WELDON, CURT (a Representative from Pennsylvania)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing military activities appropriations and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1119), H4110 [20JN], H4201 [23JN]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 1119, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths, H5803 [25JY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

American Discovery Trail: designate (see H.R. 588), H524 [12FE]

Anderson, Marian: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 864), H7008 [8SE]

Animals: prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear viscera (see H.R. 619), H3070 [20MY]

Armed Forces: procedures for determining status of certain missing members (see H.R. 409), H3568 [5JN]

———require separate basic training for male and female recruits (see H.R. 1559), H2680 [14MY]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: prohibit use of appropriated Federal funds for the deployment of Armed Forces after a certain date (see H.R. 1172), H2785 [15MY]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1), H154 [9JA]

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

Business and industry: improve and expand employee health care programs (see H.R. 1515), H2155 [1MY]

———maintain standards for ``Made in USA'' label (see H. Con. Res. 80), H8634 [7OC]

Capitol Building and Grounds: use of the rotunda for a ceremony honoring Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew (see H. Con. Res. 134), H6406 [30JY]

Computers: regulate the transmission of unsolicited commercial electronic mail (see H.R. 1748), H4136 [21JN]

Congress: constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing revenue and a balanced budget (see H.J. Res. 52), H523 [12FE]

Copyrights: amend laws relative to certain exemptions (see H.R. 789), H1440 [10AP]

Courts: access relative to Federal agency actions and State laws (see H.R. 1534), H6707 [31JY]

———moratorium on certain class action lawsuits (see H.R. 1283), H1893 [24AP]

———provide procedures for future adjustments of salaries of Federal judges (see H.R. 875), H2590 [13MY]

Credit unions: clarify laws relative to field of membership of Federal credit unions (see H.R. 1151), H1795 [23AP]

Crime: consumer fraud (see H.R. 474), H243 [21JA]

———require opening of campus security crime logs at institutions of higher education (see H.R. 715), H5021 [9JY]

Dept. of Education: prohibit funding of national testing proposals without explicit and specific legislation (see H.R. 2846), H10171 [6NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: develop plan for allocation of health care resources (see H.R. 1077), H1392 [9AP]

Diseases: efforts to prevent transmission of HIV (see H.R. 1062), H1262 [20MR]

———Medicare coverage and research funding for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (see H.R. 2009), H5491 [21JY]

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

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

Ecology and environment: State certification of voluntary cleanup programs for low and medium priority sites (see H.R. 873), H3660 [10JN]

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

Education: spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on children's classrooms (see H. Res. 139), H3070 [20MY]

English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see H.R. 123), H8438 [6OC]

Fair Housing Act: amend (see H.R. 589), H702 [27FE]

Federal employees: delays in retirement cost-of-living adjustments (see H. Con. Res. 13), H1989 [29AP]

———reduce number of political appointees (see H.R. 614), H590 [13FE]

Financial institutions: prohibit the imposition of fees on the electronic withdrawal of direct deposited Social Security benefits (see H.R. 2454), H7730 [23SE]

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

Foreign aid: deny assistance to terrorist organizations affiliated with the Palestinian Authority or the Palestine Broadcasting Corp. (see H. Con. Res. 163), H8300 [1OC]

Foreign trade: require reciprocal responses to foreign acts, policies, and practices that deny national treatment to U.S. investment (see H.R. 1654), H2874 [16MY]

Government: reduce spending and regulatory programs (see H. Con. Res. 102), H4135 [21JN]

H. John Heinz III, Dept. of Veterans Affairs Nursing Care Center, Aspinwall, PA: designate (see H.R. 714), H768 [5MR]

Hazardous substances: clarify listing of unique chemical substances (see H.R. 659), H407 [10FE]

Health: develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth defects (see H.R. 1114), H8161 [29SE]

———establish a program for training in lifesaving first aid for individuals experiencing cardiac arrest (see H.R. 1679), H3069 [20MY]

———liability protection for suppliers of raw material and component parts to medical device manufacturers (see H.R. 872), H9559 [24OC]

———standardize relationships between group health plans and health insurers relative to enrollees, health professionals, and providers (see H.R. 1415), H10956 [13NO]

Hope, Bob: confer honorary Armed Forces veteran status (see H.J. Res. 75), H2157 [1MY]

Hunting and trapping: clarify prohibitions and provide for wildlife habitat under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (see H.R. 2863), H10171 [6NO]

———prohibit steel jaw leghold traps (see H.R. 1176), H4836 [26JN]

Independent Commission on Medicare: establish (see H.R. 406), H889 [11MR]

International law: provide criminal penalties under the Geneva Conventions for certain war crimes (see H.R. 1348), H2254 [6MY]

International relations: normalization of relations between India and Pakistan (see H. Con. Res. 162), H9615 [28OC]

Italian Americans: prepare report detailing injustices suffered during World War II and acknowledgment of such injustices by the President (see H.R. 2090), H5022 [9JY]

Law enforcement: establish matching grant program to help local governments purchase armor vests for officers (see H.R. 2829), H10957 [13NO]

Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1173), H10956 [13NO]

———exemption from State laws prohibiting carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H2445 [8MY]

Libya: jurisdictional immunities relative to jurisdiction of U.S. courts for claims arising out of the destruction of Pan Am Flight 103 (see H.R. 3026), H10767 [12NO]

Lister, Sara E.: request resignation as Assistant Sec. of the Army for Manpower and Reserve Affairs relative to remarks about Marine Corps (see H. Con. Res. 197), H10955 [13NO]

Marine resources: reauthorization of programs (see H.R. 437), H629 [25FE]

Medicare: allow beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for services (see H.R. 2497), H8320 [2OC]

———coverage of diabetes outpatient self-management training services and blood-testing strips (see H.R. 58), H285 [4FE]

———reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see H.R. 192), H8438 [6OC]

Middle East: condemn Palestinian Authority death penalty policy relative to sale of land to Jews (see H. Con. Res. 93), H3567 [5JN]

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

National Commission on the Cost of Higher Education: establish (see H.R. 1511), H2255 [6MY]

National discovery trails: establish (see H.R. 588), H524 [12FE]

National Institute of Biomedical Imaging: establish (see H.R. 1715), H9801 [30OC]

National Physical Fitness and Sports Foundation: establish (see H.R. 756), H629 [25FE]

National Sea Grant College Program: reauthorization (see H.R. 437), H629 [25FE]

National Voter Registration Act: repeal (see H.R. 345), H669 [26FE]

NATO: ensure enlargement is consistent with U.S. interests, strengthens relations with Russia, and preserve prerogatives of arms control agreements (see H.R. 1431, 1758), H1890 [24AP], H3273 [3JN]

Navy Combat Action Ribbon: retroactive awarding to certain individuals (see H.R. 543), H590 [13FE]

NIST: improve computer security (see H.R. 1903), H5664 [23JY]

Peter J. McCloskey Postal Facility, Pottsville, PA: designate (see H.R. 2564), H8054 [26SE]

Political campaigns: prohibit fundraising at the White House (see H.R. 636), H1112 [18MR]

Princess Diana (Wales): condolences on death in car accident in Paris (see H. Res. 219), H6917 [4SE]

Public safety officers: provide educational assistance to the surviving spouse and dependent children of officers killed or totally disabled in the line of duty (see H.R. 3046), H10953 [13NO]

Railway Labor Act: applicability to U.S. air carriers and flight crews during operations outside the U.S. (see H.R. 991), H6918 [4SE]

Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport: designate (see H.R. 2625), H9615 [28OC]

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

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), H2157 [1MY]

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

Small business: provide regulatory assistance (see H.R. 96), H1440 [10AP]

Social Security: ensure integrity of trust funds (see H.R. 336), H245 [21JA]

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

Surplus Government property: transfer certain property to State and local governments for law enforcement and safety purposes (see H.R. 404), H589 [13FE]

Tariff: scientific instruments and apparatus (see H.R. 1876), H3796 [12JN]

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]

———constitutional amendment relative to certain tax limitations (see H.J. Res. 62), H889 [11MR]

———credit for clinical testing of certain drugs for rare diseases or conditions (see H.R. 1169), H2254 [6MY]

———credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (see H.R. 1134), H3924 [18JN]

———deductions for business use of the home (see H.R. 955), H3070 [20MY]

———exclusion of gross estate taxes of a decedent relative to certain land subject to qualified conservation easements (see H.R. 195), H1339 [8AP]

———expand types of equipment acquired with tax-exempt financing by volunteer fire departments and emergency medical service organizations (see H.R. 2523), H7729 [23SE]

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

———repeal limitations on the number of individuals who may have medical savings accounts (see H.R. 1068), H3568 [5JN]

———require burden of proof to be on the Dept. of the Treasury in all tax cases (see H.R. 367), H4913 [8JY]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 2483), H8055 [26SE]

———treatment of capital gains on the sale of a principal residence (see H.R. 200, 1026), H348 [5FE], H888 [11MR]

———treatment of contributions of computer technology and equipment to elementary or secondary schools (see H.R. 1153), H1258 [20MR]

———treatment of State tuition programs (see H.R. 1369), H3924 [18JN]

Telecommunications: universal service support for schools and libraries (see H.R. 280), H348 [5FE]

Thomas M. Foglietta Support Site, Gricignano d'Aversa, Italy: designate (see H.R. 2931), H10418 [8NO]

Tobacco products: limit access to minors (see H.R. 2594), H8299 [1OC]

Transportation: provide off-budget treatment for certain transportation trust funds (see H.R. 4), H156 [9JA]

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]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 44), H7364 [16SE]

Volunteer workers: grant immunity from personal civil liability during work on behalf of governmental entities or nonprofit organizations (see H.R. 911), H724 [4MR]

Women: tribute to the inaugural season of U.S. women's professional basketball leagues (see H. Res. 173), H6707 [31JY]

Year of the Ocean: observance (see H. Con. Res. 131), H7263 [11SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Citizens' Commission on Congressional Ethics: establish (see H. Res. 41), H348 [5FE]

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

Treaties and agreements: limits on certain missile defense systems (see H. Res. 98), H1018 [13MR]

Essays: Voice of Democracy

Bucciarelli, Natalie, E538 [20MR]

Letters

Establish African technology linkages between health care teaching institutions via computer network to improve medical education system: K.J.R. Abaidoo, African Regional Training Center for the Basic Medical Sciences, H7822 [24SE]

———Kayode Adeniyi, African Association of Physiological Sciences, H7821 [24SE]

Russian proliferation of nuclear missile technology to Iran: by, H7825 [24SE]

———President Clinton, H7825 [24SE]

Use, sale, and export of computer encryption products for privacy and security: several Federal law enforcement agencies, H6910 [4SE]

———several law enforcement associations, H6911 [4SE]

Lists

Delegation of doctors accompanying Representative Curt Weldon to Africa, H7822 [24SE]

Lake Owasco search and rescue team, H6914 [4SE]

Statements by President Clinton and Presidential advisers on the detargeting of Russian intercontinental ballistic missiles, H4112-H4115 [20JN]

Poems

``Tribute to Philadelphia Flyers'', H3218 [3JN]

Remarks

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1122), H1222 [20MR]

Adult Communities Total Services, Inc.: anniversary, E2153, E2155 [31OC]

Africa: establish technology linkages between health care teaching institutions via computer network to improve medical education system, H7821-H7823 [24SE]

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), H2770 [15MY]

Armenia: anniversary of genocide, H1771 [23AP]

Birth control: family participation in the decision of minors to seek family planning services from federally-funded clinics, H7055 [9SE]

Cabrini College: John Templeton Foundation Honor Roll for Character Building Colleges award recipient, E1835 [24SE]

Cassini (space probe): use of plutonium power source on mission to Saturn, H8916 [21OC]

China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (H.J. Res. 79), H4261 [24JN]

Citizens' Commission on Congressional Ethics: establish (H. Res. 41), E168 [5FE]

Computers: use, sale, and export of encryption products for privacy and security (H.R. 695), H6909, H6911, H6912 [4SE]

Conference on Oceans and Security: report, H3140 [21MY]

Cyprus: Turkish occupation, H5469 [17JY]

———U.S. policy, H5469 [17JY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for ballistic missile defense systems (H.R. 2786), H9857-H9860 [31OC]

———authorizing military activities appropriations and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1119), H3899, H3900, H3901, H3902 [18JN], H3951, H3959, H4030, H4047 [19JN], H4110, H4111, H4112 [20JN], H4209, H4210 [23JN]

———impact of defense spending cuts, H1976-H1982 [29AP]

———reform, H4047 [19JN]

———THAAD Program funding, H2770 [15MY]

Dept. of HHS: Drug Needle Exchange Program funding, H7224 [11SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2264), H7055 [9SE], H7224 [11SE]

Education: national policy to improve system, H9045 [23OC]

Firefighters: tribute to Congressional Fire and Emergency Services dinner, H1854 [24AP]

Gabuzda, Stella: Founders' Bank (business) Quality of Life Award recipient, E2057 [23OC]

Greece: independence anniversary, H1086 [18MR]

House Ethics Reform Task Force: implement recommendations (H. Res. 168), H7551 [18SE]

Iraq: detention of Kuwaiti POW, H1077, H1078 [18MR]

Israel: condemn terrorist bombing in Jerusalem (H. Con. Res. 146), H6951 [5SE]

Laymen's Retreat League (organization): anniversary of St. Joseph's-in-the-Hills retreat center, E2354 [13NO]

Motor vehicles: development of dependable, high powered, and economical engines for use in military vehicles, H4210 [23JN]

NAFTA: impact on employment and the economy, H1976 [29AP]

NATO: ensure enlargement is consistent with U.S. interests, strengthens relations with Russia, and preserve prerogatives of arms control agreements (H.R. 1758), H3714 [11JN]

NIST: improve computer security (H.R. 1903), E1797 [18SE]

Nuclear weapons: Presidential certification relative to detargeting of Russian intercontinental ballistic missiles, H4110, H4111, H4112 [20JN]

Pennsylvania: tribute to Granite Farms Estates (retirement community), E2155 [31OC]

———tribute to Lima Estates (retirement community), E2153 [31OC]

Roche, Robert: Founders' Bank (business) Quality of Life Award recipient, E2057 [23OC]

Rosemont College: John Templeton Foundation Honor Roll for Character Building Colleges award recipient, E1844 [24SE]

Russia: explain purposes and allow inspection of Yamantau Mountain project, H4209 [23JN]

———proliferation of nuclear missile technology to Iran, H7823-H7828 [24SE]

Space policy: space station program funding, H7823 [24SE]

Taxation: treatment of Internet and online services fees (H.R. 995), H786 [6MR]

Technology: use of scanning sonar in search and rescue efforts, H6914 [4SE]

Valley Forge, PA: tribute to Valley Forge Sewer Authority on receipt of EPA Operations and Maintenance Excellence Award, E1715 [10SE]

Votes: position on missed, H8962 [22OC]

West Chester, PA: grand opening of QVC, Inc., Studio Park broadcast facility, E1807 [18SE]

West Chester University: anniversary, E753 [24AP]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H1109 [18MR], H1878 [24AP], H8631 [7OC], H9728 [29OC], H9798 [30OC]

Reports

World Cooperation on Cleaning Up Oceans and Seas: Conference on Oceans and Security, H3140-H3144 [21MY]

Tables

Reckless Russian rocket exports, H7826 [24SE]

Transcripts

Detargeting of Russian Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles: ``60 Minutes'' (CBS television program), H4115 [20JN]

Tributes

Ashburn, Richie, H7126 [10SE]

Bucciarelli, Natalie, E538 [20MR]

Dyer, Francis E., Sr., E2351 [13NO]

Faulkner, George J., E433 [11MR]

Gallagher, James W., E194 [10FE]

Lankford, Mason, H3832 [17JN]

Tamargo, Deborah, H8932 [22OC]