de LUGO, RON(a Delegate from the Virgin Islands)
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 2264, reconciliation of concurrent resolution on the budget, H4658 [14JY]
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Almeric L. Christian Federal Building, St. Croix, VI: designate (see H.R. 1346), H1290 [16MR]
FEMA: report on national windstorm insurance program (see H.R. 764), H482 [3FE]
Northern Mariana Islands: authorize nominations to U.S. military academies by the Resident Representative (see H.R. 969), H723 [18FE]
———financial assistance (see H.R. 1092), H876 [24FE]
Tariff: verification of wages and issuance of duty refund certificates to insure producers in the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa (see H.R. 1866), H2057 [27AP]
Territories: allow political, social, and economic development (see H.R. 154), H104 [6JA]
———constitutional amendment on Presidential election voting rights for residents (see H.J. Res. 195), H2462 [12MY]
———establish highway allocation formula (see H.R. 155), H104 [6JA]
Virgin Islands: construction projects (see H.R. 2356), H3373 [9JN]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
African-American Men Positive Role Model Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 290), H9079 [9NO]
African-American Women Positive Role Model Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 289), H9079 [9NO]
Air traffic controllers: retirement benefits of supervisors and managers (see H.R. 1174), H1081 [9MR]
Airline industry: eligibility of licensing applicants relative to previous bankruptcy filings within the industry (see H.R. 943), H1592 [24MR]
———international aviation agreements and agreements between air carriers of the U.S. and the United Kingdom (see H. Con. Res. 70), H1591 [24MR]
Airlines: issuance of certificate of public convenience and necessity relative to previous petitions for bankruptcy (see H.R. 2641), H6383 [6AU]
Airlines, airports, and aeronautics: advance notice of rate and fare changes for air transportation (see H.R. 2177), H4859 [20JY]
Alaska: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 39), H6381 [6AU]
Alcoholic beverages: require ingredient labeling for malt beverages, wine, and distilled spirits (see H.R. 1420), H1527 [18MR]
Armed Forces: equitable treatment for members from outside the continental U.S. relative to excess leave and permissive temporary duty (see H.R. 2114), H4859 [20JY]
Bonds: discrimination in surety bond transactions (see H.R. 1464), H3458 [10JN]
Business and industry: ensure financial soundness and solvency of insurers (see H.R. 1290), H2302 [5MY]
Childhood Cancer Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 185), H5453 [28JY]
Civil rights: protection of employees at the Wards Cove Packing Co., from discrimination (see H.R. 1172), H962 [2MR]
Classical Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 239), H9704 [15NO]
Coins: mint in commemoration of the Women in Military Service American Memorial (see H.R. 1697), H4507 [1JY]
Colleges and universities: participation of historically black institutions in federally funded research activities (see H.R. 84), H4574 [13JY]
Commission on the Advancement of Women in the Science and Engineering Work Forces: establish (see H.R. 467), H3783 [17JN]
Committee on Aging (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 19, 30), H119 [20JA]
Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 23), H219 [25JA]
Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 20), H88 [5JA]
Commodore John Barry Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 157), H5740 [3AU]
Community service: establish a community services empowerment program (see H.R. 818), H1687 [29MR]
Corp. for National Service: establish (see H.R. 2010), H2340 [6MY]
Country Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 106), H7173 [28SE], H7361 [30SE]
Courts: establish time limitation on civil actions against aircraft manufacturers (see H.R. 3087), H6777 [15SE]
Crime Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 252), H10990 [22NO]
Dept. of Commerce: establish toll free number to assist consumers in determining if products are American made (see H.R. 3342), H10301 [19NO]
Disasters: limit risk of property damage from hurricanes and provide a Federal insurance and reinsurance trust fund (see H.R. 1302), H2719 [24MY]
District of Columbia: statehood (see H.R. 51), H7827 [13OC]
Drugs: penalties for distribution of controlled substances at truck stops and rest areas (see H.R. 762), H482 [3FE]
Economy: emergency community development and housing assistance to stimulate growth (see H.R. 7), H590 [4FE]
Education: early childhood education programs (see H.R. 3201), H7360 [30SE]
———eliminate sexual harassment in schools (see H.R. 1795), H2817 [25MY]
———equal access for Hispanic Americans (see H.R. 3229), H7542 [6OC]
———establish grants for projects relative to character education (see H.R. 1952), H4508 [1JY]
———national framework for the development of School-to-Work Opportunities systems in all States (see H.R. 2884), H6292 [5AU]
———national policy to improve system (see H.R. 1804), H4508 [1JY]
———reauthorize We the People—the Citizen and the Constitution Program (see H.R. 1705), H6049 [4AU]
Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 78), H964 [2MR]
Employment: assistance to laid-off workers whose work has been transferred to a foreign country (see H.R. 2345), H6382 [6AU]
———equalize the remedies available to victims of intentional employment discrimination (see H.R. 224), H2034 [26AP]
Families and domestic relations: entitle family and medical leave under certain circumstances (see H.R. 1), H181 [21JA]
Federal aid programs: authorize economic assistance to State and local governments (see H.R. 581), H257 [26JA]
Federal employees: voluntary participation in political processes (see H.R. 20), H484 [3FE]
Federal Insurance Administration: reconstitute as independent agency (see H.R. 1257), H5740 [3AU]
Firearms: prohibit importation and manufacture of certain devices and enhance drug trafficking criminal penalties (see H.R. 1421), H1527 [18MR]
———waiting period before the purchase of a handgun (see H.R. 1025), H748 [22FE]
Flight attendants: limitations on duty time (see H.R. 14), H311 [27JA]
Floods: revise the national flood insurance program (see H.R. 62), H5554 [30JY]
Food stamps: ensure adequate access to retail food stores by recipients of food stamps (see H.R. 3436), H9565 [10NO]
Foreign trade: protection of U.S. copyright-based industries under certain agreements (see H. Res. 165), H2867 [26MY]
Geography Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 197), H6383 [6AU]
German-American Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 155), H5663 [2AU]
Gillespie, John Birks (Dizzy): award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 141), H104 [6JA]
Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see H.J. Res. 10), H878 [24FE]
Guam: land transfers (see H.R. 2144), H6294 [5AU]
———mint coins in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands (see H.R. 3372), H8506 [26OC]
Health: establish a national birth defects monitoring system to provide information for research and prevention (see H.R. 1296), H9873 [17NO]
———improve medical care for minorities (see H.R. 3230), H7542 [6OC]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 1200, 3600; H. Con. Res. 56), H1592 [24MR], H2598 [19MY], H10469 [20NO]
———protect children from environmental tobacco smoke (see H.R. 710), H2128 [28AP]
Health care facilities: development of health care provider networks, State review of expenditures, and assistance for the capital needs of safety net facilities (see H.R. 2494), H4012 [23JN]
Higher Education Act: making technical and clarifying amendments (see H.R. 3376), H8589 [27OC]
Homeless: supplemental appropriations for assistance (see H.R. 697), H641 [16FE]
House Rules: permit voting by secure electronic device from Members' districts under certain circumstances (see H. Res. 278), H8056 [15OC]
Housing: construction and revitalization of public units (see H.R. 1380), H3458 [10JN]
———mortgage insurance requirements for Alaska, Guam, Hawaii, or the Virgin Islands (see H.R. 1462), H1590 [24MR]
Immigration: admission of Amerasian children born in the Philippines (see H.R. 2429), H6677 [13SE]
———interim assistance to States (see H.R. 3495), H9564 [10NO]
International Student Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 130, 187), H1529 [18MR], H2303 [5MY]
Ireland, Northern: adoption of a Bill of Rights (see H. Con. Res. 61), H6294 [5AU]
Irish-American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 246), H10990 [22NO]
Italian-American Heritage and Culture Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 175), H10999 [23NO]
Jefferson, Thomas: mint coins in commemoration of 250th anniversary of birth (see H.R. 789), H4859 [20JY]
King, Martin Luther, Jr.: authorize the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternal organization to establish a memorial (see H.J. Res. 177), H2463 [12MY]
Labor unions: prevent discrimination based on participation in labor disputes (see H.R. 5), H359 [2FE]
Lumbee Tribe of Cheraw Indians: recognition (see H.R. 334), H1881 [2AP]
Lyme Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 92), H795 [23FE]
Martin Luther King, Jr., Federal Holiday Commission: authorizing appropriations and establishing Martin Luther King, Jr., Day as day of national community service (see H.R. 1933), H3836 [18JN]
Martin Luther King, Jr., Historic Site and Preservation District: rehabilitation and expansion of the African-American Panoramic Experience Center (see H.R. 1531), H3836 [18JN]
Medicaid: require State plans to cover screening mammography (see H.R. 425), H3342 [8JN]
Medicare: coverage of annual screening mammography for women 65 or over (see H.R. 427), H3342 [8JN]
Mental health: inclusion of benefits in comprehensive health care plan (see H. Con. Res. 52), H5362 [27JY]
Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 1509), H1686 [29MR]
Monuments and memorials: mint commemorative coins for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (see H.R. 1608), H2463 [12MY]
———mint commemorative coins for the Vietnam Women's Memorial (see H.R. 2467), H4682 [14JY]
———provide for a National Native American Veterans' Memorial (see H.R. 2135), H9704 [15NO]
National Adoption Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 257), H9704 [15NO]
National African-American Health Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 136), H2248 [4MY]
National Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 84), H1292 [16MR]
National American Indian Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 271), H7360 [30SE]
National Awareness Week for Life-Saving Techniques: designate (see H.J. Res. 162), H4080 [24JN]
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 11), H6595 [9SE]
National Burn Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 69), H311 [27JA]
National Children's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 226), H4507 [1JY]
National Crime Information Center: registration of child abuse offenders (see H.R. 515), H748 [22FE]
National Crime Victims' Rights Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 134), H1292 [16MR]
National Customer Service Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 234), H6982 [23SE]
National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 178), H1905 [19AP]
National Down Syndrome Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 206), H6294 [5AU]
National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 247), H5740 [3AU]
National Family Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 79), H3700 [16JN]
National FFA Organization Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 101), H589 [4FE]
National Former POW Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 6), H1740 [30MR]
National Foster Care Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 122), H1994 [21AP]
National Good Teen Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 75), H8875 [4NO]
National Historically Black Colleges Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 194), H2598 [19MY]
National Hospice Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 159), H9854 [16NO]
National Institute on Minority Health: establish (see H.R. 825), H1739 [30MR]
National Law Enforcement Training Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 165), H4408 [30JN]
National League of Families POW/MIA: authorize display of flag (see H.J. Res. 219), H6515 [8SE]
National Literacy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 213), H3921 [22JN]
National Men's Health Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 209), H6849 [21SE]
National Military Families Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 188), H2182 [29AP]
National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 219), H6515 [8SE]
National Rehabilitation Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 86), H1292 [16MR]
National Trauma Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 135), H1046 [4MR]
National Veterans Golden Age Games Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 190), H4182 [28JN]
National Week of Recognition and Remembrance for Those Who Served in the Korean War: designate (see H.J. Res. 204), H4080 [24JN]
National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 212), H3457 [10JN]
Northern Mariana Islands: mint coins in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands (see H.R. 3372), H8506 [26OC]
OSHA: reform (see H.R. 1280), H1163 [10MR]
———regulations (see H. Con. Res. 14), H5362 [27JY]
Parents Day: designate (see H. Res. 236), H10990 [22NO]
Patents: biotechnology process protection (see H.R. 760), H591 [4FE]
Pharmaceuticals: prices (see H.R. 916), H1055 [8MR]
Postal Service: limit expenditures on new logo (see H.R. 3328), H10999 [23NO]
Privacy: prevent abuses of electronic monitoring in the workplace (see H.R. 1900), H4575 [13JY]
Public Service Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 108, 253), H639 [16FE], H6381 [6AU]
Radio: recognize the achievements of radio amateurs and establish support for radio amateurs as national policy (see H.J. Res. 199), H8002 [14OC]
Rawls, Lou: award congressional gold medal (see H.R. 1718), H2463 [12MY]
Real property: mortgage servicing industry technology improvements (see H.R. 27), H1291 [16MR]
Recycling: newsprint (see H.R. 1809), H5663 [2AU]
———refund value requirement for certain beverage containers, and provide resources for State pollution prevention and recycling programs (see H.R. 1818), H2022 [22AP]
———tires (see H.R. 1810), H5663 [2AU]
———treatment of lead-acid batteries (see H.R. 1808), H5663 [2AU]
Refugees: involuntary return of refugees outside the U.S., and designate Haiti under temporary protected status (see H.R. 3663), H10985 [22NO]
Refuse disposal: incinerator regulation (see H.R. 2488), H3920 [22JN]
Revere Beach: feasibility of inclusion in the National Parks System (see H.R. 1739), H1935 [20AP]
Robert J. Lagomarsino Visitors Center: designate (see H.J. Res. 67), H2598 [19MY]
Romania: most-favored-nation status relative to treatment of institutionalized children (see H. Con. Res. 80), H2719 [24MY]
SBA: modify the small business and capital ownership development program (see H.R. 2662), H4756 [15JY]
Schools: reduction of violent crime in elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 538), H359 [2FE]
Six Rivers National Forest: protection and management of Redwood forest areas and addition of certain lands and waters (see H.R. 2866), H7360 [30SE]
Small business: executive education programs for managers of disadvantaged concerns (see H.R. 2349), H3373 [9JN]
———loan capital (see H.R. 660), H726 [18FE]
Small-Town Sunday: designate (see H.J. Res. 184), H4682 [14JY]
Smithsonian Institution: establish the National African American Museum (see H.R. 877), H589 [4FE]
Social Security: computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 1883), H2126 [28AP]
———earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 300), H108 [6JA]
———permit chronically ill parents to name standby guardians (see H.R. 1354), H5554 [30JY]
States: immunity from personal civil liability for certain volunteers working for nonprofit organizations and government entities (see H.R. 911), H1881 [2AP]
———quality and competence of private security services and personnel relative to Federal funding for juvenile delinquency programs (see H.R. 1534), H7172 [28SE]
Taxation: investment credit for stage 3 aircraft (see H.R. 1559), H2598 [19MY]
———low-income housing credit (see H.R. 18), H359 [2FE]
———mortgage revenue bonds (see H.R. 462), H878 [24FE]
———repeal luxury tax on boats (see H.R. 348), H484 [3FE]
———treatment of business meals and entertainment deductions (see H.R. 3227), H7541 [6OC]
Thurgood Marshall Day: designate (see H. Res. 170), H5042 [22JY]
Transportation: resolving claims of negotiated transportation rates (see H.R. 2121), H2867 [26MY]
Veterans: designate certain service of members of the merchant marine during World War II as active service (see H.R. 44), H83 [5JA]
———health care benefits for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans exposed to environmental hazards (see H.R. 2414), H4182 [28JN]
War in the Pacific National Historical Park: additional development (see H.R. 1944), H2182 [29AP]
Week for the National Observance of the Fiftieth Anniversary of World War II: designate (see H.J. Res. 80), H1905 [19AP]
Wetlands: protection (see H.R. 350), H1231 [11MR]
White House Conference on Tourism: convene (see H. Con. Res. 110), H3457 [10JN]
Women: protection from violent crime (see H.R. 1133), H2816 [25MY]
Women's History Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 143), H1164 [10MR]
World Population Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 268), H7035 [27SE]
World University Games: minting of commemorative coins (see H.R. 982), H3342 [8JN]
Years of the Girl Child: designate (see H.J. Res. 302), H10987 [22NO]
Yugoslavia: war-crime rape in Bosnia and Herzegovina (see H. Res. 32), H114 [7JA]
Remarks by, on
Almeric L. Christian Federal Building, St. Croix, VI: designate (H.R. 1346), H2226, H2226
Appropriations: supplemental (H.R. 2244), H2887 [26MY]
Black History Month: observance, H861
Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2264), H3289 [27MY]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 1994-98 (H. Con. Res. 64), H1483 [18MR]
Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control (House, Select): establish (H. Res. 20), H239 [26JA]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2520), H4720 [15JY]
District of Columbia: statehood (H.R. 51), H10438 [20NO]
Employment: summer youth jobs program, H2887 [26MY]
Families and domestic relations: entitle family and medical leave under certain circumstances (H.R. 1), H404 [3FE]
FEMA: report on national windstorm insurance program (H.R. 764), H363 [3FE]
Firearms: waiting period before the purchase of a handgun (H.R. 1025), H9115
Health: inclusion of U.S. territories in any comprehensive medical care legislation, H3348 [9JN]
House Rules: adopt and provide for voting privileges for Delegates from the District of Columbia and U.S. Territories (H. Res. 5), H43 [5JA]
Lumbee Tribe of Cheraw Indians: recognition (H.R. 334), H8633 [28OC]
Puerto Rico: plebiscite on political status, H9714 [16NO]
Territories: constitutional amendment on Presidential election voting rights for residents (H.J. Res. 195), H2432 [12MY]
Virgin Islands: construction projects (H.R. 2356), H6604
———mirror tax system, H94 [6JA]
War in the Pacific National Historical Park: additional development (H.R. 1944), H3854
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H586 [4FE], H722 [18FE], H874 [24FE], H4407 [30JN], H4504 [1JY], H4755 [15JY], H5359 [27JY], H6376 [6AU], H6675 [13SE], H8665 [1NO], H8793 [3NO], H8936 [8NO], H9078 [9NO], H9847 [16NO]
Leave of absence: granted, H1809 [31MR]
Special order: granted, H8665 [1NO]
Schedules
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs (House): Subcommittee on Consumer Credit and Insurance: insurance availability in communities at risk of natural disasters, D599 [27MY]
Committee on Public Works and Transportation (House): Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Grounds: GAO report on federal judiciary space, D1108 [7OC]
—————designation of certain public buildings and courthouses, D408 [27AP]
Tributes
Chavez, Cesar, H2240 [4MY]
Todman, Terence, H6682 [14SE]