[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]