RAHALL, NICK J., II (a Representative from West Virginia)

Addresses

African-American Women—Past, Present, and Future: Vicky L. Bandy, E296 [6MR]

Articles and editorials

For Israel in Lebanon—A Unilateral Withdrawl, Stephen S. Rosenfeld, Washington (DC) Post, E1167 [25JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Lebanon: recognize territorial integrity, unity, sovereignty, and independence (see H. Con. Res. 209), H9924 [2AU]

Petroleum: transfer gasoline tax revenues to transportation trust funds (see H.R. 3372), H4396 [1MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Airlines and airports: provide protection for airline employees who provide certain air safety information (see H.R. 3187), H3650 [18AP]

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

American Revolution: mint coins in commemoration of black revolutionary war patriots (see H.R. 1776), H1636 [29FE]

Armed Forces: permit certain beneficiaries to enroll in the Federal Employees Health Program (see H.R. 3012), H3650 [18AP]

Armenia: anniversary of genocide (see H. Con. Res. 47), H2665 [21MR]

Aviation: prohibit certain individuals from piloting aircraft relative to aeronautical records, competitions, or feats (see H.R. 3267), H4503 [7MY]

———requirements relative to families of passengers involved in aircraft accidents (see H.R. 3923), H10108 [5SE]

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

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

Children and youth: guidelines for school lunch and breakfast programs (see H.R. 2066), H4110 [25AP]

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

Corporate Independence Commission: establish (see H.R. 3351), H4302 [30AP]

Courts: residency requirement quotas for judges in each Federal judicial circuit Court of Appeals (see H.R. 3045), H2950 [27MR]

Death and dying: prohibit Federal funding for assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing (see H.R. 4149), H11047 [24SE]

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

Dept. of Transportation: regulations relative to transportation of intermodal containers (see H.R. 4040), H10174 [10SE]

Diseases: research programs for lymphangioleimyomatosis disease (see H.R. 3715), H6764 [25JN]

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: extend time period for filing of trade adjustment assistance petitions (see H.R. 3271), H3649 [18AP]

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

FAA: essential air service funding (see H.R. 3037), H6532 [19JN]

Families and domestic relations: provide equal leave benefits for parents who adopt a child or provide foster care (see H.R. 2237), H5288 [16MY]

FDA: approval process and development of new drugs and biological products (see H.R. 3199), H4503 [7MY]

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

Federal employees: establish additional Thrift Savings Plan investment funds (see H.R. 2306), H1245 [16FE]

Financial institutions: require fee disclosures by operators of electronic fund transfers (see H.R. 1246), H4503 [7MY]

Firearms: allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in all States (see H.R. 2634), H3650 [18AP]

FRS: use of surplus funds to cover Financing Corp. obligations (see H.R. 3261), H3581 [17AP]

G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center, Jackson, MS: designate (see H.R. 3253), H4503 [7MY]

Health: accessibility of alternative treatments and medicines (see H.R. 2019), H5934 [5JN]

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

———prohibit interference between health care providers and their patients (see H.R. 2976), H5647 [29MY]

House of Representatives: provide for a nonvoting delegate from the Northern Mariana Islands (see H.R. 3879, 4067), H8598 [26JY], H11048 [24SE]

Housing: prohibit certain rental housing managers from banning household pets for elderly residents (see H.R. 1619), H2466 [19MR]

India: civil liberties violations in Kashmir (see H. Res. 123), H3171 [28MR]

Law enforcement officers: establish a national clearinghouse to assist in background checks of law enforcement applicants (see H.R. 3263), H3581 [17AP]

———reduce crime control assistance to States that do not provide health benefits to officers retired by on-duty injuries (see H.R. 2912), H3171 [28MR]

Lebanon: restrictions on travel and the use of U.S. passports (see H. Res. 390), H10430 [16SE]

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

Marriage: define and protect institution (see H.R. 3396), H5501 [22MY]

Medicare: bone mass measurements (see H.R. 2185), H3650 [18AP]

———establish consumer protections for supplemental insurance plans (see H.R. 4047), H10235 [11SE]

———extend community nursing organization demonstration projects (see H.R. 3337), H9925 [2AU]

———hospice care reforms (see H.R. 3714), H10236 [11SE]

———improve health services to rural areas (see H.R. 3753), H7107 [27JN]

———permit geographic reclassification of hospitals relative to payment adjustments (see H.R. 3942), H10041 [4SE]

Motor vehicles: establish national requirements for the titling and registration of salvage of certain rebuilt vehicles (see H.R. 2900), H3231 [29MR]

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

National Foundation on Physical Fitness and Sports: establish (see H.R. 2209), H7154 [9JY]

National Geologic Mapping Act: reauthorize and amend (see H.R. 3198), H5380 [21MY]

National Tourism Organization: establish (see H.R. 2579), H774 [23JA]

NIH: expand programs to research osteoporosis and related bone diseases (see H.R. 3331), H7780 [17JY]

OPM: require annual reports to Congress on changes to Federal retiree health benefits (see H.R. 3462), H5647 [29MY]

Persian Gulf Conflict: establish a commission to investigate exposure to chemical and biological warfare agents (see H.R. 4131), H11396 [26SE]

Public Health Service: extend breast cancer research programs (see H.R. 3443), H5754 [30MY]

Puerto Rico: self-determination (see H.R. 3024), H1774 [6MR]

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), H10108 [5SE]

Small business: reform regulatory process (see H.R. 3798), H7533 [12JY]

Social Security: apply standards to outpatient physical therapy relative to certain physician services (see H.R. 3426), H11527 [27SE]

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

———repeal offset for annuities under the survivor benefit plan for surviving spouses of retired Armed Forces members (see H.R. 2214), H3387 [15AP]

Taxation: excise exemption for air transportation relative to medical care (see H.R. 635), H5052 [14MY]

———exclusion of employer-provided educational assistance (see H.R. 127), H5288 [16MY]

———permit opponents of war to designate tax payments to a Peace Tax Fund (see H.R. 1402), H10108 [5SE]

———tax credit for investment in the revitalization of communities (see H.R. 2138), H4110 [25AP]

———treatment of Government pensions relative to Social Security benefits (see H.R. 2272), H1986 [7MR]

———treatment of length of service awards for volunteer firefighters and emergency medical service personnel (see H.R. 1893), H3171 [28MR]

Veterans: benefit eligibility for certain service in the military forces of the Philippines (see H.R. 1136), H2665 [21MR]

———reform and improve eligibility for medical care and services (see H.R. 3118, 3119), H5288 [16MY], H5570 [23MY]

Letters

Puerto Rico self-determination: by, S9558 [2AU]

Poems

``My Father Fought in Two Separate Wars,'' Lynn Murphy, E3 [3JA]

Remarks by, on

Appropriations: making continuing (H.R. 2880), H898 [25JA]

Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge: designate (S. 1903), H6797 [25JN]

Black History Month: observance, H1501 [28FE]

Corps of Engineers: reauthorizing civil works programs (S. 640), conference report, H11328 [26SE]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3662), consideration (H. Res. 455), H6525 [19JN]

Dept. of Transportation: regulations relative to transportation of intermodal containers, H11334 [26SE]

———regulations relative to transportation of intermodal containers (H.R. 4040), H10547 [18SE]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3675), H6972 [26JN]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State and the Judiciary: making appropriations (H.R. 3814), H8215 [23JY]

Economic Development Administration: funding, H8215 [23JY]

Emerson, Bill: tribute (H. Res. 459), H6790 [25JN]

Employment: payment of wages to individuals who use employer-owned vehicles (H.R. 1227), H5530 [23MY]

FAA: establish as an independent agency (H.R. 2276), H2067 [12MR]

Huntington, WV: tribute to Huntington High School boys' and girls' tennis teams, E1070 [12JN]

Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act: reauthorize, E1352 [23JY]

Lebanon: recognize territorial integrity, unity, sovereignty, and independence (H. Con. Res. 209), E1498 [2AU]

Middle East: hostilities between Israel, Lebanon, and Syria, E1167 [25JN]

———hostilities between Israel and terrorist groups, H3623 [18AP]

Middle East Insight (publication): anniversary, E532 [16AP]

Minimum wage: level, H5530 [23MY]

NTSB: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3159), H11334 [26SE]

Palestine: elections, E67 [24JA]

Petroleum: gasoline tax (H.R. 3415), H5346 [21MY]

———transfer gasoline tax revenues to transportation trust funds (H.R. 3372), E681 [1MY]

Power resources: natural gas and hazardous liquid pipeline safety (S. 1505), H11536, H11539 [27SE]

Terrorism: condemn attacks relative to Middle East peace agreements, E1167 [25JN]

Transportation: provide off-budget treatment for certain transportation trust funds (H.R. 842), H3519, H3541, H3543 [17AP]

West Virginia: develop a flood control strategy for the Greenbrier River Basin, E945 [29MY]

———Homecoming `96 celebration, E1246 [11JY]

———modify boundaries of three units of the National Park System (H.R. 640), E1517 [5SE]

———support of health, safety, and environmental protections, E33 [5JA]

———tribute to residents relative to actions during flood disaster, E176 [5FE]

William H. Natcher Bridge: designate (H.R. 3572), H6463 [18JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H3648 [18AP], H10018 [4SE]

Summaries

Water Resources Development Act Projects Sponsored by Representative Rahall, H11329 [26SE]

West Virginia Voters' Attitudes Toward Environmental Protection and Regulatory Reform: Mellman Group, Inc., E33 [5JA]

Tables

Highway funding lost by State, 1992-96, H3519 [17AP]

Tributes

Bandy, Vicky L., E296 [6MR]

Bevill, Representative, H10587 [18SE], H10670 [19SE]

Browder, Representative, H10587 [18SE], H10670 [19SE]

Brown, Ronald H., E563 [17AP]

Byrd, Senator, E204 [23FE]

Gibbons, Representative, H4121 [30AP]

Harkins, Jim, E5 [3JA]

Moore, Ernest C., H1501 [28FE]

Murphy, Lynn, E2 [3JA]

Nader, George, E532 [16AP]

Page, Jim, E64 [23JA]

Randolph, Jennings, E318 [8MR]