RANGEL, CHARLES B. (a Representative from New York)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 2739, Airport and Airway Improvement Act appropriations, H6243 [26JY]

———H.R. 3474, Community Development, Credit Enhancement, and Regulatory Improvement Act, H2614 [21AP]

Mexico-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, H1522 [17MR]

Articles and editorials

Boys Choir of Harlem Anniversary Performance at the Apollo Theater, David Hinckley, New York (NY) Daily News, E1044 [24MY]

Conversations, Robert Pear, New York (NY) Times, E784 [28AP]

Eight Decades as Kids' Pal, Suzanne Rostler, New York (NY) Daily News, E793 [28AP]

Front and Center at the Apollo—Amateur Night Draws a Tough Crowd. Just Ask Eva Isaac, James E. Hardy, Washington (DC) Post, E1512 [20JY]

Indispensable Interdiction, by, Washington (DC) Times, E186 [11FE]

N.Y. National Thrives on Family Ties, Austin E. Fenner, New York (NY) Daily News, E1711 [11AU]

Their Harlem Homecoming, Lenore Skenazy, New York (NY) Daily News, E2379 [20DE]

Very Good Man Hungry for a Very Good Cause, Donna Britt, Washington (DC) Post, E1041 [24MY]

William H. Gray—The Unheralded Voice of Haiti, Christopher Matthews, Washington (DC) Times, E2116 [6OC]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4539), Senate amendments (see H. Res. 479), H5761 [14JY]

Health care professionals: provide incentives for physicians to practice in rural medically underserved areas (see H.R. 4561), H4292 [9JN]

Malcolm X: designate national holiday and day of prayer and remembrance (see H.J. Res. 323), H500 [10FE]

Son-in-Law Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 348), H1996 [24MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

AFDC: allow States to use emergency assistance funds to construct, rehabilitate, purchase, or rent permanent housing for homeless families (see H.R. 4449), H3681 [18MY]

———improve State administration (see H.R. 4546), H8696 [18AU]

Africa: authorizing assistance to promote peaceful resolution of conflicts (see H.R. 4541), H8596 [17AU]

African Americans: establish commission to examine slavery, subsequent racial and economic discrimination, and appropriate remedies (see H.R. 40), H5871 [19JY]

African-American Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 364), H4166 [26MY]

Agriculture: labeling of milk products relative to bovine growth hormones (see H.R. 4618), H6454 [28JY]

———labeling of milk products relative to bovine growth hormones, and development of residue test (see H.R. 4669), H6454 [28JY]

AIDS Cure Project: establish (see H.R. 4370), H4883 [22JN]

Alcoholism: Federal funding for research on alcohol abuse among women (see H.R. 3569), H1997 [24MR]

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

Architect of the Capitol: comprehensive personnel management system (see H.R. 4582), H4552 [15JN]

Armed Forces: disability compensation rates relative to benefits paid under the Special Separation Benefits Program (see H.R. 3731), H4958 [23JN]

Budget: exclude the unemployment trust fund (see H.R. 3409), H1957 [23MR]

Bureau of Justice Assistance: programs to create safe corridors for senior citizens (see H.R. 4116), H6454 [28JY]

Buses: prohibit the manufacture, sale, or importation of school buses that do not have seat belts (see H.R. 1737), H4165 [26MY]

California: management of the Presidio military facility (see H.R. 3433), H5350 [29JN]

Cesar E. Chavez Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 356), H4166 [26MY]

Children and youth: establish grants for the improvement of academic performance and social development of at-risk children (see H.R. 3950), H1057 [3MR]

———placement of foster children (see H.R. 3462), H680 [23FE]

———placement of foster children in permanent kinship care arrangements (see H.R. 3463), H680 [23FE]

———State administration of child welfare services (see H.R. 3461), H680 [23FE]

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

Civil rights: prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (see H.R. 431), H157 [1FE]

Coins: mint in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the World War II peace accords (see H.R. 3820), H4091 [25MY]

Colleges and universities: extend the cohort default rate exemption for historically Black and Native American colleges (see H.R. 4025), H1323 [11MR]

CPSC: regulation of firearm injuries (see H.R. 3263), H6200 [25JY]

Crime: ban possession or transfer of assault weapons (see H.R. 3527), H357 [8FE]

———protection from sexual predators (see H.R. 3990), H1345 [15MR]

———sentencing for Social Security fraud relative to illegal immigration (see H.R. 3795), H5547 [12JY]

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

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

Cyprus: investigation of missing U.S. citizens (see H.R. 2826), H995 [2MR]

Davey Allison Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 309), H1440 [16MR]

Dept. of HHS: establish an America Cares Program (see H.R. 2930), H296 [7FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: adjudication of claims for veterans benefits (see H.R. 3269), H4447 [14JN]

Diseases: disclosure of HIV status of newborn infants to the legal guardians (see H.R. 4507), H4447 [14JN]

Economy: protect economic rights of citizens (see H.R. 5218), H11199 [6OC]

Employment: establish a system of reemployment, job training, and income support services (see H.R. 4040, 4050), H4220 [8JN], H4553 [15JN]

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

Explosives: regulation (see H.R. 4828), H8755 [19AU]

Families and domestic relations: reauthorize adolescent family life demonstration projects (see H.R. 3561), H288 [3FE]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: establish trust fund to carry out restoration and recovery (see H.R. 1801), H410 [9FE]

Firearms: prohibit transfer or sale of assault weapons (see H.R. 4296), H2698 [25AP]

Firefighters: exempt firefighters and rescue squad workers from certain provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act relative to volunteer work in a professional capacity (see H.R. 3949), H1254 [10MR]

———exempt firefighters and rescue squad workers from certain provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act relative to volunteer work in a professional capacity, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 3949), H11001 [5OC]

Foreign trade: policy on Saudi Arabia and GATT (see H. Con. Res. 138), H1898 [22MR]

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

Giant Sequoia National Forest Preserve: designate (see H.R. 2153), H995 [2MR]

Grant's Tomb National Memorial: designate and restore (see H.R. 4393), H3278 [11MY]

Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see H.J. Res. 310), H411 [9FE]

Guam: mint coins in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands (see H.R. 3372), H1440 [16MR]

Haiti: impose sanctions and halt the interdiction and return of refugees (see H.R. 4114), H1956 [23MR]

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

Health: improve programs for individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds (see H.R. 3699), H501 [10FE]

———inclusion of annual lead poisoning screenings for children in a national health care plan (see H. Con. Res. 209), H1254 [10MR]

———inclusion of osteopathic services under national health care benefits package (see H. Con. Res. 173), H996 [2MR]

Health care facilities: assistance for AIDS patients treatment (see H.R. 5141), H10445 [30SE]

Historic buildings: mint coins in commemoration of Federal acceptance of responsibility of care and maintenance (see H.R. 1671), H4780 [21JN]

Homeless: require assistance funds contain an apportionment for homeless veterans (see H. Res. 503), H6549 [1AU]

Homeless Assistance Act: revise and extend programs (see H.R. 4578), H9030 [26AU]

Housing: rental assistance to relocate individuals who provide information on criminal activity (see H.R. 4141), H1995 [24MR]

Hudson River Artists National Historical Park: establish (see H.R. 803), H6104 [21JY]

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

Hunting and trapping: prohibit steel jaw leghold traps (see H.R. 3526), H9009 [21AU]

India: independence anniversary (see H. Res. 430), H6381 [27JY]

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

Irish-American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 401), H9224 [19SE]

Israel: relocation of U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem (see H. Con. Res. 281), H9088 [12SE]

Jewish War Veterans: issue commemorative postage stamp honoring anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 199), H501 [10FE]

Latimer, Lewis Howard: issuance of commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 252), H4090 [25MY]

Let's Stop Kids Killing Kids Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 360), H2639 [21AP]

Long Island Rail Road Co.: labor-management dispute (see H.J. Res. 379), H4721 [17JN]

Lower East Side Tenement Museum National Historic Site: establish (see H.R. 4158), H4553 [15JN]

Lower Mississippi Delta region: initiatives to address certain needs (see H.R. 4043), H3156 [5MY]

Martin Luther King, Jr., Historic Site and Preservation District: rehabilitation and expansion of the African-American Panoramic Experience Center (see H.R. 1531), H865 [24FE]

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]

Miller, Doris: waive certain time restrictions relative to awarding of the Medal of Honor (see H.R. 4851), H6453 [28JY]

Monuments and memorials: provide for a National Native American Veterans' Memorial (see H.R. 2135), H410 [9FE]

Multiple Sclerosis Association of America Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 381), H6104 [21JY]

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 311), H4166 [26MY]

National Center for Sickle Cell Disease Research: establish (see H.R. 3745), H1440 [16MR]

National Character Counts Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 366), H5463 [30JN]

National Children's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 389), H5761 [14JY]

National defense: nuclear disarmament and economic conversion (see H.R. 3750), H1957 [23MR]

National Earthquake Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 325), H1441 [16MR]

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

National Good Teen Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 326), H1346 [15MR]

National Hispanic Business Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 397), H9030 [26AU]

National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases: expand activities relative to lupus (see H.R. 2420), H1957 [23MR]

National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 332), H1441 [16MR]

National Parkinson's Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 359), H4220 [8JN]

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

New York/New Jersey Highlands Area: acquisition of Sterling Forest area lands by the Palisades Interstate Park Commission (see H.R. 2741), H1440 [16MR]

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), H1440 [16MR]

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

O'Neill, Thomas P., Jr.: designate a year to honor the memory and leadership qualities (see H. Res. 329), H2220 [12AP]

OPIC: loan guarantees for development projects in Ireland (see H.R. 2969), H4390 [13JN]

Parents Day: designate (see H. Res. 236), H1059 [3MR]

Parents' Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 398), H10007 [28SE]

Pediatric and Adolescent AIDS Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 334), H3964 [24MY]

Persian Gulf Conflict: compensation for veterans and increased research relative to illnesses attributed to service during conflict (see H.R. 4540), H4447 [14JN]

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), H1540 [17MR]

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

———reform (see H.R. 4767), H5760 [14JY]

Railroads: employee protection benefits (see H.R. 3866), H2640 [21AP]

Refuse disposal: incinerator regulation (see H.R. 2488), H9351 [20SE]

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

Rwanda: grant temporary protected status to student nationals (see H.R. 4317), H3755 [19MY]

Schneerson, Menachem Mendel: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4497), H5547 [12JY]

Service academies: imposition of additional charges or attendance fees (see H.R. 3293), H1254 [10MR]

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

Six Rivers National Forest: protection and management of Redwood forest areas and addition of certain lands and waters (see H.R. 2866), H996 [2MR]

Small Family Farm Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 291), H1088 [8MR]

Small-Town Sunday: designate (see H.J. Res. 184), H11001 [5OC]

Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of 150th anniversary (see H.R. 4912), H8755 [19AU]

Social Security: treatment of benefits of spouses who are receiving certain Government pensions (see H.R. 1897), H1440 [16MR]

Solid waste: prohibit international export and import (see H.R. 3706), H680 [23FE]

South Africa: U.S. policy (see H. Res. 560), H10538 [3OC]

Southern Rural Development Commission: establish (see H.R. 3901), H2398 [18AP]

Special Olympics World Games: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 3879), H1997 [24MR]

Tariff: footwear (see H.R. 795), H4958 [23JN]

Taxation: church pension benefit plans (see H.R. 3970), H3755 [19MY]

———deduction of overdue State tax obligations from Federal income tax refunds (see H.R. 4138), H2914 [28AP]

———treatment of certain severance payments (see H.R. 4019), H4166 [26MY]

———treatment of tax-exempt bonds (see H.R. 3630), H1997 [24MR]

Time for the National Observance of the Fiftieth Anniversary of World War II: designate (see H.J. Res. 315), H2219 [12AP]

Tobacco products: prohibit smoking in buildings open to the public (see H.R. 3434), H501 [10FE]

Truman, Harry S: award Congressional Gold Medal in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of his inauguration (see H.R. 3712), H8505 [16AU]

U.S. Armed Forces History Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 343), H4391 [13JN]

U.S. Military Academy: mint commemorative coins recognizing the bicentennial (see H.R. 3492), H5547 [12JY]

Urban areas: development of municipally owned vacant lots by nonprofit community organizations (see H.R. 4143), H3681 [18MY]

Utah: designate certain Federal lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1500), H9158 [13SE]

Veterans: permit retirement pay concurrently with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 65), H2252 [13AP]

Washington, George: mint coins in commemoration of boyhood home (see H.R. 5049), H9569 [22SE]

Water: establish national urban watershed restoration program (see H.R. 3873), H559 [22FE]

Water pollution: law enforcement and compliance program (see H.R. 2727), H10446 [30SE]

———nonpoint source management program (see H.R. 2543), H9903 [27SE]

Waterways: establish a national waterways restoration program (see H.R. 4289), H2639 [21AP]

Weapons: prohibit arms sales to countries that are participating in the boycott of Israel (see H.R. 3656), H1323 [11MR]

Weather: improve the collection and distribution of information to assist agricultural producers (see H.R. 1016), H4343 [10JN]

Whittaker, Johnson C.: issuance of posthumous commission to second lieutenant in the Army (see H.R. 3925), H1058 [3MR]

Women: promote greater equity in delivery of health care (see H.R. 3075), H287 [3FE]

———review and study Federal health programs (see H.R. 3314), H83 [26JA]

World War II: commendation to individuals exposed to mustard agents (see H.R. 1055), H357 [8FE]

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

Court documents

House records: Supreme Court of the State of New York, H101 [1FE]

History

Betty Kahn Elopes With Harold Fisher, E1482 [18JY]

Remarks by, on

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 1995-99 (H. Con. Res. 218), H1264 [11MR]

Cuba: U.S. policy, H8760 [20AU]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4301), H3944 [24MY]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4539), Senate amendments (H. Res. 479), H5740, H5741 [14JY]

Dominican Republic: democratic efforts, E1723 [12AU]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4426), consideration (H. Res. 443), H4027, H4028 [25MY]

Haiti: presence of U.S. Armed Forces (H.J. Res. 416), H11023, H11024, H11109, H11115 [6OC]

———U.S. policy relative to refugees, military presence, and restoration of government, H3944 [24MY]

Health care professionals: provide incentives for physicians to practice in rural medically underserved areas (H.R. 4561), E1156 [9JN]

New York, NY: Boys Choir of Harlem anniversary, E1043 [24MY]

———Fort Washington Branch Library anniversary, E1045 [24MY]

Religion: condemn speech by a senior representative of the Nation of Islam (H. Res. 343), H570, H571, H572 [23FE]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H543 [11FE], H2912 [28AP], H3963 [24MY], H4994 [24JN], H5768 [18JY], H5949 [20JY], H6452 [28JY], H7991 [11AU], H8051 [12AU]

Leave of absence: granted, H9568 [22SE]

Schedules

Committee on Agriculture (House): Subcommittee on Foreign Agriculture and Hunger: agricultural implications of trade with Cuba, D578 [19MY]

Committee on Foreign Affairs (House): Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs: Free and Independent Cuba Assistance Act, D331 [24MR]

—————Haiti, D888 [27JY]

Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate): Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere and Peace Corps Affairs: situation in Haiti, D210 [8MR]

———U.S. policy toward Cuba, D1241 [7OC]

Committee on Government Operations (House): Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security: national drug control policy, D1246 [7OC]

Committee on Rules (House): Federal budget, D225 [9MR]

———foreign operations, export financing, and related programs appropriations, D603 [24MY]

Committee on the Judiciary (House): Subcommittee on Crime and Criminal Justice: Correcting Revolving Door Justice—New Approaches to Recidivism, D173 [1MR]

—————national policy to control crime and reform court procedures, D134 [22FE]

———Subcommittee on International Law, Immigration, and Refugees: Haiti and Haitian refugees, D678 [15JN]

Committee on Ways and Means (House): Subcommittee on Human Resources: treatment and rehabilitation of alcoholics and drug addicts receiving Social Security, D123 [10FE]

———Subcommittee on Social Security: treatment and rehabilitation of alcoholics and drug addicts receiving Social Security, D123 [10FE]

Tributes

Edwards, Representative Don, E784 [28AP], E2278 [8OC]

Fish, Representative, E2209 [8OC]

Fisher, Harold L. and Betty Kahn, E1482 [18JY]

Gray, William H., III, E2116 [6OC]

Isaac, Eva, E1512 [20JY]

Mariel, Serafin, E1710 [11AU]

Morgenthau, Robert, E793 [28AP]

Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, E1673 [8AU]

Pressman, Gabe, E1595 [28JY]

Robinson, Randall, E1041 [24MY]

Stewart, Edward (Pop), E1326 [24JN]

Weprin, Saul, E188 [11FE]