RIDGE, THOMAS J.(a Representative from Pennsylvania)

Amendments offered by, to

Labor unions: prevent discrimination based on participation in labor disputes (H.R. 5), H3560 [15JN]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 2401, Dept. of Defense appropriations, H8160 [19OC]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Business and industry: provide for cleanup of industrial sites, establish Cleanup Loan Fund and Industrial Land Recycling Fund (see H.R. 3043), H6594 [9SE]

Congressional Office of Inspector General: establish (see H.R. 1368), H1291 [16MR]

Taxation: credit for investments in new manufacturing equipment (see H.R. 691), H310 [27JA]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Agriculture: food safety protections relative to pesticide use (see H.R. 1627), H7360 [30SE]

Alderson, Wayne T.: award Medal of Honor for World War II service (see H. Con. Res. 127), H6677 [13SE]

———relief (see H.R. 2745), H6677 [13SE]

Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 109), H6294 [5AU]

Armed Forces: establish separate Reserve component commands within each branch (see H.R. 1827), H5452 [28JY]

Asylum Abuse Prevention Act: enact (see H.R. 3284), H8057 [15OC]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 103), H589 [4FE]

———discretionary spending limits (see H.R. 3266), H8659 [28OC]

Coins: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversary of Thomas Jefferson's birth, POW, and certain veterans memorials (see H.R. 3548), H10300 [19NO]

Commission on Information Technology and Paperwork Reduction: establish (see H.R. 2995), H6380 [6AU]

Commodore John Barry Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 157), H5453 [28JY]

Congress: application of certain employment, health, and safety laws and rights (see H.R. 349), H109 [6JA]

Courts: admissibility of certain testimony relative to domestic violence cases (see H. Con. Res. 20), H2996 [27MY]

Crime: create remedies for child victims of sexual exploitation (see H. Res. 281), H8327 [20OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: resolution of complaints of unlawful employment discrimination (see H.R. 1032), H1081 [9MR]

Disasters: prevent price gouging (see H.R. 1087), H5042 [22JY]

Drugs: allow licensed veterinarians to order the extra-label use of drugs in animals (see H.R. 1423), H3593 [15JN]

Ecology and environment: conservation and management of wetlands (see H.R. 1330), H1231 [11MR]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments (see H.R. 3550), H10300 [19NO]

Education: establishment of new public schools (see H.R. 1113), H876 [24FE]

ERISA: clarify the treatment of a qualified football coaches plan (see H.R. 1981), H3458 [10JN]

———prevent preemption of certain State laws (see H.R. 1036), H2128 [28AP]

Federal aid programs: assistance to pregnant women, children in need of adoptive families, and individuals and families adopting children (see H.R. 3029), H6513 [8SE]

Federal employees: voluntary participation in political processes (see H.R. 20), H311 [27JA]

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: amend relative to minor use pesticides (see H.R. 967), H1906 [19AP]

Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (see H.R. 1295), H6757 [14SE]

Financial institutions: assist community development institutions and establish the Community Development Fund (see H.R. 2707), H5041 [22JY]

———claiming of certain distributions of unknown or unreachable owners (see H.R. 2443), H7827 [13OC]

———promote community development in economically depressed areas (see H.R. 238), H3920 [22JN]

———reduce regulatory burden (see H.R. 962), H5108 [26JY]

Firearms: constitutional right of U.S. citizens to bear and keep arms (see H. Con. Res. 3), H3594 [15JN]

Foreign trade: protection of U.S. copyright-based industries under certain agreements (see H. Res. 165), H6050 [4AU]

GATT: negotiations objectives (see H. Con. Res. 193), H10987 [22NO]

Geography Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 197), H6383 [6AU]

German-American Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 155), H6515 [8SE]

Government: establishment, testing, and evaluation of strategic planning and performance measurement (see H.R. 826), H1858 [1AP]

Government regulations: assessments relative to the taking of private property (see H.R. 561), H2597 [19MY]

———judicial review of Federal agency compliance with regulatory flexibility analysis requirements (see H.R. 830), H1047 [4MR]

Head Start Program: quality and performance standards (see H.R. 1528), H3859 [21JN]

Historic buildings: mint coins in commemoration of Federal acceptance of responsibility of care and maintenance (see H.R. 1671), H3342 [8JN]

House of Representatives: require open committee meetings and allow the broadcasting and still photography of proceedings (see H. Res. 237), H8002 [14OC]

House Rules: amend to require open committee meetings and allow broadcasting and photography of meetings and hearings (see H. Res. 175), H4575 [13JY]

Immigration: improve inspection procedures and exclude for admissions fraud (see H.R. 1355), H1291 [16MR]

Lyme Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 92), H2687 [20MY]

Matthew B. Ridgway Veterans Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA: designate (see H.R. 3502), H9565 [10NO]

Medicare: technical changes (see H.R. 21), H2247 [4MY]

Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 148), H6982 [23SE]

Mining and Mineral Resources Research Institute Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1470), H7671 [7OC]

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), H1857 [1AP]

National Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 84), H1529 [18MR]

National Arbor Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 127), H1994 [21AP]

National D.A.R.E. Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 214), H3593 [15JN]

National Family Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 79), H8507 [26OC]

National Firefighters Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 272), H10160 [18NO]

National Home Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 139), H10160 [18NO]

National Law Enforcement Training Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 165), H9704 [15NO]

National League of Families POW/MIA: authorize display of flag (see H.J. Res. 219), H6515 [8SE]

National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 94), H1292 [16MR]

National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 219), H6515 [8SE]

National Rehabilitation Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 86), H4859 [20JY]

OSHA: regulations (see H. Con. Res. 14), H5362 [27JY]

POW/MIA: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 91), H4278 [29JN]

Public welfare programs: reform (see H.R. 3500), H9564 [10NO]

Refuse disposal: limit out-of-State solid waste disposal (see H.R. 2848), H5740 [3AU]

Religious Freedom Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 216), H8876 [4NO]

RTC: compensation and bonuses (see H.R. 1725), H1934 [20AP]

Rural areas: inclusion of rural health care in comprehensive health care plan (see H. Con. Res. 69), H1885 [5AP]

Schools: reduction of violent crime in elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 538), H179 [21JA]

Small business: extend deductions for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 162), H3783 [17JN]

———participation in business development programs by concerns controlled by individuals with disabilities (see H.R. 794), H1080 [9MR]

———protect and promote (see H.R. 1057), H3374 [9JN]

Social Security: cash payments to domestic employees (see H.R. 899), H963 [2MR]

———earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 300), H878 [24FE]

States: prohibit intentional creation of legislative districts based on the race, color, or language minority status of voters within such districts (see H.R. 2862), H6048 [4AU]

Tariff: iron and steel pipe and tube products (see H.R. 1236, 1366), H1046 [4MR], H1291 [16MR]

Taxation: economic impact of lowering the estate tax exemption (see H. Con. Res. 6), H2428 [11MY]

———exemption for dependent children (see H.R. 436), H3783 [17JN]

———low-income housing credit (see H.R. 18), H4012 [23JN]

———mortgage revenue bonds (see H.R. 462), H2342 [6MY]

———treatment of qualified small issue bonds (see H.R. 827), H2597 [19MY]

Unemployment: use of unemployment funds to assist unemployed individuals in becoming self-employed (see H.R. 1154), H5361 [27JY]

Veterans: compensation rate for veterans with service-connected disabilities and survivors' dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 3340), H8659 [28OC]

———disability compensation rates, dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors (see H.R. 798), H483 [3FE]

———extend and expand medical services (see H.R. 3313), H8875 [4NO]

———Government positions preference eligibility for Persian Gulf veterans (see H.R. 476), H794 [23FE]

———restore eligibility for certain benefits to unremarried surviving spouses (see H.R. 3456), H9565 [10NO]

———special pension rate for recipients of the Medal of Honor (see H.R. 1796, 3341), H8507 [26OC], H8659 [28OC]

Week for the National Observance of the Fiftieth Anniversary of World War II: designate (see H.J. Res. 80), H2463 [12MY]

World Food Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 218), H7361 [30SE]

Motions offered by

House of Representatives: publication of Members signing discharge motions (H. Res. 134), H6509 [8SE]

Remarks by, on

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2264), motion to instruct conferees, H4650 [14JY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1994-98 (H. Con. Res. 64), H1447 [18MR]

Coins: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversary of Thomas Jefferson's birth, POW, and certain veterans memorials (H.R. 3548), H10531, H10532 [21NO]

Competitiveness Policy Council: rename and reauthorize (H.R. 2960), H10526 [21NO]

Congressional Office of Inspector General: establish (H.R. 1368), H1242 [16MR], H1820 [1AP]

Federal employees: voluntary participation in political processes (H.R. 20), H990 [3MR]

Financial institutions: administrative requirements of insured depository institutions (H.R. 3474), H10517 [21NO]

Firearms: waiting period before the purchase of a handgun (H.R. 1025), request of Senate for a conference (H. Res. 322), H10719 [22NO]

Labor unions: prevent discrimination based on participation in labor disputes (H.R. 5), H3560, H3563, H3566 [15JN]

———prevent discrimination based on participation in labor disputes (H.R. 5), consideration (H. Res. 195), H3524 [15JN]

Legislative Branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 2348), H3396 [10JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2348), consideration of (H. Res. 192), H3388 [10JN]

National Crime Victims' Rights Week: designate (S.J. Res. 62), H2009 [22AP]

North American Free Trade Agreement: ratification (H.R. 3450), H9925 [17NO]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H1884 [5AP], H1933 [20AP], H2246 [4MY], H5525 [29JY], H7170 [28SE], H7261 [29SE], H8201 [19OC], H9563 [10NO]

Schedules

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs (House): Subcommittee on Consumer Credit and Insurance: commemorative coin legislation, D1293 [10NO]

Committee on Rules (House): Legislative Branch appropriations (H.R. 2348), D629 [9JN]

Committee on the Organization of Congress (Joint): reorganization of congressional procedure relative to certain offices of the House of Representatives, D679 [17JN]