FEDERAL AID PROGRAMS

Amendments

Appropriations: reauthorization of Head Start, LIHEAP, Community Development Block Grant Program, and Coordinated Services for Children, Youth, and Families (S. 2000), S4692 [21AP], S5093 [3MY]

Black Lung Benefits Act: improve (H.R. 2108), H3714, H3716, H3718, H3719, H3723, H3725, H3726, H3728, H3731 [19MY]

Education: authorizing appropriations for certain programs (H.R. 6), H559, H560 [22FE], H681, H682, H683, H684, H685, H686, H688, H692, H694, H702, H786, H787, H789, H790, H791, H792, H793 [23FE], H824, H828, H832, H833, H846, H848, H849, H850, H854, H867, H868, H869, H871, H874, H875, H878 [24FE], H939, H940, H941, H942, H947, H956 [2MR], H1007, H1008, H1009, H1015, H1016, H1035, H1036, H1037 [3MR], H1093, H1096, H1109, H1118, H1119, H1121, H1127 [9MR], H1685, H1710, H1725, H1730, H1732, H1735, H1739, H1740, H1741, H1751 [21MR], H1795, H1801, H1802 [22MR], H2020, H2021, H2048, H2049, H2055, H2056, H2058, H2060, H2151 [24MR]

Housing: extension of housing and community development programs (H.R. 5245), H11344 [7OC]

Housing and community development programs: reauthorize (H.R. 3838), H6099, H6100 [21JY], H6112, H6118, H6121, H6124, H6125, H6129, H6131 [22JY]

Mental health: reauthorize Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (S. 2352), S14697, S14911, S14912 [7OC]

Native Americans: restore Federal services to the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians (S. 1066), S6779, S6785 [10JN]

Pascua Yaqui Indians: Federal benefits, services, and assistance (H.R. 734), H10477 [3OC]

Public Health Service: improve health of disadvantaged individuals (S. 1569), S3998, S4004, S4043, S4046 [25MR], S6841 [14JN]

Analyses

Crime Control Improvement Act (S. 2431), S12813 [13SE]

Government Downsizing, Performance and Accountability (S. 1843), S1458-S1461 [10FE]

Reemployment Act (S. 1951), S3240-S3252 [17MR]

Appointments

Advisory Council on Unemployment Compensation, H2176 [12AP]

Conferees: H.R. 6, education programs appropriations, S10317 [2AU], H9253 [20SE], H9355 [21SE]

———S. 1569, Disadvantaged Minority Health Improvement Act, H3835 [23MY]

———S. 1569, Minority Health Improvement Act, S6855 [14JN], H9710 [26SE]

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

Articles and editorials

Benefits of Bees—Honey Subsidy Helps Keep Prices of Other Products Low, S14919 [7OC]

Big Cash Crop, S14916 [7OC]

Bottom Line Not Romantic, S14915 [7OC]

Cash Crop, S14914 [7OC]

Complex Machinery of Milk Prices, S14917 [7OC]

Costs Soar for Children's Disability Program—How 26 Words Cost the Taxpayers Billions in New Entitlement Payments, H319-H321 [8FE]

Crack Down on Student Aid Abuse, S10922 [8AU]

Cropland Back to Wetland—Government and Farmer Share Cost of Restoration, S14920 [7OC]

Dairy Producers Group Designs New Plan To Export Surplus Milk, S14917 [7OC]

Desalting the Seas, S10891 [5AU]

Don't Let Taxpayers Steal Briggs Jobs, S11342 [11AU]

Ending a Pattern of Failure in the Cities, E180 [10FE]

Fannie Mae's Bold Step, E549 [24MR]

Farm Programs, Subsidies Confuse E. Iowans, S14916 [7OC]

Farmers Now in Business as Educated Environmentalists, S14919 [7OC]

Fat Cat Freeloaders—When American Big Business Bellys Up to the Public Trough, H2170 [24MR]

Food-Stamp Racket, E582 [24MR]

Future Without Subsidies, S14923 [7OC]

Green Farming—Market Prices and Environment Benefits From Idled Land, S14921 [7OC]

H.U.D. Rule Puts Squeeze on Holocaust Survivor, S9260 [19JY]

House Panel Is Facing Vote on School Aid, S10922 [8AU]

Ideas and Trends—Building a Better Brain for Baby, S4789 [26AP]

Iowa's Way To End Welfare as We Know It, S204 [26JA]

It's Sad To Trust Bureaucrats Over Families, H2248 [13AP]

Leaner Harvest—1995 Farm Bill Seen as Less Generous, S14922 [7OC]

Misunderstood Milk, S14918 [7OC]

More Money Doesn't Mean Better Education, E1185 [10JN]

New Safety Net—Iowa's Revenue Assurance Proposal Touted as Improvement Over Subsidies, S14922 [7OC]

Pennies a Pound—Wool Producers Face Loss of Government Support, S14920 [7OC]

Pokagons Deserve U.S. Recognition, H6726 [3AU]

Priority Matter, E45 [1FE]

Promising Housing Bill, H6021 [21JY]

Republican Health Care Delusions, H6834 [4AU]

Save F.H.A. Loans for Needy Families, H6015 [21JY]

Sending Cows to Slaughter, S14917 [7OC]

Smallest Cut of All, S14917 [7OC]

Sneaking Up on Policy, H2567 [20AP]

Students Pen Narrative of Revenue Assurance Plan, S14921 [7OC]

System Doesn't Work—This Might, S13941 [3OC]

To Serve the Nation, Youth Must Be Heard, S12804 [13SE]

Universities Mad for Money, E1502 [19JY]

Unspeakable Runaway Spending, H6834 [4AU]

Up, Up and Out of Poverty, S10964 [9AU]

USDA Refuses To Divulge Names of Subsidy Recipients, S14924 [7OC]

Welfare for Illegal Aliens?, E1027-E1029 [23MY]

Welfare Reform Rhetoric and Reality, E1197 [13JN]

WIC at 20, E1153 [9JN]

With a Little Help From Her Friends, S9261 [19JY]

Without Subsidies, Iowa's Economy Will Suffer—Cochran, S14916 [7OC]

Woman Wins in Welfare Fiasco, S1168 [8FE]

Bills and resolutions

AFDC: allow States to use emergency assistance funds to construct, rehabilitate, purchase, or rent permanent housing for homeless families (see H.R. 4449), H3681 [18MY]

———reform (see H.R. 4983), H8595 [17AU]

Agriculture: emergency crop loss assistance for production losses incurred through freezing weather conditions (see S. 1879), S2023 [28FE]

———emergency crop loss assistance for production losses incurred through hurricane or typhoon damage to papaya, banana, or other fruit-bearing trees (see H.R. 3829), H410 [9FE]

———temporary suspension of the farmer owned reserve program precondition of extended price support loans for corn (see H.R. 5154), H10445 [30SE]

Appalachian Regional Commission: reauthorize (see S. 2442), S13031 [20SE]

Appropriations: reauthorization of Head Start, LIHEAP, Community Development Block Grant Program, and Coordinated Services for Children, Youth, and Families (see S. 2000), S3954 [25MR]

———reauthorization of Head Start, LIHEAP, Community Development Block Grant Program, and Coordinated Services for Children, Youth, and Families (S. 2000), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 421), H3278 [11MY]

———reauthorization of Head Start Program and Community Development Block Grant Program (see H.R. 4250), H2506 [19AP]

———termination relative to reauthorization by Congress (see H.R. 3789), H286 [3FE]

Armed Forces: disability compensation rates relative to benefits paid under the Special Separation Benefits Program (see H.R. 3731), H42 [25JA]

———establish commission to review regular military compensation relative to financial assistance programs (see H.R. 4831), H6252 [26JY]

Black Lung Benefits Act: improve (see H.R. 4415), H3344 [12MY]

———improve (H.R. 2108), consideration (see H. Res. 428), H3521 [17MY]

Budget: growth cap on entitlement spending (see H.R. 4593), H4653 [16JN]

Business and industry: use of community development block grant funds for employment relocation activities (see S. 2379), S11341 [11AU]

California: declare state of emergency on Federal lands due to wildfires (see H.R. 4742), H5655 [13JY]

Child support: prohibit Federal financial assistance to individuals delinquent in payments (see H.R. 5294), H11564 [29NO]

Children and youth: establish grants for the improvement of academic performance and social development of at-risk children (see H.R. 3950), H1057 [3MR]

———establish youth development block grants for community-based organizations (see H.R. 4086), H1540 [17MR]

———revise Head Start Program to enhance parental involvement and provide family literacy services (see H.R. 3798), H287 [3FE]

Colleges and universities: qualifications for certain education programs (see H.R. 4341), H3055 [4MY]

———substitute educational quality evaluations for cohort default rates in eligibility determinations for Federal student assistance programs (see H.R. 4384), H3278 [11MY]

Courts: Federal grants for the employment of additional State prosecutors (see H.R. 3816), H357 [8FE]

Credit: Federal subsidy rates and administrative costs of direct loans and loan guarantees (see H.R. 4178), H2217 [12AP]

Crime: assistance to local educational agencies and community-based organizations relative to hate crimes (see H.R. 4234), H2367 [14AP]

———deny Federal benefits to persons convicted of fraudulent representation of residency in more than one State (see H.R. 4883), H6549 [1AU]

———funding for social programs designed to alleviate crime (see S. 2431), S12809 [13SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish a Sustainable Ecosystems and Economies Demonstration Program (see S. 2385), S11478 [12AU]

———repayment of loans made by private lenders for development of multifamily rental housing for low- and moderate-income families in rural areas (see H.R. 4445), H3681 [18MY]

Dept. of HHS: funding of Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund (see H.J. Res. 319), H357 [8FE]

Dept. of HUD: assistance program eligibility for organizations that promote prejudice or bias based on race, religion, or ethnicity (see H.R. 4036), H1345 [15MR]

———improve the management of the project-based rental assistance program (see H.R. 5115), H10006 [28SE]

———prohibit the recapturing, adjusting, withdrawing, or reducing of urban development action grant funding (see H.R. 5131), H10372 [29SE]

Dept. of Labor: remove tobacco and alcohol products from Consumer Price Index calculations relative to payment of Government benefits (see H.R. 3802), H287 [3FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: health care reform programs in States that have reformed health care systems (see S. 2135), S6123 [19MY]

Disabled: assistance to families of children with disabilities (see S. 2144), S6196 [23MY]

———authorize small business development programs for individuals with disabilities (see S. 2503), S14242 [5OC]

Disasters: permit extension for filing drawback claims in declared disaster areas (see H.R. 5118), H10006 [28SE]

———prevent duplication of disaster benefits and payments (see S. 2551), S14830 [7OC]

Drunken driving: strengthen Federal laws to prevent (see H.R. 5076), H9569 [22SE]

Ecology and environment: establish environmental response training and employment programs (see H.R. 4411), H3344 [12MY]

———provide assistance to rural and disadvantaged communities under the State water pollution control revolving loan program (see H.R. 3810), H357 [8FE]

Economic Development Administration: assistance to communities affected by closure, realignment, or downsizing of military installations (see H.R. 4644), H4958 [23JN]

Economy: community development block grant program (see H.R. 4084), H1540 [17MR]

Education: authorizing appropriations for certain programs (H.R. 6), consideration (see H. Res. 366), H678 [23FE]

———authorizing appropriations for certain programs (H.R. 6), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 556), H10372 [29SE]

———ensure awarding of Pell grants to U.S. citizens or nationals (see H.R. 4262), H2582 [20AP]

———extend assistance programs for educational television programming (see S. 1853), S1457 [10FE]

———reauthorization of Head Start Program (see S. 1852; H.R. 3842, 4270), S1456 [10FE], H500 [10FE], H2582 [20AP]

Employment: adjustments in the calculation of need for student assistance for dislocated workers (see H.R. 4065), H1539 [17MR]

———assistance for relocation activities (see H.R. 4996), H8754 [19AU]

———consolidate and restructure Federal training programs (see S. 1943, 2516), S3208 [17MR], S14478 [6OC]

———consolidation of Federal assistance programs (see H.R. 4861), H6482 [29JY]

———establish a professional development program (see H.R. 3730), H42 [25JA]

———establish a workforce skills and development loan program for upgrading skills of non-managerial employees (see H.R. 4222), H2367 [14AP]

———grants to encourage work force diversity and improve working conditions (see H.R. 4461), H3755 [19MY]

———job opportunity and training programs relative to independence from welfare system (see H.R. 3742), H83 [26JA]

———provide employment and training assistance for individuals working at or residing near a facility or plant scheduled for significant layoffs (see H.R. 3826), H410 [9FE]

———provide incentives for job apprenticeship programs and study the consolidation of Federal dislocated worker programs (see H.R. 3736), H82 [26JA]

Families and domestic relations: placement of children for adoption and foster care relative to race, color, or national origin (see H.R. 4181), H2218 [12AP]

Food stamps: modify and revise programs (see S. 1926), S2878 [11MR]

Foreign trade: requirements for export promotion assistance (see H.R. 4935), H7506 [10AU]

Government: downsize and improve performance and accountability (see S. 1843), S1456 [10FE]

Head Start Program: penalties for distribution or manufacture of controlled substances near facilities (see S. 2079), S5293 [5MY]

Health care facilities: assistance for AIDS patient treatments (see S. 2489), S13852 [30SE]

———assistance for AIDS patients treatment (see H.R. 5141), H10445 [30SE]

———authorize grants for free health clinics that serve uninsured individuals (see H.R. 4431), H3521 [17MY]

Homeless: modify procedures for converting underutilized buildings and real property of realigned military installations into homeless shelters (see H.R. 5078), H9569 [22SE]

———transfer programs from FEMA to Dept. of HUD, and provide funding for housing programs (see H.R. 3768), H203 [2FE]

Housing: expand Federal efforts to eliminate crime in public housing projects (see H.R. 4208), H2251 [13AP]

———extension of housing and community development programs (see S. 2561; H.R. 5245), S15036 [8OC], H11427 [7OC]

———improve programs for public and Indian housing (see H.R. 3888), H679 [23FE]

———improve public housing demolition and disposition programs (see H.R. 5181), H11000 [5OC]

———prohibit certain uses of Dept. of HUD subsidy and mortgage grant funds (see S. 2462), S13351 [26SE]

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

———reform public housing and reduce homelessness (see S. 2281), S8908 [13JY]

———regulations on public housing agencies (see H.R. 4432), H3521 [17MY]

———rental assistance to relocate individuals who provide information on criminal activity (see H.R. 4141), H1995 [24MR]

———simplify HOME Investment Partnerships Program (see H.R. 3767), H203 [2FE]

Housing and community development programs: reauthorize (see S. 2049; H.R. 3838, 4310), S4834 [26AP], H499 [10FE], H2913 [28AP]

———reauthorize (H.R. 3838), consideration (see H. Res. 482), H5950 [20JY]

Howard University: revise and extend endowment program (see H.R. 3740), H82 [26JA]

Immigration: expedite deportation of criminal aliens, expand health-related causes for exclusion, and prohibit Federal benefits for illegal aliens (see H.R. 4059), H1439 [16MR]

Income: eligibility for certain programs relative to retirement accounts (see H.R. 4325), H2994 [3MY]

LIHEAP: authorizing appropriations (see S. 1938), S3067 [16MR]

———full expenditure of appropriated funds (see H. Con. Res. 202), H296 [7FE]

Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act: amend to authorize appropriations and allow States to concentrate resources on those with the greatest need (see H.R. 4085), H1540 [17MR]

Martin University: participation in certain education programs (see H.R. 4342), H3055 [4MY]

Medicaid: Federal funding of abortions (see H.R. 3880), H679 [23FE]

———State coverage of children with special health care needs (see H.R. 4687), H5461 [30JN]

Medicare: preventive health care screening examination program (see H.R. 4988), H8695 [18AU]

Medicare and medicaid coverage data bank: repeal (see S. 1933; H.R. 4095), S2963 [15MR], H1780 [21MR]

Mental health: provide extension of certain provisions for block grants for mental health and substance abuse treatment (see H.R. 5094), H9600 [23SE]

———reauthorize Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (see S. 2352), S10358 [2AU]

Native Americans: promote and expand Federal assistance for Indian institutions of higher learning (see S. Res. 264; H. Res. 539), S13095 [21SE], H9440 [21SE]

———provide social services block grants directly to Indian tribes (see H.R. 4162), H1996 [24MR]

———restore Federal services to the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians (S. 1066), consideration (see H. Res. 502), H6548 [1AU]

Poverty: publication of data (see S. 1997), S3954 [25MR]

Power resources: provide a loan for the Madera-Chowchilla Power Authority (see H.R. 5099), H9761 [26SE]

Public Health Service: improve health of disadvantaged individuals (S. 1569), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 574), H11199 [6OC]

Public housing: exclude drug or alcohol abusers from occupancy of units designated for senior citizens (see H.R. 3943), H995 [2MR]

———grants to modernize and replace public housing (see H.R. 4735), H5655 [13JY]

Public welfare programs: authorize waivers allowing a limited amount of earnings relative to eligibility for assistance (see H.R. 5011), H9008 [21AU]

———creation of one-stop centers for access to certain services (see H.R. 4964), H8052 [12AU]

———establish a special ad hoc committee to review and report on welfare system reform (see H. Res. 330), H42 [25JA]

———reform (see S. 1795, 2057, 2134, 2224; H.R. 4126, 4414, 4473, 4566, 4605, 4667, 4767; H. Res. 525), S54 [25JA], S5049 [3MY], S6123 [19MY], S7242 [21JN], H1994 [24MR], H3344 [12MY], H3887 [23MY], H4343 [10JN], H4779 [21JN], H5315 [28JN], H5760 [14JY], H8696 [18AU]

———require any reform legislation with employment requirements for AFDC recipients be conditional on State unemployment rate (see H. Con. Res. 226), H1540 [17MR]

Public works: establish demonstration program to assist distressed communities in developing a competitive economic base (see H.R. 5113), H9902 [27SE]

Rural areas: credit and financial services to residents, public services, and businesses (see H.R. 4129), H1995 [24MR]

SBA: funding for the small business defense conversion program (see S. 1830), S951 [4FE]

Science Start Grant Program: establish (see S. 2133; H.R. 4652), S6123 [19MY], H5170 [27JN]

Sewage disposal: treatment facility construction grants (see S. 2201), S7066 [16JN]

Small business: assist the development of minority-owned business (see S. 2483), S13852 [30SE]

———improve export assistance (see H.R. 5203), H11199 [6OC]

Social Security: amend certain tax policies and benefit distribution practices (see H.R. 4105), H1897 [22MR]

———conditions on States for Federal funds for foster care and adoption assistance (see H.R. 3884), H679 [23FE]

———ensure viability of system (see H.R. 4245, 4275), H2506 [19AP], H2638 [21AP]

Taxation: availability of the earned income tax credit and the repeal of the temporary Federal unemployment tax (see H.R. 4861), H6482 [29JY]

———prohibit delinquent taxpayers from receiving Federal benefits or employment (see S. 2450), S13283 [22SE]

Unemployment: extend emergency compensation (see H.R. 4437), H3521 [17MY]

Urban areas: economic development in distressed communities (see S. 1937), S3067 [16MR]

———flexibility of urban development action grants funding (see S. 2426), S12619 [25AU]

———use of census block group data in the designation of empowerment zones (see H. Con. Res. 205), H500 [10FE]

Veterans: employment training (see S. 2387), S11478 [12AU]

———extend benefits to certain merchant mariners who served during World War II (see S. 2337), S10141 [29JY]

———revise and improve benefits programs (see H.R. 5244), H11427 [7OC]

Water: desalinization research and development (see H.R. 4944), H7991 [11AU]

Water pollution: reserve portion of funding to the State revolving loan program for States devoting financial resources above minimum requirements (see H.R. 3957), H1057 [3MR]

WIC: protection from food voucher trafficking (see S. 1816), S527 [1FE]

Cloture motions

Education: authorizing appropriations for certain programs (H.R. 6), conference report, S13905 [3OC], S14038 [4OC], S14154 [5OC]

Descriptions

Citizens Financial Group, Inc., volunteer program, S14375 [6OC]

Revise and improve veterans benefits programs (H.R. 5244), H11349-H11352 [7OC]

Social Security tax policy and benefit distribution amendments (H.R. 4105), E512 [22MR]

Support for Families With Children With Disabilities Act (S. 2144), S10282 [2AU]

Documents

Education Programs Appropriations (H.R. 6): Roth Amendment Relative to Bilingual Education Program Funding, H1711 [21MR]

Health Coverage Reporting Requirements, S2979 [15MR]

Medicare and Medicaid Coverage Data Bank: Coalition on Employer Health Coverage Reporting and the Medicare/Medicaid Bank, S2976 [15MR]

Public Law Relative to Nondiscrimination in Disaster Assistance, E37 [26JA]

Urgency of Supplemental Appropriations for FEMA, S1182 [9FE]

Explanations

Dept. of Agriculture reorganization (H.R. 3171): proposed amendment, H9959 [28SE]

Factsheets

Work and Responsibility Act (S. 2224), S7318-S7320 [21JN]

Letters

American Samoa Nutrition Assistance Program: Mike Espy, Sec. of Agriculture, H9583 [23SE]

AmeriCorps and Summer of Service programs: Eli J. Segal, Corp. for National and Community Service, S10494-S10498 [3AU]

———Senator Grassley, S10498-S10500 [3AU]

Bilingual education program funding: Richard W. Riley, Sec. of Education, H1711 [21MR]

Corp. for National and Community Service nominees: Eli J. Segal, Corp. for National Service, S14383 [6OC]

———Senator Durenberger, Committee on Labor and Human Resources (Senate), S14383 [6OC]

Default rate of historically Black and Native American colleges: Richard W. Riley, Sec. of Education, E430 [11MR]

———Robert H. Atwell, American Council on Education, E431 [11MR]

———William H. Gray III, United Negro College Fund, Inc., E431 [11MR]

Dept. of HUD subsidy and mortgage grant funds: Susan Gaffney, Dept. of HUD, S13353 [26SE]

Disaster assistance for California earthquake: Pete Wilson, Governor of California, S1183 [9FE]

———Richard Riordan and John Ferraro, S1183 [9FE]

———Russell S. Gould, California Dept. of Finance, S1183 [9FE]

Distribution of FEMA aid to illegal alien earthquake victims in California: John P. Carey, FEMA, E37 [26JA]

Education programs appropriations: Gordon M. Ambach, Council of Chief State School Officers, H856 [24FE]

———Lamar Alexander and William J. Bennett, S14164 [5OC]

———Representative Dellums, Committee on Armed Services (House), H802, H803 [24FE]

———Representative William D. Ford, Committee on Education and Labor (House), H802, H803 [24FE]

Federal student aid formula for schools: Edward M. Elmendorf, American Association of State Colleges and Universities, S10921 [8AU]

———James B. Thomas, Jr., Dept. of Education, S10920 [8AU]

———Kenneth W. Babcock, Volunteer Legal Services Project, S10922 [8AU]

———Lawrence A. Breeden, National Association of Consumer Agency Administrators, S10921 [8AU]

———Mark Silbergeld, Consumers Union, S10921 [8AU]

———Richard W. Riley, Sec. of Education, S10919, S10920 [8AU]

Food stamp conversion to cash benefits or wage subsidies: A. Sidney Johnson III, American Welfare Association, S9196 [19JY]

———Donna E. Shalala, Sec. of HHS, S9197 [19JY]

———Ellen Haas, Dept. of Agriculture, S9196 [19JY]

———Fife Symington, Governor of Arizona, S9192 [19JY]

———Gerald Whitburn, Dept. of HHS, S9213 [19JY]

———National Association of Counties, S9194 [19JY]

———National Governors' Association, S9191, S9194, S9214 [19JY]

———William T. Pound, National Conference of State Legislatures, S9192, S9214 [19JY]

GAO study of Federal assistance to businesses and industries in dealing with changes in economic structure: Allan I. Mendelowitz, GAO, S15438 [1DE]

Government downsizing, performance and accountability: Robert D. Reischauer, CBO, S1461-S1463 [10FE]

Growth cap on entitlement spending: James L. Blum, CBO, H5995 [21JY]

———Representative Stenholm, H5997 [21JY]

Head Start, LIHEAP, Community Development Block Grant Program, and Coordinated Services for Children, Youth, and Families Reauthorization: William Bryant, S4702 [21AP]

Head Start, LIHEAP, Community Development Block Grant Program, and Coordinated Services for Children, Youth, and Families reauthorization: Senator Durenberger, S5547 [11MY]

Health care assistance for AIDS patient treatments: C. Michael Savage, S13869 [30SE]

———Cities Advocating Emergency AIDS Relief (organization), S13868 [30SE]

———Damian Thorman, Laura Feldman and David Harvey, Pediatric AIDS Coalition, S13867 [30SE]

———Jeanne White, Ryan White Foundation, S13867 [30SE]

———Mary D. Fisher, Family AIDS Network, Inc., S13867 [30SE]

———Patricia A. Nolan, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, S13868 [30SE]

———Robert O. McAlister and Julie M. Scofield, National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors, S13868 [30SE]

———Sheri Saltzberg, AIDS Policy Center, S13868 [30SE]

Housing and Community Development Act: Nicolas P. Retsinas, Dept. of HUD, H6100 [21JY]

Housing Choice and Community Investment Act: Henry Cisneros, Sec. of HUD, S4837 [26AP], E804 [28AP]

Job Corps: Robert B. Reich, Sec. of Labor, S9048 [14JY]

———several Senators, S9049 [14JY]

Law enforcement assistance to local governments: Janet Reno, Attorney General, H4938 [23JN]

Medicare and medicaid coverage data bank: Angela Williams, S2977 [15MR]

———Anthony J. Knettel, Coalition on Employer Health Coverage Reporting and the Medicare/Medicaid Bank, S2975 [15MR]

———John J. Motley III, National Federation of Independent Business, S2977 [15MR]

———Joseph Semo, National Employee Benefits Institute, S2977 [15MR]

———Kelly L. Traw, Washington Business Group on Health, S2978 [15MR]

———Mark J. Ugoretz, ERISA Industry Committee, S2978 [15MR]

———Stephen E. Sandherr, Associated General Contractors of America, S2978 [15MR]

———Tim Hammonds, Food Marketing Institute, S2978 [15MR]

Placement of children for adoption and foster care relative to race, color, or national origin: Empower America (organization), S14201 [5OC]

———William Pierce and Carol S. Bevan, National Council for Adoption, S14199 [5OC]

———several Harvard Law School professors, S14200 [5OC]

———several Senators, S14201 [5OC]

———several children's rights organizations, S14201 [5OC]

———several law school professors, S14200 [5OC]

Public welfare programs reform: Cecil D. Andrus, Governor of Idaho, S1167 [8FE]

Regulation of private schools and home-schooling parents: Coalition of National Homeschooling Organizations, H855 [24FE]

———General Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists, H856 [24FE]

———Johnny Dautrich, E224 [23FE]

———Joyce G. McCray, Council for American Private Education, H855 [24FE]

———William F. Davis, Dept. of Education, H855 [24FE]

Trade school revenue relative to student financial aid programs: James B. Thomas, Jr., Dept. of Education, H5327 [29JN]

VA State Health-Care Reform Pilot Programs Act: Jesse Brown, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, S6127 [19MY]

Water Desalination Act: Representative George Brown, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (House), H10629 [3OC]

Lists

Committee on Rules (House) rollcall votes on conference report to S. 2000, Head Start, LIHEAP, Community Development Block Grant Program, and Coordinated Services for Children, Youth, and Families reauthorization, H3310 [12MY]

Federal loan guarantee programs, S2941 [15MR]

States implementing or proposing food stamp conversion to cash benefits or wage subsidies, S9194 [19JY]

Messages

Reemployment Act: President Clinton, S2961 [15MR], S3239 [17MR], H1417 [16MR]

Work and Responsibility Act: President Clinton, H4753 [21JN]

Motions

Appropriations: reauthorization of Head Start, LIHEAP, Community Development Block Grant Program, and Coordinated Services for Children, Youth, and Families (S. 2000), H2900 [28AP]

Education: authorizing appropriations for certain programs (H.R. 6), H9249 [20SE]

———authorizing appropriations for certain programs (H.R. 6), conference report, H10407 [30SE]

Public Health Service: improve health of disadvantaged individuals (S. 1569), H3835 [23MY]

Papers

Potawatomi—Keepers of the Fire: Casey Eyeleshymer, H6726 [3AU]

Poems

``Shoot the Orphans,'' Representative Owens, E2321 [29NO]

Press releases

INS role during the California earthquake: INS, E37 [26JA]

Remarks in House

AFDC: allow States to use emergency assistance funds to construct, rehabilitate, purchase, or rent permanent housing for homeless families (H.R. 4449), E970, E973 [18MY]

———reform (H.R. 4983), H8510 [17AU]

Agriculture: emergency crop loss assistance for production losses incurred through hurricane or typhoon damage to papaya, banana, or other fruit-bearing trees (H.R. 3829), E139 [9FE]

Appropriations: reauthorization of Head Start, LIHEAP, Community Development Block Grant Program, and Coordinated Services for Children, Youth, and Families (S. 2000), H2890-H2901 [28AP]

———reauthorization of Head Start, LIHEAP, Community Development Block Grant Program, and Coordinated Services for Children, Youth, and Families (S. 2000), conference report, H3310-H3321 [12MY]

———reauthorization of Head Start, LIHEAP, Community Development Block Grant Program, and Coordinated Services for Children, Youth, and Families (S. 2000), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 421), H3309, H3310 [12MY]

———reauthorization of Head Start, LIHEAP, Community Development Block Grant Program, and Coordinated Services for Children, Youth, and Families (S. 2000), insert language of H.R. 4250 in lieu, H2900 [28AP]

———reauthorization of Head Start Program and Community Development Block Grant Program (H.R. 4250), H2728-H2751 [26AP], H2889-H2901 [28AP], E797, E798, E799 [28AP], E827 [3MY]

Armed Forces: establish commission to review regular military compensation relative to financial assistance programs (H.R. 4831), E1561 [26JY]

Black Lung Benefits Act: improve (H.R. 2108), H3211 [10MY], H3693, H3696, H3706-H3735 [19MY], E917 [13MY], E1060 [24MY]

———improve (H.R. 2108), consideration (H. Res. 428), H3704-H3707 [19MY]

Budget: allocation of funds, H413, H414, H417, H419 [10FE]

———entitlement spending, H6818 [4AU]

———grants to State and local governments for arrest and prosecution of dangerous criminals, H301 [8FE]

———growth cap on entitlement spending, H5993-H6004 [21JY], H10676-H10682 [3OC]

———growth cap on entitlement spending (H.R. 4593), E1245 [16JN]

California: declare state of emergency on Federal lands due to wildfires (H.R. 4742), H7210 [9AU]

———distribution of FEMA aid to illegal alien earthquake victims, E37 [26JA]

Children and youth: establish youth development block grants for community-based organizations (H.R. 4086), H1785 [22MR], E481 [17MR]

———rate of illegitimate births, H2247 [13AP]

———revise Head Start Program to enhance parental involvement and provide family literacy services (H.R. 3798), E109, E110 [3FE], E165 [10FE]

Colleges and universities: deny grants or contracts to schools that prevent military recruiting, H3032-H3034 [4MY]

———Federal funding of research grants and student financial aid, E1502 [19JY]

Correctional institutions: Pell grant eligibility of prisoners, H2544-H2550 [20AP]

Crime: law enforcement assistance to local governments, H4937-H4944 [23JN]

Defense industries: assistance to workers affected by reduced arms sales abroad, H4188 [8JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: prohibit participation of foreign-owned grain traders from Federal export programs, H9959, H9966 [28SE]

Dept. of HHS: funding of Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund (H.J. Res. 319), H348 [8FE], H2566 [20AP], H2622 [21AP]

Dept. of HUD: GAO report on federally subsidized apartment buildings, H6385 [28JY]

———improve the management of the project-based rental assistance program (H.R. 5115), E1976 [28SE]

Dept. of Labor: remove tobacco and alcohol products from Consumer Price Index calculations relative to payment of Government benefits (H.R. 3802), H168 [2FE]

———tribute to Job Corps in California, E1005 [20MY]

Dept of Defense: military surplus programs, E2209 [8OC]

Disaster assistance: prevent granting of long-term disaster assistance benefits for aliens who are not legal permanent residents, H5407 [29JN]

Disasters: permit extension for filing drawback claims in declared disaster areas (H.R. 5118), E1974 [28SE]

———provide for disaster avoidance and response plans and development of relief and reinsurance plans (H.R. 2873), H87 [1FE]

Drugs: State block grants for drug education programs, H1119-H1127 [9MR]

Ecology and environment: establish environmental response training and employment programs (H.R. 4411), E914 [12MY]

———provide assistance to rural and disadvantaged communities under the State water pollution control revolving loan program (H.R. 3810), E124 [8FE]

Education: authorizing appropriations for certain programs (H.R. 6), H565, H566, H651, H674 [23FE], H795, H797-H857 [24FE], H896, H897 [1MR], H920-H959, H977 [2MR], H1006-H1051 [3MR], H1091, H1093-H1134 [9MR], H1558, H1684-H1754 [21MR], H1794-H1809, H1865 [22MR], H1903 [23MR], H2020-H2152 [24MR], H5260 [28JN], E204 [22FE], E222, E224, E232 [23FE], E352 [3MR], E356, E357, E358 [7MR], E370 [8MR], E384 [9MR], E401, E402, E404, E405 [10MR], E496 [21MR], E508, E513 [22MR], E564 [24MR], E619 [12AP], E665, E679 [15AP]

———authorizing appropriations for certain programs (H.R. 6), conference report, H10378, H10381, H10382, H10391-H10409 [30SE], H10685 [4OC], E2015 [30SE]

———authorizing appropriations for certain programs (H.R. 6), consideration (H. Res. 366), H798-H801 [24FE]

———authorizing appropriations for certain programs (H.R. 6), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 556), H10382-H10391 [30SE]

———authorizing appropriations for certain programs (H.R. 6), motion to instruct conferees, H9249-H9253 [20SE], H9424-H9426 [21SE]

———authorizing appropriations for certain programs (H.R. 6), motion to recommit conference report, H10407 [30SE]

———authorizing appropriations for certain programs (H.R. 6), technical corrections, H2153 [24MR]

———bilingual education program funding, H1710-H1725 [21MR]

———early childhood development assistance, H1037 [3MR]

———effect of Federal funding on higher education, E1185 [10JN]

———Federal funding for schools with programs promoting homosexuality as a positive alternative lifestyle, H1865 [22MR], H2020-H2033 [24MR], E647 [13AP]

———library and technology assistance program appropriations, H1093-H1096 [9MR]

———national policy to improve system, H5182 [28JN]

———native Hawaiian education programs, H1106 [9MR]

———prohibit benefits for illegal aliens, H1795-H1801 [22MR]

———provide funding to eligible schools in court-ordered desegregated school districts, H1035 [3MR]

———provide schoolwide funding to eligible school districts, H1037, H1038 [3MR]

———reauthorization of Head Start Program (H.R. 3842), E165 [10FE]

———reauthorization of Head Start Program (H.R. 4270), H2513 [20AP], E727 [20AP]

———Territorial Education Improvement Program appropriations, H1109-H1113 [9MR]

———trade school revenue relative to student financial aid programs, H5322-H5334 [29JN]

———urban and rural program funding, H2056-H2058 [24MR]

Employment: consolidation of Federal assistance programs (H.R. 4861), H6463 [29JY], E1608 [29JY]

———establish a workforce skills and development loan program for upgrading skills of non-managerial employees (H.R. 4222), E668 [15AP]

———grants to encourage work force diversity and improve working conditions (H.R. 4461), E995 [19MY]

———job opportunity and training programs relative to independence from welfare system, H299 [8FE]

———job opportunity and training programs relative to independence from welfare system (H.R. 3742), E57 [1FE], E72 [2FE]

———provide employment and training assistance for individuals working at or residing near a facility or plant scheduled for significant layoffs (H.R. 3826), E147 [9FE]

———provide incentives for job apprenticeship programs and study the consolidation of Federal dislocated worker programs (H.R. 3736), E53 [1FE]

Families and domestic relations: importance of strong families relative to welfare reform, H2906 [28AP]

FHA: loan limits, E1690 [9AU]

FNMA: housing for low- and moderate-income families and individuals, E509 [22MR], E549 [24MR]

Food stamps: modify and revise programs (S. 1926), H1414-H1417 [16MR]

Health: services for pregnant women and children, H11204 [7OC]

———support of biomedical research by Federal aid programs, E2360 [30NO]

Health care facilities: assistance for AIDS patients treatment (H.R. 5141), E2025, E2026 [30SE]

Homeless: modify procedures for converting underutilized buildings and real property of realigned military installations into homeless shelters (H.R. 5078), E1919 [22SE]

———reauthorize certain assistance programs, H3692 [19MY]

———transfer programs from FEMA to Dept. of HUD, and provide funding for housing programs (H.R. 3768), E69 [2FE]

Housing: extension of housing and community development programs (H.R. 5245), H11342-H11344 [7OC]

———improve programs for public and Indian housing (H.R. 3888), E237 [23FE]

———rental assistance to relocate individuals who provide information on criminal activity (H.R. 4141), E583 [24MR]

———simplify HOME Investment Partnerships Program (H.R. 3767), E73 [2FE]

Housing and community development programs: reauthorize, H4668 [17JN]

———reauthorize (H.R. 3838), H4642 [16JN], H5731 [14JY], H6017-H6100 [21JY], H6111-H6136 [22JY], H6460 [29JY], E157 [10FE], E1189 [10JN], E1556 [25JY], E1573, E1578 [27JY], E1592 [28JY], E1690 [9AU]

———reauthorize (H.R. 3838), CBO report on funding levels, H6136 [22JY]

———reauthorize (H.R. 3838), consideration (H. Res. 482), H6014-H6016 [21JY]

———reauthorize (H.R. 3838), corrections in engrossment, H6144 [22JY]

———reauthorize (H.R. 4310), E804 [28AP]

Howard University: revise and extend endowment program (H.R. 3740), E34 [26JA]

Immigration: cost of Government services to illegal aliens, E1027 [23MY]

———expedite deportation of criminal aliens, expand health-related causes for exclusion, and prohibit Federal benefits for illegal aliens, H2369 [18AP]

———expedite deportation of criminal aliens, expand health-related causes for exclusion, and prohibit Federal benefits for illegal aliens (H.R. 4059), E455 [16MR]

———prevent Federal financial and unemployment benefits for aliens who are not legal permanent residents, H6119-H6123, H6127-H6132, H6134 [22JY]

LIHEAP: funding, H5260, H5261 [28JN]

Louisville, KY: housing and neighborhood development strategies program, E180 [10FE]

Medicaid: Federal funding of abortions, H5261 [28JN], E2257 [8OC]

———Federal funding of abortions (H.R. 3880), H798 [24FE], E226 [23FE]

———State coverage of children with special health care needs (H.R. 4687), E1395 [30JN]

Medicare: preventive health care screening examination program (H.R. 4988), H8604 [18AU]

Medicare and medicaid coverage data bank: repeal (H.R. 4095), H1791 [22MR], E519 [22MR]

National Writing Project: funding, H2058-H2060 [24MR]

Native Americans: establish tribal self-governance (H.R. 3508), H8452-H8455 [16AU]

———provide social services block grants directly to Indian tribes (H.R. 4162), E578 [24MR]

———restore Federal services to the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians (S. 1066), H6721-H6732 [3AU]

———restore Federal services to the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians (S. 1066), consideration (H. Res. 502), H6708 [3AU]

Pascua Yaqui Indians: Federal benefits, services, and assistance (H.R. 734), H10477, H10478 [3OC]

Pennsylvania: disaster assistance relative to adverse weather conditions, H978 [2MR]

———tribute to Maternal and Family Health Services, Inc., E2198 [8OC]

Public Health Service: improve health of disadvantaged individuals (S. 1569), H3828-H3835 [23MY]

———improve health of disadvantaged individuals (S. 1569), conference report, H11285-H11291 [7OC]

———improve health of disadvantaged individuals (S. 1569), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 574), H11283, H11284 [7OC]

———improve health of disadvantaged individuals (S. 1569), insert language of H.R. 3869 in lieu, H3835 [23MY]

———revise and extend programs to improve the health of individuals of minority groups (H.R. 3869), H3810-H3835 [23MY], E1044 [24MY], E1616 [1AU]

Public housing: exclude drug or alcohol abusers from occupancy of units designated for senior citizens (H.R. 3943), H1351 [16MR]

Public welfare programs: creation of one-stop centers for access to certain services (H.R. 4964), E1717 [12AU]

———establish a special ad hoc committee to review and report on welfare system reform (H. Res. 330), E5 [25JA]

———reform, H19 [25JA], H346-H348 [8FE], H414, H416, H418, H419 [10FE], H505 [11FE], H1246, H1247 [10MR], H1310-H1314 [11MR], H2164-H2173 [24MR], H2247 [13AP], H2410 [19AP], H2568-H2577 [20AP], H3042-H3054 [4MY], H4296, H4297 [10JN], H4400, H4401, H4402 [14JN], H4449, H4450, H4451, H4452 [15JN], H4556, H4643 [16JN], H4732, H4733 [21JN], H5466 [12JY], H5664 [14JY], H6256 [27JY], H6705 [3AU], H7198, H7210 [9AU], H9100 [13SE], E6, E15 [25JA], E45 [1FE], E582 [24MR], E1197 [13JN], E1326 [24JN], E2321 [29NO]

———reform (H. Res. 525), H8600 [18AU]

———reform (H.R. 4605), H4755, H4756 [21JN]

———reform (H.R. 4667), E1358 [29JN]

———reform (H.R. 4767), E1478 [15JY]

Rural and Urban Education Assistance Program: funding, E508 [22MR]

Rural areas: credit and financial services to residents, public services, and businesses (H.R. 4129), H2159 [24MR]

Schools: low-interest loans for the construction of facilities, H2049-H2053 [24MR]

Senior citizens: Federal nutrition programs, H5264 [28JN]

Service Education Redevelopment Program: tribute, E494 [21MR]

Small business: improve export assistance (H.R. 5203), E2137-E2139 [6OC]

Social Security: amend certain tax policies and benefit distribution practices (H.R. 4105), E512 [22MR]

———ensure viability of system (H.R. 4245), H2510, H2514 [20AP], H2587 [21AP], E704 [19AP]

———ensure viability of system (H.R. 4275), H2592, H2621 [21AP]

———State coverage of children with special health care needs (H.R. 4687), H5457 [30JN]

SSI: disability benefits for children with learning disorders, H319 [8FE]

———payment of Social Security disability benefits to drug addicts and alcoholics, H1004 [3MR]

Taxation: availability of the earned income tax credit and the repeal of the temporary Federal unemployment tax (H.R. 4861), H6463 [29JY], E1608 [29JY]

Tobacco products: inclusion of tobacco usage data in drug education programs, H1127-H1131 [9MR]

Veterans: revise and improve benefits programs (H.R. 5244), H11349-H11377 [7OC], E2299 [29NO]

Water: desalinization research and development (H.R. 4944), H10628-H10630 [3OC], E1711 [11AU]

Water pollution: reserve portion of funding to the State revolving loan program for States devoting financial resources above minimum requirements (H.R. 3957), E342 [3MR]

WIC: anniversary, E1153 [9JN]

———funding, H4637 [16JN], H4675, H4676 [17JN]

Women's Bureau: technical assistance for displaced homemakers, H5257 [28JN]

World War II: disregard certain foreign payments to Holocaust survivors in determining eligibility for other benefits (H.R. 1873), H5528-H5531 [12JY]

Remarks in Senate

Agriculture: emergency crop loss assistance for production losses incurred through freezing weather conditions (S. 1879), S2034 [28FE]

———subsidies programs, S14914 [7OC]

Appalachian Regional Commission: reauthorize (S. 2442), S13031 [20SE]

Appropriations: reauthorization of Head Start, LIHEAP, Community Development Block Grant Program, and Coordinated Services for Children, Youth, and Families (S. 2000), S3982 [25MR], S4691-S4727 [21AP], S5093 [3MY]

———reauthorization of Head Start, LIHEAP, Community Development Block Grant Program, and Coordinated Services for Children, Youth, and Families (S. 2000), conference report, S5543-S5548 [11MY]

———reauthorization of Head Start, LIHEAP, Community Development Block Grant Program, and Coordinated Services for Children, Youth, and Families (S. 2000), unanimous-consent agreement, S5496 [11MY]

Black Lung Benefits Act: improve (H.R. 2108), S6193 [23MY], S6545 [7JN]

Bridgeport, CT: designation as a Federal empowerment zone, S11065 [9AU]

Budget: cost of entitlement programs relative to deficit, S9189 [19JY]

———entitlement spending, S10957 [9AU]

Business and industry: initiate strategy for assistance in dealing with changes in economic structure, S15438 [1DE]

———use of community development block grant funds for employment relocation activities (S. 2379), S11341 [11AU]

Children and youth: funding relative to youth training, S10963 [9AU]

———revise Head Start Program and early childhood development programs, S4789 [26AP]

Civilian Community Corps: tribute, S12802 [13SE]

Corp. for National and Community Service: qualifications of nominees, S14381-S14383 [6OC]

Crime: funding for social programs designed to alleviate crime (S. 2431), S12809 [13SE]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures, S13560, S13563 [28SE]

Denver, CO: tribute to HouseDenver housing investment program, S1613 [22FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish a Sustainable Ecosystems and Economies Demonstration Program (S. 2385), S11479 [12AU]

———tribute to Youth at Risk Program, S14133 [5OC]

Dept. of HUD: GAO report on federally subsidized apartment buildings, S14383 [6OC]

Dept. of Labor: tribute to Job Corps, S9048 [14JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: health care reform programs in States that have reformed health care systems (S. 2135), S6125 [19MY]

Disabled: assistance to families of children with disabilities, S10281 [2AU]

———assistance to families of children with disabilities (S. 2144), S6198 [23MY]

———authorize small business development programs for individuals with disabilities (S. 2503), S14246 [5OC]

Disasters: ensure that long-term disaster assistance benefits are not granted to illegal aliens, S1180-S1187, S1207-S1212 [9FE]

———prevent duplication of disaster benefits and payments (S. 2551), S14681 [7OC]

Drugs: reallocate funding from international law enforcement to treatment and prevention programs, S4013 [25MR]

Education: authorizing appropriations for certain programs (H.R. 6), S13121 [22SE]

———authorizing appropriations for certain programs (H.R. 6), conference report, S13578 [28SE], S13704 [29SE], S13789, S13850 [30SE], S13899-S13901 [3OC], S14037 [4OC], S14145-S14207 [5OC], S14367 [6OC], S14721, S14751-S14754 [7OC]

———authorizing appropriations for certain programs (H.R. 6), corrections in engrossment, S10612 [4AU]

———authorizing appropriations for certain programs (H.R. 6), insert language of S. 1513 in lieu, S10315 [2AU]

———authorizing appropriations for certain programs (H.R. 6), unanimous-consent agreement, S4028 [25MR]

———extend assistance programs for educational television programming (S. 1853), S1478, S1479 [10FE]

———reauthorization of Head Start Program (S. 1852), S1479-S1487 [10FE], S4487 [19AP], S4503 [20AP]

———require Federal assistance be conditional on implementation of gun-free programs in schools, S642-S644 [2FE]

Employment: consolidate and restructure Federal training programs, S7388-S7393 [22JN]

———consolidate and restructure Federal training programs (S. 1943), S3209-S3217 [17MR]

———consolidate and restructure Federal training programs (S. 2516), S14491 [6OC]

Families and domestic relations: placement of children for adoption and foster care relative to race, color, or national origin, S14198, S14201 [5OC]

———prohibit racial or national origin discrimination practices in adoption or foster care agencies that receive Federal assistance, S4044, S4045 [25MR], S10300, S10301, S10303 [2AU]

Food stamps: ban on waivers that allow States to convert food stamps to cash benefits or wage subsidies, S9190-S9200, S9207, S9212-S9215 [19JY], S9281 [20JY]

———modify and revise programs (S. 1926), S2905-S2908 [11MR]

———use of national electronic benefits system to reduce waste and fraud in nutritional programs, S693 [2FE]

Government: downsize and improve performance and accountability (S. 1843), S1457-S1466 [10FE], S1523 [11FE]

———social and economic impact of entitlements, S15419-S15423 [1DE]

Head Start Program: penalties for distribution or manufacture of controlled substances near facilities (S. 2079), S5298 [5MY]

Health care facilities: assistance for AIDS patient treatments (S. 2489), S13864, S13869 [30SE], S14273 [5OC]

Helena, MT: tribute to Montana Guaranteed Student Loan Program, S12612 [25AU]

Housing: extension of housing and community development programs (S. 2561), S15038 [8OC]

———prohibit certain uses of Dept. of HUD subsidy and mortgage grant funds (S. 2462), S13351 [26SE]

———reform certain housing programs, S13382 [27SE]

———reform certain programs, S8437-S8439 [1JY]

———reform public housing and reduce homelessness (S. 2281), S10215 [1AU]

Housing and community development programs: reauthorize (S. 2049), S4837-S4875 [26AP]

Indian Health Service: funding, S4013 [25MR]

LIHEAP: authorizing appropriations (S. 1938), S3074 [16MR]

———funding, S3509, S3537-S3540 [23MR], S3662, S3663 [24MR]

Local government: flexibility in administration of Federal programs, S2749 [10MR]

LSC: court actions relative to public welfare programs, S9402-S9424 [21JY]

Medicare and medicaid coverage data bank: repeal (S. 1933), S2974 [15MR]

Mental health: reauthorize Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (S. 2352), S10363 [2AU], S14697 [7OC]

Motor vehicles: establish National Theft Prevention Program, S12545 [25AU]

National Association of Social Workers: tribute, S12398 [24AU]

Native Americans: promote and expand Federal assistance for Indian institutions of higher learning (S. Res. 264), S14672 [7OC]

———restore Federal services to the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians (S. 1066), S6779 [10JN]

Pascua Yaqui Indians: Federal benefits, services, and assistance (H.R. 734), S12208 [19AU]

Poverty: publication of data (S. 1997), S3980 [25MR]

Providence, RI: tribute to Citizens Financial Group, Inc., on volunteer program, S14374 [6OC]

Public Health Service: improve health of disadvantaged individuals (S. 1569), S2192 [2MR], S4037-S4047 [25MR], S6841, S6855 [14JN]

———improve health of disadvantaged individuals (S. 1569), conference report, S15042, S15064 [8OC]

———improve health of disadvantaged individuals (S. 1569), star print, S4274 [13AP]

Public welfare programs: reform, S203 [26JA], S387 [31JA], S950 [4FE], S1125, S1167 [8FE], S3375-S3378 [22MR], S3907-S3910, S3923 [25MR], S6808, S6810, S6822, S6837 [14JN], S9139 [18JY], S10910 [8AU], S13045 [21SE], S13940 [3OC], S15062 [8OC]

———reform (S. 1795), S57 [25JA]

———reform (S. 2057), S5049-S5053 [3MY]

———reform (S. 2134), S6123, S6124 [19MY]

———reform (S. 2224), S7264-S7267 [21JN]

———spending cap relative to entitlements, S3603-S3606 [24MR]

SBA: funding for the small business defense conversion program (S. 1830), S959 [4FE]

Schools: Federal student aid formula, S10918-S10924 [8AU]

Science Start Grant Program: establish (S. 2133), S6123 [19MY]

Service Members Occupational Conversion and Training Act: funding, S11277, S11286-S11288 [11AU]

Sewage disposal: treatment facility construction grants, S10593 [4AU]

———treatment facility construction grants (S. 2201), S7067, S7068 [16JN]

Small business: assist the development of minority-owned business (S. 2483), S13854 [30SE]

Social Security: disability benefit requirements relative to criminal activities, S1332-S1338 [10FE]

SSI: payment of Social Security disability benefits to drug addicts and alcoholics, S1125 [8FE]

States: exempt for certain labor standards commitment of repayments to State revolving funds, S5897-S5899 [18MY]

Taxation: prohibit delinquent taxpayers from receiving Federal benefits or employment (S. 2450), S13283 [22SE]

Upward Bound Program: funding, S10964 [9AU]

Urban areas: economic development in distressed communities (S. 1937), S3074 [16MR], S3809 [24MR]

———flexibility of urban development action grants funding (S. 2426), S12622 [25AU]

Veterans: employment training (S. 2387), S11482 [12AU]

———increase educational benefits, S14736 [7OC]

———revise and improve benefits programs (H.R. 5244), S15005-S15010 [8OC]

Water: desalinization research and development (H.R. 4944), S14077 [4OC], S14992 [8OC]

———desalinization research and development (S. 617), S10609 [4AU], S10891 [5AU], S11183 [10AU]

WIC: protection from food voucher trafficking (S. 1816), S529 [1FE]

World War II: disregard certain foreign payments to Holocaust survivors in determining eligibility for other benefits (H.R. 1873), S9259 [19JY]

Reports

Cost Estimate of H.R. 3838, Housing and Community Development Act: CBO, H6136-H6139 [22JY]

Democratic Freshman Class Principles for Welfare Reform, H2569 [20AP]

Learning To Change—Opportunities To Improve the Performance of Smaller Manufacturers, S2950 [15MR]

Tax Dollars Aiding and Abetting Addiction—Social Security Disability and SSI Cash Benefits to Drug Addicts and Alcoholics: Senator Cohen, S1333-S1337 [10FE]

Reports by conference committees

Education Programs Appropriations (H.R. 6), H10009-H10250 [28SE]

Head Start, LIHEAP, Community Development Block Grant Program, and Coordinated Services for Children, Youth, and Families Reauthorization (S. 2000), H3159-H3180 [9MY]

Minority Health Improvement Act (S. 1569), H11037-H11057 [6OC]

Reports filed

Black Lung Benefits Act Improvements: Committee on Education and Labor (House) (H.R. 2108) (H. Rept. 103-507), H3344 [12MY]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 6, Education Programs Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 556) (H. Rept. 103-767), H10372 [29SE]

Consideration of Conference Report on S. 1569, Minority Health Improvement Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 574) (H. Rept. 103-845), H11199 [6OC]

Consideration of Conference Report on S. 2000, Reauthorization of Certain Federal Aid Programs: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 421) (H. Rept. 103-502), H3278 [11MY]

Consideration of H.R. 6, Education Programs Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 366) (H. Rept. 103-426), H678 [23FE]

Consideration of H.R. 2108, Black Lung Benefits Act Improvement: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 428) (H. Rept. 103-508), H3521 [17MY]

Consideration of H.R. 3838, Housing and Community Development Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 482) (H. Rept. 103-612), H5950 [20JY]

Consideration of S. 1066, Restore Federal Services to the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 502) (H. Rept. 103-648), H6548 [1AU]

Disaster Avoidance and Response Plans and Development of Relief and Reinsurance Plans: Committee on Public Works and Transportation (House) (H.R. 2873) (H. Rept. 103-848), H11426 [7OC]

Education Programs Appropriations: committee of conference (H.R. 6) (H. Rept. 103-761), H10006 [28SE]

———Committee on Education and Labor (House) (H.R. 6) (H. Rept. 103-425), H559 [22FE]

Head Start, LIHEAP, Community Development Block Grant Program, and Coordinated Services for Children, Youth, and Families Reauthorization: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (Senate) (S. 2000) (S. Rept. 103-251), S4464 [19AP]

———committee of conference (S. 2000) (H. Rept. 103-497), H3191 [9MY]

Head Start Program and Community Development Block Grant Program Reauthorization: Committee on Education and Labor (House) (H.R. 4250) (H. Rept. 103-483), H2838 [26AP]

Housing and Community Development Act: Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs (House) (H.R. 3838) (H. Rept. 103-607), H5768 [18JY]

Minority Health Improvement Act: committee of conference (S. 1569) (H. Rept. 103-843), H11199 [6OC]

Pascua Yaqui Indians of Arizona Federal Benefits and Assistance: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 734) (S. Rept. 103-338), S11993 [17AU]

Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians Federal Services Restoration: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 1066) (S. Rept. 103-266), S6196 [23MY]

Prohibiting Racial or National Origin Discrimination Practices in Adoption or Foster Care Agencies That Receive Federal Assistance: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (Senate) (S. 1224), S2345 [3MR]

Reform Public Housing and Reduce Homelessness: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate) (S. 2281) (S. Rept. 103-307), S8908 [13JY]

Restoration of Federal Services to the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (S. 1066) (H. Rept. 103-620), H6200 [25JY]

Small Business Defense Conversion Guaranteed Loan Act: Committee on Small Business (Senate) (S. 1830), S6857 [14JN]

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Reauthorization: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (Senate) (S. 2352), S13705 [29SE]

Tribal Self-Governance Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 3508) (H. Rept. 103-653), H6762 [3AU]

Water Desalination Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 4944) (H. Rept. 103-821), H10538 [3OC]

Water Desalinization Research and Development: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 617) (S. Rept. 103-320), S9933 [27JY]

Reports to constituents

Hamilton, Lee H.: Entitlements, E1691 [10AU]

———Making Government Programs Work Better, E640 [13AP]

Resolutions by organizations

Food stamp conversion to cash benefits or wage subsidies: Larry Naake, National Association of Counties, S9194 [19JY]

Public funds for private and proprietary institutions: Association of American Colleges and Universities, H5327 [29JN]

Student financial aid program changes: Association of American Colleges and Universities, H5327 [29JN]

Rulings of the Chair

Education: authorizing appropriations for certain programs (H.R. 6), H1731, H1753 [21MR]

Housing and community development programs: reauthorize (H.R. 3838), H6127 [22JY]

Specifications

Work and Responsibility Act (S. 2224), S7320-S7371 [21JN]

Statements

Answers to the Most Common Arguments Against the 85-15 Rule Relative to Trade School Eligibility for Federal Funds: National Consumer Law Center, Inc., H5327 [29JN]

Authorizing Appropriations for Certain Education Programs (H.R. 6): Executive Office of the President, H1023 [3MR]

Consolidate and Restructure Federal Training Programs: Senators Kennedy and Kassebaum, S7390 [22JN]

Job Training Consolidation Act: Senator Kassebaum, S3214 [17MR]

Revise and Improve Veterans Benefits Programs (H.R. 5244), S15010-S15020 [8OC], H11352-H11362 [7OC]

Showing America a New Way Home: James A. Johnson, FNMA, E509 [22MR]

Summaries

Crime Prevention Programs, S12456 [24AU]

Dept. of HUD Management of the Project-Based Rental Assistance Program (H.R. 5115), E1977 [28SE]

Entitlement Control Act (H.R. 4593), H5994 [21JY], E1246 [16JN]

Government Downsizing, Performance and Accountability (S. 1843), S1457 [10FE]

Head Start Child Care Initiatives, S4707-S4709 [21AP]

Housing and Community Development Act (H.R. 3838), H6017-H6020 [21JY], E157 [10FE]

Housing Choice and Community Investment Act (S. 2049), S4838-S4874 [26AP]

Job Training Consolidation and Reform Act (S. 2516), S14503 [6OC]

Proposed Amendment to H.R. 6, Authorizing Appropriations for Certain Education Programs, E233 [23FE]

Revise and Extend Howard University Endowment Program (H.R. 3740), E34 [26JA]

Support for Families With Children With Disabilities Act (S. 2144), S6198 [23MY]

Welfare to Work Act (S. 2057), S5052 [3MY]

Tables

Education program appropriations (H.R. 6): allocation estimates, S14175 [5OC]

———grants for 1995-96 under the conference report version, S14170 [5OC]

Education program formulas by State, S14189 [5OC]

Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Formula Grant Program, S12148 [19AU]

Estimated educational grant funding for the seventh congressional district of Pennsylvania, H10685 [4OC]

Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund, H350 [8FE]

Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund, H350 [8FE]

Federally sponsored programs offering management and technical assistance to business, S15439 [1DE]

Funding comparison of Housing and Community Development Act programs, H6140 [22JY]

Housing and Community Development Act (H.R. 3838) funding, E159 [10FE]

Pennsylvania trade schools scheduled closings due to Dept. of Education eligibility rule, H5333 [29JN]

South Carolina funding formula for education programs, S14187 [5OC]

Testimonies

Federal Subsidizing of Tobacco Industry: Mattie Mack, S10628 [4AU]

Texts of

H. Res. 366, consideration of H.R. 6, educational appropriations, H798 [24FE]

H. Res. 421, consideration of conference report on S. 2000, Head Start, LIHEAP, Community Development Block Grant Program, and Coordinated Services for Children, Youth, and Families reauthorization, H3309 [12MY]

H. Res. 428, consideration of H.R. 2108, improve Black Lung Benefits Act, H3704 [19MY]

H. Res. 482, consideration of H.R. 3838, Housing and Community Development Act, H6014 [21JY]

H. Res. 502, consideration of S. 1066, restore Federal services to the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, H6708 [3AU]

H. Res. 556, consideration of conference report on H.R. 6, education programs appropriations, H10382 [30SE]

H. Res. 574, consideration of conference report on S. 1569, Minority Health Improvement Act, H11283 [7OC]

H.R. 734, Federal benefits, services, and assistance for the Pascua Yaqui Indians, S12208 [19AU]

H.R. 1873, disregard certain foreign payments to Holocaust survivors in determining eligibility for other benefits, H5528 [12JY]

H.R. 3508, Tribal Self-Governance Act, H8452-H8454 [16AU]

H.R. 3838, Housing and Community Development Act, H6031-H6094 [21JY]

H.R. 3869, Minority Health Improvement Act, H3810-H3823 [23MY]

H.R. 4095, repeal medicare and medicaid coverage data bank, E519 [22MR]

H.R. 4250, Head Start Program and Community Development Block Grant Program reauthorization, H2728-H2742 [26AP]

H.R. 4461, Workforce Diversity Partnership Act, E995 [19MY]

H.R. 4944, Water Desalination Act, H10628 [3OC]

H.R. 5118, permit extension for filing drawback claims in declared disaster areas, E1974 [28SE]

H.R. 5244, revise and improve veterans benefits programs, H11363-H11376 [7OC]

H.R. 5245, housing and community development programs extension, H11342-H11344 [7OC]

S. 617, water desalinization research and development, S10609-S10612 [4AU]

S. 1066, restore Federal services to the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, S6779 [10JN], H6731 [3AU]

S. 1569, Disadvantaged Minority Health Improvement Act, S4037-S4043 [25MR], S4068-S4075 [11AP], H3828-H3835 [23MY]

S. 1816, WIC Fraud Prosecution Act, S529 [1FE]

S. 1830, Small Business Defense Conversion Guaranteed Loan Act, S959 [4FE]

S. 1852, reauthorization of Head Start Program, S1480-S1485 [10FE]

S. 1853, extend assistance programs for educational television, S1478 [10FE]

S. 1926, modify and revise food stamp programs, S2907 [11MR], H1415-H1417 [16MR]

S. 1933, repeal medicare and medicaid coverage data bank, S2975 [15MR]

S. 1937, economic development in distressed communities, S3075 [16MR]

S. 1938, LIHEAP appropriations, S3076 [16MR]

S. 1943, Job Training Consolidation Act, S3210-S3214 [17MR]

S. 1997, census tracking and allocation of funds for low-income communities, S3981 [25MR]

S. 2000, Head Start, LIHEAP, Community Development Block Grant Program, and Coordinated Services for Children, Youth, and Families reauthorization, S4716-S4727 [21AP], H2890-H2900 [28AP]

S. 2000, reauthorization of Head Start, LIHEAP, Community Development Block Grant Program, and Coordinated Services for Children, Youth, and Families, S3983 [25MR]

S. 2057, Welfare to Work Act, S5050-S5052 [3MY]

S. 2079, penalties for distribution or manufacture of controlled substances near Head Start Program facilities, S5299 [5MY]

S. 2135, VA State Health-Care Reform Pilot Programs Act, S6125-S6127 [19MY]

S. 2201, wastewater treatment facility construction grants, S7067 [16JN]

S. 2224, Work and Responsibility Act, S7269-S7318 [21JN]

S. 2352, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration reauthorization, S10364 [2AU], S15176 [30NO]

S. 2379, Prohibition of Incentives for Relocation Act, S11342 [11AU]

S. 2385, Sustainable Ecosystems and Economies Demonstration Act, S11480-S11482 [12AU]

S. 2387, employment training for veterans, S11482 [12AU]

S. 2426, flexibility of urban development action grants funding, S12622 [25AU]

S. 2431, Crime Control Improvement Act, S12809-S12813 [13SE]

S. 2442, Appalachian Regional Commission reauthorization, S13032 [20SE]

S. 2450, Tax Compliance Enforcement Act, S13284 [22SE]

S. 2462, prohibit certain uses of Dept. of HUD subsidy and mortgage grant funds, S13352 [26SE]

S. 2489, health care assistance for AIDS patient treatments, S13864-S13867 [30SE]

S. 2503, Americans With Disabilities Business Development Act, S14246 [5OC]

S. 2516, Job Training Consolidation and Reform Act, S14492-S14503 [6OC]

S. 2551, prevent duplication of disaster benefits and payments, S15176 [30NO]

S. Res. 264, promote and expand Federal assistance for Indian institutions of higher learning, S13101, S13102 [21SE]