OLVER, JOHN W. (a Representative from Massachusetts)
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 4426, foreign operations, export financing, and related programs appropriations, H6393 [28JY]
———H.R. 4539, Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies appropriations, H8457 [16AU]
Delegation for the funeral of the late William H. Natcher, H2201 [12AP]
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Dept. of Justice: grants for domestic court advocacy programs (see H.R. 4152), H1995 [24MR]
EPA: cooperative research and development agreements for environmental protection (see H.R. 3857), H500 [10FE]
Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact: grant consent (see H.R. 4560), H4292 [9JN]
Water pollution: discharge from sewer overflow into navigable waters (see H.R. 4614), H4779 [21JN]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
African-American Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 364), H6550 [1AU]
Agriculture: labeling of milk products relative to bovine growth hormones (see H.R. 4618), H5350 [29JN]
———labeling of milk products relative to bovine growth hormones, and development of residue test (see H.R. 4669), H5316 [28JN]
Armed Forces: procedures for determination and classification of missing or deceased status (see H.R. 291), H1996 [24MR]
Armenia: conflict with Azerbaijan relating to the Nagorno Karabagh area (see H. Con. Res. 247), H9224 [19SE]
Arms control: moratorium on the sale, transfer, or export of anti-personnel landmines (see H.R. 4699), H5461 [30JN]
Belleville, NJ: recognize as birthplace of industrial revolution (see H. Con. Res. 35), H9158 [13SE]
California: management of the Presidio military facility (see H.R. 3433), H2252 [13AP]
Child support: improve collection system (see H.R. 4570), H5761 [14JY]
Children and youth: establish youth development block grants for community-based organizations (see H.R. 4086), H10727 [4OC]
Chile: trade agreement (see H.R. 4375), H4220 [8JN]
China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (see H.R. 4590), H4653 [16JN]
Coins: mint in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the World War II peace accords (see H.R. 3820), H6763 [3AU]
Communications: promote a national infrastructure to encourage deployment of advanced services through competition (see H.R. 3636), H288 [3FE]
Credit: prohibit credit card issuers from preventing government agencies' issuance of a service charge for honoring credit card payments (see H.R. 2175), H2913 [28AP]
Crime Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 363), H5463 [30JN]
Cuba: trade embargo (see H.R. 2229), H4995 [24JN]
Cuban Democracy Act: repeal (see H.R. 4941), H9351 [20SE]
Dept. of State: establish Board of Visa Appeals (see H.R. 3305), H996 [2MR]
Disasters: provide for disaster avoidance and response plans and development of relief and reinsurance plans (see H.R. 2873), H1253 [10MR]
Diseases: prostate cancer screening, treatment, and research programs for medicare, veterans, and the Public Health Service (see H.R. 4809), H9903 [27SE]
Ecology and environment: research and development of environmental technology (see H.R. 3870), H559 [22FE]
Education: counseling services for elementary school children (see H.R. 2571), H411 [9FE]
Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A.: designate (see H.J. Res. 329), H1541 [17MR]
Employment: establish a system of reemployment, job training, and income support services (see H.R. 4040, 4050), H4220 [8JN], H4553 [15JN]
———leave benefits for adoptive parents (see H.R. 2484), H6380 [27JY]
———mandatory use of binding arbitration in job discrimination cases (see H.R. 4981), H11429 [7OC]
———prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation (see H.R. 4636), H4958 [23JN]
Exercise Tiger Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 305), H1058 [3MR]
Federal employees: garnishment of retirement annuities to satisfy a judgment against an annuitant for child abuse (see H.R. 3694), H3279 [11MY]
Federal firefighters: hourly and overtime pay rates and pay equity with public sector firefighters (see H.R. 4514), H5316 [28JN]
Financial institutions: regulatory capital guidelines for treatment of real estate assets sold with limited recourse (see H.R. 3642), H544 [11FE]
Fish and fishing: long-term sustainability of marine fisheries (see H.R. 4404), H5655 [13JY]
Foreign trade: inclusion of workers rights and environmental standards provisions in trade agreements (see H.R. 4710), H5462 [30JN]
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]
Haiti: impose sanctions and halt the interdiction and return of refugees (see H.R. 4114), H2507 [19AP]
Health: 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), H866 [24FE]
———establish a fund to strengthen State and local government public health programs (see H.R. 4841), H8053 [12AU]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H. Res. 493), H6380 [27JY]
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]
Immigration: admission of Amerasian children born in the Philippines (see H.R. 2429), H2252 [13AP]
Insurance: group health plans relative to coverage of adopted children (see H.R. 1877), H5871 [19JY]
Irish-American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 401), H9161 [16SE]
Japan: access of U.S. business to markets (see H.R. 3900), H3964 [24MY]
Labor: reform provisions of law relative to child labor (see H.R. 1106), H1897 [22MR]
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]
Medicare: coverage of betaseron treatment for multiple sclerosis (see H.R. 4610), H9600 [23SE]
———extend issuance period for select policies (see H.R. 5082), H10373 [29SE]
———limit penalty for late enrollment (see H.R. 769), H865 [24FE]
———nutritional counseling provided under the supervision of a registered dietitian (see H.R. 1047), H43 [25JA]
Members of Congress: restrictions on franked mass mailings by a Member who is a candidate for such office (see H.R. 1349), H43 [25JA]
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), H1058 [3MR]
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 311), H3156 [5MY]
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 Commission on Gay and Lesbian Youth Suicide Prevention: establish (see H.R. 4148), H2994 [3MY]
National Decorative Painting Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 338), H5350 [29JN]
National Firefighters Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 411), H11201 [6OC], H11430 [7OC]
National Hispanic Business Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 397), H9158 [13SE]
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases: expand activities relative to lupus (see H.R. 2420), H10007 [28SE]
National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 332), H9570 [22SE]
National League of Families POW/MIA: display of flag (see H.J. Res. 369), H7299 [9AU]
National Manufacturing Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 402), H8052 [12AU]
National Men's Health Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 209), H2219 [12AP]
National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 374), H5951 [20JY]
National Penny Charity Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 415), H10446 [30SE]
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 Trails Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 327), H3791 [20MY]
National Walking Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 276), H2219 [12AP]
National Women and Girls in Sports Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 385), H10727 [4OC]
New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park: establish (see H.R. 3898), H864 [24FE]
Nuclear weapons: negotiations of testing limitations (see H. Con. Res. 235), H3156 [5MY]
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), H1059 [3MR]
Parents' Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 398), H10373 [29SE]
Persian Gulf Conflict: compensation for veterans and increased research relative to illnesses attributed to service during conflict (see H.R. 4540), H4219 [8JN]
Postal Service: reemployment of retirees in temporary positions relative to offset of annuity (see H.R. 3246), H1781 [21MR]
Power resources: establish safety, development, and education programs for the propane gas industry (see H.R. 3546), H157 [1FE]
———funding for energy research, development, demonstration, and commercialization relative to the economy and environmental protection (see H. Con. Res. 188), H157 [1FE]
Program on Social Ethics and Community Service: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 4464), H4391 [13JN]
Public lands: designate certain as wilderness, wild and scenic rivers, national park and preserve study areas, wild land recovery areas, and biological connecting corridors (see H.R. 2638), H43 [25JA]
Public welfare programs: assistance to recipients most likely to end welfare dependence (see H.R. 4498), H4090 [25MY]
Radio: recognize the achievements of radio amateurs and establish support for radio amateurs as national policy (see H.J. Res. 199), H680 [23FE]
Railroads: employee protection benefits (see H.R. 3866), H544 [11FE]
Refugees: involuntary return of refugees outside the U.S., and designate Haiti under temporary protected status (see H.R. 3663), H501 [10FE]
Rivers: establish a national registry of rivers and watersheds to be protected and restored (see H.R. 4213), H2366 [14AP]
Rural areas: credit and financial services to residents, public services, and businesses (see H.R. 4129), H4293 [9JN]
Safe Drinking Water Act: reauthorization (see H.R. 4314), H3755 [19MY]
Small business: participation in business development programs by concerns controlled by individuals with disabilities (see H.R. 794), H205 [2FE]
Small Family Farm Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 291), H1440 [16MR]
Solid waste: prohibit international export and import (see H.R. 3706), H996 [2MR]
Space policy: prohibit outer space advertising (see H.R. 2599), H296 [7FE]
Special Olympics World Games: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 3879), H679 [23FE]
Taxation: adoption expenses (see H.R. 930), H5761 [14JY]
———credits for the cleanup of certain contaminated industrial sites (see H.R. 2340), H10007 [28SE]
———treatment of educational loans, scholarships, and fellowships (see H.R. 959), H410 [9FE]
———treatment of flight training expenses relative to veterans educational assistance allowances (see H.R. 642), H5316 [28JN]
Tobacco products: CPSC fire safety standards (see H.R. 3885), H1997 [24MR]
———labeling for packaging and restrictions on advertising (see H.R. 3614), H44 [25JA]
———prohibit distribution of free samples of smokeless tobacco products (see H.R. 3025), H1540 [17MR]
———prohibit smoking in buildings open to the public (see H.R. 3434), H44 [25JA]
U.S. Botanic Garden: mint coins in commemoration of 175th anniversary (see H.R. 4135), H4166 [26MY]
Vietnam Human Rights Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 333), H3280 [11MY]
Water: establish national urban watershed restoration program (see H.R. 3873), H559 [22FE]
Weapons: prohibit flight testing of missiles where debris would not be contained within a test range area (see H.R. 4349), H3755 [19MY]
Year of the Grandparent: designate (see H.J. Res. 355), H5548 [12JY]
Yugoslavia: lifting of sanctions on Serbia and Montenegro relative to improvements in Kosovo (see H.R. 4115), H1956 [23MR]
Letters
U.S. involvement in Somalia: AmyMae Fosser, E107
Pledge of Allegiance
House of Representatives, H4295 [10JN]
Remarks by, on
Appropriations: making supplemental (H.R. 3759), consideration (H. Res. 336), H220 [3FE]
Armenians: anniversary of genocide, H2478
Bosnia and Herzegovina: lift U.S. arms embargo, H2500, H2502 [19AP], H2632, H2634, H2636, H2637 [21AP], H4235 [9JN]
Communications: promote a national infrastructure to encourage deployment of advanced services through competition (H.R. 3636), H5245
Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3355), conference report, H6560 [2AU], H7996 [12AU], H8699 [19AU]
———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 4092), H2317
———prevention and punishment of domestic and sexual violence, H5445 [30JN]
Cyprus: Turkish occupation, H5865
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4301), H4235 [9JN]
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4539), conference report, H9475 [22SE]
Economy: national objectives priority assignments, H4296 [10JN], H4557 [16JN]
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4426), H4040 [25MY]
Haiti: presence of U.S. Armed Forces (H.J. Res. 416), H11033 [6OC]
Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H3232 [11MY], H3696 [19MY], H3969 [25MY], H4153, H4154, H4155, H4156, H4157 [26MY], H4888 [23JN], H6459 [29JY]
Ireland, Northern: peace efforts, H1448 [17MR]
Keller, Charles, E282
Lobbyists: disclosure of activities to influence the Federal Government (S. 349), conference report, H9907 [28SE]
North Adams State College: anniversary, E1047
North Brookfield, MA: anniversary of Haston Free Public Library, E1813
Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact: grant consent (H.R. 4560), E1162
O'Neill, Thomas P., Jr.: tribute (H. Res. 328), H9 [25JA]
St. Patrick's Day: observance, H1448 [17MR]
Water pollution: discharge from sewer overflow into navigable waters (H.R. 4614), E1311
Westfield, MS: anniversary of Westfield State College, E1894
Yugoslavia: civil war and ethnic violence, H2500, H2502 [19AP]
———U.S. military intervention in Bosnia and Herzegovina, H301 [8FE]
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H285 [3FE], H910 [1MR], H2214 [12AP], H3963 [24MY], H4290 [9JN], H4957 [23JN], H6697 [2AU], H9084 [12SE], H9440 [21SE]
Schedules
Committee on Rules (House): national policy to control crime and reform court procedures, D332 [24MR]
Committee on the Judiciary (House): Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations: Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact, D931 [3AU]
Tributes
Bell, David R., E1627
Crowe, Frances H., E2335
Fosser, AmyMae, E107
Ryder, Michael J., E1631
Smith, Mildred N., E623