CASTLE, MICHAEL N. (a Representative from Delaware)

Amendments offered by, to

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 3754), H7196 [10JY]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 3230, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities and personnel strengths, H7762 [17JY]

———H.R. 3259, intelligence services appropriations, H10531 [18SE]

———H.R. 3734, public welfare programs reform pursuant to budget, H8329 [24JY]

———S. 1260, U.S. Housing Act, H4753 [9MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Coins: establish circulating commemorative coin program commemorating each State (see H.R. 3793), H7474 [11JY]

Foreign aid: authorizing appropriations for U.S. contributions to international funds and development banks (see H.R. 3399), H4502 [7MY]

House of Representatives: establish disclosure requirements relative to franked mail (see H.R. 3772), H7260 [10JY]

———official mail allowance (see H.R. 3771), H7259 [10JY]

———prevent mass mailings during an election year (see H.R. 3773), H7260 [10JY]

———reduce number of pieces of mail constituting a mass mailing (see H.R. 3774), H7260 [10JY]

Magic Moments (vessel): certificate of documentation (see H.R. 3082), H2224 [13MR]

Television: broadcast of violent programming (see H. Res. 541), H11395 [26SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

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

Animals: improve animal drug approval process (see H.R. 2508), H1138 [31JA]

Aviation: prohibit transportation of chemical oxygen generators on certain aircraft (see H.R. 3618), H6532 [19JN]

Budget: reform process (see H.R. 4285), H12173 [28SE]

Business and industry: authorize judicial review of agency certifications of the economic impact of regulations on small entities (see H.R. 3048), H2950 [27MR]

Children and youth: guidelines for school lunch and breakfast programs (see H.R. 2066), H2713 [22MR]

Coastal zones: clarify Corps of Engineers responsibilities to promote and carry out shore protection projects (see H.R. 3551), H5646 [29MY]

Crime: penalties relative to distribution of controlled substances with the intent to facilitate a rape or sexual battery (see H.R. 3905), H10525 [17SE]

———penalties relative to drug-facilitated crimes involving violence or sexual assault (see H.R. 4137), H11230 [25SE]

———require opening of campus security crime logs at institutions of higher education (see H.R. 2416), H10386 [12SE]

Dept. of Defense: restore missing person status to certain civilian and contractor employees (see H.R. 4000), H9923 [2AU]

Dept. of Labor: issuance of guidelines relative to ERISA and insurance company general accounts (see H.R. 3114), H6415 [13JN]

Diseases: payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted human immunodeficiency virus due to contaminated blood products (see H.R. 1023), H922 [26JA]

Employment: clarify exemption of houseparents from minimum wage and maximum hour requirements (see H.R. 2531), H1507 [28FE]

———make uniform the application overtime exemption for inside sales personnel (see H.R. 1226), H5647 [29MY]

Executive Office of the President: applicability of certain laws (see H.R. 3452), H5052 [14MY]

Families and domestic relations: enhance work opportunities for families, reduce teenage pregnancies, reduce welfare dependence, and control welfare spending (see H.R. 3266), H3581 [17AP]

———reduction of teenage pregnancy rates through evaluation of prevention programs (see H.R. 3940), H9705 [1AU]

FDA: approval process and development of new drugs and biological products (see H.R. 3199), H5647 [29MY]

Food: increase access to nutritional information and increase availability of safe food products (see H.R. 3200), H9925 [2AU]

Government regulations: term limits on regulatory agency members (see H.R. 3423), H4800 [9MY]

Health: application of antitrust laws to health care providers networks (see H.R. 2925), H3488 [16AP]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 3103), H2714 [22MR]

———prohibit interference between health care providers and their patients (see H.R. 2976), H6415 [13JN]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mothers and newborn infants following birth (see H.R. 3226), H6286 [12JN]

Medicare: diabetes outpatient self-management training services (see H.R. 1073), H6691 [20JN]

———ultrasound equipment transportation costs (see H.R. 3555), H11230 [25SE]

Motor vehicles: establish national requirements for the titling and registration of salvage of certain rebuilt vehicles (see H.R. 2900), H10236 [11SE]

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

Natural gas: enhance safety, training, research, and development in the propane gas industry (see H.R. 1514), H1507 [28FE]

Public welfare programs: reform (see H.R. 3832), H7779 [17JY]

Real estate: insure and promote consumer education of home equity conversion mortgages (see H.R. 3897), H8556 [25JY]

Sierra Leone: elections (see H. Con. Res. 160), H4430 [6MY]

Taxation: establish intercity passenger rail service trust fund (see H.R. 2789, 4106), H6765 [25JN], H10601 [18SE]

———treatment of length of service awards for volunteer firefighters and emergency medical service personnel (see H.R. 1893), H6691 [20JN]

———treatment of production of alcohol for fuel use (see H.R. 3345), H4109 [25AP]

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

Essays: Voice of Democracy

Cabrera, Christina, E1445 [1AU]

Remarks by, on

Agriculture: improve operation of certain programs (H.R. 2854), H1462 [28FE], H1513 [29FE]

———price supports for peanuts, H1462 [28FE]

———remove tobacco from crop insurance programs, H6229 [12JN]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3603), H6168 [11JN], H6229 [12JN]

American Revolution: mint coins in commemoration of black revolutionary war patriots (H.R. 1776), H10489, H10490, H10492 [17SE], H12289 [4OC]

Amtrak: funding, H7069, H7070 [27JN]

Appropriations: line-item veto, H3008 [28MR]

———making continuing (H.R. 3019), H1871, H1944 [7MR]

———making continuing (H.R. 3019), conference report, H4096 [25AP]

Budget: deficit, H958, H959 [30JA]

———discretionary spending levels, H5728 [30MY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution, H958, H959 [30JA]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 3734), H7757 [17JY], H7974, H7976 [18JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 3734), conference report, H9408 [31JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 3734), consideration (H. Res. 482), H7791 [18JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 3734), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 495), H9399 [31JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 3734), motion to instruct conferees, H8324 [24JY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1997-2002 (H. Con. Res. 178), H5247 [16MY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1997-2002 (H. Con. Res. 178), motion to instruct conferees, H5728 [30MY]

Camden, DE: tribute to Caesar Rodney High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, E849 [21MY]

Centers for Disease Control: National Center for Injury Prevention and Control funding, H7282, H7286 [11JY]

Coastal Zone Management Act: reauthorize (H.R. 1965), H3686 [23AP]

Coins: establish circulating commemorative coin program commemorating each State (H.R. 3793), H9981, H9982 [4SE]

Congress: constitutional amendment to require a three-fifths majority on the passage of legislation increasing revenue (H.J. Res. 159), H3281 [15AP]

Crime: clarify Federal jurisdiction over offenses relative to religious property damage (H.R. 3525), H6460 [18JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish environmental conservation acreage reserve programs, H1513 [29FE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing military activities appropriations and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3230), H5098 [15MY]

Dept. of HUD: elderly, disabled, and assisted housing programs funding, H6826 [25JN]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3675), H7069, H7070 [27JN]

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), H7282, H7286, H7371 [11JY]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3666), H6826 [25JN]

Elsmere, DE: anniversary of Fire Company, E422 [22MR]

Emerson, Bill: tribute (H. Res. 459), H6793 [25JN]

Families and domestic relations: promote adoption of minority children (H.R. 3286), H4820 [10MY]

———reduction of teenage pregnancy rates through evaluation of prevention programs (H.R. 3940), E1455 [1AU]

Firearms: repeal ban on assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices (H.R. 125), H2690 [22MR]

Foreign aid: authorizing U.S. contributions to international funds and development banks, H5842 [5JN]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 3540), H5842 [5JN]

Graham, Billy and Ruth: award Congressional Gold Medal (H.R. 2657), H757, H760 [23JA], H1200 [1FE]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3103), H3107 [28MR]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3103), conference report, H9807 [1AU]

House of Representatives: authority of officials during adjournment, H1201 [1FE]

———enactment of certain legislation (H.R. 3136), H3008 [28MR]

———require that mass mailings include notification that they were prepared, published, and mailed at taxpayer expense, H7196, H7197 [10JY]

Housing: deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs (H.R. 2406), H4573, H4598, H4601 [8MY]

———extend certain programs, H6168 [11JN]

———extend certain programs (S. 1494), H1276 [27FE]

———policy to provide safe and affordable housing, H4601 [8MY]

Immigration: exclusions relative to membership in terrorist organizations, H2172 [13MR]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: reauthorization (H.R. 3268), H6083 [10JN]

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 3754), H7196, H7197 [10JY]

LSC: funding, H8184 [23JY]

Madison, Dolley: mint coins in commemoration of 150th anniversary of death (H.R. 1684), H10481, H10482 [17SE]

Medicaid: reform, H5247 [16MY]

———State determination on the use of funds for abortion in the case of rape or incest, H1944 [7MR]

Medicare: reform, H5247 [16MY]

Public debt: ceiling (H.R. 3136), H3008 [28MR]

Public welfare programs: reform (H.R. 3734), H7757 [17JY], H7974, H7976 [18JY]

———reform (H.R. 3734), conference report, H9408 [31JY]

———reform (H.R. 3734), consideration (H. Res. 482), H7791 [18JY]

———reform (H.R. 3734), motion to instruct conferees, H8324 [24JY]

Taxation: establish intercity passenger rail service trust fund (H.R. 2789), H7069, H7070 [27JN]

———treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 3286), H4820 [10MY]

Telecommunications: reform policies regulating competition (S. 652), conference report, H1177 [1FE]

Television: broadcast of violent programming (H. Res. 541), E1739 [27SE]

Terrorism: improve U.S. ability to respond to terrorist threats (H.R. 2703), H2172 [13MR]

Washington, George: mint coins in commemoration of 200th anniversary of death (H.R. 2026), H10483, H10484, H10489 [17SE]

Wilmington, DE: tribute to Beth Shalom congregation on Mitzvah Day, E343 [13MR]

Tributes

Newton, Jonathan, E232 [28FE]

Rogers, Lynn, E1678 [24SE]

Stevenson, Sally, E1678 [24SE]