KING, PETER T. (a Representative from New York)
Amendments offered by, to
Dept. of State: consolidate foreign affairs agencies (H.R. 1561), H5478, H5479 [23MY]
Articles and editorials
Should the U.S. Be Trading With India, Gurmit Singh Aulakh, Awaze Quam (publication), E1889
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Committee on POW/MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 21), H177 [9JA]
Crime: include peonage and slavery offenses as RICO predicates (see H.R. 305), H172 [9JA]
Dept. of HUD: assistance program eligibility for organizations that promote prejudice or bias based on race, religion, or ethnicity (see H.R. 656), H592 [24JA]
English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see H.R. 1005), H1968 [21FE]
Iran: economic sanctions (see H.R. 1033, 1541), H2176 [23FE], H4511 [2MY]
Jones Inlet, NY: modify navigation project (see H.R. 306), H172 [9JA]
Legislative Branch of the Government: application of certain laws (see H.R. 309), H172 [9JA]
Mexico: reporting requirements on economic assistance relative to instability of economy and currency (see H. Con. Res. 27), H1752 [14FE]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Agriculture: labeling of imported perishable agricultural commodities (see H.R. 2602), H15136 [19DE]
———price supports for peanuts (see H.R. 2008), H6829 [11JY]
Air pollution: reduction of work-related vehicle trips in ozone nonattainment areas (see H.R. 325), H1850 [15FE]
Appropriations: line-item veto (see H.R. 27), H163 [9JA]
Armed Forces: procedures for determining status of certain missing members (see H.R. 945), H4031 [30MR]
Armenia: anniversary of genocide (see H. Con. Res. 47), H7461 [21JY]
Arts and humanities: abolish the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Council on the Humanities (see H.R. 209), H692 [25JA]
Aviation: repeal increase in transportation fuels tax applicable to commercial aviation (see H.R. 752), H8536 [4AU]
Bosnia and Herzegovina: lift U.S. arms embargo (see H.R. 1172), H4032 [30MR]
China, Republic of: permit U.S. visits by elected leaders and representatives (see H.R. 1460), H4620 [9MY]
———U.N. membership (see H. Con. Res. 63), H8537 [4AU]
———U.N. participation (see H. Con. Res. 12), H1157 [2FE]
———visit of President Lee Teng-hui (see H. Con. Res. 53), H4032 [30MR]
Civil rights: affirmative action policies (see H.R. 2128), H7916 [27JY]
Congress: constitutional amendment to require a three-fifths majority on the passage of legislation increasing revenue (see H.J. Res. 106), H8308 [2AU]
Correctional institutions: reform process for lawsuits relative to prison conditions and treatment (see H.R. 2468), H9897 [11OC]
Courts: enforcement of child support obligations by requiring the use of liens against property of persons owing overdue support (see H.R. 1029), H2176 [23FE]
———prevent jury tampering (see H.R. 1145), H2892 [8MR]
———prevent witness retaliation (see H.R. 1143), H6736 [10JY]
———prevent witness tampering (see H.R. 1144), H6736 [10JY]
Credit: define payment postmark date as payment date for purposes of grace periods (see H.R. 1963), H8684 [7SE]
———expand availability by lifting growth cap on limited service financial institutions (see H.R. 1491), H4430 [7AP]
Crime: consumer fraud (see H.R. 1499), H4431 [7AP]
———false identification documents (see H.R. 1552), H5753 [8JN]
———restitution for victims (see H.R. 711), H802 [26JA]
Cuba: congressional notification and reporting requirements on U.S. negotiations (see H.R. 1909), H6913 [12JY]
———strengthen international economic sanctions and support transition to democratically elected government (see H.R. 927), H1751 [14FE]
———U.S. assistance relative to the establishment of a transitional government (see H.R. 611), H467 [20JA]
Cyprus: dispute resolution (see H. Con. Res. 42), H8725 [8SE]
Davis-Bacon Act: revise (see H.R. 2472), H10726 [24OC]
Dept. of Defense: prohibit Federal grants or contracts to educational institutions that prevent campus access for recruiting purposes (see H.R. 142), H400 [19JA]
Dept. of Education: abolish (see H.R. 1883), H6082 [16JN]
Dept. of HHS: establish domestic violence community response teams (see H.R. 2665), H13341 [18NO]
Dept. of State: establish position of Coordinator for Counter-Terrorism (see H.R. 22), H1052 [1FE]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: display of POW/MIA flag at medical centers relative to full accounting of Vietnam-era POW/MIA (see H.R. 2013), H6830 [11JY]
———establish mammography quality standards (see H.R. 882), H2177 [23FE]
———extend benefits to certain merchant mariners who served during World War II (see H.R. 44), H1968 [21FE]
Diseases: payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted human immunodeficiency virus due to contaminated blood products (see H.R. 1023), H4441 [1MY]
Education: student loan reform (see H.R. 530), H4105 [3AP]
English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see H.R. 123, 739), H167 [9JA], H889 [30JA]
Explosives: Federal permit requirements for distribution or receipt of explosives (see H.R. 488), H229 [11JA]
Families and domestic relations: adoption services (see H.R. 1066), H2811 [7MR]
———require States to disclose the AIDS status of infants to legal guardians (see H.R. 1289), H3571 [22MR]
Federal employees: protection of congressional staff (see H.R. 628), H537 [23JA]
Financial institutions: increase competition in the financial services sector (see H.R. 814), H1207 [3FE]
———reform regulatory process and paperwork requirements (see H.R. 1362), H4031 [30MR]
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), H1752 [14FE]
Foreign trade: impose sanctions on foreign persons exporting petroleum products, natural gas, or related technology to Iran (see H.R. 2458), H9896 [11OC]
Graham, Billy and Ruth: award congressional gold medal (see H.R. 2657), H13273 [17NO]
Hazardous substances: nuclear waste disposal (see H.R. 1020), H4433 [7AP]
Health: designate obstetrician-gynecologists as primary care providers for women under Federal health care regulations (see H. Res. 30), H890 [30JA]
Helium Act: sale of Federal real and personal property (see H.R. 873), H1554 [9FE]
House Rules: reform gift rules (see H. Res. 264), H12127 [10NO]
Housing: deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs (see H.R. 2406), H15238 [20DE]
Immigration: facilitate the apprehension, detention, and deportation of criminal aliens (see H.R. 668), H1281 [6FE]
Immigration and Nationality Act: amend by substituting ``children born out of wedlock'' for ``illegitimate children'' references (see H.R. 1204), H6083 [16JN]
India: self-determination for the independence of the Sikh nation homeland, Punjab, Khalistan (see H. Con. Res. 32), H4415 [6AP]
———suspend developmental assistance relative to human rights violations (see H.R. 1425), H4413 [6AP]
Insurance: prohibit denial of health coverage based on status as victim of domestic violence (see H.R. 1920), H6269 [22JN]
International Fund for Ireland: require certain entities receiving U.S. funds to comply with the MacBride Principles (see H.R. 244), H170 [9JA]
Jewish War Veterans: issue commemorative postage stamp honoring anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 26), H3417 [21MR]
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of: restrict congressional travel (see H.R. 1987), H6831 [11JY]
Kosovo: civil liberties violations against ethnic Albanians (see H.R. 1360), H4030 [30MR]
Law enforcement officers: establish a bill of rights (see H.R. 878), H14927 [14DE]
Legislative Branch of the Government: application of certain laws (see H.R. 1), H158 [9JA]
Long Island Railroad Co.: remove police officers from certain Federal employment laws (see H.R. 2044), H7067 [17JY]
Long Island Sound: improve water quality (see H.R. 2279), H8684 [7SE]
Lower East Side Tenement Museum National Historic Site: establish (see H.R. 2344), H9671 [28SE]
Major League Baseball: application of antitrust laws (see H.R. 106, 120), H243 [13JA], H468 [20JA]
Medicaid: prostate cancer screening (see H.R. 780), H1850 [15FE]
———provide State incentives for reduction of expenditures (see H.R. 1334), H3879 [28MR]
———screening mammography (see H.R. 777), H2651 [3MR]
Medicare: prostate cancer screening (see H.R. 779, 1496), H1850 [15FE], H4431 [7AP]
———screening mammography (see H.R. 778, 958), H2651 [3MR], H4512 [2MY]
Medicare/Medicaid: establish an Office of Inspector General (see H.R. 2480), H14173 [6DE]
Money: require congressional approval for certain uses of the exchange stabilization fund (see H.R. 2177), H8360 [3AU]
Motor vehicles: delay implementation of enhanced vehicle inspection and maintenance programs (see H.R. 46), H1611 [10FE]
———improve traffic safety performance of high risk drivers (see H.R. 1866), H7461 [21JY]
National security: revitalize (see H.R. 7), H692 [25JA]
National Voter Registration Act: repeal (see H.R. 370), H692 [25JA]
Navy Combat Action Ribbon: retroactive awarding to certain individuals (see H.R. 895), H1611 [10FE]
Northern Ireland: adherence with the MacBride Principles by U.S. persons doing business (see H.R. 470), H1052 [1FE]
———peace efforts (see H. Con. Res. 44), H3327 [16MR]
Oscar Garcia Rivera Post Office Building, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 885), H15237 [20DE]
Pensions: exclude the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund from the Federal budget (see H.R. 103), H8597 [6SE]
POW/MIA: granting of asylum to certain foreign nationals assisting in the return of living POW/MIA (see H.R. 460), H3156 [14MR]
Public welfare programs: eliminate benefits relative to probation and parole violators and fugitive felons (see H.R. 118), H231 [11JA]
Real property: private property owner rights (see H.R. 790), H1051 [1FE]
Refuse disposal: State control of municipal solid waste transportation and disposal (see H.R. 2443), H9738 [29SE]
Roads and highways: repeal requirement to use asphalt containing recycled crumb rubber for paving (see H.R. 1242), H4512 [2MY]
Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 2481), H10076 [13OC]
Ronald Reagan (U.S.S.): designate the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier known as CVN-76 (see H.J. Res. 61), H2892 [8MR]
Roosevelt, Theodore: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 2285), H9897 [11OC]
Sinatra, Francis A.: award congressional gold medal (see H.R. 2310), H13341 [18NO]
Social Security: maintain earnings test correlation between disability insurance benefits for the blind and retirement age benefits (see H. Con. Res. 23), H2892 [8MR]
Sports: regulations relative to relocation of professional teams (see H.R. 2740), H14238 [7DE]
States: tax treatment of certain pension income (see H.R. 394), H2892 [8MR]
Taxation: church pension benefit plans (see H.R. 528), H14003 [5DE]
———deduction for interest paid on debt secured by a first or second home (see H. Con. Res. 10), H1208 [3FE]
———election of taxable fiscal year for partnerships and S corporations (see H.R. 1661), H8725 [8SE]
———employer credits for expenses of providing dependent care services to employees (see H.R. 881), H1555 [9FE]
———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]
———qualification and eligibility requirements for S corporations and shareholders (see H.R. 2039), H7917 [27JY]
———repeal Federal estate and gift taxes and the tax on generation-skipping transfers (see H.R. 784), H1051 [1FE]
———require burden of proof to be on the Dept. of the Treasury in all tax cases (see H.R. 390), H5374 [22MY]
———treatment of accelerated death benefits under life insurance contracts (see H.R. 99), H4511 [2MY]
———treatment of capital gains, estate and gift taxes, and exclusion of gain from the sale of certain principal residences (see H.R. 593), H399 [19JA]
———treatment of certain disability benefits received by former police officers or firefighters (see H.R. 98), H4511 [2MY]
———treatment of certain education savings accounts (see H.R. 769), H1050 [1FE]
———treatment of deferred compensation plans of State, local government, and tax-exempt organizations (see H.R. 1119), H4619 [9MY]
———treatment of length of service awards for volunteer firefighters and emergency medical service personnel (see H.R. 1893), H9591 [27SE]
———treatment of military income derived from services performed during a contingency operation (see H.R. 2778), H14964 [15DE]
———treatment of tax-exempt interest relative to Social Security benefits and income determination (see H.R. 159), H1460 [8FE]
Tourist trade: promote (see H.R. 1083), H7550 [24JY]
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]
Veterans: exempt organizations from regulations prohibiting the solicitation of contributions on postal property (see H.R. 467), H2811 [7MR]
———Government employment preference for active duty service veterans of Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm (see H.R. 2510), H10484 [19OC]
Vietnam: encourage liberty (see H.R. 909), H1688 [13FE]
———funding for diplomatic and economic relations relative to cooperation with efforts to account for POW/MIA (see H.J. Res. 89), H8361 [3AU]
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), H15136 [19DE]
World Conference on Women: meeting (see H.R. 2047), H7067 [17JY]
Book reviews
``Soft Target'': David Kilgour, E1889
Remarks by, on
Armenia: anniversary of genocide (H. Con. Res. 47), H4507
Bosnia and Herzegovina: lift U.S. arms embargo (S. 21), H8095 [1AU]
———lift U.S. arms embargo (S. 21), consideration (H. Res. 204), H8084 [1AU]
Breast Cancer Awareness Month: observance, H11567
China, Republic of: U.N. membership, E1971
———U.S. policy, E1790
Dept. of State: consolidate foreign affairs agencies (H.R. 1561), H5654 [7JN]
English language: declare as official language of U.S. (H.R. 1005), H1910 [21FE]
India: civil liberties violations of Sikhs, E2319
Iran: U.S. policy, H5654 [7JN]
Khalistan: independence anniversary, E1889
Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (H.J. Res. 73), H3891, H3892 [29MR]
Mexico: reporting requirements on economic assistance relative to instability of economy and currency (H. Res. 80), H2450 [1MR]
Russia: anniversary of the Leningrad Trials, E1265
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H11585 [31OC]
Schedules
Committee on International Relations (House): Northern Ireland, D357 [15MR]
———Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade: U.S. sanctions on Iran, D538 [2MY]
Statements
Civil Liberties Violations of Sikhs in India: Gurmit S. Aulakh, E2319
Tributes
Chao, Jason, E1924
Murphy, Edward J., E1705
Wallace, George, E2064