CARPER, THOMAS R.(a Representative from Delaware)

Appointments

Committee for the funeral of Walter B. Jones, H8687 [17SE]

Conferee: H.R. 429, enforcement of acreage limitations relative to Federal reclamation laws and authorizing additional construction appropriations, H5186 [25JN], H7828 [10AU]

———H.R. 776, Comprehensive National Energy Policy Act, H9708 [29SE]

———H.R. 5506, assistance for operation of transit systems during major disasters, H9199 [23SE]

Articles and editorials

Rockfish Rebound—Latest Report Shows Moratorium on Striped Bass Is Now Working, Wilmington (DE) News Journal, H9753 [29SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Dept. of Labor: establish a Federal boxing commission (see H.R. 5813), H8021 [11AU]

Fish: interstate actions relative to the management of fisheries of the Atlantic States (see H.R. 5136), H3169 [12MY]

Shipping: U.S. competitiveness in the global marketplace (see H.R. 5841), H8144 [12AU]

Tariff: methyl p-(2-hydroxy-3-(isopropylamino) propoxy) hydrocinnamate hydrochloride (see H.R. 4811), H2495 [8AP]

———nickel-58 (see H.R. 4892), H2669 [9AP]

———pigment blue 60 (see H.R. 4809), H2495 [8AP]

———pigment red 254 (see H.R. 4808), H2494 [8AP]

———pyrrolo (3,4-C) pyrrole-1, 4-dione, 2,5-dihydro 3,6-diphenyl (see H.R. 4810), H2495 [8AP]

———quizalofop-ethyl (see H.R. 4807), H2494 [8AP]

———thallium 203 (see H.R. 4890), H2669 [9AP]

———3-(a-acetonyl benzyl)-4-hydroxycoumarin sodium salt (see H.R. 4812), H2495 [8AP]

———zinc-68 (see H.R. 4891), H2669 [9AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

American Wine Appreciation Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 489), H5623 [30JN]

Armed Forces: commissary and exchange benefits for certain former spouses of members (see H.R. 3915), H8576 [15SE]

Battle of Guadalcanal Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 475), H3644 [20MY]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 290), consideration (see H. Res. 450, 451), H3018 [6MY]

Buffalo Soldiers Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 237), H6627 [24JY]

Chemical weapons: moratorium on the construction of incinerators relative to munitions demilitarization (see H.R. 4975), H3171 [12MY]

Children and youth: provide grants to establish child abuse prevention programs (see H.R. 4729), H5980 [2JY]

China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (see H.R. 5318), H6246 [9JY]

China, Republic of: return of all citizens committed to peaceful political reform (see H. Con. Res. 248), H2714 [28AP]

Civil Rights Act: exemption of Wards Cove Packing Co. employees (H.R. 3748) (see H.R. 3748), H142 [29JA]

Coins: mint and circulate $1 coin (see H.R. 1245), H141 [29JA]

———mint in commemoration of the 1996 Atlanta Centennial Olympic Games (see H.R. 3654), H289 [4FE]

Committee on the Organization of Congress (Joint): establish (see H. Con. Res. 192), H1778 [25MR]

Congressional Office of Inspector General: establish (see H.R. 4272), H1997 [26MR]

Conservation of energy: promote (see H.R. 776), H2258 [1AP]

Country Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 520), H8358 [14SE]

Crime: penalties for flight to avoid child support arrearages (see H.R. 1241), H6627 [24JY]

Dept. of Defense: investigation of alleged improprieties at the Tailhook Association symposium in September 1991 (see H. Con. Res. 344), H8967 [22SE]

Diseases: establish cancer registries relative to studies on the elevated rate of mortality for breast cancer (see H.R. 4206), H6583 [23JY]

Earth Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 421), H1778 [25MR]

Ecology and environment: concerns in the Western Hemisphere (see H. Con. Res. 263), H588 [25FE]

———stabilize emissions of carbon dioxide (see H.R. 4750), H2713 [28AP]

Education: compliance and accountability measures under the National School Lunch Act (see H.R. 4338), H3918 [28MY]

Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A.: designate (see H.J. Res. 410), H674 [26FE]

82d Airborne Division 50th Anniversary Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 453), H6583 [23JY]

Endangered species: strengthen conservation programs (see H.R. 4045), H3019 [6MY]

Federal aid programs: housing for disabled and elderly families (see H.R. 4435), H1180 [11MR]

Federal employees: prohibit representation of foreign persons for a certain time period after leaving the Government (see H.R. 809), H1346 [18MR]

Federal-State Pesticide Regulation Partnership Act: enact (see H.R. 3850), H524 [24FE]

Fire prevention: use of automatic sprinklers or equivalent level of fire safety (see H.R. 3360), H5792 [1JY]

Foreign policy: U.S. recognition of emerging Republics (see H. Con. Res. 224), H2408 [7AP]

Foreign trade: relation of agreements to health, safety, labor, and environmental laws of the U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 246), H398 [7FE]

Gillespie, John Birks (Dizzy): award the Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 5842), H10779 [2OC]

Government: economic and local impact of the Federal decisionmaking process (see H.R. 5545), H5979 [2JY]

Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see H.J. Res. 390), H674 [26FE]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 5936), H8575 [15SE]

Health care facilities: cooperative agreements between hospitals to enable them to share expensive equipment or services (see H.R. 4472), H3835 [27MY]

Hire a Veteran Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 542), H8305 [10SE]

Infant Mortality Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 425), H2713 [28AP]

Intercity Rail Passenger Capital Improvement Trust Fund: establish (see H.R. 4414), H3452 [19MY]

Irish-American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 500), H6246 [9JY]

Italian-American Heritage and Culture Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 400), H9537 [25SE]

Jefferson, Thomas: anniversary of birth (see H.R. 4432), H3918 [28MY]

Kimmel, Husband E.: posthumous advance to the grade of admiral on the retired list (see H. Res. 534), H8023 [11AU]

Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program: funding (see H. Con. Res. 282), H3452 [19MY]

Lyme Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 459), H4983 [18JN]

Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 476), H2808 [29AP]

Monuments and memorials: establish memorial for Japanese American veterans (see H.J. Res. 271), H4983 [18JN]

National Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 272), H330 [5FE]

National Aviation Education Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 498), H5980 [2JY]

National Awareness Week for Life-Saving Techniques: designate (see H.J. Res. 442), H2885 [30AP]

National Bone Marrow Donor Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 551), H9537 [25SE]

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 393), H2885 [30AP]

National Children's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 469), H6979 [29JY]

National Credit Education Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 431), H3452 [19MY]

National Crime Victims' Rights Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 466), H2714 [28AP]

National Customer Service Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 474), H10779 [2OC]

National D.A.R.E Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 486), H6246 [9JY]

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 433), H3919 [28MY]

National Education First Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 543), H10779 [2OC]

National Firefighters Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 523), H5979 [2JY]

National forests: protect persons involved in a lawful hunt (see H.R. 371), H4696 [15JN]

National Foster Care Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 388), H1009 [4MR]

National Good Teen Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 409), H8148 [12AU]

National Huntington's Disease Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 406), H1321 [17MR]

National Law Enforcement Training Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 530), H6245 [9JY]

National Medical Staff Services Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 399), H1268 [12MR]

National Occupational Therapy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 471), H10101 [1OC]

National Radon Action Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 550), H10102 [1OC]

National Recycling Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 396), H2259 [1AP]

National Red Ribbon Week for a Drug-Free America: designate (see H.J. Res. 467), H8149 [12AU]

National Senior Nutrition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 444), H2811 [29AP]

National Visiting Nurse Associations Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 484), H9443 [24SE]

National Walking Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 547), H8147 [12AU]

National Women in Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 293), H407 [11FE]

New York Stock Exchange: bicentennial (see H.J. Res. 441), H1321 [17MR]

Oil: disposal and management standards for recyclers of used oil (see H.R. 5276), H5323 [25JN]

OSHA: regulations (see H. Con. Res. 92), H6350 [21JY]

Paine, Thomas: establish monument in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 1628), H2496 [8AP]

Polish-American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 532), H8647 [16SE]

POW/MIA: issuance of a commemorative stamp (see H.J. Res. 493), H3729 [21MY]

Public debt: constitutional amendment to restrict annual deficits (see H.J. Res. 491), H4679 [11JN]

Public Health Service: regulation of mammography services and radiological equipment (see H.R. 3462), H3924 [1JN]

Railroad Retirement Board: taxation of tier II benefits (see H.R. 4083), H3452 [19MY]

Refugee Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 531), H9294 [23SE]

Refuse disposal: protect the used oil recycling system and establish used oil management standards (see H.R. 1411), H933 [3MR]

Spain: support the planting of 500 California redwood trees in commemoration of the quincentenary of Christopher Columbus' voyage (see H.J. Res. 529), H11197 [3OC]

States: health care reform demonstration projects (see H.R. 4218), H2884 [30AP]

———taxation of nonresidents pension income (see H.R. 431), H588 [25FE]

Tariff: tamoxifen citrate (see H.R. 4401), H3729 [21MY]

———textile spinning machines (see H.R. 4998), H5043 [22JN]

Taxation: application of employer Social Security taxes to employees' cash tips (see H.R. 1472), H1778 [25MR]

———election of taxable years by certain entities (see H.R. 3943), H418 [14FE]

———health care for coal industry retirees (see H.R. 4013), H2713 [28AP]

———treatment of combat pay (see H.R. 4293), H2258 [1AP]

U.N. Conference on Environment and Development: U.S. policy (see H. Con. Res. 263), H588 [25FE]

U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child: ratification (see H. Res. 515), H8149 [12AU]

Ukraine: recognize independence (see H. Con. Res. 212), H122 [28JA]

Vietnam: democratic reforms (see H. Con. Res. 347), H6021 [7JY]

———license telephone communications with U.S. (see H.R. 4055), H1380 [19MR]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial 10th Anniversary Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 479), H8966 [22SE]

Volunteer workers: immunity from civil liability for certain individuals working for nonprofit organizations and governmental entities (see H.R. 911), H1691 [24MR]

Week for the National Observance of the 50th Anniversary of World War II: designate (see H.J. Res. 371), H2202 [31MR]

Women: health care and services to veterans who have experienced sexual trauma while on active duty (see H.R. 5885), H8146 [12AU]

World AIDS Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 538), H8304 [10SE]

World Population Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 458), H10014 [30SE]

Year of Reconciliation Between American Indians and Non-Indians: designate (see H.J. Res. 358), H1692 [24MR]

Essays

Development and Environment—What Can The United Nations Do? Vikram Bhagat, E1840• [16JN]

Essays: Voice of Democracy

Waters, Stephanie L., E2489• [12AU]

Remarks by, on

Appropriations: line-item veto, H6781 [28JY], H9898, H9899 [30SE]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 553), consideration (H. Res. 580), H9898, H9899 [30SE]

Atlantic Ocean: dumping of sewage sludge, H5548 [30JN]

Budget: balance (H.R. 5333), H4357 [9JN]

———consideration by Congress of Presidential proposals to rescind amounts of authority (H.R. 2164), H10811, H10813, H10814 [2OC]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 290), H3456 [20MY], H3972 [3JN], H4454 [10JN], H4653 [11JN]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 290), consideration (H. Res. 450), H4464 [10JN]

———expenditures versus revenue, H4653 [11JN]

———line-item rescission authority (H.R. 4990), consideration (H. Res. 447), H3032 [7MY]

———making supplemental appropriations, transfers, and rescissions (H.R. 5620), consideration (H. Res. 527), H6781 [28JY]

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H7221 [3AU]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military functions and to prescribe military personnel levels (H.R. 5006), H4284 [5JN]

Dept. of Labor: establish a Federal boxing commission (H.R. 5813), H8018 [11AU]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5678), waiving points of order during consideration (H. Res. 530), H6996 [30JY]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs, HUD, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5679), H6905, H6906 [29JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5679), conference report, H9477 [25SE]

Elsmere, DE: construction of veterans outpatient facility, H6905, H6906 [29JY]

Firefighters: enact a fire service bill of rights (H.R. 2448), H11110• [3OC]

Fish: conservation and management of weakfish (H.R. 2588), H9753 [29SE]

Franklin, Benjamin: mint coins in commemoration (H.R. 2448), H11110• [3OC]

House of Representatives: rescind unused funds in salaries and expenses account, H5121 [24JN]

House Rules: amend relative to administrative operation (H. Res. 423), E1058• [10AP]

———amend relative to administrative operation (H. Res. 423), consideration (H. Res. 427), H2542 [9AP]

Housing: extend certain laws relative to housing and community development (H.R. 5334), H7410, H7411 [5AU]

———extend certain laws relative to housing and community development (H.R. 5334), conference report, H11470 [5OC]

Legislative branch: making appropriations (H.R. 5427), H5121 [24JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5427), consideration (H. Res. 499), H5103 [24JN]

Marine mammals: examine health of populations and treatment during catastrophic events (H.R. 3486), H7217, H7219, H7221 [3AU]

National Competitive Policy Commission: reauthorizing (S. 2936), E3294• [9OC]

National defense: revitalize the defense industrial base (S. 347), conference report, H11660, H11661 [5OC]

Nuclear weapons: strategic defense initiative, H4284 [5JN]

Shipping: U.S. competitiveness in the global marketplace (H.R. 5841), H8118 [12AU]

Taxation: promote incentives for economic growth and relief for families (H.R. 4210), H701 [27FE]

Tobacco products: Dept. of Veterans Affairs ban on indoor smoking areas in veterans' facilities, H10144 [1OC]

Veterans: health programs (H.R. 5192), H10144 [1OC]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H3962 [2JN], H4119 [3JN], H8136 [12AU]

Reports by conference committees

Revitalize the Defense Industrial Base (S. 347), H12208-H12221 [5OC]

Reports filed

Defense Industrial Base Revitalization: committee of conference (S. 347) (S. Rept. 102-1028), H11626 [5OC]

Testimonies

Committee on Rules: Consideration of H.R. 4210, Promote Tax Incentives for Economic Growth and Relief for Families, D150 [25FE]

———Depts. of Veterans Affairs, HUD, and Independent Agencies (H.R. 5679), D941 [28JY]

———Line-Item Budget Rescission Authority (H.R. 4990), D507 [5MY]

———Line-Item Veto and Enhanced rescission Proposals, D1149 [18SE]

Committee on the Budget (House): Balanced Budget Constitutional Amendment, D551 [12MY]