RIDGE, THOMAS J. (a Representative from Pennsylvania)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 991, extend expiration date of Defense Production Act, H1954 [21MR]

———H.R. 2100, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military functions and to prescribe military personnel levels, H7201 [2OC]

———S. 347, revitalize the defense industrial base, H7776 [10OC]

———S. 543, Comprehensive Deposit Insurance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act, H11039 [23NO]

Funeral committee for John Heinz, H2094 [9AP]

Articles and editorials

Mother's Diary of Her Son's Tribute to Christopher Columbus, ISDA Unione (publication), E1741 [14MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Employment: protection of collective bargaining process (see H.R. 2918, H5513 [16JY])

Financial institutions: locations in distressed neighborhoods (see H.R. 2909, H5513 [16JY])

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

Ships and vessels: clear certain impediments to licensing for employment in coastwise trade and fisheries (see H.R. 1440, H1758 [13MR])

Tariff: chlorinated synthetic rubber (see H.R. 1985, H2399 [22AP])

Wetlands: protection and preservation of property held by Resolution Trust Corp. (see H.R. 3523, H7648 [8OC])

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Agriculture: prevention of crimes against farmers, researchers, and other livestock-related professions (see H.R. 2407, H6457 [11SE])

Air Force Association: establish a memorial in the District of Columbia area (see H.R. 3627, H10932 [22NO])

Armed Forces: veterans' preference eligibility relative to Federal employment for members serving during the Persian Gulf Conflict (see H.R. 3764, H9758 [13NO])

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

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

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, H3036 [14MY])

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. 290, H5298 [9JY])

Census: decennial (see H.R. 3280, H6384 [2AU])

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

Civil Rights Act: restore and strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (see H.R. 1375, H1668 [12MR])

Coins: mint commemorative coin for 200th anniversary of White House (see H.R. 3337, H10932 [22NO])

Coins and coinage: mint in commemoration of the quincentenary of the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus (see H.R. 500, H1670 [12MR])

Colleges and universities: sexual assaults on campuses (see H.R. 2363, H3149 [15MY])

Commodore John Barry Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 166, H6318 [1AU])

Communications: development of broadband infrastructure and availability of emergency technologies (see H.R. 2546, H8496 [24OC])

Defense Production Act: extend expiration date (see H.R. 991, H1077 [20FE])

———reauthorize (see H.R. 3039, H5909 [25JY])

Democracy Day: designate election day as a legal public holiday (see H.R. 3681, H8919 [31OC])

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

Economy: incentives for work, savings, and investments (see H.R. 3130, H7381 [3OC])

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

———improve (see H.R. 2460, H4284 [11JN])

Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 3770, H11114 [23NO])

Employment: prevent discrimination based on participation in an economic strike (see H.R. 2620, H4437 [12JN])

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

Financial institutions: limit liability on holdings in violation of certain environmental laws (see H.R. 1450, H1774 [14MR])

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

Fire prevention: use of automatic sprinklers or equivalent level of fire safety (see H.R. 3360, H9493 [6NO])

Food: remove certain pesticides from supply and establish EPA negligible risk standard (see H.R. 3216, H6879 [25SE])

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

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

German-American Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 180, H4868 [20JN])

Government: elimination of waste (see H.R. 3816, H10932 [22NO])

Historic sites: study of significant places in U.S. labor history (see H.R. 1143, H1278 [27FE])

Housing: low-income and rural housing programs (see H.R. 3483, H7379 [3OC])

———modular home construction regulation (see H.R. 1235, H5745 [23JY])

———single family housing mortgage insurance program of the Federal Housing Administration (see H. Con. Res. 257, H11890 [26NO])

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

Insurance: life insurance contracts of terminally ill individuals (see H.R. 134, H4016 [5JN])

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

IRS: time extension for certain acts for individuals performing services under Operation Desert Shield (see H.R. 4, H556 [17JA])

Japan: operation and regulation of capital and securities markets (see H.R. 3283, H10366 [18NO])

Luke Easter Post Office, Cleveland, OH: designate (see H.R. 971, H1024 [19FE])

Lyme Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 138, H3495 [22MY])

Medicare: home care and extended care services coverages (see H.R. 1200, H6720 [23SE])

———prevention of fraud by suppliers of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 2534, H9144 [4NO])

Middle East: demonstrations of community support for troops in the Persian Gulf (see H.J. Res. 174, H1457 [6MR])

———success of multinational military action against Iraq (see H. Res. 95, H1326 [28FE])

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

National American Indian Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 182, H3038 [14MY])

National Campus Crime and Security Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 142, H4867 [20JN])

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 241, H6602 [16SE])

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 Firefighters Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 189, H7200 [1OC])

National forests: protect persons involved in a lawful hunt (see H.R. 371, H81 [4JA])

National Historically Black Colleges Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 102, H5665 [22JY])

National Institute of Nursing Research: designate (see H.R. 2447, H5650 [18JY])

National Physical Fitness and Sports Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 120, H2602 [30AP])

National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 233, H6318 [1AU])

National Red Ribbon Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 312, H7200 [1OC])

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

National Sarcoidosis Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 309, H6195 [31JY])

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

OSHA: regulations (see H. Con. Res. 92, H6388 [2AU])

Prices: computation of class I milk prices (see H.R. 1494, H1915 [20MR])

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

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

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

Ships and vessels: equity of revenue availability and regulation of gambling (see H.R. 3282, H10723 [20NO])

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

———subsidy information and trade remedies against certain foreign-built ships (see H.R. 2056, H8102 [17OC])

Social Security: earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 967, H1023 [19FE])

States: taxation of nonresidents pension income (see H.R. 431, H2470 [23AP]; H.R. 1655, H2470 [23AP]

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

Tariff: iron and steel pipe and tube products (see H.R. 1749, H2178 [11AP])

Taxation: health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 784, H7801 [10OC])

———low-income housing credit (see H.R. 413, H3805 [3JN])

———permanently extend qualified mortgage bonds (see H.R. 1067, H2902 [8MY])

———small issue bonds (see H.R. 1186, H2086 [22MR])

———treatment of small builders' income from the sale of certain residential real property (see H.R. 1864, H4284 [11JN])

Veterans: 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])

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

———health care programs (see H.R. 2280, H3281 [20MY])

———hospice care pilot program (see H.R. 3222, H8787 [30OC])

———housing and memorial affairs programs (see H.R. 232, H993 [6FE])

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

Wetlands: conservation and management (see H.R. 1330, H1472 [7MR])

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

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

Letters

Christopher Columbus Quincentenary Jubilee Commission funding: Frank J. Donatelli, Christopher Columbus Quincentenary Jubilee Commission, H4472 [13JN]

Use of sodium nitrate to cure buffalo meat: by, S10765 [24JY]

Remarks by, on

Agriculture: price supports for milk (H.R. 2837), E3874 [15NO]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2698), H5189 [26JN]

Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: designate (H.J. Res. 173), H2487 [24AP]

Baltic Freedom Day: designate (H.J. Res. 167), H1389, H1390 [5MR]

Basketball Centennial Day: designate (H.J. Res. 372), H11455 [26NO]

Bicentennial of the District of Columbia Month: designate (H.J. Res. 356), H11454, H11455 [26NO]

Christopher Columbus Quincentenary Jubilee Commission: funding, H4472 [13JN]

Coins: mint commemorative coin for 200th anniversary of White House (H.R. 3337), H11453, H11454 [26NO]

Commission on Defense Base Closure and Realignment: disapprove recommendations (H.J. Res. 308), H6023, H6037 [30JY]

Commission on the Bicentennial of the Constitution: extend (H.R. 3728), H10352 [18NO]

Commodore John Barry Day: designate (H.J. Res. 166), H6256 [1AU]

Country Music Month: designate (H.J. Res. 305), H6589 [16SE]

Defense Production Act: extend expiration date (H.R. 991), H1429, H1431, H1432 [6MR]

———extend expiration date (H.R. 991), conference report, H6357 [2AU]

———extend (H.R. 3919), H11757 [26NO]

Dept. of Defense: making supplemental appropriations for personnel expenditures relative to Operation Desert Shield and other urgent domestic programs (H.R. 1281), H1517 [7MR]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2608), H4472 [13JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2707), H5107, H5108 [26JN]

Disasters: making supplemental appropriations for relief (H.R. 3543), H8628, H8629 [29OC]

Diseases: research associated with exposure to dioxin and other chemicals in herbicides (H.R. 556), E374 [31JA]

Dutch-American Heritage Day: designate (H.J. Res. 177), H8912 [31OC]

Ecology and environment: study wetlands relative to fish and wildlife conservation, H8628, H8629 [29OC]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments, H8469 [24OC]

Education Day, U.S.A.: designate (H.J. Res. 104), H1387, H1388 [5MR]

Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (H.J. Res. 109), H2725 [2MY]

Erie, PA: tribute to Student to Student Mentoring Program volunteer workers, E2564 [16JY]

Federal employees: tribute for contributions to Persian Gulf Conflict (S. Con. Res. 36), H6359 [2AU]

Federal Employees Recognition Week: designate (S.J. Res. 51), H1186 [27FE]

Financial institutions: creation of core banks, H8889 [31OC]

———deposit insurance premiums, H9071 [4NO]

———improve lending and banking activity in underserved neighborhoods, E4251 [18DE]

———locations in distressed neighborhoods (H.R. 2909), H8129 [22OC]

———recapitalize the Federal deposit insurance fund and reform the regulatory and service systems, H11037 [23NO]

———recapitalize the Federal deposit insurance fund and reform the regulatory and service systems (H.R. 3768), H10760 [21NO]

———recapitalize the Federal deposit insurance fund and reform the regulatory and service systems (H.R. 6), H8678 [30OC], H8889, H8897 [31OC], H8937 [1NO], H9071, H9082 [4NO]

———reform deposit insurance system (S. 543), H11037 [23NO]

———reports of financial condition by large interstate banks, H9082 [4NO]

Firearms: establish national hotline to check on prospective handgun buyers, H2871 [8MY]

———establish national hotline to check on prospective handgun buyers (H.R. 1412), H2670, H2671 [1MY]

———waiting period before the purchase of a handgun (H.R. 7), H2670, H2671 [1MY], H2871 [8MY]

GATT: U.S. Trade Representative refusal of certain provisions proposed to be included (H. Con. Res. 254), E4175 [26NO]

Geography Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 201), H10987 [22NO]

German-American Day: designate (S.J. Res. 151), H6588, H6589 [16SE]

Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (S.J. Res. 59), H1871, H1872, H1873 [20MR]

Hire a Veteran Week: designate (H.J. Res. 280), H8911 [31OC]

Historic sites: study of significant places in U.S. labor history (H.R. 1143), E1640 [7MY]

House of Representatives: legislative program, H2486 [24AP], H8913 [31OC]

Housing: funding for home ownership and assistance programs, H1517 [7MR]

Infant Mortality Awareness Day: designate (H.J. Res. 194), H2726, H2728 [2MY]

Jemez National Recreation Area: establish (H.R. 2502), H11086, H11087 [23NO]

Korean War Veterans Remembrance Week: designate (H.J. Res. 255), H5490, H5491 [16JY]

Labor unions: prevent discrimination based on participation in disputes (H.R. 5), consideration (H. Res. 195), H5522 [17JY]

Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program: funding, H5107, H5108 [26JN]

Lyme Disease Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 138), H3695, H3696 [29MY]

Middle East: military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq, H345 [11JA]

———U.S. military presence (S. Con. Res. 2), H582 [18JA]

National Accessible Housing Month: designate (S.J. Res. 184), H10988, H10989 [22NO]

National Adoption Week: designate (S.J. Res. 207), H10988 [22NO]

National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (S.J. Res. 36), H9472, H9473 [6NO]

National Campus Crime and Security Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 142), H6254, H6255 [1AU]

National Children's Day: designate (S.J. Res. 126), H6589 [16SE]

National Crime Victims' Rights Week: designate (S.J. Res. 16), H2339 [17AP]

National DARE Day: designate (S.J. Res. 121), H5803 [24JY]

National Day of Prayer and Thanksgiving: designate (S.J. Res. 83), H1874, H1875 [20MR]

National Desert Storm Reservists Day: designate (S.J. Res. 134), H3120, H3121 [15MY]

National Education First Week: designate (H.J. Res. 197), H2162 [11AP]

National Employ the Older Worker Week: designate (H.J. Res. 133), H1388 [5MR]

National Family Caregivers Week: designate (H.J. Res. 125), H9472 [6NO]

National Firefighters Day: designate (H.J. Res. 189), H7272, H7273 [2OC]

National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day: designate (S.J. Res. 53), H1873, H1874 [20MR]

National Foster Care Month: designate (H.J. Res. 154), H2489 [24AP]

National Historically Black Colleges Week: designate (S.J. Res. 40), H5804 [24JY]

National Home Care Week: designate (H.J. Res. 175), H8910 [31OC]

National Huntington's Disease Awareness Month: designate (S.J. Res. 127), H3120 [15MY]

National Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 142), H5805 [24JY]

National Military Families Recognition Day: designate (H.J. Res. 215), H6259 [1AU]

National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 218), H2340 [17AP]

National Parks Week: designate (S.J. Res. 179), H6257, H6258 [1AU]

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: designate (H.J. Res. 72), H3694 [29MY]

National Philanthropy Day: designate (H.J. Res. 140), H8911 [31OC]

National Physical Fitness and Sports Month: designate (H.J. Res. 120), H2726 [2MY]

National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (H.J. Res. 233), H6586, H6587 [16SE]

National Radon Action Week: designate (S.J. Res. 132), H7273 [2OC]

National Red Ribbon Month: designate (S.J. Res. 188), H9471 [6NO]

National Rehabilitation Week: designate (S.J. Res. 72), H6258 [1AU]

National Sarcoidosis Awareness Day: designate (H.J. Res. 309), H6256 [1AU]

National School Breakfast Week: designate (H.J. Res. 98), H1187 [27FE]

National Scleroderma Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 219), H3997 [5JN]

National Senior Citizens Day: designate (H.J. Res. 181), H5492 [16JY]

National Senior Nutrition Week: designate (H.J. Res. 141), H2728 [2MY]

National Tourism Week: designate (S.J. Res. 102), H2486 [24AP]

National Trauma Awareness Month: designate (H.J. Res. 300), H10989 [22NO]

National Visiting Nurse Associations Week: designate (H.J. Res. 212), H10985 [22NO]

National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (S.J. Res. 145), H9470 [6NO]

Operation Desert Shield: making appropriations for incremental costs (H.R. 3543), H8628, H8629 [29OC]

Pediatric AIDS Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 91), H3996 [5JN]

Prices: computation of class I milk prices (H.R. 1494), E1039 [21MR]

Public welfare programs: unemployment compensation (H.R. 3040), H6626 [17SE]

Resolution Trust Corp.: funding (H.R. 1315), H1627 [12MR]

San Carlos Indian irrigation project: divestiture of certain properties (H.R. 1476), H11100, H11101, H11102 [23NO]

Sharon, PA: anniversary, E3283 [3OC]

Tariff: chlorinated synthetic rubber (H.R. 1985), E1361 [22AP]

Titusville, PA: Outstanding Pennsylvania Community Award, E3077 [18SE]

Transportation: establish a national comprehensive surface transportation system (H.R. 2950), H8240 [23OC]

Vermont Bicentennial Day: designate (S.J. Res. 58), H1187 [27FE]

Veterans: disability compensation for service-connected disabilities (H.R. 3), H616 [22JA]

———expand services for post-traumatic stress disorder patients (H.R. 841), E485 [7FE]

Wetlands: protection and preservation of property held by Resolution Trust Corp. (H.R. 3523), E3319 [8OC]

Women's History Month: designate (H.J. Res. 149), H1870, H1871 [20MR]

World AIDS Day: designate (H.J. Res. 376), H10985, H10986 [22NO]

World Food Day: designate (H.J. Res. 230), H7274 [2OC]

World Population Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 160), H8178 [22OC]

World War II: contributions of Federal civilian employees during the attack on Pearl Harbor (S.J. Res. 198), H11456 [26NO]

Year of the American Indian: designate (S.J. Res. 217), H10988 [22NO]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H2398 [22AP], H3034 [14MY], H5511 [16JY], H6673 [17SE], H7378 [3OC], H7646 [8OC], H10267 [14NO]

Leave of absence: granted, H1075 [20FE], H1134 [21FE], H3278 [20MY]

Testimonies

Committee on Finance: Asset Disposition by the Resolution Trust Corp. (S. 1787), D1287 [22OC]

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

———Wetlands Protection, D1489 [21NO]

Committee on Rules: Financial Institutions Safety and Choice Act (H.R. 6), D1331 [29OC]

———Prevent Discrimination Based on Participation in Labor Disputes (H.R. 5), D909 [16JY]

Committee on Small Business: Effects of Wetlands Protection Measures on the Small Business Community, D111 [30JA]

Tributes

Heinz, John, H2456 [23AP]

Sarsfield, John P., E1741 [14MY]