MENENDEZ, ROBERT (a Representative from New Jersey)

Amendments offered by, to

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2127), H8176 [1AU], H8310 [2AU], H8411 [3AU]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 1868), H6271 [22JN], H6463 [28JN]

Law enforcement: provide block grants (H.R. 728), H1612 [10FE], H1671 [13FE]

National security: revitalize (H.R. 7), H1612 [10FE]

Articles and editorials

Running Roughshod Over the Constitution, H70 [4JA]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

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

Cuba: U.S. assistance relative to the establishment of a transitional government (see H.R. 611), H467 [20JA]

Northern Ireland: peace efforts (see H. Con. Res. 44), H3327 [16MR]

SSI: require benefits in the form of vouchers (see H.R. 612), H467 [20JA]

Taxation: impose penalties on self-dealing between certain tax-exempt organizations and disqualified persons (see H.R. 613), H467 [20JA]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

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

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

———prohibit transfer or marketing of nonambulatory cattle, sheep, swine, horses, mules, or goats (see H.R. 2143), H9897 [11OC]

Animals: prohibit interstate commerce relative to exotic animals (see H.R. 1202), H7067 [17JY]

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

Armenia: anniversary of genocide (see H. Con. Res. 47), H8309 [2AU]

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

———lift U.S. arms embargo (see H.R. 1172), H2892 [8MR]

CERCLA: clarify liability for certain recycling transactions (see H.R. 820), H5609 [25MY]

China, Republic of: U.N. membership (see H. Con. Res. 63), H14253 [11DE]

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

Coins: mint coins recommended by the Citizens Commemorative Coin Advisory Committee (see H.R. 1753), H6699 [30JN]

Convention Against Torture and Other Forms of Cruel, Inhuman, and Degrading Treatment or Punishment: implementation (see H.R. 1416), H14311 [12DE]

Crime: protection from sexual predators (see H.R. 713), H4958 [15MY]

Cuba: strengthen international economic sanctions and support transition to democratically elected government (see H.R. 927), H1751 [14FE]

Cyprus: dispute resolution (see H. Con. Res. 42), H3327 [16MR]

Dept. of Defense: eliminate promotion of civilian marksmanship (see H.R. 638), H4415 [6AP]

———reduce size of operational support aircraft fleet (see H.R. 1973), H7012 [13JY]

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

Expo `98: U.S. participation in Lisbon, Portugal (see H. Con. Res. 91), H8309 [2AU]

Families and domestic relations: interstate enforcement of child support and parentage court orders (see H.R. 95), H803 [26JA]

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

Federal firefighters: hourly and overtime pay rates and pay equity with public sector firefighters (see H.R. 858), H5691 [7JN]

FERC: extension of deadline for construction of hydroelectric project in New Jersey (see H.R. 1366), H9738 [29SE]

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), H6397 [27JN]

———regulate sale, import, and manufacture of polymer plastic ammunition (see H.R. 221), H593 [24JA]

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), H3327 [16MR]

Health: develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth defects (see H.R. 1010), H4415 [6AP]

———require the removal of silicone gel and saline breast implants and conduct chemical and industrial safety research (see H.R. 2796), H15575 [21DE]

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

House of Representatives: return of excess amounts from official allowances to the Treasury for deficit reduction (see H.R. 26), H1157 [2FE]

Insurance: coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (see H.R. 2011), H8537 [4AU]

International Fund for Ireland: require certain entities receiving U.S. funds to comply with the MacBride Principles (see H.R. 244), H296 [17JA]

Jewish War Veterans: issue commemorative postage stamp honoring anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 26), H3417 [21MR]

Medicare: coverage of blood-testing strips for individuals with diabetes (see H.R. 1074), H12085 [9NO]

———coverage of paramedic intercept ambulance support services (see H.R. 1757), H14239 [7DE]

———diabetes outpatient self-management training services (see H.R. 1073), H12085 [9NO]

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]

NAFTA: effect on Caribbean Basin Initiative (see H.R. 553), H2989 [9MR]

National Association of Radio Talk Show Hosts: honoring of G. Gordon Liddy relative to characterization of Federal law enforcement officials (see H. Res. 153), H6159 [20JN]

Northern Ireland: adherence with the MacBride Principles by U.S. persons doing business (see H.R. 470), H4619 [9MY]

Pensions: exclude the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund from the Federal budget (see H.R. 103), H4915 [12MY]

———revise effective date for cost-of-living adjustments for military retirees (see H.R. 2664), H14239 [7DE]

Railway Labor Act: applicability to U.S. air carriers and flight crews during operations outside the U.S. (see H.R. 1210), H5753 [8JN]

Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of 150th anniversary (see H.R. 2627), H13731 [28NO]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds (see H.R. 2628), H12349 [14NO]

———maintain earnings test correlation between disability insurance benefits for the blind and retirement age benefits (see H. Con. Res. 23), H2651 [3MR]

Solid waste: State control over transportation of municipal solid waste (see H.R. 342), H173 [9JA]

Taxation: employer credits for expenses of providing dependent care services to employees (see H.R. 881), H5691 [7JN]

———exclusion of employer-provided educational assistance (see H.R. 127), H8904 [13SE]

———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. 1807, 2030), H5753 [8JN], H7011 [13JY]

Transportation: provide off-budget treatment for certain transportation trust funds (see H.R. 842), H5071 [16MY]

Turkey: protection and continued livelihood of the Eastern Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarchate (see H. Con. Res. 50), H14239 [7DE]

Veterans: benefit eligibility for certain service in the military forces of the Philippines (see H.R. 1136), H4619 [9MY]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 65, 303), H6698 [30JN]

Weapons: eliminate use of antipersonnel landmines (see H.R. 1876), H7257 [19JY]

Women: prohibit practice of female genital mutilation or female circumcision (see H.R. 941), H10047 [12OC]

Books

``Bay of Pigs—The Untold Story,'' Peter Wyden, E854 [7AP]

Poems

``Serving Those Who Served,'' Linda A. Trulio, E1124 [25MY]

Remarks by, on

AFDC: provide grants for demonstration projects to coordinate the administration of services to needy families with children (H.R. 710), E186 [26JA]

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 122), H13372 [20NO]

Bayonne, NJ: anniversary of Concerned Citizens of Bayonne, E905 [2MY]

———tribute to Midtown Community School, E1082 [19MY]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: lift U.S. arms embargo (S. 21), H8107 [1AU]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 1996-2002 (H. Con. Res. 67), H5144 [17MY]

Cuba: Advisory Board for Cuba Broadcasting funding, H7780 [26JY]

———strengthen international economic sanctions and support transition to democratically elected government (H.R. 927), H9345 [20SE], H9391 [21SE]

———strengthen international economic sanctions and support transition to democratically elected government (H.R. 927), consideration (H. Res. 225), H9335 [20SE]

———tribute to participants in the Bay of Pigs invasion, E854 [7AP]

———TV Marti funding, H7771 [26JY]

———U.S. policy, H4598 [9MY]

———withholding of assistance to countries supporting nuclear power plant construction, H6463, H6464 [28JN]

Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission: recommendations (H.J. Res. 102), H8696 [8SE]

Delhi, India: tribute to Federation of Indian Associations of New Jersey's Indo-American Friendship Seminar, E207 [27JA]

Dept. of State: consolidate foreign affairs agencies (H.R. 1561), H5408 [23MY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1977), H7037 [17JY], H7117 [18JY]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2002), H7516, H7517, H7519 [24JY], H7596 [25JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2002), consideration (H. Res. 194), H7393, H7394 [21JY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State and the Judiciary: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2076), H7643 [25JY], H7771, H7779, H7780 [26JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2127), H7996 [31JY], H8142 [1AU], H8181 [2AU], H8334, H8394, H8411, H8412, H8413 [3AU]

East Newark, NJ: anniversary, E1793 [18SE]

Education: program funding, H8181 [2AU]

Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits, H7996 [31JY]

Elizabeth, NJ: tribute to Carnaval Elizabeth festival, E1725 [7SE]

———tribute to Dominican Recreational and Cultural Society, E427 [24FE]

Families and domestic relations: interstate enforcement of child support and parentage court orders (H.R. 95), E188 [26JA]

Federal employees: prohibit payment of salaries to those officials who accept, for personal benefit, tax-exempt funds from tax-exempt organizations, H8412 [3AU]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: amend (H.R. 961), H4743 [10MY]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (H.J. Res. 79), H6444 [28JN]

Flannery, Clare: Jersey City, NJ, Irish Woman of the Year award recipient, E510 [3MR]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 1868), H6254 [22JN], H6463, H6464, H6529 [28JN]

Gingrich, Representative: signing of book contract, H309 [18JA]

Government: reform disclosure of lobbying activities to influence the Federal Government (H.R. 2564), H13663 [28NO]

———shutdown relative to budget process, H15214 [20DE]

Gregg, Stephen R.: Medal of Honor recipient, E2145 [9NO]

House of Representatives: legislative tactics, H309 [18JA]

House Rules: open versus restrictive rules, H41 [4JA]

———reform the House of Representatives (H. Res. 6), H41, H70 [4JA]

———require a three-fifths majority on the passage of legislation increasing revenue, H70 [4JA]

Hudson County, NJ, Community College: tribute, E1844 [27SE]

Immigration: facilitate the apprehension, detention, and deportation of criminal aliens (H.R. 668), H1589 [10FE]

———historical perspective, H3738 [24MR]

Katyn Forest Massacre: remembrance, E1795 [18SE]

Kerr, Charles: Jersey City, NJ, Irishman of the Year award recipient, E515 [3MR]

Labor unions: collective bargaining rights of mass transit employees, H7596 [25JY]

Lambda Theta Phi (fraternal organization): anniversary, E2273 [30NO]

Lamparello, Sam: Bayonne, NJ, Unico Man of the Year Award recipient, E466 [28FE]

Law enforcement: funding for public safety and community policing programs, H7643 [25JY]

———provide block grants (H.R. 728), H1671 [13FE], H1717 [14FE]

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

Linden, NJ: anniversary of Exxon Corp. Bayway chemical plant, E1841 [27SE]

Linden Industrial Association: anniversary, E1846 [27SE]

Lobbyists: limit amount of private funds that Federal grantees can use for lobbying purposes, H8142 [1AU], H8394 [3AU], H13663 [28NO]

Medicare: reform, H5144 [17MY]

———reform (H.R. 2425), H10357 [19OC]

Mexico: economic assistance relative to instability of economy and currency, H601, H674 [25JA], H1028 [1FE]

Murphy, Maureen: Jersey City, NJ, Irish Police Officer of the Year award recipient, E506 [3MR]

National Endowment for the Arts: funding, H7037 [17JY]

National security: revitalize (H.R. 7), H1788 [15FE], H1855, H1858 [16FE]

New Jersey: tribute to participants in National Night Out, E1399 [10JY], E1436 [13JY]

Newark, NJ: anniversary of East Newark borough, E1883 [29SE]

O'Reilly, Michael J.: Jersey City, NJ, Irish Firefighter of the Year award recipient, E507 [3MR]

Parliamentary inquiry, H8413 [3AU]

Point of order, H7517 [24JY]

Project Children (organization): tribute to participants and host families, E1444, E1446 [17JY]

Public welfare programs: funding for nutrition programs, H2900 [9MR]

———reform (H.R. 4), H3425 [22MR], H3594 [23MR]

Puerto Rico: anniversary of flag, E2379 [18DE]

Rabin, Yitzhak: tribute (S. Con. Res. 31), H11843 [8NO]

Riccardi, Joseph A.: Jersey City, NJ, Honorary Irishman of the Year award recipient, E512 [3MR]

Science: tribute to participants in the International Science and Engineering Fair, E1264 [15JN]

Smith, Joanne L.: United Way Mary T. Norton Congressional Award recipient, E1839 [27SE]

SSI: require benefits in the form of vouchers (H.R. 612), E141 [20JA]

Taxation: extend deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC (H.R. 831), H1941 [21FE]

———impose penalties on self-dealing between certain tax-exempt organizations and disqualified persons (H.R. 613), E143 [20JA]

———rates (H.R. 1215), H4306 [5AP]

Tiefenwerth, Eleanor: Bayonne Economic Opportunity Foundation honoree, E2208 [17NO]

Transportation: fixed guideway systems funding, H7516, H7517, H7519 [24JY]

Turkey: allocation of foreign aid, H6529 [28JN]

Union City, NJ: anniversary, E1133 [25MY]

Veterans: elimination of public welfare benefits to legal immigrants, H1766 [15FE]

Watson, Elnora: United Way Mary T. Norton Congressional Award recipient, E1839 [27SE]

Wilson, Carol A.: United Way Mary T. Norton Congressional Award recipient, E1839 [27SE]

WNJU-TV (Teteboro, NJ): tribute, E2214 [17NO]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H4508 [2MY]

Special order: granted, H536 [23JA], H690 [25JA], H968 [31JA], H1049 [1FE], H3275 [15MR], H4030 [30MR], H4616 [9MY], H4794 [10MY], H8172 [1AU]

Schedules

Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate): Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere and Peace Corps Affairs: Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act, D643 [22MY]

Committee on Rules (House): foreign operations, export financing, and related programs appropriations, D761 [20JN]

———international economic sanctions against Cuba and transition to a democratically elected government, D1116 [19SE]

Committee on Ways and Means (House): Subcommittee on Trade: economic relationship between the U.S. and Cuba, D819 [30JN]

Tributes

Andreula, Mauro, E862 [7AP]

Berry, Dana W., E621 [16MR]

Brennan, John T., E303 [8FE]

Burgos, Gregorio and Lucia, E768 [4AP]

Collins, Dennis P., E899 [2MY]

Correa, Daniel, Jr., E1989 [20OC]

Degnan, Daniel A., E1266 [15JN]

Eccleston, Larry, E1423 [12JY]

Falu, Malin, E2212 [17NO]

Hughes, John, E546 [8MR]

Inglis, Grace, E717 [29MR]

Jago, Matthew J., Jr., E717 [29MR]

Kennedy, Victor, E503 [3MR]

Lanni, Michael A., E860 [7AP]

LeFante, Joseph A., E293 [8FE]

Makar, Boshra, E817 [7AP]

Marini, Joeseph, E116 [18JA]

Marjanczyk, Joseph A., E902 [2MY]

McDermott, Maeve, E505 [3MR]

Migliaccio, Mildred A., E2060 [26OC]

Posner, Charles, E910 [2MY]

Rafael, E422 [24FE]

Ramos, Jorge, E2214 [17NO]

Rita, M. Helen, E1139 [26MY]

Sen, Mono, E119 [18JA]

Sinatra, Francis A., E2346 [13DE]

Stankiewicz, Fred, E862 [7AP]

Tremitiedi, Richard R., E2144 [9NO]

Valdes, Hector, E1746 [8SE]

Zanazalari, J. Henry, E825 [7AP]