WASHINGTON, CRAIG A. (a Representative from Texas)

Amendments offered by, to

Dept. of Defense: authorizing supplemental appropriations for operational expenditures relative to Operation Desert Shield (H.R. 1175), H1718, H1719, H1720 [13MR]

Appointments

Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control (Select), H1088 [21FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Correctional institutions: feasibility of establishing a clearinghouse for the transfer of prisoners among State facilities (see H.R. 2727, H4867 [20JN])

Crime: sentencing of bankers laundering drug money (see H.R. 2090, H2536 [24AP])

Middle East: declaration of war between U.S. and Iraq (see H.J. Res. 63, H195 [10JA])

National Institute of Corrections: grants for family unity demonstration projects (see H.R. 2726, H4867 [20JN])

Social Security: State and local use of account numbers for jury selection purposes (see H.R. 589, H605 [18JA])

Women: equal contract rights (see H.R. 1170, H1279 [27FE])

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Aeronautics: time limitations on duty time of flight attendants (see H.R. 14, H4016 [5JN])

AFDC: effectiveness of alternative methods for delivering services under the JOBS Program (see H.R. 995, H1077 [20FE])

Africa: protection of human rights and economic development in the Horn of Africa (see H.R. 1454, H2962 [13MY])

African Americans: capital financing for historically black colleges and universities (see H.R. 1503, H6386 [2AU])

Agriculture: protection for veal calves (see H.R. 252, H10931 [22NO])

Alaska: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.J. Res. 239, H9759 [13NO])

Alcoholism: Federal funding for research on alcohol abuse by women (see H.R. 1000, H2136 [10AP])

American Hispanic Literature Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 244, H6540 [12SE])

Antitrust policy: evidentiary standards for Federal civil claims based on resale price fixing (see H.R. 1470, H6385 [2AU])

Arab Americans: discrimination due to Persian Gulf conflict (see H. Con. Res. 56, H1418 [5MR])

Armed Forces: exempt certain members from duty assignments that require separation from minor children (see H.R. 1024, H1787 [18MR])

———expand dental program for spouses and children (see H.R. 2623, H5651 [18JY])

———reports on rehabilitative services for members in the Persian Gulf suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (see H.R. 644, H855 [4FE]), H891 [5FE]

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

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

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

Bureau of Labor Statistics: time use surveys of unremunerated work and calculate the monetary value of such work (see H.R. 3625, H8494 [24OC])

Buy American Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 299, H5819 [24JY])

Capital punishment: prevent racially discriminatory sentencing (see H.R. 2851, H5340 [10JY])

Census: ensure accuracy of population counts (see H.R. 90, H56 [3JA])

———enumeration of the homeless population (see H. Con. Res. 150, H5746 [23JY])

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

Civil Rights Act: exemption of Wards Cove Packing Co. employees (see H.R. 3748, H9700 [12NO])

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

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

———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, H1281 [27FE])

Colleges and universities: participation of historically Black colleges and universities in federally funded research and development activities (see H.R. 3219, H11892 [26NO])

———require disclosure of athletic activity revenues and expenditures (see H.R. 2433, H5433 [11JY])

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

Contracts: arbitration of disputes (see H.R. 3122, H6192 [31JY])

———increase Dept. of Defense materials procurement from small disadvantaged businesses (see H.R. 852, H988 [6FE])

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

Courts: child custody litigation (see H.R. 1253, H1671 [12MR])

Crime: national policy to control crime against women (see H.R. 1502, H2137 [10AP])

———penalties for flight to avoid child support arrearages (see H.R. 1241, H5050 [25JN])

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

Dept. of Arts and Humanities: establish (see H.R. 383, H3150 [15MY])

Developing countries: integration of women into national growth process (see H.R. 1360, H2180 [11AP])

Diseases: AIDS epidemic (see H. Res. 164, H9145 [4NO])

———ovarian cancer research (see H.R. 148, H891 [5FE])

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

Earth Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 144, H2263 [16AP])

Education: assistance to minority college students (see H.R. 3189, H6317 [1AU])

———clarify the legality of race-based scholarships (see H.R. 2590, H4186 [7JN])

———college participation rates of minority groups (see H.R. 3098, H6540 [12SE])

———deny funding to programs that allow corporal punishment (see H.R. 1522, H5596 [17JY])

———enhance literacy and basic skills of adults (see H.R. 751, H824 [30JA])

———establish a Teacher Opportunity Corps (see H.R. 2938, H6457 [11SE])

———establish loan program with repayment guidelines based on income level and borrowing history (see H.R. 2336, H4945 [24JN])

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

———financial assistance to urban areas (see H.R. 1669, H2107 [9AP])

———guarantee students from certain high schools a chance to go to college (see H.R. 763, H839 [31JA])

———improve (see H.R. 3548, H7800 [10OC])

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

———incentives for students to pursue teaching careers in areas of national significance (see H.R. 2495, H5433 [11JY])

———repeal testing requirements for students receiving benefits (see H.R. 553, H713 [28JA])

———student loans of resident physicians (see H.R. 1482, H5211 [26JN])

El Salvador: withhold military assistance (see H.R. 1346, H6539 [12SE])

Employment: electronic monitoring in the workplace (see H.R. 1218, H1325 [28FE])

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

Executive departments: congressional question period for members of the President's cabinet (see H. Res. 155, H3160 [16MY])

Family and domestic relations: admissible testimony in domestic violence court cases (see H.R. 1252, H1671 [12MR]; H. Con. Res. 89, H1672 [12MR])

Federal employees: prohibit representation of foreign persons for a certain time period after leaving the Government (see H.R. 809, H1915 [20MR])

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

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

Food: restore benefits under the dependent care program to adolescent youth (see H.R. 544, H5341 [10JY])

Foreign trade: strengthen U.S. ability to respond to practices that threaten U.S. commerce (see H.R. 2455, H4550 [13JN])

Forests: protection of biodiversity and restraint on clearcutting (see H.R. 1969, H6456 [11SE])

———protection of remaining ancient forests on public lands (see H.R. 842, H987 [6FE])

Freedom of religion: protect (see H.R. 2797, H10366 [18NO])

Freedom of speech: restriction of rights of Federal employees and grantees (see H. Con. Res. 160, H5516 [16JY])

Gambling: prohibit sports gambling under State law (see H.R. 74, H4016 [5JN])

Girl Scouts of the United States of America 80th Anniversary Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 343, H8497 [24OC])

Gray, William H., III: tribute (see H. Res. 220, H6539 [12SE])

Guaranteed Student Loan Program: reduced interest rates for individuals entering the teaching profession (see H.R. 709, H781 [29JA])

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

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 2530, H5451 [15JY])

Health care facilities: criminal penalties for interfering with access (see H.R. 1703, H2135 [10AP])

Higher Education Act: amend (see H.R. 3553, H7815 [11OC])

———opportunities for low-income and minority students (see H.R. 3244, H6382 [2AU])

———requirements for obtaining Pell grants (see H.R. 2331, H3036 [14MY])

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

Homosexuality: prohibit discrimination based on affectional or sexual orientation (see H.R. 1430, H1758 [13MR])

House of Representatives: establish lighting efficiency program for office buildings (see H. Res. 115, H5300 [9JY])

Housing: rental assistance for families affected by violence (see H.R. 1251, H1671 [12MR])

Hunger: alleviate conditions (see H.R. 2258, H6720 [23SE])

Infant Mortality Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 194, H2565 [25AP])

International Forum on Population in the 21st Century: implement Amsterdam Declaration recommendations (see H. Con. Res. 180, H11289 [25NO])

Iraq: humanitarian assistance for displaced persons (see H. Con. Res. 131, H2603 [30AP])

———lift of economic sanctions (see H. Res. 180, H6318 [1AU])

———payment of reparations to Israel following the conclusion of Operation Desert Shield (see H. Con. Res. 91, H2137 [10AP])

Irish-American Heritage Month: establish (see H.J. Res. 350, H9144 [4NO])

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

Japan: racial remarks by government officials (see H. Con. Res. 72, H1137 [21FE])

Jewish Heritage Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 134, H1850 [19MR])

Johnson, Henry: relief (see H.R. 3017, H6799 [24SE])

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: authorize Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity to establish a memorial in D.C. (see H.J. Res. 159, H1325 [28FE])

Korean War Veterans Remembrance Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 255, H5516 [16JY])

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

Labor: prevent discrimination based on participation in disputes (see H.R. 5, H697 [24JA])

Law enforcement officers: Federal response to police misconduct (see H.R. 2972, H5744 [23JY])

———reduce certain assistance to agencies relative to the existence of a law enforcement officers' bill of rights (see H.R. 642, H1281 [27FE])

Liberia: authorizing supplemental appropriations for relief (see H.R. 994, H2109 [9AP])

Marine mammals: detrimental impact due to purse seine fishing for tuna (see H.R. 261, H6879 [25SE])

Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act: authorize seizure of vessels in violation (see H.R. 1239, H7862 [15OC])

Martin Luther King, Jr., Federal Holiday Commission: increase appropriations, personnel, and pay rates (see H.R. 2215, H7648 [8OC])

Medicaid: drug treatment of pregnant women and certain family members (see H.R. 1189, H2537 [24AP])

———regulations relative to certain contributions, taxes, and transfers toward State expenditures (see H.R. 3550, H8335 [23OC])

Medicare: home care and extended care services coverages (see H.R. 1200, H8335 [23OC])

Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 156, H6458 [11SE])

Middle East: congressional approval of military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq (see H. Con. Res. 1, H387 [11JA]; H. Con. Res. 32, H487 [12JA])

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

Miller, Dorris: relief (see H.R. 3018, H6799 [24SE])

Minority Business Development Administration: establish (see H.R. 373, H10269 [14NO])

National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center: construct national training center (see H.R. 1960, H6386 [2AU])

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

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 257, H6691 [19SE])

National Campus Crime and Security Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 142, H5818 [24JY])

National Collegiate Athletic Association: regulatory activities relative to sports interstate commerce (see H.R. 2157, H6386 [2AU])

National Crime Victims' Rights Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 171, H2376 [17AP])

National DARE Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 217, H5515 [16JY])

National Down's Syndrome Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 228, H8102 [17OC])

National Ellis Island Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 130, H1024 [19FE])

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

National Home Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 175, H7381 [3OC])

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

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

National Law Enforcement Memorial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 123, H2109 [9AP])

National Law Enforcement Training Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 191, H5818 [24JY])

National Minority Organ Donor Encouragement Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 229, H4099 [6JN])

National Police Athletic League Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 129, H2565 [25AP])

National Red Ribbon Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 312, H8102 [17OC])

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, H6139 [30JY])

National Sarcoidosis Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 309, H6195 [31JY])

National School Breakfast Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 98, H1026 [19FE])

National Scleroderma Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 219, H3806 [3JN])

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

National Trauma Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 300, H9581 [7NO])

Nobel Prize: recognition of Aung San Suu Kyi for peace, and invite to address Congress (see H. Con. Res. 221, H9044 [1NO])

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

Occupational Safety and Health Act: revise (see H.R. 3160, H6316 [1AU])

OSHA: establish an Office of Construction Safety, Health, and Education (see H.R. 1063, H1135 [21FE])

Paine, Thomas: establish monument in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 1628, H5650 [18JY])

Pediatric AIDS Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 91, H1476 [7MR])

Pledge of Allegiance: mint coins for 100th anniversary (see H.R. 2385, H5650 [18JY])

Population: funding for international control assistance (see H.R. 1110, H1161 [26FE])

Public Health Service Act: family planning counseling (see H.R. 392, H1080 [20FE])

Public Pension Equity Restoration Act: enact (see H.R. 1348, H1473 [7MR])

Ralph H. Metcalfe Federal Building, Chicago, IL: designate (see H.R. 1779, H3710 [29MY])

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

Roads and highways: Federal-aid highway project traffic congestion (see H.R. 2975, H5979 [29JY])

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

Rural Small Business Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 108, H891 [5FE])

School Dropout Demonstration Assistance Act: extend authorization (see H.R. 2313, H3035 [14MY])

Ships and vessels: equity of revenue availability and regulation of gambling (see H.R. 3282, H9614 [8NO])

———extend coverage of certain Federal labor laws to foreign flagships (see H.R. 1126, H6456 [11SE])

Small business: appointment of knowledgeable persons to executive department positions (see H. Con. Res. 70, H1476 [7MR])

Smithsonian Institution: establish National African American Museum (see H.R. 1246, H1414 [5MR])

Social Security: payment for physicians' services (see H.R. 3070, H8577 [28OC])

Solid waste: refund value for certain beverage containers and resources for State pollution prevention and recycling programs (see H.R. 997, H1281 [27FE])

———regulate ash from municipal incinerators as a hazardous waste (see H.R. 2670, H5300 [9JY])

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

———U.S. sanctions (see H. Con. Res. 126, H2812 [7MY])

South America: provide special benefits for the Andean nations (see H.R. 661, H1146 [25FE])

Soviet Union: withdrawal of troops from Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia (see H. Res. 234, H7726 [9OC])

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])

Student aid programs: legal and technical issues relative to Federal postsecondary programs (see H.R. 1285, H1579 [11MR])

Student loan programs: consolidate programs (see H.R. 3211, H6540 [12SE])

Taxation: allow first-time home buyers to make withdrawals from personal individual retirement accounts without penalty (see H.R. 352, H855 [4FE])

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

———designation of payments by taxpayers to nonmilitary programs (see H.R. 1870, H2373 [17AP])

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

———exclusion for employee educational assistance (see H.R. 127, H6385 [2AU])

———gains and losses of non-exempt farmer cooperatives (see H.R. 2361, H5211 [26JN])

———increase personal exemption for taxpayers (see H.R. 3228, H6676 [17SE])

———rental housing for low- and moderate-income families (see H.R. 3874, H10930 [22NO])

———small issue bonds (see H.R. 673, H4944 [24JN])

———treatment of charitable beneficiaries (see H.R. 2645, H8335 [23OC])

———treatment of combat pay (see H.R. 3166, H10269 [14NO])

Telecommunications: research, design, and manufacturing of equipment (see H.R. 1527, H7981 [16OC])

Telephones: procurement from minority-owned businesses by holding companies of local carriers (see H.R. 3107, H6879 [25SE])

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

Veterans: improve compensation and pension programs (see H.R. 426, H782 [29JA])

Wildlife refuges: limit killing of wildlife (see H.R. 330, H1417 [5MR])

Women: encourage a broader range of job training and placement (see H.R. 906, H1138 [21FE])

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

———reproduction rights (see H.R. 25, H1914 [20MR])

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

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

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

World War II: contributions of Federal civilian employees during the attack on Pearl Harbor (see H.J. Res. 368, H11893 [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 American Indian: designate (see H.J. Res. 342, H7380 [3OC])

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

Youth: adolescent family life demonstration projects (see H.R. 1398, H2769 [2MY])

Letters

Assistance for the homeless: Andrea Lazar, H10853 [22NO]

Wards Cove Packing Co. Supreme Court case: by, and several Representatives, H9506 [7NO]

Remarks by, on

Capital punishment: racial discrimination in imposing, H8142, H8151 [22OC]

Civil Rights Act: restore and strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (H.R. 1), H3790, H3793, H3794, H3795, H3796, H3800, H3801 [3JN], H3886, H3894 [4JN]

———restore and strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (S. 1745), H9538, H9549, H9550 [7NO]

———unlimited compensation for certain violations relative to discrimination in employment, H3886, H3894 [4JN]

Courts: habeas corpus reform, H8002 [17OC]

Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3371), H8002 [17OC], H8142, H8151 [22OC]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing supplemental appropriations for operational expenditures relative to Operation Desert Shield (H.R. 1175), H1718, H1719, H1720 [13MR]

———making supplemental appropriations for personnel expenditures relative to Operation Desert Shield and other urgent domestic programs (H.R. 1281), H1526, H1531, H1532 [7MR]

Dept. of Labor: administration of apprenticeship programs, H1526, H1531, H1532 [7MR]

Flag—U.S.: display by U.S. citizens in support of Armed Forces in the Persian Gulf (H. Con. Res. 44), H1001, H1002 [19FE]

Foreign trade: extension of Presidential fast-track negotiating authority, E2036 [5JN]

Homeless: assistance, H10852 [22NO]

Kuwait: employment of U.S. citizens by U.S. firms awarded reconstruction contracts, H1718, H1719, H1720 [13MR]

Middle East: consideration of resolutions (H. Res. 27), H143 [10JA]

———declaration of war between U.S. and Iraq (H.J. Res. 63), H115 [10JA]

———military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq, H143 [10JA]

———U.S. military presence, H115 [10JA]

North American Free Trade Agreement: impact on employment issues, E2036 [5JN]

———impact on environmental issues, E2037 [5JN]

Parliamentary inquiry, H142 [10JA]

Thomas, Clarence: nomination to Supreme Court, H5456 [16JY]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H1075 [20FE], H4865 [20JN], H5742 [23JY], H6600 [16SE], H7724 [9OC]

Special order: granted, H3737 [30MY], H5511 [16JY], H6449 [11SE]

Testimonies

Committee on Rules: Restore and Strengthen Laws That Ban Discrimination in Employment (S. 1745), D1386 [6NO]

———Restore and Strengthen Laws that Ban Discrimination in Employment (H.R. 1), D674 [30MY]

Committee on the Judiciary (Senate): Nomination of Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court, D1120 [19SE]