TOWNS, EDOLPHUS (a Representative from New York)
Amendments offered by, to
States: limit out-of-State solid waste disposal (H.R. 4779), H9934 [28SE]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 820, National Competitiveness Act, H5814 [19JY]
———H.R. 965, Child Safety Protection Act, H2247 [13AP]
———H.R. 3345, Federal Workforce Restructuring Act, H1302 [11MR]
———H.R. 3355, national policy to control crime and reform court procedures, H3383 [17MY]
———H.R. 3474, Community Development, Credit Enhancement, and Regulatory Improvement Act, H2614 [21AP]
———H.R. 4299, intelligence services appropriations, H9103 [13SE]
———S. 1569, Disadvantaged Minority Health Improvement Act, H3835 [23MY]
———S. 1587, Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act, H6816 [4AU]
———S. 2182, Dept. of Defense and Dept. of Energy defense activities appropriations, H6182 [25JY]
Articles and editorials
Case Study in Health Care—What's Right, What's Wrong, and What's Needed, Thomas Oliphant, Boston (MA) Globe, E983
Effect of Intensive Treatment of Diabetes on the Development and Progression of Long-Term Complications in Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus, New England Journal of Medicine (publication), E983
Health Care Expenditures for People with Diabetes Mellitus, Robert J. Rubin, William M. Altman, and Daniel N. Mendelson, Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism (publication), E1017
Portfolio of Success—Harold Doley, Jr., Uses ``Faith in the Future'' To Help Build Sound Black Owned Institutions, Jeanie M. Barnett, MBE (publication), E446
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (see H.R. 4771), H5761 [14JY]
Health: establish community-based managed care programs in medically disadvantaged areas (see H.R. 4294), H2639 [21AP]
———inclusion of mammography screenings for women in a national health care plan (see H. Res. 368), H679 [23FE]
———inclusion of poison control services in health care reform (see H. Con. Res. 243), H2838 [26AP]
———national policy to promote healthy diet (see H.R. 4795), H5870 [19JY]
Human rights: protect integrity of cemeteries and repose of the dead (see H. Con. Res. 272), H6200 [25JY]
Radioactive substances: clarify Federal obligation to take title and possession of high-level radioactive waste and establish an interim spent nuclear fuel storage facility (see H.R. 5061), H9350 [20SE]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
African Americans: establish commission to examine slavery, subsequent racial and economic discrimination, and appropriate remedies (see H.R. 40), H1323 [11MR]
African-American Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 364), H3155 [5MY]
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), H5547 [12JY]
Animals: provide for nonanimal acute toxicity testing (see H.R. 5222), H11199 [6OC]
Armed Forces: procedures for determination and classification of missing or deceased status (see H.R. 291), H6983 [4AU]
Armenia: conflict with Azerbaijan relating to the Nagorno Karabagh area (see H. Con. Res. 247), H9009 [21AU]
BATF: regulate the manufacture, distribution, and sale of firearms and ammunition (see H.R. 4903), H11429 [7OC]
Children and youth: establish grants for the improvement of academic performance and social development of at-risk children (see H.R. 3950), H1057 [3MR]
China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (see H.R. 4590), H6454 [28JY]
China, Republic of: U.N. membership (see H. Con. Res. 148, 166), H2839 [26AP], H6104 [21JY]
Coins: mint in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the World War II peace accords (see H.R. 3820), H3522 [17MY]
Commodore John Barry Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 383), H5463 [30JN]
Constitution Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 390), H5870 [19JY]
Crime: protection from sexual predators (see H.R. 3990), H1156 [9MR]
Crime Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 363), H3055 [4MY]
Cuba: trade embargo (see H.R. 2229), H4995 [24JN]
Cuban Democracy Act: repeal (see H.R. 4941), H9351 [20SE]
Cyprus: investigation of missing U.S. citizens (see H.R. 2826), H4343 [10JN]
Dept. of HHS: establish an America Cares Program (see H.R. 2930), H296 [7FE]
Disasters: provide for disaster avoidance and response plans and development of relief and reinsurance plans (see H.R. 2873), H7506 [10AU]
Diseases: AIDS prevention (see H.R. 1538), H1957 [23MR]
District of Columbia: capital improvements for Washington aqueduct (see H.R. 4007), H2252 [13AP]
Ecology and environment: establish environmental response training and employment programs (see H.R. 4411), H7075 [5AU]
———regulatory differentiation between agricultural oils and toxic oils (see H.R. 4412), H7507 [10AU]
———standards for the training and certification of environmental professionals performing certain site assessments (see H.R. 3572), H2219 [12AP]
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. 4050), H4220 [8JN]
———prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation (see H.R. 4636), H4958 [23JN]
———require employers to post and to provide information on sexual harassment (see H.R. 2829), H4220 [8JN]
Federal employees: garnishment of retirement annuities to satisfy a judgment against an annuitant for child abuse (see H.R. 3694), H2219 [12AP]
Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (see H.R. 5128), H10372 [29SE]
Financial Accounting Standards Board: accounting standards (see H. Con. Res. 98), H866 [24FE]
Food industry: improve public health and food safety through the reduction of pathogens (see H.R. 5055), H11201 [6OC]
Foreign aid: prohibit to countries that restrict the delivery of U.S. humanitarian assistance to other countries (see H.R. 4142), H9903 [27SE]
Foreign trade: prohibit import of goods produced by child labor (see H.R. 4693), H9903 [27SE]
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), H3682 [18MY]
Grant's Tomb National Memorial: designate and restore (see H.R. 4393), H4447 [14JN]
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: establish a national program of trained community health advisors to assist in certain State objectives (see H.R. 4024), H2640 [21AP]
———inclusion of annual lead poisoning screenings for children in a national health care plan (see H. Con. Res. 209), H3345 [12MY]
———inclusion of breast and cervical cancer screenings and gynecological services in a national health care plan (see H. Con. Res. 217), H3056 [4MY]
———licensing of home infusion therapy services (see H.R. 4128), H3156 [5MY]
———provide financial incentives for worksite health promotion programs (see H. Res. 372), H1324 [11MR]
———require direct patient or insurer billing of diagnostic, laboratory, or other ancillary health services (see H.R. 3939), H3681 [18MY]
———research funding (see H.R. 4260), H3279 [11MY]
Health care facilities: assistance for AIDS patients treatment (see H.R. 5141), H10445 [30SE]
Helsinki Human Rights Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 393), H6200 [25JY]
Historic buildings: mint coins in commemoration of Federal acceptance of responsibility of care and maintenance (see H.R. 1671), H5547 [12JY]
Housing: prohibit regulations in federally assisted rental housing restricting elderly residents from owning pets (see H.R. 2145), H2252 [13AP]
Hudson River Artists National Historical Park: establish (see H.R. 803), H6104 [21JY]
India: independence anniversary (see H. Res. 430), H6156 [22JY]
Insurance: coverage or benefits on preexisting medical conditions (see H. Con. Res. 246), H5951 [20JY]
Ireland, Northern: peace efforts (see H. Con. Res. 303), H10445 [30SE]
Irish-American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 401), H9161 [16SE]
Japan: access of U.S. business to markets (see H.R. 3900), H3791 [20MY]
———purchase of rice from U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 274), H8053 [12AU]
Jewish War Veterans: issue commemorative postage stamp honoring anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 199), H9903 [27SE]
Laos: naturalization of aliens who served with special guerrilla units (see H.R. 4048), H1439 [16MR]
Law enforcement: reform Asset Forfeiture Program (see H.R. 3347), H3522 [17MY]
Let's Stop Kids Killing Kids Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 360), H2639 [21AP]
Liberia: economic assistance (see H.R. 4238), H2397 [18AP]
Lower East Side Tenement Museum National Historic Site: establish (see H.R. 4158), H3156 [5MY]
Lower Mississippi Delta region: initiatives to address certain needs (see H.R. 4043), H2994 [3MY]
Lumber industry: export controls (see H.R. 4402), H3344 [12MY]
Mays, Benjamin E.: award the Presidential Medal of Freedom (see H. Res. 527), H11430 [7OC]
———issuance of commemorative postage stamp (see H. Res. 528), H11430 [7OC]
Medgar Wiley Evers Post Office, Jackson, MS: designate (see H.R. 3863), H1157 [9MR]
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), H4343 [10JN]
Medicare: coverage of anesthesia services provided by certified registered nurse anesthetists (see H.R. 4291), H3356 [16MY]
Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 349), H1996 [24MR]
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), H6984 [4AU]
Multiple Sclerosis Association of America Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 381), H5548 [12JY]
National Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 317), H1088 [8MR]
National American Lacemaker Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 352), H6454 [28JY]
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 311), H1440 [16MR]
National Children's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 389), H5761 [14JY]
National Crime Victims' Rights Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 342), H2507 [19AP]
National Earthquake Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 325), H544 [11FE]
National Family Caregivers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 90), H4883 [22JN]
National Firefighters Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 411), H11201 [6OC], H11430 [7OC]
National Good Teen Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 326), H9569 [22SE]
National Hispanic Business Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 397), H8596 [17AU]
National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 332), H5872 [19JY]
National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 4074), H3279 [11MY]
National League of Families POW/MIA: display of flag (see H.J. Res. 369), H4654 [16JN]
National Mammography Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 418), H10373 [29SE]
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 Police Survivors Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 344), H2914 [28AP]
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), H9903 [27SE]
National Trails Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 327), H2219 [12AP]
National Walking Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 276), H358 [8FE]
NATO: assist transition of certain countries to NATO membership (see H.R. 4210), H6550 [1AU]
Nutrition: study effects of and establish standards for calcium intake (see H.R. 4284), H2638 [21AP]
Parents' Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 398), H10007 [28SE]
Pediatric and Adolescent AIDS Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 334), H2219 [12AP]
Persian Gulf Conflict: compensation for veterans and increased research relative to illnesses attributed to service during conflict (see H.R. 4540), H6984 [4AU]
Petroleum: export of certain domestically produced crude oil (see H.R. 2670), H411 [9FE]
Postal Service: reemployment of retirees in temporary positions relative to offset of annuity (see H.R. 3246), H3345 [12MY]
———require Presidential appointment for Inspector General, and prevent use of paid confidential informants in narcotics investigations (see H.R. 4400), H4343 [10JN]
Program on Social Ethics and Community Service: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 4464), H4166 [26MY]
Public Health Service: revise and extend programs to improve the health of individuals of minority groups (see H.R. 3869), H544 [11FE]
Public lands: protection of wildlife from airborne hunting (see H.R. 1391), H3345 [12MY]
Public Service Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 253), H1541 [17MR]
Public welfare programs: assistance to recipients most likely to end welfare dependence (see H.R. 4498), H4090 [25MY]
Railroads: employee protection benefits (see H.R. 3866), H1440 [16MR]
REA: protection of rural electric borrowers (see H.R. 3790), H1957 [23MR]
Roosevelt, Franklin D.: mint coins in commemoration of 50th anniversary of death (see H.R. 3270), H5462 [30JN]
Rural areas: credit and financial services to residents, public services, and businesses (see H.R. 4129), H2253 [13AP]
Schneerson, Menachem Mendel: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4497), H4391 [13JN]
Service academies: imposition of additional charges or attendance fees (see H.R. 3293), H3156 [5MY]
Servicemen's Readjustment Act: commemorate 50th anniversary (see H.J. Res. 378), H4959 [23JN]
Skelton, Richard (Red): award the Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2012), H2368 [14AP]
Small Family Farm Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 291), H1440 [16MR]
Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of 150th anniversary (see H.R. 4912), H8755 [19AU]
South Africa: U.S. policy (see H. Res. 560), H10538 [3OC]
Space policy: prohibit outer space advertising (see H.R. 2599), H866 [24FE]
Special Olympics World Games: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 3879), H1088 [8MR]
States: prohibit imposition of income tax on pensions of nonresident individuals (see H.R. 411), H7075 [5AU]
———transportation of municipal solid waste (see H.R. 4643), H6763 [3AU]
Time for the National Observance of the Fiftieth Anniversary of World War II: designate (see H.J. Res. 315), H2219 [12AP]
Truman, Harry S: award Congressional Gold Medal in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of his inauguration (see H.R. 3712), H8505 [16AU]
Turkey: economic assistance relative to the resolution of the Cyprus problem and compliance with international law (see H.R. 3475), H6200 [25JY]
U.S. Botanic Garden: mint coins in commemoration of 175th anniversary (see H.R. 4135), H4654 [16JN]
U.S. Peace Tax Fund: establish to receive tax payments to be spent for nonmilitary purposes from taxpayers conscientiously opposed to war (see H.R. 2019), H6482 [29JY]
Unemployment: emergency unemployment compensation program (see H.R. 4517), H7075 [5AU]
Urban areas: development of municipally owned vacant lots by nonprofit community organizations (see H.R. 4143), H1995 [24MR]
Vietnam Human Rights Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 333), H2253 [13AP]
Washington, George: mint coins in commemoration of boyhood home (see H.R. 5049), H9223 [19SE]
Year of Gospel Music: designate (see H.J. Res. 297), H1440 [16MR]
Year of the Grandparent: designate (see H.J. Res. 355), H2914 [28AP]
Yugoslavia: lifting of sanctions on Serbia and Montenegro relative to improvements in Kosovo (see H.R. 4115), H4722 [17JN]
Descriptions
Armenian genocide: Henry Morgenthau, H2484
Letters
Texaco efforts to comply with U.N. sanctions against Haiti: Timothy J. Hauser, Dept. of Commerce, E2027
Remarks by, on
Armenians: anniversary of genocide, H2484
Black History Month: observance, H665
Bosnia and Herzegovina: lift U.S. arms embargo, H4242
Communications: promote a national infrastructure to encourage deployment of advanced services through competition (H.R. 3636), H5246
Congress: constitutional obligation to oversee matters relative to the operation of Government (H. Res. 394), E552
Correctional institutions: Pell grant eligibility of prisoners, H2547 [20AP]
Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 4092), H2547 [20AP]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4301), H4242
Diseases: improve management of diabetes, E983
Education: authorizing appropriations for certain programs (H.R. 6), H1724
———bilingual education program funding, H1724
———Federal funding for schools with programs promoting homosexuality as a positive alternative lifestyle, H2032
GATT: ratification (H.R. 5110), H11534
———ratification of Caribbean Interim Trade Program, E1948
Health: establish community-based managed care programs in medically disadvantaged areas (H.R. 4294), E742
———inclusion of mammography screenings for women in a national health care plan (H. Res. 368), H566 [23FE]
———inclusion of poison control services in health care reform (H. Con. Res. 243), H2714 [26AP]
Interstate commerce: insurance disclosures (H.R. 1188), H5900 [20JY]
National Poison Prevention Week: observance, H1965 [24MR]
New York, NY: condemn attack of Hasidic students, H1003 [3MR]
———Nephrology Foundation of Brooklyn anniversary, E442
Public Health Service: improve health of disadvantaged individuals (S. 1569), conference report, H11287 [7OC]
Refuse disposal: restrictions on local government flow control authority, H10318
———State control of municipal solid waste transportation and disposal (H.R. 4683), H10318
Religion: condemn speech by a senior representative of the Nation of Islam (H. Res. 343), E531
Rubenstein, Sanford A. (Sandy): Brooklyn Democrats Man of the Year award recipient, E739
Rwanda: U.S. policy, E696
Sanders-James, Carolyn, E220
Texaco, Inc.: efforts to comply with U.N. sanctions against Haiti, E2026
Walt Disney Co.: tribute to business practices relative to minority firms, E1742
World War II: disregard certain foreign payments to Holocaust survivors in determining eligibility for other benefits (H.R. 1873), H5528, H5529
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H677 [23FE], H1436 [16MR], H1897 [22MR], H1954 [23MR], H2366 [14AP], H2396 [18AP], H2637 [21AP], H3277 [11MY], H3343 [12MY], H3510 [17MY], H3753 [19MY], H5315 [28JN], H5348 [29JN], H5544 [12JY], H5759 [14JY], H7298 [9AU], H8503 [16AU], H9761 [26SE], H10371 [29SE], H10444 [30SE]
Leave of absence: granted, H4290 [9JN]
Special order: granted, H295 [7FE]
Statements
Caribbean Interim Trade Program: Richard Bernal, Ambassador of Jamaica, E1948
Tables
U.S. exports to Caribbean Basin countries by State 1987-1993, E1949
Tributes
Ainina, Mohamed Fall, E1688
Alayon, Adolfo G., E1378
Allen, Percy, II, E1343
Anderson, Dianna, E577
Ayala, Gonzalo F., E1401
Barnes, Jefferyson A., E1345
Breaker, Sandra, E222
Clouden, N. Anthony, E1382
Davis, Robert K., E1354
Doley, Harold E., Jr., E446
Emmanuel, Evadne B., E1474
Ferguson, Imogene Baldwin, E886
Figueroa, Elaine, E216
Forbes, James A., H1787 [22MR]
Foust, Judith M.M., E218
Grant, Yvette C., E217
Headley, DeCosta, E1381
Jackson, Bruce A., E1379
Jones, Pearl L., E226
Kamholz, Stephan L., E1353
La Colla, Eugene J., E516
McKinley, Wilbert, E744
Parry, Carol, E239
Ramseur, Elizabeth, E223
Ramseur, Jeanette, E215
Ray, Cynthia Perry, E893
Reyes, Maria del Carmen, E1383
Rowling, Mathurine L., E224
Ruiz, Narcisa, E213
Smith, Claudette, E222
Smith, Deirdra J., E234
Sterling, Charles A., E1348
Streete, Roy W., E1383
Taylor, Leslie Allen, E670
Wait, Richard B., E1346
Wells, Helen L., E230
Wiley, Bernice S., E227
Williams, Ruth A., E229