RAHALL, NICK JOE, II (a Representative from West Virginia)

Amendments offered by, to

Dept. of the Interior: establish an American Heritage Areas Partnership Program (H.R. 5044), H10903 [5OC]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4602), H4910 [23JN]

National Highway System: designate (H.R. 4385), H4011, H4013 [25MY]

Trucking industry: State regulation of motor carriers (H.R. 5123), H10351 [29SE]

Appointments

Committee To Escort King Hussein I of Jordan and Yitzhak Rabin, Prime Minister of Israel (Joint), H6204 [26JY]

Conferee: H.R. 322, Mineral Exploration and Development Act, H3492 [17MY]

———H.R. 965, Child Safety Protection Act, H2247 [13AP]

———H.R. 2739, Airport and Airway Improvement Act appropriations, H6243 [26JY]

———H.R. 3355, national policy to control crime and reform court procedures, H3880 [23MY]

———S. 21, California Desert Protection Act, H10731 [4OC]

———S. 1887, National Highway System Designation Act, H10351 [29SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Airline industry: collective bargaining agreements relative to international air service (see H.R. 4957), H8052 [12AU]

Dept. of State: restrictions on travel and the use of U.S. passports in Lebanon (see H. Con. Res. 282), H8052 [12AU]

Middle East: peace process relative to attack on Hebron mosque (see H. Res. 390), H1540 [17MR]

National Highway System: designate (see H.R. 4037, 4385), H1345 [15MR], H3278 [11MY]

Patents: disclosure of mineral patent information (see H.R. 4573), H4390 [13JN]

Trucking industry: State regulation of motor carriers (see H.R. 5123), H10007 [28SE]

———State regulation of motor carriers relative to recyclable materials and tow truck operations (see H.R. 5028), H9087 [12SE]

West Virginia: preservation of lands and structures relative to coal mining heritage (see H.R. 3988), H1156 [9MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Armed Forces: procedures for determining status of certain missing members (see H.R. 5043), H11201 [6OC]

Belleville, NJ: recognize as birthplace of industrial revolution (see H. Con. Res. 35), H9441 [21SE]

Budget: exclude the unemployment trust fund (see H.R. 3409), H288 [3FE]

Children and youth: improve child support system (see H.R. 4051), H7075 [5AU]

———prohibit importation of foreign products made with child labor (see H.R. 1397), H43 [25JA]

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

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

Coins: mint in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the World War II peace accords (see H.R. 3820), H4166 [26MY]

Colleges and universities: extend the cohort default rate exemption for historically Black and Native American colleges (see H.R. 4025), H1323 [11MR]

Committee on Foreign Affairs (House): hearing to determine foreign policy implications of proposed U.S.-Russian space station (see H. Res. 389), H6483 [29JY]

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

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

———sexual exploitation of children (see H.R. 3993), H1997 [24MR]

———telemarketing fraud (see H.R. 4399), H4293 [9JN]

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

Cyprus: investigation of missing U.S. citizens (see H.R. 2826), H995 [2MR]

Dept. of State: establish Board of Visa Appeals (see H.R. 3305), H3056 [4MY]

Dept. of the Interior: establish an American Heritage Areas Partnership Program (see H.R. 5044), H9157 [13SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: reform health care policy (see H.R. 4124), H7195 [8AU]

Diseases: prostate cancer screening, treatment, and research programs for medicare, veterans, and the Public Health Service (see H.R. 4809), H9903 [27SE]

Education: acquisition of communications satellite system for use by State and local instructional institutions and resource providers (see H.R. 2268), H680 [23FE]

EEOC: guidelines relative to religious harassment in employment (see H. Res. 446), H4221 [8JN]

Employment: establish a public works and public service job training program (see H.R. 4184), H6104 [21JY]

———establish a system of reemployment, job training, and income support services (see H.R. 4040), H2914 [28AP]

Families and domestic relations: improve the interstate enforcement of child support and parentage court orders (see H.R. 4188), H4995 [24JN]

Federal firefighters: hourly and overtime pay rates and pay equity with public sector firefighters (see H.R. 4514), H5872 [19JY]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: amend (see H.R. 3948), H1997 [24MR]

Financial institutions: regulatory capital guidelines for treatment of real estate assets sold with limited recourse (see H.R. 3642), H544 [11FE]

Foreign trade: prohibit import of goods produced by child labor (see H.R. 4693), H9903 [27SE]

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]

General Bernardo de Galvez Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 347), H5170 [27JN]

Gold Star Mothers Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 346), H4091 [25MY]

Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see H.J. Res. 310), H156 [1FE]

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

Health: 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), H4166 [26MY]

Irish-American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 401), H10446 [30SE]

Iron Overload Diseases Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 358), H10373 [29SE]

Japan: access of U.S. business to markets (see H.R. 3900), H1781 [21MR]

Jewish War Veterans: issue commemorative postage stamp honoring anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 199), H2995 [3MY]

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

Local government: Federal payments in lieu of taxes (see H.R. 1181), H2252 [13AP]

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

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), H3356 [16MY]

Medicare: coverage of betaseron treatment for multiple sclerosis (see H.R. 4610), H9224 [19SE]

Middle East: establish a Conference on Security and Cooperation in the Middle East (see H. Con. Res. 181), H5872 [19JY]

———Israeli/Palestinian peace agreement signing in Cairo, Egypt (see H. Con. Res. 245), H3155 [5MY]

———negotiations between Israel and PLO on holding free and democratic elections in Gaza and the West Bank (see H. Res. 566), H10727 [4OC]

Middle East Development Initiative: establish (see H.R. 3818), H2368 [14AP]

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), H411 [9FE]

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

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

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 311), H2914 [28AP]

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

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

National Crime Victims' Rights Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 342), H1556 [18MR]

National Family Caregivers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 90), 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 Good Teen Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 326), H9569 [22SE]

National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 332), H9441 [21SE]

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 4074), H3056 [4MY]

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 Parkinson's Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 359), H3888 [23MY]

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

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]

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]

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), H4447 [14JN]

Postal Service: limit expenditures on new logo (see H.R. 3328), H1440 [16MR]

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

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), H3682 [18MY]

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

Public welfare programs: reform (see H.R. 4767), H5760 [14JY]

Railroads: employee protection benefits (see H.R. 3866), H544 [11FE]

Religion: protect free exercise (see H. Res. 519), H9224 [19SE]

Ships and vessels: exclude shipboard supervisory personnel from selection as employer representatives (see H.R. 859), H205 [2FE]

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

Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of 150th anniversary (see H.R. 4912), H9087 [12SE]

Social Security: taxation of benefits (see H.R. 2959), H6200 [25JY]

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

States: prohibit imposition of income tax on pensions of nonresident individuals (see H.R. 411), H2218 [12AP]

Taxation: deductibility of expenses incurred in connection with the business use of the home (see H.R. 3407), H205 [2FE]

———deduction of business meal expenses subject to Federal hours of limitation (see H.R. 4986), H11429 [7OC]

———employee stock ownership plans (see H.R. 2088), H6200 [25JY]

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

———reform rules relative to subchapter S corporations (see H.R. 4056), H2398 [18AP]

———substantiation requirements of charitable contributions (see H.R. 3871), H4220 [8JN]

———treatment of business meals and entertainment deductions (see H.R. 3227), H411 [9FE]

———treatment of health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 5062), H9569 [22SE]

———treatment of tax-exempt bonds (see H.R. 3630), H5463 [30JN]

———treatment of U.S. citizens moving business production abroad and foreign persons doing business in the U.S. (see H.R. 4860), H6482 [29JY]

Telephones: inclusion of natural disaster survival techniques and information in directories (see H. Con. Res. 213), H889 [28FE]

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

Transportaion: grants to State and local governments for infrastructure repair in distressed areas (see H.R. 4183), H6104 [21JY]

U.S. Botanic Garden: mint coins in commemoration of 175th anniversary (see H.R. 4135), H2507 [19AP]

U.S. Labor Attache Corps: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 257), H6105 [21JY]

Vietnam Human Rights Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 333), H2583 [20AP]

Women: health programs relative to the human immunodeficiency virus (see H.R. 2395), H287 [3FE]

———research programs relative to infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (see H.R. 2394), H287 [3FE]

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

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

Years of the Girl Child: designate (see H.J. Res. 302), H2583 [20AP]

Yellowstone National Park: mint coins in commemoration of 125th anniversary (see H.R. 3519), H1957 [23MR]

Remarks by, on

Airline industry: collective bargaining agreements relative to international air service (H.R. 4957), E1718 [12AU]

Airport and Airway Improvement Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2739), conference report, H7121 [8AU]

Black Lung Benefits Act: improve (H.R. 2108), H3696, H3710, H3720, H3724, H3727, H3731 [19MY]

Bluefield State College: anniversary, E2002 [29SE]

Bridges: seismic retrofitting program funding (S. 1789), H917, H918 [2MR]

California: designate certain desert lands as wilderness (H.R. 518), H6288 [27JY]

———establish Death Valley and Joshua Tree National Parks and Mojave National Monument (H.R. 518), H6288 [27JY]

CERCLA: streamline the remedy selection process and improve cleanup standards (S. 1834), E2104 [6OC]

Committee on Education and Labor (House): unveiling of portrait of Carl D. Perkins, H3696 [19MY]

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H919 [2MR]

Davis-Bacon Act: repeal (H.R. 3774), E2104 [6OC]

Dept. of Labor: regulations relative to prevailing wage requirements for helpers and apprentices on Federal construction projects, H5281 [28JN]

Dept. of State: restrictions on travel and the use of U.S. passports in Lebanon (H. Con. Res. 282), E1716 [12AU]

Dept. of the Interior: establish an American Heritage Areas Partnership Program (H.R. 5044), H9864 [27SE], H10896, H10904, H10906, H10914 [5OC]

———mining claims, E2041 [3OC]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4602), H4797 [22JN], H4910, H4911 [23JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4602), motion to instruct conferees, H9110, H9112 [13SE]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4556), H4575, H4605 [16JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4556), consideration (H. Res. 454), H4568 [16JN]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4603), H4976 [24JN], H5097 [27JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4606), H5281 [28JN]

Diseases: inclusion of diabetes treatment in national health care reform, E1689 [9AU]

Economic Development Administration: funding, H5097 [27JN]

Federal-State relations: increase payments to units of general local government for entitlement lands (S. 455), H11255 [7OC]

Firearms: prohibit transfer or sale of assault weapons (H.R. 4296), H3102 [5MY]

Hazardous substances: authorizing appropriations for transportation safety enforcement (H.R. 2178), H8446 [16AU]

ICC: transfer function to the Dept. of Transportation, H4605 [16JN]

Middle East: peace process relative to attack on Hebron mosque (H. Res. 390), E571 [24MR]

Mining: patents on mining claims, H9110, H9112 [13SE]

Mining and mineral resources: examine U.S. dependency on imports of certain minerals, H6288 [27JY]

———transfer funding from fossil energy research and development programs to the abandoned mine reclamation fund, H4910, H4911 [23JN]

National Highway System: designate (H.R. 4385), H3976, H3980, H3982, H3984, H4013, H4017, H4018 [25MY]

O'Neill, Thomas P., Jr.: tribute (H. Res. 328), H13 [25JA]

Parliamentary inquiry, H10913 [5OC]

Pipelines: mandatory one-call system to protect underground facilities from damage by any excavation (H.R. 4394), H10572 [3OC]

Public Works and Economic Development Act: reauthorizing appropriations (H.R. 2442), H3239, H3241 [11MY]

Trucking industry: State regulation of motor carriers (H.R. 5123), H10351, H10352 [29SE], H11414 [7OC]

———State regulation of motor carriers relative to recyclable materials and tow truck operations (H.R. 5028), E1830 [12SE]

West Virginia: preservation of lands and structures relative to coal mining heritage (H.R. 3988), E388 [9MR]

Wheeling National Heritage Area: establish (H.R. 2843), E638 [13AP]

William H. Natcher Bridge: designate (H.R. 4980), H9517, H9518 [22SE]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H1156 [9MR], H3343 [12MY], H3886 [23MY], H5169 [27JN], H5869 [19JY], H7298 [9AU], H8051 [12AU], H9084 [12SE], H9350 [20SE], H10371 [29SE], H10535 [3OC], H10726 [4OC]

Schedules

Committee on Natural Resources (House): Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands: public lands legislation, D752 [28JN]

Committee on Public Works and Transportation (House): Subcommittee on Aviation: collective bargaining agreements relative to international air service, D1218 [5OC]

Committee on Rules (House): National Highway System Designation Act, D603 [24MY]

Summaries

Economic Effects of the Appalachian Regional Commission, H3240 [11MY]

Tributes

Bender, Stanley, E1501 [19JY]

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

Johnson, Representative Don, H11548 [29NO]

Natcher, William H., E1023 [23MY]

Othman, Talat M., E2324 [29NO]

Rissler, Pat, E2068 [4OC]

Scheff, Joseph H., E915 [12MY]

Tartal, James J., E915 [12MY]

Way, Fred E. Jr., E1335 [27JN]

Whitten, Representative, E1882 [20SE]