HASTINGS, ALCEE L. (a Representative from Florida)

Amendments offered by, to

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 3540), H5818 [4JN]

Appointments

British-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, H4438 [7MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Business and industry: establish a commission to study employment and economic insecurity (see H.R. 3353), H4302 [30AP]

Florida: clarification of certain rights of the Miccosukee Tribe (see H.R. 4199), H11394 [26SE]

Fry, Varian: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3352), H4302 [30AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

African Americans: recognize end of slavery and true day of independence (see H.J. Res. 195), H10524 [17SE]

Agriculture: define domestic industry relative to perishable agricultural products (see H.R. 2795), H914 [25JA]

———labeling of imported perishable agricultural commodities (see H.R. 2602), H3650 [18AP]

———price supports for milk (see H.R. 2597), H90 [3JA]

Airlines: require use of child safety restraint systems (see H.R. 1309), H11048 [24SE]

Airlines and airports: provide protection for airline employees who provide certain air safety information (see H.R. 3187), H5754 [30MY]

Alaska: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1000), H1325 [27FE]

American Discovery Trail: establish (see H.R. 3250), H3488 [16AP]

Antarctic Treaty: implement Protocol on Environmental Protection (see H.R. 3060), H2122 [12MR]

Appropriations: making continuing (see H.J. Res. 155), H187 [4JA]

Armed Forces: discharge of military personnel relative to positive HIV test (see H.R. 2959), H1234 [9FE]

———permit certain beneficiaries to enroll in the Federal Employees Health Program (see H.R. 3012), H1715 [5MR]

Business and industry: assist in development of microenterprises (see H.R. 3846), H8248 [23JY]

Census: accuracy of decennial census (see H.R. 3558), H5753 [30MY]

CERCLA: clarify liability for certain recycling transactions (see H.R. 820), H5817 [4JN]

China, People's Republic of: increased tariffs relative to intellectual property rights (see H.R. 3421), H4646 [8MY]

China, Republic of: democracy efforts (see H. Con. Res. 140), H1636 [29FE]

———tribute on the occasion of first Presidential election (see H. Con. Res. 154), H3731 [23AP]

———U.N. membership (see H. Con. Res. 63), H10602 [18SE]

Churches and synagogues: prohibit insurers from canceling or refusing to renew fire insurance policies (see H.R. 3830), H9566 [31JY]

CIA: investigate involvement in crack cocaine sales to fund Contras (see H. Res. 518, 520), H10721 [19SE]

Clothing industry: legal accountability for sweatshop conditions (see H.R. 4166), H11228 [25SE]

Coastal zones: clarify Corps of Engineers responsibilities to promote and carry out shore protection projects (see H.R. 3551), H7475 [11JY]

Commission on Retirement Income Policy: establish (see H.R. 3077), H4397 [1MY]

Computers: transmission of information relative to abortion over computer information services (see H.R. 3057), H1985 [7MR]

Contracts: treatment of Federal contracts relative to Government shutdowns (see H.R. 2963), H2316 [14MR]

Courts: repeal requirements on adjustments to judicial salaries (see H.R. 2701), H1775 [6MR]

Crime: clarify Federal jurisdiction over offenses relative to religious property damage (see H.R. 3525), H6184 [11JN]

———condemn acts of arson against churches and enhance law enforcement and prosecution of arsonists (see H. Con. Res. 183, 186, 187), H6183 [11JN], H6414 [13JN]

———require opening of campus security crime logs at institutions of higher education (see H.R. 2416), H1226 [1FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: develop plan for allocation of health care resources (see H.R. 3346), H4109 [25AP]

Development Fund for Africa: funding (see H.R. 3638), H6413 [13JN]

———reauthorize (see H.R. 3735), H7106 [27JN]

Disasters: provide windstorm insurance to certain property owners and require study relative to taxation of insurance reserves for future natural disasters (see H.R. 4115), H10720 [19SE]

Education: funding levels for federally assisted education programs (see H. Con. Res. 144), H1225 [1FE]

Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 3505), H5500 [22MY]

Employment: provide for retirement savings and security (see H.R. 3520), H5569 [23MY]

Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: improve administration (see H.R. 1711), H7154 [9JY]

Federal Election Campaign Act: amend (see H.R. 3505), H5500 [22MY]

Federal Home Loan Bank System: authorization of loans and participation requirements relative to community development (see H.R. 3349), H4302 [30AP]

Firearms: encourage States to regulate certain handguns and gather information on guns used in crimes (see H.R. 4044), H10174 [10SE]

Florida: designate the Wekiva River, Seminole Creek and Rock Springs Run for potential addition to the Wild and Scenic River System (see H.R. 3155), H5647 [29MY]

Germany: expand criteria by which Holocaust survivors may qualify for compensation (see H. Res. 501), H10525 [17SE]

Health: assure continued health insurance coverage of retired workers (see H.R. 4052), H11396 [26SE]

———establish a program for training in lifesaving first aid for individuals experiencing cardiac arrest (see H.R. 3022), H5647 [29MY]

———limitations on disclosure and use of genetic information (see H.R. 3477), H7475 [11JY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 2893, 3130), H2558 [20MR]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mothers and newborn infants following birth (see H.R. 3226), H10040 [4SE]

Historic buildings and sites: authorizing appropriations for the preservation and restoration at historically black colleges and universities (see H.R. 1179), H1986 [7MR]

House of Representatives: transition for new Members (see H.R. 3544), H5646 [29MY]

House Rules: question of privilege relative to public debt ceiling (see H. Res. 354), H1138 [31JA]

Insurance: coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (see H.R. 2011), H7533 [12JY]

Intelligence services: require separate, unclassified statements of the aggregate amount of budget outlays for intelligence activities (see H.R. 3392), H4801 [9MY]

International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda: arrest and prosecution of individuals involved with genocide (see H. Res. 491, 494), H8598 [26JY], H8982 [30JY]

Kenya: human rights and political situation (see H. Con. Res. 135), H913 [25JA]

Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1484), H4800 [9MY]

———establish a national resource center and clearinghouse relative to missing or exploited children (see H.R. 3238), H3386 [15AP]

———issue postage stamp in commemoration of officers killed in the line of duty (see H. Con. Res. 210), H11396 [26SE]

———reduce crime control assistance to States that do not provide health benefits to officers retired by on-duty injuries (see H.R. 2912), H1508 [28FE]

Lebanon: withdrawal of Syrian military (see H. Con. Res. 190), H6532 [19JN]

Liberia: impose sanctions on governments who violate the arms embargo or aid in the civil war, and bring war criminals to justice (see H.R. 4001), H9923 [2AU]

LSC: eligibility for assistance for victims of domestic violence (see H.R. 3733), H7106 [27JN]

Madison, James: mint coins in commemoration of 250th anniversary of birth (see H.R. 1684), H2316 [14MR]

Major League Baseball: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary of league integration (see H.R. 4148), H11396 [26SE]

Marriage: define and protect institution (see H.R. 3396), H5288 [16MY]

———define and protect institution, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 3396), H5501 [22MY]

Mauritania: human rights violations (see H. Con. Res. 142), H1225 [1FE]

Medicare: hospice care reforms (see H.R. 3714), H10721 [19SE]

———medical nutrition therapy services (see H.R. 2247), H3650 [18AP]

Millennium Society: coordinate activities to commemorate the second millennium and endow an international cross-cultural scholarship fund (see H.R. 3631), H8982 [30JY]

Minimum wage: deny employers a deduction for payments of excessive compensation (see H.R. 620), H2224 [13MR]

Motor vehicles: school bus safety (see H.R. 1884), H1636 [29FE]

Music and dance: tribute to African-American music (see H. Con. Res. 151), H2123 [12MR]

National Discovery Trails: establish (see H.R. 3250), H3488 [16AP]

National Foundation on Physical Fitness and Sports: establish (see H.R. 2209), H7107 [27JN]

National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases: expand activities relative to lupus (see H.R. 835), H2320 [18MR]

National security: threat to U.S. citizens and Government posed by armed militia and paramilitary groups (see H. Con. Res. 206), H9705 [1AU]

Native Americans: exempt voluntary child custody proceedings from coverage BR deg.h3156 (see H.R. 3155), H5647 [29MY]

Public buildings: make certain Federal facilities available to organizations for use as temporary homeless shelters (see H.R. 3496), H7108 [27JN]

Puerto Rico: self-determination (see H.R. 3024), H3581 [17AP]

Radioactive substances: provide payments to individuals who were subjects of Federal radiation experiments (see H.R. 2463), H1636 [29FE]

Ralph David Abernathy Memorial Foundation: extend authority to establish memorial (see H.J. Res. 183), H7474 [11JY]

Ronald H. Brown Commerce Building, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 3247), H4397 [1MY]

Ronald H. Brown Federal Building, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 3560), H8982 [30JY]

Russia: protection of freedom of the press and freedom of expression (see H. Con. Res. 95), H4503 [7MY]

Sam M. Gibbons U.S. Courthouse, Tampa, FL: designate (see H.R. 3710), H7260 [10JY]

Saudi Arabia: terrorist attack on U.S. peacekeeping forces (see H. Con. Res. 200), H9566 [31JY]

Selma, AL: recognition of Brown Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church as symbol of the struggle for and achievement of African-American voting rights (see H. Res. 487), H8094 [22JY]

Sierra Leone: elections (see H. Con. Res. 160), H3387 [15AP]

Small business: reform regulatory process (see H.R. 3798), H7474 [11JY]

Social Security: medicare reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see H.R. 3142), H3388 [15AP]

Taxation: allow individuals to designate a percentage of their refunds to contribute to breast and prostate cancer research (see H.R. 2875), H1986 [7MR]

———designation of overpayments and contributions to the U.S. Library Trust Fund (see H.R. 2246), H1138 [31JA]

———require burden of proof to be on the Dept. of the Treasury in all tax cases (see H.R. 2450), H3387 [15AP]

———treatment of Armed Forces members performing services in Bosnia and Herzegovina (see H.R. 2837), H187 [4JA]

———treatment of District of Columbia residents (see H.R. 3244), H6117 [10JN]

———treatment of empowerment zones and enterprise communities (see H.R. 3241), H3386 [15AP]

———treatment of military income derived from services performed during a contingency operation (see H.R. 2778), H914 [25JA]

———treatment of State tuition programs (see H.R. 3842), H7780 [17JY]

Television: reservation of time for family-oriented programming (see H. Res. 484), H8029 [18JY]

Terrorism: condemn terrorist activities in Israel (see H. Con. Res. 149), H1985 [7MR]

Veterans: priority health care to those who received nasopharyngeal irradiation treatments while in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 2080), H1507 [28FE]

Virgin Islands: temporary absence of executive officials and priority payment of certain bonds and other obligations (see H.R. 3634), H6413 [13JN]

———transfer of management authority of Christiansted National Historic Site (see H.R. 3635), H6413 [13JN]

Volunteer workers: grant immunity from personal civil liability during work on behalf of governmental entities or nonprofit organizations (see H.R. 911), H3387 [15AP]

Washington, George: mint coins in commemoration of 200th anniversary of death (see H.R. 2026), H5173 [15MY]

Water pollution: eliminate certain discharges of chlorine compounds into navigable waters (see H.R. 1400), H1138 [31JA]

Weapons: detection and interception of weapons of mass destruction delivered by unconventional means (see H.R. 3729), H8095 [22JY]

Women: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 3178), H4397 [1MY]

———prohibit practice of female genital mutilation or female circumcision (see H.R. 941), H1507 [28FE]

———treatment of pensions relative to spouses and former spouses (see H.R. 3510), H7533 [12JY]

World War II: mint coins in commemoration of 50th anniversary of the Marshall Plan and of George C. Marshall (see H.R. 1406), H2713 [22MR]

Eulogies

Lieberfarb, Irving G.: by Irene Lieberfarb, E1317 [18JY]

Remarks by, on

Agriculture: improve operation of certain programs (H.R. 2854), H1474 [28FE], H1527, H1536 [29FE]

———price supports for sugar, H1474 [28FE]

AID: funding, H5863, H5864, H5865, H5866 [5JN]

Australia: condemn massacre of tourists in Tasmania, E674 [1MY]

Challenger (space shuttle): anniversary of crash, E124 [1FE]

Courts: prosecution of individuals assisting terrorist organizations, H2178 [13MR]

Cuba: U.S. response to downing of civilian aircraft by Cuban fighter jets, H1287 [27FE], E240 [28FE]

Dept. of Education: bilingual education funding, H7326 [11JY]

Dept. of State: consolidate foreign affairs agencies (H.R. 1561), conference report, H2086, H2087 [12MR]

———consolidate foreign affairs agencies (H.R. 1561), veto, H4156, H4158 [30AP]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3756), H7627 [16JY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State and the Judiciary: making appropriations (H.R. 3814), H8184 [23JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3755), H7326 [11JY]

Development Fund for Africa: funding, H5860 [5JN]

Federal employees: deny cost-of-living adjustment to Members of Congress, executive branch officials, and judges, H7627 [16JY]

Firearms: repeal ban on assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices (H.R. 125), H2699 [22MR]

Florida: acquisition of land in Everglades Agricultural Area, H1536 [29FE]

———clarification of certain rights of the Miccosukee Tribe (H.R. 4199), E1750 [27SE]

Foreign aid: reauthorize certain food aid programs that facilitate economic development for developing nations, H1527 [29FE]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 3540), H5860, H5863, H5864, H5865, H5866, H5907 [5JN]

Fry, Varian: award Congressional Gold Medal (H.R. 3352), E1317 [18JY]

Gary, Willie: American Jewish Committee Learned Hand Award recipient, E216 [27FE]

House of Representatives: personal explanation, E1707 [26SE]

Housing: deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs (H.R. 2406), H4606 [8MY]

———policy to provide safe and affordable housing, H4606 [8MY]

Immigration: admission policies reform, treatment of criminal aliens, alien smuggling, documentation requirements, and border security (H.R. 2202), H2533 [20MR]

India: suspend developmental assistance relative to human rights violations, H5907 [5JN]

LSC: funding, H8184 [23JY]

Medicare: colorectal screening (H.R. 1046), E1140 [20JN]

Point of order, H7638 [16JY]

Refugees: Targeted Refugee Assistance Program funds distribution, H2533 [20MR]

Saudi Arabia: terrorist attack on U.S. peacekeeping forces, H6850 [26JN]

Science: authorizing appropriations for Federal civilian science activities (H.R. 3322), H5607 [29MY]

Terrorism: improve U.S. ability to respond to terrorist threats (H.R. 2703), H2178 [13MR]

Votes: personal explanation, E367 [14MR]

———position on missed, E1042 [10JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H6114 [10JN]

Studies

Colorectal Cancer Screening: several medical organizations, E1140 [20JN]

Tributes

Lieberfarb, Irving G., E1317 [18JY]

Simpson, Dazelle D., E93 [25JA]

Stewart, Garland V., E1885 [1OC]