SLATTERY, JIM (a Representative from Kansas)

Amendments offered by, to

Dept. of Defense: making supplemental appropriations for personnel expenditures relative to Operation Desert Shield and other urgent domestic programs (H.R. 1281), H1538 [7MR]

Power resources: making appropriations for energy and water development (H.R. 2427), H3663 [29MY]

Resolution Trust Corp.: funding (H.R. 1315), H1607 [12MR]

Analyses

Research, Design, and Manufacturing of Telecommunications Equipment (H.R. 1527), E1025 [20MR]

Appointments

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. 2950, Surface Transportation Efficiency Act, H9470 [6NO]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

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

Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 3000, H5744 [23JY])

Employment: protection from discrimination for certain energy-related employees (see H.R. 3081, H5978 [29JY])

Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act: extend the phase-in period under title XI (see H.R. 2115, H2564 [25AP])

Gambling: regulation of greyhound racing industry (see H.R. 423, H82 [4JA])

Health care facilities: exempt from antitrust laws, certain activities entered into by hospitals in low population areas (see H.R. 2406, H3279 [20MY])

Health care professionals: increase number of individuals serving in clinical laboratories serving rural areas (see H.R. 2405, H3279 [20MY])

House of Representatives: establish certain requirements on the consideration of appropriations bills and conference reports (see H. Res. 187, H5267 [27JN])

Immigration: admission of professors and researchers (see H.R. 2150, H2601 [30AP])

Investments: disclosure of information regarding yields of savings vehicles (see H.R. 2674, H4611 [18JN])

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment on terms of office (see H.J. Res. 311, H5744 [23JY])

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

Real property: taxation of sale of farmland with principal residence (see H.R. 1711, H2135 [10AP])

Research: superconducting supercollider funding (see H.R. 2485, H3709 [29MY])

Social Security: access to health care services for needy children (see H.R. 1392, H1669 [12MR])

Solid waste: scrap tire management and recovery program (see H.R. 3058, H5909 [25JY]; H.R. 3059, H5909 [25JY]

Taxation: personal injury awards to children (see H.R. 1956, H2393 [18AP])

———treatment of savings bonds for the higher education expenses of a grandchild (see H.R. 1955, H2393 [18AP])

Telecommunications: broadcasting of information on election campaigns (see H.R. 2999, H5744 [23JY])

———research, design, and manufacturing of equipment (see H.R. 1527, H1913 [20MR])

Television: protect cable subscribers from charges for unrequested programming (see H.R. 3150, H6193 [31JY])

Veterans: family counseling for Persian Gulf Conflict personnel (see H.R. 3528, H7648 [8OC])

Welk, Lawrence: repeal authority to use appropriations for rural development grants for the restoration of birthplace (see H.R. 772, H839 [31JA])

World War II: Federal retirement credit for Cadet Nurse Corps service (see H.R. 1752, H2178 [11AP])

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Africa: protection of human rights and economic development in the Horn of Africa (see H.R. 1454, H2470 [23AP])

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, H10842 [21NO])

Alaska: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.J. Res. 239, H8121 [21OC])

American Hispanic Literature Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 244, H5300 [9JY])

American Magazine Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 253, H5451 [15JY])

Animals: prohibit use of live animals as visual lures in dog racing and training (see H.R. 318, H5514 [16JY])

Antitrust policy: evidentiary standards for Federal civil claims based on resale price fixing (see H.R. 1470, H6385 [2AU])

Appropriations: constitutional amendment on line-item veto (see H.J. Res. 213, H2135 [10AP])

Arab countries: agreement relative to passport and visa policies (see H.R. 2254, H4438 [12JN])

———recognition of Israel (see H. Con. Res. 88, H2087 [22MR])

Armed Forces: allow claims for damages from certain negligent medical care (see H.R. 3407, H10932 [22NO])

———cancellation of student loans and restore certain educational benefits to members serving in the Persian Gulf (see H.R. 821, H3624 [23MY])

———early delivery of certain benefit checks (see H.R. 803, H889 [5FE])

———establish a commemorative medal for members serving in a combat zone during the Persian Gulf conflict (see H.R. 1107, H1475 [7MR])

———payment of health care expenses for certain members relative to entitlement to medicare benefits (see H.R. 467, H2686 [1MY])

———reemployment rights (see H.R. 1578, H2602 [30AP])

———restore certain educational benefits for those serving in Operation Desert Shield (see H.R. 1108, H2602 [30AP])

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

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

Basketball Centennial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 372, H10366 [18NO])

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

Boy Scouts of America: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 207, H4016 [5JN])

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, H2684 [1MY])

Buffalo Soldiers Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 237, H2564 [25AP])

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

Census: enumeration of the homeless population (see H. Con. Res. 150, H5050 [25JN])

Centennial of Concrete Paving in America Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 324, H7649 [8OC])

Children: Federal funding for food for low-income children in day care (see H.R. 1460, H2137 [10AP])

Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation: establish (see H.R. 500, H385 [11JA])

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

Coins: mint and circulate $1 coin (see H.R. 1245, H1671 [12MR])

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

———mint in commemoration of Operation Desert Shield (see H.R. 1658, H2085 [22MR])

Coins and coinage: mint in commemoration of the quincentenary of the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus (see H.R. 500, H385 [11JA])

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

Communications: improve allocation and assignment to the electromagnetic spectrum (see H.R. 531, H1670 [12MR])

Congress: amend the definition of the type of adjournment that prevents the return of a bill by the President (see H.R. 849, H2108 [9AP])

———purchase of recycled paper and paper products (see H.R. 242, H2564 [25AP])

Conservation of energy: promote (see H.R. 776, H854 [4FE])

———regional energy efficient lighting education centers (see H.R. 3285, H6384 [2AU])

Conservation of natural resources: standards for certain lighting and water fixtures, and heating and cooling equipment (see H.R. 2451, H6138 [30JY])

Copyrights: enable satellite distributors to sue satellite carriers for unlawful discrimination (see H.R. 3864, H10842 [21NO])

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

Crime: insurance fraud (see H.R. 3171, H6316 [1AU])

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

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

Defense Production Act: clarify and strengthen provisions pertaining to national security takeovers (see H.R. 2624, H5665 [22JY])

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: designate a Chief Minority Affairs Officer (see H.R. 819, H5910 [25JY])

———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, H6139 [30JY])

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])

Drug abuse: use of certain grants for treatment of intravenous drug abuse (see H.R. 2235, H2810 [7MY])

Dutch-American Heritage Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 177, H6318 [1AU])

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

Education: student loans of resident physicians (see H.R. 1482, H6386 [2AU])

Education Day, U.S.A.: designate (see H.J. Res. 104, H994 [6FE])

Elections: participation in debates by any candidate receiving public campaign financing (see H.R. 1112, H2109 [9AP])

Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 109, H2470 [23AP])

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

Ending Hunger Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 321, H6879 [25SE])

Energy Policy and Conservation Act: amend (see H.R. 777, H854 [4FE])

Executive departments: options for shared services in Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HHS (see H. Con. Res. 146, H2811 [7MY])

Executive Office of the President: establish the Office of Federal Management (see H.R. 2750, H6457 [11SE])

Eximbank: financing foreign sale of defense articles (see H.R. 2175, H4099 [6JN])

———financing of defense articles export (see H.R. 1635, H2262 [16AP])

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

Federal aid programs: housing, education, and employment grants to urban and rural communities (see H.R. 501, H1080 [20FE])

Federal employees: age requirements for Federal law enforcement officers and fire fighters (see H.R. 961, H5299 [9JY])

———coverage of certain unmarried dependent children under the health benefits program (see H.R. 765, H2769 [2MY])

———early delivery of certain annuities checks (see H.R. 802, H889 [5FE])

———early retirement requirements (see H.R. 1820, H5596 [17JY])

———extend certain civil service retirement benefits to certain INS, Customs Service, and IRS employees (see H.R. 793, H1475 [7MR])

———honoraria (see H.R. 325, H782 [29JA])

———restore the 3-year basis recovery rule relative to certain annuities for income tax purposes (see H.R. 576, H2136 [10AP])

———tribute for contributions to Persian Gulf Conflict (see H. Con. Res. 147, H6388 [2AU])

———voluntary participation in the political process (see H.R. 20, H7107 [30SE])

———written notice before being released due to a reduction in force (see H.R. 1341, H2109 [9AP])

Federal Employees Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 97, H1026 [19FE])

Federal Mine Safety and Health Act: early delivery of certain benefit checks (see H.R. 799, H889 [5FE])

Federal Railroad Safety Act: authorizing activities (see H.R. 2607, H6602 [16SE])

Financial institutions: check cashing procedures at the Sergeant at Arms Bank of the House of Representatives (see H. Res. 224, H6799 [24SE])

———improve the qualified thrift lender test (see H.R. 1718, H2570 [29AP])

———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, H3739 [30MY])

Fire prevention: smoke detection devices in dwellings financed by Dept. of HUD programs (see H.R. 2099, H2903 [8MY])

Firearms: establish national hotline to check on prospective handgun buyers (see H.R. 1412, H1915 [20MR])

Flint Hills Prairie National Monument: establish (see H.R. 2369, H3159 [16MY])

Food: restore benefits under the dependent care program to adolescent youth (see H.R. 544, H3280 [20MY])

Foreign countries: restrict exports of nuclear items to nonnuclear weapon states (see H.R. 2755, H10932 [22NO])

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

Foreign trade: import of meat products from the EEC relative to the removal of certain trade barriers (see H.R. 3454, H10544 [19NO])

Franklin, Benjamin: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2448, H3739 [30MY])

Freedom of religion: protect (see H.R. 2797, H5651 [18JY])

Gambling: prohibit sports gambling under State law (see H.R. 74, H4867 [20JN])

GATT: oilseeds panel ruling against the European Community (see H. Res. 257, H11289 [25NO])

Geography Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 201, H7726 [9OC])

German-American Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 180, H6194 [31JY])

Girl Scouts of the United States of America 80th Anniversary Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 343, H8497 [24OC])

Government: elimination of waste (see H.R. 3816, H10543 [19NO])

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

Government regulation: procedures for assessment of impact on seizure of private property (see H.R. 1572, H2812 [7MY])

GSA: availability of nonlethal surplus property for humanitarian relief purposes (see H.R. 919, H2136 [10AP])

Health: access to telecommunications systems used to provide medical information to rural care providers (see H.R. 2232, H2810 [7MY])

———air transport of rural victims of medical emergencies (see H.R. 2234, H2810 [7MY])

———analysis of urban and rural area statistics (see H.R. 2238, H2811 [7MY])

———establish medical research alliance between Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs (see H.R. 111, H1280 [27FE])

———establish standards for certification of laboratories engaged in urine drug testing (see H.R. 33, H2016 [21MR])

———reduce infant mortality by improving services to pregnant women in rural areas (see H.R. 2229, H2810 [7MY])

———rural medical education projects (see H.R. 2233, H2810 [7MY]; H.R. 2236, H2810 [7MY]

Health care professionals: incentives for physicians to practice in rural areas (see H.R. 2230, H2810 [7MY])

———requirements relative to training in family medicine (see H.R. 2231, H2810 [7MY])

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

House of Representatives: abolish the franking privilege and establish a spending allowance for postage (see H.R. 771, H1417 [5MR])

———establish Commission on Congressional Reform (see H. Res. 26, H1672 [12MR])

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

Housing: establish midnight basketball league training and partnership programs for residents of public housing (see H.R. 3102, H7200 [1OC])

Hunger: alleviate conditions (see H.R. 2258, H4438 [12JN])

Hunting and trapping: eliminate the use of steel jaw leghold traps on animals (see H.R. 1354, H4867 [20JN])

Income: congressional, executive, and judicial salaries and pensions (see H.R. 2830, H5299 [9JY])

———treatment of Federal pay relative to garnishment and similar legal fees (see H.R. 643, H3150 [15MY])

India: terminate economic assistance pending human rights organization monitoring (see H.R. 953, H2570 [29AP])

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

International Air Transportation Competition Act: amend (see H.R. 858, H988 [6FE])

International Parental Child Abduction Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 266, H5746 [23JY])

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

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

Jewish Heritage Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 134, H1850 [19MR])

Job Training Partnership Act: amend Job Corps provisions (see H.R. 1364, H2470 [23AP])

Kansas: study of frontier cavalry forts (see H.R. 2337, H3710 [29MY])

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

Korean War Memorial Act: amend (see H.R. 1744, H2812 [7MY])

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

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

Law enforcement: establish the authority of criminal investigators in Inspectors General offices (see H.R. 1361, H2087 [22MR])

Local government: Federal payments in lieu of taxes (see H.R. 1495, H8919 [31OC])

Lyme Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 138, H1079 [20FE])

Marine mammals: detrimental impact due to purse seine fishing for tuna (see H.R. 261, H6879 [25SE])

Medicaid: Federal payments relative to State expenditures made from revenues derived from provider-specific taxes (see H.R. 3595, H9701 [12NO])

Medicare: coverage of respiratory therapy as part of extended care services in a skilled nursing facility (see H.R. 1120, H5341 [10JY])

———due process protections to institutions subject to State certifications (see H.R. 2240, H2811 [7MY])

Middle East: limit transfer of weapons by international arms suppliers (see H.R. 2315, H5050 [25JN])

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

Motor vehicles: corporate fuel economy standards (see H.R. 446, H993 [6FE])

———liability and insurance policies of rental car companies (see H.R. 1293, H1455 [6MR])

Motorcycle Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 107, H2903 [8MY])

National Accessible Housing Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 326, H8577 [28OC])

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

National American Indian Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 182, H1473 [7MR])

National Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 318, H6941 [26SE])

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 257, H6691 [19SE])

National Children's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 183, H4613 [18JN])

National Crime Victims' Rights Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 171, H2110 [9AP])

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

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

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 241, H6139 [30JY])

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

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

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

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

National Family Caregivers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 125, H8787 [30OC])

National Family Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 23, H4284 [11JN])

National Forest System Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 226, H4945 [24JN])

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, H1280 [27FE])

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

National Historically Black Colleges Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 102, H5515 [16JY])

National Home Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 175, H2017 [21MR])

National Huntington's Disease Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 56, H2770 [2MY])

National Invent America Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 287, H5746 [23JY])

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

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

National Law Enforcement Training Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 191, H5342 [10JY])

National Military Families Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 215, H5818 [24JY])

National observances: establish a commission to advise the President (see H.R. 1882, H2373 [17AP])

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

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 72, H386 [11JA]), H855 [4FE]

National Philanthropy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 140, H3710 [29MY])

National Physical Fitness and Sports Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 120, H1787 [18MR])

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

National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 284, H5665 [22JY])

National Radon Action Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 67, H5515 [16JY])

National Recycling Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 169, H2109 [9AP])

National Rehabilitation Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 95, H1915 [20MR])

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

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

National Senior Citizens Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 181, H3710 [29MY])

National Senior Nutrition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 141, H2109 [9AP])

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

National Trauma Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 300, H8189 [22OC])

National Visiting Nurse Associations Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 212, H9044 [1NO])

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

National Women in Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 293, H5340 [10JY])

National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 242, H7981 [16OC])

National Wrestling Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 196, H5979 [29JY])

Natural gas: simplify regulatory requirements for pipeline construction (see H.R. 779, H854 [4FE])

Nuclear weapons: moratorium on testing (see H.R. 3636, H8494 [24OC])

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

Pesticides: safety of imports (see H.R. 2083, H2536 [24AP])

Petroleum: anticompetitive pricing practices by refiners (see H.R. 2966, H6941 [26SE])

Pharmaceuticals: penalties for illegal activities relative to the approval of abbreviated drug applications (see H.R. 2454, H3622 [23MY])

Pipelines: increase safety to humans and environment (see H.R. 1489, H6194 [31JY])

Polish American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 227, H6139 [30JY])

Postal Service: mail delivery standards (see H.R. 676, H712 [28JA])

Power resources: revise environmental processes for natural gas pipelines (see H.R. 2809, H6194 [31JY])

Printing: use of ink pigments made with soybean oil in Federal products (see H.R. 1736, H6194 [31JY])

Public Health Service: establish Office of Rural Mental Health (see H.R. 2237, H2810 [7MY])

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

———develop employment counseling, job-training, and other educational programs (see H.R. 3102, H7200 [1OC])

Railroad Retirement Act: early delivery of certain benefit checks (see H.R. 801, H889 [5FE])

Railroads: authorizing appropriations for local rail freight assistance (see H.R. 947, H992 [6FE])

Raye, Martha: support awarding of Presidential Medal of Freedom (see H. Con. Res. 100, H1849 [19MR])

Recycling: degradable plastics (see H.R. 1318, H1471 [7MR])

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

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

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

Resolution Trust Corp.: identification of property with certain values of special significance (see H.R. 901, H3370 [21MY])

Retired Enlisted Association, Inc.: grant charter (see H.R. 1509, H3805 [3JN])

Rural areas: establish development investment zones (see H.R. 1445, H2109 [9AP])

Schwarzkopf, H. Norman, Jr.: award a Congressional Gold Medal and produce bronze duplicates for public sale (see H.R. 1296, H1671 [12MR])

Securities: equalize the regulatory treatment of participants in the securities industry (see H.R. 797, H1915 [20MR])

———protect investors in limited partnerships in rollup transactions (see H.R. 1885, H5596 [17JY])

Social Security: coverage of services performed by election officials and workers (see H.R. 1691, H2812 [7MY])

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

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

Soviet Union: agricultural export credits to the Republics (see H. Res. 222, H11894 [26NO])

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])

States: prohibit imposition of income tax on pensions of nonresident individuals (see H.R. 431, H1670 [12MR])

———regulation of disposal of certain low-level radioactive waste (see H.R. 645, H697 [24JA])

Strategic petroleum reserve: drawdown to control oil prices (see H.R. 778, H854 [4FE])

Syria: extradition of fugitive Nazi war criminal Alois Brunner (see H. Res. 129, H5911 [25JY])

Taxation: cash or deferred arrangements for employees of tax-exempt organizations (see H.R. 2327, H3035 [14MY])

———clarify that customer based, market share, and any similar intangible items are amortizable (see H.R. 1456, H2137 [10AP])

———computing of deductions allowable to home day care providers for the business use of their homes (see H.R. 2008, H5341 [10JY])

———credits for increasing research activities (see H.R. 1618, H5211 [26JN])

———deductions for decommissioning costs of nuclear powerplants (see H.R. 2012, H2468 [23AP])

———exclusion for employee educational assistance (see H.R. 127, H1474 [7MR])

———gains and losses of non-exempt farmer cooperatives (see H.R. 2361, H3149 [15MY])

———health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 784, H3280 [20MY])

———incentives for generating electricity using solar, wind, or geothermal energy (see H.R. 780, H854 [4FE])

———low-income housing credit (see H.R. 413, H1080 [20FE])

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

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

———permit deferred compensation plans for States, local governments, and tax-exempt organizations (see H.R. 2906, H8189 [22OC])

———small issue bonds (see H.R. 1186, H6138 [30JY])

———targeted jobs credit (see H.R. 565, H1281 [27FE])

———treatment of a charitable organization operating an amateur athletic event (see H.R. 2464, H3623 [23MY])

———treatment of amounts received by cooperative telephone companies indirectly from their members (see H.R. 1860, H2538 [24AP])

———treatment of certain common investment funds (see H.R. 1733, H6539 [12SE])

———treatment of church pension benefit plans (see H.R. 1570, H2014 [21MR])

———treatment of deduction for interest paid on debt secured by a first or second home (see H. Con. Res. 8, H782 [29JA])

———withholding of income tax from wages paid for agricultural labor (see H.R. 924, H1670 [12MR])

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

Telecommunications: interstate pay-per-call technology and regulation of the audiotext industry (see H.R. 2330, H3035 [14MY])

Telephones: privacy of users (see H.R. 1305, H1455 [6MR])

———regulate use for making commercial solicitations (see H.R. 1304, H1455 [6MR])

Television: access of home satellite antenna users to video programming (see H.R. 3420, H6940 [26SE])

Transportation: establish a national electric vehicle research, demonstration, and commercialization program (see H.R. 1538, H3037 [14MY])

Trees: designate the oak as the national arboreal emblem (see H.J. Res. 69, H2903 [8MY])

Unemployment: emergency benefits to certain railroad employees (see H.R. 3511, H8920 [31OC])

Vermont Bicentennial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 132, H1024 [19FE])

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

———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, H6720 [23SE])

———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, H3037 [14MY])

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

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

———improve benefits and services for military personnel serving during the Persian Gulf war (see H.R. 908, H1326 [28FE])

———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])

Volunteer workers: immunity from civil liability for certain individuals working for nonprofit organizations and governmental entities (see H.R. 911, H2086 [22MR])

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])

———environmental research (see H.R. 3578, H9759 [13NO])

Women's History Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 149, H1916 [20MR])

World Population Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 261, H5911 [25JY])

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

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

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

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

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

Year of American Craft—A Celebration of the Creative Work of the Hand: designate (see H.J. Res. 380, H12063 [3JA])

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])

Descriptions

Health care services for needy children (H.R. 1392), E923 [13MR]

Examples

Telecommunication equipment manufacturing restrictions, E1023 [20MR]

Letters

Accounting of MIA from Operation Desert Shield: by, E781 [6MR]

Research, design, and manufacturing of telecommunications equipment: National Federation of Independent Business, E1025 [20MR]

Lists

Ad-hoc coalition of small telecommunications companies publicly endorsing H.R. 1527, E2915 [2AU]

Telecommunication companies supporting H.R. 1527, research, design, and manufacturing of equipment, E3481 [22OC]

Telecommunications manufacturing companies, locations, and equipment developed, E1854 [20MY]

Remarks by, on

African Americans: prepare a national historic landmark theme study (H.R. 904), E1642 [7MY]

Armed Forces: drawdown of National Guard and Reserve personnel levels, H3298 [21MY]

———earned income tax credit for military families overseas (H.R. 1677), E1161 [9AP]

B-2 stealth bomber: development, H10390 [18NO]

Business and industry: permit commercial firms to acquire failing banks if no Government assistance is provided, H8903 [31OC]

California National Historic Trail: designate as a component of the National Trails System (H.R. 479), H2791 [7MY]

Capital punishment: racial discrimination in imposing, H8141 [22OC]

Civil Rights Act: restore and strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (H.R. 1), H2969 [14MY], H3940 [5JN]

Congressional Record: correction, H2480 [24AP]

Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3371), H8141 [22OC]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military functions and to prescribe military personnel levels (H.R. 2100), H3298 [21MY]

———authorizing appropriations for military functions and to prescribe military personnel levels (H.R. 2100), conference report, H10390 [18NO]

———B-2 stealth bomber development, H3298 [21MY], H6465 [12SE]

———making supplemental appropriations for personnel expenditures relative to Operation Desert Shield and other urgent domestic programs (H.R. 1281), H1538, H1539 [7MR]

Dept. of the Interior: making appropriations (H.R. 2686), H4919 [24JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2686), conference report, H8510 [24OC]

Diseases: research associated with exposure to dioxin and other chemicals in herbicides (H.R. 556), H735 [29JA]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments, H7730 [10OC]

Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 3750), consideration (H. Res. 299), H11128 [25NO]

Employment: quotas, H3940 [5JN]

Financial institutions: creation of core banks, H8888 [31OC]

———disclosure of interest rates and fees relative to deposit accounts (H.R. 2654), H6762 [24SE]

———interstate branching system, H9061 [4NO]

———least-cost resolution of insured depository institutions (H.R. 2094), consideration (H. Res. 277), H9797 [13NO]

———recapitalize the Federal deposit insurance fund and reform the regulatory and service systems (H.R. 3768), consideration (H. Res. 289), H10752, H10753, H10754 [21NO]

———recapitalize the Federal deposit insurance fund and reform the regulatory and service systems (H.R. 6), H8676 [30OC], H8815, H8888, H8903 [31OC], H9061 [4NO]

———recapitalize the Federal deposit insurance fund and reform the regulatory and service systems (H.R. 6), consideration (H. Res. 266), H8804 [31OC]

———reform deposit insurance system (S. 543), conference report, H11808 [26NO]

Firearms: establish national hotline to check on prospective handgun buyers, H2866 [8MY]

———waiting period before the purchase of a handgun (H.R. 7), H2866 [8MY]

Flint Hills Prairie National Monument: establish (H.R. 2369), H7836 [15OC]

Foreign trade: negotiation of trade agreements (H. Res. 146), H3594 [23MY]

———procedures for implementing trade agreements (H. Res. 101), H3586 [23MY]

Gambling: regulation of greyhound racing industry (H.R. 423), E84 [3JA]

Haskell Indian Junior College: funding, H4919 [24JN]

Health care professionals: education programs (H.R. 3508), H9649 [12NO]

Japan: Bush administration plan to sell superconducting supercollider, H7987 [17OC]

Kansas State University: tribute to debate team, H2480 [24AP]

Middle East: community support for troops in the Persian Gulf, H1292 [28FE]

———military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq (H.J. Res. 77), H466 [12JA]

———tribute to those U.S. troops killed in the Persian Gulf conflict, H1292 [28FE]

———tribute to U.S. leaders and troops of Operation Desert Storm, H1292 [28FE]

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

Missouri River: designate a segment as a component of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System (S. 248), H3004 [14MY]

National Guard and Reserve: support, H10390 [18NO]

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

National Telecommunications and Information Administration: grant charter and authorize appropriations (H.R. 3031), H11044 [23NO]

Niobrara River: designate segments as components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System (S. 248), H3004 [14MY]

Nuclear warfare: strategic defense initiative, H3298 [21MY]

Point of order, H1540 [7MR]

Pony Express National Historic Trail: designate as a component of the National Trails System (H.R. 479), H2791 [7MY]

Power resources: making appropriations for energy and water development (H.R. 2427), H3663, H3664, H3667, H3668, H3669, H3671, H3673, H3675, H3676 [29MY]

Radioactive materials: State regulation of disposal of certain low-level radioactive waste (H.R. 645), E294 [24JA]

Railroads: labor-management settlement between National Railway Labor Conference and employees (H.J. Res. 222), H2369 [17AP]

Research: superconducting supercollider funding, H3633, H3663, H3664, H3667, H3668, H3669, H3671, H3673, H3675, H3676 [29MY], E2492 [11JY]

Resolution Trust Corp.: funding, H1678 [13MR]

———funding and restructuring of Oversight Board (H.R. 3435), H11843 [26NO]

———funding (H.R. 1315), H1584, H1592, H1594, H1608, H1609, H1612, H1613, H1614, H1617 [12MR]

———funding plan, H7730 [10OC]

———funding (S. 419), H1462 [7MR], H1750 [13MR]

Savings and loan associations: bailout, H1426 [6MR], H1462 [7MR]

Social Security: access to health care services for needy children (H.R. 1392), E923 [13MR]

Solid waste: application of certain requirements and sanctions to Federal facilities (H.R. 2194), H4883 [24JN]

Telecommunications: research, design, and manufacturing of equipment (H.R. 1527), H4141 [7JN], H11044 [23NO], E1022 [20MR], E1853 [20MY], E2915 [2AU], E3480 [22OC], E3566 [28OC]

Transportation: establish a national comprehensive surface transportation system (H.R. 2950), H8252, H8256 [23OC]

———establish a national comprehensive surface transportation system (H.R. 2950), conference report, H11672 [26NO]

Veterans: clarify protections relative to reemployment and reinstatement of health insurance (H.R. 555), E349 [30JA]

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

Votes: position on missed, E1797 [16MY]

Welk, Lawrence: funds for renovation of birthplace, H828 [31JA]

———repeal authority to use appropriations for rural development grants for the restoration of birthplace, H1538, H1539 [7MR]

———repeal authority to use appropriations for rural development grants for the restoration of birthplace (H.R. 772), E1121 [22MR]

World War II: Federal retirement credit for Cadet Nurse Corps service (H.R. 1752), E1233 [11AP]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H47 [3JA], H776 [29JA], H1908 [20MR], H2076 [22MR], H2104 [9AP], H2176 [11AP], H2899 [8MY], H3147 [15MY], H3278 [20MY], H3621 [23MY], H5337 [10JY], H6379 [2AU], H6796 [24SE], H8186 [22OC], H8464 [23OC]

Noncommissioned Officers Association: recipient of the L. Mendel Rivers Award, E3122 [24SE]

Special order: granted, H7724 [9OC], H7861 [15OC]

Resolutions by organizations

Research, design, and manufacturing of telecommunications equipment: National Association of Counties, E1024 [20MR]

Statements

Hospital Mergers in Rural Settings, E3061 [17SE]

Truth in Savings Act: Richard L.D. Morse, H6763 [24SE]

Testimonies

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Public Health Service Act, D673 [30MY]

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Flint Hills Prairie National Monument (H.R. 2369), D908 [16JY]

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

———Resolution Trust Corp. Funding (H.R. 1315), D255 [7MR]

———Supplemental Appropriations for Personnel Expenditures Relative to Operation Desert Shield (H.R. 1281), D243 [6MR]

———Waiver of Rule for H.R. 2427, Energy and Water Development Appropriations, D658 [23MY]

Texts of

H.R. 1527, Telecommunications Equipment Research and Manufacturing Competition Act, E3567 [28OC]

Tributes

Grimm, William D., E1797 [16MY]

Leduc, Melina, E1233 [11AP]

McTasney, John B., E1679 [9MY]