McCLOSKEY, FRANK(a Representative from Indiana)

Appointments

Conferee: S. 3, Senate Election Ethics Act, H1781 [26MR]

Articles and editorials

Touched by History, Irish Times (publication), H7053 [30JY]

Ulster Talks Gain Major Goal—To Keep Going, James F. Clarity, New York (NY) Times, H7053 [30JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Federal employees: insurance and retirement benefits for certain temporary employees (see H.R. 4159), H287 [4FE]

Interstate Rail Passenger Network Compact: congressional consent (see H.R. 5602), H6245 [9JY]

Southeast Asia: declassification and release of information relating to military personnel held involuntarily in Indochina (see H. Con. Res. 345), H5980 [2JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Aeronautics: establish commission on the 1985 crash of U.S. 101st Airborne Division at Gander, Newfoundland (see H.R. 5024), H2808 [29AP]

———prohibit discrimination against air carriers relative to computer reservation systems (see H.R. 5466), H6584 [23JY]

Agriculture: competitiveness of certain U.S. products in export markets and expand employment opportunities (see H.R. 4279), H2408 [7AP]

———compute farm program payment yields based on actual yields (see H.R. 5844), H9867 [29SE]

———modify the Market Promotion Program (see H.R. 5079), H3964 [2JN]

American Wine Appreciation Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 489), H5324 [25JN]

Animals: Federal regulation of certain veterinary practices (see H.R. 5297), H10779 [2OC]

———prohibit export of black bear viscera (see H.R. 4427), H1380 [19MR]

Armed Forces: elimination of sexual assault and harassment (see H. Con. Res. 359), H8147 [12AU]

———program for certain former members to assist in rebuilding the infrastructure of Eastern Europe and former Soviet republics (see H.R. 4316), H2943 [5MY]

Be Kind to Animals and National Pet Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 429), H2811 [29AP]

Braille Literacy Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 353), H6246 [9JY]

Budget: consideration by Congress of Presidential proposals to rescind amounts of authority (see H.R. 2164), H7726 [6AU]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 290), H2885 [30AP]

———discretionary spending limits (see H.R. 3732), H329 [5FE]

———establish a community services empowerment program (see H.R. 4516), H2713 [28AP]

———establish an infrastructure investment account (see H.R. 4558), H3644 [20MY]

Buffalo Soldiers Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 237), H4679 [11JN]

Canada: quotas on U.S. chicken imports (see H. Con. Res. 309), H2672 [9AP]

Cash Management Improvement Act: implementation (see H.R. 5377), H5792 [1JY]

Childhood Cancer Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 492), H6350 [21JY]

Children and youth: improve child welfare, foster care, and adoption services (see H.R. 3603), H2408 [7AP]

Coal: management of Federal resources (see H.R. 693), H3917 [28MY]

Coins: mint $1 silver coin commemorating Year of the Vietnam Veteran and the anniversary of the Vietnam Veteran Memorial (see H.R. 4053), H8148 [12AU]

———mint in commemoration of the 1996 Atlanta Centennial Olympic Games (see H.R. 3654), H121 [28JA]

Commodore John Barry Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 413), H8220 [9SE]

Common carriers: enhance competition among air carriers (see H.R. 5293), H3916 [28MY]

Coral Reef Environmental Research Act: enact (see H.R. 4537), H2674 [9AP]

Country Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 520), H8220 [9SE]

Crime: national policy to control crime against women (see H.R. 1502), H120 [28JA]

Dept. of Defense: free mail privileges for essential civilians supporting military operations (see H.R. 5363), H4588 [10JN]

———investigation of alleged improprieties at the Tailhook Association symposium in September 1991 (see H. Con. Res. 344), H7726 [6AU]

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

Economy: making appropriations to meet economic problems coming from changing conditions with essential productive jobs (see H.R. 3544), H498 [20FE]

Education: computer education program for certain students (see H.R. 4498), H1345 [18MR]

82d Airborne Division 50th Anniversary Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 453), H4334 [5JN]

Electric power: electromagnetic fields research and public information dissemination programs (see H.R. 3953), H2202 [31MR]

Employment: assistance to employees subject to layoff because their work is transferred to another country (see H.R. 3878), H122 [28JA]

ERISA: amend relative to preemption of certain State laws (see H.R. 2782), H1008 [4MR]

Executive departments: congressional question period for members of the President's cabinet (see H. Res. 155), H289 [4FE]

Farmer-Owned Reserve Program: improve (see H.R. 5934), H8358 [14SE]

Federal employees: health benefits (see H.R. 1774), H120 [28JA]

———notification requirements relative to force reductions (see H.R. 4991), H3088 [7MY]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: amend relative to bottled water (see H.R. 3545), H4696 [15JN]

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

Fleet Reserve Association: grant charter (see H.R. 2070), H3452 [19MY]

Foreign aid: prohibit certain aid which encourages U.S. businesses to relocate to foreign countries (see H.R. 6075), H10779 [2OC]

Foreign countries: restrict exports of nuclear items to nonnuclear weapon states (see H.R. 2755), H121 [28JA]

———restrict regulation of exchange of information, travel, and educational and cultural exchanges (see H.R. 5406), H4754 [16JN]

Foreign trade: assure fair trade of motor vehicles and motor vehicle parts (see H.R. 4100), H407 [11FE]

———import of meat products from the EEC relative to the removal of certain trade barriers (see H.R. 3454), H121 [28JA]

———relation of agreements to health, safety, labor, and environmental laws of the U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 246), H122 [28JA]

Forests: protection of biodiversity and restraint on clearcutting (see H.R. 1969), H848 [27FE]

GAO: study economic impact of FERC order relative to commercial, residential, and other users of natural gas (see H. Con. Res. 337), H6979 [29JY]

Gillespie, John Birks (Dizzy): award the Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 5842), H10101 [1OC]

Government: disclosure and accountability of Federal travel (see H.R. 4530), H2408 [7AP]

Guam, Commonwealth of: establish (see H.R. 98), H120 [28JA]

Haiti: democracy (see H.R. 4761), H2676 [9AP]

Hazardous substances: consideration of community interests affected by corrective actions at hazardous waste sites (see H.R. 4571), H2324 [3AP]

Health: require physicians who perform silicone gel implants to provide certain information to patients (see H.R. 1422), H588 [25FE]

Health care professionals: excessive physician regulations under medicare (see H.R. 2695), H1600 [20MR]

Hire a Veteran Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 542), H9537 [25SE]

Historic Sites, Buildings, and Antiquities Act: amend relative to limits on appropriations for certain projects (see H.R. 4276), H2291 [2AP]

Homeless: assistance (see H.R. 4300), H1321 [17MR]

Hostages: condemn treatment of William F. Buckley, William Higgins, and Peter Kilburn (see H. Res. 322), H589 [25FE]

House of Representatives: conducting of motor vehicle leasing through the GSA (see H. Res. 314), H122 [28JA]

———prohibit assignment of motor vehicles and drivers to political party whips (see H. Res. 416), H2258 [1AP]

———travel awards for official travel (see H. Res. 377), H1998 [26MR]

House Rules: amend relative to economic impact statements for legislation increasing taxes or fees on the maritime industry (see H. Res. 315), H122 [28JA]

Infant Mortality Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 425), H2408 [7AP]

Irish Brigade Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 427), H1268 [12MR]

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

Israel: elections and U.S. visit of Yitzhak Rabin (see H. Con. Res. 355), H7884 [10AU]

Kennedy, John F.: release sealed documents relative to assassination (see H.J. Res. 454), H2677 [9AP]

Kentucky Bicentennial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 121), H330 [5FE]

Labor: reform protections from unscrupulous contracting practices (see H.R. 1987), H848 [27FE]

Law enforcement officers: pay practices for Federal police officers (see H.R. 4354), H1778 [25MR]

Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program: funding (see H. Con. Res. 282), H2408 [7AP]

Lyme Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 459), H3020 [6MY]

Marine mammals: detrimental impact due to purse seine fishing for tuna (see H.R. 5419), H6246 [9JY]

Medicare: coverage of anticancer drugs (see H.R. 3826), H9294 [23SE]

———geographic reclassification of hospitals (see H.R. 5558), H5979 [2JY]

———payment provisions for new physicians (see H.R. 4507), H1345 [18MR]

———penalty for late enrollment (see H.R. 1335), D445 [18FE]

———reimbursement for new physicians (see H.R. 1898), H407 [11FE]

Mining: reclamation and restoration of abandoned coal mine lands (see H.R. 4381), H1778 [25MR]

Motor vehicles: manufacturer listing of estimated domestic content (see H.R. 4220), H588 [25FE]

Myanmar: human rights violations, illicit drug trafficking, and military buildup (see H. Con. Res. 308), H3835 [27MY]

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

National Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 318), H2676 [9AP]

National Arbor Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 403), H933 [3MR]

National Bone Marrow Donor Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 551), H8966 [22SE]

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 393), H3964 [2JN]

National Children's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 469), H3241 [13MY]

National Convenience Store Appreciation Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 391), H4589 [10JN]

National Credit Education Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 431), H2677 [9AP]

National D.A.R.E. Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 486), H4590 [10JN]

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 433), H2202 [31MR]

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

National Firefighters Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 523), H8023 [11AU]

National Good Teen Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 409), H848 [27FE]

National Huntington's Disease Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 406), H2811 [29AP]

National League of Families POW/MIA: authorizing display of flag (see H.J. Res. 478), H7533 [5AU]

National Literacy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 499), H5324 [25JN]

National Military Families Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 503), H4447 [9JN]

National Muscular Dystrophy Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 505), H7256 [3AU]

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

National Radon Action Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 550), H10015 [30SE]

National Recycling Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 396), H1347 [18MR]

National Red Ribbon Week for a Drug-Free America: designate (see H.J. Res. 467), H6861 [28JY]

National Rehabilitation Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 411), H675 [26FE]

National Small Independent Telephone Company Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 452), H6584 [23JY]

National Visiting Nurse Associations Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 484), H5623 [30JN]

National Walking Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 547), H9444 [24SE]

National Women and Girls in Sports Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 395, 546), H289 [4FE], H8735 [17SE]

National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 495), H4755 [16JN]

Native Americans: Federal recognition of the Miami Tribe in Indiana (see H.R. 1475), H6583 [23JY]

Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 422), H7386 [4AU]

New York Stock Exchange: bicentennial (see H.J. Res. 441), H3337 [14MY]

Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund: establish (see H.R. 4549), H1691 [24MR]

North American Free Trade Agreement: negotiations (see H.R. 4882, 4883), H6584 [23JY]

Paine, Thomas: establish monument in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 1628), H288 [4FE]

Pearl Harbor (U.S.S.): naming of a guided missile cruiser (see H. Con. Res. 354), H8305 [10SE]

Persian Gulf War Health Registry: establish (see H.R. 5832), H8810 [18SE]

Pesticides: speciality crops use (see H.R. 4764), H3924 [1JN]

Pharmaceuticals: approval of drugs for individuals suffering from life-threatening or debilitating illness (see H.R. 2872), H479 [19FE]

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

Postal Service: distribution of voter registration forms with change-of-address forms (see H.R. 2669), H588 [25FE]

———occupational safety and health of employees (see H.R. 4775), H2406 [7AP]

———use of post office space for State voter registration forms (see H.R. 2668), H588 [25FE]

Public lands: management of lands containing the pacific yew to ensure a supply of the cancer-treating drug, taxol (see H.R. 3836), H3644 [20MY]

Public Service Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 430), H847 [27FE]

REA: improve electric and telephone service in rural areas (see H.R. 5237), H3919 [28MY]

Refugee Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 531), H8576 [15SE]

Refuse disposal: local government authorization for out-of-State waste disposal (see H.R. 3952), H216 [3FE]

Rehabilitation Act: selection of entities to provide services to certain eligible disabled individuals (see H.R. 4259), H477 [19FE]

Religious Freedom Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 457), H3171 [12MY]

Research: superconducting supercollider construction (see H.R. 4330), H3336 [14MY]

Robert A. Grant Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, South Bend, IN: designate (see H.R. 5222), H3643 [20MY]

Romania: human rights of Hungarians in Transylvania (see H. Res. 415), H4855 [17JN]

Ships and vessels: fees for a person engaged in carriage of goods or passengers by vessel for hire (see H.R. 4032), H122 [28JA]

Social Security: expand tax exemption for certain election officials and workers (see H.R. 1771), H2020 [30MR]

Sports: minting of commemorative coins in honor of the World University Games (see H.R. 5476), H6979 [29JY]

States: safety belt and motorcycle helmet programs (see H.R. 4207), H8304 [10SE]

Tariff: high displacement industrial diesel engines and turbochargers (see H.R. 4827), H2495 [8AP]

Taxation: election of taxable years by certain entities (see H.R. 3943), H2810 [29AP]

———health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 784), H4589 [10JN]

———protection of taxpayers' rights (see H.R. 3838), H2943 [5MY]

———targeted jobs credit relative to individuals who have received Dept. of Defense service ribbons (see H.R. 5303), H3963 [2JN]

———treatment of combat pay (see H.R. 3166), H288 [4FE]

———treatment of corporations importing products into the U.S. at artificially inflated prices (see H.R. 4304), H2810 [29AP]

U.N.: contributions to peacekeeping activities (see H.R. 4548), H1691 [24MR]

———U.S. participation in Conference on Environment and Development (see H. Con. Res. 292), H1267 [12MR]

U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child: ratification (see H. Res. 515), H6861 [28JY]

Vatican City: diplomatic relations with Israel (see H. Con. Res. 298), H1691 [24MR]

Veterans: availability of benefits to individuals incarcerated in Federal correctional institutions (see H.R. 1181), H674 [26FE]

———award Purple Heart to former prisoners of war of World War I, World War II, and the Korean War for injuries received during captivity (see H.R. 2248), H120 [28JA]

———permit acceptance of military retirement pay concurrently with disability compensation (see H.R. 3164), H588 [25FE]

———rates of disability compensation and dependency and indemnity compensation for certain individuals (see H.R. 4244), H2884 [30AP]

———treatment for individuals exposed to radiation during military service (see H.R. 3236), H3964 [2JN]

Vietnam: withhold normalization of diplomatic and economic relations pending report on missing American servicemen in Southeast Asia (see H. Con. Res. 233), H8647 [16SE]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial 10th Anniversary Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 479), H8304 [10SE]

Voting: establish national voter registration procedures for Federal elections (see H.R. 4366), H2674 [9AP]

Weapons: prohibit transfer of technology to Iraq or Iran (see H.R. 5434), H4982 [18JN]

Wood: labeling of tropical wood and tropical wood products (see H.R. 2854), H4854 [17JN]

World AIDS Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 538), H8576 [15SE]

Year of American Craft—A Celebration of the Creative Work of the Hand: designate (see H.J. Res. 380), H8304 [10SE]

Year of Reconciliation Between American Indians and Non-Indians: designate (see H.J. Res. 358), H122 [28JA]

Yugoslavia: civil war and ethnic violence (see H. Res. 554), H8022 [11AU]

———most-favored-nation status (see H.R. 5258), H3728 [21MY]

———prohibit U.S. assistance to Serbia and Montenegro (see H.R. 5117), H3337 [14MY]

———recognize independence of Croatia and Slovenia (see H. Con. Res. 224), H1181 [11MR]

———restrict assistance for Serbia (see H.R. 3518), H2713 [28AP]

Remarks by, on

Abe Murdock U.S. Post Office Building, Beaver City, UT: designate (H.R. 4786), H5004 [22JN]

Arthur J. Holland U.S. Post Office Building, Trenton, NJ: designate (H.R. 4505), H5005 [22JN]

Black Lung Benefits Act: improve (H.R. 1637), H10155, H10162 [1OC]

China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (H.J. Res. 502), E2215• [22JY]

———most-favored-nation status (H.R. 5318), E2215• [22JY]

Clifton Merriman Post Office Building, Cambridge, MA: designate (H.R. 5453), H7331 [4AU]

Committee on House Administration: investigation of the operation of the Office of the Postmaster (H. Res. 340), H302 [5FE]

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H5006 [22JN], H7333 [4AU], H11283 [4OC]

Defense industries: assist transition of industries, communities, and workers affected by reduced defense spending, H4211 [4JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military functions and to prescribe military personnel levels (H.R. 5006), H4211 [4JN]

Esel D. Bell Post Office Building, Prairie View, TX: designate (H.R. 4771), H5003, H5004 [22JN]

Executive departments: Administration's requirement relative to Presidential election campaigning, H1016 [5MR]

Federal employees: insurance and retirement benefits for certain temporary employees (H.R. 4159), H221 [4FE]

———use of leave to serve as bone-marrow or organ donors, and for purposes relating to the adoption of a child (H.R. 2675), H7328 [4AU]

Helen Day U.S. Post Office Building, Alexandria, VA: designate (H.R. 5479), H7331 [4AU]

House of Representatives: disclosure of information relative to check cashing at House bank (H. Res. 440), H2764 [29AP]

———Members' check cashing at House bank, H1562 [20MR]

Indiana University: tribute to men's basketball team, E1011• [9AP]

Inmann, Marla: Indiana's Miss Basketball, E777• [20MR]

Interstate Rail Passenger Network Compact: congressional consent (H.R. 5602), H11134• [3OC]

Ireland, Northern: peace negotiations, H7053 [30JY]

Japan: statement on productivity of U.S. workers, H294 [5FE]

John J. Williams Post Office Building, Millsboro, DE: designate (S. 2834), H11281, H11282 [4OC]

Larkin I. Smith General Mail Facility, Gulfport, MS: designate (H.R. 4539), H7332 [4AU]

Larkin I. Smith Post Office, Poplarville, MS: designate (H.R. 4539), H7332 [4AU]

Monroe County, IN: tribute to White River Valley High School senior class, E453• [26FE]

Syria: human rights violations of Jews, E716• [18MR]

Taxation: health care for coal industry retirees (H.R. 4013), H875 [3MR]

Votes: position on missed, E2215• [22JY]

Yugoslavia: civil war and ethnic violence, H7896 [11AU]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H672 [26FE], H1590 [20MR], H6242 [9JY], H6447 [22JY], H8020 [11AU]

Special order: granted, H672 [26FE], H6242 [9JY], H6346 [21JY], H6859 [28JY], H7059 [30JY]

Statements

Northern Ireland Peace Negotiations: Irish and British Governments, H7053 [30JY]

Testimonies

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Amtrak Appropriations (H.R. 4250), D129 [20FE]

Committee on Rules: Black Lung Benefits Act (H.R. 1637), D1247 [30SE]

———Consideration of H.R. 3732, Budget Discretionary Spending Limits, D251 [11MR]

———Dept. of Defense Appropriations for Military Functions and Personnel Levels (H.R. 5006), D651 [2JN]

———Transition to Democracy in the Former Soviet Republics Act (H.R. 4547):, D1006 [5AU]

Committee on the Judiciary (House): Court Ordered Child Support Payments (H.R. 5304), D1066 [12AU]

———Interstate Rail Passenger Network Compact (H.R. 5602), D1066 [12AU]

Committee on Ways and Means: Outreach Efforts in Social Security, Medicare and SSI Programs, D349 [26MR]

Texts of

H.R. 4786, designate the Abe Murdock U.S. Post Office Building, Beaver City, UT, H5004 [22JN]

Tributes

Bowersox, Ken, E2078• [2JY]