VALENTINE, TIM (a Representative from North Carolina)

Amendments offered by, to

Dept. of Commerce: authorizing appropriations for the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Technology Administration (H.R. 1989), H5468 [16JY]

Dept. of Defense: making supplemental appropriations for personnel expenditures relative to Operation Desert Shield and other urgent domestic programs (H.R. 1281), H1492 [7MR]

Appointments

Conferee: 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]

———H.R. 3371, national policy to control crime and reform court procedures, H10748 [21NO]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

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

Dept. of Commerce: authorizing appropriations for the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Technology Administration (see H.R. 1989, H2467 [23AP])

Dept. of Transportation: authorizing appropriations for surface transportation research and development (see H.R. 2941, H5649 [18JY])

EPA: construction of facility in the Research Triangle Park, NC (see H.R. 1654, H2085 [22MR])

Foreign aid: require President to submit an integrated justification for programs (see H.R. 3571, H7980 [16OC])

National objectives: enhance competitiveness by improving workforce (see H.R. 3507, H7380 [3OC])

Research Triangle Park, NC: construction of an EPA building (see H.R. 2606, H4283 [11JN])

Tariff: keto ester (see H.R. 1902, H2374 [17AP])

———lisinopril (see H.R. 1903, H2374 [17AP])

———norfloxacin (see H.R. 1901, H2374 [17AP])

———ranitidine hydrochloride (see H.R. 1963, H2393 [18AP])

———Tfs Lys Pro in free base and tosyl salt forms (see H.R. 1899, H2374 [17AP])

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Advisory Council on Allied Health: establish (see H.R. 1466, H1848 [19MR])

African Americans: capital financing for historically black colleges and universities (see H.R. 1503, H2812 [7MY])

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

———protection for veal calves (see H.R. 252, H2086 [22MR])

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

———designate wilderness areas (see H.R. 39, H55 [3JA])

Alcoholic beverages: regulation of open containers and consumption in the passenger areas of motor vehicles (see H.R. 540, H2375 [17AP])

Animals: prohibit importation of kangaroos and products made therefrom (see H.R. 744, H824 [30JA])

Arab countries: recognition of Israel (see H. Con. Res. 88, H2471 [23AP])

Armed Forces: development of defense manufacturing and critical technologies (see H.R. 3427, H8662 [29OC])

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

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

———enhance protections of active duty members (see H.R. 102, H713 [28JA])

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

———reports on rehabilitative services for members in the Persian Gulf suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (see H.R. 644, H782 [29JA])

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

Bankruptcy: settlement of liabilities relative to separation or divorce (see H.R. 1242, H2399 [22AP])

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])

Birds: conservation of exotic wild species (see H.R. 2540, H6798 [24SE])

Boats: fees for recreational vessels (see H.R. 534, H2261 [16AP])

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

Braille Literacy Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 353, H8497 [24OC])

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

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 10, H2962 [13MY]; H.J. Res. 290, H5298 [9JY])

———reduction of overhead expenditures (see H. Con. Res. 96, H1474 [7MR])

———reform process (see H.R. 1889, H2373 [17AP])

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

Business and industry: establish national standards for the manufacture and labeling of plumbing products relative to conservation of water resources (see H.R. 843, H2262 [16AP])

Buy American Act: prohibit Sec. of Defense from granting waiver (see H.R. 1238, H2086 [22MR])

Cheney, Dick: award a congressional gold medal (see H.R. 2672, H5818 [24JY])

Child Care Food Program: extend eligibility to certain children receiving day care (see H.R. 375, H1025 [19FE])

Children: entitlement program relative to the immunization of infants against certain diseases (see H.R. 1288, H1915 [20MR])

Children and youth: hearing loss testing for newborns (see H.R. 2089, H6457 [11SE])

China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (see H.R. 2212, H2767 [2MY])

Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation: establish (see H.R. 500, H1025 [19FE])

Coins: mint and circulate $1 coin (see H.R. 1245, H2538 [24AP])

———mint commemorative coin for 200th anniversary of White House (see H.R. 3337, H11892 [26NO])

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

———mint in commemoration of Operation Desert Shield (see H.R. 1658, H3150 [15MY])

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

Coins and coinage: mint in commemoration of the quincentenary of the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus (see H.R. 500, H1025 [19FE])

Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act: waive application to certain farm vehicles (see H.R. 1516, H6798 [24SE])

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

Committee on the Organization of Congress (Joint): establish (see H. Con. Res. 192, H8920 [31OC])

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

Computers: coordinated Federal research program to ensure U.S. leadership in high-performance computing (see H.R. 656, H712 [28JA])

———Federal Republic of Germany and the Republic of Austria prosecution for distribution of neo-Nazi computer games (see H. Con. Res. 152, H3806 [3JN])

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])

Continental shelf: issuance of certain oil and gas leases (see H.R. 989, H1077 [20FE])

Country Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 305, H6540 [12SE])

Credit: clarify certain consumer protections relative to credit reporting (see H.R. 670, H2016 [21MR])

Crime: penalties for flight to avoid child support arrearages (see H.R. 1241, H2016 [21MR])

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

Dept. of Defense: Commission on the Consolidation and Conversion of Defense Research and Development Laboratories recommendations (see H.R. 2329, H3625 [23MY])

———reduce budget (see H. Res. 233, H8189 [22OC])

Dept. of Education: establish an Office of Community Colleges (see H.R. 1048, H2570 [29AP])

Dept. of the Treasury: anniversary of Savings Bond Program (see H. Con. Res. 140, H2962 [13MY])

Disabled: taxation of certain equipment, parts, or accessories installed on passenger vehicles (see H.R. 974, H1024 [19FE])

Disasters: include in telephone directories important information relative to natural disaster survival techniques (see H. Con. Res. 101, H3495 [22MY])

Diseases: public education on prostate cancer (see H.R. 1310, H2180 [11AP])

Dutch-American Heritage Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 177, H6458 [11SE])

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

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

———conservation of biological diversity (see H.R. 585, H2686 [1MY])

———conservation of diversity of fish, wildlife, and biological systems (see H.R. 2082, H2536 [24AP])

Education: authorize grant to the national writing project (see H.R. 667, H994 [6FE])

———enhance literacy and basic skills of adults (see H.R. 751, H1475 [7MR])

———establish summer science academies for certain talented students (see H.R. 775, H5211 [26JN])

———grant program for support services to at-risk youth (see H.R. 812, H5818 [24JY])

———improve foreign instruction and promote equal access to opportunities to study abroad (see H.R. 1154, H2086 [22MR])

———improve student performance (see H.R. 859, H6456 [11SE])

———postsecondary education assistance to disadvantaged children (see H.R. 2943, H6540 [12SE])

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

El Salvador: withhold military assistance (see H.R. 1346, H3710 [29MY])

Elections: constitutional amendment relative to contributions and expenditures of congressional, Presidential, State, and local (see H.J. Res. 224, H11115 [23NO])

Electric power: health effects of electric and magnetic fields (see H.R. 1483, H9580 [7NO])

Electronic Fund Transfer Act: regulation of preauthorization by consumer of electronic fund transfer (see H.R. 1493, H1849 [19MR])

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: amend relative to grant amounts (see H.R. 1573, H2686 [1MY])

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

Ending Hunger Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 321, H8335 [23OC])

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

Fair Labor Standards Act: clarify application (see H.R. 1237, H5211 [26JN])

FCC: prevent the loss of existing spectrum to the amateur radio service (see H.R. 73, H2261 [16AP])

FDIC: provide information on availability of deposit insurance at depository institutions (see H.R. 1082, H1136 [21FE])

Federal Deposit Insurance Act: require States receiving large share of thrift resolution costs to pay thrift deposit insurance premium (see H.R. 1171, H1849 [19MR])

Federal employees: allow time off from duty to serve as bone marrow donors (see H.R. 658, H825 [30JA])

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

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

Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act: authorizing appropriations for activities (see H.R. 2042, H2535 [24AP])

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

Financial institutions: check cashing procedures at the Sergeant at Arms Bank of the House of Representatives (see H. Res. 224, H7314 [2OC])

———limit liability on holdings in violation of certain environmental laws (see H.R. 1450, H3855 [4JN])

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

Firearms: mandatory minimum sentences unlawful possession by convicted felons and illegal drug users (see H.R. 1719, H2769 [2MY])

Fishing: international moratorium on large-scale driftnets (see H. Con. Res. 113, H2394 [18AP])

Food: remove certain pesticides from supply and establish EPA negligible risk standard (see H.R. 3216, H7200 [1OC])

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

Foreign policy: create and implement a Western Hemisphere energy policy (see H. Con. Res. 79, H2471 [23AP])

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

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

———review the extent to which foreign countries are in compliance with bilateral agreements with the U.S. (see H.R. 1115, H2470 [23AP])

Forests: protection of remaining ancient forests on public lands (see H.R. 842, H6317 [1AU])

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

GATT: civil air transport services (see H. Con. Res. 111, H2770 [2MY])

———oilseeds panel ruling against the European Community (see H. Res. 257, H8920 [31OC])

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

Geological Survey: enhance geologic mapping (see H.R. 2763, H6941 [26SE])

Girl Scouts of the United States of America 80th Anniversary Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 343, H9701 [12NO])

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

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

———procurement contracts (see H.R. 254, H77 [4JA])

Guaranteed Student Loan Program: reduced interest rates for individuals entering the teaching profession (see H.R. 709, H4550 [13JN])

Health: reauthorize and expand area health education centers (see H.R. 3312, H6455 [11SE])

Health care professionals: increase number of individuals serving in clinical laboratories serving rural areas (see H.R. 2405, H3806 [3JN])

———training of medical rehabilitation health personnel (see H.R. 1466, H1848 [19MR])

Herbert C. Bonner Bridge: emergency repairs (see H.R. 898, H990 [6FE])

Historic sites: preservation of heritage and resources (see H.R. 1601, H3710 [29MY])

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

House Rules: amend to create a scholar's gallery (see H. Res. 238, H7380 [3OC])

Hunting and trapping: eliminate the use of steel jaw leghold traps on animals (see H.R. 1354, H1473 [7MR])

Income: treatment of Federal pay relative to garnishment and similar legal fees (see H.R. 643, H994 [6FE])

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

Insurance: coverage for pregnant women and children through employment-based insurance and a State-based health plan (see H.R. 3393, H6797 [24SE])

———long-term care coverage (see H.R. 1205, H3371 [21MY])

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

IRS: time extension for certain acts for individuals performing services under Operation Desert Shield (see H.R. 469, H110 [9JA])

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

Japan: semiconductor trade with the U.S. (see H. Res. 133, H2537 [24AP])

———treatment of U.S. rice (see H.R. 2002, H2468 [23AP])

Jewish Heritage Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 134, H2137 [10AP])

Job Training Partnership Act: amend Job Corps provisions (see H.R. 1364, H3624 [23MY])

Jordan: economic assistance (see H.R. 1611, H2538 [24AP])

———restrict economic and military assistance (see H.R. 1317, H1759 [13MR])

———suspend foreign assistance relative to compliance with U.N. economic sanctions against Iraq (see H. Con. Res. 85, H1787 [18MR])

Korean War Veterans Remembrance Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 255, H4945 [24JN])

Kuwait: involvement of U.S. small businesses in rebuilding (see H. Con. Res. 95, H2539 [24AP])

———involvement of U.S. workers, firms, and products in rebuilding (see H. Res. 167, H4613 [18JN])

Labor: repeal Davis-Bacon Act (see H.R. 1755, H2178 [11AP])

Language and languages: recognize English as official U.S. language (see H.R. 123, H1914 [20MR])

Latin America: cooperation with U.S. in science and technology (see H.R. 3215, H6457 [11SE])

LSC: improve certain requirements relative to provided funds (see H.R. 1345, H3739 [30MY])

Margaret Walker Alexander National African-American Research Center: establish (see H.R. 1254, H1415 [5MR])

Marine mammals: detrimental impact due to purse seine fishing for tuna (see H.R. 261, H1417 [5MR])

Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act: authorize seizure of vessels in violation (see H.R. 1239, H1414 [5MR])

Medicaid: change Federal medical assistance percentage (see H.R. 459, H1138 [21FE])

———coverage of screening mammography (see H.R. 1311, H2180 [11AP])

Medicare: coverage of screening mammography (see H.R. 1312, H2180 [11AP])

———deadlines for claim submission (see H.R. 1467, H2686 [1MY])

———establish Comprehensive Preventive Health Program (see H.R. 1746, H2178 [11AP])

———home care and extended care services coverages (see H.R. 1200, H2016 [21MR])

———payment for interpretation of electrocardiograms (see H.R. 3373, H8496 [24OC])

Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 156, H6318 [1AU])

Mortgages: adjustable rate mortgages demonstration program by Sec. of Veterans Affairs (see H.R. 1384, H3037 [14MY])

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])

———national safety belt and motorcycle helmet use requirements (see H.R. 1782, H2602 [30AP])

NASA: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1988, H2467 [23AP])

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

National Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 272, H10932 [22NO])

National Arbor Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 66, H2109 [9AP])

National Biomedical Research Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 316, H6676 [17SE])

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

National Campus Crime and Security Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 142, H5651 [18JY])

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

National Crime Victims' Rights Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 171, H1457 [6MR])

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, H2954 [9MY])

National Down's Syndrome Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 228, H7801 [10OC])

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

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

National Employ the Older Worker Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 133, H1024 [19FE])

National Fallen Firefighters Foundation: establish (see H.R. 3808, H11893 [26NO])

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

National Family Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 23, H61 [3JA])

National Firefighters Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 189, H1758 [13MR])

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

National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 87, H1915 [20MR])

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

National Guard: Federal support of State defense forces (see H.R. 2001, H2903 [8MY])

National Hero Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 185, H2770 [2MY])

National Historically Black Colleges Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 102, H1081 [20FE])

National Home Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 175, H2376 [17AP])

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

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

National Invent America Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 287, H6139 [30JY])

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

National Law Enforcement Memorial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 123, H5342 [10JY])

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

National Literacy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 259, H3494 [22MY])

National Lock-In-Safety Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 238, H5745 [23JY])

National Manufacturing Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 348, H7725 [9OC])

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

National Minority Organ Donor Encouragement Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 229, H4438 [12JN])

National observances: establish a commission to advise the President (see H.R. 68, H782 [29JA]; H.R. 1882, H4284 [11JN])

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, H2470 [23AP])

National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 284, H6799 [24SE])

National Radon Action Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 67, H5211 [26JN])

National Recycling Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 169, H1850 [19MR])

National Recycling Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 188, H3495 [22MY])

National Red Ribbon Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 312, H8920 [31OC])

National Red Ribbon Week for a Drug-Free America: designate (see H.J. Res. 340, H8102 [17OC])

National Rehabilitation Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 95, H5910 [25JY])

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, H3038 [14MY])

National Senior Citizens Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 181, H2954 [9MY])

National Senior Nutrition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 141, H2263 [16AP])

National Stay in School Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 362, H8663 [29OC])

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

National Visiting Nurse Associations Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 212, H10269 [14NO])

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

Native Americans: recognize Lumbee Tribe of Cheraw Indians (see H.R. 1426, H1758 [13MR])

North Carolina: designate wilderness areas (see H.R. 35, H697 [24JA])

NSF: adjust authorizations (see H.R. 2282, H2952 [9MY])

———authorize environmental activities in the Antarctic (see H.R. 3065, H5978 [29JY])

———establish technical education and training programs (see H.R. 2936, H5595 [17JY])

Nuclear energy: standardize plant designs and improve the licensing and regulatory process (see H.R. 1184, H3739 [30MY])

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

Old Age Survivors and Disability Income: exclude expenses from the Federal budget (see H.R. 978, H2180 [11AP])

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

``Our American Government'': print a revised edition as a House Document (see H. Con. Res. 172, H4867 [20JN])

Pediatric AIDS Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 91, H3710 [29MY])

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

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

Political campaigns: prohibit contributions from Members of Congress or congressional candidates to other campaigns (see H.R. 62, H2086 [22MR])

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

POW: investigation and prosecution of individuals responsible for Iraqi war crimes (see H. Res. 42, H1916 [20MR])

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

Presidential Election Campaign Fund: funding of closed caption television candidate commercials (see H.R. 3292, H9144 [4NO])

Public Health Service: establish a Substance Abuse Treatment Corps (see H.R. 2027, H2769 [2MY])

———respond to the shortage of health care providers as a result of the Persian Gulf conflict (see H.J. Res. 128, H1759 [13MR])

Public Health Service Act: family planning counseling (see H.R. 392, H6385 [2AU])

Public Pension Equity Restoration Act: enact (see H.R. 1348, H3037 [14MY])

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

Raye, Martha: support awarding of Presidential Medal of Freedom (see H. Con. Res. 100, H11289 [25NO])

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, H890 [5FE]; H.R. 828, H1080 [20FE])

———State opportunities for citizens' participation (see H.R. 945, H4612 [18JN])

———treatment of used oil (see H.R. 872, H6690 [19SE])

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

Refuse disposal: protect the used oil recycling system and establish used oil management standards (see H.R. 1411, H2262 [16AP])

Resolution Trust Corp.: convey Nags Head Woods, NC to a Government agency or qualified organization (see H.R. 2131, H2601 [30AP])

Retired Enlisted Association, Inc.: grant charter (see H.R. 1509, H1912 [20MR])

Roads and highways: determination of amounts allocated to States from the highway trust fund (see H.R. 159, H1138 [21FE])

———funding for construction and safety programs (see H.R. 2566, H5515 [16JY])

Rural areas: crime and drug control (see H.R. 2959, H6602 [16SE])

Savings and loan associations: establish a private firm to assist in recovering assets from failed institutions (see H.R. 745, H824 [30JA])

———investigation and prosecution of criminal activity (see H. Res. 107, H6540 [12SE])

Schwarzkopf, H. Norman, Jr.: award a Congressional Gold Medal and produce bronze duplicates for public sale (see H.R. 1296, H1475 [7MR])

Senior citizens: allow employment as child care providers relative to a Social Security earnings test exemption (see H.R. 1822, H2260 [16AP])

Smithsonian Institution: establish National African American Museum (see H.R. 1246, H2262 [16AP])

Social Security: assure minimum payment adjustments for disproportionate share hospitals (see H.R. 1544, H2470 [23AP])

———benefit formula computation rules (see H.R. 917, H990 [6FE])

———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, H5050 [25JN])

Social Security Notch Fairness Investigatory Commission: establish (see H.R. 3825, H11894 [26NO])

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

———require executive departments and agencies to separate waste for recycling (see H.R. 2095, H2563 [25AP])

———scrap tire management and recovery program (see H.R. 3058, H8189 [22OC]; H.R. 3059, H8189 [22OC]

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: regulation of disposal of certain low-level radioactive waste (see H.R. 645, H4437 [12JN])

———taxation of nonresidents pension income (see H.R. 1655, H2470 [23AP])

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, H5979 [29JY])

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

———clarify treatment of certain Federal financial assistance provided to savings and loan institutions (see H.R. 1135, H1278 [27FE])

———codifying the depreciable life of semiconductor manufacturing equipment (see H.R. 3273, H7381 [3OC])

———computing of deductions allowable to home day care providers for the business use of their homes (see H.R. 2008, H2903 [8MY])

———contribution of $1 of individual income tax refund to local antidrug programs (see H.R. 357, H1138 [21FE])

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

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

———deduction for the amount of premiums paid on life insurance contracts for which the beneficiaries are disabled (see H.R. 668, H2086 [22MR])

———deductions for contributions to education savings accounts (see H.R. 810, H1081 [20FE])

———deductions for decommissioning costs of nuclear powerplants (see H.R. 2012, H5341 [10JY])

———educational assistance programs for undergraduates (see H.R. 1257, H3371 [21MY])

———employer credit for hiring economically disadvantaged veterans discharged as a result of budget cuts (see H.R. 3016, H5817 [24JY])

———employer credits for the cost of providing employee mammography screening (see H.R. 112, H713 [28JA])

———exclude from gross estate value of certain land subject to a qualified conservation easement (see H.R. 2149, H6879 [25SE])

———exclude small transactions from broker reporting requirements (see H.R. 200, H59 [3JA])

———exclusion for employee educational assistance (see H.R. 127, H57 [3JA])

———exempt from luxury tax passenger vehicle parts or accessories for disabled individuals (see H.R. 1259, H1415 [5MR])

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

———health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 784, H854 [4FE])

———increase amount of the exemption for children under age 18 (see H.R. 1277, H5050 [25JN])

———individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 77, H1025 [19FE]; H.R. 1406, H2769 [2MY])

———investment tax credit for vehicles fueled by clean-burning substances (see H.R. 1497, H2538 [24AP])

———limit ability of taxpayers to deduct costs of cleaning up oil and hazardous substances spills (see H.R. 1539, H2262 [16AP])

———low-income housing credit (see H.R. 413, H6385 [2AU])

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

———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, H1417 [5MR])

———small issue bonds (see H.R. 602, H782 [29JA]; H.R. 673, H2016 [21MR]; H.R. 710, H3037 [14MY]; H.R. 1186, H6456 [11SE])

———targeted jobs credit (see H.R. 565, H5341 [10JY])

———treatment of certain common investment funds (see H.R. 1733, H6317 [1AU])

———treatment of educational loans and scholarships (see H.R. 394, H782 [29JA])

———treatment of payments made by electric utilities to customers to subsidize energy conservation services (see H.R. 1007, H6385 [2AU])

Technology: regulation of audiotext (see H.R. 328, H2602 [30AP])

Telephones: regulate use for making commercial solicitations (see H.R. 1304, H2399 [22AP])

Television: access of home satellite antenna users to video programming (see H.R. 3420, H10932 [22NO])

———cable regulatory actions relative to franchising authorities (see H.R. 506, H2565 [25AP])

———protection of the cable consumer (see H.R. 550, H2537 [24AP])

Textile industry and fabrics: use tariff revenues from imports of machinery to support modernization of textile machinery industry (see H.R. 713, H1475 [7MR])

Tourist trade: assist growth of U.S. travel industry (see H.R. 418, H2188 [15AP])

Transportation: establish a national electric vehicle research, demonstration, and commercialization program (see H.R. 1538, H1913 [20MR])

———mass transit program funding (see H.R. 1079, H2136 [10AP])

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

Trucking: regulation of commercial motor vehicle weights and combination lengths (see H.R. 2515, H3804 [3JN])

U.N.: penalties for violating international sanctions against Iraq (see H.R. 1649, H2470 [23AP])

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

Veterans: allow disability compensation concurrently with retirement pay (see H.R. 303, H684 [23JA])

———benefit eligibility for incompetent veterans relative to dependent status (see H.R. 1473, H5514 [16JY])

———burial plot allowances (see H.R. 103, H3036 [14MY])

———disability compensation for service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 3, H53 [3JA]; H.R. 321, H79 [4JA])

———enhance the dignity and personal freedom of patients in medical centers and nursing homes (see H.R. 3198, H8787 [30OC])

———improve benefits and services for military personnel serving during the Persian Gulf war (see H.R. 908, H1342 [4MR])

———improve compensation and pension programs (see H.R. 426, H684 [23JA])

———permit acceptance of military retirement pay concurrently with disability compensation (see H.R. 3164, H8919 [31OC])

Water: improve management of national resources (see H.R. 844, H2262 [16AP])

Wetlands: conservation and management (see H.R. 1330, H1472 [7MR])

Wildlife refuges: limit killing of wildlife (see H.R. 330, H2469 [23AP])

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

World Food Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 230, H7314 [2OC])

World Population Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 261, H7863 [15OC])

World Summit for Children: implementation (see H.R. 1633, H6940 [26SE])

World War II: 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 the Gulf of Mexico: designate (see H.J. Res. 327, H7801 [10OC])

Youth: encourage college students to serve as mentors for disadvantaged youths (see H.R. 1144, H2016 [21MR])

Explanations

Valentine's en bloc amendments to the American Technology Preeminence Act (H.R. 1989), H5468 [16JY]

Letters

Buy American restrictions and laws of the American Technology Preeminence Act: Representative Brown, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, H5460 [16JY]

———Representative Conyers, Committee on Government Operations, H5460 [16JY]

Lists

Chemical Industry Institute of Toxicology members, H1829 [19MR]

Remarks by, on

Alaska: designate certain lands as wilderness (H.J. Res. 239), H2970 [14MY]

China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status, E2035 [5JN]

Clorox Co.: membership in the Chemical Industry Institute of Toxicology, H1829 [19MR]

Computers: coordinated Federal research program to ensure U.S. leadership in high-performance computing (H.R. 656), H5414, H5418, H5419 [11JY]

———coordinated Federal research program to ensure U.S. leadership in high-performance computing (S. 272), H10689 [20NO]

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H5490 [16JY]

Conservation of energy: regional energy efficient lighting education centers (H.R. 3285), H7208 [2OC]

Dept. of Commerce: authorizing appropriations for the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Technology Administration (H.R. 1989), H5460, H5461, H5468, H5477 [16JY]

Dept. of Defense: making supplemental appropriations for personnel expenditures relative to Operation Desert Shield and other urgent domestic programs (H.R. 1281), H1492, H1499, H1501, H1529, H1530 [7MR]

Dept. of Labor: administration of apprenticeship programs, H1529, H1530 [7MR]

Dept. of Transportation: making appropriations (H.R. 2942), H5768 [24JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2942), conference report, H7671 [9OC]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2608), conference report, H7337 [3OC]

Duke University: tribute to men's basketball team, H2096 [9AP]

Education: enhance literacy and basic skills of adults (H.R. 751), H1808 [19MR]

Financial institutions: deposit insurance limitations, H8796 [31OC]

———deposit insurance premiums, H9077 [4NO]

———recapitalize the Federal deposit insurance fund and reform the regulatory and service systems (H.R. 6), H9077 [4NO]

Firearms: establish national hotline to check on prospective handgun buyers, H2842 [8MY]

———waiting period before the purchase of a handgun (H.R. 7), H2842 [8MY]

Foreign aid: improve and authorize appropriations for military assistance programs (H.R. 2508), waiving all points of order against the conference report (H. Res. 232), H8688 [30OC]

———require President to submit an integrated justification for programs (H.R. 3571), H7868 [16OC]

Foreign policy: recommittal to U.S. support of universal human rights and democracy (H. Res. 284), H11221 [25NO]

Foreign trade: procedures for implementing trade agreements (H. Res. 101), H3549 [23MY]

Germany: Neo-Nazi demonstrations to commemorate birthday of Adolf Hitler, H2406 [23AP]

International law: establish a military tribunal to prosecute war crimes arising from the Persian Gulf conflict, H1348 [5MR]

Israel: authorize supplemental assistance for costs incurred relative to the Persian Gulf conflict (H.R. 1284), H1492, H1499, H1501 [7MR]

———supplemental assistance, H1423 [6MR]

Labor unions: prevent discrimination based on participation in disputes (H.R. 5), H5550 [17JY]

Middle East: military action by Iraq against Israel (H. Con. Res. 41), H657 [23JA]

———military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq, H238 [11JA]

———U.S. military presence (S. Con. Res. 2), H585 [18JA]

NASA: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1988), H2707 [2MY], H9563 [7NO]

National objectives: enhance competitiveness by improving workforce (H.R. 3507), E3268 [3OC]

———science and technology, H4018 [6JN]

Native Americans: recognize Lumbee Tribe of Cheraw Indians (H.R. 1426), H6900 [26SE]

NSF: adjust authorizations (H.R. 2282), H5409 [11JY]

Point of order, H5489 [16JY]

Princeville, NC: oldest black town in the U.S., E3333 [9OC]

Small business: loan funding to support research, development on, and demonstration of commercial feasibility of advanced technologies and products in certain fields, H5477 [16JY]

Transportation: establish a national comprehensive surface transportation system (H.R. 2950), H8260 [23OC]

Veterans: disability compensation for service-connected disabilities (H.R. 3), H646 [23JA]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H1846 [19MR]

Testimonies

Committee on Armed Services (House): Operations and Maintenance Portion of the National Defense Authorization, D490 [25AP]

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Construction of an EPA Building at Research Triangle Park, NC (H.R. 2606), D743 [12JN]

Committee on Rules: American Technology Preeminence Act (H.R. 1989), D879 [10JY]

———High-Performance Computing Act (H.R. 656), D879 [10JY]

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

Tributes

Branch, Joseph, E647 [26FE]

Ezzell, Jim, E710 [1MR]

McKissick, Floyd, Sr., H2819 [8MY]

Moore, Thomas M., E3949 [21NO]