UPTON, FREDERICK S. (a Representative from Michigan)

Amendments offered by, to

Dept. of State: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1415), H3064, H3072 [15MY]

Dept. of the Interior: making appropriations (H.R. 2686), H5003 [25JN]

Legislative branch: making appropriations (H.R. 2506), H3977 [5JN]

NIH: revise and extend programs (H.R. 2507), H5861 [25JY]

Appointments

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

Articles and editorials

Dirty Secrets Behind the Budget Mess, Fred Barnes, Reader's Digest, E471 [7FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Armed Forces: protections regarding housing leases for deployed individuals (see H.R. 1093, H1137 [21FE])

Branch County, MI: licensure of facilities on the St. Joseph River by FERC (see H.R. 3284, H6384 [2AU])

Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 3061, H5909 [25JY])

Roads and highways: increase the minimum allocation for highway funding projects (see H.R. 1599, H2083 [22MR])

Short, Peter: relief (see H.R. 1045, H1080 [20FE])

South Haven Harbor, MI: deauthorize the turning basin portion of the navigation project (see H.R. 4049, H11889 [26NO])

Southeast Asia: grant asylum to nationals assisting in the return of living POW/MIA (see H.R. 1900, H2374 [17AP])

Taxation: deductions for contributions to candidates for public office (see H.R. 3062, H5909 [25JY])

———fuel tax (see H. Res. 212, H6384 [2AU])

Urban Mass Transportation Act: allocation to rural areas (see H.R. 1325, H1472 [7MR])

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Africa: protection of human rights and economic development in the Horn of Africa (see H.R. 1454, H1774 [14MR])

Agriculture: credit assistance to qualified beginning farmers and ranchers (see H.R. 2401, H9580 [7NO])

———prevention of crimes against farmers, researchers, and other livestock-related professions (see H.R. 2407, H3279 [20MY])

———price supports for milk (see H.R. 1075, H3037 [14MY])

Appropriations: constitutional amendment on line-item veto (see H.J. Res. 5, H684 [23JA])

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

———recognition of Israel (see H. Con. Res. 88, H2137 [10AP])

Armed Forces: cancellation of student loans and restore certain educational benefits to members serving in the Persian Gulf (see H.R. 821, H1475 [7MR])

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

———enhance protections of active duty members (see H.R. 102, H1416 [5MR])

———penalty-free withdrawals from retirement plans by members called to active duty during Operation Desert Shield (see H.R. 1016, H1326 [28FE])

———retention of certain information in personnel files on missing or deceased members (see H.R. 1730, H2177 [11AP])

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

Birds: conservation of exotic wild species (see H.R. 2541, H8188 [22OC])

Boats: fees for recreational vessels (see H.R. 534, H1025 [19FE])

Boy Scouts of America: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 207, H3038 [14MY])

Budget: authorization of new authority for Government programs (see H.R. 3785, H11289 [25NO])

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 248, H2901 [8MY]; H.J. Res. 290, H5298 [9JY])

———financial impact on State and local governments of unexpected Federal funding provisions (see H.R. 1546, H8496 [24OC])

———Presidential power to reduce authority (see H.R. 78, H2375 [17AP])

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

———require congressional consideration of Presidential rescission authority (see H.R. 687, H3370 [21MY])

———spending level increase guidelines (see H.R. 2241, H5818 [24JY])

Capitol Building and Grounds: use of the ambulance maintained solely for Members (see H. Res. 244, H9494 [6NO])

Census: decennial (see H.R. 3280, H6799 [24SE])

Cheney, Sec. of Defense: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2672, H5651 [18JY])

Children: avoid prolonged foster care for abandoned babies where adoption is available (see H.R. 2362, H3149 [15MY])

Civil Rights Act: restore and strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (see H.R. 1375, H1668 [12MR])

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, H6602 [16SE])

Committee on Hunger (Select): establish (see H. Res. 11, H62 [3JA])

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])

Committee on Ways and Means: require relief bill committee reports to include the sponsor and revenue cost (see H. Res. 108, H1474 [7MR])

Congress: require three-fifths majority vote in both houses to increase taxes (see H.R. 3146, H6193 [31JY])

Courts: standards for product liability actions (see H.R. 3030, H5908 [25JY])

Crime: life imprisonment relative to drug traffickers and violent criminals convicted of a third offense (see H.R. 2904, H6139 [30JY])

———mandatory prison sentences for drug crimes involving minors (see H.R. 2903, H6139 [30JY])

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 1400) (see H.R. 1400, H5745 [23JY])

———penalties for distribution of controlled substances at truck stops and rest areas (see H.R. 1551, H2013 [21MR])

———penalties for flight to avoid child support arrearages (see H.R. 1241, H10544 [19NO])

———registration of all convicted child abusers with the National Crime Information Center (see H.R. 2553, H6540 [12SE])

———State registration of individuals convicted of offenses against minors (see H.R. 2862, H10932 [22NO])

Dept. of Education: establish an Office of Community Colleges (see H.R. 1048, H6456 [11SE])

Disaster Assistance Act: enact (see H.R. 2536, H8496 [24OC])

Drug abuse: use of certain grants for treatment of intravenous drug abuse (see H.R. 2235, H2953 [9MY])

Dutch-American Heritage Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 177, H3281 [20MY])

Earth Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 144, H2181 [11AP])

Economy: incentives for work, savings, and investments (see H.R. 3130, H6675 [17SE])

Education: enhance literacy and basic skills of adults (see H.R. 751, H1787 [18MR])

———grant program for support services to at-risk youth (see H.R. 812, H6385 [2AU])

———improve (see H.R. 2460, H3623 [23MY])

———improve counseling services for elementary school students (see H.R. 840, H1849 [19MR])

Education Day, U.S.A.: designate (see H.J. Res. 104, H1282 [27FE])

Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 3770, H10723 [20NO])

Electric power: health effects of electric and magnetic fields (see H.R. 1483, H1848 [19MR])

Employment: entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (see H.R. 1270, H1415 [5MR])

Executive Departments: options for shared services in Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HHS (see H. Con. Res. 146, H2903 [8MY])

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

Fair Labor Standards Act: clarify application (see H.R. 1237, H2180 [11AP])

Families and domestic relations: grant programs for pregnant women and adoption of children (see H.R. 1753, H2178 [11AP])

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])

Federal employees: restore the 3-year basis recovery rule relative to certain annuities for income tax purposes (see H.R. 576, H10723 [20NO])

———voluntary participation in the political process (see H.R. 20, H2469 [23AP])

Federal Prison Industries: participation in Federal procurements (see H.R. 3662, H8662 [29OC])

Fire fighters: enact a fire service bill of rights (see H.R. 2448, H3622 [23MY])

Foreign aid: assistance for transition from communism to democracy (see H.R. 1080, H4284 [11JN])

Foreign countries: restrict exports of nuclear items to nonnuclear weapon states (see H.R. 2755, H5915 [26JY])

Foreign trade: import of meat products from the EEC relative to the removal of certain trade barriers (see H.R. 3454, H7863 [15OC])

———prosecution of illegal boycotts against nations friendly to the U.S. (see H.R. 2355, H5910 [25JY])

———tariff treatment of products from countries relative to their contributions to Operation Desert Shield (see H.R. 317, H3624 [23MY])

Franklin, Benjamin: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2448, H3622 [23MY])

Gambling: prohibit sports gambling under State law (see H.R. 74, H2469 [23AP])

GATT: oilseeds panel ruling against the European Community (see H. Res. 257, H9145 [4NO])

Geography Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 201, H6602 [16SE])

Go Camping America Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 90, H1456 [6MR])

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

———greater accountability for foreign travel (see H.R. 461, H6456 [11SE])

Government regulation: procedures for assessment of impact on seizure of private property (see H.R. 1572, H6386 [2AU])

Health: analysis of urban and rural area statistics (see H.R. 2238, H3625 [23MY])

———assess paperwork burden imposed on providers and beneficiaries of health care services (see H.R. 2625, H11891 [26NO])

———continuation of Federal medical care coverage (see H.R. 338, H5211 [26JN])

———reduce infant mortality by improving services to pregnant women in rural areas (see H.R. 2229, H3371 [21MY])

———rural medical education projects (see H.R. 2233, H3037 [14MY])

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: excessive physician regulations under medicare (see H.R. 2695, H7199 [1OC])

———incentives for physicians to practice in rural areas (see H.R. 2230, H3371 [21MY])

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

House of Representatives: require three-fifths majority vote on passage of legislation increasing revenues (see H. Res. 141, H2954 [9MY])

Hunger: alleviate conditions (see H.R. 2258, H2962 [13MY])

———ensure adequate diet for all Americans (see H.R. 1202, H1787 [18MR])

Hussein, Saddam: prosecution for war crimes (see H. Con. Res. 81, H3625 [23MY])

Income: congressional, executive, and judicial salaries and pensions (see H.R. 1005, H6675 [17SE])

———treatment of Federal pay relative to garnishment and similar legal fees (see H.R. 643, H697 [24JA])

Infant Mortality Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 194, H2376 [17AP])

Insurance: life insurance contracts of terminally ill individuals (see H.R. 134, H1787 [18MR])

International law: establish a military tribunal to prosecute war crimes arising from the Persian Gulf conflict (see H. Res. 100, H2137 [10AP])

International relations: unfair practices in international trade resulting from differing national environmental policies (see H. Res. 161, H11894 [26NO])

Iraq: congressional approval of military action pending failure of economic sanctions (see H. Con. Res. 28, H5516 [16JY])

———release portion of frozen assets for UNICEF medical and humanitarian assistance to Iraqi citizens (see H. Con. Res. 168, H5651 [18JY])

———terminate most-favored-nation status (see H.R. 684, H2086 [22MR])

Israel: report to Congress on boycott by Arab countries (see H.R. 2559, H5910 [25JY])

Japan: defense of airspace and sea lanes (see H. Con. Res. 67, H1282 [27FE])

Jordan: restrict economic and military assistance (see H.R. 1317, H2109 [9AP])

Kuwait: involvement of U.S. small businesses in rebuilding (see H. Con. Res. 95, H1474 [7MR])

———involvement of U.S. workers, firms, and products in rebuilding (see H. Con. Res. 130, H2182 [11AP]; H. Res. 106, H4187 [7JN]; H. Res. 167, H5746 [23JY])

———reconstruction contract awards (see H. Res. 18, H1418 [5MR])

Language and languages: recognize English as official U.S. language (see H.R. 123, H57 [3JA])

Lebanon: support efforts of President Bush to obtain release of hostages (see H. Con. Res. 107, H4868 [20JN])

Local government: reduce growing budget costs imposed by unfunded Federal mandates (see H.R. 1547, H8496 [24OC])

Marine mammals: detrimental impact due to purse seine fishing for tuna (see H.R. 261, H5596 [17JY])

Medicaid: coverage of hospice care (see H.R. 860, H7380 [3OC])

Medicare: payment for interpretation of electrocardiograms (see H.R. 3373, H10269 [14NO])

Members of Congress: deny annuity benefits relative to individuals convicted of a felony (see H.R. 1077, H5745 [23JY])

———pay rate adjustments (see H.R. 811, H1475 [7MR])

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, H1326 [28FE])

Military Order of the World Wars: grant charter (see H.R. 3071, H9581 [7NO])

Motorcycle Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 107, H4613 [18JN])

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

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 257, H5451 [15JY])

National Campus Crime and Security Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 142, H4867 [20JN])

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 241, H6458 [11SE])

National Employ the Older Worker Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 133, H1282 [27FE])

National Firefighters Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 189, H7200 [1OC])

National Forest System Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 226, H5212 [26JN])

National Forests: protect persons involved in a lawful hunt (see H.R. 371, H1417 [5MR])

National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 87, H2394 [18AP])

National Foster Care Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 154, H1672 [12MR])

National Guard: civilian employees may not be required to wear military uniforms while performing civilian service (see H.R. 609, H1326 [28FE])

National Hospice Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 153, H5433 [11JY])

National Invent America Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 287, H6388 [2AU])

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

National observances: establish a commission to advise the President (see H.R. 68, H1670 [12MR])

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 72, H3037 [14MY])

National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 233, H6194 [31JY])

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

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

National Tourism Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 103, H2375 [17AP])

National Trauma Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 300, H8663 [29OC])

National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 242, H8335 [23OC])

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

Patents: extend term of certain products (see H.R. 2255, H2900 [8MY])

Peace Corps: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 131, H1787 [18MR])

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

Pornography: protection of children and other victims (see H.R. 1768, H2565 [25AP])

Postal Service: establish commission to investigate (see H. Res. 194, H5911 [25JY])

POW: investigation and prosecution of individuals responsible for Iraqi war crimes (see H. Res. 42, H1476 [7MR])

Power resources: encourage cost effective energy conservation and efficiency (see H.R. 1543, H2013 [21MR])

———encourage energy conservation among farmers, ranchers, forest industry, and utilizers of wood (see H.R. 1418, H1757 [13MR])

POW/MIA: disclosure of information concerning U.S. personnel classified after 1940 (see H.R. 1147, H2180 [11AP])

Prayer: constitutional amendment on voluntary school prayer (see H.J. Res. 240, H5515 [16JY])

President: line-item veto (see H. Res. 152, H3806 [3JN])

Public Health Service: establish Office of Rural Mental Health (see H.R. 2237, H3371 [21MY])

———legal liability protections for health care professionals (see H.R. 3591, H11892 [26NO])

Public Pension Equity Restoration Act: enact (see H.R. 1348, H2538 [24AP])

Raye, Martha: support awarding of Presidential Medal of Freedom (see H. Con. Res. 100, H4438 [12JN])

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

Recycling: improve collection of information that promotes the recycling of municipal solid waste (see H.R. 755, H6539 [12SE])

———State opportunities for citizens' participation (see H.R. 945, H3280 [20MY])

Refuse disposal: protect the used oil recycling system and establish used oil management standards (see H.R. 1411, H1670 [12MR])

Research: certification of embryo laboratories (see H.R. 756, H1849 [19MR])

———nonanimal acute toxicity testing by Federal Government (see H.R. 3918, H12063 [3JA])

Rural areas: crime and drug control (see H.R. 2959, H6457 [11SE])

———establish development investment zones (see H.R. 1445, H3371 [21MY])

Rural Small Business Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 108, H1418 [5MR])

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

Science: promote dissemination of biomedical information and prevent duplication of live animal experiments (see H.R. 1389, H10280 [15NO])

Small business: appointment of knowledgeable persons to executive department positions (see H. Con. Res. 70, H1282 [27FE])

Social Security: cost of living increases (see H.J. Res. 35, H10723 [20NO])

———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, H4187 [7JN])

———payment for physicians' services (see H.R. 3070, H7815 [11OC])

———provide access to services for medically underserved populations (see H.R. 1802, H5050 [25JN])

Solid waste: refund value for certain beverage containers and resources for State pollution prevention and recycling programs (see H.R. 997, H1077 [20FE])

Soviet Union: political reform in the Baltic States (see H.J. Res. 179, H3371 [21MY])

———U.N. response relative to military action against Baltic States (see H. Con. Res. 50, H1282 [27FE])

States: reduce growing budget costs imposed by unfunded Federal mandates (see H.R. 1547, H8496 [24OC])

———regulation of surface transportation rates by certain motor and air carriers (see H.R. 3221, H6381 [2AU])

Student loans: deferral during professional internships (see H.R. 179, H1849 [19MR])

Syria: extradition of fugitive Nazi war criminal Alois Brunner (see H. Res. 129, H3038 [14MY])

Taxation: application of employer Social Security taxes to employees' cash tips (see H.R. 1472, H3710 [29MY])

———capital gains (see H.R. 3128, H6540 [12SE])

———cash or deferred arrangements for employees of tax-exempt organizations (see H.R. 2327, H5211 [26JN])

———clarify that customer based, market share, and any similar intangible items are amortizable (see H.R. 1456, H3280 [20MY])

———computing of deductions allowable to home day care providers for the business use of their homes (see H.R. 2008, H6602 [16SE])

———credits for increasing research activities (see H.R. 1618, H12063 [3JA])

———deduction for interest on educational loans (see H.R. 747, H2180 [11AP])

———deductions for adoption expenses (see H.R. 1515, H2565 [25AP])

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

———Federal treatment of State and local government bonds (see H. Res. 139, H3038 [14MY])

———gains and losses of non-exempt farmer cooperatives (see H.R. 2361, H6457 [11SE])

———health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 784, H2016 [21MR])

———improve U.S. competitiveness, employment, and investment, and reduce the budget deficit (see H.R. 3170, H10842 [21NO])

———increase amount of the exemption for children under age 18 (see H.R. 1277, H2812 [7MY])

———investment and employment credits relative to enterprise zones (see H.R. 23, H5210 [26JN])

———low-income housing credit (see H.R. 413, H2953 [9MY])

———make permanent the exclusion for group legal service plans (see H.R. 187, H6602 [16SE])

———make permanent the limited deduction of health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 1248, H2086 [22MR])

———percentage of completion accounting method relative to contracts for the manufacture of products (see H.R. 2853, H5340 [10JY])

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

———reinstate investment tax credit and reduce capital gains taxes (see H.R. 2359, H3149 [15MY])

———relief for families and incentives for economic growth (see H.R. 3744, H10843 [21NO])

———repeal the luxury tax on boats (see H.R. 951, H6385 [2AU])

———small issue bonds (see H.R. 602, H1759 [13MR]; H.R. 673, H1849 [19MR]; H.R. 710, H3160 [16MY])

———treatment of certain common investment funds (see H.R. 1733, H3150 [15MY])

———treatment of certain self-employment income received by insurance salesmen after retirement (see H.R. 2766, H10842 [21NO])

———treatment of church pension benefit plans (see H.R. 1570, H3037 [14MY])

Telecommunications: research, design, and manufacturing of equipment (see H.R. 1527, H10269 [14NO])

Terrorism: prevent and punish certain acts (see H.R. 731, H1475 [7MR])

Tourist trade: assist growth of U.S. travel industry (see H.R. 418, H1849 [19MR])

———international travel and tourism in the U.S. (see H.R. 3645, H10366 [18NO])

Trails: use of tax revenues collected on recreational fuels to maintain recreational trails (see H.R. 1155, H5979 [29JY])

Travel: resume normal business and tourist travel (see H. Con. Res. 129, H2374 [17AP])

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

U.N.: penalties for violating international sanctions against Iraq (see H.R. 1649, H2137 [10AP])

———response to disaster and humanitarian emergencies (see H. Con. Res. 197, H7200 [1OC])

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

———hospice care for terminally ill individuals (see H.R. 2199, H4016 [5JN])

———payment of claims (see H.R. 141, H1417 [5MR])

Vietnam: withhold normalization of diplomatic and economic relations pending report on missing American servicemen in Southeast Asia (see H. Con. Res. 233, H9580 [7NO])

VietNow: grant charter (see H.R. 3849, H10841 [21NO])

Volunteer workers: immunity from civil liability for certain individuals working for nonprofit organizations and governmental entities (see H.R. 911, H10931 [22NO])

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

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

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 Gulf of Mexico: designate (see H.J. Res. 327, H8121 [21OC])

Yugoslavia: civil liberties (see H. Res. 121, H2954 [9MY])

———recognize independence of Croatia and Slovenia (see H. Con. Res. 224, H9581 [7NO])

———U.S. policy (see H. Res. 296, H10931 [22NO])

Bills and resolutions relative to

Committee on Energy and Commerce: election (see H. Res. 109, H1578 [11MR])

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H2955 [13MY]

Remarks by, on

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2698), conference report, H7586 [8OC]

Budget: balance, H3691 [29MY]

———revising 1991 and setting forth the Federal budget for 1992-96 (H. Con. Res. 121), H2298 [17AP]

———revising 1991 and setting forth the Federal budget for 1992-96 (H. Con. Res. 121), conference report, H3435 [22MY]

Chief Financial Officers Act: use of funds to implement, H4641 [18JN]

Christopher Columbus Quincentenary Jubilee Commission: funding, H4471 [13JN]

Coast Guard: anniversary, E2786 [31JY]

Committee on Economics (Joint): funding increase, H3977 [5JN]

Committee on Printing (Joint): funding increase, H3977 [5JN]

Congress: franking privileges funding, H3970 [5JN]

Dept. of State: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1415), H3064, H3065, H3073 [15MY]

Dept. of the Interior: making appropriations (H.R. 2686), H5003, H5004 [25JN]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2622), H4641 [18JN]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2608), H4471 [13JN]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs, HUD, and independent agencies, commissions, corporations, and offices: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2519), H4125 [6JN]

Disasters: making supplemental appropriations for relief (H.R. 3543), H8647 [29OC]

Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits, H7731 [10OC]

———campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 3750), H11163 [25NO]

Employment: entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (H.R. 2), H9764 [13NO]

Federal aid programs: drought assistance (H.R. 355), H1931 [21MR]

Firearms: establish national hotline to check on prospective handgun buyers, H2836 [8MY]

———waiting period before the purchase of a handgun (H.R. 7), H2817, H2836 [8MY]

Foreign aid: improve and authorize appropriations for military assistance programs (H.R. 2508), H4317 [12JN]

Hunger: alleviate conditions, H4317 [12JN]

Insurance: revise national flood insurance program (H.R. 1236), H2638 [1MY]

IRS: time extension for certain acts for individuals performing services under Operation Desert Shield (H.R. 4), H669 [23JA]

Legislative branch: making appropriations (H.R. 2506), H3970, H3977 [5JN]

Middle East: congressional approval of military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq pending failure of economic sanctions (H. Con. Res. 33), H422 [12JA]

National Guard: tribute to 1072d Maintenance Co. of Sturgis/Coldwater, MI, E2387 [27JN]

NIH: revise and extend programs (H.R. 2507), H5861 [25JY]

Operation Desert Shield: making appropriations for incremental costs (H.R. 3543), H8647 [29OC]

Parliamentary inquiry, H3071 [15MY]

Power resources: making appropriations for energy and water development (H.R. 2427), H3691 [29MY]

Research: use of fetal tissue in disease treatment, H5861 [25JY]

Soviet Union: teardown and reconstruct U.S. Embassy in Moscow, H3064, H3065 [15MY]

Transportation: establish a national comprehensive surface transportation system (H.R. 2950), H8228 [23OC]

Unemployment: emergency compensation (S. 1722), conference report, E3277 [3OC]

World Food Day: designate (H.J. Res. 230), E3420 [17OC]

Remarks in House relative to

Committee on Energy and Commerce: election (H. Res. 109), H1572 [11MR]

Resignations

Committee on Public Works and Transportation, H7983 [17OC]

Committee on Small Business, H5397 [11JY]

Testimonies

Committee on House Administration: Campaign Finance Reform, D367 [22MR]

Committee on Rules: NIH Programs Revision and Extension (H.R. 2507), D964 [24JY]

Committee on the Judiciary (House): Patent Terms (H.R. 2255), D1354 [31OC]

Tributes

Gast, Harry, E2821 [1AU]