ORTIZ, SOLOMON P. (a Representative from Texas)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 1530, Dept. of Defense appropriations, H9403 [21SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Health: develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth defects (see H.R. 1010), H2063 [22FE]

Texas: purchase of Bureau of Reclamation water supply projects (see H.R. 2609), H12084 [9NO]

Veterans: establish medical facility in south Texas (see H.R. 336), H173 [9JA]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 1833), H6699 [30JN]

Amos F. Longoria Post Office Building, Elmendorf, TX: designate (see H.R. 2700), H15575 [21DE]

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

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 28), H175 [9JA]

China, Republic of: U.N. membership (see H. Con. Res. 63), H13341 [18NO]

———U.N. participation (see H. Con. Res. 12), H692 [25JA]

Consumers: establish a toll-free telephone number in the Dept. of Commerce to assist consumers in identifying domestically-produced merchandise (see H.R. 447), H1371 [7FE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing military construction appropriations (see H.R. 1529), H4510 [2MY]

———outline congressional response to the possibility of reduction or elimination of the commissary and exchange networks (see H. Con. Res. 45), H3417 [21MR]

Employment: relationship between workers' compensation benefits and certain benefits available to migrant and seasonal workers (see H.R. 1715), H6270 [22JN]

Endangered Species Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2275), H8683 [7SE]

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

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

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

Foreign countries: border-crossing fees for vehicles or pedestrians entering the U.S. from Canada or Mexico (see H. Con. Res. 28), H1968 [21FE]

Health: operation of laboratories along Mexican border relative to public health functions (see H.R. 574), H6159 [20JN]

House Rules: reform gift rules (see H. Res. 264), H12127 [10NO]

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. 2022), H6913 [12JY]

Medicare: chiropractic services (see H.R. 997), H6830 [11JY]

———coverage of blood-testing strips for individuals with diabetes (see H.R. 1074), H6830 [11JY]

———diabetes outpatient self-management training services (see H.R. 1073), H6830 [11JY]

———multiple sclerosis drug treatments (see H.R. 1078), H13731 [28NO]

Medicare/Medicaid: public examination of any changes in existing law relative to budget reconciliation (see H. Res. 221), H8904 [13SE]

National Wildlife Refuge System: improve management (see H.R. 1675), H5366 [18MY]

Pensions: revise effective date for cost-of-living adjustments for military retirees (see H.R. 2664), H13731 [28NO]

Petroleum: management of royalties from Federal and Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas leases (see H.R. 1975), H7012 [13JY]

Railroads: preservation of infrastructure (see H.R. 2205), H9364 [20SE]

Real property: private property owner rights (see H.R. 790), H1051 [1FE]

Rural areas: grants to assist colonias relative to wastewater disposal (see H.R. 556, 557), H2717 [6MR]

Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of 150th anniversary (see H.R. 2627), H13658 [20NO]

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

States: tax treatment of certain pension income (see H.R. 394), H8174 [1AU]

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

Television: dissemination of indecent material on cable television (see H.R. 1540), H6913 [12JY]

Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge: transfer management to Oklahoma (see H.R. 1112), H2584 [2MR]

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, 1994), H1850 [15FE], H7257 [19JY]

Lists

National organizations endorsing the Birth Defects Prevention Act, E395 [22FE]

Remarks by, on

Army: rescind funding for museum land acquisition, H6072 [16JN]

Chien, Frederick: tribute to publishing of ``Opportunity and Challenge'' relative to the Republic of China, E2150 [9NO]

China, Republic of: observance of National Day, E1855 [28SE]

———visit of President Lee Teng-hui (H. Con. Res. 53), H4454 [2MY]

Corpus Christi, TX: tribute to Calallen High School baseball team, E1421 [12JY]

———tribute to Moody High School baseball team, E1419 [12JY]

Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission: recommendations (H.J. Res. 102), H8698 [8SE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base closure and realignment (H.R. 1817), H6072 [16JN]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1530), H5786 [13JN]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1530), conference report, H14953 [15DE]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State and the Judiciary: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2076), H7773 [26JY]

Fish and fishing: require use of target-specific devices for commercial shrimp harvesting, H10241 [18OC]

Fishery Conservation and Management Act: reauthorizing (H.R. 39), H10241 [18OC]

Health: develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth defects (H.R. 1010), E395 [22FE]

Texas: purchase of Bureau of Reclamation water supply projects (H.R. 2609), E2148 [9NO]

Veterans: establish medical facility in south Texas (H.R. 336), E45 [5JA]

Votes: correction, H4831 [11MY]

Winwood, TX: affordable housing partnerships, E279 [6FE]

World War II: tribute to Hispanic American veterans, E744 [30MR]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H2174 [23FE], H8527 [4AU]

Schedules

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House): Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Economic Development: GSA court construction program, D895 [20JY]

———Subcommittee on Surface Transportation: National Highway System reform, D313 [8MR]

Tributes

Aiken, Bruce, E135 [19JA]

Finley, Sue S., E2076 [31OC]

Gonzalez, Andres C., E2169 [13NO]

Lomas Garza, Carmen, E2290 [5DE]

Perez, Selena Quintanilla, H4091, H4092 [3AP]

Victoria, Maria, E383 [16FE]