McCLOSKEY, FRANK(a Representative from Indiana)
Amendments offered by, to
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2401), H7107 [28SE]
Appointments
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, H4511 [13JY]
———Parliamentary Assembly, H4511 [13JY]
Conferee: H.R. 2010, National Service Trust Act, H5783 [4AU]
———H.R. 2264, reconciliation of concurrent resolution on the budget, H4658 [14JY]
———H.R. 2401, Dept. of Defense appropriations, H8160 [19OC]
———H.R. 3167, extend emergency unemployment compensation, H8809 [4NO]
National Advisory Council on the Public Service, H1644 [29MR]
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Black Lung Benefits Act: benefit eligibility determination (see H.R. 266), H107 [6JA]
Bosnia and Herzegovina: delivery of humanitarian assistance (see H. Con. Res. 189), H10987 [22NO]
Dept. of Defense: mailing privileges for essential civilian personnel serving abroad during military operations (see H.R. 576), H257 [26JA]
———revise overseas teacher pay and personnel practices (see H.R. 3499), H9564 [10NO]
Federal employees: temporary employee benefits (see H.R. 2648), H4756 [15JY]
Government: coverage of certain employees under the Federal Employees Retirement System (see H.R. 3452), H8874 [4NO]
Medicare: recipients eligibility for medicaid (see H.R. 1263), H1080 [9MR]
National Flag Celebration Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 154, 179, 286), H1291 [16MR], H1935 [20AP], H8795 [3NO]
Office of Special Counsel: reauthorize (see H.R. 2970), H6379 [6AU]
Solid waste: prohibit use as incinerator fuel and review disposal methods of certain hazardous substances (see H.R. 1740), H1935 [20AP]
Taxation: recovery of certain military disability severance tax overpayments (see H.R. 2971), H6379 [6AU]
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]
Agriculture: prohibit the transfer or marketing of nonambulatory livestock (see H.R. 559), H2428 [11MY]
Airline industry: eligibility of licensing applicants relative to previous bankruptcy filings within the industry (see H.R. 943), H2487 [13MY]
Airlines: issuance of certificate of public convenience and necessity relative to previous petitions for bankruptcy (see H.R. 2641), H6515 [8SE]
Amtrak: operation of rail passenger service between Chicago, IL, and Jacksonville, FL (see H.R. 1090), H876 [24FE]
Animals: prohibit export of American black bear viscera (see H.R. 55), H484 [3FE]
Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 109), H5108 [26JY]
Armed Forces: award the Purple Heart to persons wounded in action by friendly fire (see H.R. 558), H1881 [2AP]
———procedures for determination and classification of missing or deceased status (see H.R. 291), H6848 [21SE]
Bosnia and Herzegovina: lift U.S. arms embargo (see H.R. 2315), H3594 [15JN]
———U.S. policy (see H. Res. 35), H180 [21JA]
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 103), H8796 [3NO]
———require President's proposal to have operating and capital budget, and distinguish between Federal funds and trust funds (see H.R. 1182), H963 [2MR]
Canada: treatment of U.S. chicken imports (see H. Con. Res. 185), H10469 [20NO]
China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (see H.R. 1835, 1890), H2023 [22AP], H2126 [28AP]
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]
Coal: increase collective bargaining stability and preserve job opportunities in mining industry (see H.R. 2980), H6380 [6AU]
Coins: mint in commemoration of the Women in Military Service American Memorial (see H.R. 1697), H2598 [19MY]
Communism: construction of an international monument to honor the victims of communism (see H.J. Res. 237), H7173 [28SE]
Corp. for National Service: establish (see H.R. 2010), H2598 [19MY]
Country Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 106), H4575 [13JY]
Crime: create remedies for child victims of sexual exploitation (see H. Res. 281), H9854 [16NO]
———protect victims' rights (see H.R. 3120), H6901 [22SE]
Croatia: most-favored-nation status (see H.R. 2786), H9873 [17NO]
Dept. of Commerce: establish toll free number to assist consumers in determining if products are American made (see H.R. 3342), H10301 [19NO]
Dept. of HUD: establish community and economic development demonstration programs (see H.R. 2191), H2596 [19MY]
Dept. of Justice: investigation relative to kidnaping of Polly Klaas (see H. Res. 285), H9566 [10NO]
Drugs: allow licensed veterinarians to order the extra-label use of drugs in animals (see H.R. 1423), H1527 [18MR]
Education: authorizing appropriations for certain programs (see H.R. 6), H10301 [19NO]
Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 78), H2463 [12MY]
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), H260 [26JA]
EPA: establish an office near the Mexican border (see H.R. 118), H219 [25JA]
ERISA: clarify the treatment of a qualified football coaches plan (see H.R. 1981), H4757 [15JY]
———prevent preemption of certain State laws (see H.R. 1036), H1936 [20AP]
Executive departments: require use of recycled paper (see H.R. 2319), H7671 [7OC]
Families and domestic relations: entitle family and medical leave under certain circumstances (see H.R. 1), H181 [21JA]
FCC: action of Chairman (see H. Res. 135), H3921 [22JN]
Federal aid programs: making appropriations for WIC, Head Start, and Job Corp programs (see H.R. 1722), H10301 [19NO]
Federal employees: administrative review of employment discrimination claims (see H.R. 2721), H5073 [23JY]
———employee training restrictions, and temporary voluntary separation incentive (see H.R. 3345), H8433 [22OC]
———rules for filling Senior Executive Service positions by current or recently separated appointees (see H.R. 853), H588 [4FE]
———voluntary participation in political processes (see H.R. 20), H484 [3FE]
Federal Water Pollution Control Act: reauthorize water pollution control programs (see H.R. 1544), H1739 [30MR]
FERC: postpone natural gas processing restructuring proceedings relative to economic impact study (see H.J. Res. 137), H1080 [9MR]
Financial institutions: claiming of certain distributions of unknown or unreachable owners (see H.R. 2443), H8666 [1NO]
———reduce regulatory burden (see H.R. 962), H2867 [26MY]
Food Stamp Act: amend relative to quality control (see H.R. 1195), H1009 [3MR]
Foreign aid: promote sustainable development in environmentally sound ways (see H. Con. Res. 100), H2462 [12MY]
Foreign countries: Presidential authority relative to exchange of information, travel, and educational and cultural exchanges (see H.R. 1579), H1856 [1AP]
Foreign trade: labor, environmental, and agricultural standards and dispute resolution process relative to North American trade agreements (see H.R. 1445), H1590 [24MR]
———labor, environmental, and agricultural standards and dispute resolution process relative to Western Hemisphere trade agreements (see H.R. 1446), H1590 [24MR]
———protection of U.S. copyright-based industries under certain agreements (see H. Res. 165), H2867 [26MY]
Forests: restraints upon clearcutting (see H.R. 1164), H1740 [30MR]
Geography Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 197), H7452 [5OC]
German-American Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 155), H1885 [5AP]
Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see H.J. Res. 10), H1166 [10MR]
Health: designation of obstetrician-gynecologists as primary care providers for women in Federal health care programs (see H. Res. 234), H8507 [26OC]
———extension of health coverage of a dependent child as long as such child remains a full-time student (see H.R. 1144), H901 [25FE]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 1200), H1936 [20AP]
Health Care Fraud and Abuse Commission: establish (see H.R. 671), H4859 [20JY]
House of Representatives: limit expense payments to former Speakers (see H.R. 513), H2487 [13MY]
Irish-American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 246), H8057 [15OC]
Labor unions: prevent discrimination based on participation in labor disputes (see H.R. 5), H359 [2FE]
Lyme Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 92), H1047 [4MR]
Malta: release of Mohammed Ali Rezaq (see H. Res. 118), H1529 [18MR]
Maritime Security Fleet Program: establish (see H.R. 2151), H5663 [2AU]
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), H7263 [29SE]
Medicare: coverage of electrocardiograms performed during an office visit (see H.R. 942), H1592 [24MR]
———coverage of self-management training services for individuals with diabetes (see H.R. 1194), H10988 [22NO]
———limit penalty for late enrollment (see H.R. 769), H682 [17FE]
Mental health: inclusion of benefits in comprehensive health care plan (see H. Con. Res. 52), H3701 [16JN]
Merchant marine industry: encourage investment (see H.R. 2152), H5452 [28JY]
Middle East: establish a Conference on Security and Cooperation in the Middle East (see H. Con. Res. 181), H9853 [16NO]
Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 1509), H1686 [29MR]
Mining and mineral resources: improve the Black Lung Program (see H.R. 2108), H2523 [18MY]
———locatable minerals on public domain lands (see H.R. 322), H1080 [9MR]
Money: mint one-dollar coins (see H.R. 1322), H1231 [11MR]
Monuments and memorials: mint commemorative coins for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (see H.R. 1608), H3342 [8JN]
National Adoption Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 257), H9704 [15NO]
National Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 84), H911 [1MR]
National American Indian Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 271), H8659 [28OC]
National Arbor Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 127), H1994 [21AP]
National Awareness Week for Life-Saving Techniques: designate (see H.J. Res. 162), H2598 [19MY]
National Biomedical Research Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 111), H1994 [21AP]
National Burn Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 69), H1292 [16MR]
National Correctional Officers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 119), H3594 [15JN]
National Crime Victims' Rights Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 134), H1994 [21AP]
National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 178), H6902 [22SE]
National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 247), H7173 [28SE]
National Family Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 79), H1414 [17MR]
National FFA Organization Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 101), H589 [4FE]
National Firefighters Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 272), H8057 [15OC]
National Former POW Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 6), H1232 [11MR]
National Foster Care Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 122), H2025 [22AP]
National Good Teen Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 75), H8875 [4NO]
National Health Information Management Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 205), H5527 [29JY]
National Historically Black Colleges Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 194), H4575 [13JY]
National Home Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 139), H8938 [8NO]
National Hospice Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 159), H8203 [19OC]
National League of Families POW/MIA: authorize display of flag (see H.J. Res. 219), H6515 [8SE]
National Lighthouse Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 142), H3511 [14JN]
National Literacy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 213), H3921 [22JN]
National Mammography Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 265), H7828 [13OC]
National Manufacturing Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 285), H10302 [19NO]
National Military Families Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 188), H2182 [29AP]
National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 94), H483 [3FE]
National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 131), H1010 [3MR]
National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 219), H6515 [8SE]
National Radon Action Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 242), H6515 [8SE]
National Safe Place Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 140), H6595 [9SE]
National Trauma Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 135), H1292 [16MR]
National Veterans Golden Age Games Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 190), H2247 [4MY]
National Week of Recognition and Remembrance for Those Who Served in the Korean War: designate (see H.J. Res. 204), H4575 [13JY]
National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 212), H3457 [10JN]
National Youth Sports Program Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 196), H4013 [23JN]
Nonprofit organizations: transfer to States certain surplus property for donation to impoverished individuals (see H.R. 2461), H3921 [22JN]
Nuclear weapons: national policy of non-proliferation (see H.R. 2076), H2427 [11MY]
———test ban (see H. Con. Res. 37), H1937 [20AP]
Occupational safety and health: workplace safety for Federal and Postal Service employees (see H.R. 115), H1528 [18MR]
Ohio River Corridor Study Commission: establish (see H.R. 2095), H3510 [14JN]
OSHA: reform (see H.R. 1280), H1592 [24MR]
———regulations (see H. Con. Res. 14), H964 [2MR]
Patents: biotechnology process protection (see H.R. 760), H682 [17FE]
Postal Service: reemployment of retirees in temporary positions relative to offset of annuity (see H.R. 3246), H9079 [9NO]
POW: minting of commemorative coins (see H.R. 535), H1292 [16MR]
Presidents of the U.S.: reduce office and staff allowances for former Presidents (see H.R. 207), H2342 [6MY]
Printing: use of vegetable-based inks for Federal lithographic printing (see H.R. 1595), H1993 [21AP]
Privacy: prevent abuses of electronic monitoring in the workplace (see H.R. 1900), H5527 [29JY]
Public Health Service: traumatic brain injury study (see H.R. 3121), H8002 [14OC]
Public lands: designate certain as wilderness, wild and scenic rivers, national park and preserve study areas, wild land recovery areas, and biological connecting corridors (see H.R. 2638), H8938 [8NO]
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), H3594 [15JN]
Radio Free Europe: broadcasts to the former Yugoslavia (see H. Con. Res. 76), H2183 [29AP]
Radioactive substances: international ban on ocean dumping of low-level nuclear waste (see H. Con. Res. 177), H8937 [8NO]
Refuse disposal: incinerator regulation (see H.R. 2488), H3920 [22JN]
———limit out-of-State solid waste disposal (see H.R. 2848), H5740 [3AU]
———regulation of out-of-State solid waste (see H.R. 1076), H794 [23FE]
———regulation of out-of-state solid waste (see H.R. 963), H1080 [9MR]
Religious Freedom Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 216), H3700 [16JN]
Rural areas: inclusion of rural health care in comprehensive health care plan (see H. Con. Res. 69), H1550 [23MR]
Ships and vessels: exclude shipboard supervisory personnel from selection as employer representatives (see H.R. 859), H6514 [8SE]
Skelton, Richard (Red): award the Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2012), H4508 [1JY]
Small business: extend deductions for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 162), H640 [16FE]
Social Security: development of health care centers for medically underserved populations (see H.R. 725), H358 [2FE]
———tax exemption for election workers and officials (see H.R. 1332), H6595 [9SE]
Social Security Administration: establish as an independent agency (see H.R. 647), H1936 [20AP]
Space policy: prohibit outer space advertising (see H.R. 2599), H4506 [1JY]
States: immunity from personal civil liability for certain volunteers working for nonprofit organizations and government entities (see H.R. 911), H639 [16FE]
———non-compliance with Federal program requiring safety belt and motorcycle helmet use (see H.R. 799), H591 [4FE]
Strategic materials: U.S. policy on plutonium use (see H.R. 3076), H6757 [14SE]
Sudan: U.S. policy (see H. Con. Res. 131), H5740 [3AU]
Taxation: credits for a portion of employer Social Security taxes paid relative to employee cash tips (see H.R. 1141), H4757 [15JY]
———designation of income tax refund to a trust fund dedicated to hunger relief (see H.R. 81), H3457 [10JN]
———employer-provided educational assistance (see H.R. 127), H1046 [4MR]
———exclusion for amounts received under group legal services (see H.R. 326), H1993 [21AP]
———extend mortgage revenue bond program (see H.R. 462), H484 [3FE]
———low-income housing credit (see H.R. 18), H359 [2FE]
———make permanent the targeted jobs tax credit and treat certain medal awardees as a targeted group (see H.R. 3147), H7171 [28SE]
———rehabilitation credit for historic neighborhoods (see H.R. 1406), H2687 [20MY]
———small issue bonds (see H.R. 360), H748 [22FE]
———targeted jobs credit (see H.R. 325), H2128 [28AP]
———treatment of cooperative telephone companies (see H.R. 778), H1993 [21AP]
———treatment of real estate investments (see H.R. 749), H2128 [28AP]
Telecommunications: infrastructure modernization, cable television competition, and video programming by telephone companies (see H.R. 1504), H1686 [29MR]
Trade Act: extend and improve adjustment assistance program for firms (see H.R. 2598), H4506 [1JY]
Trails: designate the route from Selma, AL, to Montgomery, AL, as a national historic trail (see H.R. 2966), H6379 [6AU]
U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child: senatorial advice relative to ratification (see H. Con. Res. 15), H114 [7JA]
Unemployment: extend emergency compensation (see H.R. 526), H359 [2FE]
Veterans: designate certain service of members of the merchant marine during World War II as active service (see H.R. 44), H2493 [17MY]
———outpatient medical services for any disability of a former POW (see H.R. 1442), H2995 [27MY]
———special pension rate for recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor (see H.R. 1796), H6902 [22SE]
Water pollution: assistance to economically distressed rural communities (see H.R. 1980), H2348 [10MY]
Week for the National Observance of the Fiftieth Anniversary of World War II: designate (see H.J. Res. 80), H1414 [17MR]
Women: protection from violent crime (see H.R. 1133), H1592 [24MR]
Women's History Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 143), H1164 [10MR]
World Food Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 218), H7707 [12OC]
World Summit for Children: implement plan of action (see H.R. 2501), H8703 [2NO]
World War II: commend the heroic rescue of Danish Jews (see H. Con. Res. 171), H8876 [4NO]
———establish an Armed Forces memorial in Washington, DC (see H.R. 682), H1858 [1AP]
Yugoslavia: assistance to victims of war crimes (see H.R. 1377), H1291 [16MR]
———civil war and ethnic violence (see H. Con. Res. 24), H591 [4FE]
———investigation and prosecution of international law violations (see H. Con. Res. 154), H6981 [23SE]
Zaire: democracy (see H. Res. 128), H2428 [11MY]
Pledge of Allegiance
House of Representatives, H966 [3MR]
Remarks by, on
Bosnia and Herzegovina: delivery of humanitarian assistance (H. Con. Res. 189), H10952 [22NO]
Budget: deficit reduction efforts, H10858
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2264), conference report, H6240 [5AU]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 1994-98 (H. Con. Res. 64), H1409
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: meeting of Parliamentary Assembly, H4751 [15JY]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2401), H6570
———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2401), consideration (H. Res. 233), H5786 [4AU]
———give Federal employees the same safeguards on security clearance rights as contractor employees, H6570
Dept. of State, USIA, and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2333), H3880 [22JN]
———random drug testing, H3880 [22JN]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2520), H4698 [15JY]
Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2750), H6888, H6889 [22SE]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: resolution of complaints of unlawful employment discrimination (H.R. 1032), H2050 [27AP]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs, HUD, and certain independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2491), H4161
Families and domestic relations: entitle family and medical leave under certain circumstances (H.R. 1), H397 [3FE]
Federal employees: voluntary participation in political processes (H.R. 20), H768 [23FE], H6820
Government: improve (H.R. 3400), H10858
Hudson, Marlene A.: relief (H.R. 2628), H4698 [15JY]
Ireland, Northern: escalation of terrorism, H8491 [26OC]
NASA: Advanced Solid Rocket Motor program funding, H4161
National Guard: Merit Systems Protection Board appeals, H6645 [13SE]
Taxation: recovery of certain military disability severance tax overpayments (H.R. 2971), H6298 [6AU]
Unemployment: extend emergency compensation (H.R. 3167), H8806 [4NO]
Yugoslavia: civil war and ethnic violence, H364 [3FE], H1804, H1807 [31MR], H4263 [29JN]
———U.S. military intervention in Bosnia and Herzegovina, H5786 [4AU], H7888 [14OC]
———U.S. military intervention in Macedonia, H5786 [4AU]
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H2017 [22AP], H6047 [4AU], H6591 [9SE], H8001 [14OC]
Special order: granted, H1162 [10MR], H1289 [16MR], H1412 [17MR], H5525 [29JY], H7821 [13OC], H8504 [26OC]
Schedules
Committee on Armed Services (House): Subcommittee on Military Installations and Facilities: military construction, base closures, and environmental issues, D474 [6MY]
Committee on Energy and Commerce (House): Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials: Superfund program, D707 [23JN]
—————effect of flooding in the Midwest on rail service, D1029 [23SE]
Committee on Rules (House): Dept. of Defense appropriations, D895 [2AU]
Statements
Establishing Peace in Northern Ireland: Albert Reynolds and Dick Spring, H8031 [15OC]
Tributes
Hume, John, H8031 [15OC]