BORSKI, ROBERT A. (a Representative from Pennsylvania)

Appointments

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

Conferee: H.R. 2100, authorizing appropriations for Dept. of Defense military functions and to prescribe military personnel levels, H6586 [16SE]

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

Funeral committee for John Heinz, H2094 [9AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Federal employees: pay increase for Philadelphia-Wilmington-Trenton metropolitan area (see H.R. 3412, H6878 [25SE])

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

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Aeronautics: time limitations on duty time of flight attendants (see H.R. 14, H2602 [30AP])

Africa: protection of human rights and economic development in the Horn of Africa (see H.R. 1454, H2181 [11AP])

Agriculture: prevention of crimes against farmers, researchers, and other livestock-related professions (see H.R. 2407, H6675 [17SE])

———protection for veal calves (see H.R. 252, H782 [29JA])

American Hispanic Literature Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 244, H10932 [22NO])

Arab countries: recognition of Israel (see H. Con. Res. 88, H7314 [2OC])

Armed Forces: early delivery of certain benefit checks (see H.R. 803, H4612 [18JN])

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

———penalty-free withdrawals from retirement plans by members called to active duty during Operation Desert Shield (see H.R. 1016, H2565 [25AP])

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

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

Baltic States: support independence of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia (see H.R. 1603, H2083 [22MR])

Birds: conservation of exotic wild species (see H.R. 2540, H5818 [24JY])

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

Bridges: Federal replacement and rehabilitation funds for railroad and transit bridges (see H.R. 958, H3624 [23MY])

Cheney, Sec. of Defense: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2672, H5651 [18JY])

Children and youth: hearing loss testing for newborns (see H.R. 2089, H8577 [28OC])

Coastal zones: improve quality of recreation waters (see H.R. 12, H54 [3JA])

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

———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])

Colleges and universities: promote increased access to higher education (see H.R. 1524, H6720 [23SE])

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

Commission on Defense Base Closure and Realignment: disapprove recommendations (see H.J. Res. 308, H5650 [18JY])

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

Commodore John Barry Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 166, H5651 [18JY])

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

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

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, H1473 [7MR])

Drugs: Federal assistance to emergency areas (see H.R. 1722, H2177 [11AP])

Dutch-American Heritage Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 177, H5665 [22JY])

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

Education: authorize grant to the national writing project (see H.R. 667, H2393 [18AP])

———financial assistance to urban areas (see H.R. 1669, H2137 [10AP])

———grant program for support services to at-risk youth (see H.R. 812, H3495 [22MY])

———promote the teaching of civics and character values in elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 2125, H2570 [29AP])

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

El Salvador: peace process (see H.R. 3782, H11892 [26NO])

Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 109, H2181 [11AP])

Employment: electronic monitoring in the workplace (see H.R. 1218, H2470 [23AP])

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

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

Families and domestic relations: grant programs for pregnant women and adoption of children (see H.R. 1753, H2686 [1MY])

Federal employees: early delivery of certain annuities checks (see H.R. 802, H4612 [18JN])

———early retirement requirements (see H.R. 1820, H2260 [16AP])

———extend certain civil service retirement benefits to certain INS, Customs Service, and IRS employees (see H.R. 793, H2108 [9AP])

———restore the 3-year basis recovery rule relative to certain annuities for income tax purposes (see H.R. 576, H3855 [4JN])

———tribute for contributions to Persian Gulf war (see H. Con. Res. 147, H2901 [8MY])

———voluntary participation in the political process (see H.R. 20, H1342 [4MR])

Federal Mine Safety and Health Act: early delivery of certain benefit checks (see H.R. 799, H4612 [18JN])

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

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

Fish and fisheries: restrict commercial harvesting of Atlantic striped bass (see H.R. 393, H196 [10JA])

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

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

Freedom of religion: protect (see H.R. 2797, H5651 [18JY])

Gambling: prohibit sports gambling under State law (see H.R. 74, H2469 [23AP])

Geography Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 201, H9044 [1NO])

German-American Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 180, H5300 [9JY])

Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see H.J. Res. 58, H1671 [12MR])

Harbors: program to improve commerce and competitiveness (see H.R. 2135, H3160 [16MY])

Health care professionals: inform individuals about risks and complications associated with breast implant surgery (see H.R. 3783, H10723 [20NO])

House of Representatives: recycling program (see H. Res. 96, H4868 [20JN])

Housing: modular home construction regulation (see H.R. 1235, H2769 [2MY])

Hussein, Saddam: prosecution for war crimes (see H.J. Res. 88, H1081 [20FE])

Income: wage adjustments for prevailing rate employees (see H.R. 786, H1759 [13MR])

International Fund for Ireland: restrictions on U.S. contribution (see H.R. 87, H1080 [20FE])

Iraq: humanitarian assistance for the Kurds (see H. Con. Res. 133, H2687 [1MY])

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

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

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

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

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

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

Joe DiMaggio Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 235, H2812 [7MY])

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

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

Labor unions: procedures used in determining elections to select representation under the Railway Labor Act (see H.R. 1178, H2537 [24AP])

Law enforcement: establish the authority of criminal investigators in Inspectors General offices (see H.R. 1361, H2087 [22MR])

Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights: establish (see H.R. 2946, H8189 [22OC])

Lyme Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 138, H3371 [21MY])

Marine mammals: detrimental impact due to purse seine fishing for tuna (see H.R. 261, H2261 [16AP])

Medicaid: coverage of drug dependency residential treatment programs for pregnant women and certain family members (see H.R. 2489, H3709 [29MY])

———coverage of hospice care (see H.R. 860, H988 [6FE])

———Federal payments relative to State expenditures made from revenues derived from provider-specific taxes (see H.R. 3595, H7981 [16OC]; H. Con. Res. 208, H8662 [29OC])

Medicare: benefit requirements for medicaid beneficiaries (see H.R. 2855, H5745 [23JY])

———coverage of respiratory therapy as part of extended care services in a skilled nursing facility (see H.R. 1120, H9614 [8NO])

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

———home care and extended care services coverages (see H.R. 1200, H5299 [9JY])

———payment for interpretation of electrocardiograms (see H.R. 3373, H7200 [1OC])

———penalty for late enrollment (see H.R. 1335, H6456 [11SE])

———prevention of fraud by suppliers of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 2534, H5515 [16JY])

Medicare/medicaid: cost-sharing availability between programs (see H.R. 3473, H7313 [2OC])

Mental health: State services for children (see H.R. 1197, H1324 [28FE])

Merchant marine: fair implementation of cargo preference laws (see H.R. 44, H11891 [26NO])

———provide that certain service during World War II constitutes active military service (see H.R. 44, H11891 [26NO])

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

Military bases: requirements for clean up of certain bases scheduled for closure (see H.R. 2197, H5745 [23JY])

Motor vehicles: national safety belt and motorcycle helmet use requirements (see H.R. 1782, H2903 [8MY])

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

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

National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center: construct national training center (see H.R. 1960, H8102 [17OC])

National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 198, H2538 [24AP])

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

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, H2565 [25AP])

National Crime Victims' Rights Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 171, H2263 [16AP])

National Desert Storm Reservists Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 231, H2603 [30AP])

National Down's Syndrome Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 228, H7551 [7OC])

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

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

National Family Caregivers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 125, H8787 [30OC])

National Family Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 23, H3856 [4JN])

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

National Forest System Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 226, H4945 [24JN])

National Foster Care Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 154, H2109 [9AP])

National Guard: civilian employees may not be required to wear military uniforms while performing civilian service (see H.R. 609, H8919 [31OC])

National Historically Black Colleges Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 102, H4438 [12JN])

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

National Job Skills Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 291, H11289 [25NO])

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

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

National Philanthropy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 140, H8662 [29OC])

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

National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 284, H6458 [11SE])

National Radon Action Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 67, H4438 [12JN])

National Red Ribbon Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 312, H7200 [1OC])

National Red Ribbon Week for a Drug-Free America: designate (see H.J. Res. 340, H7981 [16OC])

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

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

National School Breakfast Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 98, H1162 [26FE])

National Scleroderma Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 219, H3856 [4JN])

National Senior Citizens Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 181, H3710 [29MY])

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

National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 242, H2768 [2MY])

Old Age Survivors and Disability Income: exclude expenses from the Federal budget (see H.R. 978, H3495 [22MY])

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

OSHA: establish an Office of Construction Safety, Health, and Education (see H.R. 1063, H2769 [2MY])

Petroleum: opposition to an import fee on crude oil and refined products (see H. Res. 10, H506 [14JA])

Philippines: allow certain military service benefits of Dept. of Veterans Affairs (see H.R. 962, H5514 [16JY])

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

POW/MIA: disclosure of information concerning U.S. personnel classified after 1940 (see H.R. 1147, H5596 [17JY])

Railroad Retirement Act: early delivery of certain benefit checks (see H.R. 801, H4612 [18JN])

Real property: tax treatment under the limitations on losses from passive activities (see H.R. 1414, H2602 [30AP])

Religious Freedom Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 325, H6601 [16SE])

Roads and highways: establish a strategic urbanized highway program (see H.R. 1403, H1669 [12MR])

Science: promote dissemination of biomedical information and prevent duplication of live animal experiments (see H.R. 1389, H6602 [16SE])

Senior citizens: authorize a national conference on aging (see H.R. 1504, H6539 [12SE])

———provide supportive services to informal caregivers who assist individuals in need of long-term care (see H.R. 2026, H4613 [18JN])

———transportation services (see H.R. 2021, H4613 [18JN])

Ships and vessels: equity of revenue availability and regulation of gambling (see H.R. 3282, H7107 [30SE])

———extend coverage of certain Federal labor laws to foreign flagships (see H.R. 1126, H3805 [3JN])

———remedy injury to shipbuilding and repair industry (see H.R. 2709, H4866 [20JN])

———reporting of foreign passenger vessel casualties (see H.R. 1191, H1324 [28FE])

Social Security: administration of the Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance Program (see H.R. 2898, H9758 [13NO])

———administration of the SSI and old-age, survivors, and disability insurance programs (see H.R. 886, H3495 [22MY])

———assistance to States to support informal caregivers of individuals with functional limitations (see H.R. 2106, H5818 [24JY])

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

———earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 967, H3371 [21MY])

———graduated exemption from public pension offset (see H.R. 1791, H5596 [17JY])

———pay-as-you-go financing (see H.R. 524, H825 [30JA])

———payment for physicians' services (see H.R. 3070, H7981 [16OC])

———reduction in payments to spouses and surviving spouses who are receiving certain Government pensions (see H.R. 53, H2136 [10AP])

Soviet Union: denial of foreign trade credits and economic assistance (see H.R. 601, H1579 [11MR])

———most-favored-nation status relative to independence of Baltic States (see H.R. 559, H1787 [18MR])

Steamtown National Historic Site: establish (see H.R. 3519, H7647 [8OC])

Syria: emigration and free travel for Jews (see H. Con. Res. 188, H6388 [2AU])

Tariff: iron and steel pipe and tube products (see H.R. 1749, H2783 [6MY])

Taxation: application of employer Social Security taxes to employees' cash tips (see H.R. 1472, H7199 [1OC])

———deduction for interest on educational loans (see H.R. 747, H4612 [18JN])

———exclude price of certain transit passes from income (see H.R. 1442, H3160 [16MY])

———exclusion for employee educational assistance (see H.R. 127, H1474 [7MR])

———health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 784, H7551 [7OC])

———individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1406, H3160 [16MY])

———low-income housing credit (see H.R. 413, H3624 [23MY])

———permanently extend qualified mortgage bonds (see H.R. 1067, H2262 [16AP])

———repeal excise tax on luxury items (see H.R. 2598, H11891 [26NO])

———small issue bonds (see H.R. 1186, H1671 [12MR])

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

———treatment of certain governmental pensions relative to certain Social Security benefits (see H.R. 2086, H3856 [4JN])

Transportation: authorize use of Federal-aid highway funds to relieve traffic congestion and improve air quality (see H.R. 1605, H3625 [23MY])

———drug abuse programs for recipients of Federal mass transit assistance (see H.R. 955, H3624 [23MY])

———establish a national comprehensive surface transportation system (see H.R. 2950, H5915 [26JY])

———expand definition of mass transit maintenance items (see H.R. 956, H3624 [23MY])

———ratio of Federal funding for urban mass transit programs to Federal-aid highway projects (see H. Con. Res. 144, H2811 [7MY])

———State regulation of fixed guideway transit systems (see H.R. 954, H3624 [23MY])

Ukranian American Veterans, Inc.: grant charter (see H.R. 976, H2016 [21MR])

Unemployment: Federal supplemental compensation (see H.R. 1367, H2262 [16AP]; H.R. 2839, H5339 [10JY])

Up With People Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 345, H7815 [11OC])

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

Veterans: disability compensation for service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 3, H606 [18JA])

———expand services for post-traumatic stress disorder patients (see H.R. 841, H2262 [16AP])

Wildlife refuges: limit killing of wildlife (see H.R. 330, H825 [30JA])

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

World War II: establish in the District of Columbia a memorial to veterans (see H.R. 1624, H4187 [7JN])

———issue 50th anniversary commemorative coin (see H.R. 1623, H4186 [7JN])

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

Yugoslavia: cease use of force and engage in good faith negotiations relative to civil conflict (see H. Con. Res. 211, H9701 [12NO])

Remarks by, on

Abortion: counseling at federally funded family planning clinics, H10506 [19NO]

Aeronautics: assure airworthiness of aging aircraft (H.R. 172), H2443 [23AP]

———limitations on duty time of flight attendants (H.R. 14), H6231 [1AU]

Budget: revising 1991 and setting forth the Federal budget for 1992-96 (H. Con. Res. 121), H2328, H2332 [17AP]

Commission on Defense Base Closure and Realignment: disapprove recommendations (H.J. Res. 308), H6029 [30JY]

Corps of Engineers: reorganization, H10391 [18NO]

Cub Scout Pack 332, Philadelphia, PA: tribute, E102 [9JA]

Defense bases: closure, H10391 [18NO]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military functions and to prescribe military personnel levels (H.R. 2100), conference report, H10391 [18NO]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2707), veto, H10506 [19NO]

Employment: entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (H.R. 2), H9743 [13NO]

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]

Gray, William H., III: tribute (H. Res. 220), H6508 [12SE]

Ireland, Republic of: anniversary of Easter uprising, H2510 [24AP]

Javis, Tamika: African American History Month oratorical competition winner, E786 [6MR]

Labor unions: prevent discrimination based on participation in disputes (H.R. 5), H5559 [17JY]

Medicaid: Federal payments relative to State expenditures made from revenues derived from provider-specific taxes (H.R. 3595), H10531 [19NO]

Middle East: military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq, H293 [11JA]

National Conference on Aging: authorize (H.R. 2967), H6481 [12SE]

Native Americans Programs Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2967), H6481 [12SE]

Older Americans Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2967), H6481 [12SE]

Point of order, H3968 [5JN]

Poland: anniversary of constitution, H2898 [8MY]

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

Social Security: determination of benefit eligibility relative to certain preclusions from remunerative work (H.R. 865), H1795 [19MR]

Transportation: establish a national comprehensive surface transportation system (H.R. 2950), H8226 [23OC]

———establish a national comprehensive surface transportation system (H.R. 2950), conference report, H11511 [26NO]

Trucking: regulation of commercial motor vehicle weights and combination lengths (H.R. 2515), H3785 [3JN]

Unemployment: emergency compensation (H.R. 3575), H10230 [14NO]

Veterans: disability compensation for service-connected disabilities (H.R. 3), H622 [22JA]

Whitman's Chocolate Co.: anniversary, E3847 [14NO]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H47 [3JA], H1412 [5MR], H4547 [13JN], H7646 [8OC], H8785 [30OC], H9756 [13NO]

Special order: granted, H3802 [3JN]

Tributes

Coben, Jack, E3320 [8OC]

Heinz, John, H2454 [23AP]

Loudenslager, Norman, E2218 [13JN]

Pievsky, Max, E70 [3JA]

Segal, Edward, E3617 [31OC]

Siceloff, Charles B. Jr., E4214 [26NO]

Wolf, Frank, E1984 [30MY]