ROUKEMA, MARGE (a Representative from New Jersey)
Appointments
Committee on Hunger (Select), H1088 [21FE]
Conferee: H.R. 707, CFTC appropriations, H7202 [2OC]
———H.R. 991, extend expiration date of Defense Production Act, H1954 [21MR]
———S. 419, Resolution Trust Corp. funding, H1753 [13MR]
———S. 543, Comprehensive Deposit Insurance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act, H11039 [23NO]
Articles and editorials
Freddy's Baaack!—II, Wall Street Journal (publication), H8885 [31OC]
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Consumers: incentives for long-term savings (see H. Con. Res. 120, H2179 [11AP])
Education: improve needs analysis in student aid programs (see H.R. 1117, H1162 [26FE])
———reduce student loan defaults (see H.R. 1118, H1162 [26FE])
Financial institutions: recapitalize the Federal deposit insurance fund and reform the regulatory and service systems (see H.R. 823, H890 [5FE])
Resolution Trust Corporation: refinance, restructure, and extend affordable housing program (see H.R. 3356, H6675 [17SE])
Taxation: penalty-free withdrawals from individual retirement accounts for purchase of a first home (see H.R. 1352, H1473 [7MR])
———treatment of deduction for interest paid on debt secured by a first or second home (see H. Con. Res. 8, H61 [3JA])
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Abortion: availability of services under federally funded programs (see H.R. 766, H1146 [25FE])
Aeronautics: reduction of aviation noise in New York and New Jersey (see H.R. 3510, H8920 [31OC])
Africa: protection of human rights and economic development in the Horn of Africa (see H.R. 1454, H1774 [14MR])
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, H11894 [26NO])
Armed Forces: assistance in border patrol-related activities (see H.R. 1481, H5596 [17JY])
Armenia: recognition as independent republic (see H. Con. Res. 235, H12063 [3JA])
Baltic Freedom Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 167, H1341 [4MR])
Braille Literacy Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 353, H8101 [17OC])
Budget: reform process (see H.R. 298, H78 [4JA])
Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation: establish (see H.R. 500, H1025 [19FE])
Civil Rights Act: restore and strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (see H.R. 1375, H1668 [12MR])
Coastal zones: improve quality of recreation waters (see H.R. 12, H54 [3JA])
Coins: mint commemorative coin for 200th anniversary of White House (see H.R. 3337, H11289 [25NO])
Coins and coinage: mint in commemoration of the quincentenary of the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus (see H.R. 500, H1025 [19FE])
Colleges and universities: sexual assaults on campuses (see H.R. 2363, H3149 [15MY])
Columbus, Christopher: honorary citizenship (see H.J. Res. 152, H1579 [11MR])
Committee on Education and Labor: expenses for investigations and studies (see H. Res. 53, H891 [5FE])
Committee on Hunger (Select): establish (see H. Res. 11, H62 [3JA])
Courts: standards for product liability actions (see H.R. 3030, H5908 [25JY])
Crime: registration of all convicted child abusers with the National Crime Information Center (see H.R. 2553, H6798 [24SE])
Developing countries: promote development of microenterprises (see H.R. 1608, H5514 [16JY])
Diseases: ovarian cancer research (see H.R. 148, H1281 [27FE])
District of Columbia: convey certain parcels of land to the Columbia Hospital for Women (see H.R. 2570, H7981 [16OC])
Dyslexia Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 73, H713 [28JA])
Eating Disorders Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 354, H8577 [28OC])
Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 109, H1081 [20FE])
Employment: entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (see H.R. 2, H53 [3JA])
———prevent discrimination based on participation in an economic strike (see H.R. 2620, H4437 [12JN])
Ending Hunger Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 321, H6879 [25SE])
ERISA: multiple employer welfare arrangements providing health plan benefits (see H.R. 2773, H5515 [16JY])
———protect single-employer plan termination insurance program (see H.R. 3843, H10841 [21NO])
Fair Labor Standards Act: clarify application (see H.R. 1237, H2902 [8MY])
Federal Deposit Insurance Act: require States receiving large share of thrift resolution costs to pay thrift deposit insurance premium (see H.R. 1171, H1279 [27FE])
Financial institutions: improve supervision and regulation of FNMA, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., Student Loan Marketing Association, and Farm Credit System (see H.R. 2747, H5048 [25JN]; H.R. 2900, H5513 [16JY])
Fire fighters: enact a fire service bill of rights (see H.R. 2448, H3739 [30MY])
Fire prevention: smoke detection devices in dwellings financed by Dept. of HUD programs (see H.R. 2099, H2564 [25AP])
Firearms: waiting period before the purchase of a handgun (see H.R. 7, H53 [3JA])
Fish: restrict commercial harvesting of Atlantic striped bass (see H.R. 393, H4186 [7JN])
Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 83, H4550 [13JN])
Foreign trade: tariff treatment of products from countries relative to their contributions to Operation Desert Shield (see H.R. 317, H2086 [22MR])
Franklin, Benjamin: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2448, H3739 [30MY])
Government: elimination of waste (see H.R. 3816, H10723 [20NO])
Hazardous substances: reduce human exposure to lead (see H.R. 2840, H7199 [1OC])
Health: assess paperwork burden imposed on providers and beneficiaries of health care services (see H.R. 2625, H9614 [8NO])
———require physicians who perform silicone gel implants to provide certain information to patients (see H.R. 1422, H9758 [13NO])
Health care facilities: criminal penalties for interfering with access (see H.R. 1703, H6798 [24SE])
Health care professionals: excessive physician regulations under medicare (see H.R. 2695, H5651 [18JY])
Housing: low-income and rural housing programs (see H.R. 3483, H7379 [3OC])
Hunger: alleviate conditions (see H.R. 2258, H5432 [11JY])
Hunting and trapping: eliminate the use of steel jaw leghold traps on animals (see H.R. 1354, H4867 [20JN])
Italian-American Heritage and Culture Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 260, H7551 [7OC])
Languages: recognize English as official U.S. language (see H.R. 123, H9758 [13NO])
Lyme Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 138, H1079 [20FE])
Medicaid: coverage of screening mammography (see H.R. 1311, H9144 [4NO])
———funding of abortion in the case of rape or incest (see H. Res. 40, H5300 [9JY])
Medicare: coverage of screening mammography (see H.R. 1312, H9144 [4NO])
———deadlines for claim submission (see H.R. 1467, H5514 [16JY])
———home care and extended care services coverages (see H.R. 1200, H5299 [9JY])
———improve State systems for compensating individuals injured in the course of provision of health care services (see H.R. 1004, H5596 [17JY])
Members of Congress: deny annuity benefits to individuals convicted of a felony (see H.R. 1077, H5514 [16JY])
Mental health: State services for children (see H.R. 1197, H6385 [2AU])
Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 156, H1280 [27FE])
Merchant marine: fair implementation of cargo preference laws (see H.R. 44, H7199 [1OC])
———provide that certain service during World War II constitutes active military service (see H.R. 44, H7199 [1OC])
Middle East: success of multinational military action against Iraq (see H. Res. 95, H1326 [28FE])
Military Order of the World Wars: grant charter (see H.R. 3071, H9581 [7NO])
Motor vehicles: liability and insurance policies of rental car companies (see H.R. 1293, H6879 [25SE])
National Adoption Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 364, H10723 [20NO])
National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 198, H2538 [24AP])
National Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 318, H6941 [26SE])
National Biomedical Research Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 316, H6540 [12SE])
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 257, H3856 [4JN])
National Campus Crime and Security Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 142, H3495 [22MY])
National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 241, H2685 [1MY])
National Down Syndrome Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 228, H2770 [2MY])
National Ellis Island Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 130, H1024 [19FE])
National Family Caregivers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 125, H992 [6FE])
National Home Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 175, H6721 [23SE])
National Hospice Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 153, H5433 [11JY])
National Huntington's Disease Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 56, H2770 [2MY])
National Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 252, H4613 [18JN])
National Nurses Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 269, H4283 [11JN])
National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 218, H2179 [11AP])
National Polio Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 211, H2770 [2MY])
National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 233, H3806 [3JN])
National Radon Action Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 67, H6721 [23SE])
National Rehabilitation Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 95, H1327 [28FE])
National Sarcoidosis Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 309, H5650 [18JY])
National Scleroderma Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 219, H2261 [16AP])
National Student Loan Data System: revise operation (see H.R. 3372, H6720 [23SE])
National Trauma Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 300, H6602 [16SE])
National Visiting Nurse Associations Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 212, H7200 [1OC])
Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 205, H2399 [22AP])
New Jersey: moratorium on oil and gas leasing off the coast (see H.R. 2505, H3739 [30MY])
Noise pollution: FAA policies on aircraft noise abatement (see H.R. 3639, H8495 [24OC])
Pediatric AIDS Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 91, H2953 [9MY])
Population: funding for international control assistance (see H.R. 1110, H1161 [26FE]; H.R. 1179, H1323 [28FE])
POW/MIA: disclosure of information concerning U.S. personnel classified after 1940 (see H.R. 1147, H2180 [11AP])
Public Health Service Act: family planning counseling (see H.R. 392, H3805 [3JN])
Refuse disposal: prevent lawsuits equating municipal solid waste and sewage sludge with industrial hazardous wastes (see H.R. 3026, H6941 [26SE])
Resolution Trust Corp.: funding and restructuring of Oversight Board (see H.R. 3435, H7107 [30SE])
Sewage disposal: regulate combined sewer overflows (see H.R. 3477, H7313 [2OC])
Small business: development of microenterprises (see H.R. 288, H5979 [29JY])
Social Security: assistance to States to support informal caregivers of individuals with functional limitations (see H.R. 2106, H3037 [14MY])
———benefit formula computation rules (see H.R. 917, H990 [6FE])
———condition payments based on State withholding of wages from absent parents for child support payments (see H.R. 3151, H6193 [31JY])
———expand tax exemption for certain election officials and workers (see H.R. 1771, H7381 [3OC])
———payment for physicians' services (see H.R. 3070, H6387 [2AU])
Solid waste: liability of certain municipalities for generation and transportation (see H.R. 2767, H6879 [25SE])
States: regulation of surface transportation rates by certain motor and air carriers (see H.R. 3221, H9043 [1NO])
Student loan programs: eligibility requirements for certain programs (see H.R. 3239, H6382 [2AU])
Student loans: eligibility relative to default rates of institutions (see H.R. 327, H1670 [12MR])
Taxation: deduction for interest on educational loans (see H.R. 747, H824 [30JA])
———exclusion for employee educational assistance (see H.R. 127, H606 [18JA])
———increase amount of the exemption for children under age 18 (see H.R. 1277, H2686 [1MY])
———low-income housing credit (see H.R. 413, H993 [6FE])
———permanently extend qualified mortgage bonds (see H.R. 1067, H1136 [21FE])
———treatment of educational loans and scholarships (see H.R. 394, H782 [29JA])
Telephones: regulate use for making commercial solicitations (see H.R. 1304, H1455 [6MR])
Trucking: regulation of commercial motor vehicle weights and combination lengths (see H.R. 2515, H5341 [10JY])
U.N.: response to disaster and humanitarian emergencies (see H. Con. Res. 197, H6384 [2AU])
Ukrainian American Veterans, Inc.: grant charter (see H.R. 976, H11891 [26NO])
Veterans: disability compensation for service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 3, H53 [3JA])
———furnish outpatient medical services for any POW disabilities (see H.R. 1598, H6539 [12SE])
———increase rate of special pension to Congressional Medal of Honor recipients (see H.R. 1541, H7107 [30SE])
Women: equity in health care services (see H.R. 1161, H6456 [11SE])
———reproduction rights (see H.R. 25, H54 [3JA])
World Food Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 230, H6799 [24SE])
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 American Indian: designate (see H.J. Res. 342, H9759 [13NO])
Letters
Low-income housing programs: by, S10417 [18JY]
Permanent replacement of striking workers: Jerry M. Hunter, H5569 [17JY]
States thrift deposit insurance premium: by, E713 [1MR]
Remarks by, on
Abortion: pro choice versus right to life, H9441
Armenians: anniversary of genocide, E1485
Conte, Silvio O.: tribute (H. Res. 76), H1040 [20FE]
Crime: gun control, H8034 [17OC]
———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3371), H8034 [17OC]
Dept. of Defense: making supplemental appropriations for personnel expenditures relative to Operation Desert Shield and other urgent domestic programs (H.R. 1281), H1518 [7MR]
Dept. of Transportation: making appropriations (H.R. 2942), conference report, H7673
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2707), conference report, H9441
Education: improve needs analysis in student aid programs (H.R. 1117), E631
———reduce student loan defaults (H.R. 1118), E627
Elections: results relative to national voter trends, H9501 [7NO]
Employment: entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (H.R. 2), H9501 [7NO], H9727, H9764, H9777, H9784 [13NO]
ERISA: protect single-employer plan termination insurance program (H.R. 3843), E3955
Financial institutions: creation of core banks, H8884, H8888 [31OC]
———exempt certain nonprofit organizations from Federal deposit insurance limit, H9085 [4NO]
———improve supervision and regulation of FNMA, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., Student Loan Marketing Association, and Farm Credit System (H.R. 2900), H6814, H6818 [25SE]
———interstate branching system, H9063 [4NO]
———recapitalize the Federal deposit insurance fund and reform the regulatory and service systems (H.R. 3768), H10758 [21NO]
———recapitalize the Federal deposit insurance fund and reform the regulatory and service systems (H.R. 6), H8774 [30OC], H8884, H8888 [31OC], H8940, H8941 [1NO], H9063, H9085 [4NO]
———reform deposit insurance system (S. 543), conference report, H11809 [26NO]
Firearms: establish national hotline to check on prospective handgun buyers, H2836 [8MY]
———waiting period before the purchase of a handgun (H.R. 7), H2609 [1MY], H2787 [7MY], H2836 [8MY]
Hems, Joseph R.: election as national commander of Military Order of the Purple Heart, E3129
Hoffmann-LaRoche Sight and Life Task Force: Helen Keller International Award recipient, E3859
Housing: funding for home ownership and assistance programs, H1518 [7MR]
———regulation of financial programs for Government-sponsored enterprises, H6814, H6818 [25SE]
Income: treatment of telephone and electric cooperative pension plans (H.R. 2031), H5459 [16JY]
Iraq: humanitarian assistance for the Kurds (H.R. 2122), H2587 [30AP]
Labor unions: prevent discrimination based on participation in disputes (H.R. 5), H5535, H5568, H5570 [17JY]
Medicaid: Federal payments relative to State expenditures made from revenues derived from provider-specific taxes (H.R. 3595), H10521 [19NO]
Middle East: allies' contribution to Operation Desert Shield (H.R. 586), H1098 [21FE]
———congressional approval of military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq pending failure of economic sanctions (H. Con. Res. 33), H416 [12JA]
———financial costs of military operations in the Persian Gulf region (H.R. 586), H1098 [21FE]
———peace conference, H8584 [29OC]
National Commission on Libraries and Information Science: operation and effectiveness (S. 1593), H6249, H6250 [1AU]
Resolution Trust Corp.: funding, H1167 [27FE]
———funding and restructuring of Oversight Board (H.R. 3435), H11853 [26NO]
———funding (H.R. 1315), H1599, H1600 [12MR]
———refinance, restructure, and extend affordable housing program (H.R. 3356), E3082
Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 3909), H11335
———treatment of deduction for interest paid on debt secured by a first or second home (H. Con. Res. 8), E71
Telephones: consumer rights relative to telephone advertising (S. 1462), H11313, H11314 [26NO]
———regulate use for making commercial solicitations (H.R. 1304), H10342 [18NO]
Transportation: establish a national comprehensive surface transportation system (H.R. 2950), H8258
Unemployment: emergency compensation (H.R. 3575), H10222 [14NO]
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H47 [3JA], H2569 [29AP], H3159 [16MY], H6379 [2AU], H6673 [17SE], H6796 [24SE], H7197 [1OC], H7724 [9OC], H8100 [17OC], H9578 [7NO], H9699 [12NO], H10267 [14NO], H10363 [18NO], H10840 [21NO]
Leave of absence: granted, H4214 [10JN]
Testimonies
Committee on Education and Labor: Higher Education Act Reauthorization, D633 [21MY], D1039 [1AU]
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Iraqi and Persian Gulf Conflict Refugees Appropriations, D466 [23AP]
Committee on Rules: Depts. of Veterans Affairs, HUD, and Independent Agencies Appropriations (H.R. 2519), D699 [5JN]
———Family and Medical Leave Act (H.R. 2), D1386 [6NO]
———Improve Supervision and Regulation of FNMA, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., Student Loan Marketing Association, and Farm Credit System (H.R. 2900), D1144 [24SE]
———Prevent Discrimination Based on Participation in Labor Disputes (H.R. 5), D909 [16JY]
Tributes
Baker, Lois, E3852
Becton, Henry P., E3434
Bird, Mildred C., E3895
Casey, Frank, E1821
Conte, Silvio O., H1229 [27FE]
Dittrick, Douglas H., E743
Folley, Clyde H., E3808
Goetz, Arthur, E3217
Herbert, Ward J., E703
Linder, William J., E2892
Saley, Albert H., E3795
Winters, Robert C., E697