ROMERO-BARCELO, CARLOS A. (a Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico)

Amendments offered by, to

Education: authorizing appropriations for certain programs (H.R. 6), H789 [23FE], H956 [2MR], H1008 [3MR]

Appointments

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

———H.R. 1804, Goals 2000—Educate America Act, H650 [23FE], H1308 [11MR]

———S. 2000, Head Start, LIHEAP, Community Development Block Grant Program, and Coordinated Services for Children, Youth, and Families reauthorization, H2901 [28AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Puerto Rico: transfer of certain lands on the Island of Vieques (see H.R. 3831), H410 [9FE]

Rendezvous (vessel): certificate of documentation (see H.R. 4552), H4220 [8JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

African-American Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 364), H3155 [5MY]

Belleville, NJ: recognize as birthplace of industrial revolution (see H. Con. Res. 35), H1058 [3MR]

Budget: outlay reduction process (see H.R. 4000), H3755 [19MY]

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

Cesar E. Chavez Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 356), H2397 [18AP]

Children and youth: improve child support system (see H.R. 4051), H2219 [12AP]

Chile: trade agreement (see H.R. 4375), H4553 [15JN]

China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (see H.R. 4590), H5951 [20JY]

Coins: mint in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the World War II peace accords (see H.R. 3820), H2398 [18AP]

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

Crime: telemarketing fraud (see H.R. 4399), H4553 [15JN]

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

Cyprus: investigation of missing U.S. citizens (see H.R. 2826), H5871 [19JY]

D-Day National Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 303), H681 [23FE]

Dept. of HHS: establish an America Cares Program (see H.R. 2930), H2398 [18AP]

Dept. of HUD: mortgage insurance program mortgage limitation amount (see H.R. 4396), H5768 [18JY]

Dept. of the Interior: transfer certain administrative functions relative to U.S. territories to the Dept. of Commerce (see H.R. 3797), H866 [24FE]

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

Ecology and environment: research and development of environmental technology (see H.R. 3870), H2219 [12AP]

———standards for the training and certification of environmental professionals performing certain site assessments (see H.R. 3572), H996 [2MR]

Education: gender equity (see H.R. 1793), H9158 [13SE]

———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), H500 [10FE]

Employment: adjustment assistance for displaced workers relative to implementation of Federal laws (see H.R. 3234), H357 [8FE]

———adjustments in the calculation of need for student assistance for dislocated workers (see H.R. 4065), H2368 [14AP]

———counseling for dislocated workers relative to postsecondary education options (see H.R. 4064), H2368 [14AP]

———establish a system of reemployment, job training, and income support services (see H.R. 4040, 4050), H3279 [11MY], H3964 [24MY]

Families and domestic relations: improve the interstate enforcement of child support and parentage court orders (see H.R. 1961), H2252 [13AP]

Federal employees: administrative review of employment discrimination claims (see H.R. 2721), H680 [23FE]

Forests: restraints upon clearcutting (see H.R. 1164), H2367 [14AP]

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

FTC: study tobacco industry targeting of women and minorities in advertisement (see H.R. 4279), H2638 [21AP]

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

Goods for Guns Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 422), H11565 [29NO]

Haiti: impose sanctions and halt the interdiction and return of refugees (see H.R. 4114), H6104 [21JY]

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

Head Start Program: inclusion of buildings in asbestos abatement laws (see H.R. 3290), H501 [10FE]

Health: composition and labeling of dietary supplements (see H.R. 1709), H9030 [26AU]

———coverage of insulin syringes for diabetics in any national health care plan (see H. Con. Res. 223), H9009 [21AU]

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

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 3960; H. Res. 493), H1057 [3MR], H6380 [27JY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3600), consideration (see H. Res. 498), H6454 [28JY]

Health care facilities: assistance for AIDS patients treatment (see H.R. 5141), H11201 [6OC]

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

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

Housing: prohibit regulations in federally assisted rental housing restricting elderly residents from owning pets (see H.R. 2145), H43 [25JA]

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

Income tax: inclusion of organ donation information with individual refund payments (see H.R. 3637), H544 [11FE]

International Women's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 316), H866 [24FE]

Irish-American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 401), H9351 [20SE]

Japan: access of U.S. business to markets (see H.R. 3900), H2219 [12AP]

Jewish War Veterans: issue commemorative postage stamp honoring anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 199), H1441 [16MR]

Law enforcement: reform Asset Forfeiture Program (see H.R. 3347), H3964 [24MY]

Legislative Branch of the Government: application of OSHA laws (see H.R. 4739), H6156 [22JY]

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

Medicare: coverage of bone mass measurements, mammographies, and certain osteoporosis drugs (see H.R. 3203), H1058 [3MR]

Members of Congress: require participation in health care reform package (see H. Con. Res. 147), H1441 [16MR]

Multiple Sclerosis Association of America Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 381), H7507 [10AU]

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

National American Lacemaker Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 352), H6454 [28JY]

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 311), H1440 [16MR]

National Character Counts Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 366), H5463 [30JN]

National Children's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 389), H7992 [11AU]

National Crime Victims' Rights Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 342), H2220 [12AP]

National Earthquake Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 325), H866 [24FE]

National Family Literacy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 413), H11201 [6OC]

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

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

National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 332), H1441 [16MR]

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

National Long-Term Care Administrators Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 278), H1440 [16MR]

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

National Neonatal Nurses Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 382), H6156 [22JY]

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

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 Slovak-American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 287), H6483 [29JY]

National Trails Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 327), H679 [23FE]

National U.S. Seafood Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 387), H5951 [20JY]

Northern Mariana Islands: nonvoting delegate to the House of Representatives (see H.R. 4927), H7506 [10AU]

Nutrition: study effects of and establish standards for calcium intake (see H.R. 4284), H9351 [20SE]

Older Americans Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 304), H866 [24FE]

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

OSHA: reform (see H.R. 1280), H865 [24FE]

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

Pediatric and Adolescent AIDS Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 334), H3156 [5MY]

Pesticides: regulate chemical residues in food (see H.R. 4091), H9087 [12SE]

Postal Service: reemployment of retirees in temporary positions relative to offset of annuity (see H.R. 3246), H157 [1FE]

Public Health Service: revise and extend programs to improve the health of individuals of minority groups (see H.R. 3869), H544 [11FE]

Public Service Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 253), H912 [1MR]

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

———reform (see H.R. 4126), H2640 [21AP]

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

Rural areas: credit and financial services to residents, public services, and businesses (see H.R. 4129), H7195 [8AU]

Ships and vessels: ballast water management technology and practices (see H.R. 3360), H157 [1FE]

———coverage of Federal labor laws on foreign documented vessels (see H.R. 1517), H1897 [22MR]

Small Family Farm Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 291), H358 [8FE]

Social Security: earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 300), H204 [2FE]

———permit chronically ill parents to name standby guardians (see H.R. 1354), H1440 [16MR]

Space policy: prohibit outer space advertising (see H.R. 2599), H866 [24FE]

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

———exclusion for amounts received under group legal services (see H.R. 326), H3521 [17MY]

———exemption for dependent children (see H.R. 436), H2507 [19AP]

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

———treatment of builders' sale of residential real property (see H.R. 4702), H5872 [19JY]

Time for the National Observance of the Fiftieth Anniversary of World War II: designate (see H.J. Res. 315), H3280 [11MY]

Tobacco products: prohibit smoking in buildings open to the public (see H.R. 3434), H1440 [16MR]

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), H4343 [10JN]

U.S. Military Academy: mint commemorative coins recognizing the bicentennial (see H.R. 3492), H680 [23FE]

Veterans: effective date for discontinuance of benefits relative to the death of the recipient (see H.R. 1986), H680 [23FE]

William H. Natcher Bridge: designate (see H.R. 4980), H9569 [22SE]

Women: promote greater equity in delivery of health care (see H.R. 3075), H1157 [9MR]

World War II: mint commemorative coins for the 50th anniversary and the service of George C. Marshall (see H.R. 3666), H2507 [19AP]

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]

Remarks by, on

Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3355), conference report, H4401 [14JN]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 4092), H2258 [14AP]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4606), H5333 [29JN]

Education: authorizing appropriations for certain programs (H.R. 6), H956, H957 [2MR], H1008, H1009 [3MR]

———trade school revenue relative to student financial aid programs, H5333 [29JN]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H163 [2FE], H5320 [29JN]

National Tourism Week: observance, E868 [5MY]

Public welfare programs: reform, H2574 [20AP]

Puerto Rico: educational programs, H956, H957 [2MR], H1008, H1009 [3MR]

———transfer of certain lands on the Island of Vieques (H.R. 3831), E138 [9FE]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H409 [9FE], H3153 [5MY], H9761 [26SE], H10726 [4OC]

Tributes

Cordova, Jorge Luis, E1943 [26SE]

Ford, Representative William D., H10848 [4OC]

Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, H6617 [2AU]