de la GARZA, E (a Representative from Texas)

Amendments offered by, to

Agriculture: reform crop insurance program (H.R. 4217), H7009, H7020 [5AU]

Dept. of Agriculture: reorganization (H.R. 3171), H9954, H9968 [28SE]

Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie: establish (H.R. 4946), H11306 [7OC]

Pesticides: safety training programs and labeling requirements (S. 1913), H1508 [17MR]

Plant Variety Protection Act: amend to make consistent with the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (H.R. 2927), H8029 [12AU]

Rolla, MO: convey certain lands (H.R. 3426), H10745 [4OC]

Six Rivers National Forest: protection and management of Redwood forest areas and addition of certain lands and waters (H.R. 2866), H9409 [21SE]

Wetlands: expand eligibility for the Wetlands Reserve Program to lands covered by certain expiring agreements (H.R. 5053), H10746, H10747 [4OC]

Analyses

Farm Credit System Agricultural Export and Risk Management Act (H.R. 4379), H10324-H10326 [29SE]

Appointments

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

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

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

———H.R. 3841, Interstate Banking Efficiency Act, H3305 [12MY]

Delegation for the funeral of the late Richard M. Nixon, H2841 [28AP]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Agriculture: ability of banks for cooperatives to finance exports (see H.R. 4379), H3223 [10MY]

———enable producers, feeders, and importers of sheep to develop a nationally coordinated sheep information, research, and promotion (see H.R. 5183), H11000 [5OC]

———reform crop insurance program (see H.R. 4217), H2367 [14AP]

———reform crop insurance program (H.R. 4217), concur in Senate amendment with an amendment (see H. Res. 559), H10538 [3OC]

———tribute to U.S. rice industry (see H.J. Res. 405), H8770 [20AU]

CFTC: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4492), H4090 [25MY]

Committee on Agriculture (House): expenses for investigations and studies (see H. Res. 340), H287 [3FE]

Food stamps: modify and revise programs (see H.R. 5156), H10538 [3OC]

Immigration: strengthen border security and stabilize immigration (see H.R. 4885), H6698 [2AU]

National Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 317), H287 [3FE]

Perishable Agriculture Commodities Act: imposition of fees for violations (see H.R. 4581), H4552 [15JN]

Pesticides: regulatory standards and food safety protections (see H.R. 4329), H2994 [3MY]

Smokey Bear's 50th Anniversary: designate (see H.J. Res. 395), H6482 [29JY]

Water: U.S.-Mexico wastewater treatment works funding (see H.R. 4401), H3344 [12MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

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

Agriculture: national objectives to keep industry competitive (see H.R. 4675), H5349 [29JN]

Belleville, NJ: recognize as birthplace of industrial revolution (see H. Con. Res. 35), H9601 [23SE]

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

Cesar E. Chavez Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 356), H2640 [21AP]

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]

Crime: create remedies for child victims of sexual exploitation (see H. Res. 281), H1088 [8MR]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (see H.R. 5008), H9008 [21AU]

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

D-Day National Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 303), H1997 [24MR]

Disasters: establish a commission to improve the Federal emergency management system (see H.R. 3397), H84 [26JA]

Families and domestic relations: evaluation of services and selection of educational programs relative to domestic violence (see H.R. 3415), H1541 [17MR]

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

General Bernardo de Galvez Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 347), H5548 [12JY]

Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see H.J. Res. 310), H912 [1MR]

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), H6483 [29JY]

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

``Hispanic Americans in Congress'': authorize printing (see H. Con. Res. 299), H9902 [27SE]

Historic buildings: mint coins in commemoration of Federal acceptance of responsibility of care and maintenance (see H.R. 1671), H9903 [27SE]

Housing: reform certain housing programs (see H.R. 4218), H2367 [14AP]

Irish-American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 401), H9570 [22SE]

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

Medicare: coverage of betaseron treatment for multiple sclerosis (see H.R. 4610), H11001 [5OC]

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

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

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

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

National Family Caregivers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 90), H2583 [20AP]

National Firefighters Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 411), H10446 [30SE]

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

National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 332), H4293 [9JN]

National League of Families POW/MIA: display of flag (see H.J. Res. 369), H7507 [10AU]

National Mammography Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 418), H10728 [4OC]

National Men's Health Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 209), H2640 [21AP]

National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 374), H6104 [21JY]

National Parkinson's Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 359), H2995 [3MY]

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

Panama: negotiation of a new agreement relative to the presence of U.S. Armed Forces and the Panama Canal (see H. Con. Res. 17), H3888 [23MY]

Parents' Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 398), H9601 [23SE]

Persian Gulf Conflict: compensation for veterans and increased research relative to illnesses attributed to service during conflict (see H.R. 4386), H4780 [21JN]

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

Public Service Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 253), H2583 [20AP]

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), H7299 [9AU]

Rural areas: cost share assistance to construct reservoir structures for the storage of water (see H.R. 2460), H4220 [8JN]

Sam B. Hall, Jr., Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Marshall, TX: designate (see H.R. 3840), H1254 [10MR]

Schneerson, Menachem Mendel: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4497), H8505 [16AU]

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

States: immunity from personal civil liability for certain volunteers working for nonprofit organizations and government entities (see H.R. 911), H10372 [29SE]

Taxation: credit for care of elderly low-income relatives (see H.R. 4195), H2251 [13AP]

———individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 5006), H11429 [7OC]

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

———treatment of dues paid to tax-exempt agricultural or horticultural organizations (see H.R. 3951), H1997 [24MR]

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

U.S. Botanic Garden: mint coins in commemoration of 175th anniversary (see H.R. 4135), H4654 [16JN]

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

Year of Gospel Music: designate (see H.J. Res. 297), H3791 [20MY]

Year of the Grandparent: designate (see H.J. Res. 355), H3964 [24MY]

Years of the Girl Child: designate (see H.J. Res. 302), H1058 [3MR]

Court documents

House records: Superior Court for the District of Columbia, H3036 [4MY]

———U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, H977 [2MR]

Letters

Farm Credit System Agricultural Export and Risk Management Act: Dorothy L. Nichols, Farm Credit Administration, H10324 [29SE]

GATT ratification: several agricultural and business organizations, H11463 [29NO]

Wetlands Reserve Program: by, Committee on Agriculture (House), H10746 [4OC]

———Representative Studds, Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (House), H10746 [4OC]

Motions offered by

Agriculture: protection of new varieties of plants (S. 1406), H8034 [12AU]

Dept. of Agriculture: reorganization (S. 1970), H9979 [28SE]

Remarks by, on

Agriculture: ability of banks for cooperatives to finance exports (H.R. 4379), H10324 [29SE], E896 [11MY]

———egg producers research and promotion collective assessment rate and regulatory exemption level (S. 717), E34 [26JA]

———enable producers, feeders, and importers of sheep to develop a nationally coordinated sheep information, research, and promotion (S. 2500), H10923 [5OC]

———protection of new varieties of plants (S. 1406), H8031 [12AU]

———protection of new varieties of plants (S. 1406), insert language of H.R. 2927 in lieu, H8034 [12AU]

———reform crop insurance program (H.R. 4217), H6528 [1AU], H6994, H6998, H7011, H7013, H7015, H7017, H7020, H7021 [5AU], E681 [15AP]

———reform crop insurance program (H.R. 4217), concur in Senate amendment with an amendment (H. Res. 559), H10499, H10517, H10520 [3OC]

———technical corrections to farm programs relative to minimum acreage requirements and deficiency payments (S. 2005), H2615 [21AP]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 103), H1483 [17MR]

Children and youth: promote good nutrition and healthy eating habits (S. 1614), H10824 [4OC]

Claude Harris, Jr., Veterans' Medical Center Building, Tuscaloosa, AL: designate (H.R. 4948), H10743 [4OC]

Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4422), H9481 [22SE]

Colosio, Luis Donaldo: assassination of Mexican Presidential candidate, H1960 [24MR]

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H1417 [16MR], H2616 [21AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: prohibit participation of foreign-owned grain traders from Federal export programs, H9966 [28SE]

———reorganization (H.R. 3171), H9098 [13SE], H9943, H9944, H9947, H9948, H9956, H9957, H9958, H9966, H9967, H9970 [28SE]

———reorganization (S. 1970), H9971 [28SE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4301), H3872 [23MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize construction of medical facilities (H.R. 4425), H3802 [23MY]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs, HUD, and sundry independent agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4624), conference report, H9054 [12SE]

Education: authorizing appropriations for certain programs (H.R. 6), H821, H834, H843 [24FE], H1712, H1746 [21MR]

———bilingual education program funding, H1712 [21MR]

———extend certain nutrition and school lunch programs (H.R. 8), H5803 [19JY]

———regulation of private schools and home-schooling parents, H821, H834, H843 [24FE]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4506), H4416 [14JN]

Executive departments: protection of employees who provide information to Congress or to inspectors general, H9958 [28SE]

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: amend relative to minor use pesticides (H.R. 967), H10490, H10494, H10495, H10496, H10621 [3OC]

FmHA: improve the administration of claims and obligations (S. 1930), H2614 [21AP]

Food industry: improve public health and food safety through the reduction of pathogens, H9967 [28SE]

Food stamps: modify and revise programs (H.R. 5156), H10744 [4OC]

———modify and revise programs (S. 1926), H1414 [16MR]

GATT: ratification (H.R. 5110), H11463 [29NO]

Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie: establish (H.R. 4946), H11304, H11309 [7OC]

Montana: designate lands as national forests and release certain national forest lands (H.R. 2473), H3326 [12MY]

National Agricultural Day: designate (S.J. Res. 163), H1307 [11MR]

Northern Great Plains Rural Development Commission: establish (S. 2099), H8024 [12AU]

Perishable Agriculture Commodities Act: imposition of fees for violations (H.R. 4581), H4560 [16JN]

Pesticides: regulatory standards and food safety protections (H.R. 4329), E837 [3MY]

———safety training programs and labeling requirements (S. 1913), H1507 [17MR]

Plant Variety Protection Act: amend to make consistent with the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (H.R. 2927), H8026, H8027 [12AU]

Prayer: Federal funding for schools relative to voluntary school prayer, H1746 [21MR]

Rolla, MO: convey certain lands (H.R. 3426), H10745 [4OC]

Servicemen's Readjustment Act: commemorate 50th anniversary, E1304 [23JN]

Six Rivers National Forest: protection and management of Redwood forest areas and addition of certain lands and waters (H.R. 2866), H9394, H9397, H9406, H9409, H9410 [21SE]

———protection and management of Redwood forest areas and addition of certain lands and waters (H.R. 2866), corrections in engrossment, H9414 [21SE]

Smokey Bear's 50th Anniversary: designate (H.J. Res. 395), E1611 [29JY]

Virginia: designate Mount Pleasant National Scenic Area (H.R. 2942), H7154 [8AU]

Wetlands: expand eligibility for the Wetlands Reserve Program to lands covered by certain expiring agreements (H.R. 5053), H10746 [4OC]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H2366 [14AP], H2993 [3MY], H3277 [11MY], H4957 [23JN], H6481 [29JY]

Reports filed

Dept. of Agriculture Reorganization: Committee on Agriculture (House) (H.R. 3171) (H. Rept. 103-714), H9012 [23AU], H9440 [21SE]

Designate Lands In Montana as National Forests and Release Certain National Forest Lands: Committee on Agriculture (House) (H.R. 2473) (H. Rept. 103-487), H3222 [10MY]

Establish the Opal Creek Forest Preserve: Committee on Agriculture (House) (H.R. 3905) (H. Rept. 103-683), H7194 [8AU]

Extension of Certain Nutrition and School Lunch Programs: Committee on Agriculture (House) (H.R. 8) (H. Rept. 103-535), H4995 [24JN]

Federal Crop Insurance Reform Act: Committee on Agriculture (House) (H.R. 4217) (H. Rept. 103-649), H6548 [1AU]

Minor Crop Protection Act: Committee on Agriculture (House) (H.R. 967) (H. Rept. 103-784), H10537 [3OC]

Mount Pleasant National Scenic Area Designation: Committee on Agriculture (House) (H.R. 2942) (H. Rept. 103-686), H7194 [8AU]

Northern Great Plains Rural Development Commission: Committee on Agriculture (House) (S. 2099) (H. Rept. 103-700), H8052 [12AU]

Plant Variety Protection Act Amendments Relative to the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants: Committee on Agriculture (House) (H.R. 2927) (H. Rept. 103-699), H8051 [12AU]

Schedules

Committee on Rules (House): Federal Crop Insurance Reform Act, D931 [3AU]

Summaries

Dept. of Agriculture Reorganization (H.R. 3171), H9945 [28SE]

Federal Crop Insurance Reform Act (H.R. 4217), E681 [15AP]

Texts of

S. 1970, Dept. of Agriculture reorganization, H9971-H9979 [28SE]

Tributes

Hall, Sam B., Jr., H4083 [25MY]

Natcher, William H., E961 [18MY]

O'Neill, Thomas P., Jr., H335 [8FE]

Whitten, Representative, H9200 [19SE]