ROUKEMA, MARGE(a Representative from New Jersey)

Amendments offered by, to

Budget: making supplemental appropriations, transfers, and rescissions (H.R. 5620), H6705 [27JY], H6800 [28JY]

ERISA: amend relative to preemption of certain State laws (H.R. 2782), H7296 [4AU]

Higher Education Act: amend (H.R. 3553), H1714 [24MR], H1902, H1903, H1906 [26MR]

Appointments

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

———H.R. 776, promote conservation of energy, H8105 [12AU], H8180 [9SE]

———H.R. 5334, Housing and Community Development Act, H9259 [23SE]

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

———S. 2, Strengthening Education for American Families Act, H8091 [12AU]

———S. 5, Family and Medical Leave Act, H7274 [4AU]

———S. 1150, Higher Education Act reauthorization, H1977 [26MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Children and youth: interstate enforcement of child support and parentage court orders (see H.R. 6091), H10100 [1OC]

ERISA: auditing of employee benefit plans (see H.R. 5158), H3240 [13MY]

Housing: use of amounts available from refinancing certain locally financed housing projects (see H.R. 4129), H119 [28JA]

Members of Congress: automatic salary adjustments (see H.R. 5215), H3643 [20MY]

Tariff: chemicals (see H.R. 4950), H2671 [9AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Armed Forces: reimbursement of Medicare or Civilian Health and Medical Program expenses for providing veterans or Armed Forces care (see H.R. 3349), H2673 [9AP]

Azerbaijan: U.S. trade policy (see H.R. 4161), H1346 [18MR]

Barnegat Bay, NJ: eligibility for priority consideration under the national estuary program (see H.R. 5508), H5541 [29JN]

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

Committee on Education and Labor: expenses for investigations and studies (see H. Res. 338), H288 [4FE]

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

Congressional Office of Inspector General: establish (see H.R. 4272), H1009 [4MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: veterans health care system (see H. Res. 399), H3020 [6MY]

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

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

Federal-State Pesticide Regulation Partnership Act: enact (see H.R. 3850), H1997 [26MR]

Financial institutions: interstate banking and branching (see H.R. 4170), H5323 [25JN]

Fire prevention: use of automatic sprinklers or equivalent level of fire safety (see H.R. 3360), H6583 [23JY]

Food industry: identification of food derivations developed by genetic modification of plant varieties (see H.R. 5401), H4855 [17JN]

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

House of Representatives: disclosure of information relative to check cashing at House bank (see H. Res. 395), H1267 [12MR]

———eliminate perquisites (see H. Res. 406), H2259 [1AP]

———require a recorded vote upon final passage of appropriations legislation (see H. Res. 332), H934 [3MR]

House Rules: amend relative to the availability of appropriations for office salaries and expenses (see H. Res. 376), H934 [3MR]

Housing: elderly families (see H.R. 3425), H479 [19FE]

———use of amounts available from refinancing certain locally financed housing projects (see H.R. 4449), H1266 [12MR]

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

Ireland, Northern: appoint special envoy (see H. Con. Res. 295), H3337 [14MY]

———human rights violations (see H. Con. Res. 278), H3171 [12MY]

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

Lyme Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 459), H2811 [29AP]

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

Medicare: payment for interpretation of electrocardiograms (see H.R. 3373), H2943 [5MY]

———payment of new physicians (see H.R. 4507), H2943 [5MY]

Members of Congress: require payment for services provided by the Office of the Attending Physician (see H.R. 3725), H2202 [31MR]

Mental health: inclusion of benefits in any health care reform legislation (see H. Con. Res. 296), H2943 [5MY]

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

Motor vehicles: availability of certain information to consumers (see H.R. 4228), H1134 [10MR]

National Awareness Week for Life-Saving Techniques: designate (see H.J. Res. 442), H2408 [7AP]

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), H1997 [26MR]

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

National Endometriosis Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 463), H2811 [29AP]

National Firefighters Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 523), H9443 [24SE]

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

National League of Families POW/MIA: authorizing display of flag (see H.J. Res. 478), H5980 [2JY]

National Medical Staff Services Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 399), H2202 [31MR]

National Muscular Dystrophy Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 505), H6147 [8JY]

National Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 455), H4983 [18JN]

National Occupational Therapy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 471), H7726 [6AU]

National Polio Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 404), H479 [19FE]

National Radon Action Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 550), H12592 [5OC]

National Rehabilitation Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 411), H588 [25FE]

National Scleroderma Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 445), H2291 [2AP]

National Spina Bifida Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 470), H3241 [13MY]

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

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

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

OSHA: regulations (see H. Con. Res. 92), H5542 [29JN]

Paine, Thomas: establish monument in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 1628), H3729 [21MY]

Postal Service: protect employees from exposure to medical waste (see H.R. 2861), H2496 [8AP]

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

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

Robert A. Roe Federal Building, Paterson, NJ: designate (see H.R. 5431), H4982 [18JN]

Securities: statute of limitations for private rights of action arising from certain legal violations (see H.R. 3185), H121 [28JA]

Taxation: allow credit for first-time home buyers (see H.R. 4821), H4854 [17JN]

———deductions for decommissioning costs of nuclear powerplants (see H.R. 2012), H407 [11FE]

———individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1406), H1181 [11MR]

———repeal excise tax on luxury items (see H.R. 2598), H141 [29JA]

———repeal the luxury tax on boats (see H.R. 951), H2201 [31MR]

———treatment of tobacco advertising and promotional expenses (see H.R. 5499), H7151 [31JY]

Terrorism: bombing of the Israeli embassy in Argentina (see H. Con. Res. 297), H1599 [20MR]

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

Unemployment: repeal certain optional rollover distribution procedures (see H.R. 5745), H7151 [31JY]

Veterans: allow disability compensation concurrently with retirement pay (see H.R. 303, 3164), H2291 [2AP]

———service-connected disability benefits relative to POW status (see H.R. 4725), H6584 [23JY]

Vietnam: withhold normalization of diplomatic and economic relations pending report on missing U.S. servicemen in Southeast Asia (see H. Con. Res. 233), H2677 [9AP]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial 10th Anniversary Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 479), H10101 [1OC]

Volunteer workers: immunity from civil liability for certain individuals working for nonprofit organizations and governmental entities (see H.R. 911), H1100 [5MR]

World Summit for Children: implementation (see H.R. 1633), H1997 [26MR]

Yugoslavia: recognize independence of Croatia and Slovenia (see H. Con. Res. 224), H122 [28JA]

Letters

PBS Federal funding: Alexander G. Piper, E3141• [9OC]

———Claire Duggan, E3140• [9OC]

———David Wren, E3142• [9OC]

———Drucilla Reaves, E3139• [9OC]

———Graham Speier, E3141• [9OC]

———Joe Corselli, E3139• [9OC]

———John Waldergard, E3139• [9OC]

———Lauren Tota, E3141• [9OC]

———Matthew Johnston, E3142• [9OC]

———Mike Katz, E3140• [9OC]

———Nicole Griffiths, E3142• [9OC]

———Peter Larsen, E3140• [9OC]

———Rachelle Orion, E3141• [9OC]

———Sandy Puljic, E3140• [9OC]

———Sunita Sreedharannair, E3142• [9OC]

———Tamara Wejnert, E3139• [9OC]

———Taryn Wirtz, E3142• [9OC]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H10017 [1OC]

Remarks by, on

Abortion: counseling at federally funded family planning clinics, H2830 [30AP]

American Visionary Art Museum: support as national repository and educational center for visionary art (S. Con. Res. 81), H8108, H8109 [12AU]

Budget: deficit reduction through space station funding termination, H6931 [29JY]

———making supplemental appropriations, transfers, and rescissions (H.R. 5620), H6800, H6801 [28JY]

Children and youth: improve child welfare, foster care, and adoption services (H.R. 3603), H7558 [6AU]

———interstate enforcement of child support and parentage court orders (H.R. 6091), H10041 [1OC], E3219• [9OC]

Condit, Larry: Morris-Sussex, NJ, Boy Scout Council Good Scout Award recipient, E3224• [9OC]

Conservation of energy: promote (H.R. 776), conference report, H11443• [5OC]

Dept. of the Interior: making appropriations (H.R. 5503), H6382 [22JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5677), conference report, H10956• [3OC]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs, HUD, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5679), H6897•, H6914, H6931 [29JY]

DeSanctis, Vincent: Boy Scouts of America Jenny Jump District George Washington Council Distinguished Citizen of the Year Award recipient, E1839• [16JN]

Disasters: making appropriations for assistance (H.R. 5132), conference report, H4914 [18JN]

Education: restructure system (H.R. 4323), H8040• [12AU]

———student loan program, H1902, H1903, H1904, H1907 [26MR]

Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 3), conference report, H2522• [9AP]

Employment: entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (S. 5), conference report, H8241 [10SE]

———entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (S. 5), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 560), H8230 [10SE]

———entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (S. 5), veto, H9932, H9938 [30SE]

———requirements for State apprenticeship and training programs, H7286, H7287, H7294 [4AU]

ERISA: amend relative to preemption of certain State laws (H.R. 2782), H7275, H7286, H7287, H7294, H7296 [4AU]

———auditing of employee benefit plans (H.R. 5158), E1371• [13MY]

Fairleigh Dickinson University: anniversary, E2853• [30SE]

Families and domestic relations: extend family planning services (H.R. 3090), H2830 [30AP]

Gerber, Robert A.: Bergen, NJ, Boy Scout Council Good Scout Award recipient, E3216• [9OC]

Health: human fetal tissue transplantation research, H3860 [28MY]

Higher Education Act: amend (H.R. 3553), H1902, H1903, H1904, H1907, H1961 [26MR]

———amend (H.R. 3553), consideration (H. Res. 403), H1738 [25MR]

———reauthorization (S. 1150), conference report, H6096 [8JY]

Housing: extend certain laws relative to housing and community development (H.R. 5334), H7404, H7408, H7488 [5AU]

———extend certain laws relative to housing and community development (H.R. 5334), conference report, H11462, H11474• [5OC]

———extend certain laws relative to housing and community development (H.R. 5334), consideration (H. Res. 537), H7393 [5AU]

———Federal aid programs for senior citizens, H6914 [29JY]

———use of amounts available from refinancing certain locally financed housing projects (H.R. 4449), H1303 [17MR]

New Jersey: emergency corrective action to repair highway, H6800, H6801 [28JY]

NIH: revise and extend programs (H.R. 2507), conference report, H3860 [28MY]

Parliamentary inquiry, H1907 [26MR]

Point of order, H1907 [26MR]

Resolution Trust Corp.: funding (H.R. 4704), H2219 [1AP]

Ridgewood, NJ: tribute to high school students supporting PBS, E3139• [9OC]

Sec. of Education: criteria when approving member schools, H1961 [26MR]

Sussex County, NJ: tribute to Adult Day Care Center, E2605• [14SE]

Taxation: promote incentives for economic growth and relief for families (H.R. 4210), H702• [27FE]

Unemployment: emergency compensation (H.R. 4095), H239• [4FE]

VanCampen, Stephen B.: Jenny Jump District George Washington Council of the Boy Scouts of America Distinguished Citizen Award recipient, E1845• [16JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H1590 [20MR], H3239 [13MY], H3914 [28MY], H4753 [16JN], H5041 [22JN], H5540 [29JN], H8356 [14SE], H10012 [30SE], H10098 [1OC]

Statements

HOME Program Improvements and Bond Refinancing Act: Brent Shipp, Dept. of HUD, H1303• [17MR]

Testimonies

Committee on Rules: Housing and Community Development Act (H.R. 5334), D995 [4AU], D1299 [5OC]

Committee on Ways and Means: Interstate Commission on Child Support Report, D1052 [11AU]

Tributes

Anderson, Celia, E1923• [22JN]

Benson, Thomas J., E1591• [28MY]

Del Vecchio, Michael, E2611• [14SE]

Haas, Janice, E1916• [22JN]

Janiga, Barbara, E1934• [22JN]

Mertz, Francis J., E2853• [30SE]

Milliken, Frank, E3276• [9OC]

Organas, Judy, H5795 [2JY]

Rabasca, Victor, E778• [20MR]

Santaro, Peter, E2020• [29JN]

Wylie, Representative, H9124• [22SE]