RITTER, DON (a Representative from Pennsylvania)
Appointments
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, H923 [6FE]
Conferee: H.R. 707, CFTC appropriations, H7202 [2OC]
———H.R. 2100, authorizing appropriations for Dept. of Defense military functions and to prescribe military personnel levels, H6586 [16SE]
———H.R. 2508, International Cooperation Act, H6646 [17SE]
———H.R. 2950, Surface Transportation Efficiency Act, H9470 [6NO]
———H.R. 3371, national policy to control crime and reform court procedures, H10748 [21NO]
Funeral committee for John Heinz, H2094 [9AP]
Articles and editorials
Albert C. Zettlemoyer, 75, Former Lehigh U. Provost, Allentown (PA) Call, E384
Boom in Manufactured Exports Provides Hope for U.S. Economy-Low Costs and Weak Dollar Contribute to Gains, Sylvia Nasar, New York (NY) Times, H3604 [23MY]
Boom in Manufactured Exports Provides Hope for U.S. Economy—Low Costs and Weak Dollar Contribute to Gains, Sylvia Nasar, New York (NY) Times, H3272 [20MY]
Caruso To Be Inducted Into Hall of Fame, Scott D. Morse, Bethlehem (PA) Lehigh Sports News, E387
Coordinating the Federal Decade of the Brain Effort, D. Allan Bromley, Decade of the Brain (publication), E1305
Five Ways to Determine Validity of Forecasts of High-Tech Doom, Allentown (PA) Call, E4176
Freedom's Fair Weather Friends? Representative Dornan, Washington (DC) Times, E703
Jazz Legend Miles Davis Dies at 65—Pneumonia Among Causes of Famed Trumpeter's Death, Allentown (PA) Call, H7146 [1OC]
Let's Elevate Quality on Our National Agenda, by, E3163 [26SE]
Lost Revenues From Iraq Trade Ban Squeeze Soviets, Mark D. Berniker, Journal of Commerce, H1151 [26FE]
PBS's View of Global Warming Blinding It on Documentary, Richard Miniter, Allentown (PA) Call, E795
Remembering—A Simple Tribute to Our Soldiers and Doing the Right Thing, Bethlehem (PA) Globe-Times, E955
Trade Agreement With Mexico Would Benefit Lehigh Valley, Dexter F. Baker, Columns & Viewpoints (publication), H3491 [22MY]
U.S. Firms Stage Competitive Revival—Increased Efficiency, Cheaper Dollar Helping To Boost Exports, Evelyn Richards, Washington (DC) Post, H3273 [20MY], H3603 [23MY]
Vietnam Army—Second to None, Richard K. Kolb, Wall Street Journal, E484
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Communications: improve allocation and assignment to the electromagnetic spectrum (see H.R. 1407, H1669 [12MR])
Courts: standards for product liability actions (see H.R. 2700, H4866 [20JN])
———standards for professional liability actions (see H.R. 2701, H4866 [20JN])
FCC: require at least one member to be skilled in engineering sciences (see H.R. 3501, H7379 [3OC])
Federal Railroad Safety Act: amend (see H.R. 2834, H5299 [9JY])
Latvia: grant recognition to government (see H. Res. 175, H4437 [12JN])
Lithuania: recognition of Government (see H. Res. 142, H2768 [2MY]; H. Res. 143, H2768 [2MY]
National Manufacturing Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 348, H7725 [9OC])
Roads and highways: Pennsylvania demonstration projects (see H.R. 1540, H1913 [20MR])
SEC: quarterly report requirements (see H.R. 2910, H5513 [16JY])
Soviet Union: commend Boris N. Yeltsin for his leadership on behalf of democratic, pluralistic, and free-market principles (see H. Con. Res. 169, H4612 [18JN])
Taxation: capital gains (see H.R. 2703, H4866 [20JN])
———long-term care insurance purchase incentives (see H.R. 2446, H3494 [22MY])
———partial exclusion of dividends and interest received by individuals (see H.R. 2706, H4866 [20JN])
———treatment of investment in new manufacturing and other productive equipment (see H.R. 2704, H4866 [20JN])
———treatment of losses on investments in manufacturing companies (see H.R. 2705, H4866 [20JN])
———treatment of losses on investments in startup companies (see H.R. 2702, H4866 [20JN])
Telecommunications: advanced infrastructure and technologies (see H.R. 3701, H9043 [1NO])
Ukraine: recognize independence (see H. Con. Res. 212, H7199 [1OC])
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Abortion: parental notification requirements (see H.R. 1397, H1669 [12MR])
Aeronautics: child safety restraint systems (see H.R. 2063, H2686 [1MY])
Agriculture: 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, H8920 [31OC])
American Discovery Trail: study to designate as a national trail (see H.R. 3011, H9043 [1NO])
American Magazine Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 253, H6540 [12SE])
Angola: peace talks (see H. Con. Res. 61, H1457 [6MR])
Appropriations: constitutional amendment on line-item veto (see H.J. Res. 5, H1671 [12MR]; H.J. Res. 245, H3710 [29MY])
Arab countries: recognition of Israel (see H. Con. Res. 88, H2954 [9MY])
Armed Forces: assistance in border patrol-related activities (see H.R. 1481, H3805 [3JN])
———Bronze Star to Navy and Marine Corps personnel who served in the defense of Corregidor Island in the Philippines (see H.J. Res. 367, H9144 [4NO])
———detail members as instructors at State and local military-style boot camp correctional facilities (see H.R. 3395, H8662 [29OC])
———enhance protections of active duty members (see H.R. 102, H1080 [20FE])
———establish a commemorative medal for members serving in a combat zone during the Persian Gulf conflict (see H.R. 1107, H4016 [5JN])
———payment of health care expenses for certain members relative to entitlement to medicare benefits (see H.R. 467, H4215 [10JN])
———retention of certain information in personnel files on missing or deceased members (see H.R. 1730, H5514 [16JY])
Armenia: recognition as independent republic (see H. Con. Res. 235, H9580 [7NO])
Arts and humanities: recognition of ``An Artistic Discovery,'' the congressional high school art competition (see H. Res. 201, H5744 [23JY])
Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 173, H2376 [17AP])
Baltic Freedom Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 167, H1341 [4MR])
Baltic States: most-favored-nation status for Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania (see H.R. 3313, H6538 [12SE]; H.R. 3314, H9758 [13NO])
———support independence of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia (see H.R. 1603, H3150 [15MY])
Bicentennial of the District of Columbia Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 356, H11893 [26NO])
Big Brothers/Big Sisters Appreciation Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 243, H3739 [30MY])
Birds: conservation of exotic wild species (see H.R. 2540, H9144 [4NO])
Braille Literacy Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 353, H9494 [6NO])
Budget: consideration by Congress of Presidential proposals to rescind amounts of authority (see H.R. 2164, H3280 [20MY])
———constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 143, H2137 [10AP]; H.J. Res. 248, H2901 [8MY]; H.J. Res. 290, H5298 [9JY])
———Presidential power to reduce authority (see H.R. 78, H3036 [14MY])
———reduce Federal deficit and control entitlement spending (see H. Con. Res. 218, H10843 [21NO])
———reform process (see H.R. 298, H78 [4JA])
———2-year cycle (see H.R. 1676, H3037 [14MY])
Burma: U.S. relations (see H. Res. 263, H10366 [18NO])
Business and industry: encourage Federal cooperation with U.S. automobile industry (see H.R. 2939, H5595 [17JY])
Buy American Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 299, H5819 [24JY])
Capital punishment: constitutional procedures for imposition (see H.R. 639, H1025 [19FE])
Centennial of Concrete Paving in America Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 324, H6539 [12SE])
Cheney, Sec. of Defense: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2672, H5651 [18JY])
China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (see H.R. 2212, H2767 [2MY])
———political reform (see H.R. 1571, H2538 [24AP])
———release of Wang Juntao and Chen Ziming from prison (see H. Res. 228, H6798 [24SE])
Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation: establish (see H.R. 500, H2261 [16AP])
Claims: liability indemnification for design professionals (see H.R. 1474, H3371 [21MY])
Coal: research and development of clean coal technology (see H.R. 2871, H5651 [18JY])
Coast Guard: role in Persian Gulf conflict (see H. Con. Res. 163, H4438 [12JN])
Coins: mint in commemoration of James Madison (see H.R. 2673, H4611 [18JN])
———mint in commemoration of Operation Desert Shield (see H.R. 1658, H2109 [9AP])
———mint in commemoration of the Bill of Rights (see H.R. 2673, H4611 [18JN])
Coins and coinage: mint in commemoration of the quincentenary of the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus (see H.R. 500, H2261 [16AP])
Colleges and universities: admission of minority students (see H. Con. Res. 102, H7200 [1OC])
Columbus, Christopher: honorary citizenship (see H.J. Res. 152, H2903 [8MY])
Commission on Energy Independence: establish (see H.R. 657, H712 [28JA])
Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control (House): establish as a standing committee (see H. Res. 80, H1079 [20FE])
Committee on Ways and Means: require relief bill committee reports to include the sponsor and revenue cost (see H. Res. 108, H1474 [7MR])
Commodore John Barry Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 166, H6318 [1AU])
Communications: improve allocation and assignment to the electromagnetic spectrum (see H.R. 531, H512 [15JA])
Communism: international memorial to victims (see H. Con. Res. 228, H8787 [30OC])
Congress: defer pay adjustments (see H.R. 700, H8101 [17OC])
———require three-fifths majority vote in both houses to increase taxes (see H.R. 3146, H6193 [31JY])
Copyrights: protection of industrial designs (see H.R. 1790, H6317 [1AU])
Courts: clarify remedial jurisdiction of inferior Federal courts (see H.R. 640, H994 [6FE])
———standards for product liability actions (see H.R. 3030, H5908 [25JY])
Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (see H.R. 1400, H3739 [30MY])
———notify employer of individuals convicted of drug offenses (see H.R. 2117, H4187 [7JN])
Crime Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 303, H5746 [23JY])
Dept. of Commerce: authorizing appropriations for the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Technology Administration (see H.R. 1989, H2467 [23AP])
Dept. of Transportation: authorizing appropriations for surface transportation research and development (see H.R. 2941, H5649 [18JY])
Drugs: expand narcotic abuse prevention and treatment programs (see H.R. 2810, H5266 [27JN])
Dutch-American Heritage Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 177, H8496 [24OC])
Ecology and environment: authorizing appropriations for research and development (see H.R. 2404, H3279 [20MY])
———conservation of biological diversity (see H.R. 585, H605 [18JA])
Economy: incentives for work, savings, and investments (see H.R. 3130, H6387 [2AU])
Education: improve (see H.R. 2460, H3623 [23MY])
———suspend Federal benefits to individuals convicted of drug offenses (see H.R. 2116, H4187 [7JN])
Education Day, U.S.A.: designate (see H.J. Res. 104, H1282 [27FE])
Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 3770, H11114 [23NO])
———prohibit contributions by multicandidate committees controlled by foreign-owned corporations (see H.R. 806, H1281 [27FE])
Employment: prevent discrimination based on participation in an economic strike (see H.R. 2620, H5300 [9JY])
Ending Hunger Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 321, H8788 [30OC])
Federal aid programs: denial of certain benefits upon conviction of drug offenses (see H.R. 2118, H4187 [7JN])
Federal Aviation Act: amend relative to bankruptcy transportation plans (see H.R. 66, H1849 [19MR])
Federal employees: extend certain civil service retirement benefits to certain INS, Customs Service, and IRS employees (see H.R. 793, H7648 [8OC])
———honoraria (see H.R. 414, H825 [30JA])
———preemployment drug testing of prospective employees (see H.R. 2120, H4187 [7JN])
———require random drug-testing (see H.R. 2119, H4187 [7JN])
Fire fighters: enact a fire service bill of rights (see H.R. 2448, H3622 [23MY])
Firearms: establish national hotline to check on prospective handgun buyers (see H.R. 1412, H2137 [10AP])
———prohibit possession by a person convicted of a drug crime (see H.R. 1133, H5650 [18JY])
Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 84, H1081 [20FE])
———display by U.S. citizens in support of Armed Forces in the Persian Gulf (see H. Con. Res. 44, H713 [28JA])
Fleet Reserve Association: grant charter (see H.R. 2070, H8662 [29OC])
Foreign aid: assistance for transition from communism to democracy (see H.R. 1080, H1136 [21FE])
Foreign trade: economic sanctions on any foreign person trading nuclear equipment or technology under certain circumstances (see H.R. 830, H3624 [23MY])
———review the extent to which foreign countries are in compliance with bilateral agreements with the U.S. (see H.R. 1115, H6940 [26SE])
———tariff treatment of products from countries relative to their contributions to Operation Desert Shield (see H.R. 317, H782 [29JA])
———voluntary restraint agreements (see H. Res. 297, H10931 [22NO])
Franklin, Benjamin: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2448, H3622 [23MY])
GATT: 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, H9044 [1NO])
German-American Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 180, H2686 [1MY])
Gorbachev, Mikhail: recipient of Nobel Prize for Peace (see H. Con. Res. 51, H994 [6FE])
Government: elimination of waste (see H.R. 3816, H10723 [20NO])
———procurement contracts (see H.R. 254, H77 [4JA])
Government regulation: procedures for assessment of impact on seizure of private property (see H.R. 1572, H10365 [18NO])
Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see H.J. Res. 58, H1139 [21FE])
Helsinki Human Rights Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 264, H3855 [4JN])
Hire a Veteran Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 280, H7381 [3OC])
Hussein, Saddam: prosecution for war crimes (see H.J. Res. 88, H1081 [20FE]; H. Con. Res. 47, H1325 [28FE]; H. Con. Res. 81, H1916 [20MR])
Immigration: exclusion of immigrants infected with the HIV virus (see H.R. 2049, H3163 [17MY])
Income: exclusion of congressional salaries from executive and judicial adjustments (see H.R. 999, H1077 [20FE])
Infant Mortality Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 194, H2538 [24AP])
INS: assign Dept. of Defense personnel for border protection assistance (see H.R. 1092, H4186 [7JN])
Insurance: life insurance contracts of terminally ill individuals (see H.R. 134, H4016 [5JN])
Iran: emancipation of the Bahai community (see H. Con. Res. 156, H6388 [2AU])
Iraq: maintenance of sanctions (see H. Res. 217, H6385 [2AU])
———payment of reparations to Israel following the conclusion of Operation Desert Shield (see H. Con. Res. 91, H2137 [10AP])
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, H684 [23JA])
Italian-American Heritage and Culture Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 260, H7551 [7OC])
Japan: semiconductor trade with the U.S. (see H. Res. 133, H2537 [24AP])
Jewish Heritage Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 134, H1759 [13MR])
Korean War Veterans Remembrance Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 255, H4438 [12JN])
Kuwait: involvement of U.S. workers, firms, and products in rebuilding (see H. Con. Res. 130, H2770 [2MY]; H. Res. 167, H4015 [5JN])
Laos: U.S. naturalization of aliens who served with special guerrilla units (see H.R. 3552, H7801 [10OC])
Lithuania: political reform (see H. Con. Res. 239, H9700 [12NO])
———present issue of territorial sovereignty before certain international organizations (see H. Res. 39, H640 [22JA])
Lithuanian Independence Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 296, H5432 [11JY])
LSC: improve certain requirements relative to provided funds (see H.R. 1345, H11891 [26NO])
Lyme Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 138, H2686 [1MY])
Medicare: prevention of fraud by suppliers of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 2534, H5515 [16JY])
Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 156, H6318 [1AU])
Middle East: demonstrations of community support for troops in the Persian Gulf (see H.J. Res. 174, H1457 [6MR])
———Iraqi environmental terrorism of crude oil dumping in the Persian Gulf (see H. Con. Res. 57, H1476 [7MR])
———success of multinational military action against Iraq (see H. Res. 95, H1326 [28FE])
Motion pictures: observe anniversary of moviemaking and the contributions of the American Film Institute (see H. Con. Res. 161, H6195 [31JY])
Motor vehicles: enhance science research technology (see H.R. 2679, H5515 [16JY])
National Adoption Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 364, H10723 [20NO])
National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 198, H9043 [1NO])
National Campus Crime and Security Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 142, H4867 [20JN])
National Crime Victims' Rights Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 171, H2110 [9AP])
National DARE Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 217, H5451 [15JY])
National Desert Storm Reservists Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 231, H2603 [30AP])
National dividend plan: establish (see H.R. 430, H3280 [20MY])
National Education First Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 197, H2181 [11AP])
National Ellis Island Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 130, H3037 [14MY])
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 Firefighters Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 189, H7200 [1OC])
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, H826 [30JA])
National Girls and Women in Sports Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 30, H782 [29JA])
National Institute of Nursing Research: designate (see H.R. 2447, H5650 [18JY])
National Job Skills Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 291, H9581 [7NO])
National Law Enforcement Memorial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 123, H7381 [3OC])
National Philanthropy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 140, H2017 [21MR])
National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 233, H3150 [15MY])
National Recycling Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 188, H2603 [30AP])
National Red Ribbon Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 312, H7200 [1OC])
National Rehabilitation Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 95, H2812 [7MY])
National Sarcoidosis Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 309, H6195 [31JY])
National School Breakfast Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 98, H1162 [26FE])
National Senior Citizens Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 181, H2686 [1MY])
National Senior Nutrition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 141, H2686 [1MY])
National Tourism Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 103, H825 [30JA])
National Visiting Nurse Associations Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 212, H8335 [23OC])
National Walk For Health and Fitness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 170, H2263 [16AP])
National Women in Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 293, H6941 [26SE])
National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 242, H7801 [10OC])
NOAA: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 2011, H3625 [23MY])
Nobel Prize: recognition of Aung San Suu Kyi for peace, and invite to address Congress (see H. Con. Res. 221, H9044 [1NO])
Nuclear energy: standardize plant designs and improve the licensing and regulatory process (see H.R. 1184, H1323 [28FE])
Pediatric AIDS Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 91, H2538 [24AP])
Pensions: civil service retirement credit relative to work performed under certain Federal-State cooperative programs (see H.R. 1653, H2085 [22MR])
Pharmaceuticals: penalties for illegal activities relative to the approval of abbreviated drug applications (see H.R. 2454, H3622 [23MY])
Polish American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 227, H6676 [17SE])
Postal Service: issue stamps commemorating veterans who served during armed conflicts (see H. Con. Res. 182, H10269 [14NO])
POW: investigation and prosecution of individuals responsible for Iraqi war crimes (see H. Res. 42, H1476 [7MR])
Power resources: encourage cost effective energy conservation and efficiency (see H.R. 1543, H2013 [21MR])
POW/MIA: disclosure of information concerning U.S. personnel classified after 1940 (see H.R. 1147, H3037 [14MY])
Presidents: line-item veto (see H. Res. 152, H3149 [15MY])
Radio: broadcasts to Asia (see H.R. 1049, H2602 [30AP])
Radio Free China: establish (see H.R. 1156, H2399 [22AP])
Railroads: develop high-speed rail program (see H.R. 1087, H1136 [21FE])
———labor-management settlement between National Railway Labor Conference and employees (see H.J. Res. 222, H2374 [17AP])
Raye, Martha: support awarding of Presidential Medal of Freedom (see H. Con. Res. 100, H4438 [12JN])
Real property: compensate owners for diminution of value resulting from Federal action (see H.R. 2185, H5300 [9JY])
———tax treatment under the limitations on losses from passive activities (see H.R. 1414, H2769 [2MY])
Recycling: improve collection of information that promotes the recycling of municipal solid waste (see H.R. 755, H824 [30JA])
Refugee Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 323, H8496 [24OC])
Research: high temperature superconductivity electric power technologies (see H.R. 3498, H7379 [3OC])
———superconducting supercollider funding (see H.R. 2485, H3709 [29MY])
Retired Enlisted Association, Inc.: grant charter (see H.R. 1509, H7380 [3OC])
Savings and loan associations: investigation and prosecution of criminal activity (see H. Res. 107, H6139 [30JY])
Schwarzkopf, H. Norman, Jr.: award a Congressional Gold Medal and produce bronze duplicates for public sale (see H.R. 1296, H1671 [12MR])
Ships and vessels: equity of revenue availability and regulation of gambling (see H.R. 3282, H7381 [3OC])
———remedy injury to shipbuilding and repair industry (see H.R. 2709, H4866 [20JN])
Small business: encourage joint manufacturing and distribution of products (see H.R. 1278, H1416 [5MR])
Social Security: earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 105, H386 [11JA]; H.R. 217, H782 [29JA]; H.R. 967, H1023 [19FE])
———remove limitation on amount of outside income individuals may earn while receiving benefits (see H.R. 249, H196 [10JA])
South Africa: steel products (see H. Con. Res. 184, H5746 [23JY])
Soviet Union: Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict (see H. Res. 321, H11890 [26NO])
———democratic reforms in Armenia (see H.J. Res. 328, H7649 [8OC])
———denial of foreign trade credits and economic assistance (see H.R. 601, H782 [29JA]; H. Res. 41, H1327 [28FE])
———economic assistance (see H. Con. Res. 35, H606 [18JA])
———equitable distribution of economic assistance to Baltic States (see H.R. 915, H1281 [27FE])
———implementation of human rights standards in the Republics (see H. Con. Res. 232, H9392 [5NO])
———military action against Armenians (see H. Res. 163, H4868 [20JN])
———military action against Baltic States (see H. Res. 32, H606 [18JA]; H. Res. 33, H685 [23JA])
———most-favored-nation status (see H. Con. Res. 162, H6388 [2AU])
———political reform in the Baltic States (see H.J. Res. 179, H1456 [6MR])
———revoke U.S. taxpayer subsidies relative to military action in Baltic States (see H.J. Res. 80, H605 [18JA])
———U.N. response relative to military action against Baltic States (see H. Con. Res. 50, H1081 [20FE])
———withdrawal of troops from Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia (see H. Res. 234, H7199 [1OC])
Sports: authorize minting of coins commemorating 1994 World Cup and provide a financial legacy to youth and amateur soccer (see H.R. 2801, H5979 [29JY])
States: regulation of surface transportation rates by certain motor and air carriers (see H.R. 3221, H7314 [2OC])
Steamtown National Historic Site: establish (see H.R. 3519, H7647 [8OC])
Taxation: allow first-time home buyers to make withdrawals from personal individual retirement accounts without penalty (see H.R. 352, H855 [4FE])
———application of employer Social Security taxes to employees' cash tips (see H.R. 1472, H4284 [11JN])
———capital gains (see H.R. 3128, H6192 [31JY])
———codifying the depreciable life of semiconductor manufacturing equipment (see H.R. 3273, H6384 [2AU])
———contribution of individual income tax refunds for drug abuse education programs (see H.R. 2765, H5049 [25JN])
———credits for increasing research activities (see H.R. 1618, H12063 [3JA])
———exclude price of certain transit passes from income (see H.R. 1145, H1278 [27FE])
———exclusion for employee educational assistance (see H.R. 127, H8495 [24OC])
———health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 784, H1759 [13MR])
———income from frozen Iraqi assets (see H.R. 135, H825 [30JA])
———income tax credit for amounts contributed to a health care savings account (see H.R. 702, H781 [29JA])
———increase amount of the exemption for children under age 18 (see H.R. 1277, H2812 [7MY])
———indexing of certain assets (see H.R. 246, H993 [6FE])
———individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 77, H2769 [2MY]; H.R. 1406, H3036 [14MY])
———make permanent the limited deduction of health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 1248, H1759 [13MR])
———permanently extend qualified mortgage bonds (see H.R. 1067, H2902 [8MY])
———reinstate investment tax credit and reduce capital gains taxes (see H.R. 2359, H3149 [15MY])
———relief for families and incentives for economic growth (see H.R. 3744, H11892 [26NO])
———small issue bonds (see H.R. 1186, H1323 [28FE])
———targeted jobs credit (see H.R. 565, H3624 [23MY])
———treatment of deduction for interest paid on debt secured by a first or second home (see H. Con. Res. 8, H782 [29JA])
Technology: enhance transfer for works prepared under certain cooperative research and development agreements (see H.R. 191, H10931 [22NO])
Telephones: interstate pay-per-call regulation (see H.R. 3490, H7379 [3OC])
Textile industry and fabrics: use tariff revenues from imports of machinery to support modernization of textile machinery industry (see H.R. 713, H823 [30JA])
Tourist trade: international travel and tourism in the U.S. (see H.R. 3645, H9043 [1NO])
Transportation: establish a national electric vehicle research, demonstration, and commercialization program (see H.R. 1538, H8496 [24OC])
———tax treatment of employer subsidies for mass transit and van pooling (see H.R. 193, H782 [29JA])
U.N. Conference on Environment and Development: U.S. position on environmental protection (see H. Res. 185, H5210 [26JN])
U.S. Commercial Centers: establish a pilot program to promote U.S. goods and services (see H.R. 3981, H11894 [26NO])
Ukranian American Veterans, Inc.: grant charter (see H.R. 976, H1417 [5MR])
Veterans: allow disability compensation concurrently with retirement pay (see H.R. 303, H1162 [26FE])
———award Purple Heart to former prisoners of war of World War I, World War II, and the Korean war for injuries received during captivity (see H.R. 2248, H8188 [22OC])
———benefit eligibility for incompetent veterans relative to dependent status (see H.R. 1473, H5979 [29JY])
———burial plot allowances (see H.R. 103, H1080 [20FE])
———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])
Vietnam: release and emigration of reeducation camp detainees (see H. Con. Res. 189, H10723 [20NO])
———withhold normalization of diplomatic and economic relations pending report on missing American servicemen in Southeast Asia (see H. Con. Res. 233, H10932 [22NO])
Wallenberg, Raoul: release of prison records by the Soviet Union (see H. Con. Res. 58, H1139 [21FE])
Week for the National Observance of the 50th Anniversary of World War II: designate (see H.J. Res. 371, H9580 [7NO])
Wetlands: conservation and management (see H.R. 1330, H1472 [7MR])
World Food Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 230, H7314 [2OC])
World War II: establish in the District of Columbia a memorial to veterans (see H.R. 1624, H4187 [7JN])
———issue 50th anniversary commemorative coin (see H.R. 1623, H4186 [7JN])
Year of the Wetlands: designate (see H.J. Res. 352, H10932 [22NO])
Yugoslavia: democratic reforms in Croatia, Slovenia, and Kosovo Province (see H. Res. 237, H7802 [10OC])
———recognize independence of Croatia and Slovenia (see H. Con. Res. 224, H8788 [30OC])
———repression of self-determination (see H. Res. 205, H5909 [25JY])
———U.S. policy (see H. Res. 296, H10931 [22NO])
Declarations
State Sovereignty of Ukraine: Ukrainian Supreme Soviet, E293
Letters
Soviet human rights policies: by, S10514 [22JY]
Remarks by, on
Afghanistan: Soviet military assistance to Communist government in Kabul, E1286
Amtrak: anniversary (S.J. Res. 98), H2490, H2491 [24AP]
Arts and humanities: recognition of ``An Artistic Discovery,'' the congressional high school art competition (H. Res. 201), H10288
Barker, William P.: recipient of B'nai B'rith Humanitarian Award, E1850
Bethlehem, PA: anniversary, E1064
———anniversary of SS. Cyril and Methodius Parish, E3190
———Moravian Academy anniversary, E2993
———tribute to Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Lodge No. 191, E3878
———tribute to Lions Club, E3464
Business and industry: financial reporting requirements, H5404 [11JY]
———permit commercial firms to acquire failing banks if no Government assistance is provided, H8905 [31OC]
Cementon, PA: tribute to Laurel Fire Company No. 1, E3123
Civil Rights Act: restore and strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (H.R. 1), H3922, H3953
Climate: effects of global warming, E795
Communications: improve allocation and assignment to the electromagnetic spectrum (H.R. 1407), E905
———improve allocation and assignment to the electromagnetic spectrum (H.R. 531), H5276, H5277 [9JY]
Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe: human rights meeting in Soviet Union, E2775
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H7719 [9OC]
Courts: standards for product liability actions (H.R. 2700), E2365
———standards for professional liability actions (H.R. 2701), E2365
Dept. of Commerce: authorizing appropriations for the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Technology Administration (H.R. 1989), H5471, H5472 [16JY]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military functions and to prescribe military personnel levels (H.R. 2100), H3241, H3261, H3262, H3263, H3264 [20MY]
———review of any license to any country relative to U.S.-exported technology which could increase foreign military potential, H8734 [30OC]
Dept. of Transportation: making appropriations (H.R. 2942), H5773
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2608), H4468 [13JN]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2608), conference report, H7349
Depts. of Veterans Affairs, HUD, and independent agencies, commissions, corporations, and offices: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2519), H4082 [6JN]
Ecology and environment: tribute to the Hazardous Waste Action Coalition, E3687
Economy: national policy priority assignments, H11052 [23NO]
Employment: entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (H.R. 2), H9739 [13NO]
———quotas, H3953
Export Administration Act: reauthorize (H.R. 3489), H8734 [30OC]
FCC: require at least one member to be skilled in engineering sciences (H.R. 3501), E3280
Federal Quality Institute: annual convention, E697
Federal Railroad Safety Act: authorizing activities (H.R. 2607), H6699
Financial institutions: recapitalize the Federal deposit insurance fund and reform the regulatory and service systems, H11033 [23NO]
———recapitalize the Federal deposit insurance fund and reform the regulatory and service systems (H.R. 6), H8815, H8905 [31OC]
———reform deposit insurance system (S. 543), H11033, H11045 [23NO]
Foreign aid: improve and authorize appropriations for military assistance programs (H.R. 2508), H4500, H4501 [13JN]
Foreign policy: recommittal to U.S. support of universal human rights and democracy (H. Res. 284), H11223 [25NO]
Foreign trade: extension of Presidential fast-track negotiating authority, H3269, H3271 [20MY], H3476, H3477, H3478, H3488-H3492 [22MY]
———negotiation of trade agreements (H. Res. 146), H3602 [23MY]
———procedures for implementing trade agreements (H. Res. 101), H3533 [23MY]
Hazardous substances: national policy relating to legislative and regulatory action, E4176
Heinz, John: tribute (H. Res. 119), H2093 [9AP]
India: require presidential certification of non-nuclear status prior to any commitment of economic, technological or military aid, H4500, H4501 [13JN]
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers: contributions to the success in the Persian Gulf conflict, E1068
Labor unions: prevent discrimination based on participation in disputes (H.R. 5), H5546, H5548, H5572 [17JY]
———prevent discrimination based on participation in disputes (H.R. 5), consideration (H. Res. 195), H5526 [17JY]
Lehigh Valley, PA: anniversary of Hogar CREA (organization), E3981
Lehigh Valley Braille Guild of Allentown, PA: anniversary, E1411
Medicaid: Federal payments relative to State expenditures made from revenues derived from provider-specific taxes (H.R. 3595), conference report, H11872
Mental health: Decade of the Brain, E1304
Middle East: allies' contribution to Operation Desert Shield, H860 [5FE]
———community support for troops in the Persian Gulf, H935 [6FE]
———military action by Iraq against Israel, H563 [18JA]
———military action by Iraq against Israel (H. Con. Res. 41), H656 [23JA]
———military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq, H260, H261 [11JA]
———military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq (H.J. Res. 77), H460, H480
———multinational military action against Iraq, H534 [17JA], H563 [18JA]
———Soviet diplomatic solution to conflict with Iraq, H1029 [20FE], H1169 [27FE]
———U.S. military presence, H118 [10JA]
———U.S. military presence (S. Con. Res. 2), H583 [18JA]
Motor vehicles: impact of Japanese imports, H3271 [20MY]
NASA: space station development, H4082 [6JN]
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill: tribute, E1304
National Institute of Standards and Technology: funding, H4468 [13JN]
National Manufacturing Week: designate (H.J. Res. 348), E3349
National Telecommunications and Information Administration: grant charter and authorize appropriations (H.R. 3031), H11041, H11043, H11045 [23NO]
NOAA: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2130), H10662, H10682 [20NO]
North American Free-Trade Agreement: impact on employment issues, H3271 [20MY]
Nuclear warfare: strategic defense initiative, H3241, H3261, H3262, H3263, H3264 [20MY]
Power resources: comprehensive energy security policy, H789 [30JA]
———making appropriations for energy and water development (H.R. 2427), H3671, H3672, H3675, H3676, H3687 [29MY]
President's Council on Management Improvements: annual convention, E697
Public broadcasting: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2977), H11228 [25NO]
Public demonstrations: protests against multinational military action against Iraq, H563 [18JA]
Railroads: develop high-speed rail program (H.R. 1087), E585
———labor-management settlement between National Railway Labor Conference and employees (H.J. Res. 222), H2367, H2368, H2370 [17AP]
Research: high temperature superconductivity electric power technologies (H.R. 3498), E3253
———superconducting supercollider funding, H3671, H3672, H3675, H3676 [29MY]
Ships and vessels: equity of revenue availability and regulation of gambling (H.R. 3282), H11025 [23NO]
Small business: loan funding to support research, development on, and demonstration of commercial feasibility of advanced technologies and products in certain fields, H5472 [16JY]
Social Security: earnings test for retirement age individuals, H11051 [23NO]
Solid waste: application of certain requirements and sanctions to Federal facilities (H.R. 2194), H4879, H4880, H4884 [24JN]
Soviet Union: Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident anniversary, E1783
———lost revenues from trade ban with Iraq, H1151 [26FE]
———military action against Baltic States, H490, H496, H498, H499, H500, H501 [14JA]
———military action against Lithuania, H261 [11JA]
———most-favored-nation status (H.J. Res. 346), H10640 [20NO]
———political reform in the Baltic States, H1856 [20MR]
———referendum on elections, H1794 [19MR]
Technology Advancement Association: tribute, E3086
Tourist trade: international travel and tourism in the U.S. (H.R. 3645), H11049, H11050, H11051, H11052 [23NO]
Transportation: establish a national comprehensive surface transportation system (H.R. 2950), H8250 [23OC]
———establish a national comprehensive surface transportation system (H.R. 2950), conference report, H11515
Ukraine: independence anniversary, E292
———recognize independence (H. Con. Res. 212), E3245
Veterans: clarify protections relative to reemployment and reinstatement of health insurance (H.R. 555), H717 [29JA]
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H1453 [6MR], H1667 [12MR], H1773 [14MR], H2258 [16AP], H3147 [15MY], H4547 [13JN], H5047 [25JN], H6449 [11SE], H7312 [2OC], H7378 [3OC], H9143 [4NO], H10840 [21NO]
Leave of absence: granted, H4282 [11JN]
Special order: granted, H506 [14JA], H978 [6FE], H3034 [14MY], H3147 [15MY], H3278 [20MY], H7197 [1OC]
Statements
Conference on Federal Quality Improvement: Vice President Quayle, E698
Memorial Tribute to John Heinz: Bob Groff, H2459 [23AP]
Testimonies
Committee on the Interior and Insular Affairs: Designate American Discovery Trail as a National Trail (H.R. 3011), D1450 [18NO]
———Establish Little River Canyon National Preserve, AL (H.R. 3665), D1450 [18NO]
———Terminate a Reservation of Use and Occupancy at the Buffalo National River (S. 996), D1450 [18NO]
Committee on Ways and Means: U.S. International Competitiveness, D909 [16JY]
Tributes
Caruso, Michael, E387
Davis, Miles, H7145
Davis, Miles D., III, H7714, H7715, H7716, H7717 [9OC]
Gambet, Daniel G., E777
Heinz, John, H2459 [23AP]
Marcinak, Michelle, E1724
Villani, Richard J., E3571
Yohe, Jack, E4108
Zettlemoyer, Albert C., E384