KING, PETER T. (a Representative from New York)

Appointments

U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Board of Visitors, H527 [13FE]

Articles and editorials

As Panama Canal Transfer Nears, More Jockeying To Fill a Power Vacuum, Larry Rohter, New York (NY) Times, E1944 [7OC]

DSP Hurt in Brickbatting, Chandigarh (India) Tribune, E2161 [31OC]

Immigrants Are New York City's Greatest Asset, Ed Koch, New York (NY) Post, E106 [21JA]

Leader Asserts Taiwan Is ``Independent, Sovereign,'' Keith B. Richburg, Washington (DC) Post, E2365 [13NO]

3d Priest Is Killed in India, New York (NY) Times, E2161 [31OC]

Thomas Campbell Jr., Professor of Law at Northeastern; Dead at 58, Boston (MA) Globe, E40 [7JA]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 929), H766 [5MR]

Agriculture: require labeling of country of origin of imported perishable agricultural commodities (see H.R. 1232), H1338 [8AP]

Airlines: provide protection for airline employees who provide certain air safety information (see H.R. 915), H8727 [8OC]

Albania: civil war (see H. Res. 104), H1893 [24AP]

———promote democracy, economic stability, and resolution of civil war (see H. Con. Res. 153), H7600 [18SE]

Argentina: investigation of terrorist attack on Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires (see H. Con. Res. 50), H1340 [8AP]

Armed Forces: procedures for determining status of certain missing members (see H.R. 409), H669 [26FE]

Aviation: allow families of international airline disaster victims a fair jury trial to receive just compensation for their loss (see H.R. 2005), H4132 [20JN]

Balanced Budget Act: disapproval of line-item veto of certain Medicaid provisions (see H.R. 2436), H7730 [23SE]

Budget: reform process (see H.R. 1372), H1704 [17AP]

Business and industry: maintain standards for ``Made in USA'' label (see H. Con. Res. 80), H5778 [24JY]

Capitol Building and Grounds: use of the rotunda for a ceremony honoring Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew (see H. Con. Res. 134), H6799 [3SE]

Census: include ancestry data on decennial census (see H. Con. Res. 38), H5132 [10JY]

Children and youth: prohibit sale of personal information without parental consent (see H.R. 1972), H4085 [19JN]

China, People's Republic of: improve monitoring of human rights situation (see H.R. 2358), H6705 [31JY]

———increase international broadcasting activities (see H.R. 2232), H6798 [3SE]

———increase monitoring of items produced, grown, or manufactured with forced labor (see H.R. 2195), H5778 [24JY]

———require a report on intelligence activities directed against or affecting the interests of the U.S. (see H.R. 2190), H5778 [24JY]

China, Republic of: status after reversion of Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China (see H. Con. Res. 100), H6963 [5SE]

Civil rights: prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, or sex in Federal actions (see H.R. 1909), H3864 [17JN]

Computers: use, sale, and export of encryption products for privacy and security (see H.R. 695), H3203 [22MY]

Correctional institutions: prohibit the use of Federal funds for certain amenities and personal comforts in the Federal prison system (see H.R. 816), H2590 [13MY]

Courts: clarification of jurisdiction over private property takings and land use disputes (see H.R. 1534), H8929 [21OC]

———provide procedures for future adjustments of salaries of Federal judges (see H.R. 875), H1542 [15AP]

———repeal requirements on adjustments to judicial salaries (see H.R. 807), H588 [13FE]

Crime: prohibit all private possession of child pornography (see H.R. 2648), H8832 [9OC]

———require States to address the problem of violent crimes committed by repeat offenders (see H. Con. Res. 75), H2350 [7MY]

Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act: repeal Presidential authority relative to suspension of certain effective dates (see H.R. 2179), H6918 [4SE]

Death and dying: prohibit Federal funding for assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing (see H.R. 1003), H887 [11MR]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for ballistic missile defense systems (see H.R. 2786), H9864 [31OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: develop plan for allocation of health care resources (see H.R. 1077), H1018 [13MR]

———improve allocation of health care resources (see H.R. 1580), H2875 [16MY]

———revise process by which State housing construction grants are administered (see H.R. 1291), H1438 [10AP]

Diseases: accurate guidelines for breast cancer screening for certain women (see H. Res. 48), H453 [11FE]

———ban use of certain radiopaque dyes in myelograms relative to arachnoiditis prevention (see H.R. 738), H9614 [28OC]

———coverage of prostate cancer screening and drug treatments under Medicare and Dept. of Veterans Affairs programs and expansion of research and education programs (see H.R. 383), H151 [9JA]

———payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted HIV due to contaminated blood products (see H.R. 1023), H888 [11MR]

———prostate cancer screening benefits (see H.R. 2639), H9039 [22OC]

———research programs for Parkinson's disease (see H.R. 1398), H1706 [17AP]

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2248), H6918 [4SE]

Edison, Thomas A.: mint coins in commemoration of sesquicentennial of birth (see H.R. 678), H452 [11FE]

Education: ensure that funding is not used to promote the teaching or use of regional or group dialects (see H.R. 1203), H1289 [21MR]

English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see H.R. 123, 622), H142 [9JA], H524 [12FE]

Explosives: Federal permit requirements for distribution or receipt of explosives (see H.R. 989), H3660 [10JN]

FAA: foreign repair station rules (see H.R. 145), H524 [12FE]

Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: reduce the cost of credit (see H.R. 1059), H2446 [8MY]

Fair Housing Act: amend (see H.R. 589), H346 [5FE]

Families and domestic relations: child abuse and neglect prevention (see H.R. 1419), H1794 [23AP]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: authorize compounding of certain drugs and devices (see H.R. 1060), H7365 [16SE]

Financial institutions: applicability of host State laws to any branch in such State of an out-of-State bank (see H.R. 1306), H1439 [10AP]

———provide relief for limited purpose banks from certain outdated restrictions that were intended to be temporary (see H.R. 1655), H2874 [16MY]

Flags: mandate the display of the POW/MIA flag on various occasions and in various locations (see H.R. 1161), H1258 [20MR]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 54), H588 [13FE]

Foreign trade: authorize a trade agreement with Northern Ireland and certain border counties in Ireland (see H.R. 1181), H4913 [8JY]

Freedom of information: require disclosure of information on certain individuals relative to Nazi war crimes during World War II (see H.R. 235), H348 [5FE]

Germany: expand reparations criteria and set up a comprehensive medical fund for Holocaust survivors (see H. Con. Res. 112), H5665 [23JY]

———jurisdiction of cases in U.S. courts involving genocide during World War II (see H.R. 1531), H5826 [25JY]

Health: prohibit restriction of certain medical communications between health care providers and their patients (see H.R. 586), H345 [5FE]

———revise and extend bone marrow donation and transplantation program (see H.R. 2202), H6407 [30JY]

Herzog, Chaim: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 73), H2254 [6MY]

Hope, Bob: confer honorary Armed Forces veteran status (see H.J. Res. 75), H2680 [14MY]

Human rights: anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (see H. Con. Res. 185), H10957 [13NO]

Immigration: clarify and provide additional relief and procedural rights for certain aliens who would otherwise be ineligible for such procedural rights (see H.R. 2302), H6406 [30JY]

India: suspend developmental assistance relative to human rights violations (see H.R. 1802), H4913 [8JY]

Insurance: coverage of minimum hospital stays and reconstructive surgery relative to breast cancer and of second opinions for any cancer diagnosis (see H.R. 616), H347 [5FE]

———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 328), H768 [5MR]

Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1609), H2679 [14MY]

International Fund for Ireland: require that disbursements are distributed in compliance with the MacBride Principles (see H.R. 150), H144 [9JA]

Iran: impose sanctions on foreign persons who transfer items contributing to efforts to acquire, develop, or produce ballistic missiles (see H.R. 2709), H9501 [23OC]

———most-favored-nation status (see H.R. 1550), H2350 [7MY]

———sanctions relative to acquisition of certain missiles (see H. Res. 188), H5826 [25JY]

Iraq: most-favored-nation status (see H.R. 1550), H2350 [7MY]

———resolution of the crisis relative to the destruction of Iraq's capability to produce and deliver weapons of mass destruction (see H. Res. 322), H10768 [12NO]

Israel: anniversary of reunification of Jerusalem (see H. Con. Res. 60), H1439 [10AP]

Italian Americans: prepare report detailing injustices suffered during World War II and acknowledgment of such injustices by the President (see H.R. 2090), H4834 [26JN]

Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1173), H3204 [22MY]

———establish a bill of rights (see H.R. 350), H804 [6MR]

———exemption from State laws prohibiting carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H2156 [1MY]

Lewis and Clark expedition: bicentennial (see H. Res. 144), H6026 [29JY]

———mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial (see H.R. 1560), H6026 [29JY]

Libya: most-favored-nation status (see H.R. 1550), H2350 [7MY]

———reject Arab League resolution urging the easing of U.N. sanctions relative to the refusal to surrender individuals wanted in connection with the 1988 terrorist bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 (see H. Res. 246), H8834 [9OC]

Little League Baseball, Inc.: extend benefits and privileges available to nongovernmental international organizations (see H. Con. Res. 107), H5297 [15JY]

Long Island Sound: improve water quality (see H.R. 455), H242 [21JA]

———prohibit dumping of dredged material (see H.R. 55), H407 [10FE]

Lower East Side Tenement National Historic Site: establish (see H.R. 2201), H5487 [17JY]

Malaysia: anti-American and anti-Semitic remarks of Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamed (see H. Con. Res. 174), H9801 [30OC]

Medicaid: waiver of enrollment composition rule relative to certain HMO's (see H.R. 1610), H2679 [14MY]

Medicare: allow beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for services (see H.R. 2497), H8929 [21OC]

———bone mass measurements (see H.R. 1002), H5487 [17JY]

———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services (see H.R. 1375), H1704 [17AP]

———coverage of screening mammography (see H.R. 418), H286 [4FE]

———improve preventive care benefits (see H.R. 15), H1892 [24AP]

———reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see H.R. 192), H1892 [24AP]

Medicare/Medicaid: establish an Office of Inspector General (see H.R. 251), H147 [9JA]

Money: use of tactile currency for the blind and visually impaired (see H. Res. 122), H1706 [17AP]

Mother Teresa: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1650), H2873 [16MY]

———condolences on death (see H. Res. 226, 227), H7262, H7263 [11SE]

National cemeteries: penalties for theft and malicious vandalism (see H.R. 1532), H3568 [5JN]

National Mammography Day: support goals (see H. Res. 235), H7600 [18SE]

National Park Service: establish the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program (see H.R. 1635), H6716 [1AU]

Navy Combat Action Ribbon: retroactive awarding to certain individuals (see H.R. 543), H349 [5FE]

New York: waiver of certain health care provider tax provisions under Medicaid (see H.R. 2437), H7730 [23SE]

Northern Ireland: encourage all parties involved in peace talks to condemn violence and address human rights violations (see H. Con. Res. 152), H7527 [17SE]

———sectarian violence relative to marches at Portadown (see H. Res. 182), H5021 [9JY]

Office of Religious Persecution Monitoring: establish (see H.R. 1685, 2431), H3069 [20MY], H7008 [8SE]

OPIC: reauthorize (see H.R. 2064), H5826 [25JY]

Oscar Garcia Rivera Post Office Building, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 282), H1289 [21MR]

Pensions: exclude the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund from the Federal budget (see H.R. 107), H889 [11MR]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 965), H1707 [17AP]

Public welfare programs: exception to limited eligibility for SSI and food stamps for disabled permanent resident aliens (see H.R. 667, 1360), H1340 [8AP], H1795 [23AP]

———prohibit financial assistance to persons delinquent in child support payments (see H.R. 399), H152 [9JA]

Railroads: modify the guaranteed minimum benefit for widows and widowers relative to conversion from spouse to widow or widower annuity (see H. Con. Res. 52), H1289 [21MR]

Railway Labor Act: applicability to U.S. air carriers and flight crews during operations outside the U.S. (see H.R. 991), H6707 [31JY]

Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act: moratorium on certain class action lawsuits (see H.R. 1283), H1438 [10AP]

Real property: preserve Federal sovereignty of certain public lands and preserve certain State and private property rights (see H.R. 901), H2590 [13MY]

Robinson, Jackie: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1335), H2091 [30AP]

Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport: designate (see H.R. 2625), H9039 [22OC]

Roosevelt, Theodore: posthumous awarding of Medal of Honor (see H.R. 2263), H5825 [25JY]

Russia: protection of religious rights (see H. Con. Res. 176), H9558 [24OC]

Sewering, Hans J.: investigate and prosecute Nazi war criminal (see H. Con. Res. 19), H6707 [31JY]

Ships and vessels: support requirements that vessels operating between U.S. ports be built, owned, and operated by U.S. citizens (see H. Con. Res. 65), H2590 [13MY]

Sinatra, Francis A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 279), H589 [13FE]

Small business: provide regulatory assistance (see H.R. 96), H1339 [8AP]

Sports: extend pension benefits to certain surviving professional basketball players (see H. Con. Res. 83), H5826 [25JY]

Syria: most-favored-nation status (see H.R. 1550), H2350 [7MY]

Taxation: allow married couples to file combined return under which each spouse is taxed using rates applicable to single filers (see H.R. 2456), H7261 [11SE]

———capital gains rates (see H.R. 14, 1033), H1112 [18MR], H1440 [10AP]

———constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (see H.J. Res. 62), H1441 [10AP]

———employer credits for expenses of providing dependent care services to employees (see H.R. 988), H803 [6MR]

———exempt certain small businesses from use of electronic fund transfer system for depository taxes (see H.R. 722), H2785 [15MY]

———provide incentives for investment in renewal communities (see H.R. 1031), H1542 [15AP]

———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see H.R. 902), H708 [3MR]

———repeal the limitation on the amount of receipts attributable to military property which may be treated as exempt foreign trade income (see H.R. 1037), H948 [12MR]

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 158), H144 [9JA]

———treatment of business meal and entertainment expenses (see H.R. 1285), H3720 [11JN]

———treatment of capital gains on the sale of a principal residence (see H.R. 200), H1018 [13MR]

———treatment of education (see H.R. 2847), H10768 [12NO]

———treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (see H.R. 2373), H8055 [26SE]

———treatment of education savings accounts (see H.R. 1597), H2679 [14MY]

———treatment of golf caddies (see H.R. 2321), H6703 [31JY]

———treatment of individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 446), H3660 [10JN]

———treatment of noncorporate capital gains tax rate (see H.R. 2803), H10768 [12NO]

———treatment of Social Security benefits (see H.R. 693), H7263 [11SE]

Transportation: funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs (see H.R. 2400), H7911 [25SE]

———provide off-budget treatment for certain transportation trust funds (see H.R. 4), H1261 [20MR]

United Kingdom: limit the sale or export of plastic bullets (see H.R. 1075), H1017 [13MR]

Veterans: authorize the Pyramid of Remembrance Foundation to establish a memorial dedicated to soldiers who have died in foreign conflicts other than declared wars (see H.R. 1608), H5487 [17JY]

———determination of active military service for certain merchant mariners who served during World War II (see H.R. 1126), H1456 [14AP]

———expand range of criminal offenses resulting in forfeiture of benefits (see H.R. 1955), H4133 [20JN]

———Government employment preference for active duty service veterans of Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm (see H.R. 1006), H1440 [10AP]

Voting: eliminate certain bilingual voting requirements (see H.R. 2356), H6704 [31JY]

———guarantee the right of all active duty military personnel, merchant mariners, and their dependents to vote in Federal, State, and local elections (see H.R. 699), H2785 [15MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Azerbaijan: allocation of foreign aid (see H.R. 2284), H6026 [29JY]

Barry, John: recognize as first flag officer of the U.S. Navy (see H.J. Res. 98), H9614 [28OC]

Cagney, James: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 206), H145 [9JA]

Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 16), H156 [9JA]

Dept. of HUD: prohibit assistance to organizations that promote prejudice or bias based on race, religion, or ethnicity (see H.R. 207), H145 [9JA]

Education: Federal funding relative to treatment of Ebonics as a legitimate language (see H. Res. 28), H156 [9JA]

English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see H.R. 1005), H887 [11MR]

Public welfare programs: exception to limited SSI and food stamps eligibility for certain aliens (see H.R. 1445), H1891 [24AP]

———extend transition period for legal aliens receiving SSI and food stamps (see H.R. 1418), H1794 [23AP]

Religion: protect sanctity of religious communications (see H.R. 208), H145 [9JA]

Stewart, Jimmy: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 109), H4913 [8JY]

Tariff: viscose rayon yarn (see H.R. 1888), H3796 [12JN]

Taxation: provide a checkoff on Federal income tax returns for a breast and prostate cancer research fund (see H.R. 209), H145 [9JA]

Remarks

China, People's Republic of: visit by President to the U.S., E2365 [13NO]

China, Republic of: anniversary of Presidential elections, H2937 [20MY]

Dept. of State and related agencies: authorizing appropriations and consolidating certain agencies (H.R. 1757), H3617 [10JN]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2378), motion to instruct conferees, H7764 [24SE]

India: beheading of priest, E2161 [31OC]

———civil liberties violations of Sikhs, E614 [9AP], E1130 [5JN]

———human rights violations, E2161 [31OC]

INS: deportation of Irish nationals to Northern Ireland, H2596 [14MY]

International Fund for Ireland: require that disbursements are distributed in compliance with the MacBride Principles, H3617 [10JN]

Members of Congress: deny cost-of-living adjustments, H7764 [24SE]

Panama Canal Commission: resignation of chairman, E1944 [7OC]

Sinatra, Francis A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (H.R. 279), H1939 [29AP]

Stewart, Jimmy: tribute (H. Con. Res. 109), H7292 [16SE]

Remarks in House relative to

Ancient Order of Hibernians: Heart of America International Peace Award recipient, E233 [12FE]

Tributes

Baldus, Al, E538 [20MR]

Campbell, Thomas P., Jr., E40 [7JA]

Holthaus, Noreen, E1145 [5JN]

Koch, Edward I., E106 [21JA]

Milone, Salvatore, E1587 [1AU]