RANGEL, CHARLES B. (a Representative from New York)
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 2739, Airport and Airway Improvement Act appropriations, H6243 [26JY]
———H.R. 3474, Community Development, Credit Enhancement, and Regulatory Improvement Act, H2614 [21AP]
Mexico-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, H1522 [17MR]
Articles and editorials
Boys Choir of Harlem Anniversary Performance at the Apollo Theater, David Hinckley, New York (NY) Daily News, E1044
Conversations, Robert Pear, New York (NY) Times, E784
Eight Decades as Kids' Pal, Suzanne Rostler, New York (NY) Daily News, E793
Front and Center at the Apollo—Amateur Night Draws a Tough Crowd. Just Ask Eva Isaac, James E. Hardy, Washington (DC) Post, E1512
Indispensable Interdiction, by, Washington (DC) Times, E186 [11FE]
N.Y. National Thrives on Family Ties, Austin E. Fenner, New York (NY) Daily News, E1711
Their Harlem Homecoming, Lenore Skenazy, New York (NY) Daily News, E2379
Very Good Man Hungry for a Very Good Cause, Donna Britt, Washington (DC) Post, E1041
William H. Gray—The Unheralded Voice of Haiti, Christopher Matthews, Washington (DC) Times, E2116
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4539), Senate amendments (see H. Res. 479), H5761 [14JY]
Health care professionals: provide incentives for physicians to practice in rural medically underserved areas (see H.R. 4561), H4292 [9JN]
Malcolm X: designate national holiday and day of prayer and remembrance (see H.J. Res. 323), H500 [10FE]
Son-in-Law Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 348), 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), H3681 [18MY]
———improve State administration (see H.R. 4546), H8696 [18AU]
Africa: authorizing assistance to promote peaceful resolution of conflicts (see H.R. 4541), H8596 [17AU]
African Americans: establish commission to examine slavery, subsequent racial and economic discrimination, and appropriate remedies (see H.R. 40), H5871 [19JY]
African-American Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 364), H4166 [26MY]
Agriculture: labeling of milk products relative to bovine growth hormones (see H.R. 4618), H6454 [28JY]
———labeling of milk products relative to bovine growth hormones, and development of residue test (see H.R. 4669), H6454 [28JY]
AIDS Cure Project: establish (see H.R. 4370), H4883 [22JN]
Alcoholism: Federal funding for research on alcohol abuse among women (see H.R. 3569), H1997 [24MR]
American Museum of Natural History: mint coins commemorating anniversary (see H.R. 3668), H6763 [3AU]
Architect of the Capitol: comprehensive personnel management system (see H.R. 4582), H4552 [15JN]
Armed Forces: disability compensation rates relative to benefits paid under the Special Separation Benefits Program (see H.R. 3731), H4958 [23JN]
Budget: exclude the unemployment trust fund (see H.R. 3409), H1957 [23MR]
Bureau of Justice Assistance: programs to create safe corridors for senior citizens (see H.R. 4116), H6454 [28JY]
Buses: prohibit the manufacture, sale, or importation of school buses that do not have seat belts (see H.R. 1737), H4165 [26MY]
California: management of the Presidio military facility (see H.R. 3433), H5350 [29JN]
Cesar E. Chavez Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 356), H4166 [26MY]
Children and youth: establish grants for the improvement of academic performance and social development of at-risk children (see H.R. 3950), H1057 [3MR]
———placement of foster children (see H.R. 3462), H680 [23FE]
———placement of foster children in permanent kinship care arrangements (see H.R. 3463), H680 [23FE]
———State administration of child welfare services (see H.R. 3461), H680 [23FE]
China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (see H.R. 4590), H4653 [16JN]
Civil rights: prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (see H.R. 431), H157 [1FE]
Coins: mint in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the World War II peace accords (see H.R. 3820), H4091 [25MY]
Colleges and universities: extend the cohort default rate exemption for historically Black and Native American colleges (see H.R. 4025), H1323 [11MR]
CPSC: regulation of firearm injuries (see H.R. 3263), H6200 [25JY]
Crime: ban possession or transfer of assault weapons (see H.R. 3527), H357 [8FE]
———protection from sexual predators (see H.R. 3990), H1345 [15MR]
———sentencing for Social Security fraud relative to illegal immigration (see H.R. 3795), H5547 [12JY]
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), H995 [2MR]
Davey Allison Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 309), H1440 [16MR]
Dept. of HHS: establish an America Cares Program (see H.R. 2930), H296 [7FE]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: adjudication of claims for veterans benefits (see H.R. 3269), H4447 [14JN]
Diseases: disclosure of HIV status of newborn infants to the legal guardians (see H.R. 4507), H4447 [14JN]
Economy: protect economic rights of citizens (see H.R. 5218), H11199 [6OC]
Employment: establish a system of reemployment, job training, and income support services (see H.R. 4040, 4050), H4220 [8JN], H4553 [15JN]
———prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation (see H.R. 4636), H4958 [23JN]
Explosives: regulation (see H.R. 4828), H8755 [19AU]
Families and domestic relations: reauthorize adolescent family life demonstration projects (see H.R. 3561), H288 [3FE]
Federal Water Pollution Control Act: establish trust fund to carry out restoration and recovery (see H.R. 1801), H410 [9FE]
Firearms: prohibit transfer or sale of assault weapons (see H.R. 4296), H2698 [25AP]
Firefighters: exempt firefighters and rescue squad workers from certain provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act relative to volunteer work in a professional capacity (see H.R. 3949), H1254 [10MR]
———exempt firefighters and rescue squad workers from certain provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act relative to volunteer work in a professional capacity, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 3949), H11001 [5OC]
Foreign trade: policy on Saudi Arabia and GATT (see H. Con. Res. 138), H1898 [22MR]
Freedom Summer Remembrance Day: designate (see H. Res. 457), H4721 [17JN]
Giant Sequoia National Forest Preserve: designate (see H.R. 2153), H995 [2MR]
Grant's Tomb National Memorial: designate and restore (see H.R. 4393), H3278 [11MY]
Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see H.J. Res. 310), H411 [9FE]
Guam: mint coins in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands (see H.R. 3372), H1440 [16MR]
Haiti: impose sanctions and halt the interdiction and return of refugees (see H.R. 4114), H1956 [23MR]
Hall, James N.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 215), H3682 [18MY]
Health: 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), H1254 [10MR]
———inclusion of osteopathic services under national health care benefits package (see H. Con. Res. 173), H996 [2MR]
Health care facilities: assistance for AIDS patients treatment (see H.R. 5141), H10445 [30SE]
Historic buildings: mint coins in commemoration of Federal acceptance of responsibility of care and maintenance (see H.R. 1671), H4780 [21JN]
Homeless: require assistance funds contain an apportionment for homeless veterans (see H. Res. 503), H6549 [1AU]
Homeless Assistance Act: revise and extend programs (see H.R. 4578), H9030 [26AU]
Housing: rental assistance to relocate individuals who provide information on criminal activity (see H.R. 4141), H1995 [24MR]
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), H9441 [21SE]
Hunting and trapping: prohibit steel jaw leghold traps (see H.R. 3526), H9009 [21AU]
India: independence anniversary (see H. Res. 430), H6381 [27JY]
International Women's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 316), H866 [24FE]
Irish-American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 401), H9224 [19SE]
Israel: relocation of U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem (see H. Con. Res. 281), H9088 [12SE]
Jewish War Veterans: issue commemorative postage stamp honoring anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 199), H501 [10FE]
Latimer, Lewis Howard: issuance of commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 252), H4090 [25MY]
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]
Lower East Side Tenement Museum National Historic Site: establish (see H.R. 4158), H4553 [15JN]
Lower Mississippi Delta region: initiatives to address certain needs (see H.R. 4043), H3156 [5MY]
Martin Luther King, Jr., Historic Site and Preservation District: rehabilitation and expansion of the African-American Panoramic Experience Center (see H.R. 1531), H865 [24FE]
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]
Miller, Doris: waive certain time restrictions relative to awarding of the Medal of Honor (see H.R. 4851), H6453 [28JY]
Monuments and memorials: provide for a National Native American Veterans' Memorial (see H.R. 2135), H410 [9FE]
Multiple Sclerosis Association of America Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 381), H6104 [21JY]
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 311), H4166 [26MY]
National Center for Sickle Cell Disease Research: establish (see H.R. 3745), H1440 [16MR]
National Character Counts Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 366), H5463 [30JN]
National Children's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 389), H5761 [14JY]
National defense: nuclear disarmament and economic conversion (see H.R. 3750), H1957 [23MR]
National Earthquake Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 325), H1441 [16MR]
National Firefighters Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 411), H11201 [6OC], H11430 [7OC]
National Good Teen Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 326), H1346 [15MR]
National Hispanic Business Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 397), H9030 [26AU]
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases: expand activities relative to lupus (see H.R. 2420), H1957 [23MR]
National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 332), H1441 [16MR]
National Parkinson's Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 359), H4220 [8JN]
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 Women and Girls in Sports Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 385), H5462 [30JN]
New York/New Jersey Highlands Area: acquisition of Sterling Forest area lands by the Palisades Interstate Park Commission (see H.R. 2741), H1440 [16MR]
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), H1440 [16MR]
Older Americans Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 304), H866 [24FE]
O'Neill, Thomas P., Jr.: designate a year to honor the memory and leadership qualities (see H. Res. 329), H2220 [12AP]
OPIC: loan guarantees for development projects in Ireland (see H.R. 2969), H4390 [13JN]
Parents Day: designate (see H. Res. 236), H1059 [3MR]
Parents' Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 398), H10007 [28SE]
Pediatric and Adolescent AIDS Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 334), H3964 [24MY]
Persian Gulf Conflict: compensation for veterans and increased research relative to illnesses attributed to service during conflict (see H.R. 4540), H4447 [14JN]
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), H1540 [17MR]
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]
Railroads: employee protection benefits (see H.R. 3866), H2640 [21AP]
Refuse disposal: incinerator regulation (see H.R. 2488), H9351 [20SE]
Roosevelt, Franklin D.: mint coins in commemoration of 50th anniversary of death (see H.R. 3270), H2914 [28AP]
Rwanda: grant temporary protected status to student nationals (see H.R. 4317), H3755 [19MY]
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), H1254 [10MR]
Ships and vessels: exclude shipboard supervisory personnel from selection as employer representatives (see H.R. 859), H205 [2FE]
Six Rivers National Forest: protection and management of Redwood forest areas and addition of certain lands and waters (see H.R. 2866), H996 [2MR]
Small Family Farm Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 291), H1088 [8MR]
Small-Town Sunday: designate (see H.J. Res. 184), H11001 [5OC]
Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of 150th anniversary (see H.R. 4912), H8755 [19AU]
Social Security: treatment of benefits of spouses who are receiving certain Government pensions (see H.R. 1897), H1440 [16MR]
Solid waste: prohibit international export and import (see H.R. 3706), H680 [23FE]
South Africa: U.S. policy (see H. Res. 560), H10538 [3OC]
Southern Rural Development Commission: establish (see H.R. 3901), H2398 [18AP]
Special Olympics World Games: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 3879), H1997 [24MR]
Tariff: footwear (see H.R. 795), H4958 [23JN]
Taxation: church pension benefit plans (see H.R. 3970), H3755 [19MY]
———deduction of overdue State tax obligations from Federal income tax refunds (see H.R. 4138), H2914 [28AP]
———treatment of certain severance payments (see H.R. 4019), H4166 [26MY]
———treatment of tax-exempt bonds (see H.R. 3630), H1997 [24MR]
Time for the National Observance of the Fiftieth Anniversary of World War II: designate (see H.J. Res. 315), H2219 [12AP]
Tobacco products: prohibit smoking in buildings open to the public (see H.R. 3434), H501 [10FE]
Truman, Harry S: award Congressional Gold Medal in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of his inauguration (see H.R. 3712), H8505 [16AU]
U.S. Armed Forces History Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 343), H4391 [13JN]
U.S. Military Academy: mint commemorative coins recognizing the bicentennial (see H.R. 3492), H5547 [12JY]
Urban areas: development of municipally owned vacant lots by nonprofit community organizations (see H.R. 4143), H3681 [18MY]
Utah: designate certain Federal lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1500), H9158 [13SE]
Veterans: permit retirement pay concurrently with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 65), H2252 [13AP]
Washington, George: mint coins in commemoration of boyhood home (see H.R. 5049), H9569 [22SE]
Water: establish national urban watershed restoration program (see H.R. 3873), H559 [22FE]
Water pollution: law enforcement and compliance program (see H.R. 2727), H10446 [30SE]
———nonpoint source management program (see H.R. 2543), H9903 [27SE]
Waterways: establish a national waterways restoration program (see H.R. 4289), H2639 [21AP]
Weapons: prohibit arms sales to countries that are participating in the boycott of Israel (see H.R. 3656), H1323 [11MR]
Weather: improve the collection and distribution of information to assist agricultural producers (see H.R. 1016), H4343 [10JN]
Whittaker, Johnson C.: issuance of posthumous commission to second lieutenant in the Army (see H.R. 3925), H1058 [3MR]
Women: promote greater equity in delivery of health care (see H.R. 3075), H287 [3FE]
———review and study Federal health programs (see H.R. 3314), H83 [26JA]
World War II: commendation to individuals exposed to mustard agents (see H.R. 1055), H357 [8FE]
Year of the Grandparent: designate (see H.J. Res. 355), H7299 [9AU]
Court documents
House records: Supreme Court of the State of New York, H101 [1FE]
History
Betty Kahn Elopes With Harold Fisher, E1482
Remarks by, on
Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 1995-99 (H. Con. Res. 218), H1264 [11MR]
Cuba: U.S. policy, H8760 [20AU]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4301), H3944 [24MY]
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4539), Senate amendments (H. Res. 479), H5740, H5741 [14JY]
Dominican Republic: democratic efforts, E1723
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4426), consideration (H. Res. 443), H4027, H4028 [25MY]
Haiti: presence of U.S. Armed Forces (H.J. Res. 416), H11023, H11024, H11109, H11115 [6OC]
———U.S. policy relative to refugees, military presence, and restoration of government, H3944 [24MY]
Health care professionals: provide incentives for physicians to practice in rural medically underserved areas (H.R. 4561), E1156
New York, NY: Boys Choir of Harlem anniversary, E1043
———Fort Washington Branch Library anniversary, E1045
Religion: condemn speech by a senior representative of the Nation of Islam (H. Res. 343), H570, H571, H572 [23FE]
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H543 [11FE], H2912 [28AP], H3963 [24MY], H4994 [24JN], H5768 [18JY], H5949 [20JY], H6452 [28JY], H7991 [11AU], H8051 [12AU]
Leave of absence: granted, H9568 [22SE]
Schedules
Committee on Agriculture (House): Subcommittee on Foreign Agriculture and Hunger: agricultural implications of trade with Cuba, D578 [19MY]
Committee on Foreign Affairs (House): Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs: Free and Independent Cuba Assistance Act, D331 [24MR]
—————Haiti, D888 [27JY]
Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate): Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere and Peace Corps Affairs: situation in Haiti, D210 [8MR]
———U.S. policy toward Cuba, D1241 [7OC]
Committee on Government Operations (House): Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security: national drug control policy, D1246 [7OC]
Committee on Rules (House): Federal budget, D225 [9MR]
———foreign operations, export financing, and related programs appropriations, D603 [24MY]
Committee on the Judiciary (House): Subcommittee on Crime and Criminal Justice: Correcting Revolving Door Justice—New Approaches to Recidivism, D173 [1MR]
—————national policy to control crime and reform court procedures, D134 [22FE]
———Subcommittee on International Law, Immigration, and Refugees: Haiti and Haitian refugees, D678 [15JN]
Committee on Ways and Means (House): Subcommittee on Human Resources: treatment and rehabilitation of alcoholics and drug addicts receiving Social Security, D123 [10FE]
———Subcommittee on Social Security: treatment and rehabilitation of alcoholics and drug addicts receiving Social Security, D123 [10FE]
Tributes
Edwards, Representative Don, E784
Fish, Representative, E2209
Fisher, Harold L. and Betty Kahn, E1482
Gray, William H., III, E2116
Isaac, Eva, E1512
Mariel, Serafin, E1710
Morgenthau, Robert, E793
Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, E1673
Pressman, Gabe, E1595
Robinson, Randall, E1041
Stewart, Edward (Pop), E1326
Weprin, Saul, E188