EARTHQUAKES

Articles and editorials

Supporting El Salvador, H974 [20MR]

Bills and resolutions

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize construction projects for the purpose of improving, renovating, and updating VA patient care facilities (see S. 1280), S8464 [31JY] (see H.R. 811), H621 [1MR]

Disasters: authorize disaster assistance for recovery from earthquakes in India and El Salvador (see H.R. 1760), H2021 [8MY]

———provide incentives to encourage private sector efforts to reduce earthquake losses and establish a national disaster mitigation program (see S. 424), S1746 [1MR] (see H.R. 1669), H1715 [1MY] (see H.R. 2762), H5335 [2AU]

El Salvador: authorize disaster assistance for construction or reconstruction of permanent single family housing for those made homeless by the earthquake (see S. 260), S1063 [6FE]

———express sympathy for victims of earthquake and support ongoing aid efforts (see S. Res. 18), S1063 [6FE] (see H. Con. Res. 41), H442 [27FE]

India: express sympathy for victims of earthquake and support ongoing aid efforts (see S. Con. Res. 6), S707 [30JA] (see H. Con. Res. 13, 15), H111 [30JA] (see H. Con. Res. 151), H2889 [5JN]

Peru: congratulate President-elect Alejandro Toledo on his election, congratulate the people for the return of democracy, and express sympathy for earthquake victims (see H. Res. 181), H3712 [27JN]

Taxation: treatment of associations which prepare for, or mitigate, the effects of natural disasters (see S. 797), S4044 [30AP]

Histories

California Hospital Seismic Mandate: California Healthcare Association, E685 [1MY]

Letters

Committee on Financial Services (House) jurisdiction over legislation relative to expression of sympathy for victims of earthquake in India and support of ongoing aid efforts: Representative Oxley, E101 [1FE]

Express sympathy for victims of earthquake in El Salvador and support of ongoing aid efforts: Representative Hyde, Committee on International Relations (House), H969 [20MR]

———Representative Oxley, Committee on Financial Services (House), H969 [20MR]

———several religious organizations, H975 [20MR]

Remarks in House

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize construction projects for the purpose of improving, renovating, and updating VA patient care facilities (H.R. 811), H1137-H1143 [27MR], H1263 [28MR], H2690 [24MY], H4694 [26JY], E263 [1MR]

Disasters: improve predisaster mitigation and reform disaster assistance programs relative to repetitively damaged properties, H1667 [1MY]

———provide incentives to encourage private sector efforts to reduce earthquake losses and establish a national disaster mitigation program (H.R. 1669), E685 [1MY]

El Salvador: disaster relief funding, H3301 [20JN], H4343 [19JY], H4488-H4492 [24JY]

———express sympathy for victims of earthquake and support ongoing aid efforts (H. Con. Res. 41), H969-H979 [20MR], E410 [21MR]

Guam: earthquake, H6788 [16OC]

India: disaster relief funding, H3301, H3322, H3323 [20JN], H4347, H4348 [19JY], H4528 [24JY]

———express sympathy for victims of earthquake and support ongoing aid efforts, E114 [6FE]

———express sympathy for victims of earthquake and support ongoing aid efforts (H. Con. Res. 13), E52 [30JA]

———express sympathy for victims of earthquake and support ongoing aid efforts (H. Con. Res. 15), H115, H118-H127 [31JA], H856 [13MR], E101 [1FE], E107, E111 [6FE]

Remarks in Senate

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize construction projects for the purpose of improving, renovating, and updating VA patient care facilities (S. 1280), S8478 [31JY]

Disasters: provide incentives to encourage private sector efforts to reduce earthquake losses and establish a national disaster mitigation program (S. 424), S1754-S1757 [1MR]

El Salvador: express sympathy for victims of earthquake and support ongoing aid efforts (S. Res. 18), S1090 [6FE], S1234 [8FE]

India: express sympathy for victims of earthquake and support ongoing aid efforts, S1162 [7FE], S2214 [13MR]

———express sympathy for victims of earthquake and support ongoing aid efforts (S. Con. Res. 6), S1234 [8FE]

Taxation: treatment of associations which prepare for, or mitigate, the effects of natural disasters (S. 797), S4398 [4MY]

Washington: disaster assistance, S1736 [1MR]

Reports filed

Express Sympathy to El Salvador for Victims of Earthquake and Support Ongoing Aid Efforts: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. Res. 18), S1121 [7FE]

Express Sympathy to India for Victims of Earthquake and Support Ongoing Aid Efforts: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. Con. Res. 6), S1121 [7FE]

Veterans Hospital Emergency Repair Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 801) (H. Rept. 107-27), H1121 [26MR]

Statements

Impact of California Hospital Seismic Mandate: California Healthcare Association, E685 [1MY]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 15, express sympathy for victims of earthquake in India and support ongoing aid efforts, H118 [31JA]

H. Con. Res. 41, express sympathy for victims of earthquake in El Salvador and support ongoing aid efforts, H969 [20MR]

H.R. 811, Veterans Hospital Emergency Repair Act, H1137 [27MR]

S. 424, Earthquake Loss Reduction Act, S1757-S1760 [1MR]

S. 1280, Veterans' Hospital Emergency Repair Act, S8478 [31JY]

S. Con. Res. 6, express sympathy for victims of earthquake in India and support ongoing aid efforts, S786 [30JA], S1235 [8FE]

S. Res. 18, express sympathy for victims of earthquake in El Salvador and support ongoing aid efforts, S1089 [6FE], S1234 [8FE]