RANGEL, CHARLES B. (a Representative from New York)

Addresses

Economic, Social, and Political Development in Africa: Boutros Boutros-Ghali, U.N. Secretary General, E1879 [1OC]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 3448, Small Business Job Protection Act, H8581 [26JY]

Mexico-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, H4305 [1MY]

Articles and editorials

Jamaican's Case for Trade Parity With NAFTA, Richard L. Bernal, Wall Street Journal, E505 [29MR]

Just Say ``Whoa'', Nancy Reagan, Wall Street Journal, E180 [5FE]

We Should Pay Tribute, James Zumwalt, Parade (publication), E1056 [11JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Children and youth: proclaim as greatest U.S. asset (see H. Res. 434), H5052 [14MY]

Medicare: demonstration project to improve the quality and cost-effectiveness of telemedicine and medical informatic networks (see H.R. 4268), H11526 [27SE]

Ronald H. Brown Federal Building, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 3560), H5753 [30MY]

Taxation: treatment of environmental remediation costs in empowerment and enterprise zones (see H.R. 3747), H7106 [27JN]

———treatment of financial guaranty insurance (see H.R. 3703), H6711 [24JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Appropriations: making continuing (see H.J. Res. 155), H331 [5JA]

Armed Forces: treatment of Dept. of Defense separation pay relative to Dept. of Veterans Affairs disability compensation (see H.R. 3521), H5818 [4JN]

Armenia: anniversary of genocide (see H. Con. Res. 47), H5053 [14MY]

Broadcasting: require broadcasters to participate in substance abuse information programs as part of their public service obligation (see H.R. 3334), H4109 [25AP]

Brown, Ronald H.: tribute (see H. Res. 404, 406), H3581 [17AP], H3649 [18AP]

Bulgaria: most-favored-nation status (see H.R. 2853), H330 [5JA]

Business and industry: ensure competitiveness of textile and apparel industry (see H.R. 3654), H6414 [13JN]

———require employers to notify workers of reductions in business operations (see H.R. 3369), H6765 [25JN]

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

Children and youth: deny foreign aid to countries refusing to enforce labor laws (see H.R. 3294), H3730 [23AP]

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

China, Republic of: tribute on the occasion of first Presidential election (see H. Con. Res. 154), H4503 [7MY]

CIA: investigate involvement in crack cocaine sales to fund Contras (see H. Res. 518, 520), H11528 [27SE], H12175 [28SE]

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

Commission on Retirement Income Policy: establish (see H.R. 3077), H10386 [12SE]

Commission on Women's Art in the U.S. Capitol: establish (see H. Con. Res. 128), H11230 [25SE]

Consumers: imposition of additional fees for use of certain automatic teller machines utilizing a national or regional network (see H.R. 3246), H3658 [22AP]

———labeling system for apparel and sporting goods made without child labor (see H.R. 4125), H10721 [19SE]

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

Crime: development and implementation of national financial crimes strategy (see H.R. 3931), H9566 [31JY]

———prevention of fraud relative to provision of or receipt of payment for health care services (see H.R. 1758), H4303 [30AP]

Dept. of Commerce: tribute to employees and business leaders killed in plane crash while on trade mission in Croatia (see H. Res. 404, 406), H3581 [17AP], H3649 [18AP]

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]

Diseases: payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted human immunodeficiency virus due to contaminated blood products (see H.R. 1023), H2224 [13MR]

———research on the human papilloma virus relative to cervical cancer (see H. Con. Res. 156), H4110 [25AP]

Education: allow local jurisdictions flexibility in use of certain funds (see H.R. 3135), H5052 [14MY]

———funding levels for federally assisted education programs (see H. Con. Res. 144), H1716 [5MR]

Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: coverage of medical foods (see H.R. 2009), H10386 [12SE]

Firearms: permanent ban on possession of firearms by persons convicted of certain felonies (see H.R. 2101), H2467 [19MR]

Foreign policy: authorize trade and investment policy relative to sub-Saharan Africa (see H.R. 4198), H11394 [26SE]

Foreign trade: provide President with proclamation authority relative to articles of West Bank or Gaza Strip (see H.R. 3074), H2223 [13MR]

Forests: repeal emergency salvage timber sale program (see H.R. 2745), H1775 [6MR]

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), H1774 [6MR]

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

———national policy to provide health care to children and pregnant women (see H.R. 3787), H7473 [11JY]

———prohibit discrimination in employer health benefit plans relative to neurobiological disorders (see H.R. 1797), H4110 [25AP]

———prohibit interference between health care providers and their patients (see H.R. 2976), H2124 [12MR]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mothers and newborn infants following birth (see H.R. 3425), H4800 [9MY]

Hurricanes: disaster assistance for States impacted by Hurricane Fran (see H.R. 4046), H11048 [24SE]

Immigration: treatment of certain aliens entering the U.S. without inspection (see H.R. 2716), H331 [5JA]

Insurance: coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (see H.R. 2011), H9566 [31JY]

———treatment of prescription drugs (see H.R. 3991), H11230 [25SE]

Madison, James: mint coins in commemoration of 250th anniversary of birth (see H.R. 1684), H2466 [19MR]

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

Medicare: colorectal screening (see H.R. 1046), H5817 [4JN]

———coverage of blood-testing strips for individuals with diabetes (see H.R. 1074), H2224 [13MR]

———diabetes outpatient self-management training services (see H.R. 1073), H2224 [13MR]

———extend community nursing organization demonstration projects (see H.R. 3337), H5818 [4JN]

———oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 2489), H10108 [5SE]

Money: use of tactile currency for the blind and visually impaired (see H. Res. 385), H3171 [28MR]

Music and dance: tribute to African-American music (see H. Con. Res. 151), H4303 [30AP]

National Science Scholars Program: reestablish (see H.R. 3648), H7155 [9JY]

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

NIH: expand and coordinate National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute activities on women's diseases (see H.R. 3001), H5380 [21MY]

Northern Forest Lands Council: implement recommendations (see H.R. 2421), H3231 [29MR]

Petroleum: gasoline tax (see H.R. 3457), H5173 [15MY]

Public buildings: make certain Federal facilities available to organizations for use as temporary homeless shelters (see H.R. 3496), H6915 [26JN]

Public debt: ceiling (see H.R. 2862), H737 [22JA]

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]

Rose Y. Caracappa U.S. Post Office Building, Centereach, NY: designate (see H.R. 3139), H3658 [22AP]

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]

Taxation: allow credit for cleanup of contaminated industrial sites (see H.R. 2846), H1986 [7MR]

———allow individuals to designate a percentage of their refunds to contribute to breast and prostate cancer research (see H.R. 2875), H3231 [29MR]

———clarify restrictions on the lobbying and campaign activities of churches (see H.R. 2910), H1137 [31JA]

———credits for health insurance premiums of employees without employer-provided health coverage (see H.R. 4176), H11229 [25SE]

———designation of overpayments and contributions to the U.S. Library Trust Fund (see H.R. 2246), H5934 [5JN]

———extend certain expiring provisions (see H.R. 2994), H1986 [7MR]

———increase child care credit and eliminate the exclusion of income relative to foreign sales corporations (see H.R. 3332), H6117 [10JN]

———permit penalty-free withdrawals from certain retirement accounts by unemployed individuals (see H.R. 3807), H7533 [12JY]

———repeal special limitations on tax-exempt bond issues (see H.R. 2864), H774 [23JA]

———treatment of Armed Forces members performing services in Bosnia and Herzegovina (see H.R. 2879), H912 [25JA]

———treatment of distilled spirits (see H.R. 2333), H1775 [6MR]

———treatment of frequent flyer mileage awards (see H.R. 3111), H5052 [14MY]

———treatment of unemployment tax relative to entertainment industry (see H.R. 3677), H6531 [19JN]

U.N.: authorize payment of U.S. arrearages and contributions for U.N. peacekeeping activities (see H.R. 3609; H. Con. Res. 225), H9706 [1AU], H11527 [27SE]

U.S. Soccer Federation: support efforts to bring 1999 Women's World Cup tournament to the U.S. (see H. Res. 359), H3231 [29MR]

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]

Weather: establish disaster and emergency assistance standards relative to snow-related events (see H.R. 3348), H4119 [29AP]

Women: treatment of pensions relative to spouses and former spouses (see H.R. 3511), H8248 [23JY]

Letters

Insurance reserve treatment of financial guaranty insurance: Edward J. Muhl, New York Dept. of Insurance, E1254 [11JY]

Motions offered by

Petroleum: gasoline tax (H.R. 3415), H5352 [21MY]

Remarks by, on

African Americans: economic development issues, E1883 [1OC]

Brown, Ronald H.: tribute (H. Res. 406), H3592 [18AP]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 3734), H7798 [18JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 3734), conference report, H9411 [31JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 3734), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 495), H9394 [31JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 3734), motion to instruct conferees, H8325, H8326, H8328 [24JY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1997-2002 (H. Con. Res. 178), H5211, H5248 [16MY]

Cambodia: most-favored-nation status (H.R. 1642), H10344, H10345 [12SE]

Capitol Building and Grounds: use of rotunda for Presidential inauguration ceremonies (S. Con. Res. 48), H9899 [2AU]

Caribbean nations: provide equal access to U.S. trade markets under NAFTA, E505 [29MR]

China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (H.J. Res. 182), H6992 [27JN]

———most-favored-nation status (H.J. Res. 182), consideration (H. Res. 463), H6961 [26JN]

———U.S. policy (H. Res. 461), consideration (H. Res. 463), H6961 [26JN]

China, Republic of: drug control efforts, E1242 [11JY]

Congress: constitutional amendment to require a three-fifths majority on the passage of legislation increasing revenue (H.J. Res. 159), H3275, H3278 [15AP]

———constitutional amendment to require a three-fifths majority on the passage of legislation increasing revenue (H.J. Res. 159), consideration (H. Res. 395), H3261 [15AP]

Crime: clarify Federal jurisdiction over offenses relative to religious property damage (H.R. 3525), H6462 [18JN]

———condemn acts of arson against churches and enhance law enforcement and prosecution of arsonists, E1147 [20JN]

Cuba: strengthen international economic sanctions and support transition to democratically elected government (H.R. 927), conference report, H1739 [6MR]

———strengthen international economic sanctions and support transition to democratically elected government (H.R. 927), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 370), H1733 [6MR]

Dept. of Commerce: tribute to employees and business leaders killed in plane crash while on trade mission in Croatia (H. Res. 406), H3592 [18AP]

Dept. of HUD: Economic Development Initiative Program funding, H10964 [24SE]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3666), conference report, H10964 [24SE]

Drug abuse: national drug control policy, E180 [5FE]

Einbond, Aaron M.: Westinghouse Science Award recipient, E494 [29MR]

Executive Office of the President: acquisition of FBI background reports on former Republican officials, H8523 [25JY]

Foreign trade: provide President with proclamation authority relative to articles of West Bank or Gaza Strip (H.R. 3074), H3413, H3414 [16AP]

Government: provide tax relief for small businesses, protect jobs, increase net pay, and create job opportunities (H.R. 3448), H5469, H5471, H5473, H5474 [22MY]

———provide tax relief for small businesses, protect jobs, increase net pay, and create job opportunities (H.R. 3448), conference report, H9849 [2AU]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3103), H3089 [28MR]

———tribute to outreach efforts of Bertelsmann Music Group and the National Bone Marrow Donor Program, E101 [25JA]

House Rules: question of privilege, H1181 [1FE]

Medicare: reform, H5211 [16MY]

Memorial Day: observance, E1056 [11JN]

Minimum wage: level, H9849 [2AU]

National Memorial Day Concert: tribute, E1056 [11JN]

New York: anniversary of Mother African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, E1179 [26JN]

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development: congressional approval and implementation of shipbuilding trade agreement (H.R. 2754), H6296 [13JN]

Oscar Garcia Rivera Post Office Building, New York, NY: designate (H.R. 885), H8756 [30JY]

Parliamentary inquiry, H8525 [25JY]

Petroleum: gasoline tax (H.R. 3415), H5340 [21MY]

———gasoline tax (H.R. 3415), motion to recommit, H5354 [21MY]

Point of order, H3277, H3278 [15AP]

Public debt: ceiling (H.R. 2409), engrossment (H. Res. 356), H1181 [1FE]

Public welfare programs: reform (H.R. 3734), H7798 [18JY]

———reform (H.R. 3734), conference report, H9411 [31JY]

———reform (H.R. 3734), motion to instruct conferees, H8325, H8326, H8328 [24JY]

Puerto Rico: repeal of certain corporate tax credits, H5469, H5471, H5473, H5474 [22MY]

Social Security: payment of benefits relative to the debt limit extension (H.R. 2924), H1198 [1FE]

———payment of benefits relative to the debt limit extension (H.R. 2924), consideration (H. Res. 355), H1191 [1FE]

Taxation: treatment of financial guaranty insurance (H.R. 3703), E1254 [11JY]

Votes: position on missed, H801 [24JA], H3547 [17AP]

Statements

Economic Development Issues for African Americans: David R. Jones, E1883 [1OC]

Summaries

Third Annual Narcotics Control Conference, E1242 [11JY]

Tributes

Boutros-Ghali, Boutros, E1879 [1OC]

Brown, Ronald H., H3557 [17AP]

Fish, Hamilton, Jr., H8529, H8535, H8536, H8537 [25JY], H9810 [1AU]

Gibbons, Representative, H4130 [30AP]

Hampton, Lionel, E303 [7MR]

Parker, Doris, E680 [1MY]