CHILDREN AND YOUTH related term(s) Colleges and Universities; Education; Families and Domestic Relations; Schools
Addresses
Baby Safety Showers: Hillary Rodham Clinton, E2215 [17NO]
Birth Defects: James L. Mills, E1743 [8SE]
Buzz Aldrin Elementary School Dedication Ceremony: Edwin E. (Buzz) Aldrin, S5918 [1MY]
Choosing Democracy: Aron S. Egner, E912 [2MY]
Contract With America Tax Relief Act: Dominic J. Perri, National Association of Graduate and Professional Students, E808 [6AP]
Eddie Eagle Gun Safety Program: Marion P. Hammer, E1864 [28SE]
Education in America: Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., E1660-E1662 [5AU]
Education of Children in Native Language: William H. Seward, S13521 [13SE]
Faith Above All: Jean Kennedy Smith, S11944 [8AU]
For Our Children's Freedom: John H. Dalton, Sec. of the Navy, S10904 [28JY]
G.R.E.A.T. Press Conference: Brett Sturgill, E2224 [20NO]
National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship Commencement Address: David H. Koch, H5893 [13JN]
School-To-Work—Reinventing America's Work Force: Shawntel Smith, S14994 [11OC]
Sex and Hollywood—What Should the Government's Role Be? Robert H. Bork, American Enterprise Institute, S16105 [27OC]
Tribute to Nancy Daly: Representative George Miller, E916 [2MY]
UNICEF Anniversary: Representative Gilman, E2348 [13DE]
Young People and Tobacco: David A. Kessler, S5915-S5917 [1MY]
Amendments
Crime: sexual exploitation of children (H.R. 1240), S5509, S5519 [6AP], H14319 [12DE]
Fair Labor Standards Act: child labor provisions relative to loading of materials into balers and compacters (H.R. 1114), H10661 [24OC]
Taxation: rates (H.R. 1215), H3880 [28MR], H3975, H3977, H3978 [29MR], H4264, H4290 [5AP]
USIA: extension of au pair programs (S. 1465), S18565, S18579 [13DE]
Analyses
Impact of Republican Budget Cuts on Children in Texas, H11196 [26OC]
Protection of Children From Computer Pornography Act (S. 892), S7922 [7JN]
Telecommunications Competition and Deregulation Act (S. 652): Exon Amendment Relative to the Transmission of Obscene or Indecent Materials to Minors by Computer, S8091 [9JN]
Appointments
National Education Goals Panel, S1725 [27JA]
Articles and editorials
Abandoned to Her Fate, S18687-S18689 [15DE]
Activist Walter Battle Worked for Kids, E2435 [21DE]
African AIDS Epidemic Creating a Society of Orphans—Hundreds of Thousands of Children Left Parentless as Scourge Sweeps the Continent, S4692 [28MR]
Attention Surprises On-Line Runway, S8091 [9JN]
Banner Week for Tech, S10072 [14JY]
Black Victims of Liberals Want Choice in Education, E1333 [27JN]
Bootstraps—Trying in Tennessee, S14323 [26SE]
Britain Joins Americans in Attacking TV Violence, S573 [6JA]
Budget Issue, E2441 [21DE]
Captain's Comeback Highlights Return—Drill Team Gets Warm Welcome in Return Home, S12315 [10AU]
Casino Gambling Surges in United States, Tempting More Teenagers, S16757 [7NO]
Champs Return—Enthusiastic Crowd Greets Drill Team at Airport, S12315 [10AU]
Charting the State of Welfare, S12623 [5SE]
Chewing on a Poor Image, H2474 [1MR]
Clinton Awards South Carolina Woman for Volunteer Work, S6601 [12MY]
Colorblind Adoptions Changed and Enriched Our Lives, S2975 [22FE]
Cuts May Affect Infant Mortality, S15720 [26OC]
Cyberporn—On a Screen Near You, S9019-S9021 [26JN]
Democrats Lie About Lunch, H2377 [28FE]
Direct Loans Benefit Student, S5929 [1MY]
Drill Team World Champs!, S12314 [10AU]
Dual Education Teaches Students To Work, S10662 [25JY]
Education Bait and Switch, H15187 [19DE]
Education Chief Declares War on TV Violence, S2428 [9FE]
Education Contract With America, E1845 [27SE]
Electronic Sink of Depravity, S9017-S9019 [26JN]
Fake IDs Surmount High-Tech Obstacles—Underage Drinkers Flock To Buy Them, S3606 [7MR]
Families Await News on Cuts in Education Aid, S6468 [10MY]
Federalization of Education?, H15186 [19DE]
15-Year-Old Fails in Everest Summit Attempt, S7118 [22MY]
5-Year-Old Saves Mom's Life—Fairbanks Ranch Boy Knew How To Dial 911, E870 [7AP]
Food Angel of 42d Street, H2971 [9MR]
Four Drug Firms Could Gain $1 Billion Under GOP Nutrition-Program Revision, S5163 [5AP], S13524 [13SE]
Friendless, Foundlings, and Homeless Half-Orphans, S12813-S12818 [7SE]
Funding Education Rewards the Entire State in the Long Run, E509 [3MR]
Gingrich—Foes Lying About Kids, H2313 [28FE]
Giving Gang Members Options, Not Threats, S8835 [21JN]
Going to School Hungry, H2969 [9MR]
GOP Bills To Overhaul Welfare Worry City and County Officials, S6926 [18MY]
Her Push for Prevention Keeps Kids Out of ER, E962 [9MY]
History Standards Are Far Off the Mark, E155 [23JA]
House Takes Up Legislation To Dismantle Social Programs, H3700 [23MR]
Ideas From Creative Young Minds Nurtured Into Fledgling Businesses, H5893 [13JN]
If We Must Have a Tax Credit for Children, Do It This Way, S16057 [27OC]
Ignored Law—Statutory Rape, S11823 [8AU]
In D.C. Schools, It's Tough Going—Students Find Themselves Without Soap, Toilet Paper or Privacy, S18569 [13DE]
In Defiance of Darwin—How a Public School in the Bronx Turns Dropouts Into Scholars, S573 [6JA]
Inflicting Pain on Children, S3550 [7MR]
Inside the Revolution—Moderate's Dilemma—Food Program Defender Becomes Dismantler, S5101-S5103 [4AP]
Is AmeriCorps Worth Keeping?, E1890 [29SE]
Just Plain Dumb, H8359 [3AU]
Kids Pay the Price, S16686 [3NO]
Long Island's Einsteins, E382 [16FE]
Many Haitian Children View Camp's Limbo as Permanent, E893 [1MY]
Medicaid Cuts May Threaten Children, E1821 [21SE]
Medicaid's Safety Net for Children Could Be Imperiled, Reports Warn, S16809 [8NO]
Molesters With a Modem—Kiddie-Sex Perverts Using Computers To Lure Victims, S1092 [18JA]
National Reward for Good Teachers, S610 [9JA]
New Software Filters Sexual, Racist Fare Circulated on Internet, S8336 [14JN]
No Lunch? Try the Sharing Table, H3779 [24MR]
No Place For Kids? A Parent's Guide to Sex on the Net, S9021 [26JN]
On Families and Values, S12624 [5SE]
One for Our Children, H2473 [1MR]
One Teensy Little Problem With This New V-Chip, S12209 [10AU]
Peachy—Boy Hero Celebrates Celebrity, E1919 [11OC]
Place To Call My Own, E1737-E1739 [8SE]
Police Cruise Information Highway, S8091 [9JN]
Politics of Paternity Leave, E1816 [20SE]
Power to the Parents on TV Violence, S10661 [25JY]
Powerful Pair, S15972 [26OC]
Pride of Hyden, S18445 [12DE]
Public Schools—Make Them Private, E703 [28MR]
``Real Friend'' of U.S. Education, E2437 [21DE]
Recalling a Man Who Stayed the Course, S1804 [31JA], S2427 [9FE]
Relief for the Hard-Working Poor, S16059 [27OC]
Revolution and Its Children, E576 [10MR]
School Lunch Debate Serves Up Hot Rhetoric But Few Cold Facts—How Kids Would Fare Under Change Unclear, H2313 [28FE]
Schools Defend Decision Against Offering Breakfast, H2970 [9MR]
Service Club Builds Good Citizens, S1021 [18JA]
Seventh Grader Ahead of Her Time at Juggling School, Activities, E2414 [19DE]
Sex and Violence on TV, S13811 [19SE]
South Carolina's Recipe for Leadership, E2373 [18DE]
Students and Teachers Turn Red When It Comes to Drugs—Wearers Display Commitment to Drug Free Lifestyle, H10645 [24OC]
Study Detects ``Sesame Street'' Impact on Kids, S10256 [18JY]
Suffer the Children—Haitian Orphans Are Stranded in Guantanamo, S7135 [22MY]
This Is Sex?, S8331 [14JN]
Title I's Tightrope—Will Poor Kids Lose?, E2440 [21DE]
Transracial Adoptions—In the Children's Best Interests, S12625 [5SE]
Turned Off, S8077 [9JN]
Twin Girls Will Go to Birth Family, H6024 [15JN]
Ungrateful Deadheads—My Long, Strange Trip Through a Tie-Dyed Hell, H8140 [1AU]
UNICEF Asks Broader Aid for Children, S8834 [21JN]
V-Chip Still Only a Vision—Despite All the Talk, It Doesn't Exist, S12209 [10AU]
Violence, Sex Fill Airwaves, H8490 [4AU]
Waves Beat Westbury, on to Glens Falls, E749 [31MR]
Way Out of the Welfare Bind, S13482 [13SE]
We Love the Child, But What About the Children?, S6763 [16MY]
Welfare Shock, S12623 [5SE]
We're Natural Born Killers, S9131 [27JN]
What Is a Doctor To Do When Faced With an Order To Commit Murder? A Question of Duty, S15073 [12OC]
What Special Interest?, H3700 [23MR]
Why Adoptive Parents Fight for Kids, S8123 [9JN]
Winning Gambit in Harlem, E523 [6MR]
Women and Children First?, S13560 [14SE]
World Stage—Quincy Pupils Inspire Many at Ceremony, E2438 [21DE]
Wrong Answer, H15187 [19DE]
Bills and resolutions
Abortion: constitutional amendment on right to life (see H.J. Res. 18, 23, 26, 72, 90), H175 [9JA], H2487 [1MR], H5471 [23MY]
———protection of reproductive rights and access to reproductive health care clinics (see S. 979; H.R. 1952), S9305 [28JN], H6481 [28JN]
AFDC: deny benefits to children who have not received preventive health care or been immunized (see H.R. 191), H168 [9JA]
———establish demonstration projects to expand State administration (see S. 246), S1207 [19JA]
———reform (see H.R. 741, 886), H889 [30JA], H1555 [9FE]
———remove disincentives that prevent recipients from moving toward self-sufficiency (see H.R. 950), H1849 [15FE]
———replace with State block grant programs (see S. 842; H.R. 513), S7244 [23MY], H242 [13JA]
Airlines: require use of child safety restraint systems (see H.R. 1309), H3732 [23MR]
Alcoholic beverages: sale to minors (see H.R. 2088), H7378 [20JY]
Capitol Building and Grounds: authorizing use of grounds for Greater Washington Soap Box Derby (see H. Con. Res. 38), H3049 [10MR]
Child care: consolidate and expand Federal programs (see S. 472), S3052 [23FE]
———consolidate Federal programs (see S. 850), S7388 [24MY]
———provide through public-private partnerships (see H.R. 986), H1907 [16FE]
Citizenship: status of children born in U.S. to parents who are not citizens or permanent resident aliens (see H.R. 1363), H4031 [30MR]
Computers: restrict transmission of obscene or indecent material to minors by computer (see S. 892; H.R. 2104), S7918 [7JN], H7550 [24JY]
Correctional institutions: improvement of secure facilities for violent and chronic juvenile offenders (see S. 724), S5664 [25AP]
Courts: enforcement of child support obligations by requiring the use of liens against property of persons owing overdue support (see H.R. 1029), H2176 [23FE]
———evaluate the effectiveness of the juvenile justice system (see H.R. 1829), H5904 [13JN]
———restrict the authority of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia over certain cases involving child custody and visitation rights (see H.R. 1855), H6045 [15JN]
———sentencing for crimes against child or elderly victims (see H.R. 1794), H5752 [8JN]
CPSC: ban realistic toy handguns (see H.R. 1622), H4873 [11MY]
Crime: distribute to community-based organizations information on the prevention of youth violence and crime (see H.R. 2818), H15237 [20DE]
———evaluate and consolidate Federal juvenile crime prevention programs (see S. 1036), S9998 [14JY]
———increase and improve collection of criminal fines which are deposited into the crime victims fund (see S. 841), S7244 [23MY]
———increase juvenile criminal penalties and improve youth correctional facilities (see H.R. 600), H467 [20JA]
———penalties for certain sex offenses against children (see S. 705), S5404 [6AP]
———penalty enhancement for the use of juveniles in Federal offenses (see H.R. 405), H174 [9JA]
———prevention and punishment of domestic and sexual violence (see S. 694), S5404 [6AP]
———protection from sexual predators (see H.R. 713), H802 [26JA]
———reform juvenile justice system (see S. 1245), S13656 [15SE]
———sexual exploitation of children (see S. 241; H.R. 1240), S1070 [18JA], H3275 [15MR]
———treatment of juvenile records (see H.R. 2817), H15237 [20DE]
Dept. of Defense: conversion of certain military installations into correctional facilities for youthful offenders (see H.R. 472), H229 [11JA]
———prohibit Federal grants or contracts to educational institutions that prevent campus access for recruiting purposes (see H.R. 142, 1118), H167 [9JA], H2584 [2MR]
———transportation of certain children requiring specialized medical services in the U.S. (see S. 660; H.R. 332), S5073 [3AP], H172 [9JA]
Dept. of HHS: grants to States to develop kinship care programs (see S. 1201), S12715 [6SE]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: compensation for children of veterans exposed to ionizing radiation (see H.R. 2401), H9591 [27SE]
Disabled: extend discretionary grant program for special education and assistance (see S. 916), S8177 [12JN]
Diseases: pediatric and adolescent AIDS (see H. Con. Res. 62), H4432 [7AP]
District of Columbia: transfer title of real property in Anacostia Park to facilitate construction of the National Children's Island (see H.R. 1508), H4431 [7AP]
Domestic policy: greatest asset of the U.S. (see H. Res. 165), H5753 [8JN]
Drunken driving: strengthen Federal prevention laws (see H.R. 588), H399 [19JA]
Education: eliminate opportunity-to-learn standards (see S. 1301), S14883 [10OC]
———establish comprehensive early childhood education and staff development programs (see H.R. 968), H1850 [15FE]
———establish mentoring programs for at-risk youths (see S. 1203; H.R. 2708), S12715 [6SE], H14002 [5DE]
———establish Role Models Academy for at-risk youths (see S. 1202), S12715 [6SE]
———Impact Aid Program technical corrections (see S. 947; H.R. 1894), S8684 [20JN], H6158 [20JN]
———national history standards (see S. Res. 66), S1271 [20JA]
———provide choice and equity (see S. 1210), S12716 [6SE]
———provide demonstration grants to secondary schools to extend the academic year (see H.R. 2252), H8535 [4AU]
———release of student records to State and county prosecutors (see H.R. 2398), H9591 [27SE]
———require expulsion of students convicted of violent crimes in schools receiving Federal assistance (see H.R. 2698), H13869 [30NO]
———tuition income tax credit (see H.R. 156), H167 [9JA]
Employment: provide limited exemptions from certain child labor provisions (see H.R. 1228), H3155 [14MR]
———reform child labor laws (see H.R. 1049), H2224 [24FE]
ERISA: allow victims of child abuse to collect monetary awards from an abuser's pension (see H.R. 2140), H7990 [28JY]
Fair Labor Standards Act: child labor provisions relative to loading of materials into balers and compacters (see S. 744; H.R. 1114), S6006 [2MY], H2584 [2MR]
———child labor provisions relative to the operation of automobiles and trucks (see S. 1099; H.R. 2089), S11107 [1AU], H7378 [20JY]
Families and domestic relations: adoption services (see H.R. 1066, 1166), H2306 [27FE], H2891 [8MR]
———child abuse prevention (see S. 919), S8255 [13JN]
———child support enforcement (see S. 442, 456, 687, 926; H.R. 785, 801, 906, 2269), S2823 [16FE], S5403 [6AP], S8493 [15JN], H1051 [1FE], H1156 [2FE], H1688 [13FE], H8596 [6SE]
———children's rights (see H.R. 278), H171 [9JA]
———create a national child custody database and clarify jurisdiction in parental kidnapping cases (see S. 632), S4716 [28MR]
———denial of passports to noncustodial parents relative to nonpayment of child support (see H.R. 993), H1967 [21FE]
———increase block grant funding for family planning and adolescent family life programs (see S. 1209), S12716 [6SE]
———interstate enforcement of child support and parentage court orders (see H.R. 95), H166 [9JA]
———protect parental rights (see S. 984; H.R. 1946), S9421 [29JN], H6481 [28JN]
———provide equal leave benefits for parents who adopt a child or provide foster care (see H.R. 2237), H8535 [4AU]
———reduction of teenage pregnancy rates and encouragement of parental responsibility (see S. 8; H.R. 1115), S47 [4JA], H2584 [2MR]
———repeal regulations restraining interracial adoptions (see S. 637), S4717 [28MR]
———State child support enforcement demonstration programs (see S. 642), S4717 [28MR]
———State use of automated data retrieval system for child and spousal support enforcement (see H.R. 2288), H8725 [8SE]
———strengthen rights of parents (see H.R. 11), H161 [9JA]
———treatment of adult relatives willing to provide care (see H.R. 2387), H9452 [21SE]
Federal aid programs: establish community-based youth development block grant program (see S. 673; H.R. 2807), S5142 [4AP], H15087 [18DE]
———provide grants to improve the quality and availability of comprehensive education, health, and social services (see H.R. 1284), H3416 [21MR]
Food stamps: replace with State block grant programs (see S. 843), S7244 [23MY]
Foreign trade: prohibit imports produced by child labor (see S. 706), S5404 [6AP]
———prohibit the importation of goods produced abroad with child labor (see H.R. 2065), H7256 [19JY]
Foster care: treatment of abandoned infants (see H.R. 1044), H2223 [24FE]
Freedom of religion: prohibit religious coercion in schools (see H.R. 2034), H7011 [13JY]
GSA: allow placement of missing children posters in Federal buildings (see S. 1473), S18559 [13DE]
Haiti: immigration status for certain children (see H.R. 853), H1371 [7FE]
Health: adolescent health demonstration projects (see H.R. 172), H168 [9JA]
———develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth defects (see S. 459; H.R. 1010), S2965 [22FE], H2063 [22FE]
———equal coverage for all children enrolled in health care plans under a family class of enrollment (see H.R. 1012), H2063 [22FE]
———maternity and housing services for pregnant women (see S. 1214; H.R. 1065), S12716 [6SE], H2306 [27FE]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see S. 933), S8493 [15JN]
———prevention of fetal alcohol syndrome (see S. 170; H.R. 1649), S481 [5JA], H5071 [16MY]
———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mothers and newborn infants following birth (see S. 969; H.R. 1936, 1948, 1950, 1955, 1968, 1970; H. Con. Res. 79), S9174 [27JN], H6396 [27JN], H6481 [28JN], H6655, H6656 [29JN]
———require hearing loss testing for all newborns (see H.R. 396), H174 [9JA]
———research (see H.R. 1735), H5608 [25MY]
Health care professionals: training for the identification and referral of victims of domestic violence (see S. 697; H.R. 1521), S5404 [6AP], H4432 [7AP]
Homeless: determination of the immunization status of children living in certain federally assisted housing and shelters (see H.R. 192), H169 [9JA]
House Rules: require that committee reports on legislation contain analysis of impact on children (see H. Res. 184), H6735 [10JY]
Human life: definition from conception (see H.R. 2087), H7378 [20JY]
Human rights: protect the right to life of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 1625), H4915 [12MY]
———trafficking of Burmese women and girls into Thailand for forced prostitution (see S. Con. Res. 12; H. Con. Res. 21), S6169 [4MY], H1051 [1FE]
Immigration: classification of children relative to international adoptions (see S. 457), S2965 [22FE]
Immigration and Nationality Act: amend by substituting ``children born out of wedlock'' for ``illegitimate children'' references (see H.R. 1204), H3048 [10MR]
Income: require monthly reporting of child support obligations to consumer credit agencies (see H.R. 314), H172 [9JA]
Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Act: authorizing appropriations (see S. 441), S2823 [16FE]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: reauthorization (see S. 1075), S10729 [26JY]
———reauthorize (see H.R. 1986), H6698 [30JN]
Infants: assistance program for abandoned or frail infants (see H.R. 1263), H3327 [16MR]
Interstate Child Support Enforcement Act: enact (see H.R. 195), H169 [9JA]
Kinsey, Alfred: determine if publications on sexual behavior are the result of any fraud or criminal wrongdoing (see H.R. 2749), H14238 [7DE]
Law enforcement officers: provide educational assistance to the dependents of Federal officers killed or disabled in the line of duty (see S. 1243), S13620 [14SE]
Medicaid: alcoholism and drug dependency treatment services for pregnant women (see S. 171), S481 [5JA]
———continued enrollment of special-needs children in traditional fee-for-service plans in States with managed care programs (see H.R. 1502), H4431 [7AP]
———coverage of services of certain clinics operated by children's hospitals (see H.R. 1503), H4431 [7AP]
———enforcement of State guardianship laws relative to benefit eligibility proceedings (see S. 430), S2822 [16FE]
———reduce infant mortality through improvement of coverage of services to pregnant women and infants (see H.R. 180), H168 [9JA]
———replace with State block grant programs (see S. 844), S7244 [23MY]
Motor vehicles: improve traffic safety performance of high risk drivers (see H.R. 1866), H6045 [15JN]
———prohibit the manufacture or sale of school buses that do not have seat belts (see H.R. 266), H171 [9JA]
———school bus safety (see H.R. 1884), H6082 [16JN]
National Children's Day: designate (see S. Res. 178), S14710 [29SE]
National Commission on Gay and Lesbian Youth Suicide Prevention: establish (see S. 1448; H.R. 609), S18016 [5DE], H467 [20JA]
National Education Standards and Improvement Council: abolish (see S. 1301), S14883 [10OC]
———eliminate (see H.R. 1045), H2223 [24FE]
National 4-H Day: designate (see S. Res. 100), S5142 [4AP]
National parks and recreation areas: allow placement of missing children posters in Federal buildings (see H.R. 2774), H14764 [13DE]
Native Americans: status of Indian children (see S. 764; H.R. 1448), S6276 [8MY], H4414 [6AP]
Pornography: amend laws relative to child pornography (see S. 1237), S13540 [13SE]
Professional Trade Service Corps: establish (see H.R. 1567), H4545 [3MY]
Public buildings: designate space for the placement of missing children posters in Federal buildings (see H.R. 2792), H14963 [15DE]
Public Health Service: permit family planning projects to offer adoption services (see S. 29, 321), S48 [4JA], S1920 [1FE]
———terminate family planning programs (see H.R. 1623), H4915 [12MY]
Public welfare programs: funding for nutrition programs (see S. 904, 1265), S8097 [9JN], S14087 [21SE]
———prohibit financial assistance to persons delinquent in child support payments (see H.R. 104), H166 [9JA]
———prohibit transfer of legal custody of children for the sole purpose of obtaining public service benefits (see H.R. 446), H179 [9JA]
———reform (see S. 828, 840; H.R. 999), S6912 [18MY], S7120 [22MY], H1967 [21FE]
Roads and highways: treatment of Federal highway funds relative to drunken driving by minors (see H.R. 2319), H8903 [13SE]
———treatment of Federal highway funds relative to sale of alcoholic beverages to minors (see H.R. 2328), H8903 [13SE]
Schools: constitutional amendment to prohibit compulsory attendance of students at public schools other than the one nearest their residence (see H.J. Res. 13), H175 [9JA]
———guidelines for lunch and breakfast programs (see H.R. 2066), H7256 [19JY]
———provide free lunches and breakfasts to economically disadvantaged students (see H. Con. Res. 49), H3807 [24MR]
Social Security: require States to permit a chronically-ill parent to appoint a standby guardian for a minor without surrendering parental rights (see H.R. 709), H802 [26JA]
Social Security Act: anniversary (see S. Res. 165), S12370 [11AU]
SSI: eliminate fraud in payment of disability benefits to children (see H.R. 224), H170 [9JA]
———reform eligibility requirements for children's programs (see S. 798), S6513 [11MY]
———replace with State block grant programs (see S. 845), S7244 [23MY]
———require benefits in the form of vouchers (see H.R. 612), H467 [20JA]
States: child welfare services relative to foster care (see H.R. 586), H399 [19JA]
Taxation: dependent care expenses (see S. 410), S2647 [14FE]
———dependent care tax credit (see S. 264), S1442 [24JA]
———increase the child care credit for lower-income working parents (see H.R. 131), H167 [9JA]
———provide credit to persons who provide home care for needy individuals (see S. 1216), S12716 [6SE]
———provide credits for families (see S. 1134), S12079 [9AU]
———rates (see H.R. 1215), H3072 [13MR]
———rates (H.R. 1215), consideration (see H. Res. 128), H4176 [4AP]
———tax credit for purchase of child restraint systems for motor vehicles (see S. 81), S49 [4JA]
———treatment of adoption expenses (see S. 520, 1165, 1206; H.R. 1167, 1819, 1985), S3744 [9MR], S12215 [10AU], S12715 [6SE], H2891 [8MR], H5904 [13JN], H6698 [30JN]
———treatment of certain education savings accounts (see S. 386; H.R. 769), S2492 [10FE], H1050 [1FE]
Telecommunications: study means of restricting access to unwanted materials in interactive telecommunications systems (see S. 714), S5547 [7AP]
Television: allow voluntary code of standards and practices for broadcast and cable industry (see S. 1116), S11323 [3AU]
———broadcast of violent programming (see S. 470, 772; H.R. 1390), S3052 [23FE], S6337 [9MY], H4177 [4AP]
———establish violent program ratings system, require new televisions to allow blocking of certain programming, and limit exposure of children to violent programming (see S. 332; H.R. 1807, 2030), S2034 [2FE], H5753 [8JN], H7011 [13JY]
———require new television sets to have built-in circuitry to allow viewers to block violent programs (see S. 306), S1848 [31JA]
Tobacco products: health risks to children and application of excise taxes to decrease usage by minors (see S. Res. 159), S11785 [7AU]
———limit access to minors by prohibiting free samples and sales through vending machines on Federal property (see S. 1123), S11451 [4AU]
———treatment of advertising and enforcement of laws relative to usage by minors (see S. 1262), S13972 [20SE]
U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child: ratification (see S. Res. 133), S8380 [14JN]
Urban areas: provide grants to establish teen resource and education centers (see H.R. 1283), H3416 [21MR]
USIA: extension of au pair programs (see S. 1465; H.R. 2767), S18363 [11DE], H14764 [13DE]
Week Without Violence: designate (see S. Res. 180), S15034 [11OC]
Women: protection of reproductive rights (see H.R. 776), H1051 [1FE]
World Summit for Children: implementation of plan of action (see H.R. 966), H1849 [15FE]
———U.S. implementation of plan of action (see S. 643), S4717 [28MR]
Descriptions
Education for Homeless Children and Youth: Arizona Dept. of Education, E1066 [17MY]
Rhododendron Scholarship Program award recipients, S5020 [31MR]
Youth Development Community Block Grant Act (S. 673), S5153 [4AP]
Documents
Effects of Tobacco Use on Children, H7646-H7683 [25JY], H8127-H8135 [1AU]
Restrict Transmission of Obscene or Indecent Material to Minors by Computer, S8344 [14JN]
Status of Native American children in adoptions, H6024 [15JN]
Essays
Cesar Chavez: Aberin Rodrigo, E783 [4AP]
———Ahmed Desai, E872 [7AP]
———Anthonette Pena, E832 [7AP], E918 [2MY]
———Eva Zuniga, E873 [7AP]
———Kathryn White, E783 [4AP]
———Marie Aloy, E831 [7AP], E918 [2MY]
———Sabrina Hernandez, E783 [4AP]
———Troy Arevalo, E873 [7AP]
How Do We Amend the Constitution? Why Is It Different Than Passing a Law? Chanda Evans, E1381 [30JN]
How Job Corps Changed My Life: Andy Trujillo, E2095 [2NO]
If I Were President of the United States I Would...: Aaron Hubalik, E1355 [28JN]
———Amy Byrne, E1355 [28JN]
———Chris Buenz, E1356 [28JN]
———Christina Suarez, E1356 [28JN]
———Daniel Jugle, E1357 [28JN]
———Fred Fang, E1356 [28JN]
———Jaffray McCarthy, E1357 [28JN]
———Jeannie Gleser, E1356 [28JN]
———Jeffrey Knabe, E1356 [28JN]
———Jim O'Sullivan, E1356 [28JN]
———Jodi Carnevale, E1355 [28JN]
———Justin Scully, E1356 [28JN]
———Katie Durkowski, E1356 [28JN]
———Kerry O'Reilly, E1356 [28JN]
———Kristi Marotta, E1356 [28JN]
———Maja Garmager, E1356 [28JN]
———Samantha Hiza, E1356 [28JN]
Indiana Farmers—Producers of Food, Jobs, and World Trade: Jamie Shonk, S5022 [31MR]
———Joe Roth, S5022 [31MR]
Memorial Day: Jessica Herold and Kimberly Shoemaker, E1260 [15JN]
———Tasha Voeltzel, E1260 [15JN]
———Travis McGrath, E1260 [15JN]
Times To Remember: Kathleen Steinfels, E1382 [30JN]
What the U.S. Flag Means to Me: Amanda Szalasny, E1493 [21JY]
Why I Would Like To Have Lunch With Representative Hyde: Gwen Infusino, E1333 [27JN]
———Heidi Wilberschied, E1334 [27JN]
———Jodi Carnevale, E1334 [27JN]
———Joy Tetrick, E1334 [27JN]
———Megan Guimon, E1334 [27JN]
———Melissa Greco, E1334 [27JN]
Why Marcus Garvey Is Important to the United States: LaShaun Quarles, E465 [28FE]
Why Rural Boys and Girls Think Often of God: Kathryn Brunski, E2228 [20NO]
Factsheets
Examples of Families Who Would Get Smaller Family Tax Credit Under H.R. 1215 Than Under the Original Contract With America, E719 [29MR]
Federal Highway Funds Relative to Drunken Driving by Minors: Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, S8776 [21JN]
Nomination of Henry Foster, Jr., To Be Surgeon General: I Have a Future Program, S8813-S8817 [21JN]
Letters
Adoption Antidiscrimination Act: Carol Statuto Bevan, National Council for Adoption, S4727 [28MR]
Adoption of foreign children, H2474 [1MR]
Birth control in People's Republic of China relative to human rights: Stirling D. Scruggs, U.N. Population Fund, S14041 [21SE]
Child labor provisions relative to loading of materials into balers and compacters: Harry Sullivan, Food Marketing Institute, H8238 [2AU]
Child support enforcement: Judy Jones Jordon, Arkansas Office of Child Support Enforcement, S5419-S5421 [6AP]
Children's Media Protection Act: Arthur Kanegis, Working for Alternatives to Violence in Entertainment (organization), S2038 [2FE]
———Timothy J. Dyer, National Association of Secondary School Principals, S2039 [2FE]
———Whitney Vanderwerff, National Alliance for Non-Violent Programming, S2038 [2FE]
Clarify eligibility of certain minors for burial in national cemeteries: Jesse Brown, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, S9441 [29JN]
Conservation Reserve Program: Rachel Heiser, E1584 [2AU]
Contract With America Tax Relief Act: Jere W. Glover, SBA, H4317 [5AP]
———Leslie B. Samuels, Dept. of the Treasury, H4318 [5AP]
———Representative Archer, H4247 [5AP]
———Representative Bliley, H4248 [5AP]
Day of the African Child: Julie Haronik, S8566 [16JN]
Earned income tax credit: Kenneth J. Kies, Committee on Taxation (Joint), S15672 [25OC]
Educational programs funding: Barbara L. Chavira, Montebello, CA, Unified School District, E1730 [7SE]
———Inez Z. Gutierrez, Azusa, CA, Unified School District, E1729 [7SE]
———Peter J. Knapik, Baldwin Park, CA, Unified School District, E1729 [7SE]
———Rolland M. Boceta, Garvey School District, E1730 [7SE]
———Ronald Prescott, Los Angeles, CA, Unified School District, E1730 [7SE]
———Terry J. Larsen, Alhambra, CA, School District, E1730 [7SE]
Family assistance block grant work requirements: Robin Arnond-Williams, Utah Dept. of Human Services, H3701 [23MR]
Federal child care programs: Fred Kammer, Catholic Charities U.S.A., S13184 [11SE], S13534 [13SE], S13600 [14SE]
———several educational organizations, S13185 [11SE]
Federal highway funds relative to drunken driving by minors: President Clinton, S8776 [21JN]
I Have a Future Program: George Bush, S8810 [21JN]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: Richard W. Riley, Sec. of Education, S10731-S10733 [26JY]
Infant formula procurement: Michael E. Antalics, FTC, H3588 [23MR]
Job Corps: Eric S. Lerner, Pennsylvania Job Corps Leadership Coaltion, S14973 [11OC]
———LaVera Leonard, National Job Corps Coalition, S14973 [11OC]
———several former Dept. of Labor officials, S14964, S14974 [11OC]
———Tom Murphy, Mayor of Pittsburgh, PA, S14974 [11OC]
National Education Goals Panel funding: several Governors, H8359 [3AU]
National Sportsmanship Day: Florence Griffith Joyner and Tom McMillen, President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, S3685 [8MR], S3742 [9MR]
Nutrition programs funding: Morton A. Madoff and George Comerci, Physicians Committee on Childhood Hunger, H2576 [2MR]
Office of Rural Health Policy funding: Keith J. Mueller, H8356 [3AU]
Percentage of children receiving AFDC assistance: Wendell E. Primus, Dept. of HHS, S12622 [5SE]
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act: Thomas E. McGlinchy, School District of Philadelphia, PA, H15523 [21DE]
Philanthropy Protection Act: Michael H. Kull, New Mexico Boys and Girls Ranch Foundation, H13676 [28NO]
Prevention of Sexual Exploitation of Children Act: Senator D'Amato, S1092 [18JA]
Proposals on children relative to hunger and homelessness: Marian Wright Edelman, Children's Defense Fund (organization), S721 [10JA]
Public welfare programs reform: George V. Voinovich, Governor of Ohio, S13185 [11SE]
———Jane L. Campbell, National Conference of State Legislatures, S13184 [11SE]
Regulatory Transition Act: Heather Paul, National Safe Kids Campaign, S4618 [27MR]
Require new televisions to allow blocking of certain programming: George D. Comerci, American Academy of Pediatrics, S8229 [13JN]
———K.C. Burton, Parent Action (organization), S8229 [13JN]
———Sally N. McConnell, National Association of Elementary School Principals, S8230 [13JN]
———Timothy J. Dyer, National Association of Secondary School Principals, S8229 [13JN]
———William H. Ayres, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, S8230 [13JN]
Rescue of children in Bosnia: Al Booth, S10534 [24JY]
———Gerard Dumont, Consul General of France, S10534 [24JY]
Restrict transmission of obscene or indecent material to minors by computer: Brian C. Lopina, Christian Coalition, S8337 [14JN]
———Bruce A. Taylor, National Law Center for Children & Families, S9773-S9775 [12JY]
———Deen Kaplan, National Coalition for the Protection of Children & Families, S8337 [14JN]
———Gary L. Bauer, Family Research Council, S8338 [14JN]
———Kent Markus, Dept. of Justice, S8342, S8343, S8346 [14JN]
———R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S8337 [14JN]
———Tom Osborne, University of Nebraska, S8344 [14JN]
School lunch and child nutrition programs: Joyce H. Lyons and Melanie B. Konarik, H1439 [8FE]
Science and Mathematics Early Start Grant Program: Sarah M. Greene, National Head Start Association, S4597 [24MR]
Smoke Free Class of 2000: Kevin LeSaicherre, S9468 [29JN]
———Leah Poche, S9468 [29JN]
SSI children's programs eligibility requirements reform: several mental health and disability organizations, S6536 [11MY]
Status of Native American children in adoptions: Colette Rost, H6023 [15JN]
Student aid programs: Chowan County, NC, Summer Youth Employment and Training Program Participants and Tomeka L. Ward, H8783 [12SE]
Substitute ``children born out of wedlock'' for ``illegitimate children'' references in the Immigration and Nationality Act: Doris Meissner and Mary A. Ryan, Dept. of State, H11386 [30OC]
———Wendy R. Sherman, Dept. of State, H11386 [30OC]
Tax credit for families: Representative Wolf, H4037, H4038 [3AP]
———Representative Wolf and Senator Coats, H4038 [3AP]
Tribute to Broad Meadows Middle School recipients of Reebok Youth in Action Award: Representative Studds, E2438 [21DE]
Unfunded Mandate Reform Act: Carol M. Browner, EPA, S1504 [25JA]
WIC funding, S4561 [24MR]
———Barbara Wilkens, S4561 [24MR]
———Diane Aston, S4561 [24MR]
———Donna M. Fine, S4561 [24MR]
———Eddie Carter, S4561 [24MR]
———Fondy Lee, S4561 [24MR]
———Janet L. Pettie, S4561 [24MR]
———Jennifer Meltzer, S4561 [24MR]
———Julie Allen, S4560 [24MR]
———Katheran Northrop, S4560 [24MR]
———Koi Fong Saeleuon, S4561 [24MR]
———Martina Sambrano, S4561 [24MR]
———Mary Jane Brogan, S4561 [24MR]
———Mischel V. Sullivan, S4561 [24MR]
———Phyllis Sanders, S4561 [24MR]
———Sarah Zottman, S4561 [24MR]
———Sondra Erskine, S4561 [24MR]
———Susan Bess, S4560 [24MR]
WIC supplemental nutrition program: Clara H. Lawhead, H2217 [24FE]
Work opportunities tax credit: W.E. Hainline, Restaurants, Inc., S15683 [25OC]
Lists
AmeriCorps community partners, S5378 [6AP]
Artistic Discovery competition participants, E1234 [14JN]
Chicago, IL, AmeriCorps Community Service programs, S5290 [6AP]
Citizens Task Force on TV Violence, S2037 [2FE]
———recommendations, S2040 [2FE]
Congressional Certificate of Merit award recipients, E1482 [20JY]
Contestants in the Rhode Island Finals—1995 National Geography Bee, S7022 [19MY]
Eighth Grade Youth Essay Contest award recipients, S5022 [31MR]
Girl Scout Gold Award recipients, S6802 [17MY]
Girl Scout Silver Award Recipients, S3542 [6MR]
Haverstraw, NY, Little League Senior League All-Stars, S15138 [12OC]
Job Corps success stories in Pennsylvania, S14973 [11OC]
Maryland's Olympic Festival gold medal winners, S12307 [10AU]
Narragansett Council Eagle Scout Award recipients, S3541 [6MR]
National organizations endorsing the Birth Defects Prevention Act, E395 [22FE]
Organizations supporting the Specter/Simon amendment to the Workforce Development Act relative to the Job Corps, S14973 [11OC]
Ranking of Members of Congress on appropriations votes: National Taxpayers Union, H4194, H4196, H4197 [5AP]
Revillo, SD, Grant-Deuel County High School football team, S18087 [6DE]
Rochester Lourdes High School girls basketball team, H4016 [30MR]
Rochester Mayo High School girls basketball team, H4016 [30MR]
Studies on welfare and illegitimacy, S13527 [13SE]
Supporters of a study to find means of restricting the transmission of obscene or indecent material to minors by computer, S8332 [14JN]
Top Ten Losers During the First 100 Days of the Contract, S5168 [5AP]
Top Ten Winners During the First 100 Days of the Contract, S5168 [5AP]
Tyndall, SD, Bon Homme County High School football team, S18087 [6DE]
Vermillion, SD, Vermillion High School football team, S18087 [6DE]
Wakonda, SD, Wakonda-Gayville-Volin High School football team, S18087 [6DE]
Yankton, SD, Yankton High School football team, S18087 [6DE]
Memorandums
Job Corps: Craig Higgins and Jim Sourwine, S14975 [11OC]
Restrict Transmission of Obscene or Indecent Material to Minors by Computer: Bruce A. Taylor, National Law Center for Children & Families, S9770-S9773 [12JY]
Rising Caseloads in the AFDC Program: CBO, S12774 [7SE]
Messages
Gun-Free School Zones Act: President Clinton, S6459 [10MY], H4680 [10MY]
Middle-Class Bill of Rights Tax Relief Act: President Clinton, S2566 [13FE]
Motions
Taxation: rates (H.R. 1215), H4311 [5AP]
Papers
Illegitimacy Ratio Test Would Reward States Even If Abortions Increase: David N. O'Steen, H3441 [22MR]
Petitions and memorials
Family Day: Tennessee General Assembly, E1109 [24MY]
Poems
``Cesar Chavez'': Brende Reyes, E872 [7AP]
———Ester M. Estrada, E832 [7AP], E918 [2MY]
———Eulala Reynolds, E873 [7AP]
———Lauren Droira, E873 [7AP]
———Lisette Munoz, E872 [7AP]
———Maria Gonzalez, E872 [7AP]
———Mark Papellero, E831 [7AP], E918 [2MY]
———Nicole Perez, E782 [4AP]
———Raymond Ramirez, E831 [7AP], E918 [2MY]
———Rosalinda Gonzalez, E782 [4AP]
``Child Nutrition,'' Lisa R. Spano, H3763 [24MR]
``Dedication'', S3224 [27FE]
``Grandmother Linden'': Mrs. Kulesa, S3224 [27FE]
``Love'': George Lanzo, S3224 [27FE]
``Nation Needs Your Lunch,'' Representative Owens, E774 [4AP]
``Our Children,'' Paula McCoy-Pinderhughes, E1271 [16JN]
``Peace'': Alexis Soto, S3224 [27FE]
———Ashley Serrano, S3224 [27FE]
———Carlos Ferrer, S3224 [27FE]
———Edward Cruz, S3224 [27FE]
———Elesabeth Robles and Carlos Figueroa, S3224 [27FE]
———Elias Morales, S3224 [27FE]
———George Lanzo, S3224 [27FE]
———Jason Vazquez, S3224 [27FE]
———Jermaine Cruz, S3224 [27FE]
———Joanna Genao, S3224 [27FE]
———Joshua Joseph, S3224 [27FE]
———Mariah Fisher, S3224 [27FE]
———Michael Robinson, S3224 [27FE]
———Miezan Edoukoun, S3224 [27FE]
———Mrs. Kulesa, S3224 [27FE]
———Tomarra Weaver, S3224 [27FE]
———Wanda Vega, S3224 [27FE]
———Wilburt Jarrett, S3224 [27FE]
Press releases
Children's Media Protection Act: Catherine A. Belter, PTA, S2038 [2FE]
———Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation, S2037 [2FE]
———National Association for the Education of Young Children, S2039 [2FE]
———National Association of Elementary School Principals, S2039 [2FE]
———National Coalition on Television Violence, S2039 [2FE]
———Robert E. McAfee, AMA, S2040 [2FE]
House Republicans Cut $36 Billion From Current Education and Training Investments: White House Office of Media Affairs, E1647 [5AU]
Require New Televisions To Allow Blocking of Certain Programming: American Medical Association Alliance, Inc., S8229 [13JN]
———National Alliance for Non-Violent Programming, S8229 [13JN]
———National Association for the Education of Young Children, S8230 [13JN]
———National Coalition on Television Violence, S8229 [13JN]
Restrict Transmission of Obscene or Indecent Material to Minors by Computer: National Law Center for Children and Families, S8338 [14JN]
———``Enough is Enough'' (organization), S8339 [14JN]
Use of Pupil Rating Scale Questionnaire in Philip Morris Cos., Inc., Study: Chesterfield County, VA, Public Schools, E1793 [18SE]
Proposals
Impact of school-based nutrition block grants on nutrition programs funding in Texas, H2149 [23FE]
Remarks in House
Abortion: constitutional amendment on right to life, H3854 [28MR]
———protection of reproductive rights and access to reproductive health care clinics (H.R. 1952), H6403 [28JN]
Adoption: tax credit, H3504 [22MR]
AFDC: program reform, H3759-H3776 [24MR]
———reform (H.R. 741), H847 [30JA]
African Americans: situation of socially disadvantaged children, H1972 [22FE]
AJEA 2000 (organization): tribute, E1881 [29SE]
Alma College: tribute to Model U.N. team, E983 [10MY]
Alternatives to Living in Violent Environment (organization): tribute, E1861 [28SE]
American Automobile Association: tribute to school safety patrols, E1757 [12SE]
American Heritage Club (organization): tribute, E638 [21MR]
American Legion: tribute to Boys State program, E2373 [18DE]
American Printing House for the Blind: funding, H7470 [24JY], H8342 [3AU]
Ames, IA: tribute to Home Run Reader Summer Reading Program, E765 [4AP]
Annandale, VA: tribute to Annandale High School football team, E321 [10FE]
Appropriations: funding for research of childhood diseases, H485 [23JA]
Arts and humanities: behavior of members of the the entertainment industry, H8719 [8SE]
———characterization of sex and violence in the entertainment industry, H5613 [6JN], H5744 [8JN], H5777 [13JN]
Baumann, Jason M.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1209 [9JN]
Bay County, MI: tribute to Marine Corps Toys for Tots Program, E48 [5JA]
Bayonne, NJ: tribute to Midtown Community School, E1082 [19MY]
Beach, Peggy: Southeast Michigan March of Dimes Alexander Macomb Citizen of the Year award recipient, E1845 [27SE]
Bismarck, ND: Conservation Reserve Program, E1584 [2AU]
Bloomington, MN: observance of Bloomington Loves Its Kids' Month, E192 [26JA]
Braen, Samuel: Boys and Girls Club Man of the Year award recipient, E2040 [26OC]
Budget: balance, H4674 [10MY], H15553 [21DE]
———constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), H694 [26JA]
———foster care and orphanage funding, H3501, H3502 [22MR]
Bulvan, Joseph M.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E2038 [26OC]
Burke, VA: tribute to Lake Braddock Senior High School Symphonic Band, E1124 [25MY]
Bush, Brett J.: Union League Good Citizenship Award recipient, E1127 [25MY]
California: tribute to Newport Harbor High School football team, E176 [25JA]
Camden County, NJ: tribute to Peer Mediator Program, E2059 [26OC]
Cancer Awareness Month: observance, E1062 [17MY]
Capitol Building and Grounds: authorizing use of grounds for Greater Washington Soap Box Derby (H. Con. Res. 38), H6377 [27JN], E574 [10MR]
Centereach, NY: tribute to Middle County School District food service staff, E1008 [11MY]
Chandler, TX: observance of Stay in School Year, E277 [6FE]
Chicago, IL: Haymarket House receives substance abuse treatment grant, E2274 [30NO]
———tribute to students at Neal F. Simeon Vocational High School, E1148 [26MY]
———tribute to United Jewish Appeal Freedom Weeks celebration, E1778 [13SE]
Child care: expand block grant programs, H3582-H3586 [23MR]
Child Quest International (organization): tribute, E1139 [26MY]
Child Survival and Disease Fund: funding, H6349-H6354 [27JN]
Children's Wish Foundation International: tribute, E2075 [31OC]
Citrus County, FL: National Red Ribbon Celebration to combat drug abuse, H10645 [24OC]
Colleges and universities: student financial aid programs, H4334 [5AP]
Colquitt County, GA: tribute to Colquitt County High School football team, E121 [18JA]
Community service: tribute to Project PACT, H8182 [2AU]
———tribute to the Special People Program of Improved Benevolent Protective Order of the Elks of the World, E1502 [24JY]
Congress: actions on agenda of the Congressional Caucus on Women's Issues, H9745 [10OC]
———sale of staff day care center, H10639 [24OC]
———tribute to participants in the Artistic Discovery student art competition, E1330 [27JN]
Contra Costa County, CA: tribute to Kids Who Care (organization), E1288 [19JN]
Corp. for National Service: funding, H554 [24JA]
———tribute, E682 [24MR]
Corp. for Public Broadcasting: funding, H2232 [27FE], H3161 [15MR], H3295, H3297 [16MR], E589 [14MR]
Corpus Christi, TX: tribute to Calallen High School baseball team, E1421 [12JY]
———tribute to Moody High School baseball team, E1419 [12JY]
Courts: enforcement of child support obligations by requiring the use of liens against property of persons owing overdue support (H.R. 1029), H2034 [22FE], E425 [24FE]
———evaluate the effectiveness of the juvenile justice system (H.R. 1829), E1238 [14JN]
———limitations on punitive damage awards relative to senior citizens, women, and children, H11983-H11989 [9NO]
———restrict the authority of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia over certain cases involving child custody and visitation rights (H.R. 1855), E1273 [16JN]
———treatment of minors as adults in violent criminal cases, H9508 [27SE]
Coventry, RI: tribute to National Teen Business Plan Competition winners, E776 [4AP]
CPSC: ban realistic toy handguns (H.R. 1622), E1017 [11MY]
———tribute to ``Baby Safety Showers'', E2215 [17NO]
Crime: awareness of missing children, H11669, H11677-H11682 [1NO], E2095, E2104 [2NO]
———Gang Resistant Education and Training Program, H1569-H1571 [10FE]
———increase juvenile criminal penalties and improve youth correctional facilities (H.R. 600), E149 [20JA]
———murder of Jimmy Ryce, H14258 [12DE]
———prevention of domestic violence within the military, H6016 [15JN]
———require convicted child molesters and abductors to register their whereabouts with law enforcement for 10 years after release or parole from prison, H5593 [25MY]
———sexual exploitation of children (H.R. 1240), H4122-H4125 [4AP], H14320 [12DE]
Daly, Nancy: Service to Children Lifetime Service Award recipient, E916 [2MY]
Davidson, NC: tribute to East Davidson High School wrestling team, E784 [4AP]
Day of the African Child: observance, E1257 [15JN], E1272, E1277, E1278, E1279 [16JN]
Del Cid, Roland D.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1562 [31JY]
Dept. of Defense: educational impact aid funding for school-aged dependents of military personnel, H6018-H6021 [15JN], E1245 [14JN]
———prohibit Federal grants or contracts to educational institutions that prevent campus access for recruiting purposes (H.R. 142), E13 [4JA]
Dept. of Education: abolish, H4604-H4609 [9MY], H5159 [17MY], H5299, H5303 [18MY], H8669 [7SE]
———funding, H5777 [13JN], H6030 [15JN]
———funding for programs for educationally disadvantaged children, H8248 [2AU], E1647 [5AU]
Dept. of HHS: restore funding to family planning programs, H8145 [1AU], H8223, H8249-H8262 [2AU], E1647, E1688 [5AU], E1700 [11AU]
Des Plaines, IL: tribute to Maryville Academy, E1737 [8SE]
District of Columbia: policy to improve education system, H6824 [11JY]
———privatization and voucher plan for local schools, H6683 [30JN]
———school system reform, H11705-H11734 [2NO]
———transfer title of real property in Anacostia Park to facilitate construction of the National Children's Island (H.R. 1508), H11387-H11389 [30OC], E864 [7AP]
———tribute to Deal Junior High School for participation in the MathCounts Contest, E1140 [26MY]
Dodge County, GA: tribute to Dodge County High School boys' basketball team, E716 [29MR]
Domestic policy: foreign aid versus social programs, H2317 [28FE]
Drug abuse: National Red Ribbon Awareness Week, E2049 [26OC]
Drug Free School Program: funding, H7263 [20JY]
Drugs: funding for the Drug Abuse Resistance Education Program through rescissions in the Eisenhower Professional State Grants Program, H3243-H3247 [15MR]
Drunken driving: strengthen Federal prevention laws (H.R. 588), H371 [19JA]
Duffy, Bryan: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1209 [9JN]
East Setauket, NY: tribute to finalists in Westinghouse science competition, E382 [16FE]
Education: bilingual education program funding, H8180 [2AU]
———choice between public and private schools, E107 [17JA]
———Earning By Learning Program financial structure, H7184, H7185 [19JY]
———funding, H13780-H13783 [29NO], H13862-H13865 [30NO], H15182-H15189 [19DE]
———funding for educational programs for disabled children, H8334 [3AU]
———funding for schools that provide and meet educational mandate for children on military bases, H446 [20JA]
———funding of programs for at-risk students, E2440 [21DE]
———Head Start Program funding, H1143 [2FE], H7081 [18JY], H8211 [2AU], H8319-H8323, H8337 [3AU]
———Impact Aid Program funding for school-aged dependents of military personnel, H8357, H8358, H8397, H8398 [3AU], E1634 [4AU], E1645, E1646, E1686 [5AU]
———Indian education program funding, H6941, H6962-H6968 [13JY], H7031, H7032 [17JY]
———lengthen school year, H8355, H8356 [3AU]
———national history standards, E155 [23JA]
———national policy of vouchers for educational opportunities, H2160 [23FE]
———national policy to improve system, H6825 [11JY], H7688 [25JY], H8348, H8349 [3AU], H12172-H12177 [13NO], H13773-H13780 [29NO], H13850, H13851 [30NO], H13988 [5DE], H14028 [6DE], H14208 [7DE], H14265, H14358-H14363 [12DE], E508 [3MR], E703 [28MR], E1600 [2AU], E1627 [4AU], E1815 [20SE], E1845 [27SE], E2197 [16NO]
———program funding, H7688 [25JY], H8006 [31JY], H8069, H8072, H8074, H8076 [1AU], H8179, H8181, H8182 [2AU], H8314, H8327, H8331-H8344, H8348 [3AU], H8601 [7SE], H8781-H8788 [12SE], H10061 [13OC], H12172-H12177 [13NO]
———proposal to eliminate the in-school interest subsidy, H5381 [23MY]
———tribute to Center of Civic Education Certificate of Achievement recipients from Dwight Elementary School, E29 [4JA]
———tribute to McKinney Program for the education of homeless children, E1066 [17MY]
———tribute to student group traveling to Russia, E1295 [20JN]
———tribute to student group traveling to the Republic of China, E1292 [20JN]
———tribute to the Christa McAuliffe Fellowship Program, E1524 [27JY]
———tribute to TRIO programs, E424, E425 [24FE]
———vocational rehabilitation services, H9166-H9168, H9205-H9214 [19SE]
Egner, Aron S.: tribute to American Legion High School Oratorical Contest winner, E911 [2MY]
El Paso, TX: observance of ``Kid's Day'', E1500 [24JY]
Elmhurst, IL: tribute to students at Churchville Junior High School, E1333 [27JN], E1355 [28JN]
Employment: child labor, minimum wage, and occupational safety standards, H517-H525 [23JA]
———exempt child labor legislation relative to unfunded Federal mandates reform, H869, H870 [30JA]
———summer youth jobs progam, H2732 [7MR]
———summer youth jobs program, H3089, H3133 [14MR], H3247 [15MR], H3296, H3297 [16MR], E674 [23MR]
———summer youth jobs programs, H13766 [29NO]
Enfield, CT: tribute to Rotary Club, E1089 [22MY]
ERISA: allow victims of child abuse to collect monetary awards from an abuser's pension (H.R. 2140), E1554 [28JY]
Essex County, NY: tribute to Substance Abuse Prevention Team, E2131 [8NO]
Fair Labor Standards Act: child labor provisions relative to loading of materials into balers and compacters, H8237 [2AU]
———child labor provisions relative to loading of materials into balers and compacters (H.R. 1114), H10661-H10667 [24OC]
Families and domestic relations: adoption services (H.R. 1066), E451 [27FE]
———allow for single individuals to adopt children, H11643 [1NO]
———child support enforcement, H809 [27JA], H2232 [27FE], H2732 [7MR], H2975 [9MR], H3622-H3633 [23MR]
———child support enforcement (H.R. 785), H892, H895, H896 [31JA], H1028, H1031-H1038 [1FE], H1143, H1145 [2FE]
———illegitimacy rate, H10908 [26OC]
———interstate enforcement of child support and parentage court orders (H.R. 95), E10 [4JA], E188 [26JA]
———State use of automated data retrieval system for child and spousal support enforcement (H.R. 2288), H9512 [27SE]
———use of paternity leave, E1816 [20SE]
———women working outside the home, H3052 [13MR]
Family and domestic relations: parental consent for participation in certain federally funded surveys and questionnaires, H4131-H4137 [4AP]
———status and utilization of certain federally funded surveys and questionnaires, H4137-H4140 [4AP]
Family Nutrition Block Grant Program: procurement of infant formula, H3587-H3592 [23MR]
FDA: investigation of counterfeit baby formula, H1748 [14FE]
Federal aid programs: establish community-based youth development block grant program (H.R. 2807), E2381 [18DE]
———impact of Federal assistance, H10753 [25OC]
———school lunch and child nutrition programs, H1026 [1FE], H1439 [8FE]
Federal Direct Student Loan Program: funding, E613 [16MR]
Federal-State relations: exempt child immunization programs from unfunded Federal mandates reform, H937, H938 [31JA]
———exempt child support enforcement regulation from unfunded Federal mandates reform, H829-H833 [27JA]
———exempt Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Act protections from unfunded Federal mandates reform, H873-H875 [30JA]
———exempt laws protecting children from hunger or homelessness from unfunded Federal mandates reform, H861 [30JA]
———exempt laws protecting individuals requiring welfare assistance from unfunded Federal mandates reform, H863 [30JA]
———exempt school safety issues from unfunded Federal mandates reform, H865-H867, H879, H880 [30JA]
———treatment of children's health relative to unfunded Federal mandates reform, H570-H579 [24JA]
Firearms: tribute to Eddie Eagle Gun Safety Program, E1864 [28SE]
Florida: tribute to South Florida Food Recovery, E1483 [20JY]
Fojas, Shalimar A.O.: New York Council for the Humanities Young Scholars Contest award recipient, E1325 [26JN]
Food stamps: eligibility relative to persons delinquent in child support payments, H3605-H3609 [23MR]
Foreign aid: funding for UNICEF and basic education, H14377 [13DE]
Foster care: treatment of abandoned infants (H.R. 1044), E433 [24FE]
Freeport, IL: opening of Martin Luther King Community Campus, H14909 [14DE]
Fremont, OH: tribute to St. Joseph Honor Choir, E1233 [14JN]
Gang Resistance Education and Training Program: tribute, E2224 [20NO]
Gaspar, John: Eagle Scout Award recipient, H7686 [25JY]
Gavrell, Alison: Cocoran Gallery of Art Scholastic Art and Writing Competition Silver Award recipient, E1180 [8JN], E1231 [13JN]
Girl Scouts: tribute to Gold Award recipients, E2127 [8NO]
Goldthwaite, TX: tribute to Goldthwaite High School football team, E118 [18JA]
Government: shutdown relative to budget process, H15557 [21DE]
Green Chimneys (organization): tribute, H12069 [9NO]
Greensboro, NC: tribute to Eastern Guilford High School wrestling team, E851 [7AP]
Guam: anniversary of Girl Scouts, E231 [31JA]
Haiti: U.S. policy, E893 [1MY]
Hales Corners, WI: tribute to St. Mary's Parish School for efforts in the National Engineers Week Future City Competition, E394 [21FE]
Harris, Thomas J.: Westinghouse Science Talent Search finalist, E553 [8MR]
Hartford, CT: tribute to East Hartford High School band and choir, E811 [6AP]
Head Start Program: tribute, E1072 [18MY]
Head Start program: anniversary, E1191 [8JN]
Health: awareness of group B streptococcus infection, E2226 [20NO]
———develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth defects (H.R. 1010), E395, E406 [22FE]
———maternity and housing services for pregnant women (H.R. 1065), E451 [27FE]
———occurrence of sudden infant death syndrome, H6095 [20JN]
———prevention of fetal alcohol syndrome (H.R. 1649), E1041 [16MY], E1115 [24MY]
———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mothers and newborn infants following birth (H.R. 1936), H6317, H6319 [27JN]
Healthy Start Program: funding, H8323 [3AU]
———funding through rescissions in Dept. of HHS, H3287-H3290 [16MR]
Houston, TX: tribute to Julia C. Hester House, E2058 [26OC]
———tribute to Oran M. Roberts Elementary School, E327 [13FE]
———tribute to Westfield High School concert band, E771 [4AP]
Human rights: trafficking of Burmese women and girls into Thailand for forced prostitution (H. Con. Res. 21), H5626 [7JN]
Illinois: tribute to Mt. Zion Secondary School womens' basketball team, E431 [24FE]
———tribute to Southern Illinois Children's Choir, E1111 [24MY]
———tribute to Stewardson-Strasburg High School boys basketball team, E864 [7AP]
Immigration: classification of children relative to international adoptions (S. 457), H11386 [30OC]
Immigration and Nationality Act: amend by substituting ``children born out of wedlock'' for ``illegitimate children'' references, H11386 [30OC]
Income: require monthly reporting of child support obligations to consumer credit agencies (H.R. 314), E43 [5JA]
India: exploitation of child labor, E1507 [25JY]
Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Act: authorizing appropriations (S. 441), H5737 [8JN]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: reauthorize (H.R. 1986), E1384 [30JN]
INS: reform rules relative to adoption of foreign children, H2474 [1MR]
International Children's Wish Week: observance, E2270 [30NO]
Jackson, MS: tribute to Adhiambo Elementary School, E1771 [13SE]
Jefferson County, KY: tribute to the WHAS Crusade for Children, E1275 [16JN]
Jenks, OK: anniversary of the Order of DeMolay (organization), E604 [15MR]
Job Corps: tribute to participants in Academic Olympic competition, E2205 [17NO]
Junior Chamber of Commerce: tribute to Jaycee Alliance, E1332 [27JN]
Kennedy Kreiger Institute: tribute on providing innovative and cost-saving lead poisoning treatment for children, E1707 [6SE]
Landman, Bennett A.: California State Science Fair award recipient, E1758 [12SE]
Laroche, Joe and Pattie: Child Welfare League Foster Parents of the Year for the Southern States award recipients, E504 [3MR]
League of United Latin American Citizens: tribute, E452 [27FE]
Libertyville, IL: tribute to Libertyville High School students, E2268 [30NO]
Linganore, MD: tribute to Linganore High School girls' cross-country and boys' football teams, H14877 [14DE]
Long Beach, CA: anniversary of Long Beach Polytechnic High School, E1566 [31JY]
Lopez, Armando: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1079 [19MY]
Los Angeles, CA: tribute to El Rancho High School Academic Decathalon Team, E2321 [8DE]
———tribute to Tools for Success Scholarship Program, E981 [9MY]
LSC: provide legal services to victims of domestic violence, H7774 [26JY]
Ludlow, MA: tribute to Ludlow High School boys' soccer team, E2420 [20DE]
Lyons, IL: tribute to Lyons Township High School Hall of Fame inductee, E2093 [2NO]
Make a Difference Day: award recipients, E1216 [9JN]
Maple Shade, NJ: tribute to Boy Scout Troop 28, E1926 [11OC]
Marathon, NY: tribute to Marathon High School girls field hockey team, E74 [11JA]
March of Dimes (charitable organization): anniversary of Walk America fundraiser, H4519 [3MY]
Matsa, David A.: New York Council for the Humanities Young Scholars Contest award recipient, E1326 [26JN]
Mattoon, IL: St. Mary's School President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports State champion, E2077 [31OC]
Medicaid: continued enrollment of special-needs children in traditional fee-for-service plans in States with managed care programs (H.R. 1502), E864 [7AP]
———coverage of services of certain clinics operated by children's hospitals (H.R. 1503), E864 [7AP]
———reform, H5699, H5701 [8JN], H11196 [26OC], H14265 [12DE], E1821 [21SE]
Medina, Terrance N.H.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E285 [7FE]
Mental Health: anniversary of Autism Society of America, E61 [9JA]
———observance of National Autism Awareness Week, E61 [9JA]
Michigan: tribute to AuSable Valley High Risk Youth Diversion-Middle School Success Program, E2375 [18DE]
Milwaukee, WI: anniversary of Christian Center Neighborhood Improvement Project, E2259 [29NO]
Mishawaka, IN: tribute to Penn High School football team, E2269 [30NO]
Missing Children's Day: observance, H5593 [25MY]
Monson, Drew: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1266 [15JN]
Montgomery County, MD: tribute to Task Force on Mentoring, E1950 [17OC]
Montgomery Soccer, Inc.: tribute to Falcons U-12 girl's soccer team, E1368 [30JN]
Motion pictures: tribute to the film ``Hoop Dreams'', E344 [14FE]
Motor vehicles: compatability of seatbelt systems and child safety seats, H9307 [20SE]
———improve traffic safety performance of high risk drivers (H.R. 1866), E1271 [16JN]
———school bus safety (H.R. 1884), E1274 [16JN]
Murfreesboro, TN: tribute to Riverdale High School football team, E716 [29MR]
Music and dance: anniversary of the Ballet Education and Scholarship Fund, Inc., E1121 [25MY]
My One Wish Foundation (organization): anniversary, E725 [29MR]
National Appreciation Day for Catholic Schools: observance, E105 [17JA], E117 [18JA]
National Council of Jewish Women: anniversary, E2322 [8DE]
National Education Funding Support Day: observance, H12171, H12173 [13NO]
National Education Goals Panel: funding, H8358, H8359 [3AU]
National Education Standards and Improvement Council: abolish (H.R. 1045), H4930-H4932 [15MY]
———eliminate (H.R. 1045), E432 [24FE]
National Endowment for Children's Educational Television: funding, H7755 [26JY]
National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship: tribute to Young Entrepreneurs Program, H5892 [13JN]
National Missing Children's Day: observance, E1139 [26MY]
National objectives: prevention of abuse and neglect, H15548 [21DE]
National Red Ribbon Week for a Drug-Free America: observance, H10851 [26OC]
National Sportsmanship Day: observance, E536, E540 [7MR]
National Summer Youth Job Programs: funding, H2816 [8MR]
National Week of the Child: observance, E941 [3MY]
National Young Leaders Conference: anniversary, E727 [29MR]
National Youth Sports Program: tribute, E2226 [20NO]
Native Americans: status of Indian children (H.R. 1448), H6023 [15JN]
Nelms, Alan: Colorado Vocational Association Teacher of the Year award recipient, E275 [6FE]
New Jersey: tribute to Building Environmental Education Solutions Program, E1072 [18MY]
———tribute to Celebrity Reader Program, E1144 [26MY]
———tribute to participants in the Student Training Achievement Recognition Awards, E1384 [30JN]
———unification of Essex and Hudson Counties' Girl Scout Councils, E2106 [2NO]
New Mexico: Congressional Certificate of Merit award recipients, E1482 [20JY]
New York: anniversary of CLASP Children's Center, E834 [7AP]
———tribute to drug avoidance essay contest winners, E1129 [25MY]
New York, NY: anniversary of Seabury Day Care Center, E2145 [9NO]
———anniversary of Variety Boys and Girls Club (organization), E901 [2MY]
———tribute to Conselyea Street Block Association, E907 [2MY]
———tribute to high school graduates, E1420 [12JY]
———tribute to Miliken Legal Club, E1340 [27JN]
———tribute to Mott Hall Middle School Dark Knights chess team, E523 [6MR]
———tribute to School Settlement Association, E905 [2MY]
———tribute to Turtle Bay Association for playground revitalization, E1191 [8JN]
Newnan, GA: tribute to Heritage School, E88 [11JA]
Newport News, VA: tribute to children who chased thief, E659 [22MR]
Nicholasville, KY: tribute to Jessamine County Middle School, E1008 [11MY]
NIH: birth defects research, E1743 [8SE]
North Carolina: tribute to Williams High School golf team, E1253 [15JN]
O'Fallon, MO: tribute to Fort Zumwalt North Middle School concert choirs, E1664, E1690 [5AU]
Office of Rural Health Policy: funding, H8356 [3AU]
Ohio: tribute to Artistic Discovery competition participants, E1234 [14JN]
Ontario, CA: reopening of Bon View Elementary School, E1438 [13JY]
PeaceBuilders (youth program): tribute, E2401 [19DE]
Pearson, GA: tribute to Atkinson High School boys' basketball team, E711 [29MR]
Penn Hills, PA: tribute to Penn Hills High School football team, E2367 [14DE]
Pharmaceuticals: improving child-proof medicine caps, H6048 [16JN]
Philip Morris Cos., Inc.: tribute for action against access program, H6705 [10JY]
Phoenix, AZ: anniversary of Fowler School District, E2078 [31OC]
———tribute to winners of the National Electric Car Championship, H3052 [13MR]
Pico Rivera, CA: anniversary of Bobby Sox Association, E746 [30MR]
Port Washington, NY: induction of Rudy Hotarek, Tom Robertson, and Tom Brown into the Port Washington Youth Activities Hall of Fame, E1231 [13JN]
Pratt, Douglas: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E379 [16FE]
Professional Trade Service Corps: establish (H.R. 1567), H4529 [3MY]
Programs: funding, H7264 [20JY]
Project Children (organization): tribute to participants and host families, E1444, E1446 [17JY]
PTA: authorize postage stamp to commemorate anniversary, E1198 [8JN]
Public broadcasting: funding, H7756 [26JY], E1517 [26JY]
Public Health Service: terminate family planning programs (H.R. 1623), E1029 [12MY]
Public welfare programs: funding for nutrition programs, H664, H665, H671, H672-H674, H675 [25JA], H1911, H1912 [21FE], H1976 [22FE], H2070, H2071, H2073, H2149, H2157 [23FE], H2180, H2181, H2182, H2214, H2215, H2216 [24FE], H2227, H2230, H2231, H2232, H2233 [27FE], H2312, H2316, H2317, H2318, H2319, H2320, H2321, H2376, H2377 [28FE], H2396, H2397, H2398, H2399, H2400, H2401, H2473 [1MR], H2490, H2491, H2492, H2493, H2494, H2567, H2577, H2578-H2582 [2MR], H2586, H2587, H2588, H2589 [3MR], H2657, H2658, H2659, H2661, H2707-H2709 [6MR], H2729, H2730, H2731, H2732, H2733, H2734, H2735, H2793, H2805-H2809 [7MR], H2814, H2815, H2816, H2817, H2889 [8MR], H2897, H2898, H2899, H2900, H2968, H2972, H2973, H2977 [9MR], H2992, H2993, H2994, H3033, H3036-H3038 [10MR], H3067-H3072 [13MR], H3090, H3093, H3095, H3096, H3125-H3140 [14MR], H3158, H3159, H3162 [15MR], H3318-H3325 [16MR], H3330, H3332, H3335, H3336, H3337, H3338, H3339, H3340 [21MR], H3420, H3422, H3423, H3424, H3425, H3502, H3503, H3520, H3530-H3545, H3547-H3550, H3554-H3557 [22MR], H3576-H3719 [23MR], H3739-H3742, H3770, H3777-H3784 [24MR], H3870-H3874 [28MR], H4145 [4AP], H5547 [24MY], H5778 [13JN], H7246 [19JY], H7376 [20JY], H7444 [21JY], H9906 [12OC], H12069 [9NO], H12186 [13NO], H15182 [19DE], H15509 [21DE], E102 [17JA], E515 [3MR], E523 [6MR], E593 [14MR], E601 [15MR], E690 [24MR], E774 [4AP]
———funding for programs for children, H3089, H3091, H3096 [14MR], H10851, H10853 [26OC]
———policies to cut assistance programs, H2315 [28FE]
———prohibit financial assistance to persons delinquent in child support payments (H.R. 104), H1077, H1078 [2FE]
———prohibit transfer of legal custody of children for the sole purpose of obtaining public service benefits (H.R. 446), E64 [9JA]
———protect programs for missing and exploited children, H3527 [22MR]
———reform, H3095 [14MR]
———reform (H.R. 999), H3134 [14MR], E404 [22FE]
———use of debit card system, H1379 [8FE]
Quincy, MA: tribute to Broad Meadows Middle School recipients of Reebok Youth in Action Award, E2438 [21DE]
Rancho Bernardo, CA: tribute to Sony Electronics, Inc., E2268 [30NO]
Rauch, Elizabeth: Youth in Need Celebration of Youth honoree, E757 [3AP]
Rechsteiner, Frank: Boys and Girls Club of Bay County, MI, Helping Hand Award recipient, E1023 [12MY]
Reese, Jason: Boys and Girls Clubs of America National Youth of the Year award recipient, H9719 [29SE]
Republican Party: national agenda, H2785 [7MR], H3096 [14MR]
Riverhead, NY: tribute to Riverhead High School boys basketball team, E749 [31MR]
Roads and highways: treatment of Federal highway funds relative to drunken driving by minors, H9299-H9304 [20SE], E1870 [28SE]
———treatment of Federal highway funds relative to drunken driving by minors (H.R. 2319), E1778 [13SE]
Rochester, MN: tribute to Rochester Lourdes High School girls basketball team, H4016 [30MR]
———tribute to Rochester Mayo High School girls basketball team, H4016 [30MR]
Rockford, IL: tribute to the Hunger Connection, H5381 [23MY]
Rowan County, NC: tribute to East Rowan High School boy's basketball team, E1394 [30JN]
Royal Family Kids' Camp: tribute, E1888 [29SE]
Ryce, Jimmy: status as a missing child, H11677-H11682 [1NO]
San Antonio, TX: tribute to East Central High School boy's basketball team, E779 [4AP]
San Diego, CA: tribute to ``Recycle Kids'' (environmental program), E1682 [5AU]
San Jose, CA: Eagle Scout Award recipients, E598 [14MR]
———East Side Union High School District Cesar Chavez Writing Contest award recipients, E831, E872 [7AP], E917 [2MY]
Sandy Hook, NJ: tribute to Sandy Hook Little League, E1236 [14JN]
Sanrio Co., Ltd.: tribute to Young Ambassadors Program, E761 [3AP]
SBA: National Young Entrepreneurs of the Year award recipients, E914 [2MY]
Scherry, Philip E.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1219 [9JN]
School Board Recognition Month: observance, E2412 [19DE]
Schools: constitutional amendment to prohibit compulsory attendance of students at public schools other than the one nearest their residence (H.J. Res. 13), E10 [4JA]
———guidelines for lunch and breakfast programs (H.R. 2066), E1471 [19JY], E1490 [21JY]
Science: tribute to participants in the International Science and Engineering Fair, E1264 [15JN]
Scranton, PA: anniversary of Scranton Preparatory School, E707 [28MR]
Sealy, TX: tribute to Sealy High School football team, H547 [24JA]
Seneca County, OH: tribute to 4-H camp volunteers, E2084 [1NO]
Shelbyville, IL: tribute to Shelbyville High School boys basketball team, E868 [7AP]
Sheridan, IN: tribute to Sheridan High School Band, E2115 [7NO]
Shriners Hospitals for Crippled Children: American Hospital Association NOVA Award recipient, E1477 [20JY]
Socorro, TX: tribute to Socorro High School Naval Junior ROTC, E1058 [17MY]
South Bend, IN: tribute to St. Joseph's High School football team, E2267 [30NO]
South Glens Falls, NY: tribute to the Volunteer/Mentor Program, E1257 [15JN], E1272 [16JN]
Southampton, NY: Our Lady of the Hamptons Regional Catholic School National Junior Honor Society inductees, E858 [7AP]
Sports: tribute to Adlai Stevenson High School women's basketball team, E554 [8MR]
Springfield, VA: tribute to Lee High School choirs, E1000 [11MY]
SSI: reform, E170 [24JA]
———require benefits in the form of vouchers (H.R. 612), E141 [20JA]
St. Louis, MO: tribute to Earth Angels (environmental organization), E2388 [19DE]
State Justice Institute: funding, E1599 [2AU]
States: administration of block grant programs, H10849, H10850 [26OC]
———establish registration, tracking, and community notification procedures relative to convicted sex offenders, H563-H570 [24JA]
Steeh, George C., III: Southeast Michigan March of Dimes Alexander Macomb Citizen of the Year award recipient, E1877 [29SE]
Sterling Heights, MI: anniversary of Bruce Collins Elementary School, E72 [11JA]
Sunny Hill Children's Services: anniversary, E1439 [13JY]
Sussman, Beverly: recipient of Presidential Award for Excellence in Science and Mathematics Teaching, E617 [16MR]
Szalasny, Amanda: Legnard-Curtin American Legion Post ``What the American Flag Means to Me'' essay contest award recipient, E1493 [21JY]
Tabilas, Melvin D.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1336 [27JN]
Taxation: dependent care tax credit, H4251, H4257 [5AP]
———earned income tax credit, H4249 [5AP], H5702-H5709 [8JN], H10894, H11208 [26OC], H11382 [30OC], H11790 [7NO]
———rates, H5089 [17MY], H5702-H5709 [8JN], H12096 [10NO], H12327 [14NO], H12493 [15NO], H13186, H13197 [17NO], H14260 [12DE], H14876 [14DE]
———rates (H.R. 1215), H3980, H3981, H3982, H3983, H3984, H3985, H4004, H4014, H4029 [30MR], H4034, H4035, H4036, H4039, H4041, H4042, H4043, H4074, H4077, H4081, H4086-H4091 [3AP], H4107, H4109, H4110, H4112, H4113, H4114, H4115, H4116, H4117, H4118, H4119, H4143, H4144, H4145, H4146, H4147, H4148, H4149, H4150, H4151, H4152, H4153, H4154, H4155, H4156, H4157, H4158, H4159, H4160, H4161, H4163, H4164, H4167-H4171 [4AP], H4180, H4181, H4182, H4183, H4184, H4185, H4186, H4187, H4188, H4189, H4190, H4191, H4192, H4213-H4319, H4329-H4334 [5AP], H4338, H4340, H4341, H4342, H4343, H4399, H4400, H4407-H4410 [6AP], H10866 [26OC], E716, E719, E725 [29MR], E744 [30MR], E761 [3AP], E776 [4AP], E808, E811, E814 [6AP], E825, E827, E835, E840, E869, E872 [7AP], E918, E919 [2MY]
———rates (H.R. 1215), consideration (H. Res. 128), H4190, H4191, H4192-H4212 [5AP]
———treatment of adoption expenses, H4190 [5AP]
———treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 1985), E1383 [30JN]
———treatment of certain education savings accounts, H4258 [5AP]
Teenagers: prevention of pregnancies, H14141 [6DE]
Telecommunications: provide means of restricting access to unwanted materials in interactive telecommunications systems, H8469-H8472 [4AU]
Television: establish violent program ratings system, require new televisions to allow blocking of certain programming, and limit exposure of children to violent programming, H7469 [24JY], H8486-H8496 [4AU], E1565 [31JY]
———establish violent program ratings system, require new televisions to allow blocking of certain programming, and limit exposure of children to violent programming (H.R. 2030), H6745 [11JY], H7468 [24JY], E1436 [13JY]
———require new televisions to allow blocking of certain programming, H5780 [13JN]
Tennessee: observance of Family Day, E1109 [24MY]
Teutopolis, IL: tribute to Teutopolis High School girls basketball team, E861 [7AP]
Thorndale, TX: tribute to Thorndale High School football team, E115 [18JA]
Tobacco products: regulation of tobacco industry to alleviate health risks to children, H7470-H7476 [24JY], H7993, H8007-H8010 [31JY], H11834, H11908 [8NO], E1649, E1658 [5AU]
Transitional Living Program: funding for services provided to homeless and runaway youth, H8318 [3AU]
Tuttle, Stephen W., II: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E2064 [30OC]
UNICEF: anniversary, E2365 [14DE]
University of South Dakota: tribute to Disaster Mental Health Institute, E1038 [15MY]
USIA: extension of au pair programs (H.R. 2767), H14961, H14962 [15DE], E2364 [14DE]
———extension of au pair programs (S. 1465), H14975, H14976 [18DE]
Violence Against Women Act: funding, H15241, H15242 [20DE]
Warsaw, IN: tribute to Warsaw High School Marching Percussion Ensemble, E105 [17JA]
Wayzata, MN: tribute to Boy Scout Troop 283, E2186 [15NO]
Week Without Violence: designate (S. Res. 180), E1941 [12OC]
WIC: funding, H2311, H2312, H2314, H2316, H2319 [28FE], H2398, H2400 [1MR], H3090, H3091 [14MR]
———participation levels, H7337-H7344 [20JY], E1538 [28JY]
World Summit for Children: implementation of plan of action (H.R. 966), H5627, H5629 [7JN]
Yamhill County, OR: tribute to Community Action Teams Program, E2268 [30NO]
Youth Art Month: observance, E687 [24MR]
Remarks in Senate
Abortion: protection of reproductive rights and access to reproductive health care clinics (S. 979), S9307 [28JN]
AFDC: establish demonstration projects to expand State adminstration (S. 246), S1223-S1226 [19JA]
———funding, S13558-S13561 [14SE]
———replace with State block grant programs (S. 842), S7237-S7239, S7245-S7247 [23MY]
Africa: humanitarian assistance for AIDS epidemic, S4692 [28MR]
Arts and humanities: characterization of sex and violence in the entertainment industry, S6838, S6839 [18MY], S8077 [9JN], S8525 [16JN], S9131 [27JN], S17528, S17530 [27NO]
———characterization of sex in the entertainment industry, S16104 [27OC]
Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America: tribute, S17179 [16NO]
Bosnia and Herzegovina: rescue of children, S10534 [24JY]
Budget: balance, S6468 [10MY]
———implement program changes relative to budget decreases, S15541-S15544 [24OC]
———making supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 1158), S5163 [5AP]
———welfare grant levels to States relative to out-of-wedlock birth rates, S16947 [13NO]
Caldwell, NJ: tribute to Mount St. Dominic Academy athletic teams, S8522 [15JN]
Camden, NJ: tribute to Morgan Village Middle School, S7261 [23MY]
Capitol Building and Grounds: authorizing use of grounds for Greater Washington Soap Box Derby (H. Con. Res. 38), S9323 [28JN]
Carroll, Justin T.: National Spelling Bee winner, S7799 [6JN]
Character Counts Week: observance, S15701 [25OC]
Chattanooga, TN: anniversary of Ronald McDonald House, S17181 [16NO]
Chicago, IL: tribute to Gang Violence Reduction Project, S8835 [21JN]
———tribute to Orr High School chess team, S5930 [1MY]
Child and Adult Care Food Program: participation, S12828 [7SE]
Child care: consolidate and expand Federal programs, S12784 [7SE], S12918-S12923, S12929-S12931 [8SE], S13147-S13150, S13164-S13196 [11SE], S13776 [19SE]
———consolidate and expand Federal programs (S. 472), S3061-S3064 [23FE]
———consolidate Federal programs (S. 850), S7389, S7390 [24MY]
Children's Defense Fund: issuance of the State of America's Children Report, S4675 [28MR]
China, People's Republic of: human rights policies on abortion and infanticide, S15073 [12OC]
Columbia, MO: tribute to Youth Volunteers at the Harry S Truman Memorial Veterans' Hospital, S17188 [16NO]
Community service: tribute to Rhododendron Scholarship Program award recipients, S5020 [31MR]
Computers: protection of freedom of speech on the internet, S19185 [22DE]
———restrict transmission of obscene or indecent material by computer, S15152 [13OC]
———restrict transmission of obscene or indecent material to minors by computer, S8087-S8090 [9JN], S8329-S8347 [14JN], S8473 [15JN], S9775 [12JY], S10484-S10486 [21JY]
———restrict transmission of obscene or indecent material to minors by computer (S. 892), S7922 [7JN], S8084 [9JN], S9017-S9023 [26JN]
Concerned Black Males of Annapolis: tribute to honorees at awards dinner, S8958 [22JN]
Congress: impact of legislation on the incidence of hungry and homeless children, S4773-S4776 [29MR]
———prohibit consideration of legislation reported out of committee without an analysis of the impact on children, S1194-S1197 [19JA]
———tribute to summer interns, S11123 [1AU]
Corp. for National Service: funding, S975, S986 [17JA], S1131 [19JA], S1261 [20JA], S1972 [2FE], S5050-S5052, S5055, S5059-S5065 [3AP], S5289, S5376, S5377 [6AP], S13329 [12SE], S15367 [19OC]
———tribute, S14209 [25SE]
Correctional institutions: improvement of secure facilities for violent and chronic juvenile offenders (S. 724), S5674 [25AP]
CPSC: danger of drawstrings in children's clothing, S15972 [26OC]
Crime: evaluate and consolidate Federal juvenile crime prevention programs (S. 1036), S10002-S10009 [14JY]
———increase and improve collection of criminal fines which are deposited into the crime victims fund (S. 841), S7244 [23MY]
———increase awareness of and vigilance against child abuse, S18686 [15DE]
———prevention and punishment of domestic and sexual violence (S. 694), S5427 [6AP]
———reform juvenile justice system (S. 1245), S13656-S13659 [15SE]
———sexual exploitation of children (H.R. 1240), S5509, S5520 [6AP]
———sexual exploitation of children (S. 241), S1091 [18JA]
———violent acts effecting children, S3224 [27FE]
DARE Program: funding, S14688 [29SE]
Day of the African Child: observance, S8565, S8566 [16JN]
Dept. of Defense: domestic violence services, S12538, S12539 [5SE]
———establish Junior ROTC Program on Indian reservation schools, S11563 [5AU]
———Junior ROTC Program funding, S11560 [5AU]
———staffing of overseas schools, S11220 [2AU]
———transportation of certain children requiring specialized medical services in the U.S. (S. 660), S5073 [3AP]
Dept. of Education: abolish, S6438 [10MY]
Dept. of Justice: enforcement of pornography laws, S1606-S1609 [26JA]
Disabled: extend discretionary grant program for special education and assistance (S. 916), S8182 [12JN], S8402 [14JN]
District of Columbia: improve order and discipline in public schools, S14120-S14122, S14127 [22SE]
Drug abuse: increase, S19271 [22DE]
———national drug control policy, S13345 [12SE], S17061 [15NO], S18167 [7DE]
Education: eliminate opportunity-to-learn standards (S. 1301), S14898 [10OC], S14961 [11OC]
———funding for the impact aid program, S7222 [23MY]
———Impact Aid Program technical corrections (S. 947), S8707-S8709 [20JN]
———national history standards, S1026-S1035, S1038-S1040 [18JA]
———national history standards (S. Res. 66), S1290 [20JA]
———national policy to improve system, S562, S573 [6JA], S609 [9JA], S1877 [1FE], S1995-S2006 [2FE], S5118 [4AP], S12559 [5SE], S14949 [10OC], S15435 [23OC], S16854 [9NO]
———national system funding relative to corporate taxation, S7426 [25MY]
———restore funding to programs, S5329, S5364, S5374 [6AP]
———social and economic impact of illiteracy, S8833 [21JN]
———tribute to Eighth Grade Youth Essay Contest award recipients, S5022 [31MR]
———tribute to Everybody Wins Program, S4939 [30MR], S7709 [5JN]
———tribute to the U.S. Patent Model Foundation's Invent America program, S10661 [25JY]
———tuition income tax credit, S15812, S15813 [26OC]
Education for All Handicapped Children Act: anniversary, S17763 [29NO]
Employment: summer youth jobs progam, S9498-S9512 [30JN]
Fair Labor Standards Act: child labor provisions relative to loading of materials into balers and compacters (S. 744), S6009 [2MY]
———child labor provisions relative to the operation of automobiles and trucks (S. 1099), S11107 [1AU]
Fairfield University: tribute to graduating class, S11944 [8AU]
Families and domestic relations: child abuse prevention, S5280 [6AP]
———child abuse prevention (S. 919), S8257, S8264 [13JN], S13612 [14SE]
———child abuse prevention (S. 919), star print, S13626 [14SE]
———child support enforcement (S. 442), S2841 [16FE]
———child support enforcement (S. 456), S2872, S2888 [16FE]
———child support enforcement (S. 687), S5414 [6AP]
———child support enforcement (S. 926), S8496 [15JN]
———create a national child custody database and clarify jurisdiction in parental kidnapping cases (S. 632), S4717-S4720 [28MR]
———impose child support obligations on paternal grandparents when both parents are minors, S12810 [7SE], S13569 [14SE]
———protect parental rights (S. 984), S9427 [29JN]
———reduction of teenage pregnancy rates and encouragement of parental responsibility (S. 8), S15, S24, S123, S129 [4JA]
———repeal regulations restraining interracial adoptions (S. 637), S4725 [28MR], S13777 [19SE]
———State child support enforcement demonstration programs (S. 642), S4732-S4735 [28MR]
———State use of automated data retrieval system for child and spousal support enforcement (H.R. 2288), S14798 [29SE]
Family and domestic relations: child support enforcement fees for non-assistance families, S16004, S16005 [27OC]
———tax credit for adoption of child, S16003 [27OC]
FDA: regulation of tobacco industry, S13919, S13920 [20SE]
Federal aid programs: establish community-based youth development block grant program (S. 673), S5151-S5154 [4AP]
Federal-State relations: protection of children, pregnant women, and the elderly relative to ban on unfunded Federal mandates, S1401, S1403-S1407 [24JA], S1504-S1517 [25JA]
———treatment of existing child pornography, child abuse, or child labor legislation relative to unfunded Federal mandates, S1403 [24JA], S1607-S1609 [26JA]
Financial institutions: quarterly reporting by banks relative to child support, S13594-S13596 [14SE]
Firearms: gun control, S16686 [3NO]
———increase in incidents of handgun violence among youth in schools, S2217 [7FE]
Food stamps: replace with State block grant programs, S12924 [8SE], S13334-S13341 [12SE]
———replace with State block grant programs (S. 843), S7237-S7239, S7245-S7247 [23MY]
Foreign policy: allocation of economic assistance relative to children, S8834 [21JN]
4-H Club: tribute, S6000 [2MY]
Gilford, NH: tribute to Gilford Middle High School boys soccer team, S17672 [28NO]
Girl Scouts: tribute, S4150 [17MR]
Girl Scouts of America: Maryland Gold Award recipients, S6801 [17MY]
Glencoe, IL: tribute to middle-school student participants in NSF future city competition, S4746 [28MR]
Government regulations: protection of children from poisoning, S9971 [14JY]
Greenville, AL: tribute to Greenville Middle School Builders Club, S1020 [18JA]
GSA: allow placement of missing children posters in Federal buildings (S. 1473), S18559 [13DE]
Haiti: U.S. policy, S7135 [22MY]
Haverstraw, NY: tribute to Haverstraw Little League Senior League All-Stars, S15138 [12OC]
Head Start Program: funding, S5214-S5216 [5AP]
Health: anniversary of Emergency Medical Services for Children Grant Program, S12363 [11AU]
———develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth defects (S. 459), S2967 [22FE]
———Federal initiatives, S6762 [16MY]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 933), S8503, S8516 [15JN]
———prevention of fetal alcohol syndrome (S. 170), S504, S509 [5JA]
———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mothers and newborn infants following birth (S. 969), S9175-S9177 [27JN]
———State care of pregnant women and children, S16509 [1NO]
Health care professionals: training for the identification and referral of victims of domestic violence (S. 697), S5440 [6AP]
Human rights: trafficking of Burmese women and girls into Thailand for forced prostitution (S. Con. Res. 12), S6182 [4MY]
Immigration: classification of children relative to international adoptions (S. 457), S2965 [22FE], S10176 [17JY]
Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Act: authorizing appropriations (S. 441), S2840 [16FE], S5734 [26AP]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: reauthorization (S. 1075), S10731-S10733 [26JY], S17762, S17763, S17823 [29NO]
International Children's Wish Week: observance, S14136 [22SE]
Japan: rape charges against U.S. servicemen, S17330, S17331, S17332 [17NO]
———tribute to Japan-U.S. Senate Youth Exchange Program, S12756 [7SE]
Job Corps: maintain as a national program, S14961-S14975, S14978, S14989 [11OC]
Jones-Ham, Wilmer: Mahalia Jackson community service award recipient, S7401 [24MY]
Juneau, AK: tribute to Douglas High School International Dance-Drill Competition champions, S12314 [10AU]
Kalikow, Nicholas: Alliance for Young Artists and Writers Scholastic Art and Writing Award recipient, S8519 [15JN]
Kennewick, WA: tribute to the Kennewick School District, S1709 [27JA]
Kid's Appreciation Day: designate, S8186 [12JN]
Local government: national objective to revitalize urban areas, S12627 [5SE]
Londonderry, NH: tribute to Londonderry High School marching band and colorguard, S5269 [5AP]
Los Angeles, CA: tribute to Musicalympics competition, S6945 [18MY]
Marsteller, Kerri: Girl Scout Gold Award recipient, S9723 [11JY]
Maryland: tribute to Olympic Festival athletes, S12307 [10AU]
McDonnall, Danny: Discover Card Tribute Award scholarship recipient, S9563 [30JN]
Medicaid: alcoholism and drug dependency treatment services for pregnant women (S. 171), S504 [5JA]
———offset revenues from tax deductions for advertising of tobacco products, S16029 [27OC]
———reform, S16011 [27OC]
———replace with State block grant programs (S. 844), S7237-S7239, S7245-S7247 [23MY]
Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation: anniversary, S19130 [21DE]
Music Performance Trust Fund: tribute, S8019 [8JN]
Nashville, TN: tribute to Youth Hobby Shop for work with children, S5080 [3AP]
National Children's Day: designate (S. Res. 178), S14797 [29SE]
National Commission on Gay and Lesbian Youth Suicide Prevention: establish (S. 1448), S18028 [5DE]
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics: release of report on assessment standards for school mathematics, S9310 [28JN]
National Education Standards and Improvement Council: abolish (H.R. 1045), S6765 [16MY], S7654 [5JN]
———abolish (S. 1301), S14898 [10OC], S14961 [11OC]
National Education Technology Funding Corp.: funding, S5125-S5138 [4AP]
National 4-H Day: designate (S. Res. 100), S5212 [5AP]
National Geography Bee: tribute to Rhode Island finalists, S7022 [19MY]
National Missing Children's Day: observance, S7574 [25MY]
National objectives: renewal of civil society legislation, S12716-S12718 [6SE]
National School Lunch Week: observance, S15114 [12OC], S15365 [19OC]
National Security Education Program: funding, S12746 [6SE]
National Sportsmanship Day: observance, S3684 [8MR], S3742 [9MR]
National Take Our Daughters to Work Day: observance, S5748 [27AP]
Native Americans: education funding, S12016-S12020 [9AU]
———enforcement of child support agreements between the States and tribal organizations, S13565-S13567 [14SE]
———funding for resources relative to children, S18611 [14DE]
———status of Indian children (S. 764), S6277 [8MY]
Nevada: tribute to the Nevada Partners employment program, S4567 [24MR]
New Brunswick, NJ: tribute to Middlesex County Vocational and Technical High School, S15973 [26OC]
Newport, ME: tribute to Nokomis Regional High School, S8047 [8JN]
Oklahoma City, OK: bombing of Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, S6762 [16MY]
Pornography: amend laws relative to child pornography (S. 1237), S13542 [13SE]
Portland, OR: tribute to Safehaven Program for at-risk youth, S5851 [27AP]
Public Health Service: permit family planning projects to offer adoption services (S. 29), S225 [4JA]
Public welfare programs: abstinence education funding, S13375, S13376 [12SE]
———assistance to minors relative to time limitations of benefits, S12812-S12819, S12821 [7SE], S13342-S13345 [12SE], S13481-S13483 [13SE], S13644, S13645 [15SE]
———benefit eligibility for children relative to paternity establishment, S12898 [8SE]
———deny assistance for out-of-wedlock births to minors, S13507-S13516, S13527-S13529 [13SE], S13562, S13578 [14SE]
———development of adult supervised living arrangements for unmarried teenage mothers, S13529-S13533 [13SE], S13598-S13602 [14SE]
———development of parent-child participation programs, S13588, S13603 [14SE]
———exempt elderly, disabled, and children from optional State food assistance block grants, S13635, S13636 [15SE]
———exempt victims of domestic violence from certain eligibility requirements, S13525-S13527 [13SE], S13561, S13562 [14SE]
———funding for nutrition programs, S2991, S2992 [23FE], S3139, S3140, S3142 [27FE], S3549-S3554 [7MR], S4004 [16MR], S4559-S4562 [24MR], S5065 [3AP], S5091-S5094, S5106-S5108 [4AP], S5237 [5AP], S5370-S5373 [6AP], S6473 [11MY], S7318, S7323 [24MY], S7453, S7457 [25MY], S13690, S13692 [18SE], S15087 [12OC], S15360 [19OC]
———funding for nutrition programs (S. 1265), S14087 [21SE]
———funding for nutrition programs (S. 904), S8098 [9JN]
———prohibit financial assistance to persons delinquent in child support payments, S12830 [7SE], S12897 [8SE]
———proposals relative to hunger and homelessness, S714-S725 [10JA]
———reform, S7172, S7222 [23MY], S8994 [23JN]
———reform (S. 828), S6917-S6920 [18MY]
———reform (S. 840), S7127 [22MY]
———restrict benefits for foster care and adoption assistance programs relative to noncitizens, S13376 [12SE], S13515 [13SE]
———school requirements relative to teenage recipients, S13529, S13533 [13SE]
———State authority to reserve welfare grant funding, S12820 [7SE]
———State determination of benefits relative to children born to current welfare recipients, S13368-S13372 [12SE], S13487-S13489 [13SE]
———use of public school facilities for certain child care programs, S13570, S13572 [14SE]
Rape Prevention Month: observance, S7577 [25MY]
Rapid City, SD: tribute to students at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, S10072 [14JY]
``Ready or Not—Talking With Kids About Alcohol'' Program: tribute, S18553 [13DE]
Reese, Jason: Boys and Girls Clubs of America National Youth of the Year award recipient, S14209 [25SE], S14323 [26SE]
Republican Party: national agenda, S5166-S5170 [5AP]
Reston, VA: dedication of Buzz Aldrin Elementary School, S5917 [1MY]
Revillo, SD: tribute to Grant-Deuel County High School football team, S18087 [6DE]
Rhode Island: Eagle Scout Award recipients, S3541 [6MR]
———Girl Scout Silver Award recipients, S3541 [6MR]
———tribute to colleges and universities for matching education grants of AmeriCorps graduates, S13379 [12SE]
Rhue, Angalena: President's Service Award recipient, S6600 [12MY]
Right to Life (organization): tribute to Michigan chapter, S2565 [13FE]
Roads and highways: treatment of Federal highway funds relative to drunken driving by minors, S8774-S8777, S8779 [21JN]
Safe and Drug-Free Schools Program: funding, S5364 [6AP]
Safety: schoolbuses, S15205 [17OC]
San Luis Valley, CO: tribute to Sierra Grande High School, S13624 [14SE]
School buses: safety, S5120 [4AP], S6485 [11MY]
Schools: establish dietary guidelines for school lunch programs, S12367 [11AU]
Shreveport, LA: tribute to Hamilton Terrace Learning Center for receiving the Innovations in American Government Award, S15700 [25OC]
———tribute to Westwood Elementary School and Lakeshore Elementary School for participation in the Concerned Businessmen's Association of America's Set a Good Example Contest, S7634 [26MY]
Social Security: trustee's report, S5165 [5AP]
Social Security Act: anniversary (S. Res. 165), S12518 [11AU]
SSI: reform eligibility requirements for children's programs (S. 798), S6534-S6537 [11MY]
———replace with State block grant programs, S12924 [8SE]
———replace with State block grant programs (S. 845), S7237-S7239, S7245-S7247 [23MY]
St. Francis Academy: anniversary, S15975 [26OC]
St. Louis, MO: tribute to Chevron-Times Mirror Magazines Conservation Award recipients, S6829 [17MY]
States: efforts to improve infrastructure of public school facilities, S18569 [13DE]
———welfare grant levels relative to out-of-wedlock birth rate, S13533-S13536 [13SE], S13563-S13565 [14SE]
Supreme Court: decision relative to possession of firearms at or near schools, S5702 [26AP], S5747 [27AP]
Taxation: credits for individuals with children, S15807, S15808 [26OC], S16461 [1NO]
———dependent care tax credit (S. 264), S1443 [24JA]
———earned income tax credit, S7449 [25MY], S15672, S15676-S15683 [25OC], S15709-S15713, S15777 [26OC], S16463 [1NO], S17146 [16NO]
———provide credits for families (S. 1134), S12081, S12082 [9AU], S12210 [10AU]
———rates, S15189 [17OC], S15483-S15486, S15491-S15493 [23OC], S16716 [7NO], S17446, S17447 [18NO], S18719, S18722, S18726 [15DE]
———rates (H.R. 1215), S5294-S5298 [6AP]
———tax credit for purchase of child restraint systems for motor vehicles (S. 81), S293 [4JA]
———treatment of adoption expenses, S13584-S13588 [14SE]
———treatment of adoption expenses (S. 520), S3749 [9MR]
———treatment of adoption expenses (S. 1165), S12259 [10AU]
———treatment of certain education savings accounts (S. 386), S2494 [10FE]
———work opportunities tax credit, S15683 [25OC]
Teenage pregnancies: incidence, S11822-S11824 [8AU]
Telecommunications: impact of technology on children, S17859 [30NO]
———study means of restricting access to unwanted materials in interactive telecommunications systems (S. 714), S5548 [7AP]
Television: allow voluntary code of standards and practices for broadcast and cable industry (S. 1116), S11324 [3AU]
———broadcast of violent programming, S573 [6JA], S2428 [9FE], S2901 [16FE], S8226, S8250, S8251 [13JN], S8460 [15JN], S10438 [20JY], S10661 [25JY], S12208 [10AU], S13810-S13814 [19SE], S15153-S15156 [13OC], S17445 [18NO]
———broadcast of violent programming (S. 470), S3059 [23FE]
———broadcast of violent programming (S. 772), S6349-S6351 [9MY]
———establish violent program ratings system, require new televisions to allow blocking of certain programming, and limit exposure of children to violent programming, S8227-S8234, S8247-S8250 [13JN], S8465 [15JN]
———establish violent program ratings system, require new televisions to allow blocking of certain programming, and limit exposure of children to violent programming (S. 332), S2035 [2FE]
———require new television sets to have built-in circuitry to allow viewers to block violent programs (S. 306), S1857 [31JA]
———uniform policy on advertising during violent programming, S2901 [16FE]
Tobacco products: health risks to children and application of excise taxes to decrease usage by minors (S. Res. 159), S11790 [7AU]
———influence of cigarette advertising on children and youth, S5915 [1MY]
———limit access to minors by prohibiting free samples and sales through vending machines on Federal property, S11540 [5AU]
———limit access to minors by prohibiting free samples and sales through vending machines on Federal property (S. 1123), S11454 [4AU]
———regulation of tobacco industry to alleviate health risks to children, S12140 [10AU]
———treatment of advertising and enforcement of laws relative to usage by minors (S. 1262), S13972-S13974 [20SE]
Topeka, KS: anniversary of Boy Scout Troop 7, S18013 [5DE]
Tyndall, SD: tribute to Bon Homme County High School football team, S18087 [6DE]
U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child: ratification, S2902 [16FE], S3081 [24FE]
———ratification (S. Res. 133), S8400 [14JN]
U.S. Air Force Academy: anniversary, S18922-S18925 [19DE]
USIA: extension of au pair programs (S. 1465), S18579 [13DE], S19270 [22DE]
———extension on Au Pair programs, S14539 [28SE]
Utah: tribute to winners of Odyssey of the Mind Association competition, S7801 [7JN]
Venice, FL: tribute to Venice High School Band, S3483 [3MR]
Vermillion, SD: tribute to Vermillion High School football team, S18087 [6DE]
Vermont: tribute to Green Mountain Boy Scouts, S6467 [10MY]
Violence Against Women Act: programs funding, S18170-S18172 [7DE]
Wakonda, SD: tribute to Wakonda-Gayville-Volin High School football team, S18087 [6DE]
Week Without Violence: designate (S. Res. 180), S15042 [11OC], S15170 [13OC], S15315 [19OC]
West Virginia: tribute to Teachers Involving Parents Successfully Program, S10436 [20JY]
West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and Blind: anniversary, S14566 [28SE]
WIC: competitive bidding for infant formula, S13523, S13524 [13SE]
———designate funds to promote immunization, S5322 [6AP]
———investigate food industry lobbyists' involvement in the transfer to State controlled block grants, S5101-S5104, S5106 [4AP]
Workforce Development Act: community college participation, S13537 [13SE]
World Summit for Children: U.S. implementation of plan of action (S. 643), S4735 [28MR]
Yankton, SD: tribute to Yankton High School football team, S18087 [6DE]
Yorktown Heights, NY: Yorktown High School cultural exchange with Monroe County High School, Monroeville, AL, S18997 [20DE]
Young-Line ``Drug Free'' Associations, Inc.: tribute, S13625 [14SE]
Reports
AmeriCorps USA at Five Months, Summary of Accomplishments, S5377 [6AP]
Child Nutrition Programs: Congressional Research Service, H3710 [23MR]
Community Colleges and Direct Lending: Melanie Jackson, Association of Community College Trustees, E613-E615 [16MR]
Expert Group Recommends Steps To Restructure Supplemental Security Disability Program for Children, Adolescents: National Academy of Social Insurance, S6535 [11MY]
I Have A Future Program: Carnegie Corp., S8728 [21JN]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act Reauthorization, S8402 [14JN]
It's Good Public Policy: Anthony M. Pilla, Catholic Diocese of Cleveland, E107-E109 [17JA]
School Facilities—America's Schools Not Designed or Equipped for 21st Century: Linda G. Morra, GAO, S5127-S5137 [4AP]
School Facilities—Condition of America's Schools: GAO, S1995-S2003 [2FE]
TV Violence—1992 Versus 1994: Center for Media and Public Affairs, S2037 [2FE]
Unshared Sacrifice—The House of Representatives' Shameful Assault on America's Children: Children's Defense Fund, S3550 [7MR]
Reports filed
Capitol Building and Grounds Use for Greater Washington Soap Box Derby: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H. Con. Res. 38) (H. Rept. 104-150), H6200 [21JN]
Child Abuse Prevention: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (Senate) (S. 919) (S. Rept. 104-117), S10426 [20JY]
Child Labor Provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act Relative to Loading of Materials Into Balers and Compacters: Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities (H.R. 1114) (H. Rept. 104-278), H10145 [17OC]
Children's Protection From Violent Programming Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 470) (S. Rept. 104-171), S16919 [9NO]
Classification of Children Relative to International Adoptions: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 457), S8945 [22JN]
Consideration of H.R. 1215, Contract With America Tax Relief Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 128) (H. Rept. 104-100), H4176 [4AP]
Contract With America Tax Relief Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 1215) (H. Rept. 104-84), H3415 [21MR]
Federal Child Care Program Consolidation: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (Senate) (S. 850) (S. Rept. 104-94), S8033 [8JN]
Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Act Appropriations: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 441) (S. Rept. 104-53), S5603 [24AP]
Sexual Exploitation of Children: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1240) (H. Rept. 104-90), H3878 [28MR]
State Use of Automated Data Retrieval System for Child and Spousal Support Enforcement: Committee on Finance (Senate) (H.R. 2288), S14710 [29SE]
———Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 2288) (H. Rept. 104-250), H9244 [19SE]
Transfer Title of Real Property in Anacostia Park to the District of Columbia To Facilitate Construction of the National Children's Island: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 1508) (H. Rept. 104-277), H10145 [17OC]
USIA Extension of Au Pair Programs: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 1465), S18437 [12DE]
Welfare Reform Consolidation Act: Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities (House) (H.R. 999) (H. Rept. 104-75), H3048 [10MR]
Youth Development Community Block Grant Act: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (Senate) (S. 673) (S. Rept. 104-161), S15337 [19OC]
Reports to constituents
Hamilton, Representative: Child Support, E32 [5JA]
———Hoosiers Attitudes Toward Education, E1462 [19JY]
———Teen Pregnancy, E181 [26JA]
———Why I Oppose Legalizing Marijuana, E1709 [6SE]
Resolutions by organizations
Children's Media Protection Act: National Association of Secondary School Principals, S2040 [2FE]
Dietary guidelines for Americans: American School Food Service Association, S12368 [11AU]
Goals 2000 Educate America Act: Alabama State Legislature, E1627 [4AU]
Rulings of the Chair
Taxation: rates (H.R. 1215), H4317 [5AP]
Statements
Awareness of Missing Children: Representative Ros-Lehtinen, H11680 [1NO]
Children, TV, and the Public Good: Keith Geiger, National Education Association, S1550 [25JA]
Curriculum Support of Character Counts Program: Albuquerque, NM, Public School District, S15701 [25OC]
Family Support Act (1986): Ronald Reagan, S6925 [18MY]
Federal Child Care Programs: Gerald H. Miller and A. Sidney Johnson III, American Public Welfare Association, S13184 [11SE]
———John Neff, E1821 [21SE]
———Mary Anderson Cooper, National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., S13183 [11SE]
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act: American School Food Service Association, H15523 [21DE]
Proposals on Children Relative to Hunger and Homelessness: David Saperstein, Religious Action Center of Reform Judiasm, S720 [10JA]
———Mary A. Cooper, National Council of Churches of Christ, S720 [10JA]
———Robert J. Fersh, Food Research & Action Center, S720 [10JA]
———Women Academics Concerned About Welfare (organization), S721 [10JA]
Protection of Children From Computer Pornography Act: Cathleen A. Cleavers, Family Research Council, S7923 [7JN]
Require New Televisions To Allow Blocking of Certain Programming: William S. Abbott, National Foundation To Improve Television, S8228 [13JN]
Summer Jobs Program: William A. Johnson, Mayor of Rochester, NY, E623 [16MR]
Supplemental Appropriations and Rescissions: Senator Boxer, S5176 [5AP]
Teen Pregnancy and Parenthood in Welfare Reform: John H. Ricard, S13599 [14SE]
———Mary Anderson Cooper, National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., S13600 [14SE]
Will Congress Produce More Hungry Children?: Physicians Committee on Childhood Hunger, H2576 [2MR]
Studies
Computer Use Survey: Stevenson H. Waltien III, S17859 [30NO]
Dept. of Defense Dependents Schools—A Staffing Dilemma, S11221-S11222 [2AU]
$500-Per-Child Tax Credit Means One Month's Food and Mortgage for a Typical American Family: Scott A. Hodge and Grover M. Hermann, Heritage Foundation, S18120 [7DE]
What a Balanced Federal Budget With Tax Cuts Would Mean for Family College Costs: John S. Barry, Heritage Foundation, S18123 [7DE]
Summaries
Birth Defects Prevention Act (S. 459), S2968 [22FE]
Comprehensive Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Prevention Act (S. 170), S508 [5JA]
Consolidate Federal Child Care Programs (S. 850), S7389 [24MY]
District of Columbia School System Reform Legislative History, H11720-H11725 [2NO]
Graham-Bumpers Children's Fair Share Amendment to H.R. 4, Family Self-Sufficiency Act, S13366-S13368 [12SE]
Health Care Reform (S. 933), S8505 [15JN]
Interstate Child Support Responsibility Act (S. 456), S2887 [16FE]
Juvenile Crime Prevention and Reform Act (S. 1036), S10008 [14JY]
Public Welfare Program Reform (S. 828), S6920-S6925 [18MY]
San Jose, CA, Eagle Scout Award Ceremony, E598 [14MR]
Welfare Reforms That Work Act (S. 246), S1231 [19JA]
Youth Development Community Block Grant Act (S. 673), S5152 [4AP]
Tables
Additional costs of child care and work programs under the Senate Republican leadership welfare plan, S13366 [12SE]
American children in poverty in numbers and percentage 1960-1991, S720 [10JA]
AmeriCorps cost per participant, S5377 [6AP]
Child tax credit payment amounts eligible to States, S4099 [16MR]
Dynamic growth State welfare formula analysis, S13366 [12SE]
Earned income tax credit reforms effect on the Federal budget, H10905 [26OC]
Earned income tax for two parents, two children, fiscal year 1996, S15778 [26OC]
Impact of Job Corps in Pennsylvania, S14975 [11OC]
Preliminary estimate of the number of children denied AFDC due to time limit in the Senate Republican plan, S12818 [7SE]
Proportion of children receiving AFDC, S12682 [6SE]
Ranking of Members of Congress on appropriations votes: National Taxpayers Union, H4194-H4196, H4197-H4201 [5AP]
State welfare allocation per child in poverty, S13365 [12SE]
State-by-State welfare allocations, S13364 [12SE]
Testimonies
Medicare and Medicaid Reform: David Bergman, Packard Children's Hospital, H9883 [11OC]
Texts of
H. Con. Res. 38, authorizing use of Capitol Grounds for Greater Washington Soap Box Derby, H6378 [27JN]
H. Res. 128, consideration of H.R. 1215, Contract With America Tax Relief Act, H4192 [5AP]
H.R. 1045, abolish National Education Standards and Improvement Council, H4930 [15MY]
H.R. 1114, child labor provisions relative to loading of materials into balers and compacters, H10661 [24OC]
H.R. 1240, Sex Crimes Against Children Prevention Act, H14319 [12DE]
H.R. 1240, Sexual Crimes Against Children Prevention Act, H4122 [4AP]
H.R. 1508, transfer title of real property in Anacostia Park, District of Columbia, to facilitate construction of the National Children's Island, H11387 [30OC]
H.R. 2288, State use of automated data retrieval system for child and spousal support enforcement, H9513 [27SE]
H.R. 2767, USIA extension of au pair programs, E2364 [14DE]
S. 8, Teen Pregnancy Prevention and Parental Responsibility Act, S123-S129 [4JA]
S. 29, Federal Adoption Services Act, S225 [4JA]
S. 81, tax credit for purchase of child restraint systems for motor vehicles, S293 [4JA]
S. 170, Comprehensive Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Prevention Act, S505 [5JA]
S. 171, Medicaid Substance Abuse Treatment Act, S506-S508 [5JA]
S. 241, Prevention of Sexual Exploitation of Children Act, S1092 [18JA]
S. 246, Welfare Reforms That Work Act, S1226-S1231 [19JA]
S. 264, Working Families Tax Relief Act, S1444 [24JA]
S. 332, Children's Media Protection Act, S2036 [2FE]
S. 386, tax treatment of certain education savings accounts, S2495 [10FE]
S. 441, Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Act appropriations, S2841 [16FE], H5737 [8JN]
S. 456, Interstate Child Support Responsibility Act, S2873-S2887 [16FE]
S. 457, classification of children relative to international adoptions, H11387 [30OC]
S. 457, classification of immigrant children relative to international adoptions, S10176 [17JY]
S. 457, immigration classification of children relative to international adoptions, S2966 [22FE]
S. 470, Children's Protection From Violent Programming Act, S3060 [23FE]
S. 472, Child Care Consolidation and Investment Act, S3062 [23FE]
S. 632, Child Custody Reform Act, S4718 [28MR]
S. 637, Adoption Antidiscrimination Act, S4726 [28MR]
S. 642, Child Support Assurance Act, S4733 [28MR]
S. 687, child support enforcement, S5414-S5419 [6AP]
S. 694, prevention and punishment of domestic and sexual violence, S5427 [6AP]
S. 697, Domestic Violence Identification and Referral Act, S5440 [6AP]
S. 714, study means of restricting access to unwanted materials in interactive telecommunications systems, S5548 [7AP]
S. 744, Compactors and Balers Safety Standards Modernization Act, S6010 [2MY]
S. 772, Television Violence Report Card Act, S6351 [9MY]
S. 892, Protection of Children From Computer Pornography Act, S7922 [7JN]
S. 904, Nutrition Assistance Reform Act, S8099-S8109 [9JN]
S. 919, child abuse prevention, S8258-S8264 [13JN]
S. 933, national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S8506 [15JN]
S. 947, Impact Aid Program technical corrections, S8708 [20JN]
S. 969, New Borns' and Mothers' Health Protection Act, S9176 [27JN]
S. 1036, Juvenile Crime Prevention and Reform Act, S10003-S10008 [14JY]
S. 1099, child labor provisions relative to the operation of automobiles and trucks, S11107 [1AU]
S. 1134, American Family Tax Relief Act, S12081 [9AU]
S. 1165, Fairness for Adopting Families Act, S12260 [10AU]
S. 1201, Kinship Care Act, S12718 [6SE]
S. 1202, Role Models Academy Demonstration Act, S12718 [6SE]
S. 1203, Character Development Act, S12718-S12720 [6SE]
S. 1206, Adoption Assistance Act, S12721 [6SE]
S. 1209, Responsible Parenthood Act, S12724 [6SE]
S. 1210, Educational Choice and Equity Act, S12725-S12727 [6SE]
S. 1214, Maternity Shelter Act, S12733 [6SE]
S. 1216, Compassion Credit Act, S12736 [6SE]
S. 1237, Child Pornography Prevention Act, S13543 [13SE]
S. 1262, Tobacco Products Control Act, S13974 [20SE]
S. 1265, Community Food Security Act, S14087 [21SE]
S. 1448, Gay and Lesbian Youth Suicide Prevention Act, S18028 [5DE]
S. 1465, USIA extension of au pair programs, S18580 [13DE], H14975 [18DE]
S. Con. Res. 12, trafficking of Burmese women and girls into Thailand for forced prostitution, S6182 [4MY]
S. Res. 66, national history standards, S1282, S1290 [20JA]
S. Res. 100, National 4-H Day, S5156 [4AP], S5212 [5AP]
S. Res. 133, ratification of U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child, S8400 [14JN]
S. Res. 159, tobacco health risks to children and application of excise taxes to decrease usage by minors, S11790 [7AU]
S. Res. 165, Social Security Act anniversary, S12412, S12518 [11AU]
S. Res. 178, National Children's Day, S14753, S14797 [29SE]
S. Res. 180, Week Without Violence, S15042 [11OC], S15170 [13OC]
Transcripts
Marketing of Tobacco Products: ``A Current Affair'' (television program), H11908 [8NO]