SWIFT, AL (a Representative from Washington)

Amendments offered by, to

Refuse disposal: State control of municipal solid waste transportation and disposal (S. 2345), H11401, H11407 [7OC]

Analyses

Federal Railroad Safety Act Amendments (H.R. 4545), H4216 [8JN]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 322, Mineral Exploration and Development Act, H3780 [20MY]

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

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

Articles and editorials

W. Graham Claytor Jr., 82, Ex-Amtrak President, Dies, Don Phillips, Washington (DC) Post, E960 [18MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Amtrak: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4111), H1897 [22MR]

CERCLA: amend (see H.R. 4916), H7195 [8AU]

———streamline the remedy selection process and improve cleanup standards (see H.R. 3800), H287 [3FE]

Federal Railroad Safety Act: amend (see H.R. 4545), H4219 [8JN]

FTC: consumer protection in telephone sales (H.R. 868), Senate amendment (see H. Res. 488), H6200 [25JY]

Hazardous substances: reduce the levels of lead in the environment (see H.R. 4882), H6549 [1AU]

Landfills: disposal of organic absorbents (see H.R. 4933), H7506 [10AU]

Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act: reduce waiting period for benefits (see H.R. 4868), H6549 [1AU]

Refuse disposal: regulation of hazardous waste shipments to foreign countries (see H.R. 3965), H1066 [7MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

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

Alcohol Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 335), H2253 [13AP]

Animals: provide for nonanimal acute toxicity testing (see H.R. 5222), H11199 [6OC]

Architect of the Capitol: comprehensive personnel management system (see H.R. 4582), H4780 [21JN]

Bankruptcy: debt adjustment of individuals with regular income (see H.R. 2326), H1323 [11MR]

Belleville, NJ: recognize as birthplace of industrial revolution (see H. Con. Res. 35), H9224 [19SE]

Bonneville Power Administration: debt refinancing agreement at prevailing interest rates and payment of refinancing fee to U.S. Treasury (see H.R. 4847), H6453 [28JY]

Chemical Weapons Convention: implementation (see H.R. 4849), H6453 [28JY]

Children and youth: establish youth development block grants for community-based organizations (see H.R. 4086), H5547 [12JY]

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

Christiani, Alfredo: tribute to efforts toward peace and national reconciliation in El Salvador (see H. Con. Res. 286), H8755 [19AU]

Consumers: require disclosure of service and other charges on tickets (see H.R. 4995), H8754 [19AU]

Crime: telemarketing fraud (see H.R. 4399), H4220 [8JN]

D-Day National Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 303), H2219 [12AP]

Dept. of the Interior: sale of certain real and personal property (see H.R. 4919), H7992 [11AU]

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

Drugs: pediatric research and testing for new drugs (see H.R. 4427), H3356 [16MY]

Elwha River Ecosystem and Fisheries Restoration Act: amend (see H.R. 4909), H7074 [5AU]

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]

———child labor laws relative to operation of motor vehicles (see H.R. 4303), H2838 [26AP]

———prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation (see H.R. 4636), H5655 [13JY]

Federal firefighters: hourly and overtime pay rates and pay equity with public sector firefighters (see H.R. 4514), H7299 [9AU]

Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (see H.R. 1295), H2913 [28AP]

Financial Accounting Standards Board: accounting standards (see H. Con. Res. 98), H1898 [22MR]

Foreign aid: prohibit to countries that restrict the delivery of U.S. humanitarian assistance to other countries (see H.R. 4142), H10007 [28SE]

Foreign trade: control of computers and related equipment (see H.R. 3627), H3056 [4MY]

Forest Service: timber sale receipts sharing with the BLM (see H.R. 5161), H10726 [4OC]

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

Gillespie, John Birks (Dizzy): award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 141), H3356 [16MY]

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

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 5119), H11429 [7OC]

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

Income: prohibit wage discrimination based on sex, race, or nationality (see H.R. 4803), H10538 [3OC]

Law enforcement officers: exemption from State laws prohibiting carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 1277), H5768 [18JY]

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

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), H2937 [2MY]

Medicare: coverage of anesthesia services provided by certified registered nurse anesthetists (see H.R. 4291), H4166 [26MY]

———extend issuance period for select policies (see H.R. 5082), H11001 [5OC]

National Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 317), H1254 [10MR]

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

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

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 4074), H2252 [13AP]

National Mammography Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 418), H10446 [30SE]

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

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

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

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

Native Americans: land-grant status for certain Indian colleges and institutions (see H.R. 4806), H5950 [20JY]

———promote and expand Federal assistance for Indian institutions of higher learning (see H. Res. 539), H9440 [21SE]

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

Plant Variety Protection Act: amend to make consistent with the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (see H.R. 2927), H205 [2FE]

Postal Service: reemployment of retirees in temporary positions relative to offset of annuity (see H.R. 3246), H912 [1MR]

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

Privacy: prevent abuses of electronic monitoring in the workplace (see H.R. 1900), H865 [24FE]

Radio: recognize the achievements of radio amateurs and establish support for radio amateurs as national policy (see H.J. Res. 199), H84 [26JA]

Railroads: authorizing appropriations for development of high-speed rail transportation (see H.R. 4867), H6549 [1AU]

———extension of certain Railway Labor Act provisions relative to the Soo Line Railroad Co. labor dispute (see H.J. Res. 417), H10007 [28SE]

Regional Fishery Management Councils: ethics standards for industry representatives (see H.R. 4713), H6104 [21JY]

Roosevelt, Franklin D.: mint coins in commemoration of 50th anniversary of death (see H.R. 3270), H1997 [24MR]

Rural Development Administration: loan and grant qualifications for timber dependent communities (see H.R. 4196), H2251 [13AP]

Schneerson, Menachem Mendel: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4497), H7195 [8AU]

Ships and vessels: promote the construction and operation of passenger vessels (see H.R. 3821), H410 [9FE]

Small business: authorize appropriations for loans to concerns detrimentally affected by defense reductions (see H.R. 4026), H6550 [1AU]

———participation in business development programs by concerns controlled by individuals with disabilities (see H.R. 794), H501 [10FE]

Small Family Farm Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 291), H1781 [21MR]

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

Taxation: estate tax treatment of family-owned business interests (see H.R. 5032), H11429 [7OC]

———exclusion for amounts received under group legal services (see H.R. 326), H357 [8FE]

———individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 5006), H8770 [20AU]

———penalty-free withdrawals from retirement plans for disaster-related expenses (see H.R. 3762), H6763 [3AU]

———promote the construction and operation of passenger vessels (see H.R. 3822), H410 [9FE]

U.S. Botanic Garden: mint coins in commemoration of 175th anniversary (see H.R. 4135), H2368 [14AP]

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

Water: assure the safety of public water systems (see H.R. 3392), H680 [23FE]

Waterways: establish a national waterways restoration program (see H.R. 4289), H4654 [16JN]

Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H. Res. 432), H6763 [3AU]

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

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

Years of the Girl Child: designate (see H.J. Res. 302), H2914 [28AP]

Letters

American Code: Nordica Wiggins, E1627 [3AU]

Proposal for American Code of Behavior: Nordica Wiggins, E1215 [14JN]

Streamline CERCLA remedy selection process and improve cleanup standards: Carol M. Browner, EPA, H284 [3FE]

Remarks by, on

Amateur Radio Service: tribute (S.J. Res. 90), H11171 [6OC]

Amtrak: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4111), E507 [22MR]

———funding, H4614 [16JN]

Antitrust policy: supersede modification of final judgment of U.S. v. Western Electric and regulate the manufacturing of Bell operating companies (H.R. 3626), H5213 [28JN]

Appropriations: making supplemental (H.R. 3759), H271 [3FE]

Budget: rescission authority, H271 [3FE]

CERCLA: streamline the remedy selection process and improve cleanup standards (H.R. 3800), H282 [3FE]

Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House): investigation of House Post Office activity relative to violations of House Rules or embezzlement of public funds by Members of Congress (H. Res. 238), H975 [2MR]

Committees of the House: expenses for investigations and studies (H. Res. 369), H1820, H1821 [22MR]

Communications: promote a national infrastructure to encourage deployment of advanced services through competition (H.R. 3636), H5239 [28JN]

Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures, E1215 [14JN], E1627 [3AU]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4539), H4504, H4526 [15JN]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4556), H4577, H4603, H4604, H4612, H4614 [16JN]

FEC: funding, H4504 [15JN], H4731 [21JN]

Federal Railroad Safety Act: amend (H.R. 4545), H4215 [8JN], H7139 [8AU]

FTC: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2243), conference report, H6162, H6163, H6164 [25JY]

———consumer protection in telephone sales (H.R. 868), Senate amendment (H. Res. 488), H6158, H6160 [25JY]

GATT: ratification (H.R. 5110), H11508 [29NO]

Hazardous substances: authorizing appropriations for transportation safety enforcement (H.R. 2178), H8444 [16AU]

House of Representatives: public release of documents relative to the investigation of the House Post Office (H. Res. 450), H4274 [9JN]

ICC: transfer function to the Dept. of Transportation, H4603, H4604 [16JN]

Landfills: disposal of organic absorbents (H.R. 4933), H7490 [10AU]

Microsoft Corp.: Information Technology Association of America Quality Award recipient, H481 [10FE]

NTSB: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2440), concur in Senate amendment with an amendment (H. Res. 558), H10568 [3OC]

Public buildings: funding for certain construction projects, H4526 [15JN]

Radioactive substances: disclosure requirements relative to radon testing when selling or renting property, H6403 [28JY]

———improve and increase radon testing products and services (H.R. 2448), H6397, H6403 [28JY]

Railroads: authorizing appropriations for development of high-speed rail transportation (H.R. 4867), H8432 [16AU], H11165, H11169 [6OC]

———extension of certain Railway Labor Act provisions relative to the Soo Line Railroad Co. labor dispute (H.J. Res. 417), H10573, H10575 [3OC]

Refuse disposal: regulation of hazardous waste shipments to foreign countries (H.R. 3965), H1053 [3MR]

———restrictions on local government flow control authority, H10317 [29SE]

———State control of municipal solid waste transportation and disposal (H.R. 4683), H10298, H10300, H10317, H10319 [29SE]

———State control of municipal solid waste transportation and disposal (S. 2345), H11398, H11399 [7OC]

Social Security Administration: establish as independent agency (H.R. 4277), conference report, H7921 [11AU]

States: limit out-of-State solid waste disposal (H.R. 4779), H9922, H9925, H9928, H9930, H9937 [28SE]

Votes: position on missed, H458 [10FE], H7906 [11AU]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H1897 [22MR], H3510 [17MY], H4446 [14JN], H6697 [2AU]

Special order: granted, H285 [3FE], H1056 [3MR], H4216 [8JN], H7505 [10AU]

Reports by conference committees

FTC Appropriations (H.R. 2243), H6006-H6009 [21JY]

Schedules

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate): Subcommittee on Surface Transportation: ICC operations relative to rail and motor carrier transportation regulations, D795 [12JY]

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (House): Subcommittee on Environment and Natural Resources: Pacific Salmon Treaty, D923 [2AU]

———Subcommittee on Fisheries Management: Pacific Salmon Treaty, D923 [2AU]

Committee on Rules (House): Legislative Reorganization Act, D108 [9FE]

———limit out-of-State solid waste disposal, D1142 [27SE]

———Radon Awareness and Disclosure Act, D889 [27JY]

———selection process and cleanup standards of CERCLA, D1062 [13SE]

———State control of municipal solid waste transportation and disposal, D1142 [27SE]

Summaries

Streamline CERCLA Remedy Selection Process and Improve Cleanup Standards (H.R. 3800), H283 [3FE]

Tributes

Claytor, W. Graham, Jr., E959 [18MY]