PATTERSON, ELIZABETH J. (a Representative from South Carolina)

Appointments

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

Articles and editorials

Recycling Team—Coke, Hoechst Offer Refills on Bottling, Betsy Teter, Spartanburg (SC) Herald-Journal, H1679 [13MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Budget: reform process (see H.R. 1889, H2373 [17AP])

Elections: constitutional amendment relative to contributions and expenditures of congressional, Presidential, State, and local (see H.J. Res. 224, H2374 [17AP])

Tariff: phospholan (see H.R. 1888, H2373 [17AP])

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

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, H7380 [3OC])

Agriculture: grazing fees for domestic livestock on public rangelands (see H.R. 481, H606 [18JA])

Air Force Association: establish a memorial in the District of Columbia area (see H.R. 3627, H10842 [21NO])

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

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

Armed Forces: early delivery of certain benefit checks (see H.R. 803, H1759 [13MR])

———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])

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

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

Boats: fees for recreational vessels (see H.R. 534, H6385 [2AU])

Budget: consideration by Congress of Presidential proposals to rescind amounts of authority (see H.R. 2164, H2684 [1MY])

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 248, H2901 [8MY]; H.J. Res. 290, H5298 [9JY])

———reduction of overhead expenditures (see H. Con. Res. 96, H2182 [11AP])

———reform process (see H.R. 298, H78 [4JA])

Buy American Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 299, H5819 [24JY])

Capital punishment: imposition for certain killings of Federal law enforcement officers (see H.R. 1421, H1757 [13MR])

Centennial of Concrete Paving in America Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 324, H6799 [24SE])

Children and youth: infant mortality relative to the availability of health care services to pregnant women (see H.R. 3089, H6137 [30JY])

China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (see H.R. 2212, H3150 [15MY])

———release of Wang Juntao and Chen Ziming from prison (see H. Res. 228, H6798 [24SE])

Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation: establish (see H.R. 500, H1670 [12MR])

Coins: mint and circulate $1 coin (see H.R. 1245, H7199 [1OC])

———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, H1670 [12MR])

Committee on Hunger (Select): establish (see H. Res. 11, H62 [3JA])

Committee on the Organization of Congress (Joint): establish (see H. Con. Res. 192, H8497 [24OC])

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

Crime: national policy to control crime against women (see H.R. 1502, H5514 [16JY])

———provide restitution to victims (see H.R. 1809, H4612 [18JN])

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.R. 1187, H2394 [18AP])

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: designate Hugh Davis Memorial Wing at the medical center in Salem, VA (see H.R. 175, H5910 [25JY])

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

Developing countries: promote development of microenterprises (see H.R. 1608, H6940 [26SE])

Diseases: ovarian cancer research (see H.R. 148, H891 [5FE])

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

Dutch-American Heritage Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 177, H8663 [29OC])

Dyslexia Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 73, H713 [28JA])

Earth Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 144, H2087 [22MR])

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

———improve counseling services for elementary school students (see H.R. 840, H3495 [22MY])

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

Employment: electronic monitoring in the workplace (see H.R. 1218, H1475 [7MR])

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

FCC: prevent fraudulent changes in telephone customer selections of long-distance carriers (see H.R. 975, H1787 [18MR])

———prevent the loss of existing spectrum to the amateur radio service (see H.R. 73, H1474 [7MR])

Federal employees: early delivery of certain annuities checks (see H.R. 802, H1759 [13MR])

———extend certain civil service retirement benefits to certain INS, Customs Service, and IRS employees (see H.R. 793, H854 [4FE])

———voluntary participation in the political process (see H.R. 20, H1342 [4MR])

Federal Mine Safety and Health Act: early delivery of certain benefit checks (see H.R. 799, H1759 [13MR])

Financial institutions: limit liability on holdings in violation of certain environmental laws (see H.R. 1450, H2470 [23AP])

———prohibit Government agencies from assisting in covering foreign deposits (see H.R. 2511, H3804 [3JN])

Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act: extend the phase-in period under title XI (see H.R. 2115, H6457 [11SE])

Firearms: mandatory minimum sentences unlawful possession by convicted felons and illegal drug users (see H.R. 1719, H2769 [2MY])

Foreign trade: procedures for implementing trade agreements (see H. Res. 101, H2110 [9AP])

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

Forests: protection of biodiversity and restraint on clearcutting (see H.R. 1969, H6879 [25SE])

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

Franklin, Benjamin: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2448, H4016 [5JN])

Freedom of religion: protect (see H.R. 2797, H7381 [3OC])

FRS: modernize (see H.R. 1130, H7551 [7OC])

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

German-American Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 180, H1916 [20MR])

Girl Scouts of the United States of America 80th Anniversary Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 343, H9701 [12NO])

Government: elimination of waste (see H.R. 3816, H10723 [20NO])

———greater accountability for foreign travel (see H.R. 461, H2902 [8MY])

Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see H.J. Res. 58, H1139 [21FE])

Health: establish medical research alliance between Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs (see H.R. 111, H57 [3JA])

———sharing of medical care resources between the Dept. of Veterans Affairs and other Federal medical care providers (see H.R. 2824, H7107 [30SE])

Health care professionals: inform individuals about risks and complications associated with breast implant surgery (see H.R. 3783, H10280 [15NO])

Hire a Veteran Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 280, H7381 [3OC])

Hunger: alleviate conditions (see H.R. 2258, H7314 [2OC])

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

Iran: emancipation of the Bahai community (see H. Con. Res. 156, H6799 [24SE])

Iraq: release portion of frozen assets for UNICEF medical and humanitarian assistance to Iraqi citizens (see H. Con. Res. 168, H5300 [9JY])

Johnson, Henry: relief (see H.R. 3017, H6799 [24SE])

Korean War Veterans Remembrance Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 255, H3149 [15MY])

Kuwait: involvement of U.S. workers, firms, and products in rebuilding (see H. Res. 167, H5300 [9JY])

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

Law enforcement officers: educational assistance (see H.R. 3172, H6316 [1AU])

———increase numbers (see H.R. 3172, H6316 [1AU])

Lyme Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 138, H3625 [23MY])

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

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

Medicaid: cervical and breast cancer programs (see H.R. 1393, H1669 [12MR])

———Federal payments relative to State expenditures made from revenues derived from provider-specific taxes (see H.R. 3595, H7314 [2OC]; H. Con. Res. 208, H8662 [29OC])

———regulations relative to certain contributions, taxes, and transfers toward State expenditures (see H.R. 3550, H8189 [22OC])

Medicare: payment for interpretation of electrocardiograms (see H.R. 3373, H9701 [12NO])

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

Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 156, H1280 [27FE])

Middle East: allies' contribution to Operation Desert Shield (see H. Con. Res. 23, H783 [29JA])

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

Military Order of the World Wars: grant charter (see H.R. 3071, H6675 [17SE])

Miller, Dorris: relief (see H.R. 3018, H6799 [24SE])

Motor vehicles: corporate fuel economy standards (see H.R. 446, H2180 [11AP])

National Accessible Housing Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 326, H7981 [16OC])

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

National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 198, H3038 [14MY])

National Arbor Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 66, H1579 [11MR])

National Association of Women Veterans, Inc.: grant charter (see H.R. 2262, H5341 [10JY])

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

National Commission on Intergovernmental Mandate Reform: establish (see H.R. 3344, H6601 [16SE])

National Crime Victims' Rights Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 171, H1457 [6MR])

National Desert Storm Reservists Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 231, H2603 [30AP])

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 241, H6540 [12SE])

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

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

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 Hero Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 185, H2471 [23AP])

National Historically Black Colleges Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 102, H1081 [20FE])

National Home Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 175, H6721 [23SE])

National Hospice Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 153, H6690 [19SE])

National Military Families Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 215, H2178 [11AP])

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

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

National Philanthropy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 140, H7726 [9OC])

National Polio Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 211, H3710 [29MY])

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

National Radon Action Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 67, H6602 [16SE])

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, 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 Breakfast Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 98, H1281 [27FE])

National Tourism Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 103, H2375 [17AP])

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

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, H2903 [8MY])

Nuclear energy: standardize plant designs and improve the licensing and regulatory process (see H.R. 1184, H5665 [22JY])

Peace Corps: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 131, H1024 [19FE])

Pediatric AIDS Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 91, H2262 [16AP])

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

Polish American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 227, H6676 [17SE])

Pornography: protection of children and other victims (see H.R. 1768, H2188 [15AP])

Postal Service: mail delivery standards (see H.R. 676, H1670 [12MR])

Powell, Colin L.: authorize appointment to the grade of General of the Army (see H.R. 1052, H1162 [26FE])

President's Committee on Mental Retardation: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 307, H8189 [22OC])

Prices: computation of class I milk prices (see H.R. 1088, H1136 [21FE])

Public Health Service Act: family planning counseling (see H.R. 392, H5341 [10JY])

Public Pension Equity Restoration Act: enact (see H.R. 1348, H5341 [10JY])

Public welfare programs: coordination of services and removal of access restrictions of pregnant women, children, and families (see H.R. 4046, H11889 [26NO])

Railroad Retirement Act: early delivery of certain benefit checks (see H.R. 801, H1759 [13MR])

Real property: tax treatment under the limitations on losses from passive activities (see H.R. 1414, H6456 [11SE])

Recycled materials: promote research (see H.R. 300, H1080 [20FE])

Refuse disposal: improve State compacts providing for the establishment and operation of regional solid waste disposal facilities (see H.R. 116, H4867 [20JN])

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

Rural areas: crime and drug control (see H.R. 2959, H6602 [16SE])

Schwarzkopf, H. Norman, Jr.: authorize appointment to the grade of General of the Army (see H.R. 1052, H1162 [26FE])

———award a Congressional Gold Medal and produce bronze duplicates for public sale (see H.R. 1296, H1475 [7MR])

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

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

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

———scrap tire management and recovery program (see H.R. 3058, H11894 [26NO]; H.R. 3059, H11894 [26NO]

———State regulation of treatment, disposal, and other disposition (see H.R. 724, H2902 [8MY])

Sports: authorize minting of coins commemorating 1994 World Cup and provide a financial legacy to youth and amateur soccer (see H.R. 2801, H5515 [16JY])

Taxation: application of employer Social Security taxes to employees' cash tips (see H.R. 1472, H4550 [13JN])

———clarify that customer based, market share, and any similar intangible items are amortizable (see H.R. 1456, H6456 [11SE])

———deductions for decommissioning costs of nuclear powerplants (see H.R. 2012, H4099 [6JN])

———exclusion for employee educational assistance (see H.R. 127, H3036 [14MY])

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

———income from frozen Iraqi assets (see H.R. 135, H1138 [21FE])

———increase amount of the exemption for children under age 18 (see H.R. 1277, H5596 [17JY])

———individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1406, H6138 [30JY])

———low-income housing credit (see H.R. 413, H2136 [10AP])

———passbook savings accounts interest income (see H.R. 4067, H11889 [26NO])

———permanently extend qualified mortgage bonds (see H.R. 1067, H2262 [16AP])

———small issue bonds (see H.R. 1186, H11891 [26NO])

———targeted jobs credit (see H.R. 565, H6539 [12SE])

———treatment of amounts received by cooperative telephone companies indirectly from their members (see H.R. 1860, H4099 [6JN])

———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 payments made by electric utilities to customers to subsidize energy conservation services (see H.R. 1007, H5267 [27JN])

———withholding of income tax from wages paid for agricultural labor (see H.R. 924, H4098 [6JN])

Technology: regulation of audiotext (see H.R. 328, H80 [4JA])

Telecommunications: possession of beepers and pagers by persons under 21 years of age (see H.R. 1146, H1915 [20MR])

Telephones: regulate use for making commercial solicitations (see H.R. 1304, H3805 [3JN])

Textile industry and fabrics: use tariff revenues from imports of machinery to support modernization of textile machinery industry (see H.R. 713, H823 [30JA])

Trade Act: extend and enhance ``Super 301'' provisions (see H.R. 3702, H11894 [26NO])

U.N.: response to disaster and humanitarian emergencies (see H. Con. Res. 197, H6384 [2AU])

Vermont Bicentennial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 132, H1282 [27FE])

Veterans: amend regulations relative to education and employment programs (see H.R. 180, H854 [4FE])

———clarify protections relative to reemployment and reinstatement of health insurance (see H.R. 555, H782 [29JA])

———disability compensation for service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 3, H53 [3JA]; H.R. 1046, H5910 [25JY])

———eligibility to members of the Selected Reserve for the Veterans Home Loan Program (see H.R. 939, H5910 [25JY])

———enhance the dignity and personal freedom of patients in medical centers and nursing homes (see H.R. 3198, H10723 [20NO])

———health care programs (see H.R. 2280, H2952 [9MY])

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

———housing and memorial affairs programs (see H.R. 232, H854 [4FE]), H891 [5FE]

———improve benefits and services for military personnel serving during the Persian Gulf war (see H.R. 908, H1475 [7MR])

———improve capability to recruit and retain physicians and dentists for the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (see H.R. 598, H782 [29JA])

———improvements in compensation and pension programs (see H.R. 1047, H2136 [10AP])

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

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

Women's History Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 149, H1280 [27FE])

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, H6940 [26SE])

World War I: transfer existing American Legion, Inc. memorial to the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (see H.R. 154, H854 [4FE])

World War II: establish in the District of Columbia a memorial to veterans (see H.R. 1624, H6138 [30JY])

Year of the American Indian: designate (see H.J. Res. 342, H9759 [13NO])

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

Letters

States thrift deposit insurance premium: by, E713 [1MR]

Remarks by, on

Agriculture: presentation of South Carolina peaches to Members of Congress, H5986 [30JY]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced, H6297, H6298 [1AU]

———reform process (H.R. 1889), H2267 [17AP]

Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 3750), H11142 [25NO]

Financial institutions: increase enforcement actions against money laundering (H.R. 26), E2185 [13JN]

———recapitalize the Federal deposit insurance fund and reform the regulatory and service systems (H.R. 6), H8793 [31OC]

Health: establish medical research alliance between Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs (H.R. 111), H1179 [27FE]

Middle East: community support for troops in the Persian Gulf, H1291 [28FE], H1884 [20MR]

———military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq, H289 [11JA]

National Library Week: observance, E1660 [8MY]

Recycling: plastic bottles, H1679 [13MR]

Resolution Trust Corp.: funding (H.R. 1315), H1615 [12MR]

Spartanburg, SC: Clifdale Elementary School winner of Concerned Businessmen's Association of America's Set a Good Example antidrug contest, E1975 [30MY]

Veterans: disability compensation for service-connected disabilities (H.R. 3), E261 [23JA]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H10928 [22NO]

House of Representatives: Democratic objectors for consent and private calendars, H7110 [1OC]

Special order: granted, H8463 [23OC]

Testimonies

Committee on House Administration: Campaign Finance Reform, D439 [18AP]

Committee on Rules: Campaign Ethics Reform and Contribution Limits (H.R. 3750), D1508 [23NO]

———Resolution Trust Corp. Funding and Restructuring of Oversight Board (H.R. 3435), D1509 [23NO]

Tributes

Robinson, Myron, E1711 [9MY]