MINK, PATSY T. (a Representative from Hawaii)

Amendments offered by, to

Education: authorizing appropriations for certain programs (H.R. 6), H1685 [21MR]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 6, education programs appropriations, H9253 [20SE]

———H.R. 1804, Goals 2000—Educate America Act, H650 [23FE], H1308 [11MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Agriculture: emergency crop loss assistance for production losses incurred through hurricane or typhoon damage to papaya, banana, or other fruit-bearing trees (see H.R. 3829), H410 [9FE]

Education: participation of proprietary institutions of higher education in student financial aid programs (see H.R. 4468), H3791 [20MY]

ERISA: auditing of employee benefit plans (see H.R. 5226), H11200 [6OC]

Government contracts: licensing requirements (see H.R. 4785), H5870 [19JY]

Public welfare programs: assistance to recipients most likely to end welfare dependence (see H.R. 4498), H4090 [25MY]

Radioactive substances: compensation eligibility requirements relative to exposure resulting in stomach cancer (see H.R. 4107), H1897 [22MR]

SSI: provide benefits to needy children for health, child care, and other support services (see H.R. 3737), H82 [26JA]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

African-American Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 364), H6550 [1AU]

Agriculture: labeling of milk products relative to bovine growth hormones (see H.R. 1906, 4618), H2699 [25AP], H4779 [21JN]

———labeling of milk products relative to bovine growth hormones, and development of residue test (see H.R. 4669), H5316 [28JN]

American Museum of Natural History: mint coins commemorating anniversary (see H.R. 3668), H6763 [3AU]

Belleville, NJ: recognize as birthplace of industrial revolution (see H. Con. Res. 35), H9441 [21SE]

California: management of the Presidio military facility (see H.R. 3433), H2252 [13AP]

Capital Budget Commission: establish (see H.R. 5159), H10538 [3OC]

Cesar E. Chavez Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 356), H3345 [12MY]

Child support: improve collection system (see H.R. 4570), H5463 [30JN]

Children and youth: establish youth development block grants for community-based organizations (see H.R. 4086), H4220 [8JN]

———improve child support system (see H.R. 4051), H2219 [12AP]

———placement of foster children (see H.R. 3462), H1440 [16MR]

———placement of foster children in permanent kinship care arrangements (see H.R. 3463), H1440 [16MR]

———prohibit possession or transfer of handguns and ammunition to juveniles (see H.R. 3435), H84 [26JA]

———State administration of child welfare services (see H.R. 3461), H1440 [16MR]

Children of Alcoholics Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 230), H411 [9FE]

China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (see H.R. 4590), H4653 [16JN]

Civil Service Retirement System: count service in certain Federal-State cooperative agricultural programs (see H.R. 3490), H1254 [10MR]

Coins: mint in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the World War II peace accords (see H.R. 3820), H4653 [16JN]

Constitution Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 390), H5870 [19JY]

Courts: civil asset forfeiture (see H.R. 2417), H3279 [11MY]

Crime Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 363), H3055 [4MY]

Cuba: trade embargo (see H.R. 2229), H4995 [24JN]

Cuban Democracy Act: repeal (see H.R. 4941), H9351 [20SE]

D-Day National Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 303), H1898 [22MR]

Dept. of HHS: establish an America Cares Program (see H.R. 2930), H996 [2MR]

Disasters: establish a commission to improve the Federal emergency management system (see H.R. 3397), H680 [23FE]

Diseases: fetal alcohol syndrome prevention program (see H.R. 3783), H411 [9FE]

———prostate cancer screening, treatment, and research programs for medicare, veterans, and the Public Health Service (see H.R. 4809), H6104 [21JY]

———research of Parkinson's disease and related disorders (see H.R. 4789), H10446 [30SE]

Education: extend certain nutrition and school lunch programs (see H.R. 8), H4165 [26MY]

———reauthorization of Head Start Program (see H.R. 3842), H500 [10FE]

Employment: prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation (see H.R. 4636), H4958 [23JN]

———require employers to post and to provide information on sexual harassment (see H.R. 2829), H912 [1MR]

Families and domestic relations: entitle family and medical leave under certain circumstances (see H.R. 1417), H205 [2FE]

Food industry: interstate commerce in meat and meat products relative to State and Federal inspection requirements (see H.R. 3646), H4447 [14JN]

Freedom Summer Remembrance Day: designate (see H. Res. 457), H4721 [17JN]

FTC: study tobacco industry targeting of women and minorities in advertisement (see H.R. 4279), H2638 [21AP]

GATT: establish a working party on trade and worker rights and labor standards (see H.R. 4271), H2582 [20AP]

Germany: treatment of Hugo Princz (see H. Res. 323), H84 [26JA]

Haiti: impose sanctions and halt the interdiction and return of refugees (see H.R. 4114), H4220 [8JN]

———presence of U.S. Armed Forces (see H. Con. Res. 276), H8053 [12AU]

Hall, James N.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 215), H3682 [18MY]

Health: coverage of insulin syringes for diabetics in any national health care plan (see H. Con. Res. 223), H6381 [27JY]

———development and operation of women's health regional centers to conduct research, training and education (see H.R. 5083), H9903 [27SE]

———ensure availability of extemporaneous compounding in health care reform for the provision of allergen-free medication (see H. Con. Res. 273), H7299 [9AU]

———establish a national program of trained community health advisors to assist in certain State objectives (see H.R. 4024), H3279 [11MY]

———funding for WIC food programs in any national health care plan (see H. Con. Res. 233), H6381 [27JY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 3960; H. Res. 493), H1057 [3MR], H6380 [27JY]

Health care facilities: assistance for AIDS patients treatment (see H.R. 5141), H10727 [4OC]

Historic buildings: mint coins in commemoration of Federal acceptance of responsibility of care and maintenance (see H.R. 1671), H1540 [17MR]

Human rights: trafficking of Burmese women and girls into Thailand for forced prostitution (see H. Con. Res. 254), H9441 [21SE]

Income: prohibit wage discrimination based on sex, race, or nationality (see H.R. 4803), H6454 [28JY]

Insurance: coverage or benefits on preexisting medical conditions (see H. Con. Res. 246), H6483 [29JY]

International Women's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 316), H866 [24FE]

Law enforcement: reform Asset Forfeiture Program (see H.R. 3347), H2914 [28AP]

LIHEAP: full expenditure of appropriated funds (see H. Con. Res. 202), H996 [2MR]

Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 349), H1996 [24MR]

Military assistance: prohibit to Governments that are undemocratic, engaged in armed aggression, or in violation of human rights or arms control standards (see H.R. 3538), H1058 [3MR]

Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 1509), H4293 [9JN]

National Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 317), H1440 [16MR]

National Apollo Anniversary Observance: designate (see H.J. Res. 353), H4553 [15JN]

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 311), H1440 [16MR]

National Buy Recycled Materials and Products Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 350), H2640 [21AP]

National Children's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 389), H9762 [26SE]

National Crime Victims' Rights Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 342), H2839 [26AP]

National Earthquake Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 325), H1957 [23MR]

National Elevator and Escalator Safety Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 231), H3056 [4MY]

National Family Caregivers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 90), H866 [24FE]

National Family Literacy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 413), H11201 [6OC]

National Firefighters Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 411), H11201 [6OC], H11430 [7OC]

National Good Teen Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 326), H9569 [22SE]

National Hispanic Business Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 397), H8053 [12AU]

National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases: expand activities relative to lupus (see H.R. 2420), H2583 [20AP]

National Long-Term Care Administrators Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 278), H157 [1FE]

National Mammography Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 418), H10373 [29SE]

National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 374), H5951 [20JY]

National Neonatal Nurses Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 382), H4883 [22JN]

National Park Service: regulate scenic commercial overflights of national parks (see H.R. 4163), H1996 [24MR]

National Parkinson's Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 359), H3888 [23MY]

National Penny Charity Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 415), H10446 [30SE]

National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 138), H1067 [7MR]

National Random Acts of Kindness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 357), H2506 [19AP]

National Sarcoidosis Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 399), H8696 [18AU]

National Slovak-American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 287), H1158 [9MR]

National Trails Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 327), H679 [23FE]

National U.S. Seafood Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 387), H7075 [5AU]

National Walking Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 276), H358 [8FE]

National Women and Girls in Sports Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 385), H5462 [30JN]

Nuclear weapons: negotiations of testing limitations (see H. Con. Res. 235), H3280 [11MY]

Older Americans Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 304), H866 [24FE]

Parks and recreation areas: expansion of recreation opportunities for at-risk youth in high crime areas (see H.R. 4034), H1541 [17MR]

Plants: assist producers in replanting commercially grown trees and plants that are destroyed by damaging weather (see H.R. 4133), H2914 [28AP]

Population: stabilization of world population through reproductive choice (see H.R. 2447), H1253 [10MR]

Power resources: funding for energy research, development, demonstration, and commercialization relative to the economy and environmental protection (see H. Con. Res. 188), H1088 [8MR]

Program on Social Ethics and Community Service: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 4464), H4166 [26MY]

Radioactive substances: compensation of individuals who were subjects in Government radiation experiments (see H. Res. 337), H4166 [26MY]

Roosevelt, Franklin D.: mint coins in commemoration of 50th anniversary of death (see H.R. 3270), H2914 [28AP]

Rural areas: credit and financial services to residents, public services, and businesses (see H.R. 4129), H2994 [3MY]

Ships and vessels: exclude shipboard supervisory personnel from selection as employer representatives (see H.R. 859), H205 [2FE]

Small Family Farm Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 291), H1440 [16MR]

Social Security: prohibit buying and selling of account numbers (see H.R. 4354), H3791 [20MY]

Special Olympics World Games: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 3879), H1088 [8MR]

Taxation: penalty-free withdrawals from retirement plans for disaster-related expenses (see H.R. 3762), H680 [23FE]

———regulation of life insurance companies (see H.R. 4510), H4164 [26MY]

———treatment of crop insurance and disaster payments and the luxury automobile excise tax (see H.R. 4634), H5350 [29JN]

———treatment of crop insurance proceeds and disaster payments (see H.R. 3757), H288 [3FE]

———treatment of life insurance company policy holder dividends and certain policy acquisition expenses (see H.R. 5064), H9351 [20SE]

———treatment of water conservation subsidies (see H.R. 4548), H9158 [13SE]

U.S. Botanic Garden: mint coins in commemoration of 175th anniversary (see H.R. 4135), H4166 [26MY]

U.S. Military Academy: mint commemorative coins recognizing the bicentennial (see H.R. 3492), H5871 [19JY]

Utah: designate certain Federal lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1500), H8505 [16AU]

Veterans: immigrant status for relatives of Filipino veterans of World War II (see H.R. 2830), H1997 [24MR]

———permit retirement pay concurrently with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 65), H3155 [5MY]

Vietnam Human Rights Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 333), H3280 [11MY]

Year of Gospel Music: designate (see H.J. Res. 297), H5350 [29JN]

Year of the Grandparent: designate (see H.J. Res. 355), H7299 [9AU]

Yellowstone National Park: mint coins in commemoration of 125th anniversary (see H.R. 3519), H1957 [23MR]

Excerpts

Constitution of 1787—A Commentary: George Anastaplo, H1405 [16MR]

Remarks by, on

Agriculture: emergency crop loss assistance for production losses incurred through hurricane or typhoon damage to papaya, banana, or other fruit-bearing trees (H.R. 3829), E139 [9FE]

Airlines: prohibit smoking on all flights (H.R. 4495), H10565 [3OC]

Angeles, Fanie Phily Mateo: relief (H.R. 2084), H6558 [2AU]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 103), H1405 [16MR], H1473 [17MR]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1995-99 (H. Con. Res. 218), H1174, H1224 [10MR], H1287 [11MR]

California: management of the Presidio military facility (H.R. 3433), H8664 [18AU]

Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3355), conference report, H8673 [18AU]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3355), motion to instruct conferees, H5625 [13JY]

Dept. of Defense: funding, H1224 [10MR]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4606), H5289, H5291 [28JN], H5331 [29JN]

Domestic Violence Awareness Month: observance, H10688 [4OC]

Education: authorizing appropriations for certain programs (H.R. 6), H818, H835 [24FE], H1012, H1013, H1030 [3MR], H1106, H1107 [9MR], H1686 [21MR], H1798 [22MR], E404 [10MR]

———authorizing appropriations for certain programs (H.R. 6), conference report, H10402 [30SE]

———native Hawaiian education programs, H1106, H1107 [9MR]

———participation of proprietary institutions of higher education in student financial aid programs (H.R. 4468), E1005 [20MY]

———prohibit benefits for illegal aliens, H1798 [22MR]

———regulation of private schools and home-schooling parents, H835 [24FE]

———require local school districts to compile statistics of children of illegal immigrants, H1030 [3MR]

———trade school revenue relative to student financial aid programs, H5331 [29JN]

Elementary School Innovative Transitional Projects Program: funding, H1012, H1013 [3MR]

Federal aid programs: reauthorization of Head Start Program and Community Development Block Grant Program (H.R. 4250), H2746 [26AP]

Haiti: presence of U.S. Armed Forces, E1838 [13SE]

Hawaii: tribute to collegiate basketball teams qualifying for national tournaments, H1418 [16MR]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H364 [9FE], H4710, H4712, H4713, H4714 [17JN], H7286, H7287, H7288, H7289 [9AU]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3600), H3378 [17MY]

Health care facilities: access to clinic entrances (S. 636), conference report, H3130 [5MY]

Illegal aliens: prohibit participation in certain Federal benefits programs, H5625 [13JY]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4299), H5845 [19JY]

Marine Mammal Protection Act: authorizing appropriations (S. 1636), Senate amendments (H. Res. 412), H2726 [26AP]

National Center for Educational Statistics: analysis of data on school finances, H1686 [21MR]

National Park Service: reform entrepreneurial management (H.R. 4533), E2067 [4OC]

Native Hawaiian Education Program: funding, H5289, H5291 [28JN]

Oahu, HI: tribute to Kahuku High School for We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, E876 [9MY]

Parks and recreation areas: expansion of recreation opportunities for at-risk youth in high crime areas (H.R. 4034), H1623 [21MR]

Public Health Service: revise and extend programs to improve the health of individuals of minority groups (H.R. 3869), H3828 [23MY]

Public welfare programs: reform, H1310-H1314 [11MR], H2166, H2167, H2168, H2169, H2170, H2171, H2172 [24MR]

SSI: provide benefits to needy children for health, child care, and other support services (H.R. 3737), H50 [26JA]

Taxation: limit State taxation of pension income (H.R. 546), H10459 [3OC]

Water: assure the safety of public water systems (H.R. 3392), H9841 [27SE]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H409 [9FE], H1436 [16MR], H2249 [13AP], H3190 [9MY], H3790 [20MY], H9156 [13SE], H10726 [4OC]

Leave of absence: granted, H9084 [12SE]

Special order: granted, H78 [26JA], H409 [9FE], H1436 [16MR], H1538 [17MR], H7505 [10AU], H8694 [18AU], H9156 [13SE]

Schedules

Committee on Education and Labor (House): Work and Responsibility Act, D923 [2AU]

Committee on Public Works and Transportation (House): Subcommittee on Aviation: legislation and regulations relative to scenic overflights above national parks, D888 [27JY]

———Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Grounds: designation of various Federal buildings, D881 [26JY]

Committee on the Judiciary (Senate): product liability law uniformity, D251 [15MR]

Statements

Scripps Insititution Acoustic Thermometry of Ocean Climate Project: by, H2726 [26AP]

Tributes

Clinton, Hillary Rodham, E614 [12AP]

Edwards, Representative Don, H11197 [6OC]

Ford, Representative William D., H10846 [4OC]