BLUTE, PETER (a Representative from Massachusetts)

Amendments offered by, to

Housing and community development programs: reauthorize (H.R. 3838), H6112 [22JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Members of Congress: determination of official mail allowance and regulation of mass mailings and franking privilege (see H.R. 3787), H286 [3FE]

Persian Gulf War Veteran Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 320), H357 [8FE]

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

Social Security: prohibit the use of account numbers except for purposes relative to Social Security and social services (see H.R. 3919), H889 [28FE]

Technology: coordination of biotechnology research and development (see H.R. 4211), H2366 [14AP]

———stimulate biotechnology research and development (see H.R. 4212), H2366 [14AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Airline industry: mandatory retirement age for pilots (see H.R. 1532), H357 [8FE]

Alcohol Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 335), H2220 [12AP]

Aliens: prohibit Federal and State financial benefits for illegal residents (see H.R. 1620), H11429 [7OC]

Antitrust policy: supersede modification of final judgment of U.S. v. Western Electric and regulate the manufacturing of Bell operating companies (see H.R. 3626), H2219 [12AP]

Appropriations: constitutional amendment on line-item veto (see H.J. Res. 321), H681 [23FE]

Armenia: conflict with Azerbaijan relating to the Nagorno Karabagh area (see H. Con. Res. 247), H4884 [22JN]

Arson Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 328), H996 [2MR]

Bankruptcy: debt adjustment of individuals with regular income (see H.R. 2326), H43 [25JA]

———interest of the debtor as a tenant under the rental of residential real property (see H.R. 1156), H1440 [16MR]

———treatment of condominium or cooperative ownership unit membership association fees (see H.R. 1583), H410 [9FE]

Budget: deficit (see H.R. 4057), H5655 [13JY]

———establish a reserve account for expenditures relative to emergencies (see H.R. 4189), H2251 [13AP]

Capital punishment: use of racially based quotas to determine sentencing (see H. Con. Res. 270), H6483 [29JY]

Chemical Dependency Nurses Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 314), H1541 [17MR]

Children and youth: promote healthy eating habits (see H.R. 3580), H5316 [28JN]

Citizenship: constitutional amendment restricting citizenship by virtue of birth in U.S. (see H.J. Res. 129), H9224 [19SE]

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

Civilian Facilities Closure and Realignment Commission: establish (see H.R. 2954), H3791 [20MY]

Coins: mint in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the World War II peace accords (see H.R. 3820), H3056 [4MY]

Committees of the House: commence hearings into President and Hillary Rodham Clinton's involvement in Whitewater Estates development and Madison Guaranty (see H. Res. 437), H3964 [24MY]

———require legislation to transfer certain functions of the GPO (see H. Res. 266), H11430 [7OC]

Commodore John Barry Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 383), H5951 [20JY]

Communications: promote a national infrastructure to encourage deployment of advanced services through competition (see H.R. 3636), H288 [3FE]

Courts: reorganization of Federal administrative law judiciary (see H.R. 2586), H4090 [25MY]

Credit: accuracy of consumer information maintained by credit reporting agencies (see H.R. 1015), H157 [1FE]

Crime: deny Federal benefits to persons convicted of fraudulent representation of residency in more than one State (see H.R. 4883), H7299 [9AU]

———protection from sexual predators (see H.R. 3990), H5547 [12JY]

———restitution to victims (see H.R. 3367), H1058 [3MR]

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

D-Day National Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 303), H912 [1MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: consolidation of agricultural research and extension activities (see H.R. 1122), H11429 [7OC]

Dept. of Education: reduce increase in grants to State and local education agencies (see H.R. 3725), H5871 [19JY]

Dept. of Energy: terminate use of liquid metal reactors in disposal of high-level radioactive waste (see H.R. 2365), H11429 [7OC]

Dept. of HHS: study use of biometric devices to verify identity of AFDC applicants (see H.R. 3727), H205 [2FE]

Dept. of HUD: assistance program eligibility for organizations that promote prejudice or bias based on race, religion, or ethnicity (see H.R. 4036), H1781 [21MR]

———supportive housing for low-income senior citizens (see H. Con. Res. 253), H4292 [9JN]

Dept. of Justice: interpretation of child protection statutes (see H. Res. 481), H5761 [14JY]

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

Dept. of the Treasury: mint coins in commemoration of 200th anniversary of U.S. Mint (see H.R. 654), H9440 [21SE]

Ecology and environment: conservation and management of wetlands (see H.R. 1330), H1540 [17MR]

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

EEOC: guidelines relative to religious harassment in employment (see H. Res. 446), H4165 [26MY]

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

Executive departments: limitation on amounts agencies obligate for office furniture and decorating (see H.R. 3692), H11429 [7OC]

Exercise Tiger Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 305), H1058 [3MR]

Explosives: Federal permit requirements for distribution or receipt of explosives (see H.R. 4345), H3055 [4MY]

———regulation (see H.R. 4828), H8053 [12AU]

———waiting period before purchase and Federal permit requirement for receipt of explosives (see H.R. 3912), H865 [24FE]

Firearms: constitutional right of U.S. citizens to bear and keep arms (see H. Con. Res. 3), H3682 [18MY]

———right of U.S. citizens to bear and keep arms (see H.R. 1276), H287 [3FE]

Foreign aid: prohibit to countries that restrict the delivery of U.S. humanitarian assistance to other countries (see H.R. 4142), H4166 [26MY]

France: protectionist practices relative to U.S. seafood imports (see H. Res. 362), H681 [23FE]

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

Government: limit travel expenses for officers and employees (see H.R. 1487), H11429 [7OC]

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

Haiti: presence of U.S. Armed Forces (see H. Con. Res. 269), H9224 [19SE]

Health: ability of Members to strike employer mandates from health care reform legislation (see H. Res. 424), H6550 [1AU]

———budgetary treatment of national health care reform (see H. Con. Res. 201), H204 [2FE]

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

———employment impact of national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 3882), H3791 [20MY]

———funding for WIC food programs in any national health care plan (see H. Con. Res. 233), H5316 [28JN]

———inclusion of medical technology advancement in health care reform legislation (see H. Res. 485), H6550 [1AU]

———inclusion of osteopathic services under national health care benefits package (see H. Con. Res. 173), H2253 [13AP]

Helium: prohibit Bureau of Mines from refining and selling of helium, and dispose of helium reserve (see H.R. 3967), H2914 [28AP]

House of Representatives: prohibit franked mail (see H.R. 4327), H9440 [21SE]

———prohibit use of frank for mass mailings (see H.R. 3455), H1088 [8MR]

———public access to health care reform process (see H. Res. 363), H544 [11FE]

———reduce official mail allowance and prohibit certain mailing practices (see H.R. 4738), H5655 [13JY]

House Rules: limit availability of appropriations for salaries and expenses of the House (see H.R. 885), H11429 [7OC]

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

INS: prohibit citizenship swearing-in ceremonies in languages other than English (see H.R. 2859), H6156 [22JY]

———restructure enforcement components (see H.R. 3105), H2583 [20AP]

Irish-American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 401), H9161 [16SE]

IRS: liability of employees in court cases (see H.R. 3261), H4220 [8JN]

Jewish War Veterans: issue commemorative postage stamp honoring anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 199), H157 [1FE]

Legislative Branch of the Government: application of certain laws (see H.R. 4822), H6550 [1AU]

———improve operation and administration (H.R. 3801), consideration (see H. Res. 472), H5872 [19JY]

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

Medicare: extend issuance period for select policies (see H.R. 5082), H9903 [27SE]

Members of Congress: establish a national advisory referendum on limiting of terms (see H.R. 3835), H1541 [17MR]

Mental health: inclusion of benefits in comprehensive health care plan (see H.R. 1563), H5655 [13JY]

Middle East: Israeli/Palestinian peace agreement signing in Cairo, Egypt (see H. Con. Res. 245), H3755 [19MY]

Monuments and memorials: mint commemorative coins for the Vietnam Women's Memorial (see H.R. 2467), H83 [26JA]

Motor vehicles: traffic-safety programs (see H.R. 1719), H83 [26JA]

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

National Character Counts Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 366), H6454 [28JY]

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

National Endowment for the Arts: distribution of funds (see H.R. 3488), H9158 [13SE]

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

National Flag Celebration Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 286), H4166 [26MY]

National Flood Insurance Program: improve (see H.R. 4052), H2994 [3MY]

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

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

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

National League of Families POW/MIA: display of flag (see H.J. Res. 369), H7195 [8AU]

National Mammography Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 418), H10007 [28SE]

National Manufacturing Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 402), H8052 [12AU]

National Maritime Heritage Program: establish (see H.R. 3059), H43 [25JA]

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

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

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 Sewing Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 337), H6483 [29JY]

National Slovak-American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 287), H1158 [9MR]

National Trails Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 327), H2995 [3MY]

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

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

New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park: establish (see H.R. 3898), H864 [24FE]

Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact: grant consent (see H.R. 4560), H4292 [9JN]

Parents' Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 398), H9087 [12SE]

Postal Service: reemployment of retirees in temporary positions relative to offset of annuity (see H.R. 3246), H1058 [3MR]

Program on Social Ethics and Community Service: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 4464), H4391 [13JN]

Public Service Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 253), H1440 [16MR]

Public welfare programs: eliminate benefits for fugitive felons, probation and parole violators, and share information with law enforcement officers (see H.R. 4657), H5170 [27JN]

———reform (see H.R. 4473, 4566), H3887 [23MY], H4343 [10JN]

Radio: recognize the achievements of radio amateurs and establish support for radio amateurs as national policy (see H.J. Res. 199), H2368 [14AP]

Real property: private property owner rights (see H.R. 3875), H6454 [28JY]

Refuse disposal: encourage the President and State Governors to carry out on-site composting at their residences (see H.R. 2292), H5462 [30JN]

Religion: condemn speech by a senior representative of the Nation of Islam (see H. Res. 343), H287 [3FE]

Roads and highways: funding for emergency road repairs of damage due to severe winter storms (see H.R. 3926), H1088 [8MR]

Schneerson, Menachem Mendel: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4497), H7195 [8AU]

Ships and vessels: recreational boating safety programs (see H.R. 4477), H8053 [12AU]

Small business: participation in business development programs by concerns controlled by individuals with disabilities (see H.R. 794), H205 [2FE]

Small-Town Sunday: designate (see H.J. Res. 184), H11201 [6OC]

Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of 150th anniversary (see H.R. 4912), H10007 [28SE]

Social Security: establish procedures for verification of employee information (see H.R. 4557), H4883 [22JN]

Social Security Administration: establish as independent agency (see H.R. 1864), H3155 [5MY]

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

States: require taxation of military retirement annuities on the same basis of State retirement annuities (see H.R. 3915), H865 [24FE]

———transportation of municipal solid waste (see H.R. 4643), H5548 [12JY]

Tariff: diflunisal (see H.R. 3176), H11429 [7OC]

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

———deduction of overdue State tax obligations from Federal income tax refunds (see H.R. 4138), H1995 [24MR]

———eliminate fees associated with changes in marital status (see H.R. 3851), H3156 [5MY]

———estate tax treatment of family-owned business interests (see H.R. 5032), H9569 [22SE]

———increase the unified estate and gift tax credit (see H.R. 1110), H6482 [29JY]

———treatment of education savings account (see H.R. 3449), H1541 [17MR]

———treatment of Federal estate and gift taxes and the tax on generation-skipping transfers (see H.R. 2717), H10372 [29SE]

———treatment of health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 5062), H9350 [20SE]

Telecommunications: regulation of exports (see H.R. 2912), H43 [25JA]

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

U.S. Military Academy: mint commemorative coins recognizing the bicentennial (see H.R. 3492), H5547 [12JY]

Veterans: cost-of-living adjustments (see H.R. 3023), H157 [1FE]

———permit retirement pay concurrently with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 65), H2252 [13AP]

Vietnam Human Rights Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 333), H2253 [13AP]

World War II: commendation to individuals exposed to mustard agents (see H.R. 1055), H43 [25JA]

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

Citations

John V. Power, H90 [1FE]

Letters

Excise tax on beer: Representative Cox, H4768 [21JN]

Motions offered by

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 103), consideration (H. Res. 331), H862 [24FE]

Petitions and memorials

Worcester, MA, Area Council of Lithuanian Organizations: Lithuanian democratic reforms, E524 [23MR]

Remarks by, on

Armenians: anniversary of genocide, H2478, H2483 [19AP]

Budget: consideration of budget authority rescission proposals (H.R. 4600), H5725 [14JY]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 103), H1489 [17MR]

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. 238), H971 [2MR]

Communications: promote a national infrastructure to encourage deployment of advanced services through competition (H.R. 3636), H5244 [28JN]

Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3355), conference report, H8977 [21AU]

Dept. of the Interior: establish an American Heritage Areas Partnership Program (H.R. 5044), H9865 [27SE], H10875, H10901 [5OC]

House of Representatives: official mail costs, H4123 [26MY]

Housing: limitation on non-elderly occupancy of public housing designated for elderly families, H6112, H6115, H6116 [22JY]

Housing and community development programs: reauthorize (H.R. 3838), H6112, H6115, H6116 [22JY]

Ireland, Northern: peace efforts, H985 [2MR], H1447 [17MR]

Legislative Branch of the Government: application of certain laws (H.R. 4822), H7340 [10AU]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4454), H4123 [26MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4454), consideration (H. Res. 444), H4108 [26MY]

Lithuania: democratic reforms, E524 [23MR]

National Highway System: designate (H.R. 4385), H3981 [25MY]

New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park: establish (H.R. 3898), H6526 [1AU]

O'Neill, Thomas P., Jr.: tribute (H. Res. 328), H9 [25JA]

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

Public Works and Economic Development Act: reauthorizing appropriations (H.R. 2442), H3240 [11MY]

Religion: condemn speech by a senior representative of the Nation of Islam (H. Res. 343), H209 [3FE]

Social Security Administration: establish as independent agency (H.R. 4277), H3062 [5MY]

St. Patrick's Day: observance, H1447 [17MR]

Taxation: excise tax on beer, H4764, H4766, H4767, H4768 [21JN]

Technology: coordination of biotechnology research and development (H.R. 4211), H2590 [21AP]

———stimulate biotechnology research and development (H.R. 4212), H2590 [21AP]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H1954 [23MR]

Schedules

Committee on Natural Resources (House): Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands: public lands legislation, D447 [26AP]

Committee on Rules (House): budget authority rescission proposals, D753 [28JN]

———Community Development, Credit Enhancement, and Regulatory Improvement Act, D931 [3AU]

———legislative branch appropriations, D616 [25MY]

———Subcommittee on Rules of the House: Legislative Reorganization Act, D332 [24MR]

Tributes

Power, John V., H90 [1FE]