McCLOSKEY, FRANK (a Representative from Indiana)
Amendments offered by, to
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4301), H4232 [9JN]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 2333, Dept. of State, USIA, and related agencies appropriations, H2386 [18AP]
———H.R. 3345, Federal Workforce Restructuring Act, H1302 [11MR]
———H.R. 3355, national policy to control crime and reform court procedures, H3383 [17MY]
———S. 2182, Dept. of Defense and Dept. of Energy defense activities appropriations, H6182 [25JY]
Bills and resolutions introduced by
FDIC: authorize noncompetitive, career or career-conditional appointments for employees who are separated due to relocation, downsizing or the termination of the RTC (see H.R. 5090), H9600 [23SE]
Federal employees: reemployment of individuals involuntarily separated from teaching positions in foreign countries (see H.R. 3975), H1087 [8MR]
GAO: provide for an executive director of the Personnel Appeals Board (see H.R. 5103), H9761 [26SE]
Ireland, Republic of: inclusion in the Nonimmigrant Visa Waiver Pilot Program (see H.R. 4145), H1995 [24MR]
Nuclear weapons: proliferation (see H.R. 4332), H2994 [3MY]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
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: national objectives to keep industry competitive (see H.R. 4675), H7299 [9AU]
———reauthorize the conservation reserve program (see H.R. 4416), H11001 [5OC]
Animals: conservation of rhinoceros and tigers (see H.R. 3987), H9087 [12SE]
Aquaculture: develop national policy (see H.R. 4676, 4744), H5349 [29JN], H5655 [13JY]
Armed Forces: administrative safeguards for members making allegations of sexual harassment or discrimination (see H.R. 4112), H1956 [23MR]
———procedures for determining status of certain missing members (see H.R. 5043), H9903 [27SE]
Arms control: moratorium on the sale, transfer, or export of anti-personnel landmines (see H.R. 4699), H9224 [19SE]
Belleville, NJ: recognize as birthplace of industrial revolution (see H. Con. Res. 35), H9903 [27SE]
California: management of the Presidio military facility (see H.R. 3433), H2252 [13AP]
Census: improve accuracy of address lists (see H.R. 5084), H9600 [23SE]
Children and youth: support for adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse (see H. Con. Res. 200), H5548 [12JY]
China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (see H.R. 4590), H6454 [28JY]
Classified information: establish a uniform system for classifying and declassifying information (see H.R. 4137), H4166 [26MY]
Coins: mint in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the World War II peace accords (see H.R. 3820), H2914 [28AP]
Constitution Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 390), H5870 [19JY]
Consumers: rental-purchase transaction regulation (see H.R. 2803), H501 [10FE]
Crime: inclusion of peonage and slavery offenses as RICO predicates (see H.R. 2720), H6253 [26JY]
Crime Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 363), H3055 [4MY]
Cyprus: investigation of missing U.S. citizens (see H.R. 2826), H1997 [24MR]
Dept. of the Interior: establish an American Heritage Areas Partnership Program (see H.R. 5044), H9157 [13SE]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: adjudication of claims for veterans benefits (see H.R. 3269), H205 [2FE]
Disasters: provide for disaster avoidance and response plans and development of relief and reinsurance plans (see H.R. 2873), H3791 [20MY]
Diseases: disclosure of HIV status of newborn infants to the legal guardians (see H.R. 4507), H9224 [19SE]
Ecology and environment: regulatory differentiation between agricultural oils and toxic oils (see H.R. 4412), H7299 [9AU]
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), H9030 [26AU]
———establish a system of reemployment, job training, and income support services (see H.R. 4040, 4050), H4220 [8JN], H4553 [15JN]
Financial institutions: regulatory capital guidelines for treatment of real estate assets sold with limited recourse (see H.R. 3642), H6200 [25JY]
Firearms: eliminate administrative authority to prohibit transfer or sale of assault weapons (see H.R. 5033), H9157 [13SE]
———repeal semi-automatic assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices ban (see H.R. 5100), H9761 [26SE]
Fishery Conservation and Management Act: authorize (see H.R. 780), H9158 [13SE]
Foreign trade: control of computers and related equipment (see H.R. 3627), H1898 [22MR]
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]
Germany: treatment of Hugo Princz (see H. Res. 323), H84 [26JA]
Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see H.J. Res. 310), H1158 [9MR]
Guam: mint coins in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands (see H.R. 3372), H157 [1FE]
Haiti: 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), H4166 [26MY]
———liability of raw material and component suppliers to medical device manufacturers (see H.R. 5092), H9600 [23SE]
Health care facilities: assistance for AIDS patients treatment (see H.R. 5141), H10727 [4OC]
Helsinki Human Rights Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 393), H6200 [25JY]
Human rights: trafficking of Burmese women and girls into Thailand for forced prostitution (see H. Con. Res. 254), H5350 [29JN]
Immigration: continue visa waiver pilot program and create probationary status under the program (see H.R. 5041), H9157 [13SE]
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), H6483 [29JY]
Irish-American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 401), H9161 [16SE]
Jewish War Veterans: issue commemorative postage stamp honoring anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 199), H681 [23FE]
Joseph Vittori (U.S.S.): naming of an appropriate Navy ship (see H.R. 5283), H11428 [7OC]
Let's Stop Kids Killing Kids Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 360), H2639 [21AP]
LIHEAP: full expenditure of appropriated funds (see H. Con. Res. 202), H296 [7FE]
Marinas: treatment as offshore facilities (see H. Con. Res. 262), H7195 [8AU]
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]
Medicare: extend issuance period for select policies (see H.R. 5082), H10373 [29SE]
Military assistance: prohibit to Governments that are undemocratic, engaged in armed aggression, or in violation of human rights or arms control standards (see H.R. 3538), H411 [9FE]
Monuments and memorials: mint commemorative coins for the Vietnam Women's Memorial (see H.R. 2467), H8505 [16AU]
Motorcycles: regulation of helmet use (see H.R. 4805), H6984 [4AU]
National Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 317), H1088 [8MR]
National Apollo Anniversary Observance: designate (see H.J. Res. 353), H2367 [14AP]
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 311), H9601 [23SE]
National Children's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 389), H5761 [14JY]
National Earthquake Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 325), H1441 [16MR]
National Firefighters Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 411), H10728 [4OC]
National Good Teen Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 326), H1067 [7MR]
National Incest and Sexual Abuse Healing Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 403), H9158 [13SE]
National Institute for the Environment: establish (see H.R. 2918), H10007 [28SE]
National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 332), H9224 [19SE]
National League of Families POW/MIA: display of flag (see H.J. Res. 369), H7195 [8AU]
National Men's Health Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 209), H3755 [19MY]
National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 374), H5872 [19JY]
National Police Survivors Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 344), H2914 [28AP]
National Sewing Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 337), H5762 [14JY]
National Trails Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 327), H2995 [3MY]
National Walking Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 276), H2995 [3MY]
National Weather Service: independent review of modernization activities at certain sites (see H.R. 4998), H8754 [19AU]
NATO: assist transition of certain countries to NATO membership (see H.R. 4210), H3522 [17MY]
Northern Mariana Islands: mint coins in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands (see H.R. 3372), H157 [1FE]
Nuclear weapons: negotiations of testing limitations (see H. Con. Res. 235), H3156 [5MY]
Older Americans Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 304), H1058 [3MR]
O'Neill, Thomas P., Jr.: designate a year to honor the memory and leadership qualities (see H. Res. 329), H2220 [12AP]
Parents Day: designate (see H. Res. 236), H681 [23FE]
Parents' Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 398), H9224 [19SE]
Persian Gulf Conflict: compensation for veterans and increased research relative to illnesses attributed to service during conflict (see H.R. 4540), H4219 [8JN]
Petroleum: export of certain domestically produced crude oil (see H.R. 2670), H411 [9FE]
Piscataway National Park: boundaries (see H.R. 3973), H2994 [3MY]
Postal Service: authority to issue civil investigative demands relative to mail fraud investigations (see H.R. 4071), H3345 [12MY]
———forfeiture of property in mail or wire fraud investigations and allocation of proceeds from forfeitures (see H.R. 4070), H3345 [12MY]
———require Presidential appointment for Inspector General, and prevent use of paid confidential informants in narcotics investigations (see H.R. 4400), H4091 [25MY]
Power resources: establish safety, development, and education programs for the propane gas industry (see H.R. 3546), H7299 [9AU]
Railroads: employee protection benefits (see H.R. 3866), H9087 [12SE]
———improve safety at grade crossings (see H.R. 4855), H6454 [28JY]
REA: protection of rural electric borrowers (see H.R. 3790), H358 [8FE]
Refuse disposal: encourage the President and State Governors to carry out on-site composting at their residences (see H.R. 2292), H83 [26JA]
Rushdie, Salman: condemn death sentence imposed by Iran (see H. Con. Res. 249), H6483 [29JY]
Russia: pursuit of negotiations to reduce the number of deployed strategic nuclear warheads (see H. Con. Res. 306), H11430 [7OC]
Rwanda: U.S. policy on humanitarian and political plight (see H. Res. 453), H5872 [19JY]
Schneerson, Menachem Mendel: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4497), H5547 [12JY]
Service academies: imposition of additional charges or attendance fees (see H.R. 3293), H6454 [28JY]
Ships and vessels: coverage of Federal labor laws on foreign documented vessels (see H.R. 1517), H9762 [26SE]
Six Rivers National Forest: protection and management of Redwood forest areas and addition of certain lands and waters (see H.R. 2866), H1540 [17MR]
Small-Town Sunday: designate (see H.J. Res. 184), H7075 [5AU]
Special Olympics World Games: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 3879), H679 [23FE]
States: tax treatment of certain pension income (see H.R. 702), H4553 [15JN]
Tajikistan: promote resolution of conflict and respect for human rights (see H. Con. Res. 214), H2640 [21AP]
Taxation: credit for soil and water conservation expenditures in agriculture-related activities (see H.R. 2708), H2913 [28AP]
———deduction of business meal expenses subject to Federal hours of limitation (see H.R. 4986), H11429 [7OC]
———treatment of dues paid to tax-exempt agricultural or horticultural organizations (see H.R. 3951), H2994 [3MY]
———treatment of health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 5062), H9350 [20SE]
Telephones: treatment of 800 numbers (see H.R. 4802), H6699 [2AU]
Terrorism: condemn attacks relative to Middle East peace agreements (see H. Res. 496), H7075 [5AU]
Time for the National Observance of the Fiftieth Anniversary of World War II: designate (see H.J. Res. 315), H2640 [21AP]
Trucking industry: effective date of trucking deregulation (see H.R. 5071), H10373 [29SE]
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), H4091 [25MY]
U.S. Military Academy: mint commemorative coins recognizing the bicentennial (see H.R. 3492), H4958 [23JN]
Veterans: benefits for Philippine service in World War II (see H.R. 4701), H9009 [21AU]
———Government positions preference eligibility for Persian Gulf veterans (see H.R. 476), H5872 [19JY]
Vietnam Human Rights Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 333), H1898 [22MR]
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising: commemorate anniversary (see H.J. Res. 388), H5872 [19JY]
Water pollution: eliminate certain discharges of chlorine compounds into navigable waters (see H.R. 2898), H9351 [20SE]
Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H. Res. 432), H4884 [22JN]
World Population Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 268), H5762 [14JY]
Year of Gospel Music: designate (see H.J. Res. 297), H4293 [9JN]
Year of the Grandparent: designate (see H.J. Res. 355), H7299 [9AU]
Years of the Girl Child: designate (see H.J. Res. 302), H2583 [20AP]
Yugoslavia: civil liberties violations against ethnic Albanians in former Kosovo Province (see H. Con. Res. 251), H8596 [17AU]
Essays: Voice of Democracy
DiSilvestro, Russell, E562
Letters
U.S. policy toward Bosnia: Action Council for Peace in the Balkans, H485 [10FE]
Papers
Pin-Stripe Approach to Genocide: Richard Johnson, E195
Remarks by, on
Appropriations: making supplemental (H.R. 3759), H240, H241 [3FE]
Black Lung Benefits Act: improve (H.R. 2108), H3711, H3719, H3726, H3727 [19MY]
Bosnia and Herzegovina: lift U.S. arms embargo, H2497, H2498, H2499, H2500, H2502 [19AP], H2633, H2634, H2635, H2636 [21AP], H4229, H4231, H4233, H4241, H4250 [9JN], H6439 [28JY], H7031 [5AU]
———lift U.S. arms embargo (S. 2042), H7032 [5AU]
China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (H.R. 4590), H7186 [8AU], H7247 [9AU]
Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3355), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 526), H8966 [21AU]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4301), H3907 [24MY], H4229, H4231, H4233, H4241, H4250 [9JN]
———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4301), consideration (H. Res. 431), H3859 [23MY]
———funding for humanitarian assistance and peacekeeping activities, H240, H241 [3FE]
———revise overseas teacher pay and personnel practices (H.R. 3499), H5789 [19JY], H11422, H11423 [7OC]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: staffing guidelines for the Veterans Health Administration and establish health care delivery programs (H.R. 4013), H2712 [26AP]
FBI: authorize noncompetitive, career or career-conditional appointments for Criminal Justice Information Services employees who do not relocate to Clarksburg, WV (H.R. 4884), H8427 [16AU]
Federal employees: authorize use of sick leave to attend to family member, and modify leave transfer program between employees who are family members (H.R. 4361), H11424 [7OC]
———employee training restrictions, and temporary voluntary separation incentive (H.R. 3345), H447 [10FE]
———employee training restrictions, and temporary voluntary separation incentive (H.R. 3345), conference report, H1941 [23MR]
———employee training restrictions, and temporary voluntary separation incentive (H.R. 3345), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 380), H1081
Firefighters: tribute to those killed fighting Colorado wildfires, H5778 [19JY]
GAO: provide for an executive director of the Personnel Appeals Board (H.R. 5103), H10614 [3OC]
Haiti: presence of U.S. Armed Forces (H.J. Res. 416), H11027 [6OC]
———tribute to special peace delegation and support for U.S. Armed Forces (H. Con. Res. 290), H9212 [19SE]
House of Representatives: legislative program, H3907 [24MY]
Immigration: change laws relative to nationality and naturalization (H.R. 783), H11293, H11295
———change laws relative to nationality and naturalization (H.R. 783), concur with Senate amendment with an amendment (H. Res. 533), H9279 [20SE]
Insurance: payment of group life benefits to terminally ill individuals (H.R. 512), H11423, H11424 [7OC]
Ireland, Republic of: inclusion in the Nonimmigrant Visa Waiver Pilot Program (H.R. 4145), H1446 [17MR]
Legislative Branch of the Government: application of certain laws (H.R. 4822), H7341, H7360 [10AU]
Members of Congress: ensure equal coverage and benefits as private citizens under national health care system, H7360 [10AU]
National defense: authorizing appropriations for Dept. of Defense and Dept. of Energy defense activities (S. 2182), conference report, H8554 [17AU]
National Highway System: designate (H.R. 4385), H3986
Office of Special Counsel: reauthorize (H.R. 2970), H10615, H10617, H10618 [3OC], H11419, H11421 [7OC]
St. Patrick's Day: observance, H1446 [17MR]
Starr, Kenneth W.: appointment as independent counsel relative to investigation of Whitewater Estates development and Madison Guaranty, H7186 [8AU]
Yugoslavia: civil war and ethnic violence, H2497, H2498, H2499, H2500, H2502 [19AP], H2539, H2565 [20AP]
———U.S. military intervention in Bosnia and Herzegovina, H484 [10FE], H2401 [19AP]
———U.S. policy on Bosnia and Herzegovina, H5744 [14JY]
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H543 [11FE]
Special order: granted, H107 [1FE], H490 [10FE], H2581 [20AP], H4163 [26MY], H4652 [16JN], H5759 [14JY], H6452 [28JY], H7073 [5AU], H7190 [8AU], H10998 [5OC], H11198 [6OC], H11559 [29NO]
Schedules
Committee on Public Works and Transportation (House): Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment: Water Resources Development Act, D838 [19JY]
Committee on Rules (House): Dept. of Defense budget, D561 [17MY]
Committee on the Judiciary (House): Subcommittee on International Law, Immigration and Refugees: visa waiver pilot program, D986 [11AU]
Tributes
DiSilvestro, Russell, E562
Ford, Representative William D., H11414 [7OC]
Rissler, Pat, H11414 [7OC]
Smith, Major, H11418 [7OC]
Tomasic, Francis W., H4146 [26MY]