McGRATH, RAYMOND J.(a Representative from New York)

Addresses

Is There a Future for the Panama Canal? Robert R. McMillan, E3194-E3196 [9OC]

Appointments

Committee for the funeral of Ted Weiss, H8402 [15SE]

Conferee: H.R. 11, Enterprise Zone Tax Incentives Act, H10680 [2OC]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

DYD Co.: technical correction to tariff laws relative to import duties (see H.R. 4470), H1268 [12MR]

France: entry and departure of George Habash without questioning for alleged terrorist activities (see H. Con. Res. 281), H478 [19FE]

Merchant marine industry: recognition by House of Representatives (see H. Res. 455), H3240 [13MY]

Romania: human rights of Hungarians in Transylvania (see H. Res. 415), H2258 [1AP]

Tariff: antidumping duty and countervailing duty laws (see H.R. 5045), H2884 [30AP]

———glass articles (see H.R. 4791, 5044), H2407 [7AP], H2884 [30AP]

———small toys, toy jewelry, and novelty goods (see H.R. 4456), H1267 [12MR]

Taxation: treatment of certain nonprofit organizations providing health benefits (see H.R. 5641), H6449 [22JY]

Wallenberg, Raoul: accounting of whereabouts and definitive fate (see H. Res. 388), H1008 [4MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Aeronautics: airport noise (see H.R. 3994), H122 [28JA]

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

Airlines: fair treatment of employees in connection with route transfers (see H.R. 3138), H121 [28JA]

American Wine Appreciation Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 489), H8832 [21SE]

Armed Forces: award Purple Heart for those wounded in action by friendly fire (see H.R. 4502), H4854 [17JN]

Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: designate (see H.R. 5572), H8148 [12AU]

Battle of Guadalcanal Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 475), H3241 [13MY]

Be Kind to Animals and National Pet Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 429), H847 [27FE]

Budget: consideration by Congress of Presidential proposals to rescind amounts of authority (see H.R. 2164), H8810 [18SE]

———Presidential power to reduce authority (see H.R. 78), H1321 [17MR]

Buffalo Soldiers Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 237), H6246 [9JY]

Childhood Cancer Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 492), H7061 [30JY]

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

Coins: commemoration of former prisoners of war (see H.R. 5020), H7060 [30JY]

———mint commemorative coins for 100th anniversary of protection of Civil War battlegrounds (see H.R. 5126), H4589 [10JN]

———mint in commemoration of the 1996 Atlanta Centennial Olympic Games (see H.R. 3654), H398 [7FE]

Committee on the Organization of Congress (Joint): establish (see H. Con. Res. 192), H2714 [28AP]

Commodore John Barry Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 413), H8022 [11AU]

Courts: designation of special inquiry officers as immigration judges (see H.R. 4499), H1345 [18MR]

Crime: assistance to local educational agencies to reduce crime in schools (see H.R. 4538), H2674 [9AP]

———deny administrative relief from firearms prohibitions for convicted felons (see H.R. 4329), H673 [26FE]

Customs Service: overtime compensation and treatment of employees as law enforcement officers (see H.R. 4023), H289 [4FE]

———overtime compensation system for certain officers (see H.R. 4271), H1101 [5MR]

Diseases: breast cancer research (see H.R. 5156), H3240 [13MY]

———establish cancer registries relative to studies on the elevated rate of mortality for breast cancer (see H.R. 4206), H397 [7FE]

Dyslexia Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 449), H2677 [9AP]

Earth Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 421), H2676 [9AP]

Economy: encourage commercial financial liquidity (see H.J. Res. 369), H330 [5FE]

Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A.: designate (see H.J. Res. 410), H873 [2MR]

EEC: agreement relative to grain export subsidy programs (see H. Con. Res. 265), H118 [28JA]

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

Federal Aviation Act: amend relative to bankruptcy transportation plans (see H.R. 66), H2884 [30AP]

Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see H.J. Res. 390), H479 [19FE]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 5325), H4157 [4JN]

Hire a Veteran Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 542), H8146 [12AU]

Home Owners' Loan Act: amend relative to flexibility in meeting capital standards (see H.R. 4234), H2674 [9AP]

Hostages: condemn treatment of William F. Buckley, William Higgins, and Peter Kilburn (see H. Res. 322), H418 [14FE]

House Rules: amend relative to providing a chief financial officer (see H. Res. 419), H2677 [9AP]

Housing: elderly families (see H.R. 3425), H933 [3MR]

———issuance of mortgage revenue bonds (see H.R. 4383), H4679 [11JN]

Hudson River Artists National Historical Park: establish (see H.R. 4829), H2495 [8AP]

Immigration: border enforcement and security (see H.R. 2964), H121 [28JA]

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

International Red Cross: inclusion of Magen David Adam as a legitimate national society (see H. Con. Res. 223), H1778 [25MR]

International Student Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 487), H8647 [16SE]

International trade: strengthen U.S. position (see H.R. 5100), H3087 [7MY]

Ireland, Northern: human rights violations (see H. Con. Res. 278), H1779 [25MR]

Irish Brigade Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 427), H847 [27FE]

Irish-American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 500), H4679 [11JN]

Israel: anniversary of reunification of Jerusalem (see H. Con. Res. 316), H3729 [21MY]

Italian-American Heritage and Culture Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 400), H1692 [24MR]

Just Pray No Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 334), H407 [11FE]

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

Larkin I. Smith Post Office, Poplarville, MS: designate (see H.R. 4539), H3241 [13MY]

Long Island, NY: conveyance of certain lands to the National Wildlife Refuge System relative to commercial development (see H.R. 4573), H1777 [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), H2258 [1AP]

Medicaid: coverage of hospice care (see H.R. 860), H1008 [4MR]

Medicare: calculation of late enrollment penalties relative to a retiree's coverage under an employer's group health plan (see H.R. 5106), H3087 [7MY]

———geographic adjustment factors relative to the payment for physicians' services (see H.R. 4393), H1099 [5MR]

Members of Congress: deny annuity benefits relative to individuals convicted of a felony (see H.R. 1077), H1008 [4MR]

Middle East: accounting of Israeli POW and MIA in Syria (see H. Res. 372), H3452 [19MY]

Military installations: incarceration of certain aliens in closed installations (see H.R. 4440), H1180 [11MR]

Motor vehicles: inflation adjustment on luxury tax (see H.R. 4217), H407 [11FE]

National Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 407), H588 [25FE]

National Awareness Week for Life-Saving Techniques: designate (see H.J. Res. 442), H2677 [9AP]

National Baseball Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 436), H1180 [11MR]

National Bone Marrow Donor Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 551), H10015 [30SE]

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 393), H1997 [26MR]

National Cancer Institute: revise and extend programs (see H.R. 5340), H4334 [5JN]

National Children's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 469), H8647 [16SE]

National Correctional Officers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 397), H288 [4FE]

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

National Customer Service Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 474), H10101 [1OC]

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), H3919 [28MY]

National Education First Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 543), H8576 [15SE]

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

National Foster Care Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 388), H2811 [29AP]

National Fragrance Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 385), H330 [5FE]

National Huntington's Disease Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 406), H499 [20FE]

National Law Enforcement Training Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 530), H10101 [1OC]

National League of Families POW/MIA: authorizing display of flag (see H.J. Res. 478), H3729 [21MY]

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

National Lock-In-Safety Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 238), H3171 [12MY]

National Medical Staff Services Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 399), H8220 [9SE]

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

National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 398), H6349 [21JY]

National Occupational Therapy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 471), H11197 [3OC]

National Parents of Murdered Children Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 336), H1101 [5MR]

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 450), H1599 [20MR]

National Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag Centennial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 482), H3835 [27MY]

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 Rehabilitation Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 411), H934 [3MR]

National Scleroderma Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 445), H2885 [30AP]

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

National Spina Bifida Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 470), H3020 [6MY]

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

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), H3917 [28MY]

Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 422), H3644 [20MY]

New York Stock Exchange: bicentennial (see H.J. Res. 441), H3019 [6MY]

OPIC: extend authorities (see H.R. 4996), H2712 [28AP]

Pearl Harbor (U.S.S.): naming of a guided missile cruiser (see H. Con. Res. 354), H7725 [6AU]

Polish-American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 532), H7060 [30JY]

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

Public Service Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 430), H2885 [30AP]

Railroad Retirement Board: taxation of tier II benefits (see H.R. 4083), H418 [14FE]

Real property: estate tax rates and land values relative to conservation easements (see H.R. 5469), H5081 [23JN]

Religion: freedom (see H.R. 4040), H289 [4FE]

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

Research: nonanimal acute toxicity testing by Federal Government (see H.R. 3918), H1692 [24MR]

Safety: ensure equitable distribution of benefits to public safety officers (see H.R. 5862), H9537 [25SE]

———require Federal, State, and local governments to permit certain emergency response personnel to conduct preincident planning activities (see H.R. 1424), H2897 [4MY]

Social Security: assistance to States to support informal caregivers of individuals with functional limitations (see H.R. 2106), H1778 [25MR]

Sports: minting of commemorative coins in honor of the World University Games (see H.R. 5476), H5980 [2JY]

States: regulation of surface transportation rates by certain motor and air carriers (see H.R. 3221), H4334 [5JN]

Tariff: antidumping duty and countervailing duty laws (see H.R. 5699), H6860 [28JY]

———oxidized polyacrylonitrile fiber tow (see H.R. 4888), H2669 [9AP]

———watch glasses (see H.R. 5040), H2883 [30AP]

Taxation: deduction for interest on educational loans (see H.R. 747), H407 [11FE]

———election of taxable years by certain entities (see H.R. 3943), H122 [28JA]

———exclude from gross estate value of certain land subject to a qualified conservation easement (see H.R. 2149), H1008 [4MR]

———extend certain expiring tax provisions (see H.R. 5240), H3728 [21MY]

———investment tax credit for purchase of manufacturing equipment (see H.R. 4902), H2885 [30AP]

———investment tax credit for vehicles fueled by clean-burning substances (see H.R. 1497), H2407 [7AP]

———repeal excise tax on luxury items (see H.R. 2598), H588 [25FE]

———special depreciation rules relative to adjusted current earnings (see H.R. 5440), H4982 [18JN]

———tax fairness and economic growth (see H.R. 6196), H12591 [5OC]

———treatment of business income for tax-exempt organizations relative to sponsorship payments (see H.R. 5308), H4121 [3JN]

———treatment of certain games of chance (see H.R. 5660), H6449 [22JY]

———treatment of gambling winnings (see H.R. 5048), H2884 [30AP]

———treatment of housing cooperatives (see H.R. 4097), H118 [28JA]

Telecommunications: development of information services industry (see H.R. 5559), H8148 [12AU]

Terrorism: bombing of the Israeli embassy in Argentina (see H. Con. Res. 297), H2324 [3AP]

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

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

Veterans: allow disability compensation concurrently with retirement pay (see H.R. 303), H1380 [19MR]

———enhance the dignity and personal freedom of patients in medical centers and nursing homes (see H.R. 3198), H329 [5FE]

———permit acceptance of military retirement pay concurrently with disability compensation (H.R. 3164), H1101 [5MR]

———service-connected disability benefits relative to POW status (see H.R. 4725), H2811 [29AP]

———treatment of payments by New York to blind disabled veterans (see H.R. 5543), H5979 [2JY]

Vietnam: withhold normalization of diplomatic and economic relations pending report on missing American servicemen in Southeast Asia (see H. Con. Res. 233), H1101 [5MR]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial 10th Anniversary Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 479), H7533 [5AU]

VietNow: grant charter (see H.R. 3849), H933 [3MR]

World War II: anniversary of the Battle of Midway (see H. Con. Res. 276), H3919 [28MY]

———establish a memorial to veterans in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 5437), H4982 [18JN]

Year of Reconciliation Between American Indians and Non-Indians: designate (see H.J. Res. 358), H848 [27FE]

Yugoslavia: most-favored-nation status (see H.R. 5258), H4589 [10JN]

Poems

``Song of Ellis Island,'' Emmie Kremer, E1620• [2JN]

Remarks by, on

Albania: most-favored-nation status (H.J. Res. 507), H7197 [3AU]

Budget: discretionary spending limits (H.R. 3732), H1219• [12MR]

Customs Service: modernize and simplify the administration of customs laws, H6051• [8JY]

DYD Co.: technical correction to tariff laws relative to import duties (H.R. 4470), E667• [12MR]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments, H597 [26FE]

Holocaust: remembrance, E1208• [1MY]

International trade: strengthen U.S. position (H.R. 5100), H6051• [8JY]

Israel: loan guarantees, E483• [27FE], E536• [4MR]

Lithuania: independence anniversary, H470• [19FE]

Ships and vessels: subsidy information and trade remedies against certain foreign-built ships (H.R. 2056), H3214 [13MY]

———subsidy information and trade remedies against certain foreign-built ships (H.R. 2056), consideration (H. Res. 443), H3183 [13MY]

Tariff: glass articles (H.R. 4791), E973• [7AP]

Taxation: allow nonexempt farmer cooperatives to elect patronage-sourced treatment for certain gains and losses (H.R. 5650), H7165 [3AU]

———application of wagering taxes to charitable organizations (H.R. 5648), H7172 [3AU]

———establish enterprise zones (H.R. 11), H5951 [2JY]

———establish enterprise zones (H.R. 11), conference report, H11643 [5OC]

———intermodal containers and small property and casualty insurance companies (H.R. 5674), H7162 [3AU]

———phaseout occupational taxes on alcoholic beverages and impose taxes on diesel fuel (H.R. 5649), H7189 [3AU]

———prohibit sale of a principal residence relative to frozen deposits in a financial institution (H.R. 5652), H7195 [3AU]

———promote incentives for economic growth and relief for families (H.R. 4210), H777 [27FE]

———treatment of certain amounts received by operators of licensed cotton warehouses (H.R. 5643), H7192 [3AU]

———treatment of certain deposits under perpetual insurance policies (H.R. 5657), H7196 [3AU]

———treatment of certain games of chance (H.R. 5660), H7157 [3AU]

———treatment of certain nonprofit organizations providing health benefits (H.R. 5641), H7166 [3AU]

———treatment of certain property and casualty insurance companies under the minimum tax (H.R. 5642), H7156 [3AU]

———treatment of corporate reorganizations through the exchange of debt instruments (H.R. 5655), H7163 [3AU]

Tokes, Lazlo: investigate death threats and harassment against, E298• [14FE]

Unemployment: emergency compensation (H.R. 5260), conference report, H5861 [2JY]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H326 [5FE], H844 [27FE], H1006 [4MR], H2878 [30AP], H3963 [2JN]

Tribute, E3127 [9OC]

Remarks in Senate relative to

Tribute, S18220 [8OC]

Tributes

Chauncey, Eliza P., E234• [6FE]

DeSibio, Peter, E508 [3MR]