KANJORSKI, PAUL E. (a Representative from Pennsylvania)

Amendments

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2267), H6027 [29JY]

Articles and editorials

Ninety-Eight Years Ago—Guns Rang Out in Lattimer, Ed Conrad, Hazleton (PA) Standard Speaker, E1714 [10SE]

Our President's Greatest Challenge, Lindsay Washick, E366 [4MR]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 929), H766 [5MR]

Agriculture: repeal peanut quotas and reduce peanut loan rates (see H.R. 1864), H3720 [11JN]

Aviation: allow families of international airline disaster victims a fair jury trial to receive just compensation for their loss (see H.R. 2005), H4132 [20JN]

Black Lung Benefits Act: improve (see H.R. 609), H347 [5FE]

Business and industry: maintain standards for ``Made in USA'' label (see H. Con. Res. 80), H9559 [24OC]

Credit unions: clarify laws relative to field of membership of Federal credit unions (see H.R. 1151), H1258 [20MR]

Delaware and Lehigh Navigation Canal National Heritage Corridor Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2958), H10769 [12NO]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish temporary emergency minimum milk prices (see H. Res. 224), H7263 [11SE]

Dept. of State: calculation of Bureau of Diplomatic Security agents' retirement annuities (see H.R. 633), H1392 [9AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize medical centers to retain funds collected for the provision of health services (see H.R. 1125), H1542 [15AP]

Diseases: payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted HIV due to contaminated blood products (see H.R. 1023), H888 [11MR]

———research programs for Parkinson's disease (see H.R. 1260), H7730 [23SE]

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2248), H6918 [4SE]

Employment: provide for retirement savings and security (see H.R. 1130), H1795 [23AP]

EPA: distribution of funds to States for cooperative agreements relative to underground storage tanks (see H.R. 688), H452 [11FE]

———prohibit establishment of new standards for ozone or particulate matter before existing standards have been attained (see H.R. 1984), H4836 [26JN]

FAA: foreign repair station rules (see H.R. 145), H2445 [8MY]

Federal employees: delays in retirement cost-of-living adjustments (see H. Con. Res. 13), H725 [4MR]

Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: improve sanctions against providers and provide coverage for the FDIC and Federal Reserve Board (see H.R. 1836), H7830 [24SE]

Federal Home Loan Bank System: reform (see H.R. 31), H67 [7JA], H139 [9JA]

Financial institutions: offer negotiable order of withdrawal accounts to businesses, allow interest payments on demand deposits, and require FRS to pay interest on certain reserves (see H.R. 2323), H6703 [31JY]

Firearms: allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in all States (see H.R. 339), H9558 [24OC]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 54), H950 [12MR]

Government: require periodic review and reauthorization of all Government programs (see H.R. 1913), H5916 [28JY]

H. John Heinz III Dept. of Veterans Affairs Nursing Care Center, Aspinwall, PA: designate (see H.R. 714), H7730 [23SE]

Hazardous substances: nuclear waste disposal (see H.R. 1270), H3170 [21MY]

Health: establish a program for training in lifesaving first aid for individuals experiencing cardiac arrest (see H.R. 1679), H8054 [26SE]

———prohibit restriction of certain medical communications between health care providers and their patients (see H.R. 586), H890 [11MR]

Housing: authorize public housing agencies to establish rental amounts that do not discourage assisted families from obtaining employment (see H.R. 1014), H888 [11MR]

Insurance: prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 306), H6706 [31JY]

Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1609), H3477 [4JN]

Law enforcement: establish matching grant program to help local governments purchase armor vests for officers (see H.R. 2829), H10957 [13NO]

Law enforcement officers: exemption from State laws prohibiting carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 339), H9558 [24OC]

Local government: provide for greater local input in transportation planning (see H.R. 1799), H6798 [3SE]

Medicare: coverage of diabetes outpatient self-management training services and blood-testing strips (see H.R. 58), H949 [12MR]

———hospice care reform (see H.R. 521), H889 [11MR]

Money: use of tactile currency for the blind and visually impaired (see H. Res. 122), H1706 [17AP]

Mother Teresa: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1650), H2873 [16MY]

Pensions: exclude the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund from the Federal budget (see H.R. 107), H767 [5MR]

Peter J. McCloskey Postal Facility, Pottsville, PA: designate (see H.R. 2564), H8054 [26SE]

Religion: protect certain charitable contributions (see H.R. 2604), H9615 [28OC]

Roosevelt, Theodore: posthumous awarding of Medal of Honor (see H.R. 2263), H5825 [25JY]

Sinatra, Francis A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 279), H669 [26FE]

Social Security: computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 45, 146), H889 [11MR], H1018 [13MR]

———earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 612), H1018 [13MR]

Tariff: treatment of live plants and fresh cut flowers (see H.R. 54), H348 [5FE]

Taxation: establish intercity passenger rail service trust fund (see H.R. 1437), H4836 [26JN]

———increase State cap on private activity bonds (see H.R. 979), H9039 [22OC]

———provide assistance to first-time homebuyers (see H.R. 2026), H4338 [24JN]

Telephones: strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers (see H.R. 2120), H5665 [23JY]

Weapons: restrict the use of funds for new deployments of antipersonnel landmines (see H.R. 2459), H7261 [11SE]

Women: increase research and education on the drug DES (see H.R. 1788), H3476 [4JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Bieda, Charmaine: relief (see H.R. 1617), H2680 [14MY]

Coal: disability benefit eligibility for certain miners (see H.R. 1600), H2679 [14MY]

Commission on Privacy of Government Records: establish (see H.R. 1330), H1541 [15AP]

Federal employees: eligibility of certain appointees for competitive status for purposes of transfer or reassignment (see H.R. 1874), H3796 [12JN]

———make certain temporary Federal service creditable for retirement purposes (see H.R. 1873), H3796 [12JN]

National Guard: allow members to perform honor guard functions at veterans' funerals (see H.R. 1601), H2679 [14MY]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 1039), H948 [12MR]

Privacy: prohibit Federal agencies from making certain individual records available through interactive computer services (see H.R. 1330), H1541 [15AP]

Social Security: provide free information on employee benefit plans to interested parties of such plans (see H.R. 1603), H2679 [14MY]

Veterans: restoration of the grave marker allowance (see H.R. 1602), H2679 [14MY]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2160), H5710, H5712 [24JY]

Bauman, Abigail: `Reading is Fundamental' poster contest award recipient, E435 [11MR]

Blewitt, Thomas M.: W. Francis Swingle Irishman of the Year award recipient, E486 [17MR]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 84), H2975 [20MY]

Commission on Privacy of Government Records: establish (H.R. 1330), H1346 [9AP]

Committee on Government Reform and Oversight (House): investigation of Federal election campaign fundraising and expenditure practices, H4098 [20JN]

———special investigative authorities (H. Res. 167), H4098 [20JN]

Consumer Price Index: calculation relative to correction of cost-of-living adjustments, E852 [6MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: reduce loan rate for peanut quotas, H5710, H5712 [24JY]

Hazleton, PA: anniversary of Lattimer Mine Massacre, E1714 [10SE]

House Rules: repeal exception to the requirement that public committee proceedings be open to all media (H. Res. 301), H10601 [12NO]

Luzerne County Community College: anniversary, E1795 [18SE]

McCall, Keith: Panther Valley Irish American Association Shamrock Award recipient, E484 [17MR]

Privacy: prohibit Federal agencies from making certain individual records available through interactive computer services (H.R. 1330), H1346 [9AP]

Truth in Lending Act: require notice of cancellation rights relative to private mortgage insurance (H.R. 607), H1562 [16AP]

Wallace, Jack, E2091 [24OC]

Washick, Lindsay: Parade (publication) and Wilkes-Barre (PA) Times-Leader award recipient, E366 [4MR]

Wyoming Valley, PA: anniversary of Help Line, E1665 [4SE]

Tributes

Bartikowsky, Max, E1886 [29SE]

Emerson, Bill, H3927 [19JN]

Gordon, Manny, E782 [29AP]

Post, James B., E1403 [11JY]

Rothstein, Alvin (Buddy), E1857 [25SE]

Vianney, Mary, E1040 [22MY]