BISHOP, SANFORD D., JR. (a Representative from Georgia)

Articles and editorials

Drive-By Slaying of 14-Year-Old Richards Middle School Student Touches Deep Chord in Community, Norval Edwards, H4100 [26MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Egg Products Inspection Act: technical corrections (see H.R. 4625), H4883 [22JN]

National Sarcoidosis Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 399), H7195 [8AU]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

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

———tribute to U.S. rice industry (see H.J. Res. 405), H11429 [7OC]

Alcohol Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 335), H1898 [22MR]

Amateur Radio Service: facilitate utilization of volunteer resources (see H.R. 2623), H1323 [11MR]

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

Business and industry: promote the use of soybean and other vegetable oils in industrial products (see H.R. 4817), H6155 [22JY]

Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund: exclude from U.S. budget (see H.R. 1056), H995 [2MR]

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), H2219 [12AP]

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

Courts: State truth-in-sentencing laws and funding for additional spaces in State correctional programs (see H.R. 3584), H1957 [23MR]

Crime: extend mail fraud prohibitions to include private and commercial interstate carriers (see H.R. 4069), H3345 [12MY]

———restitution to victims (see H.R. 3367), H1957 [23MR]

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

Dept. of Veteran Affairs: staffing levels of the Veterans Health Administration and participation in health care reform (see H.R. 3808), H501 [10FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: adjudication of claims for veterans benefits (see H.R. 3269), H1254 [10MR]

———reform health care policy (see H.R. 4124), H2219 [12AP]

———staffing guidelines for the Veterans Health Administration and establish health care delivery programs (see H.R. 4013), H1345 [15MR]

Education: establish an optional universal school lunch and breakfast program (see H.R. 11), H287 [3FE]

Employment: assistance to laid-off workers whose work has been transferred to a foreign country (see H.R. 2345), H866 [24FE]

Federal employees: provide additional points on the competitive service entrance examination for certain veterans (see H.R. 3830), H410 [9FE]

Firearms: assistance for State and local programs exchanging merchandise vouchers for firearms (see H.R. 3771), H2368 [14AP]

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

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: composition and labeling of dietary supplements (see H.R. 1709), H410 [9FE]

———designation of obstetrician-gynecologists as primary care providers for women in Federal health care programs (see H. Res. 234), H44 [25JA]

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

———inclusion of osteopathic services under national health care benefits package (see H. Con. Res. 173), H11202 [6OC]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 3222, 3600, 3955), H501 [10FE], H2219 [12AP]

Housing: protect home ownership and equity through enhanced disclosure of risks associated with certain mortgages (see H.R. 3153), H205 [2FE]

———public housing agency policies relative to tenant rent payments (see H.R. 2957), H357 [8FE]

Hunting and trapping: protect individuals engaged in lawful hunting on public lands (see H.R. 1815), H4883 [22JN]

Immigration: admission of Amerasian children born in the Philippines (see H.R. 2429), H2252 [13AP]

Jewish War Veterans: issue commemorative postage stamp honoring anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 199), H2253 [13AP]

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]

Liberia: economic assistance (see H.R. 4238), H2397 [18AP]

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

Mays, Benjamin E.: award the Presidential Medal of Freedom (see H. Res. 527), H9008 [21AU]

———issuance of commemorative postage stamp (see H. Res. 528), H9008 [21AU]

Medicaid: State methods of delivering health care services through community health authorities (see H.R. 3573), H1058 [3MR]

Medicare: coverage of betaseron treatment for multiple sclerosis (see H.R. 4610), H6550 [1AU]

Monuments and memorials: mint commemorative coins for the Vietnam Women's Memorial (see H.R. 2467), H2398 [18AP]

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

National Apollo Anniversary Observance: designate (see H.J. Res. 353), H4553 [15JN]

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

National Crime Victims' Rights Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 342), H2507 [19AP]

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

National Flag Celebration Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 286), H2219 [12AP]

National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases: expand activities relative to lupus (see H.R. 2420), H10007 [28SE]

National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 332), H3345 [12MY]

National League of Families POW/MIA: display of flag (see H.J. Res. 369), H4654 [16JN]

National Men's Health Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 209), H2994 [3MY]

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

National Neonatal Nurses Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 382), H8596 [17AU]

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 Silver-Haired Congress: convene (see H. Con. Res. 176), H44 [25JA]

National Walking Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 276), H2937 [2MY]

National Writing Project: reauthorize (see H.R. 521), H287 [3FE]

Native Americans: Federal recognition of the Mowa Band of Choctaw Indians of Alabama (see H.R. 3605), H866 [24FE]

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.J. Res. 398), H10373 [29SE]

Persian Gulf Conflict: compensation for veterans and increased research relative to illnesses attributed to service during conflict (see H.R. 4386, 4540), H3278 [11MY], H4293 [9JN]

Pesticides: safety training programs (see H.R. 3969), H1087 [8MR]

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]

———limit expenditures on new logo (see H.R. 3328), H501 [10FE]

———reemployment of retirees in temporary positions relative to offset of annuity (see H.R. 3246), H3345 [12MY]

———require Presidential appointment for Inspector General, and prevent use of paid confidential informants in narcotics investigations (see H.R. 4400), H3791 [20MY]

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

Public housing: encourage gainful employment among residents (see H.R. 4159), H1996 [24MR]

Public Service Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 253), H1440 [16MR]

Radio: recognize the achievements of radio amateurs and establish support for radio amateurs as national policy (see H.J. Res. 199), H2368 [14AP]

Rawls, Lou: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1718), H1058 [3MR]

Rural areas: credit and financial services to residents, public services, and businesses (see H.R. 4129), H2253 [13AP]

SBA: modify the small business and capital ownership development program (see H.R. 2662), H4293 [9JN]

Schneerson, Menachem Mendel: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4497), H4391 [13JN]

Securities: reform private enforcement of Federal securities laws (see H.R. 417), H2252 [13AP]

Small business: development assistance for concerns owned and controlled by women (see H.R. 2357), H2507 [19AP]

———participation in business development programs by concerns controlled by individuals with disabilities (see H.R. 794), H2252 [13AP]

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

Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of 150th anniversary (see H.R. 4912), H9224 [19SE]

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), H679 [23FE]

Tariff: use of revenues from tariffs on textile machinery imports to modernize the textile machinery industry (see H.R. 2004), H8755 [19AU]

Taxation: gifts of publicly traded stock to private foundations (see H.R. 2418), H4958 [23JN]

———treatment of dues paid to tax-exempt agricultural or horticultural organizations (see H.R. 3951), H4220 [8JN]

———treatment of tax-exempt bonds (see H.R. 3630), H1157 [9MR]

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

Veterans: compensation rate for veterans with service-connected disabilities and survivors' dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 4088), H6104 [21JY]

———education programs (see H.R. 4768), H6104 [21JY]

———eliminate disparity between civilian and military retiree cost-of-living adjustments (see H.R. 3023), H912 [1MR]

———employment programs (see H.R. 4776), H6104 [21JY]

———housing programs (see H.R. 4724), H6104 [21JY]

———permit retirement pay concurrently with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H1157 [9MR]

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

Virginia: designate national scenic areas (see H.R. 2942), H3345 [12MY]

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

World War II: commendation to individuals exposed to mustard agents (see H.R. 1055), H2218 [12AP]

Year of Gospel Music: designate (see H.J. Res. 297), H5548 [12JY]

Year of the Grandparent: designate (see H.J. Res. 355), H5548 [12JY]

Letters

School for the Americas at Fort Benning, GA: Barry R. McCaffrey, Dept. of Defense, H3772 [20MY]

Motions offered by

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 103), consideration (H. Res. 331), H862 [24FE]

Proclamations

Students Against Violence Everywhere (organization): Richards Middle School, Columbus, GA, H4100 [26MY]

Remarks by, on

Agriculture: reform crop insurance program (H.R. 4217), H7001 [5AU]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4554), H4673 [17JN]

Albany, GA: tribute to community policing efforts, H2226 [13AP]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 103), H1371 [16MR]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1995-99 (H. Con. Res. 218), H1227 [10MR]

Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures, H2226 [13AP], E559 [24MR]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3355), conference report, H7910 [11AU], H8572 [17AU]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 4092), H2259 [14AP], H2591 [21AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: reorganization (H.R. 3171), H9948 [28SE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4301), H3771, H3772 [20MY]

———funding, H1227 [10MR]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4539), H4516 [15JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: staffing guidelines for the Veterans Health Administration and establish health care delivery programs (H.R. 4013), H2713 [26AP], H2848 [28AP]

Education: authorizing appropriations for certain programs (H.R. 6), H831 [24FE]

———regulation of private schools and home-schooling parents, H831 [24FE]

Egg Products Inspection Act: technical corrections (H.R. 4625), E1283 [22JN]

FmHA: Socially Disadvantaged Farmers Program funding, H4673 [17JN]

Fort Benning, GA: operational funding for School for the Americas, H3771, H3772 [20MY]

———recipient of Commander in Chief's Award, H2179 [12AP]

Georgia: flooding, H5472 [12JY]

Haiti: presence of U.S. Armed Forces (H.J. Res. 416), H11111 [6OC]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H7495 [10AU]

Housing and community development programs: reauthorize (H.R. 3838), H6098 [21JY]

National Sarcoidosis Awareness Month: observance, E2215 [8OC]

Public buildings: funding for certain construction projects, H4516 [15JN]

Voting Rights Act: reforms, H1872 [22MR]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H4882 [22JN]

Special order: granted, H8594 [17AU], H11559 [29NO]

Resolutions by organizations

School for the Americas at Fort Benning, GA: American Ex-Prisoners of War (organization), H3772 [20MY]

Schedules

Committee on Rules (House): transfer or sale of assault weapons, D487 [4MY]

Texts of

H.R. 4625, Egg Products Inspection Act technical corrections, E1283 [22JN]

Tributes

Darden, Representative, H11547 [29NO]

Fluellen, Michael, H4100 [26MY]

Johnson, Representative Don, H11547 [29NO]

Rowland, Representative, E2256 [8OC]