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Under suspension of the rules the House passed several measures. Of special interest was H.R. 1602, the Trauma Care Systems Planning and Development Act to amend the Public Health Service Ac…

The U.S. House adopted Conference Report H.R. 2461 which authorizes funds for military personnel in the Defense Department. H.R. 1465, the Oil Pollution Liability and Compensation Act was pa…

Under suspension of the rules the House passed several measures. Of special interest was the passage of H.R. 2144, the Urban And Community Forest Act, to improve forest management in urban a…

The House agreed to Senate amendments and passed H.R. 2916 which made appropriations for the Departments of Veterans' Affairs, and Housing and Urban Development. The House also approved H.R.…

The House failed to override the president’s veto of H.R. 2990 which concerned FY90 appropriations for the Department of Health and Human Services. The House agreed to H.R. 45 which calls fo…

The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on International Operations and Subcommittee on Civil Service hold a joint hearing to examine the internal organization of the Department of State, foc…

The House passed two Child Abuse bills, H.R. 2087, the Child Abuse Prevention Challenge Grants, and H.R. 2088, Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment, clearing both of these for the president.…

The House passed H.R. 3299 which provides for reconciliation pursuant to section 5 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for FY90. H.R. 2712, the Emergency Chinese Adjustment of Status …

The House passed H.R.1659 Aviation Security Act. Its aim is to improve aviation security, against terrorist bombings, by requiring the installation of explosive detection equipment at certai…

The House passed H.R. 2869, the Commodity Futures Improvement Act. This bill is designated to toughen federal regulation of the commodity futures markets as well as permanently authorize the…

The House passed two bills H.R. 1668 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Programs Authorization and H.R. 2427 NOAA Satellite Programs Authorization. These bills reauthoriz…

H.R. 2990 was passed, making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education for fiscal year 1990. The House began debate on H.R. 3015, FY90 Department …

General debate was concluded on the Dept. of Defense appropriations bill, H.R. 2461. DOD Authorization for Fiscal years 1990 and 1991. Lengthy debate on the General Rule for the Bill, much o…

The House debated H.R. 2916 appropriations bill for the Departments of Veterans' Affairs, Housing and Urban Development, and other independent agencies, boards, and commissions for FY90. The…

The House passed H.R. 2883, appropriating 44 billion dollars for the 1990 Farm bill. Other programs supported by the bill include funding for rural housing and WIC, a supplemental feeding pr…

Operation Push held a forum titled “The Challenge to Reinvest in America” with this panel titled Rainbow Roundtable

The House failed to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 1594 which would grant nondiscriminatory treatment to Hungarian products for five years. The House suspended the rules and passed H.Res. 1…

The conference was sponsored by the National Commission on Public Service in conjunction with the Brookings Institution. The commission tried to promote public service action on college camp…

The House voted to pass H.R. 972 to increase the authority of the Attorney General to settle claims for damages resulting from law enforcement activities of the Department of Justice. The Ho…

The committee continued hearings on the recommendations of the National Commission on the Public Service.