VENTO, BRUCE F. (a Representative from Minnesota)

Addresses

Pox on a Pax Americana—Collective Security and the New World Order: Representative Solarz, E2467-E2469 [10JY]

Amendments offered by, to

Dept. of the Interior: authorizing appropriations for BLM and improving public lands management (H.R. 1096), H5691 [23JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2686), H4959 [25JN]

Financial institutions: recapitalize the Federal deposit insurance fund and reform the regulatory and service systems (H.R. 6), H8922 [1NO], H9050 [4NO]

Appointments

Commission on Quincentenary Jubilee of Christopher Columbus, H922 [6FE]

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

Conferee: H.R. 355, Reclamation States Emergency Drought Assistance Act, H10732 [21NO]

———H.R. 991, extend expiration date of Defense Production Act, H1954 [21MR]

———H.R. 2100, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military functions and to prescribe military personnel levels, H7201 [2OC]

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

———S. 347, revitalize the defense industrial base, H7776 [10OC]

———S. 419, Resolution Trust Corp. funding, H1753 [13MR]

———S. 543, Comprehensive Deposit Insurance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act, H11039 [23NO]

Articles and editorials

Ahrens Says AIDS Sufferers Need Help, Pat Prince, Minneapolis (MN) Star Tribune, E3307 [8OC]

Best Idea America Ever Had, Paul C. Pritchard, National Geographic (publication), E2942 [2AU]

Chipping Away at Hate—Mort Ryweck Retiring, But Won't Give Up Fighting Bigotry, Neal Gendler, E2262 [19JN]

Loan Applications Off Sharply at FHA, Ann Mariano, H9049 [4NO]

Sharon Dills—More Than a Caretaker, Bill Hiles, E1428 [24AP]

Special Kind of City, Dorothy Ivey, Refugees (publication), E1426 [24AP]

Vento Support, Owatonna (MN) People's Press, H765 [29JA]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Antarctic regions: ecological protection (see H.R. 2826, H5267 [27JN])

Antarctica World Park: establish (see H.R. 2826, H5267 [27JN])

California: withdraw Federal lands for military purposes (see H.R. 3565, H7862 [15OC])

Census: enumeration of the homeless population (see H. Con. Res. 150, H2953 [9MY])

Dept. of the Interior: authorizing appropriations for BLM and improve public lands management (see H.R. 1096, H1137 [21FE])

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

Housing: single family housing mortgage insurance program of the Federal Housing Administration (see H. Con. Res. 257, H11890 [26NO])

Laos: U.S. naturalization of aliens who served with special guerrilla units (see H.R. 3552, H7801 [10OC])

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

Pacific Northwest: enhance economic stability (see H.R. 1590, H2015 [21MR])

Pipelines: safety controls (see H.R. 2605, H4215 [10JN])

Public lands: designate an ancient forest reserve system (see H.R. 1590, H2015 [21MR])

———management of use for military purposes (see H.R. 3564, H7862 [15OC])

Resolution Trust Corp.: abolish oversight board and provide for operation independent of FDIC (see H.R. 2682, H4612 [18JN])

Taxation: method of allocating expenses in case of use of a residence in providing day care (see H.R. 2740, H4944 [24JN])

———treatment of certain governmental pensions relative to certain Social Security benefits (see H.R. 2086, H2536 [24AP])

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Aeronautics: child safety restraint systems (see H.R. 2063, H6539 [12SE])

———rehire certain air traffic controllers (see H.R. 1240, H2109 [9AP])

———time limitations on duty time of flight attendants (see H.R. 14, H3370 [21MY])

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

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

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

Animal Rights Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 301, H6691 [19SE])

Animals: prohibit importation of kangaroos and products made therefrom (see H.R. 744, H1025 [19FE])

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

Armed Forces: appointment of chiropractors as commissioned officers (see H.R. 608, H1326 [28FE])

———cancellation of student loans and restore certain educational benefits to members serving in the Persian Gulf (see H.R. 821, H1138 [21FE])

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

———exempt certain members from duty assignments that require separation from minor children (see H.R. 537, H1281 [27FE]; H.R. 1024, H2180 [11AP])

———free telephone calls for members serving in a combat zone (see H.R. 789, H1138 [21FE])

———rescind Dept. of Defense ban on gays, lesbians, and bisexuals (see H. Res. 271, H12063 [3JA])

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

Baltic States: most-favored-nation status for Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania (see H.R. 3314, H6879 [25SE])

———provide special temporary protected status for certain nationals (see H.R. 637, H1080 [20FE])

Banks and banking: disclosure of interest rates and fees of deposit accounts (see H.R. 447, H782 [29JA])

Basketball Centennial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 372, H11115 [23NO])

Bicentennial of the District of Columbia Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 356, H9145 [4NO])

Business and industry: tax treatment of employer deductions for payments of excessive compensation (see H.R. 3056, H6941 [26SE])

Buy American Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 299, H6139 [30JY])

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

Central Valley project: restoration of fish and wildlife habitat (see H.R. 1306, H1455 [6MR])

Children: entitlement program relative to the immunization of infants against certain diseases (see H.R. 1288, H6602 [16SE])

Children and youth: hearing loss testing for newborns (see H.R. 2089, H3806 [3JN])

China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (see H.R. 2212, H3150 [15MY])

Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation: establish (see H.R. 500, H1281 [27FE])

Civil Rights Act: administrative review of employment discrimination claims by Federal employees (see H.R. 3613, H8188 [22OC])

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

Coins: mint and circulate $1 coin (see H.R. 1245, H8188 [22OC])

Coins and coinage: mint in commemoration of the quincentenary of the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus (see H.R. 500, H1281 [27FE])

Colleges and universities: promote increased access to higher education (see H.R. 1524, H3625 [23MY])

———sexual assaults on campuses (see H.R. 2363, H3149 [15MY])

Columbus, Christopher: honorary citizenship (see H.J. Res. 152, H1280 [27FE])

Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (Select): establish (see H. Res. 12, H713 [28JA])

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])

Constitution Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 223, H2962 [13MY])

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 116, H3856 [4JN])

CPSC: toy labeling (see H.R. 1723, H2902 [8MY])

Crime: national policy to control crime against women (see H.R. 1502, H6602 [16SE])

Customs and duties: temporary import surcharges to compensate for disproportionate cost to U.S. of the Persian Gulf war (see H.J. Res. 92, H1139 [21FE])

Democracy Day: designate election day as a legal public holiday (see H.R. 3681, H8919 [31OC])

Developing countries: integration of women into national growth process (see H.R. 1360, H3739 [30MY])

Disabled: taxation of certain equipment, parts, or accessories installed on passenger vehicles (see H.R. 974, H1139 [21FE])

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

Dyslexia Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 73, H1162 [26FE])

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

Eating Disorders Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 354, H9701 [12NO])

Ecology and environment: carbon dioxide emissions policy (see H. Res. 130, H2469 [23AP])

———conservation of biological diversity (see H.R. 585, H2261 [16AP])

———conservation of diversity of fish, wildlife, and biological systems (see H.R. 2082, H3037 [14MY])

———protect coastal waters, and the waters of the Great Lakes (see H.R. 2029, H3856 [4JN])

Education: alternative methods for qualifying ability-to-benefit students for Federal financial aid (see H.R. 907, H990 [6FE])

———grant program for support services to at-risk youth (see H.R. 812, H8335 [23OC])

———improve counseling services for elementary school students (see H.R. 840, H2086 [22MR])

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

El Salvador: withhold military assistance (see H.R. 1346, H2394 [18AP])

Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 1177, H2537 [24AP]; H.R. 3750, H9700 [12NO])

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

Employment: electronic monitoring in the workplace (see H.R. 1218, H7199 [1OC])

———entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (see H.R. 2, H1080 [20FE])

———family leave for school activities (see H.R. 1388, H2262 [16AP])

Endangered species: strengthen conservation programs (see H.R. 4045, H11889 [26NO])

Ending Hunger Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 321, H8788 [30OC])

Equal rights: constitutional amendment to ensure (see H.J. Res. 1, H854 [4FE])

ERISA: amend relative to preemption of certain State laws (see H.R. 2782, H6879 [25SE])

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

Fair Credit Reporting Act: disclosure by consumer reporting agency of adverse information (see H.R. 1751, H2953 [9MY])

Families and domestic relations: State efforts to prevent family violence and provide immediate shelter and related assistance to battered women and their children (see H.R. 2334, H9758 [13NO])

FCC: prevent fraudulent changes in telephone customer selections of long-distance carriers (see H.R. 975, H2812 [7MY])

FDIC: determine deposit insurance premium payments relative to foreign deposits and certain nondeposit liabilities (see H.R. 2207, H2767 [2MY])

Federal employees: allow time off from duty to serve as bone marrow donors (see H.R. 658, H2086 [22MR])

———health benefits (see H.R. 1774, H6879 [25SE])

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

———parental leave for certain education-related activities (see H.R. 1387, H2262 [16AP])

———restore the 3-year basis recovery rule relative to certain annuities for income tax purposes (see H.R. 576, H6675 [17SE])

———voluntary participation in the political process (see H.R. 20, H1138 [21FE])

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

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: amend relative to bottled water (see H.R. 3545, H9144 [4NO])

Federal Power Act: amend to define the term fishway (see H.R. 3002, H6540 [12SE])

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: enforcement and compliance programs (see H.R. 3429, H10269 [14NO])

Financial institutions: authorize civil actions for certain criminal violations (see H.R. 114, H8662 [29OC])

———increase enforcement actions against money laundering (see H.R. 26, H1326 [28FE])

———prohibit Government agencies from assisting in covering foreign deposits (see H.R. 2511, H3804 [3JN])

Fire fighters: enact a fire service bill of rights (see H.R. 2448, H4438 [12JN])

Firearms: waiting period before the purchase of a handgun (see H.R. 7, H53 [3JA])

Fishing: international moratorium on large-scale driftnets (see H. Con. Res. 113, H2903 [8MY])

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

Franklin, Benjamin: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2448, H4438 [12JN])

Freedom of religion: protect (see H.R. 2797, H6457 [11SE])

FRS: modernize (see H.R. 1130, H2109 [9AP])

German-American Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 180, H6458 [11SE])

Girl Scouts of the United States of America 80th Anniversary Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 343, H8920 [31OC])

Glen Canyon Dam: implement operating procedures (see H.R. 814, H890 [5FE])

Government: authorize payment to additional types of health care professionals (see H.R. 384, H1025 [19FE])

Hazardous substances: reduce human exposure to lead (see H.R. 2840, H6457 [11SE])

Health: establish insurance for low-income persons (see H.R. 2114, H3856 [4JN])

———require physicians who perform silicone gel implants to provide certain information to patients (see H.R. 1422, H9758 [13NO])

Historic sites: study of significant places in U.S. labor history (see H.R. 1143, H1278 [27FE])

Homosexuality: prohibit discrimination based on affectional or sexual orientation (see H.R. 1430, H2137 [10AP])

House of Representatives: establish lighting efficiency program for office buildings (see H. Res. 115, H9393 [5NO])

Housing: protect residential tenants from unnecessary eviction by the Resolution Trust Corp. (see H.R. 320, H1281 [27FE])

Human rights: recovery of damages from individuals engaging in torture or extrajudicial killing (see H.R. 2092, H6879 [25SE])

Hunger: alleviate conditions (see H.R. 2258, H3806 [3JN])

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

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, H697 [24JA])

———wage adjustments for prevailing rate employees (see H.R. 786, H5514 [16JY])

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

Insurance: life insurance contracts of terminally ill individuals (see H.R. 134, H4016 [5JN])

International relations: unfair practices in international trade resulting from differing national environmental policies (see H. Res. 161, H9494 [6NO])

Iran: emancipation of the Bahai community (see H. Con. Res. 156, H8920 [31OC])

Iraq: release portion of frozen assets for UNICEF medical and humanitarian assistance to Iraqi citizens (see H. Con. Res. 168, H5433 [11JY])

Ireland, Northern: U.S. adherence with MacBride Principles relative to business dealings (see H.R. 856, H1417 [5MR])

Israel: Arab boycott (see H. Con. Res. 118, H2812 [7MY])

Italian-American Heritage and Culture Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 260, H3623 [23MY])

Japan: semiconductor trade with the U.S. (see H. Res. 133, H2812 [7MY])

Japanese Americans: authorize study of historically significant places (see H.R. 2351, H3148 [15MY])

Job Training Partnership Act: amend Job Corps provisions (see H.R. 1364, H3805 [3JN])

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

Lyme Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 138, H2686 [1MY])

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

———maintain and strengthen current international protections for whales, dolphins, and porpoises (see H. Con. Res. 105, H2137 [10AP])

Martin Luther King, Jr., Federal Holiday Commission: increase appropriations, personnel, and pay rates (see H.R. 2215, H6539 [12SE])

Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site: authorize National Park Service to acquire and manage (see H.R. 690, H780 [29JA])

Medicaid: drug treatment of pregnant women and certain family members (see H.R. 1189, H5211 [26JN])

———outpatient health services to needy children (see H.R. 2213, H2768 [2MY])

Medicare: deadlines for claim submission (see H.R. 1467, H3625 [23MY])

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

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

———payment for certain chiropractor services (see H.R. 213, H6602 [16SE])

———prevention of fraud by suppliers of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 2534, H9144 [4NO])

Medicare/medicaid: cost-sharing availability between programs (see H.R. 3473, H9494 [6NO])

Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 156, H4284 [11JN])

Middle East: allies' contribution to Operation Desert Shield (see H. Con. Res. 23, H1081 [20FE])

———congressional approval of military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq (see H. Con. Res. 1, H98 [7JA]; H. Con. Res. 32, H487 [12JA])

———Iraqi environmental terrorism of crude oil dumping in the Persian Gulf (see H. Con. Res. 55, H781 [29JA])

———multinational diplomatic solution to conflict with Iraq (see H.J. Res. 48, H84 [4JA])

———restrictions on press coverage of military operations in the Persian Gulf (see H. Con. Res. 38, H855 [4FE])

Mining: mineral claims on public lands (see H.R. 918, H991 [6FE])

———review of claims under the Black Lung Benefits Act by certain coal miners (see H.R. 1116, H1162 [26FE])

Motion pictures: observe anniversary of moviemaking and the contributions of the American Film Institute (see H. Con. Res. 161, H7726 [9OC])

National Accessible Housing Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 326, H7551 [7OC])

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

National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 198, H3038 [14MY])

National American Indian Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 182, H2087 [22MR])

National Arbor Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 66, H2188 [15AP])

National Ballroom Dance Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 274, H6540 [12SE])

National Campus Crime and Security Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 142, H5910 [25JY])

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

National Commission on the Environment and National Security: establish (see H.R. 3756, H9758 [13NO])

National DARE Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 217, H2812 [7MY])

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 241, H5665 [22JY])

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

National Endowment for Democracy: terminate all U.S. assistance (see H.R. 117, H2902 [8MY])

National Family Caregivers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 125, H4613 [18JN])

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

National Firefighters Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 189, H6676 [17SE])

National Forest System Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 226, H2374 [17AP])

National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 87, H1081 [20FE])

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

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

National Gymnastics Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 273, H6676 [17SE])

National health plan: establish (see H.R. 1300, H8919 [31OC])

National Home Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 175, H5342 [10JY])

National Huntington's Disease Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 56, H1476 [7MR])

National Ice Hockey Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 361, H9581 [7NO])

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

National Labor Relations Act: coverage of employers and performers in the live performing arts (see H.R. 2223, H6138 [30JY])

National Law Enforcement Memorial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 123, H1163 [26FE])

National Law Enforcement Training Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 191, H3038 [14MY])

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

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

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

National Parks Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 276, H4612 [18JN])

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 57, H826 [30JA]; H.J. Res. 72, H855 [4FE], H855 [5FE]

National Polio Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 211, H2770 [2MY])

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

National Radon Action Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 67, H6602 [16SE])

National Rehabilitation Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 95, H781 [29JA])

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

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

National Senior Nutrition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 141, H2686 [1MY])

National Tourism Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 103, H1081 [20FE])

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

National Visiting Nurse Associations Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 212, H8335 [23OC])

Native Americans: fetal alcohol syndrome prevention and treatment (see H.R. 1322, H5211 [26JN])

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

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

Occupational Safety and Health Act: revise (see H.R. 3160, H7649 [8OC])

Old Age Survivors and Disability Income: exclude expenses from the Federal budget (see H.R. 978, H2902 [8MY])

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

Omnibus Insular Areas Act: enact (see H.R. 1688, H2135 [10AP])

OSHA: establish an Office of Construction Safety, Health, and Education (see H.R. 1063, H6539 [12SE])

Peace Corps: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 131, H1163 [26FE])

Pediatric AIDS Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 91, H2953 [9MY])

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

Pesticides: safety of imports (see H.R. 2083, H8496 [24OC])

Polish American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 227, H2903 [8MY])

Postal Service: display of National League of Families POW/MIA flag at facilities (see H.J. Res. 78, H2375 [17AP])

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

POW/MIA: disclosure of information concerning U.S. personnel classified after 1940 (see H.R. 1147, H5650 [18JY])

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

Public Health Service Act: family planning counseling (see H.R. 392, H2261 [16AP])

Real property: mortgage servicing and availability of technology to escrow agents (see H.R. 3542, H8189 [22OC])

Recycling: promote greater use of recycled paper by mailers of third-class mail matter (see H.R. 659, H1080 [20FE])

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

———treatment of scrap tires (see H.R. 871, H2902 [8MY])

———treatment of spent lead-acid batteries (see H.R. 870, H4550 [13JN])

———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, H1670 [12MR])

———reduce use of toxic chemicals (see H.R. 2880, H6457 [11SE])

———requirements for solid waste and hazardous waste incinerators (see H.R. 3253, H8335 [23OC])

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

Research: certification of embryo laboratories (see H.R. 756, H1080 [20FE])

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

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

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

———funding for failed savings associations (see H.R. 3805, H10543 [19NO])

———limit authority to abrogate residential tenant contracts and leases (see H.R. 2244, H2811 [7MY])

Social Security: benefit formula computation rules (see H.R. 917, H6879 [25SE])

———coverage of services performed by election officials and workers (see H.R. 1691, H7862 [15OC])

———long-term care insurance policies (see H.R. 1916, H2903 [8MY])

———payment for physicians' services (see H.R. 3070, H8919 [31OC])

———reduction in payments to spouses and surviving spouses who are receiving certain Government pensions (see H.R. 53, H7199 [1OC])

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

———reauthorize waste treatment construction grants program (see H.R. 916, H1138 [21FE])

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

Soviet Union: agricultural export credits to the Republics (see H. Res. 222, H6676 [17SE])

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

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])

St. Croix Historical Park and Ecological Preserve: establish (see H.R. 2927, H5595 [17JY])

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

Student loans: deferral during professional internships (see H.R. 179, H59 [3JA])

Tariff: motor vehicles for transport of goods (see H.R. 3250, H6457 [11SE])

Taxation: application of employer Social Security taxes to employees' cash tips (see H.R. 1472, H8120 [21OC])

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

———contribution of $1 of individual income tax refund to local antidrug programs (see H.R. 357, H782 [29JA])

———deny Puerto Rico and possession tax credit benefits relative to runaway plants (see H.R. 2632, H6457 [11SE])

———exclusion for employee educational assistance (see H.R. 127, H6539 [12SE])

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

———limit ability of taxpayers to deduct costs of cleaning up oil and hazardous substances spills (see H.R. 1561, H2014 [21MR])

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

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

———penalty-free withdrawals from individual retirement accounts for purchase of a first home (see H.R. 1696, H6798 [24SE])

———permanently extend qualified mortgage bonds (see H.R. 1067, H1417 [5MR])

———refundable credit in lieu of deductions for children and increased earned income credit (see H.R. 2242, H6317 [1AU])

———shareholder income of controlled foreign corporations derived from imports into U.S. (see H.R. 2889, H7801 [10OC])

———small issue bonds (see H.R. 673, H1323 [28FE]; H.R. 1186, H4944 [24JN])

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

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

———treatment of certain credits under the passive activity limitations (see H.R. 1566, H10842 [21NO])

———treatment of contributions in aid of construction of water mains necessitated by contamination of well water (see H.R. 774, H3037 [14MY])

———treatment of deduction for interest paid on debt secured by a first or second home (see H. Con. Res. 8, H2182 [11AP])

———treatment of educational loans and scholarships (see H.R. 394, H4098 [6JN])

———treatment of employment performed by certain educational institution employees (see H.R. 516, H825 [30JA])

———treatment of interest incurred on junk bonds used in hostile business takeovers (see H.R. 1554, H3710 [29MY])

———treatment of oil and hazardous substance cleanup costs (see H.R. 1726, H2177 [11AP])

Telephones: regulate use for making commercial solicitations (see H.R. 1304, H3805 [3JN])

Tibet: recognize as occupied country under international law (see H. Con. Res. 145, H3806 [3JN])

Timber: tax treatment (see H.R. 3413, H6878 [25SE])

U.N.: drift net fishery conservation program (see H.R. 2152, H2903 [8MY])

Unemployment: emergency benefits to certain railroad employees (see H.R. 3511, H7551 [7OC])

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

Veterans: disability compensation for service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 321, H79 [4JA])

———expand services for post-traumatic stress disorder patients (see H.R. 841, H3160 [16MY])

Wallenberg, Raoul: release of prison records by the Soviet Union (see H. Con. Res. 58, H1139 [21FE])

Women: equity in health care services (see H.R. 1161, H4284 [11JN])

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 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])

Year of the American Indian: designate (see H.J. Res. 342, H7380 [3OC])

Essays: Voice of Democracy

Jerod C. Stephenson, E2595 [18JY]

Letters

Alaska land exchange: Michael C.T. Smith, H8537 [24OC]

———several Alaskan environmental groups, H8537 [24OC]

National policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures: (sundry excerpts), E1950 [29MY]

Operation Desert Storm news media coverage restrictions, H765 [29JA]

———Nicholas P. Granath, H765 [29JA]

States thrift deposit insurance premium: by, E713 [1MR]

Tallgrass Prairie Reserve and Z-Bar Ranch: Nature Conservancy, H7840 [15OC]

Tribute to Morris K. Udall: John F. Seiberling, H2740 [2MY]

Motions offered by

Congress: adjournment (S. Con. Res. 59), H6380 [2AU]

Remarks by, on

Aeronautics: limitations on duty time of flight attendants (H.R. 14), H6234 [1AU]

African Americans: prepare a national historic landmark theme study (H.R. 904), H2795 [7MY], H6244 [1AU]

Alaska: ownership of certain lands in the Anchorage area, H8536, H8537, H8538, H8539 [24OC]

Allegheny River: designate segments as components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System (H.R. 1323), H3756, H3757 [3JN]

Bonneville, UT, Salt Flats: salt loss study, H5705 [23JY]

Broward County, FL: environmental impact report requirements prior to leasing of mineral rights, H5706, H5707 [23JY]

Budget: expenditures versus revenue, H11387 [26NO]

———revising 1991 and setting forth the Federal budget for 1992-96 (H. Con. Res. 121), H2330 [17AP]

California: designate certain desert lands as wilderness (H.R. 2929), H10949, H10950, H10961, H10979, H10982 [22NO], H11368, H11372, H11374, H11377, H11378, H11381, H11384, H11385, H11387, H11391, H11392, H11394 [26NO]

———designate certain desert lands as wilderness (H.R. 2929), consideration (H. Res. 279), H10939, H10940, H10941 [22NO]

———withdraw Federal lands for military purposes (H.R. 3565), E3391 [15OC]

California National Historic Trail: designate as a component of the National Trails System (H.R. 479), H2789, H2790 [7MY]

Census: enumeration of the homeless population (H. Con. Res. 150), E1705 [9MY]

China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (H.J. Res. 263), H5329 [10JY]

———most-favored-nation status (H.R. 2212), H5329 [10JY]

Civil Rights Act: restore and strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (H.R. 1), H3743 [3JN]

Commission on Defense Base Closure and Realignment: disapprove recommendations (H.J. Res. 308), H6028 [30JY]

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H2482, H2483, H2485 [24AP], H2789, H2793, H2795 [7MY], H3017 [14MY], H3749, H3751, H3752, H3754, H3756 [3JN], H4888, H4890, H4894 [24JN], H5441 [15JY], H5710 [23JY], H6244 [1AU], H6764, H6766, H6768 [24SE], H7827, H7828, H7848 [15OC], H8106, H8108 [21OC], H8551 [28OC], H9347 [5NO], H9633, H9634, H9636, H9638 [12NO], H11066, H11068, H11071, H11077 [23NO], H11240, H11243 [25NO]

Corps of Engineers: reorganization, H4148 [7JN]

Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3371), conference report, H11754 [26NO]

Custer Battlefield National Monument: establish memorial to honor the Indians who fought in the Battle of the Little Bighorn (H.R. 848), H4893, H4894, H4897 [24JN], H11240 [25NO]

Cuyahoga National Recreation Area: exchange lands (H.R. 2181), H6764, H6765 [24SE]

Death Valley, Joshua Tree, and Mojave National Parks: establish (H.R. 2929), H10949, H10950, H10961, H10979, H10982 [22NO], H11368, H11372, H11374, H11377, H11378, H11381, H11384, H11385, H11387, H11391, H11392, H11394 [26NO]

———establish (H.R. 2929), consideration (H. Res. 279), H10939, H10940, H10941 [22NO]

Defense Production Act: reauthorize (H.R. 3039), H7257 [2OC]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military functions and to prescribe military personnel levels (H.R. 2100), H3414 [22MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2521), H4148 [7JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2521), conference report, H10623 [20NO]

———making supplemental appropriations for personnel expenditures relative to Operation Desert Shield and other urgent domestic programs (H.R. 1281), H1520, H1525, H1529, H1532 [7MR]

———news media coverage restrictions relative to Operation Desert Storm, H764, H766, H768 [29JA]

Dept. of Interior: authorizing appropriations for BLM and improve public lands management (H.R. 1096), E584 [22FE]

Dept. of Labor: administration of apprenticeship programs, H1529, H1532 [7MR]

Dept. of the Interior: acquisition of non-Federal lands, H11394 [26NO]

———authorizing appropriations for BLM and improving public lands management (H.R. 1096), H5678, H5682, H5684, H5685, H5686, H5687, H5691, H5692, H5693, H5699, H5704, H5705, H5706, H5707, H5708, H5709 [23JY]

———authorizing appropriations for BLM and improving public lands management (H.R. 1096), consideration (H. Res. 197), H5675 [23JY]

———authorizing appropriations for BLM and improving public lands management (H.R. 1096), technical corrections, H5710 [23JY]

———domestic contracts requirement, H5709 [23JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2686), H4960, H4995, H4996 [25JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2686), conference report, H8506 [24OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2686), conference report—amendments in disagreement, H8520, H8536, H8537, H8538, H8539 [24OC]

Dept. of Transportation: making appropriations (H.R. 2942), H5770 [24JY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2608), H4479 [13JN]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs, HUD, and independent agencies, commissions, corporations, and offices: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2519), H4047 [6JN]

Diseases: AIDS epidemic, E3307 [8OC]

Economy: impact of environmental protection legislation, H11384, H11385 [26NO]

Electronic Fund Transfer Act: regulation of preauthorization by consumer of electronic fund transfer (H.R. 1493), E1044 [21MR]

Employment: entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (H.R. 2), H9750 [13NO]

———temporary prohibition of strikes or lockouts with respect to the unresolved disputes referred to in Executive Order No. 12714 (H.J. Res. 221), H6375 [2AU]

Financial institutions: improve supervision and regulation of FNMA, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., Student Loan Marketing Association, and Farm Credit System (H.R. 2900), H6815, H6817, H6819, H6834, H6835, H6841 [25SE]

———interstate branching system, H9053, H9056, H9057, H9066 [4NO]

———least-cost resolution of insured depository institutions (H.R. 2094), H9801 [13NO], H10240, H10241 [14NO]

———least-cost resolution of insured depository institutions (H.R. 2094), consideration (H. Res. 277), H9796 [13NO]

———nonbank bank assets growth cap, H8946 [1NO]

———recapitalize the Federal deposit insurance fund and reform the regulatory and service systems (H.R. 3768), H10759 [21NO]

———recapitalize the Federal deposit insurance fund and reform the regulatory and service systems (H.R. 6), H8678, H8777 [30OC], H8897 [31OC], H8921, H8922, H8930, H8946 [1NO], H9050, H9053, H9056, H9057, H9066 [4NO]

———reform deposit insurance system (S. 543), E4246 [18DE]

———reform deposit insurance system (S. 543), conference report, H11807 [26NO]

Firearms: establish national hotline to check on prospective handgun buyers, H2873 [8MY]

———waiting period before the purchase of a handgun (H.R. 7), H2873 [8MY]

Flint Hills Prairie National Monument: establish (H.R. 2369), H7830, H7832, H7837, H7839, H7840, H7841, H7842, H7843, H7845, H7846, H7847, H7848 [15OC]

FNMA: salary and compensation for chairman and chief executive officers, H6841 [25SE]

Foreign trade: procedures for implementing trade agreements (H. Res. 101, 146), consideration (H. Res. 158), H3515 [23MY]

Fort Necessity National Battlefield: expand (H.R. 2436), H7828 [15OC]

George Washington Birthplace National Monument: boundaries (H.R. 2444), H9635, H9636 [12NO]

Geothermal Steam Act: amend (H.R. 3359), H11237 [25NO]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, E1916-E1918 [24MY]

Historic sites: study of significant places in U.S. labor history (H.R. 1143), H2792, H2793 [7MY], H6243 [1AU]

Housing: funding for home ownership and assistance programs, H1520 [7MR]

———impact of Federal Housing Administration regulations on home ownership loans, H9049 [4NO]

———regulation of financial programs for Government-sponsored enterprises, H6815, H6817, H6819, H6834, H6835, H6841 [25SE]

———single family housing mortgage insurance program of the Federal Housing Administration (H. Con. Res. 257), E4185 [26NO]

Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore: boundaries (H.R. 1216), H5440, H5441, H5443, H5445 [15JY]

Jemez National Recreation Area: establish (H.R. 2502), H11076, H11077 [23NO]

Labor unions: prevent discrimination based on participation in disputes (H.R. 5), H5580 [17JY]

Laos: U.S. naturalization of aliens who served with special guerrilla units (H.R. 3552), E3378 [10OC]

Los Padres National Forest: designate certain lands as wilderness (H.R. 2556), H9637, H9638, H9639, H9641 [12NO]

Lower Merced River: designate as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System (H.R. 2431), H11068, H11069 [23NO]

Lynn, MA: Federal role in study of historical and cultural resources (H.R. 2859), H9632, H9633 [12NO]

Manzanar National Historic Site: establish (H.R. 543), H4889, H4890 [24JN]

Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site: authorize National Park Service to acquire and manage (H.R. 690), H2482, H2483, H2484 [24AP], H11242, H11243 [25NO]

Medicare: coverage of respiratory therapy as part of extended care services in a skilled nursing facility (H.R. 1120), E642 [26FE]

Michigan: designate certain rivers as components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System (H.R. 476), H3747, H3750 [3JN]

Middle East: military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq, H134, H165 [10JA], H277 [11JA]

———military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq (H.J. Res. 77), H453 [12JA]

———multinational military action against Iraq, H542 [17JA]

Minnesota Twins (baseball team): tribute, H8550 [28OC]

Minute Man National Historical Park: revise boundaries (H.R. 2896), H8551 [28OC]

Missouri: direct acquisitions within the Eleven Point Wild and Scenic River and establish the Greer Spring Special Management Area (H.R. 3604), H10926 [22NO]

Missouri River: designate a segment as a component of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System (S. 248), H2996, H3003, H3004, H3007, H3012, H3013, H3014, H3015 [14MY]

Monocacy National Battlefield, MD: authorize additional appropriations for land acquisition (H.R. 990), H3751 [3JN]

Monuments and memorials: revise legislative authority relative to construction of commemorative works in Washington, DC (H.R. 3169), H8106, H8107 [21OC]

Morristown National Historical Park: authorize the addition of lands (S. 363), H6768 [24SE]

NASA: authorizing appropriations, H4047 [6JN]

National Endowment for Democracy: funding, H4479 [13JN]

National Park Service: anniversary, E2942 [2AU]

National Parks Week: designate (H.J. Res. 276), E2263 [19JN]

———designate (S.J. Res. 179), H6257 [1AU]

Native Americans: protection from hostile takeovers of Native corporations, H11240 [25NO]

———recognize Lumbee Tribe of Cheraw Indians (H.R. 1426), H6905 [26SE]

Nez Perce National Historical Park: protection of battlefield sites (H.R. 2032), H8107, H8108, H8110 [21OC]

NIH: revise and extend programs (H.R. 2507), H5842 [25JY]

Niobrara River: designate segments as components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System (S. 248), H2996, H3003, H3004, H3007, H3012, H3013, H3014, H3015 [14MY]

North Carolina: designate wilderness areas (H.R. 35), H7826, H7827 [15OC]

Ocmulgee National Monument: accept a donation of land for addition (H.R. 749), H2485 [24AP]

Omnibus Insular Areas Act: enact (H.R. 1688), H11234 [25NO]

Pacific Northwest: enhance economic stability (H.R. 1590), E1081 [22MR]

Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Site: establish (H.R. 1642), H3752, H3753 [3JN]

Parliamentary inquiry, H11371, H11375 [26NO]

Pipelines: safety controls (H.R. 2605), E2132 [10JN]

Pocatello, ID: use of certain lands for a correctional facility for women (H.R. 1448), H4887, H4888 [24JN]

Point of order, H8520 [24OC]

Pony Express National Historic Trail: designate as a component of the National Trails System (H.R. 479), H2789, H2790 [7MY]

Power resources: making appropriations for energy and water development (H.R. 2427), H3645, H3651 [29MY]

Public lands: airspace use by military aircraft, H11391, H11392 [26NO]

———designate an ancient forest reserve system (H.R. 1590), E1081 [22MR]

———grazing fees, H4995, H4996 [25JN], H5693, H5699 [23JY]

———management of use for military purposes (H.R. 3564), E3389 [15OC]

Public welfare programs: unemployment compensation (H.R. 3040), H6623 [17SE]

Railroads: Presidential Emergency Board rejection of rail labor proposals, H5672 [23JY]

Real property: require willing sellers in Federal land acquisition procedures, H11377, H11378 [26NO]

Research: representation of women, minorities, and senior citizens in disease treatment and prevention studies, H5842 [25JY]

Resolution Trust Corp.: funding and restructuring of Oversight Board (H.R. 3435), H11852 [26NO]

———funding and restructuring of Oversight Board (H.R. 3435), consideration (H. Res. 320), H11821 [26NO]

———funding (H.R. 1221), H1642 [12MR]

———funding (H.R. 1315), H1618, H1630, H1642 [12MR]

———funding (S. 419), H1739, H1750 [13MR]

———funding (S. 419), conference report, H1951 [21MR]

Revere Beach: feasibility of inclusion in the National Parks System (H.R. 2109), H9634, H9635 [12NO]

Saguaro National Monument: expand boundaries (S. 292), H3754, H3755 [3JN]

San Juan Island, WA: disclaim Federal interests in certain lands (H.R. 427), H2481, H2482 [24AP]

Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area: establish (H.R. 2141), H11069, H11072 [23NO], E4071 [25NO]

Sports: permit hunting on Mojave National Monument lands, H11374 [26NO]

St. Croix Historical Park and Ecological Preserve: establish (H.R. 2927), H9346, H9347, H9348, H9349 [5NO]

St. Paul, MN: flood control project, E1964 [29MY]

Steamtown National Historic Site: authorizing additional appropriations, H4960 [25JN]

Stones River National Battlefield: expand boundaries (H.R. 2370), H6766 [24SE]

Taxation: method of allocating expenses in case of use of a residence in providing day care (H.R. 2740), E2322 [24JN]

———treatment of certain governmental pensions relative to certain Social Security benefits (H.R. 2086), E1428 [24AP]

Transportation: establish a national comprehensive surface transportation system (H.R. 2950), conference report, H11674 [26NO]

Veterans: supplemental funding for health care, H1525 [7MR]

Water: rights for the Colorado River relative to the designation of adjacent wilderness areas, H11381 [26NO]

White Clay Creek: designate as a component of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System (H.R. 3012), H11066, H11067 [23NO]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H1134 [21FE], H1160 [26FE], H1908 [20MR], H2013 [21MR], H2534 [24AP], H2940 [9MY], H3492 [22MY], H3621 [23MY], H3707 [29MY], H4610 [18JN], H4943 [24JN], H5337 [10JY], H5594 [17JY], H7646 [8OC], H7799 [10OC], H7861 [15OC]

Leave of absence: granted, H696 [24JA]

Statements

Comprehensive Deposit Insurance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act: by and Representatives Gonzalez and Riegle, E4247 [18DE]

Least Cost Resolution to the FDIC insurance fund: by, S18819 [18DE]

National Health Care—The Minnesota Perspective: Bill Peterson, E1918 [24MY]

———David Green, E1917 [24MY]

———Gene Rosenblum, E1917 [24MY]

———Jim Koppel, E1918 [24MY]

———Jim Ring, E1918 [24MY]

———Kirby Erickson, E1917 [24MY]

———Mark Banks, E1918 [24MY]

———Monta Childers, E1916 [24MY]

———Natalie Everett, E1917 [24MY]

———Therese Zink, E1917 [24MY]

Summaries

Ancient Forest Act (H.R. 1590), E1081 [22MR]

Testimonies

Committee on Agriculture: Old Growth Forest Management, D667 [29MY]

Committee on Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs: Resolution Trust Corp. Reform, D371 [9AP]

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service (House): 1990 Census Shelter and Street Night, D564 [9MY]

Committee on Rules: California Desert Protection Act (H.R. 2929), D1423 [13NO]

———Consideration of H.R. 2369, Flint Hills Prairie National Monument, D1226 [8OC]

———Dept. of the Interior Appropriations for BLM and Improve Public Lands Management (H.R. 1096), D909 [16JY]

———Financial Institutions Safety and Choice Act (H.R. 6), D1331 [29OC]

———Least-Cost Resolution of Insured Depository Institutions (H.R. 2094), D1413 [12NO]

———Niobrara Scenic Designation Act (S. 248), D563 [9MY]

———Resolution Trust Corp. Funding and Restructuring of Oversight Board (H.R. 3435), D1509 [23NO]

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

———Resolution Trust Corp. Funding (S. 419), D296 [13MR]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 150, enumeration of the homeless population, E1706 [9MY]

H.R. 2086, Public Pension Party Act, E1428 [24AP]

H.R. 2556, designate certain lands in the Los Padres National Forest as wilderness, H9637 [12NO]

Tributes

Ahrens, Diane, E3307 [8OC]

Bevill, Representative, E1964 [29MY]

Humphrey, Hubert H., H5391 [10JY]

Ryweck, Mort, E2262 [19JN]

Siegel, Thomas L., E2286 [19JN]

Udall, Morris K., H2739 [2MY]