ABERCROMBIE, NEIL (a Representative from Hawaii)

Addresses

Acceptance of the Academy Award for Best Actor: Tom Hanks, E647 [13AP]

Amendments offered by, to

Foreign trade: administration of export controls (H.R. 3937), H5872 [19JY]

Appointments

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

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

African Americans: establish commission to examine slavery, subsequent racial and economic discrimination, and appropriate remedies (see H.R. 40), H1323 [11MR]

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

Agriculture: tribute to U.S. rice industry (see H.J. Res. 405), H10727 [4OC]

AIDS Cure Project: establish (see H.R. 4370), H3791 [20MY]

Animals: prohibit interstate commerce or transport of captive-bred animals for the purpose of hunting (see H.R. 4997), H10373 [29SE]

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

———provide benefits under the survivor benefit plan to surviving spouses of certain retired members (see H.R. 635), H11200 [6OC]

Arms control: moratorium on the sale, transfer, or export of anti-personnel landmines (see H.R. 4699), H5461 [30JN]

BATF: regulate the manufacture, distribution, and sale of firearms and ammunition (see H.R. 4903), H11429 [7OC]

Belleville, NJ: recognize as birthplace of industrial revolution (see H. Con. Res. 35), H9158 [13SE]

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

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

Child support: improve collection system (see H.R. 4570), H5761 [14JY]

Children and youth: establish youth development block grants for community-based organizations (see H.R. 4086), H9224 [19SE]

———improve child support system (see H.R. 4051), H5872 [19JY]

China, People's Republic of: establish position of U.S. Special Envoy for Tibet (see H.R. 5254), H11427 [7OC]

———most-favored-nation status (see H.R. 4590), H4653 [16JN]

China, Republic of: U.N. membership (see H. Con. Res. 148, 166), H6699 [2AU], H9903 [27SE]

Civil Service Retirement System: count service in certain Federal-State cooperative agricultural programs (see H.R. 3490), H2219 [12AP]

Coins: mint in commemoration of the Women in Military Service American Memorial (see H.R. 1697), H296 [7FE]

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

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: Presidential review (see H. Res. 38), H1059 [3MR]

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), H1156 [9MR]

Crime Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 363), H5463 [30JN]

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), H1957 [23MR]

Dept. of HHS: establish an America Cares Program (see H.R. 2930), H680 [23FE]

Disasters: provide for disaster avoidance and response plans and development of relief and reinsurance plans (see H.R. 2873), H501 [10FE]

Diseases: AIDS prevention (see H.R. 1538), H2582 [20AP]

———disclosure of HIV status of newborn infants to the legal guardians (see H.R. 4507), H6104 [21JY]

Ecology and environment: establish environmental response training and employment programs (see H.R. 4411), H6156 [22JY]

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

———reauthorization of Head Start Program (see H.R. 3842), H2252 [13AP]

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

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), H4220 [8JN]

Equal rights: constitutional amendment to ensure (see H.J. Res. 1), H3682 [18MY]

Explosives: Federal permit requirements for distribution or receipt of explosives (see H.R. 4345), H4995 [24JN]

Families and domestic relations: evaluation of services and selection of educational programs relative to domestic violence (see H.R. 3415), H5950 [20JY]

Federal employees: garnishment of retirement annuities to satisfy a judgment against an annuitant for child abuse (see H.R. 3694), H2368 [14AP]

———promote equitable pay practices (see H.R. 3738), H559 [22FE]

Federal firefighters: hourly and overtime pay rates and pay equity with public sector firefighters (see H.R. 4514), H6156 [22JY]

Firearms: prohibit manufacture, trade, transfer, and possession of handguns and handgun ammunition (see H.R. 3132), H1067 [7MR]

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

———prohibitions for convicted felons and other individuals against possessing, shipping, transporting or receiving firearms or ammunition (see H.R. 3827), H501 [10FE]

———promote safety and reduce handgun violence (see H.R. 3932), H1088 [8MR]

———regulate the manufacture, importation, and sale of particularly dangerous bullets (see H.R. 3542), H357 [8FE]

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]

Haiti: impose sanctions and halt the interdiction and return of refugees (see H.R. 4114), H2507 [19AP]

———presence of U.S. Armed Forces (see H. Con. Res. 276), H9161 [16SE]

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

Health: designation of obstetrician-gynecologists as primary care providers for women in Federal health care programs (see H. Res. 234), H1998 [24MR]

———establish a national program of trained community health advisors to assist in certain State objectives (see H.R. 4024), H1781 [21MR]

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

———inclusion of breast and cervical cancer screenings and gynecological services in a national health care plan (see H. Con. Res. 217), H1998 [24MR]

———information on AIDS and human immunodeficiency virus infections (see H. Con. Res. 192), H6984 [4AU]

———research funding (see H.R. 4260), H3156 [5MY]

Health care facilities: assistance for AIDS patients treatment (see H.R. 5141), H11001 [5OC]

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

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

Immigration: admission of spouses and children relative to permanent resident alien status (see H.R. 3182), H1058 [3MR]

———status of the visa waiver program (see H.R. 4413), H4959 [23JN]

International Conference on Population and Development: U.S. role (see H. Con. Res. 234), H6455 [28JY]

Irish-American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 401), H9903 [27SE]

Jewish War Veterans: issue commemorative postage stamp honoring anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 199), H1898 [22MR]

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

Lumber industry: export controls (see H.R. 4402), H3344 [12MY]

Medicaid: require State plans to cover screening mammography (see H.R. 425), H3887 [23MY]

Medicare: coverage of annual screening mammography for women 65 or over (see H.R. 427), H3887 [23MY]

Mexico: elections (see H. Con. Res. 250), H5656 [13JY]

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), H6698 [2AU]

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 311), H2253 [13AP]

National Character Counts Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 366), H6454 [28JY]

National Children's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 389), H9224 [19SE]

National Commission on Gay and Lesbian Youth Suicide Prevention: establish (see H.R. 4148), H2994 [3MY]

National Earthquake Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 325), H544 [11FE]

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

National Flag Celebration Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 286), H1058 [3MR]

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

National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 332), H11001 [5OC]

National League of Families POW/MIA: display of flag (see H.J. Res. 369), H7299 [9AU]

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

National Men's Health Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 209), H2937 [2MY]

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

National Park Service: regulate scenic commercial overflights of national parks (see H.R. 4163), H4780 [21JN]

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 Radon Action Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 242), H157 [1FE]

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

National Trails Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 327), H6104 [21JY]

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

National Walking Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 276), H2640 [21AP]

National Women and Girls in Sports Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 385), H10727 [4OC]

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

Occupational safety and health: workplace safety for Federal and Postal Service employees (see H.R. 115), H995 [2MR]

Older Americans Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 304), H2914 [28AP]

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

Opal Creek Forest Preserve: establish (see H.R. 3905), H1067 [7MR]

OSHA: reform (see H.R. 1280), H2367 [14AP]

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

Piscataway National Park: boundaries (see H.R. 3973), H3964 [24MY]

Power resources: funding for energy research, development, demonstration, and commercialization relative to the economy and environmental protection (see H. Con. Res. 188), H2220 [12AP]

Privacy: prevent abuses of electronic monitoring in the workplace (see H.R. 1900), H83 [26JA]

Program on Social Ethics and Community Service: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 4464), H4654 [16JN]

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

Refugees: involuntary return of refugees outside the U.S., and designate Haiti under temporary protected status (see H.R. 3663), H411 [9FE]

Roads and highways: conversion of signs to metric units (see H.R. 3766), H3964 [24MY]

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

Schneerson, Menachem Mendel: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4497), H9158 [13SE]

Service academies: imposition of additional charges or attendance fees (see H.R. 3293), H4653 [16JN]

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

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

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

Taxation: deductibility of expenses incurred in connection with the business use of the home (see H.R. 3407), H5655 [13JY]

———employer-provided educational assistance (see H.R. 127), H7075 [5AU]

———employment taxes on domestic services (see H.R. 3088), H411 [9FE]

———limit State taxation of pension income (see H.R. 546), H3055 [4MY]

———sponsorship payments by businesses (see H.R. 1551), H6454 [28JY]

———targeted jobs credit (see H.R. 325), H3521 [17MY]

———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 water conservation subsidies (see H.R. 4548), H8596 [17AU]

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

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

———immigrant status for relatives of Filipino veterans of World War II (see H.R. 2830), H43 [25JA]

———permit retirement pay concurrently with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 65), H5547 [12JY]

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

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

———ensure economic equity by promoting fairness in employment (see H.R. 2790), H6253 [26JY]

———health programs relative to the human immunodeficiency virus (see H.R. 2395), H3755 [19MY]

———illegalize practice of female genital mutilation or female circumcision (see H.R. 3247), H3279 [11MY]

———research programs relative to infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (see H.R. 2394), H3755 [19MY]

Year of the Grandparent: designate (see H.J. Res. 355), H8696 [18AU]

Years of the Girl Child: designate (see H.J. Res. 302), H2398 [18AP]

Essays: Voice of Democracy

Gavieres, Anna, E2269 [8OC]

Remarks by, on

Black Lung Benefits Act: improve (H.R. 2108), H3732 [19MY]

Budget: consideration of budget authority rescission proposals (H.R. 4600), H5728 [14JY]

California: management of the Presidio military facility (H.R. 3433), H8644 [18AU]

China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (H.R. 4590), E1697 [10AU]

Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3355), conference report, H8985 [21AU]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3355), motion to instruct conferees, H5624 [13JY]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3355), permission to file conference report, H8738 [19AU]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 4092), H2342 [14AP]

———support victims of domestic violence, E2093 [6OC]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4301), H3649 [18MY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4606), H5288, H5290, H5294 [28JN]

Education: authorizing appropriations for certain programs (H.R. 6), H1024, H1025 [3MR]

———Federal funding for schools with programs promoting homosexuality as a positive alternative lifestyle, E647 [13AP]

———require local school districts to compile statistics of children of illegal immigrants, H1024, H1025 [3MR]

Firearms: prohibit transfer or sale of assault weapons (H.R. 4296), E889 [11MY]

Hawaii: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H417 [10FE]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H364 [9FE], H4712, H4713 [17JN], H6609 [2AU], H6827, H6828 [4AU], H7285, H7286, H7287, H7288, H7289 [9AU], H8581, H8582, H8588, H8589 [17AU], H8604 [18AU], H8733-H8738 [19AU]

Health care facilities: access to clinic entrances (S. 636), conference report, E897 [11MY]

Honolulu, HI: tribute to Honolulu Fire Dept., E1736 [16AU]

House of Representatives: House officers and employees salaries and appropriations, H4124 [26MY]

———installation of additional elevators in the Longworth House Office Building, H4126 [26MY]

Illegal aliens: prohibit participation in certain Federal benefits programs, H5624 [13JY]

Legislative Branch of the Government: application of certain laws (H.R. 4822), H7363 [10AU]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4454), H4124, H4126 [26MY]

Lobbyists: disclosure of activities to influence the Federal Government (S. 349), H1989 [24MR]

Merchant marine industry: authorize appropriations for certain maritime programs and revitalize U.S.-flag merchant marine (H.R. 4003), H6580 [2AU]

———commercial operation of sealift vessels, H3649 [18MY]

National defense: authorizing appropriations for Dept. of Defense and Dept. of Energy defense activities (S. 2182), conference report, H8561 [17AU]

National Park Service: reform concessions policies (S. 208), H6418 [28JY]

Native Hawaiian Education Program: funding, H5288, H5290, H5294 [28JN]

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

Six Rivers National Forest: protection and management of Redwood forest areas and addition of certain lands and waters (H.R. 2866), consideration (H. Res. 536), H9391 [21SE]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H3277 [11MY], H8503 [16AU]

Schedules

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

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures, D332 [24MR]

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

Committee on Ways and Means (House): Subcommittee on Trade: U.S.-China trade relations, D154 [24FE]

Statements

Commercial Operation of Sealift Vessels: by, H3650 [18MY]

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

Tributes

Gavieres, Anna, E2269 [8OC]

O'Neill, Thomas P., Jr., H325 [8FE]