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
Economics Journalist Hobart Rowen Dies—Reporter and Financial Editor at the Post, Claudia Levy and Bart Barnes, Washington (DC) Post, E889
Education Contract With America, Albert Shanker, Wall Street Journal, E1845
Lt. Florence Starzynski—1994 Washingtonian of the Year, Washingtonian (publication), E138
Man of Letters, But Even More, a Man of Life, Jeff Simon, Buffalo (NY) News, E999
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
What Prosecutors Won't Tell You, Robert M. Morgenthau, New York (NY) Times, E343
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
Eulogies
Brady, Charles A.: Erik Brady, E1985
McCarthy, Richard D.: John C. Culver, E1065
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
Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2491), H11197
Business and industry: establish minimum standards of fair conduct in franchise sales and business relationships (H.R. 1717), E1146
———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
Climate: long-term climate and global change research funding, E1940
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
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State and the Judiciary: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2076), H7776 [26JY], E1540
Education: national policy to improve system, E1845
Employment: corporation policies on employees, E1582
EPA: indoor air pollution research funding, E1940
FDIC: recapitalization of the Savings Association Insurance Fund, H4423-H4428 [7AP], E855
Financial institutions: increase competition in the financial services sector, H4523-H4525 [3MY]
———increase competition in the financial services sector (H.R. 814), E268
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
Medicare: multiple sclerosis drug treatments (H.R. 1078), E461
Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (H.J. Res. 73), E751
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
SBA: funding for the Office of Advocacy, H7776 [26JY]
Science: authorizing appropriations for Federal civilian science activities (H.R. 2405), E1940
Securities: reform Federal litigation procedures (H.R. 1058), E564
Small business: reduce costs of Government loan guarantees (H.R. 2150), H8736 [12SE]
Votes: position on missed, E1271
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
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
Marshall, Robert S., E2004
McCarthy, Richard D., E974 [9MY], E1065
Meyers, Representative, E2235
Rowen, Hobart, E888
Starzynski, Florence, E138