RANGEL, CHARLES B. (a Representative from New York)

Amendments offered by, to

Medicare: reform (H.R. 2425), H10208 [17OC]

Appointments

Committee on Ways and Means (House), H182 [11JA]

———advisors to U.S. delegations to international conferences, H247 [17JA]

Conferee: H.R. 831, extend tax deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC, H3851 [28MR]

———H.R. 2491, reconciliation of the concurrent budget resolution, H11422 [30OC]

Mexico-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, H4541 [3MY]

Articles and editorials

Health Care Is About People, John O'Connor, New York (NY) Post, E2044 [26OC]

Her Push for Prevention Keeps Kids Out of ER, Peter Hellman, Parade (publication), E962 [9MY]

Quite a Choir, Sharline Chiang, New York (NY) Daily News, E214 [30JA]

Trust Fund Doesn't Need To Be ``Fixed,'' Gus Tyler, E2256 [29NO]

Winning Gambit in Harlem, Hugh Pearson, Wall Street Journal, E523 [6MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Children and youth: greatest asset of the U.S. (see H. Res. 165), H5753 [8JN]

Coins: mint coins in commeroration of Thurgood Marshall (see H.R. 79), H165 [9JA]

———redesign $1 coin to commemorate Martin Luther King, Jr. (see H.R. 616), H467 [20JA]

Cuba: lift trade embargo (see H.R. 883), H1555 [9FE]

Cuban Democracy Act: ease limitations in food trade and terminate denial of foreign tax credit (see H.R. 1254), H3276 [15MR]

Drugs: eliminate certain mandatory minimum penalties for crack cocaine offenses (see H.R. 1264), H3327 [16MR]

Haiti: establish a nongovernmental assistance program (see H.R. 617), H467 [20JA]

Social Security: maintain and protect (see H. Con. Res. 75), H5983 [14JN]

———maintenance and protection of system (see H. Con. Res. 78), H6200 [21JN]

States: establish grants to reduce crime and poverty in poor neighborhoods (see H.R. 1414), H4335 [5AP]

Taxation: deduction of partnership investment expenses under the minimum tax (see H.R. 747), H890 [30JA]

———treatment of group legal services plans (see H.R. 540), H296 [17JA]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Abortion: killings at abortion clinics in Brookline, MA (see H. Con. Res. 13), H243 [13JA]

Agriculture: labeling of milk products relative to bovine growth hormones, and development of residue test (see H.R. 2084, 2085), H7378 [20JY]

AIDS Cure Project: establish (see H.R. 761), H4415 [6AP]

Air pollution: reduction in emissions of pollutants contributing to acid deposition in the Adirondacks (see H.R. 2682), H14927 [14DE]

American Revolution: mint coins in commemoration of black revolutionary war patriots (see H.R. 1776), H5690 [7JN]

Amtrak: eliminate special support for, or burdens on operations as a passenger rail carrier, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 259), H449, H468 [20JA]

———eliminate special support for or burdens on operations as a passenger rail carrier (see H.R. 259), H170 [9JA]

Appropriations: making continuing (see H.J. Res. 118, 120), H12506 [15NO]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: lift U.S. arms embargo (see H.R. 1172), H4032 [30MR]

Bulgaria: most-favored-nation status (see H.R. 1643), H5071 [16MY]

Business and industry: volunteer guidelines for socially responsible practices for U.S. businesses operating abroad (see H.R. 910), H3733 [23MR]

Cambodia: most-favored-nation status (see H.R. 1642), H5071 [16MY]

Chavez, Cesar E.: designate birthday as Federal holiday (see H.J. Res. 84), H4546 [3MY]

Children and youth: health research (see H.R. 1735), H6736 [10JY]

Citizenship: demonstration projects to celebrate process of becoming and being U.S. citizens (see H.R. 1980), H6913 [12JY]

Civil rights: prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (see H.R. 1863), H6045 [15JN]

Civil Rights Act: availability of information on reproductive health services at federally or State funded family planning clinics (see H.R. 641), H4031 [30MR]

Coins: mint coins recommended by the Citizens Commemorative Coin Advisory Committee (see H.R. 1753), H8725 [8SE]

Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 42), H1689 [13FE]

———revise and extend (see H.R. 1872), H8806 [12SE]

Cuba: grant waiver to allow Cuban nationals to play professional baseball in the U.S. (see H.R. 2311), H13341 [18NO]

Cuban Democracy Act: repeal (see H.R. 367), H4415 [6AP]

Dept. of HUD: improve the Housing Counseling Program (see H.R. 493), H803 [26JA]

Dept. of Justice: establish rapid deployment force (see H.R. 97), H325 [18JA]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish mammography quality standards (see H.R. 882), H6736 [10JY]

Diseases: research programs for Parkinson's disease (see H.R. 1462), H5471 [23MY]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments (see H.R. 1050), H2224 [24FE]

Edison, Thomas Alva: mint coins in commemoration of sesquicentennial of birth (see H.R. 893), H6481 [28JN]

English language: encourage status as primary language and recognize importance of multilingualism (see H. Con. Res. 83), H7011 [13JY]

Explosives: regulation (see H.R. 43), H593 [24JA]

Families and domestic relations: require States to disclose the AIDS status of infants to legal guardians (see H.R. 1289), H3571 [22MR]

———State use of automated data retrieval system for child and spousal support enforcement (see H.R. 2288), H8725 [8SE]

Federal firefighters: hourly and overtime pay rates and pay equity with public sector firefighters (see H.R. 858), H1968 [21FE]

Fire prevention: encourage State and local fire safety and prevention education programs (see H.R. 771), H1968 [21FE]

Firearms: regulate sale, import, and manufacture of polymer plastic ammunition (see H.R. 221), H325 [18JA]

Foreign aid: prohibit to countries that restrict the delivery of U.S. humanitarian assistance to other countries (see H.R. 942), H5072 [16MY]

Foreign policy: negotiations between Greece and Macedonia (see H. Con. Res. 31), H2307 [27FE]

FRS: defer additional increases in interest rates (see H. Res. 54), H969 [31JA]

Generalized System of Preferences: renew (see H.R. 1654), H5190 [17MY]

Government: require Federal agencies to apply value engineering (see H.R. 719), H4873 [11MY]

Graham, Billy and Ruth: award congressional gold medal (see H.R. 2657), H13273 [17NO]

Grant's Tomb National Monument, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 1774), H5690 [7JN]

Health: authorizing appropriations for programs relative to the health of individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds (see H.R. 1341), H3879 [28MR]

———include organ donation forms and information in individual income tax refund payments (see H.R. 1889), H10048 [12OC]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 1200), H2989 [9MR]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mothers and newborn infants following birth (see H.R. 1936), H6482 [28JN]

———require the removal of silicone gel and saline breast implants and conduct chemical and industrial safety research (see H.R. 2796), H14963 [15DE]

Health care professionals: determine necessary medical coverage and require insurers to notify enrollees (see H.R. 2608), H13870 [30NO]

House of Representatives: ratification of constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights relative to States' ratification (see H. Res. 39), H6913 [12JY]

House Rules: allow proxy voting in committee in limited circumstances (see H. Res. 142), H6736 [10JY]

Housing: benefits relative to the purchase of residential cooperative apartment units (see H.R. 1006), H1968 [21FE]

Insurance: prohibit denial of health coverage based on status as victim of domestic violence (see H.R. 1920), H7257 [19JY]

International Fund for Ireland: require certain entities receiving U.S. funds to comply with the MacBride Principles (see H.R. 244), H4105 [3AP]

Investments: facilitate asset security through certain investment trusts (see H.R. 1967), H6656 [29JN]

Israel: relocate U.S. embassy to Jerusalem (see H.R. 1595), H8597 [6SE]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: authorize the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternal organization to establish a memorial (see H.J. Res. 70), H2393 [28FE]

Law enforcement officers: counseling programs for disabled police officers (see H.R. 384), H890 [30JA]

Lower East Side Tenement Museum National Historic Site: establish (see H.R. 2344), H9671 [28SE]

Medicaid: improve Federal medical assistance percentage (see H.R. 818), H1207 [3FE]

———prostate cancer screening (see H.R. 780), H2651 [3MR]

———screening mammography (see H.R. 777), H2651 [3MR]

Medicare: colorectal screening (see H.R. 922), H1968 [21FE]

———medical nutrition therapy services (see H.R. 2247), H10485 [19OC]

———prostate cancer screening (see H.R. 779, 1496), H2651 [3MR], H7801 [26JY]

———protection of beneficiaries relative to enrollment in managed care plans and health maintenance organizations (see H.R. 1707), H5571 [24MY]

———reform (see H.R. 2422), H9784 [10OC]

———screening mammography (see H.R. 778, 958), H1908 [16FE], H2651 [3MR]

Medicare/Medicaid: public examination of any changes in existing law relative to budget reconciliation (see H. Res. 221), H8904 [13SE]

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. 772), H1050 [1FE]

Mining and mineral resources: locatable minerals on public domain lands (see H.R. 357), H2811 [7MR]

Montgomery, AL: anniversary of bus boycott (see H. Res. 285), H14927 [14DE]

Motor vehicles: school bus safety (see H.R. 1884), H6656 [29JN]

NAFTA: effect on Caribbean Basin Initiative (see H.R. 553), H325 [18JA]

NASA: selection of abandoned and underutilized facilities relative to agency needs (see H.R. 388), H325 [18JA]

National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases: expand activities relative to lupus (see H.R. 835), H3808 [24MR]

National Tourism Organization: establish (see H.R. 2579), H12128 [10NO]

National Voter Registration Act: affirmation (see H. Con. Res. 96), H8536 [4AU]

Navy Combat Action Ribbon: retroactive awarding to certain individuals (see H.R. 895), H1611 [10FE]

Nigeria: impose economic sanctions (see H.R. 2697), H13869 [30NO]

NIH: funding for diabetes-related research (see H.R. 1656), H6656 [29JN]

Northern Ireland: adherence with the MacBride Principles by U.S. persons doing business (see H.R. 470), H7801 [26JY]

Oscar Garcia Rivera Post Office Building, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 885), H1555 [9FE]

Patents: limit issuance on medical procedures (see H.R. 1127), H10146 [17OC]

Police Athletic League: tribute (see H. Res. 163), H5691 [7JN]

Public health: establish standards for long-term care insurance policies (see H.R. 1221), H7801 [26JY]

Rivers, Ruben: posthumous awarding of Medal of Honor (see H.R. 2228), H8534 [4AU]

Smithsonian Institution: establish National African-American Museum (see H.R. 786), H1051 [1FE]

———mint coins in commemoration of 150th anniversary (see H.R. 2627), H13274 [17NO]

Social Security: improve information provided in account statements and distribute statements annually to beneficiaries (see H.R. 2312), H8805 [12SE]

———maintain earnings test correlation between disability insurance benefits for the blind and retirement age benefits (see H. Con. Res. 23), H1908 [16FE]

———require States to permit a chronically-ill parent to appoint a standby guardian for a minor without surrendering parental rights (see H.R. 709), H1372 [7FE]

Surplus Government property: distribution to nonprofit organizations providing assistance to the hungry or indigent (see H.R. 863), H7012 [13JY]

Tariff: tamoxifen citrate (see H.R. 1261), H3326 [16MR]

Taxation: allow nonitemizers a deduction for a portion of their charitable contributions (see H.R. 1493), H4431 [7AP]

———credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic home for use as principal residence (see H.R. 1662), H5572 [24MY]

———depreciation of certain leasehold improvements (see H.R. 1171), H2892 [8MR]

———encourage investment in low-income housing (see H.R. 931), H1751 [14FE]

———exclusion of employer-provided educational assistance (see H.R. 127), H167 [9JA]

———exclusion of gross estate taxes of a decedent relative to certain land subject to qualified conservation easements (see H.R. 864), H4619 [9MY]

———require burden of proof to be on the Dept. of the Treasury in all tax cases (see H.R. 390), H692 [25JA]

———treatment of academic health centers relative to the exclusion for employer-provided housing (see H.R. 1685), H5471 [23MY]

———treatment of accelerated death benefits under life insurance contracts (see H.R. 99), H166 [9JA]

———treatment of certain contributions relative to veterans' reemployment (see H.R. 1469), H4441 [1MY]

———treatment of individuals benefiting from renouncement of citizenship and treatment of assets of naturalized citizens or residents (see H.R. 1535), H4511 [2MY]

———treatment of individuals benefiting from renouncement of citizenship and treatment of assets of naturalized citizens or residents (H.R. 1535), consideration (see H. Res. 160), H5608 [25MY]

———treatment of length of service awards for volunteer firefighters and emergency medical service personnel (see H.R. 1893), H9364 [20SE]

———treatment of tenant-stockholders in cooperative housing corporations (see H.R. 1546), H4511 [2MY]

Trails: designate the voting rights march route from Selma, AL, to Montgomery, AL, as a National Historic Trail (see H.R. 1129), H2651 [3MR]

Transportation: funding for bicycle facilities and pedestrian walkways (see H.R. 1539), H6699 [30JN]

U.S. Academy for Democracy and Civil-Military Relations: establish (see H.R. 2652), H13142 [16NO]

Urban areas: provide grants to nonprofit organizations to develop open spaces (see H.R. 936), H2584 [2MR]

Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1500), H4431 [7AP]

Veterans: bill of rights (see H.R. 549), H1208 [3FE]

Water pollution: Federal facilities pollution control (see H.R. 363), H1281 [6FE]

Waterways: restoration projects to control flooding, erosion, and pollution runoff and improve water quality (see H.R. 1331), H3878 [28MR]

Letters

Republic of China drug control policy: Benjamin Lu, Republic of China, E768 [4AP]

Obituaries

Robinson, Cleveland L., E1886 [29SE]

Remarks by, on

African Americans: tribute to World War II veterans, E1515 [26JY]

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 115), consideration (H. Res. 261), H12096 [10NO]

Black History Month: observance, E420 [24FE]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2491), H10785 [25OC]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2491), conference report, H13167 [17NO], H13623 [20NO]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2491), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 272), H13156 [17NO]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1996-2002 (H. Con. Res. 122), H15151 [19DE]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1996-2002 (H. Con. Res. 67), conference report, H6581 [29JN]

China, Republic of: drug control policy, E768 [4AP]

Cuba: strengthen international economic sanctions and support transition to democratically elected government (H.R. 927), H9343, H9344 [20SE]

———strengthen international economic sanctions and support transition to democratically elected government (H.R. 927), consideration (H. Res. 225), H9334, H9335 [20SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2127), H8231 [2AU]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2099), H7896 [27JY]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2099), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 280), H13376 [20NO]

Drugs: transfer FEMA disaster relief funds to anti-drug activities, H7896 [27JY]

Education: funding for school-to-work transition programs, H8231 [2AU]

Families and domestic relations: child support enforcement, H3633 [23MR]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 1868), H6471, H6472 [28JN]

Gingrich, Representative: signing of book contract, H305 [18JA]

Haiti: allocation of foreign aid, H6471, H6472 [28JN]

House of Representatives: legislative tactics, H305 [18JA]

Jones, Larry: Oklahoma Today (publication) Oklahoman of the Year award recipient, E870 [7AP]

Medicare: reform (H.R. 2425), H10352 [19OC], E1951 [17OC]

———reform (H.R. 2425), consideration (H. Res. 238), H10320 [19OC]

New York, NY: tribute to Mott Hall Middle School Dark Knights chess team, E523 [6MR]

Parliamentary inquiry, H305 [18JA]

Public housing: preferential treatment relative to participation in State welfare work programs, H3597 [23MR]

Public welfare programs: conditional assistance to teenage unwed mothers, H3515, H3516, H3517, H3519 [22MR]

———medical services funding, H3501, H3507 [22MR]

———reform (H.R. 4), H3501, H3504, H3507, H3515, H3516, H3517, H3519 [22MR], H3597, H3620, H3633, H3698, H3699 [23MR], H3738, H3772 [24MR]

———reform (H.R. 4), conference report, H15511 [21DE]

———reform (H.R. 4), consideration (H. Res. 119), H3438, H3442 [22MR]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, E2256 [29NO]

Taxation: extend deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC (H.R. 831), H1921, H1940, H1946 [21FE]

———extend deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC (H.R. 831), conference report, H3996, H3997, H4000, H4001, H4003 [30MR]

———extend deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC (H.R. 831), consideration (H. Res. 88), H1916 [21FE]

———extend deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC (H.R. 831), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 121), H3988, H3990 [30MR]

———rates, H10785 [25OC], H12096 [10NO], H13144 [17NO]

———rates (H.R. 1215), H4221 [5AP]

Votes: position on missed, H10868 [26OC]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H2714 [6MR]

Speaker of the House: comments relative to the Speaker and the Republican Party national agenda, H1911 [21FE]

Schedules

Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate): Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere and Peace Corps Affairs: Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act, D730 [14JN]

—————Haiti elections, D842 [12JY]

Committee on International Relations (House): Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific: drugs in Asia, D770 [21JN]

———Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs: Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act and the economic embargo of Cuba, D367 [16MR]

———U.S. policy and activities in Haiti, D240 [24FE]

Committee on Rules (House): deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC, D208 [16FE]

———Personal Responsibility Act, D368 [16MR]

Committee on the Judiciary (Senate): national drug control strategy, D174 [10FE]

Statements

Tribute to Cleveland Robinson: Bernice P. Jackson, E2253 [29NO]

Tributes

Barlow, Barbara, E962 [9MY]

Frierson, Carl M., E577 [10MR]

Hampton, Lionel, E2356 [14DE]

Kunstler, William, E2260 [29NO]

O'Connor, John, E2044 [26OC]

Robinson, Cleveland, E2253 [29NO]

Robinson, Cleveland L., E1886 [29SE]