ROUKEMA, MARGE (a Representative from New Jersey)

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Recovering money on home loans, H4121 [4AP]

Amendments offered by, to

Public welfare programs: reform (H.R. 4), H3586, H3628 [23MR]

Appointments

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

North Atlantic Assembly, H1763 [15FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

AFDC: deny benefits to children who have not received preventive health care or been immunized (see H.R. 191), H168 [9JA]

Colleges and universities: participation in Pell Grant Program relative to Federal Stafford Loan Program default rate (see H.R. 2038), H7011 [13JY]

Financial institutions: exclude certain bank products from the definition of a deposit (see H.R. 1574), H4545 [3MY]

———provide funding for the Financing Corp. and consolidate Federal deposit insurance funds and agencies (see H.R. 2363), H9245 [19SE]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 2836), H15633 [22DE]

Homeless: determination of the immunization status of children living in certain federally assisted housing and shelters (see H.R. 192), H169 [9JA]

Housing: enhance availability of investment capital for low- and moderate-income housing (see H.R. 1211), H3049 [10MR]

Interstate Child Support Enforcement Act: enact (see H.R. 195), H169 [9JA]

Members of Congress: eliminate automatic salary adjustments (see H.R. 196), H169 [9JA]

Mental health: national policy to provide health care coverage to individuals with severe mental illnesses (see H.R. 193), H169 [9JA]

New York: Dept. of Agriculture contributions toward the purchase of the Sterling Forest (see H.R. 194), H169 [9JA]

Taxation: deduction for interest paid on debt secured by a first or second home (see H. Con. Res. 10), H176 [9JA]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Agriculture: eliminate the Market Promotion Program (see H.R. 1749), H6699 [30JN]

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

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

Armed Forces: procedures for determining status of certain missing members (see H.R. 945), H2651 [3MR]

Armenia: anniversary of genocide (see H. Con. Res. 47), H4336 [5AP]

Barnegat Bay, NJ: eligibility for priority consideration under the National Estuary Program (see H.R. 679), H691 [25JA]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 28), H175 [9JA]

Children and youth: child labor provisions relative to loading of materials into balers and compacters (see H.R. 1114), H4032 [30MR]

Citizenship: status of children born in U.S. to parents who are citizens or permanent resident aliens (see H.R. 705), H5623 [6JN]

———status of children born in U.S. to parents who are not citizens or permanent resident aliens (see H.R. 1363), H4031 [30MR]

Civil rights: affirmative action policies (see H.R. 2128), H7916 [27JY]

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

Coastal Zone Management Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1965), H10146 [17OC]

Congress: reform lobbying disclosure and gift rules (see H.R. 2686), H13870 [30NO]

Correctional institutions: reform process for lawsuits relative to prison conditions and treatment (see H.R. 2468), H11830 [7NO]

Davis-Bacon Act: revise (see H.R. 2472), H11587 [31OC]

Dept. of HHS: establish domestic violence community response teams (see H.R. 2665), H13341 [18NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: extend benefits to certain merchant mariners who served during World War II (see H.R. 44), H4795 [10MY]

———outpatient medical services for former POW (see H.R. 468), H4916 [12MY]

Education: provide hold-harmless payment amounts for impact-aid payments relative to Federal acquisition of real property (see H.R. 939), H2584 [2MR]

———student loan reform (see H.R. 530), H4105 [3AP]

Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 2072, 2566), H9364 [20SE], H11586 [31OC]

Employment: age discrimination regulations relative to hiring and retirement plans for State and local law enforcement officers and firefighters (see H.R. 849), H1371 [7FE]

———consolidate Federal job training programs (see H.R. 511, 1617), H242 [13JA], H4873 [11MY]

English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see H.R. 123, 739), H1157 [2FE], H10047 [12OC]

Families and domestic relations: child support enforcement (see H.R. 785), H1051 [1FE]

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

———strengthen rights of parents (see H.R. 11), H161 [9JA]

Financial institutions: reform regulatory process and paperwork requirements (see H.R. 1362), H4031 [30MR]

Firearms: ban the manufacture, importation, and sale of ammunition that can penetrate police body armor (see H.R. 444), H179 [9JA]

———gun control (see H. Con. Res. 65), H6397 [27JN]

———prohibit possession near school zones on the basis of interstate commerce control (see H.R. 1608), H5623 [6JN]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 79), H3416 [21MR]

Foreign aid: prohibit to countries that restrict the delivery of U.S. humanitarian assistance to other countries (see H.R. 942), H2651 [3MR]

Government: applicability of criminal laws pertaining to fraud or false statements to all branches of Government (see H.R. 1678), H7179 [18JY]

———reform disclosure of lobbying activities to influence the Federal Government (see H.R. 2564), H12190 [13NO]

———status of Federal contractors that hire permanent replacements for striking employees (see H.R. 1176), H2892 [8MR]

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

Health: liability of raw material and component suppliers to medical device manufacturers (see H.R. 753), H1850 [15FE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 995, 996), H1967 [21FE]

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

Housing: homeownership opportunities and extension of the rural rental housing program (see H.R. 1691), H7801 [26JY]

———prevent persons with drug or alcohol problems from occupying units in housing projects for elderly families (see H.R. 117), H10146 [17OC]

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

Immigration: asylum reform (see H.R. 2182), H8684 [7SE]

———deny visas and admission to aliens who have been unlawfully in the U.S. for more than one year and prohibit adjustments of status for illegal aliens (see H.R. 1765), H6736 [10JY]

———reform admission policies, treatment of criminal aliens and alien smuggling, documentation requirements, and border security (see H.R. 560, 1915, 2202), H5623 [6JN], H6269 [22JN], H8533 [4AU]

———status of public education benefits relative to States (see H.R. 1377), H4104 [3AP]

Insurance: coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (see H.R. 2011), H6830 [11JY]

———provide tax incentives to encourage health insurance coverage continuity and portability and discourage preexisting condition exclusions (see H.R. 1604), H7461 [21JY]

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

Labor: allow cooperative efforts between management and labor to improve economic competitiveness (see H.R. 743), H889 [30JA]

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

Music: licensing (see H.R. 789), H2487 [1MR]

NASA: termination of International Space Station program (see H.R. 1701), H5571 [24MY]

National Education Standards and Improvement Council: eliminate (see H.R. 1045), H2223 [24FE]

National Gambling Impact and Policy Commission: establish (see H.R. 497), H8309 [2AU]

National Institute for the Environment: establish (see H.R. 2827), H15574 [21DE]

National Voter Registration Act: repeal (see H.R. 370), H1611 [10FE]

NIH: establish an Office for Rare Disease Research (see H.R. 2027), H7011 [13JY]

Northern Ireland: adherence with the MacBride Principles by U.S. persons doing business (see H.R. 470), H2892 [8MR]

Postal Service: acceptance of change-of-address orders from commercial mail receiving agencies (see H.R. 1464), H5623 [6JN]

Power resources: natural gas and hazardous liquid pipeline safety (see H.R. 1126), H2650 [3MR]

Public welfare programs: reform (see H.R. 4), H159 [9JA]

Refuse disposal: State control of municipal solid waste transportation and disposal (see H.R. 2443), H9738 [29SE]

Social Security: medicare reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see H.R. 580), H4795 [10MY]

Solid waste: State control over transportation of municipal solid waste (see H.R. 24, 1085), H163 [9JA], H2392 [28FE]

States: expedite review of criminal records of applicants for security officer employment (see H.R. 2092), H10048 [12OC]

Taxation: individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 682), H4336 [5AP]

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

———standards for determining employment status of independent contractors (see H.R. 1972), H14003 [5DE]

———treatment of bad debt reserves of savings associations which are required to convert to banks (see H.R. 2494), H10306 [18OC]

Truth in Lending Act: clarify intent and reduce regulatory burdens on creditors (see H.R. 1184), H2988 [9MR]

———clarify regulations relative to mortgage fees and disclosure requirements (see H.R. 2399), H9591 [27SE]

———moratorium on certain class action lawsuits (see H.R. 1380), H4104 [3AP]

Veterans: establish confidential database for the collection of medical information (see H.R. 798), H4795 [10MY]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 65), H4177 [4AP]

———revise effective dates for discontinuance of compensation and pension benefits (see H.R. 109), H4619 [9MY]

Vietnam: funding for diplomatic and economic relations relative to cooperation with efforts to account for POW/MIA (see H.J. Res. 89), H6699 [30JN]

Volunteer workers: grant immunity from personal civil liability during work on behalf of governmental entities or nonprofit organizations (see H.R. 911), H7257 [19JY]

Weapons: production of Trident II missiles (see H.R. 991), H5623 [6JN]

Women: availability of information on reproductive health services (see H. Res. 118), H4441 [1MY]

Letters

House gift rules reform: Representatives Shays, Waldholtz and Thomas Barrett, H13070 [16NO]

Memorandums

Bank Insurance Fund and Depositor Protection Act: Mary Maginniss, CBO, H14341 [12DE]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H9249 [20SE]

Remarks by, on

Abortion: coverage of abortion procedures through the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, H7190 [19JY]

———Federal assistance to graduate education programs relative to availability of abortion training for obstetrics and gynecology accreditation, H8380 [3AU]

———State discretion in deciding on funding for victims of rape and incest, H8376 [3AU]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1976), H7340 [20JY], E1539 [28JY]

Appropriations: line-item veto (H.R. 2), H1185 [3FE]

Armenia: anniversary of genocide (H. Con. Res. 47), H4502 [2MY]

Belvidere, NJ: anniversary, E1492 [21JY]

Belvidere Ambulance Corps, Inc.: anniversary, E1275 [16JN]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: U.S. military enforcement of peace agreement between Serbian, Croatian, and Muslim forces (H. Res. 302), H14850 [13DE]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), H761 [26JA]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1996-2002 (H. Con. Res. 67), H5143 [17MY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1996-2002 (H. Con. Res. 67), conference report, H6587 [29JN]

Child Survival and Disease Fund: funding, H6353 [27JN]

Colleges and universities: eligibility for Pell Grant funding relative to student loan default rate, H8405, H8406 [3AU]

———participation in Pell Grant Program relative to Federal Stafford Loan Program default rate (H.R. 2038), E1430 [13JY]

Dept. of HHS: restore funding to family planning programs, H8253 [2AU]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1977), H6944, H6981 [13JY], H7038 [17JY]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2020), H7190 [19JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: limit per diem payments to State veterans homes, H8022 [31JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2127), H8253 [2AU], H8376, H8380, H8405, H8406, H8417 [3AU]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2099), H7833, H7843 [27JY], H7936 [28JY], H8022, H8049 [31JY]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2099), motion to instruct conferees, H11695 [2NO]

DialAmerica Marketing, Inc.: tribute for helping to raise funds for the Leukemia Society, E1591 [2AU]

Education: student loan programs, H8417 [3AU]

Employment: consolidate Federal job training programs (H.R. 1617), H9154 [19SE]

Endangered species: privatize funding for the protection of the African elephants, tigers and rhinoceroses, H6981 [13JY]

EPA: enforcement of certain environmental laws, H7936 [28JY], H11695 [2NO]

Families and domestic relations: child support enforcement, H3624, H3628 [23MR]

Family Nutrition Block Grant Program: procurement of infant formula, H3587, H3588, H3591 [23MR]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: amend (H.R. 961), H4738, H4739 [10MY], H4981 [16MY]

Financial institutions: anniversary of National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund, E1992 [20OC]

———exclude certain bank products from the definition of a deposit (H.R. 1574), H14340 [12DE]

———provide funding for the Financing Corp. and consolidate Federal deposit insurance funds and agencies (H.R. 2363), H9250 [20SE], E1810 [19SE]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (H.J. Res. 79), H6432 [28JN]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 1868), H6353 [27JN]

Government: reform disclosure of lobbying activities to influence the Federal Government (H.R. 2564), H13109 [16NO]

Government-sponsored enterprises: cessation of Federal sponsorship (H.R. 1720), H9154 [19SE]

Holland Christian Home: anniversary, E935 [3MY]

House Rules: reform gift rules (H. Res. 250), consideration (H. Res. 268), H13070 [16NO]

Housing: funding for low-income housing, H7833 [27JY]

———prevent persons with drug or alcohol problems from occupying units in housing projects for elderly families (H.R. 117), H10653 [24OC]

———public housing construction and revitalization, H8049 [31JY]

Immigration: impact of illegal immigration, E1022 [12MY]

Labor: allow cooperative efforts between management and labor to improve economic competitiveness (H.R. 743), H9547 [27SE]

Masonic Order (fraternal organization): anniversary of the Order of the Eastern Star, E932 [3MY]

Medicare: reform, H5143 [17MY]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (H.J. Res. 73), H3898, H3899 [29MR]

Mexico: reporting requirements on economic assistance relative to instability of economy and currency (H. Res. 80), H2447 [1MR]

National Endowment for the Arts: funding, H7038 [17JY]

Passaic County, NJ: tribute to Drug Abuse Resistance and Education Program, E1126 [25MY]

Public debt: enforce debt limit and protect obligated trust funds (H.R. 2621), H14896 [14DE]

Public welfare programs: reform (H.R. 4), H3374 [21MR], H3424 [22MR], H3587, H3588, H3591, H3624, H3628 [23MR]

———reform (H.R. 4), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 319), H15504 [21DE]

Scaduto, Grace A.: New Jersey Federation of Republican Women Woman of the Year award recipient, E938 [3MY]

Sons of Italy Foundation: National Education and Leadership Award recipients, E1210 [9JN]

Taxation: rates (H.R. 1215), H4230 [5AP]

Truth in Lending Act: clarify regulations relative to mortgage fees and disclosure requirements (H.R. 2399), H9515 [27SE]

———moratorium on certain class action lawsuits (H.R. 1380), H4120 [4AP]

Votes: position on missed, H4890 [12MY], H7587 [25JY], H7751 [26JY]

Wells, Ray and Betty: Girl Scouts Outstanding Achievement Award recipients, E1006 [11MY]

West Milford, NJ: dedication of Highlands Trail at Echo Lake, E1110 [24MY]

Wetlands: restoration and conservation programs, H4981 [16MY]

WIC: participation levels, H7340 [20JY]

Woodcliff Lake, NJ: opening of the largest A&P Supermarket, E1499 [24JY]

Wyckoff, NJ: tribute to Evergreen Court senior housing project, E2370 [14DE]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H4914 [12MY], H9244 [19SE]

Resignations

Glass Ceiling Commission, H9742 [6OC]

Schedules

Committee on Resources (House): Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Lands: public lands legislation, D1164 [28SE]

Committee on Rules (House): Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies appropriations, D919 [25JY]

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

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House): Subcommittee on Surface Transportation: National Highway System reform, D313 [8MR]

Committee on Ways and Means (House): legislative priorities, D28 [10JA]

———Subcommittee on Human Resources: child support enforcement, D146 [6FE]

Tributes

Pye, Mort, E416 [23FE]

Rabin, Yitzhak, E2144 [9NO]