McCLOSKEY, FRANK (a Representative from Indiana)

Amendments offered by, to

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4301), H4232 [9JN]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 2333, Dept. of State, USIA, and related agencies appropriations, H2386 [18AP]

———H.R. 3345, Federal Workforce Restructuring Act, H1302 [11MR]

———H.R. 3355, national policy to control crime and reform court procedures, H3383 [17MY]

———S. 2182, Dept. of Defense and Dept. of Energy defense activities appropriations, H6182 [25JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

FDIC: authorize noncompetitive, career or career-conditional appointments for employees who are separated due to relocation, downsizing or the termination of the RTC (see H.R. 5090), H9600 [23SE]

Federal employees: reemployment of individuals involuntarily separated from teaching positions in foreign countries (see H.R. 3975), H1087 [8MR]

GAO: provide for an executive director of the Personnel Appeals Board (see H.R. 5103), H9761 [26SE]

Ireland, Republic of: inclusion in the Nonimmigrant Visa Waiver Pilot Program (see H.R. 4145), H1995 [24MR]

Nuclear weapons: proliferation (see H.R. 4332), H2994 [3MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

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

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

Agriculture: national objectives to keep industry competitive (see H.R. 4675), H7299 [9AU]

———reauthorize the conservation reserve program (see H.R. 4416), H11001 [5OC]

Animals: conservation of rhinoceros and tigers (see H.R. 3987), H9087 [12SE]

Aquaculture: develop national policy (see H.R. 4676, 4744), H5349 [29JN], H5655 [13JY]

Armed Forces: administrative safeguards for members making allegations of sexual harassment or discrimination (see H.R. 4112), H1956 [23MR]

———procedures for determining status of certain missing members (see H.R. 5043), H9903 [27SE]

Arms control: moratorium on the sale, transfer, or export of anti-personnel landmines (see H.R. 4699), H9224 [19SE]

Belleville, NJ: recognize as birthplace of industrial revolution (see H. Con. Res. 35), H9903 [27SE]

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

Census: improve accuracy of address lists (see H.R. 5084), H9600 [23SE]

Children and youth: support for adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse (see H. Con. Res. 200), H5548 [12JY]

China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (see H.R. 4590), H6454 [28JY]

Classified information: establish a uniform system for classifying and declassifying information (see H.R. 4137), H4166 [26MY]

Coins: mint in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the World War II peace accords (see H.R. 3820), H2914 [28AP]

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

Consumers: rental-purchase transaction regulation (see H.R. 2803), H501 [10FE]

Crime: inclusion of peonage and slavery offenses as RICO predicates (see H.R. 2720), H6253 [26JY]

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

Cyprus: investigation of missing U.S. citizens (see H.R. 2826), H1997 [24MR]

Dept. of the Interior: establish an American Heritage Areas Partnership Program (see H.R. 5044), H9157 [13SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: adjudication of claims for veterans benefits (see H.R. 3269), H205 [2FE]

Disasters: provide for disaster avoidance and response plans and development of relief and reinsurance plans (see H.R. 2873), H3791 [20MY]

Diseases: disclosure of HIV status of newborn infants to the legal guardians (see H.R. 4507), H9224 [19SE]

Ecology and environment: regulatory differentiation between agricultural oils and toxic oils (see H.R. 4412), H7299 [9AU]

Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A.: designate (see H.J. Res. 329), H1541 [17MR]

Employment: assist discharged Armed Forces members to obtain employment and management training with public housing authorities and management companies (see H.R. 1886), H9030 [26AU]

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

Financial institutions: regulatory capital guidelines for treatment of real estate assets sold with limited recourse (see H.R. 3642), H6200 [25JY]

Firearms: eliminate administrative authority to prohibit transfer or sale of assault weapons (see H.R. 5033), H9157 [13SE]

———repeal semi-automatic assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices ban (see H.R. 5100), H9761 [26SE]

Fishery Conservation and Management Act: authorize (see H.R. 780), H9158 [13SE]

Foreign trade: control of computers and related equipment (see H.R. 3627), H1898 [22MR]

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

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]

Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see H.J. Res. 310), H1158 [9MR]

Guam: mint coins in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands (see H.R. 3372), H157 [1FE]

Haiti: presence of U.S. Armed Forces (see H. Con. Res. 276), H9088 [12SE]

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

Health: funding for WIC food programs in any national health care plan (see H. Con. Res. 233), H4166 [26MY]

———liability of raw material and component suppliers to medical device manufacturers (see H.R. 5092), H9600 [23SE]

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

Helsinki Human Rights Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 393), H6200 [25JY]

Human rights: trafficking of Burmese women and girls into Thailand for forced prostitution (see H. Con. Res. 254), H5350 [29JN]

Immigration: continue visa waiver pilot program and create probationary status under the program (see H.R. 5041), H9157 [13SE]

Income: prohibit wage discrimination based on sex, race, or nationality (see H.R. 4803), H5950 [20JY]

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

Irish-American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 401), H9161 [16SE]

Jewish War Veterans: issue commemorative postage stamp honoring anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 199), H681 [23FE]

Joseph Vittori (U.S.S.): naming of an appropriate Navy ship (see H.R. 5283), H11428 [7OC]

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

LIHEAP: full expenditure of appropriated funds (see H. Con. Res. 202), H296 [7FE]

Marinas: treatment as offshore facilities (see H. Con. Res. 262), H7195 [8AU]

Medicaid: allow State payments for osteopathic services to children and pregnant women by physicians certified by the American Osteopathic Association medical specialty board (see H.R. 3906), H6380 [27JY]

Medicare: extend issuance period for select policies (see H.R. 5082), H10373 [29SE]

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), H411 [9FE]

Monuments and memorials: mint commemorative coins for the Vietnam Women's Memorial (see H.R. 2467), H8505 [16AU]

Motorcycles: regulation of helmet use (see H.R. 4805), H6984 [4AU]

National Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 317), H1088 [8MR]

National Apollo Anniversary Observance: designate (see H.J. Res. 353), H2367 [14AP]

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 311), H9601 [23SE]

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

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

National Firefighters Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 411), H10728 [4OC]

National Good Teen Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 326), H1067 [7MR]

National Incest and Sexual Abuse Healing Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 403), H9158 [13SE]

National Institute for the Environment: establish (see H.R. 2918), H10007 [28SE]

National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 332), H9224 [19SE]

National League of Families POW/MIA: display of flag (see H.J. Res. 369), H7195 [8AU]

National Men's Health Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 209), H3755 [19MY]

National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 374), H5872 [19JY]

National Police Survivors Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 344), H2914 [28AP]

National Sewing Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 337), H5762 [14JY]

National Trails Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 327), H2995 [3MY]

National Walking Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 276), H2995 [3MY]

National Weather Service: independent review of modernization activities at certain sites (see H.R. 4998), H8754 [19AU]

NATO: assist transition of certain countries to NATO membership (see H.R. 4210), H3522 [17MY]

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), H157 [1FE]

Nuclear weapons: negotiations of testing limitations (see H. Con. Res. 235), H3156 [5MY]

Older Americans Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 304), H1058 [3MR]

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

Parents Day: designate (see H. Res. 236), H681 [23FE]

Parents' Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 398), H9224 [19SE]

Persian Gulf Conflict: compensation for veterans and increased research relative to illnesses attributed to service during conflict (see H.R. 4540), H4219 [8JN]

Petroleum: export of certain domestically produced crude oil (see H.R. 2670), H411 [9FE]

Piscataway National Park: boundaries (see H.R. 3973), H2994 [3MY]

Postal Service: authority to issue civil investigative demands relative to mail fraud investigations (see H.R. 4071), H3345 [12MY]

———forfeiture of property in mail or wire fraud investigations and allocation of proceeds from forfeitures (see H.R. 4070), H3345 [12MY]

———require Presidential appointment for Inspector General, and prevent use of paid confidential informants in narcotics investigations (see H.R. 4400), H4091 [25MY]

Power resources: establish safety, development, and education programs for the propane gas industry (see H.R. 3546), H7299 [9AU]

Railroads: employee protection benefits (see H.R. 3866), H9087 [12SE]

———improve safety at grade crossings (see H.R. 4855), H6454 [28JY]

REA: protection of rural electric borrowers (see H.R. 3790), H358 [8FE]

Refuse disposal: encourage the President and State Governors to carry out on-site composting at their residences (see H.R. 2292), H83 [26JA]

Rushdie, Salman: condemn death sentence imposed by Iran (see H. Con. Res. 249), H6483 [29JY]

Russia: pursuit of negotiations to reduce the number of deployed strategic nuclear warheads (see H. Con. Res. 306), H11430 [7OC]

Rwanda: U.S. policy on humanitarian and political plight (see H. Res. 453), H5872 [19JY]

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), H6454 [28JY]

Ships and vessels: coverage of Federal labor laws on foreign documented vessels (see H.R. 1517), H9762 [26SE]

Six Rivers National Forest: protection and management of Redwood forest areas and addition of certain lands and waters (see H.R. 2866), H1540 [17MR]

Small-Town Sunday: designate (see H.J. Res. 184), H7075 [5AU]

Special Olympics World Games: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 3879), H679 [23FE]

States: tax treatment of certain pension income (see H.R. 702), H4553 [15JN]

Tajikistan: promote resolution of conflict and respect for human rights (see H. Con. Res. 214), H2640 [21AP]

Taxation: credit for soil and water conservation expenditures in agriculture-related activities (see H.R. 2708), H2913 [28AP]

———deduction of business meal expenses subject to Federal hours of limitation (see H.R. 4986), H11429 [7OC]

———treatment of dues paid to tax-exempt agricultural or horticultural organizations (see H.R. 3951), H2994 [3MY]

———treatment of health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 5062), H9350 [20SE]

Telephones: treatment of 800 numbers (see H.R. 4802), H6699 [2AU]

Terrorism: condemn attacks relative to Middle East peace agreements (see H. Res. 496), H7075 [5AU]

Time for the National Observance of the Fiftieth Anniversary of World War II: designate (see H.J. Res. 315), H2640 [21AP]

Trucking industry: effective date of trucking deregulation (see H.R. 5071), H10373 [29SE]

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

U.S. Botanic Garden: mint coins in commemoration of 175th anniversary (see H.R. 4135), H4091 [25MY]

U.S. Military Academy: mint commemorative coins recognizing the bicentennial (see H.R. 3492), H4958 [23JN]

Veterans: benefits for Philippine service in World War II (see H.R. 4701), H9009 [21AU]

———Government positions preference eligibility for Persian Gulf veterans (see H.R. 476), H5872 [19JY]

Vietnam Human Rights Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 333), H1898 [22MR]

Warsaw Ghetto Uprising: commemorate anniversary (see H.J. Res. 388), H5872 [19JY]

Water pollution: eliminate certain discharges of chlorine compounds into navigable waters (see H.R. 2898), H9351 [20SE]

Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H. Res. 432), H4884 [22JN]

World Population Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 268), H5762 [14JY]

Year of Gospel Music: designate (see H.J. Res. 297), H4293 [9JN]

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

Years of the Girl Child: designate (see H.J. Res. 302), H2583 [20AP]

Yugoslavia: civil liberties violations against ethnic Albanians in former Kosovo Province (see H. Con. Res. 251), H8596 [17AU]

Essays: Voice of Democracy

DiSilvestro, Russell, E562 [24MR]

Letters

U.S. policy toward Bosnia: Action Council for Peace in the Balkans, H485 [10FE]

Papers

Pin-Stripe Approach to Genocide: Richard Johnson, E195-E201 [22FE]

Remarks by, on

Appropriations: making supplemental (H.R. 3759), H240, H241 [3FE]

Black Lung Benefits Act: improve (H.R. 2108), H3711, H3719, H3726, H3727 [19MY]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: lift U.S. arms embargo, H2497, H2498, H2499, H2500, H2502 [19AP], H2633, H2634, H2635, H2636 [21AP], H4229, H4231, H4233, H4241, H4250 [9JN], H6439 [28JY], H7031 [5AU]

———lift U.S. arms embargo (S. 2042), H7032 [5AU]

China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (H.R. 4590), H7186 [8AU], H7247 [9AU]

Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3355), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 526), H8966 [21AU]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4301), H3907 [24MY], H4229, H4231, H4233, H4241, H4250 [9JN]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4301), consideration (H. Res. 431), H3859 [23MY]

———funding for humanitarian assistance and peacekeeping activities, H240, H241 [3FE]

———revise overseas teacher pay and personnel practices (H.R. 3499), H5789 [19JY], H11422, H11423 [7OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: staffing guidelines for the Veterans Health Administration and establish health care delivery programs (H.R. 4013), H2712 [26AP]

FBI: authorize noncompetitive, career or career-conditional appointments for Criminal Justice Information Services employees who do not relocate to Clarksburg, WV (H.R. 4884), H8427 [16AU]

Federal employees: authorize use of sick leave to attend to family member, and modify leave transfer program between employees who are family members (H.R. 4361), H11424 [7OC]

———employee training restrictions, and temporary voluntary separation incentive (H.R. 3345), H447 [10FE]

———employee training restrictions, and temporary voluntary separation incentive (H.R. 3345), conference report, H1941 [23MR]

———employee training restrictions, and temporary voluntary separation incentive (H.R. 3345), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 380), H1081 [8MR]

Firefighters: tribute to those killed fighting Colorado wildfires, H5778 [19JY]

GAO: provide for an executive director of the Personnel Appeals Board (H.R. 5103), H10614 [3OC]

Haiti: presence of U.S. Armed Forces (H.J. Res. 416), H11027 [6OC]

———tribute to special peace delegation and support for U.S. Armed Forces (H. Con. Res. 290), H9212 [19SE]

House of Representatives: legislative program, H3907 [24MY]

Immigration: change laws relative to nationality and naturalization (H.R. 783), H11293, H11295 [7OC]

———change laws relative to nationality and naturalization (H.R. 783), concur with Senate amendment with an amendment (H. Res. 533), H9279 [20SE]

Insurance: payment of group life benefits to terminally ill individuals (H.R. 512), H11423, H11424 [7OC]

Ireland, Republic of: inclusion in the Nonimmigrant Visa Waiver Pilot Program (H.R. 4145), H1446 [17MR]

Legislative Branch of the Government: application of certain laws (H.R. 4822), H7341, H7360 [10AU]

Members of Congress: ensure equal coverage and benefits as private citizens under national health care system, H7360 [10AU]

National defense: authorizing appropriations for Dept. of Defense and Dept. of Energy defense activities (S. 2182), conference report, H8554 [17AU]

National Highway System: designate (H.R. 4385), H3986 [25MY]

Office of Special Counsel: reauthorize (H.R. 2970), H10615, H10617, H10618 [3OC], H11419, H11421 [7OC]

St. Patrick's Day: observance, H1446 [17MR]

Starr, Kenneth W.: appointment as independent counsel relative to investigation of Whitewater Estates development and Madison Guaranty, H7186 [8AU]

Yugoslavia: civil war and ethnic violence, H2497, H2498, H2499, H2500, H2502 [19AP], H2539, H2565 [20AP]

———U.S. military intervention in Bosnia and Herzegovina, H484 [10FE], H2401 [19AP]

———U.S. policy on Bosnia and Herzegovina, H5744 [14JY]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H543 [11FE]

Special order: granted, H107 [1FE], H490 [10FE], H2581 [20AP], H4163 [26MY], H4652 [16JN], H5759 [14JY], H6452 [28JY], H7073 [5AU], H7190 [8AU], H10998 [5OC], H11198 [6OC], H11559 [29NO]

Schedules

Committee on Public Works and Transportation (House): Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment: Water Resources Development Act, D838 [19JY]

Committee on Rules (House): Dept. of Defense budget, D561 [17MY]

Committee on the Judiciary (House): Subcommittee on International Law, Immigration and Refugees: visa waiver pilot program, D986 [11AU]

Tributes

DiSilvestro, Russell, E562 [24MR]

Ford, Representative William D., H11414 [7OC]

Rissler, Pat, H11414 [7OC]

Smith, Major, H11418 [7OC]

Tomasic, Francis W., H4146 [26MY]