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
Dept. of Labor: administration of apprenticeship programs, H1526, H1531
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
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
———impact on environmental issues, E2037
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]