VELAZQUEZ, NYDIA M. (a Representative from New York)

Amendments offered by, to

Education: authorizing appropriations for certain programs (H.R. 6), H792 [23FE], H942 [2MR]

Appointments

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

Articles and editorials

AIDS Home Test Kits, New York (NY) El Diario La Prensa, E1917 [22SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

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

Lower East Side Tenement Museum National Historic Site: establish (see H.R. 4158), H1996 [24MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

AFDC: allow States to use emergency assistance funds to construct, rehabilitate, purchase, or rent permanent housing for homeless families (see H.R. 4449), H8596 [17AU]

African Americans: establish commission to examine slavery, subsequent racial and economic discrimination, and appropriate remedies (see H.R. 40), H2507 [19AP]

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

Agriculture: labeling of milk products relative to bovine growth hormones (see H.R. 4618), H4779 [21JN]

———labeling of milk products relative to bovine growth hormones, and development of residue test (see H.R. 4669), H5316 [28JN]

AIDS Cure Project: establish (see H.R. 4370), H3222 [10MY]

Airlines: prohibit smoking on all flights (see H.R. 4495), H5951 [20JY]

Alaska: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 39), H2252 [13AP]

Aliens: treatment of criminal aliens (see H.R. 4054), H1439 [16MR]

Barbara McClintock Project to Cure AIDS: establish (see H.R. 3310), H3056 [4MY]

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

Bureau of Justice Assistance: programs to create safe corridors for senior citizens (see H.R. 4116), H7507 [10AU]

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

Cesar E. Chavez Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 356), H3522 [17MY]

Child support: improve collection system (see H.R. 4570), H4390 [13JN]

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), H4220 [8JN]

———improve child support system (see H.R. 4051), H1439 [16MR]

———prohibit possession or transfer of handguns and ammunition to juveniles (see H.R. 3435), H84 [26JA]

China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (see H.R. 4590), H6454 [28JY]

Citizenship: report on the timeliness of processing applications for naturalization (see H.R. 4042), H2583 [20AP]

Civil liberties: privacy of prescription drug records (see H.R. 1497), H1345 [15MR]

Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund: exclude from U.S. budget (see H.R. 1056), H3155 [5MY]

Coins: mint in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the World War II peace accords (see H.R. 3820), H5761 [14JY]

Colleges and universities: substitute educational quality evaluations for cohort default rates in eligibility determinations for Federal student assistance programs (see H.R. 4384), H4293 [9JN]

Commission on National Drug Policy: establish (see H.R. 3100), H1440 [16MR]

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

Credit cards: interest rates (see H.R. 4132), H3522 [17MY]

Crime: ban possession or transfer of assault weapons (see H.R. 3527), H1345 [15MR]

———extend mail fraud prohibitions to include private and commercial interstate carriers (see H.R. 4069), H4995 [24JN]

———protection from sexual predators (see H.R. 3990), H1345 [15MR]

———telemarketing fraud (see H.R. 4399), H4722 [17JN]

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

Cuban Democracy Act: repeal (see H.R. 4941), H9351 [20SE]

Cyprus: investigation of missing U.S. citizens (see H.R. 2826), H1997 [24MR]

D-Day National Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 303), H2398 [18AP]

Dept. of Defense: eliminate promotion of civilian marksmanship (see H.R. 3128), H2218 [12AP]

Dept. of HHS: establish an America Cares Program (see H.R. 2930), H1157 [9MR]

Diseases: fetal alcohol syndrome prevention program (see H.R. 3783), H1997 [24MR]

———prevention and treatment of eating disorders (see H.R. 3324), H2914 [28AP]

Economy: protect economic rights of citizens (see H.R. 5218), H11199 [6OC]

Education: improve quality of school libraries, media centers, and facilities (see H.R. 4316), H4293 [9JN]

———participation of proprietary institutions of higher education in student financial aid programs (see H.R. 4468), H3791 [20MY]

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

Employment: establish a minority graduate mentor program (see H.R. 4366), H4091 [25MY]

———national program to create job opportunities (see H.R. 5278), H11428 [7OC]

———penalties for inadequate recordkeeping of employee citizenship and wages (see H.R. 4288), H3964 [24MY]

———prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation (see H.R. 4636), H4958 [23JN]

———require employers to post and to provide information on sexual harassment (see H.R. 2829), H1997 [24MR]

Endangered species: determinations and guidelines for listing a species as endangered (see H.R. 2043), H501 [10FE]

Fair Labor Standards Act: amend regarding statute of limitations and protection of employees who assist investigations (see H.R. 2710), H4090 [25MY]

Families and domestic relations: guarantee minimum child support benefits and reform enforcement system (see H.R. 4494), H4090 [25MY]

Federal employees: garnishment of retirement annuities to satisfy a judgment against an annuitant for child abuse (see H.R. 3694), H2368 [14AP]

———temporary employee benefits (see H.R. 2648), H6454 [28JY]

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

———prohibitions for convicted felons and other individuals against possessing, shipping, transporting or receiving firearms or ammunition (see H.R. 3827), H4091 [25MY]

———regulation of jacketed hollow point ammunition (see H.R. 3720), H1440 [16MR]

Foreign aid: prohibit to countries that restrict the delivery of U.S. humanitarian assistance to other countries (see H.R. 4142), H8696 [18AU]

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

Forests: restraints upon clearcutting (see H.R. 1164), H1996 [24MR]

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]

Gillespie, John Birks (Dizzy): award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 141), H4165 [26MY]

Grant's Tomb National Memorial: designate and restore (see H.R. 4393), H3278 [11MY]

Guatemala: U.S. policy relative to peace process and human rights protection (see H. Con. Res. 212), H5951 [20JY]

Haiti: impose sanctions and halt the interdiction and return of refugees (see H.R. 4114), H2507 [19AP]

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

Hazardous substances: use of mercury in disposable batteries (see H.R. 4528), H4165 [26MY]

Head Start Program: inclusion of buildings in asbestos abatement laws (see H.R. 3290), H1541 [17MR]

Health: choice of medical treatment methods (see H.R. 4696), H6454 [28JY]

———coverage of insulin syringes for diabetics in any national health care plan (see H. Con. Res. 223), H6105 [21JY]

———coverage of reproductive health services for women in any national health care plan (see H. Con. Res. 229), H1897 [22MR]

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

———establish a fund to strengthen State and local government public health programs (see H.R. 4841), H7299 [9AU]

———establish a national birth defects monitoring system to provide information for research and prevention (see H.R. 1296), H157 [1FE]

———establish a national program of trained community health advisors to assist in certain State objectives (see H.R. 4024), H1323 [11MR]

———fair information practices for health information (see H.R. 4077), H1539 [17MR]

———funding for WIC food programs in any national health care plan (see H. Con. Res. 233), H6381 [27JY]

———improve programs for individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds (see H.R. 3699), H501 [10FE]

———inclusion of annual lead poisoning screenings for children in a national health care plan (see H. Con. Res. 209), H679 [23FE]

———inclusion of breast and cervical cancer screenings and gynecological services in a national health care plan (see H. Con. Res. 217), H3056 [4MY]

———inclusion of mammography screenings for women in a national health care plan (see H. Res. 368), H679 [23FE]

———inclusion of mental health and substance abuse benefits in health care reform (see H.R. 4376), H5547 [12JY]

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

———research funding (see H.R. 4260), H4654 [16JN]

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

Health care professionals: provide incentives for physicians to practice in rural medically underserved areas (see H.R. 4561), H4292 [9JN]

———provision of medical services relative to malpractice liability actions (see H.R. 3226), H288 [3FE]

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

Homeless Assistance Act: revise and extend programs (see H.R. 4578), H9030 [26AU]

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

Housing and community development programs: reauthorize (see H.R. 3838), H499 [10FE]

Hudson River Artists National Historical Park: establish (see H.R. 803), H6104 [21JY]

Human rights: trafficking of Burmese women and girls into Thailand for forced prostitution (see H. Con. Res. 254), H8755 [19AU]

Immigration: enhanced law enforcement (see H.R. 4015), H1322 [11MR]

———expand the scope of unfair immigration-related employment practices and protections (see H.R. 4053), H1439 [16MR]

Income: prohibit wage discrimination based on sex, race, or nationality (see H.R. 4803), H5950 [20JY]

Insurance: coverage or benefits on preexisting medical conditions (see H. Con. Res. 246), H5951 [20JY]

International Conference on Population and Development: U.S. role (see H. Con. Res. 234), H9009 [21AU]

Ireland, Northern: adherence with the MacBride Principles by U.S. persons doing business (see H.R. 672), H3887 [23MY]

———peace efforts (see H. Con. Res. 303), H10445 [30SE]

Irish-American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 401), H9903 [27SE]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: authorize the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternal organization to establish a memorial (see H.J. Res. 177), H1440 [16MR]

Labor: reform provisions of law relative to child labor (see H.R. 1106), H1897 [22MR]

Latimer, Lewis Howard: issuance of commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 252), H6763 [3AU]

Law enforcement: reform Asset Forfeiture Program (see H.R. 3347), H3156 [5MY]

Legislative Branch of the Government: application of OSHA laws (see H.R. 4739), H6483 [29JY]

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

Long Island Rail Road Co.: labor-management dispute (see H.J. Res. 379), H4721 [17JN]

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]

———designation of certain children's hospital clinics as qualified health care centers (see H.R. 3947), H6380 [27JY]

———prohibit State requirement of children to participate in managed care plans without an integrated child health care network (see H.R. 4810), H8596 [17AU]

Medicare: coverage of betaseron treatment for multiple sclerosis (see H.R. 4610), H10372 [29SE]

Mexico: elections (see H. Con. Res. 250), H3521 [17MY]

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), H2507 [19AP]

Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 1509), H4293 [9JN]

Motor vehicles: protect personal privacy and safety of licensed drivers (see H.R. 3365), H2252 [13AP]

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

National Children's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 389), H5761 [14JY]

National Commission on Gay and Lesbian Youth Suicide Prevention: establish (see H.R. 4148), H2219 [12AP]

National Family Caregivers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 90), H2219 [12AP]

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

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

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

National Incest and Sexual Abuse Healing Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 403), H8696 [18AU]

National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases: expand activities relative to lupus (see H.R. 2420), H2913 [28AP]

National Long-Term Care Administrators Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 278), H996 [2MR]

National Men's Health Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 209), H3522 [17MY]

National Parkinson's Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 359), H3682 [18MY]

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]

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

Native Americans: provide social services block grants directly to Indian tribes (see H.R. 4162), H6454 [28JY]

New York/New Jersey Highlands Area: acquisition of Sterling Forest area lands by the Palisades Interstate Park Commission (see H.R. 2741), H5761 [14JY]

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

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

Opal Creek Forest Preserve: establish (see H.R. 3905), H1067 [7MR]

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

Pharmaceuticals: prices (see H.R. 916), H1345 [15MR]

Postal Service: authority to issue civil investigative demands relative to mail fraud investigations (see H.R. 4071), H4995 [24JN]

———forfeiture of property in mail or wire fraud investigations and allocation of proceeds from forfeitures (see H.R. 4070), H4995 [24JN]

Power resources: funding for energy research, development, demonstration, and commercialization relative to the economy and environmental protection (see H. Con. Res. 188), H2220 [12AP]

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

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

Public housing: encourage gainful employment among residents (see H.R. 4159), H3682 [18MY]

———referendum among residents on banning or restricting gun ownership (see H.R. 4062), H2507 [19AP]

Public Service Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 253), H2219 [12AP]

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

———reform (see H.R. 4767), H5760 [14JY]

Puerto Rico: transfer of certain lands on the Island of Vieques (see H.R. 3831), H2914 [28AP]

Radio: recognize the achievements of radio amateurs and establish support for radio amateurs as national policy (see H.J. Res. 199), H5761 [14JY]

Railroads: employee protection benefits (see H.R. 3866), H1345 [15MR]

Refugees: involuntary return of refugees outside the U.S., and designate Haiti under temporary protected status (see H.R. 3663), H157 [1FE]

Rivers: establish a national registry of rivers and watersheds to be protected and restored (see H.R. 4213), H3522 [17MY]

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

SBA: modify the minority small business and capital ownership development program (see H.R. 5271), H11427 [7OC]

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

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

Solid waste: prohibit international export and import (see H.R. 3706), H6156 [22JY]

Special Olympics World Games: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 3879), H679 [23FE]

States: immunity from personal civil liability for certain volunteers working for nonprofit organizations and government entities (see H.R. 911), H4220 [8JN]

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

———employer-provided educational assistance (see H.R. 127), H6454 [28JY]

———income tax rate adjustments to reflect regional differences in cost-of-living (see H.R. 3671), H3755 [19MY]

———regulation of life insurance companies (see H.R. 4510), H4164 [26MY]

———treatment of life insurance company policy holder dividends and certain policy acquisition expenses (see H.R. 5064), H9351 [20SE]

Telecommunications: prevent harassment through computers or other two-way telecommunication devices (see H.R. 5015), H11565 [29NO]

———rates and charges for operator services (see H.R. 4969), H8505 [16AU]

Tobacco products: labeling for packaging and restrictions on advertising (see H.R. 3614), H1440 [16MR]

———prohibit smoking in buildings open to the public (see H.R. 3434), H44 [25JA]

———regulate the manufacture, labeling, sale, distribution, and advertising and promotion (see H.R. 2147), H1323 [11MR]

U.S. Military Academy: mint commemorative coins recognizing the bicentennial (see H.R. 3492), H4958 [23JN]

U.S. Peace Tax Fund: establish to receive tax payments to be spent for nonmilitary purposes from taxpayers conscientiously opposed to war (see H.R. 2019), H2368 [14AP]

U.S.-Mexico Border Health Commission: establish (see H.R. 2305), H6156 [22JY]

Urban areas: development of municipally owned vacant lots by nonprofit community organizations (see H.R. 4143), H2253 [13AP]

———establish Geno Baroni Commission on Neighborhoods and provide for White House Conference on Neighborhoods (see H.R. 4580), H5463 [30JN]

Utah: designate certain Federal lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1500), H4995 [24JN]

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

Virgin Islands: appointment of a U.S. marshal (see H.R. 4869), H6549 [1AU]

Water: establish national urban watershed restoration program (see H.R. 3873), H559 [22FE]

Water pollution: eliminate certain discharges of chlorine compounds into navigable waters (see H.R. 2898), H2218 [12AP]

———law enforcement and compliance program (see H.R. 2727), H6380 [27JY]

———nonpoint source management program (see H.R. 2543), H5950 [20JY]

Waterways: establish a national waterways restoration program (see H.R. 4289), H2639 [21AP]

Whittaker, Johnson C.: issuance of posthumous commission to second lieutenant in the Army (see H.R. 3925), H1541 [17MR]

Women: review and study Federal health programs (see H.R. 3314), H1997 [24MR]

Women's Rights National Historical Park: improve administration (see H.R. 359), H1996 [24MR]

Year of the Grandparent: designate (see H.J. Res. 355), H7299 [9AU]

Remarks by, on

AIDS: epidemic relative to home test kits, E1917 [22SE]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 103), H1378 [16MR]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1995-99 (H. Con. Res. 218), H1267 [11MR]

Cabranes, Jose: potential nomination to the Supreme Court, E681 [15AP]

Crime: capital punishment relative to racial discrimination, H2533 [20AP]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3355), conference report, H8760 [20AU], H9001 [21AU], E1725 [12AU], E1772 [19AU]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 4092), H2341 [14AP], H2533 [20AP]

Dept. of Environmental Protection: analysis of Federal regulations and mandates imposed on State and local governments, H168 [2FE]

———establish (H.R. 3425), H168 [2FE]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs, HUD, and sundry independent agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4624), H5396 [29JN]

Domestic Violence Awareness Month: observance, H10690 [4OC]

Education: authorizing appropriations for certain programs (H.R. 6), H945, H957 [2MR], H1033 [3MR]

———require local school districts to compile statistics of children of illegal immigrants, H1033 [3MR]

Firearms: prohibit transfer or sale of assault weapons (H.R. 4296), H3109 [5MY]

GATT: ratification (H.R. 5110), H11485 [29NO]

———ratification (H.R. 5110), consideration (H. Res. 564), H10967 [5OC]

Haiti: presence of U.S. Armed Forces (H.J. Res. 416), H11104 [6OC]

———tribute to special peace delegation and support for U.S. Armed Forces (H. Con. Res. 290), H9218 [19SE]

Health care facilities: access to clinic entrances (S. 636), conference report, H3131 [5MY]

Interstate commerce: insurance disclosures (H.R. 1188), H5915 [20JY]

New York, NY: tribute to El Regreso Foundation, E2204 [8OC]

Public Health Service: improve health of disadvantaged individuals (S. 1569), conference report, H11290 [7OC]

Puerto Rico: educational programs, H957 [2MR]

Space policy: space station program funding, H5396 [29JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H2366 [14AP], H8051 [12AU], H8694 [18AU], H9568 [22SE], H10535 [3OC]

Schedules

Committee on Government Operations (House): Subcommittee on Information, Justice, Transportation and Agriculture: fair information practices for health information, D412 [20AP]

Committee on Natural Resources (House): Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands: public lands legislation, D709 [21JN]

Committee on Rules (House): national policy to control crime and reform court procedures, D332 [24MR]

Committee on the Judiciary (House): Subcommittee on Crime and Criminal Justice: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures, D134 [22FE]

Committee on the Judiciary (Senate): Subcommittee on Technology and the Law: high technology privacy issues relative to health care, D34 [27JA]

Tributes

Rincon de Gautier, Dona Felisa, E2033 [3OC]

Taylor, Regi, E662 [14AP]