to work performed under certain Federal-State cooperative programs (see H.R. 1653, H2085 [22MR])

———provide nonforfeitable benefits to participants of certain terminated plans (see H.R. 824, H1138 [21FE])

Petroleum: export restrictions (see H.R. 677, H2016 [21MR])

Pharmaceuticals: approval of drugs for individuals suffering from life-threatening of debilitating illness (see H.R. 2872, H6799 [24SE])

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

Population: funding for international control assistance (see H.R. 1110, H1161 [26FE])

Postal Service: mail delivery standards (see H.R. 676, H2136 [10AP])

Power resources: encourage alternative fuels use and research in transportation sector (see H.R. 2866, H9700 [12NO])

———energy conservation program (see H.R. 1196, H2137 [10AP])

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

Public buildings: testing and remediation of radon contamination in schools (see H.R. 1794, H2602 [30AP])

Public Health Service: establish a Substance Abuse Treatment Corps (see H.R. 2027, H2469 [23AP])

Public Health Service Act: family planning counseling (see H.R. 392, H82 [4JA])

Ralph H. Metcalfe Federal Building, Chicago, IL: designate (see H.R. 1779, H3160 [16MY])

Recycling: improve collection of information that promotes the recycling of municipal solid waste (see H.R. 828, H2136 [10AP])

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

———treatment of scrap tires (see H.R. 871, H2565 [25AP])

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

Refuse disposal: develop, assist, and stabilize recycling markets (see H.R. 2746, H5979 [29JY])

———protect the used oil recycling system and establish used oil management standards (see H.R. 1411, H6456 [11SE])

———reduce use of toxic chemicals (see H.R. 2880, H7200 [1OC])

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

Research: nonanimal acute toxicity testing by Federal Government (see H.R. 3918, H11288 [25NO])

Resolution Trust Corp.: audit of operations and financial condition (see H.R. 3055, H6457 [11SE])

———limit authority to abrogate residential tenant contracts and leases (see H.R. 2244, H2811 [7MY])

Roads and highways: landscaping and scenic enhancement along Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 2717, H5818 [24JY])

———limit advertising adjacent to interstate and Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 1344, H2137 [10AP])

Savings and loan associations: establish a private firm to assist in recovering assets from failed institutions (see H.R. 745, H824 [30JA])

———investigation and prosecution of criminal activity (see H. Res. 107, H6139 [30JY])

School Dropout Demonstration Assistance Act: extend authorization (see H.R. 2313, H3035 [14MY])

Science: promote dissemination of biomedical information and prevent duplication of live animal experiments (see H.R. 1389, H1668 [12MR])

Senior citizens: expand the preventive health services program (see H.R. 1739, H2178 [11AP])

Ships and vessels: equity of revenue availability and regulation of gambling (see H.R. 3282, H7726 [9OC])

Small business: development of microenterprises (see H.R. 288, H6539 [12SE])

Smithsonian Institution: establish National African American Museum (see H.R. 1246, H1414 [5MR])

Social Security: benefit formula computation rules (see H.R. 917, H2262 [16AP])

———earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 967, H1671 [12MR])

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

———payment for physicians' services (see H.R. 3070, H6879 [25SE])

———reduction in payments to spouses and surviving spouses who are receiving certain Government pensions (see H.R. 53, H6675 [17SE])

Solid waste: regulation of export and import into the U.S. of hazardous waste (see H.R. 2580, H4098 [6JN])

South Africa: ban loans and investments by U.S. corporations (see H.R. 1111, H1161 [26FE])

———U.S. sanctions (see H. Con. Res. 126, H2261 [16AP])

South America: provide special benefits for the Andean nations (see H.R. 661, H6456 [11SE])

Soviet Union: most-favored-nation status (see H. Con. Res. 162, H6388 [2AU])

States: taxation of nonresidents pension income (see H.R. 431, H6138 [30JY])

Taxation: clarify treatment of certain Federal financial assistance provided to savings and loan institutions (see H.R. 1135, H1787 [18MR])

———deduction for interest on educational loans (see H.R. 747, H2180 [11AP])

———deductions for adoption expenses (see H.R. 1515, H5050 [25JN])

———designation of payments by taxpayers to nonmilitary programs (see H.R. 1870, H2373 [17AP])

———exclusion for employee educational assistance (see H.R. 127, H2180 [11AP])

———income tax liability designation for funding of Operation Desert Storm (see H.R. 1227, H2086 [22MR])

———increase amount of the exemption for children under age 18 (see H.R. 1277, H3280 [20MY])

———limit ability of taxpayers to deduct costs of cleaning up oil and hazardous substances spills (see H.R. 1539, H2262 [16AP])

———low-income housing credit (see H.R. 413, H6539 [12SE])

———make permanent the exclusion for group legal service plans (see H.R. 187, H2375 [17AP])

———penalty-free withdrawals from retirement plans by displaced workers (see H.R. 2303, H5432 [11JY])

———permanently extend qualified mortgage bonds (see H.R. 1067, H5267 [27JN])

———recomputations of depreciation determined under the income forecast method (see H.R. 2748, H6387 [2AU])

———rental housing for low- and moderate-income families (see H.R. 3874, H10930 [22NO])

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

———standing mileage rate deduction for charitable use of passenger automobiles (see H.R. 1506, H2262 [16AP])

———targeted jobs credit (see H.R. 565, H4186 [7JN])

———treatment of educational loans and scholarships (see H.R. 394, H6385 [2AU])

Telecommunications: research, design, and manufacturing of equipment (see H.R. 1527, H4612 [18JN])

Temporary Child Care for Children With Disabilities and Crisis Nurseries Act: extend programs (see H.R. 3034, H6387 [2AU])

Tobacco products: restrict U.S. activities relative to foreign laws regulating marketing (see H.R. 2781, H5433 [11JY])

———restrictions on labeling and advertising on cigarette exports (see H.R. 2779, H5433 [11JY])

Tourist trade: assist growth of U.S. travel industry (see H.R. 418, H6385 [2AU])

U.N.: drift net fishery conservation program (see H.R. 2152, H2601 [30AP])

———penalties for violating international sanctions against Iraq (see H.R. 1649, H2137 [10AP])

———repeal General Assembly Resolution 3379 (see H.J. Res. 195, H2137 [10AP])

Utah: designate certain Federal lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1500, H1912 [20MR])

Vermont Bicentennial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 132, H1081 [20FE])

Veterans: allow disability compensation concurrently with retirement pay (see H.R. 303, H111 [9JA])

———burial plot allowances (see H.R. 103, H1080 [20FE])

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

———improve benefits and services for military personnel serving during the Persian Gulf war (see H.R. 908, H1670 [12MR])

———service pensions for World War I veterans (see H.R. 1918, H2769 [2MY])

Volunteer workers: immunity from civil liability for certain individuals working for nonprofit organizations and governmental entities (see H.R. 911, H6539 [12SE])

Weapons: prohibit the importation, manufacture, and sale of certain firearms (see H.R. 3104, H7200 [1OC])

Wildlife refuges: limit killing of wildlife (see H.R. 330, H5341 [10JY])

Women: encourage a broader range of job training and placement (see H.R. 906, H2086 [22MR])

———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 Food Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 230, H6602 [16SE])

World Population Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 261, H7981 [16OC])

World War II: contributions of Federal civilian employees during the attack on Pearl Harbor (see H.J. Res. 368, H11893 [26NO])

———contributions of the people of Guam and Hawaii (see H. Res. 293, H11894 [26NO])

———establish in the District of Columbia a memorial to veterans (see H.R. 1624, H4187 [7JN])

———Federal retirement credit for Cadet Nurse Corps service (see H.R. 1752, H8496 [24OC])

———issue 50th anniversary commemorative coin (see H.R. 1623, H4186 [7JN])

Youth: adolescent family life demonstration projects (see H.R. 1398, H1669 [12MR])

Communiques

Emergency Action to Prevent Retrogression and Collapse: National Citizens Commission on African-American Education, H6526 [12SE]

Factsheets

National Research and Education Network Activities, H2345 [17AP]

Guidelines

Emergency Mobilization for Education—Basic Steps: National Citizens Commission on African-American Education, H6527 [12SE]

Letters

National Library Week: President Bush, H2344 [17AP]

Silvio O. Conte: Eileen D. Cooke, H1243 [27FE]

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

Poems

``Beware of the Welfare Kings'', E4092 [26NO]

``Confused News on the State of the Union'', E356 [30JA]

``FBI Is Living a Lie'', E1636 [7MY]

``Hooray for the Whips'', E3108 [23SE]

``Seidman, Stay Home'', E4078 [26NO]

``Seventy Billion Dollar Robbery'', E3991 [22NO]

``Washington Bacchanal of Trivia'', E3352 [9OC]

``We Have Won Already,'' by, E91 [7JA]

Proposals

New York State community reinvestment fund: by, H9135 [4NO]

Remarks by, on

Abandoned Infants Assistance Act: revise and extend programs (H.R. 2722), H10557 [19NO]

African Americans: status in U.S., H6524 [12SE]

American Educational Research Association: anniversary, E1097 [22MR]

Black History Month: observance, H1210 [27FE]

Budget: defense versus social programs, E355 [30JA]

———revising 1991 and setting forth the Federal budget for 1992-96 (H. Con. Res. 121), H2242 [16AP]

Canada: free trade extension of Presidential fast-track negotiating authority, H3268 [20MY]

Children and youth: emergency funding for aid programs, H8624 [29OC]

———extend authorization for certain child abuse prevention and adoption programs (H.R. 2720), H5287, H5288 [9JY]

Civil Rights Act: restore and strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (H.R. 1), H3629 [29MY], H3850, H3888 [4JN]

———unlimited compensation for certain violations relative to discrimination in employment, H3888 [4JN]

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H10821 [21NO]

Contracts: awarding to disadvantaged businesses, H8343 [23OC]

Dept. of Defense: making supplemental appropriations for personnel expenditures relative to Operation Desert Shield and other urgent domestic programs (H.R. 1281), H1487 [7MR]

———news media coverage restrictions relative to Operation Desert Storm, H769, H771 [29JA]

Disabled: reauthorize and extend Rehabilitation Act programs (H.R. 2127), H3169, H3170 [20MY], E1489 [29AP]

———strengthen education programs (H.R. 3053), H6408 [11SE], E2715 [25JY]

Disasters: making supplemental appropriations for relief (H.R. 3543), H8624 [29OC]

Domestic policy: social service reforms, E3107 [23SE]

Drug abuse: crime-free schools and communities relative to National Diffusion Network (H.R. 3057), H6416 [11SE]

Education: deny funding to programs that allow corporal punishment (H.R. 1522), E1032 [21MR]

———improve (H.R. 3458), H7160 [1OC]

———national policy to reduce illiteracy and improve mathematics and science skills, H5974-H5977 [29JY]

Educational Resources Information Center: anniversary, E1467 [25AP]

Employment: entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (H.R. 2), H9749, H9765 [13NO]

Financial institutions: recapitalize the Federal deposit insurance fund and reform the regulatory and service systems (H.R. 6), H9131-H9136 [4NO]

Firearms: establish national hotline to check on prospective handgun buyers, H2868 [8MY]

———waiting period before the purchase of a handgun (H.R. 7), H2868 [8MY]

Foreign trade: extension of Presidential fast-track negotiating authority, H3266 [20MY]

———procedures for implementing trade agreements (H. Res. 101), H3577 [23MY]

Haiti: military overthrow of Government, E3214 [2OC]

———military overthrow of Government and suspend the forced return of nationals in the U.S. (H. Con. Res. 220), H10259, H10263 [14NO]

———refugee status of citizens, H10815, H10816, H10818, H10819, H10820 [21NO]

———support democracy, H7663 [9OC], E3707 [5NO]

House of Representatives: legislative program, H943, H944 [6FE]

Information services: public access (H.R. 3459), E3241-E3244 [3OC]

Labor unions: prevent discrimination based on participation in disputes (H.R. 5), H2073-H2075 [22MR], H5455 [16JY], H5540 [17JY]

Lucas, Jim: Dr. I Fund Foundation's Man of the Year Award recipient, E614 [25FE]

Middle East: congressional approval of military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq, E233 [18JA]

———military action by Iraq against Israel (H. Con. Res. 41), H661 [23JA]

———military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq, H254, H337 [11JA]

———multinational diplomatic solution to conflict with Iraq, H114 [10JA], E91 [7JA]

———multinational military action against Iraq, H938-H940, H943, H955 [6FE]

National Library Week: observance, H2343, H2344 [17AP]

New York, NY: tribute to Bedford-Stuyvesant Magnolia Tree Earth Center, E2660 [23JY]

News media: focus of political attention toward domestic programs, E3352 [9OC]

North American Free-Trade Agreement: impact on employment issues, H3267 [20MY]

Operation Desert Shield: making appropriations for incremental costs (H.R. 3543), H8624 [29OC]

Resolution Trust Corp.: funding (H.R. 1315), H1585 [12MR], H1731, H1732, H1733 [13MR]

Savings and loan associations: bailout, E3991 [22NO], E4092 [26NO]

———investigation and prosecution of criminal activity, H4564 [18JN], E1636 [7MY]

Special order: granted, H2600 [30AP]

Temporary Child Care for Children With Disabilities and Crisis Nurseries Act: extend programs (H.R. 3034), H6417 [11SE]

Transportation: establish a national comprehensive surface transportation system (H.R. 2950), H8343 [23OC]

Unemployment: emergency compensation, H8370, H8371, H8372, H8376, H8379 [23OC], H8668 [30OC]

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: human rights violations, E2230 [17JN]

White House Conference on Libraries and Information Services: Library Compact, E2460 [9JY]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H1908 [20MR], H2569 [29AP], H4554 [17JN], H5289 [9JY], H5337 [10JY], H5907 [25JY], H9143 [4NO], H10928 [22NO]

Special order: granted, H47 [3JA], H194 [10JA], H710 [28JA], H1020 [19FE], H1160 [26FE], H1756 [13MR], H2104 [9AP], H2960 [13MY], H3707 [29MY], H4282 [11JN], H4554 [17JN], H4943 [24JN], H5297 [9JY], H5907 [25JY], H5977 [29JY], H6673 [17SE], H7979 [16OC], H10516, H10542 [19NO]

Resolutions by organizations

Library Compact: Friends of Libraries USA, E2460 [9JY]

Statements

Christian Sermon on Peace: Martin Luther King, Jr., H337 [11JA]

Library Compact: Lakeea Lowry, E2460 [9JY]

Vision and Purpose: National Citizens Commission on African-American Education, H6525 [12SE]

Summaries

Depts. of Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Recommendations: American Library Association, H2344 [17AP]

Testimonies

Committee on the Judiciary (House): Cuban and Haitian Immigration, D1475 [20NO]

Committee on the Judiciary (Senate): Nomination of Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court, D1120 [19SE]

Texts of

H.R. 1522, deny funding to educational programs that allow corporal punishment, E1033 [21MR]

H.R. 3459, Improvement of Information Access Act, E3244 [3OC]

Tributes

Conte, Silvio O., H1242 [27FE]

Davis, Miles D., III, H7718 [9OC]

Papp, Joseph, E3693 [4NO]

Seidman, L. William, E4077 [26NO]