WEBER, VIN (a Representative from Minnesota)

Appointments

Committee To Attend Funeral of Silvio O. Conte, H1043 [20FE]

Conferee: H.R. 2698, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies appropriations, H6730 [24SE]

———H.R. 2707, Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations, H6758 [24SE]

Articles and editorials

Hope For the Mentally Ill Homeless, Sec. of HUD Kemp, Decade of the Brain (publication), H7723 [9OC]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Economic Recovery Tax Act: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 315, H5979 [29JY])

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 4054, H11889 [26NO])

Soviet Union: review of agricultural credit guarantees (see H. Res. 150, H2953 [9MY])

Taxation: relief for families and incentives for economic growth (see H.R. 3744, H9580 [7NO])

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Abortion: availability of services under federally funded programs (see H.R. 1490, H1848 [19MR])

———constitutional amendment on right to life (see H.J. Res. 122, H992 [6FE])

Agricultural Act: clarify status of certain refunds (see H.R. 2189, H3280 [20MY])

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

———shifting of crop acreage bases between farms in the case of natural disasters (see H.R. 2477, H4284 [11JN])

Alaska: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.J. Res. 239, H3495 [22MY])

Arab countries: recognition of Israel (see H. Con. Res. 88, H1760 [13MR])

Armed Forces: appointment of chiropractors as commissioned officers (see H.R. 608, H8919 [31OC])

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

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

Bankruptcy: priority for the payment of claims for retiree health benefits in liquidation cases (see H.R. 3619, H9494 [6NO])

Bicentennial of the District of Columbia Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 356, H11893 [26NO])

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

Braille Literacy Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 353, H9494 [6NO])

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 143, H2901 [8MY]; H.J. Res. 248, H3371 [21MY]; H.J. Res. 290, H5298 [9JY])

———Presidential power to reduce authority (see H.R. 78, H891 [5FE])

———reform process (see H.R. 298, H2375 [17AP])

———require congressional consideration of Presidential rescission authority (see H.R. 687, H2136 [10AP])

Capital punishment: constitutional procedures for imposition (see H.R. 1400, H1669 [12MR])

CBO: neutrality (see H.R. 2870, H6387 [2AU])

Centennial of Concrete Paving in America Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 324, H8663 [29OC])

Cheney, Dick: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2672, H5342 [10JY])

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

Coins: mint and circulate $1 coin (see H.R. 1245, H3805 [3JN])

———mint commemorative coin for 200th anniversary of White House (see H.R. 3337, H10932 [22NO])

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

———mint in commemoration of Operation Desert Shield (see H.R. 1658, H2085 [22MR])

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

Colleges and universities: sexual assaults on campuses (see H.R. 2363, H3149 [15MY])

Commodore John Barry Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 166, H6318 [1AU])

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

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: Presidential recommendations relative to ratification (see H. Res. 261, H8495 [24OC])

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

Courts: clarify remedial jurisdiction of inferior Federal courts (see H.R. 640, H696 [24JA])

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

———termination of office of independent counsel (see H.R. 444, H5514 [16JY])

Crime: life imprisonment for certain criminals convicted a third time (see H.R. 3891, H10931 [22NO])

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (see H.R. 1400, H1669 [12MR])

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

———State registration of individuals convicted of offenses against minors (see H.R. 2862, H5910 [25JY])

Crime Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 303, H6318 [1AU])

Dept. of the Environment: establish (see H.R. 3121, H6192 [31JY])

Drug abuse: use of certain grants for treatment of intravenous drug abuse (see H.R. 2235, H4613 [18JN])

Dutch-American Heritage Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 177, H6879 [25SE])

Economy: incentives for work, savings, and investment (see H.R. 3678, H9043 [1NO])

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

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

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

Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 3770, H10268 [14NO])

Employment: restore certain political rights to workers (see H.R. 2915, H6675 [17SE])

Executive Departments: options for shared services in Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HHS (see H. Con. Res. 146, H5050 [25JN])

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

———exempt certain individuals involved in model garment programs (see H.R. 623, H3037 [14MY])

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

Financial institutions: improve the qualified thrift lender test (see H.R. 1718, H2812 [7MY])

———limit liability on holdings in violation of certain environmental laws (see H.R. 1450, H1774 [14MR])

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

Firearms: establish national hotline to check on prospective handgun buyers (see H.R. 1412, H2538 [24AP])

Flag—U.S.: display by U.S. citizens in support of Armed Forces in the Persian Gulf (see H. Con. Res. 44, H1026 [19FE])

Food: remove certain pesticides from supply and establish EPA negligible risk standard (see H.R. 3216, H6879 [25SE])

Foreign aid: assistance for transition from communism to democracy (see H.R. 1080, H1915 [20MR])

Foreign trade: import of meat products from the EEC relative to the removal of certain trade barriers (see H.R. 3454, H7198 [1OC])

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

FRS: modernize (see H.R. 1130, H2262 [16AP])

Gambling: prohibit sports gambling under State law (see H.R. 74, H6602 [16SE])

GATT: oilseeds panel ruling against the European Community (see H. Res. 257, H8663 [29OC])

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

Government regulation: procedures for assessment of impact on seizure of private property (see H.R. 1572, H2375 [17AP])

Health: access to telecommunications systems used to provide medical information to rural care providers (see H.R. 2232, H5211 [26JN])

———air transport of rural victims of medical emergencies (see H.R. 2234, H5300 [9JY])

———analysis of urban and rural area statistics (see H.R. 2238, H5211 [26JN])

———assess paperwork burden imposed on providers and beneficiaries of health care services (see H.R. 2625, H6386 [2AU])

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

———reduce infant mortality by improving services to pregnant women in rural areas (see H.R. 2229, H5650 [18JY])

———rural medical education projects (see H.R. 2233, H5211 [26JN]; H.R. 2236, H5515 [16JY])

Health care facilities: exempt from antitrust laws, certain activities entered into by hospitals in low population areas (see H.R. 2406, H3806 [3JN])

Health care professionals: encourage service in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 2579, H4613 [18JN])

———excessive physician regulations under medicare (see H.R. 2695, H5651 [18JY])

———incentives for physicians to practice in rural areas (see H.R. 2230, H5650 [18JY])

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

———increase payments for certain graduate medical education costs (see H.R. 2484, H5300 [9JY])

———requirements relative to training in family medicine (see H.R. 2231, H4016 [5JN])

House of Representatives: amend rules (see H. Res. 127, H2374 [17AP])

———require three-fifths majority vote on passage of legislation increasing revenues (see H. Res. 141, H2903 [8MY])

Hussein, Saddam: prosecution for war crimes (see H. Con. Res. 81, H1325 [28FE])

Immigration: exclusion of immigrants infected with the HIV virus (see H.R. 2049, H2535 [24AP])

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, H2087 [22MR])

Insurance: life insurance contracts of terminally ill individuals (see H.R. 134, H8495 [24OC])

Iraq: payment of reparations to Israel following the conclusion of Operation Desert Shield (see H. Con. Res. 91, H1916 [20MR])

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

Japan: operation and regulation of capital and securities markets (see H.R. 3283, H11892 [26NO])

Jewish Heritage Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 134, H1671 [12MR])

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

Law enforcement officers: educational assistance (see H.R. 3172, H6540 [12SE])

———increase numbers (see H.R. 3172, H6540 [12SE])

Local government: Federal payments in lieu of taxes (see H.R. 1495, H5211 [26JN])

Medicare: coverage of certain chiropractic services (see H.R. 3142, H8189 [22OC])

———outpatient physical therapy and occupational therapy services payment cap (see H.R. 3277, H7863 [15OC])

———payment for certain chiropractor services (see H.R. 213, H5818 [24JY])

———respite care services for hospice care recipients (see H.R. 3015, H8189 [22OC])

Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 156, H1280 [27FE])

Middle East: congressional approval of military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq (see H. Con. Res. 13, H84 [4JA])

———demonstrations of community support for troops in the Persian Gulf (see H.J. Res. 174, H1457 [6MR])

———military action by Iraq against Israel (see H. Con. Res. 41, H605 [18JA])

———success of multinational military action against Iraq (see H. Res. 95, H1326 [28FE])

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

Motorcycle Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 107, H2470 [23AP])

National Accessible Housing Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 326, H10269 [14NO])

National Adoption Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 364, H10366 [18NO])

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, H4867 [20JN])

National Children's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 183, H2565 [25AP])

National Defense Reserve Fleet: disposal of certain vessels (see H.R. 3512, H9144 [4NO])

National dividend plan: establish (see H.R. 430, H6720 [23SE])

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

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

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

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

National forests: protect persons involved in a lawful hunt (see H.R. 371, H12063 [3JA])

National Foster Care Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 154, H1418 [5MR])

National Historically Black Colleges Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 102, H5267 [27JN])

National Hospice Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 153, H2953 [9MY])

National Hunting and Fishing Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 225, H2374 [17AP])

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

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

National Institute of Nursing Research: designate (see H.R. 2447, H3622 [23MY])

National Invent America Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 287, H5210 [26JN])

National Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 252, H5516 [16JY])

National Law Enforcement Training Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 191, H6458 [11SE])

National Military Families Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 215, H5818 [24JY])

National Minority Organ Donor Encouragement Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 229, H4613 [18JN])

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

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

National Philanthropy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 140, H5211 [26JN])

National Physical Fitness and Sports Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 120, H2470 [23AP])

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

National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 284, H7107 [30SE])

National Red Ribbon Week for a Drug-Free America: designate (see H.J. Res. 340, H7815 [11OC])

National Rehabilitation Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 95, H1457 [6MR])

National Sarcoidosis Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 309, H5650 [18JY])

National Scleroderma Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 219, H2261 [16AP])

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

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

National Tax Freedom Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 220, H2261 [16AP])

National Trauma Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 300, H6602 [16SE])

National Visiting Nurse Associations Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 212, H10723 [20NO])

National Women in Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 293, H6941 [26SE])

Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 205, H2399 [22AP])

Older Americans Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 51, H2181 [11AP])

Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act: distribution to coastal States and counties of collected revenues (see H.R. 3802, H10365 [18NO])

Paine, Thomas: establish monument in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 1628, H7981 [16OC])

Pensions: civil service retirement credit relative to work performed under certain Federal-State cooperative programs (see H.R. 1653, H6386 [2AU])

Petroleum Marketing Practices Act: amend (see H.R. 2600, H7801 [10OC])

Polish American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 227, H6721 [23SE])

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

POW/MIA: disclosure of information concerning U.S. personnel classified after 1940 (see H.R. 1147, H3037 [14MY])

President's Committee on Mental Retardation: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 307, H8189 [22OC])

Public Health Service: establish Office of Rural Mental Health (see H.R. 2237, H5515 [16JY])

Public Pension Equity Restoration Act: enact (see H.R. 1348, H2375 [17AP])

Real property: tax incentives and benefits to revive the real estate market (see H.R. 3798, H10365 [18NO]; H.R. 3824, H10722 [20NO])

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

Recycling: State opportunities for citizens' participation (see H.R. 945, H1139 [21FE])

Revenue Reconciliation Act: repeal tax increases (see H.R. 2257, H4438 [12JN])

Rural Small Business Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 108, H1081 [20FE])

Small business: appointment of knowledgeable persons to executive department positions (see H. Con. Res. 70, H1079 [20FE])

Social Security: benefit formula computation rules (see H.R. 917, H2086 [22MR])

———earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 967, H1023 [19FE])

———pay-as-you-go financing (see H.R. 524, H1138 [21FE])

———payment for physicians' services (see H.R. 3070, H7649 [8OC])

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

States: regulation of surface transportation rates by certain motor and air carriers (see H.R. 3221, H7314 [2OC])

———taxation of nonresidents pension income (see H.R. 431, H2470 [23AP]; H.R. 1655, H4550 [13JN])

Student loans: deferral during professional internships (see H.R. 179, H6456 [11SE])

Syria: emigration and free travel for Jews (see H. Con. Res. 188, H5909 [25JY])

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

Taxation: application of employer Social Security taxes to employees' cash tips (see H.R. 1472, H2570 [29AP])

———capital gains (see H.R. 369, H1417 [5MR]; H.R. 3128, H6192 [31JY])

———clarify that customer based, market share, and any similar intangible items are amortizable (see H.R. 1456, H6317 [1AU])

———computing of deductions allowable to home day care providers for the business use of their homes (see H.R. 2008, H2686 [1MY])

———credits for increasing research activities (see H.R. 1618, H6675 [17SE])

———exempt certain agricultural workers from the withholding of income taxes from wages (see H.R. 2879, H5651 [18JY])

———gains and losses of non-exempt farmer cooperatives (see H.R. 2361, H3149 [15MY])

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

———income from frozen Iraqi assets (see H.R. 135, H782 [29JA])

———income tax credit for amounts contributed to a health care savings account (see H.R. 702, H781 [29JA])

———increase amount of the exemption for children under age 18 (see H.R. 1277, H2470 [23AP])

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

———occupational taxes relative to the production or sale of certain alcoholic beverages (see H.R. 3781, H10268 [14NO])

———passbook savings accounts interest income (see H.R. 4067, H11889 [26NO])

———permanently extend qualified mortgage bonds (see H.R. 1067, H2902 [8MY])

———reduce social security and capital gains taxes (see H.R. 960, H1023 [19FE])

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

———repeal excise tax on luxury items (see H.R. 2598, H4284 [11JN])

———repeal the luxury tax on boats (see H.R. 951, H3280 [20MY])

———rollover of gain from sale of farm assets into individual retirement account (see H.R. 2470, H4438 [12JN])

———rollover proceeds from sale of farm to an individual retirement account (see H.R. 2333, H4284 [11JN])

———small issue bonds (see H.R. 1186, H1323 [28FE])

———targeted jobs credit (see H.R. 565, H4556 [17JN])

———treatment of amounts received by cooperative telephone companies indirectly from their members (see H.R. 1860, H5341 [10JY])

———treatment of certain common investment funds (see H.R. 1733, H8662 [29OC])

———treatment of church pension benefit plans (see H.R. 1570, H6386 [2AU])

———treatment of the deduction for State and local income and franchise taxes (see H.R. 1429, H1758 [13MR])

———withholding of income tax from wages paid for agricultural labor (see H.R. 924, H1787 [18MR])

Tax-exempt organizations: treatment of certain games of chance relative to unrelated trade or business of such organization (see H.R. 862, H988 [6FE])

Telecommunications: research, design, and manufacturing of equipment (see H.R. 1527, H5745 [23JY])

Ukraine: recognize independence (see H. Con. Res. 212, H9494 [6NO])

Wetlands: conservation and management (see H.R. 1330, H2375 [17AP])

World War II: contributions of Federal civilian employees during the attack on Pearl Harbor (see H.J. Res. 368, H11893 [26NO])

———contributions of the people of Guam and Hawaii (see H. Res. 293, H10931 [22NO])

Remarks by, on

Abortion: availability of services under federally funded programs (H.R. 766), E1896 [23MY]

———counseling at federally funded family planning clinics, H10493 [19NO]

———pro choice versus right to life, H5123, H5129, H5130 [26JN], H9419, H9443 [6NO]

Agriculture: disaster assistance (H.R. 2893), H5718 [23JY], E2721 [25JY]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2698), H5163 [26JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2698), conference report, H7589 [8OC]

China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status, E2519 [11JY]

Dept. of Defense: making supplemental appropriations for personnel expenditures relative to Operation Desert Shield and other urgent domestic programs (H.R. 1281), waiving certain points of order against consideration (H. Res. 103), H1466 [7MR]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2707), H5077, H5123, H5129, H5130 [26JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2707), conference report, H9418, H9419, H9443 [6NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2707), veto, H10493 [19NO]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs, HUD, and independent agencies, commissions, corporations, and offices: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2519), H4103, H4111 [6JN]

Disasters: making supplemental appropriations for relief (H.R. 3543), H8608 [29OC]

Economic Recovery Tax Act: anniversary (H.J. Res. 315), E2748 [29JY]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments, H11818 [26NO]

Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act: agricultural program amendments (H.R. 3029), H11365 [26NO]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 4054), E4189 [26NO]

House of Representatives: legislative program, H10924 [22NO]

Medicaid: Federal payments relative to State expenditures made from revenues derived from provider-specific taxes (H.R. 3595), H10530 [19NO]

Medicare: tribute to Minnesota physicians for achieving single payment area status for reimbursement, E3157 [25SE]

Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 156), H7722 [9OC]

Middle East: congressional approval of military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq, E233 [18JA]

Minnesota Twins (baseball team): tribute, H8130 [22OC]

NIH: revise and extend programs (H.R. 2507), H5844 [25JY]

Operation Desert Shield: making appropriations for incremental costs (H.R. 3543), H8608 [29OC]

Point of order, H4171 [7JN]

Research: representation of women, minorities, and senior citizens in disease treatment and prevention studies, H5844 [25JY]

Resolution Trust Corp.: funding and restructuring of Oversight Board (H.R. 3435), consideration (H. Res. 320), H11818 [26NO]

Syria: emigration and free travel for Jews (H. Con. Res. 188), H10586 [19NO]

Telecommunications: research, design, and manufacturing of equipment (H.R. 1527), E2626 [19JY]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H3492 [22MY], H6877 [25SE]

Special order: granted, H8186 [22OC], H10542 [19NO]

Testimonies

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

Tributes

Fitzsimmons, Bill, E1170 [10AP]

Johnson, Bob, H11860 [26NO]

Zwach, John M., E1176 [10AP]