SPRATT, JOHN M., JR. (a Representative from South Carolina)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 2100, authorizing appropriations for Dept. of Defense military functions and to prescribe military personnel levels, H6586 [16SE]

Articles and editorials

Communists Plus Pluralism—Bulgaria's Political Miracle, Larry Garber, Los Angeles (CA) Times, H8588 [29OC]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Armed Forces: disaster loan eligibility to small businesses owned by members (see H.R. 1085, H1136 [21FE])

———recall of certain retired members to active duty (see H.R. 631, H684 [23JA])

Refuse disposal: State capacity assurance plans, hazardous waste facility permits, and interstate transportation of waste (see H.R. 2216, H2768 [2MY])

Tariff: omega-dodecalactam (see H.R. 1915, H2374 [17AP])

———tetraamino biphenyl (see H.R. 1586, H2015 [21MR])

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

African Americans: capital financing for historically black colleges and universities (see H.R. 1503, H6138 [30JY])

Agriculture: protection for veal calves (see H.R. 252, H2602 [30AP])

Air Force Association: establish a memorial in the District of Columbia area (see H.R. 3627, H11892 [26NO])

Alaska: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.J. Res. 239, H2601 [30AP])

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

Angola: peace talks (see H. Con. Res. 61, H1457 [6MR])

Armed Forces: establish a commemorative medal for members serving in a combat zone during the Persian Gulf conflict (see H.R. 1107, H2086 [22MR])

Arts and humanities: recognition of ``An Artistic Discovery,'' the congressional high school art competition (see H. Res. 201, H5744 [23JY])

Basketball Centennial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 372, H10723 [20NO])

Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America Appreciation Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 199, H1914 [20MR])

Boy Scouts of America: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 207, H4438 [12JN])

Budget: consideration by Congress of Presidential proposals to rescind amounts of authority (see H.R. 2164, H6798 [24SE])

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

———reform process (see H.R. 1889, H7801 [10OC])

Buffalo Soldiers Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 237, H5212 [26JN])

California: designate certain desert lands as wilderness (see H.R. 2929, H7863 [15OC])

CHAMPUS: eligibility of certain members of the Armed Forces relative to medicare coverage of hospital insurance (see H.R. 1124, H5299 [9JY])

China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (see H.R. 2212, H2767 [2MY]; H.J. Res. 263, H5050 [25JN])

———release of Wang Juntao and Chen Ziming from prison (see H. Res. 228, H6798 [24SE])

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

Claims: liability indemnification for design professionals (see H.R. 1474, H7380 [3OC])

Coins: 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, H1670 [12MR])

Colleges and universities: promote increased access to higher education (see H.R. 1524, H6720 [23SE])

Committee on the Organization of Congress (Joint): establish (see H. Con. Res. 192, H9145 [4NO])

Communications: development of broadband infrastructure and availability of emergency technologies (see H.R. 2546, H4015 [5JN])

Conservation of energy: measures at Federal agencies (see H.R. 2452, H4099 [6JN])

———regional energy efficient lighting education centers (see H.R. 3285, H6602 [16SE])

Conservation of natural resources: standards for certain lighting and water fixtures, and heating and cooling equipment (see H.R. 2451, H5433 [11JY])

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, H6540 [12SE])

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

Critical Technologies Commission: establish (see H.R. 2445, H3494 [22MY]; H.R. 3191, H6317 [1AU])

Death Valley, Joshua Tree, and Mojave National Parks: establish (see H.R. 2929, H7863 [15OC])

Democracy Day: designate election day as a legal public holiday (see H.R. 3681, H10843 [21NO])

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: waivers of indebtedness and settlement of claims through the Home Loan Guaranty Program (see H.R. 3357, H10842 [21NO])

Dyslexia Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 73, H1915 [20MR])

Earth Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 144, H1137 [21FE])

Ecology and environment: carbon dioxide emissions policy (see H. Res. 130, H2812 [7MY])

Education: improve foreign instruction and promote equal access to opportunities to study abroad (see H.R. 1154, H6602 [16SE])

———student loans of resident physicians (see H.R. 1482, H6940 [26SE])

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

Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 1177, H2686 [1MY])

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

Employment: electronic monitoring in the workplace (see H.R. 1218, H2470 [23AP])

Ending Hunger Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 321, H8102 [17OC])

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

Federal employees: voluntary participation in the political process (see H.R. 20, H1670 [12MR])

Federal Employees Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 97, H994 [6FE])

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

Fire fighters: enact a fire service bill of rights (see H.R. 2448, H3739 [30MY])

Foreign countries: restrict exports of nuclear items to nonnuclear weapon states (see H.R. 2755, H7725 [9OC])

Foreign trade: procedures for implementing trade agreements (see H. Res. 101, H2539 [24AP])

———tariff treatment of products from countries relative to their contributions to Operation Desert Shield (see H.R. 317, H3280 [20MY])

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

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

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

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

Girl Scouts of the United States of America 80th Anniversary Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 343, H7802 [10OC])

Go Camping America Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 90, H1281 [27FE])

Government: greater accountability for foreign travel (see H.R. 461, H10931 [22NO])

Hire a Veteran Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 280, H8496 [24OC])

Hunger: alleviate conditions (see H.R. 2258, H9392 [5NO])

———ensure adequate diet for all Americans (see H.R. 1202, H9043 [1NO])

Infant Mortality Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 194, H2538 [24AP])

Iraq: humanitarian assistance for displaced persons (see H. Con. Res. 131, H2962 [13MY])

Israel: Arab boycott (see H. Con. Res. 118, H2770 [2MY])

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

Korean War Veterans Remembrance Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 255, H5342 [10JY])

Kuwait: involvement of U.S. small businesses in rebuilding (see H. Con. Res. 95, H1916 [20MR])

———involvement of U.S. workers, firms, and products in rebuilding (see H. Con. Res. 99, H2188 [15AP])

Local government: Federal payments in lieu of taxes (see H.R. 1495, H4098 [6JN])

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, H6385 [2AU])

Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act: authorize seizure of vessels in violation (see H.R. 1239, H3371 [21MY])

Medicaid: Federal payments relative to State expenditures made from revenues derived from provider-specific taxes (see H.R. 3595, H7314 [2OC]; H. Con. Res. 208, H8496 [24OC])

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

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

———prevention of fraud by suppliers of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 2534, H7648 [8OC])

Mental health: State services for children (see H.R. 1197, H5514 [16JY])

Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 156, H1280 [27FE])

Military Order of the World Wars: grant charter (see H.R. 3071, H6675 [17SE])

Motor vehicles: bumper standards (see H.R. 1967, H2398 [22AP])

———national safety belt and motorcycle helmet use requirements (see H.R. 1782, H2903 [8MY])

———new standards for corporate average fuel economy (see H.R. 612, H892 [5FE])

National Accessible Housing Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 326, H9044 [1NO])

National Adoption Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 364, H9393 [5NO])

National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 198, H7726 [9OC])

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 257, H6387 [2AU])

National Children's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 183, H1473 [7MR])

National Crime Victims' Rights Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 171, H1579 [11MR])

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

National Desert Storm Reservists Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 231, H2770 [2MY])

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 241, H5342 [10JY])

National Down Syndrome Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 228, H7981 [16OC])

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

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

National Family Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 23, H1671 [12MR])

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, H1476 [7MR])

National Foster Care Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 154, H1280 [27FE])

National Historically Black Colleges Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 102, H1282 [27FE])

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, H1476 [7MR])

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 Memorial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 123, H1476 [7MR])

National Law Enforcement Training Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 191, H6458 [11SE])

National Military Families Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 215, H2178 [11AP])

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

National Philanthropy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 140, H8662 [29OC])

National Physical Fitness and Sports Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 120, H1457 [6MR])

National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 233, H3495 [22MY])

National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 284, H5597 [17JY])

National Radon Action Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 67, H5433 [11JY])

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

National Recycling Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 188, H4945 [24JN])

National Red Ribbon Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 312, H8663 [29OC])

National Red Ribbon Week for a Drug-Free America: designate (see H.J. Res. 340, H7815 [11OC])

National Rehabilitation Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 95, H826 [30JA])

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

National School Breakfast Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 98, H1162 [26FE])

National Scleroderma Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 219, H3710 [29MY])

National security: critical technologies (see H.R. 3191, H6317 [1AU])

National Senior Citizens Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 181, H2087 [22MR])

National Senior Nutrition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 141, H1476 [7MR])

National Tourism Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 103, H1282 [27FE])

National Trauma Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 300, H6602 [16SE])

National Visiting Nurse Associations Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 212, H5050 [25JN])

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

National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 242, H3856 [4JN])

Navy: review facts of Port Chicago, CA, naval facility explosion on July 17, 1944 (see H.J. Res. 162, H1325 [28FE])

Older Americans Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 51, H2783 [6MY])

Packaging: reduction of toxic metals (see H.R. 3509, H9581 [7NO])

Pediatric AIDS Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 91, H2181 [11AP])

Petroleum: anticompetitive pricing practices by refiners (see H.R. 2966, H6457 [11SE])

Pornography: protection of children and other victims (see H.R. 1768, H2188 [15AP])

Powell, Colin L.: authorize appointment to the grade of General of the Army (see H.R. 1052, H1417 [5MR])

Power resources: encourage alternative fuels use and research in transportation sector (see H.R. 2866, H9700 [12NO])

———increase U.S. energy security in environmentally desirable and economically affordable ways (see H.R. 560, H782 [29JA])

POW/MIA: disclosure of information concerning U.S. personnel classified after 1940 (see H.R. 1147, H6456 [11SE])

Prices: computation of class I milk prices (see H.R. 1088, H1136 [21FE])

Public buildings: testing and remediation of radon contamination in schools (see H.R. 1794, H3037 [14MY])

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

Real property: tax deduction for improvements to mitigate radon gas (see H.R. 1795, H3037 [14MY])

———tax treatment under the limitations on losses from passive activities (see H.R. 1414, H1757 [13MR])

Recycling: degradable plastics (see H.R. 1318, H6602 [16SE])

———improve collection of information that promotes the recycling of municipal solid waste (see H.R. 755, H2016 [21MR]; H.R. 828, H6539 [12SE])

Refuse and refuse disposal: improve State compacts providing for the establishment and operation of regional solid waste disposal facilities (see H.R. 116, H1162 [26FE])

Refuse disposal: protect the used oil recycling system and establish used oil management standards (see H.R. 1411, H6456 [11SE])

———reduce use of toxic chemicals (see H.R. 2880, H6675 [17SE])

Religious Freedom Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 325, H6799 [24SE])

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

Roads and highways: funding for construction and safety programs (see H.R. 2566, H5211 [26JN])

Rural Small Business Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 108, H1162 [26FE])

Schwarzkopf, H. Norman, Jr.: authorize appointment to the grade of General of the Army (see H.R. 1052, H1417 [5MR])

Small business: encourage joint manufacturing and distribution of products (see H.R. 1278, H1416 [5MR])

Social Security: assistance to States to support informal caregivers of individuals with functional limitations (see H.R. 2106, H5818 [24JY])

———computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H. Con. Res. 4, H4868 [20JN])

———expand tax exemption for certain election officials and workers (see H.R. 1771, H9144 [4NO])

———payment for physicians' services (see H.R. 3070, H6387 [2AU])

Solid waste: authorize States to prohibit importation of hazardous waste for treatment or disposal (see H.R. 816, H1326 [28FE])

———State regulation of treatment, disposal, and other disposition (see H.R. 724, H994 [6FE])

Soviet Union: lasting effects of the nuclear accident at Chernobyl (see H. Res. 140, H5516 [16JY])

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

———capital gains (see H.R. 3741, H9580 [7NO])

———clarify that customer based, market share, and any similar intangible items are amortizable (see H.R. 1456, H5341 [10JY])

———credits for increasing research activities (see H.R. 1618, H8787 [30OC])

———deductions for decommissioning costs of nuclear powerplants (see H.R. 2012, H4099 [6JN])

———exclusion for employee educational assistance (see H.R. 127, H2016 [21MR])

———Federal treatment of State and local government bonds (see H. Res. 139, H6603 [16SE])

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

———incentives for establishing businesses within closed military bases and hiring displaced employees (see H.R. 3112, H9043 [1NO])

———income from frozen Iraqi assets (see H.R. 135, H1417 [5MR])

———low-income housing credit (see H.R. 413, H2136 [10AP])

———modify the application of the passive loss limitations to farming activities (see H.R. 835, H891 [5FE])

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

———repeal the luxury tax on boats (see H.R. 951, H5267 [27JN])

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

———targeted jobs credit (see H.R. 565, H1080 [20FE])

———treatment of amounts received by cooperative telephone companies indirectly from their members (see H.R. 1860, H4550 [13JN])

———treatment of forestry activities (see H.R. 3841, H10841 [21NO])

———treatment of payments made by electric utilities to customers to subsidize energy conservation services (see H.R. 1007, H5267 [27JN])

Technology: regulation of audiotext (see H.R. 328, H2261 [16AP])

Telecommunications: research, design, and manufacturing of equipment (see H.R. 1527, H10842 [21NO])

Textile industry and fabrics: use tariff revenues from imports of machinery to support modernization of textile machinery industry (see H.R. 713, H823 [30JA])

U.S. Commercial Centers: establish a pilot program to promote U.S. goods and services (see H.R. 3981, H11886 [26NO])

Utah: designate certain Federal lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1500, H1912 [20MR])

Vermont Bicentennial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 132, H1282 [27FE])

Wallenberg, Raoul: release of prison records by the Soviet Union (see H. Con. Res. 58, H1327 [28FE])

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

Women: equity in health care services (see H.R. 1161, H6317 [1AU])

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

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

World Population Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 261, H7649 [8OC])

World Summit for Children: implementation (see H.R. 1633, H5432 [11JY])

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])

Year of Reconciliation Between American Indians and Non-Indians: designate (see H.J. Res. 358, H9494 [6NO])

Letters

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

Proposals

Economic sanctions and military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq, E145 [12JA]

Remarks by, on

Armed Forces: recall of certain retired members to active duty (H.R. 631), E267 [23JA]

Boy Scouts: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1724 [13MY]

Budget: revising 1991 and setting forth the Federal budget for 1992-96 (H. Con. Res. 121), H2309 [17AP]

Bulgaria: most-favored-nation status (H.J. Res. 282), H8588 [29OC]

China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (H.R. 2212), H5365 [10JY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military functions and to prescribe military personnel levels (H.R. 2100), H3349 [21MY]

Foreign trade: procedures for implementing trade agreements (H. Res. 101), H3573 [23MY]

Middle East: allies' contribution to Operation Desert Shield (H.R. 586), H1096, H1097, H1102, H1103 [21FE]

———financial costs of military operations in the Persian Gulf region (H.R. 586), H1096, H1097, H1102, H1103 [21FE]

———military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq, E144 [12JA]

———military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq (H.J. Res. 77), H465 [12JA]

———U.S. military presence (S. Con. Res. 2), H586 [18JA]

National Library Week: observance, E1445 [24AP]

Power resources: making appropriations for energy and water development (H.R. 2427), H3646 [29MY]

Refuse disposal: State capacity assurance plans, hazardous waste facility permits, and interstate transportation of waste (H.R. 2216), E1602 [2MY]

Small business: assistance to loan recipients affected by military service in Operation Desert Shield (H.R. 902), H1824 [19MR]

Solid waste: application of certain requirements and sanctions to Federal facilities (H.R. 2194), H4880, H4881 [24JN]

Unemployment: emergency compensation, H8404 [23OC]

———emergency compensation (H.R. 3201), H6343 [2AU]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H2961 [13MY]

Testimonies

Committee on Armed Services (House): Ball Bearing Manufacturing Base, D1143 [24SE]

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Interstate Transportation and Disposal of Solid and Hazardous Waste, D506 [30AP]

Committee on Rules: National Defense Authorization Debate Procedures, D607 [16MY]

Tributes

Bailey, Ruffin, E1724 [13MY]

Griffin, Eric, E1724 [13MY]

Janicke, Trey, E1724 [13MY]

Ketchin, Christine, E4048 [25NO]

McFadden, Lane, E1724 [13MY]

McLaughlin, Brian, E1724 [13MY]

Phillips, Brian, E1724 [13MY]

William, David, E1724 [13MY]