COSTELLO, JERRY F. (a Representative from Illinois)

Articles and editorials

Clinton Waives Corridor Act Prohibition on Aid to Turkey, Armenia This Week (publication), H1770 [23AP]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: require labeling of country of origin of imported perishable agricultural commodities (see H.R. 1232), H7528 [17SE]

Airlines: provide protection for airline employees who provide certain air safety information (see H.R. 915), H10172 [6NO]

American Discovery Trail: designate (see H.R. 588), H346 [5FE]

Animals: prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear viscera (see H.R. 619), H347 [5FE]

Army: close School of the Americas (see H.R. 611), H2445 [8MY]

Aviation: allow families of international airline disaster victims a fair jury trial to receive just compensation for their loss (see H.R. 2005), H5570 [22JY]

———require foreign air carriers to establish disaster assistance plans (see H.R. 2476), H9801 [30OC]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1), H154 [9JA]

Business and industry: improve and expand employee health care programs (see H.R. 1515), H2155 [1MY]

———maintain standards for ``Made in USA'' label (see H. Con. Res. 80), H7911 [25SE]

Children and youth: prohibit sale of personal information without parental consent (see H.R. 1972), H4085 [19JN]

Civil rights: provide improved remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 2023), H7911 [25SE]

Coins: issue one dollar coin (see H.R. 1174, 2637), H2091 [30AP], H9559 [24OC]

Courts: conversion of temporary district court judgeships to permanent status (see H.R. 977), H6406 [30JY]

Credit unions: clarify laws relative to field of membership of Federal credit unions (see H.R. 1151), H8833 [9OC]

Crime: require States to address the problem of violent crimes committed by repeat offenders (see H. Con. Res. 75), H2350 [7MY]

Daniel J. Doffyn Post Office Building, Chicago, IL: designate (see H.R. 2773), H9866 [31OC]

Dept. of Defense: allow military health care system beneficiaries the option to enroll in Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (see H.R. 76), H348 [5FE]

Dept. of Education: study methods for identifying and treating children with dyslexia (see H.R. 3058), H10954 [13NO]

Dept. of HHS: prohibit payments to hospitals for reducing the number of residents in graduate medical education programs (see H.R. 2600), H8299 [1OC]

Dept. of Justice: appointment of independent counsel to investigate certain internal criminal allegations (see H.R. 692), H3804 [16JN]

Diseases: payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted HIV due to contaminated blood products (see H.R. 1023), H1340 [8AP]

———research programs for Parkinson's disease (see H.R. 1260), H5297 [15JY]

Douglas Applegate Post Office, Steubenville, OH: designate (see H.R. 2129), H5916 [28JY]

Ecology and environment: expand public's right to know about toxic chemical use and release in their communities and disclose toxins in children's consumer products (see H.R. 1636), H10956 [13NO]

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

Edison, Thomas A.: mint coins in commemoration of sesquicentennial of birth (see H.R. 678), H6706 [31JY]

Emergency Commission To End the Trade Deficit: establish (see H.R. 2651), H8832 [9OC]

Employment: provide for retirement savings and security (see H.R. 1130), H9502 [23OC]

Energy Policy Act: take into account newly developed renewable energy-based fuels and equalize alternative fuel vehicle acquisition incentives (see H.R. 2568), H8054 [26SE]

EPA: prohibit establishment of new standards for ozone or particulate matter before existing standards have been attained (see H.R. 1984), H5401 [16JY]

FAA: foreign repair station rules (see H.R. 145), H143 [9JA]

Families and domestic relations: establish felony violations for failure to pay legal child support obligations (see H.R. 2503), H9502 [23OC]

Federal employees: computation system for Social Security benefits relative to spouses' and surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 2273), H7199 [10SE]

———delays in retirement cost-of-living adjustments (see H. Con. Res. 13), H768 [5MR]

Financial institutions: prohibit the imposition of fees on the electronic withdrawal of direct deposited Social Security benefits (see H.R. 2454), H8161 [29SE]

———prohibit the imposition of fees on the electronic withdrawal of direct deposited veterans benefits (see H.R. 2457), H8265 [30SE]

Food stamps: modify certain eligibility disqualifications (see H.R. 1507), H7601 [18SE]

Health: allow patients to receive any medical treatment they want under certain conditions (see H.R. 746), H4836 [26JN]

———develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth defects (see H.R. 1114), H5569 [22JY]

———prohibit restriction of certain medical communications between health care providers and their patients (see H.R. 586), H1892 [24AP]

———require health plans to provide certain coverage for children (see H.R. 1854), H5132 [10JY]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (see H.R. 135), H286 [4FE]

———standardize relationships between group health plans and health insurers relative to enrollees, health professionals, and providers (see H.R. 1415), H8929 [21OC]

House of Representatives: require that excess amounts from Members' official allowances be applied to deficit reduction (see H.R. 80), H669 [26FE]

House Rules: allow each Member to designate one bill for committee vote (see H. Res. 27), H2157 [1MY]

Human rights: expedite the declassification of certain documents relating to human rights abuses in Guatemala and Honduras (see H.R. 2635), H10956 [13NO]

Illinois and Michigan Canal Heritage Corridor Commission: extend (see H.R. 1042), H1440 [10AP]

Insurance: coverage of screening mammography (see H.R. 617), H890 [11MR]

Iran: impose sanctions on foreign persons who transfer items contributing to efforts to acquire, develop, or produce ballistic missiles (see H.R. 2709), H9730 [29OC]

Israel: anniversary of reunification of Jerusalem (see H. Con. Res. 60), H2091 [30AP]

Law enforcement officers: establish a bill of rights (see H.R. 350), H804 [6MR]

Medicaid: repeal criminal penalties for fraudulent disposition of assets (see H.R. 216), H804 [6MR]

Medicare: coverage of dental services (see H.R. 1288), H3660 [10JN]

———coverage of diabetes outpatient self-management training services and blood-testing strips (see H.R. 58), H1794 [23AP]

———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services (see H.R. 1375), H1704 [17AP]

———coverage of screening mammography (see H.R. 418), H812 [10MR]

———provide coverage through qualified provider-sponsored organizations (see H.R. 475), H2351 [7MY]

———reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see H.R. 192, 414), H1339 [8AP]

———remove requirement of an x ray as a condition of coverage of chiropractic services (see H.R. 916), H1340 [8AP]

NAFTA: assess impact, renegotiate certain provisions, and provide for withdrawal (see H.R. 978), H803 [6MR]

National discovery trails: establish (see H.R. 588), H346 [5FE]

National Railroad Hall of Fame, Inc.: support efforts to construct a National Railroad Hall of Fame (see H. Res. 172), H4086 [19JN]

Navy Combat Action Ribbon: retroactive awarding to certain individuals (see H.R. 543), H1262 [20MR]

Pilot Records Improvement Act: clarify (see H.R. 2626), H9730 [29OC]

Public lands: designate certain national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and wilderness areas in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming (see H.R. 1425), H1794 [23AP]

Railroads: reform the safety practices of the railroad industry (see H.R. 2455), H7261 [11SE]

Railway Labor Act: applicability to U.S. air carriers and flight crews during operations outside the U.S. (see H.R. 991), H803 [6MR]

Roads and highways: funding for resurfacing, restoring, rehabilitating, and reconstructing interstate highways (see H.R. 1657), H2874 [16MY]

Rural areas: improve health services (see H.R. 1189), H1260 [20MR]

Sports: extend pension benefits to certain surviving professional basketball players (see H. Con. Res. 83), H2874 [16MY]

Taxation: allow expensing and rapid amortization of expenditures for the cleanup and redevelopment of brownfield sites (see H.R. 997), H804 [6MR]

———allow individuals to designate percentage of their tax overpayments or to make contributions for units of the National Park System (see H.R. 755), H1440 [10AP]

———application of the alternative minimum tax to installment sales of farm property (see H.R. 426), H153 [9JA]

———credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (see H.R. 1134), H2785 [15MY]

———extend incentives for alcohol used as a fuel as part of any extension of fuel tax rates (see H.R. 2489), H7527 [17SE]

———full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals (see H.R. 18, 69), H348 [5FE], H524 [12FE]

———issuance of tax-exempt remediation bonds to finance cleanup and redevelopment of brownfield sites (see H.R. 996), H804 [6MR]

———repeal limitations on the number of individuals who may have medical savings accounts (see H.R. 1068), H1017 [13MR]

———treatment of higher education expenses (see H.R. 553), H2156 [1MY]

Taxpayer Relief Act: repeal provisions that terminate the tax-exempt status of the Teacher's Insurance Annuity Association College Retirement Equities Fund (see H.R. 2527), H8633 [7OC]

Transportation: funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs (see H.R. 2400), H7911 [25SE]

———provide off-budget treatment for certain transportation trust funds (see H.R. 4), H156 [9JA]

21st Century Scholars Program: establish (see H.R. 777), H5021 [9JY]

Veterans: benefit eligibility for certain service in the military forces of the Philippines (see H.R. 836), H6962 [5SE]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

Business and industry: require employee notification before termination of health or retirement benefits (see H.R. 1594), H2679 [14MY]

Health: apply group health plan portability requirements to students covered under college-sponsored health plans (see H.R. 1281), H1438 [10AP]

House of Representatives: limit election expenditures for candidates (see H.R. 462), H243 [21JA]

Lewis and Clark expedition: support for an interpretive site near Wood River, IL, as the point of departure (see H. Res. 281), H9558 [24OC]

Taxation: income exclusion for private property involuntarily converted for Federal use (see H.R. 1563), H2444 [8MY]

———treatment of rollover gain from the sale of farm assets into an individual retirement account (see H.R. 1518), H2155 [1MY]

Remarks

Armenia: anniversary of genocide, H1770 [23AP], E784 [29AP]

Brunsmann, Wade: East-West Gateway Coordinating Council Achievement Award recipient, E105 [21JA]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), H4702 [26JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), conference report, H6658 [31JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), conference report, H6658 [31JY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 84), H3007 [20MY]

———submission of budget proposal by the President without budgetary contingencies (H. Res. 89), H921 [12MR]

China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (H.J. Res. 79), H4287 [24JN]

District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 2607), H8804 [9OC]

———scholarship vouchers to provide school choice, H8804 [9OC]

———waive Davis-Bacon Act requirements relative to school construction and repairs, H8804 [9OC]

Foreign trade: establish negotiating objectives and fast-track procedures for future trade agreements (H.R. 2621), E2372 [13NO]

Hazardous substances: nuclear waste disposal (H.R. 1270), H9763 [30OC]

Health: apply group health plan portability requirements to students covered under college-sponsored health plans (H.R. 1281), E633 [10AP]

Illinois: tribute to Agricultural Advisory Board, E68 [7JA]

Lebanon, IL: anniversary of St. Joseph Parish, E438 [11MR]

Lewis and Clark expedition: support for an interpretive site near Wood River, IL, as the point of departure (H. Res. 281), E2092 [24OC]

Medicaid: disproportionate share hospital payments, H6658 [31JY]

Medicare: reform, H6658 [31JY]

Taxation: rates, H4702 [26JN], H6658 [31JY]

Transportation: funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs (H.R. 2400), E1905 [2OC]

———inclusion of welfare-to-work provisions in public works legislation, E1905 [2OC]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H1538 [15AP], H1609 [16AP], H1702 [17AP], H2440 [8MY]

Tributes

Dickson, Alfred (Jerry) and Rosa, E947 [16MY], E995 [21MY]

Kerker, Sherwood, E1536 [28JY]

Touchette, Francis, E1803 [18SE]