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
Aeronautics: assure airworthiness of aging aircraft (H.R. 172), H2443
———limitations on duty time of flight attendants (H.R. 14), H6231
Budget: revising 1991 and setting forth the Federal budget for 1992-96 (H. Con. Res. 121), H2328
Commission on Defense Base Closure and Realignment: disapprove recommendations (H.J. Res. 308), H6029 [30JY]
Corps of Engineers: reorganization, H10391
Cub Scout Pack 332, Philadelphia, PA: tribute, E102
Defense bases: closure, H10391
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military functions and to prescribe military personnel levels (H.R. 2100), conference report, H10391
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2707), veto, H10506
Employment: entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (H.R. 2), H9743
Firearms: establish national hotline to check on prospective handgun buyers, H2873
———waiting period before the purchase of a handgun (H.R. 7), H2873
Gray, William H., III: tribute (H. Res. 220), H6508
Ireland, Republic of: anniversary of Easter uprising, H2510
Javis, Tamika: African American History Month oratorical competition winner, E786
Labor unions: prevent discrimination based on participation in disputes (H.R. 5), H5559
Medicaid: Federal payments relative to State expenditures made from revenues derived from provider-specific taxes (H.R. 3595), H10531
Middle East: military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq, H293 [11JA]
National Conference on Aging: authorize (H.R. 2967), H6481
Native Americans Programs Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2967), H6481
Older Americans Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2967), H6481
Point of order, H3968 [5JN]
Poland: anniversary of constitution, H2898
Public welfare programs: unemployment compensation (H.R. 3040), H6623
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
Veterans: disability compensation for service-connected disabilities (H.R. 3), H622
Whitman's Chocolate Co.: anniversary, E3847
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
Heinz, John, H2454 [23AP]
Loudenslager, Norman, E2218
Pievsky, Max, E70
Segal, Edward, E3617
Siceloff, Charles B. Jr., E4214
Wolf, Frank, E1984