SERRANO, JOSE E. (a Representative from New York)

Amendments offered by, to

Courts: limit the application of the exclusionary rule (H.R. 666), H1396 [8FE]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State and the Judiciary: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2076), H7551 [24JY], H7778 [26JY]

Articles and editorials

Extinguishing Liberty, Cal Thomas, E1481 [20JY]

Marathon Man's Spirit With Us Still, Allan Steinfeld, New York (NY) Daily News, E2161 [10NO]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Civil liberties: protect the right to travel to foreign countries (see H.R. 1702), H5571 [24MY]

Colleges and universities: student loan default rate limitations relative to Hispanic-serving institutions (see H.R. 366), H173 [9JA]

Crime: distribute to community-based organizations information on the prevention of youth violence and crime (see H.R. 2818), H15237 [20DE]

Cuba: allow cash remittances to relatives in Cuba (see H.R. 1704), H5571 [24MY]

———allow news bureau exchanges between U.S. and Cuba (see H.R. 1703), H5571 [24MY]

———grant waiver to allow Cuban nationals to play professional baseball in the U.S. (see H.R. 2311), H8805 [12SE]

Cuban Democracy Act: repeal (see H.R. 367), H173 [9JA]

Diseases: pediatric and adolescent AIDS (see H. Con. Res. 62), H4432 [7AP]

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

Health: national policy to provide health care coverage of mental illnesses (see H. Con. Res. 98), H8536 [4AU]

Immigration: funding for improvements in the naturalization process (see H.R. 2120), H7801 [26JY]

Medicare: medical nutrition therapy services (see H.R. 2247), H8535 [4AU]

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

Puerto Rico: self-determination (see H. Con. Res. 11), H176 [9JA]

Sinatra, Francis A.: award congressional gold medal (see H.R. 1921, 2310), H6269 [22JN], H8805 [12SE]

Taxation: designation of overpayments and contributions to the U.S. Library Trust Fund (see H.R. 2246), H8535 [4AU]

———tax credit for investment in the revitalization of communities (see H.R. 2097), H7461 [21JY]

Territories: constitutional amendment regarding presidential election voting rights for residents (see H.J. Res. 42), H176 [9JA]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Abortion: protection of reproductive rights and access to reproductive health care clinics (see H.R. 1952), H6481 [28JN]

AFDC: provide grants for demonstration projects to coordinate the administration of services to needy families with children (see H.R. 710), H802 [26JA]

Agriculture: humane living conditions for calves raised for the production of veal (see H.R. 263), H6735 [10JY]

———price supports for honey (see H.R. 1235), H5072 [16MY]

———price supports for peanuts (see H.R. 2008), H7068 [17JY]

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

———provide incentives for the maintenance of farmland in production capacity (see H.R. 2429), H14964 [15DE]

Air pollution: reduction in emissions of pollutants contributing to acid deposition in the Adirondacks (see H.R. 2682), H14003 [5DE]

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

Alaska: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1000), H1967 [21FE]

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

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

———reporting requirements for research facilities conducting experimentation and testing (see H.R. 1547), H5367 [18MY]

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

Armed Forces: procedures for determining status of certain missing members (see H.R. 945), H4619 [9MY]

Armenia: anniversary of genocide (see H. Con. Res. 47), H4512 [2MY]

Award, medals, prizes: establish congressional commemorative medal for organ donors (see H.R. 2551), H14003 [5DE]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: investigation of war crimes (see H. Res. 282), H15136 [19DE]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), consideration (see H. Res. 33), H593 [24JA]

Business and industry: volunteer guidelines for socially responsible practices for U.S. businesses operating abroad (see H.R. 910), H1688 [13FE]

Charities: clarify exemptions from securities and antitrust laws relative to charitable gift annuities (see H.R. 2525), H11830 [7NO]

Chavez, Cesar E.: designate birthday as Federal holiday (see H.J. Res. 84), H4031 [30MR]

Children and youth: health research (see H.R. 1735), H5608 [25MY]

China, People's Republic of: encourage liberty (see H.R. 1147), H4177 [4AP]

China, Republic of: U.N. participation (see H. Con. Res. 12), H1752 [14FE]

Citizenship: demonstration projects to celebrate process of becoming and being U.S. citizens (see H.R. 1980), H6697 [30JN]

Civil rights: prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (see H.R. 1507), H4431 [7AP]

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

Civil Rights Act: applications (see H.R. 658), H1752 [14FE]

———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), H6656 [29JN]

Coins: mint coins recommended by the Citizens Commemorative Coin Advisory Committee (see H.R. 1753), H6270 [22JN]

Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 42), H2716 [6MR]

———revise and extend (see H.R. 1872), H8597 [6SE]

Consumer Price Index: calculation (see H. Res. 45), H4512 [2MY]

Consumers: credit card fees (see H.R. 1169), H6736 [10JY]

———establish a toll-free telephone number in the Dept. of Commerce to assist consumers in identifying domestically-produced merchandise (see H.R. 447), H593 [24JA]

Convention Against Torture and Other Forms of Cruel, Inhuman, and Degrading Treatment or Punishment: implementation (see H.R. 1416), H6200 [21JN]

Courts: enforcement of child support obligations by requiring the use of liens against property of persons owing overdue support (see H.R. 1029), H5623 [6JN]

———equalize remedies available to victims of intentional employment discrimination (see H.R. 96), H1556 [9FE]

———prevent jury tampering (see H.R. 1145), H4619 [9MY]

———prevent witness retaliation (see H.R. 1143), H4619 [9MY]

———prevent witness tampering (see H.R. 1144), H4619 [9MY]

———reform civil assets forfeiture (see H.R. 1916), H9364 [20SE]

Credit: define payment postmark date as payment date for purposes of grace periods (see H.R. 1963), H6655 [29JN]

Crime: include peonage and slavery offenses as RICO predicates (see H.R. 305), H1968 [21FE]

———prevention of fraud relative to provision of or receipt of payment for health care services (see H.R. 1758), H6736 [10JY]

———protection from sexual predators (see H.R. 713), H3417 [21MR]

———restitution for victims (see H.R. 711), H802 [26JA]

Cuba: exception to trade embargo for medicines and medical supplies, instruments, or equipment (see H.R. 1700), H5571 [24MY]

Cyprus: dispute resolution (see H. Con. Res. 42), H8725 [8SE]

Dept. of Defense: reduce size of operational support aircraft fleet (see H.R. 1973), H8537 [4AU]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish mammography quality standards (see H.R. 882), H4512 [2MY]

Diseases: prevention, control, and elimination of tuberculosis (see H.R. 1140), H5905 [13JN]

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

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

Drugs: eliminate certain mandatory minimum penalties for crack cocaine offenses (see H.R. 1264), H4619 [9MY]

Ecology and environment: establish revolving loan funds for cleanup of distressed areas with investment potential (see H.R. 1620), H4873 [11MY]

———funding to States to implement national estuary conservation and management plans (see H.R. 1438, 1917), H4414 [6AP], H6269 [22JN]

———State certification of voluntary cleanup programs for low and medium priority sites (see H.R. 1621), H4873 [11MY]

———strengthen protection of native biodiversity and place restraints on clearcutting of forests (see H.R. 2407), H15136 [19DE]

Education: funding for higher education financial aid programs (see H. Res. 122), H4620 [9MY]

———provide demonstration grants to secondary schools to extend the academic year (see H.R. 2252), H8535 [4AU]

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

Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 1100), H2486 [1MR]

Employment: improve employment and training assistance for dislocated workers (see H.R. 1422), H4619 [9MY]

———tax credit for the hiring of displaced homemakers (see H.R. 110), H2892 [8MR]

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

———regulation (see H.R. 43), H5367 [18MY]

Families and domestic relations: child support enforcement (see H.R. 801), H2989 [9MR]

———interstate enforcement of child support and parentage court orders (see H.R. 95), H166 [9JA]

———reduction of teenage pregnancy rates and encouragement of parental responsibility (see H.R. 1115), H2584 [2MR]

Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: coverage of medical foods (see H.R. 2009), H8725 [8SE]

———make available to general public (see H.R. 1084), H4795 [10MY]

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

———gun control (see H. Con. Res. 65), H4618 [9MY]

———prohibit possession of nonsporting handguns (see H.R. 250), H890 [30JA]

Food: meat and poultry inspection programs (see H.R. 1423), H5367 [18MY]

Foreign Service: retirement, survivor, and health benefits for spouses relative to misconduct or disloyalty of officials (see H.R. 674), H2584 [2MR]

Foreign trade: develop criteria for market access in foreign countries (see H.R. 1560), H4958 [15MY]

———prohibit the importation of goods produced abroad with child labor (see H.R. 2065), H7256 [19JY]

France: actions relative to moratorium on testing of nuclear weapons (see H. Res. 174), H8684 [7SE]

Freedom of information: require disclosure of information on certain individuals relative to Nazi war crimes during World War II (see H.R. 1281), H4105 [3AP]

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

FTC: prescriptions for contact lenses (see H.R. 1454), H5623 [6JN]

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

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

Health: designate obstetrician-gynecologists as primary care providers for women under Federal health care regulations (see H. Res. 30), H890 [30JA]

———deter health care fraud and improve the administration of health benefit plans (see H.R. 1912), H7068 [17JY]

———develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth defects (see H.R. 1010), H3049 [10MR]

———ensure pregnant women receiving Public Health Service assistance are provided with pregnancy information and counseling (see H.R. 833), H5753 [8JN]

———establish a national program of trained community health advisers (see H.R. 2245), H14003 [5DE]

———establish an educational program on the prevention and treatment of eating disorders (see H.R. 1688), H5471 [23MY]

———include organ donation forms and information in individual income tax refund payments (see H.R. 1889), H7012 [13JY]

———liability of raw material and component suppliers to medical device manufacturers (see H.R. 753), H4619 [9MY]

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

———prevention of fetal alcohol syndrome (see H.R. 1649), H5071 [16MY]

———prohibit discrimination relative to exposure to hazardous substances (see H.R. 2691), H14311 [12DE]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mothers and newborn infants following birth (see H.R. 1936, 1955, 1970; H. Con. Res. 79), H6396 [27JN], H6655, H6656 [29JN], H7801 [26JY]

———studies and programs relative to traumatic brain injuries (see H.R. 248), H4619 [9MY]

Health care professionals: training for the identification and referral of victims of domestic violence (see H.R. 1521), H5983 [14JN]

Higher Education Accumulation Program: establish to allow tax deductible donations (see H.R. 797), H5071 [16MY]

House of Representatives: ratification of constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights relative to States' ratification (see H. Res. 39), H3417 [21MR]

Housing: benefits relative to the purchase of residential cooperative apartment units (see H.R. 1006), H6656 [29JN]

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

Human rights: trafficking of Burmese women and girls into Thailand for forced prostitution (see H. Con. Res. 21), H3573 [22MR]

Immigration and Nationality Act: amend by substituting ``children born out of wedlock'' for ``illegitimate children'' references (see H.R. 1204), H4619 [9MY]

Insurance: coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (see H.R. 2011), H8904 [13SE]

———prohibit denial of health coverage based on status as victim of domestic violence (see H.R. 2654), H13870 [30NO]

———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]

IRS: safeguard taxpayer rights (see H.R. 661), H5071 [16MY]

Israel: secondary boycott by Arab countries (see H.R. 1193), H4795 [10MY]

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, 2226), H1207 [3FE], H8534 [4AU]

———prostate cancer screening (see H.R. 780), H3572 [22MR]

———screening mammography (see H.R. 777), H3572 [22MR]

Medicare: clarify scope of coverage and payment amounts for the use of medical devices approved for investigational use (see H.R. 1744), H8597 [6SE]

———colorectal screening (see H.R. 922, 1046), H3073 [13MR], H5983 [14JN]

———coverage of blood-testing strips for individuals with diabetes (see H.R. 1074), H3327 [16MR]

———coverage of paramedic intercept ambulance support services (see H.R. 1757), H8597 [6SE]

———diabetes outpatient self-management training services (see H.R. 1073), H3327 [16MR]

———limit penalty for late enrollment (see H.R. 559), H2989 [9MR]

———limit penalty for late enrollment and establish special enrollment for certain military retirees (see H.R. 2729), H14172 [6DE]

———multiple sclerosis drug treatments (see H.R. 1078), H5623 [6JN]

———permit select policies to be offered in all States (see H.R. 483), H3049 [10MR]

———prostate cancer screening (see H.R. 779, 1496), H3572 [22MR], H6159 [20JN]

———protection of beneficiaries relative to enrollment in managed care plans and health maintenance organizations (see H.R. 1707), H7068 [17JY]

———screening mammography (see H.R. 778, 958), H1849 [15FE], H3572 [22MR]

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]

Miller, Doris: posthumous awarding of Medal of Honor (see H.R. 1677), H6159 [20JN]

Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 619, 940), H1372 [7FE], H1751 [14FE]

Monuments and memorials: encircle the Washington Monument with State flags (see H.R. 990), H4512 [2MY]

National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases: expand activities relative to lupus (see H.R. 835), H4512 [2MY]

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]

NIH: funding for diabetes-related research (see H.R. 1656), H8537 [4AU]

Patents: early publication of patent applications (see H.R. 1733), H10077 [13OC]

———restore term (see H.R. 359), H537 [23JA]

Pensions: exclude the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund from the Federal budget (see H.R. 103), H6083 [16JN]

———revise effective date for cost-of-living adjustments for military retirees (see H.R. 2664), H13870 [30NO]

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

Political campaigns: require disclosure of certain phone bank communications (see H.R. 324), H172 [9JA]

Public health: establish standards for long-term care insurance policies (see H.R. 1221), H5691 [7JN]

Public Health Service: extend and clarify malpractice coverage for health centers (see H.R. 1747), H8597 [6SE]

Public welfare programs: reform (see H.R. 1250), H3276 [15MR]

Public works: provide incentives for the creation of jobs and restoration of infrastructure (see H.R. 1591), H4618 [9MY]

Puerto Rico: transfer of certain lands on the Island of Vieques (see H.R. 2159), H8308 [2AU]

Recycling: management standards and requirements for spent lead-acid batteries (see H.R. 1522), H4432 [7AP]

———require producers and importers of newsprint to recycle a certain percentage (see H.R. 1523), H4432 [7AP]

———require producers and importers of tires to recycle a certain percentage (see H.R. 1524), H4432 [7AP]

———require the EPA to establish a recycling credit system for used oil (see H.R. 1525), H4432 [7AP]

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

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

Senior citizens: affirm the purpose and value of senior nutrition programs (see H. Con. Res. 22), H1612 [10FE]

Serna, Marcelino: posthumous awarding of Medal of Honor (see H.R. 670), H8536 [4AU]

Small business: increase deductions for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 76), H1052 [1FE]

Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of 150th anniversary (see H.R. 1079, 2627), H4619 [9MY], H13274 [17NO]

Social Security: maintain earnings test correlation between disability insurance benefits for the blind and retirement age benefits (see H. Con. Res. 23), H2892 [8MR]

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

———require States to permit a chronically-ill parent to appoint a standby guardian for a minor without surrendering parental rights (see H.R. 709), H2892 [8MR]

SSI: require benefits in the form of vouchers (see H.R. 612), H2892 [8MR]

States: expedite review of criminal records of applicants for security officer employment (see H.R. 2092), H7461 [21JY]

———Federal recognition of any coastal moratorium on leasing, exploration, and development of the Outer Continental Shelf (see H.R. 1898), H6158 [20JN]

Surplus Government property: authorize donation of surplus Federal law enforcement canines to their handlers (see H.R. 704), H3049 [10MR]

———distribution to nonprofit organizations providing assistance to the hungry or indigent (see H.R. 863), H6913 [12JY]

Taxation: allow nonitemizers a deduction for a portion of their charitable contributions (see H.R. 1493), H5905 [13JN]

———benefits for foreign corporations (see H.R. 1278), H5753 [8JN]

———credit for clinical testing expenses for certain drugs for rare diseases or conditions (see H.R. 1566), H7012 [13JY]

———employer credits for expenses of providing dependent care services to employees (see H.R. 881), H3417 [21MR]

———encourage investment in low-income housing (see H.R. 931), H4433 [7AP]

———exclude length of service awards for firefighters and emergency medical service personnel from limitations on deferred compensation plans (see H.R. 1893), H8309 [2AU]

———exclusion of employer-provided educational assistance (see H.R. 127), H3733 [23MR]

———individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1389), H4874 [11MY]

———nonrecognition of gain on sale of a principal residence by unemployed individuals (see H.R. 1149), H2811 [7MR]

———permit penalty-free withdrawals from certain retirement accounts by unemployed individuals (see H.R. 1148), H2811 [7MR]

———permit tax-free rollover of certain payments made by employers to separated employees (see H.R. 1251), H8537 [4AU]

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

———retain alternative minimum tax (see H. Con. Res. 110), H10848 [25OC]

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

———treatment of adoption expenses (see H.R. 1985), H6698 [30JN]

———treatment of charitable risk pools (see H.R. 1299), H5692 [7JN]

———treatment of gains on sale of small business stocks (see H.R. 645), H2651 [3MR]

———treatment of group legal services plans (see H.R. 540), H4433 [7AP]

———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 student loan interest (see H.R. 1229), H4177 [4AP]

———treatment of tenant-stockholders in cooperative housing corporations (see H.R. 1546), H5609 [25MY]

Tobacco products: increase excise taxes and use revenue for tobacco crop substitution (see H.R. 1455), H4512 [2MY]

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

Transportation: funding for bicycle facilities and pedestrian walkways (see H.R. 1539), H4511 [2MY]

U.N. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 220), H13731 [28NO]

U.N. World Conference on Women: support U.S. commitments (see H. Con. Res. 119), H14764 [13DE]

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

Urban areas: economic redevelopment (see H.R. 1381), H6046 [15JN]

———provide grants to nonprofit organizations to develop open spaces (see H.R. 936), H1751 [14FE]

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

Veterans: benefit eligibility for certain service in the military forces of the Philippines (see H.R. 1136), H2716 [6MR]

———establish confidential database for the collection of medical information (see H.R. 798), H4415 [6AP]

———Government employment preference for active duty service veterans of Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm (see H.R. 2510), H10484 [19OC]

———minimum survivor annuities for surviving spouses who remain unmarried (see H.R. 1090), H4619 [9MY]

———revise effective dates for discontinuance of compensation and pension benefits (see H.R. 109), H8597 [6SE]

Volunteer workers: grant immunity from personal civil liability during work on behalf of governmental entities or nonprofit organizations (see H.R. 911), H1688 [13FE]

Washington, George: mint coins in commemoration of 200th anniversary of death (see H.R. 2026), H9592 [27SE]

Water pollution: eliminate certain discharges of chlorine compounds into navigable waters (see H.R. 1400), H4334 [5AP]

———enforcement and compliance with regulations (see H.R. 1262), H4795 [10MY]

———Federal facilities pollution control (see H.R. 363), H2393 [28FE]

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

Weapons: deployment policy for ballistic missile systems (see H.R. 983), H1907 [16FE]

———eliminate use of antipersonnel landmines (see H.R. 1876), H6082 [16JN]

Women: availability of information on reproductive health services (see H. Res. 118), H5983 [14JN]

———establish offices of women's health within certain Federal agencies (see H.R. 1736), H6482 [28JN]

———prohibit practice of female genital mutilation or female circumcision (see H.R. 941), H2892 [8MR]

World Summit for Children: implementation of plan of action (see H.R. 966), H1849 [15FE]

Letters

Constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration of the U.S. flag: Geoffrey Graham, E1490 [21JY]

Remarks by, on

Abortion: use of law enforcement block grants to protect family planning clinics, H1725 [14FE]

Bronx, NY: tribute to TRIO programs, E425 [24FE]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), H655 [25JA], H708 [26JA]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2491), H11210 [26OC]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2491), conference report, H13198 [17NO]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1996-2002 (H. Con. Res. 67), H5170 [17MY], H5297 [18MY]

Caribbean nations: economic assistance, H5730 [8JN]

Courts: limit the application of the exclusionary rule (H.R. 666), H1396, H1397 [8FE]

Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures, E617 [16MR]

Cuba: Advisory Board for Cuba Broadcasting funding, H7779 [26JY]

———strengthen international economic sanctions and support transition to democratically elected government (H.R. 927), H9346 [20SE]

———TV Marti funding, H7772 [26JY]

Dept. of State: consolidate foreign affairs agencies (H.R. 1561), H5730 [8JN]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State and the Judiciary: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2076), H7727, H7730, H7772, H7779 [26JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2127), E1604, E1609 [3AU], E1638, E1642 [4AU]

EEOC: funding, H7727 [26JY]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: amend (H.R. 961), H4867 [11MY]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (H.J. Res. 79), H6419 [28JN], E1481 [20JY], E1490 [21JY]

Highbridge-Woodycrest Center, New York, NY: Fannie Mae Foundation Women's Health Initiative Grant recipient, E221 [30JA]

Immigration: facilitate the apprehension, detention, and deportation of criminal aliens (H.R. 668), H1595 [10FE]

———funding for improvements in the naturalization process, H7730 [26JY]

Latin America: economic assistance, H5730 [8JN]

Law enforcement: provide block grants (H.R. 728), H1717, H1725 [14FE]

———transfer block grant funds to community policing programs, H1717 [14FE]

Louchart, Mary Kay: St. Benedict the Moor Neighborhood Center of the Bronx, NY, honoree, E2037 [26OC]

Medicare: reform, H5170 [17MY]

———reform (H.R. 2425), H10364 [19OC]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (H.J. Res. 73), H3953 [29MR]

New York, NY: anniversary of Fordham Evangelical Lutheran Church, E2143 [9NO]

———anniversary of Seabury Day Care Center, E2145 [9NO]

Public welfare programs: funding for nutrition programs, H2730 [7MR]

———reform (H.R. 4), H3769 [24MR]

———reform (H.R. 4), conference report, H15526 [21DE]

Republican Party: national agenda, H1972 [22FE]

South Bronx Mental Health Council, Inc.: tribute, E178 [25JA]

Taxation: rates (H.R. 1215), H4258 [5AP]

Votes: position on missed, E1365 [29JN], E2273 [30NO]

Zucker, Stefan R.: St. Benedict the Moor Neighborhood Center honoree, E2039 [26OC]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H6267 [22JN]

Statements

Reinstatement of the Death Penalty in New York State: Robert Johnson, Bronx, NY, District Attorney, E617 [16MR]

Tributes

Amadeo, Miguel A., E1465 [19JY]

Arroyo, Carmen, E2028 [25OC]

Benjamin, Michael A., E2041 [26OC]

Capo, Bobby, E603 [15MR]

Caraballo, Hermes L., E2051 [26OC]

Cohen, Jonathan, E174 [25JA]

Colon, Ruben D., E2343 [12DE]

Crawford, John L., E1093 [22MY]

DeLeon, Dennis, E1314 [22JN]

Di Martino, Rita, E1444 [17JY]

Doyle, Michael T., E2042 [26OC]

Garcia, Carlos, E2082 [31OC]

Graciano, Jose M., E1090 [22MY]

Joslyn, Sharon A., E2030 [25OC]

LeBow, Fred, E2161 [10NO]

Lewis, Roland J., E2040 [26OC]

Overall, Martha, E2035 [26OC]

Pankey, Henry A., E2327 [8DE]

Simpson, Samuel G., E2339 [12DE]

Stern, Howard, E181 [26JA]

Torres, Eduardo J., E1089 [22MY]