WELDON, CURT (a Representative from Pennsylvania)
Amendments offered by, to
Appropriations: line-item veto (H.R. 2), H1137 [2FE]
Science: authorizing appropriations for Federal civilian science activities (H.R. 2405), H9926 [12OC]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 1530, Dept. of Defense appropriations, H9403 [21SE]
Articles and editorials
Army's Food Supply Said on `Brink of Disaster', INTERFAX (news service), H8163 [1AU]
Azerbaijan—Azerbaijan—Transit Point for Nuclear Materials Smuggling, N. Medzhidova, H8164 [1AU]
Bitter Battle Reveals That Repealing Law Won't Save Money, Cockshaw's Construction Labor News+Opinion (publication), H10029 [12OC]
Decommissioned Nuclear Submarines Said To Pose Danger, Interface (Russian publication), H15207 [19DE]
Editorial Doubts Future of Bosnian Peace Accord, H13728 [28NO]
Federal Assembly—Postponement of Kozyrev Duma Speech Detailed, INTERFAX (news service), H8163 [1AU]
Freedom Is a Light for Which Many Men Have Died in Darkness, James W. Gallagher, E537
Here's a Grand Little Story To Stir Your Blood on a Monday Morning, Tampa (FL) Tribune, H2300 [27FE], H5161 [17MY]
Intelligence Service on Security of Nuclear Material, H8165 [1AU]
Lengthening the Fuse, Bruce G. Blair, Brookings Review (publication), H8161-H8163 [1AU]
Military, Nuclear & Space Issues, INTERFAX (news service), H8158 [1AU]
Military, Nuclear & Space Issues—Grachev Urges Yeltsin To Rectify Finance Problems, Russia National Affairs (publication), H8163 [1AU]
Official Confirms Security of Miniature Nuclear Weapons, Lyudmila Yermakova, ITAR-TASS (Russian news agency), H15206 [19DE]
Petrov—40,000 Tons of Chemical Weapons `Accurate,' Anatoliy Yurkin, ITAR-TASS (Russian news agency), H15206 [19DE]
Plan ``Not Accepted'' by Serbs, H13728 [28NO]
Red Flag on Technology Sale to China, Jack Anderson and Michael Binstein, Washington (DC) Post, H2301 [27FE]
RS-18 ICBM Under Conversion Into Space Booster, Anna Bakina, ITAR-TASS (Russian news service), H8163 [1AU]
Russia Sells Rocket Motors to China, Bill Gertz, Washington (DC) Times, H2300 [27FE]
Russia Uses Pentagon Funds in Constructing New Nukes, Bill Gertz, Washington (DC) Times, H5872 [13JN]
Sarajevo Serbs Oppose Dayton Peace Plan, Srpska Televizija (Serbian television station), H13728 [28NO]
Serbs in Sarajevo Await ``Explanation'' of Accord, Draga Grubic, Srpska Televizija (Serbian television station), H13728 [28NO]
Third World (War)? E. Baltin, Krymskaya Pravda (Russian publication), H15204-H15206 [19DE]
U.N. Is Said To Find Russian Markings on Iraq-Bound Military Equipment, R. Jeffrey Smith, Washington (DC) Post, H15204 [19DE]
Will Davis-Bacon Repeal Save Money? Cockshaw's Construction Labor News+Opinion (publication), H10030 [12OC]
Will Prevailing Wage Laws Be Repealed? Cockshaw's Construction Labor News+Opinion (publication), H10028 [12OC]
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Bosnia and Herzegovina: U.S. military enforcement of peace agreement between Serbian, Croatian, and Muslim forces (see H. Con. Res. 118), H14172 [6DE]
Capitol Building and Grounds: authorizing use of grounds for display of RAH-66 Comanche helicopter (see H. Con. Res. 74), H5904 [13JN]
———authorizing use of grounds for the Firefighter Challenge (see H. Con. Res. 46), H3417 [21MR]
CERCLA: clarify appropriate inquiry into previous ownership and uses of real property to qualify for the innocent landowner defense (see H.R. 1285), H3416 [21MR]
Committee on Ways and Means (House): include the identity, sponsor, and revenue cost of single-taxpayer relief provisions in reported bills (see H. Res. 56), H1051 [1FE]
Davis-Bacon Act: revise (see H.R. 2472), H10047 [12OC]
House Rules: establish a Citizens' Commission on Congressional Ethics (see H. Res. 95), H2176 [23FE]
Oceans: prohibit dumping of radioactive waste (see H.R. 1154), H2811 [7MR]
Public welfare programs: reform (see H.R. 781), H1051 [1FE]
Recycling: improve the collection and dissemination of information that will promote the recycling of municipal solid waste (see H.R. 1153), H2811 [7MR]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Air pollution: reduction of work-related vehicle trips in ozone nonattainment areas (see H.R. 325), H172 [9JA]
Animals: prohibit interstate commerce relative to exotic animals (see H.R. 1202), H3048 [10MR]
Appropriations: line-item veto (see H.R. 2), H159 [9JA]
———reduce discretionary spending limits (see H.R. 1162), H2891 [8MR]
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), H8309 [2AU]
Aviation: repeal increase in transportation fuels tax applicable to commercial aviation (see H.R. 752), H6698 [30JN]
Bosnia and Herzegovina: lift U.S. arms embargo (see H.R. 1172), H6200 [21JN]
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1), H161 [9JA]
CERCLA: amend (see H.R. 200), H4177 [4AP]
———clarify liability for certain recycling transactions (see H.R. 820), H4619 [9MY]
China, Republic of: U.N. membership (see H. Con. Res. 63), H5191 [17MY]
Coastal Zone Management Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1965), H6656 [29JN]
Congress: constitutional amendment to require a three-fifths majority on the passage of legislation increasing revenue (see H.J. Res. 106), H8308 [2AU]
Correctional institutions: reform process for lawsuits relative to prison conditions and treatment (see H.R. 2468), H9897 [11OC]
Credit: define payment postmark date as payment date for purposes of grace periods (see H.R. 1963), H9245 [19SE]
Crime: consumer fraud (see H.R. 1499), H10048 [12OC]
———deny annuity benefits to Members of Congress and terminate salary of justices or judges convicted of felonies (see H.R. 350), H9591 [27SE]
———false identification documents (see H.R. 1552), H7012 [13JY]
———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (see H.R. 3), H159 [9JA]
———require opening of campus security crime logs at institutions of higher education (see H.R. 2416), H12350 [14NO]
Cyprus: dispute resolution (see H. Con. Res. 42), H8994 [14SE]
Dept. of Education: abolish (see H.R. 1883), H6082 [16JN]
———abolish, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 1883), H9246 [19SE]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: display of POW/MIA flag at medical centers relative to full accounting of Vietnam-era POW/MIA (see H.R. 2013), H6830 [11JY]
Disasters: establish a commission to improve the Federal emergency management system (see H.R. 651), H592 [24JA]
———provide for hazard mitigation, relief, and insurance against natural disasters (see H.R. 1856), H6045 [15JN]
Diseases: payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted human immunodeficiency virus due to contaminated blood products (see H.R. 1023), H2487 [1MR]
Employment: age discrimination regulations relative to hiring and retirement plans for State and local law enforcement officers and firefighters (see H.R. 849), H2393 [28FE]
———age discrimination relative to retirement and hiring plans for firefighters and law enforcement officers (see H.R. 2649), H13142 [16NO]
Endangered species: protection (see H.R. 2374), H9452 [21SE]
Endangered Species Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2444), H10307 [18OC]
English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see H.R. 123), H468 [20JA]
ERISA: restrict Government promotion of economically targeted investments for employee benefit plans (see H.R. 1594), H5191 [17MY]
Expo `98: U.S. participation in Lisbon, Portugal (see H. Con. Res. 91), H10048 [12OC]
Families and domestic relations: strengthen rights of parents (see H.R. 11), H161 [9JA]
Federal employees: establish additional Thrift Savings Plan investment funds (see H.R. 2306), H8805 [12SE]
———reduce number of political appointees (see H.R. 2090), H9364 [20SE]
Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (see H.R. 5), H296 [17JA]
Fire prevention: encourage State and local fire safety and prevention education programs (see H.R. 771), H1050 [1FE]
Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 79), H3416 [21MR]
Graham, Billy and Ruth: award congressional gold medal (see H.R. 2657), H13273 [17NO]
H. John Heinz III, Dept. of Veterans Affairs Nursing Care Center, Aspinwall, PA: designate (see H.R. 2760), H14310 [12DE]
Hazardous substances: nuclear waste disposal (see H.R. 1020), H5367 [18MY]
Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 995), H7916 [27JY]
House of Representatives: return of excess amounts from official allowances to the Treasury for deficit reduction (see H.R. 26), H1460 [8FE]
Immigration: status of public education benefits relative to States (see H.R. 1377), H4104 [3AP]
Insurance: prohibit denial of health coverage based on status as victim of domestic violence (see H.R. 1920), H9452 [21SE]
International Fund for Ireland: require certain entities receiving U.S. funds to comply with the MacBride Principles (see H.R. 244), H1052 [1FE]
Law enforcement officers: exemption from State laws prohibiting carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H3975 [29MR]
Madison, James: mint coins in commemoration of 250th anniversary of birth (see H.R. 1684), H15574 [21DE]
Max Rosenn U.S. Courthouse, Wilkes-Barre, PA: designate (see H.R. 1718), H14311 [12DE]
Medicare: 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]
———reform (see H.R. 2152), H8174 [1AU]
Medicare and Medicaid Coverage Data Bank: repeal (see H.R. 952), H2306 [27FE]
Motor vehicles: regulation of motorcycle helmet use (see H.R. 899), H1611 [10FE]
National Foundation on Physical Fitness and Sports: establish (see H.R. 2209), H13870 [30NO]
National Institute for the Environment: establish (see H.R. 2827), H15574 [21DE]
National Park Service: reform concessions policies (see H.R. 773), H1050 [1FE]
National security: revitalize (see H.R. 7), H160 [9JA]
National Voter Registration Act: repeal (see H.R. 370), H1611 [10FE]
Native Americans: status of Indian children (see H.R. 1448), H4795 [10MY]
Natural gas: enhance safety, training, research, and development in the propane gas industry (see H.R. 1514), H9505 [25SE]
Northern Ireland: adherence with the MacBride Principles by U.S. persons doing business (see H.R. 470), H1052 [1FE]
Pensions: exclude the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund from the Federal budget (see H.R. 103), H3572 [22MR]
Public debt: establish a deficit reduction trust fund (see H.R. 1162), H2891 [8MR]
Public welfare programs: prohibit financial assistance to persons delinquent in child support payments (see H.R. 104), H6830 [11JY]
———reform (see H.R. 4), H159 [9JA]
Radio: permit recreational radio operations without licenses (see H.R. 963), H6698 [30JN]
Small business: increase deductions for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 697), H1208 [3FE]
Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of 150th anniversary (see H.R. 2627), H13930 [4DE]
Social Security: increase earnings limit (see H.R. 2668, 2684), H13731 [28NO], H13803 [29NO]
———increase earnings limit, repeal increase of taxation of benefits, and provide incentives to purchase long-term care insurance (see H.R. 8), H160 [9JA]
Solid waste: State control over transportation of municipal solid waste (see H.R. 2323), H13870 [30NO]
SSI: require periodic reapplication and modify administrative criteria relative to mental impairments (see H.R. 1974), H7012 [13JY]
Taxation: allow individuals to designate percentage of their tax liability to reduce the national debt (see H.R. 13), H163 [9JA]
———deductibility of certain home office expenses (see H.R. 40), H296 [17JA]
———exclude length of service awards for firefighters and emergency medical service personnel from limitations on deferred compensation plans (see H.R. 1893), H8725 [8SE]
———exclusion of gross estate taxes of a decedent relative to certain land subject to qualified conservation easements (see H.R. 864), H1460 [8FE]
———prohibit retroactive taxation (see H.R. 788), H1051 [1FE]
———provide credits for families and reform the marriage penalty (see H.R. 6), H160 [9JA]
———require burden of proof to be on the Dept. of the Treasury in all tax cases (see H.R. 390), H692 [25JA]
———treatment of individual investment accounts (see H.R. 328), H2811 [7MR]
Transportation: provide off-budget treatment for certain transportation trust funds (see H.R. 842), H3572 [22MR]
Veterans: Government employment preference for active duty service veterans of Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm (see H.R. 2510), H10484 [19OC]
———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H5905 [13JN]
Volunteer workers: grant immunity from personal civil liability during work on behalf of governmental entities or nonprofit organizations (see H.R. 911), H1688 [13FE]
World War II: mint coins in commemoration of 50th anniversary of the Marshall Plan and of George C. Marshall (see H.R. 1406), H6397 [27JN]
Documents
Government Approves Funding for ITER Project: Russian Government, H8163 [1AU]
Letters
Bombing of Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, OK: by, H4460 [2MY]
Davis-Bacon Act: Peter A. Cockshaw, H10028 [12OC]
International ban on ocean dumping of low-level nuclear waste: Vice President Gore, H13977 [5DE]
John Lykes (vessel) removal from merchant marine service, E1394
Missile defense systems: President Clinton, H1813 [15FE]
———several Representatives, H1812 [15FE]
National missile defense systems compliance with Antiballistic Missile Treaty: Malcolm R. O'Neill, Dept. of Defense, H5945, H5948 [14JN]
Philadelphia, PA, Naval Shipyard: Cheryl Kandaras, Dept. of the Navy, H6125 [20JN]
U.S. military intervention in Bosnia and Herzegovina: John Jordan, H13231 [17NO]
Lists
Davis-Bacon Act supporters: several contractors, H10030 [12OC]
Memorandums
Missile Defense Systems: Dept. of Defense, H1811 [15FE]
Remarks by, on
Air pollution: reduction of work-related vehicle trips in ozone nonattainment areas (H.R. 325), E2351
Appropriations: line-item veto, H277, H278 [17JA]
———line-item veto (H.R. 2), H1117, H1118, H1119, H1137 [2FE]
Arson Awareness Week: observance, H4484 [2MY]
Bethesda, MD: tribute to the doctors and staff at the Bethesda Naval Hospital, H12178 [13NO]
Bosnia and Herzegovina: lift U.S. arms embargo (S. 21), H8103 [1AU]
———require congressional approval prior to U.S. military intervention (H.R. 2606), H13231 [17NO]
———U.S. military enforcement of peace agreement between Serbian, Croatian, and Muslim forces (H. Con. Res. 118), H14356 [12DE]
———U.S. military intervention, H13725-H13729 [28NO], H13979, H13980, H13981 [5DE], H14211 [7DE]
Budget: balance, H277, H278 [17JA]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 1996-2002 (H. Con. Res. 67), H5161 [17MY], H5304
CERCLA: clarify appropriate inquiry into previous ownership and uses of real property to qualify for the innocent landowner defense (H.R. 1285), E648
Clinton, President: evaluation of administration, H13147 [17NO]
Davis-Bacon Act: revise (H.R. 2472), H10027 [12OC]
Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission: recommendations (H.J. Res. 102), H8693, H8694 [8SE]
Dept. of Defense: allied burden sharing for maintenance and operation of military personnel and installations in foreign countries, H5961 [14JN]
———authorizing appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base closure and realignment (H.R. 1817), H6125, H6126 [20JN]
———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1530), H5786, H5787, H5869, H5871 [13JN], H5940, H5941, H5943, H5945, H5948, H5949, H5950, H5953, H5961 [14JN], H6012 [15JN]
———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1530), conference report, H14953, H14954 [15DE], H15199, H15203, H15204 [19DE]
———B-52 bomber funding, H14954 [15DE]
———funding for Cooperative Threat Reduction programs relative to Russian biological weapons production, H5869, H5871 [13JN]
———line-item veto authority, H1137 [2FE]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2126), H8156 [1AU], H8652, H8657 [7SE]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2126), conference report, H13060 [16NO]
———making supplemental appropriations and rescissions to enhance military readiness (H.R. 889), H2003 [22FE]
———Naval shipyard projects funding, H6125, H6126 [20JN]
———reduction of missile defense systems and application of savings to military personnel, H5953 [14JN]
Dept. of Labor: revise coverage standards for prevailing wage requirements for Federal construction projects (H.R. 2472), E1936
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1977), H6962 [13JY]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State and the Judiciary: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2076), H7738 [26JY]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2099), H7950 [28JY]
Employment: age discrimination regulations relative to hiring and retirement plans for State and local law enforcement officers and firefighters (H.R. 849), H3824 [28MR]
EPA: enforcement of certain environmental laws, H7950 [28JY]
Federal Water Pollution Control Act: amend (H.R. 961), H4987 [16MY]
Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (H.R. 5), E130
Fire Prevention Week: observance, H9892 [11OC]
Foreign aid: economic assistance to newly independent States of the former Soviet Union, H6358 [27JN]
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 1868), H6358 [27JN]
Government: downsizing, H5463, H5464 [23MY]
John Lykes (vessel): removal from merchant marine service, E1394
Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 1854), H6174 [21JN]
Medicaid: reform, H9886, H9887, H9888, H9889, H9890, H9891, H9892 [11OC]
Medicare: reform, H9886, H9887, H9888, H9889, H9890, H9891, H9892 [11OC], H10302 [18OC]
———reform (H.R. 2425), H10371
Mfume, Representative: selection as President of the NAACP, H14354 [12DE]
National defense: funding, H2296-H2300 [27FE]
National Foreign Intelligence Program: funding, H8652 [7SE]
National Highway System: designate (H.R. 2274), H9293 [20SE]
National Sea Grant College Program: reauthorization, H9926, H9927, H9929 [12OC]
National security: national missile defense systems, H5940, H5941, H5943, H5945, H5948, H5949, H5950 [14JN]
———national missile defense systems funding, H1841 [15FE]
———revitalize (H.R. 7), H1768, H1788, H1794, H1810, H1816, H1817, H1819, H1822, H1826, H1827, H1830, H1831, H1833, H1835, H1837, H1841 [15FE], H1856, H1857, H1868 [16FE]
———revitalize (H.R. 7), consideration (H. Res. 83), H1680, H1681 [13FE]
NOAA: funding, H7738 [26JY]
Nuclear weapons: inclusion of space based interceptors in national missile defense system, H1826, H1827, H1830, H1831, H1833, H1835, H1837 [15FE]
Oceans: prohibit dumping of radioactive waste (H.R. 1154), E541
Oklahoma City, OK: bombing of Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building (H. Res. 135), H4460 [2MY]
O'Neil, Harry: Catholic Philopatrian Literary Institute Sourin Memorial Award recipient, E1230
OTA: funding, H6174 [21JN]
Parliamentary inquiry, H1828 [15FE]
Public welfare programs: funding for nutrition programs, H3549 [22MR]
———reform, H2296 [27FE], H5161 [17MY]
———reform (H.R. 4), H3549 [22MR], H3775 [24MR], E755
Radioactive substances: international ban on ocean dumping of low-level nuclear waste, H13977, H13978 [5DE]
Recycling: improve the collection and dissemination of information that will promote the recycling of municipal solid waste (H.R. 1153), E536
Republican Party: national agenda, H552 [24JA], H9231 [19SE]
Roads and highways: ban on new billboards on scenic byways, H9293 [20SE]
Russia: sale of missile technology to Brazil, H5701 [8JN]
———U.S. policy, H8156 [1AU]
Science: authorizing appropriations for Federal civilian science activities (H.R. 2405), H9926, H9927, H9929 [12OC]
Space policy: reusable launch vehicle program funding, H6012 [15JN]
START II: implementation, H8157 [1AU]
Treaties and agreements: Antiballistic Missile Treaty, H5941, H5943, H5945, H5948, H5949, H5950 [14JN], H8156 [1AU]
U.N.: U.S. role in peacekeeping operations, H1868 [16FE]
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: retain refuge entrance fee collections, H6962 [13JY]
Weapons: deployment policy for antiballistic missile systems and advanced theater missile defense systems, H1810, H1816, H1817, H1819, H1822 [15FE]
———missile proliferation, H4074 [3AP]
Wetlands: restoration and conservation programs, H4987 [16MY]
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H10724 [24OC], H11827 [7NO]
Special order: granted, H294 [17JA], H1687 [13FE], H3557 [22MR], H4102 [3AP], H4508 [2MY], H9244 [19SE], H10046 [12OC], H14001 [5DE], H14171 [6DE]
Tribute, H11364 [26OC], H12179 [13NO]
Reports
Duma Deputies Treat Election News `Positively': Petr Zhuravlev and Gleb Cherkasov, H8164 [1AU]
Nuclear Safeguards Still Not `as We Would Like': Yuriy Kukanov, H8165 [1AU]
START II Hearings—`Paradoxical Situation' Seen: Gennadiy Obolenskiy, H8164 [1AU]
START II Treaty Ratification Seen Assured: Aleksandr Koretskiy, H8157 [1AU]
Schedules
Committee on Rules (House): Dept. of the Interior and related agencies appropriations, D836 [11JY]
Statements
Unfunded Mandate Reform Act: Bruce A. Dorbian, Marcus Hook, PA, E130
———James F. Shields, Delaware County, PA, school system, E130
———Wallace H. Nunn, Delaware County, PA, Council, E130
Summaries
GAO's Responses to Dept. of Defense Comments in Our Recent Report, Weapons of Mass Destruction—Reducing the Threat From the Former Soviet Union, H5871 [13JN]
Transcripts
Strategic Missile Troops Said To Be in Financial Difficulties: ``Vremya'' (Russian newscast), H8165 [1AU]
Tributes
Barraclough, Bob, E1878
Barry, John, E1768
Dingell, Representative, H15193, H15199 [19DE]
Gallagher, James W., E537
Hayes, Matthew J., E2259
Mfume, Representative, H14354 [12DE]
Nacrelli, Henry T., E1227
Schmidt, Mike, E93
Scott, Hope M., E125