LaFALCE, JOHN J. (a Representative from New York)

Appointments

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

———S. 895, Small Business Lending Enhancement Act, H8777 [12SE]

Articles and editorials

Administration Ignored Peso Warnings, E294 [8FE]

Charles A. Brady Dies—Canisius Professor, Author, and Literary Critic for News Was 83, Buffalo (NY) News, E999 [11MY]

Economics Journalist Hobart Rowen Dies—Reporter and Financial Editor at the Post, Claudia Levy and Bart Barnes, Washington (DC) Post, E889 [1MY]

Education Contract With America, Albert Shanker, Wall Street Journal, E1845 [27SE]

Lt. Florence Starzynski—1994 Washingtonian of the Year, Washingtonian (publication), E138 [19JA]

Man of Letters, But Even More, a Man of Life, Jeff Simon, Buffalo (NY) News, E999 [11MY]

Max McCarthy Dies—News Writer, Ex-Congressman, Karen Brady, Buffalo (NY) News, E975 [9MY]

Needed—A Two-Way Social Contract in the Workplace, Robert Kuttner, Business Week (publication), E1582 [2AU]

What Prosecutors Won't Tell You, Robert M. Morgenthau, New York (NY) Times, E343 [14FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Business and industry: establish minimum standards of fair conduct in franchise sales and business relationships (see H.R. 1717), H5607 [25MY]

CERCLA: clarify liability for lending institutions holding title to properties discovered to be contaminated (see H.R. 914), H1688 [13FE]

Commission on the Review of National Policies Toward Gambling: establish (see H.R. 462), H229 [11JA]

FDIC: recapitalization of the Savings Association Insurance Fund (see H.R. 1470, 1471, 1472, 1473, 1474, 1475, 1476, 1477, 1478, 1479, 1480, 1481), H4430 [7AP]

Foreign countries: border-crossing fees for vehicles or pedestrians entering the U.S. from Canada or Mexico (see H. Con. Res. 28), H1752 [14FE]

Major League Baseball: application of antitrust laws and establishment of a national oversight commission (see H.R. 735), H889 [30JA]

Medicare: multiple sclerosis drug treatments (see H.R. 1078), H2392 [28FE]

Niagara Falls Bridge Commission: grant audit authority to GAO (see H.R. 2368), H9363 [20SE]

———grant audit authority to New York State Comptroller's office (see H.R. 2293), H8725 [8SE]

Niagara River Gorge: establish commission to study inclusion into the Wild and Scenic River System (see H.R. 2139), H7990 [28JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Abortion: prevent governmental discrimination against health care providers who refuse to perform or provide training in performing abortions (see H.R. 1932), H6396 [27JN]

Airlines: prohibit smoking on all flights (see H.R. 969), H3073 [13MR]

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

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), consideration (see H. Res. 33), H325 [18JA]

———require an operating and a capital budget to distinguish between Federal funds and trust funds (see H.R. 1233), H3573 [22MR]

Capital Budget Commission: establish (see H.R. 1302), H4336 [5AP]

CERCLA: clarify liability for certain recycling transactions (see H.R. 820), H10726 [24OC]

Civil liberties: protect the right to travel to foreign countries (see H.R. 1702), H7012 [13JY]

Coins: issue one dollar coin (see H.R. 534), H3733 [23MR]

———mint coins recommended by the Citizens Commemorative Coin Advisory Committee (see H.R. 1753), H6699 [30JN]

Credit: expand availability by lifting growth cap on limited service financial institutions (see H.R. 1491), H4430 [7AP]

Cuba: allow cash remittances to relatives in Cuba (see H.R. 1704), H7012 [13JY]

———allow news bureau exchanges between U.S. and Cuba (see H.R. 1703), H7012 [13JY]

Cuban Democracy Act: repeal (see H.R. 367), H1461 [8FE]

Diseases: payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted human immunodeficiency virus due to contaminated blood products (see H.R. 1023), H4546 [3MY]

Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge: designate (see H.R. 1253), H4795 [10MY]

Education: funding for higher education financial aid programs (see H. Res. 122), H4512 [2MY]

Elections: constitutional amendment to regulate campaign expenditures and contribution limits (see H.J. Res. 114), H13731 [28NO]

Explosives: Federal permit requirements for distribution or receipt of explosives (see H.R. 488), H229 [11JA]

———require materials to contain taggants (see H.R. 1568), H5472 [23MY]

Families and domestic relations: child support enforcement (see H.R. 785), H1689 [13FE]

———interstate enforcement of child support and parentage court orders (see H.R. 95), H179 [9JA]

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

Financial institutions: increase competition in the financial services sector (see H.R. 814), H1207 [3FE]

———provide consumer protections (see H. Res. 110), H2989 [9MR]

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

Foreign Service: retirement, survivor, and health benefits for spouses relative to misconduct or disloyalty of officials (see H.R. 674), H1908 [16FE]

Foreign trade: develop criteria for market access in foreign countries (see H.R. 1560), H4545 [3MY]

Guam: establish commonwealth (see H.R. 1056), H2224 [24FE]

Harry S Truman (U.S.S.): designate the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier known as CVN-76 (see H.R. 445), H1052 [1FE]

House Rules: treat copyright royalties as honoraria (see H. Res. 20), H177 [9JA]

Housing: prohibit certain rental housing managers from banning household pets for elderly residents (see H.R. 1619), H6200 [21JN]

Immigration and Nationality Act: amend by substituting ``children born out of wedlock'' for ``illegitimate children'' references (see H.R. 1204), H5471 [23MY]

India: U.S. policy (see H. Con. Res. 48), H4795 [10MY]

Indian Gaming Regulatory Act: amend to provide for community approval of tribal-State gambling compacts (see H.R. 1364), H4031 [30MR]

Information services: prevent unfair billing and charging practices for services provided over 800 line phone numbers (see H.R. 1559), H6736 [10JY]

Insurance: prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 2748), H14238 [7DE]

International Fund for Ireland: require certain entities receiving U.S. funds to comply with the MacBride Principles (see H.R. 244), H170 [9JA]

Legislative Branch of the Government: application of certain laws (see H.R. 1), H158 [9JA]

Major League Baseball: arbitration procedures to resolve players' strike (see H.R. 870), H1752 [14FE]

Marine resources: reauthorization of programs (see H.R. 1175), H5691 [7JN]

Medicare: coverage of blood-testing strips for individuals with diabetes (see H.R. 1074), H4619 [9MY]

———diabetes outpatient self-management training services (see H.R. 1073), H4619 [9MY]

———limit penalty for late enrollment (see H.R. 559), H3879 [28MR]

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

Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 940), H1751 [14FE]

National Association of Radio Talk Show Hosts: honoring of G. Gordon Liddy relative to characterization of Federal law enforcement officials (see H. Res. 153), H5692 [7JN]

National Gambling Impact and Policy Commission: establish (see H.R. 497), H970 [31JA]

National Sea Grant College Program: reauthorization (see H.R. 1175), H5691 [7JN]

Oscar Garcia Rivera Post Office Building, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 885), H9363 [20SE]

Public utilities: deregulation of the electric power industry (see H.R. 2562), H14765 [13DE]

Public welfare programs: support community food security projects relative to low-income individuals (see H.R. 2003), H7379 [20JY]

Small business: increase deductions for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 335), H840 [27JA]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds (see H.R. 2628), H12349 [14NO]

———medicare reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see H.R. 580), H5905 [13JN]

Surplus Government property: distribution to nonprofit organizations providing assistance to the hungry or indigent (see H.R. 863), H5983 [14JN]

Taxation: awareness of charitable beneficiaries of their interests in certain charitable remainder trusts (see H.R. 32), H7067 [17JY]

———church pension benefit plans (see H.R. 528), H10146 [17OC]

———deduction of partnership investment expenses under the minimum tax (see H.R. 747), H4873 [11MY]

———exclude length of service awards for firefighters and emergency medical service personnel from limitations on deferred compensation plans (see H.R. 1893), H6270 [22JN]

———exclusion of gross estate taxes of a decedent relative to certain land subject to qualified conservation easements (see H.R. 864), H3733 [23MR]

———increase excise taxes on smokeless tobacco products and establish a trust fund to reduce use (see H.R. 2585), H11782 [6NO]

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

———treatment of gains on sale of small business stocks (see H.R. 645), H1208 [3FE]

———treatment of group legal services plans (see H.R. 540), H4873 [11MY]

———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]

Television: establish violent program ratings system, require new televisions to allow blocking of certain programming, and limit exposure of children to violent programming (see H.R. 2030), H7011 [13JY]

Terrorism: improve U.S. ability to respond to terrorist threats (see H.R. 896), H2224 [24FE]

Tobacco products: require the reduction and eventual elimination of nicotine in tobacco products (see H.R. 1853), H6831 [11JY]

Truth in Lending Act: clarify regulations relative to mortgage fees and disclosure requirements (see H.R. 2399), H9591 [27SE]

U.N. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 220), H11767 [2NO]

Unemployment: extend emergency compensation (see H.R. 2572), H11830 [7NO]

Weapons: eliminate use of antipersonnel landmines (see H.R. 1876), H6159 [20JN]

White House Conference on Trade and Investment in Ireland: endorse Irish-American agenda (see H. Con. Res. 43), H3327 [16MR]

Women: prohibit practice of female genital mutilation or female circumcision (see H.R. 941), H5072 [16MY]

Women's Rights National Historical Park: improve and expand (see H.R. 970), H1850 [15FE]

Biographies

Marshall, Robert S., E2004 [24OC]

Eulogies

Brady, Charles A.: Erik Brady, E1985-E1987 [20OC]

McCarthy, Richard D.: John C. Culver, E1065 [17MY]

Motions offered by

Public welfare programs: reform (H.R. 4), H3499 [22MR]

Remarks by, on

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1976), H7361 [20JY]

Armenia: anniversary of genocide (H. Con. Res. 47), H4505 [2MY]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2491), H11197 [26OC]

Business and industry: establish minimum standards of fair conduct in franchise sales and business relationships (H.R. 1717), E1146 [26MY]

———research and development recoupment fee for foreign sales of equipment developed for defense contracts, H8927, H8928 [14SE]

Capital punishment: establish effective procedures (H.R. 729), E343 [14FE]

Climate: long-term climate and global change research funding, E1940 [12OC]

Contracts: revise and streamline Federal procurement and acquisition laws (H.R. 1670), H8925, H8927, H8928 [14SE]

Courts: product liability reform (H.R. 956), H3021 [10MR]

Credit: expand availability by lifting growth cap on limited service financial institutions (H.R. 1491), E860 [7AP]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State and the Judiciary: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2076), H7776 [26JY], E1540 [28JY]

Education: national policy to improve system, E1845 [27SE]

Employment: corporation policies on employees, E1582 [2AU]

EPA: indoor air pollution research funding, E1940 [12OC]

FDIC: recapitalization of the Savings Association Insurance Fund, H4423-H4428 [7AP], E855 [7AP]

Financial institutions: increase competition in the financial services sector, H4523-H4525 [3MY]

———increase competition in the financial services sector (H.R. 814), E268 [3FE]

Foriegn countries: border-crossing fees for vehicles or pedestrians entering the U.S. from Canada or Mexico, H1292 [7FE]

Gambling: establish commission to pursue a national policy, H182 [11JA]

Government regulations: reform regulatory process (H.R. 926), H2409 [1MR]

GSA: purchase of goods and services by State and local governments, H8925 [14SE]

House Rules: reform the House of Representatives (H. Res. 6), H70 [4JA]

———reform the House of Representatives (H. Res. 6), consideration (H. Res. 5), H15 [4JA]

———require a three-fifths majority on the passage of legislation increasing revenue, H70 [4JA]

Major League Baseball: application of antitrust laws and establishment of a national oversight commission (H.R. 735), E212-E214 [30JA]

Medicare: multiple sclerosis drug treatments (H.R. 1078), E461 [28FE]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (H.J. Res. 73), E751 [31MR]

Mexico: economic assistance relative to instability of economy and currency, H389 [19JA]

NAFTA: implementation, H389 [19JA]

New York: anniversary of YWCA of Western New York, E1920 [11OC]

SBA: funding for the Office of Advocacy, H7776 [26JY]

Science: authorizing appropriations for Federal civilian science activities (H.R. 2405), E1940 [12OC]

Securities: reform Federal litigation procedures (H.R. 1058), E564 [9MR]

Small business: reduce costs of Government loan guarantees (H.R. 2150), H8736 [12SE]

Votes: position on missed, E1271, E1281 [16JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H5903 [13JN]

Special order: granted, H1459 [8FE], H4430 [7AP], H4542 [3MY], H5606 [25MY], H10992 [26OC]

Reports

Banking Insurance Fund-Savings Association Insurance Fund Resolution Options: FDIC, Dept. of the Treasury, and GAO, E856 [7AP]

Reports filed

Activities During the 103d Congress: Committee on Small Business (House) (H. Rept. 103-885), H121 [4JA]

Schedules

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate): Mexican economic situation, D319 [9MR]

Tributes

Brady, Charles A., E999 [11MY], E1985 [20OC]

Marshall, Robert S., E2004 [24OC]

McCarthy, Richard D., E974 [9MY], E1065 [17MY]

Meyers, Representative, E2235 [28NO]

Rowen, Hobart, E888 [1MY]

Starzynski, Florence, E138 [19JA]