[Congressional Record Index (1998)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




LANGUAGES
  Amendments
    Education:  establish a program to help children and youth learn
        English (H.R. 3892), H7179 [4AU], H7180 [4AU], H7293 [5AU]
    ------ establish a program to help children and youth learn English
        (H.R. 3892), H7539 [10SE], H7543 [10SE], H7547 [10SE], H7548
        [10SE], H7549 [10SE]
  Articles and editorials
    Debts to the Hmong, E2279 [21OC]
    Hmong Army Veterans Ask for U.S. Citizenship--Want To Take Exam With
        Interpreters' Help, E2310 [12NO]
    Obstacle to Learning, H7551 [10SE]
  Bills and resolutions
    Bilingual Education Act:  repeal, (see H.R. 3720), H2317 [23AP]
    Dept. of Education:  conduct a study on the availability of
        educational instruction in the English language to student
        citizens in Puerto Rico, (see H.R. 4766), H10352 [9OC]
    Education:  establish a program to help children and youth learn
        English, (see H.R. 3680), H2054 [1AP], (see H.R. 3892), H3487
        [19MY]
    ----- establish a program to help children and youth learn English
        (H.R. 3892), consideration, (see H. Res. 516), H7177 [4AU]
    English language:  encourage status as primary language and
        recognize importance of multilingualism, (see S. Res. 236),
        S5434 [22MY]
  Essays
    I'm Proud To Be Bilingual:  Claudia Alvarez, E535 [31MR]
  Remarks in House
    Alvarez, Claudia:  Scholastic, Inc., essay contest honoree, E535
        [31MR]
    California:  implementation of State initiative to ban bilingual
        education, E1525 [3AU]
    Citizenship:  waiving of residency and English language requirements
        for Hmong refugees (H.R. 371), E2278 [21OC], E2310 [12NO]
    Education:  bilingual education programs funding, H1789 [31MR],
        H1806 [31MR]
    ------ establish a program to help children and youth learn English
        (H.R. 3680), E585 [2AP]
    ------ establish a program to help children and youth learn English
        (H.R. 3892), H7529-H7554 [10SE], E1700 [11SE], E1701 [11SE],
        E1731 [16SE]
    ------ establish a program to help children and youth learn English
        (H.R. 3892), consideration (H. Res. 516), H7521-H7529 [10SE]
        establish a program to help children and youth learn English
        (H.R. 3892), corrections in engrossment, H7554 [10SE]
    ------ family literacy services funding relative to bilingual
        education, H7549 [10SE], H7550 [10SE]
    ------ Federal funding to local school districts relative to
        compliance with State laws on bilingual education, H7543-H7547
        [10SE]
    ------ improve knowledge of teachers in various core subjects, H2541
        [29AP]
    ------ preservation and use of native languages, H7548 [10SE], H7549
        [10SE]
    Elections:  prohibit use of bilingual voting materials, H6828
        [30JY], H6829 [30JY], H6856 [31JY]
    Puerto Rico:  declare English as official language upon accession to
        statehood, H763 [4MR], H764-H787 [4MR], H792-H835 [4MR]
    States:  requirements for standardized English testing, H7547
        [10SE], H7548 [10SE]
  Remarks in Senate
    Education:  require study of multilingualism, S3484 [23AP]
    English language:  effect of computers and slang on daily usage,
        S7922 [10JY]
    ------ encourage status as primary language and recognize importance
        of multilingualism (S. Res. 236), S5458 [22MY]
    IRS:  require Spanish option on telephone helplines, S4471 [7MY]
  Reports filed
    Consideration of H.R. 3892, English Language Fluency Act:  Committee
        on Rules (House) (H. Res. 516) (H. Rept. 105-675), H7177 [4AU]
    Establish Program To Help Children and Youth Learn English:
        Committee on Education and the Workplace (House) (H.R. 3892) (H.
        Rept. 105-587), H4879 [19JN]
  Statements
    Understanding Free Association as a Form of Separate Sovereignty and
        Political Independence in the Case of Decolonization of Puerto
        Rico:  Fred M. Zeder II, H783 [4MR]
  Texts of
    H. Res. 516, consideration of H.R. 3892, English Language Fluency
        Act, H7521 [10SE]
    H.R. 3892, English Language Fluency Act, H7539-H7542 [10SE]
    S. Res. 236, encourage status of English as the primary language and
        recognize importance of multilingualism, S5457 [22MY]