SYNAR, MIKE (a Representative from Oklahoma)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 820, National Competitiveness Act, H5814 [19JY]

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

———H.R. 2333, Dept. of State, USIA, and related agencies appropriations, H2386 [18AP]

———H.R. 3474, Community Development, Credit Enhancement, and Regulatory Improvement Act, H2614 [21AP]

———S. 349, Lobbying Disclosure Act, H2152 [24MR]

———S. 636, Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, H1522 [17MR]

———S. 1485, Satellite Carrier Compulsory License Extension Act, H8422 [16AU]

———S. 1587, Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act, H6816 [4AU]

———S. 2182, Dept. of Defense and Dept. of Energy defense activities appropriations, H6182 [25JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Major League Baseball: players' strike (see H.R. 4994), H8696 [18AU]

Oklahoma: establish Honey Springs National Battlefield and Washita Battlefield National Historic Site (see H.R. 4821), H6200 [25JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Abortion: pro choice versus right to life (see H.R. 25), H6482 [29JY]

Africa: authorizing assistance to promote peaceful resolution of conflicts (see H.R. 4541), H8596 [17AU]

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

Agriculture: tribute to U.S. rice industry (see H.J. Res. 405), H10727 [4OC]

Airlines: prohibit smoking on all flights (see H.R. 4495), H5655 [13JY]

Arms control: moratorium on the sale, transfer, or export of anti-personnel landmines (see H.R. 4699), H5761 [14JY]

Bankruptcy: improve system (see H.R. 5116), H10006 [28SE]

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

Children and youth: establish youth development block grants for community-based organizations (see H.R. 4086), H9224 [19SE]

China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (see H.R. 4590), H4653 [16JN]

Civil War History Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 318), H1898 [22MR]

Copyrights: fee exemptions for performance or broadcast of certain musical works and establishment of court-annexed arbitration process for fee disputes (see H.R. 4936), H7506 [10AU]

Courts: reorganization of Federal administrative law judiciary (see H.R. 2586), H8596 [17AU]

Cyprus: investigation of missing U.S. citizens (see H.R. 2826), H5350 [29JN]

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

Dept. of the Interior: sale of certain real and personal property (see H.R. 4919), H8505 [16AU]

Diseases: fetal alcohol syndrome prevention program (see H.R. 3783), H204 [2FE]

Ecology and environment: provide assistance to rural and disadvantaged communities under the State water pollution control revolving loan program (see H.R. 3810), H2838 [26AP]

Education: funding to local agencies for training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and first aid to secondary school students (see H.R. 3404), H9569 [22SE]

Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A.: designate (see H.J. Res. 329), H1541 [17MR]

Employment: assist discharged Armed Forces members to obtain employment and management training with public housing authorities and management companies (see H.R. 1886), H995 [2MR]

———establish a system of reemployment, job training, and income support services (see H.R. 4040, 4050), H3345 [12MY], H3964 [24MY]

———protection of part-time and temporary workers relative to certain benefit eligibility (see H.R. 2188), H4390 [13JN]

EPA: develop a risk assessment program (see H.R. 4306), H2913 [28AP]

Exercise Tiger Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 305), H2699 [25AP]

Families and domestic relations: entitle family and medical leave under certain circumstances (see H.R. 1417), H205 [2FE]

Firearms: prohibit transfer or sale of assault weapons (see H.R. 4296), H2698 [25AP]

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]

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

Haiti: impose sanctions and halt the interdiction and return of refugees (see H.R. 4114), H4220 [8JN]

———presence of U.S. Armed Forces (see H. Con. Res. 276), H9088 [12SE]

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), H6381 [27JY]

———inclusion of osteopathic services under national health care benefits package (see H. Con. Res. 173), H5762 [14JY]

———inclusion of poison control services in health care reform (see H. Con. Res. 243), H5872 [19JY]

Health care facilities: assistance for AIDS patients treatment (see H.R. 5141), H10445 [30SE]

House of Representatives: adjournment relative to consideration of Committee on the Organization of Congress (Joint) recommendations (see H. Res. 290), H288 [3FE]

Immigration: status of the visa waiver program (see H.R. 4413), H5547 [12JY]

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

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), H6380 [27JY]

Members of Congress: require participation in health care reform package (see H. Con. Res. 147), H1088 [8MR]

Middle East: support for peace process and condemnation of terrorist acts (see H. Con. Res. 219), H1157 [9MR]

Motor vehicles: bumper standards (see H.R. 4280), H4343 [10JN]

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

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), H9762 [26SE]

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

National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 332), H5350 [29JN]

National League of Families POW/MIA: display of flag (see H.J. Res. 369), H7299 [9AU]

National Mammography Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 418), H10373 [29SE]

National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 374), H5548 [12JY]

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

National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 138), H1067 [7MR]

National Random Acts of Kindness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 357), H2506 [19AP]

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

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

National U.S. Seafood Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 387), H7075 [5AU]

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

National Women and Girls in Sports Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 385), H5462 [30JN]

Office of Workers' Compensation Programs: appeals process and judicial review (see H.R. 4977), H8595 [17AU]

———procedures for the selection of second-opinion physicians (see H.R. 4978), H8595 [17AU]

———selection of board-certified second-opinion physicians (see H.R. 4979), H8595 [17AU]

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

Persian Gulf Conflict: compensation for veterans and increased research relative to illnesses attributed to service during conflict (see H.R. 4386, 4540), H4883 [22JN]

Pesticides: regulate chemical residues in food (see H.R. 4091), H1556 [18MR]

Postal Savings System: filing of claims for certificates of deposit (see H.R. 1171), H5547 [12JY]

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

Radio: recognize the achievements of radio amateurs and establish support for radio amateurs as national policy (see H.J. Res. 199), H84 [26JA]

Refuse disposal: regulation of hazardous waste shipments to foreign countries (see H.R. 3965), H1066 [7MR]

Roosevelt, Franklin D.: mint coins in commemoration of 50th anniversary of death (see H.R. 3270), H5462 [30JN]

Safe Drinking Water Act: reauthorization (see H.R. 4314), H2913 [28AP]

SEC: supervision and regulation of financial institution derivative product activities (see H.R. 4745), H5655 [13JY]

Securities: unlisted trading privileges for corporate securities (see H.R. 4535), H4165 [26MY]

Service academies: imposition of additional charges or attendance fees (see H.R. 3293), H157 [1FE]

Servicemen's Readjustment Act: commemorate 50th anniversary (see H.J. Res. 378), H4884 [22JN]

Shenandoah Valley National Battlefield Commission: establish (see H.R. 746), H43 [25JA]

Small Family Farm Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 291), H1440 [16MR]

Space policy: prohibit outer space advertising (see H.R. 2599), H296 [7FE]

Special Olympics World Games: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 3879), H1088 [8MR]

Taxation: increase excise tax on tobacco products (see H.R. 4089), H1540 [17MR]

Tobacco products: CPSC fire safety standards (see H.R. 3885), H1997 [24MR]

———labeling, advertising, and promoting requirements (see H.R. 4658), H5170 [27JN]

———prohibit sale in vending machines and the distribution of free samples in Federal buildings and on Federal property (see H.R. 3845), H1781 [21MR]

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), H4654 [16JN]

Vietnam Human Rights Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 333), H1781 [21MR]

Women: health programs relative to the human immunodeficiency virus (see H.R. 2395), H866 [24FE]

———research programs relative to infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (see H.R. 2394), H866 [24FE]

Year of Gospel Music: designate (see H.J. Res. 297), H5350 [29JN]

Years of the Girl Child: designate (see H.J. Res. 302), H2398 [18AP]

Letters

Investigation of House Post Office activity relative to criminal and House Rules violations: Eric H. Holder, Jr., Dept. of Justice, H964 [2MR]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H4169 [8JN]

Proclamations

American Heart Month: President Clinton, E227 [23FE]

Remarks by, on

Allen J. Ellender Fellowship Program: funding, E402 [10MR]

Antitrust policy: supersede modification of final judgment of U.S. v. Western Electric and regulate the manufacturing of Bell operating companies (H.R. 3626), H5207 [28JN]

Bankruptcy: improve system (H.R. 5116), H10771 [4OC]

California: designate certain desert lands as wilderness (H.R. 518), H5492, H5493 [12JY]

———establish Death Valley and Joshua Tree National Parks and Mojave National Monument (H.R. 518), H5492, H5493 [12JY]

Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House): investigation of House Post Office activity relative to violations of House Rules or embezzlement of public funds by Members of Congress (H. Res. 375), H964 [2MR]

Communications: promote a national infrastructure to encourage deployment of advanced services through competition (H.R. 3636), H5236 [28JN]

Congress: public service, H4169 [8JN]

Contracts: revise and streamline Federal procurement and acquisition laws (S. 1587), conference report, H9247 [20SE]

Courts: establish time limitation on civil actions against aircraft manufacturers (S. 1458), H5004 [27JN]

———reform habeas corpus procedures, H2426 [19AP]

Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3355), conference report, H8969 [21AU]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 4092), H2426 [19AP]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4301), H3779 [20MY]

Dept. of Environmental Protection: analysis of Federal regulations and mandates imposed on State and local governments, H180 [2FE]

———establish (H.R. 3425), consideration (H. Res. 312), H180 [2FE]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs, HUD, and sundry independent agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4624), conference report, H9057 [12SE]

Education: authorizing appropriations for certain programs (H.R. 6), H2149 [24MR], E402 [10MR]

———extend certain nutrition and school lunch programs (H.R. 8), H5805 [19JY]

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

Firearms: prohibit transfer or sale of assault weapons (H.R. 4296), H3108 [5MY]

Government: improve (S. 2170), H10496, H10498 [3OC]

Government procurement: improve process (H.R. 2238), H5045 [27JN]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H6188 [25JY]

Housing and community development programs: reauthorize (H.R. 3838), E1592 [28JY]

Indian Trust Funds: management reform (H.R. 4833), H10487, H10488 [3OC]

Lobbyists: disclosure of activities to influence the Federal Government (S. 349), conference report, H10290 [29SE]

Major League Baseball: players' strike (H.R. 4994), E1764 [18AU]

National Park Service: reform concessions policies (S. 208), H6415, H6417, H6424 [28JY]

Native Americans: clarify Federal relationships with Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians and the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians (S. 1357), H6715 [3AU]

Oklahoma: establish Honey Springs National Battlefield and Washita Battlefield National Historic Site (H.R. 4821), E1537 [22JY], E1553 [25JY]

Public lands: domestic livestock grazing fees, H5492, H5493 [12JY]

Public welfare programs: reform, H3043, H3048, H3051, H3052, H3053 [4MY]

Refuse disposal: regulation of hazardous waste shipments to foreign countries (H.R. 3965), H1054 [3MR]

Religion: condemn speech by a senior representative of the Nation of Islam (H. Res. 343), E300 [2MR]

Safe Drinking Water Act: reauthorization (H.R. 4314), E787 [28AP]

States: limit out-of-State solid waste disposal (H.R. 4779), consideration (H. Res. 551), H9920 [28SE]

Taxation: limit State taxation of pension income (H.R. 546), H10458 [3OC]

Television: local service areas of primary transmitters (S. 2406), H9271 [20SE]

———secondary transmissions of superstations and network stations for private home viewing (H.R. 1103), H8420 [16AU]

Votes: position on missed, E1592 [28JY]

Water: assure the safety of public water systems (H.R. 3392), H9829 [27SE]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H677 [23FE], H994 [2MR], H1252 [10MR], H2912 [28AP], H6155 [22JY], H6199 [25JY], H6452 [28JY], H8694 [18AU], H9084 [12SE]

Tribute, H11209 [7OC]

Schedules

Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate): Subcommittee on Toxic Substances, Research and Development: Toxic Substances Control Act authorization, D555 [17MY]

Committee on Foreign Affairs (House): Subcommittee on Economic Policy, Trade and Environment: U.S. pesticide exports, D28 [26JA]

Committee on Government Operations (House): Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security: budget process reform, D941 [4AU]

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (House): Subcommittee on Environment and Natural Resources: National Wildlife Refuge System management, D965 [9AU]

Committee on Natural Resources (House): Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands: public lands legislation, D905 [29JY]

Committee on Rules (House): Dept. of Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies appropriations, D668 [14JN]

———Subcommittee on Rules of the House: Legislative Reorganization Act, D266 [16MR]

———transfer or sale of assault weapons, D487 [4MY]

Tributes

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