ROMERO-BARCELO, CARLOS A.(a Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico)

Articles and editorials

Puerto Rico's Status, Christian Science Monitor (publication), H330 [2FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Tariff: customs entries (see H.R. 2629), H4574 [13JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Agriculture: prohibit the transfer or marketing of nonambulatory livestock (see H.R. 559), H6382 [6AU]

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), H2128 [28AP]

———procedures for determination and classification of missing or deceased status (see H.R. 291), H682 [17FE]

Baltic States: withdrawal of Russian troops (see H. Con. Res. 96), H3342 [8JN]

Bonds: discrimination in surety bond transactions (see H.R. 1464), H3458 [10JN]

Business and industry: enhance aeronautical research, technology, development, design, and commercialization (see H.R. 1675), H6758 [14SE]

———ensure financial soundness and solvency of insurers (see H.R. 1290), H2302 [5MY]

Buy American Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 149), H1642 [25MR]

Child support: establish committee for auditing of State programs (see H.R. 2241), H7827 [13OC]

Children and youth: enforcement of child support obligations (see H.R. 915), H1592 [24MR]

———establish State and local service grants for at-risk children (see H.R. 1677), H1880 [2AP]

———prohibit possession or transfer of handguns and ammunition to juveniles (see H.R. 3435), H10470 [20NO]

Civil rights: protection of employees at the Wards Cove Packing Co., from discrimination (see H.R. 1172), H1292 [16MR]

Coins: issue one dollar coin (see H.R. 1322), H1936 [20AP]

———mint in commemoration of the Women in Military Service American Memorial (see H.R. 1697), H4574 [13JY]

Community service: establish a community services empowerment program (see H.R. 818), H1047 [4MR]

Congress: require institutional compliance with all Federal laws (see H.R. 2099), H4408 [30JN]

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: Presidential review (see H. Res. 38), H8002 [14OC]

Corp. for National Service: establish (see H.R. 2010), H2340 [6MY]

Country Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 106), H1236 [15MR]

Courts: encourage mediation of employer discrimination charges (see H.R. 2016), H2341 [6MY]

Credit: accuracy of consumer information maintained by credit reporting agencies (see H.R. 1015), H10470 [20NO]

Crime: ban possession or transfer of assault weapons (see H.R. 1472), H2523 [18MY]

———create remedies for child victims of sexual exploitation (see H.R. 2174), H6382 [6AU]

———Federal penalties for stalking (see H.R. 840), H5361 [27JY]

———inclusion of peonage and slavery offenses as Racketeer-Influenced and Corrupt Organization predicates (see H.R. 2720), H9565 [10NO]

———registration of persons convicted of sex offenses against children (see H.R. 3256), H8875 [4NO]

Cuba: economic assistance upon government transition (see H.R. 2758), H5361 [27JY]

———international trade embargo (see H. Con. Res. 38), H1994 [21AP]

Dept. of Commerce: publication of data relative to the incidence of poverty (see H.R. 1645), H4013 [23JN]

Dept. of Energy: establish Assistant Sec. for Natural Gas position (see H.R. 1539), H3783 [17JN]

Dept. of Justice: investigation relative to kidnaping of Polly Klaas (see H. Res. 285), H9566 [10NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: women's health programs (see H.R. 2797), H6778 [15SE]

Disasters: Federal insurance program for earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and hurricanes (see H.R. 935), H2816 [25MY]

Diseases: AIDS prevention (see H.R. 1538), H2128 [28AP]

District of Columbia: statehood (see H.R. 51), H7827 [13OC]

Ecology and environment: protection of the global environment relative to international agreements and the U.N. Sustainable Development Commission (see H.J. Res. 166), H1906 [19AP]

Education: authorizing appropriations for certain programs (see H.R. 6), H2687 [20MY]

———counseling services for elementary school children (see H.R. 2571), H5527 [29JY]

———equal access for Hispanic Americans (see H.R. 3229), H7542 [6OC]

———establish an optional universal school lunch and breakfast program (see H.R. 11), H1641 [25MR]

———establish support services for at-risk youth (see H.R. 520), H4681 [14JY]

———extend certain nutrition and school lunch programs (see H.R. 8), H2995 [27MY]

———extend length of academic year for certain secondary schools (see H.R. 1337), H1906 [19AP]

———improve service-learning system (see H.R. 2335), H3341 [8JN]

———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, 3130), H2022 [22AP], H6981 [23SE]

———reauthorize We the People—the Citizen and the Constitution Program (see H.R. 1705), H6049 [4AU]

———revise grant formulas (see H.R. 676), H1550 [23MR]

———school lunch requirements relative to provision of specific types of fluid milk (see H.R. 280), H1641 [25MR]

Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 78), H964 [2MR]

Employment: assist discharged Armed Forces members to obtain employment and management training with public housing authorities and management companies (see H.R. 1886), H6050 [4AU]

———establish standards to ensure long-term economic self-sufficiency for participants in adult training programs (see H.R. 2788), H7671 [7OC]

———leave benefits for adoptive parents (see H.R. 2484), H8795 [3NO]

EPA: establish an office near the Mexican border (see H.R. 118), H359 [2FE]

Equal Pay Act 30th Anniversary Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 202), H3459 [10JN]

ERISA: prevent preemption of certain State laws (see H.R. 1036), H1936 [20AP]

Families and domestic relations: entitle family and medical leave under certain circumstances (see H.R. 1), H82 [5JA]

———evaluation of services and selection of educational programs relative to domestic violence (see H.R. 3415), H8658 [28OC]

FDIC: inclusion of foreign deposits in the assessment base (see H.R. 501), H4181 [28JN]

Federal aid programs: making appropriations for WIC, Head Start, and Job Corp programs (see H.R. 1722), H2995 [27MY]

Federal employees: voluntary participation in political processes (see H.R. 20), H726 [18FE]

Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (see H.R. 1295), H4182 [28JN]

FEMA: report on national windstorm insurance program (see H.R. 764), H2342 [6MY]

Financial institutions: disclosure of small business lending practices (see H.R. 918), H1047 [4MR]

———notify mutual funds customers that such funds are not insured by the FDIC (see H.R. 3389), H10160 [18NO]

Firearms: acquisition by person who has committed domestic abuse (see H.R. 3301), H8507 [26OC]

———prohibit importation and manufacture of certain devices and enhance drug trafficking criminal penalties (see H.R. 1421), H1527 [18MR]

———prohibit manufacture, trade, transfer, and possession of handguns and handgun ammunition (see H.R. 3132), H8328 [20OC]

———waiting period before the purchase of a handgun (see H.R. 1025), H1881 [2AP]

Floods: revise the national flood insurance program (see H.R. 156), H2024 [22AP]

Food stamps: ensure adequate access to retail food stores by recipients of food stamps (see H.R. 3436), H9565 [10NO]

Foreign trade: private cause of action for the recovery of damages caused by the dumping of foreign merchandise into U.S. markets (see H.R. 1046), H8938 [8NO]

———protection of U.S. copyright-based industries under certain agreements (see H. Res. 165), H3459 [10JN]

———protection of U.S. shipbuilding and repair industry (see H.R. 1402), H3593 [15JN]

Franchising: establish minimum standards of fair business conduct (see H.R. 2593), H4506 [1JY]

———representation and sale of businesses, public disclosure of opportunities, and common law remedies for purchasers (see H.R. 2596), H4506 [1JY]

———statistical information (see H.R. 2595), H4506 [1JY]

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

German-American Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 155), H3511 [14JN]

Government: establishment, testing, and evaluation of strategic planning and performance measurement (see H.R. 826), H1232 [11MR]

Great Falls Historic District: establish (see H.R. 3498), H10302 [19NO]

Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see H.J. Res. 10), H260 [26JA]

Health: designation of obstetrician-gynecologists as primary care providers for women in Federal health care programs (see H. Res. 234), H7828 [13OC]

———establish a national birth defects monitoring system to provide information for research and prevention (see H.R. 1296), H1164 [10MR]

———improve medical care for minorities (see H.R. 3230), H7542 [6OC]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 200, 1200, 3600; H. Con. Res. 56), H726 [18FE], H1592 [24MR], H3374 [9JN], H10469 [20NO]

———protect children from environmental tobacco smoke (see H.R. 710), H1011 [3MR]

Higher Education Act: making technical and clarifying amendments (see H.R. 3376), H8589 [27OC]

Homeless: supplemental appropriations for assistance (see H.R. 697), H902 [25FE]

———voting rights (see H.R. 1457), H1590 [24MR]

House of Representatives: campaign contribution limitations relative to qualifying and nonqualifying candidates (see H.R. 2154), H3783 [17JN]

Housing: authorize research and evaluation programs for lead based paint hazards (see H.R. 1419), H3342 [8JN]

Immigration: admission of Amerasian children born in the Philippines (see H.R. 2429), H6677 [13SE]

———enforcement of antidiscrimination provisions (see H.R. 1292), H1642 [25MR]

International Student Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 130, 187), H1529 [18MR], H2303 [5MY]

Irish-American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 246), H7036 [27SE]

Jewish Heritage Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 126), H1937 [20AP]

Job Corps: impact on overall youth policy (see H. Con. Res. 73), H1641 [25MR]

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of: withdrawal from Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (see H. Con. Res. 66), H2183 [29AP]

Law enforcement officers: death benefits for retired public safety officers (see H.R. 1707), H3374 [9JN]

Lincoln Legacy Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 189), H6383 [6AU]

Lobbyists: disclosure of financial benefits to Members of Congress (see H.R. 2864), H8507 [26OC]

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), H4278 [29JN]

Medicaid: improve access to obstetric services in underserved areas (see H.R. 1814), H2022 [22AP]

———require State plans to cover screening mammography (see H.R. 425), H10159 [18NO]

Medicare: coverage of annual screening mammography for women 65 or over (see H.R. 427), H10159 [18NO]

Members of Congress: require participation in health care reform package (see H. Con. Res. 156), H8876 [4NO]

Monuments and memorials: mint commemorative coins for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (see H.R. 1608), H2867 [26MY]

———provide for a National Native American Veterans' Memorial (see H.R. 2135), H8002 [14OC]

Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act: amend (see H.R. 1048), H793 [23FE]

Motor vehicles: protect personal privacy and safety of licensed drivers (see H.R. 3365), H8796 [3NO]

National Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 84), H1292 [16MR]

National Awareness Week for Life-Saving Techniques: designate (see H.J. Res. 162), H3342 [8JN]

National Biomedical Research Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 111), H6849 [21SE]

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 11), H6677 [13SE]

National Children's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 226), H5362 [27JY]

National commemorative events: establish a commission to advise the President on proposals (see H.R. 624), H10988 [22NO]

National Customer Service Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 234), H7452 [5OC]

National D.A.R.E. Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 214), H6294 [5AU]

National Down Syndrome Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 206), H5108 [26JY]

National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 247), H8507 [26OC]

National Family Caregivers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 90), H10302 [19NO]

National Family Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 79), H7173 [28SE]

National Former POW Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 6), H641 [16FE]

National Foster Care Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 122), H2196 [3MY]

National Good Teen Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 75), H8875 [4NO]

National Historically Black Colleges Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 194), H6902 [22SE]

National Home Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 139), H1906 [19AP]

National Institute for the Environment: establish (see H.R. 2918), H10989 [22NO]

National Institute on Minority Health: establish (see H.R. 825), H2302 [5MY]

National Law Enforcement Training Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 165), H6515 [8SE]

National Literacy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 213), H3921 [22JN]

National Military Families Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 188), H6778 [15SE]

National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 94), H1166 [10MR]

National Safe Place Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 140), H2183 [29AP]

National Sea Grant College Program: establish a marine biotechnology program (see H.R. 1916), H4575 [13JY]

National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 212), H8203 [19OC]

National Writing Project: reauthorize (see H.R. 521), H1642 [25MR]

National Youth Sports Program Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 196), H4080 [24JN]

Native Americans: repair and rehabilitation of schools (see H.R. 2277), H2866 [26MY]

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), H8659 [28OC]

Occupational safety and health: workplace safety for Federal and Postal Service employees (see H.R. 115), H1528 [18MR]

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

Parks and recreational areas: protection and enhancement of open spaces (see H.R. 1749), H6294 [5AU]

Pharmaceuticals: prices (see H.R. 916), H7827 [13OC]

Postal Service: limit expenditures on new logo (see H.R. 3328), H9565 [10NO]

———prevent disclosure of names or addresses of postal patrons (see H.R. 1344), H2348 [10MY]

POW: minting of commemorative coins (see H.R. 535), H1292 [16MR]

President and Vice President: constitutional amendment on direct popular election (see H.J. Res. 28), H682 [17FE]

Privacy: prevent abuses of electronic monitoring in the workplace (see H.R. 1900), H2487 [13MY]

Public Service Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 108), H2303 [5MY]

Recycling: grants for innovative techniques (see H.R. 1135), H877 [24FE]

———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]

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]

Romania: most-favored-nation status relative to treatment of institutionalized children (see H. Con. Res. 80), H3342 [8JN]

SBA: modify the small business and capital ownership development program (see H.R. 2662), H6383 [6AU]

Schools: library media resources, technology enhancement, training, and improvement (see H.R. 1151), H1812 [31MR]

Semiautomatic assault weapons: prohibit transfer or possession (see H.R. 3184), H8796 [3NO]

Six Rivers National Forest: protection and management of Redwood forest areas and addition of certain lands and waters (see H.R. 2866), H6049 [4AU]

Small business: executive education programs for managers of disadvantaged concerns (see H.R. 2349), H3373 [9JN]

Smithsonian Institution: establish the National African American Museum (see H.R. 877), H589 [4FE]

States: quality and competence of private security services and personnel relative to Federal funding for juvenile delinquency programs (see H.R. 1534), H10301 [19NO]

Tariff: footwear (see H.R. 795), H1936 [20AP]

Taxation: child and dependent care credit to unmarried full-time students (see H.R. 2142), H4080 [24JN]

———credits for the cleanup of certain contaminated industrial sites (see H.R. 2340), H4278 [29JN]

———credits for the purchase and installation of water conservation systems on farm land (see H.R. 498), H1528 [18MR]

———designation of income tax refund to a trust fund dedicated to hunger relief (see H.R. 81), H3457 [10JN]

———disallow deductions for expenses for advertising of tobacco products or alcoholic beverages (see H.R. 1230), H2024 [22AP]

———employment taxes on domestic services (see H.R. 3088), H8590 [27OC]

———incentives for business investment in pollution abatement property and assets (see H.R. 2456), H4278 [29JN]

———income tax rate on married couples (see H.R. 2227), H8795 [3NO]

———increase excise taxes on smokeless tobacco, and establish trust fund for education programs to reduce use of smokeless tobacco products (see H.R. 3026), H10989 [22NO]

———low-income housing credit (see H.R. 18), H359 [2FE]

———mortgage revenue bonds (see H.R. 462), H1993 [21AP]

———permanent incremental investment credit (see H.R. 947), H1080 [9MR]

———rehabilitation credit for historic neighborhoods (see H.R. 1406), H1993 [21AP]

———simplify the application of employment taxes in the case of domestic services (see H.R. 1114), H1414 [17MR]

———treatment of business meals and entertainment deductions (see H.R. 3227), H10159 [18NO]

———treatment of educational loans, scholarships, and fellowships (see H.R. 959), H1414 [17MR]

———treatment of unemployment compensation (see H.R. 1489), H4408 [30JN]

Telecommunications: establish a clearinghouse of information relative to distance learning programs (see H.R. 2592), H8590 [27OC]

Tobacco products: prohibit distribution of free samples of smokeless tobacco products (see H.R. 3025), H10989 [22NO]

Travel Agent Appreciation Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 95), H2348 [10MY]

U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child: senatorial advice relative to ratification (see H. Con. Res. 15), H795 [23FE]

Veterans: extend priority health care to individuals exposed to ionizing radiation or agent orange (see H.R. 2375), H10301 [19NO]

———review of laws relative to benefit eligibility of Filipino World War II veterans (see H.R. 2013), H10988 [22NO]

Voting: establish national voter registration (see H.R. 2), H311 [27JA]

War in the Pacific National Historical Park: additional development (see H.R. 1944), H2182 [29AP]

Water: assure the safety of public water systems (see H.R. 3392), H9080 [9NO]

Water pollution: eliminate certain discharges of chlorine compounds into navigable waters (see H.R. 2898), H6292 [5AU]

Week for the National Observance of the Fiftieth Anniversary of World War II: designate (see H.J. Res. 80), H1414 [17MR]

White House Conference on Tourism: convene (see H. Con. Res. 110), H3457 [10JN]

Women: protection from violent crime (see H.R. 1133), H8056 [15OC]

Women's History Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 143), H1642 [25MR]

World Food Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 218), H7543 [6OC]

World War II: disregard certain foreign payments to Holocaust survivors in determining eligibility for other benefits (see H.R. 1873), H3510 [14JN]

———establish an Armed Forces memorial in Washington, DC (see H.R. 682), H309 [27JA]

Documents

Law To Establish English and Spanish as Official Languages of Puerto Rico: Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico, H329 [2FE]

Remarks by, on

Budget: allocation of funds, H690 [18FE]

———comparison between congressional and Clinton administration proposals, H5458 [29JY]

Clinton, President: economic plan, H690 [18FE]

———State of the Union Message, H690 [18FE]

District of Columbia: statehood (H.R. 51), H10433 [20NO]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H1913 [20AP], H6853 [22SE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures relative to Puerto Rico, H3377 [10JN]

House Rules: adopt and provide for voting privileges for Delegates from the District of Columbia and U.S. Territories (H. Res. 5), H41 [5JA]

Puerto Rico: coverage of citizens under medicaid, H1240 [16MR]

———establishment of English and Spanish as official languages, H328 [2FE]

———mandate on statehood, H7712 [13OC]

———referendum on political status, H328 [2FE]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H3699 [16JN]

Leave of absence: granted, H8200 [19OC], H8656 [28OC], H8936 [8NO], H10158 [18NO], H10298 [19NO]

Special order: granted, H355 [2FE], H722 [18FE]

Remarks in Senate relative to

Environmental and Energy Study Commission: tribute to Member elected, S12254 [22SE]

Schedules

Committee on Finance (Senate): foreign tax proposals, D405 [27AP]

Committee on Ways and Means (House): administration's proposals for public investment and deficit reduction, D242 [17MR]

Tributes

Bini del Valle, Raquel, H4774 [19JY]