SERRANO, JOSE E.(a Representative from New York)

Appointments

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

Conferee: H.R. 5482, revise and extend programs of the Rehabilitation Act, H8178 [9SE]

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

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

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Crime: assistance to local educational agencies to reduce crime in schools (see H.R. 4538), H1599 [20MR]

Housing: issuance of mortgage revenue bonds (see H.R. 4383), H1007 [4MR]

Voting Rights Act: extend bilingual provisions (see H.R. 4312), H587 [25FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Abortion: use of RU-486 by Leona Benten under the supervision of her physician (see H. Con. Res. 350), H7061 [30JY]

AFDC: encourage self-sufficiency of recipients through microenterprises (see H.R. 3450), H4334 [5JN]

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

Alcoholic beverages: require ingredient labeling for malt beverages, wine, and distilled spirits (see H.R. 5613), H8148 [12AU]

Armed Forces: budgetary treatment of payments to local educational agencies for dependents of members (see H.R. 5083), H6246 [9JY]

———treatment of conscientious objectors (see H.R. 5060), H2942 [5MY]

Armstrong, Louis (Satchmo): issuance of an honorary commemorative postage stamp (see H.J. Res. 435), H2943 [5MY]

Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: designate (see H.R. 5572), H6979 [29JY]

Bill of Rights: importance (see H. Con. Res. 279), H478 [19FE]

Budget: discretionary spending limits (see H.R. 3732), H848 [27FE]

Bureau of Labor Statistics: time use surveys of unremunerated work and calculate the monetary value of such work (see H.R. 3625), H3019 [6MY]

Child abuse: establish national criminal background checks for child care providers (see H.R. 4585), H2810 [29AP]

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

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

———permanent resident status for certain nationals (see H.R. 3871), H3088 [7MY]

Coins: mint commemorative coins for 100th anniversary of protection of Civil War battlegrounds (see H.R. 5126), H4334 [5JN]

———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), H4679 [11JN]

Communications: development of broadband infrastructure and availability of emergency technologies (see H.R. 2546), H445 [18FE]

Country Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 520), H8304 [10SE]

Crime: auto theft prevention (see H.R. 4542), H3336 [14MY]

Democracy Day: designate election day as a legal public holiday (see H.R. 3681), H2258 [1AP]

Dept. of Defense: investigation of alleged improprieties at the Tailhook Association symposium in September 1991 (see H. Con. Res. 344), H9537 [25SE]

Dept. of Education: establish the position of Assistant Sec. of Education for Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs (see H.R. 4518), H1379 [19MR]

Diseases: establish cancer registries relative to studies on the elevated rate of mortality for breast cancer (see H.R. 4206), H2713 [28AP]

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

Ecology and environment: stabilize emissions of carbon dioxide (see H.R. 4750), H2290 [2AP]

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), H873 [2MR]

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

Employment: job opportunities (see H.R. 4122), H588 [25FE]

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

Financial institutions: prohibit receipt of advance fees by unregulated loan brokers (see H.R. 4954), H3739 [26MY]

Foreign trade: assure fair trade of motor vehicles and motor vehicle parts (see H.R. 4100), H1778 [25MR]

———impact of Arab boycotts on U.S. businesses (see H.R. 4002), H289 [4FE]

———relation of agreements to health, safety, labor, and environmental laws of the U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 246), H2408 [7AP]

Forests: protection of biodiversity and restraint on clearcutting (see H.R. 1969), H2943 [5MY]

Gandhi, Mohandas K.: establish a memorial to in the District of Columbia (see H.J. Res. 552), H9867 [29SE]

Gillespie, John Birks (Dizzy): award the Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 5842), H8832 [21SE]

Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see H.J. Res. 390), H330 [5FE]

Haiti: protection of Haitians in the U.S. pending the resumption of democratic rule (see H.R. 3844), H407 [11FE]

Haitian Freedom Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 535), H8220 [9SE]

Hazardous substances: consideration of community interests affected by corrective actions at hazardous waste sites (see H.R. 4571), H4589 [10JN]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 3535), H142 [29JA]

———surveillance, research, and services aimed at preventing birth defects (see H.R. 5531), H5792 [1JY]

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

Homeless: assistance (see H.R. 4300), H587 [25FE]

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

Housing: single family housing mortgage insurance program of the Federal Housing Administration (see H. Con. Res. 257), H3020 [6MY]

International law: abduction of persons from foreign places in order to try them for criminal offenses (see H.R. 5565), H6583 [23JY]

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

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

———presence of paramilitary groups and British security forces (see H.R. 3299), H1778 [25MR]

Irish Brigade Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 427), H1101 [5MR]

Irish-American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 350, 500), H289 [4FE], H4679 [11JN]

Italian-American Heritage and Culture Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 400), H4122 [3JN]

Japanese Americans: increase trust fund authorization relative to redress payments for interned civilians during World War II (see H.R. 4551), H1691 [24MR]

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

Kashmir: support freedom and democracy (see H. Res. 87), H445 [18FE]

Kennedy, John F.: release sealed documents relative to assassination (see H.J. Res. 454), H1997 [26MR]

Kentucky Bicentennial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 121), H2498 [8AP]

Local government: authorize payments (see H.R. 5798), H8576 [15SE]

———Federal payments for public needs assistance (see H.R. 3601), H1691 [24MR]

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

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

Medicaid: payment for services provided to individuals in psychiatric hospitals (see H.R. 5364), H10779 [2OC]

Medicare: coverage of anticancer drugs (see H.R. 3826), H3336 [14MY]

Mental health: inclusion of benefits in any health care reform legislation (see H. Con. Res. 296), H8220 [9SE]

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

National Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 407), H2898 [4MY]

National Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 318), H2202 [31MR]

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

National Barrier Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 426), H3377 [18MY]

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

National Bone Marrow Donor Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 551), H9867 [29SE]

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

National Correctional Officers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 397), H2291 [2AP]

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), H4590 [10JN]

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 433), H2408 [7AP]

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

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

National Foster Care Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 388), H2408 [7AP]

National Good Teen Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 409), H3019 [6MY]

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

National Law Enforcement Training Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 530), H12592 [5OC]

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

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

National Parents of Murdered Children Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 336), H7533 [5AU]

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), H11198 [3OC]

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), H6861 [28JY]

National Rehabilitation Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 411), H2713 [28AP]

National Scleroderma Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 445), H3919 [28MY]

National Senior Nutrition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 444), H3020 [6MY]

National Senior Softball Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 378), H122 [28JA]

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

National Walking Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 547), H9867 [29SE]

National Women and Girls in Sports Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 395, 546), H289 [4FE], H8147 [12AU]

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

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

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

Pledge of Allegiance: mint coins for 100th anniversary (see H.R. 2385), H1346 [18MR]

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

Postal Service: occupational safety and health of employees (see H.R. 4775), H8304 [10SE]

Public Service Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 430), H1134 [10MR]

Puerto Rico: increase medicaid benefits (see H.R. 5435), H4982 [18JN]

Radio: FCC regulation of multilingual broadcasting (see H.R. 3960), H1692 [24MR]

Refugee Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 531), H10779 [2OC]

Religious Freedom Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 325), H8576 [15SE]

Safety: ensure equitable distribution of benefits to public safety officers (see H.R. 5862), H10779 [2OC]

Saudi Arabia: prohibit sale of F-15 aircrafts (see H.J. Res. 548), H9294 [23SE]

Securities: surety bond transactions (see H.R. 3534), H848 [27FE]

Small business: loan assistance (see H.R. 4111), H418 [14FE]

———participation by disadvantaged concerns in business development programs (see H.R. 5467), H5081 [23JN]

———surety bond transactions (see H.R. 3536), H848 [27FE]

South Africa: U.S. policy toward apartheid (see H.R. 5761), H8220 [9SE]

Spain: support the planting of 500 California redwood trees in commemoration of the quincentenary of Christopher Columbus' voyage (see H.J. Res. 529), H7533 [5AU]

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

Syria: extradition of fugitive Nazi war criminal Alois Brunner (see H. Res. 129), H6350 [21JY]

Taxation: credits to employers for providing English language training to employees (see H.R. 4519), H1380 [19MR]

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

———law exclusion for scholarships and fellowships (see H.R. 4418), H8304 [10SE]

———make permanent the exclusion for group legal service plans (see H.R. 187), H478 [19FE]

———small issue bonds (see H.R. 4089), H479 [19FE]

———tax enterprise zones (see H.R. 4022), H1997 [26MR]

———treatment of paper products (see H.R. 4434), H4679 [11JN]

———treatment of unemployment compensation (see H.R. 4405), H1778 [25MR]

Telephones: billing for responses to sweepstakes and solicitations (see H.R. 5026), H3337 [14MY]

Trademarks: registration and protection (see H.R. 3051), H3088 [7MY]

———require certain disclosures relating to materially altered films (see H.R. 5868), H8145 [12AU]

Turkey: economic assistance relative to occupation of Cyprus (see H.R. 4399), H4122 [3JN]

U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child: ratification (see H. Res. 515), H9294 [23SE]

U.S. Boxing Commission: establish (see H.R. 5407), H4754 [16JN]

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

Virgin Islands: amend Revised Organic Act (see H.R. 4901), H3644 [20MY]

Voting: establish national voter registration procedures for Federal elections (see H.R. 4366), H1268 [12MR]

Waterways: State estuary conservation and management plans (see H.R. 5070), H3018 [6MY]

Week for the National Observance of the 50th Anniversary of World War II: designate (see H.J. Res. 371), H2811 [29AP]

Wetlands: protection (see H.R. 4255), H1181 [11MR]

Women: assist development of small businesses (see H.R. 3517), H2408 [7AP]

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

World Population Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 458), H2201 [31MR]

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

``Year of the American Indian, 1992—Congressional Recognition and Appreciation'': printing of book (see H. Con. Res. 328), H4696 [15JN]

Yugoslavia: most-favored-nation status (see H.R. 5258), H3924 [1JN]

———restrict assistance for Serbia (see H.R. 3518), H3964 [2JN]

Remarks by, on

Army: tribute to the 77th Infantry Division and Reserve Command, E2749• [22SE]

Asociacion de Cronistas de Espectaculos de Nueva York: anniversary, E870• [27MR]

Bronx, NY: St. Anselm's Church anniversary, E3042• [4OC]

———tribute Marcus Garvey Child Development Center, E3040• [4OC]

———tribute to Sister Clara Mohammed School, E3043• [4OC]

Bronx County, NY: tribute to Joseph Rodman Drake School, E1578• [28MY]

Bronx Shepherds Restoration Corp.: tribute, E1178• [30AP]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 290), H4663• [11JN]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1993-97 (H. Con. Res. 287), H1080• [5MR]

Children and youth: improve child welfare, foster care, and adoption services (H.R. 3603), H7561 [6AU]

Colorado, Resident Commissioner: welcome to service in the House of Representatives, H936 [4MR]

Commonwealth of Independent States: economic assistance (H.R. 4547), H7627• [6AU]

Crime: assistance to local educational agencies to reduce crime in schools (H.R. 4538), E760• [20MR]

Cuba: democratic reforms (H.R. 5323), H9087 [22SE]

Employment: entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (S. 5), conference report, H8261• [10SE]

Foreign trade: relation of agreements to health, safety, labor, and environmental laws of the U.S. (H. Con. Res. 246), H7707• [6AU]

Haiti: human rights violations, E1554• [27MY]

———repatriation of citizens, H274 [4FE], E1639• [3JN]

Higher Education Act: amend (H.R. 3553), H1756 [25MR]

———reauthorization (S. 1150), conference report, H6112• [8JY]

Housing: extend certain laws relative to housing and community development (H.R. 5334), E2545• [12AU]

———issuance of mortgage revenue bonds (H.R. 4383), E535• [4MR]

International Movement of the Pentecostal Church of God: tribute, E1788• [11JN]

Jerome, Stephen: Yeshiva University Albert Einstein College of Medicine Humanitarian Award recipient, E1709• [5JN]

National Small Business Week: observance, H3142• [12MY]

New York, NY: tribute to the Club de Bodegueros y Amigos, E1976• [24JN]

NIH: revise and extend programs (H.R. 2507), conference report, H3867• [28MY]

Port Chicago Naval Magazine: designate as a national memorial (H.J. Res. 306), H5354• [29JN]

Puerto Rico: referendum on political status, H7067 [31JY]

South Bronx Mental Health Council, Inc.: tribute, E72• [24JA]

Taxation: establish enterprise zones (H.R. 11), H5963• [2JY]

Votaw, Carmen D.: induction into Maryland Women's Hall of Fame, E970• [7AP]

Voting Rights Act: extend bilingual provisions (H.R. 4312), H6589, H6590, H6592, H6593•, H6611 [24JY]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H1590 [20MR], H1776 [25MR], H1992 [26MR], H3833 [27MY], H5181 [24JN], H8963 [22SE], H11351 [4OC]

Leave of absence: granted, H6977 [29JY], H8574 [15SE]

Testimonies

Committee on the Judiciary (House): Voting Rights Act, D384 [1AP]

Committee on the Judiciary (Senate): Voting Rights Act Language Assistance Amendments (S. 2236), D157 [26FE]

Tributes

Bell, James, E14• [3JA]

Ferrer, Jose, E129• [29JA]

Jones, Percellus, Jr., E826• [25MR]

Julia, Raul, E466• [27FE]

Martinez, Ruben B., E1785• [11JN]

O'Keefe, Jack, E765• [20MR]

Quinn, John M., E153• [30JA]

Sampson, James B., E2521• [12AU]

Sinatra, Frank, E3040• [4OC]