CONTE, SILVIO O. g009(a Representative from Massachusetts)
Addresses
Northeast Anadromous Fish Laboratory Dedication: by, 15520 [25JN]
Amendments offered by, to
Appropriations: making supplemental (H.R. 4404), 6309 [3AP]
Food and Agricultural Resources Act: enact (H.R. 3950), 18550 [20JY], 20211 [27JY], 21422, 21426, 21437 [1AU]
Legislative branch: making appropriations (H.R. 5399), 31688, 31689 [21OC]
Appointments
Committee To Escort Giulio Andreotti, 3612 [7MR]
Conferee: H.R. 4404, making supplemental appropriations, 9310 [3MY]
———H.R. 5019, energy and water development appropriations, 28605 [11OC]
———H.R. 5021, Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies appropriations, 28759 [12OC]
———H.R. 5114, authorizing appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related programs, 33679 [24OC]
———H.R. 5158, Depts. of Veterans Affairs, HUD, and independent agencies appropriations, 28604 [11OC]
———H.R. 5229, Dept. of Transportation appropriations, 28605 [11OC]
———H.R. 5241, Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, and general government appropriations, 28759 [12OC]
———H.R. 5257, Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations, 30108 [17OC]
———H.R. 5268, rural development, agriculture, and related agencies appropriations, 28604 [11OC]
———H.R. 5311, District of Columbia appropriations, 31493 [20OC], 34144 [25OC]
———H.R. 5313, military construction appropriations, 28605 [11OC]
———H.R. 5399, legislative branch appropriations, 34144 [25OC]
———H.R. 5769, Dept. of the Interior and related agencies appropriations, 34080 [25OC]
———H.R. 5803, making Dept. of Defense appropriations, 29924 [16OC]
———H.R. 5835, Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, 31449 [20OC]
Articles and editorials
Best Hope for Blood Disease Victims, St. Petersburg (FL) Times, 6284 [3AP]
Blimp Scared UFOs Away From Stadium, Beatrice Dexter, Weekly World News, 16136 [28JN]
Chief Shea Made Our Lives Safer, 6256
Decade of the Brain, 24488 [13SE]
Fire Chief Prepares To Retire—Shea Reflects on Lessons Learned in 42 Years of Battling Blazes, Thomas Frank, 6257
Fire Chief Shea Retiring Feb. 2, James N. Dunbar, 6257
Gene Found for Elephant Man's Disease, Natalie Angier, New York (NY) Times, 17934 [18JY]
Magic Ray From This UFO Cures 22 People!, Mickey McGuire, Weekly World News, 16137 [28JN]
Money and Marrow Transplants, Washington (DC) Post, 6284 [3AP]
Noah's Ark Was Built by Space Aliens, Mickey McGuire, Weekly World News, 16136 [28JN]
UFO Flies Out of the Ocean!, Ann Hughey, Weekly World News, 16137 [28JN]
Utility Charges on Rise, Stan Freeman, Springfield (MA) Union-News, 1885 [20FE]
Webbed Creatures Vanishing From Earth by Leaps and Bounds—Space Aliens Stealing our Frogs! John Stern, Weekly World News, 16137 [28JN]
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Agriculture: limitations on payments to producers (see H.R. 5018), 13990 [13JN]
Antarctic regions: protection and conservation (see H.R. 3977), 1549 [7FE]
Appropriations: making further continuing (see H.J. Res. 672, 680), 30251 [17OC], 33825 [24OC]
Armstrong, Anne L.: reappointment to the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution (see H.J. Res. 545), 6671 [4AP]
Banks and banking: limit amount of deposit insurance paid to any person during a certain time period (see H.R. 5562), 23677 [10SE]
———make Resolution Trust Corp. subject to Federal acquisition regulations (see H.R. 4744), 9704 [8MY]
Central America: authorizing dire emergency supplemental appropriations for Panama and Nicaragua (see H.R. 4841), 10924 [17MY]
Contracts: SBA placement of traditional procurement center representatives (see H.R. 4746), 9704 [8MY]
Dept. of Defense: transfers of excess industrial plant equipment to small business concerns (see H.R. 4745), 9704 [8MY]
Elections: require the FEC to match contributions made by individuals to certain candidates (see H.R. 4180), 3473 [6MR]
Executive departments: liability due to bankruptcy of facilities (see H.R. 4076), 2306 [22FE]
Flora Vee (vessel): certificate of documentation (see H.R. 5703), 25523 [24SE]
Handicapped: reduction in incidence of disabilities (see H.R. 4039), 2122 [21FE]
Head Start Program: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 3953), 1287 [6FE]
Inspectors general: clarify authority to conduct audits and investigations (see H.R. 4617), 8303 [25AP]
Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program: appropriations (see H.J. Res. 455), 38 [23JA]
Medicare: payment of interest on excess premiums collected (see H.R. 3881), 464 [24JA]
Peace Corps: memorial honoring volunteers (see H.R. 3954), 1287 [6FE]
Petroleum: establish regional products reserve (see H.R. 3855), 37 [23JA]
———excise tax on excess profits on home heating oil (see H.R. 3856), 37 [23JA]
———study of the home heating oil crisis (see H.J. Res. 456), 38 [23JA]
Physicians' Comparability Allowance Extension Act: enact (see H.R. 4920), 12245 [24MY]
Poland: anniversary of adoption of the Constitution (see H.J. Res. 669), 30089 [16OC]
———anniversary of the adoption of the Polish constitution (see H. Con. Res. 376), 26651 [28SE]
Smithsonian Institution: National Air and Space Museum extension at Washington Dulles International Airport, VA (see H.R. 5046), 14109 [14JN]
———plan space in the east court of the National Museum of Natural History building (see H.R. 4463), 6668 [4AP]
Sports: establish youth programs at public housing projects that have substantial drug problems (see H.R. 4711), 9270 [2MY]
Taxation: reinstate the windfall profit tax on domestic crude oil (see H.R. 5734), 26312 [27SE]
———treatment of contributions to education savings accounts (see H.R. 3900), 506 [25JA]
Tonizzo, Norma: relief (see H.R. 4203), 3474 [6MR]
Wetlands: protect from agricultural development (see H.R. 4893, 4894), 12098 [23MY]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Agriculture: price support program for peanuts (see H.R. 4845), 12249 [24MY]
American Jobs Stability Act: enact (see H.R. 4831), 15339 [21JN]
American Textile Industry Bicentennial Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 518), 27669 [4OC]
Antarctic regions: encourage negotiations toward a new treaty (see H.J. Res. 418), 4461 [15MR]
———environmental protection (see H.R. 4210), 3667 [7MR]
Armed Forces: payment of lodging expenses for families of members with serious illness and injury sustained in the line of duty (see H.R. 4138), 9705 [8MY]
———payment of travel expenses to burial ceremonies for the parents of a deceased service member (see H.R. 4417), 10475 [15MY]
Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: designate (see H.R. 3802), 9271 [2MY]
Baltic Freedom Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 493), 12249 [24MY]
Brazil: U.S. policy to encourage conservation of Amazon forest (see H.J. Res. 431), 16690 [10JY]
Central Valley project: restoration of fish and wildlife habitats (see H.R. 4700), 9092 [1MY]
Children: improve counseling in elementary schools (see H.R. 3970), 10010 [10MY]
Civil rights: strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (see H.R. 4000), 1550 [7FE]
Coastal Barrier Resources Act: reauthorizing (see H.R. 2840), 15850 [27JN]
Coins and coinage: authorize minting in commemoration of James Madison and the bicentennial anniversary of the signing of the Bill of Rights (see H.R. 5332), 28697 [11OC]
Columbus, Christopher: issue a series of engravings commemorating the anniversary of the discovery of America (see H.R. 4505), 6671 [4AP]
Committee to Investigate Financial Institution Fraud, Mismanagement, Oversight and Supervision (Select): establish (see H. Res. 414), 15041 [20JN]
Community Center Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 636), 31179 [19OC]
Commuting: tax treatment of employer subsidies for certain employee costs (see H.R. 4043), 3281 [5MR]
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act: limit liability of lending institutions acquiring facilities through foreclosure (see H.R. 4494), 9499 [7MY]
Congressional Gold Medal: award to Frank Capra, James Stewart, and Fred Zinnemann (see H.R. 1699), 2716 [27FE]
Copyright: protect certain computer programs (see H.R. 2740), 4789 [21MR]
Country Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 603), 16690 [10JY]
Crime Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 557), 20244 [27JY]
Defense contractors: Federal assistance to areas heavily dependent (see H.R. 2852), 2717 [27FE]
Democracy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 626), 18380 [19JY]
Dept. of Defense: environmental activities (see H.R. 5202), 18923 [24JY]
———redirect funding to social programs (see H. Con. Res. 259), 1288 [6FE]
———termination of B-2 stealth bomber development (see H.R. 3978), 3281 [5MR]
Dept. of Environmental Protection: establish (see H.R. 3847), 4573 [20MR]
Diseases: establish and coordinate research programs for osteoporosis and related bone disorders (see H.R. 4864), 23502 [6SE]
———grants for treatment of Lyme disease (see H.R. 979), 15715 [26JN]
Disney, Walt: tribute (see H. Res. 419), 16691 [10JY]
Ecology: funding for restoration projects at military installations (see H.R. 5174), 20549 [30JY]
———savings in the compilation and distribution of Federal environmental impact statements (see H.R. 3643), 21676 [1AU]
Education: permit deferral of payments on students loans during professional internships (see H.R. 4690), 13264 [6JN]
Education Day, U.S.A.: designate (see H.J. Res. 500), 4378 [14MR]
Farm Animal and Research Facilities Protection Act: enact (see H.R. 3270), 30251 [17OC]
Federal employees: extend certain civil service retirement provisions to INS, Customs Service, and IRS law enforcement officers (see H.R. 1083), 752 [30JA]
Federal Fire Service: revise pay rates (see H.R. 3831), 910 [31JA]
Federal Prison Industries Competition in Contracting Act: enact (see H.R. 4743), 9704 [8MY]
Foreign trade: imports of textiles, apparel, and footwear (see H.R. 4496), 6670 [4AP]
Forests and forestry: international cooperation on preservation (see H.R. 3420), 7983 [24AP]
Franklin, Benjamin: minting of commemorative coins and enacting fire service bill of rights (see H.R. 4098), 2307 [22FE]
Geography Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 512), 28449 [10OC]
Government publications: preparation of ``Columbus in the Capitol'' (see H. Con. Res. 275), 3101 [1MR]
Grand Canyon National Park: implement operational criteria at Glen Canyon Dam to reduce environmental impact (see H.R. 4498), 12099 [23MY]
Great Britain: Birmingham Six' detention case (see H. Con. Res. 249), 4509 [19MR]
Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see H.J. Res. 473), 2934 [28FE]
Greyhound Co.: strike of employees (see H. Con. Res. 316), 9271 [2MY]
Guam: establish as a Commonwealth (see H.R. 98), 7339 [18AP]
Handicapped: tax credits for small businesses for costs of public accommodations for the disabled (see H.R. 3500), 910 [31JA]
Harriet Tubman Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 479), 3669 [7MR]
Head Start Program: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 490), 7442 [19AP]
Health: improvement for minorities and those from disadvantaged backgrounds (see H.R. 3240), 4508 [19MR]
Helsinki Human Rights Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 620), 16896 [11JY]
Heyman, Ira M.: appointment to the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution (see H.J. Res. 589), 13345 [7JN]
Home Health Aide Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 618), 16689 [10JY]
Human Services Reauthorization Act: enact (see H.R. 4151), 9904 [9MY]
Hunger: response to emergency afflicting U.S. families (see H.R. 4110), 10010 [10MY]
Infant Mortality Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 546), 7442 [19AP]
Irish-American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 482), 2123 [21FE]
Israel: support unified status of Jerusalem (see H. Con. Res. 290), 6673 [4AP]
Italian-American Heritage and Culture Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 631), 18923 [24JY]
Japan: foreign trade actions (see H. Con. Res. 312), 8404 [26AP]
Jesse Owens Building of the U.S. Postal Service, Cleveland, OH: designate (see H.R. 5235), 22531 [3AU]
Korean War: commemorative silver dollar coin (see H.R. 5053), 16896 [11JY]
Labor: prevent discrimination based on participation in disputes (see H.R. 3936), 17493 [13JY]
Labor unions: collective bargaining over trust funds providing financial assistance for employee housing (see H.R. 4073), 2306 [22FE]
Lebanon: temporary protected status of certain nationals in the U.S. (see H.R. 3267), 3281 [5MR]
Lyme Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 528), 15850 [27JN]
Margaret Walker Alexander National African-American Research Center: establish (see H.R. 3252), 22087 [2AU]
Medicaid: permit States to include certain long-term care services (see H.R. 2499), 2716 [27FE]
Medicare: coverage of bone mass measurements for certain individuals (see H.R. 4865), 23502 [6SE]
———coverage of screening mammography (see H.R. 3701), 3668 [7MR]
———improve hospice care, screening mammography, and certain home health services (see H.R. 3880), 4377 [14MR]
Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 486), 14111 [14JN]
Middle East: national day of prayer for members of the Armed Forces and U.S. hostages (S.J. Res. 381) (see H.J. Res. 673), 30251 [17OC]
National Academies of Practice: recognize (see H.R. 1047), 22177, 22530 [3AU]
National Agricultural Research Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 548), 17841 [17JY]
National Arab-American Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 462), 4461 [15MR]
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month (see H.J. Res. 570), 24037 [12SE]
National Children's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 481), 14111 [14JN]
National Correctional Officers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 514), 9271 [2MY]
National Crime Victims' Rights Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 464), 7340 [18AP]
National Critical Care Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 542), 27394 [3OC]
National D.A.R.E. Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 535), 14705 [19JN]
National Day in Support of Freedom and Human Rights in China and Tibet: designate (see H.J. Res. 556), 10011 [10MY]
National Digestive Disease Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 453), 6358 [3AP]
National Doctor's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 492), 22088 [2AU]
National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 602), 13992 [13JN]
National Drive for Life Weekend: designate (see H.J. Res. 627), 20244 [27JY]
National Ducks and Wetlands Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 599), 16187 [28JN]
National Ellis Island Month: designate (see H. Res. 455), 22087 [2AU]
National Employ the Older Worker Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 532), 16187 [28JN]
National Family Caregivers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 525), 4572 [20MR]
National Guard: civil service retirement credit for technicians (see H.R. 1400), 7339 [18AP]
National Hardwood Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 612), 24329 [13SE]
National Historically Black Colleges Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 552), 18924 [24JY]
National Job Skills Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 608), 23924 [11SE]
National Law Enforcement Training Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 554), 12672 [5JN]
National Minority Cancer Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 495), 5536 [27MR]
National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 468), 20939 [31JY]
National Philanthropy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 513), 22532 [3AU]
National Physical Fitness and Sports Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 517), 9094 [1MY]
National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 467), 12100 [23MY]
National Radon Action Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 583), 28698 [11OC]
National Recycling Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 475), 2717 [27FE]
National Red Ribbon Week for a Drug-Free America: designate (see H.J. Res. 595), 15850 [27JN]
National Rehabilitation Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 616), 16897 [11JY]
National Sarcoidosis Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 519), 17324 [12JY]
National Teacher Appreciation Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 585), 12247 [24MY]
National Trauma Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 427, 611), 6358 [3AP], 27395 [3OC]
National Visiting Nurse Associations Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 255, 509), 910 [31JA], 25177 [19SE]
National Water Recreation Safety Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 463), 464 [24JA]
National Week of Recognition and Remembrance for Those Who Served in the Korean War: designate (see H.J. Res. 502), 17589 [16JY]
National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 543), 23678 [10SE]
Native American Indian Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 577), 12246 [24MY]
Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 443), 2933 [28FE]
Nuclear energy: States regulation of low-level radioactive waste disposal (see H.R. 5505), 22528 [3AU]
Older Americans Act: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 276), 7984 [24AP]
Peace Corps: drape a U.S. flag over the caskets of deceased volunteers (see H.R. 3475), 2501 [26FE]
Pediatric AIDS Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 661), 28698 [11OC]
Pensions: use of IRS guidelines to determine funding limits (see H.R. 5553), 26313 [27SE]
Petroleum Marketing Practices Act: amend (see H.R. 830), 4460 [15MR]
Poland: inclusion in talks of German reunification (see H. Con. Res. 273), 3669 [7MR]
Polish American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 604), 20940 [31JY]
Political campaigns: additional statements from individuals making independent expenditures (see H.R. 5039), 16690 [10JY]
———clarity standards for identification of sponsors of certain political advertising (see H.R. 5034), 16690 [10JY]
———eliminating certain functions of the Sec. of the Senate and Clerk of the House (see H.R. 5036), 16690 [10JY]
———limitation on certain contributions to House candidates (see H.R. 5032), 16690 [10JY]
———reduce influence of nonparty multicandidate political committees (see H.R. 5030), 16690 [10JY]
———regulating use of franked mail by Members of the House (see H.R. 5035), 16690 [10JY]
———standards for establishing congressional districts and limiting gerrymandering (see H.R. 5037), 16690 [10JY]
POW/MIA: disclosure of information by executive departments on certain individuals (see H.R. 3603), 9271 [2MY]
Public Health Service Act: amend provisions relative to certain minimum allotments under the program of formula grants (see H.R. 5443), 24755 [17SE]
Railroads: preservation of competitive freight service routes in the Northeast U.S. (see H.R. 4139), 6357 [3AP]
Recycled materials: encourage mailers of second-class and third-class mail matter to use recycled paper (see H. Res. 380), 16897 [11JY]
Religious Freedom Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 638), 24756 [17SE]
Research: protection of certain health facilities from illegal activities and support for regional centers for research on primates (see H.R. 3349), 12671 [5JN]
Robert McClory Post Office, Carpentersville, IL: designate (see H.R. 5007), 17493 [13JY]
Rockefeller, Laurance S.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3625), 4461 [15MR]
Romania: availability of children for foreign adoption (see H. Con. Res. 346), 16897 [11JY]
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Family Appreciation Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 596), 13671 [12JN]
Rural Small Business Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 598), 13671 [12JN]
Savings and loan associations: independent counsel investigation of certain Federal officials (see H. Res. 407), 15041 [20JN]
———investigation and prosecution of criminal activity (see H.R. 5353), 20244 [27JY]
Securities: disclosure of information relative to certain proxy contests (see H.R. 4620), 8303 [25AP]
———tax treatment of qualified small issue bonds through 1995 (see H.R. 4573), 14355 [18JN]
Small business: tax treatment (see H.R. 5455), 24755 [17SE]
Small Business Act: amend (see H.R. 4793), 12249 [24MY]
Social Security: earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 2460), 2716 [27FE]
South African Freedom Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 588), 15716 [26JN]
States: payment of certain thrift deposit insurance premiums as a condition for future Federal deposit insurance coverage (see H.R. 5323), 18380 [19JY]
State-Supported Homes for Veterans Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 452), 4789 [21MR]
Take Pride in America Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 508), 3668 [7MR]
Taxation: treatment of asset acquisitions and limit of interest deductions by foreigners under certain circumstances (see H.R. 4646), 8403 [26AP]
———treatment of certain real estate activities (see H.R. 3732), 14111 [14JN]
———treatment of education and training expenses of small businesses and their employees (see H.R. 5426), 23678 [10SE]
———treatment of estate tax inclusion related to valuation freezes (see H.R. 60), 6058 [29MR]
Television: carriage of noncommercial educational services on cable (see H.R. 4415), 14111 [14JN]
———require new sets to have built in decoder circuitry (see H.R. 4267), 7983 [24AP]
Tennessee: anniversary of law which established the territorial government (see H.J. Res. 555), 9904 [9MY]
Tibet: additional immigrant visas (see H.R. 3705), 4377 [14MR]
U.S. Naval Reserve Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 413), 4789 [21MR]
University of Nevada: tribute to basketball team (see H. Con. Res. 300), 8305 [25AP]
Victims of Crime Bill of Rights: adopt (see H. Con. Res. 330), 16897 [11JY]
Videos: allow unlicensed viewing under certain conditions (see H.R. 3158), 4377 [14MR]
Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 3859), 13672 [12JN]
Week for the National Observance of the 50th Anniversary of World War II: designate (see H.J. Res. 574), 13993 [13JN]
White House Conference on Small Business Authorization Act: enact (see H.R. 4773), 9903 [9MY]
Wildlife: develop comprehensive plan to research and monitor migratory nongame birds (see H.R. 5328), 18546 [20JY]
World Decade of Ornithology: designate (see H.R. 5328), 18546 [20JY]
World War II: District of Columbia memorial to members of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 2807), 4460 [15MR]
———mint coins commemorating the 50th anniversary of U.S. involvement (see H.R. 4365), 5031 [22MR]
Wyoming Centennial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 510), 16187 [28JN]
Youth: establish school-based community service programs (see H.R. 4330), 18547 [20JY]
Letters
Boston hotel and restaurant workers' negotiation for housing trust funds: by, 2473 [22FE]
Congratulations to Representative Conte and Order of Sons of Italy in America grant recipients: President Bush, 16085 [27JN]
Constitutional amendment requiring a balanced budget: Arlene Zielke, National PTA, 17784
———Becky Timmons, Committee for Education Funding, 17783
———Charles H. Buzzell, American Vocational Association, 17783
———Robert Bork, Washington (DC) Times, 17782
———Robert H. Atwell, American Council on Education, 17783
National Bone Marrow Donor Registry: Representative C.W. Bill Young, 6285, 6286 [3AP]
Protection of Antarctica: Jacques-Yves Cousteau, 29171 [15OC]
Protection of wetlands from agricultural development: National Audubon Society, 12537
Motions offered by
Appropriations: making supplemental (H.R. 4404), conference report, 12209 [24MY]
———making supplemental (H.R. 4404), instruct conferees, 9308 [3MY]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5257), instruct conferees, 30107 [17OC]
District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 5311), conference report—motion to recommit, 34143 [25OC]
Poems
``Columbus and the Budget'', 27988 [7OC]
Press releases
Australia to legislate ban on Antarctic mining, 29168-29171 [15OC]
Remarks by, on
Agriculture: extend and revise Federal programs (S. 2830), 18673 [23JY]
———extend and revise Federal programs (S. 2830), conference report, 32620, 32689 [23OC], 33344
———Federal assistance to beekeepers, 33344
———honey program, 21422, 21424 [1AU]
———limits on farm payments, 21428, 21430, 21434, 21435, 21437, 21438, 21439, 21441, 21442 [1AU]
———payment limitation on farm programs, 13597 [12JN]
———sugar program, 18842 [24JY]
Air pollution: clean air standards (H.R. 3030), 11901 [23MY]
Antarctic regions: encourage negotiations toward a new treaty (H.J. Res. 418), 26768 [1OC]
———protection and conservation (H.R. 3977), 1726
Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 655), 26685, 26686, 26687, 26688 [30SE]
———making further continuing (H.J. Res. 660), 27744 [5OC]
———making further continuing (H.J. Res. 660), veto, 27911 [6OC]
———making further continuing (H.J. Res. 666), 28002 [7OC], 28013, 28014 [8OC]
———making further continuing (H.J. Res. 677), 31018, 31019 [18OC]
———making further continuing (H.J. Res. 681), 33737, 33738 [24OC]
———making supplemental (H.R. 4404), 6272, 6273 [3AP], 6278
———making supplemental (H.R. 4404), conference report, 12123, 12131, 12194, 12197, 12198, 12199, 12203, 12205, 12207, 12208, 12209, 12210 [24MY]
———making supplemental (H.R. 4404), conference report, amendments in disagreement, 12139, 12143, 12145, 12163, 12167, 12168, 12172, 12173, 12183
———making supplemental (H.R. 4404), motion to instruct conferees, 9308 [3MY]
Armed Forces: making supplemental appropriations for Desert Shield Operation (H.J. Res. 655), 26685, 26686, 26687, 26688 [30SE]
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act: implementation, 23462 [5SE]
Banks and banking: limit amount of deposit insurance paid to any person during a certain time period (H.R. 5562), 23691
Berkshire Hills, MA: Massachusetts State champions quiz winner, Wahconah Regional High School, 15743
Boston Red Sox (baseball team): tribute, 27508 [4OC]
Budget: allocation of funds, 1179 [5FE]
———constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 268), 17782
———deficit, 21240 [1AU], 21931 [2AU]
———impact of deficit reduction agreement, 27265 [3OC], 33614 [24OC]
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 5835), 29872 [16OC]
———setting forth congressional budget for 1991-95 (H. Con. Res. 310), 8351 [26AP]
———setting forth congressional budget for 1991-95 (H. Con. Res. 310), conference report, 27612 [4OC], 27988 [7OC]
———summit conference, 9830 [9MY], 20701 [31JY]
Capitol Building and Grounds: House beauty shop and gymnasium, 31691, 31694 [21OC]
Capitol Police: funding, 31688 [21OC]
Central America: authorizing supplemental economic assistance to Panama and Nicaragua (H.R. 4636), 11553
———economic assistance, 6293, 6295, 6301, 6302 [3AP], 12167, 12168, 12172, 12173 [24MY]
Chemical warfare: Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and Their Destruction (H.R. 237), 9661
Child Development and Education Act: enact (H.R. 3), 5986
China, People's Republic of: readjust immigration status of certain nationals (H.R. 2712), veto, 433 [24JA]
Clean Air Restoration and Standards Attainment Act: enact (S. 1630), conference report, 35003 [26OC]
Coins and coinage: replacement of dollar bill with coin, 12592 [5JN]
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act: amend (H.R. 4076), 2464
Congress: delay adjournment to address economic issues, 22133 [3AU]
Congressional employees: garage attendants, 31689 [21OC]
Cyprus: conflict between Turkish forces and Greek Cypriots, 895 [31JA]
———Turkish occupation, 17944
Czechoslovakia: social and political reform, 2109 [21FE]
Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 5803), conference report, 34098
———use of surplus equipment, 12163 [24MY]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5769), 28775 [12OC], 29238
———making appropriations (H.R. 5769), conference report, 36902
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President and independent agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 5241), conference report, 32359 [22OC]
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 5241), 17449
Dept. of Transportation: making appropriations (H.R. 5229), 17224 [12JY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 5229), conference report, 31132, 31133 [19OC]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5021), conference report, 32630
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5257), 18255, 18260, 18267, 18283, 18284, 18285, 18288, 18291, 18292, 18295, 18297, 18303, 18304, 18309, 18311, 18312 [19JY], 30107 [17OC]
———making appropriations (H.R. 5257), conference report, 31965 [22OC], 34499
———making appropriations (H.R. 5257), conference report—amendments in disagreement, 32346, 32347 [22OC]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs, HUD, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5158), 16119, 16120, 16133, 16136 [28JN]
———making appropriations (H.R. 5158), conference report, 31503
District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 5311), 19736
Earthquakes: improve effort to reduce hazards (H.R. 3533), 25484
Education: improve (H.R. 5115), 18500 [20JY]
———teaching standards, 32347 [22OC]
Education of the Handicapped Act: extension of services through 1992 (H.R. 1013), 16083
———reauthorize (S. 1824), conference report, 29187 [15OC]
El Salvador: economic assistance, 11553
Elections: amend provisions of law relative to Federal elections and the costs of House elections (H.R. 5400), consideration (H. Res. 453), 22187 [3AU]
———require the FEC to match contributions made by individuals to certain candidates (H.R. 4180), 3596
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 5019), 14622
———making appropriations (H.R. 5019), conference report, 31112
———making appropriations (H.R. 5019), conference report—amendments in disagreement, 31121
Executive departments: reauthorizing the Government physicians comparability allowances (S. 2588), 26811
Federal employees: pay comparability reform, 32359 [22OC]
Fish Safety Act: enact (S. 2924), 33647 [24OC]
Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (H.J. Res. 350), 15309
Food and Agricultural Resources Act: enact (H.R. 3950), 18473 [20JY], 18842 [24JY], 19216 [25JY], 20192, 20208, 20210, 20211, 20213, 20215, 20217 [27JY], 21422, 21424, 21428, 21430, 21434, 21435, 21437, 21438, 21439, 21441, 21442 [1AU]
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 5114), 15763 [27JN], 36871
Girad, Merlyn: Frank J. Manning Elder Award recipient, 23941
GSA: unauthorized grants, 17470, 17471 [13JY]
Handicapped: discrimination prohibition (H.R. 2273), 10860 [17MY]
———reducing incidence of disabilities (H.R. 4039), 2281
Hatfield, MA: tribute to Smith Academy basketball team, 9111
Head Start Program: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3953), 1456
Health: discovery of gene responsible for neurofibromatosis, 17934 [18JY]
Hinsdale, MA: anniversary of Lions Club, 4400
Holyoke, MA: centennial of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, 12999
———dedication of Thaddeus Kosciuszko Park, 11414
———tribute to Special Olympics, 11093
Holyoke Visiting Nurse Association: tribute, 2103
House of Representatives: legislative priorities, 5234 [26MR]
Housing: amend provisions relative to community and neighborhood development (H.R. 1180), 20890
Human Services Reauthorization Act: enact (H.R. 4151), 10625 [16MY], 28284
INS: special ceremony for naturalization of young adoptees, 9940
Inspectors general: clarify authority relative to conduct of audits and investigations (H.R. 4617), 8233 [25AP], 8317
———clarify authority to conduct audits and investigations (H.R. 4617), 20562
Irish-American Heritage Month: designate (H.J. Res. 482), 22493
Island Park Dam, ID: authorization, 31121
Job Training Partnership Act: amend to improve delivery of services, 34500
———amend to improve delivery of services (H.R. 2039), 26204
Korean War: anniversary, 15525
Labor unions: collective bargaining over trust funds providing financial assistance for employee housing (H.R. 4073), 6328
Legislative branch: making appropriations (H.R. 5399), 31667, 31668, 31688, 31689, 31691, 31694 [21OC]
———making appropriations (H.R. 5399), conrference report, 36836
Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program: funding, 30107 [17OC]
Mattia, William A.: Berkshire Central Labor Council's Labor Man of the Year award recipient, 37182
Medicare: payment of interest on excess premiums collected (H.R. 3881), 470
Money: dollar coin proposal, 9640 [8MY]
Mt. Greylock, MA: dedication of Regional High School's John T. Allen Field, 23038
National Affordable Housing Act: enact (S. 566), conference report, 34127 [25OC]
National Bone Marrow Donor Registry: improve, 6278
National Council on Education Goals: funding, 34499
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act: amend (H.R. 4825), 29238
National Railroad Passenger Corp.: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2364), conference report, 9867
National Visiting Nurse Associations Week: designate (S.J. Res. 103), 2103
Parliamentary inquiry, 31689, 31690 [21OC]
Peace Corps: memorial honoring volunteers (H.R. 3954), 1215 [6FE], 26773 [1OC]
Petroleum: cost of heating oil, 7
———establish regional products reserve (H.R. 3855), 1885 [20FE]
———excise tax on excess profits on home heating oil (H.R. 3856), 241
———impact of deficit reduction agreement on fuel oil and gasoline, 27612 [4OC], 27899 [6OC], 28249 [10OC]
———prices, 31910 [22OC]
Petroleum Producers Burden Sharing Act: enact, 27042 [2OC]
Physicians' Comparability Allowance Extension Act: enact (H.R. 4920), 12578
Pittsfield, MA: anniversary of St. Mary the Morning Star Parish, 12552
———anniversary of Women's Club, 33348
———tribute to Girls' All Star softball team, 23083
———tribute to high school hockey team, 5231
Pittsfield, PA: tribute to girls softball state champions, 23116
Point of order, 12202 [24MY], 32346 [22OC]
Poland: anniversary of adoption of the Constitution (H.J. Res. 669), 29925 [16OC]
———new democratic constitution, 26563 [28SE]
Pollution: limitations on liability for damages from oil (H.R. 1465), conference report, 22288
Power resources: propane prices, 28719 [12OC]
Presidents of the U.S.: pension, 17463
Rural development, agriculture, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5268), 17886 [18JY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 5268), conference report, 31959 [22OC]
Savings and loan associations: investigation and prosecution of criminal activity, 17466, 17467 [13JY]
———investigation and prosecution of criminal activity (H.R. 5401), 20745 [31JY]
Science: educational research grants, 31126 [19OC]
Secret Service: investigation of savings and loan associations, 17466, 17467 [13JY]
Shutesbury, MA: anniversary of Athletic Club, 23034
Small business: assistance to women business enterprises (H.R. 2351), 9707
———impact statement under certain economic conditions (H.R. 2274), 9708
Small Business Act: amend (H.R. 4793), 25584
Small Business Investment Act: amend (H.R. 4793), 25584
Small Business Week: observance, 9707
Smith, Charlie: Bridges for Peace delegation to Soviet Union, 23490
Smithsonian Institution: National Zoological Park police force (S. 1521), 721 [30JA]
———plan space in the east court of the National Museum of Natural History building (H.R. 4463), 28405
Sports: American League playoff series, 28598 [11OC]
———establish youth programs at public housing projects that have substantial drug problems (H.R. 4711), 9207 [2MY]
———tribute to the American sportsman, 7405 [19AP]
Strategic petroleum reserve: drawdown to control oil prices (H.R. 5731), 26013 [26SE]
Supreme Court: bicentennial, 1020
Taxation: reinstate the windfall profit tax on domestic crude oil, 34082 [25OC]
———reinstate the windfall profit tax on domestic crude oil (H.R. 5734), 26188 [27SE], 26443 [27SE]
———treatment of contributions to education savings accounts (H.R. 3900), 499 [25JA]
Technology: establish Technology Access Pilot Program, 25593 [25SE]
Tunisia: U.S. visit by Zine el Abidine Ben Ali, 10808
Veterans: Bush administration budget proposal, 7331
Virginia D. Smith Animal Health Research Laboratory, Clay Center, NE: designate (H.R. 3048), 9047
Vocational Education Act: extend authority (H.R. 7), conference report, 24219
Votes: position on missed, 10439
West Springfield, MA: Dante Club anniversary, 27418
———tribute to Deadline Gang, 16080
Wetlands: protect from agricultural development (H.R. 4893), 12536
———protect from agricultural development (H.R. 4894), 12536
———protection, 12183
White House Conference on Small Business Authorization Act: enact (H.R. 4773), 24636 [14SE]
Williamstown, MA: tribute to Lions Club, 31089
Youth: establish school-based community service programs (H.R. 4330), 24247
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 462 [24JA], 1286 [6FE], 2121 [21FE], 2305 [22FE], 3472 [6MR], 4375 [14MR], 4571 [20MR], 5030 [22MR], 6180 [2AP], 6355 [3AP], 7981 [24AP], 8401 [26AP], 9090 [1MY], 9703 [8MY], 9901 [9MY], 10923 [17MY], 11397 [21MY], 12097 [23MY], 12243 [24MY], 12667 [5JN], 13658 [12JN], 15465 [25JN], 15713 [26JN], 17322 [12JY], 17962 [18JY], 20547 [30JY], 22515 [3AU], 23471 [5SE], 23675 [10SE], 23918 [11SE], 26310 [27SE], 26906 [1OC], 27392 [3OC], 31068 [18OC], 33166 [23OC]
Order of Sons of Italy in America: scholarship award named for, 16085 [27JN]
Special order: granted, 32591 [22OC], 32707 [23OC]
Tribute, 15520 [25JN]
Statements
District of Columbia Appropriations: Administration Policy, 19736 [26JY]
Summaries
Antarctic Protection and Conservation Act (H.R. 3977), 1726
Tables
Employment statistics, 31667 [21OC]
Testimonies
Brandeis University's Complex System Construction: Evelyn E. Handler, 17470 [13JY]
Committee on Energy and Commerce: NIH Reauthorization, D389 [18JN]
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Authority and Role of Inspectors General to Conduct Regulatory Investigations, D243 [25AP]
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Convention on the Regulation of Antarctic Mineral Resource Activities Implementation, D130 [14MR]
———Protection of Antarctica (H.R. 39770) and Antarctica Conservation Act (H.R. 4210), D416 [26JN]
Committee on Rules: Budget Process Reform Act (H.R. 3929), D143 [20MR]
———Campaign Cost Reduction and Reform Act (H.R. 5400), D548 [2AU]
———Conference Report on Congressional Budget for 1991-95 (H. Con. Res. 310), D671 [2OC]
———Emergency Supplemental Appropriations (H.R. 4404), D338 [23MY]
———Operation Desert Shield Appropriations (H.J. Res. 655), D632 [25SE]
———Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Assistance, Food Stamps, Unemployment Compensation Administration, and Other Urgent Needs (H.R. 4404), D179 [28MR]
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act Implications: Sally B. Narey, 2464
Texts of
H.R. 5734, Petroleum Producers Burden Sharing Act, 26444
Tributes
Allen, John T., 23038 [3AU]
Bessone, Peter, 13801
Bevilacqua, Carlo, 13805
Boggs, Representative, 31126 [19OC], 34195
Canata, Joe, 37170
Collins, Francis, 17934 [18JY]
Dacey, Richard J., 473
Dittfach, John H., 8552
Gionet, Ralph J., 249
Havel, Vaclav, 2109 [21FE]
Kosciuszko, Thaddeus, 11414
Matsunaga, Spark M., 7968
McKee, George H., 17343
McNally, John J., Jr., 37154
Miller, Amy B.W., 23948
Mullins, William H.L. (Moon), 26748 [1OC]
O'Dwyer, Joseph, 8545
Powers, Edwin F., 10414 [15MY]
Ratchford, Harold, 13004
Richey, Robert A., 12514
Ripa, Mary-Beth, 18137
Rivers, James L., 26921
Robinson, J. Kenneth, 9263
Seamans, Frank A., 4735
Shea, Louis A., Jr., 6255
Smith, Representative Virginia, 35177 [26OC]
Stratton, Samuel S., 29954
Switalski, Casimir S., 11097
White, Raymond, 17934 [18JY]