MASCARA, FRANK R. (a Representative from Pennsylvania)

Amendments offered by, to

Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (H.R. 5), H403 [19JA], H829 [27JA]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Government: constitutional amendment to limit terms for Members of Congress, and the President and Vice President (see H.J. Res. 82), H3974 [29MR]

World War II: mint coins in commemoration of 50th anniversary of the Marshall Plan and of George C. Marshall (see H.R. 1406), H4335 [5AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 1833), H6397 [27JN]

Appropriations: line-item veto (S. 4), application to 1996 appropriations bills (see H. Res. 212), H8536 [4AU]

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

Armed Forces: clarify employment and reemployment rights and responsibilities (see H.R. 1941), H6480 [28JN]

———procedures for determining status of certain missing members (see H.R. 945), H4031 [30MR]

Aviation: repeal increase in transportation fuels tax applicable to commercial aviation (see H.R. 752), H4546 [3MY]

Black Lung Benefits Act: improve (see H.R. 754), H969 [31JA]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: lift U.S. arms embargo (see H.R. 1172), H6083 [16JN]

Budget: 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), H3572 [22MR]

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorizing use of grounds for display of steel home building materials (see H. Con. Res. 85), H7378 [20JY]

CERCLA: clarify liability for certain recycling transactions (see H.R. 820), H8725 [8SE]

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

Committee on POW/MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 21), H4441 [1MY]

Crime: increase penalties for armed violent criminals (see H.R. 1488), H12085 [9NO]

Dept. of the Interior: Steel Industry Heritage Project funding (see H.R. 2473), H14003 [5DE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: determine locality salaries for certain nurse anesthetist positions (see H.R. 1536), H6046 [15JN]

———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]

———exempt certain full-time health care professionals from restrictions on outside professional activities (see H.R. 1384), H6046 [15JN]

———extend benefits to certain merchant mariners who served during World War II (see H.R. 44), H3417 [21MR]

———outpatient medical services for former POW (see H.R. 468), H13341 [18NO]

Disasters: provide for hazard mitigation, relief, and insurance against natural disasters (see H.R. 1856), H6699 [30JN]

Diseases: payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted human immunodeficiency virus due to contaminated blood products (see H.R. 1023), H4795 [10MY]

Economy: promote revitalization through Federal assistance for cleanup of abandoned or contaminated properties (see H.R. 2178), H10147 [17OC]

Education: increase assistance relative to skills or specialties for which there are critical shortages (see H.R. 1116), H2584 [2MR]

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

Executive departments: prohibit agencies from entering into certain service contracts relative to costs (see H.R. 1411), H5983 [14JN]

FAA: establish as an independent agency (see H.R. 2276), H14003 [5DE]

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

Federal employees: exempt disability and survivor annuities from cost-of-living adjustment delays (see H.R. 2224), H8534 [4AU]

———military uniform requirements for civilian employees of the National Guard (see H.R. 2264), H12085 [9NO]

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

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

Government: require Federal agencies to apply value engineering (see H.R. 719), H4873 [11MY]

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]

House of Representatives: adjournment relative to budget impasse (see H. Res. 278), H13274 [17NO]

House Rules: ban on the acceptance of gifts and lobbyist-sponsored perks (see H. Res. 40), H890 [30JA]

Housing: extend certain veterans housing programs (see H.R. 1632), H4915 [12MY]

Insurance: coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (see H.R. 2011), H9671 [28SE]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: authorize the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternal organization to establish a memorial (see H.J. Res. 70), H3417 [21MR]

Madison, James: mint coins in commemoration of 250th anniversary of birth (see H.R. 1684), H15136 [19DE]

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

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), H8684 [7SE]

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]

Mining and mineral resources: locatable minerals on public domain lands (see H.R. 357), H1908 [16FE]

Music: licensing (see H.R. 789), H8597 [6SE]

National Voter Registration Act: affirmation (see H. Con. Res. 96), H8536 [4AU]

OMB: report number of individuals employed by non-Federal entities providing Government services (see H.R. 1412), H5983 [14JN]

Patents: restore the proper term of patent protection (see H.R. 359), H6397 [27JN]

Pensions: revise effective date for cost-of-living adjustments for military retirees (see H.R. 2664), H14253 [11DE]

Public Health Service: extend and clarify malpractice coverage for health centers (see H.R. 1747), H8361 [3AU]

Public welfare programs: support community food security projects relative to low-income individuals (see H.R. 2003), H8684 [7SE]

Senior citizens: affirm the purpose and value of senior nutrition programs (see H. Con. Res. 22), H1968 [21FE]

Sinatra, Francis A.: award congressional gold medal (see H.R. 2310), H10048 [12OC]

Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of 150th anniversary (see H.R. 2627), H13930 [4DE]

Social Security: maintain earnings test correlation between disability insurance benefits for the blind and retirement age benefits (see H. Con. Res. 23), H1612 [10FE]

Taxation: church pension benefit plans (see H.R. 528), H8597 [6SE]

———clarify exclusion from gross income for veterans benefits (see H.R. 972), H1907 [16FE]

———election of taxable fiscal year for partnerships and S corporations (see H.R. 1661), H8725 [8SE]

———exclude certain business taxable income relative to sponsorship payments (see H.R. 1161), H8309 [2AU]

———exclusion of employer-provided educational assistance (see H.R. 127), H10994 [26OC]

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

———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]

Transportation: provide off-budget treatment for certain transportation trust funds (see H.R. 842), H2177 [23FE]

Veterans: eliminate disparity between civilian and military retiree cost-of-living adjustments (see H.R. 38), H6735 [10JY]

———ensure payment of benefits regardless of Government financial status (see H.R. 2813), H15237 [20DE]

———extend eligibility period for priority health care to those exposed to toxic substances, radiation, or environmental hazards (see H.R. 1565), H6046 [15JN]

———housing, training and employment programs (see H.R. 2289), H8725 [8SE]

———improve programs and benefits (see H.R. 1482), H4430 [7AP]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 65, 303), H3807 [24MR]

———revisions of benefits decisions based on clear and unmistakable error (see H.R. 1483), H4430 [7AP]

———technical corrections to training and employment programs (see H.R. 1633), H4915 [12MY]

———training and employment programs (see H.R. 1593), H4618 [9MY]

Essays

What It Means to Me To Be an American: Holly McLoy, H3739 [24MR]

———Jared Dumm, H3739 [24MR]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H844 [30JA]

Poems

``Old Glory,'' Mary Smith, H6420 [28JN]

Remarks by, on

Amtrak: authorizing appropriations and management reform (H.R. 1788), H13838, H13839 [30NO]

Appropriations: line-item veto (H.R. 2), H1230 [6FE]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), H553 [24JA]

Colleges and universities: student financial aid programs, H4334 [5AP]

Congress: reform lobbying disclosure and gift rules, H846 [30JA]

Executive departments: reduce Federal paperwork burden (H.R. 830), H2022 [22FE]

FAA: reform procurement system relative to air traffic control equipment, H11911 [8NO]

Federal-State relations: exempt child support enforcement regulation from unfunded Federal mandates reform, H829, H832 [27JA]

———reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (H.R. 5), H373 [19JA], H829, H832 [27JA]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (H.J. Res. 79), H6420 [28JN]

FRS: impact of interest rates on economic conditions, H1976 [22FE]

Government regulations: moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions (H.R. 450), H2189 [24FE]

House of Representatives: adjournment relative to budget impasse (H. Res. 278), H13288 [17NO]

House Rules: reform the House of Representatives (H. Res. 6), consideration (H. Res. 5), H17 [4JA]

Minimum wage: level, H1164 [3FE]

National Highway System: designate (H.R. 2274), H9271 [20SE]

OMB: third-party communication requirements, H2022 [22FE]

Public welfare programs: funding for nutrition programs, H3739 [24MR]

———reform (H.R. 4), H3739 [24MR]

Safety: exempt aircraft, mines, and nuclear waste disposal from moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions, H2189 [24FE]

Taxation: rates (H.R. 1215), H4114 [4AP]

Votes: correction, H4842 [11MY]

———position on missed, H5776 [13JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H2582 [2MR], H4334 [5AP], H11938 [8NO], H13272 [17NO]

Resignations

Committee on Government Reform and Oversight (House), H6884 [12JY]

Schedules

Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities (House): Subcommittee on Workforce Protections: occupational safety and health improvements, D939 [27JY]

Tributes

Morgan, Thomas E., E1616 [3AU]