MENENDEZ, ROBERT (a Representative from New Jersey)

Amendments offered by, to

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4301), H4182 [8JN]

Appointments

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

Delegation for the funeral of the late Dean A. Gallo, H11541 [29NO]

Articles and editorials

Arrest May Signal New Cuban Push Against Dissident, Mimi Whitefield, H10587 [3OC]

Calling Cuba to Account, H10585 [3OC]

Church Assails Tugboat Tragedy, H10585 [3OC]

Cuba Blames U.S. Policy in Tugboat Deaths, Mimi Whitefield, H10585 [3OC]

Demonstrators at Cuban Mission in Washington Protest Tugboat Sinking, H10585 [3OC]

Fighting City Hall—In a Tussle Over Trash, 2 Haulers Could Win Ruling Costly to Towns, Jeff Bailey, H10304 [29SE]

Funeral Rally at Fidel Castro's Mission Tomorrow, H10584 [3OC]

Murder at Sea, H10584 [3OC]

Rao's Visit Signals New Era, by, E1600 [28JY]

Sinking of Tugboat Off Cuba ``Brutal,'' Clinton Says, Symbolic Wakes Staged in Havana, Sources Report, Cynthia Corzo, Miami (FL) Herald, H10584 [3OC]

Story of Tug's Sinking Incited Cubans—Drownings That Launched Exodus of Rafters May Be Portent, Tod Robberson, H10586 [3OC]

U.S. Rips Cuba's ``Extreme Cruelty''—Protest Three Killings Near Base, Christopher Marquis and David Hancock, Miami (FL) Herald, H10587 [3OC]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Child support: improve collection system (see H.R. 5225), H11199 [6OC]

Cuba: condemn the sinking of ship containing refugees (see H. Con. Res. 279), H7074 [5AU]

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

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

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

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

AIDS Cure Project: establish (see H.R. 4370), H9600 [23SE]

Airline industry: collective bargaining agreements relative to international air service (see H.R. 4957), H10373 [29SE]

Armed Forces: procedures for determination and classification of missing or deceased status (see H.R. 291), H3964 [24MY]

———procedures for determining status of certain missing members (see H.R. 5043), H11201 [6OC]

Belleville, NJ: recognize as birthplace of industrial revolution (see H. Con. Res. 35), H1058 [3MR]

Budget: identification of yearly spending level increases (see H.R. 323), H83 [26JA]

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

China, Republic of: U.N. membership (see H. Con. Res. 166), H9088 [12SE]

Coins: mint in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the World War II peace accords (see H.R. 3820), H4653 [16JN]

Commodore John Barry Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 383), H5463 [30JN]

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

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

D-Day National Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 303), H1088 [8MR]

Dept. of State: establish Board of Visa Appeals (see H.R. 3305), H3156 [5MY]

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

Disasters: establish a commission to improve the Federal emergency management system (see H.R. 3397), H680 [23FE]

Diseases: prostate cancer screening, treatment, and research programs for medicare, veterans, and the Public Health Service (see H.R. 4809), H11001 [5OC]

Education: establish an optional universal school lunch and breakfast program (see H.R. 11), H1996 [24MR]

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

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

Explosives: Federal permit requirements for distribution or receipt of explosives (see H.R. 4345), H4654 [16JN]

Firearms: prohibit transfer or sale of assault weapons (see H.R. 4296), H2937 [2MY]

Foreign aid: prohibit to countries that restrict the delivery of U.S. humanitarian assistance to other countries (see H.R. 4142), H1995 [24MR]

Freedom Summer Remembrance Day: designate (see H. Res. 457), H4721 [17JN]

Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see H.J. Res. 310), H1058 [3MR]

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

Health: designation of obstetrician-gynecologists as primary care providers for women in Federal health care programs (see H. Res. 234), H3056 [4MY]

———extend insurance coverage for unemployed individuals (see H.R. 3007), H357 [8FE]

Health care facilities: assistance for AIDS patients treatment (see H.R. 5141), H11429 [7OC]

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

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

India: independence anniversary (see H. Res. 430), H8596 [17AU]

Irish-American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 401), H10373 [29SE]

Jewish War Veterans: issue commemorative postage stamp honoring anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 199), H996 [2MR]

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

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

Monuments and memorials: mint commemorative coins for the Vietnam Women's Memorial (see H.R. 2467), H1957 [23MR]

National Arbor Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 322), H1440 [16MR]

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 311), H2253 [13AP]

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

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

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

NATO: assist transition of certain countries to NATO membership (see H.R. 4210), H6550 [1AU]

New York/New Jersey Highlands Area: acquisition of Sterling Forest area lands by the Palisades Interstate Park Commission (see H.R. 2741), H2937 [2MY]

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

OPIC: loan guarantees for development projects in Ireland (see H.R. 2969), H83 [26JA]

Parents' Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 398), H9601 [23SE]

Poverty: corrections in data relative to cost-of-living statistics (see H.R. 2863), H9600 [23SE]

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

Railroads: employee protection benefits (see H.R. 3866), H1541 [17MR]

Refugees: involuntary return of refugees outside the U.S., and designate Haiti under temporary protected status (see H.R. 3663), H559 [22FE]

Roads and highways: funding for emergency road repairs of damage due to severe winter storms (see H.R. 3926), H1781 [21MR]

Small Family Farm Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 291), H1088 [8MR]

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

Telephones: treatment of 800 numbers (see H.R. 4802), H9351 [20SE]

Television: require new television sets to have built-in circuitry to allow viewers to block the display of programs rated violent (see H.R. 2888), H2838 [26AP]

U.S. Military Academy: mint commemorative coins recognizing the bicentennial (see H.R. 3492), H5871 [19JY]

Urban areas: development of municipally owned vacant lots by nonprofit community organizations (see H.R. 4143), H1995 [24MR]

Veterans: eliminate disparity between civilian and military retiree cost-of-living adjustments (see H.R. 3023), H2252 [13AP]

———immigrant status for relatives of Filipino veterans of World War II (see H.R. 2830), H43 [25JA]

———permit retirement pay concurrently with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 65), H4995 [24JN]

Vietnam: U.S. diplomatic relations relative to religious freedom (see H.J. Res. 295), H3522 [17MY]

Vietnam Human Rights Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 333), H3156 [5MY]

Women: promote greater equity in delivery of health care (see H.R. 3075), H1157 [9MR]

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

Letters

Condemn the sinking of ship containing Cuban refugees: Wendy R. Sherman, Dept. of State, H10581, H10582 [3OC]

Remarks by, on

Armenians: anniversary of genocide, E832 [3MY]

Bayonne, NJ: anniversary, E334 [3MR]

———Washington School anniversary, E665 [15AP]

Carbine, Patricia T.: United Way Partners in Caring Mary T. Norton Congressional Award recipient, E1881 [20SE]

Christiani, Alfredo: tribute to efforts toward peace and national reconciliation in El Salvador (H. Con. Res. 286), H10590 [3OC]

Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3355), conference report, H7302 [10AU], H8946 [21AU]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3355), motion to instruct conferees, H5934 [20JY]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 4092), H2587 [21AP]

———observance of National Night Out, H6556 [2AU]

———prevention and punishment of domestic and sexual violence, H10689 [4OC]

Cuba: condemn the sinking of ship containing refugees, H5850 [19JY], H6102 [21JY]

———condemn the sinking of ship containing refugees (H. Con. Res. 279), H10578, H10581 [3OC]

———democracy efforts, H3748, H3749, H3750, H3751 [19MY]

———human rights violations, H7486 [10AU]

———U.S. policy, H8746, H8748, H8749 [19AU]

Cuban Independence Day: observance, H3748, H3749, H3750, H3751 [19MY]

Cyprus: Turkish occupation, H5864 [19JY]

Dept. of State: employment practices, H5119 [27JN]

Dept. of State, USIA, and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2333), conference report, H2882 [28AP]

Dept. of the Interior: establish an American Heritage Areas Partnership Program (H.R. 5044), H10897 [5OC]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4603), H5119 [27JN]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4603), conference report, H8629 [18AU]

District of Columbia: funeral rally for dissidents killed while attempting to flee Cuba, H6209 [26JY]

Education: authorizing appropriations for certain programs (H.R. 6), H1029 [3MR], H1722 [21MR]

———bilingual education program funding, H1722 [21MR]

———require local school districts to compile statistics of children of illegal immigrants, H1029 [3MR]

Elizabeth, NJ: tribute to CAMACOL (Hispanic business organization), E477 [17MR]

Firearms: prohibit transfer or sale of assault weapons, H3020 [4MY]

———prohibit transfer or sale of assault weapons (H.R. 4296), H3061 [5MY]

Foreign trade: administration of export controls (H.R. 5108), H10577 [3OC]

Gallo, Dean A.: tribute (H. Res. 587), H11538, H11539 [29NO]

Germany: treatment of Hugo Princz (H. Res. 323), H53 [26JA]

Haiti: presence of U.S. Armed Forces (H.J. Res. 416), H11082, H11115 [6OC]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H7208 [9AU]

India: civil liberties violations in Kashmir, E2222 [8OC]

INROADS (organization): tribute, E1537 [22JY]

Ireland, Northern: human rights abuses, H1451 [17MR]

———tribute to Project Children summer exchange program, E1535 [22JY]

Jersey City, NJ: anniversary of St. Patrick's Church, E1878 [20SE]

———public school observance of Drug-Free Dress Up Day, E746 [21AP]

———St. Patrick's Day Parade and Dinner Committee honorees, E422, E423, E424, E426, E427, E428, E431 [11MR]

———tribute to Jersey City Merchants Council, E926 [13MY]

Judicke's Bakery (Bayonne, NJ): anniversary, E510 [22MR]

National Highway System: designate (H.R. 4385), H3984 [25MY]

National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day: designate (H.J. Res. 374), E1541 [22JY]

New Jersey: school funding reform, H5783 [19JY]

———tribute to Academic High School, E2196 [8OC]

———tribute to participants in National Spelling Bee, E1253 [17JN]

———tribute to student participation in the International Science and Engineering Fair, E1030 [23MY]

Newark, NJ: anniversary of Club Espana Folkloric Festival, E811 [28AP]

———tribute to the recipients of the Italian Tribune News' Columbus Day Awards, E2006 [30SE]

Newark (NJ) La Tribuna: anniversary, E572 [24MR]

Orsini, Leo: Bayonne, NJ, UNICO chapter National Man of the Year award recipient, E479 [17MR]

Polish American Veterans, Inc: anniversary, E2171 [7OC]

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

Puerto Rican Association for Human Development, Inc.: anniversary, E2207 [8OC]

Quigley, Joan M.: United Way Partners in Caring Mary T. Norton Congressional Award recipient, E1881 [20SE]

Refuse disposal: State control of municipal solid waste transportation and disposal (H.R. 4683), H10304 [29SE]

Rutgers University: anniversary of law school minority student program, E530 [23MR]

Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers: tribute to leadership conference, E482 [17MR]

St. Patrick's Day: observance, H1451 [17MR]

U.S. Labor Attache Corps: tribute (H. Con. Res. 257), H10588, H10589 [3OC]

Union City, NJ: tribute to Palm Sunday performance of ``Veronica's Veil Passion Play'', E579 [24MR]

Weehawken, NJ: anniversary of Volunteer First Aid Squad, E567 [24MR]

Woodbridge, NJ: anniversary, E2203 [8OC]

Wozniak, Josephine: United Way Partners in Caring Mary T. Norton Congressional Award recipient, E1881 [20SE]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H1056 [3MR], H1252 [10MR], H1318 [11MR], H1539 [17MR], H1897 [22MR], H1954 [23MR], H2637 [21AP], H2912 [28AP], H3343 [12MY], H3886 [23MY], H4089 [25MY], H4720 [17JN], H6155 [22JY], H8051 [12AU], H9350 [20SE], H10005 [28SE], H10444 [30SE]

Special order: granted, H5869 [19JY], H6103 [21JY], H7505 [10AU]

Schedules

Committee on Agriculture (House): Subcommittee on Foreign Agriculture and Hunger: agricultural implications of trade with Cuba, D578 [19MY]

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (House): Subcommittee on Merchant Marine: economic and transportation effects of dredging, D687 [16JN]

———Subcommittee on Oceanography, Gulf of Mexico, and the Outer Continental Shelf: ocean dumping and regional dredging, D667 [14JN]

Committee on Rules (House): Dept. of Defense budget, D561 [17MY]

Committee on Ways and Means (House): Subcommittee on Human Resources: welfare reform, D905 [29JY]

———Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures: Free Trade With Cuba Act, D279 [17MR]

———Subcommittee on Trade: Free Trade With Cuba Act, D279 [17MR]

Statements

Condemn the Sinking of Ship Containing Cuban Refugees: by, H10582 [3OC]

———Christine Shelly, Dept. of State, H10581 [3OC]

———Janet H. Gutierrez, H10583 [3OC]

———Maritza E. Torres, H10583 [3OC]

———President Clinton, H10582 [3OC]

Sinking of Cuban Ship Containing Refugees: Janet Hernandez Gutierrez, H6102 [21JY]

Tributes

Baumander, Antonia, E1067 [25MY]

Braverman, Karen, E1067 [25MY]

Chais, Robert, E414 [11MR]

Cowan, Thomas F., E562 [24MR]

DeGautier, Felisa R., H9574 [23SE]

Gallo, Representative, H11190 [6OC]

Hughes, John and Joan, E1542 [22JY]

Hughes, Representative, H11190 [6OC]

Isip, Helen, E1253 [17JN]

Jacobsen, Virginia Steinel, E1067 [25MY]

Messano, Carmen, E2013 [30SE]

Owens, D. Keith, E1979 [29SE], E2009 [30SE]

Patten, Edward, H9228 [20SE]

Patten, Edward J., H9990 [28SE]

Singh, Hardyal, E2344 [30NO], E2384 [20DE]

Thompson-Walton, Francis L., E1539 [22JY]

Tuman, Martin, E2216 [8OC]