SERRANO, JOSE E. (a Representative from New York)
Amendments offered by, to
Courts: limit the application of the exclusionary rule (H.R. 666), H1396 [8FE]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State and the Judiciary: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2076), H7551 [24JY], H7778 [26JY]
Articles and editorials
Extinguishing Liberty, Cal Thomas, E1481
Marathon Man's Spirit With Us Still, Allan Steinfeld, New York (NY) Daily News, E2161
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Civil liberties: protect the right to travel to foreign countries (see H.R. 1702), H5571 [24MY]
Colleges and universities: student loan default rate limitations relative to Hispanic-serving institutions (see H.R. 366), H173 [9JA]
Crime: distribute to community-based organizations information on the prevention of youth violence and crime (see H.R. 2818), H15237 [20DE]
Cuba: allow cash remittances to relatives in Cuba (see H.R. 1704), H5571 [24MY]
———allow news bureau exchanges between U.S. and Cuba (see H.R. 1703), H5571 [24MY]
———grant waiver to allow Cuban nationals to play professional baseball in the U.S. (see H.R. 2311), H8805 [12SE]
Cuban Democracy Act: repeal (see H.R. 367), H173 [9JA]
Diseases: pediatric and adolescent AIDS (see H. Con. Res. 62), H4432 [7AP]
English language: encourage status as primary language and recognize importance of multilingualism (see H. Con. Res. 83), H7011 [13JY]
Health: national policy to provide health care coverage of mental illnesses (see H. Con. Res. 98), H8536 [4AU]
Immigration: funding for improvements in the naturalization process (see H.R. 2120), H7801 [26JY]
Medicare: medical nutrition therapy services (see H.R. 2247), H8535 [4AU]
Oscar Garcia Rivera Post Office Building, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 885), H1555 [9FE]
Puerto Rico: self-determination (see H. Con. Res. 11), H176 [9JA]
Sinatra, Francis A.: award congressional gold medal (see H.R. 1921, 2310), H6269 [22JN], H8805 [12SE]
Taxation: designation of overpayments and contributions to the U.S. Library Trust Fund (see H.R. 2246), H8535 [4AU]
———tax credit for investment in the revitalization of communities (see H.R. 2097), H7461 [21JY]
Territories: constitutional amendment regarding presidential election voting rights for residents (see H.J. Res. 42), H176 [9JA]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Abortion: protection of reproductive rights and access to reproductive health care clinics (see H.R. 1952), H6481 [28JN]
AFDC: provide grants for demonstration projects to coordinate the administration of services to needy families with children (see H.R. 710), H802 [26JA]
Agriculture: humane living conditions for calves raised for the production of veal (see H.R. 263), H6735 [10JY]
———price supports for honey (see H.R. 1235), H5072 [16MY]
———price supports for peanuts (see H.R. 2008), H7068 [17JY]
———price supports for sugar (see H.R. 1687), H5471 [23MY]
———provide incentives for the maintenance of farmland in production capacity (see H.R. 2429), H14964 [15DE]
Air pollution: reduction in emissions of pollutants contributing to acid deposition in the Adirondacks (see H.R. 2682), H14003 [5DE]
Airlines: prohibit smoking on all flights (see H.R. 969), H3073 [13MR]
Alaska: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1000), H1967 [21FE]
American Revolution: mint coins in commemoration of black revolutionary war patriots (see H.R. 1776), H5690 [7JN]
Animals: prohibit interstate commerce relative to exotic animals (see H.R. 1202), H4512 [2MY]
———reporting requirements for research facilities conducting experimentation and testing (see H.R. 1547), H5367 [18MY]
Appropriations: making continuing (see H.J. Res. 118, 120), H12506 [15NO]
Armed Forces: procedures for determining status of certain missing members (see H.R. 945), H4619 [9MY]
Armenia: anniversary of genocide (see H. Con. Res. 47), H4512 [2MY]
Award, medals, prizes: establish congressional commemorative medal for organ donors (see H.R. 2551), H14003 [5DE]
Bosnia and Herzegovina: investigation of war crimes (see H. Res. 282), H15136 [19DE]
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), consideration (see H. Res. 33), H593 [24JA]
Business and industry: volunteer guidelines for socially responsible practices for U.S. businesses operating abroad (see H.R. 910), H1688 [13FE]
Charities: clarify exemptions from securities and antitrust laws relative to charitable gift annuities (see H.R. 2525), H11830 [7NO]
Chavez, Cesar E.: designate birthday as Federal holiday (see H.J. Res. 84), H4031 [30MR]
Children and youth: health research (see H.R. 1735), H5608 [25MY]
China, People's Republic of: encourage liberty (see H.R. 1147), H4177 [4AP]
China, Republic of: U.N. participation (see H. Con. Res. 12), H1752 [14FE]
Citizenship: demonstration projects to celebrate process of becoming and being U.S. citizens (see H.R. 1980), H6697 [30JN]
Civil rights: prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (see H.R. 1507), H4431 [7AP]
———prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (see H.R. 1863), H6045 [15JN]
Civil Rights Act: applications (see H.R. 658), H1752 [14FE]
———availability of information on reproductive health services at federally or State funded family planning clinics (see H.R. 641), H4031 [30MR]
Coastal Zone Management Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1965), H6656 [29JN]
Coins: mint coins recommended by the Citizens Commemorative Coin Advisory Committee (see H.R. 1753), H6270 [22JN]
Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 42), H2716 [6MR]
———revise and extend (see H.R. 1872), H8597 [6SE]
Consumer Price Index: calculation (see H. Res. 45), H4512 [2MY]
Consumers: credit card fees (see H.R. 1169), H6736 [10JY]
———establish a toll-free telephone number in the Dept. of Commerce to assist consumers in identifying domestically-produced merchandise (see H.R. 447), H593 [24JA]
Convention Against Torture and Other Forms of Cruel, Inhuman, and Degrading Treatment or Punishment: implementation (see H.R. 1416), H6200 [21JN]
Courts: enforcement of child support obligations by requiring the use of liens against property of persons owing overdue support (see H.R. 1029), H5623 [6JN]
———equalize remedies available to victims of intentional employment discrimination (see H.R. 96), H1556 [9FE]
———prevent jury tampering (see H.R. 1145), H4619 [9MY]
———prevent witness retaliation (see H.R. 1143), H4619 [9MY]
———prevent witness tampering (see H.R. 1144), H4619 [9MY]
———reform civil assets forfeiture (see H.R. 1916), H9364 [20SE]
Credit: define payment postmark date as payment date for purposes of grace periods (see H.R. 1963), H6655 [29JN]
Crime: include peonage and slavery offenses as RICO predicates (see H.R. 305), H1968 [21FE]
———prevention of fraud relative to provision of or receipt of payment for health care services (see H.R. 1758), H6736 [10JY]
———protection from sexual predators (see H.R. 713), H3417 [21MR]
———restitution for victims (see H.R. 711), H802 [26JA]
Cuba: exception to trade embargo for medicines and medical supplies, instruments, or equipment (see H.R. 1700), H5571 [24MY]
Cyprus: dispute resolution (see H. Con. Res. 42), H8725 [8SE]
Dept. of Defense: reduce size of operational support aircraft fleet (see H.R. 1973), H8537 [4AU]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish mammography quality standards (see H.R. 882), H4512 [2MY]
Diseases: prevention, control, and elimination of tuberculosis (see H.R. 1140), H5905 [13JN]
———research programs for Parkinson's disease (see H.R. 1462), H6089 [19JN]
Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge: designate (see H.R. 1253), H4795 [10MY]
Drugs: eliminate certain mandatory minimum penalties for crack cocaine offenses (see H.R. 1264), H4619 [9MY]
Ecology and environment: establish revolving loan funds for cleanup of distressed areas with investment potential (see H.R. 1620), H4873 [11MY]
———funding to States to implement national estuary conservation and management plans (see H.R. 1438, 1917), H4414 [6AP], H6269 [22JN]
———State certification of voluntary cleanup programs for low and medium priority sites (see H.R. 1621), H4873 [11MY]
———strengthen protection of native biodiversity and place restraints on clearcutting of forests (see H.R. 2407), H15136 [19DE]
Education: funding for higher education financial aid programs (see H. Res. 122), H4620 [9MY]
———provide demonstration grants to secondary schools to extend the academic year (see H.R. 2252), H8535 [4AU]
———substitute educational quality evaluations for cohort default rates in eligibility determinations for student assistance programs (see H.R. 903), H3327 [16MR]
Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 1100), H2486 [1MR]
Employment: improve employment and training assistance for dislocated workers (see H.R. 1422), H4619 [9MY]
———tax credit for the hiring of displaced homemakers (see H.R. 110), H2892 [8MR]
Explosives: Federal permit requirements for distribution or receipt of explosives (see H.R. 488), H229 [11JA]
———regulation (see H.R. 43), H5367 [18MY]
Families and domestic relations: child support enforcement (see H.R. 801), H2989 [9MR]
———interstate enforcement of child support and parentage court orders (see H.R. 95), H166 [9JA]
———reduction of teenage pregnancy rates and encouragement of parental responsibility (see H.R. 1115), H2584 [2MR]
Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: coverage of medical foods (see H.R. 2009), H8725 [8SE]
———make available to general public (see H.R. 1084), H4795 [10MY]
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), H4618 [9MY]
———prohibit possession of nonsporting handguns (see H.R. 250), H890 [30JA]
Food: meat and poultry inspection programs (see H.R. 1423), H5367 [18MY]
Foreign Service: retirement, survivor, and health benefits for spouses relative to misconduct or disloyalty of officials (see H.R. 674), H2584 [2MR]
Foreign trade: develop criteria for market access in foreign countries (see H.R. 1560), H4958 [15MY]
———prohibit the importation of goods produced abroad with child labor (see H.R. 2065), H7256 [19JY]
France: actions relative to moratorium on testing of nuclear weapons (see H. Res. 174), H8684 [7SE]
Freedom of information: require disclosure of information on certain individuals relative to Nazi war crimes during World War II (see H.R. 1281), H4105 [3AP]
FRS: defer additional increases in interest rates (see H. Res. 54), H969 [31JA]
FTC: prescriptions for contact lenses (see H.R. 1454), H5623 [6JN]
Grant's Tomb National Monument, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 1774), H5690 [7JN]
Guam: establish commonwealth (see H.R. 1056), H2224 [24FE]
Health: designate obstetrician-gynecologists as primary care providers for women under Federal health care regulations (see H. Res. 30), H890 [30JA]
———deter health care fraud and improve the administration of health benefit plans (see H.R. 1912), H7068 [17JY]
———develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth defects (see H.R. 1010), H3049 [10MR]
———ensure pregnant women receiving Public Health Service assistance are provided with pregnancy information and counseling (see H.R. 833), H5753 [8JN]
———establish a national program of trained community health advisers (see H.R. 2245), H14003 [5DE]
———establish an educational program on the prevention and treatment of eating disorders (see H.R. 1688), H5471 [23MY]
———include organ donation forms and information in individual income tax refund payments (see H.R. 1889), H7012 [13JY]
———liability of raw material and component suppliers to medical device manufacturers (see H.R. 753), H4619 [9MY]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 1200), H2989 [9MR]
———prevention of fetal alcohol syndrome (see H.R. 1649), H5071 [16MY]
———prohibit discrimination relative to exposure to hazardous substances (see H.R. 2691), H14311 [12DE]
———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mothers and newborn infants following birth (see H.R. 1936, 1955, 1970; H. Con. Res. 79), H6396 [27JN], H6655, H6656 [29JN], H7801 [26JY]
———studies and programs relative to traumatic brain injuries (see H.R. 248), H4619 [9MY]
Health care professionals: training for the identification and referral of victims of domestic violence (see H.R. 1521), H5983 [14JN]
Higher Education Accumulation Program: establish to allow tax deductible donations (see H.R. 797), H5071 [16MY]
House of Representatives: ratification of constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights relative to States' ratification (see H. Res. 39), H3417 [21MR]
Housing: benefits relative to the purchase of residential cooperative apartment units (see H.R. 1006), H6656 [29JN]
———prohibit certain rental housing managers from banning household pets for elderly residents (see H.R. 1619), H6200 [21JN]
Human rights: trafficking of Burmese women and girls into Thailand for forced prostitution (see H. Con. Res. 21), H3573 [22MR]
Immigration and Nationality Act: amend by substituting ``children born out of wedlock'' for ``illegitimate children'' references (see H.R. 1204), H4619 [9MY]
Insurance: coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (see H.R. 2011), H8904 [13SE]
———prohibit denial of health coverage based on status as victim of domestic violence (see H.R. 2654), H13870 [30NO]
———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]
IRS: safeguard taxpayer rights (see H.R. 661), H5071 [16MY]
Israel: secondary boycott by Arab countries (see H.R. 1193), H4795 [10MY]
Lower East Side Tenement Museum National Historic Site: establish (see H.R. 2344), H9671 [28SE]
Medicaid: improve Federal medical assistance percentage (see H.R. 818, 2226), H1207 [3FE], H8534 [4AU]
———prostate cancer screening (see H.R. 780), H3572 [22MR]
———screening mammography (see H.R. 777), H3572 [22MR]
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, 1046), H3073 [13MR], H5983 [14JN]
———coverage of blood-testing strips for individuals with diabetes (see H.R. 1074), H3327 [16MR]
———coverage of paramedic intercept ambulance support services (see H.R. 1757), H8597 [6SE]
———diabetes outpatient self-management training services (see H.R. 1073), H3327 [16MR]
———limit penalty for late enrollment (see H.R. 559), H2989 [9MR]
———limit penalty for late enrollment and establish special enrollment for certain military retirees (see H.R. 2729), H14172 [6DE]
———multiple sclerosis drug treatments (see H.R. 1078), H5623 [6JN]
———permit select policies to be offered in all States (see H.R. 483), H3049 [10MR]
———prostate cancer screening (see H.R. 779, 1496), H3572 [22MR], H6159 [20JN]
———protection of beneficiaries relative to enrollment in managed care plans and health maintenance organizations (see H.R. 1707), H7068 [17JY]
———screening mammography (see H.R. 778, 958), H1849 [15FE], H3572 [22MR]
Medicare/Medicaid: public examination of any changes in existing law relative to budget reconciliation (see H. Res. 221), H8904 [13SE]
Military assistance: prohibit to governments that are undemocratic, engaged in armed aggression, or in violation of human rights or arms control standards (see H.R. 772), H1050 [1FE]
Miller, Doris: posthumous awarding of Medal of Honor (see H.R. 1677), H6159 [20JN]
Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 619, 940), H1372 [7FE], H1751 [14FE]
Monuments and memorials: encircle the Washington Monument with State flags (see H.R. 990), H4512 [2MY]
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases: expand activities relative to lupus (see H.R. 835), H4512 [2MY]
National Voter Registration Act: affirmation (see H. Con. Res. 96), H8536 [4AU]
Navy Combat Action Ribbon: retroactive awarding to certain individuals (see H.R. 895), H1611 [10FE]
NIH: funding for diabetes-related research (see H.R. 1656), H8537 [4AU]
Patents: early publication of patent applications (see H.R. 1733), H10077 [13OC]
———restore term (see H.R. 359), H537 [23JA]
Pensions: exclude the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund from the Federal budget (see H.R. 103), H6083 [16JN]
———revise effective date for cost-of-living adjustments for military retirees (see H.R. 2664), H13870 [30NO]
Police Athletic League: tribute (see H. Res. 163), H5691 [7JN]
Political campaigns: require disclosure of certain phone bank communications (see H.R. 324), H172 [9JA]
Public health: establish standards for long-term care insurance policies (see H.R. 1221), H5691 [7JN]
Public Health Service: extend and clarify malpractice coverage for health centers (see H.R. 1747), H8597 [6SE]
Public welfare programs: reform (see H.R. 1250), H3276 [15MR]
Public works: provide incentives for the creation of jobs and restoration of infrastructure (see H.R. 1591), H4618 [9MY]
Puerto Rico: transfer of certain lands on the Island of Vieques (see H.R. 2159), H8308 [2AU]
Recycling: management standards and requirements for spent lead-acid batteries (see H.R. 1522), H4432 [7AP]
———require producers and importers of newsprint to recycle a certain percentage (see H.R. 1523), H4432 [7AP]
———require producers and importers of tires to recycle a certain percentage (see H.R. 1524), H4432 [7AP]
———require the EPA to establish a recycling credit system for used oil (see H.R. 1525), H4432 [7AP]
Refuse disposal: State control of municipal solid waste transportation and disposal (see H.R. 2443), H9738 [29SE]
Rivers, Ruben: posthumous awarding of Medal of Honor (see H.R. 2228), H8534 [4AU]
Senior citizens: affirm the purpose and value of senior nutrition programs (see H. Con. Res. 22), H1612 [10FE]
Serna, Marcelino: posthumous awarding of Medal of Honor (see H.R. 670), H8536 [4AU]
Small business: increase deductions for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 76), H1052 [1FE]
Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of 150th anniversary (see H.R. 1079, 2627), H4619 [9MY], H13274 [17NO]
Social Security: maintain earnings test correlation between disability insurance benefits for the blind and retirement age benefits (see H. Con. Res. 23), H2892 [8MR]
———medicare reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see H.R. 580), H5905 [13JN]
———require States to permit a chronically-ill parent to appoint a standby guardian for a minor without surrendering parental rights (see H.R. 709), H2892 [8MR]
SSI: require benefits in the form of vouchers (see H.R. 612), H2892 [8MR]
States: expedite review of criminal records of applicants for security officer employment (see H.R. 2092), H7461 [21JY]
———Federal recognition of any coastal moratorium on leasing, exploration, and development of the Outer Continental Shelf (see H.R. 1898), H6158 [20JN]
Surplus Government property: authorize donation of surplus Federal law enforcement canines to their handlers (see H.R. 704), H3049 [10MR]
———distribution to nonprofit organizations providing assistance to the hungry or indigent (see H.R. 863), H6913 [12JY]
Taxation: allow nonitemizers a deduction for a portion of their charitable contributions (see H.R. 1493), H5905 [13JN]
———benefits for foreign corporations (see H.R. 1278), H5753 [8JN]
———credit for clinical testing expenses for certain drugs for rare diseases or conditions (see H.R. 1566), H7012 [13JY]
———employer credits for expenses of providing dependent care services to employees (see H.R. 881), H3417 [21MR]
———encourage investment in low-income housing (see H.R. 931), H4433 [7AP]
———exclude length of service awards for firefighters and emergency medical service personnel from limitations on deferred compensation plans (see H.R. 1893), H8309 [2AU]
———exclusion of employer-provided educational assistance (see H.R. 127), H3733 [23MR]
———individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1389), H4874 [11MY]
———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]
———permit tax-free rollover of certain payments made by employers to separated employees (see H.R. 1251), H8537 [4AU]
———require burden of proof to be on the Dept. of the Treasury in all tax cases (see H.R. 390), H692 [25JA]
———retain alternative minimum tax (see H. Con. Res. 110), H10848 [25OC]
———treatment of accelerated death benefits under life insurance contracts (see H.R. 99), H166 [9JA]
———treatment of adoption expenses (see H.R. 1985), H6698 [30JN]
———treatment of charitable risk pools (see H.R. 1299), H5692 [7JN]
———treatment of gains on sale of small business stocks (see H.R. 645), H2651 [3MR]
———treatment of group legal services plans (see H.R. 540), H4433 [7AP]
———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]
———treatment of student loan interest (see H.R. 1229), H4177 [4AP]
———treatment of tenant-stockholders in cooperative housing corporations (see H.R. 1546), H5609 [25MY]
Tobacco products: increase excise taxes and use revenue for tobacco crop substitution (see H.R. 1455), H4512 [2MY]
———require the reduction and eventual elimination of nicotine in tobacco products (see H.R. 1853), H6831 [11JY]
Transportation: funding for bicycle facilities and pedestrian walkways (see H.R. 1539), H4511 [2MY]
U.N. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 220), H13731 [28NO]
U.N. World Conference on Women: support U.S. commitments (see H. Con. Res. 119), H14764 [13DE]
U.S. Academy for Democracy and Civil-Military Relations: establish (see H.R. 2652), H13142 [16NO]
Urban areas: economic redevelopment (see H.R. 1381), H6046 [15JN]
———provide grants to nonprofit organizations to develop open spaces (see H.R. 936), H1751 [14FE]
Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1500), H4431 [7AP]
Veterans: benefit eligibility for certain service in the military forces of the Philippines (see H.R. 1136), H2716 [6MR]
———establish confidential database for the collection of medical information (see H.R. 798), H4415 [6AP]
———Government employment preference for active duty service veterans of Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm (see H.R. 2510), H10484 [19OC]
———minimum survivor annuities for surviving spouses who remain unmarried (see H.R. 1090), H4619 [9MY]
———revise effective dates for discontinuance of compensation and pension benefits (see H.R. 109), H8597 [6SE]
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), H9592 [27SE]
Water pollution: eliminate certain discharges of chlorine compounds into navigable waters (see H.R. 1400), H4334 [5AP]
———enforcement and compliance with regulations (see H.R. 1262), H4795 [10MY]
———Federal facilities pollution control (see H.R. 363), H2393 [28FE]
Waterways: restoration projects to control flooding, erosion, and pollution runoff and improve water quality (see H.R. 1331), H3878 [28MR]
Weapons: deployment policy for ballistic missile systems (see H.R. 983), H1907 [16FE]
———eliminate use of antipersonnel landmines (see H.R. 1876), H6082 [16JN]
Women: availability of information on reproductive health services (see H. Res. 118), H5983 [14JN]
———establish offices of women's health within certain Federal agencies (see H.R. 1736), H6482 [28JN]
———prohibit practice of female genital mutilation or female circumcision (see H.R. 941), H2892 [8MR]
World Summit for Children: implementation of plan of action (see H.R. 966), H1849 [15FE]
Letters
Constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration of the U.S. flag: Geoffrey Graham, E1490
Remarks by, on
Abortion: use of law enforcement block grants to protect family planning clinics, H1725 [14FE]
Bronx, NY: tribute to TRIO programs, E425
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), H655
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2491), H11210
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2491), conference report, H13198
———setting forth the Federal budget for 1996-2002 (H. Con. Res. 67), H5170
Caribbean nations: economic assistance, H5730
Courts: limit the application of the exclusionary rule (H.R. 666), H1396, H1397 [8FE]
Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures, E617
Cuba: Advisory Board for Cuba Broadcasting funding, H7779 [26JY]
———strengthen international economic sanctions and support transition to democratically elected government (H.R. 927), H9346 [20SE]
———TV Marti funding, H7772 [26JY]
Dept. of State: consolidate foreign affairs agencies (H.R. 1561), H5730
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State and the Judiciary: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2076), H7727, H7730, H7772, H7779 [26JY]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2127), E1604
EEOC: funding, H7727 [26JY]
Federal Water Pollution Control Act: amend (H.R. 961), H4867
Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (H.J. Res. 79), H6419 [28JN], E1481
Highbridge-Woodycrest Center, New York, NY: Fannie Mae Foundation Women's Health Initiative Grant recipient, E221
Immigration: facilitate the apprehension, detention, and deportation of criminal aliens (H.R. 668), H1595 [10FE]
———funding for improvements in the naturalization process, H7730 [26JY]
Latin America: economic assistance, H5730
Law enforcement: provide block grants (H.R. 728), H1717, H1725 [14FE]
———transfer block grant funds to community policing programs, H1717 [14FE]
Louchart, Mary Kay: St. Benedict the Moor Neighborhood Center of the Bronx, NY, honoree, E2037
Medicare: reform, H5170
———reform (H.R. 2425), H10364
Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (H.J. Res. 73), H3953 [29MR]
New York, NY: anniversary of Fordham Evangelical Lutheran Church, E2143
———anniversary of Seabury Day Care Center, E2145
Public welfare programs: funding for nutrition programs, H2730 [7MR]
———reform (H.R. 4), H3769 [24MR]
———reform (H.R. 4), conference report, H15526
Republican Party: national agenda, H1972 [22FE]
South Bronx Mental Health Council, Inc.: tribute, E178
Taxation: rates (H.R. 1215), H4258
Votes: position on missed, E1365
Zucker, Stefan R.: St. Benedict the Moor Neighborhood Center honoree, E2039
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H6267 [22JN]
Statements
Reinstatement of the Death Penalty in New York State: Robert Johnson, Bronx, NY, District Attorney, E617
Tributes
Amadeo, Miguel A., E1465
Arroyo, Carmen, E2028
Benjamin, Michael A., E2041
Capo, Bobby, E603
Caraballo, Hermes L., E2051
Cohen, Jonathan, E174
Colon, Ruben D., E2343
Crawford, John L., E1093
DeLeon, Dennis, E1314
Di Martino, Rita, E1444
Doyle, Michael T., E2042
Garcia, Carlos, E2082
Graciano, Jose M., E1090
Joslyn, Sharon A., E2030
LeBow, Fred, E2161
Lewis, Roland J., E2040
Overall, Martha, E2035
Pankey, Henry A., E2327 [8DE]
Simpson, Samuel G., E2339
Stern, Howard, E181
Torres, Eduardo J., E1089