SNOWE, OLYMPIA J. (a Representative from Maine)

Amendments offered by, to

Dept. of State: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1415), H3046 [15MY]

Appointments

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

Committee on Economics (Joint), H1460 [7MR]

Conferee: H.R. 1415, authorizing Dept. of State appropriations, H6512 [12SE]

Articles and editorials

Legion Volunteers Making Rifle Bags, Mary Grow, Waterville (ME) Central Maine Sentinel, E418 [5FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Armed Forces: applicability of combat-related tax benefits to certain additional participants in the Persian Gulf conflict (see H.R. 1119, H1162 [26FE])

———applicability of combat-related tax benefits to reservists and National Guard members deployed overseas (see H.R. 1359, H1473 [7MR])

Aroostook Band of Micmacs: settlement of certain claims (see H.R. 932, H991 [6FE])

Boats: repeal luxury tax (see H.R. 2487, H3709 [29MY])

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced and greater tax accountability (see H.J. Res. 29, H61 [3JA])

Container industry: identification of plastic resins used to produce plastic packaging (see H.R. 230, H60 [3JA])

Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission: disapprove recommendations (see H.J. Res. 298, H5432 [11JY])

Developing countries: integration of women into national growth process (see H.R. 1360, H1473 [7MR])

Diseases: reauthorizing research programs on Alzheimer's disease (see H.R. 3082, H5978 [29JY])

Economy: national objectives priority assignments (see H.R. 4041, H11888 [26NO])

Elections: multicandidate political committee contributions and tax credits for contributions to nonincumbents (see H.R. 3835, H10723 [20NO])

Employment Security Administration: making supplemental appropriations (see H.R. 1262, H1415 [5MR])

Families and domestic relations: enforcement of child support obligations (see H.R. 3677, H8787 [30OC])

Health: provide assistance for older individuals to avoid falling and to prevent incorrect medication (see H.R. 2019, H2468 [23AP])

Ireland, Richard W.: relief (see H.R. 837, H891 [5FE])

Legislative branch: establish commission to study compensation and other personnel policies (see H. Con. Res. 222, H7980 [16OC])

Medicare: coverage of bone mass measurements (see H.R. 1213, H1325 [28FE])

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

National Girls and Women in Sports Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 30, H61 [3JA])

Office of Research on Women's Health: establish (see H.R. 1263, H1415 [5MR])

Office of Research on Women's Health and Mental Health: establish (see H.R. 1264, H1415 [5MR])

Osteoporosis: research programs for and related bone disorders (see H.R. 1212, H1325 [28FE])

Refuse disposal: establish national goals for the reduction and recycling of municipal solid waste (see H.R. 231, H60 [3JA])

Senior citizens: assist older individuals who reside in rural areas (see H.R. 2020, H2468 [23AP])

———authorize services relating to the appointment and monitoring of guardians (see H.R. 2023, H2469 [23AP])

———increase Alzheimer's disease information efforts (see H.R. 2022, H2469 [23AP])

———promote cooperative efforts to provide community-based long-term care services (see H.R. 2025, H2469 [23AP])

———provide supportive services to informal caregivers who assist individuals in need of long-term care (see H.R. 2026, H2469 [23AP])

———transportation services (see H.R. 2021, H2468 [23AP])

Social Security: condition payments based on State withholding of wages from absent parents for child support payments (see H.R. 3151, H6193 [31JY])

———require States to adopt and enforce guardianship laws (see H.R. 930, H991 [6FE])

State and local government: compliance with Federal laws pending Federal funding of enactment (see H.R. 2338, H3036 [14MY])

Taxation: allow deduction for adult home care relative to Alzheimer's disease (see H.R. 931, H991 [6FE])

———dependent care credit (see H.R. 3506, H7380 [3OC])

Telephones: require uniform phonebook listings of area agencies on aging (see H.R. 2018, H2468 [23AP])

White House Conference on Aging: require President to call in 1993 (see H.R. 2024, H2469 [23AP])

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

ACDA: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 2168, H2684 [1MY]; H.R. 2474, H3709 [29MY])

Africa: protection of human rights and economic development in the Horn of Africa (see H.R. 1454, H2181 [11AP])

Agriculture: import standards of dairy products (see H.R. 2058, H9144 [4NO])

Arab countries: agreement relative to passport and visa policies (see H.R. 2254, H2900 [8MY])

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

Boats: fees for recreational vessels (see H.R. 534, H1417 [5MR])

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 290, H5298 [9JY])

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

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

Civil Rights Act: restore and strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (see H.R. 1, H53 [3JA])

Coins: mint in commemoration of James Madison (see H.R. 2673, H4611 [18JN])

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

———mint in commemoration of the Bill of Rights (see H.R. 2673, H4611 [18JN])

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

Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act: waive application to certain farm vehicles (see H.R. 1516, H3495 [22MY])

Committee on Foreign Affairs: create task force to investigate allegations concerning the holding of Americans as hostages in Iran (see H. Res. 255, H8335 [23OC])

Committee on Intelligence (Select): require secrecy oaths for Members and staff (see H. Res. 83, H1760 [13MR])

Committee on the Organization of Congress (Joint): establish (see H. Con. Res. 192, H9581 [7NO])

Commodore John Barry Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 166, H1341 [4MR])

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 116, H1914 [20MR])

Country Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 305, H6318 [1AU])

Courts: child custody litigation (see H.R. 1253, H3495 [22MY])

Crime: national policy to control crime against women (see H.R. 1502, H1912 [20MR])

Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission: disapprove recommendations (see H.J. Res. 308, H5819 [24JY])

Dept. of State: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1415, H1757 [13MR])

———authorizing supplemental appropriations for costs associated with the Persian Gulf conflict (see H.R. 1176, H1323 [28FE])

Diseases: ovarian cancer research (see H.R. 148, H1281 [27FE])

———prevention of AIDS in women (see H.R. 1072, H1915 [20MR])

———research programs relative to AIDS in women (see H.R. 1073, H1915 [20MR])

Education: enhance literacy and basic skills of adults (see H.R. 751, H1670 [12MR])

———improve counseling services for elementary school students (see H.R. 840, H6138 [30JY])

Education Day, U.S.A.: designate (see H.J. Res. 104, H1418 [5MR])

Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 109, H1476 [7MR])

Employment: establish a Glass Ceiling Commission and an annual award for promoting a more diverse skilled work force at the management level (see H.R. 3353, H6674 [17SE])

———family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (see H.R. 2, H488 [12JA])

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

Equal rights: constitutional amendment to ensure (see H.J. Res. 1, H60 [3JA])

FAA: publish flight charts for visual flight routes (see H.R. 3243, H6382 [2AU])

Family and domestic relations: admissible testimony in domestic violence court cases (see H.R. 1252, H3495 [22MY]; H. Con. Res. 89, H3495 [22MY]

FCC: prevent the loss of existing spectrum to the amateur radio service (see H.R. 73, H5596 [17JY])

Federal employees: early retirement requirements (see H.R. 1820, H8188 [22OC])

———extend certain civil service retirement benefits to certain INS, Customs Service, and IRS employees (see H.R. 793, H2537 [24AP])

Financial institutions: limit liability on holdings in violation of certain environmental laws (see H.R. 1450, H2953 [9MY])

Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act: extend the phase-in period under title XI (see H.R. 2115, H2903 [8MY])

Foreign aid: assistance for transition from communism to democracy (see H.R. 1080, H2686 [1MY])

Foreign trade: fast track procedures to bills to implement trade agreements (see H. Res. 101, H2087 [22MR])

Gandhi, Rajiv: assassination (see H. Con. Res. 155, H3370 [21MY])

Geological Survey: enhance geologic mapping (see H.R. 2763, H6799 [24SE])

Girl Scouts of the United States of America 80th Anniversary Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 343, H7380 [3OC])

Go Camping America Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 90, H2375 [17AP])

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

Greece: anniversary of the establishment of democracy in Athens (see H. Con. Res. 209, H7199 [1OC])

Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see H.J. Res. 58, H111 [9JA])

Haiti: support democracy (see H. Res. 235, H7313 [2OC])

Health: establish centers to conduct research on contraception and infertility (see H.R. 2651, H4549 [13JN]; H. Con. Res. 166, H4549 [13JN]

———reauthorize and expand area health education centers (see H.R. 3312, H7314 [2OC])

Health care facilities: criminal penalties for interfering with access (see H.R. 1703, H6690 [19SE])

Honeybee: designate as national insect (see H.J. Res. 27, H3037 [14MY])

House of Representatives: establish Commission on Congressional Reform (see H. Res. 26, H9044 [1NO])

Housing: rental assistance for families affected by violence (see H.R. 1251, H3495 [22MY])

Hunger: ensure adequate diet for all Americans (see H.R. 1202, H4550 [13JN])

Hussein, Saddam: prosecution for war crimes (see H. Con. Res. 81, H2603 [30AP])

Iran: emancipation of the Bahai community (see H. Con. Res. 156, H6880 [25SE])

Israel: Arab boycott (see H. Con. Res. 118, H2603 [30AP])

———authorize supplemental assistance for costs incurred relative to the Persian Gulf conflict (see H.R. 1284, H1454 [6MR])

Jewish Heritage Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 134, H2181 [11AP])

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

———Federal payments relative to State expenditures made from revenues derived from provider-specific taxes (see H. Con. Res. 208, H7382 [3OC])

———funding of abortion in the case of rape or incest (see H. Res. 40, H640 [22JA])

———State matching payments through voluntary contributions (see H.R. 1457, H6675 [17SE])

Medicare: coverage of respiratory therapy as part of extended care services in a skilled nursing facility (see H.R. 1120, H1162 [26FE])

———deadlines for claim submission (see H.R. 1467, H6539 [12SE])

———establish Comprehensive Preventive Health Program (see H.R. 1746, H2602 [30AP])

———home care and extended care services coverages (see H.R. 1200, H3037 [14MY])

———home health occupational therapy services (see H.R. 3220, H8577 [28OC])

———payment for interpretation of electrocardiograms (see H.R. 3373, H7801 [10OC])

———prevention of fraud by suppliers of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 2534, H6540 [12SE])

Members of Congress: repeal and prohibit all exemptions, privileges, and gratuities (see H.R. 3555, H8335 [23OC])

Mental health: State services for children (see H.R. 1197, H1418 [5MR])

Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 156, H1850 [19MR])

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

———success of multinational military action against Iraq (see H. Res. 95, H1418 [5MR])

Military bases: requirements for clean up of certain bases scheduled for closure (see H.R. 2197, H5745 [23JY])

National Adoption Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 364, H10723 [20NO])

National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 198, H7981 [16OC])

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

National Arbor Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 66, H3806 [3JN])

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 257, H5911 [25JY])

National Campus Crime and Security Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 142, H5979 [29JY])

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

National Crime Victims' Rights Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 171, H2263 [16AP])

National Down's Syndrome Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 228, H7863 [15OC])

National Ellis Island Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 130, H3037 [14MY])

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

National Foster Care Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 154, H2181 [11AP])

National health plan: establish (see H.R. 1565, H8102 [17OC])

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

National Invent America Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 287, H5911 [25JY])

National Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 252, H5818 [24JY])

National Law Enforcement Training Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 191, H2686 [1MY])

National Philanthropy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 140, H6676 [17SE])

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

National Red Ribbon Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 312, H9144 [4NO])

National Rehabilitation Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 95, H3281 [20MY])

National Senior Nutrition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 141, H1850 [19MR])

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

Old Age Survivors and Disability Income: exclude expenses from the Federal budget (see H.R. 978, H3495 [22MY])

Older Americans Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 51, H1456 [6MR])

Operation Homefront: support program supporting families of members of the Armed Forces (see H. Res. 99, H1457 [6MR])

Pediatric AIDS Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 91, H994 [6FE])

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

Petroleum: export restrictions (see H.R. 677, H712 [28JA])

Population: funding for international control assistance (see H.R. 1110, H1323 [28FE]; H.R. 1179, H1327 [28FE])

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

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

Provasoli-Guillard Center for the Culture of Marine Phytoplankton: designate as a national center and facility (see H.J. Res. 365, H8577 [28OC])

Public Health Service Act: family planning counseling (see H.R. 392, H2086 [22MR])

Raye, Martha: support awarding of Presidential Medal of Freedom (see H. Con. Res. 100, H6799 [24SE])

Real property: tax treatment under the limitations on losses from passive activities (see H.R. 1414, H2570 [29AP])

Recycled materials: promote research (see H.R. 300, H993 [6FE])

Refuse disposal: reduce use of toxic chemicals (see H.R. 2880, H6139 [30JY])

Retired Enlisted Association, Inc.: grant charter (see H.R. 1509, H10931 [22NO])

Roads and highways: limit advertising adjacent to interstate and Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 1344, H3371 [21MY])

Savings and loan associations: investigation and prosecution of criminal activity (see H. Res. 107, H6540 [12SE])

SBA: purchase of eligible securities by qualified commercial or mutual savings banks (see H.R. 3419, H8102 [17OC])

Science: promote dissemination of biomedical information and prevent duplication of live animal experiments (see H.R. 1389, H12063 [3JA])

Sewage disposal: regulate combined sewer overflows (see H.R. 3477, H7313 [2OC])

Ships and vessels: remedy injury to shipbuilding and repair industry (see H.R. 2709, H6139 [30JY])

———subsidy information and trade remedies against certain foreign-built ships (see H.R. 2056, H6879 [25SE])

Social Security: administration of the SSI and old-age, survivors, and disability insurance programs (see H.R. 886, H3495 [22MY])

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

———expand tax exemption for certain election officials and workers (see H.R. 1771, H6720 [23SE])

———long-term care insurance policies (see H.R. 1916, H9144 [4NO])

———payment for physicians' services (see H.R. 3070, H7649 [8OC])

Soviet Union: most-favored-nation status relative to independence of Baltic States (see H.R. 559, H2686 [1MY])

———political reform in the Baltic States (see H.J. Res. 179, H2770 [2MY])

———withdrawal of troops from Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia (see H. Res. 234, H11894 [26NO])

Tariff: footwear (see H.R. 1385, H1668 [12MR])

Taxation: allow first-time home buyers to make withdrawals from personal individual retirement accounts without penalty (see H.R. 519, H1281 [27FE])

———application of employer Social Security taxes to employees' cash tips (see H.R. 1472, H7199 [1OC])

———clarify that customer based, market share, and any similar intangible items are amortizable (see H.R. 1456, H7107 [30SE])

———credits for increasing research activities (see H.R. 1618, H6386 [2AU])

———deduction for interest on educational loans (see H.R. 747, H2537 [24AP])

———extension of small business tax provisions (see H.R. 3487, H8919 [31OC])

———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, H7648 [8OC])

———incentives for establishing businesses within closed military bases and hiring displaced employees (see H.R. 3177, H6316 [1AU])

———individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1406, H3160 [16MY])

———low-income housing credit (see H.R. 413, H2016 [21MR])

———permanently extend qualified mortgage bonds (see H.R. 1067, H3855 [4JN])

———repeal the luxury tax on boats (see H.R. 951, H2180 [11AP])

———small issue bonds (see H.R. 1186, H7380 [3OC])

———treatment of residences sold at reduced value due to military base closings (see H.R. 3319, H8787 [30OC])

Tourist trade: assist growth of U.S. travel industry (see H.R. 418, H2811 [7MY])

Transportation: mass transit program funding (see H.R. 1079, H1136 [21FE])

———study special services to health care facilities in rural areas (see H.R. 2928, H5595 [17JY])

Trucking: regulation of commercial motor vehicle weights and combination lengths (see H.R. 2515, H4613 [18JN])

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

Veterans: allow disability compensation concurrently with retirement pay (see H.R. 303, H892 [5FE]; H.R. 304, H6798 [24SE])

———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, H7199 [1OC])

———benefit eligibility for incompetent veterans relative to dependent status (see H.R. 1473, H10269 [14NO])

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

———expand services for post-traumatic stress disorder patients (see H.R. 841, H1759 [13MR])

———family counseling for Persian Gulf Conflict personnel (see H.R. 3528, H11892 [26NO])

———increase rate of special pension to Congressional Medal of Honor recipients (see H.R. 1541, H9580 [7NO])

———permit acceptance of military retirement pay concurrently with disability compensation (see H.R. 3164, H7981 [16OC])

Weapons: prevent biological and chemical weapon proliferation (see H.R. 3409, H7981 [16OC])

Women: encourage a broader range of job training and placement (see H.R. 906, H3037 [14MY])

———ensure economic equity (see H.R. 3526, H7648 [8OC])

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

———reproduction rights (see H.R. 25, H54 [3JA])

———research on reproductive health (see H.R. 2278, H2952 [9MY])

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

World AIDS Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 376, H10843 [21NO])

World Food Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 230, H6676 [17SE])

World Population Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 261, H3623 [23MY])

World War II: contributions of the people of Guam and Hawaii (see H. Res. 293, H10931 [22NO])

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

———Federal retirement credit for Cadet Nurse Corps service (see H.R. 1752, H4612 [18JN])

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

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

Decisions

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act: Supreme Court, E3426 [17OC]

Essays: Voice of Democracy

Kurt Stiffel, E903 [12MR]

Remarks by, on

Abortion: counseling at federally funded family planning clinics, H10493 [19NO], H10919 [22NO]

———pro choice versus right to life, H5122 [26JN]

Armed Forces: applicability of combat-related tax benefits to certain additional participants in the Persian Gulf conflict (H.R. 1119), E644 [26FE]

———applicability of combat-related tax benefits to reservists and National Guard members deployed overseas (H.R. 1359), E867 [8MR]

Aroostook Band of Micmacs: settlement of certain claims (H.R. 932), H9655 [12NO], E433 [6FE]

Boats: repeal luxury tax (H.R. 2487), E1959 [29MY]

Breast Cancer Awareness Month: observance, E3219 [2OC]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced, E27 [3JA]

Civil Rights Act: restore and strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (S. 1745), H9552 [7NO]

———restore and strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (S. 1745), consideration (H. Res. 270), H9516 [7NO]

Commission on Defense Base Closure and Realignment: disapprove recommendations (H.J. Res. 308), H6012 [30JY]

Congress: exemptions to certain laws, H9516 [7NO]

Container industry: identification of plastic resins used to produce plastic packaging (H.R. 230), E6 [3JA]

Contracts: support U.S. companies in competition with foreign firms, H3098 [15MY]

Convention on Discrimination Against Women: ratification, E3490 [22OC]

Cyprus: Turkish occupation, H5738 [23JY]

Dept. of State: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1415), H3022 [14MY], H3045, H3046, H3047, H3048, H3050, H3052, H3053, H3054, H3056, H3058, H3064, H3065, H3067, H3068, H3069, H3070, H3071, H3094, H3098, H3101, H3107, H3112, H3114 [15MY]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1415), conference report, H7639 [8OC]

———authorizing supplemental appropriations for costs associated with the Persian Gulf conflict (H.R. 1176), H1366 [5MR]

———cap spending, H3114 [15MY]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2622), conference report, H7388 [3OC]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2608), conference report, H7360, H7364, H7365 [3OC]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2707), H5080, H5122 [26JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2707), conference report, H9399, H9443 [6NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2707), veto, H10493 [19NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3839), H10919 [22NO]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs, HUD, and independent agencies, commissions, corporations, and offices: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2519), conference report, H7226 [2OC]

Developing countries: integration of women into national growth process (H.R. 1360), E859 [8MR]

Diseases: reauthorizing research programs on Alzheimer's disease (H.R. 3082), E2746 [29JY]

———research associated with exposure to dioxin and other chemicals in herbicides (H.R. 556), H737 [29JA]

Elections: multicandidate political committee contributions and tax credits for contributions to nonincumbents (H.R. 3835), E3946 [21NO]

Employment: entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (H.R. 2), H9745 [13NO]

Employment Security Administration: making supplemental appropriations (H.R. 1262), E760 [5MR]

Families and domestic relations: enforcement of child support obligations (H.R. 3677), E3615 [31OC]

Firearms: establish national hotline to check on prospective handgun buyers, H2849 [8MY]

———waiting period before the purchase of a handgun (H.R. 7), H2849 [8MY]

Foreign aid: improve and authorize appropriations for military assistance programs (H.R. 2508), H4338 [12JN]

———prohibit for abortions as a method of family planning, H4338 [12JN]

Foreign trade: procedures for implementing trade agreements (H. Res. 101), H3578 [23MY]

Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate, H1889 [20MR]

Health: funding for treatment research for women's health, H10919 [22NO]

———provide assistance for older individuals to avoid falling and to prevent incorrect medication (H.R. 2019), E1407 [23AP]

IRS: time extension for certain acts for individuals performing services under Operation Desert Shield (H.R. 4), H670 [23JA]

Labor unions: prevent discrimination based on participation in disputes (H.R. 5), consideration (H. Res. 195), H5524 [17JY]

Legislative branch: establish commission to study compensation and other personnel policies (H. Con. Res. 222), E3426 [17OC]

Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program: funding, H5080 [26JN]

Medicaid: Federal payments relative to State expenditures made from revenues derived from provider-specific taxes (H.R. 3595), H10531 [19NO]

Medicare: coverage of bone mass measurements (H.R. 1213), E732 [1MR]

Middle East: military action by Iraq against Israel (H. Con. Res. 41), H661 [23JA]

———military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq, H237 [11JA]

———success of multinational military action against Iraq (H. Res. 95), H1384 [5MR]

National Conference on Aging: authorize (H.R. 2967), H6474, H6503 [12SE]

———impact of the Social Security earnings test on employed older Americans, H6503 [12SE]

National Endowment for Democracy: funding, H3101, H3107 [15MY]

National Family Caregivers Week: designate (H.J. Res. 125), H9472 [6NO], E440 [6FE]

National Girls and Women in Sports Day: designate (H.J. Res. 30), H924 [6FE], E22 [3JA]

Native Americans Programs Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2967), H6474 [12SE]

NIH: revise and extend programs (H.R. 2507), H5750 [24JY], H5838 [25JY]

NSF: adjust authorizations (H.R. 2282), H5411 [11JY]

Office of Research on Women's Health: establish (H.R. 1263), E770 [6MR]

Older Americans Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2967), H6474 [12SE]

Population: funding for international control assistance (H.R. 1179), E816 [7MR]

Public welfare programs: unemployment compensation (H.R. 3040), H6576 [16SE]

Refuse disposal: establish national goals for the reduction and recycling of municipal solid waste (H.R. 231), E42 [3JA]

Research: representation of women, minorities, and senior citizens in disease treatment and prevention studies, H5838 [25JY]

Rural areas: access to and delivery of health services, H6275 [1AU]

Senior citizens: assist older individuals who reside in rural areas (H.R. 2020), E1407 [23AP]

———authorize services relating to the appointment and monitoring of guardians (H.R. 2023), E1407 [23AP]

———increase Alzheimer's disease information efforts (H.R. 2022), E1407 [23AP]

———promote cooperative efforts to provide community-based long-term care services (H.R. 2025), E1407 [23AP]

———provide supportive services to informal caregivers who assist individuals in need of long-term care (H.R. 2026), E1407 [23AP]

———transportation services (H.R. 2021), E1407 [23AP]

Social Security: condition payments based on State withholding of wages from absent parents for child support payments (H.R. 3151), E2822 [1AU]

———require States to adopt and enforce guardianship laws (H.R. 930), E441 [6FE]

Soviet Union: military action against Baltic States (H. Con. Res. 40), H634 [22JA]

———teardown and reconstruct U.S. Embassy in Moscow, H3046, H3047, H3048, H3050, H3052, H3053, H3054, H3056, H3058, H3064, H3065, H3067, H3068, H3069, H3070, H3071 [15MY]

State and local government: compliance with Federal laws pending Federal funding of enactment (H.R. 2338), E1760 [14MY]

Tariff: footwear (H.R. 1385), E894 [12MR]

Taxation: allow deduction for adult home care relative to Alzheimer's disease (H.R. 931), E449 [7FE]

———dependent care credit (H.R. 3506), E3284 [3OC]

Telephones: require uniform phonebook listings of area agencies on aging (H.R. 2018), E1407 [23AP]

U.N.: funding for peacekeeping forces, H3094 [15MY]

Unemployment: emergency compensation (H.R. 3201), H6349 [2AU]

———emergency compensation (H.R. 3575), H10230 [14NO]

———emergency compensation (S. 1722), H6869 [25SE]

Veterans: disability compensation for service-connected disabilities (H.R. 3), H623 [22JA]

White House Conference on Aging: require President to call in 1993 (H.R. 2024), E1407 [23AP]

Women: ensure economic equity (H.R. 3526), H7656 [9OC]

———funding for programs dealing with specific health care problems, H5750 [24JY]

———physician recommended options in federally funded family planning clinics, H9399 [6NO]

World University Games: funding subject to USIA requirements, H3112 [15MY]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H47 [3JA], H888 [5FE], H978 [6FE], H1322 [28FE], H1412 [5MR], H1470 [7MR], H1667 [12MR], H3034 [14MY], H3707 [29MY], H5977 [29JY], H7197 [1OC], H7378 [3OC], H7979 [16OC], H8186 [22OC], H8785 [30OC], H10721 [20NO]

Leave of absence: granted, H47 [3JA], H603 [18JA], H682 [23JA], H823 [30JA], H839 [31JA], H3802 [3JN]

Reports

Realignment of the Loring, ME, Air Force Base, H6013-H6020 [30JY]

Statements

U.S. Embassy in Moscow: Ivan Selin, H3054 [15MY]

———James A. Baker III, Sec. of State and William H. Webster, Director of CIA, H3047, H3052 [15MY]

———Senator Hollings, H3053 [15MY]

Testimonies

Committee on Armed Services (House): Commission on Defense Base Closure and Realignment's Report and Recommendations, D952 [23JY]

Committee on Energy and Commerce: NIH Programs Revision and Extension (H.R. 1532), D416 [16AP]

Committee on Finance: Special Tax Issue Legislation (S. 267, 284, 649, 913), D737 [12JN]

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Postal Service to the Persian Gulf, D162 [20FE]

Committee on Rules: Foreign Relations Appropriations (H.R. 1415), D563 [9MY]

Tributes

Conte, Silvio O., H1248 [27FE]