BORSKI, ROBERT A. (a Representative from Pennsylvania)

Amendments offered by, to

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2099), H7802 [26JY]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: amend (H.R. 961), H4640 [9MY]

Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (H.R. 5), H401 [19JA], H857 [30JA]

Appointments

Conferee: S. 440, National Highway System designation, H9796 [11OC]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Agriculture: price supports for peanuts (see H.R. 2008), H6829 [11JY]

———price supports for sugar (see H.R. 1687), H5471 [23MY]

———prohibit transfer or marketing of nonambulatory cattle, sheep, swine, horses, mules, or goats (see H.R. 2143), H8063 [31JY]

———use of humane methods in the slaughter of poultry (see H.R. 264), H13870 [30NO]

Airlines: prohibit smoking on all flights (see H.R. 969), H2177 [23FE]

Alaska: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1000), H2989 [9MR]

Animals: prohibit interstate commerce relative to exotic animals (see H.R. 1202), H4512 [2MY]

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

Aviation: repeal increase in transportation fuels tax applicable to commercial aviation (see H.R. 752), H1281 [6FE]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 49, 53), H468 [20JA], H803 [26JA]

———require an operating and a capital budget to distinguish between Federal funds and trust funds (see H.R. 1233), H5571 [24MY]

———treatment of receipts and disbursements of Federal trust funds (see H.R. 564), H1052 [1FE]

Capital Budget Commission: establish (see H.R. 1302), H5571 [24MY]

CERCLA: clarify liability for certain recycling transactions (see H.R. 820), H5609 [25MY]

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

Coastal Zone Management Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1965), H9591 [27SE]

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

Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act: revise and extend (see H.R. 1872), H8806 [12SE]

Consumer Price Index: calculation (see H. Res. 45), H802 [26JA]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: extend benefits to certain merchant mariners who served during World War II (see H.R. 44), H164 [9JA]

Disasters: provide for hazard mitigation, relief, and insurance against natural disasters (see H.R. 1856), H6045 [15JN]

Diseases: payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted human immunodeficiency virus due to contaminated blood products (see H.R. 1023), H4441 [1MY]

———research programs for Parkinson's disease (see H.R. 1462), H6089 [19JN]

Economy: promote revitalization through Federal assistance for cleanup of abandoned or contaminated properties (see H.R. 2178), H8360 [3AU]

Edison, Thomas Alva: mint coins in commemoration of sesquicentennial of birth (see H.R. 893), H4546 [3MY]

Education: substitute educational quality evaluations for cohort default rates in eligibility determinations for student assistance programs (see H.R. 903), H3327 [16MR]

EPA: State grants to finance the construction or improvement of water supply systems (see H.R. 2747), H14238 [7DE]

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

FDA: increase the voting consumer representation of the Blood Products Advisory Committee (see H.R. 1021), H4441 [1MY]

Federal employees: military uniform requirements for civilian employees of the National Guard (see H.R. 2264), H13804 [29NO]

Federal firefighters: hourly and overtime pay rates and pay equity with public sector firefighters (see H.R. 858), H3049 [10MR]

Firearms: ban the manufacture, importation, and sale of ammunition that can penetrate police body armor (see H.R. 444), H890 [30JA]

———regulate sale, import, and manufacture of polymer plastic ammunition (see H.R. 221), H593 [24JA]

Food: meat and poultry inspection programs (see H.R. 1423), H8063 [31JY]

Government: continuance of pay when there is a lapse in appropriations (see H.R. 2184), H8994 [14SE]

Graham, Billy and Ruth: award congressional gold medal (see H.R. 2657), H14927 [14DE]

H. John Heinz III, Dept. of Veterans Affairs Nursing Care Center, Aspinwall, PA: designate (see H.R. 2760), H14310 [12DE]

Hazardous substances: nuclear waste disposal (see H.R. 1020), H4177 [4AP]

Health: require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mothers and newborn infants following birth (see H.R. 1936, 1955; H. Con. Res. 79), H6396 [27JN], H6655 [29JN], H11830 [7NO]

House Rules: treatment of outside earned income (see H. Res. 299), H14310 [12DE]

Human rights: trafficking of Burmese women and girls into Thailand for forced prostitution (see H. Con. Res. 21), H12506 [15NO]

Hunting and trapping: prohibit steel jaw leghold traps (see H.R. 1404), H5471 [23MY]

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

Iran: human rights violations of Bahais (see H. Con. Res. 102), H11830 [7NO]

Max Rosenn U.S. Courthouse, Wilkes-Barre, PA: designate (see H.R. 1718), H14003 [5DE]

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

Medicare: colorectal screening (see H.R. 922), H2393 [28FE]

———diabetes outpatient self-management training services (see H.R. 1073), H5691 [7JN]

———limit penalty for late enrollment (see H.R. 559), H2651 [3MR]

———permit select policies to be offered in all States (see H.R. 483), H2651 [3MR]

———prostate cancer screening (see H.R. 1496), H4431 [7AP]

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

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), H2393 [28FE]

Mississippi: transfer lands for Jamie L. Whitten Wilderness Area (see H.R. 2552), H10994 [26OC]

Northern Ireland: adherence with the MacBride Principles by U.S. persons doing business (see H.R. 470), H7012 [13JY]

Pensions: exclude the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund from the Federal budget (see H.R. 103), H2811 [7MR]

———revise effective date for cost-of-living adjustments for military retirees (see H.R. 2664), H13731 [28NO]

Railway Labor Act: applicability to U.S. air carriers and flight crews during operations outside the U.S. (see H.R. 1210), H4105 [3AP]

Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of 150th anniversary (see H.R. 1079, 2627), H4415 [6AP], H13274 [17NO]

Social Security: maintain earnings test correlation between disability insurance benefits for the blind and retirement age benefits (see H. Con. Res. 23), H2651 [3MR]

———maintenance and protection of system (see H. Con. Res. 78), H6699 [30JN]

Taxation: allow installment method of reporting income from the sale of certain residential real property (see H.R. 1076), H2392 [28FE]

———exclusion of employer-provided educational assistance (see H.R. 127), H890 [30JA]

———require burden of proof to be on the Dept. of the Treasury in all tax cases (see H.R. 390), H468 [20JA]

———treatment of accelerated death benefits under life insurance contracts (see H.R. 99), H4511 [2MY]

———treatment of contributions in aid of construction to a water or wastewater utility (see H.R. 957), H6698 [30JN]

Tax-exempt organizations: authorize receipt of Federal loans, grants, or contracts to organizations engaging in lobbying activities (see H.R. 2785), H15238 [20DE]

Transportation: provide off-budget treatment for certain transportation trust funds (see H.R. 842), H1371 [7FE]

Urban areas: promote national agenda (see H.R. 1297), H3572 [22MR]

Veterans: benefit eligibility for certain service in the military forces of the Philippines (see H.R. 1136), H4619 [9MY]

———eliminate disparity between civilian and military retiree cost-of-living adjustments (see H.R. 38), H3327 [16MR]

Washington, George: mint coins in commemoration of 200th anniversary of death (see H.R. 2026), H7179 [18JY]

Weapons: eliminate use of antipersonnel landmines (see H.R. 1876), H8597 [6SE]

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

World War II: mint coins in commemoration of 50th anniversary of the Marshall Plan and of George C. Marshall (see H.R. 1406), H5692 [7JN]

Remarks by, on

Belsky, Gary F.: Order of the Knights of Pythias Sam Ospow Award recipient, E1760 [12SE]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: lift U.S. arms embargo (S. 21), H8119 [1AU]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), H726 [26JA]

———making supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 1158), H3204 [15MR], H3297 [16MR]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2491), H11199 [26OC]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2491), conference report, H13199 [17NO]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1996-2002 (H. Con. Res. 67), H5273 [18MY]

Corp. for Public Broadcasting: funding, H3297 [16MR]

Corps of Engineers: delay closing of division offices and bar funding to rehabilitate the McFarland (dredge vessel), H6786 [11JY]

Dept. of State: consolidate foreign affairs agencies (H.R. 1561), H5729 [8JN]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2002), H7406 [21JY], H7593 [25JY]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2099), H7940 [28JY], E1574 [1AU]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2099), conference report, H13756 [29NO]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2099), motion to instruct conferees, H11697 [2NO]

Economy: promote revitalization through Federal assistance for cleanup of abandoned or contaminated properties (H.R. 2178), E1623 [3AU]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 1905), H6786 [11JY]

EPA: enforcement of certain environmental laws, H7940 [28JY], H11697 [2NO]

———funding, H13756 [29NO]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: amend (H.R. 961), H4693, H4735, H4779, H4784 [10MY], H4806, H4826, H4834 [11MY], H4881, H4884, H4889 [12MY], H4978, H4991 [16MY]

———amend (H.R. 961), consideration (H. Res. 140), H4685 [10MY]

Federal-State relations: exempt existing water pollution laws from unfunded Federal mandates reform, H857, H859 [30JA]

———reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (H.R. 5), H435, H440 [20JA], H857, H859, H860 [30JA]

———regulations that significantly impact the health or safety of residents of other States or locales, H440 [20JA]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (H.J. Res. 79), H6430 [28JN]

House of Brith Sholom (organization): anniversary, E778 [4AP]

House Rules: reform the House of Representatives (H. Res. 6), H43 [4JA]

———require a three-fifths majority on the passage of legislation increasing revenue, H43 [4JA]

Labor unions: collective bargaining rights of mass transit employees, H7593 [25JY]

Medicaid: reform, H10285 [18OC], H13199 [17NO]

Medicare: reform, H10285 [18OC], H13199 [17NO]

———reform (H.R. 2425), H10369 [19OC]

———reform of part B prescription drug benefit programs relative to Federal employees and retirees, E2253 [29NO]

National Highway System: designate (H.R. 2274), H9269, H9290, H9300 [20SE]

Philadelphia, PA: anniversary of Polish American Congress, E1043 [16MY]

Roads and highways: maximum speed limit, H9290 [20SE]

———treatment of Federal highway funds relative to drunken driving by minors, H9300 [20SE]

Sewage disposal: funding for State sewage treatment plant construction, H4881 [12MY]

Taxation: rates (H.R. 1215), H4255 [5AP]

Water: regard certain municipal treatment facilities as the equivalent of secondary treatment (H.R. 1943), H7571 [25JY]

Water pollution: industrial discharge standards, H4779 [10MY]

———State nonpoint source management in coastal zones, H4784 [10MY]

Wetlands: restoration and conservation programs, H4978, H4991 [16MY]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H10305 [18OC]

Schedules

Committee on Rules (House): constitutional amendment to require balanced budget, D72 [23JA]

———Federal Water Pollution Control Act amendments, D569 [9MY]

Tributes

Kennedy, William T., Jr., E1216 [9JN]

Redmiles, Frank, E1872 [28SE]

Williams, James A., E289 [7FE]